My Crazy Upgrade System

"Ding! Successfully killed Men Hu. Obtained 130,000,000 Experience, 13,000 Madness Value, and 5,000 Sin Value. Obtained items: Celestial Tiger Armor (High-Grade Sacred Artifact), Celestial Tiger Boots (High-Grade Sacred Artifact), Celestial Tiger’s Claw (High-Grade Sacred Artifact), Celestial Tiger Bloodline (Earth Level, Mid-Grade, Rare), and Cooling Divine Pill (Rare, resets all skill cooldowns upon use)!"

Men Hu didn’t last long before Yi Tianyun finished him off. They didn’t want to waste any more time. If they were discovered, their operation would be severely hindered, so they had no choice but to kill Men Hu.

At the very least, they had dealt with the problem and avenged those who had died.

’No bonus reward for the kill? The system is getting a bit stingy...’

Yi Tianyun frowned. He had expected to receive a bonus reward, but apparently, not even killing someone at the third level of the Spirit King Stage was enough to earn one anymore. It made sense, though. After that power burst, he could easily crush experts at that level, so getting a bonus reward for it was naturally going to be difficult.

"Let’s get out of here." With a wave of his hand, Yi Tianyun incinerated the bodies and gathered the ashes into a box. He would find a proper place to bury them once they were outside.

He refused to leave the bodies here, where they would never know peace.

Elder Luo and the others nodded. They first placed Men Hu’s corpse in the Blood Pool, posing it to look as if he were merely soaking inside. That way, if a guard opened the door, they would just assume Men Hu was asleep.

This would buy them a little more time, which was a huge advantage.

"Divine Envoy, your power is so incredible! Can you really kill a Spirit King Stage expert that easily?" They now had a completely new appreciation for Yi Tianyun’s strength. It was so shocking they still hadn’t recovered.

"Yeah... don’t tell me you’re already at the Spirit King Stage?"

They felt they had drastically underestimated Yi Tianyun’s power. They had previously thought him too bold, but it was now clear that their own judgment had been mistaken.

’He subdued Men Hu in the blink of an eye. Which of us could possibly do that?’

"I’m not at the Spirit King Stage yet, just the Void Spirit Stage," Yi Tianyun said with a smile. "I just had the element of surprise on my side. He was too careless, which is why I was able to subdue him so easily."

They glanced at each other. Despite what Yi Tianyun said, they thought otherwise. From now on, they wouldn’t treat him as someone at the Void Spirit Stage, but as a genuine Spirit King Stage expert.

’Even if he really is at the Void Spirit Stage, successfully ambushing an opponent so many levels higher is a true testament to his ability.’ Shopkeeper Ye knew he could never pull off such a feat. He had no idea how Yi Tianyun had done it. ’Surely it wasn’t just Teleportation? That alone couldn’t be so amazing, right?’

Little did they know, Yi Tianyun possessed the Invisibility Skill. Not even a Spirit King Stage Cultivator could detect his presence—such was the power of a Divine Skill!

If the three elders weren’t with him, Yi Tianyun could have had free rein of this place. He could have just used Invisibility to waltz right in, and no one would have been the wiser. Only an exceptionally powerful Spirit King or an expert at the Saint King level would have any chance of detecting him.

According to the Invisibility Skill’s description, no one at the Spirit King Stage or below could detect him. Thus, unless he ran into a heaven-defying Spirit King, he would remain completely hidden.

However, there was another way to stop him: imprisonment-type Divine Runes. Invisibility could not bypass defenses created by Divine Runes.

"The treasury area is up ahead," Yi Tianyun said in a low voice. "There’s no direct path to it from here, so we’ll have to force our way in from the front."

They nodded. This was the most critical part of the mission. As soon as they seized their prize, they would slip away immediately, without a moment’s delay.

Soon, they reached a wall. Yi Tianyun tapped it lightly, and a stone door slid open with a soft WHOOSH. The door didn’t make a loud RUMBLE; if it had, their stealthy approach would have been pointless.

The stone door shut quickly behind them. They emerged into a secluded alcove. These secret passages were always designed to open into corners, so the area was not heavily guarded.

They exchanged a glance, quickly concealed themselves, and moved forward. After rounding a bend, a large door came into view. Four Void Spirit Stage experts stood guard, looking rather complacent.

They probably figured no one would ever dare to attack this place, so they stood around looking bored, some of them chatting amongst themselves.

Soon, someone arrived carrying a delivery. A guard inspected the items, then nodded. "Alright, you can go."

The delivering Cultivator nodded and quickly departed. A guard then pushed the door open and took the delivery inside. It was actually a single Storage Ring, but what it contained was unclear.

In any case, Cultivators were clearly making deliveries. This must be how Bai Shuihuang had gotten her information. However, the exact quantity of items inside the treasury remained unknown.

Whatever was inside, it was undoubtedly valuable. The deliveries were very specific: only Spirit Medicines or Elixir Pills. They weren’t weapons, but Spirit Medicines were far more important. They were the very foundation of cultivation—the more, the better.

These Cultivators delivered only Spirit Medicines and Elixir Pills, and nothing else was accepted.

"What exactly is in there? It could be countless Elixir Pills or Spirit Medicines," Elder Luo and the others mused, frowning at the large door.

Yi Tianyun tried probing it with his Spiritual Sense, only to find it even more difficult to penetrate. His sense was completely blocked, unable to get inside at all. It was much tougher than the outer defenses, where he could at least force some of his Spiritual Sense through. Here, however, it was impossible. The place was perfectly sealed.

"No matter what’s in there, we’ll know once we break in. Taking care of the four guards will be easy. The only problem is that people keep coming, so our window of opportunity is small."

They scanned the area. There weren’t many patrols, but a group would pass by in less than the time it takes an incense stick to burn. On top of that, another Cultivator would arrive with a delivery of Spirit Medicine after a short while.

The process was always the same: a delivery arrived, a guard took it inside for storage, and then reemerged moments later.

"It’s time. This is our opening. Let’s move!" After waiting a short while longer, Yi Tianyun and his group spotted their chance and charged forward without hesitation. The four guards were dispatched by the four of them so easily that they couldn’t even make a sound before they died.

After dealing with the guards, they quickly pushed open the main door, dragged the four bodies inside with them, and vanished from the corridor in the blink of an eye.

Once inside, Yi Tianyun looked up and was utterly shocked. What lay before him were not countless Spirit Medicines and Elixir Pills, but a host of Demon Beasts!