Whoosh!!
Those provocative words rang out in every direction.
A dozen figures burst out of the Fire Origin Mine's encampment.
Fifth level of the Mystic Profound Realm!
Seventh level of the Mystic Profound Realm!
Ninth level of the Mystic Profound Realm!
Every last one of them was in the Mystic Profound Realm!
The middle-aged man at their head wore an angry expression, and his aura was powerful.
His cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Mystic Profound Realm.
"Damn brat, you dare to make trouble at our sect's encampment!"
"And you even dare to kill someone? You're asking for death!"
The dozen Mystic Profound Realm martial artists berated him one after another, their voices brimming with fury.
They didn't attack right away. Instead, they carefully sensed their surroundings, checking for any hidden experts.
They knew that Su Yun wouldn't dare act so recklessly without something to rely on.
So they guessed that Su Yun might have brought reinforcements from the Mystic Blade Sect.
But after searching their surroundings with their senses, they found nothing.
Moreover, after they appeared, Su Yun merely glanced at them.
It was as if he didn't take them seriously at all.
"Brat, die!"
Under that gaze, the middle-aged man at their head immediately turned cold-eyed.
His aura erupted. He moved, charging at Su Yun like a furious beast.
"What a terrifying aura! Third Young Master, be careful!"
Chen Ying was also affected by the middle-aged man's aura.
He felt as if a great mountain had been laid across his shoulders. His expression filled with alarm, and he hurriedly called out a warning.
Yet Su Yun hadn't paid the Mystic Profound Realm martial artists any mind at all.
His gaze remained fixed on the core of the encampment.
There, he sensed a faint but rather powerful aura.
Clearly, that person was the one guarding this place!
"Still not planning to come out?"
The next moment, Su Yun looked away.
Then he swung his blade!
A dazzling crimson blade-light plunged down like a blood-red sun, bursting with brilliant radiance.
In an instant, crimson light swallowed everyone's vision.
"How is this possible!"
"That slash..."
The middle-aged man charging at Su Yun suddenly paled, his expression changing dramatically!
He struggled to halt, his body trembling.
He couldn't block that slash.
He was going to die!
"Elder, help me!"
At the brink of life and death,
the middle-aged man summoned every last bit of strength and roared toward the sky!
He held a high position in the Blazing Fire Sect. Even the sect's elders wouldn't stand by and watch him die.
So as long as the elder guarding this place stepped in, he still had a chance to survive!
Rumble!
Sure enough, in an instant, a white-browed elder shot through the air and appeared in front of him.
Then he unleashed a powerful palm technique, both hands wrapped in crimson flames.
He struck at the incoming blood-red blade-light!
Crack!
The next moment, blade and palm collided. A succession of ear-splitting cracks rang out, shaking the surrounding area.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man behind the elder finally let out a breath of relief.
He knew that had to be the sound of the blade-light shattering!
Sure enough, moments later, the blood-red blade-light vanished without a trace.
But the white-browed elder was spitting blood, his face pale.
He stared fixedly at Su Yun, visibly shaken.
"Not bad, young man! You've got some real strength!"
The elder lowered his bloodied hand and clasped it behind his back, speaking in a cold voice.
But the middle-aged man behind him saw the elder's pupils contract.
The elder's hand was already a bloody mess, the bones in his fingers shattered.
It trembled slightly!
Yet what horrified the middle-aged man even more was what Su Yun said next.
"You managed to take one casual slash from me. You're not bad either."
Su Yun glanced at the white-browed elder and spoke slowly.
The white-browed elder before him seemed to be in the Qi Sea Realm, but he was weaker than the Demon Sect elder Su Yun had encountered earlier.
Su Yun guessed that the man had broken through to the Qi Sea Realm by sheer luck, and was only at the first level.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so badly injured by a casual slash.
"You insolent brat, you certainly have a sharp tongue!"
At Su Yun's words, the elder's expression darkened.
He drew a deep breath, about to unleash his full strength.
But Su Yun had already swung his blade!
This time, he held nothing back. He directly unleashed the Great Accomplishment Blade Intent!
Rumble!
The terrifying aura of the blade intent instantly swept over the surrounding area like raging waves, drowning out the white-browed elder's senses.
"Impossible! This blade intent..."
The white-browed elder was greatly alarmed. He immediately unleashed his full strength, using his most powerful attack.
"Great Blazing Palm!"
He roared and struck out three crimson palm prints, each dozens of yards across.
Yet it was all in vain.
Crack!!
A sharp cracking sound rang out.
