The sudden turn of events proved that the Earth Hermit was right about his theory.
"The situation is not that good. These elders are on the brink of death. Although they are still alive, they are now weakly clinging
on to their dear lives.
Unless we can get spanacea to resurrect them, it will take a miracle for them to be saved,"
the holy lord of the Rudimentary Holy Land said with a frown.
"Oh, no! The elders are dying,"
the holy lord of the Arcane Holy Land exclaimed in panic as he stared at the almost lifeless ancient people.
"Look! sir, the elders are starting to melt slowly,"
an elder from the Ji Clan hurriedly said to the chief.
They realized that all those ancient people that cout of the ruling crystals started to melt and turned into a pool of blood.
"I think we are the ones to blfor the death of these elders.
If they had stayed in the special ruling crystals, they wouldn't have died.
Their exposure to the air accelerated the process of their death,"
a reclusive elder of the Vasteras Holy Land shouted.
These core members of the top sects were very powerful and had seen much of the world. They were in utter disbelief when they
realized that they were the cause of the sudden meltdown of these ancient people.
The reclusive elder of the Rudimentary Holy Land was very regretful.
He was the one who initiated to get those ancient people out of the special ruling crystals.
The other senior members of the top sects glanced at him angrily, as they couldn't hide their resentment towards him.
'If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have gotten our seniors killed, ' they thought. They couldn't help but put all the blon the
reclusive elder of the Rudimentary Holy Land.
After a while, all the ancient people that had been freed from the special ruling crystals melted into a pool of blood.
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The senior members from those top forces couldn't help but sigh as they looked at the ground drenched in blood. They regretted
their thoughtless actions with a heavy heart.
'These elders struggled to live for such a long time. They were living peacefully in their world at the ruling crystals, but we
disrupted them. And now they died because of our stupid mistake, ' they thought with guilt.
There were only over twenty ruling crystals left.
Austin carefully looked at them, and four of the ruling crystals caught his attention.
‘According to the Earth Hermit, the four elders in these crystals are probably from the FlHoly Land, and they are strong
cultivators who lived in the ancient times.
Thankfully they were not taken out from the ruling crystals.
It will be such a waste if these powerful elders will just turn into a pool of blood, ' Austin mused.
"Old man, | have a question. The flying demonic monkey was also stuck in the ruling crystal for a long time.
How cit didn't die?
Those human masters died quickly when they were out of the ruling crystal; but why?"
Austin asked the Earth Hermit.
"Compared to other species, we humans are much weaker and more fragile.
Aside from the fact that these diabolic beasts, members from the beast race, and demons are physically much stronger than us,
these creatures have immense power that makes them almost invincible.
From what I've heard, the flying demonic monkey is one of the toughest and evilest ancient creatures.
Although it has been sealed for quite a long time, it didn't cause a fatal blow to it,"
Earth Hermit explained.
Austin nodded in agreement.
'He has a good point. The human being is indeed more fragile, ' he thought.
While Austin was in deep thought, the holy lord of the Arcane Holy Land broke the silence.
"It was quite regretful that these ancient people suffered from our own hands. Now there are still about twenty special ruling
crystals with ancient people in them. What are we going to do with these crystals?"
he asked loudly.
"Judging by the garments that these ancient people are wearing, | think that these people inside the four special ruling crystals are
from the FlHoly Land,"
a reclusive elder of the Vasteras Holy Land said as he narrowed his eyes and scrutinized the four special ruling crystals.
"In my opinion, we should shatter these four special ruling crystals.
Then we can divide the rest of them evenly, and each of us can study them further.
We might be able to figure out why these strong cultivators from the ancient times were sealed in the Northern Mine District.
What do you say?" an elder in black suggested.
He was a senior reclusive elder of the Ji Clan.
"Fine by me,"
the leader of a first-class sect agreed immediately.
The leaders from the other sects looked at one another and nodded in approval.
"All right, since everyone agreed, we can shatter those four special ruling crystals with ancient people from the FlHoly Land
and divide it among us. Then we can keep the rest of the crystals intact and share them equally," one of the leaders said.
‘Damn these sect leaders. They are purposely doing this because they hate our holy land, ' Austin thought.
He was seething in anger after he heard the conversation among the core members of the different top sects.
"Old man, can you help me? Do you have any idea how to steal those four special ruling crystals?
| can't watch the four elders of our holy land die in the hands of these stupid sect leaders,"
Austin said through his spiritual sense as he turned to the Earth Hermit for help.
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"Seriously? These are the top cultivators from the powerful sects. It's a suicidal task to take these crystals right in front of them.
Don't be too impulsive and act recklessly."
Earth Hermit was taken aback by Austin's boldness.
"I think it's worth a shot.
Once | have those crystals, | can just go to the Slave Tower and hide, *
Austin thought after struggling for a while.
The Slave Tower was a solid magic treasure. The holy lords or chiefs of the prominent clans couldn't break it even if they resorted
to ultimate magical treasures.
This gave Austin the confidence in stealing those crystals.
His proximity from the four special ruling crystals was about three thousand meters.
With the use of his bodily movement skill, he could easily reach the crystals in a flash.
His only problem was how he could get into the Slave Tower once he got the special ruling crystals.
These leaders in attendance were extraordinary cultivators. They could easily block down the space with just a snap of their
fingers.
It was impossible to run away through his bodily movement skill or Space Teleportation. He only had the Slave Tower as his means
of escape, but he was quite worried because these top cultivators could easily prevent him from transporting himself into the
tower.
"Old man, | know I'm putting you on the spot, but can you doa favor? | need you to distract them,"
Austin said to Earth Hermit through his spiritual sense.
"What? Are you crazy? Are you sure you are going to do that, brat? You would get yourself killed.
These are not ordinary cultivators. The ones that gathered here are the holy lords and the chiefs of the prominent clans.
Even if you succeed in getting those special ruling crystals, do you think you can easily get away from them?" Earth Hermit
couldn't help but frown as he warned Austin about his ridiculous idea.
He wanted Austin to reconsider, as he didn't want him to risk his life for those ancient people from the FlHoly Land.