When the last batch of people left, Mu Chen and Jiu You slowly descended from the sky and hovered at the periphery of the black swamp.
A black mist rose from the black swamp with a faint stench coming from it. Clearly, it contained a lethal poison. Furthermore, there seemed to be black silhouettes flitting through the mud in the depths of the swamp, emitting a dangerous stench.
Mu Chen and Jiu You exchanged a look, before waving their hands. Instantly, the Jiu You Guards flew over and neatly landed at the periphery of the swamp.
"You guys guard the outside and don't let anyone disturb us."
Mu Chen instructed. In this sort of place, the more people there were, the better. Therefore, it was best to leave the Jiu You Guards outside the swamp.
"Yes!"
The thousands of Jiu You Guards responded in unison. Their thunderous voices caused the earth to tremble.
"Let's go!"
Mu Chen and Jiu You exchanged a look and nodded their heads. Shortly after, their figures turned into streaks of light and shot out, tearing apart the black poisonous mist as they bolted towards the ruins in the depths of the swamp.
Boundless Spiritual Energy rippled around the two of them as purple flames rose, completely burning away the incoming poisonous mist. Although the poisonous mist within the swamp could be considered dangerous, it clearly did not pose much of a threat to the two of them, who possessed the protection of the Undying Flames.
Whoosh!
The two of them pushed their speed to the limits. Although they managed to scare off the others, it was hard to guarantee that there wouldn't be any other forces that discovered this ruin. At that time, there might be unforeseen events. Therefore, they had to swiftly refine the Fallen Origin Pellets in this Grade-3 Ruin.
Boom!
When the two of them swiftly entered the depths of the swamp, a dark light suddenly shot out from the swamp, along with a stench that surged towards the two of them.
Jiu You's expression did not change as she flicked her finger. A black feather that was blazing with purple flames shot out and shot into the dark light. Instantly, the purple flames soared and instantly incinerated the dark light.
When the dark light was incinerated, Mu Chen could clearly see that it was a venomous black crocodile that was roughly a foot in size. It looked extremely hideous with a stench dripping from its mouth and a violent Spiritual Energy around it. Clearly, it was a ferocious creature.
Jiu You didn't have any joy on her face when she casually killed the venomous black crocodile. On the contrary, her brows were knitted together.
That's because, at this moment, the swamp suddenly trembled. Countless dark lights flickered within the mud. Looking over, densely packed poisonous black crocodiles popped their heads out, their scarlet eyes locked onto Mu Chen and Luo Li.
The number of venomous crocodiles was innumerable. Although Mu Chen and Jiu You weren't afraid, it would greatly delay their refining of Fallen Origin Pellets if they were delayed.
"What should we do?" Mu Chen looked at Jiu You. Judging from the looks of it, they could only kill their way in.
Jiu You briefly pondered, before she suddenly stomped her feet. Instantly, boundless Spiritual Energy formed into the massive Dark Jiu You Bird behind her and a powerful Divine Beast pressure spread out.
Hiss!
Hiss! Sensing the Divine Beast pressure from Jiu You's Dark Sparrow, a commotion instantly broke out. Some of the venomous crocodiles were startled to the point of retreating. Although their intellect wasn't high, they could vaguely sense how unreachable that pressure was for them.
At the sight of this, Mu Chen's eyes lit up and he took a step forth. The True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits on his chest and back blossomed with a golden lustre, along with a powerful pressure that spread out.
When he unleashed his pressure, the venomous crocodiles, which were in a commotion, instantly fell into panic and frantically retreated. Judging from a certain degree, the pressure from the True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits was even stronger than Jiu You's Dark Sparrow. After all, Jiu You's Dark Sparrow's ranking was slightly lower than the True Dragon and Phoenix. Unless Jiu You's Dark Sparrow could evolve into the legendary Undying Bird, only then would it be able to suppress the True Dragon and Phoenix.
In just ten-odd breaths of time, the venomous crocodile tide had completely escaped from the pressure from the two of them.
With his eyes narrowed, Mu Chen turned around and smiled at Jiu You. "How is it?"
Jiu You sourly glanced at Mu Chen, who was a little smug. However, she had to admit that Mu Chen, who possessed the True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits, was vaguely showing signs of surpassing her in terms of Divine Beast pressure.
This made Jiu You feel a little complicated. She had no idea when it started, but the youth that was once weak in her eyes had started to catch up to her footsteps and gradually blossomed with his own brilliance.
While Jiu You felt gratified, she also felt a little melancholic. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before she wouldn't be able to teach him a lesson like she did in the past.
It looked like she had to speed up her cultivation.
