Seeing the silver eagle's cold, fearless gaze, Lu Ming and the others felt a chill run down their spines.
No way, this silver eagle isn't afraid of metal balls? Then they're doomed.
Ignored by the silver eagle, the metal ball was enraged. It seemed to feel that its dignity had been challenged. Its body swelled up as it lunged forward, its eyes wide open, revealing a mouth full of fangs, which snapped shut.
At the same time, two tentacles extended from its liquid metal-like body, waving incessantly, seemingly threatening the silver eagle.
Lu Ming, Xie Nianqing, Xie Nianjun, Tong Xier, and the others stood there motionless, not daring to utter a sound.
Now, we'll rely on the metal ball!
If the metal ball can't scare them off, then they're in danger.
Fortunately, the silver eagle finally reacted. Its cold eyes swept over Lu Ming and the others, then it turned around, let out a long cry, and flapped its wings to leave.
Not only that, but other flying beasts in the surrounding area also left.
"Let's go!"
Lu Ming and the others breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a chill run down their backs, which were already soaked with cold sweat.
Crack! Crack!
The metal ball shrank back to a round, plump metal sphere, bouncing around in front of Lu Ming as if showing off its achievements.
"Walk!"
Lu Ming grabbed the metal ball and flew into the sky.
This time, they escaped unharmed, flying all the way to the upper atmosphere, nearing outer space, before finally stopping.
There were no more wild beasts or other powerful beings here. Tong Xi'er took out the Starship and entered it. The Starship then transformed into a streak of light, flew out of the atmosphere, and plunged into the vast starry sky.
They breathed a sigh of relief after entering the starry sky.
Many things happened during Wan Jinxing's trip, but he managed to leave safely.
"When your cultivation level is higher in the future..."
Again!
Lu Ming whispered.
This is a treasure trove where one can hunt a large number of metal beast cores. Moreover, Lu Ming has a treasure like the Metal Ball to hunt beast cores, making the efficiency astonishing.
However, they definitely can't come anytime soon, not only because of the beast tide, but also because after the beast tide passes, when experts from other forces return to Wan Jin Xing, they will probably still be looking for them.
Let's come back in a few years, when our cultivation level is higher.
Next, they sorted through the storage rings they had obtained from the enemy and discovered some beast cores and divine crystals.
Organize these things together, and when we return to the Zhengtian Army, we'll sell the beast cores and divide the spoils equally.
Time flew by, and a little over a month later, they returned to Zheng Tianxing.
Within the Zhengtian Army, there is a place specifically for buying, selling, and even exchanging treasures.
Back on Zheng Tian Star, Tong Xi'er brought Lu Ming and the others to this place, and then sold all the metal beast cores.
Including their spoils, they had a total of 120,000 divine crystals.
"120,000 divine crystals, 30,000 each for us!"
Lu Ming smiled and began to divide the money equally.
"No, I only need ten thousand. This time, thanks to you all, I didn't have to do anything!"
Tong Xier quickly refused, her face slightly flushed.
This time, she really didn't contribute much. Whether it was Lu Ming, Xie Nianqing, or Xie Nianjun, their strength was all above hers. Her contribution was the least, and she felt a little embarrassed to take 10,000 divine crystals.
"We agreed to split the divine crystals equally, and since we made that agreement, we must keep it!"
Lu Ming pushed 30,000 divine crystals to Tong Xi'er.
Lu Ming was already very satisfied with obtaining the metal ball this time. If Tong Xi'er hadn't taken them there, how could he have gotten it?
However, Tong Xi'er still refused and only accepted 20,000 divine crystals in the end.
"Lu Ming, I'll return the starship then. You two talk first!"
Tong Xier took her leave.
"There are 100,000 divine crystals left..."
Lu Ming took out the remaining divine crystals.
"Give me 30,000 yuan, that'll do!"
Xie Nianjun waved her hand, took a storage ring containing 30,000 divine crystals, and drifted away.
With only Lu Ming and Xie Nianqing left, things became much easier. The two treated each other as equals, with Xie Nianqing taking 30,000 yuan and Lu Ming leaving 40,000 yuan behind.
"With these divine crystals, my cultivation should be able to break through quickly!"
Xie Nianqing smiled.
She absorbed the memories of her past life and cultivated at an astonishing speed, especially her understanding of the path of cultivation, which came naturally.
Therefore, as long as she has the resources, she can make breakthroughs very quickly.
However, Xie Nianjun has a greater advantage. Her fusion with her past life is equivalent to a rebirth of her past life. She hardly needs to relearn anything, and her breakthroughs are much faster, with almost no bottlenecks.
After chatting for a while, the two went back to their rooms to cultivate.
During his trip to Wan Jinxing, Lu Ming made great progress after a series of battles. His understanding of the Battle Technique and the Dao of Domination has improved significantly.
Lu Ming had a feeling that it wouldn't be long before he would be able to break through.
Lu Ming placed the metal ball in the room and focused on his secluded cultivation.
In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.
Lu Ming's body, which had been sitting in meditation for a year, suddenly emanated a powerful attraction. The divine energy between heaven and earth frantically converged towards his body and then rushed into it.
Then, Lu Ming waved his hand, and a pile of divine crystals appeared, constantly exploding and turning into incredibly dense divine energy, which Lu Ming absorbed.
The power of the world and the power of domination within Lu Ming's body began to surge and rapidly become more concentrated.
A few days later, Lu Ming's aura surged dramatically before slowly receding.
Whoosh!
Lu Ming opened his eyes, and two beams of light shot out from them, dazzling and brilliant.
"A Four-Star Heavenly Emperor!"
Lu Ming smiled.
After gaining experience on Wan Jinxing and returning to cultivate in seclusion for a year, Lu Ming broke through once again.
Of course, this is because Lu Ming's cultivation level is still low, at the Heavenly Emperor Realm, and the cultivation environment in the Primordial Universe is much better than that in the Heavenly Realm, which is why he broke through so quickly.
In the celestial realm, it would be absolutely impossible to break through in such a short time.
Of course, if one reaches the Void God Realm in the future, breaking through will not be so easy.
Reaching the Void God Realm, each breakthrough is extremely difficult, unless one is a heaven-defying genius with the assistance of rare and precious natural treasures.
Reaching the level of a four-star Heavenly Emperor, Lu Ming's strength undoubtedly increased significantly.
Now, if he triggers double combat power, killing a third-level Void God Realm being is a piece of cake. Even a fourth-level Void God Realm being is someone he can contend with.
Lu Ming got up, stretched, and a series of cracking sounds came from his body.
"Huh, this guy..."
When Lu Ming opened his eyes, he saw that the metal ball was lying limply on the ground, looking listless, and had almost turned into a puddle of liquid.
"This guy, did he run out of food and that's why he's like this?"
Lu Ming guessed, and then a metal beast core appeared in his hand.
Previously, Lu Ming still had dozens of scattered beast cores left unsold.
Editor's note: The damaged English source for this chapter has been replaced with WTR-LAB's public Web machine translation from Chinese, with minor editorial corrections. Names and wording may differ from nearby chapters.