Chapter 81: Crazy Excavation

Xiao Yu smiled, "Earlier on the way here, I found that these strange stones actually contain thunder power, which matches my attribute, so I dug up some to study."

While speaking, Xiao Yu handed over a Space Ring; inside the ring were a total of 1,160,000 Leiting Stones.

"How should I address you? Elder?" Xiao Yu asked.

"You can call me Lord Wu!" the white‑bearded old man said.

"Lord Wu, you see the number of Leiting Stones, right?" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Hmm, the quantity is fine." The white‑bearded old man said casually, flipping his hand, and a fifty‑centimeter‑long pocket knife floated before Xiao Yu. "This is the Thunder‑time Fundamental Law System, Fifth‑tier Force Weapon Heavenly Thunder Blade."

This pocket knife bore an extremely complex mass of Secret Patterns, incomparably mysterious, feeling very similar to the Secret Patterns on his new crescent warblade, yet countless times more intricate.

Xiao Yu reached out and stored the Heavenly Thunder Blade into the Space Ring.

"Now, this is a Life Fruit, and this is a d6‑level orbital cannon." Lord Wu, the white‑bearded old man, flipped his hand, and a massive object with a barrel and a stone box, the stone box engraved with Mysterious Secret Runes, hovered before Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu again placed the two items into the Space Ring.

"Thank you, Lord Wu." Xiao Yu bowed in gratitude: "I still need to keep excavating Leiting Stones, so I won't stay longer."

……

Outside the Ancient Castle.

After Xiao Yu emerged, he saw no one around, changed into his original battle armor, and rushed to the Black Cloud Society's 17th formation to rendezvous with Luo Feng and others.

"What did the third elder exchange?" Lei Shen whispered.

"Nothing much, just a Fifth‑tier Force Weapon, a Life Fruit, and a d6‑level orbital cannon." Xiao Yu smiled.

Babata, upon hearing that a Life Fruit was exchanged, became instantly excited: "Xiao Yu, look, why don't we give the Life Fruit to Luo Feng first? When his Mo Cloud Vine also ascends to Universe‑level, your team's strength will surge, and then, with two Universe‑level Mo Cloud Vines in one team, you can basically walk around here sideways."

Xiao Yu thought for a moment; although Babata is sometimes unreliable, this time his suggestion was good—adding another Universe‑level Mo Cloud Vine would make them unafraid even against a Stellar‑level team of thousands or tens of thousands.

Then, with a flick, he tossed the stone box to Luo Feng, who caught it with his mind‑force hand and placed it into the Space Ring.

"Let's seize the time and travel through the night." Hong said.

Hong and Lei Shen were the slowest; they were carried together by Xiao Yi, who possessed a flying mind‑force weapon, while Luo Feng was carried by Xiao Er, so the speed of the six of them, including Xiao Yu, increased greatly.

Xiao Yu's own speed was already far faster than that of a typical Stellar‑level Ninth Tier Spiritual Mind Master, even if the two of them possessed flying mind‑force weapons.

In less than three hours, the six of them reached the destination.

This was a grassland area; among the lush weeds, Xiao Yu, Hong and the other four crouched within.

"Below one thousand meters deep begins the Leiting Stone deposit; across the whole 60‑kilometer range there are a total of 354,682 Leiting Stones," Xiao Yu said calmly.

Here many Leiting Stones are buried deeper than 20 kilometers; he even discovered a three‑meter Universe Crystal at the 55‑kilometer mark.

"354,682?" Lei Shen's eyes brightened; he recalled that a Fifth‑tier Force Weapon contains only about a hundred thousand Leiting Stones.

"Then let's get started." Hong also said excitedly.

"We'll excavate here; Luo Feng, you go upgrade your Mo Cloud Vine nearby." Xiao Yu said.

"Alright, that will also save some time." Luo Feng whispered.

Xiao Yu led, being the first to drill straight into the ground, followed by Hong, Lei Shen, Xiao Yi, and Xiao Er in succession.

"Little Mo!" Xiao Yu called, and instantly slender vines sprouted from his arms, as if thousands of arms.

Although the Mo Cloud Vine's Main Root has only 72 strands, the side roots are far more numerous.

Half an hour later.

"Done." Xiao Yu emerged from underground, patting the Mo Cloud Vine on his arm.

No one saw Luo Feng standing nearby waiting for the Mo Cloud Vine to evolve, while searching the surroundings.

"This 60‑kilometer area has 316,924."

"This 60‑kilometer area has 169,156."

"This 60‑kilometer area has 53,208."

"This 60‑kilometer area has 16,853."

……

"Ha ha, this 60‑kilometer area actually contains 459,835 Leiting Stones!" Xiao Yu shouted joyfully; the ten locations he had contacted each had fewer than one hundred thousand, yet this one had nearly 460,000.

"So many treasures!" Xiao Yi and Xiao Er exclaimed.

"Begin excavation." Xiao Yu ordered, and the five of them started drilling.

Mainly relying on the Mo Cloud Vine to grab them.

Half an hour later, all Leiting Stones had been collected.

Luo Feng also flew over from the side, "Three, how many Leiting Stones in total now?"

"A total of 1,770,000." Xiao Yu said with a smile.

Hong and Lei Shen were also very pleased after hearing.

"Fourth, has your Mo Cloud Vine finished evolving?" Lei Shen couldn't help asking.

"Second brother, it just finished evolving, now it has reached Universe‑level Second Tier." Luo Feng said with a smile.

"Ha ha, now our squad not only has two Universe‑level combat powers, but also a d6‑level orbital cannon; combat power greatly increased!" Hong was also very happy.

"Let's go, seize the time, to the next place." Xiao Yu said.

Now is the time to seize it.

Previously, flying from the Core Area to the first excavation site took three hours, and excavation consumed eight hours.

Xiao Yu and his group continued low‑altitude flight.

It took thirteen hours to reach the second excavation point in the Mountain Region; excavating there also took eighteen hours, yielding a million Leiting Stones.

These two locations were the spots where they previously encountered Universe Crystals while excavating; although they had dug up some before, many were still missed.

Just as Xiao Yu and the others left, a massive thousand‑person team was dispersing and continuously searching.

"Now the trouble is big; the outside two‑million army has already arrived." Hong said.

"What's there to be in a hurry about? At worst we can just snatch theirs," Lei Shen said indifferently.

We've already obtained 280 million Leiting Stones; I think we should first go exchange some items, and then deal with the rest," Xiao Yu said.

"Alright, then let's head back first," Luo Feng agreed.

……

On the night of the third day after exchanging Life Fruit at the Ancient Castle, Xiao Yu and Luo Feng entered the Ancient Castle again.

"Tsk tsk, kid, that's really impressive!" Lord Wu, the white-bearded old man, couldn't help but stare at Xiao Yu, "It's only been three days, and you've already exchanged Leiting Stones again! I think you're moving much faster than the leaders of those great powers!"

Lord Wu can scan everything within a ten-thousand-kilometer radius of the Ancient Castle, so he naturally knows whether Xiao Yu and his companions are considered important figures among the Five Camps.

"Ha ha, Lord Wu, we were just lucky; on the way here we stumbled upon a few spots rich in Leiting Stones, and after digging them up this time we rushed back to exchange them," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Indeed, Lord Wu, with our current standing, gaining even one more treasure is a treasure," Luo Feng said.

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