Chapter 1711: RACE FOR THE GIANT DIVINE CRYSTAL!

The black mist face's gaze pierced through the layered spaces of the ruin, sweeping over the four teams.

"Two human teams, one demon tribe, one spirit tribe."

"Not bad—all at the Peak of Immortality, high quality."

"There must be several Limit Peak Immortals here, even Invincible Peak Immortals."

The face's soul-fire flickered, suddenly freezing on Xu Jingming.

"Hm? How did a mere Immortality Stage Six brat slip in?"

The black mist face frowned, carefully scanning with his perception:

"But this aura— isn't this the bloodline of a Void Demon?!"

"His spiritual sense also seems unusually strong."

"Little brat, you're hiding deep indeed."

The black mist face let out a low chuckle:

"But it doesn't matter."

"Whether Immortality Stage Six or Invincible Peak Immortal—"

"Whoever comes here is my 'guest.'"

"Let me see which of you has the most potential."

"Can you give me a surprise? My inheritance is very picky..."

"Hum—"

The entire black stone ruin trembled slightly, a hidden, immense will quietly awakening.

It permeated every inch of the land, every wisp of air.

"Let's begin with the simplest screening."

The black mist face grinned, revealing a fierce, eager curve.

Boom—!!!

At that very moment, somewhere in the ruin.

A brilliant, dazzling golden pillar shot skyward!

The pillar's diameter exceeded one hundred thousand kilometers.

Countless fragments of divine crystals swirled within like stars, radiating oceanic divine energy fluctuations!

The Jin Guang's radiation range was extremely vast—even tens of thousands of kilometers away, it could be clearly sensed!

"What is that?!"

Xu Jingming, with the strongest perception, was the first to notice the anomaly.

"Damn! It's divine crystals!"

"There are so many fragments inside that pillar!"

Chu Kuang immediately grew excited, his eyes blazing with light.

"Such scale of Jin Guang—"

"It's no scattered crystal fragment; this must be a concentrated deposit of divine crystals exposed!"

Ye Li also brightened instantly.

"Location: southeast, about thirty thousand kilometers away."

Mu Wanqing drew a light breath, already locking onto the precise position.

Xu Jingming gazed afar at the Jin Guang; his spiritual sense enhanced by the Dual Soul Gear caught more details.

Within the Jin Guang, there were indeed vast quantities of divine crystals.

But a faint, ancient, obscure law fluctuation also drifted outward.

"Strange—why is there another law fluctuation in that area?"

Xu Jingming was puzzled.

Ye Li, beside him, decided instantly:

"Go see first."

"Alright."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming no longer hesitated.

With so many divine crystals, even if there was some trick, it was worth investigating.

Shu-shu-shu—

The four of them became streaks of light, racing toward the source of the Jin Guang.

And at the same moment, in three other directions:

"Divine crystal eruption! If we seize it, the haul far exceeds scattered searches!"

Rois's eyes flashed with greed; he immediately turned his team around.

He had a Boundary Sovereign ancestor, a Supreme Ruler father—true enough.

But that didn't mean his resources were limitless.

If he could claim all these divine crystals, he'd become fabulously rich!

"Hahaha! Treasures have emerged!"

"Who dares compete with me? I'll slice them to pieces!"

The demon tribe also noticed the commotion.

Yan Zhu roared with laughter, dark purple demonic flames surging wildly as he sped off with three demons.

Tian Yu Shen's transparent figure materialized in the air, his translucent eyes fixed on the Jin Guang.

After a brief hesitation, she too dissolved into a wisp of clear wind drifting toward the southeast.

Deep within the Black Stone Ruins.

The black mist's face watched all four teams heading toward the Golden Light, the ghostly green soul-flames dancing more eagerly.

"Yes! Just like that! Draw closer! Fight for it!"

"Let me see how much potential you can show under the lure of profit!"

"Don't disappoint me..."

A low chuckle slowly faded into the darkness.

Only the ghostly green soul-flames remained, like eyes watching everything.

Coldly observing the slaughter about to erupt within the ruins.

Sssshhh—

The golden-green Lei Guang exploded fully, and Xu Jingming's flight speed surged to its peak!

