Chapter 15 Digging for Ore

"Let's begin," the Dean said, a burning black flame orb appearing behind him, its terrifying aura spreading. Behind the Tower Master appeared a golden mountain, while behind the Lord of Time and Space Island appeared a semi-circular ring radiating a faint light.

The combination of the three powers became even more terrifying, and Xu Jingming, watching from the side, felt his heart pounding.

"In a one-on-one fight, I'm now stronger than each of them," Xu Jingming observed as the Dean and the others unleashed their forbidden weapons. "But these three forbidden weapons, when used together, seem like a complete whole. My mind power can't even lock onto their true forms."

"The Dean and the others seem to be standing still. But in reality, they're already hidden in another layer of spacetime, beyond my reach. Forget about hurting them." Xu Jingming marveled inwardly.

He couldn't even touch them, let alone hurt them.

After the Dean and the others used their forbidden weapons, they feared no Third Realm half-step experts! It was only natural that his mind weapon techniques couldn't hurt them.

"Now that everything's set up, we can start mining," the Eternal Tower Master said with a smile.

"Once we start, we have to mine as quickly as possible," the Dean said. "Once we've mined everything, we can leave. It won't matter even if other high-dimensional lifeforms arrive."

Although confident in their strength, they still didn't want to fight other experts.

Those who are good at swimming drown! The vast majority of those who drown are swimmers.

The same principle applied.

Relying on their powerful strength to fight again and again, they would eventually run into a brick wall! Just like the old Abyss fiend 'Nato,' who had been looting and killing for a long time, and finally provoked Xu Jingming.

Even though Xu Jingming was very strong, he was still cautious. Because in the myriad races world, there were many experts who amazed him. For example, 'Lei Jiao Shan,' who left in the first batch; Xu Jingming believed that even now, he was far from his level in terms of mental strength.

"Dig!" With the Dean's command, the Dean, Tower Master, and Island Lord mobilized the power of their forbidden weapons and began to destroy the mountain walls.

"Rumble~~~"

The small ore deposit was deep inside the Primal Gold Mountain Range. The three of them went all out, blasting through a large area of the hollow mountain wall. A large amount of rock shattered, and Primal Gold Orbs flew out, quickly collected by the three.

Xu Jingming dispatched one exploration clone after another to be on guard in the surrounding hollow passages. He didn't help blast the rocks.

"My specialty is mind-based attacks. Forcibly destroying rocks? I'm not as good as the Dean. The three of them working together with forbidden weapons are much stronger than me. I shouldn't affect their coordination," Xu Jingming knew his limitations.

His power would only interfere with the coordination of the three forbidden weapons, reducing efficiency.

"The aura emitted by the Primal Gold Orbs after blasting through the ore deposit is too strong," Xu Jingming frowned as he watched this scene.

Primal Gold was a very precious and special 'spacetime' material. The spacetime in this area was extremely chaotic, and many 'spacetime lost' areas were connected to outside the territory, even to some mysterious places.

Countless remote areas were connected here, and various energies gathered to gradually form the Primal Gold Mountain Range.

The essence of it was Primal Gold!

"Buzz."

Before, when the Primal Gold Orbs were integrated into the rocks, they were very restrained.

But now that a large number of rocks had been blasted open, the restrained Primal Gold aura in the entire small ore deposit erupted in an instant, affecting the stability of spacetime. The Dean and the others tried their best to envelop spacetime to minimize the impact.

...

"This is?"

Nearby, there were three high-dimensional lifeform exploration teams that sensed the Primal Gold aura from afar.

"Being able to sense it from so far away, it must be a Primal Gold ore deposit."

"It's in that direction."

"We have to find a way to get there." Being able to reach the depths of the Primal Gold Mountain Range, the members of these three high-dimensional lifeform teams were all at the Eternal realm level. However, it was still very difficult for them to reach the ore deposit location through the winding hollow passages.

The hollow passages could make dozens of turns and had many forks. Who knew how to reach the ore deposit?

Among these three teams, one of them was led by Commander Mo Yu.

