Chapters [159-160]

Chapter 159. The Great Search

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Lu Ze and Lin Ling constantly flashed around in the complex tunnels.

In the distance, the beast roars echoed. Heavy steps followed them closely.

However, both of them frowned and didn't care about the roars.

They were reminiscing how they saw the spirit powered armor-like runes that lit up on the beasts.

The atmosphere fell silent for a while.

Lu Ze asked, "Lin Ling, do you think this planet would have spirit metal?"

Lin Ling turned around, glancing at the aperture opening state beast, and said slowly, "Ze, remember when we were at the transporter ship, that soldier said he saw a spirit metal being devoured by beasts?"

"If there are really spirit metal mines around the lair, then it seems right that the signal is blocked."

Lu Ze laughed speechlessly. If there were spirit metal mines nearby, the special spirit wave would interfere with quantum signals.

Lin Ling frowned. "If there really is one, I wonder how much there is…"

The two fell in silence again.

Spirit metal was too meaningful.

If there really was large amounts of spirit metal then…

The 25th planet would turn into a butchering ground very quickly.

Lin Ling smiled bitterly. "I have a very unfortunate guess."

Lu Ze's face went dark. "That Babatos came for this?"

Lin Ling nodded. "If the blade demon found spirit metal mines here, they may indeed send powerful beings over sneakily. Perhaps, the blade demons on this planet are beyond our imagination."

"Pfft." Lu Ze looked behind. "These guys really don't give up…"

At this moment, Lu Ze's eyes lit up. He smiled at Lin Ling. "Lin Ling, I have a bold idea."

Lin Ling's face went stiff. "…"

She didn't know what the idea was, but seeing how happy this guy was laughing, she had a bad feeling.

Her mouth twitched as she glared at Lu Ze. "No!!"

She had to stop this retard.

Lu Ze glanced behind. "I have no choice. If there really is a spirit metal mine, we need to leave as soon as possible. Even if we can't, we need to confirm if there are spirit metals."

Lin Ling bit her lips. She clearly knew this guy was going to be a retard, but he had the right reason, and she couldn't stop him.

Lu Ze smiled. "Lin Ling, why don't we go around and see if there are spirit metal in that boss' home?"

Lu Ze's lips raised like crazy. He just wanted to find a way out before, but now, he wasn't going to be so kind.

Lin Ling heard the roars behind her. Her eyes flashed, and she gritted her teeth, "Okay!"

A green light flashed in Lu Ze's eyes, and he ran to the general direction of the boss' cave.

The lair of the beasts was very complicated. Although they had run out very far, the memory of high-level martial artists was very good. Lu Ze could remember the general direction.

The sudden turn made the aperture opening state beast roar again.

It drifted, smashing a pillar away, and kept chasing.

Lu Ze took Lin Ling through tunnels after tunnels.

An hour later, the two came to the aperture opening state beast's cave.

There were piles of ores and metals. Lu Ze immediately used his mental force to sweep everything into his storage ring. The cave instantly became clean.

Only kids would choose. He would take it all.

The vibrant colored cave immediately dimmed down.

Lu Ze didn't stop at all and ran out of the cave.

As soon as they did, a powerful blue spirit force attack struck toward the two.

Lu Ze grinned. He punched out with wind and fire god art.

Rumble!!

The cave shook.

Lu Ze's power was still weaker than this boss.

The blue spirit force pillar annihilated Lu Ze's fist force. The remnant kept charging at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze raised his mental power, and waves of red barrier stopped before the attack, weakening it.

Then, he used the shock force to dart toward the other direction.

In terms of running, Lu Ze could confidently say he was very strong!

At this moment, the boss finally came to his cave. He turned around and saw that all the metals and crystals were gone.

It was completely dumbfounded.

That was all his collection!!

Those two bastard robbers!!

"Roar!!!"

The aperture opening state boss made a furious yet pitiful roar. Its blue ripples flashed, and it chased toward Lu Ze and Lin Ling again.

Meanwhile, Lu Ze and Lin Ling just ran out a few hundred meters. They were stunned.

Their eyes widened as they looked ahead in disbelief.

There were translucent crystals on the wall.

They had this faint glow and emitted a strange spirit force wave.

