Chapter 208 - 135-146

Chapter 135: Entering the Spring Hunting Ground

"Gear up, and enter the Spring Hunting Ground!"

Everyone lifted their black tactical backpacks and suited up with their protective helmet and vest while the wireless communicator was placed in their ears.

"Zhao Yu, bring this along!" Suddenly, Qin Feng took out a box and passed it over to Zhao Yu.

Inside the box was the F5-tier Fire Scarlet Claw that was given by Deng Nian the day before.

"Ah! This is an ability rune equipment!" Zhao Yu was shocked.

Qin Feng nodded.

Zhao Yu sensed the dominating aura overflowing from the rune equipment and had mixed feelings about it. "It is an F5-tier equipment, and I am not even a G-tier now, it would already be considered decent if I were able to utilize one tenth of its power!"

"Its main attribute is defensive energy!" Qin Feng turned the Scarlet Fire Claw around and showed Zhao Yu the inner steel part that could protect her from bullets or attacks during close combat.

Zhao Yu paused for a short moment and nodded, then she put on the claw.

Fire runes exploded from the purple rune equipment and formed into a glowing flame.

Everyone around the area had also started to put on their own equipment!

With restriction on spatial rune equipment, some of the top tier wealthy gunners were revealing a ridiculous display of firearms. Even ordinary gunner students had also taken out countless sniper guns, riffles, hand grenades, bullets, and more.

Some even required help from ancient warriors in their teams to carry the firearms.

Of course, in the early stages, sufficient firearms would easily secure victory from such battles.

"Voila!"

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Zhou Hao took out a cape and put it around him.

"Do I look handsome in this?" Zhou Hao took out a dagger and placed it on his waist.

Silver light rays that were emitting from the two rune equipment were eye-catching among rune equipment that were releasing blue and purple light rays.

"This cape is… so powerful!" Zhao Yu exclaimed.

After all, it was made from materials from a beast king.

"Haha, this is a sponsor by a psycho friend of mine!" Zhou Hao giggled and replied.

Of course, Zhou Hao still had his inner armor as he did not equip those that were distributed by the university.

On the other hand, there were silver light rays that exploded from a few massive rounded disc bases.

The light rays crossed paths and formed into a network of giant passage that was about twenty meters in width and three meters in height.

"Xita colony is the first to enter!"

The sequence of entry had already been decided by a draw. However, due to the overwhelming number of students, Chengyang University would be separated into two batches and was always placed to enter last.

Students from Xita University took the lead and stepped into the giant passage.

"Chengyang University is well aware of their responsibility as the host and has allowed us to be the first to enter!"

"It must be the arrangement from our principal to allow us to be the first to enter, we can definitely gather more useful items!"

"I wonder if anyone will get Conscious Fruit this year!"

The chatter continued on as all students from the Xita University had completed their entrance!

A teacher continued to alter the space coordinates and released another batch of students for entry.

It was obvious that the location for every university would be different from each other.

"Set off!" Chengbei University was the third batch to enter, Qin Feng followed the footsteps of the other team members and moved forward.

After all four universities had entered, it was Chengyang University's turn!

"All prey have been released, time for the hunters to set off!"

The young guys and girls that were in white and golden colored uniform sneered as they made their move.

This would definitely be a lopsided slaughter!

After Qin Feng and the others had gone into the spatial passage, they immediately arrived at a wide turf.

Even without any careful trimming, the green turf looked smooth and displayed early signs of spring, and also the warmth that came along.

The surroundings were overflowing with greeneries that contradicted the late autumn scenery from the outside. There was a dense forest at a far off distance while a crystal clear stream was flowing down from the left.

"This is magnificent!" Zhao Yu said joyfully.

Compared to the wilderness that was seen when leaving the countryside of Chengbei colony, this place would undoubtedly be classified as a garden.

"Stop focusing on the scenery, let's go!" Qin Feng remarked as he looked at everyone.

Students from Chengbei University were all around them. Now that they had entered the area, all of them would surely not act rashly.

Or else, they might risk leaving without any reward, and would that not be a loss? They might also give themselves a bad title of harming each other.

With that in mind, the crowd immediately spread across the area.

Qin Feng led the three others and slipped into the forest.

The landscape in the Spring Hunting Ground was beautiful, it was like they were on a field trip without any sense of danger from the surroundings!

However, danger would always appear out of nowhere.

Bam!

Qin Feng took out his energy blaster and fired a shot toward the front.

Before the others could react to it, it was as if Qin Feng had blasted onto some vines.

Zhao Yu was still puzzled and wondered what Qin Feng was aiming for.

It was only when they got closer to the vines that had fallen onto the ground that they were shocked as they noticed that it was a snake.

"Jade snake!" Zhao Yu was shocked and inhaled deeply.

