"Everyone, follow me!"
Pang Yuyang waved his hand, looking mighty and majestic as he led the way, charging with the Hudao Academy disciples toward the area sealed by thick fog.
Moments later,
they rushed into a valley.
Within the valley, clouds and mist swirled.
At the far end of the valley stood an ancient stone gate.
From within the stone gate emanated an aura of prehistoric time and space.
This stone gate was the entrance to the Crystal Mine Minor World!
Swoosh, swoosh…
One group after another vied to be the first, rushing headlong into the stone gate.
Ye Yunfei, following within the Hudao Academy ranks, also charged through the stone gate.
Immediately, a teleportation force enveloped him.
The world spun.
Several seconds later,
he had arrived in an unfamiliar world!
What met his eyes was a grassland under his feet, with brilliant sunshine, verdant grass, butterflies dancing, and bees buzzing.
Looking out in all directions, there were distant mountains and nearby water, with the earth, mountains, rivers, and streams – everything you could wish for.
"Such dense Spiritual Qi!"
Someone exclaimed in astonishment.
The Spiritual Qi in this minor world was at least four or five times denser than the outside world.
At this moment, the personnel from various forces had all entered successively, landing on this grassland.
Ye Yunfei made a rough estimate: this time, the number of people entering the Crystal Mine Minor World numbered at least seven to eight thousand, if not ten thousand.
"Hmph!
A bunch of inferior goods dares to compare with our Shenfeng Sect? Utterly overestimating themselves!"
Suddenly, from the Shenfeng Sect's camp, a blue-robed young man stepped forward a few paces, sweeping his disdainful gaze over the Hudao Academy personnel.
This blue-robed youth was tall and slender, handsome, with an air of intense superiority emanating from his brow and the corners of his eyes.
"That's Zhu Haotian from the Shenfeng Sect!
I heard he once fought across levels to a draw with a Mysterious Liquid Realm early-stage expert!"
Immediately, nearby martial artists recognized this blue-robed young man's origin and exclaimed in low voices.
"Your Hudao Academy is finished.
Just wait to be crushed!"
Zhu Haotian said with a cold sneer.
"What nonsense are you spouting!
Our Hudao Academy will prevail, just you wait and see!"
Pang Yuyang was furious.
"Hahaha…
You even send trash like this to participate, and still dream of victory?
Dream on!
Let's go!"
Zhu Haotian deliberately pointed at Ye Yunfei, laughed loudly, then waved his hand, leading the Shenfeng Sect personnel as they shot into the sky and vanished into the distance in an instant.
"Let's move out too!"
"Depart!"
…
The personnel from other forces also began to move out one after another, setting off to search for crystal ore veins.
"Hmph!
Such a disgraceful thing!"
Pang Yuyang swept a look of disgust over Ye Yunfei and said coldly.
Ye Yunfei's gaze turned icy. This Pang Yuyang had repeatedly provoked him to his face, which had already made Ye Yunfei thoroughly annoyed.
If Pang Yuyang didn't know his place and pushed further, Ye Yunfei wouldn't mind striking him down.
"Now, we will split into ten teams, each with roughly fifty people. We'll act separately to search for crystal ore veins.
This way, we have a chance to find more crystal ore veins.
Once a crystal ore vein is discovered, immediately use the communication jade slip to send a message."
Pang Yuyang declared clearly.
It had to be said, this Pang Yuyang did possess some leadership talent. Dispersing the personnel indeed increased the chance of finding more crystal ore veins.
Thus, the Hudao Academy disciples split into ten small teams and went their separate ways, leaving the grassland one after another, beginning their search for crystal ore veins within this minor world.
Ye Yunfei and Wen Zi were in the same team.
The area of this Crystal Mine Minor World was extremely vast.
The small team Ye Yunfei was in was led by a Yuan Foundation Realm late-stage disciple acting as captain, guiding the group as they flew continuously in one direction.
After flying for most of the day,
Ye Yunfei suddenly felt a stir in his heart, his gaze shifting toward a valley in the distance.
That valley was located among several low mountain ridges, with wisps of ethereal Spiritual Qi drifting like fog bands.
Moreover, flecks of crystalline light occasionally glinted amidst the soil.
Clearly, there must be a crystal ore vein underground in this valley.
"That valley seems to have a crystal ore vein!
Let's go check it out!"
The captain had also noticed it. With a wave of his hand, he led the charge into that valley.
Boom…
Some disciples brandished swords, spears, blades, and halberds, starting to dig.
These disciples, each with profound spiritual power and having cultivated various high-level secret arts from the academy, unleashed a continuous stream of blade lights, sword shadows, fist imprints, and palm winds, bombarding the ground.
