299: A demigod-level forbidden treasure!

If the guard's attack just now was roughly comparable to the Martial Demon Realm, then his current attack has already reached the level of a Saint!

Not only was there a surge in power, but his speed also increased significantly.

Xiao Shi's naked eye could no longer track the axe he brought down.

He could only rely on his sense of crisis and react instinctively with a teleport.

Boom!

The ground shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck.

It was fortunate that the geological conditions here were unique, so the guard's axe only caused ground tremors and no substantial damage.

If this were outside, an axe of such power would undoubtedly cause widespread and severe destruction to the land.

Xiao Shi's forehead began to sweat.

He felt an unprecedented pressure.

According to his calculations, after each attack, the guard's next attack would be enhanced by one realm.

Thus, the guard's next attack would very likely be comparable to the Dao Lord Level!

Such an attack... even with his teleportation ability, he wouldn't be able to dodge it!

The most troublesome thing was that all his various methods were useless against him.

At this critical juncture, Xiao Shi decided to implement another plan of his!

Before he acted, he had already prepared for the possibility that his Dark Moon Form might not be effective.

With his cautious nature, he naturally wouldn't place all his hopes solely on the Dark Moon Form.

He would definitely prepare another plan.

Thinking of this, numerous nether moon soul spirits immediately appeared around Xiao Shi.

These nether moon soul spirits were precisely the many nether moon soul spirits from the Gen Mountain Sect that he had obtained in the illusory world.

As these nether moon soul spirits appeared, they immediately blocked Xiao Shi's path and rushed towards the guard, attracting his aggro.

Boom!

This caused the guard's descending great axe to strike the nether moon soul spirit in front of him instead of Xiao Shi.

In an instant, the nether moon soul spirit in front of him was shattered and exploded.

Xiao Shi's eyes lit up at this.

His plan had succeeded!

His second countermeasure was to release the nether moon soul spirits to "block the blade" for him.

If the nether moon soul spirits didn't work, he would release clones to block the blade.

At the same time, through the guard's attack, he also discovered an unexpected situation.

Although the guard's attacks were powerful, he seemed to only be able to attack one target at a time!

Logically speaking, with the terrifying power of the guard's axe, it should have been more than enough to shatter all the numerous nether moon soul spirits released by Xiao Shi.

But he only shattered one nether moon soul spirit.

This indicated that each of the guard's attacks could only target one objective.

Even if his attack was incredibly powerful, it couldn't spread to other targets.

After discovering this pattern, Xiao Shi also breathed a sigh of relief.

He now had the entire Gen Mountain Sect's nether moon soul spirits at his disposal.

Just the dozen or so nether moon soul spirits he had released now were enough to block the blade for him and keep him away from the guard.

Immediately, Xiao Shi's speed erupted fully.

While transforming into his Crimson Tiger Form, the Martial Emperor War Boots appeared on his feet, and he rushed towards the altar ahead at maximum speed.

After finding a way to deal with the guard, even if he was forced to trigger this taboo, he could cleverly resolve it.

This also made Xiao Shi realize that while the taboos here would cause considerable trouble, they were not unbreakable.

If these were unbreakable taboos, then the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect wouldn't have expected Xiang Zizhen to come here.

After all, with the strength of such a guard, even if Xiang Zizhen faced him, he wouldn't be much different from Xiao Shi.

Neither of them could withstand a single strike from him.

"In other words..."

"Although the taboos here are terrifying, different taboos should have different ways to deal with and break them."

Xiao Shi suddenly understood.

But for him, he didn't need to think too much about how to break these taboos.

Except for this taboo, which he had no choice but to trigger, he could easily avoid all the other taboos.

This was the power of luck!

At the same time, Xiao Shi also discovered that among these eight taboos, there was one taboo he had never encountered.

That was the wind rising in the valley.

According to this taboo, once the wind rose in the valley, one had to stay put, unable to move or speak, and could only act after the wind stopped.

If the wind had risen while he was being attacked by the guard, the entire situation would have been extremely bad.