"When I can completely awaken the bloodline of the Undying Bird, your True Dragon and Phoenix Spirits will be nothing to be proud of." Jiu You's thoughts fluctuated in her heart as her rosy lips gently flung aside and she spoke in disdain.
Mu Chen smiled. He knew that Jiu You was prideful and wouldn't admit defeat. Therefore, he did not continue to tease her. He waved his hand and his silhouette flew towards the depths of the swamp.
As they went deeper, Mu Chen and Jiu You discovered how many ferocious creatures were hidden in the swamp. But fortunately, the two of them possessed the Divine Beast pressure, which allowed them to swiftly pass through the obstruction of the ferocious creatures while paying the lowest price.
Roughly ten minutes later, Mu Chen and Jiu You's speed started to slow down. That's because they could see the silhouette of an ancient palace in the depths of the swamp.
Whoosh!
Two streaks of light flew out and the spreading poisonous mist had completely disappeared, as if it had been blocked. The sight before Mu Chen and Jiu You had also swiftly cleared up.
Looking up ahead, they were stunned. Before them was a vast land of ruins. In the ruins, they could see numerous dilapidated palaces. There was an ancient vicissitude that seemed to have penetrated through time and space, coming from the primordial times, which caused Mu Chen and Jiu You to hold their breaths for a moment.
"Prepare to move."
Jiu You quickly recovered and looked at Mu Chen. "Let's split up and move as fast as possible. Is there a problem?"
Mu Chen smiled as he made a hand gesture. There wasn't any complicated requirement to refine the Fallen Origin Pellet. Basically, as long as one's strength was at least Third Grade Sovereign, it could be done. The only difference was the efficiency.
Seeing their response, Jiu You no longer delayed and her silhouette moved, charging into one of the ruined palaces.
Mu Chen did not delay any longer. He turned around and searched for another dilapidated palace and flew in. In that palace, he could see the bones on the ground. Those bones were in all sorts of postures and clearly, they had experienced a great battle before they died.
Even though tens of thousands of years had passed, the entire hall still seemed to be filled with a tragic aura.
Mu Chen solemnly looked at this scene, before bowing towards those bones. No matter what, those people had fought for the Great Thousand World in the primordial war.
"Sorry for the offence!"
Mu Chen softly said. Shortly after, his silhouette appeared on the stone pillar in the palace and formed seals with both of his hands. Instantly, boundless Spiritual Energy formed into a vortex on his palm as a devouring power spread out.
The shattered rocks in the hall started to tumble as a pitch-black aura seeped out from the skeletons. In the end, it turned into rays of black light and was absorbed into the huge Spiritual Energy vortex in Mu Chen's palm.
The pitch-black aura was the Fallen Origin Aura. After those experts died, their Sovereign Seas would fuse with the unique energy of the Fallen Battlefield, forming into a bizarre aura.
The pitch-black aura swiftly gathered in the Spiritual Energy vortex. When the pitch-black aura was condensed to the limit, a pitch-black light suddenly soared into the sky from the Spiritual Energy vortex.
A suction force came from Mu Chen's palm and the pitch-black light descended and hovered before him. Casting his gaze over, he saw a round, pitch-black pellet that was roughly the size of a dragon's eye as it revolved before him. On the pellet, there was a fluctuation similar to the Fallen Origin Aura that was being emitted from it.
Clearly, this was the Fallen Origin Pellet, the most important resource in the Fallen Battlefield.
Mu Chen waved his hand and stored the Fallen Origin Pellet before circulating his Spiritual Energy to absorb the remaining Fallen Origin Aura in the palace.
Thereafter, the remaining Fallen Origin Aura in the palace refined another five Fallen Origin Pellets for Mu Chen. When the fifth pellet was refined, the white bones in the palace suddenly turned into ashes as they drifted down. That was due to the Spiritual Energy dissipating.
When Mu Chen saw this, he gently sighed and waved his hand. The ashes in the palace whistled as they were refined by Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy into nameless plaques that were neatly placed on the ground.
After doing this, Mu Chen bowed once again before leaving the palace and swiftly headed to other places.
Roughly half an hour later, Mu Chen had searched through a total of eighteen palaces. His harvest was a total of fifty-three Fallen Origin Pellets, a considerable harvest.
In the depths of the ruins, Mu Chen entered the last palace and gave a customary bow. Just when he wanted to continue refining the Fallen Origin Pellets, his expression drastically changed and the Spiritual Energy around him surged.
His gaze was fixed on the depths of the palace. There weren't many skeletons here, only a praying mat at the end of the palace. There seemed to be a grey-robed silhouette sitting there alone, as if it was an eternal existence.
Looking at the grey-robed silhouette, Mu Chen abruptly narrowed his eyes. There's actually someone alive here?!
(To be continued.)