Astral Cockroach

The original crystal storage box uses an electronic lock, which is not easy to open.

Before Banbu could speak, the Fire Peach Cockroach King snorted with dissatisfaction and said, "Cedar Cockroach King, you are too much! To open this kind of box, even the Mantis Kings of the Golden Mantis Kingdom would have to pay a heavy price."

The Shuo Cockroach tribe lives up to its name, with a large build. After advancing to Mountain Lord, their body length stabilizes at around 5.5 meters, a full 1 meter longer than the Red Cockroach tribe warriors.

They also possess flame abilities, thick armor, and powerful strength, making them a race adept at close combat.

Their physical characteristics dictate that this tribe is mostly barbaric, straightforward in their actions, and not very reasonable.

The Cedar Cockroach King ignored the Fire Peach Cockroach King and directly asked Banbu, "Can you open it or not?"

"Yes," Banbu replied affirmatively, then hesitated, changing the subject, "This thing is not easy to open! It will cause me quite a bit of damage, and I'll need several days to recover. I'm afraid the matter of opening the door will have to be delayed."

The Cedar Cockroach King said, "The value of the things inside the box is no less than the things behind that door. Opening the door is not urgent."

Banbu continued to hesitate, probing, "The reward..."

The Cedar Cockroach King was slightly angry and said, "I've asked several tribes that control metal abilities, and they are all black-hearted. There are only 64 original crystals in total, and they want to take away 34 at most, and at least 20 as a reward."

Banbu said, "Then I'll also take 20 original crystals."

The Cedar Cockroach King said angrily, "Don't be too greedy, little fellow!"

Banbu tentatively asked, "19 crystals? That's not too much, right?"

The Cedar Cockroach King said indifferently, "10 crystals."

"Cedar Cockroach King, you're too ruthless!" Red Shell Cockroach King emphasized, "Opening this kind of box comes at the cost of lifespan."

"That's just false propaganda from the Golden Mantis and Blade Mantis tribes. In fact, it's not that serious at all. I've seen it with my own eyes, so I know very well." The Cedar Cockroach King relaxed his tone, stared at Banbu, and said suspiciously, "You only have the strength of a Mountain Lord. I'm afraid you really will suffer serious hidden damage, right?"

Banbu honestly replied, "My metal ability is quite special, so I can open this kind of box at the Mountain Lord level. However, overusing my metal ability will definitely cause injury, and I'll need to rest for a few days."

"Then it doesn't matter if it's delayed for a few days." The Cedar Cockroach King swept his wing and sent the box flying, landing in front of Banbu, and said, "You guys who control metal abilities are all in cahoots to swindle us. Hmph! Don't think I don't know."

"The price is set, just 10 original crystals. Hurry up and open the box for me."

This old thing has a terrible temper and is not easy to talk to at all!

Banbu looked at the Red Shell Cockroach King.

The Red Shell Cockroach King looked at the Fire Peach Cockroach King.

The Fire Peach Cockroach King looked up at the sky: You guys decide for yourselves. I'm not involved.

Banbu felt that it would be easy for the negotiation to break down, and if it did, he would really suffer a big loss, so he readily said, "Since we are all cockroaches, I will take a loss. I will only take 10 original crystals to open the box!"

The job of opening the original crystal storage box has always been monopolized by the various insect kings led by the Golden Mantis Kingdom. After Banbu lit and activated 300 supernatural power patterns, he thought about getting a piece of the pie, but his strength was too low to reach that level.

This is an excellent opportunity to break in!

Opening a box and earning 10 original crystals is an easy windfall, much faster than venturing deep into the Rainbow Maze to find them himself.

He pretended to pick up the box, repeatedly turning it over and inspecting it, dawdling for a long time before activating his metal ability.

He transformed the key spring of the built-in lock into ordinary metal, and then used his metal manipulation ability to break it. During the process, he also deliberately broke a metal component that was irrelevant to opening the box, consuming more of the original power stored in his supernatural power patterns.

With a click, the lid of the box popped open a crack.

At the same time, the supernatural power patterns in his heart rapidly flashed, frantically drawing natural original power from the surrounding area.

The Red Shell Cockroach King was frightened by this scene and exclaimed, "Banbu, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Banbu replied weakly, opened the box, unceremoniously counted out 10 original crystals, then closed the box and sent it to the Cedar Cockroach King.

The Cedar Cockroach King didn't even reach out to take it. Instead, a county lord-level warrior named "Pengsong" did it for him.

"Little fellow, stop pretending. Your original power patterns are not damaged at all! Your metal ability original power patterns are located in the front heart position near the brain. They are very special, small in number but of extremely high quality, and store an unusually rich amount of original power. Opening this box only consumed a very small portion of original power."

