462: Chapter 462 The Ultimate Twist! A delicate, fair hand grasps all hope in the room!

"What... what the hell is this thing now?!"

Qian Duoduo's already bloodless fat face instantly turned as white as a sheet of A4 paper. He felt his upper and lower teeth chattering frantically, clicking out a heart-pounding rendition of 'Unease'.

He subconsciously glanced at the coffin. Its entire body was cast from rare Abyss Black Gold; just a fraction of an ounce of this material was enough to trade for a city. To have such a large coffin... he was rich!

No, he was going to die!

This place was too sinister! One trap after another, the pit was full of schemes!

This wasn't some ancient ruin; this was clearly the headquarters of a multi-layered 'pig-butchering' scam!

Clang—!

A faint sword hum echoed from Jian Buping's waist. It wasn't him drawing his sword; rather, the Imperial Weapon starfall sword in his hand was vibrating on its own, transmitting an unprecedented warning.

His expression was solemn, his hand already deathly tight on the hilt. From that coffin, he smelled a scent of death a hundred times more intense than when he was besieged by seven or eight Quasi-Emperors just now!

“amitabha.”

The monk Monk Jiese pressed his palms together, his painted-on vertical angry brows twisting into a tangled mess.

"This object is extremely ominous! The Evil Qi has almost condensed into substance, piercing the sky! But... strange, deep within this endless Evil Qi, why is there a trace of... a terrifyingly pure silence hidden?"

His Buddha-heart shook; for a moment, he couldn't judge whether the thing inside the coffin was a demon or a Buddha.

Even the usually fearless Hua Nongying had a pale face now, unconsciously moving behind Su Chen. For the first time, pure fear appeared in her enchanting eyes.

The entire scene was so oppressive that even heartbeats could be heard clearly; the air seemed to have solidified into glass.

However, just as everyone was keeping a respectful distance from this eerie coffin.

Su Chen looked calm on the surface, but his heart was already shouting "holy crap" repeatedly, with mental comments scrolling faster than a Heavenly Tribulation.

Because the moment that coffin emerged, a little gadget in a corner of his Storage Ring that was almost worn smooth suddenly started vibrating frantically as if it had been hit by 220 volts of high-voltage electricity!

That thing was called the [Cornucopia Core Fragment], something he had picked up casually from the Su Family treasury before.

It was said that by gathering all the fragments, one could reassemble the ancient supreme treasure, the [Cornucopia], which possessed the Heaven-Defying ability to turn stone into gold.

But when Su Chen looked at it back then, good heavens, there were a total of 99,999 fragments, and he had the first one.

[99,999 fragments? Are you stacking buffs here? Does the manufacturer have OCD? Collecting seven Dragon Balls to summon the Dragon is more reliable than this!]

So, the item was immediately classified as "defective" by him, intended to be used as a trump card for sacrificing to an Imperial Weapon whenever he lacked Materials.

But now it was actually getting excited on its own?

[What's the situation? Does this piece of junk have some kind of shady deal with this broken coffin?]

[Could it be... that inside this coffin lies the second fragment?]

Just as an absurd thought emerged, before Su Chen could think further.

Buzz—!

With a sharp, soft sound, the Storage Ring on his finger suddenly flashed with golden light!

That [Cornucopia Core Fragment] he regarded as trash actually burned its Origin, completely ignoring his Divine Thought lockdown, and directly tore through space, turning into a golden stream of light faster than a lightning bolt!

With a "swoosh," like a fledgling finding its mother, it charged desperately toward that black gold coffin!

This sudden scene left even Su Chen stunned.

The teammates behind him were even more shocked!

"Boss, what was that thing that flew out?!" Qian Duoduo screamed subconsciously!

Su Chen had no time to deal with him, his eyes fixed on that desperately running golden stream of light, his brows knitted into a knot.

He had a very bad premonition, feeling as if he had accidentally triggered some incredible switch.

And sure enough!

In the thousandth of a split second before that golden light touched the coffin!

Boom-crack—!

A terrifying explosion that made the Soul tremble suddenly erupted from inside the black gold coffin!

The black gold coffin, which was tied up by countless mysterious rune gold bars, had its indestructible lid blown off directly from the inside by an indescribable, terrifying force!

With a "bang," the incredibly heavy coffin lid exploded into a sky full of fireworks in mid-air!

Countless black gold fragments turned into a rain of death, shooting in all directions with a whistle that tore through the Void Realm, turning the surrounding solid walls into sieves full of holes!

The Protective Aura that Su Chen and the others had propped up at the first moment flickered wildly with ripples from the impact!

And amidst that sky of violent dust and fragments.

A small hand slowly, even with a bit of laziness, stretched out from the pitch-black coffin.

That hand was white and tender, chubby, with fingers as rounded as freshly steamed white jade buns. It was so cute it seemed to have zero lethality, even making one want to give it a squeeze.

But it was such a baby-fat little hand that, at a speed completely violating all the Laws of the world, arrived later but struck first.

Before the flying fragments and dust had even landed, and under the stunned, jaw-dropping gazes of everyone.

It simply reached up casually and, with incredible precision, grabbed that desperately fleeing golden stream of light—right in its palm!