Douluo Dalu 4: Ultimate Fighting

TL: GoldenLung

Just these discoveries alone had already provided them with a considerable amount of information for their infiltration mission, and they would be rewarded if they reported it to the Federation.

However, this clearly did not satisfy Lan Xuanyu and his group. Since they were already here, they had to find a way to obtain some valuable items. They could not leave empty-handed, especially with so many Space Origin Crystals.

Lan Xuanyu waved his hand lightly and quietly led his companions towards the cave with a silver halo. At the same time, he took out a Dragon's Fury from his hand and held it tightly. With their strength alone, they would not be able to pose a threat to a god-level expert, especially one with spatial abilities. If there was any danger, they would have to detonate the Dragon's Fury to have a chance of surviving. At least with the Five Elements Escape Technique, they would have a chance to escape into the surrounding walls. Coupled with the concealment ability of their Treasure Seeking Beast, the god-level expert may not even be able to catch them.

The cave was not very large, and Lan Xuanyu had to stoop to move forward. However, as soon as they entered the cave, he immediately felt the thick and almost sticky fluctuations of spatial elements. Every step he took seemed to make the surroundings more illusory. This sensation of overlapping layers was extremely wonderful, and there was no sense of oppression, just the purest spatial element attributes.

As they walked deeper into the cave, they were suddenly stunned by what they saw. After going a hundred meters, they reached the end of the cave, where there was a pool of water about fifty meters in diameter. The pool was filled with silver liquid, and there were many Magic Silver deposits piled up on the shore.

The spatial element fluctuations emanating from the silver liquid were terrifying. Lan Xuanyu and his group had never encountered such a strong spatial element before. The walls around the cave were filled with silver light, and it was difficult to tell if they were Space Origin Crystals or completely condensed spatial elements.

In this shiny silver world, everything looked mysterious and strange. The colors were dazzling and the scenery was bizarre. Just then, on the bank of a pool of liquid, a fleshy, white tentacle reached up and curled around a piece of Magic Silver, pulling it into the silver liquid. A few bubbles popped up on the surface of the liquid, and the Magic Silver disappeared.

The four observers were stunned by this scene. They realized that the Magic Silver wasn't here for storage or profit. In fact, the mining of Magic Silver on the entire Dragon Horse Seventy-Six planet was for the purpose of feeding the unidentified creature in this pool. And this creature was likely the source of the Space Origin Crystal, the biggest secret of the Spaceborne Clan.

Just as Lan Xuanyu was at a loss as to what to do next, the Treasure Seeking Beast suddenly appeared with a whoosh from his forehead. It floated down to the ground and transformed into its physical form. With a wave of its right hand towards the entrance of the cave, an illusory silhouette instantly merged with the surrounding silver, forming a barrier. Then, with three or two steps, it ran to the edge of the silver lake and eagerly called out, "Sleepy Bug, is that you? Sleepy Bug. I'm Little Trea!"

Did they know each other? The Treasure Seeking Beast and the unidentified creature in the pool actually knew each other? Lan Xuanyu's heart trembled slightly. The Treasure Seeking Beast had previously said that it had sensed a familiar aura.

A series of bubbles rose up from the silver lake, and a white head emerged. It was a strange creature, resembling an octopus, but with a triangular head that was circular at the top. It was about a foot in size, with white, fleshy tentacles rubbing its eyes. Yes, it had eyes, nose, and mouth on its human-like face.

It rubbed its eyes and looked toward Little Trea. Then, it suddenly shouted with joy, waving its tentacles like flying, splashing silver liquid. In a few moments, it came to the shore and leaped out of the silver lake with a "whoosh".

Dozens of soft tentacles entwined around Little Trea's body, and the triangular soft head directly enveloped Little Trea's big head.

Tang Yuge stepped forward to take action but Lan Xuanyu raised his hand to stop her. He was worried about whether the Treasure Seeking Beast could hide their presence from the powerful Spaceborne Clan expert outside.

"Wuwuwu, wuwuwu." Drops of silver liquid flowed out of the strange creature's eyes. When these liquids fell to the ground, they made a crisp sound and turned into silver particles. Although each particle was not big, Lan Xuanyu was completely stunned. Weren't these things Space Origin Crystals?

"Don't cry, don't cry. Sleepy Bug, don't cry. It's great that you're still alive. It's really great!" The Treasure Seeking Beast had already broken free from the arms of the strange creature. It patted its soft head and comforted it softly.

The strange creature rubbed against it, and tears dropped.

Lan Xuanyu whispered, "Little Trea, it’s not the time to reminisce on old times now. It's not safe here. What's going on? Who is it?"

The Treasure Seeking Beast suddenly realized and quickly asked the strange creature, "Sleepy Bug, look who's here?" As he spoke, he pointed at Lan Xuanyu with his hand.

The strange creature turned its head towards Lan Xuanyu, blinked its eyes, rubbed its eyes, and then screamed and rushed towards Lan Xuanyu.

Lan Xuanyu was frightened and had the intention to slap it away, but he remembered the situation with the Treasure Seeking Beast earlier and did not take action.

With a snap, the strange creature stuck onto Lan Xuanyu's face, its tentacles wrapped around his neck, then began to cry and whimper. Lan Xuanyu quickly lifted his hand to hold onto its body and pulled it down from his head. “Master, master, Sleepy Bug missed you so much! Master!” The strange creature spoke human language and cried even louder than before.

Lan Xuanyu suddenly understood and turned to look at the Treasure Seeking Beast. “It's also from the Divine Realm?”

The Treasure Seeking Beast replied nonchalantly, “Yes! Sleepy Bug has always been following you. You even named it. It used to be by your side when you cultivated. Our Divine Realm's spatial projection was under its responsibility. It has a younger brother, the God of Space Element.  Sleepy bug is lazier than him and doesn't like to cultivate, so it's just a pure space worm and can't cultivate into a human form. It used to always hang around, saying…”

But before he could finish his sentence, Sleepy Bug had already interrupted. “If I were to cultivate into a human, I would definitely be a beautiful woman.”

The Treasure Seeking Beast spreaded his hands helplessly and said, “Yes, just this sentence. It loved to say that. In fact, it was extremely lazy and slept on you every day.'

It turned out to be an "old acquaintance."

Lan Xuanyu said, ‘It's not safe here, there are strong enemies guarding outside. So, does that mean all the Space Origin Crystals on Planet Seventy-Six were made by it?'

Sleepy Bug blinked her eyes and said in a coquettish tone, ‘What strong enemies? Are you talking about those ugly guys? They are so weak, you can easily crush them, yeah, crush them!'

Sleepy Bug's voice was very pleasant to listen to, like that of a little girl, but when it said “crush them”, it felt somewhat discordant.

The Treasure Seeking Beast coughed and said, “Fool, can't you see that Master hasn't fully recovered his strength yet? Quickly tell us what's going on here. Did you really do this?”

Sleepy Bug pouted and looked at Lan Xuanyu. “As expected, Master,, you don't even have the space aura that Sleepy Bug likes the most. When I used to be with you, I didn't even need to eat anything. Now it's so troublesome, and I have to eat.”