The palm was pierced by a single finger from Wang Ruoxie, and to the surprise of everyone, even the eyes of the Silver Armor Corpse reflected disbelief, as if it never anticipated such a result.

However, this only ignited its ferocity. It roared to the sky and charged at Wang Ruoxie once more.

Black corpse qi began to swirl from its body, transforming into black chains that lashed toward Wang Ruoxie.

"Thunderous Wave Technique!"

Wang Ruoxie gave a small shout, and immediately, an upper-grade Spiritual Artifact longsword appeared in his hand as he faced the Silver Armor Corpse.

The Thunderous Wave Technique was the third move of the Shocking God Sword Technique, one he could finally wield upon breaking through to the Innate Realm.

The Shocking God Sword Technique is a lower-grade Saint Tier Martial Technique, but this third move's power rivals that of an upper-grade Earth Tier Martial Technique. Coupled with Wang Ruoxie's first layer mastery of Destruction Sword Intent, its unleashed power was unimaginably terrifying.

"Destroy!"

The fearsome Sword Qi, like a monstrous wave, surged toward the black chains.

"Boom!"

With a deafening blast, wherever the Sword Qi touched, everything was annihilated, and the black chains crumbled and dissipated into nothing.

The momentum of Wang Ruoxie's sword continued unabated, slicing directly toward the Silver Armor Corpse.

Seeing the black chains shattered, the Silver Armor Corpse furrowed its brows, and upon witnessing Wang Ruoxie's sword coming at it, it let out another furious roar.

Immediately, a surging Blood Evil Qi burst from its body, transforming into a giant blood-red silhouette, akin to a blood-shadow giant.

The blood-shadow giant stood several stories tall, its massive form resembling a small mountain.

"Such intense Blood Evil Qi, it seems this Silver Armor Corpse, although newly formed, retains some of its former intelligence, making it even more formidable."

Wang Ruoxie's eyes narrowed slightly, and he mused silently in his heart.

"Slash!"

Once again, Wang Ruoxie's sword unleashed endless Sword Qi, transforming into wave after wave of monstrous tides, crashing upon the blood-shadow giant.

"Boom, boom..."

With a series of explosive sounds, the blood-shadow giant shattered and collapsed instantly.

"Sss..."

The next moment, Wang Ruoxie's longsword landed directly on the Silver Armor Corpse, carving a terrifying gash from its brow to its abdomen, nearly bisecting it in half.

"Thank... you..."

The Silver Armor Corpse looked at Wang Ruoxie with a complex gaze, slowly uttering two words before collapsing to the ground.

From its dying eyes, Wang Ruoxie could sense a feeling of relief. Clearly, death was the ultimate liberation for the Silver Armor Corpse.

"The Silver Armor Corpse... is dead!"

Witnessing the scene, everyone's eyes widened with shock.

The mighty Silver Armor Corpse, just like that, was slain by Wang Ruoxie?

It was well-known that prior, Zhou Zhihe, Xiahou Lie, and a dozen other Innate Realm Martial Cultivators, even wielding lower-grade Earth Artifacts, couldn't defeat this Silver Armor Corpse and were instead injured by it.

Yet Wang Ruoxie, having just broken through to the Innate Realm, pierced its palm with a single finger and then killed it using only his upper-grade Spiritual Artifact longsword.

Doesn't this mean Wang Ruoxie's strength far surpasses Zhou Zhihe, Xiahou Lie, and the others?

Stepping forward, he leaned down to the Silver Armor Corpse's body and retrieved a pigeon-egg-sized bead from its Dantian.

The bead was crystalline, its core seemingly filled with some kind of flowing substance.

"My heavens... it's actually an Innate Essence Pill."

The collective gaze also focused on the bead, and suddenly everyone cried out in surprise.

Even Zhou Zhihe, Xiahou Lie, and the other Innate Realm members looked shocked, and greed gleamed in their eyes.

The Innate Essence Pill is the cornerstone of an Essence Pill Realm Martial Cultivator's existence, holding their entire cultivation within.

Destruction of the pill means the loss of cultivation as well.

If they could refine this pill, even if it didn't directly raise their cultivation to the Essence Pill Realm, it would surely accelerate their cultivation advancement.

Most importantly, refining this Essence Pill would significantly raise their future chances of advancing into the Essence Pill Realm.

This single Essence Pill is worth far more than all the treasure resources found in the Inner Hall before.

"Unexpectedly, in life, this Silver Armor Corpse was an Essence Pill Realm Martial Cultivator. It seems these Ancient Ruins might have belonged to the Silver Armor Corpse, yet... why did it turn itself into a Silver Armor Corpse?"

Wang Ruoxie pondered, "Or was it turned into one by someone else?"

"Wang Ruoxie, what do you intend to do with that Essence Pill?"

At this moment, Xiahou Lie questioned Wang Ruoxie.

"I killed the Silver Armor Corpse, so naturally, the Essence Pill is mine. What I do with it shouldn't concern you."

Wang Ruoxie gave Xiahou Lie a frosty look and replied coldly.

"It's true you killed the Silver Armor Corpse, but without us injuring it first, weakening its strength, there's no way you could have bested it, let alone killed it."

Xiahou Lie spoke again.

"Heh..."

Hearing Xiahou Lie's words, Wang Ruoxie chuckled coldly, "Can you be any more shameless?"

Indeed, Xiahou Lie and others attacked the Silver Armor Corpse before, but they failed to harm it; instead, they got injured by it.

Now, Xiahou Lie claims it was because they injured the Silver Armor Corpse first that Wang Ruoxie could kill it and obtain the Essence Pill. How utterly ridiculous.

Even Zhou Zhihe and the others looked at Xiahou Lie with disdain. Though they too coveted the Essence Pill, they couldn't stoop to Xiahou Lie's level of shamelessness.

"Whether you admit it or not, what I said is the truth."

Xiahou Lie's expression remained unchanged, unfazed by Wang Ruoxie's ridicule.

This only made the crowd secretly admire Xiahou Lie's thick-skinned approach, though they had to concede Xiahou Lie did what they dared not.

Many even hoped that if Xiahou Lie and Wang Ruoxie fought and both were wounded, they could exploit the situation to seize the Essence Pill.

"Brother Xiahou isn't wrong, without our intervention, you wouldn't have obtained the Essence Pill, so don't think to hog it all for yourself."

A tall, thin youth beside Xiahou Lie chimed in.

Wang Ruoxie gave the youth a cold glance; he was well-acquainted with him,

this fellow was Liu Shu, one of those who had earlier teamed up with Xiahou Lie against him.

"Wang Ruoxie, although you are powerful, one cannot fight against many alone. You'd better hand over the Essence Pill."

At this point, Tang Liren also intervened, "No matter what, you are a person of our East Victory Kingdom. If you willingly hand over the Essence Pill, upon my return, I promise my father will reward you handsomely as compensation."

"Tang Liren, during the Hidden Dragon Assembly, I realized you're a complete hypocrite, and the people I detest most are those as deceitful as you. So could you please shut your mouth?"

Wang Ruoxie turned his gaze toward Tang Liren and said.

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