Chapter 41: Crazy Mining!

Half an hour later.

Lu Zhangsheng arrived below a large rock wall; ahead was a large mass of Moon Pattern Stone forming a stone wall.

He immediately waved his sharp claws and started to dig with all his might.

"Source Energy Points plus 1."

"Source Energy Points plus 1"

……

Digging while absorbing with the panel, listening to the prompt in his mind ringing crazily, made his energy soar even higher.

"I dig, I dig..."

He was like a diligent old farmer working, never feeling tired.

A moment later, the wall ahead was directly dug into a small mountain cave.

The low-grade Moon Pattern Stones on top were all dug clean, and the surrounding rock walls were uneven.

Open the panel.

Source Energy Points: 27.

Looking at the numbers on the blue light screen, he was extremely happy.

This was not even an hour, and he had such a big harvest; there must be more Moon Pattern Stones behind.

He did not hesitate anymore and continued to dig toward the interior of the mountain.

This time he must dig enough spirit objects to allow this exotic beast clone to undergo bloodline transformation.

He was extremely expectant about what kind of magical changes would happen after the transformation.

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle..."

Inside the mountain cave, it was quiet, with only his digging sound remaining.

The surroundings were pitch black, making one's scalp tingle.

I don't know how long passed.

Another burst of cool air came.

"Something is up?"

Lu Zhangsheng's expression moved slightly, and he started to accelerate his digging forward.

He had experienced this feeling many times and was no stranger to it; it was clearly the scent emitted by spirit objects.

A moment later, when he dug to a dark wall, he saw a small stone block ahead emitting a faint light, which was very magical.

He immediately placed his claw on it.

【Found one piece of mid-grade Moon Pattern Stone.】

Note: Ore containing more energy, with few impurities.

"It's mid-grade ore."

Lu Zhangsheng's face lit up with joy; he hurriedly waved his two claws and dug this ore down.

"Absorb."

Muttering in his heart, the ore before his eyes directly disappeared.

"Source Energy Points plus 5."

A crisp prompt sounded, which directly gave Lu Zhangsheng a fright.

"This kind of broken stone provides so much energy?"

This was almost comparable to some hundred-year spirit medicines.

You know, every time he collected a hundred-year spirit medicine, the difficulty was not small, and such spirit medicine usually had exotic beasts guarding it.

It wasn't as simple as digging for ore.

At this moment, he just wanted to be a diligent miner.

If there were higher-grade Moon Pattern Stones inside, wouldn't he have made a fortune? This kind of opportunity was hard to come by.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhangsheng's motivation skyrocketed, and he started to dig crazily toward the interior of the mountain.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

He just wanted to dig the mountain down rapidly and absorb all the Moon Pattern Stones inside.

Just as he was digging hard, a sudden change occurred.

From the distant small tunnel entrances, a large group of creatures suddenly surged in, pitch black and extremely dense, making one's hair stand on end.

Lu Zhangsheng couldn't help but stop, looked up, and was shocked.

He saw giant ant-like creatures charging toward him crazily.

Each one was the size of a mouse, its whole body covered in fire-red armor, with a pair of large fangs on its head, looking extremely fierce.

"What are these things?"

Lu Zhangsheng dared not be slow; when the other party arrived before him, he slapped forward with one claw. "Boom, boom, boom..."

A large group of giant ants was directly slapped to death by him, fire-red juice flowing all over the ground.

The group of giant ants behind did not fear at all, but instead charged at him even more fiercely.

【Fire Ant, a first-tier social creature; the Queen is generally a second-tier creature, with a few mutating into third-tier.】

A prompt sounded from his mind, making Lu Zhangsheng understand instantly.

This place was definitely the nest of the Fire Ant tribe; he had accidentally disturbed the other party while digging for ore.

According to the system prompt, there must be a Queen inside, at least a second-tier creature.

If there was a third-tier one, it would be troublesome.

This exotic beast clone of his was currently only second-tier, just a Pangolin King; if he accidentally broke into the nest of a third-tier exotic beast, it would be extremely dangerous.

Thinking of this, his face was somewhat gloomy.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

He slapped forward with both claws, slapping a large number of ant groups to death on the ground; with his strength, dealing with some low-tier exotic beasts was naturally quite easy.

However, he was worried that there was a third-tier mutated Queen in the nest, which would be dangerous.

Then he retreated slowly while fighting.

Every time he swung, he left a massive number of corpses on the ground.

The Fire Ant group ahead still pursued relentlessly, as if they wouldn't stop until they killed the intruder.

Half an hour later.

When Lu Zhangsheng retreated to the hole entrance, the Fire Ant group retreated like a tide.

Soon they dissipated, as if they hadn't appeared.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the space inside the hole was narrow; relying on his own sharp claws and scales, no accidents occurred.

He had been quite worried just now; if a third-tier Queen had blocked him, it would have been troublesome.

Seeing that his plan to dig through the mountain was blocked, he had to rethink a countermeasure.

He arrived at the bottom of a large tree, dug a hole rapidly, drilled into it, and lay quietly on the silt, his brain running at high speed.

According to the scale of this small mountain, there must be quite a few Moon Pattern Stones inside; to give up just like that made him extremely unwilling.

His own Source Energy Points were lacking, and he just happened to need these spirit ores to rise; unless it was a last resort, he would not easily give up.

It was just that he had dug crazily just now and had already disturbed the other party, and the orderly retreat of the Fire Ant group clearly meant there was a Queen commanding behind them.

If he went to dig again, he would likely be discovered immediately.

Since the idea of secret digging didn't work, he had to think of another way.

Half a cup of tea time later.

Lu Zhangsheng couldn't think of any good countermeasure for the time being, so he chose to come out to catch his breath.

He climbed rapidly to the tree crown, looked at the mountain ahead, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

This place was low-lying, the lowest in a radius of several dozen miles, like a small basin.

Most importantly, it was not far from that lake, only about ten miles away.

These past few days, he had been exploring near the lake and hadn't gone far.

Thinking of this, he instantly had a way.

That was to use water to attack, a trick of flooding the ant nest.

Directly lead the lake water into the basin, turning this place into a small lake; by then, with his own Underwater Breathing skill, he wouldn't be affected at all.

However, those Fire Ants would be miserable; the other party was clearly a fire-attribute creature, and their combat power would definitely be greatly reduced in the cold lake water.

By then, he could easily get his hands on the Moon Pattern Stones in the mountain.

The most important point was that the water of that lake connected to the underground dark river, so there was no need to consider it running out.

As long as he operated properly, he could completely turn this place into a small lake.

Even if the other party hid in the mountain, it would be useless; he would directly hollow out the mountain and turn the ant group into drowning ants.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt moved.

Hollow out the spirit ores in this mountain, and it would be his opportunity to take off.

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and immediately started to act.

He sprinted rapidly toward the lake direction.

Less than half an hour later, he arrived at the edge of that familiar lake again.

At the bottom of the large tree ahead, there was still the hole he had dug.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====