The Great Roc spread its wings, drawing in the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth. A wild aura surrounded the Great Roc, making it seem like the overlord of the sky.
However, when Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword ruthlessly pierced into the Great Roc's body, the aura around the Great Roc dissipated.
Roar!
The Great Roc let out a furious roar, its entire body trembling. The power contained in the Hidden Star Sword was too overbearing, causing the Great Roc to feel endless pain.
"Great Roc!"
Elder Jiang Fengxing, who was originally incomparably powerful, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His face was filled with shock.
Because at this moment, he discovered that the liquefied Spiritual Qi in his Qi Sea was tumbling, and the Great Roc was collapsing.
"No!"
Jiang Fengxing roared furiously as a trace of fear appeared in his eyes.
Every Condensing Reality Realm martial artist knew what it meant when the Dharma Idol collapsed.
The Dharma Idol was the most important attack method of a Condensing Reality Realm martial artist. Once the Dharma Idol collapsed, their strength would be extremely weak. At that time, they would be at the mercy of others.
The Great Roc, who was originally incomparably powerful, as if it wanted to swallow heaven and earth, now seemed incomparably weak. In just a few seconds, the wild aura around the Great Roc disappeared without a trace.
Bang!
Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword was suddenly pulled out of the Great Roc's body. The Spiritual Qi on the Great Roc's body was like a flood, instantly flowing away without a trace.
At this moment, the Great Roc's body was continuously collapsing and retreating.
When the Great Roc's body retreated to Elder Jiang Fengxing's side, it instantly disappeared with a bang.
When the Dharma Idol collapsed, a painful expression appeared on Elder Jiang Fengxing's face, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He had never imagined that Fang Chen's strength would be so strong.
"I can't accept this!"
Elder Jiang Fengxing discovered that his strength was weakening. His heart was filled with unwillingness. Once his strength was completely weakened, he would die at the hands of Fang Chen.
Suddenly, Jiang Fengxing realized that he was about to die. He took out his communication jade pendant from his interspatial ring, intending to spread the news to everyone in the General Family.
However, the moment he took out the jade pendant, Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword flashed and the jade pendant fell to the ground with a thud. Feng Xing's hand was instantly cut off by Fang Chen.
Feng Xing let out a miserable shriek. His broken palm was bleeding profusely, and his aura was extremely weak.
"Die!"
Fang Chen's mind moved, and the huge golden sword above his head suddenly emitted a wild aura, which was integrated into the Hidden Star Sword. Then, the sword pierced towards Jiang Feng Xing.
Jiang Fengxing tried his best to dodge, but he simply couldn't avoid Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword. His eyes were ashen as he glared at the communication jade pendant at his feet. His heart was filled with rage.
"Ah!"
Jiang Fengxing let out a furious roar as his body fell limply to the ground. Then, he lost all signs of life.
Fang Chen withdrew the Star Concealing Sword, and then executed the concept of fire to destroy the corpse and erase all traces.
The entire General Family was in the Sky Beast Mountain Range. Since they wanted to take revenge, they couldn't be allowed to get the news ahead of time.
After killing Jiang Fengxing, Fang Chen continued to search for the rest of the General Family's martialists.
During the next few days, the disciples of the General Family kept disappearing. At first, the General Family hadn't noticed.
However, after a few days, the elders of the General Family started to disappear one by one. This made the General Family more vigilant.
"Family Head, recently, the elders and disciples that we sent to search for Fang Chen have mysteriously disappeared." An elder's expression was grave as he spoke in a deep voice.
"Have you found their corpses?" asked the family head coldly.
The family head was currently in front of a strange vein of ore. Many days had passed, but many martialists were still unable to do anything about this strange vein of ore.
As long as a martialist entered, they wouldn't be able to leave. In the end, no martialist dared to rashly enter it.
The General Family's people were also in front of the strange vein of ore, trying to think of a solution.
However, when the family head heard the elder's report, his expression changed slightly. He immediately asked, "Just who is hunting down our General Family's people?"
"Family head, could it be Fang Chen?" asked the elder softly.
The patriarch shook his head slightly and denied this. He said, "Even if Fang Chen is still alive, his strength is not enough to kill an elder of our General family. To be able to kill an elder of our General family without anyone noticing, it must have been done by cultivators from other sects."
"We don't seem to have any enmity with any other Sect," said the elder.
After thinking for a moment, the family head listed a few suspects. He said, "Back on the Divine Blade Mountain, when our General Family tried to deal with Fang Chen, Qin Yao of the Qin family stepped forward. Even Zhou Yan stepped forward."
"With the strength of the two of them, it is very easy for them to kill the elders of our General Clan," The General Clan's Clan Head continued.
"Family head, are you suspecting the two of them?" asked the elder.
