"Unfortunately, some are still greenhorns who directly used up all their spiritual energy."
The elder with sword-like eyebrows sneered, then, taking pleasure in others' misfortune, looked towards the supreme elder, "Supreme Elder, you must take good care of your legendary ancestor of the Demonic Sect now."
"After all, he has exhausted his spiritual energy!"
"Hahaha!"
The righteous factions all laughed, reveling in the misfortune.
"Even a legendary ancestor is just a greenhorn."
"In such a tomb, to dare exhaust all spiritual energy, it is truly seeking death!"
The disciples of the Sword Gate and the United Qi Sect were talking a lot, looking at Ning Tian with disdain in their eyes.
Hearing the surrounding conversation, the supreme elder and the disciples of the Demonic Sect were all stunned for a moment.
"What did you just say?"
"The ancestor has exhausted his spiritual energy? Hahaha!"
The supreme elder couldn't stop laughing; should he laugh at these folks' ignorance, or their foolishness?
"Giggle giggle"
"The ancestor has exhausted his spiritual energy? How amusing."
The women of the Yao Pond Holy Land also giggled behind their hands, issuing bursts of laughter as pleasant as silver bells, attracting the attention of many exceptional young men.
It was as if they had heard the most interesting joke.
That day at the Immortal Spirit Spring, they had witnessed Ning Tian's vast sea of spirit!
"Someone with a spirit sea, how could they possibly exhaust their spiritual energy so easily?" The saintess of Yao Pond murmured to herself in her heart and shook her head.
"What are you laughing at?"
Seeing the people of the Demonic Sect and Yao Pond Holy Land laughing, the elder with sword-like eyebrows frowned, feeling displeased.
"Nothing, just laughing at your ignorance."
The supreme elder shook his head and said indifferently.
"You!"
The elder with sword-like eyebrows's complexion changed slightly, ready to retort.
But at this moment, a rich spiritual energy emerged, followed by the sound of thunder.
Everyone was taken aback.
Then, they all looked towards the place where the spiritual energy appeared.
There sat a person, cross-legged.
It was Ning Tian!
"Did he cause this commotion?"
Everyone was startled.
Then, they saw Ning Tian's body continuously manifesting a rich spiritual energy; in a blink of an eye, a massive sea of spiritual energy condensed behind him!
A spirit sea!?
"Hiss!"
The pupils of everyone around sharply contracted, a flash of shock in their eyes!
This…
The legendary ancestor of the Demonic Sect actually possessed a spirit sea!
No wonder the supreme elder of the Demonic Sect had such a reaction when he heard the elder with sword-like eyebrows say that Ning Tian had exhausted his spiritual energy.
After all, how could someone with a spirit sea exhaust it so easily?
The spiritual energy just consumed didn't even account for one-thousandth of the massive spirit sea in front of him!
How could it possibly be exhausted?
At this moment, the people of the Righteous Alliance were ashen-faced, extremely unsightly to behold.
The elder with sword-like eyebrows felt a burning pain on his face as if a heavy slap had firmly landed on his cheek!
"Dammit."
"How could this kid possibly have a spirit sea?"
While the elder with sword-like eyebrows had already stopped considering the legendary ancestor of the Demonic Sect an ordinary person, he was still shocked at this moment.
A spirit sea, it was truly frightening.
Even he did not possess a spirit sea.
Astonished gazes continuously fell upon Ning Tian.
And Ning Tian, sitting cross-legged, was unaware of their astonishment.
The spiritual energy within his body gathered incessantly, on the verge of breakthrough!
Minutes later.
When the last bit of spiritual energy entered, as if breaking through a bottleneck.
Instantly, it surged through.
[Congratulations to the host for making a breakthrough, current state: Four stars of the Earth King Realm!]
Following the system's prompt, that massive spirit sea and the overwhelming momentum instantly retreated back into Ning Tian's body.
All of this was witnessed by everyone around.
"Break-through?"
"Under such a lack of spiritual energy around, he still managed to break through. How strong."
Voices of admiration and shock were heard everywhere.
Before Ning Tian could even stand up, the system's melodious electronic voice rang in his mind.
[You have shocked everyone, reward: One insight point added to 'Heavenly God Record'!]
[Current comprehension level of the Heavenly God Record: 40%, achieved a slight degree of proficiency!]
"Forty percent?"
Ning Tian quietly said to himself.
With another ten percent, he would reach fifty percent comprehension, which is the level of significant mastery.
At that time, the number of spirit channels he could open would increase significantly.
Slowly standing up, Ning Tian didn't even glance at those astonished gazes around him. He had grown accustomed to such shock from these people.
"Supreme Elder, let's prepare to enter the main hall."
Ning Tian walked over to the Demonic Sect's group and spoke indifferently to the supreme elder.
"Mhm."
The supreme elder nodded his head and signaled the Demonic Sect disciples to prepare.
At this time, the surrounding people also recovered from their shock and started making preparations to enter the deeper part of the Celestial Tomb.
There were already tricky stone soldiers in the front hall.
There would probably be even greater dangers waiting for them in the deeper parts of the Celestial Tomb!
Soon after, everyone was ready and made their way to the main hall one after another.
Usually, the best treasures were in the main hall.
Along the way, although Ning Tian had the treasure-seeking card, he did not use it indiscriminately.
After all, the treasure-seeking card was just one piece, which could only last for one hour. If used randomly, it would be a waste.
Better to use it when entering the deeper parts of the Celestial Tomb.
Before long, the group from the Demonic Sect arrived at a large hall.
Subsequently, the other imperial powers and some of the faster celestial powers also reached this hall.
"This should be the main hall, right?"
"Definitely. This place is much larger than that great hall."
The group discussed.
The main hall was vast, with nine stone doors carved on the walls around it.
And atop the main hall stood a throne, upon which sat a skeleton.
"That should be the skeleton of the owner of this Celestial Tomb, right?"
Ning Tian squinted his eyes, looking towards the throne.
Unexpectedly, the owner of this Celestial Tomb had not chosen to be buried, but rather, was sitting on the throne, turned into a skeleton!
"Perhaps, it was due to reluctance to be buried."
Beside him, the supreme elder glanced at the skeleton and said slowly.
"Mhm."
Hearing this, Ning Tian nodded his head, then looked at the skeleton again. Suddenly, he was taken aback.
Huh?
Did he just see a hint of red light flashing through the skeleton's eyes?
Ning Tian rubbed his eyes, trying to see clearly, but found that the skeleton's eyes were hollow, and even several maggots crawled past—no red light whatsoever.
"Strange, could I have seen it wrong?"
Ning Tian murmured to himself.
"Ancestor, what's wrong?" The supreme elder, seeing Ning Tian was a bit off, asked.
"It's nothing."
Ning Tian shook his head.
Around them, some powers had already begun searching for things in the main hall.
"We should search for items too."
Ning Tian said, leading the disciples of the Demonic Sect to begin searching within the main hall. If they didn't search now, they might miss the opportunity taken by the other powers around them.
(End of Chapter)