228: Chapter 228 The Underground World

On Guanyao Island, a holographic projection was displayed.

The red light representing the Mountain-Swallowing Armadillo completely extinguished.

Meanwhile, the green light representing Lin Yun remained quietly in place, no longer moving.

The entire venue fell silent for a moment; tourists looked at each other, and for a while, no one dared to speak.

"Is this..."

Someone spoke in a low voice.

"The Mountain-Swallowing Armadillo is dead?"

"Lin Yun won?"

After a brief silence...

"He won!!!"

"Lin Yun won!!!"

Cheers erupted like a tsunami!

The entire Guanyao Island seemed to vibrate.

Countless people jumped up, hugging, cheering, and screaming!

"He won! Tianshui Prefecture's Lin Yun won!"

"A Rank Six Void Core slaying a Rank Three Perfection—he's the first in Minglu Planet's history!"

The hearts of Su Yingxue, Qiao Shiyu, and the others finally settled.

One by one, they clutched their chests and let out long sighs of relief, their eyes turning slightly red.

Qiao Feifei jumped up directly, hugging Feifei while laughing and hopping.

On the command deck, the Governor let out a long breath and patted Principal Yang Qi's shoulder with a face full of joy:

"Good! Good lad! He really brought honor to our Minglu Planet! He even took down a Rank Three Perfection; we're set for this competition!"

...

The Underground World.

Lin Yun sheathed his sword and looked down at the coordinates on his Communicator.

Five thousand meters underground.

He took a photo of the Mountain-Swallowing Armadillo's massive corpse.

He sent out the precise location, waiting for the official drones to come and recover it.

After dealing with the corpse, he turned to look at the underground space covered in vegetation.

Just now, when the Mountain-Swallowing Armadillo rushed here...

It clearly could have sprinted in a straight line, but it suddenly slammed on the brakes.

It would rather turn around and squeeze into a narrow hole than set foot in this area.

It was precisely that moment of hesitation that allowed him to easily catch up and kill it.

The ground was covered with a strange type of grass, glowing with a faint, ghostly blue fluorescence.

Lin Yun casually plucked a blade.

The touch was no different from ordinary grass—flexible and common.

But one look was enough to know it was no ordinary thing.

The entire underground space was densely packed with this grass.

He focused his gaze and could vaguely see tiny points of light slowly flowing between the blades of grass.

Lin Yun simply turned off the light on his Communicator.

In an instant, the entire underground turned into a sea of blue light.

The fluorescence flowed between the grass blades like water, so dreamlike it didn't seem like the real world.

He reached out again to touch a blade; no toxins erupted, no energy backlash—everything was very gentle.

But the more it was like this, the more alert Lin Yun became.

A Rank Three Perfection Mountain-Swallowing Armadillo was scared to that extent, preferring to die than enter; this place definitely hid a great terror.

Lin Yun was no longer careless.

He simultaneously activated the 'Traceless Breath-Concealing Art' and Phantom Shadow Evasion.

He flew slowly at a low altitude.

His speed was not fast, prioritizing caution and safety.

The deeper he went, the more astonishing the sights became.

The grass blades grew larger, and the space widened as he went.

One meter, two meters, three meters...

Until finally, the grass stalks actually grew to over ten meters high.

The leaves were as wide as boats, layered and flowing with blue light, resembling a giant fluorescent forest.

Lin Yun's heart felt heavy.

Although he wasn't intimately familiar with Minglu Planet's Monster Continent, he had never heard of such an underground world, let alone these giant glowing plants.

The underground of the entire continent seemed to have been hollowed out; the grass leaves were connected, light flowed between the stems and leaves, and even the deep root systems were transmitting fluorescence.

He used his Communicator to record the scenes one by one and sent them directly to Shen Qingqiu and Principal Yang Qi.

...

Guanyao Island Command Deck.

Principal Yang Qi and Shen Qingqiu received the message at the same time and opened it.

The two looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other's eyes.

They immediately shared the footage with everyone present.

