Although a Class 9 dragon possessed the strength to damage a saint artifact, the flames alone were unable to deal too much damage to the saint artifact. At most, they would only be able to increase the temperature of the saint artifact.
The saint artifact stared at the flames and shot through the sky as a golden streak of light. It directly charged out of the range of the flames and made its way out of the Sea of Illusions.
Roar!
The golden Class 9 dragon soul produced a long dragon's roar again. Its colossal body immediately began to shrink, turning into a hundred-meter-long dragon soul in the end. It flew out of the tomb and chased after the saint artifact. Clearly, it did not plan on letting the saint artifact go.
Afterward, a few more Class 9 dragon souls flew out of the tomb and chased after the saint artifact with lightning-like speed.
The saint artifact was being controlled by the Artifact Spirit right now, so it was completely incomparable to the Class 9 dragon souls in terms of speed. Coupled with the fact that the Class 9 dragon souls had retained everything they had learned before, they caught up to the saint artifact in a single instance. One of them directly opened its huge mouth and bit at the saint artifact.
Creak!
The seemingly illusory fangs of the Rank 9 dragon soul were actually solid. They were incomparably tough. When the sharp fangs bit down on the saint artifact, the friction between the fangs and the saint artifact caused intense sparks to erupt. With the sound of metal clashing, the sharp fangs of the Rank 9 dragon soul actually left a shallow mark on the surface of the saint artifact.
The saint artifact shone with brighter and brighter golden light before violently trembling. When the Class 9 dragon soul opened its mouth, it immediately flew out, fleeing into the distance with even greater speed than before.
Although the Artifact Spirit of the saint artifact possessed the strength of the Holy Emperor, its full strength could only be unleashed within the artifact space. If it was outside, even a Saint Ruler would struggle to deal with the Artifact Spirit.
This was because the saint artifact was not a treasure that focused on attack. It was pitifully weak in terms of external attacks.
The space in front of the Sacred artefact was suddenly torn apart. A massive dragon claw transformed into a series of afterimages as it swiped at the Sacred artefact. This seemingly ordinary swipe actually contained a great dragon might. Wherever the dragon claw passed, the surrounding space would be torn apart, revealing a void of darkness.
"Ding!"
A sharp claw swiped at the Sacred artefact and the Sacred artefact, which was only the size of a fist, was immediately sent flying. A clear claw mark had appeared on the surface of the Sacred artefact.
After suffering such a heavy blow, the entire artifact space was greatly affected. The entire artifact space began to tremble violently. The hazy sky constantly changed as if a serpent dragon was surging through it. It caused the hazy clouds to surge and space to tremble.
Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress had already received the notice from the Artifact Spirit long ago. They both emerged from seclusion and hovered in the air, sternly staring at the trembling artifact space.
"What happened? Could it be that the Dragon Soul outside discovered us?" The Heavenly Enchantress hugged her zither as a strange light flowed through her enchanting eyes. She was slightly worried.
She knew very well what was the most dangerous thing in the Sea of Illusory Stars. It was definitely not the powerhouses who had been reduced to walking corpses and the arrays that covered the entire Sea of Illusory Stars, but the dragon souls that had no consciousness and only knew how to wander around.
If they came across zombies and formations, they would still have a chance at victory and escape, but once they came across Dragon Souls, they would most likely die. Even Holy Emperor level experts would face the danger of dying, because once they provoked a Dragon Soul, they would attract even more and even more powerful Dragon Souls.
"Artifact Spirit, what's the situation outside?" Jianchen growled.
"Master, we're currently facing the attacks of several Dragon Souls that have reached the Holy Emperor level," the Artifact Spirit's voice rang out in the air. It was extremely stern.
Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress both gasped when they heard that. Their faces became rather pale.
"Several Class 9 Dragon Souls that have reached the Holy Emperor level!"
Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress felt their mouths dry up as despair filled their hearts when they thought of the invincible lineup on the Tian Yuan Continent.
"Artifact Spirit, are you confident in escaping from the hands of these Rank 9 Dragon Souls? Also, can those Rank 9 Dragon Souls break through the Saint Artifact?" Jianchen asked with a heavy voice. The saint artifact was their only hope right now. If they left the artifact space, the two of them would definitely die before the Dragon Souls.
After all, the Class 9 Dragon Souls did not possess any intelligence. They would not even have the chance to negotiate with them.
"The Class 9 Dragon Souls have retained everything they've learned when they were alive. If they use the full strength of their secret techniques, the saint artifact won't be able to endure them at all. Master, I'll try my best and see if I can escape from them." The Artifact Spirit's stern voice rang out in the air. At that moment, the Artifact Spirit had completely lost its usual composure because it was facing a moment of life and death.
In the Sea of Stars, the saint artifact was knocked far away by a Class 9 Dragon Soul. It collided with a huge boulder over a dozen kilometers away, sinking deeply into the boulder.
Boom!
Immediately after, the huge boulder exploded and the saint artifact flew out of the boulder, emitting a dense golden radiance. It turned into a streak of golden light and flew at a low altitude among the messy mountains. Using the boulder as cover, it flew out of the Sea of Illusory Stars at full speed. Only by leaving the Sea of Illusory Stars would it be able to shake off the few Class 9 dragon souls behind it.
