The status of obsidian among the demon clan is equivalent to Yuan Yu. You can imagine how precious the obsidian mine is, and this kind of ore will be accompanied by the more precious obsidian stone soul.

The large-denomination stone coins that Song Zheng and the others used before were made from stone souls at a ratio of 1:100 to ordinary stone coins.

The stone core is even more precious. It is used to make top-denomination stone coins, and the exchange ratio for large-denomination stone coins is also one to one hundred.

This shows the preciousness of stone cores, and the mountain-moving order of the Heavenly Fire Imperial Decree requires each person to have ten stone cores, which is equivalent to one hundred thousand stone coins per person.

When they first saw this imperial edict, the new wolf soldiers didn't pay much attention to it. One hundred thousand stone coins corresponded to one hundred thousand yuan jade, which didn't seem to be much. But when they really arrived around the Eight-Armed Magic Mountain, they understood what it meant. cruel!

Obsidian mines represent huge interests. Every obsidian mine in the Seven Kills Department is, at the upper level, a real game between the demon clan’s powerful people; at the lower level, it is a face-to-face bloody competition!

The person who grabbed this obsidian mine this time was the Demon Emperor’s Jiu Shu, His Highness Prince Ping Tian.

King Pingtian took great care of the Demon Emperor when he was young. The Demon Emperor lost his father in his early years. Uncle Jiu was a great demon in the Mingjian Realm at that time. It was only because of his protection that the Demon Emperor grew up. Therefore, after the Demon Emperor ascended the throne, he took great care of it. , Fengping Tianwang, obeys his words.

King Pingtian is a rare wise man among the Seven Kills. He is deeply respected and trusted by His Majesty, but he never interferes in political affairs. All he wants is beauty and wealth.

It asked for this obsidian mine, and the Demon King immediately agreed. The two ancestors of King Pingtian, who were at the peak of the Xuantong Realm, took action and expelled all the strong demons near the obsidian mine, and the flag of His Highness King Pingtian was planted here.

His Highness has a very strong sense of territory and property, and he cannot tolerate other people or monsters daring to interfere with his property.

The new wolf soldiers tried their best to steal the stone core from the obsidian mine, but hundreds of them were killed on the spot.

The new recruits, who had never seen the cruel methods of sky fire, "grew up" instantly. At this time, they all understood the original behavior of the commander-in-chief: under the imperial edict, there was indeed no luck.

A small group of people, with a sense of luck, attacked some small demon tribes or demon caravans to steal enough stone cores.

Most people tried their best to steal the stone core from the Eight-Armed Mountain.

Cao Guling and Lao Yu tried several times together, but all failed. During these attempts, only ten of the more than thirty recruits who followed them were left.

Cao Guring was once the strongest soldier in the five Lingnan states. He fought many tough battles, but never before did he suffer such a high loss ratio.

He then made a wise choice, found Zhao Xiao and joined their service.

Zhao Xiao and the other five were initially surprised as to why the scholar and the conman had disappeared. However, the cruel imperial edict did not give them time to get to the bottom of the matter. After a trial, they figured out the defense strength of the Eight-Armed Magic Mountain Stone Mine. With the strength of the Wolf Barracks, a force attack has no chance of victory.

Zhou Kou was a little panicked. He suddenly didn't know what to do without the scholar. Zhao Xiao stabilized his position, and everyone brainstormed to make plans.

But without the scholars, their plans always lacked something. The first two times they failed were due to details, and the last two times were due to lack of luck.

Today is already the eighth day, and Miao Yun'er thought of a way.

They used the special smell of the strange medicine to trigger a riot of wild beasts around the mine. They took advantage of the attention of the mine guards to be attracted and sneaked into the back of the mine, not to steal the stone core, but to dig it themselves.

As expected, the guard on this side is lax, but they need to dig through a huge mountain quickly! And they must make sure to be silent and not be discovered by the supervisors in the mine.

