Swallowing the Stars: Heart of the Martial God

Chapter 96 Qianwu, congratulations on your fortune!

With a thought, Venerable Windblade instantly drew upon all the power within the Windblade Domain, converging at the center like rivers flowing into the sea, and in the blink of an eye, it condensed into an enormous sword.

"Go!" Venerable Windblade waved his hand sharply, and the wind sword, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, rushed towards the dark handprint.

"Boom!" The moment the two made contact, a deafening roar erupted.

The powerful collision of forces unleashed a terrifying spatial turbulence. This turbulence, like ferocious beasts, ripped apart everything in its path.

Under the impact of this powerful force, Venerable Windblade's expression changed drastically, and his body flew backward uncontrollably.

The precious light was blown away by the spatial turbulence amidst the chaos, eventually flying towards the direction where the black-robed man was.

The man in black robes was still hesitant about whether to participate in this fierce competition, but seeing that Venerable Windblade was about to seize the treasure, he was ready to give up completely.

But to my utter surprise, the treasure flew towards me on its own.

The man in black robes was taken aback at first, then overjoyed, and reached out without hesitation to accept the treasure.

However, the moment he touched the treasure, the turbulent spatial currents around him suddenly surged and instantly ripped off the black robe covering his head.

In an instant, the true face of the man in black robes was revealed to everyone.

"Qianwu? It's you?!" A gasp of surprise erupted from the crowd.

Especially the creditors of the Qianwu Kingdom, their eyes lit up with surprise.

They never expected that the biggest beneficiary of this tidal eruption in the Abyss would be the Qianwu.

I had already obtained several good treasures before, and now I have obtained an ultimate treasure.

"You damned Qianwu!" A burly and robust cosmic venerable, radiating immense divine power, strode out like a towering mountain.

He suddenly stretched out his large, fan-like hand and patted the Qianwu King's shoulder heavily. The pat contained immense power, causing the Qianwu King to stagger. "You've been hiding well! After all these years, you've made a fortune in silence as soon as you show your face!"

"Qianwu, congratulations on your fortune!" A group of friends instantly surrounded the Qianwu King.

The intention is self-evident.

Previously, Qianwu was short of money, but because of their long-standing friendship, everyone was in no hurry to ask him to repay his debts.

But now, he has made a fortune in this battle for the treasures of the Ruins, acquiring a number of high-quality treasures, and now he has even added a supreme treasure to his collection.

With such enormous wealth, repaying past debts is naturally a piece of cake.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom looked distressed; his disguise was precisely to avoid revealing his identity.

Otherwise, how could they compete with these creditors for the treasure?

The debt definitely needs to be repaid, but you need to grab the treasure first to get the treasure points to repay it.

Now that my identity has been exposed, it will be much harder to compete for the treasures that appear later.

Treasures are easy to return, but favors are hard to repay.

"Everyone, as you've all seen, I've obtained quite a few good things in this competition for the supreme treasure. After I return and offer them to my clan, I'll exchange them for supreme treasure points to pay off your debts," the Qianwu Kingdom King hurriedly stated, his voice sincere.

"Of course, of course." Seeing this, the group of cosmic venerables stopped pressing them.

After all, Qianwu made a promise in front of so many cosmic venerables. Given his status and reputation among his clan, he would surely keep his word if he said he would return it.

Otherwise, he would completely lose credibility within the tribe and become a lonely figure abandoned by everyone.

Moreover, the reason everyone was willing to lend the treasure to the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom was based on their trust in his reputation.

We haven't been pressing for payment for so many years, so what's a little longer?

For a moment, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom and his creditors were all overjoyed. With the birth of this treasure, the originally raging tides in the Ruins gradually calmed down and slowly receded, revealing the bottomless Ruins.

At the bottom of the abyss, thick darkness surged and rolled like a tangible substance, resembling an endless maw of the abyss, ready to devour the entire universe.

Eerie, ghostly lights flickered in the darkness, like countless eyes hidden in an abyss, peering at all things in the world.

The surrounding space was also distorted and deformed by the existence of the Ruins, and light meandered and refracted within it, forming strange and terrifying scenes. The entire Ruins was like a huge, unhealable hole in the universe, exuding a chilling aura.

The other cosmic venerables also offered their blessings to the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom.

"Qianwu, this time the tide erupted with a total of seven treasures, and you got three of them all by yourself. You should set a good feast for them."

"Yes, yes."

"Rest assured, everyone, I will hold a grand banquet in the Qianwu Secret Realm when I return. I hope you will all grace me with your presence." The Qianwu King, having shaken off the pent-up frustration of the past few years, responded to everyone.

After paying off this debt, Qianwu can go out and happily hunt for treasure again.

Only Venerable Windblade looked unhappy.

I gained nothing from this trip to the Ruins.

If it were just bad luck, that would be one thing, since the number of treasures is limited and many cosmic venerables are vying for them, with many returning empty-handed.

What he found hard to swallow was that several times, the treasure was within reach, almost within his grasp. Victory seemed imminent, other competitors were already considering giving up, and he was about to become the biggest winner.

Little did he know that someone harbored a grudge against him, targeting him at every turn and repeatedly knocking away his precious treasures, ultimately leaving him with nothing.

"I never expected that this tide would yield so many treasures, and even a supreme treasure would appear," a cosmic venerable exclaimed, breaking the brief silence.

Venerable Windblade snorted coldly, then picked up the conversation meaningfully, "That's right, why didn't the previous report mention anything about the rich treasures of the Ruins Abyss? Shouldn't the score for this top-level Domain Lord mission be lowered?"

He couldn't find the mysterious person who was causing him trouble, but he could find a way to cause trouble for that arrogant brat, Ling Xuan.

Ling Xuan didn't care; what were these treasures anyway?
The fact that he discovered the traces of the Beast God and made a fortune for humanity is enough to earn him a high rating.

"Nonsense." But Ling Xuan's good junior nephew couldn't stand it and stepped forward to argue with Venerable Wind Blade.

"The reports submitted by my senior uncle were all translated and compiled from the text in the Chaos Ruins by the virtual universe. The treasures produced were also calculated based on the treasures on the bodies of the five great universe venerables in the Chaos Ruins, without the slightest error."

Upon hearing this, Venerable Windblade merely sneered and remained silent. He simply nodded, knowing that if the Venerable in charge of scoring really gave Ling Xuan a low score, he would be making a profit.

He didn't give it a low score, so he didn't lose out; he only commented on it a couple of times.

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom also came over at this time.

"Hehe, Ling Xuan, we really have to thank you this time." He watched the entire video of Ling Xuan's match and recognized that the dark handprints that had repeatedly knocked away the treasures were the secret techniques that Ling Xuan had used in the Genius Battle.

Having obtained this treasure, he is almost able to completely pay off his debts to his friends and also pay off some of his clan's debts.

The rest can be paid back slowly later.

"It's also because Your Majesty is so powerful," Ling Xuan said with a smile. He hadn't expected the Qianwu King to pull this stunt. This was just a casual move to target Venerable Fengren.

"Don't worry about your score for this mission. Your teacher is the founder of the Giant Axe. Who would dare to deduct points from your score in the Giant Axe Arena? Are you out of your mind?" the Qianwu Kingdom King laughed.

“I’m not worried about that,” Ling Xuan asked. “Do you think Venerable Wind Blade will retaliate against me?”

"Don't worry about that. At most, he'll use his status as a Venerable to intimidate you and say a few sarcastic things. But you're the disciple of Lord Giant Axe. He wouldn't dare to do anything serious even if he had a thousand lives."

"Sigh~ What a pity." Ling Xuan shook his head.

(End of this chapter)