The Ice Empress asked, "What does it mean?"
Huo Yuhao answered, "It means destruction!"
The Ice Empress said with some disdain, "A mere lump of metal?"
"An unassuming metal can contain power beyond anyone's imagination." The excitement in Huo Yuhao's eyes grew stronger. "I'm not sure whether the metal in this cave is what I think it is, so I have to go inside and look."
Ju Zi put away the detector and gave the three of them their assignments. "Ke Ke, record the location. Zi Mu, you, Junior Yuhao, and I will enter the cave and dig out some metal samples. If we can confirm that this really is a large mineral deposit, our mission will be a complete success."
"Yes," Ke Ke and Zi Mu replied.
Huo Yuhao reminded them, "Shouldn't we check whether it's safe? What if there are soul beasts inside?"
Ju Zi glanced at the entrance and smiled sweetly. "If a soul beast lived here, there would definitely be traces around the entrance. Besides, even metal-attribute soul beasts rarely choose mines as their homes."
Huo Yuhao suspected that this, too, was the effect of Mental Suggestion, because he could clearly see plenty of soul beast footprints.
Forget it. I'll deal with that fellow myself.
With that thought, he followed Ju Zi and Zi Mu into the cave.
He used Spiritual Detection to peer into the depths of the cave. The Hypnotic Tapir lay quietly in an open space, a hint of mockery showing in its eyes with an almost human expressiveness.
Several soul beasts' bleached bones lay around the Hypnotic Tapir.
Huo Yuhao couldn't help frowning.
Judging by their bones, those soul beasts had been considerably larger than the Hypnotic Tapir. Although their cultivation in life couldn't have far surpassed its own, killing them certainly