Chapter 573: Chapter 355: Unable to Withstand a Single Move, Northern Guardian King
Clang!
Wei Fan’s palm collided with Liu Qingsong’s palm. Both were Body Refining Martial Kings, and in an instant, a dull sound like iron being struck echoed. Terrifying sparks flew, dropping from the sky, burning the ground into a horrifying crater.
Liu Qingsong’s palm appeared several sizes larger than Wei Fan’s, golden and fine, as if cast in gold, emanating a fierce and powerful momentum.
Amidst their collision, a wave of destruction radiated out, dispersing the Body-Protecting Divine Light on Liu Qingsong, revealing his bright bald head like a giant pickled egg.
The mocking and disdainful smile on his face froze, and the substantial murderous intent vanished, replaced by an incredulous and utterly horrified expression.
Upon palm contact, the opponent’s incomplete Great Power Vajra Palm erupted with overwhelming strength, as if the opponent’s Great Power Vajra Palm was the complete Martial Technique, while his own was the incomplete one.
The terrifying power was one thing, but even the opponent’s fleshly body strength far surpassed his own body that was refined by the Great Vajra Skill.
You must know that the Body Refining Martial Arts of his Vajra Sect is most formidable in tempering the body’s defense, with the highest realm known as Vajra Indestructible. In terms of defense alone, the Body Refining Martial Arts of Thousand Peaks Sect in the same realm were not as good as the Great Vajra Skill.
"What Body Refining Martial Arts has he cultivated? When did such a terrifying Body Refining expert appear in Beiding Continent..."
The opponent’s aura was only that of a Martial King Seventh Layer, but his strength far exceeded him, a Martial King Ninth Layer powerhouse. The vast power transmitted through the contact point, and in an instant, he felt the bones in his entire arm were shattered.
The terrifying power conduction caused the body to surface with dense cracks, with blood spurting out like a spring under the terrifying pressure from the crevices.
In a fleshly body contest, he was almost struck to pieces with a single move, crushed with no power to resist.
And even more so, the opponent appeared nonchalant, deliberately using the same incomplete Great Power Vajra Palm as himself, clearly not unleashing all his strength.
The intense pain snapped Liu Qingsong’s thoughts, and his body flew backward, the figure with an indifferent expression growing smaller in his vision.
He frantically fluctuated his strength, Will Power surging out, attempting to heal his fractured body back together.
But in his vision, a foot rapidly enlarged, stomping heavily on his chest.
"Pfft..."
Liu Qingsong curled up like a shrimp, spewing blood mixed with visceral fragments, trampled from the sky to the ground and firmly crushed underfoot.
Wei Fan looked down at Liu Qingsong: "Your body is mediocre; you couldn’t even take one of my palms."
If not for wanting to ask some questions, he could have shattered Liu Qingsong with a single blow right from the start. This Liu Qingsong was merely on par with the previous Fang Nanfei.
Liu Qingsong’s face was full of shock. Under the opponent’s grasp, he was like an ant. Had the opponent wanted to kill him, he’d probably be dead by now.
"You are indeed powerful, but if I hadn’t failed to break through to the Saint Realm, suffering a retaliation that damaged my Origin, causing my Qi Blood to decline, I might not have been inferior to you."
The Great Vajra Skill was not so insignificant, and he wasn’t useless. It was just the failure to break through to the Saint Realm that left him no longer at peak strength.
If he were in his prime, the person before him might not be able to do anything to him, at least not to the point where he couldn’t even take one move.
Wei Fan shook his head: "If you want to compare it that way, if I were also at Martial King Ninth Layer, I could still slap you to death."
Liu Qingsong was no longer at his peak, yet he still had the cultivation of a Martial King Seventh Layer.
Liu Qingsong was stunned, not speaking for a long moment.
After a while, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice: "Who are you really? The Vajra Sect never messed with a demon like you!"
The Vajra Sect had many enemies, but would never provoke an unbeatable existence, especially such a demon from a Martial King Seventh Layer who could crush a Martial King Ninth Layer, it wouldn’t be provoked without reason.
In his memory, the Vajra Sect had not provoked such a person, not knowing why the opponent used a disciple of the Vajra Sect to lure him in.
"The Vajra Sect indeed did not provoke me, but you were wantonly capturing people in Xiaomeng City, forcibly sending them to the mine, thinking you could do as you please?"
At these words, Liu Qingsong was stunned again, so it was this matter.
"It’s a misunderstanding with you all. We just resorted to such means due to a lack of talents. There’s no danger in the mine currently; everyone is fine!" He hastily explained, looking rather helpless.
Feng Hua strolled over: "No danger, then why not allow those who enter the mine to return?"
Liu Qingsong opened his mouth but ultimately remained silent, not explaining why those workers weren’t allowed to return.
"If you want to live, just come clean!"
Wei Fan did not use Will Power to control Liu Qingsong; the opponent was a Martial King Ninth Layer powerhouse, his Golden Primordial Spirit probably couldn’t control Liu Qingsong.
"Just kill me if you have the guts!"
Liu Qingsong was silent for a while before finally saying such defiant words. Betraying the Vajra Sect was also a dead end for him, not much difference in outcome. Moreover, he wasn’t foolish enough to easily believe Wei Fan’s words on sparing him.
They were all Jianghu People; few would leave trouble for themselves after making enemies.
Now, just betting whether Wei Fan and the others dared to kill him because if he dies, the Soul Token breaks, and the Vajra Sect will immediately know something’s amiss and send experts over.
"I’ll grant you that!"
