"Oh no, it's far more powerful than I expected!"
Li Chen had leaped up and burst out of the ground before the collapse, but when he saw the underground workshop buried beneath the rubble, he plunged back in despite the billowing dust and dug frantically like a pangolin.
Fortunately, he remembered where the Red Owl Mecha had been and soon tucked its wreckage, now pierced by a gaping hole, into the Spatial Storage Compartment.
A moment later, his Divine Sense swept through the vicinity and located the shattered blood mystic gold ingot, which he also gathered up and put away.
As for the refined gold sphere used as the projectile, it had burst apart in the impact, scattering into countless fragments. Li Chen could not gather every last piece in such a short time.
Fortunately, the material was quite common, and the combined force of the lightning and the impact had shattered it completely. Even if someone found the fragments, they would struggle to discern anything from them.
As Li Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued gathering the remaining fragments of the Fang Tiger Mechanism Beast, He Ran and Wu Ding arrived.
Wu Ding stared at the scene before him, dumbstruck, and could not help exclaiming, "Brother Li, what on earth were you doing? You've demolished the whole building!"
He Ran, however, gave him a long, searching look and asked, "Is there anything you need us to help clean up?"
"No need," Li Chen said. "I've already taken care of it."
He Ran understood and nodded slightly.
You Renzhi was stationed in the district near the Black Market, only a few li away, so he arrived soon afterward.
His face filled with astonishment at the scene below, then his gaze settled on Li Chen as he emerged