71: Chapter 71 Refining the Fire Crystal Ore Vein

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amidst a series of crisp sounds, the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword easily pierced through the bodies of the Fire Ants one by one, turning them into mangled corpses.

In the blink of an eye, more than half of the densely packed Fire Ants on the hilltop were slain, causing the remaining Fire Ants to let out angry roars and raise their sharp claws, attempting to attack Yang Juncheng.

However, these Fire Ants on the hilltop were only Rank One, Two, and Three Fire Ants; they could not fly at all and could only let out powerless roars, unable to pose even the slightest threat to Yang Juncheng.

Amidst the roars of these Rank One, Two, and Three Fire Ants, the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword transformed into a red stream of light, reaping the lives of these Rank One, Two, and Three Fire Ants like the Grim Reaper's scythe, turning them into mangled corpses.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

At this moment, furious roars echoed from deep within the hilltop.

One by one, massive Fire Ants covered in red carapaces, exuding the aura of the Mana Realm and Yin and Yang, flew out from the depths of the hilltop, turning into red streams of light and charging straight towards Yang Juncheng.

As they pounced towards Yang Juncheng, scorching flame power surged from their bodies, condensing into phantoms of Fire Ants that lunged at Yang Juncheng first, as if trying to tear him to pieces.

Facing the phantom attacks condensed by these Fire Ants, Yang Juncheng's expression remained unchanged. He pushed his right hand forward, and waves of pure flame power surged out of his body, condensing into a giant flame palm that met the phantoms of the Fire Ants.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst a series of violent rumbles, the flame palm condensed by Yang Juncheng easily shattered the Fire Ant phantoms one by one, turning them into specks of red light that vanished into nothingness.

Immediately after, under Yang Juncheng's activation, the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword transformed into a red stream of light, meeting the Mana Realm and Yin-Yang Realm Fire Ants head-on and colliding with them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Accompanied by a series of crisp sounds, the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword, with its sharp edge, easily pierced through the bodies of the Mana Realm and Yin-Yang Realm Fire Ants one by one. They let out miserable shrieks and fell down as mangled corpses, smashing large craters into the hard rocky ground.

In just a moment, the Mana Realm and Yin-Yang Realm Fire Ants that had pounced towards Yang Juncheng were completely slaughtered by the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword.

Afterward, under Yang Juncheng's activation, the blazing flame sword turned into a stream of light and continued to attack the remaining Fire Ants on the hilltop, easily killing them one by one.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

At this moment, furious roars echoed from deep within the hilltop.

A Fire Ant about ten feet long, covered in red carapaces and exuding the aura of the Heaven-Human Realm, flew out from the depths of the hilltop. It turned into a red stream of light and pounced straight towards Yang Juncheng, its sharp claws extended, looking as if it wanted to tear him to shreds.

Glancing at the rapidly approaching Heaven-Human Realm Fire Ant, Yang Juncheng willed the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword to turn into a red stream of light and shoot straight toward the Heaven-Human Realm Fire Ant.

At the same time, the flame power within Yang Juncheng's body surged wildly, turning into a torrent that entered the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword, causing its red light to flare up and its power to skyrocket.

Bang!

With a crisp sound of collision, the surging power of the blazing flame sword clashed with the Heaven-Human Realm Fire Ant. Its sharp edge easily pierced through the Heaven-Human Realm Fire Ant's body, turning it into a mangled corpse that fell downward.

At this moment, Yang Juncheng waved his hand, and the corpse of the Heaven-Human Realm Fire Ant, along with the corpses of the other Fire Ants on the hilltop, were all collected into the sun temple.

As a Peerless Grade Dao Artifact, even though the sun temple was severely damaged, its Materials and essence were still those of a Peerless Grade Dao Artifact. It contained a space as vast as a Minor Thousand Worlds, capable of storing countless items.

Placing a mere few Fire Ant corpses in the sun temple was like placing a single grain of sand in the ocean—utterly insignificant.

"Elder Xu, what should we do about the fire crystal mine on this hilltop? Should I go down and dig it out?" Yang Juncheng asked Xu Taiyang.

After completely eliminating the Fire Ants on the hilltop, Yang Juncheng asked Xu Taiyang.

"There's no need to go through all that trouble!"

"I can just directly activate the sun temple and refine this entire hilltop together!"

Xu Taiyang responded softly.

After saying this, under Xu Taiyang's activation, the sun temple flew out of Yang Juncheng's Sea of Consciousness and hovered above the hilltop.

Immediately after, dazzling red light shot out from the sun temple, enveloping the entire hilltop.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Amidst a series of violent rumbles, the red light enveloping the entire hilltop flashed intensely, cutting the entire hilltop away and turning it into a stream of light that sank into the sun temple, leaving a massive deep pit in its place.

Afterward, the sun temple turned into a stream of light and entered Yang Juncheng's Sea of Consciousness. Under Xu Taiyang's activation, it began to refine the fire crystal ore vein contained within the hilltop, converting it into pure sun essence.

"Little Jun, besides the fire crystal ore vein, there are also some fire-attribute Materials in the hilltop, like vajra rock, fire crystal rock, flame stone, and so on. I plan to fuse these fire-attribute Materials with the Fire Ant corpses to refine some fire-attribute Mortal Weapons and Magical Artifacts for you to sell!"

"At the same time, I plan to fuse the corpse of that Heaven-Human Realm Fire Ant and some high-quality fire crystal rock, among other fire-attribute Materials, into your Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword, upgrading the quality of the blazing flame sword to a High Grade Spiritual Artifact!"

While manipulating the grand formation of the sun temple to refine the fire crystal ore vein within the hilltop, Xu Taiyang transmitted his voice to Yang Juncheng.

Hearing Xu Taiyang's voice transmission, Yang Juncheng did not hesitate for a second and immediately sent the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact blazing flame sword into the sun temple for Xu Taiyang to smelt it again.

The sun temple was a Peerless Grade Dao Artifact, and its core grand formation, the Matter-Energy Conversion Grand Formation, was undamaged. Under Xu Taiyang's activation, its refining efficiency was extremely high, completely refining the fire crystal ore vein contained within the hilltop in just fifteen minutes.

At this moment, a large amount of sun essence appeared in the sun temple. Under Xu Taiyang's manipulation, it surged into some of the damaged grand formations, repairing them and restoring their original power.

As the damaged grand formations were repaired one by one, the power of the sun temple increased slightly, and Xu Taiyang's cultivation also rose accordingly, advancing from the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm.

However, the sun essence contained within the fire crystal ore vein was limited. After repairing only three damaged grand formations, over ninety percent of it was consumed, making it impossible to repair the next grand formation.

At this moment, without any hesitation, Xu Taiyang immediately fused the remaining sun essence into the blazing flame sword, causing the grade of the blazing flame sword to rise once again, directly promoting it to a Supreme Grade Spiritual Artifact, with its power skyrocketing.

"Little Jun, re-refine this blazing flame sword!"

After completing all of this, Xu Taiyang spoke to Yang Juncheng and sent the blazing flame sword out of the sun temple, letting it fall into Yang Juncheng's palm.