However, with Xiao Shi's current luck, such an unlucky thing couldn't happen to him.

He had a smooth journey all the way.

He hadn't even encountered a situation where the wind rose in the valley.

In an instant, Xiao Shi arrived at the altar ahead.

The entire altar was azure, made of an unknown material, and covered with runes.

What was most striking was the giant Camphor Tree growing on the altar.

As he approached, Xiao Shi could feel the powerful seal possessed by this giant Camphor Tree.

The Camphor Tree itself had no offensive capabilities.

Its only purpose was sealing!

The strength of this seal surpassed any seal Xiao Shi had ever seen.

And with the sturdiness of this Camphor Tree, even a Saint would be unable to destroy it through attack.

While Xiao Shi stared intently at the Camphor Tree, he also noticed the giant eyeball sealed within the Camphor Tree.

He fell into deep thought about it.

"If this eyeball is the true purpose of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect in having us enter this place, then it's highly likely they want us to take this eyeball out of here..."

"But how can I obtain this eyeball from this sealed Camphor Tree?"

Xiao Shi circled the sealed Camphor Tree once.

He didn't see any flaws in the Camphor Tree.

He couldn't help but wonder.

If, according to the original plan, the person who entered this place was Xiang Zizhen, how would he acquire this eyeball when he arrived here?

Xiao Shi felt that he understood Xiang Zizhen well enough.

With Xiang Zizhen's abilities, it would be impossible for him to break the seal of this Camphor Tree.

Then there was only one possibility.

That was, the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect had given Xiang Zizhen an important item before he entered this place.

This item would allow him to break the seal of the Camphor Tree.

And the most difficult problem now was... he didn't have this item for breaking the seal!

This made things a bit difficult.

Xiao Shi carefully recalled all the items and methods he possessed.

He couldn't think of anything that could break the seal.

At the same time, among the eight taboos in this valley, none of them were related to this place.

In response, Xiao Shi could only inquire with the incomplete consciousness in the black coffin within him.

He wanted to see if the incomplete consciousness in the black coffin had a solution.

Normally, the incomplete consciousness in the black coffin was in a dormant state and would only awaken after Xiao Shi's summons.

Now, awakened by Xiao Shi, the incomplete consciousness in the black coffin immediately noticed the giant Camphor Tree in front of Xiao Shi.

"This is..."

The incomplete consciousness in the black coffin suddenly showed an excitement it wouldn't normally have.

But due to the incompleteness of its consciousness, it fell into thought.

After a long period of contemplation, it finally spoke.

"My memory tells me that this tree... seems to be one of the nine Divine Trees of the Tianwu Continent!"

"These nine Divine Trees are not all from the same era."

"It is said that only five Divine Trees have been born so far, and four Divine Trees have never been born."

"Perhaps they will be born one day in the future."

Xiao Shi's heart stirred at this.

Since the incomplete consciousness in the black coffin knew the origin of this Divine Tree, it might have a way to unlock the seal.

He quickly asked, "Do you know how to unlock the seal of this Divine Tree?"

The incomplete consciousness in the black coffin once again fell into thought.

After a long period of contemplation, it replied, "To unlock its seal, only the person who controls this Divine Tree can do it."

"Just like your Azure Calamity Ancient Tree."

"Only you can use the power of the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree; even I cannot use its power now."

"Oh, and... the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree is also one of the nine Divine Trees."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shi couldn't help but make some connections.

"Since the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree is also one of the nine Divine Trees, can the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree unlock the seal of this Camphor Tree?"

"No!" The incomplete consciousness in the black coffin stated with certainty.

"Although they are both among the nine Divine Trees, their functions are not the same. Moreover, the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree's current state is far inferior to this sealed Camphor Tree."

Xiao Shi couldn't help but frown deeply.

In fact, he could also feel that the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree was indeed not in as good a state as this sealed Camphor Tree.

If even the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree, also one of the nine Divine Trees, couldn't unlock the seal, then he truly had no other good options.

