Chapter 105 Scavenging the Abyss

The enormous tentacled monster, Baiqi Gui, had a hundred eyes filled with struggling madness. Its super-long tentacles twisted erratically, its consciousness trapped in an illusion, unable to regain clarity for the time being.

Xu Jingming, having seen the three Abyss Lords act from afar, instantly arrived via the Mind Realm Teleportation. He immediately targeted the strongest, Baiqi Gui, trapping it within an illusion.

The illusion, Void Abyss, placed a tremendous burden on Xu Jingming's mind. He could only maintain two Void Abyss illusions simultaneously!

Trapping Baiqi Gui consumed nearly half of Xu Jingming's mental power. *Hoo!* Xu Jingming also appeared, intending to collect the massive Pure Spirit Ice Mountain.

"Outsider!"

"That's ours!"

The other two Abyss Lords attacked simultaneously. A dwarfish Abyss Lord stirred the black river, sending its turbulent currents toward Xu Jingming. The other, an Abyss Lord in red robes, transformed into a blood-colored mist, enveloping Xu Jingming!

"Kill!" Three illusory Xu Jingmings appeared out of thin air, each wielding an illusory Mind Spear.

"Careful!" Both Abyss Lords sensed the threat, but the Mind Weapons were too fast to dodge. Three rising suns appeared, piercing through the bodies of the three Lords.

Maintaining a massive Void Abyss illusion while simultaneously executing the third stance of *Golden Spear*, 'Rising Sun', with three clones pushed Xu Jingming's mental burden near its limit.

However, his current strength was far greater than when he first arrived in the Abyss. Especially with the transformation of his body, his lifeform was much stronger. The combined might of his body and weapon in executing his spear techniques was also significantly greater than before.

"No!"

"Impossible!"

The two weaker Abyss Lords were both in pain and terror as the two Rising Suns pierced their bodies. The power of this Mind Weapon was too terrifying; their clone bodies could not withstand it at all. Their consciousness was completely destroyed, leaving only two corpses behind.

On the other hand, Baiqi Gui, trapped in the illusion, merely roared in agony, even when struck by Xu Jingming's Mind Weapon.

"This Baiqi Gui has such a strong lifeform! Even trapped in an illusion and unable to resist, I estimate it would take dozens of full-powered Rising Suns to completely destroy its consciousness," Xu Jingming realized after a single attempt.

"Collect."

One clone maintained the illusion, three clones wielded Mind Weapons, and another clone focused on collecting the Pure Spirit Ice Mountain.

The Pure Spirit Ice Mountain was vast and towering, floating on the Nightmare River making collection slightly troublesome. With Xu Jingming's strength and no interference, he collected the entire Pure Spirit Ice Mountain in a single breath.

At the same time, Xu Jingming also collected the corpses of the two dead Abyss Lord clones!

The body of the smaller Abyss Lord also held a Nightmare Scimitar that shook the mind! This made Xu Jingming ecstatic. "This should be a Third Realm weapon—an unexpected harvest!"

"Wu Ming, return my weapon!" An urgent voice came from afar; it was another clone of the dwarfish Abyss Lord.

Losing a clone was a small matter, but losing a Third Realm weapon truly alarmed him.

"50 drops of Abyss Motherblood and I'll sell it to you," Xu Jingming responded mentally. Establishing such karma allowed him to instantly determine that this dwarfish Abyss Lord had five other clones scattered across distant, different regions.

It was already very difficult for him to kill one clone head-on. The attacks transmitted through karma could not threaten the other clones of the Abyss Lord at all.

The massive Baiqi Gui suddenly roared in fury. It had finally broken free from the illusion and stared at Xu Jingming in shock and anger.

"It broke free of the illusion pretty quickly," Xu Jingming was surprised.

"This outsider dares to be so presumptuous in our level of the Abyss."

"He came to our level of the Abyss and snatched a lot of treasures."

"Outsider, leave your treasures behind!"

The commotion of this battle attracted the attention of many Abyss Lords in this level of the Abyss! An entire Pure Spirit Ice Mountain, the corpses of two Abyss Lord clones, and the weapons and treasures they carried—all of this added up to a great fortune! Enough to make many Abyss Lords jealous.

