20: Capture the Essence of Heaven and Earth

Under the Heavenly Wolf King's leadership, everyone entered his lair.

The lair was located within a massive, spacious cave.

As they delved deeper, the essence of heaven and earth grew increasingly dense.

Long Yuan could feel that he could now use the Divine Restraint Skill here!

"It seems the Heaven and Earth Vein should be located below!"

This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

This trip wasn't in vain; he would soon receive the System's reward.

As they reached the deepest part of the lair, they finally arrived in a vast space, where a translucent silver barrier appeared before them.

"Is this the Legacy of the strong cultivator you mentioned?" Long Yuan asked the Heavenly Wolf King.

"Reporting to Demon King, this barrier is incredibly powerful, even I cannot break through it. It must have been left by a powerful cultivator; otherwise, it couldn't possibly have formed naturally!"

The Heavenly Wolf King continuously exuded cold Qi, with layers of ice shards constantly appearing and disappearing in a cycle.

He was trying to expel the cold Qi from his body, but he couldn't.

After all, Long Yuan's Cultivation had already reached Fifth-Order Demon King Perfection!

His massive blue tail swept out, striking the silver barrier.

With a loud boom, the surrounding essence of heaven and earth surged, and silver light erupted from the silver barrier, illuminating the entire space brilliantly.

"Quite sturdy!" Long Yuan was slightly surprised, noting that the being who set up this barrier was quite strong.

However, since he had discovered it, there was no reason to return empty-handed.

If all else failed, he could directly use the Dragon Emperor Palace to break through it.

But just then, he suddenly smiled slightly.

"So that's it!"

"Is this barrier supported by the underground Heaven and Earth Vein?"

He had felt a surge from the underground Heaven and Earth Vein during his attack, and a large amount of the essence of heaven and earth had surged upwards.

This meant that as long as the Heaven and Earth Vein here did not dry up, this barrier would never be broken.

Of course, if one's strength was sufficient to forcibly break the barrier, that would be another matter!

"In that case, I'll just take the Heaven and Earth Vein directly!"

While this might be difficult or impossible for others, it was effortless for him!

Long Yuan immediately used the Divine Restraint Skill, opening his massive mouth and aiming it at the ground.

A black vortex appeared, and the surrounding essence of heaven and earth began to pour into the black vortex like rivers returning to the sea.

Rumble!!!

The nearby ground began to tremble as if an earthquake had occurred, and then a massive crack appeared!

The Heavenly Wolf King saw that the other party was casting a spell, and his eyes darted around.

Just as he was about to flee, he saw Long Yuan's fierce eyes fixed on him, scaring him into quickly lowering his head and tucking his tail between his legs.

But taking this opportunity, he began to focus on forcing out the cold Qi from his body.

"What is the Beast God doing?" Chu Hongxiao and the others couldn't help but wonder as they watched this scene.

Just then, a silver, river-like substance emerged from the underground crack, hundreds of meters long.

Dense essence of heaven and earth emanated from the long river; it was the Heaven and Earth Vein!

To everyone's astonished gazes, the silver river was directly swallowed into the black vortex!

"Done and dusted!" Long Yuan said with satisfaction.

The Divine Restraint Skill truly lived up to its name as a System reward specifically designed to capture Heaven and Earth Veins; it was indeed effective.

"Moreover, the grade of this Heaven and Earth Vein isn't low; it's actually reached Fifth-Order!"

A Fifth-Order Heaven and Earth Vein meant that the essence of heaven and earth it emitted could supply Fifth-Order cultivators.

"The Chu family should have enough essence of heaven and earth for the next few years!"

He then looked at the barrier before him.

Its previously brilliant silver light had now begun to dim!

Long Yuan swung his tail again, striking the barrier.

This time, as his blue tail swung, the surrounding space rumbled, indicating that the power of heaven and earth was being mobilized!

Boom!

With a loud bang, the light on the silver barrier dimmed even further.

Then, two more consecutive strikes landed, and the silver barrier shattered with a crash!

"It's open!"

But just then, the Heavenly Wolf King, with a whoosh, transformed into a silver streak and darted into the space within the barrier.

The reason it had built its lair here, besides the dense essence of heaven and earth, was its long-standing desire to obtain the Legacy within the barrier.

Now that the barrier was open, there might be a way to deal with this giant python inside!

"You're seeking death!" Long Yuan roared in anger.

Damn it, how dare you try to snatch this King's fruit? Where did you get the courage!

His massive body swayed, and he instantly darted inside as well.

There was nothing else inside, only a black palace.

"Haha, is this a Seventh-Order Spiritual Artifact?" The Heavenly Wolf King laughed loudly, directly rushing into the palace.

Even a mere palace was a Seventh-Order Spiritual Artifact; one could imagine how powerful the Legacy inside would be.

Long Yuan followed closely, but just as he stepped through the palace entrance, he heard the Heavenly Wolf King's bloodcurdling screams!

"Ah!!! Owoo! Owoo!"

Countless black Sword Qi crisscrossed, filling the entire hall, and in just an instant, the Heavenly Wolf King's body was riddled with holes.

Blood gushed out like a fountain!

"Holy crap!" Long Yuan was also startled by this sudden turn of events, and his scalp tingled as he watched the countless black Sword Qi shooting towards him.

He had a feeling that he truly couldn't withstand such an attack.

The next moment, a nine-story palace suddenly appeared above his head, showering down strands of light.

Clang, clang, clang!!

Streaks of sword light struck the radiant glow, but they simply couldn't break through the Emperor Weapon's brilliance.

"You..." Seeing this, the Heavenly Wolf King's eyes widened in disbelief, but he could only collapse into a pool of blood.

"What 'you'?" "You were the one who rushed in first; I didn't tell you to run so fast!"

Long Yuan, with the Dragon Emperor Palace above his head, walked to the Heavenly Wolf King's corpse and collected his body.

He wasn't kindly collecting the Heavenly Wolf King's body; it was just that he was hungry, and the Heavenly Wolf King's corpse was quite suitable!

"But I am curious, which scoundrel left this Legacy, yet still tried to trap people to their deaths!"

At least for a Fifth-Order cultivator, they definitely couldn't withstand the Sword Qi attacks here.

On his back, Chu Hongxiao and the others were pale with fright; such a powerful Fifth-Order Demon King had actually died just like that?

Outside Qingyang Town, it was indeed terrifyingly dangerous!

Long Yuan, with the Dragon Emperor Palace above his head, resisted the sky-full of Sword Qi and entered the deepest part of the main hall.

The interior space of the main hall was also quite vast, but it couldn't compare to the Dragon Emperor Palace's self-contained space.

And in the deepest part of the main hall, everyone saw a lifeless corpse.

But even so, a faint pressure still emanated from the corpse, making it difficult for Long Yuan to breathe.

As for the Chu family members, they were even worse off; some had already fainted!

Long Yuan simply moved them into the Dragon Emperor Palace.

After all, their purpose in coming along was merely to guide Long Yuan and locate the approximate position of the Heaven and Earth Vein.

Long Yuan looked at the corpse; it was an old man, his face appearing lifelike, but with a large hole in his glabella, as if pierced by a single finger.

And beside him, a black longsword floated, from which endless Sword Qi emanated.