Chapter 1710

"Lei Shen, your speed is impressive!"

Chu Kuang, seeing this, showed surprise on his rugged face.

Xu Jingming smiled, offering no further explanation, his spirit already sinking into perception.

Hum—

Within his consciousness sea, the two soul-type equipments, the Nine-Layer Soul Tower and the Ice Heart Crown, trembled slightly.

Vast spiritual sense spread out like a tidal wave!

After more than half a year of fighting, his level hadn't changed.

But his control over the soul-type treasure, the Nine-Layer Soul Tower, had become far more proficient.

Now, under the amplification of the dual-soul equipment,

his perception range expanded to an astonishing degree, exquisitely detailed!

His powerful spiritual sense swept not only across the land but also pierced through rock, delving deep underground.

"Hmm?"

Xu Jingming suddenly felt a stir in his spirit.

About three thousand kilometers to his right front,

at a depth of one hundred meters underground, a faint golden glow flickered.

The glow was extremely subdued.

Had his spiritual perception not far surpassed others of his level, he would never have noticed it.

"There's something underground."

He turned his body, transforming into golden-green lightning and shooting toward that direction.

Seeing this, Ye Li and the other three did not follow.

After entering the ruins, free exploration was permitted, as long as they didn't stray too far.

A few seconds later, Xu Jingming landed on a relatively flat expanse of black stone.

He loosely clenched his right hand.

In his palm, the Sunlight Divine Thunder coalesced into a lightning spear, which he thrust violently downward!

"Break!"

Boom—

The lightning spear pierced the ground, blasting a pit straight down to a hundred meters underground!

Xu Jingming bent down and reached out his hand.

He pulled from the soil a crystal the size of a fist, translucent as amber.

Inside the crystal, a pale golden glow flowed like liquid.

Holding it, he felt a surging torrent of divine energy.

"Is this… Divine Crystal?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

Eternal gods forged divine bodies.

Even upon death, their divine bodies could endure.

If the divine body wasn't violently burned or utterly destroyed,

over long ages, it could gradually condense into Divine Crystal.

This substance contained refined divine energy, usable for rapid restoration of divine body depletion.

It was an SSS5-tier rare resource, of extremely high value!

He hadn't expected to find such a reward mere moments after entering the ruins!

"Divine Crystal?!"

"There's something like this inside the ruins?!"

Far away, Chu Kuang sensed Xu Jingming's pause.

His spiritual sense swept over, and he let out an excited growl.

"That much Divine Crystal? Its value is at least fifty thousand crystal credits."

Xu Qingwan also felt a tinge of envy.

Just digging randomly and finding a piece of Divine Crystal.

It was no different from picking up a few million on the street.

"Though this is a Realm Sovereign-level battlefield ruin,

during the great war back then, countless Eternal-tier warriors likely fought here.

In the instant when Realm Sovereigns struck, many Eternal-tier warriors were instantly obliterated by the shockwaves.

Yet their divine bodies remained intact.

Over long ages, these divine bodies gradually condensed into Divine Crystals.

It seems such resources won't be scarce in these ruins."

Ye Li landed gracefully and nodded slightly.

What intrigued her even more was Xu Jingming's spiritual sense.

Remember, Xu Jingming was only at Eternal Stage Six.

Though he had obtained a soul-type treasure,

in just over half a year, he shouldn't yet have mastered its secret runes.

He shouldn't be able to fully utilize it yet.

How could his perception be even sharper than hers?

"That should be the case."

Xu Jingming, who had casually stored the divine crystal into his World Ring, nodded along.

Indeed, in ordinary slaughter, opponents often burned their divine bodies to fight to the death.

When a divine body was severely damaged, the divine crystal left behind was extremely scarce.

Only when one was instantly killed by absolute power, with the divine body still intact, could a high-quality divine crystal possibly condense.

This Blackstone ruins had once been a Realm Lord's battlefield — perfectly fitting the conditions!

"The ruins should be littered with divine crystals! Prioritize searching downward!"

Yeli spoke decisively.

