Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 1024: Chapter 814: Earth Cave

"Third Rank, there is a gorge ahead to the left, filled with miasma, and deathly silent."

"Twenty kilometers away, there’s a cluster of territories, one of which seems to be a Burning Sun Territory. I didn’t get too close, fearing discovery."

"Third Rank, there’s no path on the right, just a void..."

"Hmm? There’s turbulence ahead, be careful!"

"..."

Half a month passed, and Su Yuan led Xia Xuan and the others forward while mapping and searching along the route.

At this moment, the map already had a lot of markers.

Danger zones, Star Beast territories, areas with frequent turbulence... Of course, there were also some spirit plants, materials, and other resources.

Xiang Dingqian returned with a few black and yellow fruits: "Third Rank, over there is a dense forest with some rare spirit plants, like this Spirit Fruit."

The Spirit Fruit can reduce a summoner’s consumption and greatly enhance summoning strength. Although it’s not much use for ordinary people, it is a rare fourth-level spirit plant.

Xiang Dingqian added: "In addition, there are a lot of Level Three and below artifact refining materials. It seems the Star Beasts aren’t good at utilizing these materials."

Su Yuan nodded, took out his Star Power Map, and once again synchronized and compiled the information Xiang Dingqian brought back.

Looking at the map, besides his team members like Xia Xuan, Su Yuan could also see the positions of some people around.

But those too far away were not visible.

At this moment, Su Yuan could see another team on the map.

Upon closer inspection, it was Tian Hui’s team from the Xuanwu Imperial Third Rank.

Relatively speaking, the tasks assigned to the Three Suns Realm envoys come with higher risks, mostly oriented towards the north.

Just then, Su Yuan suddenly looked to the west, silver light flickering in his eyes: "As expected, it’s impossible to always remain undisturbed."

"Third Rank, is there trouble?" Xiang Dingqian quickly asked.

"Ji Yuan and their side are having some trouble, you rest here while I go check it out."

Xiang Dingqian naturally had great trust in Su Yuan and immediately said, "Alright, Third Rank, be careful!"

Su Yuan nodded slightly, raised his hand, and opened a Space Gate to step through.

Tens of kilometers away, in a vast and boundless sea of flowing sand.

From above, one could faintly see a certain part of the sand sea surface undulating, as if something was not peaceful beneath.

And at this moment, several Radiant Moon-level sandworms, over twenty meters long with small knife-shaped scales all over their bodies, were constantly writhing below, impacting a rock ball seemingly formed by six shields in the center.

These sandworms were all Radiant Moon Level, with incredible strength, each collision causing a violent shudder to the Six-shield Rock Ball.

And within this Six-shield Rock Ball were indeed Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao, who had come to explore.

Ji Yuan’s pale face showed a wry smile, supporting the rock ball’s defense with all his might, while looking at Tang Jiao beside him.

"I thought the sandy land was my specialty, but instead, I got trapped and involved you too..."

Tang Jiao said: "Don’t overthink it, we just need to hold on for a while. Third Rank Su is a Space Star Card Master, and he should get here soon."

As she spoke, Tang Jiao formed seals with both hands, and a wave of black light spread in all directions, quickly forming a Dark Domain that enveloped the area a thousand meters around, shrouding everything in darkness.

The many flesh worms "couldn’t see" the Six-shield Rock Ball and their siege immediately became chaotic.

Ji Yuan’s eyes lit up, and he immediately maneuvered the rock ball to evade attacks in the flowing sand, feeling much relieved.

Yet even so, the Six-shield Sand Ball had no way to escape under the siege of so many Radiant Moon-level sandworms.

Facing the continuous collisions from several sandworms, it wasn’t long before large cracks appeared on the Sand Shield.

Unbeknownst to them, they were sinking deeper and deeper into the quicksand...

As the Six-shield Rock Ball was about to break, Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao exchanged a glance, getting ready for a full-on assault, but at this moment, the surrounding sandworms suddenly scattered and swam away.

"Hmm? What’s going on?"

