Jiang Xue paid no further attention to Soren, his gaze fixed on the vast Blood Sea.
Then he drew the Dragon Gold Sword, quickly cut more than ten slabs of jade stone from the ruins, and hurled them into the Blood Sea.
He tried to use these slabs as stepping stones to cross.
However…
In an instant, those jade slabs were corroded into countless holes, then melted into a lump of sludge, disappearing without a trace.
Soren was also stunned by the sight.
This Blood Sea was so terrifying that it seemed anything, any living being or object, would be corroded and dissolved.
Jiang Xue frowned slightly, then looked at the sword in his hand. After a brief hesitation, he directly threw the Dragon Gold Sword into the Blood Sea.
Soren almost cried out in shock, his nerves tightening instantly.
Come on, I know you are rich and powerful, but this is too wasteful.
The Dragon Gold Sword, a priceless treasure, one of only five known in the world, and he just threw it into the Blood Sea. What if it gets corroded?
But…
That beautifully transparent Dragon Gold Sword was not corroded. It floated above the Blood Sea, still radiating dazzling light.
Jiang Xue gently rose into the air and landed on the Dragon Gold Sword. Although only the tip of his foot touched the blade, not a trace of the Blood Sea touched him.
Then he exerted a slight force and rode the sword swiftly toward the central temple of the Blood Sea.
Leaving only a dumbfounded Soren behind.
At that moment, only one thought remained in Soren’s mind.
“I swear…”
Jiang Xue, the rich and powerful one, had already left on the Dragon Gold Sword, while Soren could only stare at the Blood Sea in despair.
He himself was also extremely rich and powerful, so why was the gap between rich and powerful people still so huge?
…
Jiang Xue rode the Dragon Gold Sword and moved rapidly. In just half an hour, he arrived at the central temple of the Blood Sea.
He jumped down from the sword and landed on the temple ground. Then he released dragon power and drew the floating Dragon Gold Sword back into his hand.
Then he frowned.
Because the Dragon Gold Sword had become utterly ugly.
It was originally light and transparent, breathtakingly beautiful. After crossing the sea, it turned blood red, the blade distorted and sinister.
A flash of anger appeared in his eyes, and he casually threw the disfigured sword to the ground.
One of the five Dragon Gold Swords in the world, even though slightly corroded, he simply discarded it.
This was truly wasteful enough to make anyone spit blood.
At this moment, the temple gates were already wide open. Jiang Xue walked straight inside.
The temple was large, but almost completely empty. Above the dome was darkness like the night sky.
Once upon a time, this dome was like that of the Dragon Divine Temple, filled with twinkling stars. But now, those stars had all gone dark.
Jiang Xue scanned the temple, and finally his gaze fell on a sword floating in the centre.
The scabbard was ancient, engraved with mysterious and simple patterns, elegant yet unadorned, faintly carrying an ethereal aura.
His eyes lit up, and he floated upward, grasped the sword directly, and drew it out.
The blade was like water, almost flowing, shimmering as though reflecting a beauty’s gaze.
He lightly swung it, and a sword light shot out, silently cutting through a huge stone of the temple.
Within the blade seemed to carry faint whispers, containing a mysterious power.
“A good sword. From today onwards, you are mine,” Jiang Xue said. “Your name shall be Beauty’s Gaze.”
He swung a few more times. Sword light erupted, slashing toward the dark dome of the temple.
Crack.
Several fissures appeared in the black dome.
“Bloodshore Maze City is nothing more than this,” Jiang Xue laughed again, his voice unexpectedly soft and delicate.
He coughed quickly afterwards, returning to his normal tone.
Then he walked out of the temple, picked up the Dragon Gold Sword he had discarded, intending to reuse it to cross the Blood Sea.
But then his gaze returned to the newly obtained mysterious and powerful sword, the one he had named Beauty’s Gaze.
A restless desire surfaced in his eyes again, a destructive curiosity, as though he wanted to test whether anything precious in his hands could be broken.
