Chapter 42

"Captain, let me go! My speed is fast, and if the situation turns bad, I have the highest chance of escaping successfully."

"Captain, you still need to oversee the overall situation! Let me go! Although my strength is the weakest here, I am the most resilient. I have the highest chance of surviving if something happens."

The team members all volunteered to be the scout.

"Alright! No more arguing. I'll go. I am the strongest, and you all know my ability. No one is more suitable than me.

You just follow me from a distance and wait for my instructions." Zhang Yi made the final decision.

"Yes," seeing he had made up his mind, no one said anything more.

Tall trees with dense branches blocked out the sky. It was already autumn, but the trees here had not shed their leaves; instead, they seemed to be growing even more vigorously.

Zhang Yi tried to收敛 his aura and slowly moved forward in the forest. After a while, he finally crossed two mountain ridges and reached near the final destination.

The scene before him was shocking. It was a hilly area, and many of the tall trees that used to be here were now gone.

A 2-meter-tall rabbit was releasing wind blades, felling the tall trees one by one. Then, over a dozen red giant apes, standing upright, carried the fallen trees to other places.

As the trees were cleared away, a huge cave became visible.

In front of the cave, a two-headed giant wolf was squatting, with a black bear lying in front of it. The black bear's body was pressed tightly to the ground, its head lowered, and it was making low sounds.

"What's going on with these strange beasts? I've never seen such species before. Could it be due to mutation?" Zhang Yi thought for a moment and decided to leave the area first to regroup with his team and discuss the next plan.

Suddenly, the ground shook, and a blur attacked Zhang Yi.

With a loud bang, dust flew up, and several trees were knocked down. A 4-meter-tall wild boar with a single horn on its forehead slowly emerged from the fallen trees.

Zhang Yi appeared from the nearby bushes. Just as he was about to be hit, he used his ability in time and narrowly avoided the wild boar's surprise attack.

A hint of surprise flashed in the wild boar's eyes. It didn't expect this tiny creature to dodge its sudden attack.

"Grunt, grunt, grunt!" The wild boar, seeing its attack miss, charged at Zhang Yi again.

"High 3rd stage," Zhang Yi judged by sensing the spiritual energy fluctuations emitted by the beast.

"Space Teleport," Zhang Yi activated his ability and dodged the beast's lightning-fast attack once again.

The wild boar became angry. This annoying native was too cunning. It charged at Zhang Yi again, this time with swirling winds around its body, making it even faster.

Zhang Yi dodged again, but before he could assess the situation, the wild boar appeared behind him and attacked from behind.

Zhang Yi drew a spirit weapon dagger from his waist and, just as the wild boar was about to hit him, he pushed off the ground, flipped over, and slashed the wild boar's side with the dagger.

Drip, drip, the wild boar turned to look at Zhang Yi, feeling the wound on its body.

"Grunt, grunt," a loud noise echoed through the hills.

"Is it calling for reinforcements?" Zhang Yi frowned at the beast. "I'll deal with it first."

Boom, a bolt of white lightning struck at Zhang Yi. He quickly stopped his attack and dodged to the side. Bang, a 2-meter-wide crater was blasted where he had been standing, with sparks flying.

A 20-meter-long, snow-white giant python with three eyes on its head appeared beside the wild boar.

"High 3rd stage?" Zhang Yi looked at the beast with a serious expression.

Swish, swish, swish, several figures rushed out of the forest behind Zhang Yi. They turned out to be the special task force members.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for my command? Why did you act on your own?" Zhang Yi said sternly.

"We had no choice! We were suddenly attacked by some beasts a while ago. They organized an attack and forced us here," Old Niu said helplessly.

"What happened...?" Just as Zhang Yi was about to ask more, a sudden change occurred, shocking everyone.

"Are you the natives who rule this world? I am the leader of White Python Mountain, under the command of the Mind Bird in the Eastern Domain of the Spirit Realm, Three-Eyed Snake."

"This beast is speaking in my mind," Old Niu exclaimed.

"This is mental communication, a skill possessed by high 3rd stage beings," Xie Yurong explained.

Everyone looked at the beast in shock.

Spirit Realm? Eastern Domain? Mind Bird? Leader? What's going on here?

"What is the Spirit Realm?" Zhang Yi responded with his mind.

"The Spirit Realm is a great world, the origin of spiritual energy. Worlds like yours originally had no spiritual energy.

Due to the collision of the world barriers between the Spirit Realm and your world, spatial rifts were created. The Spirit Realm then injected spiritual energy through these rifts into your world, allowing your world to gain spiritual energy and evolve into a world with spiritual energy.

So, all the spiritual energy you now possess is a gift from the Spirit Realm." Three-Eyed Snake said proudly.

After hearing Three-Eyed Snake's explanation, everyone finally understood the origin of spiritual energy and the matter of the Spirit Realm, which left them in awe.

"What do you want from our world?" Zhang Yi asked.

"What do we want? Of course, we want a return. The Spirit Realm gave you spiritual energy, and you gained extraordinary power because of it. Shouldn't you repay the beings of the Spirit Realm?" Three-Eyed Snake said matter-of-factly.

"What kind of return do you want?"

"Spirit energy ore. The spirit energy ore in your world. You gained spiritual energy because of the Spirit Realm, so as a return, all the spirit energy ore in your world must belong to the Spirit Realm."

"Impossible, don't even think about it." Old Niu immediately flared up upon hearing about the spirit energy ore.

"Right! Daydreaming."

"Pipe dream."

"Go back where you came from!"

The team members were furious when they heard that the spirit energy ore of Blue Star would be claimed. What a joke, giving everything to them? How could they continue to cultivate?

"Impossible. Although we are grateful to the Spirit Realm for giving our world spiritual energy, gratitude is one thing, but you should go back where you came from! This world does not welcome you." Zhang Yi stared at Three-Eyed Snake.

"Haha, do you think you have a choice?" Three-Eyed Snake said proudly, "If you agree, your race can continue to survive in this world. Otherwise, you will face destruction!"

Hearing this, everyone knew there was no point in further discussion.

"Yang Jian, activate the signal device and send a message to the headquarters in the capital for support. The level is the highest." Zhang Yi gave the order.

"Yes!"

The team members took out their spirit weapons, preparing for the upcoming battle.

Three-Eyed Snake let out a roar, and over a dozen 3rd stage high beasts rushed out of the forest.

"Attack! Tear them apart." Three-Eyed Snake gave the order.

The battle was about to begin.