I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Chapter 396: Chapter 295: Antique: Yan Soldiers Sword Box

”Why?”

”Didn’t your fourth senior brother teach you? The answer is right in front of you, you just need a pair of eyes that can find it,” Han Zhan said, learning and using the wisdom.

”When I ran into the fourth senior brother downstairs, he had already bought groceries.”

”Fourth Senior Brother Ye Qiu is a meticulous person; you can tell from his living environment that his demands for life are not high.”

”If his demands are not high, then why did he buy exactly four dishes? Unless he has a prophetic ability to foresee my arrival. Or, he bought so many dishes with the intention of entertaining others...”

Han Zhan didn’t know who the others were at the time.

But when he sensed a familiar hidden fluctuation in Ye Qiu’s room, Han Zhan had his answer.

He chose not to make a move in front of Ye Qiu out of trust for him.

Intercepting midway was to take responsibility for the deceased Great Xia people.

”Why did you kill them?” Han Zhan asked the question he most wanted to ask.

But obviously, Meng Xiaobei had no intention to answer.

He merely lifted his hand slightly, and a bronze box the size of a forearm suddenly peeked out from Meng Xiaobei’s sleeve.

The surface of the bronze box shimmered with rust, with alternating hues of green and yellow, an evident ancient object.

With Meng Xiaobei’s action, the small square opening of the bronze box abruptly intensified, and a cold light soared, darting towards Han Zhan at the front!

Clang!

A crisp collision sound rang out.

The Moonlight Longsword in Han Zhan’s hand transmitted an unexpected force, pressing Han Zhan’s entire right hand holding the sword slowly backward.

He also figured out exactly what the opponent was.

It was actually a bronze-colored eight-sided Han sword! Behind the eight-sided Han sword, a skeletal claw grasped the sword hilt tightly.

Following this skeletal claw further back was an equally skeletal arm, skeleton, and skull.

Yet this skeletal frame was missing its lower half, floating entirely in mid-air.

Seeing Han Zhan block the suddenly incoming sword strike, the skeleton wielding the eight-sided Han sword changed its stance, performing three consecutive spinning slashes.

Clang clang clang!

The craftsmanship of the eight-sided Han sword made its overall thickness greater, wielding it with powerful force.

Each slash caused the Moonlight Longsword to spark intensely due to friction and collision.

To dispel this force, Han Zhan had to take three steps back.

He also clearly saw the true form of this skeletal frame.

”A half-skeletal figure, draped in a grayish-brown, tattered battle robe, resembling a general who had fought on the battlefield.”

”In just a few breaths of exchange earlier, the sword techniques were seasoned and varied, a true swordsman.”

”The battle robe is merely for obscuring vision, its real purpose is to conceal that string connecting the skeletal figure and the bronze box!”

Clang!

While speaking, Han Zhan blocked the fourth attack from the skeletal figure with the eight-sided Han sword.

The scattering sparks lit up the eyes and also illuminated the fine line hidden within the worn battle robe behind the skeletal frame.

The line was as thin as a hair, and without careful observation, it would be completely unseen.

Seeing Han Zhan expose the evidence of this prop, Meng Xiaobei ceased concealing, and he spoke in a low voice:

”I don’t want to fight you.”

”Let me go!”

Han Zhan swiftly sidestepped, the Moonlight Longsword deflecting the eight-sided Han sword aside with a crisp, deft move.

Sizing up the gap in the fight, he then unleashed a pre-charged left fist, striking the skeletal frame hard.

Bang!

A muffled thud sounded.

The skeletal figure was knocked flying by Han Zhan’s punch, dragging the fine line high up, like a kite released into the sky, swaying and drifting.

”Sorry, I cannot grant your request.”

”Since Fourth Senior Brother is willing to vouch for you, I can also give you this chance, as long as you surrender and explain the whole story to us.”

Unexpectedly, Meng Xiaobei still shook his head.

”In that case, let’s settle this with our skills,” Han Zhan said.

Instantly encapsulated by the Demon Crossing Cloak, he replaced the Moonlight Longsword with the more powerful Divine Weapon Xuanyuan Sword!

Facing the fully-prepared Han Zhan, Meng Xiaobei did only one thing.

He threw the bronze box forward abruptly, then smashed it firmly onto the hard ground.

”Go, Yan Soldiers Sword Box!”

Crack.

Crack.

The crisp sound of the box shattering echoed.

The bronze box, already tinged with rust, shattered completely under the forceful throw.

Soon, thick black smoke billowed from the cracked bronze box.

The black smoke gradually condensed, transforming into identical half-skeletal soldiers as before.

They also wielded an eight-sided Han sword, charging towards the sole enemy, Han Zhan, on the battlefield!

A bright, majestic golden Sword Qi surged from the center of the battlefield surrounded by the skeletal Yan soldiers, soaring skyward!

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Ten minutes later.

The ground was littered with fragments of white bones, bronze shards, and broken, damaged eight-sided Han swords.

The Yan Soldiers from the Yan Soldiers Sword Box exploded all at once, causing considerable destruction.

Yet they still weren’t a match for Han Zhan as he was today.

But when he finished dealing with the tangled skeletal Yan soldiers, there was no trace of Meng Xiaobei left in front of him.

He had escaped!

It was then that Bob’s virtual projection belatedly arrived.

”This area was cloaked, making it hard for me to find. If not for that Sword Qi of yours, it might have taken me even longer,” Bob explained proactively.

”Was the opponent very strong? Even you couldn’t stop him?”

”A Tier Two Spirit Contract Master, with mediocre awakening aptitude and not even a contracted spirit, is a small character you wouldn’t take a second look at on the streets,” Han Zhan summarized about Meng Xiaobei.

”And yet you let him escape?”

”The opponent wasn’t strong, but the tools he used were very peculiar.”

Han Zhan mentioned this and glanced down at the scattered fragments on the ground.

”All of them are tools I’ve never heard of, and their power is surprisingly strong.”

It’s known that being able to contend with Han Zhan for over ten minutes, such an achievement would undoubtedly be considered outstanding in the realm of tools.

Being able to hide again under the Heaven and Earth Array of North County Celestial Net Bob and Tier Nine Ultimate Lin Jingxuan, such tools are indeed rare gems.

Meng Xiaobei, a small character, how did he acquire these two tools?

Plus, the way he smashed and discarded them, he seemed not to care about them at all?

”Looking at the internal energy circuits, this doesn’t resemble the tools of Blue Star today.”

Casually picking up a fragment from the ground, Bob’s eyes emitted a probing green light, scanning it up and down before reaching this conclusion.

”This is an antique.”