The middle-aged man's cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Spirit Vortex Stage. He was considered one of the upper echelons within the Dragon Snake Sect.
Of course, he was only a mid-upper echelon. Even so, with the Dragon Snake Sect as his backing, he could simply summon the wind and summon the rain in the Iron Dragon Empire.
Even the king of the Iron Dragon Empire was fearful of the middle-aged man.
After the middle-aged man became the supervisor of the Iron Dragon Empire, he obtained a lot of resources. This was something he could not obtain in the Dragon Snake Sect.
When the middle-aged man learned that there was internal strife in the Iron Blood Empire, a scheme appeared in his mind.
If the Iron Dragon Empire took the opportunity to annex the Iron Blood Empire, would he be able to obtain more resources? The answer was certain.
Therefore, the middle-aged man lured the Iron Dragon King, wanting to have the Iron Dragon Empire attack the Iron Blood Empire. However, the Iron Dragon King feared the Iron Blood Empire, so he wanted to probe.
This time, the sparring between the younger generation was fake. Probing the Iron Blood Empire was real.
At this moment, the middle-aged man's face revealed a trace of gloominess. This ungrateful fellow before him actually dared to clamor with him. Moreover, if he couldn't defeat him in one move, it would be his loss.
This was too arrogant.
The middle-aged man had already made up his mind. When he attacked, he would definitely defeat this person with the force of a thunderbolt. If he had the chance, he wouldn't mind killing this person.
"Haha, this is the most arrogant sentence I've ever heard."
A trace of a smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face.
Immediately after, dense spirit energy surged out from his body. The aura that covered the sky and covered the earth instantly filled the entire square.
"Kid, I'll let you experience the ultimate skill of the Dragon Snake Sect."
The middle-aged man shouted in a low voice. An illusory snake demon appeared above his head. This illusory snake demon contained boundless spirit energy.
It was also at this moment that the middle-aged man used the ultimate skill of the Dragon Snake Sect, the Dragon Snake Technique.
Whoosh!
The middle-aged man's palm suddenly clenched into a fist. Then, with a tap of his foot, his fist carried the boundless power of the Dragon Snake as he directly punched towards Fang Chen.
"Dragon Snake Technique?"
Fang Chen revealed a faint smile as he looked at the illusory snake demon above the middle-aged man's head.
After being in the Five Elements Province for so long, Fang Chen naturally knew of the Dragon Snake Sect.
The Dragon Snake Sect was a Five Star Sect. Its influence was very powerful, and the Dragon Snake Sect's ultimate technique was the Dragon Snake Technique.
It was said that only those with extraordinary talent could condense the Dragon-Snake Dharma Idol. Under normal circumstances, the disciples of the Dragon Snake Sect would condense the Snake Demon Dharma Idol.
However, even so, when combined with the Dragon Snake Art, its power was still very strong.
"Unfortunately, you're just a snake."
Fang Chen said indifferently. Suddenly, the Hidden Star Sword appeared in his hand. Then, a majestic Sword Intent spread out in an instant.
Then, Fang Chen displayed the Golden Light Dragon Sword Technique.
The Metal Will exploded in an instant. The sharp and overbearing Metal Will spread out. Fang Chen's aura also rose to the peak in an instant.
The aura that erupted from the fourth level of the Spiritual Vortex Realm had far surpassed the fifth level of the Spiritual Vortex Realm middle-aged man.
Fang Chen displayed the Golden Light Dragon Sword Technique. At the same time, the Golden Giant Sword Dharma Idol was released above his head.
Within the Dharma Idol, there was a wild aura that complemented the Hidden Star Sword Technique. Instantly, the power of the Golden Light Dragon Sword Technique increased tremendously.
Swoosh!
Fang Chen's wrist shook and the Hidden Star Sword streaked across the sky. In an instant, the illusory figure of a Golden Dragon appeared in the sky.
The appearance of the Golden Dragon suppressed the Snake Demon Dharma Idol, causing the middle-aged man to feel that something was amiss.
"How is this possible?"
