Great Search of Mist Island

"What a pity. The number of Spirit Readers attracted to the monitoring base is quite small, and most of them have a brain domain width below 15."

How could it be so poor!?

Babata was incredibly frustrated, but there was no helping it; Earth was the only planet capable of supporting the inheritance of Hu Yanbo.

Other planets might have had better geniuses, but they were far too conspicuous to allow for any inheritance.

What a joke—how could Hu Yanbo's inheritance ever succeed on a planet that was a key focus of his enemy, the Demon Hand King!?

It was only because Earth was so remote and overlooked that it gave Hu Yanbo a chance.

"Go, micro-robots. Take these Wood Bud Crystals and drop them anywhere, just throw them far away."

Babata controlled the micro-robots to pick up the Wood Bud Crystals from the ground before leaving the Black Rock Star Ship.

"Still, this alone might not be enough of an attraction..."

Babata pondered for a moment, looking toward the underground river where several Planetary Level 3 monsters resided.

Planetary Level 3 was considered the elite among King-level Monsters, second only to the two great monster emperors.

"Fine, you'll do."

Babata once again controlled a micro-robot, picked up a Wood Bud Crystal, and flew toward their location.

Australia was vast, and since Hong did not possess the wide-range soul-attack methods of Hen Ren, he could only spend his energy clearing it out piece by piece.

Thor and other nations were the same; progress was slow, but they were still working hard to reclaim the land.

It took nearly three months for the monsters on the surface to be mostly cleared out, and the remaining ones were no longer a cause for concern.

Next came the era of grand infrastructure!

The original city sewers could still be used, but they needed to be cleared out; after all, no one knew how many rat monsters were hiding down there.

As for the buildings, there was no need to look at them—they were already dilapidated and decades old, so it was better to just level them and rebuild.

Then there were the roads, highways, and railways; everything had to be replanned!

But none of that had anything to do with Hong...

Australia had been conquered by the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, so nominally, it was their territory.

Why nominally (???), because it was actually being managed by the Huaxia Military.

Since his 'territory' might hide ruins of an Ancient Civilization, Hong, now having some free time, naturally wanted to explore it.

Mist Island was not exactly large, but it wasn't small either, and since they had to dig three feet deep, Hong couldn't explore it all alone in a short time.

Thus, he brought his three personal guards and Luo Feng along with other War Gods from the Extreme Martial Arts Hall to participate.

Because Hong was somewhat stronger this time, he had dealt with the Cloud-Touching Vine in short order, which resulted in Mist Island still existing.

After a surface sweep, they had to dig three feet deep themselves, which ended up taking quite a bit of time.

"A monster emperor!?"

Iceberg exclaimed in shock, but he soon had no time to think and hurriedly ordered Luo Feng and the other War Gods to retreat.

"Hall Master, I've discovered a monster emperor here!"

While blocking the attacks of the newly emerged monster emperor, Iceberg contacted Hong.

Fortunately, Hen Ren had provided many secret techniques, and the current Planetary Level fighters were far stronger than before, which allowed Iceberg to withstand the monster emperor's assault.

"Stay where you are, I'm coming!"

Hong replied.

Before long, the rock layer where Iceberg was located shattered, and Hong's figure appeared before him.

"An Octopus Emperor? No, that's not right. The Octopus Emperor died long ago; Thor killed it himself."

Hong frowned. This monster emperor, which looked almost identical to the Octopus Emperor, was a new arrival!

The newly emerged Octopus Emperor spotted Hong, but unfortunately, having spent its life in the underground rivers of Mist Island, it did not recognize him!

Now that its strength had surged, it was under the illusion that it was invincible.

Seeing Hong, it didn't even bother to test him and charged straight in.

And then it got GG'd...

"Iceberg, tell me the specific situation."

Hong was becoming increasingly interested. A place that could give birth to a monster emperor and contained a large number of Vegetation Spirits and a Cloud-Touching Vine must be hiding a great secret!!!

"Luo Feng discovered this. When I arrived, the monster emperor was still just a King-level Monster, but it was undergoing a rapid transformation!"

"Hmm, Luo Feng, come here."

Hong contacted Luo Feng. With the positioning device on the communicator, Luo Feng arrived quickly.

"Hall Master."

"Hmm, Luo Feng, what did you see here just now?"

Luo Feng recalled the key points of what he had witnessed.

"I saw an Octopus Beast King and some other King-level Monsters, they were fighting..."

As he spoke, Luo Feng pointed to some wreckage in the river channel in the distance; it was clear that this was proof of a battle, and a life-and-death one at that.

"Then the Octopus Beast King won. It was covered in wounds but still managed to hold on, swallowing a white crystal that was floating in mid-air above the river, and then it began to undergo a drastic transformation..."

Luo Feng frowned. That white crystal had forced the monster to evolve, and he had no idea what it was.

Hong listened, as if recalling something, though it remained somewhat hazy.

"A white crystal, floating in mid-air?"

"That's right, and that white crystal also emitted a faint scent of rice."

"A scent of rice, monster evolution..."

The more they spoke, the brighter Hong's eyes became.

Wood Bud Crystal!

"Quick, everyone search for this kind of white crystal! Do not let those monsters get them!"

Hong still held something back; he did not reveal the effects of the Wood Bud Crystal.

This was normal, though; no one would share information about such a treasure with others.

However, after a moment of thought, Hong added one more sentence.

"This white crystal can be exchanged with me for 'Star'."

If he was going to eat the meat, he had to let his subordinates have some soup.

"'Star'!? Yes!!!"

Iceberg was extremely excited upon hearing this. Although Luo Feng did not quite know what 'Star' was, seeing Iceberg's excited expression, he understood it was something good.

"Yes!"

After Iceberg and Luo Feng left, Hong notified the others, telling them the characteristics of the Wood Bud Crystal and ordering everyone to search for it together.

Not long after Luo Feng and Iceberg split up, news came that Yao Rao had obtained the first Wood Bud Crystal, which naturally made them speed up their search.

"Rice scent, rice scent..."

Although the rice scent of the Wood Bud Crystal was quite strong and could be smelled from over a dozen meters away, the underground river channels of Mist Island were simply too vast and complex; it really came down to luck.

Under Babata's behind-the-scenes manipulation, Luo Feng soon stumbled upon his first Wood Bud Crystal.

"The first one."

Luo Feng stored the Wood Bud Crystal inside his Black God suit.

This Black God suit was given to him by Hong in advance to win him over, although he would eventually have to return a Black God suit to the Extreme Martial Arts Hall...

Following this, Luo Feng's 'luck' got better and better, and he bumped into quite a few Wood Bud Crystals.

Although some of them were reached by others first and snatched away, he still managed to collect a relatively large amount.

The members of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall searched the underground river channels of Mist Island for three days before Hong finally declared the operation over.

"The underground river channels have been mostly explored, and many white crystals have been found. There probably aren't many left."

Luo Feng smiled as he had a video call with Xu Xin.

Hmm, by Xu Xin's side, there was inevitably a Xu Ai following along...

Xu Xin looked at the Wood Bud Crystal that Luo Feng was showing her, examining it up and down with confusion.

"What on earth is this thing? Is it worth having most of the War Gods and Councilors of your Extreme Martial Arts Hall participate?"

"I don't know either. The Hall Master didn't explain much to us, but judging by his expression, it must be a treasure."

Luo Feng smiled. Although he didn't know what this thing was used for, he had still secretly kept two for himself.

Perhaps they would be useful in the future, right?