"Kids make choices, I want it all!"
Xiao Yi grinned, his cold gaze sweeping over Hu Junyi and the others.
Ever since he entered Yunmeng Marsh.
Xiao Yi had gradually become familiar with the many traps within Yunmeng Marsh, although each trap was a mix of reality and deception, one thing remained unchanged.
That was viciousness and malice!
Whether it was the Godfall Demon Abyss or the later Death Colosseum, every stage was set with extreme malevolence.
It aimed to put people to death!
There was never a victory that could be easily obtained.
Upon seeing the treasures flying out of the Yunmeng Demon Emperor's statue, Xiao Yi instinctively felt there was a trick to them, he did not believe that there could be easily obtained treasures within Yunmeng Marsh.
The result was indeed as he had expected...
These treasures were all imbued with the Secret Technique of the Yunmeng Demon Emperor.
It was said that the Innate Divine Ability of the Yunmeng Demon Emperor could, at a glance, turn those with evil thoughts into stone sculptures.
There are many kinds of wicked thoughts: thoughts of killing, greed, lust, desire...
As Hu Junyi and others were fighting over the treasures, they harbored the three thoughts of murder, greed, and lust, which naturally activated the prohibitions on the treasures. Their bodies began to petrify, of course, before this, Xiao Yi was merely speculating, but as seen from the changes in Hu Junyi and the others, his speculation was on point!
"Xiao Yi, you're too greedy!"
"There are no less than a thousand pieces of treasure here, with at least ten of them being Eighth-layer weapons and elixirs, and you actually want to monopolize them?"
The crowd angrily chastised.
Xiao Yi shrugged nonchalantly, a carefree smile on his face, "To accept or to refuse is, of course, up to you. However, given your situation, I'm afraid you will all turn into sculptures soon... By then, I can simply take these treasures from your hands, and they will still be mine."
Everyone drew in a sharp breath.
As they exchanged glances, they saw in each other's eyes anger, as well as a touch of helplessness and unwillingness.
Just as Xiao Yi had said...
The prohibitions on these treasures were truly terrifying, continuously petrifying their bodies.
It wouldn't be long before.
They would all become stone sculptures.
On one side were treasures; on the other, their lives.
Under the threat of death, the crowd soon opted to compromise, "I, I am willing to hand over all the treasures..."
"So am I, just save my life..."
With one strong individual yielding, there would be a second and a third.
One after another, the strong willingly handed over their treasures.
Xiao Yi nodded in satisfaction; all of this was within his control. As he passed by each person, a wave of his hand gathered all the treasures into his storage ring.
While collecting the treasures, Xiao Yi maintained a calm heart with not a shred of evil thought. Under the resentful glances of the strong, he declared confidently, "I'm doing this for your own good! I'm doing this for your own good! I'm doing this for your..."
Hu Junyi's ears rang with Xiao Yi's words as he watched helplessly as Xiao Yi removed the storage ring from his hand and rummaged through his waistband to take away all the hidden elixirs, darkening his face even more than charcoal.
Ye Ling looked at Xiao Yi provocatively, puffing out her chest, "There's a piece of Spiritual Medicine here too, are you not going to take it?"
Xiao Yi hesitated, then smiled, "I'm doing this for your own good!"
He reached into her chest very innocently and took the Spiritual Medicine. As Ye Ling looked on numbly, he glanced at his palm and said, "It's a bit small…"
Ye Ling was consumed with shame and anger, her eyes a deep red as she shouted, "What, what did you say?"
Xiao Yi uttered an "oh" and said with a righteous air, "All I've done is for your own good!"
Ye Ling's teeth clenched with a grinding sound.
Sweeping through, Xiao Yi had scavenged all the treasures, only then nodding in satisfaction.
From beginning to end.
As he took the treasures, he harbored no wicked thoughts and did not trigger any prohibitions placed upon them.
Just as he obtained these treasures, Xiao Yi had already learned how to lift the prohibitions and break the curses.
"Hu Junyi, you've taken everything, so now you can help us remove the curses on us, right?" Hu Junyi said impatiently.
Xiao Yi smiled and nodded, "I shall now lift the curses from you."
He took out the crown.
And placed it upon his head.
Golden light flowed in streams, merging into his pupils, his eyes emitting a layer of goldenshine. With his gaze, the parts of people's bodies turned to stone began to dissolve their blue stoniness. With just one glance, their bodies slowly regained the ability to move.
With the curses removed from their bodies, everyone began excitedly moving their limbs.
Xiao Yi's eyes slightly narrowed, his gaze growing colder.
People like Hu Junyi and Ye Ling, as soon as their curses were lifted, had already surrounded him.
Yue Shanchuan's expression was as dark as still waters as he stared at everyone and demanded, "What are you doing? Xiao Yi just saved you, are you going to repay kindness with enmity?"
"Repay kindness with enmity? Don't make it sound so ugly. We are merely reclaiming what belongs to us!"
"As for Xiao Yi... Humph, he must have guessed that contending for these precious treasures would sour, yet he didn't inform us ahead of time. His intentions are condemnable..."
"Xiao Yi, return the treasures to us, or we'll kill you right here..."
The crowd spoke one after another.
Yue Shanchuan glared angrily, feeling it was unfair for Xiao Yi, "You're going too far. Without Xiao Yi, you'd all be petrified by now..."
"You've been targeting our big boss Xiao Yi from the start, always trying to put him in mortal danger. Why should he inform you about the issues with the treasures? Even if he did, would you have believed him?" Chai Yi was fully aware that even if Xiao Yi had warned them about the treasures beforehand, Hu Junyi and the others wouldn't have believed him. Faced with their undermining behavior, he felt a surge of rage.
With a cold huff, Hu Junyi spoke arrogantly, "Whether we'd believe him is our business, but the fact he knew about the treasures' risk and didn't warn us shows he had ill-intentions!"
"This kind of treacherous and sly villain, why even waste words? Just kill him!"
"Kill him, divide all the treasures, and we can even take his corpse to the royal family to exchange for the elixir of eternal life, why not enjoy this?"
Pair after pair of eyes looked at Xiao Yi with a fierce intent to kill.
Yue Shanchuan and Chai Yi turned deathly pale.
Even with Xiao Yi's heaven-defying combat power, facing powerful adversaries like Hu Junyi, Ye Ling, and other mysterious young men, the three of them likely stood no chance.
As tensions rose to breaking point, a battle seemed imminent.
Xiao Yi pulled the two behind him, smiled showing a cold curvature, and spoke deliberately, "I anticipated you'd pull such a move... However, if you wish to take those things from my hands, you'll have to ask my sword if it agrees!"
With the final word spoken.
The sound of a sword cry pierced the heavens.
The Demon Sword Zhan Yue transformed into a surge of blood-red sword light, shooting straight into the skies...