Chapter Ninety-Five: Breaking Prison Sword

  "What was that thing just now?" Liu Kan asked, his face pale. A tenth-level strongman was also human, and when faced with the unknown, he was also a little afraid.

  "It's probably some kind of monster." Chu Yin said, he was a top-notch strongman at the 10th level, with extremely keen senses, and had felt that something was off about this river, so he hadn't gone in. Seeing Liu Kan and the others get scared like that, he secretly congratulated himself on his wisdom for not going into the water.

  Liu Kan and Liu Xun looked at Qiu Yin's back with resentment in their hearts, but they didn't say anything.

  "We're just waiting by the shore, I don't believe Ye Chen won't come out of the water." Liu Xun secretly felt annoyed, those who had just died were all top-notch ninth-grade strongmen, Qin Jiao was his person from Donglin County Wangfu, how could he not feel heartache!

  "We were just in the water for a moment, and we were ambushed by monsters. Ye Chen has been hiding in the river for so long, he might have already been eaten by monsters." The remaining guard said with a lingering fear, even if they killed him, he wouldn't dare to enter the water again.

  "This Ye Chen has been seriously injured and drifted for so long, yet he hasn't been eaten by any monsters. Could it be that he's not afraid of them?" Chui Yin frowned.

  "Perhaps he has some treasure on him, and those monsters don't dare get close to him?" Liu Kan speculated.

  They kept staring at the river surface, and the river surface gradually returned to calmness, without seeing anyone coming out for a long time.

  "He should still be alive." Qiu Yingying's eagle-like eyes stared at the river surface, feeling the surrounding aura. Although she suspected that Ye Chen was still alive, the aura was too chaotic and the water was too deep, so she didn't know Ye Chen's specific location. She thought to herself that Ye Chen was quite resourceful, able to stay underwater for so long.

  The crowd followed Qiuying from behind and wandered along the riverbank without leaving.

  In the depths of the river, Ye Chen turned the Water God's Secret and found that in this water, he didn't need to breathe at all. His skin constantly exchanged oxygen with the water, making him just like a fish, still moving freely in the water. His divine soul sensed the nearby groups of demonic creatures swimming together, but with his divine soul protecting his body, those demonic creatures didn't dare to get close to Ye Chen.

  Two people under Qiu Yin were swallowed by the monster, Ye Chen watched with a shocking gaze, if it wasn't for the protection of his divine soul, he would probably be like these people, swallowed by these monsters.

  As for Ah Li, she tightly grasped Ye Chen's shoulder. She wasn't very good at swimming and had been holding onto Ye Chen the entire way. Ye Chen diverted some of the Water God's aura into her body, so she didn't have to worry about suffocating anymore. With wide eyes, she curiously looked around, probably experiencing underwater exploration for the first time.

  Ye Chen knew that the people on the riverbank, including Qiu Yin, wouldn't leave for a while, so he sank to the deepest part of the riverbed, planning to follow the riverbed forward. He would wait until Qiu Yin and the others left before doing anything else. The riverbed was very dark, and Ye Chen couldn't see clearly, but when he scanned it with his divine soul, the scene at the bottom of the river shocked him.

  The riverbed was surprisingly filled with corpses, stretching all the way to the end of the river. It's hard to imagine how many people died here, as the bones were stacked in thick layers, like an ancient battlefield. On top of the bones, there were also scattered weapons and armor.

  The treasures in the first and second floors of the underground palace have been searched almost thoroughly, but this river bottom is a different story. Not many people dare to come here, as the aquatic monsters are much more troublesome than those on land. If someone dares to dive into the river, they will probably end up like the two 9th-stage peak experts who were swallowed by the monsters under Qiu Yin's command.

  There should be some treasures left here!

  Unexpectedly, Ye Chen discovered a great place to search for treasure. He was excited and his soul quickly searched the riverbed. Ordinary people would have to grope in the dark to find anything, making it like finding a needle at the bottom of the sea. But Ye Chen's soul was like radar, swiftly scanning everything, and he wouldn't miss any treasures.

  Ye Chen picked up a few pieces of armor and weapons, unaware of what metal they were made of, with an aura flowing on the surface, one glance was enough to tell that they weren't ordinary items.

  In the midst of a pile of skeletal remains, Ye Chen's divine soul sensed an unusual aura. He quickly swam over and began to rummage through the bones with his hands, moving them aside to reveal a dark, glossy bead. The bead was crystal clear, despite being submerged in the lake for who-knows-how-many years, and still shone brightly. Its surface bore an ancient, mysterious array that seemed to draw Ye Chen's divine soul deeper. At its core, the bead emitted waves of profound energy, making it a truly extraordinary object - far superior to the ordinary weapons and armor he had picked up earlier. However, Ye Chen had no idea what its purpose was, so he could only put it away in his乾坤袋 for further study later. He suspected there were still many more treasures hidden here, so he continued swimming forward.

  Along the river, all the way down, his divine soul swept over continuously. These corpses didn't know how many tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years they had been through. The corpses of the strong were harder than ordinary people, but most of them had also rotted away. Those slightly inferior weapons and armor, even if they had once been sharp and unmatched, after being corroded by countless years of river water, could now only barely maintain their integrity, but would shatter with a single touch, no different from low-quality junk. After swimming dozens of meters, a corpse in the distance caught Ye Chen's attention. The other corpses were mostly broken beyond recognition, but that one was extremely intact, without even a hint of damage. On its chest cavity, a black longsword was inserted. The black longsword was completely black, and it was unknown what material it was made of. It looked no different from an ordinary longsword.

  However, the owner of this corpse must have been a super strong man when he was alive. Such a super strong man was actually killed by a single sword, and this sword should also be extraordinary.

  Ye Chen swam past, pulled out the black long sword, took a look at the blade, and there was not even a single scratch on it. He flicked his finger, and although he was in the water, it still made a clear and crisp sound, like the melodious hum of a dragon's chant.

  What a great sword! Ye Chen exclaimed, taking a glance at the strong man's skeleton. The ribs on the skeleton were cut off by the black long sword, with a smooth and even cutting surface, showing how sharp this black long sword was.

  On the sword body, there seemed to be a few words. Wiping off the dirt on it with his hand, he took a glance and found that they were two ancient characters "Po Yu".

  The sword breaks the prison!

  A long and distant breath was emitted along with the sword light.

  It is said that the armor and weapons are divided into different categories based on their materials, such as Xuan Iron, Silver Xuan, Gold Xuan, etc. These are ordinary weapons that can enhance defense, but in front of top-level strongmen, these equipment are nothing but trash. Above the Gold Xuan, there are some weapons that have produced a "weapon soul" after experiencing countless battles, or were made using unique forging techniques and came with a pre-existing weapon soul, making them much stronger than ordinary weapons. They can easily kill tenth-stage or even higher-level strongmen and are called Lingbao. The Lingbao is divided into nine grades.

  Ordinary Xuan Iron, Silver Xuan, and Gold Xuan weapons would have been damaged after being placed at the bottom of the river for hundreds or thousands of years. Only Lingbao-grade equipment could be preserved. The previous batch of armor and swords I picked up were at least first-rate Lingbao. This Broken Prison Sword and that black bead are obviously much higher grade, but I don't know what level of Lingbao they belong to.

  Good things are naturally brought back, anyway, the space of Qiankun bag is big enough. Ye Chen put the broken prison into the Qiankun bag and continued to search forward. There were many good things at the bottom of the river, such as weapons and armor, which were collected a lot. Some of the weapons and armor were quite good, but there was no one that could match the level of the broken prison and that bead.