Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 428 - 271: Vein of Spirit Stones, 1 Billion Spiritual Energy_1

Chapter 428: Chapter 271: Vein of Spirit Stones, 1 Billion Spiritual Energy_1

Zhang Ji and the others, after parting with the Dragon King Palace Army, didn’t take any action but instead entered a state of breakthrough.

About two hours later, most of the people had completed their breakthroughs.

Originally, among these 1000 people, less than 20 had reached the Fourth Order, but in just two hours, more than 400 had advanced to the Fourth Order, and the majority of them were Superpowered Beings.

To say the least, their overall combat power had increased at least threefold.

In this situation, everyone’s focus naturally shifted to the piranhas.

An incredible treasure that could enhance physical fitness by 30% was definitely a rare find.

Following that, they proceeded with the original plan to hunt; although there were some minor mishaps at the beginning, and even a near sacrifice, Chen Dalong was always there to save the day in critical moments.

After a little bit of coordination, their efficiency in hunting piranhas greatly increased.

Furthermore, Chen Dalong had ascended from the Early Stage of Fourth Order to Late Stage Fourth Order after consuming kiwi fruits, and it seemed only reasonable that he could now demonstrate even greater power.

Therefore, the combat power he displayed, although not as frightening as that of the Dragon King Palace’s Elite Animals, certainly reached the early stage of the Fifth Order.

With the help of other Superpowered Beings, he could often kill a piranha within a few moves in one-on-one combat.

Even when being attacked by two or three piranhas, his performance was flexible enough to defeat them one by one.

In this way, they fought almost continuously for 5 hours, stopping only after they had harvested 500 piranhas.

As time went on, they could see the Mutant Animals crossing the river in the distance from time to time.

Although most failed, a significant number succeeded.

This gave everyone a sense of urgency.

Around 5 o’clock in the evening, Chen Dalong suggested that they venture deeper into the middle area to look for other cultivation resources.

With his absolute strength, Chen Dalong had become the core of the entire team, so his suggestion was quickly recognized by everyone.

In fact, even if others were reluctant, there was nothing they could do, as without Chen Dalong leading Yang City’s team, the rest of the cities would have a hard time dealing with the piranhas.

Since Zhang Ji and Ye Feng were in communication, after they sent a message and ascertained the dangers of the middle area, they also made full preparations during their resource search.

Even when encountering Rock Puppets, they managed to kill them with the pre-arranged 2nd Generation Destroyer Hand Cannon.

In the next two hours, they were even lucky enough to find a flat peach tree.

Chen Dalong contributed the most in this battle, reaping ten percent of the rewards, which amounted to 100 flat peaches and 3 Spirit Stones, earning a fortune.

Originally, they planned to find a quiet place to cultivate and properly digest the gains from this time.

But they didn’t walk far before they heard bursts of beast roars and the booming sounds of collisions.

Witnessing this, everyone exchanged looks.

Zhang Ji immediately looked at Chen Dalong and asked, "What do you think?"

"Judging from the sounds, it seems to be Mutant Animals fighting, and there are quite a number of them. Such an occurrence is rare! Why are they fighting instead of searching for cultivation resources?" Chen Dalong couldn’t help but say.

After entering the middle area, they had encountered other Mutant Animals, but whenever they met, they would mostly avoid each other from a distance.

After all, with abundant resources here, instead of fighting each other, it was better to conserve energy to deal with aggressive plants like the Bijuo Vine or those Rock Puppets.

This current situation suggested that the most likely possibility was that they were fighting over treasure, and definitely a significant one at that.

Thinking of this, Chen Dalong immediately turned his head and looked towards a female member of the team, "Tuya, scout it out."

Tuya was also a Superpowered Being from Yang City, and her superpower was plant control, which allowed her to make plants attack or use them for scouting, making her a rather rare reconnaissance-type Superpowered Being.

Tuya immediately nodded, then placed her hand on the trunk of a nearby tree, closed her eyes to activate her power, and began communicating with the surrounding plants.

In this group of nearly a thousand Superpowered Beings, of course, Tuya was not the only one with scouting abilities. In addition to her, two others quickly sprang into action as well.

A moment later, Tuya opened her eyes, excitement flashing in them, "There are indeed many Mutant Animals fighting in the area ahead, because there’s a large quantity of Spirit Stones in that region."

"A large quantity of Spirit Stones? Exactly how much is that?" Zhang Ji quickly asked.

"It’s not clear, as many of the Spirit Stones are buried underground, but sensing through the roots of those plants, I fear there are no fewer than tens of thousands," Tuya said.

Upon hearing this, the breaths of everyone present involuntarily grew heavier.

One must know that a single Spirit Stone is equivalent to ten thousand units of Spiritual Energy!

