116: New space stone vein

Outside Vast Sea City, Secret Realm No. 2500, Boulder Valley.

"Boom—"

With a loud bang, the ground collapsed, revealing crystals that shimmered with silver-white light.

The loud noise attracted nearby adventurers, who gathered around, curiously observing the scene before them.

"This is..."

An old man in black armor picked up a crystal, examined it carefully, and a look of shock gradually appeared on his face.

He was a blacksmith from the Gu Family of Vast Sea City, highly knowledgeable.

The moment he saw these crystals, he already had a faint suspicion.

After repeated confirmation, he finally determined that these were precious space stones.

Looking around, silver-white space stones were scattered throughout the collapsed area.

This indicated that a space stone ore vein might exist below.

"Elder Gao, what is this thing?"

A guard leaned forward and asked excitedly.

Although he didn't recognize what it was, judging by Elder Gao's reaction, it must be very valuable.

He looked around and saw that more than a dozen adventurers had already gathered, with more people rushing over from a distance.

This made him abandon the idea of killing them to silence them and monopolize the treasure.

There were too many people here for them to handle.

"It's space stones! Quickly notify the Family!"

"Quickly collect the space stones, take as much as you can, and leave immediately once you're done!"

The old man's voice was urgent as he instructed the guard, then quickly began to act.

He collected the scattered space stones around him.

A major battle would soon break out here, and they couldn't stay long.

As for the ultimate ownership of the ore vein, it was beyond their control.

The only thing they could do was notify the Family, then grab a quick profit and retreat.

The guard was already prepared and quickly dialed the Family Head's communication, reporting the matter.

Afterward, they began collecting space stones... The entrance to the former Secret Realm No. 3699 was now a different scene.

A long cordon had been set up, and the area had become deserted.

The camps of various forces were being dismantled; the Secret Realm had disappeared, and there was no point in staying here.

The merchants who had gathered here had also long departed; places with no profit naturally couldn't keep them.

Gongsun Ye rushed over with his subordinates, set up the instruments, and began measurements.

Just now, the Spiritual Energy Research Institute issued an urgent mission, requiring him to investigate the disappearance of the new Secret Realm.

Upon receiving this mission, Gongsun Ye was overjoyed and immediately brought his people over.

"Finally rid of that crazy woman!"

After this mission was over, he would definitely apply to headquarters to be transferred back.

He didn't want to stay in this accursed place for another moment.

"Boss, the data is out!"

At this moment, a subordinate walked over with a data report.

Gongsun Ye took the report and examined it carefully.

"Strange..."

His brows furrowed; the data in the report was completely different from a Secret Realm that had been refined.

He had only seen this kind of data twice before.

The other time was not long ago, for the disappeared Trial Secret Realm No. 9527.

In other words, Secret Realm No. 3699 was very likely not refined, but disappeared.

"Go measure it again, and ensure the accuracy of the data!"

Gongsun Ye immediately instructed his subordinates.

Immediately after, he dialed headquarters to report this anomaly.

He suspected that this matter was related to the Dragon Clan.

Some time ago, the Dragon Clan appeared on Bluestar, followed by the disappearance of Secret Realm No. 9527.

Only a few days later, Secret Realm No. 3699 also disappeared.

Perhaps the Dragon Clan devoured these Secret Realms... It's very possible that the Dragon Clan isn't in Secret Realm No. 4399 at all.

All of this was an illusion it created!

This cunning Dragon Clan... As for the World Purifying Society's claim of destroying the Secret Realm, he didn't believe it from the start.

He had been relatively free during this period, often watching live streams and seeing many videos about the World Purifying Society.

How could those idiots from the World Purifying Society possibly have the ability to destroy a Secret Realm?

It would be a miracle if they didn't blow themselves up!

...Outside Starfall City, Barren Alliance base.

The atmosphere here was very oppressive.

Marquis Lie Hu sat in the main seat, his face ashen.

They had waited a long time but had not received any news from their subordinates.

Just now, they received news that the new Secret Realm had been refined.

Everyone inside had been cleared out, but there was no sign of Barren Alliance members.

It seemed they had been completely wiped out.

At the same time, he also received another piece of news: the Pioneering Teams of the Li Family and Ying Family had also disappeared.

This meant that his subordinates had perished together with the Li and Ying Families.

"These fools!"

Marquis Lie Hu was furious.

"Didn't they confidently say there would be no problem before?"

"How did they get themselves dragged into it too?"

He simply couldn't describe his feelings.

His subordinates had tracked the enemy for so long and made ample preparations before making their move.

The result was mutual destruction... All that flashy maneuvering for this outcome?

This made him lose face.

"My Lord, two Marquis-level Experts from the World Purifying Society have appeared nearby and are provoking us!"

Just then, a subordinate ran in and reported loudly.

"Good, good, good! I was just worried about not finding them, and they've delivered themselves to my doorstep!"

Marquis Lie Hu slammed the table and stood up abruptly.

His reinforcements had just arrived, and the World Purifying Society came to cause trouble; truly a heaven-sent opportunity!

These guys, even after their base was taken, they still aren't peaceful.

This time, he would make them remember for good!

...Meanwhile, near the entrance of the former Secret Realm No. 3699.

Lin Xingyu and his group had just teleported out when they saw busy figures in the distance.

"Tsk tsk, these people really make a fuss, building it only to tear it down!"

Wang Ledian curled his lips, somewhat gloating.

Whenever a new Secret Realm appeared, major forces would form Pioneering Teams to enter the Secret Realm and seize resources.

The resources in new Secret Realms were generally divided up by these large forces.

But this time was an exception; they were cleared out before they even had a chance to divide them.

Many newly built camps were now being dismantled.

"Let's go, we'll go to Secret Realm No. 3688 to kill monsters and level up!"

Lin Xingyu summoned the Dark Fiend Dragon and ascended into the air.

He wanted to quickly raise his Rank to Peak Tier 3 Nine Stars, preparing for promotion to Tier 4.

If the "secret realm core" appeared and he hadn't reached Peak Tier 3 Nine Stars yet, that would be awkward.

"Let's go, let's go, we also need to hurry up and level up!"

"Haha, if I reach Tier 4, I'll be an Intermediate Evolver too!"

Everyone summoned their mounts and followed Lin Xingyu away.

This time, it was still a four-person team.

Yao Lan was teleported by Lin Xingyu to Luo Chengan's side, forming a duo with Luo Chengan.

Caron, meanwhile, commanded the treants in the Inner World to perform environmentalTransformation.

They were clearing large areas for spiritual fields, preparing for large-scale planting.

Actually, Lin Xingyu could also transform his Inner World, but this would consume a lot of World Power, which was very uneconomical.

It was better to leave these tasks to his subordinates.

He had already planned to purchase various seeds after being promoted to Tier 4.

He wanted to fill his Inner World with various plants to increase biodiversity.

This would be beneficial for the growth and evolution of his Inner World...