Chen Xuan watched in shock as the leader of the cultivators brought down the mysterious monster purely through close-quarters combat. The bronze armor plates on the leader's hands resembled sections of a turtle's shell, yet they were far sharper; the monster's blood dripped from between the fingers, presenting a deeply startling sight.
From this angle, however, Chen Xuan could not make out the leader's face. He could only see the leader thrusting one hand into the monster's chest to extract a star-shining crystal core.
This crystal core resembled a small asteroid, emitting an illusory, psychedelic brilliance. The aura contained within it likewise did not originate from the ShanHai Realm; Chen Xuan could sense a surging, refined, and peculiar energy—an energy definitively more pure than the spiritual Qi of the ShanHai Realm compressed tenfold.
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