Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Jiang Lan frowned slightly.

He thought he had been careful enough, but it seems he was still being watched.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of these people, but he found them a bit troublesome.

"Boy, hand over the Cosmic Crystal."

Among the martial artist team, the leader, dressed in a purple combat suit, stepped forward and spoke in the universal language.

Those who can enter the innermost realm are certainly not fools.

Even if someone isn't particularly smart, seeing Jiang Lan emerge from underground would likely make them understand what's going on.

Therefore, this group of martial artists was certain that Jiang Lan possessed a cosmic crystal.

Jiang Lan looked at the group of martial artists in front of her.

The team consists of six people, including four at the ninth level of the Hengxing realm and two at the eighth level.

This configuration, even in the world of Thunder, would definitely be considered luxurious.

This is also what gives them the confidence to rob people on the road.

Moreover, this group was overly confident, seemingly certain of Jiang Lan's strength, without even bothering to assess him.

"You're asking for it, so don't blame me."

"Hahaha..." The leader seemed to have heard a funny joke and laughed uncontrollably. "Who do you think you are?"

They are four at the ninth level of the Star Realm, and two of them have already reached the peak of the ninth level of the Star Realm. They are just one step away from breaking through to the Universe Realm.

Therefore, in the eyes of the blue-clad warrior in the lead, no matter how powerful Jiang Lan was, he was still all alone.

How can six against one lose?

Moreover, he has already decided that even if Jiang Lan obediently hands over the Cosmic Crystal now, he will not let Jiang Lan off easily.

Showing off always comes at a price.

"Kid, this is your last chance. Hand over the Cosmic Crystal! Otherwise..."

"Sizzle!"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a burst of bluish-purple light flash before his eyes.

The next moment, he completely lost consciousness.

Upon seeing this, the expressions of the others changed drastically.

They saw it clearly: the man did nothing, and suddenly a bolt of lightning struck their leader.

One of the clever ones had already taken out his intelligent computer to scan Jiang Lan's strength.

But when he saw the data displayed on the smart computer, his eyes were instantly filled with fear.

"Cosmic level! Run! He's cosmic level!"

Upon hearing this, the others first looked incredulous, then realized what was happening and turned to run away.

But how could Jiang Lan give them a chance?

If they don't make a move, then forget it.

Now that he's taken action, he understands the principle of eliminating the root of the problem.

In an instant, the domain expanded.

"Crackling, crackling!"

Countless arcs of electricity instantly filled the entire area, enveloping the martial artists who were trying to escape.

They were all at the Hengxing level, and they had no chance to resist the lightning unleashed by Jiang Lan.

The moment they were touched by the electric arc, they were charred black and collapsed to the ground.

The few people who were just jumping around a moment ago were turned into charred remains in an instant.

Jiang Lan glanced expressionlessly at their charred corpses.

Why did you have to mess with him of all people?

Judging from their appearance, this group of people were used to acting arrogantly and their self-confidence was inflated to the extreme.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have seen Jiang Lan and, without even assessing his strength, had planned to seize his cosmic crystal.

It's likely that before entering this realm within a realm, they had already robbed many people using the same methods.

Therefore, Jiang Lan felt no guilt whatsoever in killing such a person.

He stepped forward and searched the charred corpses of the group.

A moment later, he was holding two belts, a bracelet, and three wrist guards.

These are the spatial equipment carried by those people.

Unlike ordinary equipment, spatial equipment is very difficult to damage.

Even if Jiang Lan wanted to break it, it would take her a lot of effort.

"Tsk tsk, they really have no guts, daring to come looking for trouble with you."

Babata had seen everything and now made a sarcastic remark.

Jiang Lan shrugged slightly.

Babata continued, "Take a look and see what good stuff is inside. A ninth-tier Hengxing is not weak at all. You might even be able to make a small fortune."

"Um."

Jiang Lan used her mental power to probe into the spatial equipment of the group.

All of them were martial artists, and their mental strength was very weak, so Jiang Lan easily and completely erased their mental imprints.

After watching for a while, Jiang Lan was somewhat disappointed.

Aside from some miscellaneous and worthless items, all that's left in these people's spatial equipment is some cosmic crystals.

Moreover, the quantity is pitifully small.

Jiang Lan estimated that it would be at most a little over a hundred cubic meters.

It must have been dug out from the ground somewhere nearby.

Babata was also somewhat disappointed upon seeing this.

"I didn't expect these ninth-tier Star Realm cultivators to be so poor."

"Alright, there's nothing we can do about being poor." Jiang Lan took out a cosmic crystal, then casually tossed the spatial equipment on the ground. "Have you found the next place?"

It's more worthwhile to spend that time digging for cosmic crystals.

"Found it. It's at your 16 o'clock position, 672 kilometers away, 2,800 meters underground."

How many?

"About four thousand square meters."

Jiang Lan nodded slightly.

Four thousand cubic meters, although not as much as before, is still barely acceptable.

Babata's voice rang out again.

"This is the outer edge of the realm within a realm. We're lucky to have found these two places with a large amount of cosmic crystals."

"Normally, in this kind of world, the cosmic crystals are all located at the center. That is to say, the closer you are to the center of this realm within a realm, the more cosmic crystals there are. In the very center, there may even be a situation where millions of cosmic crystals are clustered together."

Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow.

One million cubic meters.

Ten thousand cubic meters is 33 billion Qianwu coins, so one million cubic meters would be 3.3 trillion Qianwu coins.

If we really got that many, we'd probably be rich.

However, Jiang Lan did not reply immediately, but lowered her head slightly and pondered.

Although there are many cosmic crystals, everyone knows that the center of the realm within a realm has many benefits, so they all gather there.

Even if a cosmic crystal is discovered, it will definitely spark a struggle.

If the competition becomes too intense and attracts the attention of certain people, then it deviates from his original intention.

Jiang Lan thought for a while.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

He suddenly remembered that within this realm within a realm, cosmic crystals didn't seem to be the most valuable thing.

The most valuable thing should be something called thunderstone!

If he remembered correctly, there was a castle within this realm.

Inside the castle are treasures left behind by the Lord of Thunder.

The Lord of Thunder Realm is dead, and these treasures are now under the control of his intelligent life form.

Thunderstone is what can be exchanged for these treasures.

Thunderstones are not valuable; they are just stones that can be found anywhere within and outside the realm.

But what the others didn't know was that the intelligent life form actually demanded that Thunderstones be used as currency! (End of Chapter)