160: Chapter 160 Mysterious Earth Crystal
"Hehehe!"
Lin Zhizhi, who was digging for the rare treasure, let out a strange laugh. She was fully immersed and didn't allow anyone else to help.
With her effort, in just two or three minutes, a grayish-brown boulder buried five meters underground was completely unearthed.
The dust-covered boulder was three meters long and over one meter high.
At the edge of the deep pit, the people above were all very curious about what kind of rare treasure this boulder was.
"Move aside."
At the bottom of the pit, Lin Zhizhi spread her hands, then firmly placed them on the boulder. Immediately, the heavy boulder was easily lifted by her.
Seeing that the people above had made way, Lin Zhizhi, carrying the boulder, jumped up.
Once up, she steadily placed the boulder down, the entire process making little noise.
"What is this? It's quite heavy, over forty tons, actually."
A curious Fang Yuan stepped forward and placed his hand on the boulder, casually shaking the rock, which was larger than himself, up and down with one hand to estimate its weight.
However, a rock three meters long and over a meter high weighing over forty tons meant it had a very high density.
"Let's take a look!"
At this moment, the four members of the Support Group all stepped forward to examine the unknown rock.
To see what kind of rare treasure this rock was, the few of them casually placed their clean hands on it, wiping away the dirt from the boulder to observe what rare treasure it was.
To see what kind of rare treasure the grayish-brown boulder was, Thank Rain directly took out her weapon, preparing to make a cut on it.
As the Silver Rank long saber touched the boulder, the immense resistance made it impossible for her to cut through. Unable to do so, Thank Rain could only scrape downwards with the side of the blade.
As the sharp blade scraped across, a unique, flesh-like, yellowish-brown material appeared beneath the grayish-brown surface.
"Hmm~, could this be a Silver Rank rare treasure, a mysterious earth crystal stone? That would be incredible."
Seeing what was inside the boulder, Thank Rain said her guess with some hesitation. A yellowish-brown boulder that even a Silver Rank long saber couldn't break through—in her mind, only a mysterious earth crystal stone fit the description.
The few members of the Support Group, also from Tiandu, stepped forward to observe, and all unanimously agreed that this giant rock was the incredibly expensive Silver Rank rare treasure—a mysterious earth crystal stone.
"So, how many energy points is this rare treasure worth?"
After using her own energy to clean the dirt off herself, Lin Zhizhi asked the most important question.
"If it really is a mysterious earth crystal stone, then we've hit the jackpot. A mysterious earth crystal stone this size is already worth tens of billions. If this one is real, it could be worth at least two… three hundred billion."
Thank Rain gestured exaggeratedly with her hands to show the size of a typical mysterious earth crystal stone. After converting, if this giant rock was entirely a mysterious earth crystal stone, it could sell for at least two hundred billion energy points.
As she stated the final value, Thank Rain's entire body trembled slightly because of the enormous number.
Two to three hundred billion energy points—even if one were to constantly hunt monsters every day, and assuming there were many monsters, it would still take forty to fifty days to possibly acquire that many energy points.
Hearing the long number, everyone was incredibly joyful. To obtain such a rare treasure in less than half an hour made everyone even more excited for the upcoming actions.
"Hey, let's continue!"
Lin Zhizhi, who had personally dug out the mysterious earth crystal stone, was still not satisfied. Looking towards the unknown ahead, she wished her eyes could turn into rare treasure-seeking tools.
The exploration had just begun, and no one in Squad returned the way they came just because they had found a mysterious earth crystal stone.
One of the Support Group members easily picked up the mysterious earth crystal stone, which weighed over forty tons. Afterwards, everyone continued to search for rare treasures in the fog.
rare treasures are difficult to find. The perception of Gold Rank and Legendary Rank True Spirit Professionals can only sense the outer contours of objects and cannot see what is inside.
Only upon reaching Epic Rank, when one has mastered the Power of Rules, will a Professional's perception undergo a new transformation.
At that time, they will be able to use their perception to search for rare treasures nearby.
In the vast fog, the only tool for finding rare treasures was an energy detector, an instrument highly sensitive to energy reactions.
Having tasted success, Lin Zhizhi continued to advance with Thank Rain in subsequent actions; wherever Thank Rain went, she followed... More than an hour later.
After a long search, Squad had a bountiful harvest. Each of the beautiful Support Group members carried various rare treasures.
The Earth Demon Territory, this Fringe Void Realm, was an untouched, pristine land, unexplored by anyone, with countless rare treasures.
Moreover, many rare treasures had no effect on monsters, so the energy detector would react almost every short distance.
Over an hour of sporadic searching yielded Squad over a hundred rare treasures.
However, most of them were basic Bronze Rank rare treasures, completely useless to them, and generally worth only one to three million.
Compared to the initial mysterious earth crystal stone, this was a difference of heaven and earth.
Although these rare treasures were not highly valuable, they were essentially found items, and Squad did not dislike them.
Anything that made the energy detector react, whether recognized or not, was taken away.
Aside from a large portion being common, inexpensive items, Squad also acquired three Silver Rank rare treasures: Fire Silver Profound Iron, Purple Gold Silver Stone, and Frost Moon Grass.
Fire Silver Profound Iron and Purple Gold Silver Stone, like the mysterious earth crystal stone mentioned earlier, are rare treasure-type items, primarily used for refining various Silver Rank and Gold Rank true spirit artifacts.
Because they were not as large as the mysterious earth crystal stone, the Fire Silver Profound Earth and Purple Gold Silver Stone were only worth about ten billion.
"There are so many rare treasures in this Earth Demon Territory. Could this Fringe Void Realm be a Second-Rank Edge Void Realm? Otherwise, how could there be so many rare treasures?"
The rare treasures were too easy to obtain, and this feeling of ease caused Thank Rain and the four members of the Support Group to have an unsettling thought.
The four members of Squad were all aware of important matters like Fringe Void Realm Ranks. Fringe Void Realms are divided into Fringe, Near-Layer, and Deep-Layer, with the first two also having First, Second, and Third Grades.
If this Earth Demon Territory truly was a Second-Rank Edge Void Realm, then that would not be good news. Although a higher Fringe Void Realm Rank means more rare treasures are nurtured.
However, the prerequisite for a Second-Rank Edge Void Realm is generally theDevour of hundreds of Third-Grade Border Phantom Realms.
Ordinary Third-Grade Border Phantom Realms usually only have ten to twenty Epic Rank One to Epic Rank Four monsters.
But a Second-Rank Edge Void Realm that has swallowed hundreds of Third-Grade Border Phantom Realms would have at least a hundred Epic Rank Monsters, with the strongest even reaching Epic Rank Seven.
This is Epic Rank Seven. Each Rank is difficult to Breakthrough, and the gap between them is also very large. Generally, only Transcendent True Spirit Talent Holders possess the strength to fight above their Rank.
According to currently known intelligence, there is only one Second-Rank Edge Void Realm around the Human Alliance. If this Earth Demon Territory is also one, then that number would become two.
Hearing the speculation of the four beautiful members of the Support Group, Fang Yuan and the others didn't react much.
The problems they could discover, perhaps the Human Alliance also knew about the problems with this Earth Demon Territory. It's possible that the Demon Defense Fortress built earlier was decided upon because of the knowledge of the Earth Demon Territory's anomaly.
The four members of the Support Group couldn't confirm whether this was a Second-Rank Edge Void Realm. In the joy of exploring for rare treasures, they quickly dispelled the worries in their minds.