Tang Jiao frowned in confusion; when things are too unusual, there’s always a reason.

Ji Yuan, through his powerful Rock and Soil System sensing, became aware of something and suddenly his complexion changed.

"There seems to be something big below us!"

Tang Jiao’s expression turned solemn, she immediately closed her eyes and formed seals with her hands, expanding the Dark Domain downwards with full force.

Utilizing the domain’s trait of "visualizing everything," Tang Jiao quickly detected what was beneath them.

It was a giant Mother Sand Worm, hiding deep within the sand, a hundred meters long.

Its mouth was filled with blades, like a deep, bottomless black hole, located directly beneath them!

"Not good!!" Tang Jiao’s face instantly turned pale, she said in alarm, "Ji Envoy, quickly move away!"

Ji Yuan felt a chill at Tang Jiao’s panic, ignoring everything else, and immediately exerted all his strength to shift to the side.

Yet at this moment, the sands around them cascaded like a waterfall downwards... or rather, were being sucked in by the Mother Sand Worm!

"This is a Burning Sun-level Sand Worm!"

Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao were filled with horror, wanting to escape, but the powerful suction prevented them from moving against the flow.

In just a moment, they were within tens of meters of the Mother Sand Worm, they could even smell its foul, stinking breath!

"This is not good!" Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao both turned even paler.

At this critical moment, a deep sword light sliced through, like a tornado. The falling sand, which was being sucked down, suddenly halted at the cut surface.

Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao immediately felt the terrifying suction dissipate from beneath them... as if the sand sea had been forcibly severed by something.

Before them, a flash of silver light appeared, and a young man with silver hair, clad in a black robe with vermilion patterns, stood before their Six-shield Rock Ball, looking at the interrupted flow of sand below.

"Third Rank!"

On the brink of despair, Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao saw Su Yuan, and joy flared in their eyes.

But before they could express their relief, numerous tendril-like, serrated, blade-filled meat tendrils wrapped towards them.

Su Yuan’s eyes flickered with silver light, and an invisible force expanded around the three of them, immediately blocking all the incoming tendrils.

Then, accompanied by sharp insect screeches, a massive sandworm, as large as a hill and completely mismatched to the sound, burst out from the broken flow of sand below, trying to swallow Su Yuan and the others in one bite!

"Buzz buzz buzz...!"

The Mother Sand Worm’s hundred-zhang body writhed continuously, its monstrous jaws crazily pounded on the Infinite Barrier, causing ripples after ripples in the void.

Ji Yuan and the other finally witnessed the true form of the monster. The terrifying power and its massive, hideous appearance made their already pale faces turn even whiter.

Su Yuan, however, remained unfazed, murmuring to himself, "Very well, let’s use you to test my insights from these past days."

Su Yuan opened his right hand, and the dense Infinite Power gathered in his palm, suddenly radiating a dazzling silver light.

In just a moment, the Infinite Power compressed and converged at an astonishing speed, quickly transforming into a silver sphere.

With a wave of his right hand, the silver sphere in Su Yuan’s hand pierced through the Infinite Barrier in front and flew into the not-so-bright mouth of the Mother Sand Worm.

"You two, step back." Su Yuan slightly turned his head, speaking to the two behind him.

"Oh...okay!"

Ji Yuan and the other snapped out of their shock and quickly stepped back.

Meanwhile, Su Yuan watched the Mother Sand Worm in front of him, its entire body turning a dull yellow, seemingly reinforcing its flesh while constantly crashing against the Infinite Barrier, a gleam of silver light flickering in his eyes.

"Infinite Excess!"

The void seemed to hum momentarily, then the Mother Sand Worm’s body trembled, suddenly inflating rapidly like a balloon!

In just a few breaths, its hundred-zhang-long body had swollen into a gigantic "balloon" several hundred zhàng in diameter, covered from head to toe in numerous bloody cracks!

However, what filled its body wasn’t gas but ever-expanding space!

"Wuuu!!..."

"Boom!"

