197: powerful figures

Thunder Realm

"Secret treasure, I didn't expect this thing to actually exist, and not just be a legend." A voice like thunder boomed, and a Purple-Haired Man on the mountaintop, bathed in lightning, opened his eyes. The surrounding lightning instantly retreated, as if bowing to a monarch.

"Life strange treasure. My body has just reached its limit. To continue tempering it with lightning, I can only use more powerful lightning, but my body cannot withstand that destructive lightning at all." The man only pondered for a moment before disappearing from his original spot.

Not far from the Thunder Realm, a figure in a black robe was struggling with a spherical lightning ball that pulsed like a heart.

The person shrouded in the black robe had sinister eyes, staring at the Lightning Spirit that he had been unable to refine for a long time, feeling immense resentment.

He didn't know what had happened to his three subordinates, who had yet to deliver the heart of the wutong tree. If he had the heart of that mutated wutong tree to assist him, he would have refined this Lightning Spirit half a month ago and made it his Companion Holy Spirit.

But because of those three useless subordinates, there had been no news from them until now, causing him to still be vying with the Lightning Spirit.

Suddenly, a message came from his panel.

The black-robed man clicked to view it, his body trembling, and his hoarse voice carried an incredible surprise, "strange treasure, a strange treasure has actually appeared!"

Immediately, a chain appeared in his hand. The chain turned into nothingness, yet it locked the ethereal Lightning Spirit in place.

The black-robed man's tone was fervent, "My treasure, wait patiently. Once I get the strange treasure, I'll come back to devour you."

Afterward, a crow flew in from somewhere, carrying the black-robed man, and left the Thunder Realm.

Sheng Family Villa

"Is the gate ready?"

"Replying to the Patriarch, it is ready."

"This time, let Sheng Tianqi lead the team."

"Yes, Patriarch."

The room fell silent. The old man, like decaying wood, leaned quietly on the chair, his breathing almost imperceptible, as if he were already a corpse.

"Life strange treasure, strange treasure..."

The faint sound was almost inaudible, but it was mixed with surprise and madness.

The Sheng Family Villa was beautiful, completely unlike the apocalypse. The grayness that enveloped the world was firmly isolated outside the villa. It seemed that a mysterious power protected the entire villa, isolating it from the world.

Inside the villa, the grass and trees were green. Outside the villa was the contaminated gray earth, with countless strange plants growing menacingly, like demons.

Sheng Tianqi opened his eyes. Beneath him was a jade mountain, carved like white jade, about twenty to thirty meters high.

"Young Master Sheng Tianqi, the Patriarch wants you to go to Tang Lake to retrieve the life strange treasure." The person at the foot of the jade mountain spoke respectfully.

"Understood."

"Young Master Sheng Tianqi, the plane is ready."

The person at the foot of the jade mountain finished speaking and withdrew.

Sheng Tianqi's gaze shifted slightly, falling on a certain direction, his eyes slightly lowered, wondering what he was thinking.

Ten minutes later, more than ten helicopters departed from the Sheng Family Villa. These helicopters carried a faint glow, clearly not ordinary items.

Yamato Country

Sakurako sat kneeling on the wooden floor, quietly reading a book. The book surprisingly recorded the extraordinary systems of the old world: Onmyoji.

Just then, there was a knock on the door from outside.

"Come in." Sakurako spoke, the pink in her eyes shining with delicate light.

"Miss Sakurako, Grandma wants you to come over."

"Understood."

Sakurako closed the book and followed the maid out of the room. Outside the door was a cherry blossom forest that bloomed all year round. Within the cherry blossom forest, wooden houses and corridors rose and fell, perfectly blending with the surrounding environment, inexplicably carrying a certain presence.

"Grandma." Sakurako called out sweetly.

"You're here." The old woman stroked her granddaughter's head, "Don't be too obsessed with Onmyodo. Those old-world systems are no longer suitable for the present."

"They'll always be somewhat useful. We can't rely too much on Talent, can we? After all, this Talent can't be passed down, Grandma." Sakurako laughed.

The old woman tapped Sakurako's nose: "You, still thinking of creating your own system? Don't fantasize."

"Hehe, what if it works?"

"Grandma, why did you call me here this time?"

Getting to the point, the old woman became serious, "Sakurako, a secret treasure has appeared in Great Xia."

As she spoke, the old woman's tone involuntarily revealed envy, and a hint of bitterness.

That land, no matter what era, they could never surpass it. Even if they did, it was only temporary, like an unchangeable fate; everything would return to its proper course.

"Great Xia, strange treasure." Sakurako clenched her hands, "Grandma, I understand."

"Sakurako." The old woman caressed her granddaughter's face, "If you're tired, rest."

Sakurako lifted her oval-shaped face, "Grandma, I'm not tired. And I also want to see how much weight the prodigies of Great Xia in this new era carry."

Her eyes flashed with stubbornness and unwillingness to admit defeat.

"Grandma, wait for me. I will definitely bring you many, many strange treasures."

"Good child, what use are strange treasures to Grandma? Be obedient, when you obtain these things, remember not to keep them on you. You must consume them immediately."

"Understood, Grandma."

In the cherry blossom forest, a light gate appeared... Eagle Empire

At the very top of a skyscraper that soared into the clouds.

"Sister, I want to go with you!" Kylie's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"What are you going for, to drag me down?" The blonde woman lifted her sister's chin, "Stay home obediently, don't cause trouble for me."

"Sister, I'm going! If you don't let me go, once you leave, I'll take a private jet." Kylie snorted softly.

Karina rubbed her head, a headache coming on: "You can go, on the condition that you completely absorb the Angel Gene Serum first, and I'm only giving you one day."

"Heh, no need to wait a day, let's go now!" Kylie revealed a cunning smile, and a pair of pure white wings suddenly appeared behind her.

Karina was startled, then smiled helplessly: "You, you."

"Have the light gate stones been collected?"

"Sister, they've been collected. These things are really expensive; they've already been hyped up to the price of a set of talent upgrade stones from E-grade to A-grade." Kylie grumbled.

"As long as they're ready, that's fine. Compared to strange treasures, these are nothing." Karina gently brushed back the blonde hair from her forehead: "Let's go, we'll depart now."

Great Xia, Tanghu City, Tang Lake

The seven originally shining fruits on the illusory giant tree in the center of Tang Lake had now dimmed.

"It seems there are no more strange treasures today. Let's find a place to rest first. Also, have the base intensify the collection of experience stones of various grades to prepare for the long struggle ahead." Tang Ping withdrew his gaze from the illusory giant tree.

Zhang Xile nodded: "We are already excavating immortal grass with full effort."

Nie Yu bit on a blade of grass: "Old Tang, you said many people would come this time. Who exactly will come?"

"The whole world."

"???"