Chapter 95 - Hell Rupture Sword (2/2)
The bottom of the river was full of bones, extending from one end to the other. It was difficult to imagine just how many people had died here. Bones were piled up in several thick layers like an ancient battlefield and there were even some scattered armor, weapons, and so on.
All the treasures on the first and second floor of the Sunken Jade Tower had mostly been searched already but not many people dared to come to the bottom of the river. The demons in the river were much more dangerous than the demons on land. If anyone dared to dive into the river, they would most likely end up like Qiu Ying’s two top Ninth Level combatants and be devoured by the demons.
There should still be some treasures left here!
Ye Chen was overjoyed. He did not expect to find such a good place for treasure hunting by accident. He quickly swept his Astral Body across the river. Even if an average person went into the river in search of treasures, they would have to grope around in the darkness bit by bit. Trying to find a treasure would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, with Ye Chen’s Astral Body sweeping like a radar, he would not miss a single treasure.
Ye Chen picked up a few pieces of armor. He did not know what metal it was made of but the energy flowing on it made it clear at a glance that it was no ordinary product.
In the middle of the bones deposited in the distance, Ye Chen’s Astral Body picked up a peculiar energy. He flew over quickly and dug at the large pile of bones, sweeping them to the sides. After digging past more than a dozen bodies, a dark bead appeared in his sight. Although the bead had spent many years at the bottom of the river, it was still crystal-clear and shone brightly as if it was new. A strange array was engraved on its surface and when he extended his Astral Body in it, the core of the bead emitted Celestial Chi fluctuations. It was not an ordinary bead and was much more precious than the armors and weapons he had picked up earlier. However, since he did not know what the bead was for, he simply had to bring it back to study it. There were most likely still many treasures here, so Ye Chen threw it into his Heaven-Earth Pouch and carried on.
His Astral Body continuously swept the river as he went along. These bones had gone through tens of thousands of years. Although the bones of combatants were harder than ordinary people, most of them had already rotten. As for the lower-quality armors and weapons, even if they used to be extremely sharp, they now remained barely intact after countless years of being corroded by the river water and broke apart with a touch, becoming useless junk. After swimming for a few dozen feet, a skeleton in the distance caught Ye Chen’s attention. Many of the skeletons were in pieces but only this skeleton looked complete without any sign of damage. There was only a long black sword pierced through its chest bone. Ye Chen did not know what material it was made from but at a glance, it looked no different from any common sword.
However, the owner of this skeleton must have been a super powerhouse before his death. Despite that, a person like him had been assassinated by a sword, which meant that this sword was also not ordinary.
Ye Chen swam over and pulled out the black sword. Looking at the blade, he found no trace of any abrasion. He flicked it with his finger and a crisp ‘ding’ sounded although they were underwater, just like the clear sound of a dragon’s cry.
‘What an amazing sword!’ Ye Chen gasped in admiration. He glanced at the skeleton of the combatant. The ribs that were broken by the black sword were smooth and clean-cut, which showed the sharpness of the black sword.
There seemed to be a few words on the body of the sword. Ye Chen used his hand to wipe the dirt off and swept it with his Astral Body. The words seemed to make out “Hell Rupture”.
The sword’s name was Hell Rupture!
A far away and drawn-out energy seemed to emerge from the glint of the sword.
It was said that weapons and armor were differentiated based on different materials. There were Xuan-iron, Silver Arcanite, Gold Arcanite, and so on. These were common weapons that could be used to increase defense. However, in the face of a Venerable Rank combatant, those weapons were useless. As for those above Gold Arcanite, some weapons gained a mind of its own after being used in countless wars or after being forged using unique refining methods. These weapons were much stronger than common weapons and could easily slay Tenth Level or higher combatants. They were called spirit artifacts and were divided into nine Tiers.
Ordinary Xuan-iron, Silver Arcanite, and Gold Arcanite weapons would have been damaged after spending hundreds of thousands of years in the river. Only Spirit Artifacts Rank weapons and armor could be preserved. The weapons and armor he found before were all at least Tier One spirit artifacts. The quality of this Hell Rupture Sword and that black bead was higher as well but Ye Chen did not know what Tier spirit artifacts they belonged to.
It was natural to bring good things back. Besides, his Heaven-Earth Pouch had enough space. Ye Chen put the Hell Rupture Sword into the Heaven-Earth Pouch and continued his search. The riverbed was full of good items and he collected quite a few weapons and armor. However, none of them were of the same level as the Hell Rupture Sword and that bead.