277: Chapter 277 Mid-Rank Sacred Relic! The Great Sun Phoenix Tree

"Who!?"

The moment Xiao Ting's voice appeared, it immediately drew everyone's attention.

The next moment, the expressions of the four people changed drastically, simply because a force of heaven and earth descended upon them. The Supreme Dharma Body they had manifested instantly dissipated and returned to their Sovereign Sea, while a vast power appeared around their Sovereign Sea to form a seal, rendering them unable to use even a shred of spiritual energy.

"An Earth Supreme expert!"

An expression of surprise and joy appeared on Bai Qiu's face.

The other three people wore looks of panic, their faces extremely unsightly.

Xiao Ting appeared beside Bai Qiu and, with a wave of his hand, took the Heavenly Spirit Bead into his grasp. He probed it with his spiritual consciousness and sensed an ocean within, entirely composed of pure liquid natural treasures.

If he were to use it all now, breaking through to the mid-stage of the Lower Earth Supreme was not a problem.

This bead was also inscribed with a special formation that could autonomously devour and refine spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Xiao Ting made a rough estimate; if the liquid natural treasures within this bead were accumulated from scratch to their current scale, it would likely take a hundred years.

However, if some corresponding natural treasures were added, the accumulation process could be accelerated.

This energy was indeed sufficient to allow a Ninth Grade Sovereign to break through to the Earth Supreme realm.

It could even instantly restore the spiritual energy within the Sovereign Sea when transcending the Earth Supreme spiritual tribulation.

Inside, there were also ten milky-white spiritual energy crystals.

The spiritual energy crystals condensed by a Lower Earth Supreme could be directly assimilated.

"Good stuff. As long as enough resources are invested, it can help a Ninth Grade Sovereign charge towards the Earth Supreme realm every so often."

Xiao Ting directly stored the Heavenly Spirit Bead into his Sovereign Sea, and his sword intent took shape, directly erasing the soul imprint left behind by the Upper Earth Supreme within it.

"Hmm?"

Bai Qiu sensed this and revealed an expression of disbelief.

He had actually completely lost his connection to the Heavenly Spirit Bead. His great-grandfather had said that at least a Great Perfection Earth Supreme could forcibly achieve this. Could the person before him be a Great Perfection Earth Supreme?

Whether he was or not didn't matter; he had truly saved him, and also allowed him to take his revenge!

"Senior!" Bai Qiu cupped his hands and bowed. "I am willing to agree to the proposal you made. Please, after sealing them, hand them over to me."

As soon as Bai Qiu spoke, the three Sovereigns finally snapped back to reality. The leading man immediately spoke up: "This Earth Supreme lord, I am Hui Tianwen of the Hui Clan. My Hui Clan ancestor is also an Earth Supreme expert. Please, for his sake, spare our lives."

Xiao Ting ignored him, raised his hand to completely seal their Sovereign Seas, and then with a wave, handed them over to Bai Qiu.

The Heavenly Spirit Bead was a good item, worth him taking action for Bai Qiu.

As for Earth Supremes… even if it were a Great Perfection Earth Supreme, he would not be afraid.

"Hui Tianwen, you never expected that you would have this day, did you?"

Looking at the three of them—Hui Tianwen and the others—who had become lambs waiting for the slaughter, Bai Qiu's eyes turned blood-red.

Hui Tianwen's heart sank, and he immediately shouted toward Bai Qiu: "Bai Qiu, we are your own uncles."

"Hahahaha!" Bai Qiu suddenly let out a burst of laughter, tears streaming from his eyes. "That's right, you are my own uncles, the closest kin to my mother, and the current Hui Clan head is my own maternal grandfather."

"The Hui Clan ancestor was even a brother with whom my great-grandfather had life-and-death ties. When the Hui Clan suffered a great calamity back then, it was my great-grandfather who stepped in to protect the Hui Clan ancestor and helped them rebuild the clan on this Baiqi Continent."

"But now, after my Bai Clan met with disaster, all of you plotted against my parents and plotted against me."

