Dark crimson blood sprayed out like a fountain, splashing onto the ore throughout the area and gleaming brilliantly.
At the place where the Gold-Eating Insect King had fallen, a dark golden glow slowly gathered.
The light grew brighter and denser until it finally formed an enormous piece of dark golden ore.
Qin Yan withdrew his Golden Body and waved his hand, bringing the dark golden ore into his grasp.
"Huh?" Qin Yan let out a soft sound of surprise.
He sensed that the ore contained unusually powerful energy. It did not seem like Eighth-Grade Ore, but Ninth-Grade Ore.
The ore was extraordinarily heavy in his hand. The sheen flowing across its surface was several times richer than that of ordinary Eighth-Grade Ore, and it faintly exuded an even deeper aura.
"Qin Yan, you did not sense it wrong. This ore truly is Ninth-Grade Ore."
Little Black came to Qin Yan's side, his gaze falling on the ore as he spoke with certainty.
It really was Ninth-Grade Ore!
Qin Yan was instantly delighted upon receiving this news.
Though Ninth-Grade Ore was only one grade above Eighth-Grade Ore, the energy contained within them was worlds apart.
If Mo Yuan could devour this piece of Ninth-Grade Ore, the number of Spear Patterns on it would increase by at least five thousand.
Together with the miscellaneous ore and Spirit Weapons acquired earlier, as well as the tens of thousands of ore pieces scattered throughout this area, Mo Yuan's strength would be close to the Venerable level by then, even if it did not quite reach it.
For an Artifact Spirit to attain the Venerable level, its patterns had to reach fifty thousand.
At sixty thousand patterns, an Artifact Spirit possessed the strength of a Mid Venerable.
At seventy-five thousand patterns, an Artifact Spirit possessed