Yu Ziqing waved his hand, calling distantly towards the tunneling light.

When the tunneling light disappeared over the horizon, Yu Ziqing sat back on the deck, sipping tea, pondering the name.

It might be just a name, without giving his surname.

Or it could be only a name, without any surname at all.

But to announce a name like this, it must have some significance.

Yu Ziqing hadn't heard of a strong person with this name, and even the person's physique and appearance were unlike any known strong figures.

I'll ask around later.

On the other side, the battle was still ongoing. Qingping didn't join the battle at all, seemingly unconcerned about the Sixty-four-sided crystal, just like Yu Ziqing, merely raising the bid casually.

From a distance, Yu Ziqing watched the spectacle, witnessing the Saints take action. The New Five also acted. That upstart proved much stronger than anticipated, still holding up under the siege.

Suddenly, Yu Ziqing raised an eyebrow, looking towards a distant mountaintop.

A dense aura of ritual magic emerged; he pushed his vision to the extreme, seeing the mountaintop had been leveled, a magic platform set up, and a bald figure with forehead and nose tattoos performing a ritual.

Yu Ziqing recognized him; that was the High Priest Fish Bone mentioned.

Behind him were several other bald figures, chanting incantations, performing the ritual.

A faint blood-red light flowed out, constructing a pattern resembling a formation, yet distinctly not a formation.

In front of the magic platform, at the gathering point of the blood light, it seemed a rift opened, its edges twisting and tearing like mosaic.

A force filled with malice spewed out from the pitch-black rift.

In an instant, rich blood light converged, morphing into a massive four-fingered claw, rushing towards the battlefield.

On the battlefield, the New Five just took one glance, turned, and left.

He wasn't really there to risk his life, just making an appearance.

As the New Five departed, the Jellyfish also retreated rapidly.

Only the upstart remained, also trying to flee. Unfortunately, everything around him seemed to twist, while the blood claw drew ever closer, a glow from the Magical Treasure on him flickering to life.

Layers upon layers of Divine Light turned him into a huge glow sphere.

The massive blood-red claw hundreds of feet long grasped the glow sphere, shattering layer after layer of protection, destroying the Magical Treasures one by one.

As the last layer of Divine Light dissipated, the upstart's face was as calm as water, forming a strange Seal with his hands, assuming a posture akin to a rune.

In an instant, pure black emerged on his body, black and red clashing and intertwining, sparking bouts of singed white eyes, as if everything around was being polluted and corroded.

Moments later, the black transformed into a cage, protecting the upstart inside, while the blood-red claw kept exerting force.

Filled with malice, madness, and bloodthirsty intent, the thoughts continuously eroded the upstart inside the cage.

The upstart took out the Sixty-four-sided crystal, spinning it quickly, examining all sixty-four faces.

Suddenly, he received a message.

"Elusive stands, the dragon hides in discontent."

He didn't understand.

Each word carried a magical understanding, but arranged into a sentence, he couldn't understand at all.

He did understand the first two words, seemingly referring to his current hesitant state. Was this instructing him not to hesitate?

As the thought crossed his mind, the upstart made a decision, speaking in a low, steady voice.

"You take the thing, let me go, or else, I will take it into the deepest darkness with me, no one will get it."

The pure black around him slowly began to erode towards the crystal in his hand.

At this moment, the ever-strengthening, ever-corrode-thinking blood claw slightly trembled, slowly releasing the black cage.

Once the opponent had retreated some distance, the upstart dissolved the cage, wrapping the Sixty-four-sided crystal with a flying sword, propelling it forcefully in the opposite direction, transforming into a tunneling light and flying away.

Meanwhile, he transformed into a dark light, fleeing westward.

The Jellyfish transformed into a stream of light and chased after him.

After that, Yu Ziqing piloted the Flying Boat away; there wasn't much worth watching anymore.

Moments later, the Jellyfish returned, handing the crystal over to the High Priest.

The High Priest glanced at it, his face darkening as he crushed the crystal in his hand, finding no runes inside, realizing he'd been deceived.

Now it was too late to pursue.

The High Priest didn't rush to act, standing before the magic platform, whispering quietly, then fiercely chopped off one of his own legs, offering it as a sacrifice.

With a deep, strange incantation, a wisp of blood light flew out moments later, instantly disappearing from sight.

"Let's go quickly."

The High Priest quietly led his people away, while Fish Bone and the Jellyfish stayed behind to continue their unfinished mission.

Yu Ziqing flew halfway when Fish Bone stealthily caught up to him, recounting what had just happened.

"Uh, a fake? Your High Priest got played?"

Yu Ziqing looked astonished, could the other party create a counterfeit so quickly?

No, they already knew the size, shape, and color of the target before seeing the Sixty-four-sided crystal, and these details were never leaked by the Qiguang Trading Company.

Even just the shape, without runes inside, isn't something you can make so accurately just from rumors.

So that upstart likely knows what the Sixty-four-sided crystal is.

Reflecting on how that guy spun the crystal, Yu Ziqing suddenly understood, could he have had a divination-like experience after examining all sixty-four sides?