Then he actually drew out Beauty’s Gaze and threw it into the Blood Sea.
This was truly shocking wastefulness.
Then a miracle occurred.
As the blade entered the water, the surging blood-red sea instantly turned clear, then froze into ice.
Jiang Xue’s eyes, brighter and more captivating than a woman’s, flickered with surprise. He stepped onto the ice, which did not corrode him at all.
It was truly astonishing.
Thus he used Beauty’s Gaze to continuously purify the Blood Sea, turning it into ice, and walked straight out.
By the time he left the Blood Sea, the sun had already set.
One after another, undead beings emerged from the streets. They filled every corner of the city, dense and countless.
Jiang Xue’s eyes turned cold, and he was about to fight his way through to the nearest temple.
But to his surprise, all the undead avoided him, as though terrified.
He paused, then showed a hint of joy. Clearly, they were not afraid of him, but of the sword in his hand.
At night, the defensive mechanisms of Bloodshore Maze City had lost their energy and were completely inactive.
Thus the moving city blocks and the maze no longer functioned, nor did the killing traps. Normally, no one could remain outside temples at night because of the undead tide.
But now, with his powerful sword, he moved through freely.
He rode along the main vertical road, and wherever he passed, the sea of undead parted on both sides.
In less than half an hour, he had already rushed out of Bloodshore Maze City.
He whistled, and a giant griffin flew over, landing on the cliff north of the city.
“Coward, you didn’t even dare fly in,” he said softly, then leapt onto the griffin’s back and flew north.
He took out a map from his robe. It was filled with complex mazes and dense calculations.
Now it was useless. He crushed it lightly, and it turned to dust.
…
The sun was setting.
Soren was anxious beyond measure. Once night fell, countless undead would emerge.
And at this moment, he was still several kilometres away from the nearest temple.
Return to the temple, or wait for nightfall and see if the Blood Sea changed?
He had to choose. The entire day had passed with no opportunity. Perhaps at night there would be a way to cross.
But if he failed, he would be surrounded by countless undead, and no one like Jiang Xue would come to save him.
Soren closed his eyes again, waiting for the guiding voice.
But this time, there was complete silence.
Then the sun set, and night fell.
Countless undead rose from the ground and ruins, thousands upon thousands, an endless tide surging toward him.
Soren kept his eyes closed, still waiting for the seductive voice.
Still nothing.
Suddenly, he felt a breeze across his face and opened his eyes.
A small white boat appeared on the Blood Sea in the distance.
Behind it, the sea of undead closed in rapidly.
The white boat approached.
Countless undead turned into streams of light, rushing toward him.
Soren gathered all his strength and leapt onto the white boat.
The undead rushed forward uncontrollably and plunged into the Blood Sea, screaming as they were dissolved and vanished.
The white boat drifted gently toward the central temple.
It was elegant and flawless, like an elven vessel from legend.
…
After about an hour, the white boat reached the centre of the Blood Sea, at a massive temple.
The temple was like a small mountain, dozens of metres tall and tens of thousands of square metres wide.
Soren disembarked and stepped onto the temple stairs. The massive double doors were open, and he walked inside.
It was completely empty.
He looked up at the dome, dark like the night sky.
But there was nothing here, no treasure, no Dragon Seal relic.
He searched again and again, still nothing.
“Demon Star, Jiang Xue must have taken it,” Soren said.
“Not necessarily,” Demon Star replied. “Master, look again.”
Soren searched the entire temple once more. Still nothing. Not even a single extra stone.
Jiang Xue had clearly been here and clearly taken something.
Then…
Crack.
A tearing sound came from the dome.
Soren looked up and saw faint cracks appearing in the vast black ceiling.
Is the temple collapsing?
Then the entire structure began to shake, and the Blood Sea outside churned violently.
At the same time, a golden light suddenly burst from the cracks in the dome.
The cracks widened.
The golden light grew brighter and larger.
Finally, it shone like a blazing sun.
Boom.
The entire dome collapsed.
A dazzling golden light descended, revealing a treasure slowly falling.