Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

"Look carefully. Don't run this way," Fan Ze explained.

He deliberately let Lu Ming looked at the restrictions so that he would not run around.

He was not worried that Lu Ming would find out anything, after all, he could not see anything from this angle. He was worried that Lu Ming would enter this place by accident and be killed by the green plants. By then, he would not be able to answer to Zhang Yang!

"Okay."

Lu Ming kept a low profile.

He knew very well why Fan Ze was so careful.

That was because inside the room…

Was an ore vein!!!

It was no wonder the mansion looked so shabby!

He did not even dare to invite outsiders into his house. He staked a claim to this territory and enclosed it to have the entire ore vein to himself, or perhaps this was why he reached four-star?!

Lu Ming's heart stirred slightly.

Of course.

On the surface, he was drawing the cards seriously.

To him, creating a ma.s.sive amount of Card Restrictions was a good opportunity for him. Furthermore, Fan Ze was the one who provided the resources. He was serious about drawing the cards and the coverage had reached ninety percent in four days.

That day.

Lu Ming was drawing the cards as usual.

Suddenly…

Deafening noises could be heard coming from outside.

"Humph!"

Fan Ze sneered. "Here to court death again."

Upon finis.h.i.+ng his words…

He muttered to Lu Ming and went out.

"Okay."

Lu Ming nodded slightly.

These days, Fan Ze went out often.

He would only be back after a long while, at times he would come back with injuries and some days he would come back with prey. Lu Ming surmised that those must be powerful beasts that were attracted to his house.

The ferocious beasts must have sensed the rich energy over here and therefore they kept charging this place.

Of course.

This was not the point.

The point was that whenever Fan Ze went out, he would at least take an hour before he would be back!

During this time…

Lu Ming glanced automatically at the cultivation room as well as the green plants at the entrance.

Although the green plants contained simple cognitive spirits, they could only identify people from their auras. They could not think nor speak, otherwise, no one would dare to use them!

Since this was the case…

If I was able to get in there…

Lu Ming was tempted.

This was a natural ore vein!

This was a pure Energy Ore!

It was illegal for Fan Ze to stake a claim to this territory and enclose it!

If he used some of the energy, it should not have any impact. Besides, this shameless fellow did not give him a full salary!

He had decided that he would do just that!

Lu Ming gritted his teeth.

He seemed to be in a similar fate as those workers in the Jiangnan leather factory…

No salary!

They could only take the wallets in return for their salary!

Should he give it a try?

Lu Ming's brain began to work.

Of course.

Before that, he had to pa.s.s through the green plants at the entrance.

It was impossible to enter directly.

However…

Lu Ming thought about it and hurled the Meltdown Card toward the mouth of the cave. The Meltdown Card floated away, just when it was going to pa.s.s through the mouth of the cave…

Shus.h.!.+

The green plants twined around it.

This was the moment!

Lu Ming's eyes s.h.i.+mmered. The Meltdown Card flashed.

Buzz—

The green plants that were madly strangulating the card paused suddenly!

The mouth of the cave became smaller and revealed a small opening and everything went still. It lasted for one second before it closed slowly, returning to its normal state.

This was…

Lu Ming was deep in his thoughts.

How could the green plants keep expanding and why did the vines keep reaching out?

Energy!

The energy absorbed instantly by the Meltdown Card took the energy support away from the green plants, and that was why there was a slight pause before the energy flow continued one second later.

Everything went back to normal.

Therefore…

If he used the Meltdown Card, he would be able to secure one second for himself!

One second!

And that would leave a small opening.

Lu Ming looked at the opening that was almost closed. It was impossible to go in!

Should he go in directly?

He would be squashed to death!

If he covered the green plants…

No amount of Meltdown Cards would be enough!

What should he do?

Lu Ming looked toward the cultivation room.

From this point of view, in fact, he could not see anything. There was only fuming fog and looming energy. That was why Fan Ze was not worried at all.

In this place…

After all, it was just an opening.

However, Lu Ming had once been inside, he knew very well what was inside the room…

Those ores…

That energy…

And there was definitely a Charging Card right on top!

Of course.

It was impossible and too dangerous to take the Charging Card away. Fan Ze was no fool. One glance and he would know that it was Lu Ming who took it away. How about the energy underneath…

Lu Ming had an idea.

He thought about it and drew a card.