The core of the Dragon Snake Technique was to condense the illusory figure of a True Dragon. However, the middle-aged man had not reached that stage. He could only condense the illusory figure of a Snake Demon.
After all, the Snake Demon was inferior to the Golden Dragon.
With the Dharma Idol suppressed, the power of the Dragon Snake Technique was instantly weakened. This scene caused the middle-aged man's face to darken completely.
"Dragon Snake Technique."
The middle-aged man roared furiously. He exerted all his strength and displayed the Dragon Snake Technique in an attempt to kill Fang Chen.
However, the latter's Golden Light Dragon Sword Technique was too powerful. Coupled with his cultivation of Level 4 Spiritual Vortex Realm, the middle-aged man was no match for him.
At this moment, on the square, the Iron Dragon King's face darkened.
Originally, his face was full of smiles. The higher-ups of the Dragon Snake Sect had a hundred percent chance of winning this battle. The Inspector of the Iron Blood Empire was not even worth mentioning.
However, when Fang Chen displayed the Golden Light Dragon Sword Technique, the Iron Dragon King suddenly felt his heart palpitate.
"How is this possible?"
The Iron Dragon King cried out involuntarily. How could such a young martial artist explode with such power?
On the other hand, in the Iron Blood Empire, Tie Feihong and Tie Feilong's faces were filled with joy. The Inspector's strength had exceeded their expectations.
The group of ministers behind Tie Feihong were also very excited.
"The Inspector's strength is too strong."
"Yeah, no wonder the Inspector did not take him seriously."
At this moment, everyone finally understood why Fang Chen had said such harsh words.
It turned out that he did not take the Inspector seriously at all. Now, the strength that he displayed was so powerful that it made people despair.
At this moment, the most depressed person was none other than the middle-aged man.
The Dharma Laksana Demonic Snake Phantom was completely suppressed and could not explode with any power.
As for the Demonic Snake Phantom formed by the Dragon Snake Technique, it was also suppressed by the Golden True Dragon. He felt that something was wrong.
"No, I must persevere," the middle-aged man said to himself.
Fang Chen had said that if he could not defeat him in one move, he would lose. As long as he could persevere in one move, he would win.
Crash!
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man waved his hand and the Dragon Snake Aura instantly spread out. The Demonic Snake Phantom in the sky opened its mouth again, wanting to devour Fang Chen.
However, Fang Chen would not give him the chance.
"Let's end this."
Fang Chen growled and waved the Hidden Star Sword in his hand. In the sky, the Golden True Dragon instantly pounced on the Demonic Snake Phantom, and then directly destroyed the Demonic Snake Phantom at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.
The Demonic Snake Phantom was defeated, and the middle-aged man's Dragon Snake Technique was cracked by Fang Chen.
Seeing this, the middle-aged man quickly retreated, trying to avoid Fang Chen's attack.
However, it was too late.
Fang Chen's Hidden Star Sword had already pierced his body.
Puchi!
Fang Chen suddenly pulled out the Hidden Star Sword, and the middle-aged man's body fell to the ground. He was seriously injured, and blood kept flowing out of his body. His Dharma Laksana Demonic Snake Phantom also disappeared in an instant.
Dong!
The earth trembled, and the majestic aura that filled the square instantly receded like a tide.
Fang Chen held the Hidden Star Sword and stood quietly on the square. His body was filled with the domineering Golden Concept. He coldly looked at the middle-aged man and said, "You, do you still want to continue?"
Hearing Fang Chen's words, the middle-aged man's face turned ashen. His face was incomparably pale, and he was carried away by the Iron Dragon King's men.
The Iron Dragon King's action was tantamount to admitting defeat.
At this time, Fang Chen put away the Hidden Star Sword and glanced at Tie Feihong.
Tie Feihong understood tacitly, and then laughed and said, "Iron Dragon King, our Iron Blood Empire's Supervisor won by luck. I think your Iron Dragon Empire won't go back on their words, right?"
The Iron Dragon King, who was originally very angry, almost went berserk after hearing Tie Feihong's words.
