These two demon bats refused to change their resting positions, indicating the presence of a great treasure.
Wang Sen held his long saber diagonally towards the ground. As the demon bats grew weaker, his demeanor became increasingly composed.
At this moment, after several waves of attacks, the two chaotic demon bats were heavily injured and no longer posed a significant threat.
Yu Zhibo tried his old trick, opening his eyes to taunt them. However, this time, no matter how wide he strained his Sharingan, the two demon bats showed no reaction.
"Since they won't come out, we'll go in. Little Zhao, activate the shield!"
After Wang Sen gave the order, Zhao Tianru immediately used his telekinesis to cast golden telekinetic shields on Ling Xiaotian and Wang Sen, capable of withstanding damage equivalent to a B-rank attack.
Having expended all his psychic energy, he withdrew with Yu Zhibo a mile away. With the help of his clone, he sank into the ground to quietly recover his psychic energy.
Meanwhile, Ling Xiaotian and Wang Sen, each holding a B-rank light energy spirit crystal and carrying their clones on their backs, charged towards the two demon bats in the cave.
"Kill!"
Both were seasoned fighters, especially Wang Sen, who had survived countless life-or-death situations. His combat skills were honed to an extraordinary level. Almost every saber strike inflicted new damage on the already injured demon bat king beast, though not severe, it continuously wore down the bats.
His long black saber, made of an unknown material, was incredibly sharp. After cutting through the demon bats, it also prevented their wounds from healing quickly.
Ling Xiaotian engaged another equally injured peak B-rank demon bat. After quickly slaying it, he joined Wang Sen in battling the king beast.
For a time, within the cave, rocks flew, and even the mountain body trembled. Sword light and saber light raged, blood and碎石 flew together, and the clanging of the king beast's claws against the saber tips resonated. The battle was extremely fierce.
Finally, Wang Sen swung his saber and brought the king beast down. At this moment, a terrifying wound was carved into his chest by the king beast, but he paid it no mind. He used his psychic energy to forcibly close his muscles, then stepped forward to the king beast's head and dug out its demon crystal.
This demon crystal was several shades brighter than that of a normal peak B-rank demon beast, and it contained a mysterious primal force, a power that had touched the threshold of A-rank.
The bones, teeth, and claws of this king beast, tempered by the primal force, were incredibly hard, making them excellent materials for refining weapons. "We must not waste them; we'll take them all back," Wang Sen said, tapping the demon bat's spine with the back of his saber, his facial features softening slightly.
"As it should be!" Ling Xiaotian also smiled. He then swung his sword, and a beam of sword light shattered the stone wall where the demon bats had been hanging upside down. This immediately revealed the black ore within.
"It's Black Gold Ore! We're rich!" Ling Xiaotian's face lit up with joy upon seeing the ore.
Black Gold Ore was an incredibly precious product of secret realms. Besides slightly accelerating spirit energy conduction, its extreme hardness made it a top choice for transcendent beings forging cold weapons. Furthermore, when the weapon was damaged, it could automatically absorb dark spirit energy from the air to self-repair.
After purifying the dark spirit energy it contained, Black Gold Ore would transform into golden Geng Metal Ore. Its texture was equally hard, and its spirit energy conduction was slightly stronger than Black Gold Ore, but it would lose its self-repairing function. Whether to purify it depended on individual needs.
Wang Sen's saber was forged by melting a small amount of Black Gold Ore with high-strength alloys from the current world.
On the market, each gram of Black Gold Ore sold for 200 merit points, and Geng Metal Ore sold for 202 merit points. Moreover, it was often unavailable, highlighting its rarity.
"No wonder these two demon bats stayed here to rest and refused to leave. They were absorbing the power of Black Gold to strengthen themselves. Fortunately, they didn't absorb it completely, and it ended up benefiting us," Wang Sen chuckled, a smile appearing on his stern face.
Soon, the two of them fully excavated the Black Gold Ore, discovering it was about the size of six basketballs and weighed nearly 650 pounds.
