Wood Essence Crystal

The many Councillor-level experts who had just been flying in midair descended into the lake one after another.

Luo Feng landed. At this moment, Hong and Xiao Yu were standing beside the corpse of the Beast Emperor, along with the personal guards Enchanting and Iceberg.

"Master," Luo Feng said as he touched down.

"Luo Feng."

Hong turned to look at Luo Feng and nodded slightly. "Xiao Yu has already killed the Beast Emperor, the Tentacle Beast. Now, the greatest obstacle to exploring Mist Island Lake has been cleared. The major powers have already begun their exploration! The three of you, depart immediately. If you discover any treasures, seize them if you can! If you cannot, notify me and Xiao Yu at once."

"Understood, Master." Luo Feng, Enchanting, and Iceberg immediately acknowledged the order.

"Regarding the treasures discovered this time, once they are successfully obtained, the person who discovers the treasure receives 30% of the treasure itself as a reward. The person who successfully seizes the treasure also receives 30%. The remaining 40% belongs to the Dojo," Hong stated solemnly.

Enchanting, the personal guards, and Luo Feng all nodded before setting off into the lake.

"Hong, I am going down as well." Xiao Yu was interested in the Wood Essence Crystals found on Mist Island—not for his own use, but because they were precious items for cultivating Plant Lifeforms.

"Very well." Hong nodded, remaining stationed above the lake to wait.

Xiao Yu transformed into a bolt of lightning and entered the lake, bypassing Luo Feng and the others.

This Mist Island Lake spanned over a hundred miles—such a vast area! Moreover, the Beast Emperor had originally been entrenched three thousand five hundred meters underground, while the average depth of the lake was only three hundred meters. It was possible the treasures were still hidden somewhere in the mud, soil, or rock layers beneath the lake bed. The difficulty of searching was immense.

Fortunately, Xiao Yu possessed a system.

"System, set the first wish to continuously scan everything within a three-thousand-meter radius of me that contains energy-rich materials."

Setting successful.

First Wish: Continuously scan everything within a three-thousand-meter radius of me that contains energy-rich materials (30 Wish Points/minute).

"System, begin implementing the first wish."

First wish is currently being implemented.

Wish points are being deducted continuously until the host actively ends the process.

Suddenly, a scan of the spherical space with a three-thousand-meter radius, centered on Xiao Yu's body, appeared in his mind.

Everything within this range—including the War God-level and Councillor-level experts searching the lake, the Lord-level monsters, and all other energy anomalies—was revealed.

Even Hong and Thor, who were above the lake, were clearly visible.

Moreover, it was not just displayed; the shape and size of the objects were also rendered.

Xiao Yu dove deep into the lake bed, scanning rapidly and dispatching any Lord-level monsters he encountered along the way.

Suddenly, he discovered an Underground River two to three thousand meters below the surface. Two or three hundred meters beneath that river, there was a crystal-like object emitting a faint glow.

Xiao Yu immediately drilled into the soil and rock layers. To Xiao Yu, these rocks were no different from tofu; with his domain pushed outward, he squeezed directly into the depths without losing any speed.

In less than a minute, he had retrieved the white crystal that emitted a faint, rice-like fragrance: a Wood Essence Crystal.

Xiao Yu immediately took out his Auxiliary Optical Computer, recorded a video of the Wood Essence Crystal, and sent it to Hong and Luo Feng.

"Hong, Luo Feng, I have found a treasure underground," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"This is... a Wood Essence Crystal!" Hong was finally unable to remain calm.

Wood Essence Crystals were treasures that had effects even on Planetary-level martial artists; according to records from ruins, they were extremely precious even in the universe.

Luo Feng, who was still searching nearby, was somewhat puzzled. "What is a Wood Essence Crystal?"

"Wood Essence Crystals can directly increase the strength of a Planetary-level martial artist," Xiao Yu explained.

"Ah?" Luo Feng also began searching directly toward the underground, while simultaneously informing Enchanting and Iceberg.

"Thor! A Wood Essence Crystal has been discovered underground. Hurry up!" As Hong descended, he kindly reminded Thor, who was nearby.

"Brother Hong, what did you say?! A Wood Essence Crystal has been discovered?" Before Thor's voice had even faded, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot straight toward the lake bed.

The rocks at the bottom of the lake meant nothing to Hong, who possessed a domain; they could not even slow him down.

Having discovered this Wood Essence Crystal, Xiao Yu immediately began searching the surrounding area and quickly found another, though he did not make it public.

Five minutes later, Luo Feng discovered his nominal second Wood Essence Crystal.

Following that, Hong and Thor also made their own discoveries.

When Luo Feng discovered his third Wood Essence Crystal half an hour later, he encountered Mohanderson. After Xiao Yu reported the news, the two began to fight over it. During their struggle, the Wood Essence Crystal was swallowed by a Lord-level Earth Dragon, which quickly evolved into a King-level Monster.

Hong and Thor arrived at the scene shortly thereafter, and soon, many Planetary-level experts began to converge.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yu took advantage of this time to head toward a position two thousand meters below, where he discovered ten Wood Essence Crystals within a hundred-meter radius.

He did not know what Babata's intentions were; his brain region width did not meet its requirements! Furthermore, he was a martial artist, not a Mind Controller.

But there was no reason not to pick up Wood Essence Crystals that were basically being handed to him.

