Struck It Rich

Just when everyone was at their most nervous, the fierce fire dragons suddenly seemed to crash into an invisible barrier as they charged forward. More than ten meters away from the group, they transformed directly into scattered particles of light.

When they saw all the fire dragons vanish, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Even Hot Wheels asked Xiao Zhen in astonishment, "Xiao Zhen, have you been here before? You were so accurate. You said they couldn't leave the valley, and they really couldn't leave the valley. That's incredible!"

Xiao Zhen did not want to answer Hot Wheels's question. He couldn't exactly say that he had watched the cartoon, that they were all characters in it, and that the dragons had been unable to leave the valley in the show, which was why he had said so.

"Alright, everyone, hurry to the entrance. The Energy Amethysts inside are waving at us!" Xiao Zhen announced loudly.

At the mention of Energy Amethysts, all the Motorcycle Clan warriors went wild with joy. It was like someone on Earth telling you there was a massive vein of gold ahead, just waiting to be mined. How could anyone not go crazy?

Very soon, everyone stood before a stone gate and held their breath. Well, robots could not breathe, but they could vent air.

The moment Hot Wheels got off the aircraft, he lay flat on the ground and stared at the lava below. He asked suspiciously, "Hey! Xiao Zhen, is the lava down there real? It isn't another illusion, is it?"

"I don't know. Why don't we jump down together and find out? But you go first," Xiao Zhen said with a wicked grin.

"Ah! What if it really is lava down there? What if I melt?" Hot Wheels asked in terror.

"Hehe." Xiao Zhen chuckled. "Then I won't have to jump down."

Hot Wheels looked at the lava below, then at Xiao Zhen beside him. He immediately got up, turned around, and walked away as he said, "Look! Wow! That gate is so majestic. There must be loads of Energy Amethysts hidden inside. Everyone, hurry and take a look. If you're late, there won't be any left for you."

Hot Wheels hurriedly changed the subject. He had no intention of testing whether the lava was real. If it really was lava, there probably would not even be any parts left after he jumped in.

Xiao Zhen could not help chuckling a few times. Hot Wheels really was amusing. Life was much more fun with such a joker around. Xiao Zhen was even wondering whether he should bring him to the Dou Qi Continent someday.

As for whether Hot Wheels would count as some kind of oddity in the Dou Qi Continent, there was no need to worry. Countless races lived side by side there, and every kind of race existed. Besides, this fellow was not all that strong and would not make others wary. At most, they would find him novel and take a few extra looks.

Everyone soon gathered before the gate. This gate was made of purple crystal. More accurately, the entire mountain in front of them was made of purple crystal.

Xiao Zhen touched the purple crystal. He could not tell what it was made of, nor did he know whether it was valuable.

"Xiao Zhen, what do we do now? How do we open this gate?" Tornado asked in confusion.

Xiao Zhen carefully examined the gate and searched through his memories. Then he pointed at the groove in its center and said uncertainly, "We probably just need to place the two tokens into that groove."

"Mm, let's give it a try." The Lightning City Lord glanced at Supersonic beside him, nodded, and agreed.

Supersonic nodded as well. The Blizzard City token was currently with him. Although he had wanted to hand it over to the Lightning City Lord before, the latter had refused.

The Lightning City Lord and Supersonic each held a token and set them into the stone gate. Before long, red and blue stripes appeared on the gate.

The two tokens embedded in the stone gate also gave off their own light. Xiao Zhen could clearly sense immense energy fluctuations in the surroundings.

After a tremor, the gate automatically slid open to both sides. In an instant, the world beneath the lava seemed to undergo an earth-shaking transformation.

One moment, it seemed to become a world of ice and snow; the next, it seemed to return to a world of lava. Countless streams of golden energy surged out from deep within the gate.

"Wh-what is going on?" the Lightning City Lord, standing at the front, said gravely.

"Xiao Zhen, could you have remembered something wrong? Did something go wrong?" Hot Wheels quietly asked.

"Probably not. Look, isn't the gate open? This should be a normal reaction," Xiao Zhen replied uncertainly.

