Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 342 Harvest
There is great terror between life and death.

The sudden death of Prince Yu, a spiritual master, instantly shocked Prince Rong. Although the prince's spiritual level was only at the highest level, he was still instantly awakened from the memories woven by Ji Fuyou.

"Brother Ji, what are you doing?!"

He exclaimed.

Then, as if finally realizing something, he said, "Wait, who are you? Brother Ji? When did I meet you... This is... mind control!? You used your mental power to bewitch us, you..."

"laugh!"

Ji Fuyou had no choice but to use his strength once more to send Prince Rong on his way.

Faced with his current level of martial arts prowess, people like Prince Rong, who only possess the physique of a master but have little practical combat experience, have no chance of resisting him.

Thanks to the fact that the two had already entered the ancestral temple, and with the barrier of Ji Fuyou's mental energy field, people outside could not see what was happening. Even though the two princes died, it did not cause any commotion.

Ji Fuyou maintained his mental field to interfere with the outside world and began to plunder the sect's collection.

Compared to the Great Shang Federation, the Black Gold Empire is highly centralized, and the resources in the Zongzang (Imperial Treasury) are almost equivalent to all the resources in the Black Gold Empire.

Not to mention gold, jewelry, and diamonds, there are also many antiques and rare treasures that outsiders would consider priceless.

Any one of these items would cost at least 10 billion to sell.

Many items, such as the king's crown, the imperial seal, and historical paintings, are priceless treasures.

If all of these things could be taken out of the country and quickly monetized, the value would likely be well over a trillion.

However, this world ultimately doesn't have any treasures like storage bags or spatial bracelets, and Ji Fuyou is all alone, so the number of items he can carry is limited. He can only choose the things that are most precious to him and most convenient to carry.

And what could compare to these kinds of things, which are small and precious high-grade source crystals and inheritance crystals?

Ji Fuyou looked around and quickly integrated the various crystals and source crystals into one.

"Four golden physique source crystals, four purple spirit source crystals, and eleven purple physique source crystals..."

Ji Fuyou's gaze lingered on the purple spiritual source crystal and the physical source crystal for a moment.

With such a small quantity, it's obvious...

These resources were all used by the Black Gold Royal Family.

Fortunately, there were relatively few purple source crystals, but a full 52 red spiritual source crystals.

This number surprised Ji Fuyou slightly.

But soon, he realized something.

"When the mental value reaches 29.9, it will face a bottleneck, and breaking through the bottleneck... is not a simple matter. At best, it will cause severe mental damage that takes three to five months to recover; at worst, it will damage the mind and even cause cerebral palsy! Although it will not lead to death, the price is still considerable. For those pampered members of the royal family, this is a matter that requires taking on a great risk."

Under these circumstances, the red spiritual crystals naturally and gradually accumulate.

However, the Black Gold Empire's royal family holds absolute power, and others cannot receive resources unless they join the royal family.

Even if you join the royal family, you may not receive high-grade source crystals if you don't work diligently for the royal family.

Over time, the royal family accumulated more and more source crystals.

"For those in power, many things are better left to rot in warehouses than to be given even a tiny bit to those below them. This is especially true of countries with a long and rich history."

Ji Fuyou understood.

He recalled the difficulty he faced when exchanging for red spiritual crystals back in the Spiritual Ability Association...

Each one had to be broken apart to be used.

But actually...

Do these upper echelons truly lack red spiritual essence?
Not a single bit is missing.

It can only be said that the wealth gap resulting from class differences is far greater than anyone imagines.

Fortunately, at this moment, all the resources that the Black Gold Royal Family had accumulated over several years were given to Ji Fuyou.

"Golden Source Crystal, Purple Source Crystal, Red Source Crystal, and... Inheritance Crystal!"

Ji Fuyou glanced at the inheritance crystals again.

The number of inheritance crystals is not large.

After all, it's available to everyone and has no restrictions.

There are only 3 red heritage crystals and 21 blue heritage crystals in total.

As for the white heritage crystal, it is estimated that it is not qualified to enter the Black Gold Royal Collection.

Ji Fuyou glanced at the three red inheritance crystals...

Two of the Demon-Suppressing Spells and Holy Spirit Spells are somewhat useless.

But the last one...

"Roar of Ice!?"

Ji Fuyou held the inheritance crystal and carefully sensed it, discovering that it was actually an incredibly powerful inheritance crystal.

One can get a glimpse of this simply by looking at the conditions under which he can perform.

A spirit value of 40 is required!
It may have a mental value of 35, but its mental state can reach multiple states.

"40 seconds, isn't that the level of a spiritual saint? The ultimate skill among top-tier skills!?"

Ji Fuyou finished digesting the introduction of this inheritance crystal...

It was quickly confirmed that this skill was indeed so powerful that it could be considered a human-shaped natural disaster.

By observing and understanding natural celestial phenomena, and using their own power as a medium, they can cause intense collisions between cold and hot air masses, creating strong convection and extreme weather conditions. This can transform into terrifying hailstones that fall to the earth, causing widespread and large-scale destruction of life and buildings.