"Whoosh."

Their three figures turned ethereal and entered the vast Mother River.

Swish, swish, swish~~~

The water of the Mother River covered everything.

"We can't observe the inside of the Primal Gold Mountain Range from the Heart Realm," a thin figure said. "The material of the Primal Gold Mountain Range is special and affects spacetime. My Heart Realm clones must have accurate imprints to teleport there."

"Brother Mo Yu, can you find the exact location of the ore deposit?" A black-haired figure looked at the team leader.

The tall, horned figure 'Mo Yu' sensed the flow of the Mother River water: "The aura of that ore deposit is erupting. Based on its impact on the spacetime Mother River, I can determine a rough location. Fei Xing, bring three Heart Realm clones. I'll send them over."

"Okay," the thin figure nodded. Three more clones instantly appeared beside him.

"Go."

Mo Yu used the Mother River to send the three Heart Realm clones to the guessed locations.

One of the clones was sent inside a rock, one was sent to another hollow corridor, and one clone landed in the corridor where Xu Jingming and the others were.

"We've found the ore deposit. The ones mining it are high-dimensional lifeforms from Myriad Star Island," the thin figure said.

"Hurry over there," Mo Yu urged.

The thin figure immediately took his two companions and teleported via Heart Realm to the location of one of the clones.

...

It seemed slow, but from the eruption of the Primal Gold ore deposit's aura to the arrival of this high-dimensional lifeform team, less than half a minute had passed.

Although the Dean and the other two were strong, breaking through the Primal Gold rocks on a large scale was too troublesome. In that short time, they had only mined a little over a thousand Primal Gold Orbs.

"High-dimensional lifeforms are here."

The Dean and the others observed the three high-dimensional lifeforms descending in the distance, while continuing to mine, unleashing the terrifying power of their forbidden weapons, blasting the rocks and collecting the Primal Gold Orbs.

"It's them?" The Dean, Tower Master and Island Lord frowned slightly. Xu Jingming also observed the newcomers.

There were three figures.

One was a tall figure with curved horns, the Eternal realm apex expert 'Mo Yu,' who had a great reputation in this territory. His reputation was even greater than Nato's. However, his reputation was much better than Nato's; he wasn't a follower of the Abyss sacrifice path.

Another was a black-haired figure, also an Eternal realm apex expert from the Star Body lineage, 'Elocco.' The strength of the Star Body lineage was no less than that of the Heart Realm lineage.

The smallest in stature was 'Fei Xing,' a Heart Realm lineage Eternal realm expert. Although he wasn't an Eternal realm apex expert, there were very few Heart Realm lineage experts in the entire territory. It was already difficult to invite a Heart Realm Eternal realm expert to join the team.

"Hahaha, Island Lord Chu, Island Lord Xihe, Island Lord Guhe, Island Lord Wu Ming, I've long heard of the great names of the Island Lords of Myriad Star Island." The tall figure Mo Yu smiled, his laughter causing spacetime to shake, affecting the domain formed by the three forbidden weapons. "We're able to discover the same ore deposit in the vast Primal Gold Mountain Range. It can be considered fate."

"We discovered it first," Dean Chu spoke.

"Don't you still have a lot that hasn't been mined? Unmined ore deposits are unowned. Every high-dimensional lifeform who sees it has the right to mine it." The tall figure said calmly, "I don't want much, just half."

"Quite the big mouth," the Tower Master looked at him. At the same time, they continued to mine.

Watching the rocks rumble and shatter, and the Primal Gold Orbs being collected, Mo Yu, Elocco, and Fei Xing became a little anxious.

"Stop," the black-haired figure Elocco shouted.

"If you want to fight, come on. After Myriad Star Island migrated to this territory, we only killed Yu Fangtuo and the Abyss Thousand-Eyed Spider Demon. We haven't killed enough, which is why you dare to provoke us," the Dean said coldly.

"Stop talking nonsense. If you want Primal Gold Orbs, rely on your strength to snatch them!" the Tower Master also said coldly.

