385: Chapter 381: Mysterious Black Stone Bead 385: Chapter 381: Mysterious Black Stone Bead Thud!
As soon as the black stone bead was taken out from the storage ring, it imdiately beca unbearably hot, emitting an astonishing temperature that made the air start to sizzle.
Unprepared, Ye Zhen’s hands were scalded with countless blisters, and instinctively letting go, the black stone bead thudded to the ground.
Boom!
Ye Zhen only felt the ground under his feet tremble; the surrounding mountains shook, and even the Strang Green Mountain not far away seed to tremble and sway with the fall of the black stone bead, causing the pure Green Wood Spiritual Power enveloping the mountain to fluctuate as well.
Ye Zhen was stunned.
Since when had this thing beco so terrifying?
Ye Zhen rembered that when he had just obtained it from the Black Water Legacy Mansion, apart from devouring any energy fed into it, there was nothing unusual about it.
Now, it had beco so bizarre.
Especially the alarming temperature it emitted upon being taken out, Ye Zhen could almost confirm that the cause behind the tragedy within his storage ring was likely this black stone bead.
“Could it be that this black stone bead is connected to the Black Dragon Secret Palace in so way?”
Lost in thought, Ye Zhen gritted his teeth and hissed as he began treating the burns on his hands; if he hadn’t released it quickly, the skin on Ye Zhen’s hands might have been completely dissolved by the heat.
While pondering, Ye Zhen examined the black stone bead that had fallen to the ground.
After a while, Ye Zhen, with his hands covered in a thick layer of Red Jade Spiritual Power, picked up the black stone bead again and slowly headed back towards the Strange Green Mountain.
After researching for over one hour, Ye Zhen essentially hadn’t uncovered the secret of the black stone bead but discovered sothing else.
The black stone bead wasn’t heavy in his hands, but when it fell to the ground, it could shake the ground and the mountains, trembling incessantly.
Ye Zhen couldn’t explain why this was happening, but he found an opportunity to obtain Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals.
The vibrations caused by the black stone bead’s descent could shake the Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals scattered all over the mountain, causing them to sway.
During these tremors, occasionally one or two Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals would move slightly toward the base of the mountain.
Of course, it was just a slight movent; even after shaking nurous tis, with so luck, a few Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals might move about half an inch forward.
Under normal circumstances, for Ye Zhen to obtain Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals from the Strange Green Mountain through this thod was highly improbable.
Even if he caused tremors by dropping the black stone bead a million tis, it wouldn’t make any Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystal move more than a ter.
After all, the movent caused by the tremors depended on luck; sotis, after shaking a dozen tis, the Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystal he had his eye on might not move at all.
However, patience was sothing Ye Zhen was never short of.
So, Ye Zhen started the most tedious and chanical repetitive action—dropping the black stone bead.
Two hours later, after Ye Zhen picked up the third dark-green Supre Spirit Wood Green Crystal, he gave up this monotonous task with his arms aching.
The three Supre Spirit Wood Green Crystals that Ye Zhen got were all about a foot away from him, and the nearest remaining Spirit Wood Green Crystals were all about a ter away.
Of course, if Ye Zhen persisted, another four or five hours, maybe one day, he would get five or even ten Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals.
However, if Ye Zhen spent most of his day in the Black Dragon Secret Palace just for one Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystal, it would be a huge loss.
What was most important was that during this one hour, in his efforts to obtain Supre Blue Wood Spirit Crystals, Ye Zhen constantly changed locations to raise the black stone bead and create vibrations, gradually sensing an odd variation of power within the black stone bead.
When Ye Zhen moved toward the east, southeast, or northeast, the temperature emitted by the black stone bead increased, and the vibrations caused by its fall beca even more intense.
When Ye Zhen moved to the west, southwest, or northwest, the temperature and vibrations it caused seed to decrease to so degree.
Without a doubt, as soone brimming with curiosity, Ye Zhen chose to move eastward.
He wanted to know what there was to the east that would cause the black stone bead to undergo such changes.
Moreover, the eastward direction was exactly where the mountain range of the Strange Green Mountain ran.
Packing up the three Supre Spirit Wood Green Crystals he had with difficulty obtained, Ye Zhen took the Black Dragon Stone Orb and headed eastward, continuously sensing the changes along the way.
Riding the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, Ye Zhen spent half a day to leave the range of the Strange Green Mountain.
After exiting the Strange Green Mountain, Ye Zhen encountered the first Martial Artist listed on the Black Dragon Ranking—Yem Yuan.
However, Yem Yuan was particularly wary of Ye Zhen.
Just as Huaa Wushuang was cautious of Ye Zhen’s Dragon Attack, the Black Dragon Secret Palace, isolated from the world, had beco a place without rules.
“Did you kill soone?”
Yem Yuan had the intuition of a wild beast.
His first words made Ye Zhen stunned, “I sll the blood on you.”
“And it’s fresh!”
“Did you find anything?” Ye Zhen didn’t answer but instead asked back.
“A little….”
In their stiff exchange, Ye Zhen and Yem Yuan went their separate ways.
However, Ye Zhen learned another piece of information: Yem Yuan had co from a different direction, the sa direction Ye Zhen was heading.
