Austin used his acute spiritual sense to observe everything on the battlefield, closely noting everyone's fighting prowess.
The melodious sound of the ancient musical instrument in Violet's slim fingers carried above the din of battle.
Each musical note she played took a visible, glittering form before shooting out into the battlefield.
As the gleaming notes flew in every direction, they turned into lethal weapons, killing enemies on the spot.
They attacked not only physical bodies but also spiritual souls. The weapons could hack into the enemies' Soul Seas and destroy their very souls.
At this display of might, even those who had reached Immortal Saint Realm were forced to retreat, scampering away hurriedly.
'Violet has refined that ancient musical instrument and harnessed its power in such a short time, '
Austin thought, impressed.
Austin scanned through the battlefield and noted that all his friends, including Evan, Herbert, Stacy, the Peacock Princess, Isis, and the gnome, had made great progress on their abilities and had become much more powerful.
Most of them had already reached the Immortal Realm or the Immortal King Realm. He knew it was only a matter of time before all of them break through to the Immortal Saint Realm.
'It seems the Immortal End World has developed quite well in the past few years, '
Austin thought, nodding in approving silence.
Indeed, the rapid growth of this group of young people was a testament to the Immortal End World's progress in recent years.
Even the masters in the older generation had grown even stronger and now was exhibiting extraordinary fighting power.
Austin surmised that the Immortal End World was now at least dozens of times more powerful than before, when it was completely closed off and isolated from the outside universe.
In its current state, the Immortal End World could even already be ranked a mid-level world in the universe.
'At this rate, it won't be long before it grows into a high-level world!' Austin thought.
As Austin was lost in these reveries, the battle he was observing winded down.
Once the fog of battle cleared, it was found most of the troops of the Yaksha Palace and the Sword Palace were killed. Only a few of their troops were able to escape.
"The Yaksha Palace and the Sword Palace were defeated!"
As the realization spread, those onlookers were flabbergasted.
But it didn't really come as a surprise. The Yaksha Palace and the Sword Palace actually deployed most of their manpower to the Celestial Palace for the treasure hunting.
As most of their troops were looking for treasures in the Celestial Palace, only a
man replied.
Austin threw up his hands in exasperation. "Fine, but can you just point out where the most valuable treasures are?
So I don't have to waste time searching in the wrong places,"
Austin asked.
Sherman pointed out, "In the Celestial Palace, that Taoist robe is already the most precious.
You already have it, so what more do you want?"
Besides, the Taoist Ancestor had an immeasurable amount of treasures. He often just threw them around thoughtlessly. There is so much so that perhaps even he, himself, would not be able to keep track of them now.
So how could I possibly know?"
Sherman retorted, scoffing.
Conversation over as far as they were concerned, the eight holy trees sped away until they disappeared into the distance.
"Unbelievable!"
Frustrated, Austin sighed. He was left with no other recourse but to lead his people, Caroline, Ivy, Sue and Violet to resume their blind search around the Celestial Palace.
As they were walking, they heard excited shouting ring out in the air. "A natural vessel of immortal energy! Oh my God, there's a natural vessel of immortal energy!"
The group froze, unsure they heard correctly. More voices were now shouting. "Look! The masters are already fighting over it!"
"I can't believe they really do exist!"
"Wait, there's more than one natural vessel of immortal energy! Look!"
The Celestial Palace was suddenly abuzz, the treasure hunters now fixated over a mountain range.
Several huge mountains were suddenly exploding one after another, as dragon shadows glowing with divine light ran under the debris.
"Did I hear that right? Did they say natural vessels of immortal energy? We have to see this for ourselves!"
Austin said excitedly, hurrying over to the shouting.