Chapter 305 Treasure House

Jemin hovered above the cave entrance, and the perception of the reconnaissance eye spread downwards.

At the same time, he activated alchemy, and his mental power explored downwards along the metal wall next to him like a tentacle.

The feedback from the reconnaissance magic appeared clearly in Jemin's mind: the area below was not just a passage, but a vast underground space.

Its structure and layout vaguely reveal that it was once some kind of commercial place, but now it has become a battlefield.

Three wizards in grey robes were leaning against a broken metal support column, struggling to hold on. The magical aura on their bodies flickered, and it was obvious that they were consuming a lot of energy.

Their opponents are dozens of indigenous people from the Giant Spirit Realm of various appearances.

Most of these natives take on a semi-fluid slime-like base form, fused with various mechanical parts, wielding energy weapons or performing innate spell-like abilities.

The most eye-catching among them are four elite individuals with extremely large bodies and energy fluctuations reaching level four.

They are like small leaders on the battlefield, commanding other low-level natives to continue the siege.

It is quite difficult for three level three wizards to win against four level four elites and a large number of miscellaneous soldiers.

The undisguised mental power that Benjamin swept across was immediately captured by the wizards who were struggling to hold on below.

"Friends up there! Help us get rid of these enemies. We'll split the spoils we find here equally!" A third-level wizard in the lead sent out a call for help through his mental power without hesitation, his voice filled with obvious anxiety.

"Can."

Benjamin responded concisely, without hesitation, and dived down towards the cave entrance.

As he fell, the battle situation suddenly became critical.

In order to avoid a corrosive spear wrapped in ominous black smoke that shot out from the shadows, a wizard was forced to cast elemental incarnation, and his entire body turned into a pool of flowing water.

The spear penetrated the water curtain, and although it did not cause any physical damage, the accompanying soul-eroding power caused the water flow to gather into a human form again, and his face turned as pale as paper.

Then an abnormal flush surged up, and he suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood. His breath instantly weakened, and it was obvious that his soul was seriously damaged.

"roar!!!"

Just as those fourth-level natives were about to take advantage of the situation to kill the seriously injured wizard, a roar shook the entire underground space!

A huge black figure fell in the center of the battlefield like a meteorite. It was a level five black giant that Benjamin had resurrected!

As soon as the black giant appeared, the terrifying pressure made all the natives freeze.

It didn't do anything fancy, it just punched the nearest level 4 native directly, the wind from its fist squeezed the air, making an explosive sound!

The fourth-level native in slime form reacted extremely quickly. Several sticky tentacles extended from its body in an instant, and it rolled up several low-level fellows nearby who were unable to dodge and threw them at the black giant's fist like throwing stones.

He used the force to fly backwards and narrowly avoided the fatal blow.

"careful!"

However, another wizard who had been observing the overall situation suddenly changed his expression and shouted at Jemin who had just landed.

Almost at the same time as he spoke, a figure that almost blended into the environment suddenly jumped up from the shadows behind Benjamin!

It was not wearing any external machinery, and its body stretched and hardened in an instant, turning into a sharp biological bone spear, piercing Benjamin's back at an astonishing speed!

The opponent's concealment method was extremely powerful. Even Benjamin's detection seal and his own perception were unable to give him advance warning before he took action!

However, the expected scene of the bone spear piercing the body did not happen.

The suddenly-moving third-level aboriginal felt a flash before his eyes. The target's figure seemed to sway slightly. His thunder attack actually... missed?!

It couldn't understand why the other party could dodge it so easily when its speed was obviously at its fastest.

A smug smile flashed across Benjamin's heart.

Naturally, they would not tell it that the moment the black giant descended, its own "time disorder" field had quietly covered the surrounding small area.

The extremely fast speed perceived by the enemy was just an ordinary attack in Benjamin's time reference system.

"Want a sneak attack?"

Benjamin raised his right hand, and the ten special talisman magic weapons on his wrist, which looked like they were carved from crystal, instantly lit up with dazzling light.

The next moment, hundreds of fine and scorching energy rays shot out from the crystal!

After leaving the talisman, these rays did not attack randomly. Instead, under Benjamin's exquisite control, they quickly gathered and merged in mid-air, eventually forming a white light cannon as thick as a bucket, containing destructive energy.

With unstoppable force, he fiercely attacked the attacker who appeared "slow" due to the difference in the speed of time flow!

The attacker was in the deceleration force field and had no time to dodge effectively. He could only watch in horror as the light cannon approached him, piercing through his protective energy and tough body, vaporizing them!

After firing a few more shots and confirming that the enemy had been killed, Benjamin carefully used his mental power to collect the remaining tissue debris and kept it as trophies.

