Martial Peak

Fortunately, Yang Kai had acted very carefully just now. His Divine Sense had retracted after a brief touch. Although the Black Ink Clansmen around the crystal balls detected what he did, they couldn’t be bothered to care.

“What are those?” Yang Kai asked softly.

D-4’s expression became rather complicated as he lowered his voice and answered, “World Spheres. They contain large amounts of World Force in them.”

“World Force?” Yang Kai raised his brow with a look of astonishment.

It was his first time hearing that World Force could be sealed into a container. Judging from the appearance of the so-called World Spheres, they were clearly refined artifacts.

“Many Open Heaven Realm Masters die in each battle. After these Open Heaven Realm Masters die, their World Forces will disperse. Under normal circumstances, the Black Ink Clansmen can devour and refine the World Force on the spot; however, the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing. If they greedily try to devour the World Force then and there, they will most likely encounter various dangers. Besides, the Black Ink Clan is not allowed to devour and refine World Force at will during a battle. There is a group of people on the battlefield who are specially tasked with collecting and sealing World Force inside World Spheres. These World Spheres are considered treasures to the Black Ink Clan.”

Yang Kai’s heart was heavy when he heard those words, but his expression remained unchanged on the surface.

These World Spheres had never been seen in the 3,000 Worlds because they were useless to cultivators. On the other hand, the World Force sealed within these items was very useful to the Black Ink Clan.

Yang Kai believed that these items were artifacts specially developed by Black Ink Disciples who were proficient in Artifact Refining; after all, the war between the Black Ink Clan and the Humans on the Black Ink Battlefield had been ongoing for countless years. It was highly probable that some bizarre objects had been produced as a result.

During their conversation, they saw a Black Ink Clansman completing a negotiation with the seller. Then, he took out a large handful of pitch-black round objects that resembled copper coins. After handing these coins over, he casually reached out to grab a World Sphere and strode out of the shop.

Yang Kai was astonished, “Does the Black Ink Clan have their own currency?”

D-4 nodded, “Black Ink Coins. They have no value and cannot be used to cultivate, but they are used by the Black Ink Clan for trading. Every Black Ink Coin is produced by a Royal Lord, so they have the mark of that Royal Lord and cannot be replicated.”

Yang Kai exclaimed in wonder, “If they are worthless and cannot be used to cultivate, then what is the significance of the Black Ink Coins?”

Open Heaven Pills were the primary currency in the 3,000 Worlds and any kind of resources could be valued in terms of them. That was because Open Heaven Pills were Spirit Pills used by Open Heaven Realm Masters in their cultivation. Anything that was used in circulation should have its own intrinsic value.

D-4 laughed, “If they are in circulation, then there must be a reason. Let’s put it this way; if a Black Ink Clansman spends a certain amount of Black Ink Coins, then they can enter a Black Ink Nest to cultivate. You should know that Black Ink Nests are the place where those from the Black Ink Clan are born. Hence, entering the Black Ink Nest is like returning to their Mother’s womb. It is very beneficial for the improvement of their cultivation. Furthermore, if they want to advance, the advancement must be done inside a Black Ink Nest!”

Only then did Yang Kai understand. Black Ink Coins might not have any value on their own, but they could be used to purchase things the Black Ink Clan required. That made Black Ink Coins valuable. Just the fact that their advancement had to be done inside a Black Ink Nest was enough to make the entire Black Ink Clan gather these Black Ink Coins.

Kai saw the Black Ink Clansman who brought them here lingering around the World Spheres and constantly

shrugged nonchalantly, “He probably can’t afford

to a Sixth-Order Open Heaven Realm Master. Even if he had some Black Ink Coins,

been serving under this Black Ink Clansman for a long time,

his head in disappointment and led Yang Kai and

secretly laughed to himself, [Looks like my ‘Master’ is

Yang Kai and the others out of the shop, the Black

nervous about something. It was not just D-4 alone. A-1 and the others also showed

long before the Black Ink Clansman led Yang Kai and the others to a gathering

from that direction. There seemed to be several Masters fighting each other. Moreover, the

was absolutely bewildered. It had to be said that there were rules at any place where cultivators gathered in the 3,000

so, this space seemed relatively small for both parties participating in the fight. That was because the ones fighting in the crater were

the crater. The light barrier was extremely powerful so even though both parties participating in battle were attacking

resembled Humans that were enlarged several times though. Many of them had peculiar and bizarre appearances. Some of them even looked completely like Monster Beasts. That

to be considered mainstream among the Black Ink Clan, followed by some having Monster

great interest, as though they were watching two ferocious beasts fighting each other.

had reached the stage where who lived and who died would be decided. They attacked each other mercilessly as

Cave Heaven or Paradise these two Sixth-Order Masters fighting below were originally from. They might have held lofty positions once, or even knew each other in the past, maybe even fought side-by-side before. In the end though, they had fallen to this state. It was truly a sorrowful sight. Unfortunately, Yang Kai was powerless to stop this. There

again?”

tall Black Ink Clansman smiling in their direction.

and the others here coldly snorted at those words, “It’s uncertain who will benefit who. Lang Ya, don’t boast

Clansman had not taken the initiative to reveal his own name. Unfortunately, he was not in the position to ask and D-4 had

Clansman named Lang Ya;

will know after you

nodded coldly and agreed,

the expressions of D-4 and the others becoming more solemn and anxious. After combining everything he had seen

of strength. However, there seemed to be a distinct gap in their combat experiences. The one who had a deeper understanding of battle obtained the victory. Even though

World Force dispersed into the surroundings. A World Sphere was thrown into the crater at just the

won was covered in blood and one of his arms had been chopped off at the shoulder, but he endured the pain and cast a Secret Technique to stop the bleeding. When the World Sphere finished absorbing all the dissipating World Force, the Black Ink Disciple reached out his hand to grab the World Sphere. Then, he came over to one of the Black Ink Clansmen standing outside the crater, knelt down on one knee, quickly reporting, “Master, fortunately