This mining area was quite distinctive. It was surrounded by a ring of mountains resembling a crater, with peaks of varying sizes inside as well. The iron ore deposits were mainly within the ring-shaped mountains, enclosing an area of roughly ten thousand square kilometers.
There was iron ore outside the ring-shaped mountains too, but its quality was abysmal; whether the iron content even reached ten percent was hard to say.
Thus, mining here was convenient, and guarding it was convenient too. Anyone who illegally mined iron ore would find it difficult to escape.
Zhang Caixin flew up from the outer edge of the ring-shaped mountains, standing atop a pink lotus-pedestal-shaped artifact. She called out loudly, "Pacify Arms Mountain is requisitioning this mine. Everyone must withdraw before noon. Those who refuse to leave will be killed without mercy!"
The mine covered an enormous area, yet her crisp voice still pierced through the rain curtain and echoed above it.
"Who goes there?" Seven or eight figures appeared atop the ring-shaped mountains. Two of them were Martial Masters, staring at the woman in the air in shock.
Zhang Caixin casually glanced at them without answering. The lotus platform beneath her feet flashed, drifting in another direction. After flying about forty li, she loudly repeated her earlier declaration.
The people here were dumbfounded at the sight of the lotus platform, as were the others.
Zhang Caixin shouted three times, then returned to where she had started, still hovering in the air.
After roughly seven or eight minutes, a figure arrived like lightning and stopped opposite Zhang Caixin, also suspended in midair.
This Innate Expert was broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, his face covered in fierce flesh. He exuded a barbaric, primal aura as he spoke in a muffled voice. "I've heard of Pacify Arms Mountain, but...