Tang Yu closed his eyes and then opened them, his pupils turning a dark red.
In his field of vision, a magnificent energy burst forth from the golden droplet.
Red, representing curse power, melted swiftly like snow under the scorching sun.
Although Director Jin and others could not see it, they still sensed that the dangerous aura in front of them was dissipating rapidly. The Ancestor Dragon's Perception ability users also confirmed that the curse Source Power Field was nearly dissipated under the radiance of the golden light.
They finally took a long breath, exchanged glances, and smiled.
Standing not far away, Tang Yu, who witnessed this scene, also smiled, a smile filled with heartache.
Although it was his first time seeing this droplet-like object, with Lord Tang's current expertise, he recognized at a glance, that it was a treasure, not man-made but a naturally occurring one.
In other words, it was an extremely precious material.
Even without processing, it could produce powerful effects.
And now, this precious material, forcibly activated by Luoxia's official ability users, indeed purified the curse ahead but at the same time, consumed about one-fifth of the treasure's power.
How Tang Yu's heart ached!
He did not possess such naturally occurring treasures. If this golden droplet had been in his possession, using it as the main material, he could completely create an extraordinary Holy Light Series weapon.
It could fully harness the power of the golden droplet and utilize it better, forming a recurring system, not reducing its power by one-fifth like Luoxia did.
'If Luoxia could use this golden droplet as a bargaining chip and let it be activated a few more times, that would also be fine!'
Tang Yu's inner voice screamed in frenzy, albeit he also heard that this item, numbered 003, was of utmost importance to Luoxia.
Even some of Luoxia's high-level officials had only heard of it and never seen it, unless the Sanctuary was at a true life-or-death moment, Luoxia's officials would never pay such a great price.
The activation of this treasure drained a substantial amount of Source Power from the capable ability user in an instant.
He slowly closed the lid, twisted the switch again, and sealed the box.
Then, he stretched out his hand and handed it to a high official responsible for its custody.
The ability user who activated the golden droplet had his hands on the wooden box extended halfway when his chest was suddenly pierced. A slightly pale hand emerged from his chest, holding a bloody heart in its palm.
He uttered his last murmur as the pale hand crushed his heart into dust.
This all happened so suddenly that by the time Director Jin and others reacted, the ability user had already collapsed face-down, and the wooden box fell into the slightly pale hand.
"Vice Director Lu, what are you doing!"
Director Jin shouted loudly, looking at the owner of the pale hand.
Also a Vice Director of the Security Bureau.
During Director Jin's loud shouting, he bent down and pounced like a Cheetah, with a speed disproportionate to his size, throwing a punch towards Vice Director Lu, his other hand reaching for the wooden box.
Other Ancestor Dragon Experts also reacted swiftly, striking simultaneously.
Despite the numerous aggressive attacks, Vice Director Lu's face showed no sign of panic. He continued to look down at the wooden box in his hands until Director Jin's fist was near, only then did he disdainfully glance and lazily swung his hand.
Director Jin's expression drastically changed, his swinging fist and other hand crossed in front of him.
a sound like a bone breaking.
Director Jin's arms twisted to varying degrees, and his body was knocked far back. If that slap had landed on his chest or head, it wasn't hard to imagine that even severe injuries would be on the lighter side.
Other Ancestor Dragon Awakeners who struck at the same time also spat blood and were sent flying.
The one with the worst luck, who also didn't react in time, an Sixth Layer Awakener, had his forehead crushed by the slightly pale hand, bursting open like a watermelon.
No one expected the man they only saw as a Sixth Layer Awakener, Vice Director Lu, to have hidden his strength so deeply.
Lying on the ground, his face twisted in pain, Director Jin clenched his fists.
Other uninjured Ancestor Dragon Experts, along with several commanders of the City Defense Army, all had solemn expressions.
Gravity, air, metal...
Most of the experts present were ability users, and for a moment, the wild energy surged towards Vice Director Lu.
The ground was bombed into a dent.
The wild energy formed a hurricane, blowing everyone's hair into disarray. However, their expressions remained unchanged, focused on the smoke-covered battlefield in the center. They continued to output for a while before they stopped.
"Should be... resolved now, right?"
As the dust gradually dispersed, the figure still standing in the central crater was revealed.
Vice Director Lu's half head was bleeding, and his limbs were also blown into a mess of flesh and blood.
Seeing this scene, although surprised that he could still survive under their fierce bombardment, they also breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, it seemed that although Vice Director Lu was not dead, he was seriously injured.
Vice Director Lu looked up, scanning his surroundings. An eye socket that had lost an eyeball appeared somewhat unsettling.
Yet, he did not scream. Aside from the bloody face, his expression did not even change.
"This skin is indeed fragile."
Vice Director Lu muttered to himself, then suddenly a pale hand reached to his head.
It sounded somewhat like fabric tearing but not quite the same.
His head, his body... the layer of skin on top was being torn off.
Seeing this scene, Director Jin suddenly realized.
It was not that Vice Director Lu had betrayed them; he had known Vice Director Lu before the apocalypse, but the person before him was not Vice Director Lu at all. To be exact, it was a demon wearing Vice Director Lu's skin!
The skin-torn Vice Director... or rather, the demon, now had only a black skeleton body left. He manipulated his body, his jawbone moving up and down, making a hoarse sound:
"Without this binding, it really feels more comfortable, tsk, tsk, tsk..."
The black skeletal body disappeared entirely, and in the next moment, appeared in front of an Awakener.
This Awakener was powerful, commanding countless elites who had joined the Ancestor Dragon, but at that moment, faced with the black skeleton, he could only shrink his pupils, his body, unable to react promptly, was pierced through the chest by several black finger bones.
The black skeleton shook his head, seemingly disappointed, "Humans are indeed weak, too weak..."
He turned his head and saw Tang Yu and others standing far away, flames burning in his eye sockets, "However, there are a few pesky little bugs."
The black skeleton no longer paid attention to the Awakener beside him, instead, he turned and rushed towards Tang Yu.
His dark finger bones were wrapped with black energy.
A hand that had grown several times larger, with a deadly threat, covered Tang Yu and his companions.
In the distance, Luoxia official experts were shocked.
They knew why the black skeleton chose to attack the people from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall first.
Whether it was the location of Villa Number Three or the method to solve the cursed area, it was all proposed by people from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, and in the eyes of the black skeleton, they should be prioritized.
Luoxia's experts also understood.
They knew that they could not let the black skeleton succeed, and several of the most powerful Awakeners immediately gave chase.
However, to their despair, whether in reaction or speed, they were far behind.
By the time they moved to rescue, the giant black hand had already slammed down directly towards the people of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.
In an instant, the faces of Luoxia's most powerful Awakeners changed dramatically.