"Demon King, there is something I must attend to, so I'll be leaving for now.
Remember, it is extremely perilous below this chasm. There will definitely be many more Primordial Heterogeneous Race members, or perhaps other, even more terrifying entities.
Do not venture down unless you are certain."
Ye Yunfei thought for a moment before speaking to the Vermilion Bird Demon King.
"Young Master Su, where are you going?"
The Vermilion Bird Demon King was startled by the sudden declaration.
"I'll just slip away for a bit."
Ye Yunfei answered, then his figure flickered as he instantaneously retreated into the distance.
Ye Yunfei understood in his heart that those Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys were most likely targeting him—or, to be precise, targeting the Netherworld Yin Blade he possessed. His priority now was to find a place to hide.
Those Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys had been active for some time, so their strength had surely increased greatly since they first emerged. Unless absolutely necessary, Ye Yunfei had no desire to engage them in battle.
Just after Ye Yunfei departed, eight dark shadows arrived from afar, instantly reaching the edge of the chasm.
It was those eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys!
Upon reaching the chasm, they immediately detected the ongoing battle within and sensed the aura of the Divine Crystal at the bottom.
"There's actually a Divine Crystal here! If I obtain it, I can immediately restore myself to my peak condition!"
The Holy Son gazed into the depths of the chasm, his eyes blazing with greed.
Then, all eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys simultaneously charged downwards into the abyss.
"It's those eight ghost monkeys! They're here too!"
The experts from the Eastern Barrens who saw the eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys arrive felt both shock and fury.
In recent times within the Northern Frost Ancient Mining Area, these eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys had stirred up quite a commotion, slaughtering members of numerous major Eastern Barrens forces, prompting several of these major forces to join forces and hunt them.
Whoosh... Whoosh...
The eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys attempted to bypass the Eastern Barrens experts and Primordial Heterogeneous Race members locked in fierce combat, rushing towards the location of the Divine Crystal at the bottom.
But neither the Eastern Barrens experts nor the Primordial Heterogeneous Race would allow them to pass.
Boom! Boom!
Blasts of savage energy and many expanding magical treasures bombarded the eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys.
The eight creatures were directly forced to a halt. Furious, they turned and launched themselves with overwhelming killing intent towards nearby living beings.
However, whether they were Primordial Heterogeneous Race members or Eastern Barrens experts, every combatant possessed formidable power. Soon, a three-sided melee erupted.
The eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys and the Eastern Barrens experts, while fighting, both continued descending deeper into the chasm—their true aim was still that Divine Crystal.
The bottom of the chasm was shrouded in thick black mist. The Divine Crystal shimmered faintly visible within, emitting dazzling, eye-catching radiance.
"Demon King, do we go down?"
At this moment, the Vermilion Bird Demon King and several other great demons still stood at the chasm's edge. One of the great demons spoke up.
"Let's wait and see a little longer."
Recalling Ye Yunfei's words, the Vermilion Bird Demon King replied.
Meanwhile, Ye Yunfei had already traveled a considerable distance from the chasm. He sat cross-legged in a concealed location, his Measuring Earth Plate hovering before him. Mysterious yellow runes continuously bloomed from the plate, diving into the earth and flowing silently towards the direction of the chasm.
At the same time, Ye Yunfei also released hundreds of Green Dragons, sending them stealthily towards the chasm from all directions.
Ye Yunfei had attached a trace of Soul Power to each Earth Dragon. This way, wherever these Earth Dragons went, his Soul Power could clearly sense the situation there!
A short while later, the Earth Dragons arrived at the chasm's location and began descending from various angles into its depths.
Soon, many Earth Dragons reached the bottom of the chasm.
It was remarkably spacious down there, filled with churning, surging black mist.
Ye Yunfei commanded the Earth Dragons to roam all around the bottom.
Soon, he discovered ancient, ruined structures and many altars with peculiar shapes.
These altars were carved with various bizarre, strange-looking totems, seemingly representing some form of belief.
Some of these altars had been smashed and were no longer usable.
However, several were preserved intact, completely undamaged, and should still be functional!
Divine Crystal!
Ye Yunfei's spirit suddenly soared. Not far away, on one of the altars, lay a fist-sized, dazzling crystalline stone. It periodically erupted with brilliant divine light, dispelling the thick black mist in its vicinity.
Overjoyed, Ye Yunfei immediately directed dozens of Earth Dragons to sneak towards that altar, intending to seize the Divine Crystal!
But before the Earth Dragons could get close to the altar, two terrifyingly powerful beings appeared, rushing out from the black mist to patrol around the altar, vigilantly assessing their surroundings.
Two Primordial Heterogeneous Race members!
Indeed, there were many more of them at the bottom of this chasm.
Ye Yunfei couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.
Was this a nest for the Primordial Heterogeneous Race?
The Primordial Heterogeneous Race was a powerful clan from ancient times, having once dominated the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds.
It was said that the most supreme experts among this race could rival a Heavenly Emperor!
However, for unknown reasons, they had suddenly vanished and gone silent.
To think there were so many of them here!
At Ye Yunfei's thought, all the Earth Dragons dove into the ground beneath.
The two Primordial Heterogeneous Race members swept their gaze around. Having sensed movement near the altar, they had come to investigate.
But Earth Dragons are condensed from the essence of Earth Geomantic Qi. When lurking within the earth, they return to their source, merging perfectly with the land.
Thus, once an Earth Dragon conceals itself within the earth, apart from a true Geomancer, others find it extremely difficult to detect.
The two Primordial Heterogeneous Race members observed for a moment, found nothing, and then departed.
"First, I need to fully understand the situation here."
Ye Yunfei concentrated, directing the Earth Dragons to stealthily proceed through the ground.
A short while later, he discovered several dozen ancient caves ahead. From each cave, terrifying energy flooded out like raging torrents.
Piercing, soul-shivering screams would occasionally echo forth from them, so shrill they were unsettling. Even though Ye Yunfei only had faint traces of his Soul Power down there while his physical body remained outside the chasm, he still felt the hairs on his neck stand on end, inwardly shocked.
"Divine Crystal!"
Within a few of those caves, Ye Yunfei spotted Divine Crystals!
Those caves also contained altars, each Divine Crystal placed upon one, emitting blinding divine light.
"There are five Divine Crystals in total!"
Ye Yunfei was stunned and overjoyed.
However, Ye Yunfei also glimpsed terrifying figures within those caves, whose auras seemed capable of shaking the heavens. He also saw stone coffins piled layer upon layer.
The caves were enveloped in vast quantities of black mist and obscured by mysterious laws that hindered perception. Even if those Eastern Barrens experts were to come down here, they might not be able to clearly perceive the situation inside.
But these Earth Dragons controlled by Ye Yunfei communed with the earth's energy. Wherever there was earth and stone, they could perceive!
This was the capability of a Geomancer!
Right at that moment.
Rumble...
A large hand extended from one of the caves, rapidly expanding in size. With astonishing speed, it grabbed a bunch of Earth Dragons under Ye Yunfei's control and directly crushed them.
Bang! Bang! Bang...
In moments, all the Earth Dragons that had reached that location were destroyed!
Ye Yunfei finally understood why his earlier batches of Earth Dragons sent down here had all inexplicably exploded.
With the destruction of those Earth Dragons, the Soul Power traces Ye Yunfei had attached were also obliterated, severing the connection.
"I need to devise a way to get my hands on those Divine Crystals."
Ye Yunfei began calculating in his mind.