"Boss, I feel like there's something I need in this underground palace," Little Dragon transmitted to Zhang Hao.
Feeling Little Dragon's voice was very urgent, Zhang Hao's heart stirred.
He was already in the Martial King Realm. But although Little Dragon and Little Black's cultivation had improved, it wasn't by much. Both were only at the Peak of the Ferocious Beast level and hadn't advanced to Wang Beast yet. It was time to find resources for them.
"No problem, Little Dragon. Tell me, where is that thing?" Zhang Hao asked Little Dragon.
"It's in the northwest direction. Little Dragon can only vaguely sense the approximate location," Little Dragon told Zhang Hao.
"That's enough!" Zhang Hao made up his mind.
Immediately, Zhang Hao unleashed his speed and swept towards the passage in the northwest direction. Soon, he disappeared into the entrance of the passage.
However, Zhang Hao didn't notice that less than five minutes after he disappeared, more than a hundred people appeared. The leaders were Gong Wencai and Jiang Xinwu.
Gong Wencai held a map in his hand.
"Brother Gong, are you so sure that the treasures are all here?" Jiang Xinwu asked Gong Wencai, looking at him.
"Of course. I accidentally obtained a map of the Shenlong Secret Realm. This map indicates that there is a treasure here. That Senior didn't get it back then because his strength was too weak. He left this map intending to have a chance to enter the Shenlong Secret Realm again later to seize the map. However, later, that Senior never had the opportunity to enter the Shenlong Secret Realm again, so it ended up benefiting us for free. But judging from the markings on it, it requires everyone's combined strength to enter the Baoku (Treasure Vault). This is also the reason I am cooperating with you," Gong Wencai said, looking at Jiang Xinwu.
"Okay, no problem. But according to our agreement, I take seven, and you take three," Jiang Xinwu said seriously.
"Of course!"
Gong Wencai nodded slightly.
Possessing the treasure map, he naturally had enough qualifications to take a seventy percent share. This was also why the people from Changfeng Academy were willing to join forces with him. Otherwise, in the intricately laid-out underground palace, finding this treasure without a treasure map would be absolutely impossible.
As Zhang Hao went along the passage, he noticed that the layout around him was somewhat strange. So, he slowed down. He looked closely and found that the surroundings were filled with statues of various monsters. These statues were refined from special Materials.
One or two statues could be explained as decorations, but if these dozens or hundreds of statues refined from special Materials were merely decorative items, Zhang Hao absolutely wouldn't believe it.
"As expected, it's an array!"
Zhang Hao murmured. He was also a sixth-tier Array Dao Master and could naturally see that the dense sculptures around were the foundation of an array. With so many statues arranged like this, the power of this array far exceeded the sixth tier, or even the seventh tier. Although Zhang Hao was only a seventh-tier Array Dao Master and couldn't break these arrays, self-preservation was still possible.
Hmm! Ahead is an iron door. It seems I've reached the Baoku (Treasure Vault).
Zhang Hao was overjoyed. Just as he was about to enter the iron door, a water-blue barrier blocked his way.
Damn, a barrier?
Zhang Hao was slightly startled, not expecting there to be a barrier here. However, Little Black could break the barrier for him.
"Little Black, I'll leave this barrier to you."
Little Black jumped out of the pet space, but just looking at the barrier in front of him, he seemed a bit disdainful. It seemed this barrier wasn't very difficult for him.
As expected, Little Black took out the Rhino Dagger and quickly broke the barrier with a few swift moves.
"Meow!" Little Black meowed proudly at Zhang Hao, seeming very pleased.
Zhang Hao nodded at Little Black with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, well done!"
However, just as Zhang Hao entered the secret room, a powerful attack struck from the void.
Zhang Hao was slightly startled and hastily threw a punch to meet it.
With a "boom!"
Zhang Hao was forced back three steps, his wrist feeling somewhat numb. He looked closely and saw a black Puppet.
A Martial King level Puppet?
However, this Puppet was only at Martial King Third Heaven. Although he was forced back three steps just now, it was because Zhang Hao only used less than thirty percent of his strength in haste.
"A mere Puppet dares to stop me? Seeking death!"
Zhang Hao roared and charged forward.
Although the Puppet was powerful, after Zhang Hao got serious, he hit its head with a punch. Instantly, the entire Puppet shattered into pieces.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao for killing a Martial King Third Heaven Puppet, gaining 150,000 experience points."
Zhang Hao walked into the secret room and found it filled with lower grade crystal stones. There were at least 10,000 lower grade crystal stones.
"Not bad... not bad..."
Zhang Hao was practically drooling. He was currently penniless, and these lower grade crystal stones were exactly what he needed.
Anyway, Zhang Hao's System space had plenty of room. So, he quickly stored all these lower grade crystal stones into the System space.
He faintly heard a commotion coming from ahead.
Zhang Hao frowned and murmured, "Someone has found their way here so quickly. It seems I must leave soon, or there will be some trouble."
With that said, Zhang Hao flew away.
Half an incense stick after Zhang Hao left, over a hundred Martial Warriors also arrived. Walking at the front were Gong Wencai and Jiang Xinwu.
Gong Wencai's expression was very excited as he said, "That secret room is ahead. According to the record on the treasure map, there are ten secret rooms, and each one contains treasures."
Jiang Xinwu was also very excited. However, thinking that he would only get thirty percent of the treasures made him a little unhappy. But there was nothing he could do, after all, the treasure map belonged to the other party.
Suddenly, Gong Wencai stopped, his expression somewhat confused. He quickly rushed to the side of the first secret room and found that the barrier on the secret room had already been broken. And the treasures inside had already been taken.
"Damn it, how is this possible? Which son of a bitch did this?" Gong Wencai roared.
Jiang Xinwu was also very unhappy, but he was relatively calm and said to Gong Wencai, "Brother Gong, I think the traces on the ground are still very fresh. I think that person shouldn't have gone far."
"Hmm! Yes, you're right. Let's chase," Gong Wencai calmed down and looked, realizing that it was just as Jiang Xinwu said.
At the same time, Zhang Hao, knowing that others were coming, also quickly seized the treasures in the remaining secret rooms. He obtained a large amount of crystal stones.
However, according to Little Dragon, the treasure he hoped to get should be in the final tenth room.
Faster, even faster. Zhang Hao knew that those people were Jiang Xinwu, Gong Wencai, and the others. If they knew that the treasures had been taken by him, they would likely accelerate their pursuit, leaving him not much time.
Finally, the tenth secret room was in sight.
"Little Black, I'll leave this barrier to you," Zhang Hao said.
Little Black meowed and pounced towards the barrier. However, this time, he rarely showed a solemn look in his eyes.