Under Ye Yunfei's control, the two Red Dragons sped back at full speed after obtaining the Divine Crystal, returning to where Ye Yunfei was in a matter of moments.
"Perfect!" Ye Yunfei was ecstatic, directly storing away the Divine Crystal.
Even this single Divine Crystal alone made the entire trip worthwhile!
"Look! Over there's a cave entrance, and there seems to be another Divine Crystal inside!"
At this moment, at the bottom of the abyss, an Eastern Barrens expert fixed his eyes on a distant ancient cave, both startled and overjoyed.
Although this place was filled with thick black fog and various laws obstructed perception, these Eastern Barrens experts were all highly powerful, having cultivated various profound techniques and secret arts. After a short while, they had already penetrated the vision to the bottom of this abyss.
"Over there is another Divine Crystal!"
"And over there is one too!"
"Haha, there's a total of four more!"
...
Soon, these Eastern Barrens experts successively discovered four more Divine Crystals and were extremely excited.
Thus, these Eastern Barrens experts, along with the Eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys, charged respectively toward the ancient caves where the four Divine Crystals were located.
"This is our territory. Intruders shall die!"
From every ancient cave, members of the Primordial Heterogeneous Race rushed out to block the way.
"Hmph, Divine Crystals are supreme treasures of heaven and earth. You Primordial Heterogeneous Race want to monopolize so many of them—the heavens and earth will not tolerate it! Get lost!"
A green-robed elder charged in front of one of the ancient caves and shouted sternly, his words righteous and just.
Boom...
A green pearl was spat from his mouth, transforming into a giant green jiao that pounced toward several Primordial Heterogeneous Race members blocking the cave entrance.
This giant jiao emitted green poisonous smoke all over its body, corroding the space it passed through with hissing sounds.
Boom!
A gigantic palm carrying terrifying energy stretched out from within the ancient cave, slapping the giant jiao and sending it flying backward.
Caw...
A Flying Sky Yin Monkey rushed forward, extending a claw to sweep horizontally, clashing with that gigantic palm.
Faced with four Divine Crystals, all the Eastern Barrens experts and the Eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys were now charging and fighting with all their might, holding nothing back.
More than twenty members of the Primordial Heterogeneous Race emerged in total, each guarding the entrances of the four ancient caves.
The two sides fought intensely, the combat energy they released causing the underground area to shake and tremble as if it were about to collapse.
At this time, under Ye Yunfei's control, the two Red Dragons brought a group of Earth Dragons and quietly returned to the bottom of the abyss again.
Next, the two Red Dragons separated, each leading a group of Earth Dragons toward two of the ancient caves respectively.
The area in front of these two ancient caves was embroiled in fierce combat.
But it was precisely such a chaotic battlefield that Ye Yunfei found opportunistic.
In fact, if not for these experts being locked in mutual battle and distracted, even if Ye Yunfei was proficient in Geomancy Technique, he would not have had an opportunity to seize the Divine Crystals!
"Phoenix Spills Blood Formation!"
With a thought from Ye Yunfei, the two batches of Earth Dragons directly formed two Earth Formations. Simultaneously, under Ye Yunfei's driving, vast amounts of Earth Qi continuously converged toward these two Earth Formations.
Rumble...
The experts engaged in fierce combat suddenly noticed the ground beneath their feet beginning to change. Strange red glows emerged, and a blood-red fissure appeared, shaped like a phoenix spilling blood.
Then, two blood-red phoenixes materialized, emitting overwhelming, eerie bloody radiance.
These two Phoenix Spills Blood Formations were arranged by Ye Yunfei in simulation of the dangerous terrain within the Heavenly Burial Tomb from before!
Of course, the Phoenix Spills Blood Formation within the Heavenly Burial Tomb was naturally formed by heaven and earth, and after accumulating vast amounts of sinister energy over long years, its power was extremely terrifying—not something these two formations arranged by Ye Yunfei now could compare to.
But even so, the power of these two formations arranged by Ye Yunfei was not to be underestimated.
Rumble...
Before those experts could react, the two blood-soaked phoenixes violently shook back the Primordial Heterogeneous Race guarding the cave entrances and respectively charged into the two ancient caves.
Simultaneously, the two Red Dragons took advantage of the opportunity to slip underground and enter the two ancient caves.
"Not good! Someone is trying to take the Divine Crystals!"
"It looks like a Geomancer is up to something!"
"That Divine Crystal earlier must have been taken by a Geomancer too!"
...
The Eastern Barrens experts realized something was amiss and roared angrily, then desperately charged into the ancient caves.
"Get lost!"
Angry roars also came from within the ancient caves, as terrifying energies blasted toward the two blood-soaked phoenixes.
