Ding Meng didn't let He Luo go out of kindness. The main reason was that he needed to melt these six bags of crystal stones, and he didn't want to be disturbed. As for whether He Luo had run away, gone to get help, or really went to look for crystal stones, no one would dare to come to this place in a short period of time.
"Um … Ding Meng … Lord Ding Meng …" Fu Lao Shi flew over. She had good eyesight. When she saw that the leader of the Fire Dragon Tribe couldn't even struggle in front of Ding Meng, she knew that Lord Kouqi had called him over to help. Therefore, she even changed the way she addressed him. "If you want three-colored crystals, we can help you keep an eye out for the crystal tide."
Ding Meng waved his hand and said, "If you can find them, you can leave half of them for me. You can use the other half yourselves."
This time, Fu Lao Shi didn't feel distressed at all. With Ding Meng here, who would dare to come here and cause trouble?
They could take this crystal well and excavate the Eternal Flame Crystals. As for giving half of them to Ding Meng, it would be a piece of cake.
Not to mention half, she was even willing to give most of it to Ding Meng.
Of course, with the energy he had just absorbed, Ding Meng could now refine the Eternal Flame Crystals on the cliff with peace of mind.
The effect of the four-colored Eternal Flame Crystals was far better than the three-colored or two-colored ones. The Source Flow produced by them was equal to the Source Essence that Ding Meng obtained after refining the Source Energy he had absorbed normally ten times.
Little Rascal said, "When the Source Energy is refined to a certain level, not only will it change color, but it will also change shape. This principle is similar to the Blazing Sun Battle Pattern. You can give it a try."
Ding Meng stretched out his palms and formed a hand knife. With a "bang", the hand knife ignited with a light green flame. With a shake of his hands, the green flame left his hands and turned into the same hand knife shape. It looked like two green blades. Using his telekinesis, the blades could fly back and forth in the air. After circling for a long time, they flew back and merged back into Ding Meng's palms …
In the past, this was extremely difficult to achieve. Whether it was the release of source energy or the Blazing Sun Battle Runes, it could only be released and not retracted. This was like a photoelectric gun, which could only be fired but not retracted. Moreover, the rays that were fired were all straight and could not be adjusted. But now, source energy could be retracted and released freely.
Little Rascal said in a deep voice, "Ding Meng, you have finally completed your foundational skills. From the perspective of the Mou Star Civilization, congratulations, Ding Meng, you have become a true warrior."
Ding Meng really wanted to scream. With his current strength, he could only be considered a warrior by Mou Xing's standards.
"Isn't there an eleventh origin?" Ding Meng was a little confused.
"There is!"
Little Rascal sighed. "But now that your foundation has taken shape, you can consider cultivating other skills. The eleventh origin isn't something you can cultivate just because you want to. It requires a lot of luck and coincidence."
Xiao Ai said, "The Federal Empire's skills are too weak. Right now, you can consider how to properly utilize the enormous power in your body. My suggestion is that you can evolve your three major skills: Diamond Star Sword Technique, Wings of Light, and Heavenly Sword Thirteen Styles. These skills all require divine light weapons to complement them. Catoptric Deflection is no longer as important as it used to be …"
After that, Ding Meng activated the anti-gravity force field and began a long period of cultivation in the elementary consciousness space. During this time, Fu Lao Shi and the other members of the Flame Butterfly Race really did bring a lot of three-colored Eternal Flame Crystals to Ding Meng. There were a total of 88 three-colored Eternal Flame Crystals. Whether it was the size or the quality, they were all quite good.
The most laughable thing was that He Di Luo had actually returned. This time, however, he wasn't looking for trouble. Instead, he led a group of subordinates to deliver a few dozen bags of various sizes to Ding Meng. Of course, these crystals weren't all three-colored or four-colored Eternal Flame Crystals. There were also a large number of Fire Crystals mixed in.
With Ding Meng's current absorption ability, even high-grade Fire Crystals were dispensable. However, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. It was better to have something than nothing. The key was that Ding Meng was too lazy to find the crystals himself. Getting ready-made crystals was the way to go.
In fact, He Di Luo wasn't convinced. He was just hoping for a fluke when he delivered the crystals. The group of old crocodiles put the bags on the hillside and then began to think. Ding Meng had been sitting cross-legged on the cliff all this time. His eyes were closed, and he didn't move at all. No one knew what he was doing. It seemed like he was resting.
However, as soon as the bags were put down, all of them opened automatically. The crystals inside flew towards Ding Meng as if they were magic. Ding Meng was like a magnet, sucking all of the Eternal Flame Crystals away.
Seeing this, He Di Luo and the other old crocodiles immediately gave up on their mischievous thoughts. He Di Luo even took the initiative to find Fu Lao Shi. "When will Lord Ding wake up?"
Fu Lao Shi was very vigilant. "What do you want?"
He Di Luo coughed and said, "Nothing. I was just thinking that since Lord Ding is so powerful, this floor is definitely not a place where he can stay for long."
