Something’s Wrong with This Game — I Became a God by Mining!

The mud-eel monster released a strange, whistling roar like a leaking wind.

The next moment, several black tentacles shot out of the freezing pool and wrapped tightly around it, preventing it from escaping the pool at all.

The mud-eel monster writhed and bit at the tentacles, trying to use the slime on its body to break free from its predicament.

Only then did the martial artists realize the mud-eel monster might have fled here along the same route, and that this freezing pool was connected to the pool where the Water Bodhi seed was!

“Director Yun should be fine, the two monsters have been fighting each other the whole time, so they probably haven’t had time to deal with her.”

Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

Tong Yi and the others wore grave expressions.

Tong Thirteen frowned and said, “The exit is blocked. If they fight for too long, we’ll have to take another passage out.”

Tong Yi drew a deep breath and decided at once:

“Now!? Isn’t that a bit too late!?”

Tong Thirteen was slightly startled.

Tong Yi: “Are we supposed to gamble that this mud-eel monster will break free quickly, or be killed by the other monster below? Even if either outcome happens, can we be sure that the other monster won’t be lying in wait at the bottom of this pool? This route is completely compromised. We must turn back the way we came to complete the Heavenly Wolf Guard Commander’s assigned mission.”

Tong Thirteen no longer objected and immediately shouted:

“Move out!”

The Rong tribe spies retreated like a tide, without lingering at all.

The Fourth Prince could only watch them leave with wide eyes, not daring to block their path.

After all, the mud-eel monster and those tentacles were between them.

“We’ll go too. This passage is unusable. Turn back the way we came, try to leave before the Water Qilin wakes!”

The Fourth Prince said solemnly.

Chi Qingyao and the others did not hesitate and turned back the way they had come.

“Wait, where’s Yang Ling!?”

The Fourth Prince was slightly stunned.

No one could see Yang Ling’s figure either.

Dongfang Haojie: “Chief Constable Yang ran off like lightning after seeing the mud-eel monster a moment ago; in the blink of an eye he vanished.”

“Chief Constable Yang probably forgot his duties!” Li Huaiyi snorted coldly, his eyes flicking over the Fourth Prince’s expression.

Sure enough, he saw the Fourth Prince looking a little displeased.

But at a time like this, Li Huaiyi didn’t care about such small matters and immediately retreated with the others.

...

Yang Ling sprinted through the passage. Guided by his terrifying sense perception, he didn’t take a single wrong turn, following the traces left by the Fourth Prince’s group, and finally burst out of the passage.

Sure enough, he saw the freezing pool and the Water Bodhi seed shrouded in mist.

“Hurry and freeze!”

Yang Ling stood in place, waiting for the pool to ice over.

He had already determined that passage was definitely unusable; even if the mud-eel and the tentacles disappeared, there was no way he would enter that pool. He would retrace his steps, and of course he intended to take the Water Bodhi seed with him while doing so.

Time passed bit by bit.

Yang Ling did not rush. Suddenly, he heard footsteps behind him—the Fourth Prince and the others were rapidly approaching.

Yang Ling took out an Invisibility Talisman, an item he had never used since he obtained it.

“Hope it works well, don’t fail me now!”

He activated his Vital Qi, and the talisman flared into a ball of flame in his hand.

A faint aura immediately enveloped him.

His figure vanished at a visibly noticeable speed.

Yang Ling instinctively glanced at his hands, and truly saw nothing at all.

“It worked! The talisman lasts five minutes, that should be enough!”

Yang Ling allowed himself a small smile of relief.

At this moment the Fourth Prince and his group had already emerged from the passage.

They looked first at the Water Bodhi seed.

Seeing the seed still there, the Fourth Prince and the others breathed easier.

Li Huaiyi scanned the area and did not spot Yang Ling.

The Fourth Prince and the others also glanced around and, finding Yang Ling absent, the Fourth Prince’s expression lightened somewhat.

At least this meant Yang Ling hadn’t run off solely for the Water Bodhi seed.

Yang Ling held his breath and concentrated, standing not far from them. Seeing no reactions from the group, he relaxed slightly.

The Invisibility Talisman had taken effect.

Chi Qingyao looked to the Fourth Prince: “The monster under the freezing pool is locked in combat with the mud-eel monster. This is our best chance to seize the Water Bodhi seed.”

“Fourth Prince, this Water Bodhi seed should be evenly divided among our four sects and Zhao State.”

Chen Zuo spoke slowly.

Dongfang Haojie and Huikong didn’t speak but nodded faintly; they clearly agreed with Chen Zuo.

“Those who saw it get a share, let’s split it evenly for now. We’ll discuss the exact division later.”

The Fourth Prince did not object and nodded in agreement.

Yang Ling thought to himself, these four sects really were as Xu Qing described—domineering and claiming territory as their own.

To some extent, they stood on equal footing with Zhao State.

“The reason probably involves a First-Rank Land Deity.”

“If the four sects have such masters, Zhao State... likely has them too. Their existence is like a strategic weapon.”

Yang Ling imagined a weapon capable of destroying half a city with one strike.

“Split it evenly? Isn’t it usually whoever is fastest gets it?”

Chi Qingyao frowned and objected.

Chen Zuo, Dongfang Haojie, and Huikong were somewhat surprised.

The Fourth Prince smiled, “Miss Chi, your method works too. Then let it be a speed contest.”

Chen Zuo and the others didn’t have time to argue, because the freezing pool froze in an instant!

In that moment, Chi Qingyao and the other four experts surged toward the Water Bodhi seed.

But one figure moved faster.

Li Huaiyi and the others drew a sharp breath, watching the Fourth Prince move like a swimming dragon, outpacing the four of them in an instant, filling them with silent dread.

The Fourth Prince’s strength was far greater than they had imagined!

But in the next second, when the Fourth Prince was only one meter from the Water Bodhi seed, the seed suddenly vanished!

“Who!?”

The Fourth Prince issued a sharp, astonished shout. He dared not slacken and immediately turned back.

Seeing this, Chi Qingyao and the others decisively chose to retreat.

The freezing pool had already melted back into water.

None of the five experts, including the Fourth Prince, reached the shore in time; they touched the surface a few times before landing at the bank!

This proved that if the monster beneath the pool still existed, any attempt to seize the Water Bodhi seed would leave them unable to return to shore in time, and they would surely die under the monster’s tentacles.

“Fourth Prince, where did the Water Bodhi seed go?”

Chi Qingyao asked gravely.

The Fourth Prince’s face darkened:

“I don’t know. It just disappeared like that. I didn’t take it.”

“Could this Water Bodhi seed have been an illusion from the start, a lure used by the monster?”

Chen Zuo frowned.

Hearing this, everyone felt the possibility was very high.

The Fourth Prince stopped hesitating and immediately flew outward:

“Let’s get out first!”

...

At the Frost-Mist Mountain exit, Yang Ling shot out like lightning, not pausing at all, and immediately sprinted toward the Calamity Valley exit.

At the same time he shoved the Water Bodhi seed into his mouth and swallowed it without even biting.

As the saying goes, safe in the bag; the stomach is also a bag!

The moment the Water Bodhi seed entered his stomach, a warm current like a volcanic eruption surged through his limbs and bones!

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