Just as Jared was puzzled, an old Seventh Level Body Fusion Realm cultivator suddenly showed up in front of him. “Kid, hand over the ice soul fragment you picked up, and I might spare your life.”
The old man had seen Jared bending down and assumed the latter had found an ice soul fragment. He had so audaciously approached Jared to snatch the loot because he had sensed that Jared was just a Fourth Level Body Fusion Realm cultivator.
The old man was under the assumption that Jared would comply and obediently hand over the ice soul fragment with a simple threat.
Jared glanced at the old man and yelled, “Get lost!” I don’t have time to entertain this guy. I need to investigate why these people died but could still retain their cultivation.
“You’ve got nerve speaking to me in such a manner. You’re courting death!” The old man’s face flushed with anger.
Slap! Just as the old man’s face was filled with anger, Jared suddenly appeared before him and slapped him across his face, leaving him. completely stunned.
“Didn’t you hear me when I told you to get lost? Don’t force me to kill you,” Jared said while staring coldly at the aged cultivator.
The old man’s aura burst forth after he was slapped. He gnashed his teeth furiously. “How dare you strike me? I’ll kill you!”
The old man leaped up and thrust his palm at Jared. He had thought Jared would give up the ice soul fragment with slight intimidation, but now it seemed he had to use force.
Jared didn’t even bother sparing that old man a glance. Instead, he continued to observe the cultivators who had just died around him.
All those cultivators experienced the same thing. After they died, their cultivation transformed into faint white glows that rose into the air and dispersed. It was as if something in midair was absorbing those forces.
Seeing Jared ignoring him, the old man flew into a rage and channeled more power into his attack. As the old man drew nearer, Jared suddenly disappeared.
Immediately afterward, Jared materialized behind him. Colors drained from the old man’s face. He wanted to whirl around but was slapped by Jared on the head. The next instant, that old man’s head exploded.
Fortunately, everyone was engrossed in their own battles, fighting over the ice soul fragments. None noticed that Jared, a Fourth Level Body Fusion Realm cultivator, had just killed a Seventh Level Body Fusion Realm cultivator with one hit.
As soon as the old cultivator died, Jared riveted his eyes on his body. A white ball of light rose from the corpse, then gradually drifted to the sky and vanished.
Jared quickly scanned his surroundings with his spiritual sense, but it seemed there was an impenetrable barrier in the sky blocking his spiritual sense from advancing. Jared knitted his brows. He felt something sinister about that treasure trove.
The treasure had yet to be found, but many cultivators had already perished or been injured. As the fights for the ice soul fragments were close to their end, Kaison, Sunny, and the others approached Jared.
“This place is incredible. There are so many ice soul fragments here. It’s so much easier than searching in the vast snowy plains of the far north!” Kaison held the ice soul fragments he had found and snatched, looking quite pleased.
However, Jared showed no interest in Kaison’s ice soul fragments. He kept staring at the sky. puzzled by the presence of a barrier atop them.
“Mr. Chance, how many ice soul fragments did you collect?” Cloud asked Jared.
“I didn’t collect any.” Jared shook his head. Everyone was baffled when they learned Jared didn’t pick up any ice soul fragment.
After all the ice soul fragments were gone, the cultivators continued to wander the scorched land, hoping to find other treasures.
Still, despite so many of them combing the area, they found nothing at all.