"Haha, treasure hunting time!"

Chu Kuang and Xu Qingwan immediately sprang into action.

Xu Jingming wasn't idle either, directly instructing within his mind:

"Vera, use your divine sense to assist in scanning the underground structure and help me find divine crystals!"

Although Vera was only a soul body,

after these years of his nurturing, she had already recovered considerably.

Similar investigations — Vera could be of considerable help.

"Aye aye, leave it to me~"

The succubus loli's soul body answered cheerfully within the Sea of Consciousness.

"Found one — three kilometers to the right, three hundred meters deep!"

Whoosh—!

Xu Jingming's figure flashed, teleporting directly three kilometers away.

Then, repeating the same method, he used Doushen Shenlei to condense a spiral drill-like thunder spear.

And thrust it violently into the ground!

Sizzle—!

The thunder spear easily pierced through rock, broke through the strata, and precisely reached the depth of three hundred meters.

With a sweep of his divine sense, Xu Jingming sent that divine crystal soaring into the air and into his palm.

The touch was warm and smooth, the divine power within surging — extremely high quality.

"Second one."

Xu Jingming flipped his hand to store it, his movements flowing like clouds and water.

And his search had only just begun.

Under the augmentation of the Dual Soul Equipment, his divine sense was downright monstrous!

Yeli, Chu Kuang, and Mu Wanqing likewise began their search.

But the range and precision of their divine sense were far inferior to Xu Jingming's.

Although Yeli was at the Invincible Immortal rank, she walked the warrior path.

Her divine sense couldn't be considered too strong.

Moreover, lacking soul-type equipment to amplify it, her perception depth was limited.

Chu Kuang primarily cultivated Destruction and the Metal system — divine sense was never his forte either.

Although Mu Wanqing's support abilities were extremely strong, divine sense investigation was not her specialty.

Only Xu Jingming was different.

His divine sense seeped into the earth like countless tentacles.

Every inch of rock structure and energy flow was clearly reflected in his heart.

Coupled with Vera's scanning assistance, his efficiency doubled!

"Eight hundred kilometers to the left front, five hundred and twenty meters underground — two side by side!"

"Five thousand kilometers to the right rear, two hundred meters underground — one that's relatively large!"

"Directly below, twelve hundred meters deep, there's a dense reaction — at least three clustered together!"

"..."

Augmented by golden-green Lei Guang and the Heavenly Thunder Wings, Xu Jingming's figure moved like lightning.

He needed no blind digging — every strike precisely locked onto its target.

The thunder spear pierced the earth; retrieving crystals was as easy as reaching into a bag.

In less than half a day, he had already collected thirteen divine crystals.

Among them, three were exceptionally massive, their divine power fluctuations far surpassing the ordinary!

"Lei Shen, the speed at which you find things is way too exaggerated!"

Chu Kuang watched, dumbfounded.

He had strained to dig and only found two, while Xu Jingming had already reaped a full harvest.

"Lei Shen's divine sense perception is probably already no inferior to some Invincible Immortal ranks who specialize in the divine sense system."

The petite and gentle Mu Wanqing's eyes also held amazement.

A strange brilliance also faintly flickered in Yeli's beautiful eyes.

Her little junior brother's secrets were truly too many.

Such perception ability was absolutely not something a Sixth-Stage Immortal could possess.

Xu Jingming merely smiled faintly, offering no explanation.

His mind focused, his divine sense continued to spread, searching for divine crystals.

This feeling—as if money were scattered everywhere, just waiting for him to pick it up—was truly somewhat intoxicating.

At the same time, in the deepest part of the Black Stone Ruins.

Boundless darkness churned, as if connected to another dimension.

At the center of this darkness, a clump of black mist, thick as ink, slowly writhed.

Gradually coalescing into a blurred and enormous human face.

The face's Lei Wu Guan twisted, two points of ghostly green soul-fire leaping within its eye sockets.

"Finally, finally someone has opened my ruins..."

A hoarse and excited howl echoed through the darkness.

As if carrying the endless waiting and longing of countless years.