In the back, he couldn’t let it go and looked twice more.

The second time he was unconscious for three years, the third time for ten years.

After waking up the third time, he took a moment to recover. He originally wanted to go again, but his mentor wouldn’t let him watch, which made him very sad.

"Forget it, no talent is no talent, forcing it has no meaning." Van shook his head, too lazy to think about that tragic experience anymore.

...

Southwest of the Vortex Plane Sea.

Lor stepped out of the space rift and let out a light sigh, "It’s safe here."

He had just used ten consecutive Space Jumps without encountering any obstacles, indicating that no one was following.

"The first Tier Eight Law Treasure is in hand, surprisingly easily." Lor looked back at the huge, dark curtain floating behind him, a smile appearing on his face.

The Time Acceleration trait was much more useful than he anticipated; snatching Tier Seven Treasures is one thing, but even Tier Eight ones can be easily taken.

If things continue like this, his speed in gathering the seventy-two Life Tree Roots will undoubtedly accelerate significantly.

"Should I recycle this thing or post a top notice to trade it in the civilization information exchange list?" After a moment of joy, Lor began thinking about how to handle this Law Treasure.

When he initially got a rough understanding of the mall list, he noticed this Law Treasure called "Sky of Darkness," priced at 6875 Law Value.

The recycle price is ninety percent of the sale price, which is 6187.5 Law Value.

Selling it to other Tier Eight beings without a Tier Eight Law Treasure might fetch a bit more, like ninety-five percent, but that’s assuming someone would buy.

More than six thousand Law Value is not a small amount; many Tier Eights may not be able to gather that amount in a lifetime, even with the Vortex Plane Sea, let alone only Tier Eight cultivators of the Dark Law Faction would want it.

Simply put, it’s valuable but there’s no market, making it hard to sell quickly.

Besides, selling this thing on his own carries some risk because he has to deliver it himself.

What if that Tier Eight gets greedy and turns on him suddenly?

"Forget it, I’ll just recycle it at the mall." Lor shook his head, deciding not to risk those few hundred Law Values, and activated Space Jumping Witchcraft again, jumping towards the outside of the Vortex Plane Sea.

The process of recycling the "Sky of Darkness" went without incident, and 6187.5 Law Values were successfully credited.

At this point, the available Law Value balance in Lor’s hands once again increased significantly, reaching 9202.3.

Just about seven hundred more Law Values, and he could exchange for the third Life Tree Root.

"Go see how long it will take for the ’Light Wind’ to converge its information fluctuations." After recycling the "Sky of Darkness," Lor dove back into the Vortex Plane Sea, rushing towards the eastern part of the Vortex Plane Sea.

The "Light Wind" was the first Tier Eight Law Treasure he encountered after entering the Vortex Plane Sea.

According to previous calculations, it will fully converge its information fluctuations in a few years, making it his next target.

...

In the eastern part of the Vortex Plane Sea, above a massive vortex.

One hundred eighty-six Tier Seven Tide Spirits collectively supported a defensive water curtain spanning thirty million miles, continuously releasing water elemental beams towards a wisp of azure light at their center.

As they attacked, a wave of information fluctuations they couldn’t perceive rapidly shrank its coverage.

Outside the Joint Defense Water Curtain.

Nearly five hundred Tier Seven beings weren’t locking their senses on the mile-wide azure whirlwind at the center of the Joint Defense Water Curtain, but instead scanned the surroundings repeatedly.

"That guy shouldn’t come, right?"

"He’s from the Space-Time Faction; there’s still two years before the information fluctuations fully converge, how could he not make it in time?"

"Sigh, if he comes, my chance of snatching the ’Light Wind’ will instantly drop from one percent to less than one in ten thousand."

"With that speed, how could I compete?"

...

The group of Tier Seven beings all wore worried expressions.

The contest over the "Sky of Darkness" had already spread, and now in the Vortex Plane, everyone knew of the terror of the Space-Time Transcender.

Competing against that being wasn’t a matter of hope; the chances of success were virtually zero.

In a corner on the outskirts.