Fu Lao Shi agreed with him. From the perspective of the Fire Clan, Ding Meng's power was at least at the 40th floor underground. This was definitely not a place where he could stay for long. Moreover, Ding Meng was a human being. Therefore, sooner or later, he would have to go down.
"It is exactly because Lord Ding is a human being that he needs the Eternal Flame Crystals." He Di Luo said mysteriously.
Fu Lao Shi immediately realized that Ding Meng must be absorbing the Eternal Flame Crystals. This was not to increase his power, but to strengthen his body's resistance. After all, humans were different from the Fire Clan. Humans needed to use their origin energy to resist the high temperature, while the Fire Clan could adapt to all kinds of high temperatures. If the Fire Clan wanted to go down to the deeper areas, they needed to pass the test of the quenching pool and evolve.
Fu Lao Shi immediately understood what He Di Luo was thinking. "You mean, you have a way to go down without going through the quenching pool?"
He Di Luo said, "Don't you want to go down?"
Fu Lao Shi said, "If you don't go through the quenching pool, you won't be able to evolve. If you go down, you will be killed by other clans."
"That's not necessarily true!"
He Di Luo decisively denied and said in a low voice, "Lord Ding needs the Eternal Flame Crystals. Let's go and collect them for him. If he has them, we will have them too.
If we have the five-colored Eternal Flame Crystals, we will be able to evolve. "
The color of Fu Lao Shi's eyes kept changing. Obviously, she was already moved by this idea. After all, the goal of the Fire Clan was to evolve. The process was not that important. After all, all roads lead to Rome.
"But we don't know when Lord Ding Meng will wake up." Fu Lao Shi was also a bit anxious.
She was not as anxious as Ding Meng himself. The process of absorbing and quenching this batch of Eternal Flame Crystals was way too complicated. It would take a long time to quench out the pure, dark-green original power. Even with the support of the anti-gravity force field, a thousand hours would pass in the blink of an eye, which meant that over ten days had already passed in the real world.
However, although Ding Meng was in the middle of cultivation, he clearly knew what was going on in the outside world. Therefore, the first thing he said after waking up was: "Lead the way!"
"Lead the way for what?" asked He Di Luo in surprise.
Ding Meng said blandly, "Go down. I'll leave the task of finding the crystal well to you. If you find the five-colored crystals, don't worry, I won't mistreat you."
Without saying another word, He Di Luo turned around and left. A group of crocodiles rushed into the depths of the cave. Fu Lao Shi and a group of dragonflies surrounded Ding Meng and followed behind them.
As He Di Luo had expected, he didn't choose the quenching pool. Instead, he chose a very well-hidden cave about three-thousand miles away from the crystal well.
This cave was quite small, about the size of a private room. In the middle of the cave, the air seemed to have been torn apart by a space crack. It looked like a swirl of stars, but also like a black hole. Inside the space crack, nothing could be seen clearly.
He, Di Luo, Fu Lao and the others might not know what this thing was, but Ding Meng, Little Rascal, and Little Love could tell at first glance that it was a space-time crack. Perhaps it was not accurate to describe it as a space-time crack, because this space-time crack was way too small to teleport people far away.
"Can we go down from this place?" asked Ding Meng.
"Yes!" He Di Luo nodded affirmatively and said, "I've been down there before."
Ding Meng frowned and asked, "When did you find this place?"
"A few years ago." said He Di Luo.
"How many years?" asked Ding Meng.
"About three years!" said He Di Luo.
Ding Meng didn't say anything, because he had already realized that this small black hole was definitely not formed naturally. It was definitely man-made. The problem was, creating something like this required energy and equipment, but this black hole had existed for at least three years. What on earth did it rely on to keep it running for such a long time?
"Let's go down!" said Ding Meng decisively.
From the thirty-first layer to the fortieth layer, just as Ding Meng had expected, it was no longer a 'golden' world, but a 'green' world. All the original power flames had changed their color.
However, because of the recent cultivation, Ding Meng now only needed to use four of the original power points inside his body.
Since they were in the border area, it was not easy for them to be discovered by other fire kind creatures. Therefore, Ding Meng and the others decided to search for crystal wells everywhere. It turned out that Ding Meng had made the right decision to let He Di Luo go. He Di Luo and the other old crocodiles didn't have any other skills, but they were good at finding crystal wells. No matter how remote or far away a crystal well was, they could always find it.
However, the progress of the ten layers was much slower. Ding Meng relied on He Di Luo and the other old crocodiles to collect eternal-flame crystals for him, and He Di Luo and the other old crocodiles also needed eternal-flame crystals to change their forms. Therefore, from the thirty-first layer to the fortieth layer, it took them a whole 2500 hours, which equaled to three months.
Fu Lao and the other old crocodiles had already evolved into butterflies from dragonflies, while He Di Luo and the other old crocodiles had evolved into something similar to a tyrannosaurus rex.
The water droplet suddenly popped out and said, "This is the evolutionary route of the flame butterflies and flame dragons. When they reach the limit of evolution, they will become ancient butterflies and dragons. However, these people are not talented enough, and reaching this level is the limit."
Ding Meng nodded and said, "Let's keep going!"