Chapter 1330: Chapter 1330: Risking One’s Life Chapter 1330: Chapter 1330: Risking One’s Life “To pass through this Fiery Realm, is it to pluck all the Immortal Artifacts from the magic trees?”


    The Treasure Hunters were all seized with an impulse to curse out loud!


    The Sword Immortal Emperor said that once an Immortal Artifact is plucked from the magic tree, one would be targeted by the magic tree and forcibly refined into a magic treasure!


    Then how can one pluck them?


    Isn’t this requirement a contradiction?


    The Treasure Hunters all held their breath, pricking up their ears, listening intently, wanting to hear the Sword Immortal Emperor reveal the secret to passing this trial.


    Unexpectedly, in the end, the Sword Immortal Emperor simply said–


    “Alright, Treasure Hunters, I have said enough. Pluck the Immortal Artifacts to your heart’s content. Hmm~~ You have seven days. After seven days, if there are still Immortal Artifacts left on these magic trees, even just one, all of you will face group demise.”


    Having said that, the voice of the Sword Immortal Emperor completely disappeared.


    They were stupefied!


    Horrified!


    That’s it?


    There was no clear explanation!


    What’s terrifying is that after seven days, if the Treasure Hunters don’t completely harvest the magic treasures growing in this oasis, they will face obliteration!


    “Damn it! Damn it all!” the Sword Immortal Emperor roared in grief and fury.


    The other Treasure Hunters, looking at the several Profound Immortals and a few Demon Saints who had been refined into Immortal Artifacts and hanging on the trees, all had a sense of shared sadness and were each anxious for their own safety.


    “Master, what do we do now–now?” Xu Fu asked, his voice trembling.


    “Eh~~ I’m at a loss for the moment,” Huang Xiaolong shrugged helplessly.


    “It’s really this sinister?” the Third Crown Prince frowned deeply, “I refuse to believe it! I will try it myself!”


    “Wait~~” Huang Xiaolong advised. “Big brother-in-law, it’s better to believe that this could happen rather than to assume it couldn’t. If you really want to try, it’s better to send out a dragon qi avatar.”


    Like the Third Crown Prince, a top-tier being in the cosmic food chain, one can send out a large number of dragon qi avatars. Each dragon qi avatar is just like a living being.


    Similarly, Immortal Emperors, Demon Kings, and even Profound Immortals and Demon Saints can do the same.


    “Oh, brother-in-law, that’s a good idea. I’ll send out some dragon qi to give it a try,” the Third Crown Prince answered with a hint of gratitude towards Huang Xiaolong.


    On the other side, two Immortal Emperors and two Demon Kings also decided not to take risks lightly, deploying avatars to scout the way. Even if an avatar perished, being refined into a magic treasure, as long as it did not harm their true bodies, it was acceptable.


    Immediately, the Third Crown Prince and the Ninth Princess each released two precious streams of dragon qi, which twisted and turned into their true forms. Reaching out, they tried to pluck the Immortal Artifacts from the nearby magic trees.


    The two Immortal Emperors and two Demon Kings did the same.


    It was easy to pluck the Immortal Artifacts from the trees.


    As soon as the avatars touched the Immortal Artifacts, holding them in their hands, suddenly, the magic trees burst forth with a hazy light, enveloping all of the avatars!


    Metallic ripples began to flicker up from the feet of each avatar, spreading swiftly upwards.


    In an extremely short amount of time, all these avatars, without exception, were transformed into magic treasures crafted from top-grade Immortal Stones, like statues, lifeless, before being pulled up by the hazy light onto the trees and hung up.


    The treasures shone brilliantly.


    “No good! It’s absolutely hopeless! Even an avatar of this emperor cannot escape being refined!” the Sword Immortal Emperor became somewhat irate.


    As everyone knows, though it’s just an avatar, it embodies a fraction of an Immortal Emperor’s dignity, essence, spirit, will, experience, insights, and foundation…


    An Immortal Emperor’s avatar is no trivial matter!