The power of this skill is mainly related to the local climate.

If the weather conditions were suitable for the skill to be used, the resulting severe hailstorm would cover an area of ​​tens of kilometers, capable of directly destroying a city and killing millions, tens of millions, or even tens of millions of lives within it.

If the climate isn't right...

It'll just cool down a small area and bring a light hailstorm; killing ten or eight unlucky people would be considered good. "For Martial Saints, or even Master-level martial artists, this skill poses little threat. Even in extreme cases, hailstones weigh at most a few hundred kilograms, with a terminal velocity not exceeding 200 meters per second, and an impact kinetic energy equivalent to only 2 kilograms of TNT..."

This is already the physical constant limit that Red Star can achieve.

Further up...

Let's leave it at that.

Do not!
In fact, the above data is no longer physical.

However, the methods of spiritual saints cannot be fully explained by physical phenomena.

Although, under extreme conditions, the power of the Roar of Ice would only unleash thousands upon thousands of hailstones equivalent to 2 kilograms of TNT, posing no threat to Martial Saints or Master-level martial artists, but...

For martial artists who are not at the master level, especially for ordinary people, this skill is many times more threatening than the Blazing Sun Sword Technique!
It only takes ten minutes to raze any super-large city on Red Star to the ground.

"It's already... nuclear weapon level destructive power."

Ji Fuyou thought to himself.

Spiritual saints and martial saints...

From this moment on, it seems they have embarked on two different paths.

"Ice... It's a pity my mental attribute leans towards fire... Of course, even if I lean towards fire, casting this skill is still not a problem, it's just that the power and range will be a bit difficult to control."

Ji Fuyou pondered.

With the mindset that the more advanced skills one has, the better, he directly absorbed and digested this inheritance crystal.

Just then, a voice came from outside Zongzang: "Prince Yu? We have observed that your life support device has not provided any feedback for more than a minute. Is something wrong?"

"Life feedback device?"

Ji Fuyou scanned the area and quickly spotted a bracelet on the wrist of the Prince Yu, which was now glowing with a faint red light.

"There's such a thing..."

His mental energy swept out quickly, and he soon spotted the guards outside.

They also have similar devices on their bodies.

Furthermore, these devices are complete sets.

As expected, if Prince Yu did not provide any response within one minute at the latest, those outside would notice something amiss and take action.

"With both machine and human defenses, it's not easy to break through."

Ji Fuyou, brimming with energy, quickly subdued the guards outside and gave them the information that the "instrument was malfunctioning" in order to buy time.

He quickly collected all the high-grade source crystals and put them into a special box.

Unfortunately, the box had limited capacity. After containing the gold, purple, and red spirit source crystals, it could no longer hold other items, such as the red physique source crystal and the blue spirit source crystal.

After all, the Black Gold Empire's treasury contains far too many of these kinds of materials, mostly in the hundreds.

Packing them up one by one is too time-consuming and inconvenient to carry.

After packing his things, Ji Fuyou quickly walked out of the secret chamber and took the only exit—the elevator.

The elevator doors opened, and before he could leave the building, the alarm suddenly went off.

Along with that, the Martial Saint, who had been awakened while overseeing the area, arrived swiftly.

"Who dares to cause trouble in my city of Dimo!"

Amidst the shouts, a terrifying life force field swept in.

Moreover, this person's use of life force...

It's probably reached 14%, or even 15%!
However, time was of the essence, and Ji Fuyou had no intention of wasting time with him.

Through a communion with the divine, he instantly discerned the trajectory of all the attacks coming from the Martial Saint.

then……

A burst of vitality.

Amplified by the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, he leaped into the air and smashed through the palace with the overwhelming power of his true form.

Amidst the flying stone chips, his figure had already soared into the air, his battle sword unsheathed!

The crescent moon blade energy, carrying a chilling glint, slashed at the body of the martial saint who was charging towards him.

"Oh!"

In an instant, it was as if two cannonballs collided in the void.

A deafening roar accompanied by a visible white shockwave that exploded outwards.

The terrifying shockwave caused trees tens of meters below to snap in two, and countless branches and leaves were crushed into dust.

At the very core of this impact, after the Crescent Moon Blade Aura shattered the Black Gold Empire Martial Saint's aerial interception, the remaining force of the dissipated blade aura still struck his life force field, causing the operation of his life force field to stagnate slightly!
"you!?"

The martial saint's eyes widened, sensing an immense threat.

But the next second, Ji Fuyou, who had come to roam the world, had already crashed into his body.

A terrifying shockwave vibrated through his almost stagnant life force field, shaking his body and nearly tearing it apart.

He immediately activated a top-tier secret technique similar to the true form of a hegemon to dissolve the invading shockwave.

pity……

That's too late.

In the less than half a second that his body trembled, Ji Fuyou's Judgment Blade had already swept past.

A head was swept into the void.

A martial saint died instantly.

(End of this chapter)