Chapter 1660 - 1656: Refine

Chapter 1660: Chapter 1656: Refine

The four spat out fresh blood in mid-air, and the original array had already collapsed.

Once collapsed, the power was greatly lost. After fighting individually, they appeared as weak as infants in the eyes of the gaunt middle-aged man.

Chu Zhiyuan had always been in a hidden state, and the gaunt middle-aged man couldn’t detect him.

The other four didn’t notice him either.

But at this moment, he couldn’t just stand by and watch the four be killed by the gaunt middle-aged man.

Just as he was about to make a move, Zeng Yun suddenly took out the jade pendant from her sleeve.

The gaunt middle-aged man’s eyes were blood-red, rushing towards the four, but seeing the jade pendant in Zeng Yun’s hand, his forward momentum instantly stalled.

This gave the four a chance to buffer. They came together once again and reformed the Four Symbols Mixed Element Formation.

They discovered that in the face of the gaunt middle-aged man’s assault, the Four Symbols United Heart Formation was inadequate.

The Four Symbols Mixed Element Formation might also not hold up.

Their hearts were heavy.

Unexpectedly, even with the blessing of the divine artifact, the four of them joining forces in formation couldn’t stop this gaunt middle-aged man.

They would have to risk their lives today.

They were about to activate the secret technique to fully unleash their potential.

This could double their power, but at the cost of lying in bed for two months, with their realm dropping by two levels.

Such a price was worth it to save their lives.

At this very moment, the jade pendant suddenly made a "buzzing" sound, then burst forth with a burst of golden light.

The golden light instantly turned into a golden ray, shooting towards the gaunt middle-aged man.

The gaunt middle-aged man’s face slightly changed, the silver ring suddenly turned into a silver light and shot at the golden light.

But it was knocked away by the golden light.

The golden light continued to shoot towards the gaunt middle-aged man, with incredible speed.

The gaunt middle-aged man let out a furious roar, pushing both palms forward.

"Bang!"

He flew straight back, horizontally flying out over thirty meters in the air.

The Heavenly Sword at Chu Zhiyuan’s waist trembled gently.

Then, an endless stream of power was injected into the jade pendant again.

Another golden light shot out, catching up with the gaunt middle-aged man in mid-air.

He hurriedly turned his palm to push again but was knocked away by the golden light once more, spitting out a blood arrow in the air.

The gaunt middle-aged man roared in rage, still wanting to attack, but the third golden light had already shot over.

"Ah—!"

The gaunt middle-aged man roared, turned around, and left, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

"This..." Zeng Yun and the four hesitated.

They stared blankly at the jade pendant in her hand.

Zeng Yun also looked astonished.

She knew the jade pendant contained power, but usually, it didn’t feel very strong, just a faint presence.

Previously, it intimidated the gaunt middle-aged man, which she thought was its limit.

Unexpectedly, the power within the jade pendant was actually able to repel this gaunt middle-aged man.

They had personally experienced the might of the gaunt middle-aged man, even with the power of a divine artifact, they couldn’t suppress him.

But the power of the jade pendant suppressed him.

"Junior Sister Zeng, this is...?"

"A jade pendant given by Mr. Chu for protection."

"Chu Zhiyuan?"

"Yes."

"It was actually him..."

"Didn’t he just recently become a Spirit Venerable?"

"His cultivation speed is too fast, the fastest to ever enter the Spirit Venerable realm, and after entering, his progress hasn’t slowed."

"Sigh..." Their feelings were complex.

They didn’t know what to say.

Of course, there was gratitude, but more so, a mix of complex and indescribable feelings.

In front of Chu Zhiyuan, they felt like idiots and fools.

Practicing as slow as a turtle and despite their advanced age, far behind in realm.

The handsome middle-aged man asked, "Junior Sister Zeng, do you have a good relationship with Mr. Chu?"

Zeng Yun replied, "Mr. Chu has a close relationship with Junior Sister Hongzhao, he gave me this jade pendant for protection at Junior Sister Hongzhao’s request."

"Junior Sister Li Hongzhao..." The three middle-aged men shook their heads, sighing.

Another genius that left them feeling inferior.

