This was a desolate mountain range, with hardly any signs of human habitation, with the entire place permeating with a desolate smell.
Whoosh.
At this moment, the space in the sky above this desolate mountain range suddenly became distorted. It actually formed a spatial crack. Soon after, the crack fluctuated and a couple of figures were miserably shot out. Amongst them, a huge figure fell down like a meteorite, causing a mountain peak below to collapse.
Mu Chen stabilised his figure in the air. With a shiver, Spiritual Energy rapidly gushed out, while he vigilantly looked around his surroundings. Only after discovering that there wasn't any danger did he breathe a sigh of relief.
In his surroundings, Luo Li and the other three stabilised their figures as they looked at the unfamiliar region before them. Clearly, this wasn't the place where they had entered the palace ruins.
"We seem to have been thrown to god knows where by the spatial crack," said Xu Huang as he looked towards Mu Chen.
Nodding his head, Mu Chen retrieved his Academy Plaque to take a look. After confirming their location, he replied with a smile, "It's alright, we're still in the Shattered Continent."
"Let's take a look at our spoils of war."
Mu Chen's figure shot down, landing before the collapsed mountain peak below, before the Eugenia. At this moment, the Eugenia was still quietly standing on the mountain peak, its withered wood-like body sparkling with a faint lustre. Faintly, a heart-palpitating feeling of power radiated from it. This Eugenia possessed an extremely powerful strength.
"If this Eugenia can be activated, I'm afraid that only experts that have passed their Spirit Disaster would be able to obstruct it."
Luo Li's lovable gaze was also a little grave as she looked at the Eugenia. If not for Mu Chen executing a special method to seal it, even if she and Mu Chen were to join hands, they might have to pay a considerable price to deal with it.
"Spirit Disaster!" Xu Huang, Zhao Qingshan and the rest inwardly smacked their lips. Even in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament, which was filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons, such strength was absolutely rare.
Mu Chen's black eyes were also blazing. If they could control the Eugenia, it would definitely be a great help to them.
"However, it seems that the Divine Wood Guard can only be controlled by that special seal. Furthermore, that seal has already been refined by Zhen Qing. I'm afraid that it won't be easy for us to control it," said Luo Li with her eyebrows slightly knitted together.
"Since he can refine the seal, we can naturally refine it as well."
Mu Chen smiled. Soon after, he said, "However, this Eugenia is not the only treasure in the ancient remains."
Luo Li and the rest nodded their heads. When they saw the Eugenia for the first time, there was a mysterious wooden armour flickering with light patterns on its body. However, the wooden armour had disappeared when Zhen Qing was controlling it. Furthermore, there seemed to be a wooden tablet in the hands of the Eugenia.
With a move of his body, Mu Chen appeared on the forehead of the Divine Wood Guard. Looking at the tree vein rune present there, he pondered for a moment, before suddenly extending his five fingers out. Forming a claw shape, he grabbed towards the rune rune.
Humm!
Humm! As if it had sensed Mu Chen's actions, Spiritual Energy fluctuations erupted from the seal, seemingly trying to stop Mu Chen. However, its actions were clearly futile. At this moment, Zhen Qing was not present, and was unable to control the Eugenia to retaliate. Therefore, Mu Chen's fingers directly broke through the Spiritual Energy fluctuations, grabbing onto the tree vein seal. In the end, he forcefully dug it out from the forehead of the Eugenia.
The tree vein seal that radiated an ancient aura appeared on the palm of Mu Chen's hand. Looking at the tree vein seal, he sank into deep thought. He could faintly sense that there was a Spiritual Energy brand at the centre of the seal. The Spiritual Energy fluctuations coming from it belonged to Zhen Qing.
This was the brand that Zhen Qing had left within the seal. It was precisely because of this that he was able to control this Eugenia.
Sensing the Spiritual Energy brand, a faint smile appeared on Mu Chen's face. With a tap of his finger, a jet-black flame appeared on the tip of his finger, before burrowing into the tree vein seal.
Chi Chi.
Crackling sounds instantly erupted from the tree vein rune seal. The structure within the rune seal was exceedingly complicated. However, Mu Chen possessed the identity of a Spiritual Array Master. His ability to manipulate such minute amounts of energy far exceeded that of an ordinary person. Therefore, when the strand of black flame shot into the rune seal, it did not destroy the complicated structure within the rune seal. Instead, it found the Spiritual Energy brand that Zhen Qing had left behind. In the next instant, the flame shot up, burning it bit by bit.
Wanting to erase the brand that Zhen Qing had left behind was not an easy task. Even with Mu Chen's ability, he had to carefully burn it bit by bit for approximately half an hour before he was able to completely erase the Spiritual Energy brand.
After erasing the Spiritual Energy brand that Zhen Qing had left behind, the jet-black flame rapidly condensed, transforming into a Spiritual Energy brand that resided at the centre of the seal.
This brand was formed from the condensation of the Jiu You Fire. This way, even if the seal was snatched away by someone, once someone tried to erase it, the ball of Jiu You Fire would erupt, completely destroying the seal.
Clearly, this move of Mu Chen's was much more brilliant than that of Zhen Qing's.
