The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, the Oriole Waits Behind

Han Yuan inwardly said, As expected.

Not far from him, a round pearl the size of a star appeared!

It was already four-fifths the size of the lowest-tier Reward Star. It only needed a little more to reach the minimum star size, allowing its owner to leave this Rule World while obtaining a reward.

This fellow's Miracle Power was presumably nearly depleted as well. With the final fifth clearly impossible to accumulate alone, he could only hide and wait for a destined person to come along and give him a helping hand!

This person was none other than the Tianhe State Lord!

He had accidentally discovered this cave abode back then. After entering, he arrived here and became a round pearl. After studying it, he quickly discovered the rules of this cave abode: one had to reach the size of the lowest-tier star to escape this place.

However, he had entered alone. No matter how he optimized his route, he always fell short of reaching the size of the lowest-tier Reward Star. Left with no other choice, he could only preserve the last portion of his Miracle Power and wait for a destined person to come provide him with nourishment.

And that wait lasted endless years!

At last, he had waited for someone—and two had come at once!

One of them seemed to have guessed at his existence, but the other appeared to be a greenhorn. He secretly grew excited.

Once the Tianhe State Lord saw that Han Yuan had reached the size he needed and was not far away, he no longer hesitated. He immediately emerged and charged straight at Han Yuan.

Han Yuan saw the Tianhe State Lord and activated Miracle Power in an attempt to flee.

But he quickly discovered that his speed was half of the