A silver dragon with a wingspan of a hundred meters and a green sphere about half a meter in diameter exchanged a glance, deciding not to join in the complaints of the Tier Seven beings but instead discussed strategies privately.

"What do you say?" The silver dragon transmitted mentally, "Do you think you can be faster than him?"

"That’s not called speed!" The green sphere corrected indignantly.

"So you have no confidence in competing with him either?" The silver dragon didn’t dwell on it, continuing to press for an answer.

"Unless I break through to Tier Eight, there’s no hope at all." The green sphere sighed helplessly.

"I do have a thought, although I’m not sure if it would work." The silver dragon pondered for a moment before speaking.

"What do you have in mind? Tell me!" The green sphere’s spirit lifted.

"While he’s not here, get those guys to launch an early full-on assault on the Joint Defense Water Curtain. What do you think?" The silver dragon proposed.

An early assault would provoke the Tide Spirits into uniting against an external threat and could summon their kin, potentially leading to a prolonged battle and increasing the difficulty of competing for the Tier Eight Law Treasure by a significant margin.

Under normal circumstances, it would definitely be unwilling to do this.

But now it’s different; if they don’t launch an early assault, when the Space-Time Transcender arrives, the chances of snatching the Law Treasure would be ten times lower.

Weighing the two options, the choice is clear.

"Good idea, it could completely avoid him." The green sphere quickly said, "I’ll go over there and inform them, and you talk to this side, quickly, or that guy will come."

With that, it bypassed the Joint Defense Water Curtain, flying straight to the opposite side, crossing the water curtain that covered millions of miles in an instant.

Seeing this, the silver dragon didn’t hesitate, spreading its senses abruptly, and mentally transmitted to nearly three hundred Tier Seven beings within millions of miles: "Everyone, I have a way to avoid the Space-Time Transcender..."

"If everyone agrees, it’s best to start the full-on assault soon. If we wait until that one arrives, it’ll be too late."

It laid out its idea.

"Yes, can’t compete with him, don’t have to."

"Ah, I forgot we could launch an early assault."

"I agree, let’s start quickly."

"I agree too."

"Seconded!"

"By the way, who will inform the other side to attack together, otherwise if those Tide Spirits target us, won’t it benefit them?"

"Don’t worry, someone’s already gone to inform them."

In just two seconds, all the Tier Seven beings reached a consensus to launch the full-on assault ahead of time!

This was also their only choice because compared to competing with that one, the odds of success this way were indeed much higher.

Three seconds later.

Requiem Bone Soil

Bernard Whirlpool Scales

Light Rust Oblivion

String Well Resonance

...

Eighty-two Tier Seven beings surrounding the Joint Defense Barrier simultaneously unleashed various Law Secret Techniques, collectively bombarding the central Joint Defense Barrier.

The remaining four hundred or so Tier Seven beings remained motionless, as if they had not agreed to the proposal earlier.

"Boom boom boom—crash—"

Eighty-two terrifyingly powerful Law Secret Techniques struck the Joint Defense Water Curtain, causing ripples, but due to lack of focus, ultimately did not reach the critical point of breaking the water curtain.

"What are you doing?"

"Is now the time to play tricks?"

"Bastards!"

"If you don’t break the Joint Defense Water Curtain, that guy will be here."

...

The seventy-two beings that launched Law Secret Techniques shouted angrily at the four hundred plus beings trying to conserve Elemental Energy and muddle through, feeling quite helpless in their hearts.

Before releasing the Law Secret Techniques, they had guessed that this might happen to some extent.

If they conserved a bit of Elemental Energy now, their chances of snatching the Tier Eight Treasure later would increase slightly.

Everyone was a competitor, how could they work together wholeheartedly?

But as long as two hundred beings attacked together, breaking the Joint Defense Water Curtain shouldn’t be a big problem.

They truly didn’t expect over four hundred not to act, and their minds were instantly shattered.

Everyone wanted to take advantage cheaply, resulting in not even breaking the water curtain. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

It would be comfortable if they stalled until the Space-Time Transcender arrived, then no one would get the Law Treasure.