Zeng Yun smiled, "If it weren’t for Junior Sister Hongzhao’s request this time, we would probably be in dire straits."

"I really didn’t expect to encounter such a tricky character!"

"Fortunately, Junior Sister Zeng, you found it early, otherwise we would be the criminals!"

Zeng Yun quickly waved her hand, "Brother Xu, I just got lucky, been lucky lately, ... but how should we handle this divine artifact?"

They looked up at the void.

The giant tower in the void remained standing, as if it had existed since ancient times, eternal and unyielding.

"We can’t move it, can we?" Zeng Yun said.

"Let’s try." They were unwilling to give up.

They slowly floated towards the giant tower, thinking about whether they could move it.

But before they could get close, they were repelled by an invisible force.

Trying to push forward again, they were flung even further away.

The power of the giant tower inspired awe, and they felt that its rebounding force was growing stronger, as if issuing a warning.

They didn’t dare approach again, only watched from afar, discussing what to do.

"Seems like we can only request the divine artifact," said the handsome middle-aged man slowly.

"And what if the divine artifact comes?" The rough middle-aged man shook his head, "The divine artifact can help us, but it can’t subdue the other divine artifact."

"If the divine artifact comes over, could it protect us, so we can move this artifact?"

"Probably not."

"I’m afraid the divine artifacts will repel each other, and we’ll end up being the unlucky ones."

"Then what should we do?"

...

For a moment, they were at a loss, with no plan to act on.

They found the divine artifact, but didn’t know what to do.

Zeng Yun lightly said, "Why not try to see if we can refine it successfully?"

"Refining a divine artifact isn’t done in an instant."

"I saw that fellow refining it," Zeng Yun said, "Wasn’t he almost done, and then we interrupted him, which made him furious?"

"How could it be that fast?" The handsome middle-aged man shook his head.

The others also shook their heads.

Refining a divine artifact is not like refining an ordinary spiritual artifact, even refining a spiritual artifact requires at least several months of hard work.

Refining a divine artifact might take years of hard work.

"Better report back," the handsome middle-aged man said, "and ask the Prince and others."

"That’s all we can do."

"I’ll make a trip," Zeng Yun said, "I have a spiritual artifact, my speed is fast."

"Junior Sister Zeng, you stay," the handsome middle-aged man shook his head, "If that guy returns, we won’t be able to handle it!"

Zeng Yun looked at the jade pendant in her hand, hesitated, and nodded.

This jade pendant naturally couldn’t be given to them, she had to hold onto it herself.

If the gaunt middle-aged man returned, she could suppress him with the jade pendant.

Moreover, with the jade pendant, the gaunt middle-aged man would likely keep his distance and not dare to approach again.

"I’ll go," the handsome middle-aged man said.

"Then I’ll trouble Brother Xu," Zeng Yun said.

The handsome middle-aged man turned into a gust of wind and floated away, while the other three stood on the mountaintop, looking around.

Their nerves were tight.

Without the handsome middle-aged man, they couldn’t form the array to maximize the power of the divine artifact.

If they encountered someone stronger than the gaunt middle-aged man, they might not be able to suppress them.

Meanwhile, Chu Zhiyuan had already approached the giant tower, slowly getting closer.

He moved cautiously, the scene of the flying knife turning to dust made him very vigilant.

But his intuition didn’t warn of danger, so he boldly moved closer and closer.

Unexpectedly, he actually got close to the giant tower, his right hand smoothly placing on the tower’s body.

So he unhesitatingly activated the Divine Essence and began refining.

The sacrificial refining method was pushed to the limit, quickly consuming his spiritual power.

His clone assisted, while the blazing sun in his Inner Universe provided continuous spiritual power.

He hadn’t expected much, it was just a try, for divine artifacts aren’t easily refined.

If it were a smaller divine artifact, he could directly store it in the Inner Universe and refine it quickly.

But this giant tower was too massive to store in the Inner Universe, it could only be refined outside, with no shortcut.

Unexpectedly, once he began refining, it progressed surprisingly fast.

Faster than he imagined, refining at tens of times the speed.

He originally estimated it would take several months, but now it seemed it only needed two hours.

He leaned against the side of the giant tower, avoiding the gaze and sensing of the three, rapidly advancing the refining.