Chapter 134 : Chapter 134

Favored by destiny, with treasures gathering at your side.

Just from its description alone, this Trait already sounded uniquely extraordinary.

Because all three of those “treasure” Traits had belonged to the squirrel, once they merged, the new Trait was naturally bestowed upon it:

【Summoned Beast: Shadow Treasure-Seizing Squirrel (Epic ☆☆☆☆) evolved → Destined Treasure Squirrel (Legendary ☆)!】

At last!

With the boost of a higher-order Legendary Trait, the squirrel had finally advanced into the Legendary rank.

At this point, all six of Ye Ze’s summoned beasts had reached Legendary!

Among Summoners, having even one or two Legendary summoned beasts was already enough to make someone a top-tier expert.

But for every single summoned beast to be Legendary was practically a dreamlike scene.

For Ye Ze, though, it did not stir too much excitement...After all, with the support of Traits, this outcome had always been inevitable!

What he cared about more was the effect of this higher-order Trait.

After evolving into the 【Destined Treasure Squirrel】, the squirrel’s tail shimmered in both gold and black, while the golden glow on its fur became even brighter, making it look as though treasure aura radiated from its entire body.

Ye Ze opened the squirrel’s status panel and found that it had only gained one new talent skill:

【Destined Treasure Affinity】

It can precisely sense all hidden and concealed treasures nearby, and its detection range has increased drastically.

When enemies die nearby, it automatically collects several of their most valuable treasures. The more treasures the target has, the more it collects.

Special Ability - Destiny Treasure Hunt:

Visualize a treasure you want, consume a certain amount of Source Power, and it will gather the power of heaven and earth to help you obtain it. The success rate is unknown.

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Although it had gained only one talent, the effects left Ye Ze overjoyed.

First, its treasure-sensing ability had greatly improved. The original 【Treasure Sniffer】 could only detect treasures on the surface, so it was rather mediocre when it came to anything difficult to locate.

But now, even treasures that were hidden or buried could be found with ease!

In a new world overflowing with opportunities, this was simply perfect.

On top of that, the original effect of 【Treasure Seizure】 had changed from an active ability into a passive, automatic harvest.

And if it happened to run into someone wealthy...then the more treasures they possessed, the greater the gains!

It really fit the old saying:

Take money from whoever has money!

Still, powerful as those effects were, they could only be considered appetizers...What truly thrilled Ye Ze was the final ability of Destined Treasure Affinity!

“By consuming Source Power, it can gather the power of heaven and earth to help obtain a treasure I want!?”

“This ability... is a little too heaven-defying, isn’t it?”

The first things that came to Ye Ze’s mind were all kinds of Myth-grade items...He already had the Samadhi True Fire and the Fire-Tipped Lance, so if he started aiming for things like the Ruyi Jingu Bang or the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade...But in the next moment, he regained his senses.

The stronger the item he wanted, the more Source Power it would definitely require!

And at the moment, he only had 2,650 points of Source Power!

The Evil Ghost Mask only generated 10 points a day. Other than that, he only had one incomplete fragment of Tiangou in hand, which could count for at most another 10,000 points.

Incomplete fragment was simply a name Ye Ze had coined for it himself... Fragments like the Evil Ghost Mask and Ao were Origin Fragments with special abilities.

As for those without special abilities, which for now could only be converted into Source Power, Ye Ze collectively referred to them as incomplete fragments.

Altogether, that only came to 12,650 points of Source Power...If he wanted to use 【Destiny Treasure Hunt】 to obtain a Myth-grade treasure, then without a hundred thousand points, it probably would not even be enough!

Ye Ze let out a sigh... If only he had more Source Power!

“I need to gather as many Origin Fragments as possible!”

With each fragment worth at least ten thousand Source Power, this was already the route Ye Ze most hoped to use to amass a large amount of it.

At that moment, the squirrel lying on Ye Ze’s shoulder suddenly lifted its head.

Its little nose, glowing with golden treasure aura, twitched toward the front, and then it kicked off with its hind legs and leaped away.

Ye Ze looked at it suspiciously, only to see it pass through the misty forest and arrive at a stone cave ahead...It seemed to be the very place those three demons had come from.

The squirrel then fixed its eyes on a patch of ground, summoned shadow clones, and dug a large pit...Then it pulled out a fragment!

【Origin Fragment - Tiangou】

“Holy crap?” Seeing the fragment the squirrel had dug out of the ground, Ye Ze was delighted beyond measure.

“So this is what it means to sense hidden treasures nearby? That really is incredible!”

But what shocked Ye Ze even more was this:

the Origin Fragment he already had in hand was also 【Origin Fragment - Tiangou】!

Ye Ze took out that crimson canine fang, the one Wan Feipeng had brought him. Yet compared with the one the squirrel had just dug up, they were astonishingly similar!

They were obviously two roughly matching canine fangs.

“Why would the other half of the Origin Fragment found on Blue Star turn up here in the Star Spirit World?”