"Actually, I think you can try to find a solution from the sealed object on this sealed Camphor Tree..."

"I sense some aura of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect from the sealed object of this Camphor Tree. This sealed object is of a very high level. If you can awaken it, perhaps there's a chance it can help break the seal."

The incomplete consciousness in the black coffin suggested.

"Awaken the sealed object?"

Xiao Shi couldn't help but focus his gaze on the eyeball located within the Camphor Tree.

It was a pity that the incomplete consciousness in the black coffin only knew the origin of this Camphor Tree but did not know what the eyeball sealed by the Camphor Tree was.

Xiao Shi felt that if he could obtain information about this eyeball, he might know how to awaken it.

But unfortunately, no specific information about this eyeball appeared in his sight.

Usually, to see relevant information about an item, besides items dropped by killing, it would be in some special environments, such as the illusory world.

But what was rather strange was... he had never seen any relevant item information here from beginning to end.

He had discovered this point earlier when he was in that disabled field of weapons and treasures.

Otherwise, he would have been able to see the relevant information about those weapons and treasures at that time.

"Is there any way to see the relevant information about this eyeball?"

Xiao Shi fell into deep thought about this.

Suddenly, an idea came to him.

He tried to release a nether moon soul spirit beside him, directly ordering this nether moon soul spirit to possess the eyeball on the Camphor Tree, and then kill the nether moon soul spirit!

Although evil thoughts were not allowed here, this evil thought only targeted the remnant souls and guards in the valley.

It did not include Xiao Shi's own nether moon soul spirit.

Killing his own nether moon soul spirit would not violate the taboo here.

And by killing the nether moon soul spirit, Xiao Shi felt that he would have a chance to see the relevant information about this eyeball.

Even if it failed, he would only lose one nether moon soul spirit, which was not a big problem.

Immediately, the entire nether moon soul spirit, under Xiao Shi's command, floated towards the eyeball on the Camphor Tree, attempting to merge into it.

However, the moment the nether moon soul spirit touched the eyeball, hiss!

The entire nether moon soul spirit immediately began to smoke all over.

In an instant, it vanished into thin air!

"It didn't work?"

Xiao Shi frowned slightly.

But the next second, when his gaze focused on the eyeball on the Camphor Tree, the relevant information about the eyeball immediately appeared.

"Name: eye of imperial judgment"

"Type: Eyeball"

"Grade: Demigod-level"

"Introduction: This is a demigod-level forbidden treasure refined by the founder of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect, combining the power of the Four Symbols. It is also the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect's sect-guarding treasure."

"Note 1: Under the lock of the eye of imperial judgment, even the most powerful "Dao" cannot resist the power of taboo."

"Note 2: The entire Great Wu Dynasty is within the gaze range of the eye of imperial judgment."

"Note 3: Once locked by the eye of imperial judgment, unless one is an existence above a demigod, one will be unable to evade the lock of the eye of imperial judgment, even a demigod cannot."

"Note 4: Only the demigods of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect can use the eye of imperial judgment. Even if this item falls into the hands of other demigods, they cannot use it."

"Note 5: As the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect's sect-guarding divine artifact, the eye of imperial judgment can regularly perform baptisms and enlightenment for the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect's disciples."

Xiao Shi looked at the item information in front of him.

His entire mind was already in turmoil.

He originally thought that the suspected Dao Lord Level divine weapon he had seen before was already terrifying.

But he didn't expect... that what was sealed within this Camphor Tree was actually a demigod-level treasure!

At the same time, the moment he saw the entire item information, he was completely certain that the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect had them come here precisely for this demigod-level treasure!

Although he didn't understand why this demigod-level treasure would fall into the hands of the Star Luo Lord, the Star Luo Lord was clearly unable to use this demigod-level treasure.

Not only was the Star Luo Lord's own cultivation realm insufficient, but more importantly, this demigod-level treasure could only be used by Martial Emperors and the demigods of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect.

"If that's the case... then I really have hope of awakening this demigod-level eye of imperial judgment!"

Xiao Shi's heart thumped.