The Sighs of a New Ore Vein

Rumble!

At that moment, the clearing before Wu Heng trembled slightly, as though his arrival had broken the peace here.

Yellow, murky stream water splashed everywhere, and he swiftly dodged aside.

The water landed on the clearing at the edge, instantly transforming into a mass of writhing worms.

Then the worms dried up, as though drained dry, turning into black husks like melon seed shells that stuck to the ground.

"So the black ground here was formed from these decomposed worms!"

Only then did Wu Heng understand why the ground beneath his feet was so dark and soft.

But the stream water was not the main point.

The main point was the clearing surrounded by the stream. Along with the tremors, a massive pointed tip emerged from it, like a bamboo shoot piercing the heavens.

The instant Wu Heng saw that enormous tip, his body shuddered.

"Chikuai Silver Mine vein!"

That was right. Although only ten meters of it had emerged from the ground, its distinctive black stone and Chikuai Silver speckles confirmed everything.

A Chikuai Silver Mine vein was rising from the earth.

Wu Heng cautiously approached. As the ore vein emerged, he could also sense the danger within it.

Inside this ore vein, it seemed that a great number of anomalies were trapped within the mountain, like birds in cages or insects within flower buds.

As Wu Heng observed the ore vein that had yet to fully emerge—

"Hah~"

A faint sound of an old man gasping suddenly came from thirty meters diagonally ahead of him.

It sounded like a dying groan.

Wu Heng's vigilance immediately rose. His perception had been spread throughout the surrounding area, yet he had not seen a single figure.

Ready to strike at any moment, he turned to look, but there was no