Chapter 935: Raiding Wildly! 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.

"These Void Stones above our heads." Xu Jingming smiled and pointed 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 they have no escape route.

"Without that ninth-rank Law Saint, 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 a lot.

Besides, we have this."

Xu Jingming opened his right hand, a translucent white beast bone resting quietly in his palm.

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 gave a slight nod.

"Good. Let's split up.

For safety, if we spot 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 Chi Mang Liu Jin guardian, and ten space rings.

I've existed this long, but this is the first time I've ever looted something from a ninth-rank peak adept."

"Alright."

Without hesitation, Xu Jingming handed the Chi Mang Liu Jin guardian over to Eva for control.

Then they split into three groups, each acting independently.

At this depth of 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-class Chaotic Doushen Shenlei, spinning like a high-speed drill as he furiously tunneled outward.

All the Void Stones his spiritual force touched were collected into space rings.

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 into a deep crater!

Puff—

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

"My lord, this isn't its true body."

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 found no trace of the plant life's true body.

"Ironvine Lotus—a top-tier plant life.

Something long extinct in our Firelight World, yet here it is, cultivated all the way to ninth rank..."

Leo's face was dark.

Plant lives of the Flower Goddess are valuable, but with her death, such plant lives became irreplaceable resources.

In all the time the Firelight World has existed, Ironvine Lotus has long vanished.

Meaning, this was brought here by someone from Blue Star.

"My lord, 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 far away—over there it's probably just another decoy."

Leo shook his head.

Plant lives move through soil like fish through water, naturally possessing affinity.

Had he not brought Warren, the Law Saint, his own spiritual force alone would have lost the Ironvine Lotus's trail long ago.

Yet even so, the opponent still slipped away.

So many decoy sites prove this wasn't impulsive—it was carefully planned, deliberately stealing 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 they came; Warren, seeing this, hurried after him.

Splash~~~

More than a hundred meters underground, wild spiritual force howled, and countless Void Stones surged into Xu Jingming's space ring like waves.

At that moment, Tie Tie Xian Lian's voice suddenly echoed in his heart.

"Master, those two strong ones have returned."

"Good, I understand. Keep running; we'll rendezvous later."

Xu Jingming nodded, drawing his spiritual force back into his body, and transmitted a message to Su Qingli and Eva:

"They're back. Gather and get ready to leave."

"Understood."

"Got it!"

Two spiritual force transmissions sounded—one from a mature woman, one from a little girl.

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

The underground was pitch black, but to him, who used spiritual force, it was as bright as daylight.

"We've scavenged most of this area. Let's go."

Xu Jingming grinned, pumping his potent blood qi into the Space Beast Bone.

Hum~~~

The space rippled, and in the next instant, the three vanished from their spot.

Boom—

With the spiritual force gone, the underground space collapsed instantly, and vast amounts of soil mixed with ice shards tumbled down.

"Huh? What was that noise?"

On the surface, the ninth-rank mid-level Martial Saint Demi frowned.

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

Demi's expression hardened; she flew swiftly to meet it and bowed respectfully: "My lord Leo."

"Hmm."

Leo nodded slightly and asked in a low voice: "How was your harvest? Did you notice anything unusual?"

"I just collected another thirty thousand Void Stones. As for anomalies, I didn't detect anything."

Demi replied respectfully.

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

She alone could hardly gather more Void Stones.

Suddenly, she remembered the disturbance underground:

"By the way, there seemed to be some movement beneath the ground. We need Warren to scan it carefully with his spiritual force."

"Movement?"

Leo frowned, but before he could speak,

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

"Bad! More than half the Void Stones underground have been stolen!"

"What?!"

Leo flew into a rage and demanded sharply: "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 Tie Tie Xian Lian lured me away, then you launched a sneak attack. You really have guts!"

Leo's temple veins throbbed.

The aura of a ninth-rank peak Martial Saint erupted wildly, as if the air itself had frozen.

Warren and Demi beside him dared not even breathe.

Adding the hundred thousand underground and what they currently held,

altogether, they'd gathered less than four hundred thousand Void Stones.

Remember, this region originally held a million Void Stones.

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

"They stole six hundred thousand Void Stones from me! Their rankings must have changed!"

Leo snapped his head up, his eyes flashing like lightning toward the ranking list in the sky.

One glance revealed the anomaly.

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

Most striking was 347—previously not even in the top ten, he now possessed over two hundred thousand Void Stones!

"Traveling in pairs, you dare 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 the ninth-rank peak of the Ers Family, everyone else he could crush effortlessly.