202: This is your treasure? You'd better accept the Holy One's punishment!

Soul Extinguisher raised the bone casket above his head and respectfully said, "Ten Thousand Souls Hall, respectfully presents to the Holy Venerable: ten sections of Thousand-Year Soul-Nourishing Wood, three squares of Ten-Thousand-Year Yin Jade Marrow, one hundred top-grade Soul Crystals, thirty-six Earth Fiend Yin Soul Banners, and one scroll of the hundred ghosts night parade scroll..."

The bone casket opened.

Instantly, a howling yin wind surged, accompanied by the wails of ghosts!

Dense Soul Power and Death Qi soared into the sky, forming countless ferocious ghost figures in the air, baring fangs and claws, truly terrifying.

Especially that scroll of the hundred ghosts night parade scroll, wreathed in black Qi, with hundreds of ghosts visibly wriggling within, emitting fluctuations close to the Soul Transformation Stage!

Soul Extinguisher's heart stirred slightly.

Although this batch of treasures wasn't the true core Foundation of the Ten Thousand Souls Hall, it was still precious and rare. The hundred ghosts night parade scroll, in particular, was difficult to refine, enough to show their sincerity.

He quietly raised his eyes, wanting to observe the Holy Venerable's expression.

However, he saw Cold Moon merely glance indifferently at the soaring Soul Evil Qi, her face devoid of joy or sorrow, showing no emotion.

It was Su Yang, standing beside her, whose brow furrowed imperceptibly.

Although these treasures possessed heavy Evil Qi and dense Soul Power, none showed any sign of resonating with the battle armor within him, nor could he sense the existence of the armor's components himself.

Cold Moon looked at Su Yang.

The inquiry in her gaze was obvious: Is there anything you need here?

Su Yang shook his head.

Cold Moon stared at Soul Extinguisher, her eyes already extremely cold.

"Next."

Bai Lingxi saw Su Yang shake his head slightly, and roughly understood the situation.

But the process still had to continue.

Soul Extinguisher retreated, a vague unease in his heart.

The Holy Venerable... seemed dissatisfied?

Next was the Blood Sea Sect.

Blood Without End carried a huge blood-colored gourd and placed it on the treasure-offering platform with a thud.

"Blood Sea Sect, presents: nine Thousand-Year Blood Corals, eighty Asura Blood Essences, twelve Blood Fiend Demonic Blades, and a Jade Slip containing the refining method for our Sect's secret treasure, the Blood God Child..."

The mouth of the gourd opened, and monstrous Blood Evil Qi surged out, dyeing half the sky dark red!

A sickening, bloody stench permeated the air, yet it also contained violent life essence and the Dao rhythm of slaughter.

That Jade Slip, which recorded the refining method of the Blood God Child, pulsed with flowing blood light, unsettling people's minds.

Blood Without End stood tall and proud, feeling that this list of treasures was no lighter than the Ten Thousand Souls Hall's, especially since he had offered a portion of their core secret techniques, which was enough to demonstrate the Blood Sea Sect's loyalty and generosity.

However,

Su Yang's brow furrowed even deeper—still no resonance.

Cold Moon saw his tightly furrowed brow, and her expression became even colder.

Blood Without End, who had been happy, could no longer be happy. This list of treasures was not approved by the Holy Venerable? That shouldn't be!

Blood Without End retreated uneasily. Subsequently, the Myriad Skeletons Sect, Seven Emotions Valley, Five Poisons Gate, Earth Fiend Manor, and Taotie Alliance successively stepped forward, offering a dazzling array of treasures, all radiating Evil Qi.

There were mountains of rare spiritual materials.

There were dazzling Demonic Path Magical Artifacts.

There were cages containing the Souls of powerful Yao Beasts, and some even directly offered beautiful Cauldrons or formidable servants.

Each presentation of treasures caused a surge of Devilish Qi and a burst of evil light.

The entire area outside the Hehuan Sect's mountain gate was filled with various sinister, bloody, greedy, and poisonous auras. Ordinary Cultivators would likely lose their minds and fall into the Demonic Path in mere moments here.

Unfortunately,

None of these were what Su Yang needed.

After the treasures were offered, the scene fell into a dead silence.

