Xu Feng immediately understood; Babata was up to something.
That Babata, can't go out himself and resorts to these tricks... Having prepared himself, Xu Feng wouldn't be easily influenced by Babata's psychological manipulation. However, he pretended to be lured in, slowly descending underground.
Meanwhile, in the Yunmo Starship's main hall, Babata was watching this scene with anticipation.
He smacked his lips.
"What a greedy little fellow, he's coming. Hehe." Babata chuckled smugly, "How could a little Earthling like you escape the grasp of me, Babata!"
Xu Feng, feigning ignorance, was happily collecting the 'unexpected' Wood Ya Crystals.
It seemed Babata was worried the attraction wasn't strong enough, so he scattered some Wood Ya Crystals along the path Xu Feng was following.
"Twenty-seven already, Babata is really generous," Xu Feng thought, filled with a sense of accomplishment.
However, the main event is yet to come!
"Huh? Where's the Chi Hun Copper Mother Fragment?" Xu Feng glanced around, then stomped his foot a few times on the ground.
"This Babata, looking down on me, huh?" The Chi Hun Copper Mother Fragment was incredibly sharp, a powerful weapon. It wasn't as crucial for Luo Feng, so Xu Feng wouldn't have minded taking it.
Unfortunately, Babata probably didn't anticipate that, and didn't offer it.
This made Xu Feng a little displeased.
After a while, as Xu Feng 'picked up' his 32nd Wood Ya Crystal, his flying knife struck against an incredibly hard piece of metal on the thick rock wall not far away.
"We're here?" Xu Feng's heart leaped. He looked over and saw what seemed to be metal in the narrow crevice beside him.
"The Yunmo Starship!" Xu Feng understood that he had arrived.
But on the surface, Xu Feng displayed expressions of surprise, shock, and delight.
Babata, who had been keeping an eye on Xu Feng inside the Yunmo Starship, was naturally pleased to see this scene unfold.
"The fish has taken the bait," both of them thought simultaneously.
Without hesitation, Xu Feng controlled the flying knife to clear away the surrounding rocks, revealing a passable passage. At the end of the passage was a strange, silver-white metal 'door' covered in dust. This 'door,' similar to the hatch of a fighter jet, was currently half-closed.
Xu Feng blinked.
He slowly walked over, simultaneously extending his mental power inward.
Soon, Xu Feng saw the scene he had hoped for—on the ground of the passage leading to the entrance, a multitude of crystals, each faintly emitting a white halo, were gathered together. Ten, twenty, thirty… densely packed, there were at least two to three hundred of them!
Even though he had anticipated this, Xu Feng's eyes instantly turned red.
"So many…" Xu Feng's nostrils flared, his face flushed, and his gaze burned with fervor.
He felt like a perverted old man who had been single for decades and suddenly saw a peerlessly beautiful woman, completely naked.
Xu Feng glanced around unconsciously, realizing he was alone underground, perhaps with a Babata lurking somewhere, spying on him.
"Heh... all mine." Xu Feng grinned, and without hesitation, his figure darted into the Yunmo Starship's entrance passage, not at all worried about encountering danger.
The entire Yunmo Starship was actually under the surveillance of the intelligent lifeform, Babata. Since Babata, hiding behind the scenes, had used so many precious Wood Ya Crystals to attract him, it naturally wouldn't harm him easily.
Harming Xu Feng would make no sense to Babata.
Intelligent lifeforms are also intelligent and have their own logic. They wouldn't be easily swayed by emotions and do meaningless things.
"One hundred and twenty-five... one hundred and seventy-one..." Xu Feng, like a tiger released from its cage, moved quickly, sweeping up all the white, transparent crystals near the entrance passage like a whirlwind.
Only then did he stand up, still wanting more, "Three hundred and fifteen..."
Including the Wood Ya Crystals he had obtained outside, that made 348!
Each Wood Ya Crystal could allow a level eight or nine apprentice to break through to the planetary level within a month!
How many planetary-level warriors are there on the entire Earth right now?
This is a massive fortune, something even Hong and Thunder God would covet.
Therefore, Xu Feng would absolutely not reveal he has Wood Ya Crystals until he's strong enough.
The consequences would be dire.
Xu Feng wasn't worried about himself, but what about the people around him? Once one was exposed, others would definitely suspect he had more. The subsequent troubles would be endless. That's just how human nature is; explanations wouldn't work.
Xu Feng didn't want to create problems for himself either.
In truth, Xu Feng couldn't deny he was tempted by Huyan Bo's inheritance. However, he worried that if he accepted the inheritance and altered the story, what would happen next? Would it cause a series of unfavorable butterfly effects for himself? Besides, Luo Feng was his brother. If he took the opportunity that should have been Luo Feng's, Xu Feng felt he wouldn't be able to overcome his own conscience.
Continue collecting Wood Ya Crystals! Xu Feng lifted his foot and prepared to descend further.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Xu Feng stopped in his tracks.
In the Yunmo Starship's central control room, Babata watched the black-haired teenager on the three-dimensional projection, who had stopped and stood still for a long time. Babata was also getting a little impatient.
"Why isn't he coming in?"
"Come on in, there aren't any traps here!"
"There are even more treasures inside, and I, Babata, won't eat you."
As if hearing Babata's inner thoughts,
"A gentleman does not stand under a precarious wall. It's better not to enter casually."
After saying this, Xu Feng turned and left in the direction he had come from.
In Babata's dumbfounded expression, Xu Feng just walked away like that.
"?????"
Babata widened his blood-red eyes, watching the 'future inheritor of Yunmo Star' he had finally selected disappear right before his eyes.
Babata was in disarray in the wind.
"You!"
"!"
"Just ran away like that!?"
Babata wasn't stupid. He immediately realized he'd been played, and roared in fury! A string of angry, universal cosmic language spewed from Babata's mouth.
Then, he switched to hundreds of different dialects from various regions of the universe.
His great Babata, the 'Demon Babata' who once dominated countless star regions and left behind terrifying legends, was actually toyed with by a green, immature Earthling!
What a disgrace! "Argh!"
"Damn it! Someday, I'll show you just how amazing Babata is!"
Babata's furious roar echoed throughout the Yunmo Starship.
On the other hand, Xu Feng, like a marlin, was swiftly maneuvering through the hard rocks, rushing to a location dozens of kilometers away at top speed, and still moving further.
"This time, the harvest is good!" Xu Feng hummed a cheerful tune.
As for Babata, who he'd angered... that guy couldn't come out, so Xu Feng wasn't worried about being hassled by Babata right now.
Moreover, he and Luo Feng were friends. Even if Babata came out later and wanted to do something to him, Luo Feng wouldn't agree.
Perfect!
Xu Feng was beaming, his spirits high.
This trip to Mist Island could be said to be a bountiful harvest. His physical fitness had reached the limit of a War God, and he had also obtained a large number of Wood Ya Crystals, as well as some Spirits of Plants and Trees...
Once he used the Wood Ya Crystals, he could break through to the planetary level in the shortest amount of time, and then continue to get stronger!
"There's no point in staying in the training camp anymore." Xu Feng's eyes were deep.
"However, I can't reveal myself yet!"
In May, Xu Feng hadn't even passed the pre-warrior assessment, but by August, he had already become a powerhouse surpassing War Gods... If word got out, the entire world would probably go crazy.
Xu Feng shuddered just thinking about that scene.
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