Wu Dong: I, Lin Langtian, will not play a supporting role

On the devastated land, the ground collapsed layer by layer.

At this moment, the area was in a state of shock and deathly silence.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on the heavily injured figure on the ground in the distance.

No one expected that Jin Zhan, who was originally considered the strongest in the area, would be defeated by Lin Langtian.
That's a powerhouse comparable to an eighth-grade supreme being, someone even the strongest among the top divine beast races would find somewhat troublesome.

But now, they've been defeated by Lin Langtian, who only possesses the strength of a sixth-grade supreme being?

While everyone was in shock, in the distance, Jin Zhan, who had collapsed in the ditch, slowly and awkwardly propped himself up.

His face was deathly pale, his spiritual energy was weak, and a look of fear appeared in his eyes as he looked at Lin Langtian.

Thanks to his own powerful physique, he was not killed on the spot by Lin Langtian, but he still suffered extremely serious injuries.

And he knew that he had already lost this battle.

"go!"

However, Jin Zhan was a decisive person. Knowing that things were hopeless, he did not make a futile struggle. He just gave Lin Langtian a vicious look, gritted his teeth, and turned away.

Behind him, Huo Yuan and the others, their faces full of resentment, hesitated for a moment before following with livid expressions.

Today's events were a disgrace to them. They thought they had the victory in the bag, but a mere sixth-rank supreme human had turned the tables on them.

However, the facts are as they are, and there's no point in dwelling on it any longer.

So they could only follow Jin Zhan, looking dejected, and slunk away from the area.

Lin Langtian watched Jin Zhan and the others walk away, hesitated for a moment, and ultimately decided not to continue the attack.

After all, the other side has a strong force, and if it really comes to a fight to the death, they will definitely pay a price.

"The wisest choice we made in entering the Divine Beast Plains this time was to cooperate with Brother Lin." On the other side, Han Yue sighed and then said with some shame.

"Brother Lin has contributed the most along the way; we've really been reaping the benefits without lifting a finger."

Lin Langtian smiled slightly and said, "Brother Han, you don't need to be so polite. If it weren't for you providing information about the Treasure Beast, we wouldn't have had this opportunity."

Seeing Lin Langtian's humility and lack of self-appointment, Han Yue scratched his head and smiled, secretly praising himself for his good judgment in choosing a perfect and powerful partner.

"Let's hurry to the place where the Treasure Beast fell. If Jin Zhan and the others are unwilling to give up and turn back, there might be other unexpected events," Han Yue said.

As soon as he finished speaking, after seeing Lin Langtian nod, Han Yue took the lead and darted ahead, heading straight for the deepest part of this dark basin.

Seeing this, Lin Langtian and the others immediately followed.

The group sped past, and perhaps because the previous surge of beast spirits had stirred up all the beast spirits in the area, the depths of the area appeared to be flat.

After traveling at high speed for about half an hour, Lin Langtian and his companions gradually came to a stop, and then looked ahead with surprise.

Deep within this forest, filled with death and decay, a crystal-clear lake appeared.

The lake is so vast that its end cannot be seen at a glance.

The lakes here are crystal clear, not only untouched by the deathly aura, but also shimmering with a soft glow, completely isolating them from the surrounding deathly aura.

It seemed as if a powerful, lingering will was guarding this place.

"This is where the Treasure Beast fell; we call it Treasure Lake," Han Yue said with burning eyes.

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Yue waved his sleeve, and a surge of spiritual energy flowed into the lake. Instantly, a hurricane howled across the lake, whipping up huge waves.

As the colossal waves surged, a section of white bone, radiating a soft, luminous light, seemed to faintly appear within the lake.

The skeleton was so enormous it was astonishing; even just a small part of it that was visible was about a thousand feet long.

“Those are the remains of the Treasure Beast,” Han Yue said solemnly.

"What's the next step?" Tianfeng asked.

"The lake water here may seem clear, but it contains the will of the Treasure Beast in its previous life. Once it gets tainted, it will inevitably cause a backlash of spiritual energy, so we cannot go deep into it," Han Yue said.

"Then how do we retrieve the treasure?" Qin Jun asked, puzzled.

"Use spiritual power to drive a hurricane, stir up huge waves, and expose the bones of the treasure beast. As long as you can touch the bones, you can use your thoughts to guide your mind into the bones and sense the treasures inside."

"Of course, whether one can sense something as powerful as a quasi-sacred artifact depends on individual fate," Han Yue said.

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that such a method was also necessary to obtain the treasure.