The several Ninth Grade Dragon Souls behind him roared again and again as they chased after the Saint Artifact relentlessly. It was as if they were chasing after an enemy that they had a blood feud with. Wherever these Ninth Order Dragon Souls passed by, the surrounding scenery would immediately be destroyed. If it was not a bottomless abyss, it would be a land of lava or a land of extreme cold. All of these were destroyed by the Dragon Breath they exhaled, and countless natural treasures lost their lives.
During the process of escaping, the saint artifact was struck several more times, causing more and more scratches to appear on the saint artifact. Fortunately, none of the ninth-grade dragon souls had used any secret techniques of the dragon race. Otherwise, the damage to the saint artifact would have been far more severe.
The saint artifact was also tossed around in the depths of the Sea of Stars by the Class 9 Dragon Souls. After escaping for a long time, it was still in the depths of the Sea of Stars.
Just as the saint artifact was sent flying by one of the Class 9 Dragon Souls, Golden Mystical Dragon Ruijin suddenly appeared beside the saint artifact with Black Fish. Ruijin directly grabbed the saint artifact and disappeared with Black Fish in a flash.
The Class 9 Dragon Souls let out deep dragon roars as they flew past the saint artifact. Soon after, they slowly came to a stop and hovered in mid-air. Their huge dragon heads swept the surroundings in an attempt to find the aura of the saint artifact.
On a cliff a dozen kilometers away, Golden Mystical Dragon Ruijin stood there with the saint artifact in his hand. He emitted a powerful draconic aura to conceal the aura of the saint artifact and Black Fish. He was a member of the Dragon Race, so he would not be attacked by the Dragon Souls.
"Artifact Spirit, you'll only be safe if you follow me here. Otherwise, you won't be able to escape from Dragon Island at all." Ruijin said softly. However, he stared at the golden Class 9 Dragon Soul that had shrunk to a hundred meters in size with mixed feelings. His face was filled with some sorrow.
The Artifact Spirit communicated with Ruijin. A while later, Ruijin looked at the mutated god beside him and said, "Black Fish, the peace on Dragon Island will probably return to normal in a few days. It's not safe for you to follow me here. Return to the artifact space first and let the Artifact Spirit use the origin energy of Radiant Saint Force to heal your arm."
Black Fish glanced at the Class 9 Dragon Souls with lingering fear and nodded silently.
Afterward, a white light shone from the artifact and enveloped Black Fish. He vanished, having returned to the artifact space.
Ruijin gripped the palm-sized saint artifact as he stared at the golden dragon soul that was hesitating in the air because it could not find the presence of the saint artifact. In the end, he slowly knelt down and kowtowed nine times to the dragon soul from afar. He said, "Your great-grandson Ruijin greets the ancestor."
…
Ruijin did not leave Dragon Island. Instead, he opened up a cave in a safe place with the saint artifact. He temporarily stayed in the cave and waited for peace to return to the outside world.
Jian Chen and the Heavenly Enchantress hovered in the air with heavy hearts in the artifact space. The two of them had no idea what had happened outside.
Right at this moment, the space in front of the two of them fluctuated violently, and then an old man in a black robe appeared in front of them out of thin air. It was the mutated Divine Black Fish.
Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress' eyes immediately narrowed with Black Fish's sudden appearance. The Heavenly Enchantress did not know the exact situation within the saint artifact. She thought that Black Fish wanted to do something to them, so she immediately became vigilant.
When Jianchen saw Black Fish, his eyes suddenly narrowed. Clearly, he recognized Black Fish. He subconsciously asked, "Why have you appeared here?"
Black Fish indifferently glanced at Jianchen and the Heavenly Enchantress. He ignored the two of them and said to the empty space, "Please heal my arm, ma 'am Artifact Spirit."
The Artifact Spirit silently appeared. Seeing Jianchen's doubtful expression, she immediately said, "Master …" The Artifact Spirit explained everything that had happened outside to Jianchen. When they learned that the saint artifact had been concealed by Ruijin's dragon Qi and was fine, the two of them could not help but let out a sigh of relief.
However, when Black Fish heard the Artifact Spirit refer to Jianchen as master, he immediately became astounded. He could not remain calm at all. Black Fish had stayed in the artifact space for several thousand years, so he knew extremely well how powerful the Artifact Spirit was. It was an existence comparable to the Holy Emperor, yet the powerful Artifact Spirit was actually willing to accept a mere Saint Ruler as master. Black Fish found this unbelievable.
However, when Black Fish thought about how even the ancient divine beast, the Winged Tiger, followed Jianchen, he understood. He could tell that Jianchen was extraordinary. His origins were probably far greater than what he could imagine.
Realizing this, Black Fish's gaze toward Jianchen immediately changed. He no longer looked down on Jianchen, who was only a Saint Ruler.
At this moment, Jianchen discovered that Black Fish's left sleeve was empty. He asked out of curiosity, "Senior, was your arm injured by the Class 9 dragon souls outside?"
If it was before, Black Fish would have disdained to answer Jianchen's question, but it was different now. He replied emotionlessly, "My arm wasn't injured by the dragon souls, but by the strange formation above the island."
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