Chapter 1659 - 1624: Wind-controlling Boots

The Spider King looked at Yang Xiao with a confident smile.

"You don't find what I'm saying offensive, do you?"

"Not at all. Demon beasts are inherently strong. The internal conflict within humanity led to their overthrow by demon beasts. It's not your fault, it's humanity's own doing."

The Spider King paused, his gaze towards Yang Xiao softened, and he nodded:

"I never expected you to say such a thing, truly surprising.

Actually, demon beasts and humans have always coexisted peacefully. The Hengguang Empire has existed on the Ancient Continent for tens of thousands of years. Both demon beasts and humans lived in harmony, but recently, the Emperor of Hengguang Empire pursued the God Transformation Realm and immortality and began slaughtering demon beasts in large numbers, breaking the gentleman's agreement between demon beasts and humans."

"Gentleman's agreement?"

"Yes, previously, there was a gentleman's agreement between humans and demon beasts. Humans were allowed to hunt demon beasts, but not excessively, not to the point of eradication, not venturing deep into the core protection areas of demon beasts, giving them a chance to survive.

However, the Hengguang Emperor slaughtered demon beasts in mass to pursue the God Transformation Realm, obtaining crystal cores, leading to numerous beast lords being killed by the Hengguang Emperor, causing irreparable damage to demon beasts."

"I heard that the Hengguang Emperor slaughtered a large number of human cultivators."

"Heh, you only know one side of the story.

After mass hunting Lord Level demon beasts, the Hengguang Emperor found it still insufficient to satisfy his genetic evolution needs and break through the God Transformation Realm. He thus took a different approach, targeting his own kin, using a sinister cultivation technique to extract evolution energy from human cultivators.

Eventually, it incited the wrath of heaven and resentment from people, causing rebellion against the Hengguang Emperor, which gave us demon beasts the opportunity to overthrow the Hengguang Empire's rule on the Ancient Continent and drive all humans out."

Yang Xiao was stunned. Though he hadn't personally experienced the disaster, from the Spider King's words, he could imagine the devastation on the Ancient Continent.

"What's the story behind these sealed treasures then?"

"The Hengguang Empire ruled the Ancient Continent for tens of thousands of years. During that period, the Artifact Refining Masters of Hengguang Empire crafted numerous magic weapons, equipment, divine artifacts, and other treasures. To preserve them for future generations to rebuild the Hengguang Empire, some divine artifacts were sealed, along with corresponding unsealing jade tokens.

We demon beasts, after overthrowing the Hengguang Empire and driving out the humans, originally intended to destroy these divine artifacts. However, these artifacts were crafted with immense effort and precious resources by humans, even we demon beasts found them valuable.

Thus, we couldn't bear to destroy these sealed divine artifacts; instead, we hid them and separately stored the sealing jade pendants.

Somehow, this information leaked out, and later human adventurers came to the Ancient Continent, hunting demon beasts, acquiring sealing jade tokens, and searching for treasures.

The previous Spider King was killed by humans in battle, and the sealing jade token he carried was seized by humans, leading to your quest for treasures today."

Listening to the Spider King's explanation, Yang Xiao finally understood the origin of the Ancient Continent treasures.

Yang Xiao picked up the black box, noticing a recessed jade token slot on top. From his Space Ring, he took out the jade token gifted by Principal Jing Shan and placed it in the box's jade slot.

The size and shape fit perfectly.

"Buzz!"

A gold light flashed, and the faint light film wrapping the box immediately vanished.

Yang Xiao pressed a button on the box, and with a soft "pop," the lid sprang open.

A golden beam shot out from within the box.

The Spider King and Yang Xiao stared at the contents of the box, both filled with curiosity and excitement.

Yang Xiao glanced at the Spider King, then reached into the box and took out its contents.

It was a pair of golden boots.

Yang Xiao was taken aback, examining them closely, finding three words inscribed on the sole:

"Wind-controlling Boots"

Oh dear, how fortunate am I?

Back in the Wuheng Clan, Yang Xiao had obtained the Golden Armor War God from the Wu Dai family, gaining a supreme Saint Level Defense power. It was this Golden Armor War God that allowed Yang Xiao to effortlessly confront the Emperor Level Advanced Peak Spider King.

Wu Dai once told Yang Xiao that Wu Dai's ancestor had accidentally acquired the Golden Armor War God from the Ancient Continent, and at the time it was believed to be part of a set including a Godslayer Sword and a pair of Wind-controlling Boots.

This appeared to be a complete set.

Yang Xiao recalled reading a myth about Hengguang Empire in the Shendu Academy Library. To resist the cruel rule of the Hengguang Emperor, the Great Grandmaster of Artifact Refining gathered his life's efforts and collected Supreme Saint Dragon bones to create this set of Saint Level equipment, which was ultimately used to defeat the Hengguang Emperor.

Thus, it seems the myth is indeed true!

Yang Xiao had now found two items; there must be a third, the Godslayer Sword.

The Spider King curiously asked, looking at the boots in Yang Xiao's hand:

"Do these boots have any divine skills?"

Yang Xiao paused, countering:

"You demon beasts have guarded this treasure for over a thousand years, and you don't know its power?"

The Spider King shook his head, replying:

"These divine artifacts were crafted based on human bloodline aura, which we demon beasts cannot use. Otherwise, we would have used them long ago."

Yang Xiao laughed, saying,

"No harm in telling you. These boots, when worn, can enhance speed, allowing you to run faster, and your combat speed will similarly increase."

As Yang Xiao spoke, he took off his boots and put on the Wind-controlling Boots.

Upon wearing the Wind-controlling Boots, a golden light flashed, transforming into something akin to socks, clinging to his feet.

Yang Xiao then put his own boots back on.

"How does it feel?"

The Spider King asked eagerly.

After putting on the boots, Yang Xiao felt a shock in his mind, with the Genetic Evolution System panel automatically popping up.

On the system panel, in the speed attribute section, several golden words appeared:

"Wind-controlling Boots enhancement, surpassing Saint Level Supreme speed."

There was no specific attribute value given, only a simple description of surpassing Saint Level Supreme speed.

Yang Xiao looked at the Spider King, saying,

"Thank you for your cooperation, I must go now."

Yang Xiao turned and headed for the cave exit.

The Spider King followed behind, saying,

"Hero, show me the power of these Wind-controlling Boots, let me see your speed."

Yang Xiao replied with a smile:

"Can't demonstrate in this cave, I'll show you my speed outside."