Here were all the high-ranking officials of Minglu Planet, veteran powerhouses, and Martial Arts University principals.

But as the group took turns watching, everyone's brows furrowed; not a single person recognized what kind of plant this was.

"Never seen it before."

"Nor have I heard of any records in ancient texts."

"Flowing blue light, giant grass bodies—it's too bizarre."

The Governor made a prompt decision, uploading the footage and data directly to the Empire's database, waiting for a comparison result.

Everyone present stared at the light screen, waiting for the result while making wild guesses.

Some said it was an ancient Spiritual Plant, others said it was a mutated monster plant.

But not a single explanation held water.

The matching process was unusually long, and the longer it took, the more uneasy everyone felt.

...

At the same time, on the distant Imperial Star.

Qu Yanran was processing resource reports.

Suddenly, she received an urgent comparison alert from the Empire's database.

Upon opening it, she stood up abruptly, her face changing drastically.

With hands almost trembling, she reported the news to Ninth Princess.

"Princess! Something terrible has happened!"

"On Minglu Planet... a Star-Devouring Creature is suspected to have appeared!"

"It's... Starlight Grass!"

...

The news reached Minglu Planet.

When the words 'Star-Devouring Creature' and 'Starlight Grass' popped up, everyone on the command deck was instantly stunned; the entire venue went dead silent.

Star-Devouring Creature!

Just the name alone made one's scalp tingle.

Terrifying existences that devoured planets, one of the most dangerous categories of life in the Universe.

Whether plants, Yao Beasts, or energy bodies...

Once they matured, they were capable of swallowing a living planet whole.

Shen Qingqiu's face turned pale; her first reaction was that Lin Yun was still inside!

She immediately sent messages frantically, her tone urgent to the extreme:

"Lin Yun! Evacuate immediately! That's the Star-Devouring Creature, Starlight Grass! It's extremely dangerous!"

"Come back right now! Do not approach!"

Deep underground.

Lin Yun saw the several urgent messages Shen Qingqiu had sent in succession.

But he did not retreat.

Because in front of him was an incredibly vast underground space.

At the end of the blue flowing light.

A sky-propping giant grass stood between heaven and earth.

It almost filled the entire underground space.

All the blue light flowed out from its body.

The flowing light continuously gathered at the top of the giant grass, condensing into massive blue crystals that hung quietly beneath the grass stalks.

With just one look, Lin Yun's heart pounded wildly, and his breath hitched.

"Is that... plant essence?!"

He was all too familiar with this stuff.

Back when he exchanged resources on the Imperial Star, ordinary liquid plant essence cost a hundred million per catty.

But these before him were crystals formed from highly concentrated plant essence.

The purity, medicinal effect, and value were five times higher—at least five hundred million per catty!

Beneath the giant grass, any single crystal was several meters in size, weighing at least ten thousand catties.

One crystal... was five trillion!

And here, there was far more than just one.

As far as Lin Yun's eyes could see, he clearly saw eight on his side alone; adding up the entire area, there were at least a dozen or so.

Tens or even hundreds of trillions in value were laid out right before his eyes.

Who wouldn't be tempted?

Lin Yun speculated.

The Starlight Grass before him must have had its seeds fall onto Minglu Planet with a meteorite countless years ago.

They burrowed deep underground to take root and sprout, growing continuously by devouring the planet.

That was how the underground here was hollowed out, forming this massive space.

Dangerous?

He knew that.

Could a Star-Devouring Creature not be dangerous?

But wealth is sought amidst danger.

With this much plant essence, it would be enough for him to charge toward the Ten-Perfect Dao Pill!

He could even Cultivate all the way to Rank Five or Six.

Moreover, the aura of the Starlight Grass's mother body was only at Rank Four.

It was even in an automatic devouring state.

Meaning it was in a semi-conscious, instinctive state of action.

If he didn't try now, then when?

Lin Yun glanced at the messages Shen Qingqiu was frantically spamming on the Communicator.

Then, he replied with one:

[Don't worry, Teacher, I know what I'm doing. I'll just take a look and come out right away.]