With a painful scream, the Mother Sand Worm exploded, shattering into thousands upon thousands of pieces of flesh.

"Oh, my God!"

Ji Ye was startled, quickly deploying the Rock Shield in front of him again as pieces of flesh rained down like a storm.

All the blood and pieces of flesh, however, were blocked by the Infinite Power outside Su Yuan’s body.

Su Yuan flew forward, finding the Star Core amidst the scattered flesh.

"A Chongyang Realm Star Core..." Su Yuan nodded slightly.

"Third Rank Su." Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao approached, both expressing their gratitude with a bow, "Thank you for saving us, Third Rank Su."

Su Yuan waved his hand, "The Grey Realm is fraught with peril. I am responsible for your safety, no need to thank me."

"Yes!" Ji Yuan immediately responded.

Originally, they thought a young genius like Su Yuan would be quite arrogant.

But after spending a few days with him, it turned out to be quite the opposite. Not only was he powerful, but also reliable in his actions. It’s really fortunate to have such an Imperial Envoy to follow...

Su Yuan put away the Star Core, feeling rather satisfied with the technique just now.

Infinite Excess allows for the maximization of space using Infinite Power, infusing it with Star Power, to unleash terrifying might.

This move was inspired by the battle with Infinite Profound Phoenix when obtaining [Instant Unlimited], which has numerous variations.

Su Yuan simply used the rapidly expanding space to burst the Mother Sand Worm, without even fully unleashing the technique’s power.

In fact, the Power of Soul itself carries considerable potency.

One just needs to find a more suitable way to manifest and utilize it according to specific abilities.

It doesn’t have to be as complex and rigorous as Epic or Legendary Skills, yet it can guarantee a decent baseline!

With the death of the Mother Sand Worm, the layers of quicksand below dispersed, revealing a huge and ominous cave entrance beneath Su Yuan and the others.

"There’s actually more here!" Ji Yuan exclaimed in surprise.

Su Yuan looked at the ominous black hole, his eyes reflecting contemplation about the unknown inside the cave.

Compared to the overt topography and possible paths, certain hidden passages can undoubtedly become strategic keys.

It’s just that the Grey Realm is full of crises, and the situation within this cave is unknown.

Su Yuan turned his gaze to the Radiant Moon Sand Worms swiftly fleeing not far away, raised his hand, and the Heavenly Lock rapidly shot into the void.

It only took a moment, with the sound of "wuuu wuuu...", several Radiant Moon Sand Worms were all bound and brought back.

Su Yuan focused, summoning Ruan Ruan from within his Spiritual Space.

"Puchi!" Ruan Ruan nuzzled against Su Yuan’s face.

Su Yuan said, "Ruan Ruan, can you devour them to check the memories?"

Originally, Su Yuan hesitated to let Ruan Ruan devour such ugly sand worms.

However, Ruan Ruan was perfectly willing, nodding and then opened its mouth, a devouring black light rapidly swallowing the sand worms whole.

Ji Yuan and Tang Jiao watched in shock.

These were Radiant Moon level sand worms! To devour so many at once, could this slime summoned by Third Rank Su be at the Burning Sun level as well...

Burning Sun level slime?

...

After a while, Ruan Ruan opened its eyes, slightly pouting its mouth.

"How is it, Ruan Ruan?"

"These sand worms are not very intelligent, only some vague memories can be obtained.

Below is a huge cave, seemingly leading to some other places.

However, since their birth, these sand worms have basically been in this area for countless years, with no more memories."

"A huge cave leading to other places..." Su Yuan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

If that’s the case, then it is necessary to investigate.

With a slight hesitation, Su Yuan immediately sent a signal, recalling Xia Xuan and Xiang Dingqian.

"The cave below seems quite dangerous, you four should not stray too far from me."

Inside the cave, Xia Xuan and the others could naturally assist in exploration, as long as they stayed close, he could generally take care of them.

If they were left outside and something unexpected happened, it would be difficult to care for them.

Xia Xuan and the others nodded in agreement, then followed Su Yuan into the cave...