However, he controlled himself in the end.
"Rest assured, my Iron Dragon Empire will not go back on our words."
After saying that, the Iron Dragon King directly stood up, waved his sleeves, and turned around to leave, saying, "Iron Blood Emperor, since the younger generation's competition is over, we will also go back. As for the three cities, your Iron Blood Empire can send people to take over."
After saying that, the Iron Dragon King led his people and quickly left the imperial palace.
Looking at their flustered and exasperated backs, Tie Feihong and the others laughed loudly.
"Supervisor, it's all thanks to you this time." Tie Feilong grinned.
If it weren't for Fang Chen, how would their Iron Blood Empire have been able to obtain those three cities?
Don't look down on those three cities. To the Iron Blood Empire, they were absolutely very important.
Not to mention anything else, just the resources within those three cities were enough to allow even more cultivators to increase their cultivation bases.
Furthermore, the Iron Blood Empire could also use those resources to expand their territory.
On the other hand, the Iron Dragon Empire wasn't as strong as the Iron Blood Empire. It was only because they had the Dragon Snake Sect behind them that they were able to exist for so long.
This time, they had to give up those three cities. Furthermore, those three cities would definitely cause the Iron Dragon Empire's strength to suffer.
It could be said that this was killing two birds with one stone.
Fang Chen shook his head slightly. He was the Iron Blood Empire's Supervisor. These matters were all within his duties.
Moreover, it was the middle-aged man who had started the battle first. Otherwise, Fang Chen wouldn't have bothered with him.
The Iron Dragon Empire had really suffered a double loss this time, while the Iron Blood Empire had gained a lot.
Within the imperial palace, all the civil and military officials were very happy. Even Tie Feihong and Tie Feilong were very excited.
Tie Feihong even wanted to hold a big banquet for Fang Chen, but was rejected by Fang Chen.
He didn't like liveliness, especially banquets.
After exchanging a few words with Tie Feihong, Fang Chen turned and left.
As for Tie Feihong, he also had important matters to attend to. The most important thing was to take over the three cities first.
He had already been in the Iron Blood Empire for more than four months. In another two months, his task would be completed.
Previously, he had been quite busy and didn't have much time.
Now, Fang Chen finally had time to go to the western region to look for the wealth of the Western Region Pirate Sage.
The Western Region Pirate Sage was known as the richest warrior in the western region. Although he was dead, his wealth was left in the Five Elements State.
Fang Chen was considered lucky to have obtained Western Region Pirate Sage's interspatial ring. From it, he obtained a few Wealth points from Western Region Pirate Sage.
Previously, when he looted a wealth point, he obtained 100 million pieces of top-grade spiritual stones. If he could loot all the wealth points of the Western Region Pirate Sage, his wealth would definitely skyrocket.
The higher his cultivation, the more Fang Chen found that he didn't have enough spiritual stones.
In the past, he felt that top-grade spiritual stones were very extravagant. Now, he needed tens of millions of top-grade spiritual stones. Even buying a seventh-grade cultivation method required hundreds of millions of top-grade spiritual stones.
Therefore, Fang Chen couldn't wait to get all the wealth of the Western Region Pirate Sage.
The Iron Blood Empire was located in the central region of the Five Elements State. It wasn't far from the western region.
For this trip, Fang Chen's destination was a mountain range in the western region. This mountain range was called the Moonlight Mountain Range.
The Moonlight Mountain Range was located on a nameless plain in the western region. There was a map in the spatial ring of the Western Region Pirate Sage. Fang Chen just had to follow the map.
However, before that, he had to find Tie Feihong to explain the situation.
Early the next morning, Fang Chen found Tie Feihong and told the King that he would be leaving the Iron Blood Empire for a few days to go to the western region.
Hearing that Fang Chen had something to do, Tie Feihong immediately agreed. He even asked if he needed the Iron Blood Empire to send soldiers to help. However, Fang Chen refused.
For this kind of thing, the fewer people there were, the better. It couldn't be publicized.
After that, Fang Chen left the Iron Blood Empire and entered the western region.
