“Bang, bang, bang…”

A faint sound came from deep underground.

Qin Feng was sitting cross-legged on a reddish stone that was as crimson as blood.

The stone bore such color because it contained a significant amount of Red Iron.

And underground in this area was a vast Red Iron Ore Vein.

Since bidding farewell to Sage Tianyang and the others, Qin Feng had been wandering around the Flowing Gold World.

Given that the advantage of the Cultivator Army and the Plant Army was too apparent, even if some teams made foolish moves or were ambushed and disastrously defeated by the Metal Divine Beings, it was impossible for the creatures of this world to turn the tables!

It was precisely because Qin Feng knew that victory was in his grasp that he didn’t meet up with the other teams but wandered around instead, looking for treasures and ore veins he fancied, seizing the opportunity to collect some treasures!

After all, he had been separate from the main force right from the start, chasing down that Sixth Rank Great Witch alongside several Profound Immortals and Upper Divine Spirits, so the Expedition Army hadn’t considered him at all when assigning tasks.

And there wasn’t much difference in the chase team with or without him, for so many powerhouses were more than enough to chase the Sixth Rank Great Witch to the point where there would be no road to heaven nor door to earth. Perhaps they had already killed that fellow by now.

At this moment, with the sound continuously coming from underground and the ground trembling slightly now and then, squads of Demon Spiders emerged from the tunnels, dragging nets full of Red Iron Ore that piled up like mountains in front of Qin Feng.

And there were many similar mines like the one in front of him, with millions of Demon Spiders and numerous Metal Creatures diligently excavating many tunnels underground for Qin Feng.

Such actions had already been carried out seven or eight times, sometimes with open-pit metal mines, sometimes just by picking up various kinds of ore from the ground, and sometimes Qin Feng would join forces with the Demon Immortals under his command to directly transport several mountains into the Demon Refining Pot.

The open-pit mines were straightforward; Qin Feng would mobilize all the Spiritual Beasts under his command to work together—even the Crow Army could lift rocks. Still, many Spiritual Beasts were unsuitable for underground mines, so he had to labor these Demon Clan and newly subjugated Metal Creatures.

It was only because he possessed the Demon Refining Pot, a treasure that could easily subjugate those Spiritual Beasts, otherwise, it would not have been so easy for anyone else to make newly subdued Metal Creatures so obedient.

The metal ore resources in this world were too abundant, forcing Qin Feng to pick and choose, collecting only the rarer or less common veins and those with more abundant Spiritual Power.

Even so, he had not yet traveled more than a hundred thousand miles in these days.

The allure of the ore veins below distracted him so much. With many unique metals not found in the Cultivation World, likely evolved from the unique Gold Element Principle of this realm possessing rare properties, Qin Feng thought they would fetch a good number of Spirit Stones if brought back. Hence, he kept going down to collect ore, which greatly slowed his progress.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…”

Just as Qin Feng waited with a hint of excitement for his Spiritual Beasts to continuously transport the underground ore veins through the mines, and as he awaited the reception of more treasure resources, he suddenly heard a swish of tearing sounds from the distant sky.

The sounds were sharp and swift. If Qin Feng’s Taoist Body hadn’t been tempered to an extremely profound degree, naturally developing many Divine Skills like the Heavenly Vision and Heavenly Ear Technique, which related closely to his Physical Body and had already awakened upon his advancement to True Immortal and now further improved to the stage of Physical Body Dragon Transformation.

Hence, despite the speed of the approaching beings far surpassing sound, Qin Feng merely had to move his ears slightly to catch a faint sound from the far distance.

At the same time, the figures flying in from the distant sky also noticed Qin Feng’s existence.

It was impossible to miss, as anyone would take a second look upon seeing several deep burrows emerge on the ground that was otherwise relatively smooth.

Besides the hundreds of mines, many more Demon Spiders came in and out of the holes, constantly dragging webs filled with ore that they piled up in front of Qin Feng.

The reddish ore had already accumulated into a mountain; it was hard not to draw attention!

“Intruder!”

A metallic grinding noise came from the sky, and then that figure abruptly flapped its wings. Suddenly, thousands of Golden Iron Feathers shot through the air, with a sharp aura heading straight for Qin Feng to attack.

Clearly, the Metal Divine Being in the sky had also identified Qin Feng as the leader of those numerous lives below.

It couldn’t be helped; within that entire area, he was the only one who sat cross-legged atop a stone like a lord, commanding a multitude of Spiritual Beasts to work hard for him—such a distinct appearance was difficult to overlook!

What enraged those above even more was that among the throngs of Spiritual Beasts, there were quite a few Metal Creatures.

This indicated that the invader below was not only mining the world’s ore resources but also enslaving the local Metal Creatures of this realm to work for him!

How could they bear that?

So naturally, Qin Feng became the target of the metal Divine Beings passing by in the sky.

“Hm?”

Qin Feng abruptly raised his head!

The attackers approached rapidly; he had barely caught the sound when they were already upon him.

And not only were they fast, but their attack speed was also incredibly swift.

If Qin Feng weren’t so powerful, with a multitude of methods at his disposal and speed far surpassing his peers among Immortals and Divine Beings, he might indeed have been caught off guard.

Qin Feng himself made no move, but the space around him subtly rippled and distorted for an instant.

Bang, bang, bang…

A series of dense sounds echoed, and the thousands of golden feathers that flew through the air instantly shattered both Qin Feng and the Red Iron Ore he was sitting on, blasting a huge pit in the ground and causing a small-scale collapse in the mines below, burying nearly ten thousand Demon Spiders inside the mine shafts.

