Chapter 471: Geng Metal Earth Vein

Su Fan wanted to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, but the Millennium Golden Jade Ganoderma was impossible to get, so he could only take the inner core of a third-tier demon beast. Therefore, he had to slay a third-tier demon beast.

With his current strength, slaying a third-tier demon beast was not difficult. Although his cultivation was only at the second layer of the Purple Mansion, this was only an appearance. With his accumulation over several lives, his mana was no less than that of a fifth or sixth-layer Purple Mansion cultivator.

As for the strength of his divine sense, it was no less than that of some late-stage Golden Core cultivators, thanks to his soul power being as strong as that of the Nascent Soul stage.

Great battles between cultivators were nothing more than the use of mana and divine sense. After all, whether you were casting divine abilities or using artifacts, you needed mana and divine sense.

Su Fan exceeded ordinary Purple Mansion cultivators in both these points.

Therefore, third-tier demon beasts, which were a great threat to ordinary Purple Mansion cultivators, were really no different from second-tier demon beasts to Su Fan.

Third-tier demon beasts already had significant intelligence, but they were still inferior to humans.

"Xiao Jiu, are you really going to slay the demon beasts of the Liuyun Mountain Range?"

"Exactly. It just so happens that this is also a drill for attacking the Liuyun Mountain Range in the near future."

Su Fan said nonchalantly: "Slaying two now will make things much easier later."

"The third-tier demon beasts in the Liuyun Mountain Range are mainly the Golden-Backed Iron Wolf and the Golden-Winged Ant. Among them, the Golden-Backed Iron Wolf is the king of the Liuyun Mountain Range, with six of them. There are only two Golden-Winged Ants, but the number of Golden-Winged Ants far exceeds the Golden-Backed Iron Wolf. Which side are you planning to target?"

Su Wanjun asked.

"The Golden-Winged Ant it is. It just so happens I need two third-tier demon beast inner cores."

Su Fan thought for a moment and felt that the Golden-Winged Ant was easier to deal with. The six Golden-Backed Iron Wolves were not something Su Fan feared, but he didn't want to alert the enemy, nor did he want to expose his strength too early.

Truly attracting the attention of high-level demon beasts inside the Ten Thousand Mountains would not be a good thing for the Su family.

Having made his decision, Su Fan and Su Wanjun quickly left Yu County and headed toward the Liuyun Mountain Range.

Both were Purple Mansion cultivators, and their speed was extremely fast. The distance of one hundred thousand li only took them ten days, and this was not even the result of them flying at full speed.

"Clan Head, you stay behind to cover me later."

Although Su Wanjun had also reached the first layer of the Purple Mansion, Su Fan didn't want him to take risks. The Golden-Winged Ant was not simple; on the contrary, it was extremely fierce, especially its ability to spit golden needles, which was very insidious. If a cultivator was not careful, they would suffer a surprise attack from these golden needles.

And these golden needles were poisonous. Once hit, without an antidote, one would die from the poison within ten breaths.

Su Fan did not fear this, but he was worried that Su Wanjun would be hit.

"Alright! I will help you block the other second-tier Golden-Winged Ants. Be careful."

Su Wanjun also knew Su Fan was worried about him, so he nodded and did not refute.

He had just broken through to the Purple Mansion, so he naturally knew that relying solely on cultivation, he was indeed no match for the Golden-Winged Ant, but by utilizing arrays, he could maneuver with them.

After speaking, Su Fan swept with his divine sense and soon discovered the two third-tier demon beast Golden-Winged Ants, one male and one female, in a burrow.

In that third-tier low-grade spirit vein, Su Fan also discovered a second-tier high-grade earth vein: the Geng Metal Earth Vein.

Seeing this, Su Fan couldn't help but feel a burst of joy. The value of this Geng Metal Earth Vein alone was no less than that of a third-tier low-grade one.

This Geng Metal Earth Vein also meant there were many mineral veins here—having a mine at home also meant spirit stones.

