Babata's Helpless Rage

"So many..." Wang Yi's nostrils flared, his face flushing as his eyes burned with excitement.

He looked like a lecher who had been single for decades and had suddenly seen a peerless beauty without a stitch of clothing.

After instinctively looking around, Wang Yi realized he was the only one underground—perhaps apart from Babata, who was hiding somewhere and spying on him.

"Heh... they're all mine." Wang Yi grinned and, without hesitation, shot into the entrance passage of the ship, utterly unconcerned about encountering danger.

The entire ship was actually under the surveillance of the Intelligent Life Babata. Since Babata had used so many precious Wood Crystals to lure him here, he naturally would not harm him so easily.

Harming Wang Yi held no meaning whatsoever for Babata.

Intelligent Life was still intelligent. It had its own logic and would not be easily swayed by emotions into doing meaningless things.

"One hundred twenty-five... one hundred seventy-one..." Like a tiger released from its cage, Wang Yi moved at incredible speed, sweeping up every white transparent crystal near the entrance passage like a whirlwind.

Only after collecting them all did he rise reluctantly. "Three hundred fifteen..."

Including the Wood Crystals he had obtained outside, that made 348 in total!

Every Wood Crystal could allow an eighth- or ninth-stage apprentice to break through to the Planetary level within a month!

How many Planetary-level fighters were there on Earth now?

This was an astronomical fortune. Even Hong and Thunder God would be envious.

Therefore, before Wang Yi became strong enough, he would absolutely not reveal that he possessed Wood Crystals.

Otherwise, the consequences would be severe.

Wang Yi was not afraid, but what about the people around him?

The moment even one was exposed, others would definitely suspect that he had hidden more. The ensuing trouble would be endless. That was human nature; explanations were useless.

Wang Yi had no intention of creating trouble for himself.

Wang Yi looked at the empty passage before him. All the Wood Crystals had been collected. He knew full well that Babata definitely had even more, but unfortunately, he could not go over there.

Before Luo Feng obtained the Golden Horn Beast's avatar, he chose to alter the original history as little as possible.

Of course, the Golden Horn Beast would not arrive for several more years. By then, who knew how many opportunities Wang Yi would have obtained or how far he would have grown.

Perhaps by then, Wang Yi might be able to kill the Golden Horn Beast with a single slap.

It would be even better if he could find it before the Golden Horn Beast was born. Wang Yi was also very interested in the Golden Horn Beast avatar's Talent Secret Technique.

Wang Yi took another look at the ship's passage.

"Sign in."

The pleasant voice of the Sign-in Panel, his beloved system, rang beside Wang Yi's ear.

Ding. Congratulations, Host. Sign-in successful. Reward: one Advanced Space Ring.

The Space Ring has been placed in the panel space.

Remaining sign-ins at this location: 0

Hearing the result, Wang Yi was somewhat disappointed.

Compared with support items like a Space Ring, Wang Yi still preferred things that could directly increase his strength.

For example, ten thousand Wood Crystals, a Meteorite Star ship... or, failing that, a Babata No. 2 would do...

Unfortunately, the Sign-in Panel gave Random Rewards, and each location could only be signed in at once. He had only one chance, and there was nothing he could do if his luck was bad.

Wang Yi saw an additional ring in one of the slots beneath the golden Sign-in Panel. The panel space could only hold items obtained as sign-in rewards, and once an item was usually taken out, it could not be put back in. It could not be used as storage space.

"That's fine... this ring should be the one Babata gave Luo Feng. Its internal space seems quite large. Even in the universe, it counts as a treasure." Although Wang Yi was somewhat disappointed, he could accept it.

If he could only sign in for something like one Wood Crystal at the Yunmo Starship, then his mentality would truly collapse.

"I've taken the Wood Crystals and completed the sign-in, so..." Wang Yi slowly raised his head.

He could almost see a childlike little demon in some dark corner, watching him expectantly and waiting for him to step right into the trap.

Unfortunately, Wang Yi had ideas of his own and did not want to act according to Babata's wishes.

Meanwhile, in the Yunmo Starship's central control room, Babata watched the black-haired youth in the 3D Projection. The boy had stopped moving and stood there for a long time, and Babata was beginning to lose his patience.

"Why isn't he coming in yet?"

"Come in! There aren't any traps here!"

"There are even more treasures inside. I, Lord Babata, won't eat you."

"Damn it!"

As though he had heard Babata's thoughts, the black-haired youth in the 3D Projection lifted his foot... then turned around without hesitation and shot out through the hatch. Before Babata's dumbfounded eyes, he vanished into the distance in an instant.

"?????"

Babata's blood-red eyes widened as he watched the future successor of Yunmo Star, whom he had painstakingly chosen, slip away at lightning speed as though a hundred Starry Sky Beasts were chasing him from behind, disappearing right before his eyes.

Babata stood there in utter disarray.

"You!"

"**!"

"You just ran away!?"

Babata was no fool. He immediately realized that he had been played, and his roar shook the room!

A stream of furious Universal Language poured from Babata's mouth.

Then he switched to hundreds of dialects from different regions of the universe.

The great Lord Babata, the "Demon Babata" who had once roamed countless star fields and left behind terrifying legends, had actually been toyed with by an Earth native brat who was still wet behind the ears!

It was simply the greatest humiliation!

"Ah!"

"Bastard! One day, I'll make you understand how formidable I, Babata, am!"

Babata's furious roar echoed through the ship for a long time.

Elsewhere, Wang Yi darted through the hard rock like an arrowfish, rushing at top speed to a location dozens of kilometers away and continuing farther into the distance.

"This time, the gains were pretty good!" Wang Yi hummed a little tune happily.

As for Babata, whom he had enraged... that fellow could not come out anyway, so Wang Yi was not worried that Babata would cause him trouble now.

Besides, he and Luo Feng were friends. Even if Babata came out later and wanted to make a move against him, Luo Feng would not agree.

Perfect!

Wang Yi beamed, looking utterly refreshed.

This trip to Fog Island had been tremendously rewarding. His physical fitness had reached the War God limit, he had signed in for the Moyun Vine and the Space Ring, obtained a large number of Wood Crystals, and acquired some Spirits of Grass and Wood as well...

Once he used the Wood Crystals, he could break through directly to the Planetary level in the shortest possible time, then continue growing stronger!

"There's no point in staying at the Training Camp any longer." Wang Yi's gaze deepened.

"But I still can't expose myself yet!"

In April, Wang Yi had not even passed the Quasi-Warrior Assessment. By August, he had already become a powerhouse beyond the War God level... if word got out, the whole world would probably go mad.

Just imagining that scene made Wang Yi's scalp tingle.