thefictionvixens Chapter 108, Trapped
Chapter 108, Trapped
In the howling wind, Ye Muxuan sat steadily behind the boulder.
Underground, Jiufeng directed the robots to mine the black-veined gold vein methodically, while on the surface, Shachen stood guard, and Ye Muxuan took the opportunity to comprehend the laws. He was still a little short of the last of the three major categories of the laws of time. Once he mastered this, he would have fully comprehended the laws of time, and then the three categories would merge into a complete law of time, making him a Time Venerable.
As time passed, Jiufeng suddenly prompted him in his mind, "Master, the mine has been mined out, and the robots and equipment are being retrieved."
Ye Muxuan opened his eyes. This mining operation had taken twenty-six years to completely extract all the black-veined gold from this vein. As expected, in addition to the black-veined gold, there was also a considerable amount of black-veined gold essence, and in the very core, there was also some black-veined gold mother material.
Although it's only a tiny fraction, less than 0.03% of the entire vein's volume, its value far exceeds that of Black-Veined Gold and Black-Veined Gold Essence. Once the entire vein is fully mined, Jiufeng estimates the total value to be around 10 billion Mixed Yuan Units, of which approximately 6 billion are Black-Veined Gold Mother.
Ye Muxuan stood up, collected all the spoils of war, and put the dust into his world ring before flying off into the distance.
In this desolate place, there was hardly any life, not even weeds or trees. Ye Muxuan flew for two whole months before encountering his first life form, a rock-like life form.
After encountering the first one, they encountered another of the same kind of life form. Unlike the mountain giants they had encountered before, the strongest of these rock life forms were world lords, while most were just domain lords, lying motionless on the ground.
After spending more than ten years, they finally traversed this desolate land, but unfortunately, they still couldn't sense any trace of any treasure. They did discover a small vein along the way—a red copper vein—but according to Jiu Feng's deduction, the possibility of finding red copper essence in such a small vein was extremely small, and the probability of finding red copper mother was practically nonexistent. Therefore, they ultimately decided not to mine it.
Beyond the desolate territory, an endless sea came into view.
Turbulent waves surged into the sky, and turbulent surf crashed against the shore.
At the intersection of the two realms, two kings are clashing.
This is the first time Ye Muxuan has encountered a Hongmeng King in nearly sixty years since he entered the Tanhai Secret Realm.
Ye Muxuan glanced at them; he didn't recognize either of the two Kings. After all, he had only been a member of the Hong Alliance for a short time, and his usual associates were mostly peak-level or even limit-level Kings like True Evolution King, Heavenly Feather King, and Blue Smoke King. He wasn't particularly interested in getting to know these two beginner-level Kings.
The two kings who were fighting clearly did not recognize this flame immortal who was over 20 kilometers tall. Although this flame immortal was in human form, it was obvious that it was not human, but a kind of flame life form.
This wasn't the first time they'd encountered a flame-like being since entering this secret realm, so they assumed Ye Muxuan was one of the beings within it.
Just as Ye Muxuan crossed the boundary between the two realms, a long spear and a giant axe attacked him simultaneously.
The secret realm of the universe is not an extraterritorial battlefield; it is also under the supervision of a military system. The humans inside the secret realm are far more dangerous than the environment itself!
Li Yan's clone drew his sword with a backhand, and the flaming blade, which was more than ten kilometers long, cleaved down, instantly annihilating the two initial-stage King-level divine bodies!
The power of the world swept through, collecting the remaining spoils into the world ring, and then entered the sea territory.
The endless sea is quite calm if you ignore the waves that occasionally rise tens of thousands of meters high and the clusters of watchful eyes hidden beneath the surface.
The creatures in the sea are completely different from those in the desolate area just now. Hidden beneath the surface are terrifying numbers of various fish, snakes, and dragons.
Li Yan's clone expressionlessly pulled the blade from the enormous head, several kilometers in diameter, in front of him, and then stored the corpse of the World Lord-level sea dragon into his world ring.
There are so many creatures in the sea. This is the seventy-sixth giant beast that Ye Muxuan has killed along the way. He has even captured seven immortal-level sea dragons.
They didn't find any valuable treasures; they were too busy killing giant beasts.
Suddenly, Li Yan's clone looked up and saw a terrifying aura appear in the distance. Even though it was millions of kilometers away, he could feel that terrifying pressure.
Sheathing his sword, Li Yan's clone blurred and then vanished.
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"We can't leave. Without a Venerable One coming in, we will all die here." In another area, all that could be seen was a lush forest. A King-level Immortal looked at the three plant life forms in the starry sky outside with despair. Because he recognized two of them, he knew even more how terrifying these long vines were.
Soul-Devouring Vine! Void Blood Vine! And a green bamboo that, although he didn't recognize it, clearly dominated the scene!
Eleven immortals were with him, including two kings, all of whom were currently trapped in this space, unable to teleport or use their divine kingdoms. Outside the space, three terrifying plant life forms were watching them intently.
This trip into the secret realm yielded few treasures, and I'm likely to lose my life here.
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After spending decades searching, they found no treasures in the sea. However, they sensed two extremely terrifying immortal auras, whose combat power was estimated to be no less than that of the mountain giant and the fire tree they had encountered before. They were hiding in the deep sea and did not show themselves. Ye Muxuan wisely did not go looking for trouble.
Even if no treasures are found afterward, this exploration of the secret realm will still be very fruitful, so Li Yan's clone has a very positive attitude.
Wisps of flame condensed in mid-air to form a map, which was recorded by Li Yan's clone over the past hundred years of exploration. After examining it carefully for a long time, Li Yan's clone discovered some clues.
My fingertip slowly traced across the map, finally stopping at a blank area.
After determining the direction, Li Yan's clone flew towards the destination. If nothing unexpected happened, there should be an even more important treasure in this direction.
In reality, exploring secret realms isn't as cursory as Ye Muxuan's approach. Most immortals explore secret realms in teams, often spending tens or hundreds of thousands of years exploring a newly created realm. As for Ye Muxuan's situation of reaping a large number of Flame Crystal Lotuses and Black-Veined Gold in just a hundred years, that's extremely rare.
Crossing the seas along the way, just like before, they didn't encounter any treasures, but rather many giant sea beasts, and captured several immortal-level behemoths. Midway, they encountered a special life form of the World Lord level, somewhat similar to the Frost Whale, nearly seventy kilometers long, but its genetic level wasn't high, only about ten times that of the Frost Whale.
We should capture this behemoth first. If any of our clansmen proves to be exceptionally talented, we can arrange for them to possess our body, thus securing an immortal status. Alternatively, we can sell it to the Treasure Pavilion; they would certainly welcome it.