Star Crystal Windfall (Fourth Update)

Lin Zhen was also touched by this scene.

This is a difficult Xuan Ze. For a martial artist, martial arts is a second life and a lifelong pursuit. If Zhao Xiaoman Xuan Ze leave the Star Fruit Tree at this time, her martial arts career will be ruined, if not completely over.

If she were to seek out Zhou Butong, she would likely lose something precious, making it a difficult decision.

Sure enough, Zhao Xiaoman sat there with a pale face, unsure whether to stay or leave.

Lin Zhen walked over to Zhao Xiaoman and said, "If you follow me, I will give you a bottle of Antidote and promise that you will be given priority to absorb Star Crystal you obtain in the future, as long as you join my team."

As he spoke, Lin Zhen took out a bottle of Antidote. He had obtained it from Guang Ge. The Antidote from the Star Fruit Tree could not be bought outside, and most martial artists did not have it. However, as the leader of the Ant Nest, Guang Ge had quite a lot of it in stock.

Zhao Xiaoman raised her head, looked at Lin Zhen's handsome face, struggled internally for a while, and finally gritted her teeth fiercely. "Pervert! I'd rather leave the Star Fruit Tree than let people like you get away with this."

Lin Zhen turned to Li Changying and asked, "Do you think it's alright?"

Li Changying smiled and said, "You're the captain, so you make the decisions. But Zhao Xiaoman is a nice person; it's just that the team she's on isn't very reliable."

Lin Zhen handed the Antidote to Zhao Xiaoman again, then said to her, "This bottle of Antidote is for you. I hope you'll agree to join my team. Of course, if you join, you might end up on the opposite side of Zhou Butong. Are you brave enough?"

Zhao Xiaoman understood the implication in Lin Zhen: "Then what you just said...?"

"That was just a small test, and I'm glad you passed it."

"Thank you, big brother! I'll join!"

Zhao Xiaoman happily accepted the Antidote and immediately took it to begin healing her wounds.

Lin Zhen stood up, turned around and glanced at Li Changying: "Do I look old?"

"Who said that? Who said you're old? I don't think you look old at all, Big Brother Lin." Li Changying, who is usually a rigid and upright person, seriously criticized Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen felt it was worth it to exchange a bottle of Antidote and a Star Crystal for a teammate. If Zhao Xiaoman had agreed to be with him earlier, Lin Zhen would have thought she was capable of enduring hardship and would achieve great things in the future, but she wouldn't have been the most suitable teammate.

About an hour later, Zhao Xiaoman finished detoxifying. Although it was not completely eliminated, she could fully recover as long as she absorbed one Star Crystal.

"Big Brother Lin, I think we should start the challenge from the west. The West Third Team is my original group. I made great contributions to this group before, but they abandoned me after I got injured. I want to drive them down!"

Zhao Xiaoman addressed Lin as "Big Brother Lin" with utmost respect, while she gritted her teeth at the group from the west that was trying to drive her away.

"Which direction is Zhou Butong's team in?" Lin Zhen asked.

"His team is the East First Team, but he rarely appears in the Beehive. He spends most of his time in the Sky Dome. Usually, it's just his four teammates there, and no one dares to challenge them."

Lin Zhen nodded. "Okay, our people will be here tomorrow. We'll start the challenge from the West Fifth Team. How often can we challenge each group?"

"We'll do the same challenge as the Ant Nest challenge once a week."

While the group was talking, a few more drops of honey fell, and two Planet Crystal and three Star Crystal appeared. The two Planet Crystal were obtained by other teams, and of the three Star Crystal, Zhou Butong's team got two, West First Team got one.

Lin Zhen couldn't help but exclaim, "The environment here in the Beehive is much better than in the Ant Nest, and there are so many Star Crystal here."

"Yes, there are many flowers blooming here. This mound of earth is nourished by honey all year round, and its internal energy is also very abundant. Although it cannot be directly absorbed by people, it can give birth to many flowers. If we only talk about the speed of Star Crystal generation, the Sky Dome can't compare. It's just that the Sky Dome has a larger area."

Zhao Xiaoman was very open and told Lin Zhen everything.

However, as dusk fell and the sky grew increasingly dark, the surrounding martial artists gradually dispersed.

Lin Zhen looked at the occasional glittering Star Crystal on the mound of earth and asked Zhao Xiaoman, "Why don't any martial artists come to pick them at night? Aren't those glowing Star Crystal the most conspicuous targets?"

"The Star Crystal are indeed conspicuous, but it's too dark around at night to detect the ubiquitous Bee Wasp. These things are very clever and extremely sensitive at night. Although they won't stray far from the Beehive, this mound of earth basically completely covers them. Anyone who dares to go out at night to pick them is courting death," Li Changying explained to Lin Zhen this time.

"Yes, no one dares to come at night. Only when it's dawn will everyone arrive at six o'clock and pick the fruit according to their own abilities. That period is also when people harvest the most."

Lin Zhen looked at the warriors who had completely dispersed, then at the three or four Star Crystal on the mound of earth, and couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

"I'm going to be rich now. I have Night Vision and Gravity detection. This Beehive is practically made for me. I should have come here sooner. It was such a waste of time to linger in the Ant Nest for two years."

