40: Surrounded by wolves

Ye Chen did not reply, but his actions showed no hesitation.

Countless Worm Army surged towards the God Domain Core, instantly engulfing the entire central area.

The moment the God Domain Core shattered, Yellow Cloak activated the communication card in his hand.

Instantly, all God Domains in this area received the message.

"A Mithril Ore has appeared at coordinates [10526, 9527]. I'll be waiting for you here. If you're brothers, come and chop me down!"

The various God Domains in this area immediately erupted into a frenzy.

Mithril Ore was a genuine rarity in their "newbie zone," worth a fortune.

With the treasure so close, the God Lords of various God Domains piloted their faintly glowing God Domains, charging towards the coordinates.

However, some weaker God Lords cautiously chose to retreat, keenly sensing the bloody crisis lurking behind this feast.

Seeing that everything had settled, Zhou Mingjie urged Ye Chen.

"Brother Chen, let's pack up and run. If we don't run now, it'll be too late."

Ye Chen did not agree. He stared at the vast world, as if seeing countless hungry wolves pouncing.

"You go first. I'm going to do something big!"

This statement made Zhou Mingjie's pupils constrict:

"Big Brother! Now is not the time to show off! Who knows how many people are rushing here? Even a God of War can't withstand a group attack!"

Flames burned fiercely in Ye Chen's eyes, and his tone was certain:

"Have you forgotten the special nature of my God Domain? With a continuous supply of troops, I'll be fine."

"But didn't you say you needed negative energy to revive? Now that the negative energy is exhausted..."

Zhou Mingjie nervously tried to persuade him.

"I don't have negative energy, but they do! Pain, fear, despair... As long as I kill fast enough, my army will continuously revive!"

When Ye Chen said this, his entire being was radiant.

Zhou Mingjie was utterly confused, not understanding why he would choose to put himself in danger instead of taking the path of steady development.

But how could he know that Ye Chen's ambition had already broken through the heavens?

Now that the Abyss had initially formed and everything was on track, the current pace of development was still too slow.

His demon army currently consisted of only over three hundred second-tier Little Devils, and the Endless Abyss itself had only a pitiful three layers.

While fishing could lead to rapid development, it was still a long way from his grand vision of constructing the Endless Abyss.

In this "novice village," Ye Chen had absolute confidence that no one was his opponent.

Even if these disorganized mobs joined forces, with his ability to revive his dependents, he would only grow stronger with each fight.

Thinking of this, he firmly waved his hand at Zhou Mingjie, signaling him to leave.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Ye Chen, Zhou Mingjie could only withdraw himself.

Although his Fire Elements could also revive, they required a long period of gestation in the Flame Divine Domain to do so.

Moreover, after revival, they were only first-tier small flames, needing to absorb enough energy to recover to the strength of a second-tier Fire Element.

Therefore, he had no capital to fight alone here.

He led his army hastily out of the God Domain, taking nothing from this God Domain or the Mithril resource point.

Ye Chen, however, was not so polite. He packaged the surviving Desert Dragons and some desert creatures and sent them to Gluttony to stack health, and then sent this God Domain into the Abyss.

This God Domain was primarily desert-based and contained a good amount of mined ore.

The extracted Mithril Ore was stored next to the Desert Dragon's nest.

Ye Chen placed this entire desert God Domain between the third layer and the disguised layer, forming the fourth layer of the Abyss.

He set up the connecting passages and migrated all high-end combat power to this layer of the Abyss.

As a secondary battlefield, its purpose was to stop enemies when the Worm Army could no longer hold them back.

He glanced at his Abyss Power; with this harvest, he now had over forty thousand points in total.

He revived eight hundred more Snakemen and converted all the chaotic desert creature souls into Worms.

Currently, all of Ye Chen's combat power included:

Abyssal Worms (First-tier Elite): 75,000, of which 65,000 were talented Worms.

Little Devils (Second-tier Extraordinary): 380.

Abyss Harpies (Second-tier Extraordinary): 850.

Abyssal Fire Spirits (Second-tier Extraordinary): 21.

Abyssal Snakemen (Third-tier Extraordinary): 2,800.

There were also some Dark Goblins and Dark Demonic Spiders.

This force was absolutely a dominant presence in this novice village.

Once everything was ready, Ye Chen quietly waited for the enemies to arrive.

He took a moment to glance at Gluttony, only to see that its surroundings were already covered with a layer of desert creature corpses.

And it was continuously switching assimilation targets.

Its Epidemic Assimilation could connect to a maximum of ten targets at a time, the other nine needing to be continuously swapped, with only the Desert Dragon still relatively resilient.

However, under the triple DEBUFF of the Abyss environment, disease, and weakened vitality, it was barely clinging to life.

As life force was absorbed, Gluttony's spirits improved, and its appetite greatly increased.

And the Snakemen were diligently serving it nearby.

Looking at Apollo, he was currently surrounded by over eight hundred Harpies, directing the scene.

Looking at the spirited Apollo, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a little jealous.

What great energy and kidneys...

Just then, the first black God Domain, eight hundred square kilometers in size, entered his sight like a giant beast, followed by a rough mocking voice:

"Kid, was that signal just now from you? You're really something, having this treasure and not hiding it, but showing it off so grandly."

"Luckily you met me, Big Daddy is in a good mood this time, so I won't chop you down. Hurry up and scram!"

With that, the black God Domain crashed directly into the Mithril God Domain, completely disregarding Ye Chen.

Ye Chen didn't care. Since he hadn't provoked him, he would let him live a little longer.

The main battlefield for this fight still had to be in his own God Domain; cross-regional combat was not advisable.

Immediately after, another seven-hundred-kilometer God Domain quietly arrived.

The God Lord silently took a position opposite the black God Domain and began to frantically mine.

Ye Chen saw that this situation was wrong. They said they would come and chop him down, but why were they all just focused on mining?

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he could only find a spot and pretend to mine.

Not long after, God Domains roared in one after another.

As more and more God Domains gathered, the scene was unexpectedly calm.

They maintained restraint and did not fight amongst themselves, but tacitly connected their God Domains to the Mithril Ore to mine.

Ye Chen thought for a moment and understood their intentions.

The Mithril Ore was already an open secret in this area; it couldn't be hidden, nor could any one person monopolize it.

Now, starting a chaotic battle would bring no benefits, and in the end, it would only benefit those who were waiting to swoop in.

It was better to mine as much as possible now, and if a big shot arrived, they would just yield their position.

But he sneered, knowing that greed would eventually tear apart this false peace.

There was only so much resource. When the big shots arrived, would they be content to find the Mithril Ore already mined?

Besides, when mining at the same resource point, would the dependents of different factions be so accommodating?

There would eventually be a big battle here.