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Babata, inside the underground spaceship, did not notice anything unusual about Shi Fen.

In Babata's eyes, Shi Fen was simply happy because he had accidentally discovered Wood Bud Crystals. "As expected of a native, to be so happy upon seeing Wood Bud Crystals. Subjugating the two of you will be a piece of cake, hahaha."

Babata laughed wantonly inside the ship, completely unaware that his every move was under Shi Fen's surveillance.

Several hours later.

The battle for the Wood Bud Crystals ended, and every single crystal Babata had released had been snatched up.

Shi Fen harvested 12 Wood Bud Crystals, while Luo Feng's luck was off the charts, netting him 15. Hong, Thor, and their group also gained a bountiful harvest, while the later-arriving Earth powerhouses gained very little; the Wood Bud Crystals were essentially monopolized by Hong, Thor, and their circle. The later arrivals only managed to scrape together fewer than 10 scattered crystals.

Shi Fen could have easily monopolized them all, but had he done so, anyone with a brain would have found him suspicious.

Therefore, Shi Fen "luckily" found 12 Wood Bud Crystals.

During this time, Shi Fen deliberately arranged an encounter with the Fifth Speaker, Atkin, to contest a Wood Bud Crystal. Shi Fen seized this opportunity, utilizing his Soul Domain while wielding a blade and shield, along with 16 flying daggers.

He pinned the Fifth Speaker, Atkin, to the ground and gave him a brutal beating.

That dog Atkin, acting like a fox borrowing a tiger's might to stir up trouble and pull disgusting stunts after others have sacrificed themselves—let's see if I don't beat you to death! When Shi Fen was thrashing Atkin, he felt a sense of immersion stemming from his "God Perspective"; seeing Atkin, he couldn't help but give him a sound thrashing.

During the battles with the monster hordes, Shi Fen had not used his blade and shield because he lacked confidence in his martial techniques. At the time, the situation was critical, and he had subconsciously chosen to fight with his most proficient Spiritual Force.

This time, with the augmentation of his Soul Domain, Shi Fen treated Atkin as a whetstone to improve his martial arts.

The long-dormant Nine-Layered Thunder Blade, under the terrifying augmentation of the Soul Domain, surged from the first layer directly to the seventh before stopping. Shi Fen's force exertion amplitude skyrocketed to 56 times.

His martial artist level rapidly reached a high standard for Earth.

Shi Fen felt refreshed, his heart at ease.

Atkin was so angry he wanted to curse; was there really such deep enmity over a single Wood Bud Crystal?!

When he learned of Shi Fen's identity, Atkin was too shocked to speak, only able to curse inwardly, Shi Fen, this Chief Forgemaster, has such terrifying combat power! Is this still a Forgemaster? He hasn't even reached the Planetary Level, yet his strength is already this formidable—what will happen when he does reach it?

Damn it all to hell, I still have to rely on him to forge an SSS-Grade Weapon for me. Can't afford to offend him, definitely can't.

Atkin could only swallow his broken teeth along with his blood, not daring to make a scene. He quietly slipped away, pretending nothing had happened as he continued to search for traces of Wood Bud Crystals.

Shi Fen's true strength was not revealed by this battle.

When Luo Feng was searching for Wood Bud Crystals, he clashed head-on with the Third Speaker, the Ice and Snow Emperor. Relying on his Gold Domain, Luo Feng did not fall into a disadvantage, fighting the Third Speaker to a standstill.

The full set of custom SSS-Grade Weapons crafted by Shi Fen proved their worth the very first time they were put to use.

Luo Feng's strength spread like wildfire, and his reputation soared!

Since Shi Fen and Luo Feng had become Hong's subordinates, Hong felt embarrassed to take a cut, so he promised them the authority to exchange for items at headquarters, with one Wood Bud Crystal worth 15 Star Points. Because so many crystals appeared at once, Hong couldn't absorb them all at once, so he offered a lower price.

In the original story, the price given was 20 Star Points per Wood Bud Crystal.

With 12 Wood Bud Crystals, plus the Spirit of Vegetation harvested earlier from Mist Island, the share given by Hong was already in his hands. Shi Fen didn't care much about this slight change.

