Chapter 2823: Lakebed

Chapter 2823: Chapter 2823: Lakebed

Niu Ben and Xiong Yingxiong dare not disobey their master’s words, so when Ghost Hand concluded his speech, they calmed down and decided to follow Ghost Hand willingly and ignore Old Taoist Wu.

Wu De, full of rage at Niu Ben and Xiong Yingxiong’s lack of resistance, stomped his feet and said, "Where’s your courage? Are you retreating just because of one word from Ghost Hand?"

He then turned to Ghost Hand and said, "No matter what, we must fight this time! It would be humiliating to return empty-handed after failing to seize the Divine Crystal Vein!"

Ghost Hand spread his hands and said, "Several masters have already said that if things aren’t meant to be, we needn’t force it. Our safety is the most important... Old Taoist Wu, you’re different from us. You can ignore our masters’ words, but we dare not do so, or when the master returns, we’ll be in deep trouble! Don’t get us into trouble!"

Niu Ben and Xiong Yingxiong nodded in agreement.

Wu De said, "Where is your previous courage? Where is your past drive? You... never mind, if we find the Divine Crystal Vein, we’ll try our best to seize it, and if we really can’t, then we can call for help. Surely that’s acceptable?"

Ghost Hand nodded and said, "Of course!"

They saw a team of Divine Realm powerhouses pass by and decided to follow them, flying towards an endlessly extending mountain range in the distance.

Qiyun Star is vast, with countless mountain ranges, and the Divine Crystal Vein is mostly hidden within those mountain ranges. Thus, accurately pinpointing the location of the legendary divine vein isn’t easy.

However, Wu De was quite confident, continuously releasing his Divine Sense as they flew.

They passed by mountain ranges, occasionally witnessing impatient powerhouses penetrating the mountains directly in a crude attempt to find Divine Crystal Veins.

Although this method can be effective for finding Divine Crystal Veins, there are tens of thousands of mountain ranges on Qiyun Star. If every single mountain range had to be penetrated, it would consume an unimaginable amount of Divine Power.

Therefore, penetrating mountain ranges is considered the most foolish way of searching for Divine Crystals by Divine Realm powerhouses.

Truly skilled powerhouses, like Wu De, use Divine Sense and keen sensing abilities to search for Divine Crystal Veins.

"A bunch of idiots! Do they think the Divine Crystal Vein is necessarily buried within the mountain range? Do they think piercing the mountain will reveal the Divine Crystal Vein? Ridiculous!"

When Wu De saw those Divine Realm powerhouses who had penetrated the mountains, he mocked them with a disdainful expression.

In Wu De’s view, while some Divine Crystal Veins indeed lie beneath mountains, the burial depth can be so deep that even penetrating the mountain or leveling it might not reveal the vein’s existence.

Some Divine Crystal Veins are even stored beneath large rivers or the depths of endless forests.

Therefore, unless ordinary Divine Realm powerhouses are led by a powerhouse who has already discovered a Divine Crystal Vein or turn Qiyun Star upside down, it truly isn’t easy to find such a vein with billions in reserves.

Wu De and the other gods from the Emperor’s Palace flew tens of thousands of miles around Qiyun Star, carefully investigating every mountain, river, and forest abyss.

During this, Wu De would occasionally pause to observe, marking small or medium-sized Divine Crystal Veins for future excavation when he discovered them.

Wu De had a voracious appetite now; he no longer considered small veins with a million in reserves or even medium veins with tens of millions. His target this time was the legendary large vein with a billion in reserves.

If he found a large Divine Crystal Vein, even if he only kept two or three parts for himself, it would still be in the tens of millions, while he would hand over all small and medium veins to the Emperor’s Palace.

"Do you sense anything?"

Wu De flew above a lake spanning several thousand miles, his eyes shining with extraordinary brilliance, pointing to the lake’s surface, "Isn’t the Divine Power diffused over this lake’s surface denser than other places?"

Actually, the difference in Divine Power on the lake surface compared to other areas is subtle, and it would be tough to notice without extremely sharp sensing abilities.

However, with their Innate Spiritual Roots and exceptional talent, Ghost Hand and the other gods could naturally discern this slight difference.

"Could it be... the legendary large Divine Crystal Vein is beneath this lake?"

Ghost Hand condensed his Divine Sense, penetrating toward the lake bottom. After passing through a thousand meters of lake water, he encountered a tightly packed, extremely solid rock layer, where his Divine Sense was blocked, only probing several hundred meters into the rock layer.

Niu Ben, Xiong Yingxiong, and several other Emperor’s Palace powerhouses also released their Divine Senses to investigate, obtaining similar results to Ghost Hand.

Hence, they were half-skeptical about Wu De’s words.

"See that? Those powerhouses are hovering nearby; they’re likely like us, having discovered something unusual here!"

Wu De pointed out several True God Realm powerhouses not far from them.

Those True God Realm powerhouses seemed comparable to them, with some showing excitement while cautiously watching other powerhouses.

"Everyone’s waiting for others to make a move first!"

Wu De mumbled.

He knew if he led Ghost Hand and the Emperor’s Palace powerhouses into the lake and discovered the Divine Crystal Vein at the bottom, they could face attacks from other powerhouses.

This is the peril of acting first; no powerhouse wants to become the target.

Wu De, being impatient, lost his composure while others remained calm, rubbing his palms and saying, "Damn, Taoist Master won’t wait around!"

He signaled to Ghost Hand, Niu Ben, and several other Emperor’s Palace powerhouses, then quickly descended, employing the water avoidance art to dive into the lake, swiftly heading toward the bottom.

Other powerhouses seeing them make a move, couldn’t contain themselves and rushed into the lake.

"Be ready, follow me closely!"

Once at the bottom, Wu De used his Divine Sense to probe the rock layer, determining the approximate location of the Divine Crystal Vein below, and then telepathically communicated with Ghost Hand and other powerhouses.

As soon as he finished speaking, he dove into the rock layer.

Among the two kinds of Innate Spiritual Roots he possessed, one was the Earth Spirit Root, allowing him to move through any geological subsurface with the ease of ordinary powerhouses in space.

A five- or six-feet wide tunnel appeared where his body passed through, and Ghost Hand and the other powerhouses followed this tunnel, keeping up with Wu De.

Other powerhouses who entered the lake also rushed into the tunnel, advancing toward the depths of the rock layer.

Nearing a thousand feet deep in the rock layer, Wu De sensed increasingly dense Divine Power, confirming their proximity to the Divine Crystal Vein. He telepathically communicated with Ghost Hand and the Emperor’s Palace powerhouses, instructing them to prepare for battle with other powerhouses.

Wu De believed that beneath this ground, possessing the Innate Earth Spirit Root made him a king, even able to contend with a High Rank True God Realm powerhouse.

"Here we are!"

With Wu De’s soft call, Ghost Hand and other Emperor’s Palace powerhouses saw a bright expanse of Orange Divine Crystals.