Lu Ze asked, "Lin Ling, this wouldn't be the spirit metal, right?"

Lu Ze was arranged to have 1.5 k.g. of spirit metal but that would only be given once he got to the school.

Lin Ling nodded. "This is indeed spirit metal."

Lu Ze was speechless.

They just needed to turn left from the door of the boss to see this, but before, they turned right and took a big circle to realize!

The great search!

At this moment, the furious roars of the big boss came out behind them.

The two shivered. They just raided its home. Their best option is to run first.

Thus, Lu Ze dragged Lin Ling to run again.

This tunnel had been dug for quite some time, but there were still spirit metals not yet eaten yet.

Clearly, even black shell beasts took time to digest spirit metal.

After going for a few k.m., there were more spirit metals scattered on the wall. Lu Ze and Lin Ling's eyes focused.

It was spread out, but there was quite the storage here.

Plus, there was probably more undiscovered yet.

This amount of spirit metal was enough to change the entire battlefield at Xiaer system.

Perhaps, even planetary martial artists would be coming!

That big black beast put its home next to the spirit metal mine. It was clearly to take it for himself.

This tunnel wasn't long, and soon, they reached the end.

It was another pitch-black cave with no difference from the tunnel before. Clearly, the big boss dug it itself.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling turned around. The big boss had already appeared in the tunnel.

The instant it saw Lu Ze and Lin Ling, it spat a blue spirit orb without hesitation.

The terrifying spirit force struck towards Lu Ze and Lin Ling.

Lu Ze raised a brow as he disappeared with the wind.

The orb struck a wall, blowing out tens of diameter long ditch. The entire cave was shaking.

One had to admit that the rock producing spirit metal was extremely tough.

Ordinary rocks attacked by aperture opening state wouldn't just break this little.

Despite this, cracks still appeared, and it was expanding.

Lu Ze charged into the other tunnel.

At the same time, a sliver of confusion flashed in his eyes.

He sensed some familiar chi.

"Lin Ling, do you sense it? There's a familiar chi."

"Familiar chi?" Lin Ling frowned.

Then, she shook her head. "Perhaps I'm not strong enough."

Lu Ze laughed. "Yo, young mistress Lin Ling finally admits she's a noob?"

"Lu Ze!!"

Lu Ze laughed. "We'll go around in a few more circles."

Lin Ling nodded. "Mhm."

Then, Lu Ze's eyes lit up again. "Lin Ling, I have another bold idea."

Lin Ling: "???"

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Chapter 160. Were they surrounded?

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Hearing this, Lin Ling rejected it in her heart.

This guy had a big hole in his head—the type that couldn't be filled up.

But Lin Ling still decided to listen to Lu Ze's idea. "What do you plan to do?"

"If I didn't sense it wrongly, there might be a tunnel over there. We can even make the bold guess that blade demons are mining. If we pull some more beasts over, it might be helpful?"

There were already so many beasts following them that it didn't matter if more came.

If they really went over there and found the blade demon mines, he would destroy it no matter what.

The spirit metal couldn't fall into the hands of the blade demons.

The two alone weren't enough to destroy the cave.

If there was a mining cave, there would definitely be aperture opening states guarding it. Lu Ze and Lin Ling would be in grave danger. Thus, it was important to drag over some fat bulky bodyguards.

Lin Ling's eyes flashed and she said, "Would we be surrounded?"

It was a good idea, but it was hard to execute.

Lu Ze grinned. "Don't worry, I'm very strong at running!"

What a joke, he was running man Lu Ze!

Then, Lu Ze took Lin Ling and started a big circle.

The aperture opening state boss chased even more resiliently after its home was robbed. Quite some core martial state followed too.

Of course, there were some sneaky ones who quickly went up to take a few bites at the spirit metal, seeing their boss wasn't watching, and then continued chasing furiously.

After one circle, Lu Ze noticed more beasts chasing them.

The cave was very popular.

Then, Lu Ze took that huge wave of beasts back to the tunnel with spirit metal.

There were still a few core martial state beasts secretly eating the spirit metal. Clearly, they didn't expect Lu Ze would be back.

Hearing another close roar, those few beasts stopped chewing. They shivered.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling glanced at the beasts that forgot to even attack them. Lu Ze didn't know why, but he still ran.

