541: Chapter 541 Let's suffer on Blue Star first

What these Sea Tribes didn't know was that Long Yuan had already used water-attribute Formation Flags to set up a First-order Illusion Formation on their inevitable path. Although it was merely a First-order Formation, it was a Formation from the Cultivation World! For these Sea Tribes who hadn't yet begun to Cultivate or had only just dabbled in it, this was absolutely a dimensional strike!

Thus, these Sea Tribes gradually became lost within this stretch of sea. By now, they were completely unable to distinguish up from down, left from right, or the cardinal directions. Moreover, as time passed, the Formation gradually split and diverted them, causing their connections with each other to grow fewer and fewer. From their own perspective, the number of companions around them was dwindling, and they had no idea where the others had gone. This instilled panic in many Sea Tribes!

By this point, even the dullest among them realized something was wrong. They began thinking of fleeing immediately, so they dashed about wildly, swimming frantically in an attempt to find a direction and quickly escape this terrifying stretch of sea...

Seeing the time was ripe, Long Yuan quietly opened a corner of the Heavenly Dao Space. This corner was the ocean within the spatial world, which by now had grown quite expansive, becoming a true ocean in every sense. When it connected with this stretch of sea on Blue Star, the aura of Spiritual Qi it emanated immediately attracted the attention of all the Sea Tribes like an irresistible delicacy. Feeling they had found the escape route, they surged through the channel opened by the Formation. In less than half a day, they had all entered the ocean within the Heavenly Dao Space!

Closing the spatial channel, a faint smile appeared on Long Yuan's face. Since his will permeated every corner of the space, these Sea Tribes would soon be influenced by it and gradually become his believers. Of course, he could also drive them to work or fight for him in the future...

"This method is quite convenient for dealing with Sea Tribes, but it requires setting up the Formation in advance, and it's best done in the sea. If they were to come ashore, it would become very troublesome..." Long Yuan mused, summarizing the lessons from this engagement while simultaneously urging the qilin war chariot to accelerate towards the deep sea. He broke the sound barrier even underwater, reaching the Nine Infants' lair in less than half a day.

"Young Lord, you're here!" Upon seeing Long Yuan, Qian Xiaosen and the others excitedly gathered around.

Long Yuan nodded and asked, "Who else is inside?"

"Only a female from the Spearfish Clan is left on guard..." Tao Yaoyao replied with a smile.

"Let me see..." Long Yuan extended a wisp of Divine Sense and quickly located the woman. He saw her there, drinking cup after cup of some unknown substance, her entire person in a dazed state...

Long Yuan directly transformed his Divine Sense into a Soul Net, binding her and moving her into the spatial ocean. Then he said to Qian Xiaosen and the others, "I've captured her! You can begin mining the ore here now. As for that Spiritual Vein, I'll move it after you finish mining the ore, to avoid causing undersea disturbances that might affect the mining operations!"

"Yes, Young Lord!" the group responded in unison.

Qian Xiaosen immediately directed the team members to commence the mining mission according to the previous deployment. Twenty-four war chariots simultaneously extended their mining pipes, plunging deep into the seabed!

The mining pipes were connected to the spaces within the war chariots. Once ore was dug up, it was directly sucked into the spaces, making the process very convenient. Most importantly, the mining gears at the pipe tips were extremely high-tech. Not only were they sturdy and sharp, combining spiral excavation and blasting functions, but even if the gear teeth wore down severely, backup teeth could automatically replace them. The entire process was controlled by the System...

Soon, a continuous stream of ore could be seen being sucked into the space of each war chariot. This ore was automatically sorted and stored, and even the slag was stored separately, awaiting recycling by the Heavenly Dao Space.

The mining operation also caused seabed tremors, startling countless Sea Tribes. Some would come to investigate, but as the seawater had turned into a mass of Chaos, they couldn't see what was happening inside. Moreover, blocked by the pre-laid Formations, they couldn't enter at all. Most Sea Tribes were frightened and immediately fled the area. They all knew that when the Nine Infants went on a rampage, killing people and beasts was the norm. If they bumped into him when he was in a bad mood, their lives would be forfeit...

Since the high-ranking Sea Tribes in this area had already been captured by Long Yuan in one sweep, the mining operation proceeded extremely smoothly. In about three days, all the identified ore had been collected into the space. The seabed was left with countless unfathomably deep pits and holes. However, these pits weren't randomly scattered; they were distributed along the edges of the Spiritual Vein. This arrangement would help Long Yuan reduce much resistance when collecting it later.

The grade of this Spiritual Vein wasn't particularly high, only around the fourth tier, but it stretched for several miles, making it a large-scale Spiritual Vein. It could satisfy the Cultivation needs of a large number of low-level Cultivators, which was exactly what Future City currently required.

Long Yuan spread out his Divine Sense, enveloping the entire Spiritual Vein, and began the transfer. He initially thought this would be incredibly difficult, but the situation turned out to be manageable. It didn't feel particularly heavy, and the consumption of Soul Power wasn't excessive either. This suddenly made him understand why moving that Spiritual Vein beneath West Lake last time felt so heavy. The main reason lay in the grade of the Spiritual Vein. High-tier Spiritual Veins were far denser than low-tier ones. Although that previous Spiritual Vein was only a short segment, its mass was almost greater than this several-mile-long large-scale Spiritual Vein. Hence, it felt extremely substantial. Furthermore, his Soul Power back then wasn't as strong as it was now. Therefore, this collection process was relatively much easier...

Qian Xiaosen, Tao Yaoyao, Tan Xinmin, Qi Huaiyi, and the other soldiers watched as Long Yuan effortlessly collected the entire undersea Spiritual Vein. They were all stunned, their eyes wide and jaws agape, unable to fathom what kind of immortal technique could achieve such a feat!

"The Young Lord is mighty! The Young Lord is mighty!! The Young Lord is mighty!!!" the crowd couldn't help but shout fervently...

Long Yuan waved his hand and said, "Everyone, hurry back! The earth veins here will experience disturbances. Moreover, the starship modification project must be accelerated. We need to leave Blue Star before the people from Tianji Pavilion arrive!"

"Yes!!!" Everyone quickly controlled their war chariots to ascend rapidly...

Not long after the team departed, this seabed area finally couldn't withstand such drastic changes. Especially the absence of the Spiritual Vein plunged the local earth veins into complete disorder. Countless fissures began expanding wildly, spewing out vast amounts of subterranean material. Energy clusters exploded and ruptured everywhere. A great number of marine creatures suffered terrible fates, either perishing instantly or becoming displaced, swept away by energy flows to unknown locations...

Witnessing this apocalyptic scene on the light screens, everyone was deeply shaken and felt a pang of guilt, for this undersea catastrophe was of their own making. But there was no other way. To modify the starship, to escape Blue Star, to pursue higher Cultivation Realms and levels of civilization, Blue Star had to suffer first!

Perhaps this was the norm in the Cultivation World. Because resources were of utmost importance, yet were divided and occupied by major powers, leaving little for ordinary Cultivators. Therefore, once people discovered Cultivation resources, they often resorted to exhaustive exploitation, digging them up root and branch...