The Thunderwing, combined with the spatial affinity granted by his Void Demon bloodline,

allowed him to maintain a speed far exceeding his peers—even within the Black Stone Ruins, a space unnaturally stable!

Even faster than Ye Li!

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming became a thunderbolt tearing through the sky.

The first to charge into the range enveloped by the golden pillar.

"Divine Crystals—there are so many!"

The instant he stepped into the pillar, Xu Jingming's pupils shrank slightly.

What lay before him was no longer scattered fragments of crystals.

But—a sea of crystals!

Embedded in the ground, the air, even the gaps between floating rocks.

Everywhere were embedded Divine Crystals of varying sizes!

The smallest no larger than a fingernail, the largest as big as a fist.

Dense and countless—no fewer than ten thousand!

Though on average smaller than those he had previously gathered, even much smaller.

But they made up for it in quantity!

"Collect!"

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming spread his spiritual sense like a net!

Shhh—shhh—shhh—

One by one, Divine Crystals were swept up by his spiritual sense and stored in the World Ring.

His movements were so swift they dazzled the eye.

With Dual Soul Gear's enhancement, his spiritual sense manipulation was exquisitely precise.

He could collect over a dozen Divine Crystals per second!

"Lei Shen's speed is insane!"

Soon after,

Chu Kuang, who rushed into the pillar right after, couldn't help drawing a sharp breath.

He himself was a Limit Eternal Life cultivator.

His spiritual sense control wasn't weak—but compared to Xu Jingming, it was like slow motion!

"Don't stand there gawking—collect fast!"

Ye Li's cold voice rang out.

With a flick of her jade hand, black spiritual power transformed into countless fine threads, precisely snatching nearby crystals.

Mu Wanqing also unleashed her spiritual sense.

But her efficiency was clearly inferior to Xu Jingming's and Ye Li's.

Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!

Soon, from three other directions,

Luo Yi and Yan Zhu Shen arrived with their respective teams.

Only Tian Yu Shen came alone.

"So many Divine Crystals!"

Luo Yi's crimson eyes flickered with greed.

The Burning Heaven Mirror hovered behind him; dark red flames sprouted into countless tentacles, frantically plundering.

"Hehehe... they're all mine!"

Yan Zhu Shen laughed wildly.

His six wings flapped, summoning a sea of dark purple demonic flame that swallowed vast swaths of crystals.

Tian Yu Shen, by contrast, was far quieter.

Her translucent form brushed past like a gentle breeze—wherever she passed, crystals vanished without sound.

The four factions, each occupying one side, frantically seized the crystals!

The scene was eerie and tense.

Though all were fighting over the same area's treasures, none attacked one another.

Because there was no time.

There are too many divine crystals.

So many that every single person is scrambling to collect them, with no time to spare for anything else!

Xu Jingming is especially frenzied.

Gold-green Lei Guang weaves through the sea of crystals.

Every pause clears out an entire region.

The extreme speed granted by the Heavenly Thunder Wings, combined with the Void Realm Demon's affinity for space.

Makes his movement trajectory erratic and utterly impossible to predict.

In just over four minutes, he has already collected more than two hundred divine crystals!

"Is that guy a locust?!"

In Royce's party.

The corner of the eye of that Extreme Immortal-rank holding a silver-white folding fan twitched.

He considered himself no slouch in speed.

But compared with Xu Jingming, it was practically a stroll!

"Damn it! How can Su Chen be this fast?!"

Colt's expression was equally ugly.

He primarily cultivated the Law Origins of Time and Wind.

Speed should have been his forte, yet here he was completely suppressed by Xu Jingming!

"Forget him, grab ours!"

Royce's face darkened.

The Burning Heaven Mirror went all-out; the number of dark-red flame tentacles surged, and efficiency immediately rose.

However—

Boom!!!

At that very moment, the ground at the center of the golden pillar of light violently exploded!

An enormous golden crystal slowly rose from underground!

It stood over five meters tall, more than three meters wide, its entire body crystalline as the purest amber.

The pale-gold divine energy flowing within was so dense it had liquefied.

Like a golden long river rushing through the crystal!

Even more terrifying, the divine power fluctuation it emitted was as vast as the sea, as majestic as an abyss!

The surrounding air was distorted by this fluctuation, forming visible golden ripples!