Back when hatching Xiao Longlong, Jun Changxiao had practically sold everything he owned to make it mutate.

Now with another egg from the Upper Realm, he was already prepared to spend money—after all, what’s the point of playing if you don’t spend?

Back then he had no money, and spending even eight to ten million would keep him awake at night with heartache. But now with various industries supporting him, his funds were quite abundant, so he could afford the recharge expenses.

“Come on!”

Jun Changxiao took out a large quantity of crystal cores.

These were all obtained from the Nine-Star Elder.

“Ding! Ding! Ding!”

Crystal core energy poured madly into it, and the mutation rate climbed from 0 points, quickly breaking through to 50 points.

As a player whose equipment would shatter even with a 95% success rate, Jun Changxiao naturally pursued 100% success, so he continued pumping in energy.

Depleted crystal cores were tossed on the ground one after another.

If Star Meteorite Continent warriors saw this scene, their eyelids would definitely twitch wildly, because converted to money, it would absolutely exceed tens of millions!

Sect Master Jun really wasn’t short on cash. Besides, the crystal cores were plundered from the Planar Battlefield anyway, so spending them didn’t hurt at all.

After stuffing in an unknown amount of energy, the mutation rate on the LED screen finally rose to 100 points.

“OK.”

Jun Changxiao said quite comfortably, “Now I just wait 30 days.”

Xiao Longlong’s incubation time was 15 days, while this one required 30 days, making him wonder what kind of awesome beast it would be.

Incubation required a long process.

Sect Master Jun wouldn’t guard it every day, so he focused his attention on cultivation and sect management instead.

“Sect Master.”

Li Luoqiu came to report: “Taixuan Holy Sect discovered a small group of Demon Sect remnants at Raging Waves Lake and has already dispatched experts to encircle and suppress them.”

“These self-proclaimed righteous sects really spare no effort in trying to completely eradicate Demon Sect warriors.” Jun Changxiao shook his head.

Li Luoqiu said, “Xiao Mo said it’s a good opportunity for promotion and volunteered to go along with the sect’s experts.”

“Tell him to be careful.”

Jun Changxiao had no plans to continue cooperating with Su Xiaomo’s act. After all, one appearance by Old Man Jun Tian was enough—frequent appearances would arouse suspicion.

“There’s another piece of news.”

Li Luoqiu said, “Scouts have reported that in a valley region in Southeast Beginning State, all vegetation has completely withered.”

During this time, she had been developing the intelligence network and had successfully covered the relatively remote Southeast Beginning State, taking another step forward in blanketing all nine great states.

“Oh?”

Jun Changxiao immediately paid attention.

After all, this very likely concerned the Soul Clan that Array Emperor had mentioned.

This race that had once brought disaster to Star Meteorite Continent—he definitely wouldn’t forget about them, so he had to investigate quickly and not let the tragedy of ancient times repeat itself.

After obtaining the precise location, Jun Changxiao personally headed to Southeast Beginning State.

An hour later, he arrived at the withered valley and not only discovered many shriveled spirit beast carcasses but also found dozens of warrior corpses. Fingerprints and scratch marks remained on the ground, showing they had struggled before death.

“Finally couldn’t resist and made a move on humans?”

Jun Changxiao’s gaze gradually grew cold. These things that enhanced themselves by absorbing others’ energy would sooner or later become a disaster if not found quickly.

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Dark mountain forest.

Dozens of warriors were carefully advancing.

Walking at the very back was a man wearing a black robe. Because he kept his head lowered, his appearance couldn’t be clearly seen.

“Young fellow.”

The middle-aged man walking at the front smiled and said, “When we find the opportunity later, we’ll naturally give you a share.”

“Thank you!”

The black-robed man raised his head and smiled.

From his appearance and voice, there was no mistake—it was Dai Lü, who hadn’t appeared in a long time.

As a minor villain who had survived from Chapter 1 to now, there were definitely readers cheering for him here, while others wished he would die immediately.

“Boss!”

A warrior said, “Found it!”

