The God-Slaying Spear, separated by the protective formation, cast its gaze upon the immense shadow of the Treasure Distribution Rock above it and immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
With the Treasure Distribution Rock's appearance here, its owner, Xu Fang, was bound to be present as well.
Xu Fang wandering in this sea of chaos and happening to land on their side, his intentions were already clear.
However, the God-Slaying Spear still clung to a sliver of hope and weakly called out in the chat group.
[God-Slaying Spear: I say, what I just said was merely a joke, do you believe me?]
[Heaven Measuring Ruler: A joke? Are you kidding me? Did we travel this far just to fish you out?]
[Ruyi Jingu Bang: Exactly, exactly. We said we'd arrange things for you, and we meant it. You can't go back on your word!]
[Treasure Distribution Rock: That's right. I've been running at full speed all this way just to fulfill your wish. And now you tell me it was a joke?]
[Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree: Holy hell! What's happening? Are the Heaven Measuring Ruler and the others knocking on our door?]
[God-Slaying Spear: I wish they were just passing by, but it seems that's not possible now.]
[Heaven Measuring Ruler: Haha! How could we be just passing by? We came specifically for you!]
[Chaos Bell: Tsk, you just had to speak carelessly. Now it's troublesome!]
[Tai Chi Diagram: So, your kid Xu was searching for treasures in the chaotic sea, and it turns out he was after this God-Slaying Spear!]
[Yuan Tu: Wait! Heaven Measuring Ruler, you're being unfair. We've been searching in this chaotic sea for so long, how can you get ahead of us!]
[Abi: Exactly! We worked ourselves to the bone, only for latecomers to snatch the prize. I'm not convinced!]
[Heaven Measuring Ruler: What's the use of not being convinced? Your master, Minghe, doesn't have an exact location. Even if you searched for another hundred years, you'd still find nothing.]
[Ruyi Jingu Bang: Precisely, precisely. It's better to let us end your suffering.]
[World Destroying Black Lotus: God-Slaying Spear! I told you to merge your consciousness and teleport, but you refused. Now look, you'll never have the chance to fight alongside me again!]
[Jade Butterfly of Creation: It seems Minghe is truly going to have worked in vain!]
[Enlightenment Tea Tree: Indeed. This Xu Fang can sense treasures and communicate with magical artifacts. The Heaven Measuring Ruler can tip him off. All the hard work of Patriarch Minghe for hundreds of years is less than a quarter-hour of this guy's warship operations!]
When the God-Slaying Spear cried out in the chat group, the magical artifacts in the group immediately understood what was happening. It turned out that the treasure Xu Fang was searching for in the chaotic sea was the God-Slaying Spear.
The treasures of the Sea of Blood let out a collective wail. This Xu Fang, a latecomer, had taken the lead. Did the Sea of Blood have no chance at all?
As the Enlightenment Tea Tree had said, with Xu Fang's divine ability to sense treasures and his ability to communicate with them, once the Heaven Measuring Ruler knew Xu Fang's objective, they would naturally not hesitate to leak the God-Slaying Spear's whereabouts. Searching for it would naturally be more effective and purposeful than for Patriarch Minghe and the others.
The God-Slaying Spear knew this too and regretted it immensely. Why had it so easily agreed to the magical artifacts of Xu Fang's faction just now? What was to be done now?
The God-Slaying Spear still wanted to persuade the Heaven Measuring Ruler to take Xu Fang away from this place.
After all, while Xu Fang was a good choice, he was only a backup option after the Group Leader, the Dao Ancestor, and the others.
The God-Slaying Spear yearned to gain the favor of the Group Leader and escape this place, even escape the Primordial Era.
Thus, after stabilizing its mind, the God-Slaying Spear began to speak in the group.
[God-Slaying Spear: Actually, I think my protective formation can still hold. Heaven Measuring Ruler, why don't you back off!]
The God-Slaying Spear originally wanted to boast about the sturdiness of its protective formation, making the Heaven Measuring Ruler and other artifacts retreat and take Xu Fang away.
However, before it could finish speaking, it exclaimed in shock. At this moment, as the Treasure Distribution Rock came to a complete stop, all the artifacts surged out, surrounding the Treasure Distribution Rock like stars embracing the moon, emitting light. A grand formation of artifacts was instantly erected.
Upon seeing this, three small heads emerged from the Treasure Distribution Rock, looking below at the empty space with confusion.
"Senior, why have we stopped here?"
"Yes, are there any treasures here?"
"This doesn't look like a place with any good treasures. Are only rusted artifacts here?"
The Golden-Winged Great Peng and the other two were all puzzled and spoke up.
Hearing the words of these three, the God-Slaying Spear was instantly enraged.
"You're the ones with rusted brains! Your entire family has rusted brains!"
Of course, no matter how furiously the God-Slaying Spear roared, the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the other two could not hear it. They were all looking at Xu Fang with confusion.
Xu Fang, hearing the furious cries of the God-Slaying Spear below, chuckled.
"You're actually right. There really is a rusted artifact here, one that will surely surprise you."
And the artifacts, hearing the words of the God-Slaying Spear, burst into laughter.
"God-Slaying Spear, did you hear that? Are you really going to rust completely here and become scrap metal?"
"Open the door, open the door! God-Slaying Spear, I know you're in there. You have the guts to let us arrange things for you, but not the guts to accept our arrangement?"
"Enough is enough, you're surrounded. Hurry up and open the door and invite the thief... no, welcome us!"
"Good God-Slaying Spear, open the door quickly, quickly open the door, I want to come in!"
Hearing the words of the artifacts, the God-Slaying Spear felt utter despair. If only it hadn't so carelessly uttered those words earlier. Now, this situation had arisen, with Xu Fang and all the artifacts blocking the exit!
The God-Slaying Spear remained silent, attempting to feign death and get away with it.
It had forgotten that although the protective formation was still in place, and the Golden-Winged Great Peng and the other two could not see the situation within, the artifacts, like Xu Fang, could all hear what the God-Slaying Spear had said earlier. Moreover, the direction indicated on the map further confirmed the God-Slaying Spear's location.
Seeing that it remained silent and did not come out, all the artifacts burst into laughter. Did it really think this would stop them?
"Come, come, let you taste the power of the artifact cannon!"
As the Heaven Measuring Ruler spoke, it immediately broke away from the formation, swatting back the Ruyi Jingu Bang who wanted to steal its thunder.
"Disrespecting your elders! Shouldn't this opportunity to show off be mine, your elder?"
After reprimanding the Ruyi Jingu Bang, the Heaven Measuring Ruler landed in the nearest cannon gap. Immediately, light surged and flowed within the stone cannon barrel.
The Heaven Measuring Ruler said nothing more. After adjusting its aim, it instantly fired a shot.
Boom!
The light flashed like a stream, arriving as fast as lightning. The seemingly empty space below immediately erupted in a flash of light as the protective formation was triggered.
However, this protective formation only managed to trigger briefly. Before its power could even be properly observed, it was utterly crushed by the cannon fire with overwhelming force.
"Damn it! It's really that strong!"
The God-Slaying Spear felt its entire being tremble. In that moment, it had almost been blown away with the departure of the protective formation. It cried out in astonishment.
This artifact formation that Xu Fang had concocted was truly powerful. With just one shot, it had destroyed its protective formation. It had been hoping to rely on the formation to make them retreat, but how could it possibly fight like this!