On the other side, with the addition of the level 5 black giant, the situation of the battle was instantly reversed.

The black giant is like a tiger among a flock of sheep. Its powerful physical resistance and energy absorption properties allow it to almost ignore most attacks, and its time disorder field makes the enemies besieging it miserable.

The remaining three wizards felt less pressured and more motivated, cooperating with the black giant to quickly clear out the remaining enemies.

Soon, the battle ended.

The three wizards, including the seriously injured companion who had barely stabilized his condition after taking medicine, all moved closer to Benjamin.

When they saw the alchemy badge on Jieming's robe, they couldn't help but show joy on their faces.

The injured wizard tore open his torn robe and applied a refreshing green ointment to the strange black corrosion marks on his chest. He took the initiative to explain the situation to Benjamin, his tone filled with relief and excitement at having survived a disaster:

"Thank you for your help, my friend! We are from the Grey Tower team. We discovered a well-preserved treasure trove hidden deep within this underground complex! Judging from its structure and energy response, it must be storing a considerable amount of resources. However..."

He paused, a trace of helplessness on his face. "The treasure house was locked by a special seal. We tried to break it by force, but it triggered the pre-alarm of the self-destruct mechanism, attracting those guards and subsequent reinforcements."

"We've eliminated the original permanent guards of the treasure house, but it seems some natives are unwilling to give up this place and have been sending people to try to recapture it or stop us."

Upon hearing this, Benjamin nodded thoughtfully.

The fact that some natives repeatedly sneaked back to attack at any cost indirectly proves that the value of this treasure house is probably extraordinary.

No wonder they were so happy to see an alchemist like me - breaking this kind of technical seal is one of the alchemist's specialties.

"I can give it a try," Jieming said succinctly, then proposed a condition, "If you succeed in cracking it, I need to have the right to choose a piece of loot first."

The other two wizards who were still in good condition looked at each other, then looked at the leader, who nodded without hesitation: "As it should be! If you hadn't arrived in time, we wouldn't have been able to save the treasure, not even our lives."

After reaching an agreement, Benjamin, under the protection of the black giant, came to a heavy metal door located in the deepest part of the underground building.

The surface of the gate is engraved with complex energy patterns, and there is a circular depression in the center, emitting obscure and dangerous energy fluctuations.

Benjamin stretched out his right hand and gently pressed it on the cold metal door. He closed his eyes and performed alchemy, and his mental power slowly seeped into the sealing structure.

In his perception, the inside of the seal was like a sophisticated trap.

Several strands of energy with strange properties act like "fuses", entwined and connected to a huge and violent energy source.

Any attempt to violently change the material form or energy state inside the treasure house will instantly break these "fuses", detonating the huge energy source and destroying everything inside along with the cracker.

"It's a very ingenious design, using the unique power characteristics of the indigenous people as the key..." Benjamin thought to himself.

He thought for a moment and decided to take the safest approach.

While maintaining alchemy, Benjamin also performed extraction.

The mental power turned into an invisible hand, carefully bypassing those sensitive trigger points and directly acting on those strange energies that served as "fuses".

Relying on the power of extraction, he peeled off the energy from the sealing structure bit by bit and introduced it into the energy container temporarily constructed in the space inside his body.

Woo! Woo! Woo!

At the moment when the last "fuse" was pulled out, the patterns on the treasure house door suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light and issued a sharp and piercing alarm!

The sound echoed in the empty underground space and spread far away.

However, that’s all.

Without the "fuse" to detonate the huge energy source, the alarm is useless except for making noise and potentially attracting more enemies.

Benjamin remained unmoved and kept moving.

Although the fuse is gone, this treasure house is most likely safe.

But just in case, he used the extraction technique again, and this time his target was directly locked on the silent but huge energy source at the core of the seal!

Thanks to his efforts, the terrifying energy that was enough to blow up an area within a thousand meters was completely extracted.

It transformed into a constantly twisting and flickering ball of light, which he carefully sealed within the space within his body.

"It's just right to replenish the previous consumption..." Benjamin felt a little relieved. This ball of high-quality energy was an unexpected surprise.

After doing all this, he took a step back and gave orders to the black giant beside him who was like a black iron tower.

The black giant roared, and his two giant palms covered with liquid metal suddenly inserted into the gap of the treasure house door!

Crunch—bang!

A teeth-grinding sound of metal tearing was heard, and the heavy metal door, which had lost its energy protection and only had its physical structure left, was forcibly pried open like paper under the terrifying force of the black giant, revealing the dark interior of the treasure house behind it.

A strong breath of energy and a strange smell mixed with some metal and unknown compounds instantly emanated from the opened treasure house.

(End of this chapter)