If the Spiritual Energy inside is completely absorbed, it could allow a Fourth Order Superpowered Being to break through a Minor Boundary.

Although the speed of absorbing the Spiritual Energy from the Spirit Stones was far slower than directly swallowing those Strange Flowers and Rare Fruits, that didn’t matter!

They could simply take these Spirit Stones back with them and cultivate slowly; this didn’t affect the preciousness of the Spirit Stones at all.

If there really were tens of thousands of Spirit Stones there, even if each city only got a thousand or two, it would be enough for them to soar.

Zhang Ji immediately turned his gaze to another young man with scouting abilities and asked, "Shanmu, your power should be able to detect what’s going on under the ground, right?"

"Yes, indeed, there seems to be a vein of rock underneath that area, with a large number of Spirit Stones distributed within it. According to my estimation, the total number of these Spirit Stones is probably between 100,000 and 110,000," Shanmu nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, excitement appeared on everyone’s faces.

However, Shanmu poured cold water on their enthusiasm, "But that place is very dangerous. I estimate there are at least 30 corpses of Sixth Order Mutant Animals there, and I can feel more Mutant Animals constantly heading that way."

"In other words, if we want to mine this Vein of Spirit Stones, we’ll need to fend off all the incoming Mutant Animals, the majority of which are Sixth Order."

"Another issue is the mining time, as the Vein of Spirit Stones is spread out over a broad area, at least 3 kilometers, and most of the Spirit Stones are 50 to 100 meters underground."

"We don’t have the right tools on hand, let alone engineering equipment. To extract the entire Vein of Spirit Stones, it would take at least three to four days."

As Shanmu finished speaking, the people at the scene indeed calmed down.

Not to mention whether there was enough time, just defending against the endless wave of Mutant Animals was tough enough.

"If we call over the main force from the outskirts, the mining speed could increase a lot, and perhaps we could finish in half a day," someone suggested.

"Unrealistic," someone immediately objected. "With that river full of Piranhas blocking the way, they simply can’t get across. Even if a way is found to bring the army over, the entire Vein of Spirit Stones is 3 kilometers long; it’s too tough to take care of their safety around the whole area."

Again, everyone fell silent.

In fact, facing this situation, there was a good method to break the deadlock, but no one wanted to be the first to suggest it.

Seeing this, Chen Dalong couldn’t be bothered to waste more time with them and said directly, "Let me say a few words! With our current strength, we simply can’t take down the entire Vein of Spirit Stones."

"So we only have two options. First, join this chaotic battle, try to seize as many Spirit Stones as we can, but this not only takes a long time, our casualty rate is high, and the number of Spirit Stones we can ultimately get, at best, might be about 10,000 to 20,000."

"The second option is to directly seek cooperation with Dragon Hall and share this information with them. We can easily get a portion of the Spirit Stones," Chen Dalong continued.

Chen Dalong’s method was naturally known to everyone.

So when he made the suggestion, Gao Zhongyan, the team leader from Yunshang City, immediately asked pointedly, "How then shall the profit be distributed?"

Chen Dalong held up a finger and said, "Ten percent. We can at least get ten percent of the total haul, though of course we’ll try to see if we can get twenty percent."

Upon hearing such a profit-sharing proposal, many people frowned slightly.

Chen Dalong glanced at the crowd and said indifferently, "Don’t think the profit is too little. Even if we get just ten percent, that’s over 10,000 Spirit Stones. That’s not much less than what we’d get if we fought for them, and what’s more important, we can achieve zero casualties."

"Besides, Dragon Hall has the Animal Legion with them, so the mining will surely be fast. In just a few hours, we can take our share and leave."

"To us, what’s most important is actually improving our strength."

"I don’t know about you, but my goal is to advance to the Sixth Order within these three days. I also want to try my luck at Rule Mountain in the central area, to see if I can obtain any inheritance," Chen Dalong said.

After these words, most people were tempted, especially the more powerful members of the various teams.

Who among them didn’t want to go to Rule Mountain and fight for that inheritance? After all, that was the most precious thing in the Land of Inheritance.

While the Spirit Stones were treasures, they didn’t immediately enhance power like the Strange Flowers and Rare Fruits did.

It takes time to absorb the Spiritual Energy from Spirit Stones.

If one cultivates with Spirit Stones, one could only absorb about 2000 points of Spiritual Energy in a day. Although this was extremely fast compared to their usual cultivation speed, even at this rate, to break through a Minor Boundary still required at least four to five days.

What they lacked most now was time.

"I think Lieutenant Chen’s proposal is good," spoke up a Fourth Order Superpowered Being quite quickly.

Once one agreed, then a second and soon a majority supported the proposal.

And those who spoke in favor were the stronger ones among the teams.

The decision was quickly made, and then it was up to Zhang Ji’s side to contact the Parrot Messenger.