Mo Yu, Elocco, and Fei Xing's expressions turned ugly.

The two sides were on the verge of breaking out into a fight, ready to attack.

...

"Our forbidden domain is good at protecting ourselves and killing enemies. But it's not as good at trapping or blocking enemies. We can't stop them from attacking us. Everyone be careful," the Dean transmitted his voice. When they simplified and repaired the forbidden weapons, they had decided on this preference.

Survival was the most important thing. Once the three of them used their forbidden weapons, they could completely hide themselves. Even Gu Mo couldn't kill them back then.

Killing enemies was also important! The forbidden weapons' attack power was extremely high.

Other aspects were more ordinary.

"The 'Elocco' with black hair all over his body is from the Star Body lineage and is extremely powerful," the Lord of Time and Space Island transmitted his voice. "Mo Yu is an expert of the Mother River lineage and is even stronger than me. His control over spacetime has reached an incredible level! Fei Xing is from the Heart Realm lineage. Everyone be careful of mind attacks."

The Dean and the others were very vigilant, and Xu Jingming was also ready to attack.

On the other side...

Mo Yu and the other two were equally wary.

"I pry into spacetime, but I can't find their true forms," Mo Yu transmitted his voice to his companions.

"I've inquired with other Heart Realm experts. The three Island Lords of Myriad Star Island have mastered forbidden weapons of the science lineage. Once they join forces, they can even resist a Third Realm half-step expert," Fei Xing transmitted his voice. As a member of the Heart Realm lineage, he was naturally well-informed.

"Although I'm good at head-on confrontations, they can all withstand a Third Realm half-step expert, so they can definitely block me," Elocco transmitted his voice. "I don't think it's worth risking it for these few Primal Gold Orbs."

Although Elocco was from the Star Body lineage, he had always been cautious.

...

"The four Island Lords of Myriad Star Island have quite the guts," Mo Yu smiled slightly. "Fine, we won't compete for this small ore deposit."

Even if they could snatch two or three thousand Primal Gold Orbs, the three of them would have a very limited harvest after dividing them. It wasn't worth fighting Myriad Star Island for. After all, Myriad Star Island was not easy to provoke. Fighting them could lead to death. If it were a large ore deposit, they would definitely spare no expense.

A small ore deposit? It wasn't necessary.

"Let's go," the thin figure Fei Xing said.

Mo Yu was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and asked, "Not long ago, the old Abyss fiend 'Nato,' who lived in the Primal Gold Mountain Range, was killed! Did Myriad Star Island kill him?"

"Nato was killed?" The Tower Master was surprised.

"You don't know?" Mo Yu was puzzled. "He was killed in his cave lair."

"Although we've heard of Nato's name, we've never met him, so there's no karmic entanglement," the Dean said. "We at Myriad Star Island don't think we have the ability to kill him in his cave lair."

"It wasn't you?" Mo Yu nodded. "It seems there are some terrifying experts hidden in the Primal Gold Mountain Range."

After saying that, Mo Yu left with his two companions.

Their figures turned ethereal and disappeared.

The Dean, Tower Master, Island Lord, and Xu Jingming relaxed.

"They actually gave up," the Tower Master laughed.

"Maybe it's because it's a small ore deposit and not worth fighting for," the Lord of Time and Space Island was also in a good mood.

"I didn't expect Nato to be dead," the Dean said in surprise. "This Nato was also an Eternal realm apex expert and had been performing Abyss sacrifices for a long time. His body had long been cultivated to an incredible level. His strength was probably not inferior to mine. To be killed in his own lair... tsk tsk."

Xu Jingming, who was on the side, couldn't help but say, "Dean."

"Hmm?" The Dean and the others looked at Xu Jingming.

Xu Jingming didn't say anything when Mo Yu asked earlier, too lazy to pay attention. But he didn't want to hide it from the Dean and the Tower Master. Xu Jingming still trusted the human race's high-dimensional lifeforms very much.

"I killed Nato," Xu Jingming said.

The Dean, Tower Master, and Lord of Time and Space Island were stunned.