He expanded his Lightning Domain and continued to dive. During the process, he unexpectedly discovered two more at the edge of his scan, so he quickly headed over, collected them, and continued deeper underground.

Ten Wood Essence Crystals were successfully obtained.

The appearance of a King-level Monster in the Underground River made it impossible to keep the news of the Wood Essence Crystals secret. The major powers were shaken and threw themselves into the operation with everything they had.

This made the excavation operation incredibly brutal, with War God-level and Councillor-level experts bleeding incessantly.

Who wouldn't covet a treasure capable of increasing the strength of a Planetary-level expert?

Usually, perhaps out of fear of Hong's strength, everyone's conflicts were kept to a certain degree. Now, faced with treasures, everyone relied on their own abilities.

The first instance of bloodshed occurred quickly. Councillor Fal, while fighting three Indian War Gods for a Wood Essence Crystal, struck to kill, directly inflicting heavy injuries on them.

Even Hong could not stop it.

As Xiao Yu continued to delve deeper into the earth, he soon discovered four more Wood Essence Crystals.

By 11:31 PM, Hong had also discovered one.

At 11:47 PM, the European Union obtained a Wood Essence Crystal; during the struggle, the first death occurred.

At 12:12 AM, the American side obtained a Wood Essence Crystal. This time, a massive battle broke out between the American side and the Soviet-Russian side, resulting in three Councillor-level experts from both sides being heavily injured.

At 1:56 AM, Thor discovered and obtained two.

Soon, Luo Feng discovered three, but these were found jointly by Luo Feng, Mohanderson, and two Councillor-level experts from the European Union. During their struggle, Hong arrived in time and collected the three Wood Essence Crystals.

When the time reached 5:31 PM the next day, after nearly twenty hours of excavation, humanity had openly discovered 23 Wood Essence Crystals and obtained 22 of them.

This did not include the ones Xiao Yu had found; he had only reported two, while keeping the other 36 hidden.

Luo Feng soon discovered the trick: the deeper one went, the easier it was to find the Wood Essence Crystals.

As Luo Feng continued to explore deeper, resting in an underground cavern, his SS-class battle boots were pierced by a blood-red fragment of Yunmo Star. He reached out and picked it up; it was only a small fragment, yet it weighed over a ton.

He surmised that there must be an incredible treasure deep underground and continued his search downward.

As for Xiao Yu, since discovering those ten Wood Essence Crystals, he had subsequently discovered twenty-four more.

When he reached a depth of ten thousand meters, he found another four.

He then discovered that there were a few Wood Essence Crystals every thousand meters underground.

He was soon lured to a depth of fifteen thousand meters, where there was a massive, empty space.

The system could scan that there was a huge quantity of Wood Essence Crystals one hundred meters ahead, along with some other items, but his domain could not reach them.

Xiao Yu understood that he had arrived at Babata's home turf. Unless it wanted him to, he would not be able to enter.

Luring him here without opening the hatch—it seemed it was waiting for Luo Feng.

Xiao Yu recited in his heart, "System, end the first wish."

First wish has been implemented.

A total of 5 Wish Copper Coins were deducted.

Xiao Yu waited for nearly ten hours before a figure descended from above.

"Xiao Yu, why are you here?" Luo Feng asked, surprised.

"I'm waiting for the Wood Essence Crystals ahead," Xiao Yu replied with a smile.

"BOOM!"

The rocks ahead crumbled, revealing a door built from a strange silvery-white metal. This 'door,' similar to the hatch of an intelligent fighter jet, was currently half-closed.

Waves of rice-like fragrance wafted out.

"Let's go," Xiao Yu said with a smile, entering first.

"Be cautious, it's dangerous!" Luo Feng warned, with 18 blades flying around his body.

Soon, Luo Feng's eyes turned blood-red. Behind the door lay a massive pile of Wood Essence Crystals.

"Ten, twenty, thirty..." Luo Feng counted as he loaded them into the backpack on his back, his heart pounding wildly.

Xiao Yu just watched with a smile.

"A total of 324." After loading them, Luo Feng stood up and finally remembered Xiao Yu was still there. He said embarrassedly, "Xiao Yu, we discovered these together. Let's split them in half."

"Sure," Xiao Yu smiled. "This one is for you."

Xiao Yu took a Universe Crystal from his Space Ring and tossed it to Luo Feng.

"Really!" Luo Feng was overjoyed.

"Consider it a trade," Xiao Yu smiled.

A single Universe Crystal was equivalent to 3.3 million Black Dragon Coins.

The two followed the entrance passage, continuing to explore deeper, and soon encountered a massive corpse radiating immense pressure.

The giant corpse had pitch-black skin, thick arms, and was wearing a special suit of armor embedded with dense patterns—patterns far more complex than those on the Lightning Blade of Void.

"This... what level of expert is this? It's too terrifying," Luo Feng gasped.

He had only glanced at the corpse's eyes for a second, and his heart was filled with dread.

"Don't look into his eyes. Such an Immortal expert, even in death, is not to be desecrated," Xiao Yu reminded him.

The two continued forward, passing one massive corpse after another, each one like a giant.

"Beep!"

A voice rang out.

Suddenly, the dim hall lit up as dazzling rays shone down from high above, illuminating the entire space.

At the same time, strange beams converged in the center of the hall, beginning to form a black virtual figure. It was a small person only about four foot nine, resembling a child, with two horns on its forehead, blood-red eyes, and wearing a black robe.

Babata, looking like a little demon, appeared.

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