Chapter 95: Entering the Magic Crystal Mine (1/2)

The sword swung out and the sound of a restrictive barrier breaking rang out from up front. Knowing that they were in a hurry, Chen Feng had channelled his strongest power to spur the Overwhelming Astral Sword to unleash attack after attack.

The Overwhelming Astral Sword was a Prized artefact. Every time Chen Feng utilized his power to unleash attacks with the sword, he could feel the power within his body rapidly diminishing. As his power was about to diminish, the restrictive barrier standing before their way abruptly shattered. A cave, with a radius of 10 zhang, appeared and thick spiritual energy flowed out from it (1 zhang = 3.333 m).

“What a powerful spiritual energy. There is definitely a Magic crystal mine inside,” exclaimed a pleasantly surprised Chen Feng.

“Who goes there? Who dares to plunder the burning house?! You are courting death!” The two parties who were in the midst of fighting grew enraged. They did not expect someone to take advantage of their fight to move forward.

Shua! Shua! Shua!

Three flying swords and a colourful ribbon transformed into streams of light to attack Chen Feng’s group. That was especially true of the colourful ribbon. Like a swirling galaxy from the Nine Heavens, it emanated powerful fluctuations, seemingly wanting to capture everyone in Chen Feng’s group all at once.

“What a powerful magic treasure. It is at least a grade 6 Magic artefact.”

“Let’s go!”

Chen Feng and the others exchanged glances before hastily dashing into the cave. All the incoming attacks ended up missing.

“Someone beat us to it! Hurry, rush in!”

“Block them! Second Elder is protecting the inner area. There is no need for us to worry. Just deal with the enemies outside first.”

The four Purplecloud Sky Grotto cultivators did not go after Chen Feng’s group. Instead, they worked together to stop the other cultivators.

“With your abilities, the four of you want to block us? If your Sect Master is here, then you might actually succeed!” shouted a cultivator whose body was shrouded with black energy. He had a sinister voice and the black energy roaming his body made it impossible for anyone to make out his facial features.

It was not just that one cultivator. The other invading cultivators were also deploying various techniques to conceal their facial features. Some had even changed their auras. Apparently, even though these people were here to snatch Magic crystals, they had no desire to make an enemy of Purplecloud Sky Grotto. At any rate, the one backing Purplecloud Sky Grotto was Nine Firmaments Palace. It was a colossal existence that no one could afford to provoke.

“This property belongs to Nine Firmaments Palace. If you all choose to leave now, we can forget about what happened today,” shouted one of the cultivators from Purplecloud Sky Grotto.

“Ha ha ha ha! Enough with the jokes! Don’t even think about using Nine Firmaments Palace’s name to suppress us. Our trip here will not be in vain. To think that your Purplecloud Sky Grotto could be so lucky as to discover a Magic crystal mine. Of course, it is not impossible to let us go back. Give us 1 million Magic crystals each and we will immediately go back!” shouted a cultivator whose body shone with dazzling golden light.

“1 million Magic crystals? You guys must be crazy! It doesn’t matter who you are. Now that you have made an enemy of Nine Firmaments Palace, you will be hunted to the ends of the earth! You souls will be collected and refined! You fellows are probably unaware but cultivators from Nine Firmaments Palace are about to arrive. When they do arrive, you fellows can forget about leaving!”

“If that is the case, don’t blame us for going all out! Fellow cultivators! Why do you continue hiding? Hurry up and attack! Charge forward and divide the Magic crystals!”

“That is right! This Magic crystal mine is not something that a little Purplecloud Sky Grotto can swallow. Better to divide it between everyone.”

The first to attack was a hidden cultivator. Who knows what magic treasure he was using, but a blazing red smoke flowed towards the four cultivators from Purplecloud Sky Grotto. The smoke came together to form something resembling a silk ribbon, hovering in the air without showing any signs of spreading out.

“Careful! That is the Thousand Evil Purplesmoke! You are from Seventy-two Grotto-mansions! Are you not afraid of Nine Firmaments Palace flattening your grotto-mansions?” shouted the cultivator from Purplecloud Sky Grotto.

“Heh heh! Nine Firmaments Palace will not be taking action over such a minor matter. Besides, by killing you fellows, all of our troubles will end. There are so many of us here anyways. When the time comes, we can just scatter around, find a place to hide and stay low. Even Nine Firmaments Palace cannot do anything against us.” A short cultivator with thick limbs appeared before the other cultivators. The short cultivator held in his hand a blazing red-coloured gourd. Clumps of Thousand Evil Purplesmoke were flowing out from the gourd.

Additionally, this person was not covering up his face like the others. Instead, he had revealed his true face.

“As expected, it is Grotto Master Thousand Evil from one of the Seventy-two Grotto-mansions. Could it be your Seventy-two Grotto-mansions want to openly make an enemy of our Purplecloud Sky Grotto?”

The expression on the Purplecloud Sky Grotto cultivator’s face sank before he shouted.

“Ha ha ha ha! Your Six Great Sky Grottoes can only show off your might in front of ordinary humans. Our Seventy-two Grotto-mansions do not consider you fellows as anything. If it were not for Nine Firmaments Palace backing you, several of our grotto-mansions are enough to wipe out your Six Great Sky Grottoes!” The Grotto Master laughed loudly, an arrogant expression on his face. He was utterly looking down on the cultivators from Purplecloud Sky Grotto.

“That is right! Your Six Great Sky Grottoes mean nothing to us. If you know what’s good for you, hurry up and scram! If we have to take action, your souls will be scattered into the wind!” An old man suddenly descended from the sky. Sharp air currents flowed around him, blocking off all the lightning powers from reaching him.

“That is Isle Master Five Poisons from the Thirty-six Isles. To think that the Seventy-two Grotto-mansions and the Thirty-six Isles will participate in this. It seems we will not be able to get much from this endeavour.”

“What is there to fear? There is a Magic crystal mine here! Even if the forces here manage to snatch away the head, we loose cultivators can still drink some soup!”

“Right! That is right! We are all loose cultivators! We must work together to gain some benefits.”

Seeing more people step forward, some of the cultivators who were hiding their identities began discussing in secrecy.

“Your Thirty-six Isles have chosen to participate in this? Fine, fine! Once this is over, our Purplecloud Sky Grotto will report this matter to Nine Firmaments Palace and request them to dispatch out experts to utterly wipe you all out!” Seeing the increasing number of invaders, the Purplecloud Sky Grotto cultivators began panicking.