Chapter 2083: Chapter 2038: Golden Mouse King
Although the Golden Rat King was in the Spirit Gathering Realm, its combat strength was truly formidable.
Zhao Tiangang and the Dark Bear fought back and forth with it, showing no signs of falling behind.
But with Chen Yang’s involvement, the tide of the battle completely changed.
No matter how freakish the Golden Rat King was, how could it fend off three people working together?
Especially when the trio was Chen Yang, Zhao Tiangang, and Dark Bear.
Any one of them alone could sweep away existence within the Spirit Gathering Realm.
"The Golden Rat King must have encountered some extraordinary fortune; otherwise, its combat strength wouldn’t be so fierce." Dark Bear gritted his teeth, feeling frustrated.
He was, after all, a genius who could sweep everything across wherever he went.
Yet now, he repeatedly suffered losses in the Spirit Gathering Realm, making him deeply unsettled.
"Take it down, then everything will be revealed." Zhao Tiangang’s tone suddenly turned cold, and the sword moves in his hand became increasingly fierce!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
In an instant, sword lights like rain surged towards the Golden Rat King.
Chen Yang knew that it was Zhao Tiangang showing a true intent to kill, so he cooperated from the sidelines.
He directly performed the Triple Slash Sword Technique to slay the Golden Rat King.
The Golden Rat King clashed with Dark Bear, unable to spare attention for Chen Yang and Zhao Tiangang.
Its thick body endured all the Sword Qi.
In just a moment, its entire back became a bloody mess.
After being injured, the Golden Rat King became even more frantic, as if truly going mad.
"I’ll take your lives."
The Golden Rat King furiously attacked Dark Bear.
Dark Bear’s pressure doubled, but fortunately, he could still resist.
"Zhao Tiangang, hurry up! This cursed beast has gone crazy, I’m about to be overwhelmed." Dark Bear shouted anxiously.
At this moment, Zhao Tiangang was quite astonished.
Despite countless Sword Qi from him and Chen Yang, they hadn’t heavily injured the Golden Rat King?
It was ridiculous.
But there was no time to dwell now; Zhao Tiangang quickly swung his sword and unleashed another lethal Sword Qi.
Boom...
The power of this strike was on a different level from any previous attack.
With this Sword Qi, the Golden Rat King’s body was directly pierced, forming a bloody hole.
Chen Yang promptly followed up with a second slash!
The Golden Rat King fell instantly, collapsing to the ground.
Without even a hum, it was completely dead...
With the Golden Rat King’s death, Feng Nihuang’s little golden rats scattered in panic instantly, like birds and beasts fleeing.
In just a moment, not a single live golden rat was visible.
Feng Nihuang finished channeling energy and quickly walked over afterward.
"I want the Golden Rat King’s inner core; I can reduce my share of the Spirit Stones inside by a level." Feng Nihuang said, pointing at the Golden Rat King’s corpse after she approached.
Inner core?
What is that?
Chen Yang was puzzled but didn’t voice his question.
Zhao Tiangang and Dark Bear heard this, didn’t immediately agree, but after exchanging a glance, they nodded in assent.
"Alright, the inner core is yours, and you’ll take a level less of the Spirit Stones."
With that, Zhao Tiangang stepped forward, slicing open the Golden Rat King’s belly with a sword, extracting a brown marble-sized bead.
This was the Golden Rat King’s inner core.
"Here!"
Zhao Tiangang tossed it directly to Feng Nihuang.
Feng Nihuang received it and said nothing.
"Can we now go inside to check how many Spirit Stones are there?" Dark Bear eagerly anticipated the cave.
"Let’s go in together." Zhao Tiangang nodded, and the four of them entered the cave.
From outside, the Golden Rat King’s cave looked completely dark.
But upon entering, they found light inside.
Some rare crystal stones, embedded in the walls by those golden rats, provided illumination.
They proceeded along the cave, walking for quite a while until they reached its innermost part.
