Chapter 581 - 312: World in the Cave

Zhao Rui looked at the dazzling array of gems embedded in the rock wall. Reaching out, he made several of them fly into his palm.

These gems were completely different from the agates, pearls, and sapphires of the outside world.

They were less like gems and more like Spirit Stones.

If that weren’t the case, these Manghuang people wouldn’t have been able to live in the underground caves for so long.

These gems emanated a dense Spiritual Qi that nourished the cavern, forming a unique little world.

"It seems there’s more to the bottom of this cave than meets the eye."

Zhao Rui squeezed his hand, and the gems instantly turned into dense plumes of Spiritual Qi that dissipated into the air.

Mo Ling’Er and the other two women felt the density of the Spiritual Qi around them change in an instant. The clarifying sensation that rushed straight into their pores left the three of them utterly shocked.

This was incomparably denser than the Spiritual Qi of the outside world.

It couldn’t even be compared to the Spirit Stones from the grotto-heavens before the two realms were connected.

"These are all..."

"If I had to use a suitable term, you could call them High-Level Spiritual Stones or Top-Grade Spiritual Stones."

"Ah! If we could cultivate immersed in this kind of Spiritual Qi all day, wouldn’t our efforts be twice as effective?!"

Qin Rui couldn’t help but exclaim.

"Mhm."

Zhao Rui nodded but said nothing more, simply leading the group deeper down.

As the group descended, strange creatures began to appear in the cave.

Some were enormous and aggressive, while others were as small as insects, scuttling about furtively.

After a long, desolate stretch of several hundred meters, another group of Manghuang Race People soon appeared before them.

This time, the appearance of the Manghuang Race People had changed slightly, likely an adaptation to the darkness and life underground.

After all, nearly a thousand meters deep, the air was not only thin, but the temperature was also much higher than on the surface.

The cave was not a straight vertical shaft but slanted downward. The areas where these Manghuang people lived were not narrow; on the contrary, they were quite spacious.

They consisted of dozens of palace-like hollows of various sizes.

It was enough space for several thousand people to live.

Zhao Rui swept his gaze over the area. Seeing nothing of particular interest, he didn’t linger and passed straight through.

"Is that the planet’s core magma up ahead?"

"Is this an underground river?"

"Is this ore?"

No matter how great the cave’s incline, the straight-line distance had ultimately brought them to Blue Star’s core.

The environment here was extremely harsh, with boiling magma and astonishing pressure.

An underground river, cut off from its course, plunged directly into the magma, sending up endless clouds of steam that filled the entire space.

"Zhao Zhenren, this place is no different from the outside world. I imagine there’s nothing special here."

King Zhou said with a smile from the side.

Zhao Rui glanced at him without a word, instead extending a hand and pointing toward the magma.

As a vast wave of Energy rippled out, the entire layer of magma suddenly split down the middle, revealing a bottomless fissure.

A light shone from within the fissure. As the opening widened, the light grew brighter and brighter.

"King Zhou, could it be that you didn’t know?"

Zhao Rui said coolly.

King Zhou’s expression turned ugly. He looked as if he wanted to say more, but he saw that Zhao Rui had already flown down with the three women.

Seeing this, King Zhou’s brow furrowed deeply. A moment later, he too leaped in.

Inside the fissure, the group fell rapidly downward as if they were in outer space.

The three women stared at the surrounding space, which was as bright as day, their shock palpable.

「About ten minutes passed.」

The group’s descent stabilized, and they found themselves hovering in a vast, wide-open space.

"Is... is this the sky?"

The three women looked around in astonishment, especially down below. That vast expanse of green thousands of miles beneath them—what could it be but land!