I Can Control Resources

"It’s a Biluo Fruit!!!"

"Gao Neng dug up a Biluo Fruit?!"

"How is that possible? That spot... there’s nothing there!"

"He dug one up from the mud!"

The onlookers were about to go crazy.

They had all clearly seen that there was nothing where Gao Neng was standing. The patch of Biluo Fruits was supposed to be in the area right in front of Shaximo.

Shaximo and the others were currently fighting over that patch of Biluo Fruits.

It was an all-out brawl.

And yet, in the distance...

Gao Neng had just dug one up from the mud!

What in the world was this sorcery?!

"An illusion! It must be an illusion!" No one could believe it, including the twenty or so people in the middle of the fight, who had all frozen stiff.

’Did they miss one? Was there a stray plant over there?’

As they were thinking this...

Gao Neng started digging in the mud again.

"He’s still digging?!"

"Does he really think he can dig up another one?"

"If he digs up another one, I’ll eat shit!"

The words had barely left his mouth.

When Gao Neng held up another one. It was the same vibrant green, completely untouched by the mud, looking bright and full of life.

"..." Shaximo.

"..." Yi Qinglian.

"..." The others.

’Was there any justice in this world?’

They were beating each other black and blue, but for what?

Gao Neng had dug up two plants right under their noses?

’What on earth was happening?’

Everyone stared blankly at the scene.

And then, they saw a third plant, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth...

One after another, Gao Neng forcibly yanked Biluo Fruits out of the mud.

Most importantly, when he pulled out the tenth plant, the color was different.

It was no longer green.

It was red.

"It’s a Blood Luo Fruit!"

"The evolved form of a Biluo Fruit!"

"There was an evolved form in the mud?!"

"Could it be? Are there two evolved forms in the Underground Swamp?"

Everyone’s gaze subconsciously shifted to the area in front of Shaximo, because they remembered seeing a Blood Luo Fruit there as well.

But when they looked, they discovered that the Blood Luo Fruit that was supposed to be there had vanished.

It wasn’t just the Blood Luo Fruit that had disappeared.

Quite a few of the other Green Luo Fruits seemed to be gone as well.

There were originally thirty Green Luo Fruits...

Now, there were fewer than twenty left.

And the Green Luo Fruits were continuing to disappear.

"Something’s wrong!"

"Gao Neng is picking the Green Luo Fruits from our spot!"

"He took the Blood Luo Fruit, too?!"

"Telekinesis?!"

"Oh no, we’ve been tricked! The Natural Magnetic Zone here is an Illusion Realm! The ones Gao Neng is picking are real, and the ones we’re seeing are fake!"

Finally, someone had figured it out.

Many people were actually aware of the concept of a Natural Magnetic Zone.

However, when everyone saw a patch of valuable resources growing right in front of them, it was very difficult for anyone to realize what was really going on.

On top of that, a huge battle had broken out the moment they were discovered.

As a result, from start to finish, no one had actually touched the resources.

After all, no one would fight inside a resource patch; that would be destruction, not harvesting, and nobody would do such a thing.

"We were tricked!"

"Where Gao Neng is standing is the real resource patch!"

"What we’re seeing is an illusion!"

The crowd, now realizing the truth, erupted into motion.

They immediately abandoned their fight and charged toward Gao Neng’s position in unison.

Gao Neng, of course, saw this.

So, he started picking even faster.

’Every extra one I pull is a win!’

’Three more and I’ll hit fifty!’

’I’ve got the five evolved ones, too!’

’Take your sweet time!’

As Gao Neng muttered to himself, his hands moved like a whirlwind, continuously yanking Green Luo Fruits from the mud.

"Stop! We found these!" Seeing the crowd about to charge, Fang Tangtang immediately raised her No. 4 Electromagnetic Cannon high.

"Huh?! We were clearly the ones who..."

"Stop wasting time talking to them! They’ve almost picked all the Green Luo Fruits!"

"Get them!"

The crowd faltered for a moment, then immediately surged forward again.

"Ning’Er, Tangtang, run!" Gao Neng made a snap decision. He had already gathered the fifty plants he’d agreed upon with Li Tiannan; there was no need to waste time fighting this mob.

Besides, these people had been fighting for a long time.

The remaining ten plants...

’He might as well let them have them.’

"Okay!" Shen Ning’Er nodded and thrust her long spear forward. Her thrust sent out a powerful force that momentarily held back the charging crowd.

"Don’t chase us! The rest are all yours!" Hearing this, Fang Tangtang didn’t hesitate either and immediately turned tail and ran.

"Huh?!"

"They ran?!"

The crowd froze again.

They just ran off like that?

They were about to give chase, but they quickly realized there were still ten Green Luo Fruits right at their feet. How could they possibly pass that up?

Someone wanted to harvest them.

The problem was, harvesting these resources properly took a considerable amount of time.

No one just yanked them out like Gao Neng did.

Of course, at a time like this, nobody cared about such details. The person at the very front immediately copied Gao Neng and started fumbling in the mud.