It was a low-level viper that could paralyse their nerves with just one bite, and it could even cause death if the victim did not have strong conscious energy.

Qin Feng was able to notice it from a far off distance earlier on.

"Qin Feng, you are amazing, I thought that you were aiming for some vines, it seems that Lin Kai was not telling the truth yesterday!" Zhao Yu said.

Zhou Hao's lips twitched when he heard what Zhao Yu said.

"Zhao Yu, do you really think that Lin Kai was telling the truth? It was not only Qin Feng that had gone to the frontlines! We have already earned ourselves hundreds of thousands from our past solid battles!"

Zhou Hao's ancient warrior ability had indeed increased at a fast pace, and he had benefited a lot as he obtained most of his energy supplies from the battle at Zimu Mountains; or else, without any financial support from his family, how could he afford such an amount of resources?

Zhao Yu felt embarrassed.

"There are people approaching!" Zhang Tianche broke the silence and alerted everyone.

"Could it be students from other universities that have entered earlier?" We should leave now!" Zhao Yu said.

Qin Feng felt the presence of those that were approaching and his expression immediately became solemn, his eyes flashed with a trace of murderous intent.

"Let's go!"

Qin Feng took the lead and went deeper into the forest. What the others did not notice was that while doing so he left small-sized bombs around the area where they were at.

Half a minute later, more than thirty people had arrived at the spot. They were being led by Lin Kai.

"Is this the correct direction? Why haven't we found him yet!"

Lin Kai indignantly barked while anger could be clearly seen from his expression.

"This should be the right location!" Chen Ming replied as he took two more steps forward.

It was at that moment, a red light flashed from the ground.

Tick tick tick!

Immediately after three consecutive flashes from the triggers, a loud explosion was heard!

"Argh!"

The massive shockwave from the explosion impacted Chen Ming and two others that were beside him. They were thrown into the air from the impact.

Chen Ming was the first to react, and he rolled backward. It was as if his legs were filled with a massive jumping force, and it was fortunate that he was able to remain unharmed by the explosion.

Lin Kai was extremely shocked.

"Damn, luckily it didn't get me!"

Chen Ming was obviously infuriated.

Chapter 136: Ambush

However, Chen Ming was quick to regain composure, hopping back up to his feet and running toward Lin Kai saying, "Young Master Lin, I've got a feeling that Qin Feng went down this road, but now he's burying bombs in the ground to affect our speed and cause some damage to us. I've got a plan. We destroy the weaker teams first, we've got the number and the firepower. After collecting enough points we'll go face off against Qin Feng, this will reduce our energy consumption!"

Chen Ming's words were very reasonable. He had yet to face Qin Feng and he had already lost two of his combat powers, facing off against Qin Feng would result in a bigger loss and by then Lin Kai would not even have the guts to keep up with him.

"Fine. Let's go rob the others first, this time I will definitely be in the top ten!" Lin Kai was not a reckless man even though he did what he wanted. This time he chose to listen to Chen Ming's words.

The top ten could directly obtain a G-tier aptitude certification.

Getting to the top ten was much easier than killing two hundred G-tier beasts![1]

The most important thing was that Lin Kai was actually a little bit afraid.

***

Qin Feng's ears perked hearing that explosion just now. It must have been set off by someone touching the mines he placed!

Qin Feng let out a frosty laugh, it seemed that Lin Kai had not given up yet! If Lin Kai were to show up again, Qin Feng was definitely not letting him go!

"Go!" Qin Feng patted Bai Li's forehead. Bai Li swooped off Qin Feng's shoulder and rushed into the undergrowth. In such places, it was difficult for Qin Feng and the rest to maneuver around, but for Bai Li it was like a fish in the sea.

Zhou Hao was surprised. "Bai… Uh, why did Xiao Bai leave?"

"To go get the good stuff!" Qin Feng gave a sly smirk. Qin Feng was right, the five major universities would not allow students to bring in spatial rune equipment out of the fear that the students might resort to rampant looting and emptying out the Spring Hunting Grounds.

Bai Li's space however, could not be detected by the people who were invigilating.

The good things would of course be directly taken away by Bai Li. Otherwise, why would Qin Feng have come this time? To face off against the students from the other universities?

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The Spring Hunting Garden was a huge forest but everyone entered from a single point so very quickly Qin Feng's group met their first group of people.

Boom!

The sound of a sniper rifle bullet leaving its muzzle rang out in a deep and resonating noise. Qin Feng had always been in the forefront, that bullet seemed to shriek as it soared toward his chest.

The shot was on point, even if he was wearing a protective vest, Qin Feng would still have been injured.

Only that the strangest thing happened, the bullet stopped a meter in front of Qin Feng's chest. Qin Feng flicked his hand, sending the bullet flying elsewhere about four to five meters away.