Mu Chen's fingers fiddled with the tree vein seal. After being controlled by him, the seal started to radiate with a jet-black glow. However, on the whole, the glow was slightly dim. Furthermore, he was able to sense that there seemed to be some damage within the tree vein seal.
"Was it damaged by me previously?"
Mu Chen muttered to himself. When Zhen Qing had snatched this talisman, it had suffered an attack from him. Clearly, the damage had been left behind at that time. It was precisely because of this that this slightly damaged talisman was unable to perfectly control the Divine Wood Guard. However, if not for this reason, he might not have been able to seal the Divine Wood Guard so easily in the past.
Mu Chen shook his head in pity. From the looks of it, he could only try to think of a way to repair this talisman. Furthermore, he had also discovered that this talisman couldn't be used forever. The energy within it seemed to be consumed every time it was used. When that energy was completely consumed, the talisman would completely lose its effects.
At that time, Mu Chen would no longer be able to control the Eugenia.
A helpless smile appeared on Mu Chen's face. From the looks of it, even if he had obtained this Eugenia, he would not be able to use it as he pleased.
As Mu Chen refined the talisman, some changes started to occur to the Divine Wood Guard before him. Rays of brilliance sparkled on its withered body, while a greenish-wood coloured wooden armour surfaced once again. Exceedingly complicated glowing runes were present on the surface of the wooden armour, while extremely powerful fluctuations were faintly discernible radiating from it.
This green wooden armour was clearly a Peerless Rank Spiritual Artifact with exceedingly tyrannical defensive capabilities.
Grasping the Luo God Sword in her jade-like hand, Luo Li sent a ray of Sword Qi shooting out, stabbing against the green wooden armour. However, this time, the incomparably swift and fierce Sword Qi was only able to leave a shallow mark on the green wooden armour. Furthermore, not long after the mark appeared, rays of light erupted from the green wooden armour, before the mark started to repair itself, bit by bit.
Mu Chen, Xu Huang and the rest had astonished expressions on their faces. This green wooden armour actually possessed the ability to repair itself!
"Truly worthy of being a Peerless Rank Spiritual Artifact."
Xu Huang and the rest exclaimed in admiration. If they were able to possess such a formidable defensive Spiritual Artifact, even a Human Body Disaster expert would not be able to injure them.
"If Zhen Qing was able to summon this green wooden armour when he was controlling the Eugenia, I'm afraid that we wouldn't be able to have such an easy time."
Luo Li exclaimed in astonishment. She was extremely clear about the sharpness of the Luo God Sword. Although she had yet to truly activate the Luo God Sword, the defensive capabilities of this green wooden armour were indeed exceedingly tyrannical.
Mu Chen nodded his head. From the looks of it, due to the talisman controlling Eugenia being damaged by him, Zhen Qing was unable to use it to unleash the strongest power of Eugenia. In fact, he wasn't even able to summon this green wooden armour.
With a flick of his finger, the talisman in Mu Chen's hand shot towards the forehead of Eugenia. As the talisman slowly seeped into it, a miraculous feeling of connection erupted within Mu Chen's heart. At this moment, with a single thought, he seemed to be able to control this Eugenia.
Staring at the green wooden armour on Eugenia's body, Mu Chen grinned. With a thought, the green wooden armour transformed into rays of light and fell off, before landing in Mu Chen's palm.
Since the talisman had already been damaged, even if he could control Eugenia, he wouldn't be able to make Eugenia use it to strengthen her combat capabilities. Since that was the case, he might as well take it off.
"This green wooden armour, I'll give it to Luo Li. She has the Luo God Sword, and her offensive capabilities aren't comparable to mine. Coincidentally, we're lacking a defensive Spiritual Artifact. She has both offence and defence, and will be able to raise the combat capabilities of our group to the greatest extent."
Said Mu Chen as he looked towards Xu Huang and the other two. He wasn't doing this out of selfishness. However, as of now, this Peerless Grade Spiritual Artifact was indeed the most suitable defensive Spiritual Artifact for Luo Li. As for his already tyrannical fleshly body, with astonishing defensive capabilities, this green wooden armour would only be the icing on the cake.
Xu Huang and the other two smiled and nodded their heads, not having any objections. That's because they were extremely clear that within their group, Mu Chen and Luo Li were the strongest combatants. As long as nothing happened to the two of them, their group would be safe.
Blinking her big eyes, Luo Li looked towards the greenish wooden armour that Mu Chen had handed over to her. A sweet and soul-stirring smile appeared on her face, and she didn't reject it. Extending her hand out, she received it. As of now, she truly needed a Spiritual Artifact that possessed powerful defensive capabilities. This would allow her to focus on unleashing astonishing attacks with the Luo Shen Sword.
After giving the green wooden armour to Luo Li, Mu Chen's gaze turned towards the other item in Eugenia's giant hand.
It was a foot-long green wooden tablet, with extremely complicated inscriptions covering its surface. Faintly, mysterious and mysterious fluctuations could be faintly discerned from it.
Staring at the green wooden tablet, a peculiar feeling appeared in Mu Chen's heart. He felt that between Eugenia, the green wooden armour and this green wooden tablet, the latter seemed to be the most important treasure amongst the three.