The three crimson palm prints were completely shattered by Su Yun's blood-red blade-light!
The blade-light's momentum didn't diminish.
Under the white-browed elder's utterly horrified gaze, it pierced straight through his body!
Blood rained down.
"You... you..."
The white-browed elder's face twisted. He murmured a few words, then fell to the ground in despair.
His life slowly faded away.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man was completely dumbfounded.
A martial artist in the Mystic Profound Realm
had killed someone at the first level of the Qi Sea Realm in a single slash!
Was this person even human—or a ghost?
Whoosh!
Before he could react, Su Yun's gaze had already slowly shifted to him.
The middle-aged man was instantly terrified. He hurriedly pleaded, "Don't... don't kill me."
"I'm still useful. I can tell you the real secret hidden in this Fire Origin Mine!"
He was nervous as he said it.
He hoped Su Yun would spare him.
"No need."
But Su Yun couldn't be bothered to listen any further.
He casually glanced at the others, then cut down the Blazing Fire Sect martial artists on the spot.
Next, as usual, he began searching the martial artists for their resources.
In the white-browed elder's Spatial Ring, Su Yun found a batch of Fire Origin Ore, weighing a little over a thousand pounds and worth quite a lot.
There were also some resources of little use.
After gathering them up, he put them together with the Fire Origin Ore and handed them to Chen Ying.
Then he instructed him,
"Chen Ying, take these resources back first. I have something else to take care of."
"All right, Third Young Master. Don't worry!"
Chen Ying took the Spatial Ring and hurriedly promised him.
Then he immediately headed back the way they had come.
Su Yun turned his gaze toward the Fire Origin Mine encampment before him.
"The secret hidden in the Fire Origin Mine?"
He recalled the middle-aged man's words, then moved in a flash, entering the core of the mine.
Soon, he reached the depths of the Fire Origin Mine.
Here, he could clearly sense the air growing much hotter.
A breeze swept past, and waves of heat rolled through the area!
"Something's not right."
Su Yun furrowed his brow.
He knew a thing or two about Fire Origin Mines.
These ore veins formed when materials used in crafting weapons were tainted by fire-attribute spiritual energy and underwent a period of transformation.
They shouldn't produce an anomaly like this.
With that question in mind, Su Yun continued deeper.
He picked up his pace and circled around a stretch of crimson woods.
Before long, he reached the center of the Fire Origin Mine.
Everything here was deep red, and the air was abnormally dry.
Not far ahead of Su Yun,
a pile of crimson ore had been stacked.
At the very center of the pile, a flame about the size of a palm was burning fiercely.
The flame had a strange shape.
It looked like a tiny crimson cauldron wreathed in fire!
Below it, blobs of magma kept surging up, spraying out scorching sparks.
Looking at the scene before him, Su Yun pondered.
Soon, he realized what it was, and his face lit up with delight.
"Could this be the legendary Pill Fire?"
Pill Fire!
It was one of the spirit flames naturally born between heaven and earth, and it possessed the wondrous ability to aid alchemy.
If an alchemist refined it, it would greatly increase both the speed and success rate of alchemy.
It could be said that this was a peerless treasure every alchemist longed to obtain!
"No wonder the Blazing Fire Sect was determined to claim this place and even sent a Qi Sea Realm elder to guard it."
Su Yun suddenly understood.
A treasure like Pill Fire was certainly worth such a price to the Blazing Fire Sect.
Unfortunately, they seemed unable to take the Pill Fire away. They could only guard it and wait for a powerful expert from their sect to come and retrieve it.
Now, this opportunity had fallen into Su Yun's lap.
Coming back to himself, Su Yun looked at the Pill Fire.
Then he activated the Great Sun Profound Heaven Technique. Golden light shimmered all over him, covering his hand and greatly increasing its defensive power.
Next, he reached out his right hand, intending to take the Pill Fire.
Boom!
At that moment, the Pill Fire sensed danger and erupted, sending up a terrifying crimson flame!
Even an expert in the Qi Sea Realm wouldn't dare touch it lightly.
Su Yun stopped and furrowed his brow, thinking.
"I can try using Blade Momentum!"
Suddenly, a thought stirred in his mind, and he unleashed the mighty pressure of Blade Momentum. It crashed down on Pill Fire like a mountain.
In an instant, Pill Fire trembled violently.
The scarlet flames rising from its body gradually went out.
Seeing the flames die down, Su Yun smiled.
"Come here!"
The next moment, he stretched out a great golden hand.
He successfully swept up Pill Fire and put it away!
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