Shi Fen and Hong made the exchange on the spot, spending 4 Wood Bud Crystals to trade for various treasures that enhance strength, such as Dragon Blood, Jade Marrow, and Spirits of Vegetation, as well as 3 King-Level Fighter Jets.

Hong's Space Ring contained many excellent items, and the treasures were handed over to Shi Fen immediately. The three King-Level Fighter Jets would arrive at the Bright Moon Residential District shortly.

"After I get home, I can start mass-producing War Gods."

Shi Fen prepared to raise the strength of his own family, Luo Feng's family, and Wei Wen's family to the level of Junior War Gods. He would then use the Wood Bud Crystals to push Shi Tie, Shi Tian, and Wei Wen to the limit of War Gods, or even help them break through to the Planetary Level. The 3 King-Level Fighter Jets were prepared for these three.

As the pillars of the Three Stones, Shi Fen naturally had to provide them with better treatment.

In this way, once their strength was raised, the three of them would no longer struggle to forge Kro Alloy and could forge to their hearts' content. If they could become Planetary Level, with the help of Void Force, they would surely be able to reach even greater heights!

As the Wood Bud Crystals were all excavated, the large crowd gathered on Mist Island began to pack up and evacuate one after another.

"A gravitational pull?"

Shi Fen's Soul Domain sensed an inexplicable pull coming from deep underground, and he felt a surge of joy. I didn't expect to be able to perceive this pull. I suppose I should leave this inheritance for Luo Feng.

"I need to hurry and deliver the Wood Bud Crystals to Master; he can finally become a Planetary Level powerhouse!" Shi Fen feigned anxiety, ignored the pull, flew into his fighter jet, and headed straight for Hongning Base City.

After Shi Fen flew away, he saw Babata jumping up and down in anger inside the ship, and he felt delighted.

Babata was fuming inside the Black Ink Star Ship: "This mysterious pull is too unreliable, letting that peerless genius slip away! Ahhh! It's driving me crazy!"

Shi Fen arrived at the Forging Room and respectfully handed the Wood Bud Crystals to his master.

Seeing Shi Fen standing before him, quietly and respectfully holding a Wood Bud Crystal, Elder Qian was deeply moved.

How could a person of Elder Qian's standing not know about the events on Mist Island? Elder Qian knew his own combat power was lacking; all his strength lay in his forging hammer. He had no power to compete for them and had hoped Hong would give him one to help him break through to the Planetary Level.

No sooner had he thought it than Shi Fen delivered it.

Elder Qian didn't say much, simply accepting the Wood Bud Crystal. He understood the complexity of his own inner feelings; he merely expressed slight gratitude to Shi Fen before going into seclusion to prepare for his breakthrough to the Planetary Level.

Shi Fen did not mind Elder Qian's somewhat cold attitude.

The colder Elder Qian acted, the more clearly he would remember this favor. Shi Fen understood this well.

After bidding farewell to Elder Qian, Shi Fen boarded his fighter jet and flew toward a location in the Pacific Ocean.

During the journey to Elder Qian's place, Shi Fen kept the detection function of the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror fully active, carefully controlling the search radius as he scanned the Pacific Ocean bit by bit. Before he even reached Elder Qian's location, Shi Fen discovered an Oval Black Giant Egg on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean.

To ensure it wasn't some other monster's egg, Shi Fen specifically pored over various monster records on Earth and searched the entire Pacific Ocean, finally confirming that what he had discovered earlier was indeed the egg of a Golden Horned Beast.

"This scourge, it arrived early as expected."

After arriving, Shi Fen dove deep into the seabed, slaughtered a vast number of sea monsters, and tucked this "scourge of Earth" into his World Ring. With the Golden Horned Beast egg secured, Shi Fen set off on his journey home, feeling thoroughly satisfied.

Sitting in the cabin of his fighter jet, Shi Fen couldn't help but stroke his chin, feeling smug: "Golden Horned Beast, you won't be escaping the palm of my hand. In this lifetime, don't even think about harming a single human on Earth!

The feeling of 'God Perspective' is truly wonderful."