Core martial state attacks were useless against him.

Lu Ze ignored them.

Meanwhile, the aperture opening state boss found that his underlings dared to eat his spirit metal and was furious. He went up and slapped all of them dead.

Coming before the crack, Lu Ze sensed it previously but didn't sense anything this time.

The boss was chasing up. Red and green lights flashed in Lu Ze's eyes, and he punched in the huge ditch.

Rumble!!

Stones flew, and the crack grew deeper.

After that punch, Lu Ze still didn't sense that strange chi again.

Did he sense wrongly?

Before Lu Ze could think, he started running again as the beasts got closer.

After another big circle and Lu Ze brought the beasts here for the third time, that aperture opening state finally used spirit force attack on him, instead of charging at him.

Lu Ze dodged the attack, and the spirit force struck on the ditch.

Rumble!!

Dust and spirit force filled the space.

When the spirit force light disappeared, that ditch became a huge cave.

Lu Ze and Lin Ling went into another tunnel to dodge the attack and didn't stand in front of the cave.

They couldn't see what was inside, but the atmosphere became very silent.

The aperture opening state didn't roar, however, its heavy breathing grew more rapid. Each breath seemed to contain huge fury.

Lu Ze was dazed.

What was inside the cave that made the big boss this furious?

…

Sisiria was an aperture opening state primary stage blade demon. He wasn't as strong as prodigies who had god art, but he was a small prodigy.

So when the humans invaded outside, Babatoya sent him to guard the spirit metal mine entrance.

Lord Babatoya trusted him, and he wasn't going to betray this trust.

Just before, the miners reported beast roars and smashing sounds in the depth of the mine tunnel.

As the guardian of this mine, he was going to check this personally.

After all, spirit metal was too important. If something really happened, he would be gone.

He had a bad feeling. He sensed that one of the beasts seemed to be stronger than him. There was another strange power that felt weak but also made him sense danger.

Sisiria hesitated. The aperture opening states were fighting outside. What should he do? Should he fight alone?

His mission was to protect this mine. The beast seemed furious. If he fought it, would it get even angrier?

But if he didn't, the mining couldn't continue…

At this moment, a terrifying power exploded from the cave.

Huge rocks were thrown off. He quickly protected his miners.

Then, a huge hole appeared on the wall. Sisiria looked inside.

It was a tunnel filled with spirit metal that illuminated it.

But that wasn't the problem, as this place was a spirit metal mine.

The problem was that a huge beast with a hideous head was looking at him.

It seemed very strong!

…

This boss clearly didn't expect that the hole he created had other organisms inside.

When he saw the spirit metal that was dug out, his eyes went red.

Why was everyone trying to steal my treasure?!

These black two-legged organisms were worse than the previous two.

They dug such a huge hole??

Just how many spirit metal did they mine?

This was a treasure he was guarding!

Thus, the boss roared and charged into the cave without even looking at Lu Ze and Lin Ling.

Then, terrifying battle waves erupted.

Lin Ling asked curiously, "Blade demons?"

"We'll go sneak a look."

Before the big pack of beasts caught up, Lu Ze and Lin Ling peeped out their heads.

Soon, they saw what happened.

It was a huge hole, which was dug in the mining cave. It was a few thousand meters in diameter.

Quite some broken arms and legs were on the ground. They probably came from blade demon miners.

The beast that chased them was now chasing a blade demon flashing with red spirit light.

Every time the blade demon's sharp blades struck at the shell of the beast, it only made clanks. Not even a white scratch appeared.

Yet, the powerful attacks of the beast made the blade demon jump around.

Sisiria was dazed. His power wasn't much weaker than the beast, but its defenses were too terrifying?

His attacks were completely ineffective.

How was he going to fight?

Watching this, Lu Ze grinned. "Luckily, I was smart and found a fat bulky bodyguard. Otherwise, we would be caught up."

The blade demon was aperture opening state and stronger than him.

Without this beast, they would be hunted.

Lin Ling's eyes flashed. "There's a powerful being inside. Perhaps, there would be more outside."

Lu Ze's smile disappeared.

This did seem right.

Were they surrounded?

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