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Chapter 906: Chapter 909: Divine Stone Guarding the Remnant Soul_1 Chapter 906: Chapter 909: Divine Stone Guarding the Remnant Soul_1 “Amst Planet, this is where the Hall of Fame Martial Artist Amst fell long ago.”
Lin Zhen rubbed his hands excitedly: “Let’s get started then, let’s see what a Hall of Fame Level strong one could have left behind.”
With a raise of his hand, the Treasure-seeking Vine appeared again, beginning to attempt to penetrate the ground.

However, the hardness of the ground in the Wind Thunder Valley surpasses the imagination, after being eroded by the Nine Heavens Gang Wind for millions of years, it’s tougher than steel; the Vine couldn’t penetrate it.

“Quite stubborn, without cracking this turtle shell-like surface, we can’t get to the treasure inside; let me strengthen you a bit.”
Lin Zhen raised his hand, the avatar of the Four Elements Flower spun, the strong metallic and earth energies started to pour into the Treasure-seeking Vine.

Breaking the ground surface with a metallic element, penetrating it with an earth element, and then adding mental drive, the advance of the Treasure-seeking Vine still had some difficulties.

Lin Zhen observed for a while, and gently shook his head.

“This won’t work.

We’re on a planet.

Exploring one meter at a time would take forever.

The durability of the Treasure-seeking Vine isn’t sufficient.

Only after I reach the God Realm Stage will this Vine be able to move freely within the Wind Thunder Valley.”
“For now, I’ll have to search myself.”

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Lin Zhen took back the Vine, let it coil around his wrist, the tip of the Vine slightly pointing downward, indicating the location of the buried treasure.

After attaching gold to the scale armor, he plunged straight into the ground.

The enormous claw, after armorization, was like a digging machine, hacking off a huge chunk of soil that was harder than steel with one swipe.

This was also thanks to the training with the Nine Heavens Gang Wind over time, which had made Lin Zhen’s body stronger, or else he really wouldn’t be able to move freely underground in Wind Thunder Valley.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~~!!!

Huge chunks of soil were broken apart like tofu, and Lin Zhen disappeared under the ground like a pangolin.

Neither the soil nor the layer of rock underground could stop his sharp claws.

“After three years of training, my claws after armorization are as sharp as a top-quality spiritual treasure, ranking only second to the supreme treasure.

This kind of power is truly alarming.”
Ahead was a large vein of fine iron ore, it’s quite common for a planet to have mineral veins, those black and unusually hard iron ores.

A swipe of his claw, a large chunk of iron ore immediately broke.

With another swipe, Lin Zhen dug out a hole there.

“Clang~!”
A Divine Stone fell from the edge of the iron ore, appearing in Lin Zhen’s sight.

“Hoho~!

A Divine Stone!

I’ve actually found a Divine Stone!”
Previously, it was always the Vine that found the Divine Stones, without the satisfying feeling of experiencing it himself.

This was Lin Zhen’s first time discovering a Divine Stone.

Storing the Divine Stone at hand, and looking at the direction the Vine was pointing at, Lin Zhen knew that he was getting close to the location of the Hall of Fame Martial Artist’s relics.

With the motivation, Lin Zhen once again sped up his digging, rapidly advancing towards the core of the earth.

After descending thousands of meters more, Lin Zhen stopped.

Along the way, he had already found over a hundred Divine Stones, and the iron ore area ahead had ended.

A chilling feeling was seeping out from the front, making Lin Zhen feel a sense of danger.

“That’s strange, even if it’s a Hall of Fame Martial Artist, he’s still fallen.

Could he still pose any threat to life?”
Lin Zhen became more alert, made another swipe with his claw, shattering the last area of the iron ore vein.

A stench of decay, sealed for uncountable years, emanated from the front.

The last part of the iron ore area was actually a cave!

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Lin Zhen descended down and was surprised to discover another world here.

The dull sky surrounding us, the vast ground, mountains, dry rivers – these somewhat familiar scenes made Lin Zhen instantly realize what place he had come to.

This is the internal world of a fallen martial artist!

Those iron ores were actually there to protect the internal world.

“Chris, shouldn’t the internal world of a martial artist fall apart if they fall?

How come there’s still an internal world here?”
“Master, after a martial artist has experienced the God Realm Stage, their internal world becomes stable.

If a martial artist suddenly dies in battle, their internal world can’t be preserved.

But if it’s a slow death, plus some special conditions, some of the internal world can be preserved.

Can you see if this world is intact?”
Lin Zhen walked forward and quickly discovered that this was only a part of the internal world and that it was broken.

“Indeed, it’s not intact.

It’s only about one-thousandth the size of a normal internal world.

But what’s the use of preserving this?”
“Of course it’s useful.

By preserving part of the internal world, some important things can be stored, such as the largest part of the World Stone and other things they consider valuable.”
Lin Zhen nodded, his gaze fell on the very center of the internal world.

A huge World Stone floated there, which was the core of the internal world.

This could no longer be considered a World Stone after passing through the Divine Stone Realm’s transformation, for the World Stone is a Cosmic Crystal, this is a Divine Stone.