In the western region, in a wasteland, Fang Chen stood quietly with a gentle smile on his face.
The first time he came to the Five Elements State, it was at the edge of the western region, the Luoying Peak.
At that time, he almost died. If Li Xiaoke hadn't saved him, he might have died.
"After I obtain the wealth of the Western Region Pirate Sage, I'll make a trip to Mizar City."
No matter what, the Li Clan had helped him. He couldn't be ungrateful.
After that, Fang Chen quickly advanced according to the map.
With Fang Chen's current strength, he was almost invincible in the western region.
Along the way, Fang Chen encountered a few groups of bandits. However, when Fang Chen released the aura of a Fourth Level Spiritual Vortex Realm, these bandits fled in panic.
In general, these bandits didn't affect Fang Chen much.
Three days later, Fang Chen arrived at the nameless plain recorded on the map.
Just as he stepped onto the plain, Fang Chen felt that something was wrong.
"The temperature is so low."
The temperature on the plain was extremely low, which made Fang Chen feel that something was wrong. He immediately used the Ice Concept to devour the cold aura around him.
With the Ice Concept protecting his body, the cold aura couldn't corrode Fang Chen. The latter quickly walked on the plain.
When Fang Chen stepped onto the plains, he saw a large, snow-white tiger at the edge of the plains. There was the word 'King' on the tiger's forehead, and its entire body exuded a frighteningly cold aura.
"Human." The tiger stood at the end of the plain and said with a heavy tone.
At that moment, Fang Chen didn't know that there was a ferocious tiger at the end of the plain.
Time passed bit by bit. Fang Chen walked quickly on the plains. The deeper he went into the plains, the lower the temperature became. In the end, the entire plains was covered in a vast expanse of whiteness.
"Luckily, I have the Ice Concept." Fang Chen thought to himself.
It was as if he had arrived at a glacier. The temperature here was too cold. If it was an ordinary warrior, they wouldn't be able to walk to the end of the plain and would be frozen solid.
However, Fang Chen was different. He had the Ice Concept and could devour the cold aura near him. Therefore, he didn't feel much.
After walking for about an hour, Fang Chen finally saw the end of the plain.
At that moment, Fang Chen also noticed the large tiger on the plain.
Roar!
The tiger had been waiting here for a long time.
When it saw Fang Chen, it let out a roar. It opened its bloody mouth and glared at Fang Chen.
"Tiger." Fang Chen looked at the white tiger in front of him in surprise.
"This is the Snow Demon Tiger." Ancestor Bronze whispered from within the python sword.
"Snow Demon Tiger?" Fang Chen asked doubtfully.
"The Snow Demon Tiger is a powerful tiger in the beast world. They like to live in cold places. This Snow Demon Tiger has already treated you as an enemy." Ancestor Bronze said.
"In other words, this ice plain is the Snow Demon Tiger's territory." Fang Chen asked.
"That's right." Ancestor Bronze said.
"Then how did the Western Region Pirate Sage place his wealth points here?" Fang Chen was puzzled.
The Snow Demon Tiger was very strong. It gave Fang Chen a faint sense of pressure.
"This Snow Demon Tiger is the Western Region Pirate Sage's spirit pet. After his death, it regained its freedom." Ancestor Bronze said.
"Is there any way to deal with the Snow Demon Tiger?" Fang Chen asked.
"It's simple."
Ancestor Bronze said. "Use the Ice Concept to wrap yourself up. It's best if you cover your body with ice."
Fang Chen followed Ancestor Bronze's instructions and circulated the Ice Concept around his body. In an instant, he was covered in ice.
At this time, Fang Chen withdrew his aura and slowly approached the Snow Demon Tiger.
When Fang Chen covered his body with ice, the Snow Demon Tiger was no longer violent. It also stopped baring its fangs and claws at Fang Chen.
Fang Chen carefully passed by the Snow Demon Tiger. The Snow Demon Tiger didn't seem to notice Fang Chen and squatted on the ice plain.