The reason for this situation was simple.
The place where the group first entered the Black Dragon Secret Palace had paths leading in all directions, allowing one to walk towards any direction they chose.
From the information obtained from Yem Yuan and his own observations, Ye Zhen concluded that the Black Dragon Secret Palace was not so palatial ancient mansion, but rather more like a barren wasteland, an isolated realm of death.
At least, neither Ye Zhen nor Yem Yuan had seen any structure resembling a building within the Black Dragon Secret Palace.
Ye Zhen continued to move forward, guided by his intuition.
His judgnt wasn’t wrong; the farther east he went, the higher the temperature emitted by the Black Dragon Stone Orb beca, and the more terrifying the vibrations caused by its dropping.
A day after leaving the Strange Green Mountain, Ye Zhen encountered another continuous range of peculiar mountains, this ti radiating a thick essence of Earth Elent Spiritual Power.
This peculiar yellow Spirit Mountain, much like the green one, was covered all over with Spirit Light Sparkling Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals, which seed even more nurous than the Green Wood Spirit Crystals.
Similarly, at the foot of the mountain, an imposing light screen of Spiritual Power, as if a mountain itself, prevented Ye Zhen from entering and from picking up those Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals.
Moreover, four Martial Artists from the Black Dragon Ranking had already gathered near this yellow Spirit Mountain, racking their brains trying to acquire those Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals.
However, their frustrated expressions and the difficulty of obtaining the crystals ant that their yield was sure to be nil.
The four Martial Artists showed absolute respect toward Ye Zhen, the top of the Black Dragon Ranking, and were almost exhaustively informative in response to Ye Zhen’s questions.
Looking at the four earnestly frightened Martial Artists, Ye Zhen did not stay long and left soon after.
The deterrence of being the first on the Black Dragon Ranking was truly substantial.
Observing the four trying again to collect the Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals, Ye Zhen felt sowhat moved.
Under normal circumstances, even if they devoted the entire seven days within the Black Dragon Secret Palace to the task, their yield would likely still be nothing.
Of course, Ye Zhen was not going to just let go of such rare Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals.
Even if he didn’t plan to take many, he still aid to acquire a few.
After all, in the Black Dragon Domain, even Low Grade Attribute Spiritual Crystals were rare, let alone Supre ones, which were almost mythical.
After flying a good distance away, Ye Zhen found an appropriate spot and, after violently slamming the Black Dragon Stone Orb to the ground three thousand tis, managed to obtain four Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals.
As for whether the four Martial Artists could hitch a ride on Ye Zhen’s success and gain one or two Supre Yellow Earth Spirit Crystals, it remained uncertain.
Once again, following the energy fluctuations inside the Black Dragon Stone Orb, Ye Zhen continued to adjust his direction and move forward.
After more than half a day, he left the large territorial expanse of the yellow mountain range.
“Hm?”
Hisss!
A sound of intense Spiritual Power burning up resounded, and all at once, the temperature of the Black Dragon Stone Orb in Ye Zhen’s hand skyrocketed, rapidly scorching through the Spiritual Power protecting his hand and giving Ye Zhen quite a scare.
“What’s this?”
Increasing the output of Spiritual Power, and even layering the Red Jade Spirit Armor onto his hands, Ye Zhen barely managed to withstand the high temperature bursting from inside the Black Dragon Stone Orb.
Ye Zhen’s entire body, too, was covered with the Red Jade Spirit Armor.
Ye Zhen was confident that his flesh would not be stronger than the Mid-grade Treasure, the Green Wing Divine Bow.
If the volcanic storm bursting out of the Stone Orb within the storage ring could destroy the Divine Bow, Ye Zhen had to be careful.
Along with the caution, Ye Zhen carefully held the stone orb up high as he ascended, concentrating his vision.
His eyes, sharp like lightning, scanned the surroundings.
All along the way, Ye Zhen had already discovered that whenever there were powerful Spiritual Power Waves nearby, the Black Dragon Stone Orb would exhibit corresponding changes, such as getting hot or heavy.
Just as he encountered the yellow Spirit Mountain earlier, the Black Dragon Stone Orb beca incredibly hot.
However, it was still far cooler than it had beco currently.
Suddenly, Ye Zhen’s pupils constricted sharply.
In the southeast direction a hundred miles away, a black light pierced the sky.
“Xiaomao!”
With a thought, a wild surge of Cloud Qi gathered, and the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub beneath Ye Zhen charged ferociously towards the place where the black light soared.
For the first ti since entering the Black Dragon Secret Palace, this was the first ti Ye Zhen witnessed such a moving phenonon.
With the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten’s current speed extrely fast, it took less than a Hundred Breaths of ti to carry Ye Zhen within ten miles of the ascending black light.
The skyward black light, like dispersing rosy clouds, tumbled and danced.
Within this Hundred Breaths of ti, the original towering black gleam gradually tumbled and condensed into a mass of black light, vaguely forming a spiral that hinted at the gate of a Secret Realm.
“Another Secret Realm Gate?”
Ye Zhen’s expression was first one of surprise, and then he was taken aback, for beside the swiftly forming vortex gate was the silhouette of a person!
(To be continued.
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