Boom!
Just as Zhao Xuan relaxed for a split second at the golden mouse's excited cry—
The attacks of dozens of Golden Guards arrived and slammed into his body.
BOOM!!!
With a terrifying sonic explosion, Zhao Xuan was blasted backward.
Mid-flight, he twisted his body sharply and spat a mouthful of Heat Breath into the air beside him.
Using the enormous recoil from the blast, he forcefully changed direction and shot straight toward the spatial rift the golden mouse had just opened.
Whoosh!
In the next instant, Zhao Xuan vanished from the small courtyard and entered the treasury hidden beyond the spatial crack.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Seeing the Golden Guards charging at it ferociously, the big golden mouse didn't hesitate in the slightest and dove straight into the rift.
The spatial crack began closing rapidly.
But before it completely sealed—
About ten Golden Guards managed to rush through.
Boom!!!
They had barely steadied themselves.
They hadn't even had time to understand where they were.
A terrifying sonic boom exploded beside their ears.
Then—
Thud!
Zhao Xuan's iron fist smashed brutally into the head of the first Golden Guard.
Boom!
The soldier was blasted backward, crashing into the two behind him.
All three were sent flying into the still-closing spatial rift—
And were instantly sliced in half by the terrifying spatial force.
Immediately after—
Zhao Xuan opened his mouth.
BOOM!!!!!
Raging flames poured out, engulfing the remaining seven Golden Guards.
Under temperatures exceeding ten thousand degrees, two of them died instantly.
Five remained.
Zhao Xuan didn't waste effort.
Seven or eight punches each.
In just over ten seconds, all five were hammered into the ground, dead.
"Hah…"
"It's over."
Zhao Xuan let out a long breath.
At that moment, the system notifications sounded:
Ding! You have experienced an intense and exhilarating battle. In this battle, you defeated dozens of higher-rank enemies. You have gained new insight into all your abilities (except swordsmanship). All ability proficiencies (except swordsmanship) +9000.
Ding! You have heavily utilized your Azure Dragon Fruit ability during this battle. Your mastery has greatly improved. Azure Dragon Fruit proficiency +20000.
A translucent panel appeared before him.
[Heavenly Reward for Diligence System]
Name: Zhao Xuan
Age: 18
Spirit: 488.23 / 546.13
Physique: 3414.45 / 5014.45
Abilities:
Shave (Grandmaster: 24500 / 32000)Iron Body (Grandmaster: 31700 / 32000)Paper Art (Grandmaster: 25200 / 32000)Moon Step (Grandmaster: 23900 / 32000)Tempest Kick (Grandmaster: 30700 / 32000)Finger Gun (Grandmaster: 24000 / 32000)Swordsmanship (Master: 1935 / 16000)Observation Haki (Master: 62700 / 80000)Armament Haki (Master: 54700 / 80000)Conqueror's Haki (Master: 71701 / 160000)Azure Dragon Fruit (Master: 69600 / 80000)
Looking at the panel, Zhao Xuan broke into a grin.
There was no doubt—
The gains this time were enormous.
"Just 300 more proficiency points… and Iron Body will break into the Transcendent realm. Tempest Kick isn't far either. Observation Haki, Armament Haki, and the Azure Dragon Fruit are all close to Grandmaster!"
He muttered excitedly:
"If nothing goes wrong, my strength is about to surge again very soon."
After standing there in excitement for a while, he finally calmed down.
Only then did he start observing the treasury itself.
And immediately—
His face flushed red.
Because—
In front of him were piles upon piles of spirit herbs and medicinal plants.
And at a glance, he could tell—
Every single one of them was high-grade.
Seventh rank only made up a small portion.
Most were Eighth-rank.
And there were even quite a few Ninth-rank herbs.
Moreover—
More than half of them were rare, special-type medicinal plants.
But—
This wasn't what excited Zhao Xuan the most.
What truly made his face redden, what made him breathe heavily, what made him unable to look away—
Was the mountain of Life Stones piled nearby.
"Holy… holy hell… holy sh*t…"
Zhao Xuan couldn't stop swearing.
"I'm rich! I'm rich! I'm rich!! This time I'm really rich!!!"
"This… this… this…"
"There have to be at least four to five thousand Life Stones here!"
"Most are standard grade, but there are quite a few high-grade ones too!"
Without wasting a second, Zhao Xuan rushed forward and began stuffing the herbs and Life Stones into his relic space.
Back and forth.
Back and forth.
He spent nearly half an hour emptying the entire treasury.
Then he calculated silently.
This haul included:
37 Ninth-rank herbs987 Eighth-rank herbs337 Seventh-rank herbs4,877 standard Life Stones55 high-grade Life Stones
What did that mean?
An explosion of value.
Just the Life Stones alone were worth nearly 800 billion.
And if the herbs were included—
This haul absolutely, unquestionably exceeded one trillion.
No—
Far more than that.
Ordinary herbs might be worth less than Life Stones.
But these were high-rank, special-type herbs.
An Eighth-rank special herb could be worth three to four billion each.
A Ninth-rank one?
Possibly over ten billion.
Adding everything up—
This wasn't just breaking the trillion mark.
Zhao Xuan estimated the total value of this treasury haul to be around 1.3 to 1.5 trillion.
A massive harvest.
Without question—
This was an extraordinary windfall.
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