At the canyon entrance, when Su Yang discovered those three Feather Clan descendants, he guessed if they had entered the valley.

As a result, feeling these people's aura here made Su Yang even more certain that they indeed entered this place.

Su Yang looked at the palace ahead; the auras of these people stopped here. Could it be that they entered this palace?

The three Crystal Skulls followed behind Su Yang, growing more and more apprehensive as they approached the palace.

Su Yang glanced at the three guys, feeling utterly speechless. With such courage, and you want to become the Pirate King?

"Can you three act a bit more manly? What's there to fear?" Su Yang couldn't help but tease.

The three Crystal Skulls exchanged glances, and the Second City Lord awkwardly said, "We're not scared, we... we are being respectful!"

"Yes, that's right, it's respect, respect for the supreme being inside!" The Third City Lord quickly added.

Su Yang sneered, their trembling bone fragments were falling off, and they say they aren't scared? Who are they fooling?

"Alright, let's go." Su Yang gestured as he prepared to enter the palace. At that moment, he suddenly felt a premonition of danger, as if something was quickly approaching him.

Su Yang instinctively stepped aside, and at that moment, a longsword emerged from the void, directly stabbing where he had just stood.

It was Su Yang's luck that by taking that step, he avoided the longsword piercing his heart. Even so, the longsword directly stabbed his left shoulder.

As the longsword pierced his left shoulder, Su Yang's expression suddenly changed. He felt a powerful force rampaging inside the sword, quickly invading his body, and his internal power couldn't suppress it at all.

"Back off!" Su Yang quickly shouted.

The three Crystal Skulls behind him, though unaware of what was happening, were perceptive enough. Hearing Su Yang's yell, they immediately turned and left.

They had just flown halfway when the longsword suddenly emitted a buzzing sound. Following that, Su Yang's left shoulder violently exploded, and a powerful force swept around, sending all three Crystal Skulls flying.

Even Su Yang's fleshly body was mostly shattered by the explosion, with the upper body and head directly exposing bones, showing the severity of his injuries.

Su Yang endured the intense pain, quickly retreated a few steps, and finally pulled out the longsword.

Who would have thought the longsword's power was so terrifying? Penetrating the body was just the most basic injury. The most frightening part was that after piercing the body, the longsword's power would rampage and explode inside, and this explosive power was the most formidable!

Fortunately, his bones were very strong; although the explosive power shattered his flesh, it couldn't harm his bones.

Otherwise, for anyone else, even with strength equal to Su Yang's, such a blow would leave them half-dead if not outright deceased.

Su Yang drank a few mouthfuls of Spiritual Liquid and swallowed several bottles of Elixir Pills, swiftly recovering himself.

Meanwhile, he cautiously watched the entrance area.

Earlier, he hadn't seen or sensed anything, yet he was attacked like this. Just how powerful was the attacker?

"Hahaha..." A mad laugh suddenly echoed from inside the palace, followed by someone slowly stepping out from within.

Seeing this person, Su Yang's expression changed drastically. Because this person was none other than Shariel, the leader of the Feather Clan descendants!

"Oh, isn't it Su Alliance Leader? Meeting again!" Shariel said with a cold smile, holding a longsword—the same one that wounded Su Yang.

Su Yang glanced at the longsword; its design was peculiar, engraved with many strange runes. Each rune seemed to contain extremely powerful energy.

Moreover, on the sword's hilt were four gemstones, forming a small Spirit Gathering Array.

This meant the longsword could absorb the spiritual energy from heaven and earth for its use, constantly replenishing the runes' power.

The explosive power earlier likely came from these runes.

Su Yang could conclude that this longsword definitely wasn't Shariel's or the Feather Clan descendants' possession. If it was theirs, they should have brought it out during the events at Kunlun Mountain long ago.

If it wasn't their possession, it certainly was something obtained after entering the Feather Spirit Palace.

Thinking of this, Su Yang's expression changed. Could it be that after Shariel entered the Feather Spirit Palace, he had some stroke of fortune and obtained such a powerful longsword?

Seeing Su Yang staring at the longsword in his hand, Shariel's face was full of pride. He walked forward leisurely, pointing the longsword at Su Yang, and smugly said, "Very curious where this sword came from, right?"

Su Yang didn't speak, only stared coldly at Shariel. Knowing Shariel, he would reveal the truth without needing Su Yang to ask.

As expected, Shariel slowly played with the longsword in his hand and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, I must thank you for this, Su Alliance Leader. You sold that little girl Qi'er beside you to that masked deity to buy freedom for you all. You ran away but left us all here, planning for us to die in this Turquoise Pool, isn't that right?"

Su Yang's face turned cold, and he said gravely, "I didn't sell Qi'er to anyone, and I'll never abandon her!"

"Say what you want, but things are as they are now!" Shariel sneered. "Initially, we thought we were trapped here, never to leave. But instead, the masked deity found us promising and took us under his wing, putting us to work for him. When the Spirit Palace opened, he even brought us into the Feather Spirit Palace Main Hall—that was his favor to us. This longsword was what he gifted me. How about it, isn't it powerful?"

Su Yang's heart stirred; so, the longsword wasn't obtained in the Feather Spirit Palace, but was gifted by that masked man.

Thinking it over, it made sense.

After all, if it was indeed a Magic Artifact from the Feather Spirit Palace, its power would be terrifying. Artifacts that can last here are akin to the Tai Chi Diagram. Just one of them, one casual blow, and Su Yang couldn't withstand it.