Moreover, they were all Lords of the same level of the Abyss, and they were old acquaintances! They could fight among themselves, but it was a disgrace to let an outsider come in and gorge himself!

"Leave the treasures behind."

"Die."

"Kill him."

In an instant, more than twenty Abyss Lords launched attacks from afar. Sensing the various attacks through karma, Xu Jingming's expression changed drastically. He immediately transformed his body into an illusion and遁entered the Mind Realm.

"Gone!" Carrying his treasures, Xu Jingming's clone quickly teleported through the Mind Realm, escaping layer after layer of the Abyss, fleeing hundreds of layers of the Abyss in the blink of an eye.

Even so, several attacks followed the karma, forcibly entering the Mind Realm and descending upon Xu Jingming's various clones.

"Hmph!!!"

Xu Jingming's body trembled slightly. Nightmares, curses, poisons, diseases… various forces landed on his body, seeking to permeate and corrode him. But after breaking through in the Void Abyss, Xu Jingming possessed the Void Abyss Body, greatly increasing his defense, making it much easier to resist.

"Borrowing the power of karma, the power has already greatly diminished. And wanting to penetrate the Mind Realm? The power is less than one-tenth of what it was," Xu Jingming easily withstood it.

"If I had stayed in that level of the Abyss and been ganged up on, my clone would have been finished," Xu Jingming knew this clearly. If he had foolishly stayed and tried to resist, he would have definitely been killed by the mob. Because the first wave had more than twenty Abyss Lords attacking, and if he had survived the first wave, the second wave would likely have been a hundred Abyss Lords.

But if he focused on escaping, as a Mind Realm lineage member at the half-step Third Realm, with the two major schools complementing each other, it would be very difficult for the Abyss Lords to kill him.

In fact, reaching the half-step Third Realm meant very strong life-saving abilities.

Even ordinary Abyss Lords generally had multiple clones. For example, they might have clones in Featherfire City, clones in the Abyss, and clones in other territories… and the distances between them were vast… Even if a Mind Realm lineage expert pursued them, using Mind Realm Teleportation to travel from one place to another could take months.

So completely exterminating an Abyss Lord was extremely difficult.

…

"I'm back." Xu Jingming traveled at top speed, returning to Myriad Star Island in just five days.

This time the harvest was too great, so he had to bring the spoils back!

If he wandered around the Abyss with the spoils and had them snatched away by a strong enemy, it would be too late for regrets.

"Rumble~~~" Inside the treasury of Myriad Star Island, Xu Jingming entered and placed the large amount of items he had collected in the Abyss over the years into the treasury. Of course, these were all items for public use by the human race.

Things like Third Realm weapons and Pure Spirit Ice Mountains, Xu Jingming would definitely carry himself. He still had to accumulate treasures to purchase a Third Realm Mind Spear.

"Jingming, you've plundered so many treasures from the Abyss?" Sensing the opening of the treasury, the Dean, the Tower Master, the Island Lord, and Chi Mont all arrived. The five of them all had the authority to open the race's treasury.

"Wandered around the Abyss and casually collected some items. They're not very useful to us, but they're great for low-dimensional lifeforms," Xu Jingming said with a smile, throwing out a large number of corpses.

Whether he killed enemies with illusions or with Mind Weapons, the corpses were all intact.

On the other hand, most of the Abyss Devils who had been burned to death by Black Lotus Fire were burned to ashes, with very few remnants.

"What are these?"

The Dean, the Tower Master, the Island Lord, and Chi Mont looked in astonishment at one corpse after another. Hundreds of Abyss Devil corpses were piled up in the treasury, two of which had an especially terrifying aura. The residual aura made the Dean and the others tremble.

"I've been in the Abyss for over a hundred years, wandering through who knows how many Abyss spaces," Xu Jingming explained. "Many devils have long been driven mad by the Abyss, and they take the initiative to attack, so I have no choice but to deal with them."

"The weaker ones can be eliminated by Black Lotus Fire. These are all those with extremely strong bodies, which Black Lotus Fire can't burn to death, so I can only destroy their minds, leaving their bodies behind," Xu Jingming said.

