Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle-Chapter 185: The Concept of Life and Death, Controlling Life and Death! (Please Follow)

Chapter 185: Chapter 185: The Concept of Life and Death, Controlling Life and Death! (Please Follow)

Seeing him silent, Jie Gangtai thought the man in grey was intimidated and arrogantly said, "Hand it over then. I don’t need anything extra, just one Grandmaster Realm Healing Potion will suffice."

The man in grey directly grabbed Jie Gangtai’s neck with one hand, lifting him up, then fiercely clenched his hand.

A crack sounded!

The sound of a breaking neck echoed.

Jie Gangtai’s eyes widened, his expression drastically changed: "You... you’re actually at the Great Venerable Realm, you’re not a trainee?"

The corner of the man in grey’s mouth curled up, "You guessed right."

"Now, answer my question."

Jie Gangtai struggled to breathe, his face red and neck swollen, had no choice but to respond, "Yes, I saw Xiao Ye over there, not far from the central passage. Can you let me go now?"

A broken neck bone carried a fatal risk even during the Beast Girl era.

Jie Gangtai was afraid this fellow might accidentally kill him.

The man in grey laughed, threw him onto the ground, and then tossed a Grandmaster Realm Healing Potion before disappearing with a swish.

Jie Gangtai saw the Healing Potion, opened the bottle with the fastest speed he had ever managed in his life, and drank it.

After a short while, he felt his injuries had mostly healed, and said with a frightful expression, "That was really close, I almost lost my life."

"Damn, today is just too unlucky, first Xue Er drove me away, then Xiao Ye robbed me, and then I was captured by this mysterious man in grey."

"This training session has just started!"

After the man in grey left, he merged into the darkness and immediately reported Xiao Ye’s appearance in the Underground Crystal Mine to Young Master Hong Tao of the Hong family.

Young Master Hong Tao was overjoyed and said, "Excellent, proceed as planned, remember, don’t give yourself away."

The man in grey responded, "Received!"

After ending the communication, the man in grey sent out several commands.

[Target spotted, proceed as planned]

[Received!][Received!][Received!]

Jie Gangtai also took out a communicator to send a message to Mu Qingxue, saying, "Xue Er, I have some information about Xiao Ye. How about we team up for this training?"

Mu Qingxue replied, "Spit it out already."

The core chip in the special communicator from the Beast Girl era, developed by the hidden Saint Realm, dealt with signal communication and Rule Power, making it functional anywhere from a thousand meters underground to ten thousand meters in the sky.

Jie Gangtai was thrilled, this was the first time Xue Er had responded to his message so quickly.

Although the topic was about Xiao Ye!

Jie Gangtai: "I saw Xiao Ye in the Underground Crystal Mine."

Mu Qingxue: "Ah, really?"

Jie Gangtai could sense her excitement, he bitterly replied, "Yeah, can I team up with you? This underground crystal mine is too mysterious."

Mu Qingxue: "No, I’m busy, got to go."

"..." Jie Gangtai.

Then he received another message from Mu Qingxue, his face brightened, surely Xue Er had agreed to team up with him.

He opened the message to check:

"If you have any other news about Xiao Ye, tell me immediately."

Jie Gangtai’s expression darkened.

Xiao Ye, always Xiao Ye, he couldn’t understand it; Xiao Ye who usually had nothing to do with Xue Er, why did she pay him so much attention?

Jie Gangtai replied, "No problem, Xue Er!"

As long as he could talk more with Mu Qingxue, he was willing to discuss matters regarding Xiao Ye.

Elsewhere.

Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi headed in one direction, delving deeper into the Underground Crystal Mine, passing through various caves, and arrived at a partially developed crystal mine cave area.

The cave was initially covered with rocks, soil, ore, and crystal stones, which after the constant digging day and night by the Hong family’s miners, formed various caves.

