"Thirty-eight pieces!"
Yinchuan did a quick calculation of the Dao Fall fragments he had harvested this time!
The joy on his face intensified.
This single haul was equivalent to all his previous gains combined.
Thirty-eight pieces, plus the four scattered pieces he had found earlier, and the more than thirty pieces from a few days ago!
A total of seventy-seven Dao Fall fragments!
After storing all these Dao Fall fragments in his spatial ring,
Yinchuan did not linger. His figure appeared beside Li Qi.
"Many thanks, Lord!"
Yinchuan expressed his gratitude once more.
Li Qi, however, waved his hand.
"It's what you deserve."
This was not Li Qi speaking without reason.
Yinchuan's substantial harvest was entirely due to his own correct actions.
If Yinchuan had intended to conceal the matter of the Dao Fall fragments from Li Qi, Li Qi might still be unaware of them, let alone have come to collect them.
Yinchuan's actions, however, were to inform Li Qi of the Dao Fall fragments immediately, prompting Li Qi's arrival, which led to the subsequent events.
There is a cause for every effect.
Since Yinchuan was willing to genuinely help him, Li Qi naturally would not treat him poorly.
"No need for more thanks. Let's wait for the next meteor eruption period,"
Li Qi said calmly. His figure slowly dissipated from his spot, and he found a relatively open area nearby to quietly close his eyes.
With meteor eruptions occurring once or twice a day, this eruption period had just passed, meaning a considerable wait was likely ahead.
Although during this time, some meteor fragments would occasionally drift out of the distorted space,
the number of these fragments was too small to compare with the vast meteor swarms during eruption periods.
And due to the small base number, the Dao Fall fragments among them were also pitifully few.
Li Qi had no intention of searching for these scattered Dao Fall fragments.
It was a thankless task that drained energy.
Several other cultivators shared the same plan as Li Qi, namely the powerful Tribulation Stage cultivators who were capable of dividing large swarms of meteor fragments.
However, while Li Qi and his peers could act this way, cultivators with slightly lower Tribulation Stage cultivation levels could not.
They were already limited to searching for Dao Fall fragments among scattered meteors.
The period when these powerful Tribulation Stage cultivators were not active was precisely an opportune time for them to find Dao Fall fragments.
At the same time, Yinchuan, who had harvested over thirty Dao Fall fragments in one go, did not become arrogant.
Understanding his true strength, he knew that without Li Qi's presence, he would still be relegated to finding scattered Dao Fall fragments.
Therefore, Yinchuan did not disturb Li Qi further and also began searching for scattered Dao Fall fragments during this lull.
Minor skirmishes would occasionally break out during this interlude, all for the sake of contending for one or two rare Dao Fall fragments.
During this time, Yinchuan had indeed clashed with several people, and they had jointly found a Dao Fall fragment.
However, it seemed that because Li Qi was still present,
those Tribulation Stage cultivators who clashed with Yinchuan and had similar cultivation levels did not dare to be too aggressive.
Upon realizing they had little chance of snatching the Dao Fall fragments, they would quickly retreat, fearing that if their conflict with Yinchuan dragged on, the motionless Li Qi nearby might take action against them, which would truly be a loss outweighing the gain.
Under these circumstances, Yinchuan managed to harvest another five Dao Fall fragments during the lull period.
This brought him a small surge of joy once again.
And then, approximately half a day later.
Suddenly, the eyes of the powerful Tribulation Stage cultivators, who had been tightly closed as if in cultivation, abruptly snapped open.
Those lower-level Tribulation Stage cultivators who were searching for scattered Dao Fall fragments also sensed something.
All eyes once again turned towards the direction of the distorted space. The familiar spatial distortion fluctuations emanated once more!
Another meteor eruption period had arrived!
Immediately after, the tearing sensation within the distorted space seemed to reach its peak.
"Boom! Boom!"
Just like a volcanic eruption, dense meteor swarms were directly spewed out from the distorted space!
The number of meteor swarms this time was no less than during the previous eruption period.
Although the lower-level Tribulation Stage cultivators understood they had no chance of contending for the massive meteor swarms, they couldn't help but reveal looks of longing.
From now on, they could only wait for the powerful Tribulation Stage cultivators to finish their distribution and hope to get a small share.
But this time, the two Tribulation Stage Stage eighth-heaven cultivators, Fang Ying and Wang Yangfeng, who were closest to the distorted space, did not immediately intercept a portion of the meteor swarms.
Instead, their gazes met again.
Their line of sight, subtly, shifted towards a single direction.
There, Li Qi stood quietly.
As if sensing their gazes, Li Qi slightly raised his eyes and met theirs, showing no trace of panic in his eyes.
However, beyond that, Li Qi made no other moves.
"That guy? He's not planning to compete with us?"
Fang Ying muttered as he looked at Li Qi.
They had already witnessed Li Qi's terrifying speed before, a level that even surpassed their own.
If Li Qi truly intended to contend with them, two cultivators at the eighth heaven of the Tribulation Stage, he would indeed have a significant chance of obtaining more Dao Fall fragments.
Unfortunately, judging by Li Qi's unmoving posture, he did not seem inclined to vie for Dao Fall fragments with them.
However, Fang Ying's gaze soon shifted away from Li Qi.
He thought it was understandable.
Although Li Qi's speed was terrifying, his other displayed abilities at most were only at the fifth or sixth heaven of the Tribulation Stage, far inferior to their own eighth heaven.
While Li Qi's speed was fast, in the eyes of Fang Ying and Wang Yangfeng, if they found an opportunity, they could easily kill Li Qi.
After all, being fast did not equate to high defense or overall strength.
It was a wise move for Li Qi to quietly wait for the two eighth-heaven cultivators to take their share first.
What they did not know was that Li Qi was not reluctant to compete with them.
The reason Li Qi chose not to compete was entirely because the cooldown period of his "Rampage" talent, which lasted one day, had not yet elapsed.
As for the remaining three talents, Hundredfold Strength, Hundredfold Defense, and Hundredfold Recovery, they each had only a minute of duration.
Without the boost of Hundredfold Speed, and not wanting to use two secret arts or reset his talents,
Li Qi was not confident that he could directly defeat these two eighth-heaven Tribulation Stage cultivators within a minute, with only the other three talents active for just sixty seconds.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, it was better to wait a while longer. By the time the next meteor eruption period arrived, his talent cooldowns would also be over, and then he could contend with the two eighth-heaven Tribulation Stage cultivators.
And once Fang Ying and Wang Yangfeng confirmed that Li Qi truly had no intention of competing for the first batch of meteor swarms,
the aura of eighth-heaven Tribulation Stage cultivators once again surged from them.
Just as before, they each divided a portion of the meteor swarms.