"You wanted to seize our family's inheritance, you are repaying kindness with enmity."

"The ones who hurt me the deepest are you so-called relatives."

As these words were spoken, the expressions of the three—Hui Tianwen and his companions—became extremely unsightly; it was the embarrassment of having their dirty hearts exposed.

"Just now, you were bullying the small with the big, using your cultivation realm to oppress the weak, and using your numbers to bully the few. I saw it all." Xiao Ting spoke up from the side.

These three from the Hui Clan were truly shameless. It would have been better if they had just said that treasures belong to those with the ability.

"Bai Qiu, don't be so impulsive." Hui Tianwen's expression was ugly as death, but he could only pretend not to hear and continued: "You also know that your maternal great-grandfather is injured and is on the verge of passing away."

"Take out the Heavenly Spirit Bead, and it can allow your maternal grandfather to attempt a breakthrough to the Earth Supreme realm."

"If the Hui Clan has two Earth Supremes, we will naturally help you rebuild the Bai Clan and take revenge for you."

"Hypocritical, are you still being hypocritical even now?" Bai Qiu sneered and retorted: "When you were beating around the bush trying to get it back then, I had already said that as long as my maternal grandfather took an oath, I would take out the Heavenly Spirit Bead, but you didn't agree."

"Not only that, it was also you who sent my parents to explore dangerous places, which eventually led to their fall."

"From beginning to end, you just wanted to swindle the Heavenly Spirit Bead from my hands. Do you think I am a fool?"

At this, the three—Hui Tianwen and his companions—could not say a word. They did not expect that Bai Qiu actually knew about this matter; no wonder he had fled without hesitation.

"My lord." Bai Qiu turned and bowed to Xiao Ting: "Please, take action and destroy their physical bodies. I will imprison their spirits. Although they have been heartless to me, for the sake of my mother, I do not wish to stain my hands with the blood of my own uncles."

Xiao Ting did not mind doing this favor, so he snapped his fingers.

A violent force of thunder appeared, directly annihilating the physical bodies of the three—Hui Tianwen and his companions—into nothingness, leaving behind only their spirits, whose powers were sealed.

Bai Qiu raised his hand and took out a bottle, aiming it at the three—Hui Tianwen and his companions—and sucked them inside.

A look of surprise flashed in the depths of Xiao Ting's eyes, because this bottle was yet another quasi-low-grade sacred object.

A low-grade sacred object was a good item that even Earth Supremes would be jealous of and want to fight over.

Many Earth Supremes did not even possess a quasi-low-grade sacred object.

"My lord." Bai Qiu put away the bottle and bowed to Xiao Ting once again: "I wonder if you are interested in making a trade."

"Let's hear it." Xiao Ting revealed an interested expression.

"My Bai Clan possesses a mid-grade sacred object. It was because of this mid-grade sacred object that an Earth Supreme expert at the Half-Step Great Perfection level coveted it and annihilated my Bai Clan."

"That mid-grade sacred object has a special restriction set by my Bai Clan's ancestors. It requires a certain amount of time to erode, otherwise, it will affect the effectiveness of this mid-grade sacred object."

"If you are willing to take action and kill this Half-Step Great Perfection Earth Supreme, I am willing to lift the restriction on this mid-grade sacred object for you."

A mid-grade sacred object? This fee was not low. If it could be taken by force in a reasonable and justified manner, Xiao Ting would be more than happy to do so.

"Do you think I can deal with a Half-Step Great Perfection Earth Supreme?" Xiao Ting asked in confusion.

"I do not know." Bai Qiu answered honestly. "If you cannot do it, you certainly would not agree to trade with me, and I would not lose anything."

"But if you have sufficient strength, then my Bai Clan will have a chance to be avenged, which is a better chance than me taking revenge with my own hands."

Xiao Ting nodded slightly and asked: "Tell me in detail about the situation of this mid-grade sacred object."

Bai Qiu clenched his hands and said: "This mid-grade sacred object is very special. My Bai Clan ancestor once said that some high-grade sacred objects cannot even compare to it. It is called the Great Sun Phoenix Tree."