In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 32, The Invisible Crisis: The Shadow Clan Attacks Again

hall.

Lin Ran waited for a while, and Feng Wuhen, Yan Lingfei, and another person appeared one after another, but the last person was nowhere to be seen.

After waiting for a few minutes,

"I couldn't sense his presence," Feng Wuhen said, frowning.

"Which room did he go to?" Lin Ran asked, as if something unexpected had happened.

"I know, it's over here," another person said, offering to lead the way.

When the group arrived at the room the man had chosen, they found it empty.

"There are no resources in this room; he may have lost other rooms," the man said immediately upon seeing that no one was inside.

"Forget it, let's not wait for him. Let's leave him a note and go somewhere else."

Lin Ran shook her head.

"Well... Captain, I want to stay and wait for him."

"it is good."

Lin Ran turned and left the hall, and Yan Lingfei and Feng Wuhen immediately followed. The other person did not come out.

After leaving.

Yan Lingfei asked in confusion, "Captain, why did you leave in such a hurry?"

"I have a bad feeling, but I don't know the specific reason," Lin Ran shook her head.

Feng Wuhen pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked,

"Captain, your spiritual attribute is earth?"

"right."

"That makes sense. According to the alliance's statistics, people who choose the earth attribute tend to have a strange kind of luck. Whenever a dangerous event occurs, the first to leave and the first to survive are those with earth attribute spiritual energy."

"Therefore, the alliance believes that the Earth element possesses a 'lucky' attribute, but this claim has yet to be proven."

Feng Wuhen explained, quickening his pace to get closer to Lin Ran.

Lin Ran touched her chin.

[Attribute Control - Earth LV7: 1040/3500]

So, his good luck wasn't just an illusion?

Feng Wuhen looked back.

"Captain, look at the building."

Lin Ran turned around and saw that the building she had just seen was shrouded in mist on the first floor, turning into dust and dissipating from the top, flying towards an unknown place.

The entire building was completely turned into sandstorm in less than ten seconds, leaving only a deep crater in its place.

Then the fog disappeared, as if it had never existed.

"What is that?" Lin Ran asked.

The training content of the elite program did not mention such a situation.

Feng Wuhen said, "That is a unique spatial turbulence that exists in ruins and secret realms. It will come into contact with the secret realm, but it will not completely invade the secret realm. It will only affect a part of the space, erase everything in that space, and then be driven away by the power of the secret realm or ruins."

The three remained silent for a while.

Yan Lingfei shook her head: "Everyone has their own destiny."

Lin Ran asked her, "Do you know about the Fiery Cloud Divine Skill?"

"I know. The most powerful fire-attribute cultivation technique in the alliance, second only to the lightning-attribute 'Nine Revolutions Thunder God Technique,' has its first level publicly known. Levels two through six require military merits to acquire. From the seventh level onwards, it is exclusive to the Yan family and can be cultivated all the way to the late stage of the Upper Transcendent Realm. Legend has it that there is even a possibility of breaking through to an even higher realm," Yan Lingfei said.

"Captain, do you want to start practicing the cultivation technique now?"

"Yes, that werewolf is quite strong; ordinary methods are no longer enough to stop him." Lin Ran nodded naturally.

"The son of the wolf god is indeed very troublesome. When his life is hanging by a thread, he will attract the attention of the wolf god, and his strength will increase significantly, making him even more difficult to kill."

"But Captain, don't worry. The human experts must know what happened in the ruins. Soon more people will come in. The werewolves are isolated and helpless. They can easily wipe out a mere son of the Wolf God!" Yan Lingfei said, patting her chest.

The son of the Wolf God... Lin Ran pondered.

"Captain, where to next?" Yan Lingfei asked.

"Let's head to the heritage center; the good stuff should be there."

"It's not entirely certain. Human experts came once, and most of their things were taken away. Some areas might even be better than the central area," Yan Lingfei said.

"Do you know where to find good stuff?" Lin Ran glanced at Yan Lingfei.

He remembered that the two elders beside him had both personally entered the ruins, and they probably had the clearest information about it.

"Yes, Captain, come with me."

After half an hour.

Yan Lingfei stopped on a blasted-open hilltop, where many crimson crystals were exposed from the soil.

"This is a fire-attribute crystal that can accelerate the cultivation of fire-attribute techniques. It is also a very gentle restorative resource that can be used directly after being mined."

After a brief introduction, Yan Lingfei took out two knives and gave one to Feng Wuhen and one to Lin Ran.

The three of them each chose a direction to start digging.

Lin Ran glanced at the knife, then at the crystal. A glint flashed in her eyes, and the crystal snapped in two.

By holding a crystal, the fire elemental energy quickly replenishes the energy consumed when casting the eye technique, allowing the user to cast it a second time in less than ten seconds.

Lin Ran looked at the second crystal, which then fell to the ground with a snap.

More than an hour later, the three met up next to the pit.

All the fire-attribute crystals exposed in the pit have been dug up. More are buried behind, but continuing to mine them is time-consuming and laborious, and the overall profit is very small.

"Captain, I know a few more positions."

"Walk."

……

Time passed, and night fell.

There was no longer a ray of light in the sky, only a crimson power flickering uncertainly, slowly being eroded by darkness.

Lin Ran and the other two sat around the fire, sorting out the day's harvest.

With Yan Lingfei and Feng Wuhen, two "insiders," visiting four resource points, they reaped a bountiful harvest, filling their 1,000-cubic-meter storage rings almost to the brim!

Most of them are fire and dark attribute spiritual crystals, other resources are scarce, and they need to be processed after being mined, so they cannot be used immediately.

After organizing the resources, Lin Ran took out a fire crystal to absorb. Crimson firelight enveloped his entire palm, and numerous fire-attribute techniques, specific models, acceleration models, optimization schemes... flashed through the South China Sea. He occasionally made some optimizations, and his experience points increased steadily and rapidly.

After absorbing all five fire crystals, the flame burning in his dantian changed from one to two.

Lin Ran continued to digest the fire crystals, consuming twelve pieces, and the flames turned into three.

[Fire Cloud Divine Skill - First Level LV1→LV3: 10/1000]

Cultivation techniques are different from attribute control; they also represent a realm or level of mastery.

Upon reaching the third level of the fire attribute, the speed increased, but noticeably slowed down.

Lin Ran continued to digest the fire crystal. The earth spiritual energy in the ruins was filled with violence and despair, making it unsuitable for cultivating the spirit ascension ritual.

time flies.

Feng Wuhen and Yan Lingfei fell into a deep sleep, while Lin Ran quietly digested the fire crystal.

A sudden gust of wind blew by, causing the fire flames to flicker and the temperature to drop noticeably.

Lin Ran seemed unaware, but a layer of spiritual energy quietly enveloped Feng Wuhen and Yan Lingfei.

A chilling wind continued, and the fire flickered intermittently before suddenly going out completely, plunging the surroundings into darkness.

The moment the light disappeared, a jet-black dagger pierced Lin Ran's throat.

(End of this chapter)