Chapter 68: The Dream Comes True

Time quietly slipped away.

The crocodile demons had been starved for months, and they had long been craving fresh meat.

Today was the day Lü Qiu was going to take Black Ghost and the others out on a hunt!

As formidable monster beasts at the Spirit Monster level, coupled with being ninth-rank grand monsters, their mobilization was nothing short of a dimensional reduction strike against the monster beasts within the cross-sea territory!

Presumably, after today, no monster beasts would dare to linger within a radius of hundreds of miles for a very long time.

However, today was also the day Jiang Xuan was going to accomplish a monumental task!

Deep beneath the Corpse Artifact Marsh, following the departure of Lü Qiu and the others, the entire marsh appeared quite deserted.

After all, this expedition involved more than twenty crocodile demons, accounting for nearly half of their total number.

Furthermore, it was currently the hour of Shen, and the big guys were all basking in the sun on the shore, leaving very few crocodile demons remaining in the marsh.

"Little Xuanxuan, hurry up, so you can have more time later!"

"Coming, coming! Sister Hua, wait for me!"

Making his way toward the direction of the Artifact Crypt, Jiang Xuan followed closely behind Sister Hua, feeling both extremely excited and nervous.

The system had said that today he most likely would not return empty-handed.

However, even if he found the sword artifact with a 30% compatibility rate with the *Supreme Lotus Sword*, he still needed to gather some good items for his younger subordinates.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan quickened his pace, frantically swinging his tail.

The deeper they went, the dimmer the light became.

Fortunately, Jiang Xuan had long since grown accustomed to it.

Before long, a dark gate carved with strange totoms appeared in his field of vision, looking extremely heavy and weathered.

What made Jiang Xuan hesitate was that he could sense that the totems on that gate were clearly the Crocodile Spirit Array guarding the Artifact Crypt!

"Sister Hua, do you know the method to break this Crocodile Spirit Array?"

Floating in front of the gate, Jiang Xuan felt heavy at heart and his expression turned solemn.

"I have learned the method to break it, but the core spiritual energy of this Crocodile Spirit Array's formation eye is fused with Lü Qiu's foundational spiritual energy. Once the array is undone, he will know immediately."

"Forget him! By the time he comes back, I'll already have everything!"

"Besides, they've been gone for a while now, they should be far away by now."

Victory was right before his eyes; how could Jiang Xuan care about all that?

Sister Hua shook her head, rejecting Jiang Xuan's notion.

"The speed of a Spirit Monster is not something you can imagine. Even from a thousand miles away, it would take him at most half an hour to rush back."

"It's enough. Break the array, Sister Hua."

Seeing Jiang Xuan's persistence, Sister Hua said no more.

For her little Xuanxuan, she would not hesitate even if it meant falling out completely with Lü Qiu!

"Since that is the case, I shall break this formation!"

As soon as her voice fell, two rays of green light burst from Sister Hua's pupils!

The green light contained foundational spiritual energy, which then transformed into the shape of two keys.

These two keys suddenly pierced into the formation eye of the totem, but then came to a halt.

Sister Hua immediately chanted an incantation, obscure and difficult to comprehend—neither the language of crocodile demons nor human speech.

Incredible as it was, the two green keys began to spin! They even continuously burst forth with dazzling green light!

"Little Xuanxuan! Raise your spiritual energy defense! This light has a burning power! Do not get hurt by it!"

"Why didn't you say so earlier?! It hurts like hell!"

Cursing inwardly, Jiang Xuan hurriedly channeled his spiritual energy to form a protective shield around his body.

Had he not stayed in the Corpse Artifact Marsh for quite a long time, his true form would have been exposed by now!

Sister Hua's voice echoed in his ears like mysterious chants, and her formidable power forced Jiang Xuan to retreat step after step!

Weren't they supposed to have a method to break the array? Why was it still like this?

Just as Jiang Xuan was cursing silently in his heart, the violent aura around them abruptly came to a halt!

And the highly destructive green light instantly dissipated!

The rumbling sound appeared so distinct within the Corpse Artifact Marsh!

Visibly, the totems on the two gates had completely vanished!

"Go on in, I'll stand guard for you outside!"

"Sister Hua, thank you!"

Dropping those words, Jiang Xuan dashed straight into the Artifact Crypt!

Inside the Crypt, one could say it was just as dark as the outside, with visibility equally blurred.

However, the difference was that on the ground and floating in the air here were various moss-covered and rusted magical instruments, truly looking very much like a graveyard of magical artifacts.

The name Artifact Crypt only truly felt well-deserved after Jiang Xuan entered.

Magical artifacts were everywhere, and Jiang Xuan was instantly dazzled!

"Forget it, take as many as I can get! If I keep picking and choosing, I won't even be able to get out!"

Looking around, Jiang Xuan was overwhelmed and immediately made a decision.

Summoning his storage ring, Jiang Xuan relied on intuition and frantically tossed various magical instruments into it.

After tossing away an unknown number of magical instruments, Jiang Xuan finally came to a halt.

As he ventured deeper into the Artifact Crypt, he unexpectedly spotted a cauldron!

Flying over, a strangely shaped cauldron appeared before his eyes, its inner walls covered in moss and its four legs resembling four little snake demons.

"Damn it, looking this bizarre and it's only a second-tier low-grade? What bad luck!"

Kicking it away with a single foot, Jiang Xuan directly abandoned the piece of junk.

Just as he was about to continue searching, a sharp yet profound aura struck straight into the depths of his soul, causing him to stop instantly.

Turning his head slowly, Jiang Xuan's gaze locked firmly onto the half-exposed sword blade protruding from a stone crevice in the distance!

Although that sword blade was also covered in moss, the intensely sharp and extraordinarily mysterious aura it emitted made Jiang Xuan instantly realize that this was definitely the sword artifact he was looking for!

Without a single moment of hesitation, Jiang Xuan charged forward fiercely!

With a crisp "crack," Jiang Xuan pulled it straight out!

The moment the sword artifact was pulled from the stone crevice, numerous undercurrents suddenly surged around Jiang Xuan!

These undercurrents swirled, and each undercurrent even split into several minute sword qi; in an instant, Jiang Xuan's skin was torn open!

Fresh blood blended with the sewage within the marsh, causing Jiang Xuan to gasp sharply!

Setting aside his Golden Crow bloodline, if his Golden Roc bloodline were ever discovered, it would spell absolute disaster!

"Truly a good item! Get inside, you bastard!"

Cursing angrily, Jiang Xuan didn't have time to examine this sword artifact further and directly tossed it into his storage ring!

The next moment, Jiang Xuan stopped being picky, continuously stuffing the magical instruments closest to him into the storage ring—taking as many as he could fit!

After merely ten minutes or so, Jiang Xuan immediately halted his movements.

"If I don't get out now, I'll perish right here!"

"A Thousand Faces!"

Employing his divine ability once again, Jiang Xuan prepared himself and immediately swam outward toward the exit of the Artifact Crypt.

Fortunately, only Sister Hua was waiting outside at the moment.

Although the other crocodile demons sensed the commotion, they did not come over to investigate.

"Little Xuanxuan, did you find it? Has your dream come true?"

Upon coming out, Sister Hua looked at Jiang Xuan excitedly, her face full of anticipation.

The corners of Jiang Xuan's mouth curled up slightly.

"Sister Hua, my dream has come true. Thank you."

"However, it was too stuffy inside just now; I need to go up and catch some fresh air first."

"You can close this gate and then come find me."

"That's wonderful, Little Xuanxuan! Then let's—"

"Rest assured, Sister Hua, I won't let you down!"