Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 505 - 503: The Power of the Four Spirits

Chapter 505: Chapter 503: The Power of the Four Spirits

The longsword gradually vanished into the air, and the sky returned to normal, so the Qi Ling Mountain Range calmed down at last.

After the baptism of blood, the number of monsters here had been reduced by at least half, with even fewer strong monsters surviving—one in ten.

However, the Catastrophic Dragon remained free and unrestrained since it had merely wanted to cause trouble for Wen Wen and had no intention of breaking out of the barrier.

The flesh and blood of those dead monsters would nourish the land, giving rise to new supernatural creatures.

Xun Ying retracted all his longswords, his brows slightly furrowed.

He had not intended to kill Iyeta, but when those longswords thrust forward, the other party had suddenly and inexplicably lunged at them, turning into a mass of minced meat.

Xun Ying hadn’t harbored any killing intent, and that level of force was not enough to kill someone of the Disaster Upper Order.

So there were two possibilities for what happened at that moment, either the real mastermind was eliminating a witness, or Iyeta had actually escaped, leaving only a body behind to confuse everyone.

However, regardless of which possibility it was, for someone to tamper with the situation right in front of Xun Ying, who had just finished constructing his Sword Domain, they had to possess at least Catastrophe-Level strength!

Xun Ying sighed, sheathed his great sword, and elegantly landed on the ground.

Nevertheless, once all the dispatched rangers had returned, this matter could be considered concluded.

Originally, he had wanted to use Iyeta to find out who the traitor in the Association was, but now it seemed not so easy.

During the long wait, the rangers who had completed their tasks gradually returned to Demon Spirit Village, most of them carrying large bundles of monster materials.

Seeing these materials, Dragon Village Chief and a few others felt a bit heartache, as these things would have been their property if not for the incident.

For the next few decades, the finances of their Demon Spirit Village would be tight.

However, the most important Qiling Pearl still hadn’t appeared, which made them feel as agonizing as scratching their hearts, wanting to inquire Xun Ying, yet somewhat afraid to do so.

Xun Ying sat at the highest spot in the venue, with a pile of Demon Spirit Village’s signature gourmet foods beside him. He ate them while watching TV dramas on a super-large-screen Ranger Terminal, resembling a carefree Banished Immortal.

If a couch potato were to do the same, the scene would have looked entirely different.

Suddenly, Xun Ying wiped his hands and put away the luxurious Ranger Terminal, looking towards the entrance.

Following his lead, all the rangers looked in that direction.

And the gaze of Dragon Elders became straighter; they could feel the energy of the Qiling Pearl approaching.

However, what everyone first saw was a huge pile of blood-smeared materials, akin to a small mountain of monster materials. Looking more closely, you could see a ranger holding a rope ahead of that pile.

This ranger strode along merrily, occasionally jumping in his steps.

It was none other than the Great Detective, Wen Wen!

While other rangers harvested monster materials, picking only the most precious items, Wen Wen took along anything of slight value that he came across on his path.

The best batch filled his Space Ring, and the rest he dragged on a rope to Demon Spirit Village.

However, what attracted the most attention was not the pile of materials behind Wen Wen, but a box hanging at his waist.

All the rangers recognized that box—it was the lost supreme treasure of Demon Spirit Village from this incident, the Qiling Pearl.

Among them, three Rangers of the True Order Realm were searching for the item, and yet, Wen Wen was the one who brought it!

If they knew that Wen Wen had also prevented the arrival of a Catastrophe Level creature, they would probably be even more shocked.

Still confined to lying down, Gu Panxi took it for granted; she had seen Wen Wen’s restraint against those rebellious Rangers, so achieving such a feat didn’t seem implausible.

Wen Wen stopped that mass of things outside the village. He planned to sell it all to the Hunters Association and then use it to stock up on more heavy firepower.

Amid admiring gazes, Wen Wen walked up to Xun Ying and the four elders of Demon Spirit Village, lifting the box and saying, "Here is the stolen treasure, which I have retrieved."

Then his expression turned sorrowful, "I’ve faced life-and-death crises numerous times. If not for sheer luck, I wouldn’t have made it back."

"For such an inanimate object, how much unnecessary loss of life has it caused? No matter its use, its very existence is already tainted with the blood of the innocent..."

While Wen Wen spoke, he used the ability of the Guile Tree Spirit, and with just a few sentences, he evoked the empathy of the Rangers.

Although the operation was deemed a great victory, indeed, many Rangers had perished in the Qi Ling Mountain Range, never to return.

Wen Wen held up the Qiling Pearl, incessantly talking, and initially, the Dragon Village Chief was moved, but then the talk started to take on a wrong tone.

It seemed like the more he talked, the more malevolent the Qiling Pearl sounded, as if destroying it on the spot was the right thing to do...

"Uh... could you give that to me first?"

The Dragon Village Chief held back for a long time, finally unable to restrain himself, he reached out for the Qiling Pearl, but Wen Wen immediately hid it behind his back.

"You can take it back, but since I am the one who retrieved it, you must give me proper compensation. Having paid such a high price, I can’t just be helping you for nothing."

The Dragon Village Chief turned and saw that although Xun Ying did not speak, he had a smile on his face, making it clear that they had no choice but to compensate.

So, enduring the pain, he handed Wen Wen a bizarre toy.

This toy had a dragon’s head, dragon’s tail, tortoise body, tiger claws, and red wings, seemingly pieced together from various parts.

"This is the Power of the Four Spirits, jointly crafted by us four. It can assist you during battle by using some of our strength."

"You only need to soak it in your blood, then infuse it completely with your spirit and strength, and you will be able to use it..."

Wen Wen examined the toy and found it acceptable, so he handed the box back to the Dragon Village Chief.

In fact, the Power of the Four Spirits was compensation that the Dragon Village Chief and his colleagues had already prepared beforehand.

Wen Wen knew compensation was to be expected, and his earlier act was because he feared that after seeing the item, the Dragon Village Chief might even withhold the compensation they had intended to give...

As soon as the box containing the Qiling Pearl was opened, the expressions of all four suddenly fell in unison.

The Dragon Village Chief angrily stared at Wen Wen and exclaimed, "How did the Qiling Pearl turn out like this!"

In the box was a bead emitting a fluorescent glow that indeed felt like the Qiling Pearl.

But a normal Qiling Pearl wasn’t covered with a barely noticeable fluorescence but an ethereal glow of seven colors!

Wen Wen quickly stuffed the ’Power of the Four Spirits’ into the Space Ring and then, scratching his neck with a hand, said with a clueless expression:

"It was like this when I retrieved it. At that time, this bead was being used as a sacrifice to summon a Catastrophe Level creature, probably depleted of a lot of energy during the process."