Here was a massive cavern hall.
Its size was comparable to some large granaries in outside cities.
"This is indeed something else." Chen Yang remarked in awe as he observed the suddenly spacious cavern hall.
"The Spirit Stones should be nearby, let’s search." Zhao Tiangang scanned the surroundings, then said.
The cavern hall was vast; searching all together would take quite some time.
Thus, they opted to search separately.
Chen Yang headed east; the lights here were dim, but he wasn’t affected due to his night vision ability.
After searching for a moment and rounding a corner, a Spirit Stone Mountain appeared before him.
Without any exaggeration, it was truly a Spirit Stone Mountain!
Varying sizes of Spirit Stones piled together formed a small mountain over ten meters high and more than twenty meters wide.
The sight was incredibly awe-inspiring!
Even for Chen Yang, who owned a Spirit Stone mine, it was a shock.
He had never seen so many Spirit Stones; there must be over ten thousand pieces.
Yet, it was not the most exhilarating discovery.
Upon gently sifting through, Chen Yang found:
At least twenty percent of this Spirit Stone Mountain consisted of superior-grade Spirit Stones!
What does this mean?
In an auction, a single superior-grade Spirit Stone could drive countless cultivators crazy.
And here, there were thousands!
This was an immense fortune!
A golden mountain lay before him; to say he wasn’t tempted and had ulterior motives would be a lie.
Nonetheless, he didn’t choose that.
Instead, he summoned Zhao Tiangang, Dark Bear, and Feng Nihuang.
These three hailed from the Mystic Realm, where resources were more abundant than in this realm.
They had access to more resources naturally.
Yet, even with such perspective, they were astonished upon witnessing the mountain of Spirit Stones.
"Wow, wasn’t this trip worth it? This many Spirit Stones should suffice for cultivation for quite a while, right?" Dark Bear grinned as he collected and assessed a Spirit Stone, absorbing it.
Pure mid-grade Spirit Stones!
"Let’s distribute them." Without many words, Zhao Tiangang directly started dividing them.
They were unlikely to engage in a fight over these Spirit Stones.
The distribution was swift, and soon everything was allocated.
A total of over thirteen thousand pieces, and Chen Yang received more than three thousand pieces.
Among them, over four hundred were superior-grade Spirit Stones!
Such wealth, even in the eyes of Feng Nihuang, Zhao Tiangang, and others, was significant, let alone how startling it was for Chen Yang.
It felt like going from a pauper to instant wealth.
"This, none of you want it anymore, right?"
Outside the cave, Chen Yang pointed at the Golden Rat King’s corpse.
Zhao Tiangang and Dark Bear looked puzzled, not understanding why Chen Yang asked.
"What would one do with a corpse? Of course, we don’t want it." Dark Bear said.
Chen Yang smiled silently, not answering.
Instead, he looked at Zhao Tiangang and Feng Nihuang.
"You two?"
Both shook their heads.
"Then I’ll take it." Chen Yang smiled and immediately stored the Golden Rat King’s corpse in his pack.
This action left the three of them dumbfounded.
Why collect a corpse?
In truth, they didn’t know, Chen Yang was indeed lacking resources.
In other words, the Alliance was short on resources.
Even though he had just acquired several thousand Spirit Stones.
To establish a force, it was still insufficient.
And the Golden Rat King’s corpse, if placed outside, would certainly be a treasure, able to be exchanged for many Spirit Stones.
After all, it’s a Spirit Gathering Realm spirit beast, rarely seen outside.
"Let’s go."
With the corpse collected, their collaboration was considered concluded.
Chen Yang wasted no time and left swiftly.
(Regarding the update matter, here’s an explanation for everyone. The website changed its benefits, canceling the full attendance rewards. Thus, the income from this book halved, making it hard for the author to support themselves by writing this book alone. However, considering some friends have been consistently reading, it can’t be abandoned. So, only a part of the time each day can be devoted to writing this book, hoping everyone can understand.)