Su Fan couldn't help but be happy. This was much more profitable than mortgaging other spirit veins.

With this second-tier high-grade Geng Metal Earth Vein, it would inevitably be able to continuously bring spirit stones to the Su family.

With a rough sweep of his divine sense, Su Fan discovered that first and second-tier iron ore veins were everywhere beneath several mountain heads.

Especially the Jinyang Iron Ore, a second-tier material, was a very popular iron ore that many artifact refiners in the cultivation world liked to use to refine artifacts.

This third-tier low-grade mountain range alone was estimated by Su Fan to be worth no less than 30,000 spirit stones.

"Good luck, a great start."

Su Fan thought to himself: "No wonder these two Golden-Winged Ants would hide in here. It seems they want to absorb the Geng Metal Qi of the Geng Metal Earth Vein to improve their cultivation, or even improve their bloodline."

If they really let these two Golden-Winged Ants absorb all the Geng Metal Qi of the Geng Metal Earth Vein, they might really undergo a transformation and become fourth-tier demon beasts.

"I was guessing before that Golden-Winged Ants are generally second-tier and very few can break through to the third tier. It seems these two were able to break through because of this Geng Metal Earth Vein."

"Perhaps this Geng Metal Earth Vein was originally third-tier, and it regressed because it was absorbed by these two Golden-Winged Ants."

If that were the case, it would be a huge loss. The difference between third-tier and second-tier was still very large.

"No wonder this Golden-Winged Ant clan is not simple. There are two third-tier ones, and the second-tier ones reach fifty-two, while the first-tier ones are countless, reaching thousands or tens of thousands."

It was probably this Geng Metal Earth Vein that allowed the Golden-Winged Ant clan to develop and grow to its current scale, and it wouldn't be much worse than the Golden-Backed Iron Wolf in the future.

However, now that they had been encountered by Su Fan, it could be considered their bad luck.

The human race and the demon clan had always been in a state of competition, both fighting for the resources of this world.

Thinking of this, the killing intent in Su Fan's eyes surged.

With a swoosh, he arrived in the cave, and Su Fan's sudden arrival finally startled the two demon beasts.

The two beasts let out a tearing roar, the sound extremely harsh and highly penetrating, but unfortunately, it had no effect on Su Fan.

Su Fan directly pinched out a Purple Mansion Spirit Fire and blasted it toward the two Golden-Winged Ants.

These two Golden-Winged Ants were metal-attribute demon beasts; fire overcomes metal, so using various divine fires to deal with them was naturally the best way.

Boom boom!

Facing the fireballs released by Su Fan, both demon beasts felt the danger and dared not take them head-on, instead casting their protective Yuan Gang to block the fireballs outside their bodies.

"Hmph!"

Su Fan snorted coldly at this, stretched out his hand, and immediately a bone spear appeared in his palm, which he thrust toward one of the Golden-Winged Ants.

The third-tier Golden-Winged Ant had a huge body, a full two zhang long, golden all over, with red flying feathers only on its back, a golden shell, outstanding defense, and coupled with the flying feathers, its speed was extremely fast.

Ordinary Purple Mansion cultivators really didn't have much chance of winning against a third-tier Golden-Winged Ant.

But unfortunately, they encountered Su Fan, and this Green Dragon White Bone Spear, which was a spear crafted from the dragon bones of a Green Dragon above the third-flower realm, an indestructible divine artifact.

At least in the main world, it was absolutely a top-tier artifact.

Swish!

Su Fan utilized his movement technique, instantly arriving above the head of one of the Golden-Winged Ants, and with a "Lightning Poison Dragon Drill," descended from the sky, directly piercing through the head of this Golden-Winged Ant.

Blood flew everywhere, and the harsh screech also impacted Su Fan's ears.

Su Fan sneered incessantly, pulled out the bone spear, and flashed extremely quickly, dodging the attack of the other Golden-Winged Ant.

Just then, a golden needle appeared where he had just dodged. ===== CHAPTER 472 =====