70: Chapter 70 is in hand.

On the other side, inside the tunnel, after Dylan pressed the button, he didn't pay it any more attention and walked straight to the cave entrance.

Looking at the Crystal Core Guardians, Mother Worm, and Soldier Worms below, Dylan took a deep breath, and his gaze instantly became sharp.

'Flash Step'

The next moment, Dylan's muscles and bones cracked.

Deafening thunder and the howling of a gale suddenly exploded in the originally very quiet Mother Nest!

In the blink of an eye, Dylan's figure disappeared from the cave entrance, appeared before the silvery-white pond, and reached out to grab the three origin crystal essences floating on the water's surface.

Dylan's sudden eruption was so fast that the Worm Race members hadn't even reacted yet; they were still standing blankly in place as before.

This was completely different from what he used when dealing with the Phantom Crystal Worm Shadows and other Worm Race members before.

Before, it was purely relying on Physical Body explosive power to increase speed.

But what he just used was a Wizardry Tricks he had learned, capable of short-distance instantaneous dashes, dodging, and even brief levitation!

Only in this way could Dylan be so fast, arriving directly at the pond to seize the origin crystal essence before the Worm Race could react.

Dylan looked at the origin crystal essence within reach, and an uncontrollable excited smile appeared on his face.

He hadn't expected to obtain the origin crystal essence they had been yearning for day and night so easily.

Although Dylan understood in his heart that obtaining it was only the first step, and how to safely bring it out afterward was the most critical part.

Dylan did not hesitate; he immediately scooped up the three origin crystal essences and stored them in his spatial bag.

After Dylan finished all this, the Worm Race members finally reacted.

The Mother Worm lying on the ground looked at Dylan, who had suddenly appeared before it, its eyes still somewhat bewildered, blinking its mung bean-sized eyes.

But when it saw Dylan snatch away the origin crystal essence, its mung bean eyes suddenly widened, and it erupted with a shrill, piercing sound.

At the very moment this sound rang out, the Crystal Core Guardians and Soldier Worms also reacted and lunged toward Dylan's location.

At the same time, the moment the sound rang out, the Worm Race members in the Desert stopped in their tracks, not continuing to lunge toward the platforms where the wizards were standing, but instead turning around and burrowing down into the Desert.

However, while the Worm Race outside the Basin could burrow down, those inside the Basin were blocked by the Formation and could not burrow into the gravel.

Encountering this situation, some of the Worm Race possessed intelligence, such as the Phantom Crystal Worm Shadows.

They quickly reacted, knowing that this was the trickery of the wizards standing on the platforms.

Therefore, under their control, the Worm Race in the Basin split into two groups.

One group continued to attack the wizards on the platforms, while the other group constantly attacked the Magic Array, wanting to break it.

But their calculations failed; since they had used the Magic Array, how could these Wizard Apprentices not have anticipated this situation?

Not to mention that the platforms were outside the Magic Array, even inside the Magic Array, each platform had three Wizard Apprentices constantly rotating, giving them sufficient time to rest.

As such, wanting to leave the Magic Array in a short time was wishful thinking.

Seeing this scene, the Wizard Apprentices were not alarmed but delighted.

Because they all understood in their hearts why the Worm Race was in such a state.

It must be Dylan's doing; otherwise, these bugs would not be so anxious.

Dylan, who was below, had no way of knowing the situation above.

However, when he saw this scene, he laughed aloud: "How could I be so embarrassed by such kindness? You don't need to see me out!"

After saying this, he immediately took a step, his figure flashed, and he flew through the air toward the cave entrance he had come down from.

However, going up wasn't as fast as coming down; he took several steps in the air before he returned to his original position.

Looking back, he saw the Worm Race clinging to the rock walls, swarming densely toward his position.

Dylan was not afraid at all; on the contrary, he smiled again, and an alchemy bomb suddenly appeared in his hand.

It was exactly the same as the alchemy bomb that Ivan had used above, only much smaller in size.

Watching the Worm Race surging like a tide, Dylan gave a light toss.

The alchemy bomb was immediately tossed by him into that spherical cave.

After doing this, Dylan did not stay any longer; he ran forward along the tunnel, counting silently in his heart.

When he counted to the last number in his heart, Dylan did not continue running but turned into a bend and began to wait quietly.

He didn't have to wait long; a "boom" suddenly rang out behind him.

At this moment, Dylan felt as if the entire Mother Nest was shaking; fine gravel and crystal debris fell onto Dylan's head.

But at this moment, Dylan didn't pay attention to these things; he took a deep breath, and his magic power suddenly erupted.

Accompanied by the explosion of magic power, Dylan's body became congested with blood, like a devilish muscle man, and his size grew much larger.

The tunnel, which had previously seemed spacious, instantly became crowded.

After expanding for three breaths, a gale mixed with debris surged from the tunnel and fiercely slammed into Dylan.

In an instant, under the effect of the gale, the debris hitting Dylan instantly cut countless tiny wounds into his body.

Scarlet blood seeped out from the wounds, staining his entire body crimson, looking extremely miserable.

And this gale had already had its power reduced somewhat after passing through the bend.

If Dylan had been a bit slower and hadn't turned into the bend, it wouldn't have been as simple as just being cut with blood slits like it was now.

It could have been death by a thousand cuts.

This impact did not last long; after a few breaths, it began to weaken.

Dylan also noticed the change in the impact; he did not continue to maintain the wizardry and immediately dispersed it.

Just at this moment, a roar containing various emotions of pain and anger was transmitted into the tunnel along with the impact.

"Awoo——!!!"

Hearing this sound, Dylan's expression instantly became grave.

"I didn't even manage to kill the Mother Worm with that; its skin is truly thick!"

After sighing, Dylan did not wait for the impact to become smaller; he directly faced the impact and continued to run quickly through the passage, heading in the direction where he and Blake were.

On the way, Dylan also encountered the blockade of the Worm Race surging from all directions.

However, none of these things slowed Dylan's speed by even a fraction; he blasted them all to pieces with a single punch!

He didn't know how long he had run, but Dylan finally saw Blake's figure.

At this moment, Blake was standing in a depression in the tunnel with an anxious look, and in front of him stood a tall Worker Worm.

The reason he did this was likely to use this Worker Worm to conceal his figure so that the Worm Race running through this tunnel wouldn't discover him.

After all, although the Worm Race didn't have vision, it didn't mean they were all idiots who wouldn't care about such a large lump blocking their way.

Furthermore, who knew if one would be unlucky enough to run into those mutated species.

Therefore, this was the safest method.