The family head nodded. He then said, "Pass down the order. Tell the elders to stay together at the very least. Don't act alone. The disciples must follow the elders."
If it was any other time, the family head would definitely personally go to find the culprit after such a huge matter. However, the most important thing right now was the strange vein of ore. He didn't have the time to be distracted.
"Understood." The elder nodded and went to pass down the order.
Six or seven days had already passed. Fang Chen had killed close to a hundred disciples of the General Family. Even five elders had been slain by Fang Chen. This was definitely an extremely great loss to the General Family.
Today, Fang Chen was still secretly searching for cultivators from the General Family in preparation to assassinate them.
However, after searching for a very long time, Fang Chen discovered three groups of targets. However, he did not make a move on any of them.
This was because there were at least two or more elders in each of the three groups. Fang Chen did not have much confidence, so he did not make a move.
Just like that, Fang Chen searched for an entire day without finding anything.
At this moment, Fang Chen discovered that the General Family seemed to be aware of his actions. They had already begun to take precautions.
As a result, Fang Chen's assassination attempt was unable to continue.
"It's a waste of time here. Let's go to the strange vein of ore first." Fang Chen pondered for a moment before speaking.
The elders of the General Family gathered together. Even the disciples followed the elders closely. Fang Chen did not have a chance to make a move, so he decisively withdrew from this place.
After about six hours, Fang Chen arrived in front of the strange vein of ore. However, he was hiding in the dark.
In the depths of the Sky Beast Mountain Range, there was a strange vein of ore. This vein of ore was covered in weeds. In front of everyone was a cave. From this cave, one could vaguely see the situation of the vein of ore.
"What kind of ore is this?"
Fang Chen hid in the dark and saw the situation of the vein of ore at a glance. The entire cave was pitch-black, but he could vaguely see a large number of strange ore veins not far from the cave.
These ore veins were golden in color. Fang Chen had never seen such an ore vein before. He had not even read about it in books.
Just as Fang Chen was thinking, Ancestor Bronze spoke.
"Eh? How can there be such an ore vein in such a remote place?" Ancestor Bronze was puzzled as the python sword trembled in the interspatial ring.
"Ancestor, do you know about this ore vein?" Fang Chen's face was full of joy when he heard Ancestor Bronze's words.
"Of course I do. This is a purple crystal ore vein," Ancestor Bronze said.
This was the first time Fang Chen had heard of a purple crystal ore vein. He was a little puzzled.
"Back when I was at my peak, I didn't even care about this kind of ore vein," Ancestor Bronze said proudly.
"Ancestor, what's the use of this ore vein?" Fang Chen asked hurriedly.
"This purple crystal ore vein is considered relatively rare in the Ancient Sword Continent. It's considered a good ore vein for you," Ancestor Bronze said.
After listening to Old Ancestor Bronze's explanation, Fang Chen finally understood.
Purple Crystal was a type of ore that was of a higher grade than Spirit Stones. This type of ore contained a vast amount of Spiritual Qi, and its value was much higher than Spirit Stones.
Spirit stones were the currency of the Ancient Sword Continent, while purple crystal ores were the common currency of the Outer Realms.
Furthermore, martial artists could use purple crystal ores to cultivate. Purple crystal ores not only contained boundless spiritual qi, but also purple crystal qi.
The Purple Crystal Qi was extremely important to martial artists.
Of course, Condensing Reality Realm martial artists were unable to absorb purple crystal qi. But once they reached the Spirit Vortex Realm, they could open up a spirit vortex in their qi sea and absorb purple crystal qi.
If they could absorb enough purple crystal qi, their spirit vortex would be much larger than an ordinary martial artist's.
"Purple crystal ores are actually the common currency of the Outer Realms." Fang Chen's heart was in turmoil. He had never imagined that he would find the currency of the Outer Realms here.
Right now, Fang Chen was only in the Nanling Land. Compared to the Outer Realms, this was a tiny place.
He was still a long way from the Outer Realms.
However, he had come into contact with the common currency of the Outer Realms.
"These martial artists are really stupid. There are purple crystal beasts in every purple crystal ore vein. Their bodies are made of purple crystal ores and they are very powerful. If a martial artist recklessly enters a purple crystal ore vein, they will definitely be eaten by the purple crystal beasts." Ancestor Bronze sneered when he saw the numerous martial artists standing in front of the purple crystal ore vein.
"Are the purple crystal beasts very powerful?" Fang Chen asked.
"They are covered in purple crystal ores. Their hardness alone is not something an ordinary Condensing Reality Realm martial artist can break. Even if they stand there motionless and let them attack, they will not be able to harm the purple crystal beasts." Ancestor Bronze said.
"Then how do we enter?" Fang Chen asked doubtfully.