Chapter 69

The sun on the horizon was about to disappear behind the mountains, and the red sunset dyed the forest a deep red.

The fire that had spread from the volcano had now been extinguished. At the foot of the volcano, the massive corpse of a strange beast lay alone in the ashes left by the fire.

"Why is this? I fought this Red-Armored Dragon for so long, hoping to draw out its subordinates, ideally a group of third-stage beasts to help this Red-Armored Dragon, so I could eliminate them all. But after such a long fight, not a single beast appeared." Lin Fei was frustrated, looking at the Red-Armored Dragon lying on the ground, lifeless, muttering to himself.

"Could the loyalty of these beasts be so low? Their leader is fighting a desperate battle with the enemy, and they don't come to support their leader, helping him to fight the enemy together." Lin Fei thought to himself.

Lin Fei used the dimensional space to store the corpse of the Red-Armored Dragon. As for the scorpion-tailed lions, he glanced at their charred bodies and decided against it; they looked too bad.

"Next is the treasure-hunting time." Lin Fei snapped his fingers and flew towards the volcano crater with a very happy mood.

In no time, he flew over the volcano crater, looking at the crater spewing thick black smoke, Lin Fei frowned.

"This Red-Armored Dragon really doesn't know how to choose a living place! There are so many beautiful caves outside, but it insists on choosing this place where smoke and dust fly everywhere. Is it really comfortable to inhale so much black smoke every day?" Lin Fei complained.

Although the environment for treasure hunting was harsh, the thought of the large amount of spirit energy ore about to be obtained made Lin Fei decide to continue forward. He created a huge telekinetic barrier around himself and resolutely flew into the volcano crater.

The temperature inside the volcano crater was extremely high, and the thick smoke obscured the view, making visibility very low.

Lin Fei spent about ten minutes inside and finally discovered a huge crack in one area of the volcano crater. He flew down into the crack.

The crack was over 20 meters wide, and it was pitch black inside, with nothing visible. This must be where the Red-Armored Dragon lived.

Since Lin Fei had explored for so long, there was no other suitable place for the Red-Armored Dragon to live except this one.

Lin Fei flew into the huge crack, and several fireballs suddenly appeared around him, their light instantly illuminating the dark environment inside the crack.

The space inside the crack was quite large, about a thousand square meters. Lin Fei walked forward for a few minutes, and the light from the fireballs illuminated a dark area. When the darkness was dispelled by the light of the fireballs, what was revealed stunned Lin Fei.

Piles of spirit energy ore were stacked like small mountains. Next to them were a small pile of unknown transparent crystals and some other ores.

"This trip to the Spirit Realm was really worth it. The time was short, but the harvest was huge. This is much easier than mining." Lin Fei thought to himself.

Not long after, Lin Fei flew out of the volcano crater with a satisfied smile. He had just stored all the spirit energy ore in the dimensional space, estimating that there were about 2.2 million spirit stones, which was a million more than what he had harvested from the eagle-headed turtle's nest.

"This time, I really made a huge profit! The Spirit Realm is truly a place of immense wealth." Lin Fei thought happily.

The sunset was about to disappear, and Lin Fei took out his phone to check the time. It was already 5:00 PM on Earth.

"It's time to go home; it's also time for dinner." Lin Fei thought. He then activated his ability, and his spiritual energy rapidly consumed. A white light flashed, and Lin Fei's figure disappeared from the sky above the devastated battlefield.

A few hours after Lin Fei disappeared, several third-stage beasts quietly approached the battlefield. They searched the area and then went into the volcano crater to investigate before quickly fleeing.

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In the Peaceful Garden residential area, residents were coming and going. Most were parents picking up their children from school, and some were elderly people returning home after buying groceries to cook dinner. Everyone's life continued as usual, peaceful and rhythmic.

Lin Fei had already finished dinner and was sitting on the sofa at home, watching TV. He was extremely satisfied with the huge harvest of the past two days. If he converted the spirit energy ore he had harvested into cash, he would directly rank among the billionaires.

"Yesterday morning, a beast attack occurred in our country's Yacheng, causing injuries and deaths to over a hundred tourists. This is the first large-scale beast attack in our country. Thanks to the brave efforts of the investigators, all the beasts have been eliminated.

Please trust our government and our investigators. In the future, the government will strengthen defensive measures..." The TV hostess was reporting on the attack that occurred in Yacheng yesterday.

Lin Fei watched the hostess explain yesterday's events and thought, "It seems the government is not planning to make the existence of the Spirit Realm public. This is understandable. Compared to beast attacks, it's easier for the public to accept.

If they were told that these beasts come from another world, very few people would believe it, and it would cause widespread panic."

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At this time, thousands of miles away in Nandao Yacheng, on the deserted island where the world passage was located, a large number of investigators had already set up camp. In a temporary meeting room, Deputy Director Wu Qi of the headquarters was holding a meeting.

"Report to the director, today, when the world passage was stable, no beasts passed through. Moreover, the investigators we sent through the world passage to the Spirit Realm reported that no beasts were found near the entrance or in the surrounding area."

Everyone listening to the investigator's report was very puzzled. They had been on high alert, expecting a major threat, but after waiting for a long time, no beasts appeared. The investigators sent to the Spirit Realm found that there were no beasts gathering on the other side, which was truly baffling.

"The situation is unclear, but everyone must not let their guard down. After all, over a hundred third-stage beasts gathered here before.

In the future, we must maintain strict vigilance and continue to send people to investigate. No beasts must be allowed to pass through this world passage again. The incident in Yacheng must not happen again." Wu Qi said.

"Yes, we will be on high alert to guard this world passage." The attendees responded.