The target valley was silent.
Not a blade of grass grew on the steep rock walls, only large swaths of deep gray mineral veins, like ash solidified, lay exposed, reflecting a metallic, hard luster under the dim sky.
This is the typical terrain of the "Ash Crystal Mines."
Jeming precisely located the specific area of the previous collection round based on the coordinates in the Record Crystal.
It was a segment of the nearly vertical rock wall.
"This is the place." Jeming raised his hand, his fingertips lighting up with a glimmer of Alchemy.
With his refined manipulation power, he guided the earth and stone elements to "peel away" from the rock wall like water.
The hard rock seemed to turn into loose sand before him, layer by layer peeled away by an invisible hand.
As the digging continued, an extremely abrupt scene revealed itself to the trio.
