Chapter 935: Ruthless Plundering! Fleeing!

“Alright, that’s enough. It’s our turn to act.”

Only after Leo had flown over twenty kilometers away did Xu Jingming smile and speak.

“Act? What do you mean by act?” Su Qingli still looked confused.

"The void stones above our heads," Xu Jingming smiled, pointing his finger at the soil overhead.

"Void stones?!"

Su Qingli’s eyes widened, her delicate face filled with disbelief.

“Are you sure we should act now? Twenty kilometers is just a few breaths for a ninth-rank peak expert—aren’t you afraid Leo will come back?”

A typical ninth-rank Wu Sheng flies at two to three times the speed of sound.

A ninth-rank peak Wu Sheng can reach a terrifying seven times the speed of sound!

Even if Leo is now diverting his blood qi to help Warren fly, his speed is still at least six times the speed of sound!

Once Leo notices the anomaly here, he can return from over twenty kilometers away in just ten seconds.

And we have no way to escape.

“Without that ninth-rank Fa Sheng, the ninth-rank mid-level Wu Sheng can’t sense our presence.

Leo won’t be back for at least another minute—this minute is enough for us to do plenty.

Besides, we still have this.”

Xu Jingming opened his right palm, where a translucent white bone lay quietly.

Space Beast Bone!

Since entering the Po Xu Tower, it had yet to be used.

For these hundreds of thousands of void stones, it’s worth using once.

“Then… alright, let’s take the risk.”

Su Qingli nodded slightly.

“Good. Let’s split up.

For safety, if we detect Leo returning, we immediately regroup and use the Space Beast Bone to leave.”

Xu Jingming smiled.

“What about me!”

Eva’s holographic projection appeared in the cave, excitedly saying:

“S-class, give me a Crimson Radiance Gold Guardian, and ten Space Rings.

I’ve existed this long, but this is the first time I’ve ever robbed a ninth-rank peak adept.”

“Alright.”

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming handed the Crimson Radiance Gold Guardian over to Eva for control.

Then they split into three groups and moved out.

At over a hundred meters underground, the pressure was immense, and the soil was harder than diamond.

Yet Xu Jingming’s body was encircled by alloy daggers, combined with his SSS-grade Chaotic Divine Thunder, spinning like a high-speed drill as he furiously tunneled outward.

Every void stone his spiritual force touched was absorbed into his Space Ring.

Su Qingli and Eva beside him moved no slower, each gathering their share—especially Eva, who was the most excited...

BOOM!

The ground trembled violently, blasted open into a deep pit!

PUFF—

From within the pit, a dense tangle of plant vines was instantly shattered into green pulp.

“Lord Leo, this isn’t its true body either.”

In the sky, Warren’s face was grim.

In just forty seconds, they had flown over eighty kilometers.

They had destroyed four such locations, yet still found no trace of the plant life’s true body.

“Ironvine Lotus—a top-tier plant life.

Something long extinct in our Fireworld, yet here it’s grown to ninth rank...”

Leo’s face darkened.

Plant life from the Flower Goddess was valuable, but with her death, such plant life became irreplaceable resources.

In all the time Fireworld had existed, Ironvine Lotus had vanished entirely.

Meaning, someone from Blue Star brought it here.

“Lord Leo, the next location I sense is about twenty kilometers away—should we keep going?”

Warren ventured cautiously.

“No. This Ironvine Lotus is too cunning.

Thirty seconds is more than enough for it to flee—over there, it’s likely another decoy.”

Leo shook his head.

Plant life, like fish in water, naturally blends into the soil.

Had he not brought Warren, the Fa Sheng, his own spiritual force alone would have lost the Ironvine Lotus’s trail long ago.

Yet even so, it still slipped away.

So many decoy sites prove this wasn’t impulsive—it was carefully planned, meant to steal his void stones.

"Dare to steal my void stones? You, Blue Star human with the Ironvine Lotus, don’t let me catch you!"

With a cold snort, Leo turned and flew back the way he came; Warren hurried after him.

WHOOSH—

At over a hundred meters underground, wild spiritual force howled as countless void stones surged like waves into Xu Jingming’s Space Ring.

At that moment, the Ironvine Lotus’s voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Master, those two experts have turned back."

“Good, I know. Keep running—we’ll rendezvous later.”

Xu Jingming nodded, retracted his spiritual force, and whispered to Su Qingli and Eva:

“They’re returning. Regroup—we’re leaving.”

“Got it.”

“Understood!”

A mature woman’s and a little girl’s spiritual voices echoed separately.

Less than seven seconds later, Su Qingli and Eva appeared within Xu Jingming’s spiritual perception.

The underground was pitch black, but for him, using spiritual force, it was as bright as daylight.

“We’ve cleared this area. Let’s go.”

Xu Jingming grinned, pouring his formidable blood qi into the Space Beast Bone.

HUM—

Space rippled; in the next instant, the three vanished from their spot.

BOOM—

With spiritual force withdrawn, the underground space collapsed instantly, tons of soil mixed with ice shards crashing down.

“Huh? What was that noise?”

On the surface, the ninth-rank mid-level Wu Sheng, Daisy, frowned.

Before she could investigate further, she sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching from afar.

Daisy’s expression hardened; she flew swiftly to meet it, bowing respectfully: “Lord Leo.”

“Hmm.”

Leo nodded slightly and asked in a low voice: “How was your harvest? Any anomalies?”

"I collected another thirty thousand void stones. As for anomalies, I noticed nothing unusual."

Daisy replied respectfully.

Leo’s round trip had taken less than two minutes.

She alone could hardly gather more void stones.

Suddenly, she remembered the underground disturbance:

“By the way, there was some noise beneath the ground a moment ago—Wolren should use his spiritual force to check carefully.”

“Noise?”

Leo frowned, about to speak—

But Warren, who had just scanned the area with his spiritual force, turned pale and cried out:

"Bad! Over half the void stones underground have been stolen!"

“What?!”

Leo exploded in rage, barking: "How many void stones remain underground?!"

“Maybe less than one hundred thousand...” Warren said bitterly.

“Less than one hundred thousand?! Less than one hundred thousand?!

Good, good, good! First the Ironvine Lotus lures me away, then a sneak attack—you’ve got guts!”

Leo’s temples throbbed with veins.

The aura of a ninth-rank peak Martial Saint surged freely, as if the air itself had frozen solid.

Warren and Demi beside him dared not even breathe.

Add the one hundred thousand in the ground, and those now in their hands.

All told, they had gathered fewer than four hundred thousand Void Stones.

Keep in mind, this region originally held a million Void Stones.

Now, more than half have been stolen—anyone would be furious...

“They stole six hundred thousand of my Void Stones! Their rankings must have changed!”

Leo suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing like lightning toward the ranking list in the sky.

Just one glance revealed something amiss.

Numbers 344, 345, and 347 had each surged several ranks, entering the top five!

Most striking was number 347—he who had not even made the top ten now possessed over two hundred thousand Void Stones!

“Traveling in pairs, dare you steal my Void Stones? Don’t let me find out who you are!”

Leo glared coldly at the three numbers on the ranking list.

Aside from that ninth-rank peak of the Urs family, the rest he could crush effortlessly.