Chapter 2178 It''s You (Part One)
"Who did it?"
The old man roared in fury. The entire underground area quivered due to the terrifying sound waves
that came from his roar.
His body was trembling so intensely due to his extreme wrath that it seemed as if he would fall down
any time.
The mineral warehouse was the treasure room of the Zhao n. Thus, the majority of the treasures
they had obtained in their mining area over the past several months were stored in there.
But the most precious things in store there were the time crystals that they just dug out a day ago.
This particr kind of crystal ore contained plenty of time energy. This kind of crystal was almost
extinct in the entirend of the Divine Continent.
Therefore, each and every piece was absolutely invaluable.
But to everyone''s surprise, a batch of the time crystal was dug out from the mining area of the Zhao
n. Rumor had it that quite a lot of time crystals were found, so the total value was a very stunning
figure.
The old man had already sent this good news to the headquarters of the Zhao n and asked them to
arrange a group of capable warriors to escort the time crystals back to the headquarters.
But before the capable warriors could even get there, the theft took ce and everything in the mineral
warehouse was stolen. The entire warehouse was empty now.
Naturally, this unexpected theft left the old man feeling both frightened and enraged.
"This is him, sir!"
A man said as he waved his hand to draw a faint shadow of a person with his spiritual sense.
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Gradually, the shadow became clearer and clearer until it showed a vivid image of Austin.
"A young man? Unbelievable!"
The old man stared coldly at the image of Austin that the middle-aged man had just conjured.
"He couldn''t have run too far yet. Let''s go after him now!"
The old man rushed along the tunnel underground and dashed out of the mining cave in the blink of an
eye.
And soon, several groups of people from the Zhao n were also sent searching for the thief in every
possible directionbing every crevice and corner in the area in an attempt to find Austin.
Among the people of the Zhao n, there were three who stood out as the swiftest and most effective.
All three of them were advanced cultivators at the Heavenly Grotto Realm level. They had been in
charge of the mining area for many years, and one of them was the short, thin old man who had just
rushed into the underground mineral warehouse to check for any trace of Austin.
Meanwhile, the other two advanced cultivators were a fat old man in a gray robe and a tall and strong
middle-aged man.
The three of them spread out in different directions in search of the thief.
"Be careful. It seems like that guy is good at hiding and escaping since he was able to escape from the
warehouse underground!"
The short, thin old man warned his twopanions in a resonant voice.
His voice sounded like waves of deafening thunder and reached everyone''s ears.
"Go back to the mining pit and search along the mining tunnels. He might be in one of them!"
Someone in the crowd proposed.
Upon hearing this, all of the people of the Zhao n immediately rushed into the mining pit without
hesitation.
However, this way, they were merely relying on their luck in finding the thief.
Even though the cultivators could still perceive things through their spiritual sense when they were
under the ground, their use of it was still quite restricted.
Underground, their spiritual sense could only work within a certain range that was much smaller than
the usual. As a result, they could not use their spiritual sense as easily and effectively as they could
above the ground.
But Austin wasn''t like any of them. He could move just as easily underground as he did above ground
—it didn''t matter whether he was in the soil or the rocks or wherever, it was all the same to him. He
could travel in every direction and traverse anything above and below ground, and nothing could stop
him.
"Master, pay attention to the three advanced cultivators at the Heavenly Grotto Realm level. They are
the only persons you need to be alert of.
Cultivators at the Heavenly Grotto Realm level can understand and use thews of heaven and earth
to some degree. More than that, they also have some kind of ability tomunicate with heaven and
earth in the space nearby.
So even if you travel under the ground, they could still urately perceive your position," Brady said to
Austin.
As a veteran cultivator, he, of course, knew some things that Austin didn''t know.
Just as Brady had said, Austin soon found that there were three people running closely behind them on
the ground, and no matter which direction he went, they merely followed suit.
"Hey, Brady, do you know how strong the three cultivators at the Heavenly Grotto Realm are?
How about we just go out and fight them instead? Do we stand a chance?" asked Austin.
Since there seemed no way to get rid of them, Austin thought it would be a good idea to just face the
problem head on.
"One of the three cultivators at the Heavenly Grotto Realm is quite powerful. In fact, he is almost as
powerful as I am.
On the other hand, the other two cultivators are just average warriors. They are nothingpared to
me.
But I still think we''d better leave if all three of them areing for us at the same time.
I can deal with the strongest one among them, but the chance of you winning if the other two decide to
join forces to fight you is quite slim," said Brady.
He ryed to Austin everything he found after heunched his spiritual sense to get an estimate of the
strength of the three cultivators chasing after them.
"All right, in that case, we should find a way to escape first," replied Austin with a nod.