Blue Star and the Star Spirit World were clearly two entirely separate worlds!

If the Myth-grade Secret Realm had not opened, Ye Ze never would have imagined that such a world existed at all, much less that he would end up collecting another fragment from it.

But very soon, Ye Ze realized that the two worlds might share one thing in common:

an Abyss invasion!

As far as Ye Ze knew, Origin Fragments could only drop after a Demon King died.

Since one had appeared in the Star Spirit World, perhaps this place had also once suffered an invasion from the Abyss!

At that thought, Ye Ze found himself looking up.

He gazed at the sky of the Star Spirit World...There were countless stars overhead, but most of them were dim and lifeless. Only a few flickered with faint light.

“So this is what the Abyss invasion caused?”

Ye Ze let out a sigh... Worlds that had suffered Abyss invasions were usually left in horrific condition.

The Myriad Spirit World, the Infinite Technology World, and so on... just surviving at all was already a stroke of luck.

But then, Ye Ze felt that something was off.

He looked at the mist-covered forests and mountains around him. Everything was lush and verdant, brimming with life.

Why did the ground here look nothing like a place that had suffered an Abyss invasion?

In fact, it was filled with traces of spiritual energy that made one feel inexplicably refreshed.

“Forget it. I am not going to figure it out anytime soon.”

Ye Ze decisively shook his head and put away the 【Origin Fragment - Tiangou】.

If he could not think it through, then he would act instead.

Now that he knew Origin Fragments could be obtained here, Ye Ze was instantly full of motivation!

And once the two 【Origin Fragment - Tiangou】 pieces were brought together, they unexpectedly fused into one larger fragment:

【Tiangou Fang: Consume 100 Source Power to summon a phantom of Tiangou and strike an enemy with high-damage force.】

“So it actually combined into a fragment with a special effect?”

But for Ye Ze, that effect was honestly not all that useful... because he did not lack damage!

Whether it was the Samadhi True Fire or the Purple-Flame Serpent-Spear Fire-Tipped Lance, which one did not deal more damage than a phantom of Tiangou?

Since all of them consumed Source Power, it would be better spent on those two.

He put away the Tiangou Fang.

Then Ye Ze suddenly thought of Blue Star’s Starrealm Stele mission.

Since he had to search for the Star Core... then would not Destiny Treasure Hunt finally have a use?

After thinking it over, Ye Ze copied Destined Treasure Affinity and decided to personally test the treasure-hunting ability.

“Star Core...”

Although Ye Ze did not actually know what the Star Core was, the mission interface of the Starrealm Stele happened to contain an icon representing it.

He imagined the appearance of the Star Core in his mind.

And at once, a prompt really did appear:

【Destiny Treasure Hunt — 100 Source Power required. Confirm?】

“That is fine. It is not too much.”

Ye Ze decisively spent the hundred Source Power, ready to test the effect.

Yet after the hundred points were deducted, the surroundings remained deathly quiet, as if absolutely nothing had happened.

All that was missing was a crow flying over Ye Ze’s head.

Ye Ze’s expression turned grave. “I... did not just get scammed, did I?”

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Meanwhile, within a valley covered by a strange forest, four tower-like men were charging forward at astonishing speed, their imposing auras savage and fierce. Their robust skin was dark brown, and they wore nothing but crude hide armor, while complex tattoo-like patterns covered their entire bodies, making them look almost like primitives.

And these four burly men were pursuing two targets...which were actually two little white mice.

“Stop running! Hand over the Star Core!”

“You weaklings of the Spirit Demon race are not worthy of possessing the Star Core!!”

Hearing those shouts from behind, the two little white mice moved all four legs at frantic speed, their tiny faces scrunched in distress.

“Only an idiot would stop running!”

Just then, right in the direction they were fleeing, a towering tree suddenly crashed to the ground!

That huge, sturdy tree seemed to lose all support at its base without warning, toppling straight across their escape route.

“How can such a huge tree just fall over like that?”

“Run this way!”

With pursuers behind them, the two little white mice had no choice but to switch directions.

Yet to their dismay, one of the paths ahead happened to suffer a small landslide at that exact moment, and rocks blocked the way completely!

“Damn it! Can our luck really be this bad?”

“We should never have come here!” The two little white mice glanced behind them. Their pursuers were rapidly closing in.

In this situation, if they did not run, then not only would they lose the Star Core, they would probably lose their lives too!

“Hurry, over there! There is a stone cave over there!”

Seeing their only remaining escape route ahead, the two little white mice immediately darted toward it.

Inside the stone cave, Ye Ze, who had just begun to feel as though he had been scammed, suddenly looked toward the cave entrance. Something seemed to be heading this way.

“Could it be...”

Ye Ze walked straight out of the cave.

In the next instant, he saw the two little white mice being chased by four strange-looking burly men from behind.

Neither of these two groups belonged to any race he had seen before!

Those four men in the rear looked human on the surface, but their aura was completely different. Ye Ze immediately activated the Eye of Insight...The two little white mice came from the Shanhai World, of the Spirit Demon race.

