Chapter 673 - 673: Thunder Sword Shatters the Beast Claw

He inspected it carefully for a minute.

Suddenly, the expression of the special envoy from the Martial Soul Hall darkened. He flung the Red Crystal Ball to the ground.

"Jiang Gaofeng, are you messing with us!?"

"There isn't a single trace of Power of Origin on this Crystal Ball! This isn't what I wanted at all!"

The special envoy stared at Chu Qingyun, his face filled with fury.

But Chu Qingyun was already prepared for this.

He immediately feigned a look of shock and said frantically, "I—I don't know! This is the Red Crystal Ball I got from Chu Qingyun!"

"Besides, didn't you also tell me it was a red sphere?"

The Martial Soul Hall envoy's face was grim, a seven-colored light glinting in his eyes. "Hmph, you must have been tricked by that Chu Qingyun! This is a complete fake. He must have grown suspicious of you!"

As he said this, the special envoy's expression suddenly changed. He quickly looked at the two men beside him. "Tian Ji, Feng Yuan, you two go check the surroundings! See if this idiot was followed by anyone from the Saint Extreme Sect!"

Tian Ji, a Fourth-level Martial King, and Feng Yuan, a Fifth-level Martial King, immediately acknowledged the order and left.

The remaining five Martial Kings from the Martial Soul Hall all glared at Chu Qingyun with a mixture of anger and contempt, looking down on him completely.

"Ahem, sir, what is it that you want, exactly? And what is it used for?"

"If you give me more information, I'll be able to tell the real one from a fake and help you get the genuine article…"

Chu Qingyun was trying to pry some information out of them.

"What we want is the Blood Origin on it! The thing you brought us is a completely useless piece of trash!"

The special envoy said in a cold voice, clearly infuriated.

After waiting for half the night, it all ended up being for nothing. He was seething with rage.

'So what they want is the Blood Origin…'

Chu Qingyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. 'As long as they don't know about the Ten Thousand Spirits Saint Body Inner Chapter and aren't after it, everything is fine.'

As for the Blood Origin, it wouldn't be a huge problem even if word got out.

After all, the Blood Sect's ruins would soon be opened by the major sects. A large number of Blood Crystals containing Blood Origin would surely be produced from within.

Even if it became known that Chu Qingyun possessed the Blood Origin, it would at most attract the covetous eyes of others.

"Sir, what do you need that Power of Origin for?" Chu Qingyun continued to inquire.

"What it's used for? Is that something you're qualified to know!?"

The special envoy from the Martial Soul Hall barked, his words dripping with the sense that Chu Qingyun was his inferior.

This special envoy was from the Central State.

As such, he held a natural sense of superiority over everyone from the Northern Domain, whether they were members of the Martial Soul Hall or just ordinary people, feeling that he was a cut above them.

"Yes, you are right to admonish me, sir…"

Chu Qingyun nodded repeatedly, playing the coward, then continued, "Sir, can I have the reward we agreed on? I took a huge risk this time."

After speaking, he raised his head, putting on an eager expression.

Hearing this, the men from the Martial Soul Hall all burst into laughter.

"A reward? You're so naive it's terrifying. You're actually asking us for a reward?"

"HAHAHA, that's hilarious! He probably still doesn't know who he's dealing with!"

"Kid, watch closely!"

One of the Sixth-level Martial Kings suddenly used his fingernail to cut a gash on his own arm. But what flowed out wasn't blood, but a wisp of green Martial Soul Power.

Seeing this, Chu Qingyun immediately pretended to be shocked and stumbled back several steps.

"Y-you… you're from the Martial Soul Hall!"

Chu Qingyun pointed at them, continuously backing away as if he'd been scared out of his wits.

"Hmph. A good-for-nothing from the Saint Extreme Sect who can't even handle a simple task, and you still want a reward? Stop wasting time. Kill him!" the special envoy snorted.

A Fifth-level Martial King stepped forward, reaching out to grab Chu Qingyun.

But Chu Qingyun's eyes narrowed. He waved his hand, sending a blast of Primordial Power toward them, then turned and fled without looking back, bolting away at full speed.

Moreover, the direction he fled was precisely where the Fifth-level Martial King who had gone to scout earlier was located.

The blast of Primordial Power that Chu Qingyun had shot out was casually caught and crushed by the Fifth-level Martial King.

However, this did delay him for a moment.

"Such weak Primordial Power. It's nothing like that of a Third-level Martial King. No wonder this guy is so useless!" The Fifth-level Martial King shook his head and was about to give chase.

But just then, the special envoy let out a contemptuous snort. "Forget it, don't bother chasing. Tian Ji is over there. Let him handle it."

After the envoy spoke, a Sixth-level Martial King beside him immediately shouted for Tian Ji to intercept Chu Qingyun.

Tian Ji had, of course, also spotted Chu Qingyun.

He laughed heartily as his arm suddenly elongated, rapidly transforming into a giant, two-hundred-meter-long beast claw covered in black scales. It blocked Chu Qingyun's path and lunged to grab him.

Seeing this, the other members of the Martial Soul Hall relaxed, abandoning any thought of chasing him themselves.

In their eyes, a single move like that from Tian Ji was more than enough to capture Chu Qingyun with ease.

The gap between a Fifth-level Martial King and a Third-level Martial King—the leap from the Human King Realm to the Earth King Realm—was simply too vast. Even for a Sect Disciple, such a difference was nearly impossible to overcome!

"Thunder Sword Intent!"

Chu Qingyun let out a cold cry in his heart. Without hesitation, his longsword left its sheath, unleashing his most practiced Sword Intent.

After breaking through to the Martial King Realm, Chu Qingyun's execution of his Sword Intent had improved tremendously in both speed and scale.

A Sea of Thunder and Lightning, over two hundred meters in diameter, converged above him in an instant.

Arcs of lightning writhed and surged, flashing with a blinding light in the dark night.

"Break!"

With a cold shout, Chu Qingyun swung his Thunder Shock Sword through the air, slashing at the massive beast claw hundreds of meters away.

At the same time, within the Sea of Thunder and Lightning, Thunder Aura and electrical light rapidly gathered, instantly forming a nearly two-hundred-meter-long Thunder Giant Sword that descended like a Celestial Sword.

With one strike, it cleaved the beast claw in two.

The Thunder Sword exploded, and the terrifying Thunder Power forced the Fifth-level Martial King, Tian Ji, to retreat repeatedly.

Meanwhile, Chu Qingyun seized the opportunity to pass through the lightning, vanishing into the night in the blink of an eye.

"Blood Flame!"

"Hidden Qi Technique!"

"Shadow Martial Soul!"

Having temporarily escaped, Chu Qingyun didn't hesitate. He immediately activated his Primordial Pill, drew forth streams of Primordial Power, and cast three Secret Techniques and his Martial Soul in quick succession.

That Sword Intent attack just now had consumed nearly all the Primordial Power in his meridians.

Therefore, he was a bit slow in activating his Ten Thousand Spirits Sacred Form, Hidden Qi Technique, and Shadow Martial Soul, as he needed to draw Primordial Power from his Primordial Pill anew.

Fortunately, however, all seven members of the Martial Soul Hall had been stunned by Chu Qingyun's sword strike and failed to react in time to pursue him.