"Mm!"
Little Crane answered and drew Fang Chen, Great Emperor Huo Li, the Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm, and the Myna bird into the Spirit Crane Space. Then Little Crane carried them through a vast fissure, flew straight into the Void, and vanished.
The passage they had used to reach the depths of the vein had already been destroyed by the violent tremors from Fang Chen's excavation.
Fang Chen had dug away so much Heavenly Sun Jade that the Tianyang Mountain Range was collapsing. Countless fissures had opened, spewing torrents of energy. The powerful surges warped the space above the mountains, even tearing open Space Rifts.
The Great Emperors of the Sword Alliance were stunned by the terrifying energy fluctuations above the Tianyang Mountain Range. None dared approach. They still believed Fang Chen was inside the Mine, deep beneath the mountains.
After leaving the Tianyang Mountain Range, Little Crane asked Fang Chen, "Master, where are we going now?"
"To the Luoxing Ancient City Ruins," Fang Chen said. "They're dangerous, but they're vast. We'll find somewhere to hide and cultivate. Once we're stronger, we'll come back out and deal with the Five Great Powers!"
Golden Cicada Ridge could not compare with Tanglang Mountain in rank or resources. But that was true only for ordinary people. For someone as capable as Fang Chen, seizing all of Golden Cicada Ridge's resources from the jaws of the Five Great Powers would yield an enormous haul.
The Heavenly Sun Jade Vein was a case in point. The Sword Alliance had held it for who knew how long and poured untold manpower and materials into it, yet they had never reached its deepest deposits. Fang Chen had spent barely a dozen days digging and had stripped out most of the vein's main body. He had even unearthed Heavenly