At night, people stay away from the Beehive, because occasionally some reckless Bee will still run out, and getting stung would be terrible.

Lin Zhen, Li Changying, and Zhao Xiaoman found a place to live, which was the same place where Li Changying had lived before, with two layers of Tree Hole.

Zhao Xiaoman, being a girl, occupied the inner room by herself, while Lin Zhen and Li Changying were outside.

As night fell, Lin Zhen regulated his breathing for a while. It was pitch black around him, and he could hear Li Changying snoring softly beside him.

Lin Zhen left the Tree Hole. Under his Night Vision, everything around him was clearly visible, and he could even see the dense swarms of bees flying around the Beehive in the distance.

Without alerting anyone, Lin Zhen stepped on his shield and flew through the air towards the Beehive.

Lin Zhen stopped when he arrived at the first row on the west side, where there was no one.

In the darkness of night, a few stars twinkled on the mound of earth.

"One two three."

Lin Zhen counted them and found that there were a total of six Star Crystal on the west side of the mound: four Star Crystal, one Planet Crystal, and one Satellite Crystal.

"All the martial artists will come here tomorrow morning to collect them. If I take too many at once, it might attract attention. So I can't take all these Star Crystal. I won't take the ones that I don't need. What I need now are Star Crystal."

"There are four Star Crystal in total. I'll take three. I estimate that one or two more will be born later tonight. That'll be enough."

Lin Zhen was ready. First, a Mental Power shield appeared on the surface of his body. Then, he transformed the Liquid Metal into a Half-Body Armor. He stood on a shield, held Bright Silver Spear, and headed straight for the mound of earth!

Whoosh!

A streak of light flashed by, and Lin Zhen was already on top of the mound.

The surrounding Bee immediately buzzed over, each one raising its rear end, and their spear-like stingers pierced from all directions!

Lin Zhen completely ignored the flying Bee, brandishing his Bright Silver Spear in a windmill shape, and charged straight down with the Immovable as a Mountain buff.

A series of rapid impacts rang out. Most of the Bee attacks were intercepted by the Bright Silver Spear. Even when Bee occasionally rushed over from other angles, they had a hard time piercing Lin Zhen's Mental Power shield.

Moreover, Lin Zhen didn't need to get too close to the mound of earth; with a wave of his hand from five meters away, a Star Crystal would directly enter his hand.

"Got it! The first Star Crystal!"

Lin Zhen hit the target accurately on his first attempt. Although he got covered in dirt and dust, he couldn't hide his excitement.

It charged through the swarm of Bee several times, during which its protective shield was pierced once by a Wasp, but it failed to pierce Lin Zhen's Golden Liquid Metal Armor.

Lin Zhen raised his hand again, and obtained the second Star Crystal!

The joy he felt was indescribable. Lin Zhen's shield drew an arc in the air, skimming low over the mound of earth. With a wave of his hand, the third one was his!

With the three Star Crystal in hand, Lin Zhen had basically completed his objective. He used his Bright Silver Spear to block another wave of attacks and headed straight for the mound of earth.

Flying at high speed, he quickly left the tree branch where the mound of earth was located and found a huge Leaf to stop under.

Lin Zhen quickly gathered some Leaf to block the light emitted by the Star Crystal and took out the three Star Crystal.

"Whew! That was so exhilarating! So exciting!"

Lin Zhen saw many martial artists today. Almost all of them were at the Level Nine War General. Occasionally, a seventh or eighth level martial artist would appear, but they were mostly freshmen this year. There were no more senior students at that level.

Moreover, among the Level Nine War General, half are below the peak, a quarter are at their peak, and the remaining quarter are all those who compress their Dantian Qi.

In the First Team on the east side, Lin Zhen even saw one Dantian Qi was compressed six times.

With Lin Zhen's current strength, if he doesn't use the Soul Lock Ambush, he basically has no chance of winning against a martial artist who can compress his Dantian Qi six times. Even if he uses the Soul Lock, it's hard to say whether he can succeed in one strike. After all, the higher the martial artist's realm, the stronger their mental willpower must be. If he can't quickly lock the opponent's soul and allow them to resist, the Soul Lock may fail.

This doesn't mean Lin Zhen's Soul Lock is ineffective. If the opponent's body is immobilized, Lin Zhen is confident he can lock anyone down, but this takes time.

Li Changying's compression was nearly three times, and even Zhao Xiaoman's was only one time. Lin Zhen's starting point was low, and although he tried his best to catch up, his progress was still not satisfactory. If he wanted to launch a counterattack against the Sky Dome, such strength was not enough.

Holding the three Star Crystal, Lin Zhen was secretly delighted.

"No man gets rich without windfall gains, and no horse gets fat without night grass. Although it's a bit dishonest to keep it all to yourself, this is something I really can't share with anyone. My teammates, you'll soon find out the benefits of teaming up with Lin Zhen."

The Dark Star within his body circulated, and the three Star Crystal simultaneously emitted faint starlight, while wisps of silvery energy began to flow into Lin Zhen's body.

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