Pitch black enveloped them, not even their hands visible before them, yet the darkness no longer hindered Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi. As individuals residing in the Great Venerable Realm and at the Grandmaster Peak, their bodies had long possessed the ability to see in the dark.

Finding the Phantom Spirit Elf headquarters was the real challenge facing the duo now.

Xiao Ye recalled the knowledge Liu Ya had shared about the Spiritual Illusion Elves, focusing his attention on the Conception Crystal Stone.

Phantom Spirit Elves and Conception Crystal Stones and Crystal Essence complement each other.

Where Conception Crystal Stones are abundant, Phantom Spirit Elf Beasts surely exist.

"Boom!" Cheng Bingxi picked up a shovel and powerfully smashed it into the rock, which crumbled to reveal more rock.

Thump, thump, thump!

Cheng Bingxi did not feel discouraged and continued to smash one huge rock after another.

She uncovered a cave nearly fifty meters in diameter.

In the end, it was still just rock!

No trace of Conception Crystal Stones.

"Bingxi, let me try," Xiao Ye spoke up.

Cheng Bingxi felt a bit of soreness in her muscles from the smashing, so she stepped aside to rest.

Xiao Ye tossed aside the shovel and approached the rock with bare hands.

Cheng Bingxi wondered, perplexed—did he plan to smash it with his hands?

Xiao Ye whispered softly, "Five Elements Control!"

"Earth Element Control!"

[Five Elements Control: Controlling the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth]heritage from the Five-clawed Golden Dragon.

[Earth Element Control: Control over earth elements; any objects made up of earth elements like rock, sand, soil, and slate can be controlled]

A wave of mental energy emanated from Xiao Ye, spreading over the surrounding rock.

"Shatter, dissolve!" Xiao Ye commanded.

As his voice fell, the power of the Earth Element Control activated, making the tough, vast rock start to break down layer by layer from the outside, turning into rubble and dust.

Within a second, they had progressed to a ten-meter diameter, and after ten seconds, a hundred-meter diameter cave had formed.

"!" Cheng Bingxi’s eyes widened in astonishment at the skill—why bother with manual labor when Xiao Ye could do it so effortlessly!

She had tired herself out smashing for more than ten minutes to only make fifty meters of progress, whereas he had doubled it in ten seconds.

Yet, Xiao Ye frowned.

Despite their hundred-meter progress, not a single Conception Crystal Stone had been found.

Disbelieving, he used the Earth Element Control again for several more minutes, expanding their progress astonishingly to a thousand meters.

But still! Not a single Conception Crystal Stone had fallen.

Conception Crystal Stones could technically be broken down by Earth Element Control, but had they appeared, Xiao Ye would have sensed them, yet he sensed nothing.

Xiao Ye’s brow furrowed deeply, wandering aimlessly like a headless fly—how long would it take to find a Spiritual Illusion Elf? A more direct and faster method was essential.

Minutes passed, and Xiao Ye couldn’t think of a good strategy.

However, Cheng Bingxi’s eyes suddenly sparkled as she said:

"Xiao Ye, let’s use the Life and Death Control to sense if there’s any vitality in the Crystal Mine; only Phantom Spirit Elves’ life forms exist within the Crystal Mine."

"The bodies of Phantom Spirit Elves carry a rich vitality."

"If we detect vitality, it means that there are Spiritual Illusion Elves in this Crystal Mine."

Hearing this, Xiao Ye smiled—of course, such a simple and convenient method would negate the need to break through rocks to find the Crystal Mine.

Then, both began to radiate Life and Death Realm Power from their bodies, permeating the rock to meticulously detect any presence of life or life forms.

[Life and Death Control: Control over life and destruction factors]heritage from the Summoned Beast, Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.

Life and Death Realm: Two contrasting attributes of power, intertwining and repelling each other.

The pair walked through each of the caves, letting their Realm Power penetrate the rock to meticulously survey the area, and finally, half an hour later, they sensed the presence of intense vitality.