And those few burly men came from the Wildlands World, of the Wildlands race, the Blazing Sun Tribe.

According to part of the information shown by the Eye of Insight:as long as a member of the Wildlands race survived to adulthood, they would be a top-tier warrior. They specialized in blood aura and totems, with Strength as their most outstanding attribute.

Especially the leader, Lie Qing. His strength was no joke. At level 55, his Strength had already exceeded 1,300!

Because they cultivated through blood aura and pure physical strength, the Wildlands race usually fought in a direct, headlong manner, and their tempers were just as explosive. Calling them unreasonable would not be an exaggeration.

“Once you are in the cave, let us see where else you can run!”

Lie Qing led the pursuit with a savage expression. The moment he saw Ye Ze suddenly appear, he barked, “Get lost! Weak human, do not block the way!”

The two little white mice saw Ye Ze as well, but they had no time to spare him more than a glance. They simply ran wherever there was a path, rushing toward the cave behind him.

And Ye Ze just stood there calmly in place.

Then he suddenly smiled. “So this Destiny Treasure Hunt really is not a scam after all...”

The fleeing little white mice had no idea what Ye Ze was talking about, but when they saw that he had no intention of escaping, pity immediately showed in their eyes.

The Wildlands race was a race highly skilled in close combat. In a conquest world, most opponents had no choice but to avoid meeting them head-on.

The chances of winning in a direct clash were vanishingly slim, especially for a human...The two little white mice sighed inwardly. They had a vague feeling this human was a bit foolish and would probably end up dying because of them.

Yet just as the two mice were fleeing and about to turn back for one more look, they froze.

A panda had suddenly stepped up beside Ye Ze.

Across from them, Lie Qing of the Wildlands race glared at Ye Ze, displeasure written all over his face.

“A mere human dares stand in my way!”

The moment he finished speaking, a fist tore through the air with a howl as Lie Qing unleashed a punch carrying immense force straight at Ye Ze.

“You have a death wish, is that it!?”

The pressure from the punch wind came crashing down.

But in the next instant, the power of a Taiji-patterned domain spread beneath the feet of the four Wildlands warriors in an instant.

【Martial Saint Domain】!

Immediately afterward, Panda met that blow with a punch of his own, the two fists colliding head-on.

At the entrance of the stone cave, a storm of force erupted like crashing waves. Lie Qing’s face began to twist in the next moment, while violent sounds of bones cracking rang out from his sturdy arm.

Panda’s extended fist then pushed forward once more.

With a thunderous boom, Lie Qing’s body was blasted away like rotten wood and mud, dragging a long smear of blood across the ground before smashing into a giant boulder, where all life left him.

Within the Martial Saint Domain, the Wildlands race, famed for its overwhelming Strength, had been instantly killed with a single punch!

At that moment, the three remaining Wildlands warriors came to a dead stop, and the blood in their bodies seemed to turn cold.

Their captain... had been one-shot?

The two little white mice stared at Ye Ze’s back in utter shock.

A human? Was this really the same human race they knew?

Looking at Lie Qing, who had been instantly killed, the two Spirit Demon mice felt as though their entire worldview had been struck by an earthquake.

After the kill prompt appeared, Ye Ze had no intention of showing mercy at all... For a race like this, one that only understood fighting and brute force, killing one was not much different from killing the entire group.

Besides, in a conquest-type world, if they dared to attack, then they should naturally be prepared to die!

At that moment, however, the eyes of the three remaining Wildlands warriors instantly filled with bloodlust.

“How dare you resist the Wildlands World!”

“How can the glory of the Wildlands World be defiled by a human!”

The moment those words fell, the totem tattoos on their bodies all erupted with the radiance of a blazing sun, strengthening their power!

The Wildlands race excelled most at drawing power from their totems!

“The Blazing Sun Tribe fears nothing!”

The three Wildlands warriors roared in unison.

Then a sharp sound of air being torn apart rang out.

Bang!

Panda sent one of them flying with a single kick, while the magic dragon followed up at once, using his massive claws to grab one in each hand and smash them violently into the ground.

As though pounding piles into the earth, he kept slamming them down again and again until blood gushed out and all life left them.

“How strange. Standing inside the Martial Saint Domain, what exactly are you so arrogant about?”

Ye Ze shook his head calmly.

Then he turned back to look at the two little white mice.

The mice’s fur stood on end in terror... A human who could instantly kill Wildlands warriors was even harder to deal with!

“Run!”

But before the two mice could run more than a few steps, the Fox Immortal gave a playful laugh and raised a hand. A giant palm formed from gathered spiritual power appeared in the air.

Like the Buddha’s Five-Finger Mountain, that hand slapped down and snatched the two little white mice back.

The two little white mice landed in the Fox Immortal’s hand, on the verge of tears.

“Do not kill us! Please do not kill us!”

“We do not give much experience, and we do not even have equipment...”

“We are just two useless little mice, wuuuu...”