“Eh, something’s wrong!”

The two figures in midair had originally seen Qin Feng pierced by their feathers and thought that this intruder was certainly dead beyond doubt.

But now they realized that what they had shot through was just an afterimage, and the real Qin Feng had vanished without a trace!

“Where is he?”

In the sky, two golden figures soared with wings spread, their eyes emitting divine golden light as they searched in all directions for traces of Qin Feng.

They spread their wings over a hundred zhang and, by their size, they resembled the Golden Winged Great Peng; however, their entire bodies conveyed a rigid metallic texture. It was clear that they were made entirely of gold and iron, distinctly different from ordinary living creatures.

Despite being metallic god-spirits, aside from their talons appearing sharper, and their golden metallic feathers looking exceptionally lethal, their eyes were filled with spirit. Although the eyes still showed a distinct metallic color, they were vibrant with life and emitted captivating golden light, marking them as no easy opponents!

Just as they were searching frantically for Qin Feng’s whereabouts, a cold snort came from not far away: “Are you looking for me?”

Before the words even faded, space distorted, and Qin Feng’s figure emerged.

As soon as he appeared, he swept his wide sleeves forward, and immediately intense flames surged out, lunging towards the two metallic divine beings.

Seeing this, the two giant metallic birds resembling the Golden Winged Great Peng were shocked, realizing that this invader was not to be underestimated.

Yet, what caused even greater alarm for them was the flames that Qin Feng had unleashed.

The flames were scorching, bringing waves of heat capable of melting gold and iron, which made these two metallic divine beings hesitant to come into contact with them.

Even though their bodily strength was far superior to ordinary demon birds and monsters, and Qin Feng’s burning would not destroy their physical forms in the short term, the instinctual knowledge of the Five Elements’ mutual destruction caused their hearts to lurch, prompting them to flap their wings fiercely to create gusts of wind in an attempt to disperse the flames.

Unfortunately, these flames were a manifestation of Qin Feng’s powerful divine skills, which also contained the properties of the Undying Qingluan’s undying flame, hardly something that could be easily blown away by wind!

After their attempt failed, the two metallic divine beings continued to dodge, avoiding the direct attack of the flames, and then launched fierce gold-element techniques at Qin Feng.

“Hmph!”

Qin Feng’s hands blossomed like lotuses, and subtle golden sparks emerged as he unfolded the Shattering Void Finger to intercept the opposing spells, then shouted, “You too shall taste my gold-element divine power!”

As he spoke, he suddenly exhaled, and a violent Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind blew out from his mouth.

In an instant, the sky darkened, the sun and moon lost their light, and the world was draped in gloomy clouds.

Upon seeing this, the two metallic divine beings were horrified and cried out in shock, their wings beating in succession as they tried to raise strong winds to counter Qin Feng’s Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind.

But their efforts were in vain, as their gusts resembled a castle of sand before the mighty wind, failing to serve any purpose. They barely withstood the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind for a moment before it scattered them like smoke.

The two metallic divine beings screamed frantically, their figures hastily dodging, but to no avail, they had to desperately deploy defensive magic, at the same time lifting their wings high to shield their bodies and heads behind their golden wings.

After refining Divine Gold, Qin Feng felt the power of his Ruyi Golden Light greatly increase, and he even made some progress in his understanding of the Gold Element Principle.

The only regret was that there hadn’t been enough time to completely refine even the first batch of divine gold from a metallic divine being, so his Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind had not yet undergone a qualitative improvement.

Even so, the might of Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind was still immensely formidable.

If it weren’t for the fact that these two metallic divine beings, similar in appearance to Golden Pengs, cultivated the same Gold Element Principle and possessed a strong resistance to similar techniques, they certainly would have been severely injured by Qin Feng’s golden wind.

As it was, they both suffered significant injuries.

Especially the slightly smaller one of the two, whose power was only at the realm of a lower divine being, was now disheveled, feathers in disarray, and its body bore numerous gaps inflicted by the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind.

“No good, this person is tough, let’s escape!” shouted the larger one, at the middle divine level, shocked at heart. Without waiting to endure the Ruyi Spiritual Golden Wind any longer, it hurriedly called out, “Let’s retreat for now… After completing that matter, we will summon all the gods to surround and kill this person. We must not be delayed by fighting him and miss out on the important task!”

“Alright!”

The badly injured lower divine being had already been frightened out of its wits by Qin Feng’s strike.

It couldn’t imagine just how powerful Qin Feng must be to be able to hurt it with a mere breath.

Though it didn’t understand Qin Feng’s divine skills, it no longer dared to fight him. As soon as it heard its companion’s words, it immediately agreed and turned to flee!

“Thinking of running?”

Qin Feng glanced down at the mountainous pile of Red Iron Ore and at the creatures in the mines, and after pondering for a moment, he didn’t chase immediately. Instead, he flew down to gather all the ore into his bag, and then called out to all the Demon Spiders and Metal Creatures to emerge from the mines and enter the Demon Refining Pot.

After completing these tasks, the two metallic divine beings were already long gone.

However, Qin Feng was not in a hurry; he casually gathered the broken metallic feathers from the ground with his magic, then expelled a breath of Burning Fortune Fire to extract the residual divine power within them.

Then, wrapping the residue with Curse Power, he touched it lightly with his hand, and instantly an invisible guidance pointed him in a new direction.

With a faint smile, Qin Feng transformed into a streak of Rainbow Light and followed his senses in pursuit. Sёarᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

He was indeed curious to see what the metallic divine beings had referred to as their “proper business.”

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