A good part of this Divine Stone was damaged, but a considerable portion remains.

Lin Zhen rushed to the front of this huge Divine Stone in a few strides.

“Chris, calculate how much is in this Divine Stone.”
“Master, the calculation is complete, approximately thirteen thousand five hundred!”
Lin Zhen gave a slight nod: “Great, indeed a high-level expert of the Hall of Fame.

If in a complete state, this should be over twenty thousand Divine Stones.”
With that, Lin Zhen stepped forward, ready to collect this Divine Stone into his inner world.

Just as he approached about a hundred meters from the enormous divine stone, an unexpected change occurred!

A spiritual shock beyond comprehension descended from the sky, forcefully bombing Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea!

“What the heck is that!”
Every hair on Lin Zhen’s body was standing on end.

He conjured his spiritual power, and his sky-blue spiritual power clashed with the spiritual shock in mid-air!

Bang~~~!

Like a drop of water falling into space, ripples spread in the air.

Lin Zhen felt a wave of dizziness and instability, he staggered backward several steps, finally managing to steady himself.

His brain felt as if it had been stabbed with a needle, the pain was unbearable.

He involuntarily gasped for air, rubbing his head with both hands for a while before he finally managed to recover.

“Oh my god!

What just happened?

I feel like I got hit by a spiritual mind master stronger than me, but isn’t the owner of this place already fallen?”
Chris was now hovering on Lin Zhen’s shoulder, her big eyes blinking rapidly, indicating she was calculating.

“Master, I think I know why.”
“What?

What in the world is going on?”
“The owner here is indeed dead, but he didn’t die suddenly but slowly over time.

Therefore, although his body is gone, his stubborn spiritual power remained within the closed space, this is called a residual soul!”
“Residual Soul?”
“Yes, it’s his stubborn attachment.

The residual soul guards what he considers most precious.

It has no sense nor rationality, only instinct.

This divine stone is what it’s guarding.

Any life that approaches the divine stone will be attacked by the residual soul.

The spiritual shock you encountered earlier was just that.

Thanks to your strong spiritual power, Master, otherwise, even a spiritual mind master at the Diamond Peak might be killed by this residual soul.”
“I see, are all the conditions in the Eye of the Storm this way?”
“Possibly, the Wind Thunder Valley is essentially a world isolated from the outside, it is favorable for the residual soul to persist.

Unless they die suddenly, they could potentially achieve this.”
“Damn!

What’s the use of holding onto these divine stone treasures even after death, it’s a downright miser.”
Lin Zhen grumbled, feeling quite a headache over this situation.

“So now I can’t approach the divine stone, I can’t collect these stones?”
“Yes, theoretically.

In others’ inner worlds, you can’t collect things at will.

So to get the Divine Stones, you must first get close to the stones.

But during this process, the tireless residual soul will continue to attack you.

The closer you get, the stronger the attack.”
“Does the residual soul never tire?

Will it keep attacking?”
“Yes, the residual inner world maintains almost eternal spiritual power for it, because this inner world is in tune with the residual soul, they both hail from the same master.

Anyone else here can’t even fight back, they can only endure.”
“Master, if you don’t want to be attacked, you should back off a bit.

The attack range of the residual soul is approximately within a radius of 100 meters.

Once you leave this area, the residual soul will not attack you.”
“What if I collect the divine stones?”
“Then the inner world will collapse, and the residual soul, losing its foothold, will naturally dissipate.”
Lin Zhen nodded, he completely understood.

Collecting these large amounts of divine stones is not an easy task.

It requires withstanding the continuous attacks of the residual soul, until you can resist it and get close to the divine stone to collect it.

“Over ten thousand divine stones, and it seems like there are treasures by the divine stones too.

I can’t pass on these.

Hall of Fame-level treasures, I must get them.”
Instead of thinking about the divine treasures now, Lin Zhen guessed that the situation would be the same with the divine treasures.

If he goes over now, he might be killed by the divine residual soul.

One step at a time, he decided to secure the Hall of Fame-level treasures first.”
“Isn’t it just a matter of resisting the spiritual shocks?

This in itself is a process of training spiritual power, I can bear the pain!”
Lin Zhen took a deep breath, confidently took a big step forward, and once again advanced within the 100-meter radius.

No spiritual shock occurred.

Lin Zhen was puzzled; he stepped into the 99-meter mark.

“Hiss~~~!”
Another spiritual shock came swinging, heavily hitting Lin Zhen’s Spiritual Consciousness Sea!

This time, Lin Zhen held on!

With his well-prepared spiritual power, Lin Zhen successfully withstood this round of attack.

But this shock was evidently stronger than the last one, almost causing Lin Zhen to tumble to the ground.

“Master, please note that every time you advance about ten meters, a new spiritual shock will arrive.

But if you stop now, there won’t be any more shocks in this radius.

If anyone is competing with you, whoever reaches the divine stone first, gets it.”
Lin Zhen nodded, “Got it, no one’s competing with me now, but that doesn’t mean no one will come later.

I feel that the Wind Thunder Valley isn’t absolutely safe, who knows, someone might barge in.

While no one is here, I should strive to get as many divine stones and as much treasure as possible!”