Chapter 764: Chapter 757: Gathering Treasures

“My, my, all mine…” Whispers brimming with greed echoed in Chen Hai’s mind.

The Eye of Greed in the center of his brow had only just opened. Beneath its gaze, the green radiance transformed by the God-Slaying Blade was immediately frozen in the void.

The true form of the God-Slaying Blade, a small dagger barely longer than an inch, revealed itself clearly.

The next moment, that tangible greedy gaze swept over the God-Slaying Blade.

The small dagger was then pulled into the Eye of Greed and, in the blink of an eye, vanished without a trace.

Although this scene seemed to occur quickly, it all happened in just an instant.

Dongfang Mu, Li Kuishan, and the others had never really been considered rivals by Chen Hai; a large part of his attention was always on the covetously watching Wu Meng.

It was for this reason that he was able to react immediately when Wu Meng made his move.

The Eye of Greed, this Divine Skill, might not be able to cause direct harm to a person, but it naturally suppressed all Magic Treasures and devices.

Had Wu Meng used some powerful Divine Skill to attack Chen Hai directly, he, ever vigilant, might have retreated immediately.

To think that in facing him, this fool would unawarely use the God-Slaying Blade, an Acquired Spiritual Treasure, attempting to cut him down on the spot…

In such a situation, although Chen Hai made no outward sign, deep down he was actually quite relieved.

Using Devouring Touch to weave a barrier of iron, blocking the path of the God-Slaying Blade, was merely an action taken to test the power of the blade.

To deal with this Acquired Spiritual Treasure, his trump card had always been the Eye of Greed.

“How is this possible? That eye, what kind of Divine Skill is it?”

“The God-Slaying Blade has been in my hands for decades, I have completely refined it, wielding it like an extension of my arm.”

“In less than an instant, my connection with the treasure has been completely severed. I can no longer feel any trace of its existence…”

The sudden change of events shocked Wu Meng to the core, his eyes nearly popping out.

He staggered backward, his face a mask of disbelief, as he fixed his gaze on Chen Hai and demanded angrily.

“You guess…” With a Spiritual Treasure in hand, Chen Hai, in a good mood, chuckled and responded casually.

He could clearly sense that within the Void Space inside the Eye of Greed, filled with white fog, the God-Slaying Blade, similar to the small dagger, was undulating through the mist.

Though he could not use the treasure at the moment, the white fog within the Void Space was bound to completely erode the blade, cleansing it of all the remaining marks—a matter of time.

By then, Chen Hai would have full control of the object, and it would all come naturally.

Not far away lay Sun Tu, sprawled on the ground. Because Wu Meng had acted suddenly, Chen Hai had withdrawn Devouring Touch in time, not devouring him completely, leaving him hanging on to his last breath but not yet dead on the spot.

Li Kuishan, having lost a leg, was hopping away. When Wu Meng had made his move, he retreated even further, and now, some forty or fifty meters away, he was looking over.

Dongfang Mu, in his heavy armor like a tin can, had formidable defense but at the cost of reduced speed.

Waiting for Wu Meng to act, fearful of being the collateral damage in the escape, he retreated so quickly that he threw himself to the ground and rolled away.

Now, his distance from Chen Hai, if not a hundred meters, was probably not far off.

Surveying his surroundings, Chen Hai casually sent a sword finger to finish off the near-death Sun Tu. After that, his gaze fell directly on Wu Meng.

“An eye for an eye is only fair, Wu Meng, haven’t you always wanted to know what that treasure your Treasure Seeking Mouse sensed on me was?”

“Now, I grant you your heart’s desire, Golden Jiao Scissors, appear!”

“Clip it! Wu Meng, meet your end…”

With a light shout, Chen Hai overturned his hand, and the Golden Jiao Scissors, save for the handle covered in rust, finally appeared in his palm.

With a breath of clean air, he gently blew on the Golden Jiao Scissors and pointed a finger at the treasure.

Originally the size of a palm, the Golden Jiao Scissors suspended in mid-air and swelled rapidly in the wind.

Unfortunately, since the treasure had not fully awakened, the dragon transformed by the Golden Jiao Scissors still had just two vivid dragon heads, while the surface of the dragon’s body remained mottled with rust. At first glance, it was impossible to associate the item with the body of a dragon.

“Golden Jiao Scissors…”

“Chen Hai, you’ve got some nerve.”

“No wonder, in the chaos of the camp that day, you suddenly disappeared, only to reappear not long before now.”

“It turns out, you dared to snatch the treasure from under the noses of two Quasi-Saints.”

“The moment the theft of the Golden Jiao Scissors is exposed, you’re definitely a dead man. There won’t be a soul in heaven or earth who could save you!”

Sitting in the position of the squad leader, Wu Meng naturally knew far more than the average soldier in the camp.

Witnessing the Golden Jiao Scissors, his face darkened, and as he cursed aloud, he turned and fled without a second word.

Possessing a God-Slaying Blade, another Acquired Spiritual Treasure like the Golden Jiao Scissors, it’s might when compared, was like heaven and earth.

Even now, with the Golden Jiao Scissors in Chen Hai’s hands not fully awakened, its ferociousness still outmatched the God-Slaying Blade by several streets.

His reaction was very timely; he had barely escaped a dozen steps when the Golden Jiao Scissors, with only its two dragon heads revived, already soared above the space over his head.

The rusty blades aimed directly at the position of Wu Meng’s back for a cut.

“Chen Hai, you’re going too far.”

“I was already prepared to flee, not wanting to entangle with you any further. What are you trying to do? Do you really want to completely annihilate me, insisting on a fight to the death?”

“Let me tell you, even if you possess the Golden Jiao Scissors, so what? Thinking of killing me is a dream…”

With a fierce look on his face, Wu Meng stopped in his tracks and turned around.

Over the years, with the Treasure Seeking Mouse in his hands, he had used all sorts of methods to acquire treasures, not just one or two.

While the Acquired Spiritual Treasure, the God-Slaying Blade, was powerful, it only ranked second among his various trump cards.

When compared to his strongest treasure, the trump card, the God-Slaying Blade fell short by several levels.

However, the God-Slaying Blade was more offensive, while that treasure was more defensive.

The reason he immediately fled without a second word when faced with the unleashed Golden Jiao Scissors wasn’t that he felt he couldn’t block it.

He merely felt that continuing to fight against Chen Hai, now in possession of the Golden Jiao Scissors, would likely result in an indeterminate outcome.

Being someone who always preferred playing it safe, since he was not absolutely sure of defeating Chen Hai, there seemed to be no significant reason to stay and continue the struggle, other than exposing his greatest trump card.

Besides, once he left this place, with the news of the Golden Jiao Scissors in Chen Hai’s hands, he could gain tremendous benefits from both the Demon Palace and the Heavenly Mansion.

After realizing all this, he naturally greased his heels and fled swiftly.