All this is not too difficult for monks.

In the cave, a flying sword flew up and down. The hard rock was cut open as easily as tofu under the sharp edge of the flying sword. The cut gravel was caught by the soldiers behind and sent in before it hit the ground.

Each mustard finger.

Suddenly Feijian paused lightly, and Zhao Xiao, who was digging, made a gesture to the back. Pan Feiyi and others gathered around him. Zhao Xiao controlled Feijian and drew a big circle on the rocks, and all the rocks inside fell down.

, a piece of crystal obsidian is revealed behind it.

Found it!

Everyone was excited, and the mood in the cave suddenly became high.

Zhou Kou sternly waved to everyone, telling everyone not to get carried away. This place is very dangerous. As long as a supervisor hears the noise, everyone will die without a burial place.

Everyone also knew that it was not the time to celebrate, so they calmed down together. Zhao Xiao quickly widened the cave, and then Cao Guring and other higher-level practitioners stepped forward together, each using their sharp instruments to dig out the obsidian.

The hardness of obsidian is much higher than that of rock. In order to prevent it from making any sound, everyone has to control their strength. Mining is much more difficult than before.

So Zhao Xiao arranged for everyone to work in groups of four, retreat immediately when tired, meditate and practice to replenish spiritual energy. An accident must not occur due to fatigue, causing the plan to fail.

Soon, they dug the first stone core, and their morale was greatly boosted. Two hours later, they had obtained more than thirty stone cores.

Suddenly, Zhou Kou, who had been monitoring the movements in the mine above, raised his hand vigilantly, and everyone stopped and looked at him anxiously.

Zhou Kou listened intently, raised his fists high, and looked solemn.

…

The four mines look huge, but in fact the excavation time was not long, about half a month.

The deepest mine has produced hundreds of thousands of kilograms of obsidian, thousands of kilograms of stone soul, and hundreds of kilograms of stone core. The director in charge of this mine, Gong Pangang, received a reward from King Pingtian, allowing this cunning gecko to

The demon is extremely excited and full of energy.

In the past few days, it has been trying its best to spur the slaves to work harder. With such "efforts", the progress of its mine has far exceeded that of the other three. Early this morning, it started digging

It reached a depth of one hundred and twenty feet.

Pan Gang was slightly satisfied with the progress. In the middle of the afternoon, he decided to take a rest and returned to his wooden shed. He drank the blood porridge that his men diligently served. He just breathed a sigh of relief when suddenly there was a loud noise and the entire mine shook violently.

, its wooden shed sank and almost collapsed.

Pan Gang was furious and whipped: "What did those bastards do?!"

He rushed to the bottom of the mine angrily. A landslide had just occurred here, and an area of ​​tens of feet at the bottom of the mine was sinking. The worst was in the west, and there was a risk of a major landslide.

Even if it slips, it's not a big deal. It doesn't matter how many slaves die, but it's a big deal if the progress is delayed.

"What's going on?" it said angrily, swung its whip around the neck of an overseer, pulled it in front of itself and shouted loudly.

The supervisor quickly shied away from responsibility: "Sir, no, it's none of our business. Down below, it's empty."

"Empty?" Pan Gang wondered. Looking in the direction pointed by the supervisor, a small hole was vaguely exposed in the west where the landslide was most serious. Looking in from there, there seemed to be a large space below.

"Huh?" Pan Gang suddenly became excited.

This is the God Ember Mountain, the place where the gods burned and died in legend. There are many ruins in the mountain. Just like the world of human cultivation, there are also legends within the demon clan about accidentally entering ancient ruins, gaining unparalleled opportunities, and finally becoming the leader of a clan.

"Immediately, clear this place out and send a demon down to see the situation."

"yes."

The collapsed area was quickly cleared out, and the entrance of the cave was propped up with demon tools so that it wouldn't collapse.

A gecko demon carefully got in through the hole. Not long after, its voice came from inside: "Sir, you will never believe what I saw..."

