At the same time, the battle between White Feather and the ninth-rank Breaking God Realm warrior concluded, with the elder’s soul fleeing towards the exit. However, before he could escape a thousand feet, Dark Puppet had already caught up. After three rounds, the soul was absorbed into Dark Puppet’s body.
Having devoured the souls of two ninth-rank Breaking God Realm warriors consecutively, Dark Puppet seemed overstuffed. Billy then stored him in the Nine Dragons Cauldron Space.
“Billy, where did Purple Spirit go?” White Feather asked as he approached Billy.
“I don’t know,” Billy pointed towards the base of the snow mountain. “The Spiritual Line Origin took her down there.”
“Should we go check? Is she in any danger?” White Feather asked.
“There’s nothing unusual for now,” Billy responded. He could sense Purple Spirit’s aura and indeed, there was nothing amiss at the moment.
Time passed quickly, and two hours flew by in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, the entire void rippled once more. Billy sensed that the concentration of spiritual energy in this void was increasing rapidly, visible to the naked eye. Within a quarter of an hour, it had risen several levels.
The Ice Spirits’ faces showed extreme shock; they hadn’t felt such dense spiritual energy in a long time.
A while later, Purple Spirit ascended from below, looking much more spirited than before.
“Purple Spirit, what’s going on?” White Feather asked, looking at her. “Did you really refine that Spiritual Line Origin?”
“No, she just merged with me,” Purple Spirit smiled.
“How come there was no commotion at all? Did she willingly let you devour her?” White Feather asked in surprise.
“I really didn’t devour her,” Purple Spirit reiterated. “Initially, I planned to talk to her first, but she immediately said she wanted to merge with me. Since we are of the same kind, I couldn’t refuse her request.”
Billy thought to himself: She makes robbery sound so righteous; her skin is getting thicker.
However, he was also puzzled about why the Spiritual Line Origin was so easily devoured by Purple Spirit.
“Did you really refine her?” At this moment, the eighth-rank Ice Spirits approached with a group of Ice Spirits.
“Don’t worry; this is a good thing for you,” Purple Spirit assured them. “From now on, as long as I’m safe, the spiritual energy concentration here will only increase, which will benefit your growth.”
“Thank you!” The eighth-rank Ice Spirits bowed slightly. Although she didn’t know what transpired between Purple Spirit and the origin, she knew Purple Spirit was telling the truth.
When a Spiritual Line Origin is devoured by its kind, the spiritual energy concentration in that place doesn’t disappear, provided the new Spiritual Line Origin survives.
Regardless, the spiritual energy concentration in Cold Ridge was now far higher than before.
“No need to thank me,” Purple Spirit continued. “If you really want to thank someone, take Billy to find the Obsidian Gem. It’s of no use to you now.”
“If you help Billy, it could be a great favor for you in the future.”
“By the way, you might not know this yet, but Billy is the new master of the Nine Dragons Cauldron!”
“What?!” The Ice Spirits looked at Billy in unison. Clearly, they were aware of the Nine Dragons Cauldron’s existence!
“Billy, show them the Nine Dragons Cauldron,” Purple Spirit said to Billy.
Without hesitation, Billy’s eyes focused slightly, and the Nine Dragons Cauldron appeared before everyone.
“It’s really the Nine Dragons Cauldron!” The Ice Spirits exclaimed in shock after a moment. They finally understood why Billy, who was only at the early stage of Entering God Realm, could withstand the attacks of a ninth-rank Breaking God Realm warrior!
The master of the Nine Dragons Cauldron couldn’t be judged by common standards!
“See? I wasn’t lying,” Purple Spirit said. “Forming a good relationship with the master of the Nine Dragons Cauldron is beneficial for you!”
“Of course, you could also try to take it by force…”
“Just kidding!” The eighth-rank Breaking God Realm Ice Spirits said. “We are fortunate enough to witness the number one treasure among the top ten Sacred Objects; how could we harbor greed?”
She then looked at Billy and said, “Sir, please follow me; I’ll take you to find the Obsidian Gem mine!”
“Thank you!” Billy replied.
Half an hour later, they arrived at the bottom of a ten-thousand-foot cliff.
Billy looked around and his eyes lit up slightly. A thousand feet away was an area covered by a barrier. Unlike other places covered in ice and snow, it was a scene of spring inside.
“The mine is in there?” Purple Spirit asked the Ice Spirits.
“Yes,” they nodded and formed a mysterious seal with their hands, sending it towards the barrier.
After a strong aura shook through, a crack appeared in the barrier before them.
The Ice Spirits led Billy and his group through the crack and landed on the ground inside.
As they walked further in, Billy’s eyes lit up again. Before him was a vast Gem mine; even what was exposed on the surface was comparable to the mine they found in Demonic Beast Mountain last time.
“Sir, this is the Obsidian Gem mine. The ones on top are Purple Gems; Obsidian Gems are buried below,” said the eighth-rank Breaking God Realm Ice Spirits to Billy.
“The Gems are not very useful to us. If you need them, you can take them all.”
For her, guarding these Gems was mainly for the previous Spiritual Line Origin. Now that this issue was resolved, there was no need to guard them anymore.
Moreover, these Gems were a source of trouble for them. The boundary barrier around Cold Ridge had been damaged and news about these Gems had spread. More people would come for them later; it was better to let Billy take them all and have some peace.
“Thank you!” Billy cupped his hands in response.
“You’re welcome!” The Ice Spirits replied. “You helping us restore the spiritual energy here is already a great help!”
“Then I won’t stand on ceremony,” Billy smiled.
“Sir, you go ahead; I expect more people will come into Cold Ridge. I’ll go check outside.”
After saying this and greeting Purple Spirit and White Feather, she left with other Ice Spirits following her.
Once they left, Opal and Harleen emerged from the Nine Dragons Cauldron one after another.
Billy spent a few minutes briefly explaining the situation to everyone.
“We’ve struck it rich this time!” Stout drooled at the sight of the Gem mine before them.
Then everyone got busy.
This Gem mine was even richer than they had imagined; what they saw on the surface was just the tip of the iceberg with much more buried below.
“White Feather, is that Obsidian Gem?” Stout pointed at some black semi-transparent Gems before them after a while.
“Yes!” White Feather’s eyes lit up as he nodded. “I didn’t expect there to be so many Obsidian Gems here; no wonder people outside want a share!”
“Hurry up and get everything into Nine Dragons Cauldron Space!” Billy urged everyone.
“Got it!” They got busy again.
The process took about two hours; all Purple Gems and Obsidian Gems were looted clean and stored in Nine Dragons Cauldron Space.
After Casey and others re-entered Nine Dragons Cauldron Space, Billy and White Feather flew out of the barrier.
As for Purple Spirit, after devouring that Spiritual Line Origin like Dark Puppet did earlier, she needed time to digest it and went into seclusion inside Nine Dragons Cauldron Space.
Billy and White Feather had just come out when a loud noise echoed from ahead; a massive black hole appeared in mid-air.
“Half-step Extinguishing God Realm!” White Feather stared ahead intently.