"Let's get started," Han Yue said impatiently, licking his lips.

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Yue moved and leaped out, landing steadily on a piece of white bone.

He sat down cross-legged, his spiritual energy whipping up a hurricane to protect his body, so that no matter how the lake water roared, it could not get close to him.

Upon seeing this, the other three powerful members of the Rhinoceros Demon Clan immediately rushed out, each finding a piece of exposed white bone in the lake, and eagerly sat down cross-legged.

Seeing this, Lin Langtian and his companions no longer hesitated and moved, appearing in mid-air above the lake.

Lin Langtian followed Han Yue's example, landing steadily on a piece of white bone, and then sat down cross-legged.

"Let me try and see what kind of treasure I can find..." Lin Langtian murmured to himself, his eyes slowly closing.

His spiritual senses traveled along the white bones beneath him, using them as a medium to gradually extend into the lake below.

As soon as his senses entered the lake, Lin Langtian immediately felt a powerful sense of oppression coming from all directions.

Under this pressure, the originally sharp senses suddenly become much dulled, and even the range of perception is reduced by nearly 90%.

Lin Langtian seemed to have been mentally prepared for this, his senses spreading along the sections of bones in the icy lake water.

Based on his perception, Lin Langtian estimated that this multi-treasure beast must have been tens of thousands of feet tall in its lifetime, which was truly a colossal creature.

As time passed, Lin Langtian's senses had spread along the skeleton for nearly half an hour.

However, the distance he sensed that had spread was probably only a few thousand feet, which was obviously insignificant compared to the enormous body of the Treasure Beast, which was tens of thousands of feet long.

Moreover, Lin Langtian did not sense any fluctuations from any treasures along the way.

However, at that moment, Lin Langtian suddenly sensed a strange fluctuation emanating from a section of skeleton in front of him.

In Lin Langtian's perception, a gray dagger was quietly suspended inside a section of bone not far from him.

This dagger is actually a top-grade divine weapon.

However, Lin Langtian only glanced at it before withdrawing his senses and heading straight deeper, abandoning it.

Although the value of a top-grade divine artifact is considerable, it didn't hold much interest for Lin Langtian, who possessed the Qiankun Demon-Suppressing Tower. Next, Lin Langtian's senses rapidly penetrated along the skeleton.

Along the way, one after another, incredibly powerful treasures appeared.

None of those items were inferior to top-grade divine artifacts; some of them were even among the best of the top-grade divine artifacts.

One after another, top-tier divine artifacts swept through Lin Langtian's senses, but Lin Langtian remained calm and composed throughout, as still as an abyss.

Just as Lin Langtian remained unmoved, those top-grade divine artifacts that had appeared mysteriously vanished without a trace, as if they had never existed.

"Oh, something's strange." Lin Langtian narrowed his eyes slightly.

The treasures of this multi-treasure beast are not as easy to obtain as one might imagine, and all this strangeness is probably the result of the multi-treasure beast's design.

If he had taken those divine artifacts before, he probably wouldn't have been able to obtain the quasi-sacred object he most desired.

Just as Lin Langtian was pondering this, the skeleton in front of him suddenly disappeared, and the surrounding lake water turned dark, as if he had accidentally entered another space.

hum!
Suddenly, a burst of light appeared in the darkness, revealing a mighty torrent rushing past.

Within that torrent, countless objects were flying about, radiating immense spiritual energy.

Lin Langtian's senses extended outwards, and then he raised an eyebrow.

Because he discovered that the entire torrent was made up of divine artifacts, numbering in the tens of thousands.

"Truly worthy of being called the Treasure Beast."

Lin Langtian was amazed. These artifacts were of excellent quality, and their total value would be immeasurable if they were auctioned in the Great Thousand World.

Lin Langtian stared at the torrent of divine artifacts. After a moment, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and his gaze abruptly turned to the center of the torrent.

There were three orbs of light floating there, and a powerful wave that even Lin Langtian felt was oppressive slowly emanating from them.

Around it, thousands upon thousands of divine artifacts surrounded it, as if subjects were kneeling before an emperor.

Lin Langtian stared at the three orbs of light, and his heart instantly burned with passion.

His gaze was fixed intently on the three orbs of light; their powerful fluctuations far surpassed those of a top-grade divine artifact!
Compared to this, the other top-tier artifacts I had encountered before were like the difference between a firefly and the bright moon!

That must be a true quasi-sacred object!

It transcends the level of divine artifacts and enters the realm of sacred objects!