In the blink of an eye, they had excavated a deep pit ten meters deep.
Below, pieces of spiritual crystal stones were densely embedded in the soil, glittering and dazzling.
"It's a small-scale crystal ore vein!"
All the disciples were overjoyed.
However.
Right at this moment.
Roar, roar…
Ear-splitting beast roars echoed from around the valley.
Then, giant wolves towering five or six meters tall, their bodies burning with billowing flames, charged into the valley.
There were many of these giant wolves, several hundred of them!
In an instant, these giant wolves surrounded the Hudao Academy disciples.
"They're Flame Demon Wolves!"
Looking at the towering demon wolves, the expressions of the fifty-some disciples turned somewhat grave.
Because, all these Flame Demon Wolves before them possessed strength at the level of Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth-Order Beast Emperors!
In the Tianxuan Continent, the strength levels of demonic beasts were ranked from low to high as follows:
The weakest were ordinary First to Ninth Order.
Then came Beast Kings, divided into First to Ninth Order.
Beast Emperors, divided into First to Ninth Order.
Beast Sovereigns, also divided into First to Ninth Order.
Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth-Order Beast Emperors were equivalent to human martial artists at the True Manifestation Realm early, middle, and late stages!
Moreover, the combat power of demonic beasts was often greater than that of human martial artists of the same rank.
Therefore, these several hundred Flame Demon Wolves before them were equivalent to several hundred True Manifestation Realm cultivators!
"Disciples with Yuan Foundation Realm strength, join me in holding off these Flame Demon Wolves.
Disciples with True Manifestation Realm strength, hurry and excavate the crystal ore vein!"
The captain roared.
The disciples with Yuan Foundation Realm strength gritted their teeth and rushed toward the Flame Demon Wolves.
Boom…
Immediately, waves of battle energy erupted, causing the entire valley to tremble.
Although the number of Flame Demon Wolves was large, these Yuan Foundation Realm disciples, true to their Hudao Academy origins, each possessed decent combat power. For the time being, they fought to a standstill.
Meanwhile, the True Manifestation Realm disciples sped up their excavation of the small-scale crystal ore vein.
Ye Yunfei also prepared to jump into the deep pit to help mine the crystal ore vein.
After all, his current role was that of a Hudao Academy disciple.
"Ye Yunfei, you roll over here too and help deal with these Flame Demon Wolves!"
Suddenly, the captain's gaze inadvertently swept over Ye Yunfei's figure, and he roared.
"Why?
Didn't you say disciples with Yuan Foundation Realm strength should deal with these Flame Demon Wolves?
I have True Manifestation Realm strength."
Ye Yunfei asked indifferently.
"No reason why!
I am the captain, you must obey me!"
The captain sneered.
This captain was actually one of Pang Yuyang's trusted subordinates.
Earlier, during the team division, Pang Yuyang had secretly instructed him to find opportunities to make things difficult for Ye Yunfei, even to kill him.
"Fine."
Ye Yunfei walked out of the deep pit and headed toward the Flame Demon Wolves.
"Haha, this kid is only at the True Manifestation Realm early stage. Sending him to fight those Flame Demon Wolves is like sending him to his death, and he actually dares to go!"
"Can't you tell?
Senior Brother Pang Yuyang dislikes him.
Just wait and see. Senior Brother Pang Yuyang will definitely make things hard for him everywhere."
…
The disciples, one after another, gloated and murmured in low voices.
Aside from Wen Zi, almost none of these disciples had personally witnessed Ye Yunfei in action.
In their eyes, no matter how strong a True Manifestation Realm early-stage cultivator was, there were limits.
Roar!
A Flame Demon Wolf with Fifth-Order Beast Emperor strength suddenly leaped into the air, pouncing and snapping at Ye Yunfei.
"Look!
Ye Yunfei is done for! A Fifth-Order Beast Emperor Flame Demon Wolf's true combat power is equivalent to a human martial artist at the True Manifestation Realm late stage!
He's definitely no match for it!"
Immediately, many disciples, holding a spectator's mindset, cried out.
"Heheh, kid, daring to offend Senior Brother Pang? Now you'll know the consequences."
The captain sneered.
Right at that moment,
the Flame Demon Wolf had already pounced to within reach of Ye Yunfei, opening its bloody maw to bite him.
Ye Yunfei didn't dodge or evade, lightly flicking out a slap.
Thud!
That Flame Demon Wolf's head exploded like a balloon, instantly shattered.
What?!
Immediately, apart from Wen Zi, all the disciples were dumbstruck.