But before he could even touch one, he was sent flying by a kick from someone who had caught up from behind.

SPLAT!

He landed face-first in the mud.

Then, a second and a third person started fumbling in the mud.

Unsurprisingly, they were also tackled and sent face-first into the mud by the people right behind them.

The fourth person, however, got incredibly lucky and actually managed to grab one.

SNAP!

With a crisp crack, the fourth person gave a hard pull and wrenched the Green Luo Fruit free. But he had used too much force, and the stem snapped right in half.

"!!!" The fourth person’s face went pale.

’It broke?!’

’How could it just break?!’

’Gao Neng just yanked them out!’

’So why couldn’t I do it?’

"Holy shit, he destroyed one of the resources!"

"Beat the crap out of him!"

"That bastard!"

Seeing the Green Luo Fruit snapped in two, the crowd erupted in fury. Three or four people rushed forward and tackled the culprit who had destroyed it.

"You dare hit our guy? Let’s get ’em!"

"Fight!"

"Everyone, watch your step! Be careful of the Green Luo Fruits on the ground!"

Finally, the scene descended into utter chaos.

Meanwhile, the thirty or so people who had been watching from the sidelines exchanged glances.

From a distance, they’d had no chance, but now the Green Luo Fruits were only a hundred and fifty meters from the edge, right before their eyes.

Most importantly, the chaos had begun.

Fishing in troubled waters...

’If they could just manage to snag one, it would be more than enough.’

The thirty or so people quickly reached a silent agreement and began to creep toward the patch of Green Luo Fruits together.

A few of them did consider going after Gao Neng’s group, but after seeing the long spear in Shen Ning’Er’s hand, they gave up on that bold idea.

They were on the sidelines for a reason—they weren’t strong enough.

’Fighting Gao Neng head-on now...’

’It wasn’t worth it!’

Their chances were better fishing in troubled waters.

Gao Neng’s group left with twenty Green Luo Fruits and one Blood Luo Fruit, but the Underground Swamp they left behind descended into even greater chaos.

More than fifty people were locked in a chaotic brawl.

The scene was completely out of control.

Far in the distance, Li Tiannan and Sword Elder, who were watching the scene unfold, were both speechless.

"That kid is a real maverick, finding twenty Green Luo Fruits and one Blood Luo Fruit like this. So, this time... how are we scoring this?" Sword Elder asked, looking at Li Tiannan.

"The hell if I know!" Li Tiannan shook his head. He was also a bit stunned. Gao Neng had seen through the Natural Magnetic Zone’s Illusion Realm in a single glance?

He was so freakishly talented, it made one want to...

...kill him!

’I actually felt like killing myself, too, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. If someone as outstanding as me were to die by my own hand, what would happen to the future of the Alliance?’

’Time to make a run for it.’

’Life is good!’

Just as he was thinking this, he felt something was wrong.

Because four phantom-like figures had just rushed out from their left and right flanks, instantly blocking their path.

"It’s an honor to finally meet you in person. You must be Gao Neng," a man of about forty-five spoke up, a faint smile on his lips.

"Truly impressive! Your reputation as a Dragon List Genius is well-deserved!" another person, a woman, spoke. Her face was veiled, concealing her age.

"Heh heh, you can take the Green Luo Fruits, but leave the Red Luo Fruit behind. How about it?" a third person, an old man of about fifty, said.

"Or better yet, why not leave them all behind?" the fourth person said with a brilliant smile.

Gao Neng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

’Four 7th-Tiers!’

’So, snatching things from right under everyone’s noses wasn’t entirely without risk after all.’

More importantly, he could also see Shaximo, Wei Ya, and their group heading toward him. They also hadn’t bothered fighting for the ten remaining Green Luo Fruits.

"By the Great Sun Buddha..." Shaximo chanted. "We fought for so long, Gao Neng. If you’re willing to part with half, we’ll help you!"

"Mm," Wei Ya nodded.

"Hmph!" Yi Qinglian was clearly displeased, but with high-tier members of an adventurer team present, she didn’t seem to want to immediately make an enemy of Gao Neng.

Instinctively, although Yi Qinglian loathed Gao Neng, if she had to choose between helping the adventurer team or helping Gao Neng, she would still side with Gao Neng.

"Gao Neng, let’s team up. There are four high-tiers against us, and more on the way!" Zhou Jin spoke up, pointing behind him.

"If we team up, we only want ten plants, and the rest are yours. However, we also want half of the Blood Luo Fruit. That’s very fair!" Yi Qingge also nodded.

"Shameless! We found both the Biluo Fruits and the Blood Luo Fruit! You’re from the Dragon List, same as us, and you’re trying to take advantage of the situation to rob us?" Fang Tangtang immediately retorted.

"What do you mean, ’take advantage of the situation’?! When you found those resources before, did we try to rob you? We were the ones who discovered this place first! You’re the ones robbing us!" Yi Qinglian’s face flushed, clearly infuriated by Fang Tangtang’s words.