The Cedar Cockroach King said disdainfully, "You're too naive. Compared to those cunning Mantis Kings and Armor Kings, you're far behind. At least they would actually shatter a little original power pattern to look more convincing, but you're perfectly fine, pretending to be weak? It doesn't look like it at all!"

The Cedar Cockroach King shook his antennae and said, "Young insect, not ruthless enough."

The Red Shell Cockroach King looked at Banbu strangely.

The Fire Peach Cockroach King looked at Banbu with ill intentions.

He was exposed!

They are all a bunch of old actors!

That's not right. Could it be that those old guys don't suffer much damage when opening boxes either? That's not normal! After all, it's just the original life level... The talent abilities of these insects are not simple!

"That, I... Hehe... This..." Banbu felt that he had been tricked, his thoughts were a little confused, and his heart was bitter. He changed his mind and innocently cried out, "The market is like this, I was forced to!"

"If I charge a lower reward, wouldn't I offend all those Insect Kings who control metal abilities? Wouldn't they secretly kill me?" Banbu reluctantly explained, then changed the subject and asked curiously,

"Cedar Cockroach King, how did you know?"

The Cedar Cockroach King coldly said, "Why don't you go ask around about the specific enhancement effects of the God-given Seed that I possess."

Without asking further, Banbu guessed that it should be the enhancement of perception ability, and it was the extremely rare enhancement of "supernatural pulse perception ability".

Fortunately, the other party had shallow knowledge and could not distinguish between supernatural power patterns and original power patterns, otherwise his greatest secret would be exposed.

The Fire Peach Cockroach King gritted his teeth and said hatefully, "You guys who control metal abilities are so black-hearted! Those old guys are one thing, but you little fellow, you're not old, but your heart is black enough!"

He was furious and seemed about to set a fire.

The Red Shell Cockroach King quickly stood in front of Banbu and said, "Fire Peach Cockroach King, Banbu hasn't opened a box for you, has he? He hasn't tricked you, has he? Why are you so angry?"

The Fire Peach Cockroach King said angrily, "The Gorgeous Golden Hall tribe helped us open two of these boxes and charged exorbitant prices, taking away 25 original crystals as a reward for each box! These two boxes were found by hundreds of warriors from our tribe risking their lives in the Rainbow Maze..."

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There was a moment of silence.

The Red Shell Cockroach King asked with concern, "Banbu, you've consumed a lot, right? Pack your things, let's go, we'll come back tomorrow."

"Okay." Banbu agreed decisively. The atmosphere was not right, and he should not stay here for long. He grabbed the spider silk bag, quickly collected the original crystals, and prepared to leave first.

"Fire Peach, your temper is even bigger than mine." The Cedar Cockroach King warned, "You better not talk nonsense everywhere. I don't want to offend all the tribes that control metal abilities at once."

The Red Shell Cockroach King also advised, "They are earning original stones based on their abilities. There is no benefit to saying it, it will only offend more than a dozen kingdoms such as the Blade Mantis, Golden Mantis, and Tiger Beetle."

The Fire Peach Cockroach King's anger subsided slightly. After thinking for a while, he sternly warned several Flying Fire Cockroach tribe warriors who followed behind him, "Keep your mouths shut and don't talk nonsense everywhere."

The Fire Peach Cockroach King turned to look at Banbu, his tone becoming kind again, and said, "Mountain Lord Banbu, then in the future, if our Flying Fire Cockroach tribe finds a box, we will have to trouble you to help!"

"Yes." Banbu said, "10 original stones."

The Fire Peach Cockroach King did not answer: There is no loss at all, why take a reward of 10 original stones?

The Cedar Cockroach King was impatient, waved his antennae, and said, "I've seen through your little tricks a long time ago. Little fellow, stop pretending, quickly recover your consumption, and then enter the Rainbow Maze to take the things out. Don't waste everyone's time."

"Uh, okay." Banbu instructed Bai Zhu, "Find a place with abundant original power."

Bai Zhu stretched out his claw and said, "Over there."

Facing the unkind gazes of the surrounding Shuo Cockroach tribe and Flying Fire Cockroach tribe, Banbu felt a little weak and asked, "Red Shell Cockroach King, should I go alone? Or will you come with me?"

The Red Shell Cockroach King said, "I'll stay here to accompany the Cedar Cockroach King. You go by yourself."

The Cedar Cockroach King twitched his antennae, saying meaningfully, "Mountain Lord Banbu, I heard that these two Bamboo Rat warriors can freely enter and exit the Rainbow Maze? Not simple!"

Banbu said, "Almost all Bamboo Rat warriors have this ability. It's not strange."

"You little fellow is not honest at all. You're lying again." The Cedar Cockroach King glanced at the Fire Peach Cockroach King and said, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it. If you're interested, you can come and find me alone later."

This old guy is becoming a spirit!

Banbu's heart skipped a beat, and after a quick thought, he simply agreed, "Okay!"