Bai Zihe's words stunned everyone.
Then, they all burst into laughter.
They laughed so hard they bent over.
Their mouths twitched with laughter.
They couldn't straighten their backs from laughing.
After a long while.
These people slowly recovered and looked at Bai Zihe with disdain and contempt, as if they were looking at a clown.
"Bai Zihe..."
"On what grounds do you claim the treasure from this Sand Dune Dragon is yours?"
"Exactly, if you say it's yours, then it's yours. Then I say I was the first to enter this ancient ruin, so everything inside is mine!"
"Bai Zihe, you're just a mere dog. You were fortunate enough that the Palace Master of Xuanyuan Palace thought highly of you and gave you a chance to come here. But remember, everyone here is a genius, an elite from their respective sects. What are you?"
These cultivators mocked him mercilessly.
Yes.
They were from other sects.
And, although it was stipulated not to kill each other in the ancient ruins, if they killed Bai Zihe here, who would know?
Even if they knew.
They all knew each other, and Bai Zihe had no one to avenge him.
"Oh?"
Bai Zihe's face also broke into a smile, a brilliant smile that sent a shiver down one's spine: "You want to know why? Then I'll tell you."
"Because, I killed this Sand Dune Dragon!"
Bai Zihe's words plunged the scene into dead silence once more.
After the silence, an even louder uproar of laughter erupted.
"Bai Zihe, do you even hear the nonsense you're spouting? You, a mere brat at the Tribulation Crossing stage, dare to claim you killed the Sand Dune Dragon?"
"Bai Zihe, get out of the way. Don't delay us from dismembering this Sand Dune Dragon. If you delay further, its blood won't be fresh."
"Bai Zihe, stop being ridiculous, go die somewhere else!"
"Bai Zihe, on what basis do you speak to us like that? Because you're stupid?"
"Bai Zihe..."
The crowd cursed him without restraint.
They didn't take Bai Zihe seriously at all.
A cold glint appeared in Bai Zihe's eyes.
These people...
Considering themselves elites of their sects, they didn't put him in their eyes. Little did they know, it was with great difficulty that he had managed to kill this Sand Dune Dragon.
And now they were here to snatch the fruits of his labor...
"On what basis?"
As Bai Zihe's thought moved, the Xuanyuan Sword appeared in his hand, instantly radiating boundless light: "On the basis of this Xuanyuan Sword!"
"Anyone who dares to touch the corpse of the Sand Dune Dragon will have me to thank for their misfortune!"
As his voice fell.
A chilling killing intent instantly permeated the entire scene, centering on Bai Zihe and enveloping everyone present, a wave of solemn killing intent.
Many cultivators were taken aback.
They all knew Bai Zihe possessed the Xuanyuan Sword.
After all, the news had spread like wildfire, and anyone who wasn't in complete seclusion had heard of it.
However, they truly hadn't expected.
Bai Zihe would be so audacious as to challenge everyone alone.
"Heh..."
Just as everyone was secretly alarmed, someone stepped forward: " I will indeed touch this Sand Dune Dragon!"
With so many people, he didn't believe Bai Zihe would dare to make the first move!
After all, dozens of cultivators at the Tribulation Crossing stage, who wouldn't covet the corpse of the Sand Dune Dragon?
If only one person stepped forward, then everyone else would surely follow.
At that time.
Bai Zihe would have no choice but to retreat.
Because...
faced with heavenly treasures, they wouldn't mind uniting to deal with Bai Zihe first.
"Count me in."
"And count me too."
"Me too!"
"I..."
As expected.
It was just as that cultivator had predicted.
As soon as he stepped forward, many cultivators followed suit.
"Bai Zihe..."
That cultivator sneered playfully, looking at Bai Zihe with utter contempt: "If you don't have the strength, don't bark like a dog. Otherwise, you'll get slapped in the face... Uh—"
"Swish!"
Before he could finish speaking, a flash of light appeared, piercing directly through his Dantian and shredding his Nascent Soul within.
Then, he died, his dao extinguished.
"Clang..."
His soulless body also fell to the ground.
"Slapped in the face?"
Bai Zihe blew on the Xuanyuan Sword, as if he had done something trivial, and said indifferently: "Indeed, it's a bit of a slap in the face."
Then he made a beckoning gesture.
The storage bag of the deceased cultivator instantly flew into Bai Zihe's hand.
This scene...
Shocked everyone.
Bai Zihe actually dared to kill someone!
After Bai Zihe made his move, that expert was actually defeated!
Bai Zihe was completely unfettered, he truly didn't put them in his eyes!
For a moment.
The expressions of the cultivators on the scene shifted rapidly; they were genuinely awestruck by Bai Zihe's action.
After all.
Their strengths were all similar, and even if there were differences, they weren't significant.
It wasn't as if one could instantly kill another with a single move.
However, Bai Zihe was that strong.
To be precise.
It was the Xuanyuan Sword in Bai Zihe's hand that was this powerful. To them, it was an overwhelming force, with no resistance whatsoever.
"Rustle..."
Seeing that no one spoke, Bai Zihe let out a cold laugh, then summoned the Haotian Pagoda, which transformed into the appearance of a storage ring, and stored the Sand Dune Dragon's corpse within the Haotian Pagoda.
Previously, because he was inside the Sand Dune Dragon's body himself, he couldn't move it.
Now, there were no problems.
Seeing this, the numerous cultivators were even more astonished.
This Sand Dune Dragon...
Its body stretched for several miles, yet the storage ring in Bai Zihe's hand could directly absorb it, indicating the immense space within the storage ring.
Coupled with the Xuanyuan Sword...
Many began to harbor malicious thoughts.
However, at this juncture, no one revealed it, let alone spoke of it.
What happened in private, however, was unknown.
"They are communicating telepathically."
The next moment, the voice of the little pagoda sounded in Bai Zihe's mind.
Telepathic communication?
It was perfectly feasible for cultivators to communicate telepathically at close range.
Powerful cultivators could even communicate telepathically over thousands of miles with ease.
Bai Zihe knew without even thinking.
These people were surely plotting how to deal with him.
However, he didn't care.
Currently, apart from Ji Xianyuan, his eighth senior sister, who put immense pressure on him, no one else could catch his eye.
Even the so-called Dugu Jian, he considered a joke.
"Rumble..."
"Crack..."
"Clang..."
Just then, the earth began to tremble incessantly.
This tremor was different from the thrashing of the Sand Dune Dragon before its death. It was a true vibration originating from the depths of the earth, an earthquake, a natural disaster!
"Swish..."
The cultivators immediately ascended, flying into the air.
No one knew what was happening.
Bai Zihe was the same, hovering in the air, silently observing everything below, trying to understand what was going on.
"Rustle..."
"Swish swish..."
"Crackling..."
As the ground continued to shake, the countless yellow sands on the surface began to flow into the depths of the earth like an hourglass.
Time slowly passed.
Three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes.
After half an hour.
Gradually, a magnificent, vast, and incomparably brilliant ancient city appeared before everyone's eyes.