    Even an avatar of an Immortal Emperor could be so easily refined by the magic trees into an Immortal Artifact, which meant big trouble.


    After this probe, the Sword Immortal Emperor and the Purple Flame Immortal Emperor, would absolutely not dare use their true bodies to try and pluck the Immortal Artifacts.


    It was the same for the Demon Kings and the Dragon Kings.


    “Eh~~ Big brother-in-law, what does it feel like?” Huang Xiaolong asked seriously.


    “Excruciating~~” the Third Crown Prince responded, still shaken. “My whole body felt as if it were frozen numb, out of control from my soul, and the avatar’s soul was also quickly refined away~~~ it’s like sinking into a nightmare~~”


    The Third Crown Prince, having lost an avatar, was also somewhat listless.


    “Both body and soul got refined away,” Huang Xiaolong frowned deeply, nodding thoughtfully.


    The atmosphere sank into gloom, the air heavy as if dripping with water.


    Time ticked by, second by second, but no one dared to make any rash moves.


    Night.


    The night wind was indeed charming.


    The oasis was infused with a refreshing and crisp scent, intoxicatingly pleasant.


    Groups of campfires were lit within the oasis.


    Treasure Hunters sat down in several camps around the campfires, the flickering flames casting their faces in alternating light and shadow.


    “The first day has passed, leaving us with six more days,” Huang Xiaolong said quietly.


    “Master, we might as well return to the Netherworld,” Jiang Yuan suggested softly.


    “Running away isn’t a solution,” Huang Xiaolong shook his head, “From the experience on Jupiter, the Ten Heavens of Slaughter is not a dead end; every realm can be solved. Therefore, as long as we can come up with a strategy, we can pass through this Fiery Realm as well~~”


    “Brother-in-law, you’re really optimistic,” the Ninth Princess sat beside Huang Xiaolong, looking at him with an odd expression surfacing in her eyes, murmuring as if talking to herself, “You are quite a character; no wonder the Seventh Princess has entrusted her life to you.”


    “Forget it, I don’t want to think about it today. Let’s sleep and talk about it tomorrow,” Huang Xiaolong lay down to sleep.


    “Brother-in-law, can you actually sleep?” the Third Crown Prince was astonished. “I admire you more and more–I can’t sleep at all.” After a pause, he said to the Ninth Princess, “Ninth Sister, let’s have a walk around and see if we can find any clues.”


    Thereupon, the Third Crown Prince began to search the oasis area with the Ninth Princess.


    Huang Xiaolong’s eyes remained tightly closed, yet he didn’t fall asleep immediately; instead, he replayed in his mind the entire process by which the Profound Immortals, Demon Saints, and Avatars were refined into magical treasures.


    “Being refined physically, even the soul is refined…” Huang Xiaolong went over it thoroughly in his mind. “The body… the soul…”


    At the same time, Huang Xiaolong once again extended his spiritual sense, scanning every blade of grass and tree in the oasis area.


    Early the next morning,


    Treasure Hunters had all gathered, standing under a tree of magical treasures.


    Their overnight search had yielded no abnormalities.


    “I’ve thought about it all night,” the Demon King Kui began, “since we can’t pluck the treasures from the treasure trees, how about we destroy these trees? That should make the Immortal Artifacts fall down by themselves, right?”


    “Hmm?” the Sword Immortal Emperor’s eyes gleamed slightly. “That’s an idea–let’s give it a try!”


    “Very well, I’ll release an Avatar to attempt to destroy one of the treasure trees,” said the Demon King Kui, without any hesitation. With a thought, a wisp of demonic energy began to seep out from his crown.


    The crimson demonic energy coalesced in the air, finally taking on the appearance of Demon King Kui (in human form, not his true body).


    This Avatar was lifelike, its eyes bloody red, exuding the awe-inspiring and domineering aura of the Demon King.


