Chapter 1196: Chapter 1196: A Forced Melon is Not Sweet

“It truly is the Divine Object choosing its master,” Lin Shen exclaimed in awe.

Ouyang and Wei were both eager to try, even Xiaoye and Xiaona were tempted to see if there was a divine artifact that resonated with them.

But after staring at each divine artifact for a while, none of them felt that sense of familiarity Desi mentioned.

Lin Shen was no different; he examined the remaining divine artifacts but felt no familiar sensation.

“Hey, it seems a bit familiar now,” Lin Shen said, staring at a coffin-shaped treasure chest.

“The more you look… the more familiar it gets…” Wei Wufu commented.

Ouyang Yudu quipped, “Of course it feels familiar, you’ve looked at it so many times, at least ten times, haven’t you?”

Lin Shen knew well that if something really felt familiar, it should be apparent the first time one sees it, not only now.

Yet, among so many people, only Desi managed to obtain a divine artifact that recognized him. With so many divine artifacts left, Lin Shen couldn’t bear to give up.

Having spent so much effort to get here, he couldn’t just return empty-handed.

“Fate is sometimes something you strive for yourself. Like chasing a pretty girl; whether there’s fate, depends on whether you try to pursue her. If you don’t pursue her, even if there’s fate, it’s useless. But if you do, you might create that fate. I think we should give it a shot,” Lin Shen suggested.

“How do we strive? I’ve seen pursuing girls, but how do we pursue a divine artifact?” Ouyang Yudu asked curiously, looking at Lin Shen.

“Just listen to me, Ouyang,” Lin Shen said as he summoned Realm God and placed the Chaos Bell atop the Crystal Cover.

“Tell me what to do,” Ouyang Yudu approached.

“First, siphon off its vitality. When its vitality weakens, I’ll have Realm God forcibly capture it,” Lin Shen instructed.

Ouyang Yudu responded with a peculiar expression, “That’s not pursuing; it’s forcing!”

“It’s all the same. Forced fruit may not be sweet, but it quenches thirst,” Lin Shen urged, “Try it quickly, see if you can siphon its vitality.”

Ouyang Yudu tried as Lin Shen suggested but shook his head, “I can’t siphon it, this Crystal Cover seems to have some isolating ability, can’t sense the divine artifact’s vitality inside.”

Lin Shen felt disappointed hearing this but quickly said, “Never mind, just keep it in anyway, just don’t let it run away.”

Lin Shen directly had the Chaos Bell’s mysterious strands of light envelop the stone platform and ordered Realm God to lift the Crystal Cover.

As the Crystal Cover was lifted, silk-like blood light emerged from the pitch-black treasure chest, the lid almost unable to keep it contained.

The moment Realm God reached out to grab it, the treasure chest transformed into a blood light, dodging Realm God’s hand and attempting to escape into the void.

Unfortunately, Realm God had six arms. After the chest dodged two of Realm God’s hands, more hands endowed with terrifying divine light came down like a shadowy curtain covering everything.

The treasure chest ultimately failed to escape completely and was slapped down by Realm God, landing heavily on the ground and rolling several times.

Before it could stabilize, the Chaos Bell’s mysterious light had already wrapped around it to pull it into the bell’s body.

The chest emitted blood light, trying to shake off the strands to escape.

Realm God hammered it several times, scattering the blood light, and within moments, it was sucked into the Chaos Bell.

“Got it!” Lin Shen rejoiced, then applied the same technique, dizzying the divine artifacts one by one and collecting them into the Chaos Bell.

Xiaona and Xiaoye assisted with the gourd and Jade Purifying Bottle, as Realm God delivered major blows to suppress, with Chaos Bell encompassing them all.

Watching as each divine artifact was packed into the Chaos Bell, regardless of whether they had fate, consent, or willingness, Lin Shen locked them up first, planning to tame them gradually later.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed, and Realm God’s mighty blow couldn’t strike the divine artifact down.

The Jade Crystal Bed, which seemed small within the Crystal Cover, enlarged to the size of a double bed upon emerging, emitting frightful cold.

Realm God’s hand repeatedly slapped it, but couldn’t bring it down.

The Chaos Bell’s mysterious strands wrapped around it but were frozen by the bed’s cold light, shattering upon collision.

Xiaoye and Xiaona hurried to use the Jade Bottle and gourd, their light shining, suction like a rainbow, but they couldn’t knock the Jade Crystal Bed down.

The three artifacts competed against the Jade Crystal Bed, with Realm God exuding terrifying Ghost God’s force field, hammering the Jade Crystal Bed but still unable to absorb it into the Chaos Bell.

“This bed is formidable; could this be the one the Ancient Realm King said could definitely ascend to the Great Emperor’s Divine Artifact?” Everyone couldn’t help but entertain this thought.

Wei Wufu and others rushed in to assist in suppressing the Jade Crystal Bed, and Desi even summoned the three-legged copper furnace he just obtained.

From the copper furnace, smoke dragons flew out, entwining around the Jade Crystal Bed. The dragon fire invisibly flickered, the cold from the bed finding it hard to freeze them.

Under everyone’s combined efforts, the Jade Crystal Bed’s cold scattered and weakened, forcibly absorbed into the Chaos Bell.

Once absorbed, the chaotic space within the Chaos Bell could confine it, easing worries about it.

Aside from the fleeing Realm King Chronicles and Desi obtaining the three-legged copper furnace, other divine artifacts were trapped in the Chaos Bell, planning to be tamed gradually.

After collecting the divine artifacts, Lin Shen meticulously searched the vicinity, ensuring no other items remained, then left the Realm King Planet.

This venture yielded significant results, with Lin Shen acquiring these ten Upper Ultimate divine artifacts, though temporarily unusable, it was a matter of time.

Returning to Crystal Charm Star, Lin Shen saw Xiaoyu standing there, seemingly stunned.

“Xiaoyu, what are you doing?” Lin Shen nudged Xiaoyu, but Xiaoyu remained in a daze, ignoring Lin Shen.

Gazing at the sky, Xiaoyu murmured to himself, seemingly crazed, “It’s not right… Why isn’t it right… It shouldn’t be like this…”

“Xiaoyu, what’s wrong?” Lin Shen shook Xiaoyu’s shoulders, feeling somewhat anxious.

Though Lin Shen often bullied him, after being together for so long, some affection had developed.

Xiaoyu finally snapped back and looked at Lin Shen, “Did you see the Ghost God’s phenomenon? Have you seen its cultivation technique?”

“Can you see it here too?” Lin Shen was slightly taken aback, assuming it could only be seen on the Realm King Planet.

“Not just here; the entire Cosmic saw it. But the Ghost God’s cultivation technique is wrong, it’s wrong…” Xiaoyu glumly said.

“Wrong? What’s wrong?” Lin Shen puzzledly asked Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu gritted his teeth, “I clearly sensed that the Ghost God was aligned with me, the foundation for my path, but the cultivation technique it displayed doesn’t match me, something must be wrong.”