Infinite Survival: The winner takes all!

Li Ming's figure flashed, and he instantly appeared in front of the ice cave wall inlaid with seven ice element crystal cores.

The L5-level ice element crystal cores were extremely firmly bonded to the cave wall. It took him a lot of effort to pick them all off, then he placed them in his palm and examined them carefully.

But no matter how he examined it, this was just an ordinary L5-level crystal core. The impurities in it were even clearly visible, and there was no need for in-depth observation.

Items like elemental crystal cores will only undergo a qualitative change when they reach the L7 level, and the difficulty of obtaining them will also increase dramatically.

Although an L5-level elemental crystal core cannot be said to be worthless, it is definitely not enough to cause two L5-level players to fight each other.

Therefore, there must be some information hidden in it that he doesn't know.

Li Ming immediately turned around, and scanned the crowd in front of him with sharp eyes, and asked: "This is just a L5-level ice element crystal core. Is it worth fighting for it?"

His question made everyone present a little confused. Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

At this time, a woman with dark brown hair and dark complexion seemed to have thought of something. She asked tentatively, "Excuse me, is this your first time entering the extremely cold cave?"

"Yes." Li Ming nodded and replied very frankly, "We just came in not long ago and know almost nothing about the situation here."

"I see. I understand." The brown-haired woman's eyes flashed with a bright light. "You are new here, so you may not know much about this place. The ice element crystal core here, even if it is only L5 level, is of extremely high value."

"If you don't mind, I can explain it to you in detail."

"Thank you." Li Ming said politely.

"You're welcome. It's my pleasure." The brown-haired woman smiled warmly and continued to explain, "We are now in the upper area of ​​the Ice Abyss."

"Here, the highest level of ice element crystal cores that can be obtained is L6. If you want to obtain L7 or higher level ice element crystal cores, you need to go deep into the ice abyss."

"However, the ice energy there is extremely violent, and there are also many ice monsters living there. If you don't have enough ice resistance, you might even freeze to death in there, not to mention getting the crystal."

"Therefore, we need to first collect enough ice element crystal cores in the upper area and absorb them to enhance our own ice element resistance. Only then will we be able to explore under the ice abyss."

After listening to the brown-haired woman's explanation, Li Ming pondered for a moment, then asked, "Where is Bingyuan?"

"Ice Abyss is about 2,000 kilometers away from here. Due to the complex terrain here, the specific location is difficult to describe accurately in words. However, if you are willing, we can take you there in person." The brown-haired woman said with some anticipation.

"Thank you very much. Please lead the way." Li Ming showed a faint smile.

"You're so polite, haha..." The brown-haired woman smiled widely, not hiding her inner joy. "Oh, by the way, I haven't introduced myself to you yet. My name is Di Ya Xi, and I'm the captain of this team. The person next to me is..."

Then, she introduced the other members of the team to Li Ming one by one.

"My name is Li Ming." He replied simply. As for Dongmen Qiansha and Yunshan who were accompanying them, he did not introduce them in detail.

Di Ya Xi naturally didn't care. In her opinion, the young man in front of her was extremely powerful and was at least a L6-level boss. Therefore, she would be satisfied even if she could only establish a slight relationship with him.

On the other side, the bald strong man watched Li Ming and his group disappear into the dark passage, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Not only him, but several other members of the team also felt relieved.

Fortunately, the other party did not take their boss's words to heart.

During the journey to the Ice Abyss, Dixia continued to introduce Li Ming to the situation of the extremely cold cave.

When she was halfway through, Dongmen Qiansha suddenly asked curiously, "Are there no monsters in the area above the Ice Abyss?"

"It is said that there were some in the past," Diasi replied, "but as more and more teams flocked here to search for ice elemental crystal cores, they also cleared out these monsters."

This explanation sounded reasonable, and Dongmen Qiansha nodded slightly.

Then, she asked, "If I'm not mistaken, the closer you are to the Ice Abyss, the higher the quality of the ice element generated should be, right? Why did you go so far to look for crystal cores?"

"Your speculation is completely correct." Di Yaxi said affirmatively, "L6-level ice element crystal cores basically only appear within a hundred kilometers around the Ice Abyss."

Then, she raised her lips with a slightly bitter smile, "But there are many teams gathered in that area, and the competition is particularly fierce. Moreover, after rounds of searching by everyone, there are only a few crystal cores left."

"In fact, it's not just our team. Everyone is facing the same dilemma. So we have to expand our search range and look for opportunities in more remote places."

"Ice element crystal cores should be a renewable resource, right?" Dongmen Qiansha asked further.

"Yes." Diasi nodded, "But their regeneration rate is quite slow, and we don't know how long the specific cycle will take."

Hearing this, Dongmen Qiansha and Yunshan both showed some worried looks. The ice element crystal cores were so rare, which was not good news for them.

At this moment, Yunshan seemed to suddenly think of something and secretly made a gesture to Dongmen Qiansha, who immediately understood.

She coughed lightly and continued to ask, "So, what about the L4 ice elemental core? How is the absorption effect?"

"Although from an energy perspective, forty or fifty L4-level crystal cores are roughly equivalent to one L5-level crystal core, but in fact, L4-level crystal cores have no value anymore," Di Ya Xi explained.

"Hmm?" Dongmen Qiansha was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "How can it be worthless? After all, we can still absorb energy from it."

Before Di Ya Xi could answer, she was interrupted by Li Ming. "The reason is the absorption speed. The time required to absorb forty or fifty L4-level crystal cores is much longer than the time required to absorb one L5-level crystal core. Therefore, the value is not high."

"That's true." Di Yaxi added with a smile, "The lower the grade of the crystal core, the more impurities it contains, which causes the speed of absorbing energy to become slower."

Dongmen Qiansha secretly glanced at Yunshan, and both of them looked a little embarrassed that they actually asked such an obvious question.