Pan Gang could no longer hold back and wanted to go in personally. Suddenly, a shout came from the top of the mine: "Stop, what kind of monsters are you? No, you are a traitor and a spy..."

The battle suddenly broke out, and more than thirty wolf soldiers, who should be carrying some kind of special magic weapon, could disguise themselves as monsters and sneaked into the mine.

They sneaked all the way around the mine before they were discovered due to suspicious behavior.

The wolf soldiers who have survived until now are all the best among the death row prisoners. They rushed down with a roar, their magic weapons were sharp, and their attacks were relentless. The supervisors were no match!

While they shouted loudly for the guards outside to come for support, they retreated in a swarm, and soon a large number of supervisors fell into the mine.

Pan Gang was furious: "A bunch of idiots! Stop it!"

Pan Gang is in the fate-knowing realm, and the palace-guarding demon is brave and brave. It left behind the things here and went into battle in person, and it really curbed the offensive of the thieves. The guards on the periphery quickly came to help.

Under such an overwhelming siege, a celebrity thief was killed and fell down.

Soon there were only seven or eight of the more than thirty wolf soldiers left. They covered each other and shouted to retreat, but they were desperate and had no way to retreat.

"Over there!" A wolf soldier saw the entrance of the cave and pointed with his hand. Without any discussion, all the remaining wolf soldiers rushed towards the entrance of the cave.

Pan Gang didn't check for a while but they broke in. Seven or eight thieves got into the hole together. He immediately screamed in anger and rushed in personally with two knives.

In the darkness of the cave, it only heard the scream of the subordinate, and immediately roared and killed it like a whirlwind, but only saw the corpse of the subordinate.

It looked around and saw that somewhere about a hundred feet away, a faint light flashed past in the darkness. It roared and charged forward, smashing several low stone walls blocking the road.

The dim light had disappeared, and the men who came after him lit the torch, and Pan Gang was stunned.

Bones everywhere!

The position of the dim light is a three-story altar, which has been severely damaged. Above it is a strange teleportation array. Unlike the current teleportation array or the spiritual array, there are no such complicated formation lines. It is just a The huge symbol may also be a special text.

But now that this "symbol" has been destroyed, the seven or eight thieves escaped from here unexpectedly, and Pan Gang was unable to pursue them for the time being.

Countless dead bones were scattered around the altar, and there were even dozens of dead bones lying on the two floors below the altar.

They are all dressed as warriors, wearing armor and holding weapons, but they are all decayed, and they are creatures from many years ago.

Yes, judging from their bones, they were neither humans nor demons, and Pan Gang couldn't recognize them.

It looked back, and as more and more monsters came in, the torches gradually illuminated the entire ruins.

This is a military fortress. The low walls are arranged in an arc shape and are well-proportioned. Judging from the remaining traces, these low walls should have been reinforced with various metals, and there were also some remaining "symbols" and altars. The one on it has the same origin, and its function is probably the same as the current strange formation, which is used to reinforce the entire fortress.

And between these curved stone walls, there are thousands of dead bones lying upside down. Judging from the shape, they all died in a fierce battle.

Pan Gang was also a warrior, and he felt a sense of admiration in his heart.

Countless warriors in this fortress are there to protect this altar! Powerful enemies came in from the outside. They resisted and were killed one by one, but they did not retreat and fought to the death!

They had been guarding them all the way to the altar, and they were probably all killed in the end.

It's just that Pan Gang doesn't understand. Since the altar can be teleported, why do they fight to the death and not leave? Why are they fighting?

It shook its head slightly and ordered its men: "Report it to the Venerable. In addition, everyone should exit and send people to guard the entrance of the cave. No one is allowed to come in until the Venerable arrives."

There were too many demons coming in, and it was no longer possible for it to hide the matter and monopolize the benefits of this ruins, so it simply reported it.

"yes!"
To be continued...