The Eastern Barrens experts, Flying Sky Yin Monkeys, and Primordial Heterogeneous Race behind also crazily attacked the two blood-soaked phoenixes.
Within a few breaths, the two blood-soaked phoenixes were riddled like sieves, riddled with holes, their aura weakening by the moment.
However, at this moment, the two Red Dragons that had been lurking underground finally quietly arrived beside the altars where the two Divine Crystals were located. With lightning speed, they leaped up, snatched the two Divine Crystals, then burrowed back underground and escaped at full speed.
"Not good! The Divine Crystals have been taken!"
Those experts were furious to the extreme.
They had fought with their lives on the line, yet until now they hadn't even been able to touch a Divine Crystal. Yet someone lurking in the shadows was reaping the benefits, having taken three Divine Crystals in succession. How could they not be enraged?
Roar... roar...
Just as the two Divine Crystals were taken, terrifying roars emanated from the depths of these two ancient caves, as if a string of divine thunder had exploded, shaking the entire earth.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
At the bottom of this abyss, there were dozens of ancient caves in total. At this moment, angry roars issued from every ancient cave, and coffins kept opening one after another, as powerful auras swept out.
Some of these auras were particularly terrifying, causing every Eastern Barrens expert to tremble with fear.
"Not good! This is the nest of the Primordial Heterogeneous Race! We need to get out quickly!"
"It's said that the strongest among the Primordial Heterogeneous Race can rival contemporary Heavenly Emperors!"
Several old men recalled various legends about the ancient Primordial Heterogeneous Race, their faces pale with fright as they turned and fled.
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Several incredibly powerful figures appeared within those ancient caves and walked out.
Swoosh! Swoosh...
The Eastern Barrens experts no longer dared to stay, turning and fleeing one after another.
"Die!"
A member of the Primordial Heterogeneous Race with a human head and jiao body walked out from an ancient cave, suddenly extending a jiao claw and grabbing a middle-aged man.
"Elder Tao, save me!"
This middle-aged man was an expert from a major Eastern Barrens faction. Terrified out of his wits now, he cried for help.
Plop!
Before his cry even finished, his body was crushed by that Primordial Heterogeneous Race member, obliterated in both form and spirit.
"Flee!"
The other Eastern Barrens experts fled upward toward the top of the abyss at full speed.
Though the Eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys were ferocious by nature, they also realized now that this was the nest of the Primordial Heterogeneous Race. If they didn't escape, certain death awaited.
In fact, the perception abilities of the Eight Sky-Soaring Nether Monkeys were far more acute than humans'; they had already taken the lead and charged out of the abyss ahead of others.
At this moment, the two Red Dragons had already brought the two Divine Crystals back before Ye Yunfei.
"Excellent! This trip unexpectedly yielded three Divine Crystals! I've made a huge gain!"
Ye Yunfei was exhilarated to the extreme.
Boom...
Just as Ye Yunfei was excited, several terrifyingly powerful strands of Soul Power emanated from the bottom of the abyss below, probing toward Ye Yunfei's position.
Swoosh!
Without thinking, Ye Yunfei directly entered the Phantom Tower, then had the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm carry the Phantom Tower through space to flee.
Swoosh...
The Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm fled this stretch of space at full speed.
Rumble...
Several powerful strands of Soul Power from behind actually pursued deep into space, continuously probing toward the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm's location.
"Whoever dares to take the Divine Crystals shall die!"
A roar like a bolt of thunder in a clear sky chased after the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm from afar.
"So powerful!"
This roar actually directly blasted the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm away, dizzy and dazed, nearly knocking it unconscious.
However, as an ancient remnant beast of the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm race, its spatial energy mastery was no boast. In the depths of space, it was like a fish in water; flipping over, it turned and fled again.
Boom...
Several strands of Soul Power persistently pursued the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm.
Only after half an hour did the Golden-Horned Dragon Silkworm barely shake off the pursuit of those strands of Soul Power.
One hour later.
Within the Northern Frost Ancient Mining Area, at a certain location, Ye Yunfei stepped out from deep within space.
"Seems taking those three Divine Crystals successively ultimately awakened several exceedingly terrifying existences at the bottom of that abyss. Luckily, it was a narrow escape."
Ye Yunfei looked toward the core region of the Northern Frost Ancient Mining Area, inwardly relieved.
At the bottom of that abyss, there were five Divine Crystals in total. Ye Yunfei had taken three, with two remaining.
But Ye Yunfei knew that there was absolutely no chance to go retrieve those two remaining Divine Crystals.
"Alright, best to leave this Northern Frost Ancient Mining Area early. Those Flying Sky Yin Monkeys are looking for me, and now those Primordial Heterogeneous Race probably are too. The sooner I leave, the better."
Ye Yunfei felt somewhat unsettled.
Thus, he took out the green flying boat and quickly departed.