After a while, Fang Chen went around the Snow Demon Tiger and entered the Moonlight Mountain Range.
"Phew, that was close." Fang Chen shattered the ice on his body and returned to normal. He breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, Fang Chen was curious why the Snow Demon Tiger didn't attack him. Could it be that it couldn't see him?
"Although the Snow Demon Tiger is one of the stronger tiger-type Demonic Beasts, they have their weaknesses as well," Ancestor Bronze said.
"The Snow Demon Tiger's eyes can't see white from birth.
That's why I covered your body with ice. "
Hearing this, Fang Chen was astonished.
There were actually such demonic beasts in this world that couldn't see white?
Then how could they see their own members?
However, Fang Chen thought about it for a moment and understood. The Snow Demon Tiger should be able to recognize its own members through their aura. That was the only reasonable explanation.
"Then isn't it easy to deal with the Snow Demon Tiger?" asked Fang Chen.
"Idiot, when you deal with the Snow Demon Tiger, won't you reveal your aura?"
Fang Chen was startled and then smiled helplessly.
It was easy to trick the Snow Demon Tiger, but it was extremely difficult to deal with it. Unless he used absolute strength to directly kill it.
After thinking about it for a moment, he stopped thinking about it.
After all, the Snow Demon Tiger had nothing to do with him. The most important thing now was to find wealth points.
"This is the Moonlight Mountain Range. According to the map, the wealth points should be in the deepest part of the Moonlight Mountain Range." Fang Chen nodded inwardly and then quickly passed through the Moonlight Mountain Range.
At this time, there were two figures fighting a demonic beast in the Moonlight Mountain Range.
BANG!
After a loud explosion, one of the blade-wielding martialists cleaved the Demonic Beast in half. The other sword-wielding martialist also killed the Demonic Beast that was charging at him.
"Brother Shan, your strength is truly abnormal." The sword-wielding youth grinned.
"Let's go. Our goal is to find the Moon Spirit Ore in the depths of the Moonlight Mountain Range." The saber-wielding cultivator nodded.
"Brother Shan, do you really think there's Moon Spirit Ore in the Moonlight Mountain Range?" asked the sword-wielding youth curiously.
"The legend should be true. Let's go," said the saber-wielding cultivator.
With Fang Chen's current strength, the demonic beasts in the Moonlight Mountain Range couldn't affect him at all. His speed was very fast. In just half a day, he arrived at the depths of the Moonlight Mountain Range.
In the depths of the Moonlight Mountain Range, there was a cliff.
Below it was a relatively wide flat area. There weren't any weeds on this open area.
Fang Chen arrived here and carefully observed the situation. Soon after, he said doubtfully, "According to the map, the wealth of the Western Region Pirate Sage must be here."
After pondering for a moment, Fang Chen began to search.
In the blink of an eye, night came and the sky darkened.
At this moment, Fang Chen was still searching. Not far away, two young cultivators appeared.
"Brother Shan, why is there someone here?" asked the sword-wielding youth curiously when he saw Fang Chen looking around.
The saber-wielding cultivator squinted his eyes. There was a hint of displeasure between his brows. He said in a deep voice, "Ignore him."
After saying that, the saber-wielding cultivator sat down cross-legged and waited for the moonlight to appear.
The Moon Spirit Ore could only appear on the night of a full moon.
Therefore, the saber-wielding cultivator was waiting for the moonlight to appear. When the sword-wielding youth saw this, he also sat down cross-legged and waited.
The two of them were the top experts of the younger generation of the Blade Sect. The person before them was simply an ant to them.
Fang Chen, who was looking for wealth, also noticed the two of them.
He frowned slightly and thought to himself.
"What are they waiting for?" Fang Chen said to himself.
"Could it be that their goal is also the wealth of the Western Region Pirate Sage?" Fang Chen said. He then shook his head and denied it. "Impossible. They definitely don't know about the wealth of the Western Region Pirate Sage."
"Could it be that there is something important in the Moonlight Mountain Range?"
Fang Chen was puzzled. His plan was also disrupted by the two of them.