Upon arriving home, Shi Fen immediately began strengthening the power of his family and friends.

The Luo family immediately informed Luo Feng of this. Luo Feng, who was busy rummaging through the underground river, was embarrassed upon hearing the news and immediately told Shi Fen, "Hey, there's no need for you to help my family improve their strength. I've harvested so many Spirits of Vegetation and quite a few Wood Bud Crystals; if I still need your help, it would really be a slap in my face.

Once I finish exchanging treasures with the Dojo Master, I'll use my own resources to boost my family's strength. As for Wei Wen's family, let's split our resources fifty-fifty.

You're so generous every single day that it makes me feel like an outsider. Seriously, that's enough."

Shi Fen had no choice but to agree helplessly; this way, they would both have even more resources to use.

After consulting with each other, the two decided to raise all their friends and family to high-level War God status. Shi Tie, Shi Tian, and Wei Wen were to be forcibly elevated to Planetary Level.

Knowing that Shi Tie and the others had made astonishing progress in their forging abilities, Luo Feng, harboring a bit of an investment mindset, promised to give Shi Fen two Wood Bud Crystals to help them improve their strength.

In the current environment on Earth, two Wood Bud Crystals were of unimaginably high value.

Seeing Luo Feng so serious, Shi Fen couldn't refuse and had no choice but to agree.

The family and friends all set aside their work, excitedly using the treasures to enhance their strength.

Everyone felt as if they were ascending to the heavens in a single step.

Seeing the treasures Shi Fen brought out and hearing what he had to say, they all felt a bit dazed, as if it were unreal. Yet, the tangible improvement in their physical fitness was something that couldn't be faked.

With everyone on the right track to improving their strength, Shi Fen could finally begin to check his own harvest.

"Good things take time. I hope this brings me a little surprise."

By evening, Shi Fen walked out of the Bright Moon Residential District and flew toward the Wilderness Area.

Upon reaching the Wilderness Area, Shi Fen piloted the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror, crashing through the underground all the way back to Yangzhou City. Before claiming his treasures, Shi Fen had to fulfill his promise to give Zhang Haobai a beating.

Although, with his current status, he wouldn't face any punishment for openly beating or even killing Zhang Haobai. Besides, no one would have the spare time to trouble Shi Fen over killing a piece of trash.

Just kidding.

The world's strongest forging master, who was also an invincible War God-level Spiritual Master—who would dare offend such a person?

However, Shi Fen didn't like beating people in the open; he wanted to leave a deep impression on Zhang Haobai, and a sneak attack would make the memory even more vivid.

Tonight.

Zhang Haobai was out causing trouble again, and Shi Fen detected him.

This was a perfect opportunity to strike.

The Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror barreled through the ground, quickly arriving near Zhang Haobai's location.

Shi Fen exited the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror in advance. The Black God Set transformed into a black, hooded night-suit. Shi Fen's figure streaked past, covering several kilometers in a flash, and appeared directly before Zhang Haobai.

Seeing Zhang Haobai with a group of bodyguards, molesting a pair of beautiful twin girls on the street, Shi Fen didn't waste any words. He struck immediately, giving Zhang Haobai and his bodyguards a brutal beating.

Shi Fen controlled his strength well, enough to keep them in the hospital for several months. After the beating, feeling it still wasn't enough to vent his anger, he broke one of Zhang Haobai's legs. Only then did he clap his hands in satisfaction and toss the unconscious fellows into a pile on the busy main road.

To prevent any trouble for the two girls, Shi Fen hypnotized everyone present, leaving behind only what he wanted them to remember.

For Zhang Haobai, Shi Fen specifically added a little something extra that would surely make him remember this for the rest of his life.

Having finished, Shi Fen contentedly piloted the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror back through the underground tunnel he had come from, returning to the Wilderness Area.

In the secluded wilderness.

Confirming there was no one around, Shi Fen ducked into a dilapidated house. Finding a hidden corner inside, he stashed his Communication Bracelet and the Eight Trigrams Reincarnation Mirror.

Shi Fen's figure vanished as he dove directly into his Inner World, and from there, entered the Treasure Refining World.

"My treasure, I'm coming!"