The flames of the Nine-Leaf Black Lotus Realm could not burn to death Abyss Devils of Na Duo's level.

This forced Xu Jingming to use illusions or Mind Weapons.

"You've killed so many powerful devils?" Chi Mont was stunned.

"Not many, on average, only a few Abyss Devils a year," Xu Jingming said with a smile. "You don't know, the Abyss is infinitely vast, and these devils are countless."

"Are these two Abyss Lords?" The Dean pointed to the two Abyss Lord clones.

Xu Jingming nodded. "After more than a hundred years in the Abyss, I finally discovered a great treasure. It attracted several Abyss Lords to fight with me, so I destroyed the clones of two of the Abyss Lords. Don't worry, they don't dare to come to our territory. As long as they dare to show their faces, my mind will sense it, and I'll destroy them every time they come."

The Dean, the Tower Master, the Island Lord, and Chi Mont looked at each other. Their companion's strength was considered strong even among those at the half-step Third Realm!

"The corpses aren't very useful, you can dismantle them as you see fit," Xu Jingming said. "Try to maximize their use."

"Hundreds of Eternal Peak Great Devils, and the corpses of two Abyss Lord clones, and you don't even look at them," the Tower Master shook his head. "Don't worry, leave the dismantling to me, I will definitely maximize their use."

Xu Jingming then calculated his spoils: "After killing so many Abyss Devils for more than a hundred years, I've only accumulated thirty to fifty drops of Abyss Motherblood."

There was no way around it; most Abyss Devils were very poor! The harvest from the Abyss Sacrifices was used on themselves, and as for the two or three Eternal weapons, their value was insignificant.

"It was still worth it to fight with the Abyss Lords this time, a big profit, a Pure Spirit Ice Mountain and a Third Realm weapon, at least 150 drops of Abyss Motherblood," Xu Jingming was in a good mood. He had always wanted to buy a Third Realm Mind Spear.

"By the way, didn't you say you were going to stay in the Abyss for three or four hundred years?" the Dean asked.

"I still have clones staying in the Abyss," Xu Jingming said. He had only brought some of his clones back with the treasures. He went to the Abyss, first to observe the Abyss to help him comprehend the Void Abyss inheritance, and second, to observe the blooming of the Abyss Red Lotus.

…

The Universe Human Race Alliance official.

"Why are there so many Abyss-related treasures in this official contribution exchange? The supply is ten times greater than last time," many Source Lifeforms looked at the exchange list, stunned.

"Could it be that the human race is facing another crisis and wants to vigorously cultivate Source Lifeforms?" these Source Lifeforms speculated.

"Don't guess, it's because World Lord is currently traveling in the Abyss, so he conveniently collected a huge amount of resources in the Abyss," a stern young man said. He was one of the fifteen Universe Legends of the human race, 'Scarlet Jade * Sword Raven'.

"World Lord traveling in the Abyss?" Many Source Lifeforms understood.

The human race now had four Supreme existences—the Dean, the Tower Master, the Island Lord, and the World Lord.

The World Lord… was Wu Ming, the creator of one of the four strongest forces, 'Mind World'. Source Lifeforms no longer dared to call Xu Jingming's name directly.

After all, he was a half-step Third Realm existence, the strongest person in the human race.

"I heard that the Abyss is full of countless dangers, but in the face of a great existence like World Lord, it's like his own backyard, where he can wander around at will and easily collect a huge amount of resources."

"I heard that World Lord can see the past and future, and can foresee all dangers. What's traveling in the Abyss?" These Source Lifeforms chatted, all taking pride in the World Lord.

Just like the Void God Race of the past, they took pride in Gu Mo.

The human race was the same, taking pride in the World Lord 'Wu Ming', the half-step Third Realm member of the Mind Realm lineage.

…

After that great harvest at the Pure Spirit Ice Mountain, he didn't have such good luck again. Xu Jingming continued to travel through layers of Abyss space, while also sending clones to be near the Abyss Red Lotus, hiding in the Mind Realm, waiting patiently.

Finally, the Abyss Red Lotus finally matured, and Xu Jingming's many clones had gathered in advance, wanting to watch the blooming scene.