Swoos.h.!.+

He hurled the Meltdown Card into the air.

The green plants strangulated it and revealed a small opening.

Right then, Lu Ming threw the card at the place where the energy fog was. Swish, the card floated into the fog.

Well…

The bouncy little soldiers appeared!

"Very good."

Lu Ming felt very satisfied.

Right now…

There was someone inside the cave.

Afterward, he continued to use the Meltdown Cards to reveal the opening, throwing numerous cards into the opening, leaving it to the little soldiers to help him, and sending the cards out with the help of the little soldiers.

That was right.

He was absorbing the energy of the ore veins!

What he used was…

"Whirlpool Card Version 3.0"!

Meltdown Card + Charging Card!

The card that was previously discarded by Lu Ming was very useful here.

It was true.

At normal times, this card could only absorb one point of energy in the air, but since this place was rich with energy and it was a magical land of ore veins…

It could absorb ten thousand points of energy instantly!

Ten thousand points!

What did it mean?

It would only require a short moment for a low-level Charging Card to become a three-star card!

One card…

Two cards…

Ten cards…

One hundred cards…

Lu Ming went on a mad rush to send his cards one after another into the cave and received them one by one.

All the blank cards had turned into three-star Energy Cards!

It was crazy!

Fan Ze took a while before he came back.

Half a day had pa.s.sed.

Fan Ze returned to the mansion.

Lu Ming had already dissipated his little soldiers and released the Card Restrictions that he had prepared previously. The restriction was completed instantly.

"Are you done?"

Fan Ze was very satisfied.

"Yeah."

Lu Ming smiled.

"Did you use up all the blank cards?"

Fan Ze had prepared a ma.s.sive number of blank cards. He found it odd that all of them were used up! Could it be that Card Restrictions consumed a lot of cards?

"Sometimes I fail during lamination."

Lu Ming looked aggrieved.

"Oh, alright."

Fan Ze had thought so too.

This lad was only at the two-star level, it was difficult to perform lamination.

"It's okay."

"Alright, this is your reward."

Fan Ze patted him on the shoulder. "It's already a large sum. After all, you still have a long way to go…"

Upon finis.h.i.+ng his words…

He hurried to get Lu Ming to leave.

Since he had completed the Card Restrictions, Lu Ming was of no value to him.

Potential?

Who cared!

Fan Ze's goal was to reach a higher level!

With the ore veins, he would have a bright future. No talent was comparable to his limitless resources. He could increase his level at a faster speed!

"Okay."

Lu Ming left.

At this very moment…

Fan Ze looked on with satisfaction at the surrounding restrictions. Other than the front door that he had to pa.s.s through, everywhere else was sealed!

He was very pleased!

However…

Fan Ze paused when he was back in the cultivation room. Why did the energy concentration in the room drop all of a sudden?

Well…

He stared at the ore veins, in a daze.

It was odd. He had the feeling that the color of the entire ore veins was duller than before.

Delusion?

Blurred vision?

"Have I been single for too long?

Fan Ze rubbed his head.

He took a closer look.

The green plants at the entrance were still there and the Charging Card was intact as well!

He walked over and took the Charging Card. After charging it for several days, the Charging Card had acc.u.mulated a huge amount of energy. It was perfect.

"The absorption rate is the same as before."

Fan Ze was very satisfied.

The efficiency had not decreased.

Very well.

He placed a new batch of Charging Cards inside, before he relaxed. There would always be people who were after his ore veins. He had to be wary of them.

"It's time to cultivate! I have to attain five-star as fast as possible!"

Fan Ze had a goal in mind.

He had killed most of the people who barged into his mansion back, except Chu Xiao.

Since Chu Xiao took his Charging Card, he must know very well that there was an ore vein here. This was Fan Ze's most important secret. It must never be leaked!

Therefore…

Chu Xiao had to die!

So far, no one had leaked information about this place.

He knew very well that he was not the only one who wanted the ore vein for himself, Chu Xiao had the same intention as well! Both of them were four-star cultivators. They did not view the other party as a threat!

Chu Xiao was very powerful!

Fan Ze had an abundance of resources!

Therefore…

It was destined that there would be a battle between the two of them!

Only the victorious could take the ore vein for himself!

"Hehe."

Fan Ze looked menacing.

"Chu Xiao.

I…

I shall wait for you!"