Faced with the appearance of three quasi-sacred artifacts, even Lin Langtian, with his composure, couldn't help but be moved.

His gaze focused on the three orbs of light, and then the light gradually faded, and he finally saw what was inside them.

An axe, a ruler, a mirror.

The torrent surged forward, and countless divine artifacts surrounded the three most dazzling lights like stars around the moon.

Lin Langtian's senses were firmly locked onto the three quasi-sacred artifacts, his heart pounding like a drum.

An axe, a ruler, a mirror—each item exuded a vast aura far surpassing that of a top-grade divine artifact. The mere outpouring of their aura caused the surrounding lake water to churn and the space to tremble slightly.

"The Heaven-Opening Axe... the Boundary-Splitting Ruler... the Light-Tracing Mirror?" These words suddenly flashed through Lin Langtian's mind.

Any one of these three items, if it were to be leaked out, would be enough to cause a bloodbath in the Great Thousand Worlds, and would even make powerful beings at the Earthly Sovereign level extremely interested.

His gaze swept between the three.

The Heaven-Opening Axe is domineering and unparalleled, primarily used for offense and destruction. With a single swing, it seems capable of cleaving through chaos, perfectly matching its fierce and powerful style.

The Rift Ruler is mysterious and unpredictable, rumored to have the ability to tear apart spatial barriers. It is incredibly useful for both attacking enemies and escaping.

The Mirror of Time is even more mysterious, involving the realm of time. It can glimpse a glimpse into the past, allowing one to anticipate the enemy's moves in battle, and may even deflect some attacks.

Which one should I choose?
Just as Lin Langtian was pondering the pros and cons, a sudden change occurred!
The surging torrent of divine artifacts suddenly trembled violently, not because of the three quasi-sacred objects, but because it originated from the deeper, darker bottom of the torrent!
Rumble…

A deep, muffled sound, like the beating of an ancient behemoth's heart, pierced through the layers of lake water and the radiance of the divine artifact, directly resonating within Lin Langtian's senses.

The sound carried a peculiar rhythm, cold and deathly still, yet containing a kind of dormant, unsettling power.

Immediately afterwards, in the deepest part of the torrent where the radiance of the three quasi-sacred artifacts could not reach, a faint, almost imperceptible dark golden light struggled to shine for a moment, then quickly dimmed, as if it had exhausted its last bit of strength.

But the aura revealed in that fleeting glance sent a jolt through Lin Langtian's mind!

That was neither the fluctuation of an ordinary divine artifact, nor the aura of a living being.

It was a... pure embodiment of the will to fight and protect, cold, solid, and immortal, carrying an obsession that had not been eroded by the endless passage of time.

What made Lin Langtian even more excited was that deep within that aura, there was also a trace of extremely weak but highly potent primordial power, which was similar to his primordial demonic talisman.

"There's something else down there?" Lin Langtian's pupils contracted slightly.

Could the Treasure Beast's collection contain more than just these three quasi-sacred artifacts? Or perhaps, the things deep within were things that even the Treasure Beast itself couldn't fully control or digest during its lifetime?

Without any hesitation, his senses, like the most acute antennae, ignored the allure of the three dazzling quasi-sacred artifacts, forcefully piercing through the layers of divine artifacts, and cautiously probing towards the location where the dark golden light appeared at the bottom of the torrent.

The deeper you perceive downwards, the greater the pressure.

The surrounding artifacts seemed to sense that something was consciously venturing into the forbidden zone, and began to emit waves of resistance, causing the torrent to become turbulent.

But Lin Langtian was determined, his perception sharpened like a needle, and he made a breakthrough little by little.

Finally, his senses reached the bottom of the torrent.

This place seemed to be a forgotten corner, where the surging torrent of divine artifacts above had slowed down and become stagnant, and the light was dim.

Within the thick silt, formed from fragments of various divine artifacts and the sediment of mixed spiritual energy, lies a body half-buried.

No, that is not the body of a living being.

It was a humanoid... puppet.

Most of its body was buried in the mud, with only its upper chest, shoulders, and drooping head showing.

The entire piece presents a dark gold color that has been eroded by countless ages, no longer a dazzling luster, but a restrained, bronze-like texture.

The surface is covered with fine scratches, dents, and even several deep cracks, as if it had experienced an unimaginable and brutal battle.

Its joint structure is exquisite, and even when covered in dust and damaged, it still shows a level of craftsmanship far surpassing that of modern puppet making techniques.

This is actually a primordial war puppet! (End of Chapter)