As he spoke, everyone stopped. Ahead was a natural cave, with gusts of cold wind blowing from inside, clearly harboring a powerful spirit beast.

“Young fellow.”

The middle-aged man said, “Inside the cave is a heavenly treasure roughly a thousand years old. You go lure the spirit beast out, and we’ll take the opportunity to rush in and take the treasure, then everyone splits it equally.”

Dai Lü’s brows furrowed slightly.

No wonder they had actively invited him to team up—they wanted him to take point and serve as cannon fodder.

If it were before, he might have foolishly gone to attract the spirit beast, but how could he do something so stupid now?

Dai Lü said, “You lure it, I’ll go in and take the heavenly treasure.”

The middle-aged man said coldly, “Didn’t we already agree before joining the team that you must follow my orders?”

“We did agree.”

Dai Lü said coldly, “But if it’s a suicide mission, I have the right to refuse.”

“Kid!”

Several warriors immediately surrounded him, saying coldly, “When the boss tells you to go, you must go. Otherwise, don’t think about leaving this forest alive.”

A threat.

A naked threat!

A flash of prairie green crossed Dai Lü’s eyes.

“Kid.”

Hun said unhappily, “If it were me, I would have already absorbed all these scheming warriors. Why would I play games with them?”

“Sigh.”

Dai Lü sighed and thought, “I just want to obtain the heavenly treasure, I don’t want to absorb their energy.”

Hun said, “In this world of deception, who would give you benefits for free? So just do it quickly and absorb all their energy.”

“Fine, fine, I’ll go!” Dai Lü said.

Hun: “…”

He gave guidance every day, so why wouldn’t this guy ever catch on?

“Hurry up!”

Several warriors urged in low voices.

Dai Lü said nothing and walked toward the cave.

Since he had come to where the heavenly treasure was located, he could just go in, absorb that spirit beast, then take the treasure and be done with it.

“Third Brother.”

The middle-aged man said in a low voice, “When that guy gets to the cave entrance, find a way to alert the spirit beast inside.”

“Got it, Boss!” The warrior beside him took out a longbow from behind, then nocked a specially-made arrow on the string.

“Whoosh!”

Just as Dai Lü was about to approach the cave, the arrow broke through the air, instantly slamming into the stone wall with a loud “Bang!”

“Roar—”

The spirit beast resting inside heard the commotion, then dragged its massive body out of the cave. Its huge eyes instantly locked onto the human in the black robe.

“Damn it!”

Dai Lü cursed inwardly.

The dozens of warriors hiding in the shadows saw the spirit beast appear and lock onto that guy, and smiles immediately rose at the corners of their mouths.

“Roar!”

The low ninth-grade spirit beast with strength infinitely close to Emperor Level furiously pounced.

Cold light flashed in Dai Lü’s eyes as he was about to mobilize the energy in his body, when he saw a massive fist imprint descend from the sky, directly smashing onto the spirit beast’s head.

“Boom!”

Powerful spiritual energy spread out, rolling up clouds of dust.

The dozens of warriors hiding in the shadows were all dumbfounded, because above the dust-filled air stood a white-robed young man.

Very familiar.

It seemed they had seen him somewhere before!

“Big Brother…” the warrior with the longbow said in shock, “It’s… it’s the Myriad Ancients Sect Master!”

“Whoosh!”

Jun Changxiao floated down, picked up the crystal core that had rolled to the ground, then looked at the dazed Dai Lü and smiled, “We’re quite fated, it seems—to meet here as well.”

“…” Dai Lü’s mouth twitched.

The power this guy had just unleashed with one punch made him instantly feel extremely insignificant!

Jun Changxiao walked into the cave, put the heavenly treasure into his spatial ring, then walked out and looked at the group of warriors in the distance, reminding him, “These people are bad news. Don’t get too close to them in the future.”

“Whoosh!”

With that said, he flew away.

Softly he left, just as softly as he came, waving his hand softly and taking the heavenly treasure.

Dai Lü stood in place for a long time before coming to his senses, then clenched his fists and howled painfully in his heart, “Why did this guy have to save me!”