    In fact, even if Demon King Kui were killed, as long as this Avatar remained, he could continue to live–though his realm would plummet, retaining hardly one percent of his power!


    “Ah, this Avatar is part of my life,” lamented Demon King Kui. “The loss of each Avatar causes me great pain.”


    “Stop your grumbling, Demon King,” Purple Flame Immortal Emperor urged. “We only have six days left. Whatever it takes, we must collect the Immortal Artifacts from the oasis!”


    “All right, go! Destroy one of the treasure trees for me!” commanded the Demon King Kui swiftly.


    His Avatar waved its hand and sent a scythe-like blade of demonic light slashing through the air.


    Pfft!!! A treasure tree was cut in half at the trunk!


    The Immortal Artifacts on the tree then fell down.


    However, before the Treasure Hunters could react, a hazy streak of light, flickering like locusts, shot out from where the tree was cut, moving with such speed it was like a phantom.


    Pfft! The misty light wound accurately around the Avatar of Demon King Kui.


    With the naked eye, it could be seen that the Avatar began transforming into a magical treasure!


    Ultimately, the two halves of the treasure tree seamlessly reconnected without so much as a scratch, and the Avatar of Demon King Kui, like a jade statue, hung upon the tree, shimmering with the luster and aura of a high-class magical treasure.


    At this, the mouths of the Treasure Hunters dropped open in shock.


    It was no use!


    Even if one were to chop down the treasure trees, it was impossible to escape the fate of being refined into a magical treasure!


    The transformation of his Avatar into a magical treasure brought a trace of pained expression to Demon King Kui’s face. His eyes were filled with fear.


    He muttered to himself, “It’s too terrifying… this feeling is too terrifying… the soul is being eradicated bit by bit, falling into an abyss of no return…”


    After that, none of the Treasure Hunters dared to try anything rash.


    An inexplicable sense of restlessness and helplessness surrounded everyone and lingered on.


    Later, Huang Xiaolong released some demons from the netherworld to try and pluck the Immortal Artifacts from the treasure trees. However, as expected, these demons were swiftly refined to death, turned into magical treasures, and hung upon the trees.


    Another day passed.


    The time left for the Treasure Hunters had dwindled to five days.


    Huang Xiaolong stood under a treasure tree, slightly spaced out.


    Five slaves stood respectfully behind Huang Xiaolong.


    “Brother-in-law, it looks like we can’t get through the Inferno Realm,” said the Ninth Princess disconsolately. “I’ve heard you have a netherworld; please take us in. I don’t want to die here.”


    “Is there really no other way?” asked the Third Crown Prince, still unwilling to give up.


    “Whether human, immortal, demon, dragon, or devil, the method of refinement is the same–body and soul are refined together…” Huang Xiaolong pondered deeply, speaking to himself. “If one could forcibly suppress this refining power, then… one might be able to break the situation…”


    With that, a glint of realization sparkled in Huang Xiaolong’s eyes.


    “Brother-in-law, have you thought of some good method?” the Ninth Princess quickly asked.


    “No great ideas. It’s worth trying anyway–I certainly don’t want to be trapped here,” said Huang Xiaolong, as a sharp glint flickered in his eyes.


    He was not one to sit around waiting for death.


    No matter the difficulty of the situation, Huang Xiaolong would always take a bold risk, vie with the heavens for fame, and achieve a turnaround!


    No sooner said than done, Huang Xiaolong swiftly reached out with his hand!


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    Whoosh! A sword-shaped Immortal Artifact growing from a treasure tree was plucked straight by Huang Xiaolong and captured in his hand!


    Almost simultaneously, the misty light burst forth, enveloping Huang Xiaolong!


    Seeing this, the other Treasure Hunters exclaimed in shock, their eyes wide and mouths agape!


    Just when everyone had given up all hope, Huang Xiaolong actually took the risk with his own body!


    Such bravery! It was truly awe-inspiring!