"For this secret realm exploration, our total expenses for supplies, talismans, and various B-rank and C-rank dark energy spirit crystals were approximately 1 million merit points. After deducting this, according to regulations, excluding the spirit crystals from the slain demon beasts, 20% of all gains within the secret realm must be confiscated, 30% will be sold to the authorities at market price, and the remaining 50% can be freely distributed."
"The authorities establish secret realm guardian bases and arrange for powerful individuals to guard the entrances at all times, which incurs enormous costs. Ling Xiaotian and Wang Sen were accustomed to the 20% deduction for confiscation. However, Black Gold Ore was too precious, and it was of great use to transcendent beings who used cold weapons, so they were reluctant to hand it over."
Ling Xiaotian pondered, "Black Gold Ore is scarce. We should keep it for ourselves. I hope the spirit energy veins will contain more spirit stones in the future. Once everything is settled, we can distribute it according to our contributions."
"We don't need to mine ourselves. Have Little Zhao call Little Yu over to excavate all the mineral veins with his abilities. We'll guard this place," Wang Sen said, then sat down on the ground and began to slowly absorb the light energy spirit crystal in his hand to treat his injuries.
Ling Xiaotian nodded, flew out of the cave to find Zhao Tianru, gave him instructions, and then returned to the cave to recover.
Meanwhile, after receiving the information from Zhao Tianru, Yu Zhibo quickly followed Zhao Tianru into the cave.
"Finding spirit energy veins? That's easy!"
After Ling Xiaotian asked him to find the spirit energy veins, Yu Zhibo's lips curled up, and he immediately patted his chest and guaranteed it. Then, he slammed his hands onto the ground, and dense earth-element spirit energy surged outwards, quickly mapping the distribution of spirit energy minerals within several hundred meters.
"Earth Style: Earth Release"
"So, next, it's time for distribution according to contributions!" Ling Xiaotian's lips curved into a smile.
Their trip to this secret realm had been incredibly lucrative. Even Ye Ling, Zhao Xueyan, and Han Chen, who had only benefited indirectly, had gained far more than they had in their previous secret realm explorations.
Afterward, they had Yu Zhibo take out the ingredients from the spatial storage. Each person carried a portion, and then they loaded all the spirit stones and Black Gold Ore into the spatial storage. Finally, they crushed their teleportation talismans and returned to the base where they had initially teleported.
The appearance of the few people carrying ingredients stunned Zhao Xueyan, Ye Ling, and Han Chen, who were waiting in the secret chamber. Upon learning that they had actually retrieved the mineral veins, their breathing became rapid.
"Next is distribution according to contributions."
Considering Yu Zhibo's significant role in this secret realm, after discussion, his share of the mining cave's profits was equal to Ling Xiaotian and Wang Sen, 28% each. Following him was Zhao Tianru, who had also contributed significantly, receiving a 10% share. The remaining 6% was divided equally among Han Chen, Zhao Xueyan, and Ye Ling, with each receiving 2%.
Relative to the enormous gains, 2% was still a substantial amount, and they were instantly elevated.
The others had no objections, knowing that in past secret realm explorations, their gains were mostly from hunting demon beasts for spirit crystals. This time's earnings were almost equivalent to the sum of their past secret realm exploration earnings.
"Won't this cause inflation!"
Yu Zhibo grinned so wide that his gums were showing. If nothing else, the acquisition of Black Gold Ore alone would allow him to forge more weapons he liked.
"Inflation?" Ling Xiaotian looked at him with a half-smile. "When your merit points reach 500,000 and you unlock higher mall permissions, you'll find that your merit points are simply not enough."
"Higher permissions?"
"Yes, with higher mall permissions, you can purchase numerous magical treasures and talismans. You must understand that the path of a transcendent being is inherently a pay-to-win path. You'll know when you return and unlock it."
Yu Zhibo immediately became expectant.
If possible, he wanted to buy more treasures that could resist B-rank or even A-rank mental shock. Then, with his Flying Thunder God Technique, he would no longer fear any powerful enemy.
After all, money escape was also a very powerful ninjutsu!