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Chapter 1086: Chapter 1012: Mysterious
As all cultivators hesitated, Li Zhirui directly used his Escape Skill, bypassing everyone from the outskirts and appearing at the entrance of the mine tunnel. Without even a moment’s pause, he flashed into the tunnel.
The azure Spirit Light was swallowed by the darkness of the cave, and in an instant, there was no trace to be seen, as if he had never been there at all.
"Who is that? They really have a lot of nerve!"
"That’s amazing!"
"Just a Lianxu Cultivator daring to meddle in the struggles between the forces of the Immortal Realm, truly ignorant of life and death."
There was surprise, admiration, and disdain among the crowd, as everyone had their own thoughts on Li Zhirui’s actions.
But it must be said that Li Zhirui’s move encouraged many cultivators who were in hesitation. Soon after he entered the mine, a number of cultivators followed suit.
If there were cultivators present who were familiar with Li Zhirui, they would know that the reason he was willing to enter the mine was that he had great confidence in his means of preserving his life, believing that he could survive even if he encountered a Great Ability of the Immortal Realm.
However, the cultivators at the scene did not know him, and only felt that Li Zhirui’s courage was commendable.
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Li Zhirui entered the tunnel with the intent of picking up what others had missed, not pressing for any particular treasure. As long as there was a slight gain, he would be satisfied.
Although he maintained a calm mindset, he was still as cautious and vigilant as always, and even paid more attention than usual.
Perhaps Li Zhirui was lucky, or maybe the Great Abilities were all focused on the Fine Gold. To his pleasant surprise, he found quite a few derivative spirit veins of Fine Gold on the walls of the mine tunnel, such as White Gold, Yellow Copper, and other Spiritual Objects. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
Although their value was far less than that of Fine Gold, they bore some characteristics of Fine Gold. For example, White Gold could make Magical Treasures sharper, and Yellow Copper could increase the resilience of Magical Treasures.
The Great Abilities disdained these Spiritual Objects, yet they brought great joy to Li Zhirui. With these spirit veins, his trip would not be in vain.
He summoned a Spirit Sword and, as Mana flowed through him, he slashed out several Sword Qi, easily mining out the spirit veins and then storing them into his Storage Magical Treasure.
In just half an hour, Li Zhirui had obtained hundreds of spirit veins of various colors. Once he returned to his family to refine them, there would be at least a dozen or so pounds of pure ore.
After erasing any lingering traces of his own aura, Li Zhirui proceeded deeper into the mine with a good mood. However, as he went further in, the companion spirit veins became sparser while the traces of battle left around became increasingly numerous.
Clearly, the Great Abilities were squaring off in the tunnels to fight over the Fine Gold.
Li Zhirui stopped in his tracks, hesitating whether to continue advancing. He had already been in the vein for several hours, and even with intermittent progress, his speed had brought him deep into the vein.
The position he was currently in should be the periphery where the Great Abilities contested for Fine Gold. If he went further, he would likely enter the battlefield!
After some thought, Li Zhirui gave up the idea of advancing further. His cultivation was too low, and even with space-related abilities at his disposal, it was better not to take the risk.
However, he didn’t turn around and leave. Instead, he intended to open up a new mining tunnel on the side of the original one, to see if he could mine more Spiritual Objects.
In his heart, Li Zhirui couldn’t help but hope for Fine Gold, but he also knew the chances were incredibly slim!
This vein had first been mined by a pack of Seventh Rank Devil Beasts along with numerous lower-ranked Devil Beasts, and now it was searched by hundreds of Immortal Realm Great Abilities.
With their means, it was almost impossible for them to miss any Fine Gold.
Because on his journey, Li Zhirui had seen many freshly excavated tunnels, clearly, those Great Abilities had a way to lock onto Fine Gold.
Under these circumstances, he naturally didn’t harbor too high of expectations.
To open a new tunnel was merely to see if he could obtain more associated Spiritual Objects as well as to avoid leaving the vein too early.
Li Zhirui couldn’t explain why, but he had a vague premonition that something was about to happen in the mine that would affect the entire Primal Spirit Realm!
If he missed this chance for a close encounter, he had no idea how many years it would take to understand the circumstances.
That was why Li Zhirui intended to establish a new tunnel, to prolong his time within the vein, and also to approach the depths of the vein in a safer manner.
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While various Immortal Realm Great Abilities gathered at the Fine Gold vein, the coastal region of the East Sea was also undergoing a significant event: The side of Cultivators blew the horn of counterattack!
"I didn’t expect the Cave Abyss Sect to have such courage. Seizing the opportunity as the Sea Clan’s attention shifted, they deployed a large force to take back most of the lost territories," said Da Qing, standing above a recent battlefield, looking at the sea below stained red, and murmured softly.
Just like when the Sea Clan had suddenly attacked, breaking the unspoken rules, this time the Cave Abyss Sect reclaimed the territories with a thunderous momentum, using a similar tactic.
Lead by Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence, and even Individual Immortal cultivators, they launched assaults in various places to reclaim territories taken by the Sea Clan. They obliterated the powerful forces of the Sea Clan with the mighty Cultivator army before it could strengthen or wait for reinforcements, driving them back to the distant seas.
"Indeed!" Jiang Fengwu also breathed a sigh of relief.
At this stage of accumulating heritage, the Li family needed time for development. A full-scale war would inevitably disrupt the family’s growth trajectory.
And the once likely re-ignition of the great human-devil war was thoroughly snuffed out by the Cave Abyss Sect’s surprise attack. The ensuing conflicts, even if they erupted, would be on a smaller scale and less dangerous.
Of course, this only applied to the coastal areas controlled by the Cave Abyss Sect!
