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As a low password echoed in the night, the four Spirit Emperor elders and two teams of patrolling knights in front of the treasure pavilion's grand gates turned simultaneously to begin the handover ceremony.
"Now!"
"Dark Demon Dragon, Conceal!"
He let out a low shout in his heart, and the power of his second Spirit, the Dark Demon Dragon, instantly activated.
An extremely pure and profound aura of darkness surged from within him, completely wrapping around his body.
Not a single trace of his aura leaked outward.
"Swish!"
Luo Nan slipped into the interior of the treasure pavilion through the gap like a loach.
The bronze gates closed tightly behind Luo Nan, leaving no gaps.
At this moment, the guards outside had just completed the handover and returned to their respective posts, completely unaware of everything that had just happened.
"Hoo…"
After entering the treasure pavilion, Luo Nan gently exhaled a breath of stale air and lifted the concealment state of the Dark Demon Dragon.
He raised his eyes to look, and even with his composure, he couldn't help being shocked by the scene before him.
The interior space of the entire treasure pavilion was extremely large, divided into upper and lower tiers totaling three levels.
The surrounding walls were embedded with fist-sized luminous pearls that emitted a soft glow, illuminating the pavilion so brightly that every tiny detail was clearly visible.
Rows of antique shelves crafted from ten-thousand-year-old rosewood were filled with a dazzling array of rare treasures.
Looking at the Spirit Bones of decent quality, the Spiritual Plants stored in jade boxes, and the mountains of gold coins and rare gemstones…
This place gathered the endless wealth accumulated by the Heaven Dou Empire since its founding; casually taking out just a single item would be enough for an ordinary person to live on for a lifetime.
However, Luo Nan didn't even spare a glance at these treasures that would make any Spirit Master go crazy.
His target was extremely clear.
Following the internal layout map given by Prince Xue Xing, Luo Nan didn't stay anywhere on the first and second floors, heading straight up the spiral staircase to the very top layer of the treasure pavilion—the third floor.
Compared to the dazzling array on the lower two floors, the third floor appeared much more spacious and empty.
In the exact center of the hall, there was only a display stand carved from top-grade white jade.
Quietly floating above the display stand was a bizarre item.
"Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud!"
This was the guardian treasure of the Heaven Dou Empire, and also the legendary Legacy token left behind by the Sea God!
As long as he obtained it, it was equivalent to getting the key to Sea God Island and opening the Divinity Legacy!
Luo Nan took a deep breath, calmed his excited emotions, and walked quickly to the white jade display stand.
After carefully observing the surroundings of the display stand and confirming that no obvious Soul Power traps were found,
he slowly extended his right hand and grabbed towards the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud emitting a charming blue light.
The moment Luo Nan's fingers touched the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, an extremely cold and pure energy surged into his body through his fingertips, causing his entire body to tremble as if his entire Soul had been washed anew.
"Good treasure!"
Luo Nan praised secretly in his heart, curled his fingers to tightly grip the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in his hand, and then flipped his wrist, directly storing it into his own storage spirit tool.
However, at the very instant the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud left the white jade display stand!
"Crack!"
An extremely crisp spring-loaded mechanism sound, exceptionally piercing in the silent treasure pavilion, suddenly came from inside the white jade display stand!
Luo Nan's pupils suddenly contracted, and every single hair on his body stood on end at this instant!
"Not good! It's a gravity induction mechanism!"
Luo Nan reacted instantly.
This white jade display stand actually concealed an extremely precise physical mechanism, which perfectly matched the weight of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
Once the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was taken away, the weight would become unbalanced, and the mechanism would trigger immediately!
Such a purely physical mechanism was so cleverly designed that even the perception of a Titled Douluo could not detect it in advance!
"Clang—! Clang—! Clang—!"
The next second, a deafening, rapid, and shrill huge bell chime suddenly exploded at the top of the treasure pavilion!
Amplified by a special amplification spirit tool, this bell chime was like rolling thunder, instantly tearing apart the peaceful night sky of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and spreading to every corner of the imperial palace!
"Xue Xing, you old bastard! Why didn't you mention such a fatal mechanism earlier?!"
Luo Nan greeted the eighteen generations of Prince Xue Xing's ancestors in his heart.
He didn't know if Prince Xue Xing deliberately concealed it to kill him with a borrowed knife, or if even Prince Xue Xing himself didn't know the existence of this top-secret mechanism.
But now, investigating these matters had no meaning anymore.
The moment the bell rang, the entire Heaven Dou Imperial Palace instantly boiled like an ancient giant beast awakened from slumber!
"There is an assassin!"
"The treasure pavilion is under attack! Quick! Surround the treasure pavilion!"
"Seal all palace gates! Don't let even a single fly out!"
Earth-shaking roars, dense footsteps, and the clanging of weapons being drawn came from outside.
Looking out through the third-floor window of the treasure pavilion, Luo Nan saw countless royal guards holding torches surging in like a tidal wave from all directions, tightly surrounding the treasure pavilion airtight.
The royal guard captain, exuding the aura of a Spirit Saint, was standing outside the main door of the treasure pavilion, holding a huge battle-axe in his hand and roaring with wide-open eyes:
"Open the defensive grand array immediately! Notify the personal guard team and all elders! Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground today, we must never let the thief leave alive!"
Looking at the dense encirclement below from which it was impossible to fly away, Luo Nan's brows tightly furrowed together.
There was no way out on all four sides; every exit on the ground had been completely sealed off.
If he forcefully fought his way out through the front door, facing thousands of royal guards and several high-level Spirit Masters, even if he were a Peak Douluo of rank 95, he would be worn down and killed here alive.
"Since the ground way doesn't work, we can only take the sky!"
Luo Nan suddenly raised his head, his gaze locked tightly onto the dome of the treasure pavilion cast from hard obsidian and refined steel.
"With a hardened heart, let's fight it out!"
A trace of crazy ruthlessness flashed in Luo Nan's eyes.
He no longer held anything back, and the Soul Power within his body erupted with a roar like a breached flood!
"Dark Demon Dragon, Possess!"
Accompanied by an earth-shaking dragon roar, the profound dark aura instantly swallowed Luo Nan's body.
His body grew taller and expanded in the darkness, with scales as hard as obsidian covering his entire body, and his hands turning into peerlessly sharp dragon claws.
"Break for me!"
Luo Nan exerted sudden force with both legs, his entire body turning like a black meteor flying against the current, carrying a terrifying, world-destroying power as he fiercely slammed into the dome of the treasure pavilion!
"Rumble—!!!"
An earth-shaking loud bang!
Before the indestructible and terrifying power of the Dark Demon Dragon, the obsidian dome, which claimed to be able to withstand the full-strength blow of a Spirit Douluo, shattered instantly like paper!
"Good heavens! What kind of monster is that?!"
The royal guard captain and imperial guards below looked at the terrifying black shadow disappearing into the night sky, all scared ashen-faced.