Wei Fan never intended to spare Liu Qingsong from the beginning, but he didn’t kill Liu Qingsong immediately to avoid alarming the experts of the Vajra Sect. Instead, he knocked Liu Qingsong unconscious.
According to the information displayed on the panel, the Vajra Sect has not colluded with the Demon Fiend. The reason Liu Qingsong didn’t mention the mine should be due to other reasons. Now that they have captured Liu Qingsong, uncovering the secret of the Vajra Sect’s mine isn’t a difficult task.
Carrying Liu Qingsong, the three of them reached the Vajra Sect’s mine.
"So it turns out that the miners not being allowed to return was because they had discovered Spirit Crystals here!"
Spirit Crystals!
For a Martial Artist, this is the most important resource, the most valued commodity in the Five Great Domains.
The Vajra Sect continued to excavate around the Stone Coffin and unexpectedly dug out a Spirit Crystal ore. To keep this secret, they dared not let the miners return.
A sect that has fallen from the Holy Sect cannot possibly guard a Spirit Crystal mine. Once it spreads, the Holy Sect will come to seize it.
"The Vajra Sect is doomed!"
Feng Hua shook his head. Once the news gets out, there will be plenty of people looking for trouble with the Vajra Sect, and there’s no need for them to punish the Vajra Sect themselves.
Moreover, punishing them isn’t so easy. Although it lacks a Martial Saint, it was once a Holy Sect, with deep roots, not comparable to a Saint Sect in the Wilderness.
"We can make a fortune first!"
The three did not plan to "rescue" the miners. Since there was no danger here, there was no need to let these people go. After all, they needed to live, and with no danger and higher wages, the miners might not want to leave.
Only the people in Xiaomeng City don’t know the situation here and think they are being sent to their deaths, which is why they resist coming to work at the mine.
Wei Fan rushed into the storehouse and took all the hundreds of thousands of Spirit Crystals that had been dug out.
Though his cultivation doesn’t rely heavily on Spirit Crystals, it’s not like they are useless to him. If he wants to leave the Beiding Continent to travel to other continents or Great Domains, the Spirit Crystals for the Transmission Domain Gate would be astronomical in cost.
The Great Domains have little interaction because even a Martial King Powerhouse cannot afford the Transmission Domain Gate fees.
A disciple of the Vajra Sect flew to stop Wei Fan, who struck down those who reacted and just repelled those who didn’t.
As for that Stone Coffin, it was no longer at the mine, and the three didn’t plan to investigate further. The Vajra Sect must have already dealt with it; otherwise, this place wouldn’t be free of casualties.
"Let’s go!"
After killing the unconscious Liu Qingsong, the three of them rushed into the distance. A moment later, waves from a Holy Soldier could be felt, and seven or eight terrifying Martial Kings landed in the mine, finding Liu Qingsong whose Primordial Spirit was destroyed.
"Bastards!"
Someone roared in fury but was powerless, knowing that the news of the Spirit Crystal mine being discovered here had leaked, and the current priority was to extract as many Spirit Crystals as possible before the matter spread through the Jianghu.
Not long after, news of the Vajra Sect uncovering a Spirit Crystal deposit near Xiaomeng City spread sensationally through the Jianghu.
"Quite the harvest!"
The message was naturally let out by Wei Fan and the others, who divided the Spirit Crystals they plundered from the mine, with each getting around 200,000.
It should be known that the bounty for Wei Fan slaying Yuan Jie was only over 100,000 Spirit Crystals.
"They only mined for a month and dug up so many Spirit Crystals. The scale of that Spirit Crystal mine must not be small, but it’s a pity we can’t eat it all ourselves!"
Zhi Hua sighed. They had thought about collaborating with the Zhihua Clan to take down the Vajra Sect and take over the Spirit Crystal mine, but even the declining Imperial Family like the Yang Family doesn’t have the qualification to meddle in such matters.
Although Wei Fan also needs Spirit Crystals, he doesn’t want to reveal all his cards to the world for just some Spirit Crystals. Besides, he now only wants to slay a batch of Demon Fiends to accumulate enough power to transform the Human Emperor Bell, rather than go after Spirit Crystals.
If he truly needs Spirit Crystals to travel the Five Great Domains, he’ll figure something out by then.
...
Yun Jin City!
As the foremost military city of the Daxu Kingdom, and the frontline against Demons, Yun Jin City may not be as grand as Celestial Star City, but it is still a major city. When it was established, the Demon Hunter Organization even sent a Martial Saint Powerhouse to aid in its construction.
The power held by the city may not be able to intimidate a Martial King Powerhouse, but even regular Demon Venerables can’t easily approach it.
Despite being on the Demon-frontline, it wasn’t desolate but rather bustling with people. Most newcomers are Martial Artists.
In the Five Great Domains, the fight against Demon Fiends doesn’t rely solely on the Demon Hunter Organization and the Dynasty; Jianghu people are also a significant force.
This is because the situation in the Five Great Domains is different from the Wilderness.
In the Wilderness, slaying Demon Fiends yields only their corpses, not much reward. However, the Demon Fiends in the Five Great Domains, who occupy prosperous lands, often hold Spirit Crystals.
These Demon Fiends, even though they can use Spirit Crystals for cultivation, still prefer eating humans to increase their cultivation.
One day, two men and a woman led three magnificent white horses slowly into Yun Jin City, making their way to the City Lord’s Mansion.
As the three reached the City Lord’s Mansion, Wei Fan noticed a group of attendants waiting outside the main gate, and among them, the most striking was a man wearing a Python Robe with thick black hair.
Wei Fan knew this was Zhi Hua’s older brother, the current Northern Guardian King of the Daxu Kingdom, Yang Tao!
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