The seven Sects were all in a state of panic, wondering what the Holy Venerable meant. It seemed that none of the treasures offered had satisfied the Holy Venerable.

That shouldn't be.

"Is that all?"

Cold Moon finally spoke again.

Her voice was still calm, but it made the hearts of all who heard it suddenly clench.

Those three simple words made Soul Extinguisher, Blood Without End, Nether Bone, and the others suddenly look up, their eyes flashing with surprise and doubt.

This isn't enough?

What exactly does the Holy Venerable want?

"What did this Venerable's decree say?"

Cold Moon's gaze shifted, falling upon Soul Extinguisher.

Soul Extinguisher stiffened, feeling as if that gaze was tangible, pressing down on him until his Soul trembled. He quickly lowered his head and said, "Holy... Holy Venerable's decree... commanded us to bring all the Sect's most precious treasures..."

"Then—"

"Is what you brought, everything?"

Cold Moon's voice suddenly turned cold, like a chilling wind from the Nine Nether sweeping across the entire scene.

Boom—!

The invisible pressure suddenly intensified!

The seven Sect Masters all let out a muffled groan. The Elders with weaker cultivation bases even directly bled from the corners of their mouths and fell to their knees!

"Holy Venerable, please appease your anger!"

Soul Extinguisher endured the pain of his Divine Soul feeling like it was about to split, and urgently said, "It's not that we intentionally deceived you! It's truly... truly that some of our Sect-guarding treasures are connected to the Sect's earthpulse and grand formations. Moving them might cause the Sect to collapse! Furthermore, they are ancient, and some treasures even we may not fully know..."

"Yes, Holy Venerable!"

Blood Without End also quickly argued, "The Blood God Child refining method that our Blood Sea Sect presented is an unpassed secret! The other treasures are all the essence accumulated by our Sect over hundreds of years..."

"Holy Venerable, please see clearly!"

"We absolutely have no intention of deceiving you!"

The other Sect Masters also spoke up, offering various reasons.

However, the core meaning was only one: We tried our best, but these are truly all we can bring out. Asking for more would be shaking the Sect's Foundation.

Su Yang observed coldly from the side, already understanding.

These people were clearly feigning compliance while hiding things. The battle armor components he was looking for were probably among those truly core treasures that were hidden away, which is why none of the abyssal legguards, Void-Rending Battle Boots, or Dark River Arm Guard he needed were brought.

Cold Moon, being able to create the Demonic Path, was naturally not a good-tempered woman.

Hearing them still have the audacity to defend themselves here, her eyes turned completely icy.

She slowly walked forward.

Her black dress moved without wind, and her long hair gently fluttered.

The light of the entire world darkened once more.

An aura of destruction, a hundred times more terrifying than before, emanated from within her!

"This Venerable hates deception the most."

Cold Moon's voice carried a chilling coldness that seemed to freeze the Soul.

She extended her right hand, as slender and white as jade, palm upwards, and gently clenched it.

"Buzz—!"

Above the treasure-offering platform, the swirling demonic clouds suddenly solidified. Immediately after, seven gigantic eyes, formed purely from darkness, appeared within the clouds!

Each eye was cold and emotionless, as deep as an abyss, directly corresponding to the seven Sect Masters below!

"Since you don't understand what 'all' means, this Venerable will personally teach you!"

Before her words finished, the seven Dark Eyes simultaneously shot out black beams of light, precisely enveloping Soul Extinguisher, Blood Without End, Nether Bone, and the other seven Sect Masters!

"Urgh ah—!"

The seven screamed in unison!

The black light did not directly attack their Physical Bodies, but instead penetrated deep into their Divine Souls, stirring the Origin of the Demonic Techniques they had cultivated throughout their lives, subjecting them to the most cruel stripping!

Soul Extinguisher's Death Qi rapidly leaked out, and his cultivation base, originally at the Peak Late Spirit Transformation Stage, visibly plummeted!

Ten thousand years of arduous cultivation dissipated in an instant!

He discovered in horror that his connection to the main body of the ten thousand souls banner in the core Forbidden Ground of the Ten Thousand Souls Hall was being forcibly severed. An invisible hand was tearing away, thread by thread, the part of his Divine Soul that belonged to the Legacy of the Ten Thousand Souls Hall...