Suddenly, what sounded like a dragon's roar came from deep within the gate, filling everyone with an urgent sense of danger.

"Not good! Something's coming! Everyone, fall back!" The Lightning City Lord waved his hand and shouted a warning.

Very soon, two dragons flew out of the gate. Both carried overwhelming might, enough to make everyone shudder.

"Ah! Why are there two Immortal Divine Dragons?" Supersonic said in horror.

The two dragons that suddenly flew out gave even Supersonic, who stood at the front, a fright.

Xiao Zhen watched the two Immortal Divine Dragons circling and dancing in the sky with a grave expression. One was the fire dragon he had seen before, its entire body wreathed in flames. The other was an ice dragon, its body radiating frost and snow.

The two dragons continuously circled and danced, and the surrounding world seemed to change along with them. One moment it was a scorching world, and the next it was a land of ice and snow.

"Xiao Zhen, how about we run first? This looks pretty dangerous," Hot Wheels said nervously.

Xiao Zhen did not respond to Hot Wheels. Instead, he stared intently at the two dragons in the sky. According to the plot of the cartoon, they should not attack them.

Fortunately, after flying around for a while, the two dragons slammed into each other and vanished completely.

The entire lava world underwent a complete transformation as well, turning entirely blue. Even the lava below became clear water.

"This is amazing. It's even more shocking than seeing it in the cartoon!" Xiao Zhen exclaimed.

"Xiao Zhen, what cartoon did you just mention?" Hot Wheels asked suspiciously.

Xiao Zhen waved a hand and brushed him off. "Nothing. Let's go see how many Energy Amethysts are inside!"

Everyone quickly entered. Sure enough, they found a huge quantity of purple crystals inside. Xiao Zhen checked them and found that every single purple crystal contained tremendous energy.

"We're rich, Xiao Zhen! We're rich! There are so many Energy Amethysts here that we'll never be able to use them all!" Hot Wheels said excitedly.

"Hot Wheels, you got one thing wrong. These Energy Amethysts do not seem to have much to do with you," Xiao Zhen teased.

Hot Wheels was unconvinced when he heard that. He slapped his chest with one iron hand, producing a series of clanging sounds.

"Xiao Zhen, I'm a member of the Motorcycle Clan too. How can you say I don't get a share of the Energy Amethysts here?" Hot Wheels protested.

Seeing the angry Hot Wheels, Xiao Zhen patted him on the shoulder and explained, "Hot Wheels, I never said you weren't a member of the Motorcycle Clan. It's just that there are a lot of Motorcycle Clan members. There are already over a hundred thousand gathered in Energy City alone!

"Even if each person only got a small piece of Energy Amethyst, there would not be enough to go around. Besides, whenever there's a battle, you always hide in the back and never fight. It would be useless to give you any."

Hot Wheels pointed at Xiao Zhen with one hand and said indignantly, "Xiao Zhen, who are you looking down on? I, Hot Wheels, am the number two figure in City of Time. I've already, I've already developed an ultimate move. Taking out one or two black iron Black Panther Beasts is no problem at all."

"Oh? What move is that? Let's hear it," Xiao Zhen asked curiously.

Hot Wheels raised his head and said proudly, "It's not time yet. When I have the chance someday, I'll let you witness my Nine Heavens Thunder Two-Foot Kick!"

Nine Heavens Thunder Two-Foot Kick... Xiao Zhen's mouth twitched. Wasn't that the ultimate move Luoluo had made up in the cartoon? It seemed to be used for running away.

Suppressing his laughter, Xiao Zhen asked, "You sure can brag. You're about to brag a cow to death. Your Nine Heavens Thunder Two-Foot Kick isn't for running away, is it?"

"Hmph!" Hot Wheels turned around indignantly and walked to the other side, saying, "I'm ignoring you. I'm going to look at the Energy Amethysts over there."

Xiao Zhen secretly chuckled a few times. Then he suddenly seemed to remember something and looked toward the platform nearby, only to find that it appeared to be empty.

Xiao Zhen could not help knocking himself on the head. He muttered in confusion, "It feels like something is missing here. No, where is Jingjing? Could she have already run away?"