Boom!

A blast came ringing in the distance. It turned out that the bullet Qin Feng deflected impacted a landmine.

"Damn!" Zhou Hou let out a string of curse words, getting ready for combat.

Bang bang bang!

A series of bullets poured out. This time it seemed to be a dense volley.

"Take cover!" Qin Feng roared. Zhou Hou and the other two slipped behind a big tree. Only Qin Feng did not stop moving.

The bullets soared past him, none of them actually finding their mark on Qin Feng.

Boom!

Qin Feng swung his leg at a tree, and with one kick the large tree was cut off by the trunk.

Kssh-krunch!

The large tree toppled over, and the people on it naturally came down with it. Such a scene caused the other party to scream out loud.

Qin Feng did not hesitate.

Click!

He put a foot down on his opponent's rifle. What was a gunner without their guns?

Qin Feng's move was the equivalent of cutting off the other one's hand. Not holding back, he suddenly changed his direction.

"No way! That's too fast! I can't even lock on!" The ambushing gunner started to have cold beads of sweat rolling down his brow. The scene where Qin Feng kicked down the tree just now was terrifying!

Boom!

The gunner suddenly felt a great force coming in his direction and was shaken out of the tree!

"Ahh!" With a yell, he immediately face-planted on the ground[2].

"When…" He did not even get to finish his sentence before Qin Feng appeared. Qin Feng jumped off the tree and landed nearby, just as he was about to get rid of the gunner, a wind slash more than a meter long came whizzing by.

Qin Feng frowned and instinctively jumped away.

Snap!

The slash hit a tree, immediately cutting up a gash that was up to five centimeters in depth but was more than a meter long. If it were to hit someone, that would have cut their heads clean off.

Qin Feng looked at the other party with rapt attention.

The person was wearing a dark-green school uniform, a nametag framed with gold was pinned to his chest. On it was number 3.

No wonder they dared to attack Qin Feng, it turned out to be Xita University's ability course's number three.

"Ability class number 21? Only knows ancient martial arts. You must be the lowest rank!" The boy exclaimed.

"Zhang Hou! Slice off one of his legs, how dare he step on my gun!" The gunner who got his gun snapped in half by Qin Feng's kick called out, his face was ashen and full of rage.

Under the person's uniform was a sturdy piece of armor, and the gunner was a local tyrant, probably the child of one of the powerful families within the Xita district. Zhang Hou's eyes flashed with a glare of disgust. He was strong but born into a poor family. This time he joined the other party because he was told that if the team ranked top ten, he would receive one million.

Right now he was being directed to do something and that displeased him greatly.

"Go help the others. Leave this one to me. Just now that team had a number one in the ability class but it's a damn shame they've brought a piece of sh*t!" Zhang Hou called out.

At this time, there were four people attacking Qin Feng with ten others who had split off to go attack the other three. Zhang Hou naturally felt that Qin Feng was not afraid, and letting the others leave was also his method of making sure they did not get in the way.

This ambush was not set up with one team against another. It was three teams against one.

"I kinda feel sorry for you. Who would have known you all would meet me!" Qin Feng let out a frosty chuckle.

A look of disdain flashed across Zhang Hou's eyes and he chuckled, thinking that Qin Feng was all talk. "You talk big, but let's see if you can handle this!"

Zhang Hou urged his consciousness. His power was indeed very strong, not as good as the first or second, but close enough. Everyone had their faith in Zhang Hou.

"Wind Shear Vortex!"

In Zhang Hou's hands, a spiraling sphere manifested. When he pushed his hands out, the huge spiral transformed into gale force winds and rushed toward Qin Feng at a very fast speed.

At this time, Qin Feng raised his hands, palms facing the wind.

Everyone who was watching Qin Feng's movements had one thought floating through their heads.

"He's crazy!"

Would Wind Shear Vortex be that easy to handle? Qin Feng's hands were going to be ruined.

[1] That explains why some G-rank aptitude users are incompetent. No field experience.

[2] The Chinese metaphor used also means 'eating sh*t', which basically means suffering a nasty fall.

Chapter 137: Dragging People Under

However, as quickly as the thought sprang into these people's minds, the wind spiraled into Qin Feng's palm and a red light burst from his hand.

Boom!

A huge gush of flame rushed forth and the whirlwind collapsed instantaneously. Not to mention the turbulent winds that raised the flames high up as the huge wall of fire rolled toward Zhang Hou. In the next instant, an ashened figure could be seen being sent up to ten meters away before disappearing into the tall grass.

Qin Feng gently withdrew his hand, the several other Xita University students were stunned.

"You can either give me your number tag yourself and just walk away, otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless!"

The remaining three looked at one another and one of them shouted, "Scatter!"

Apparently, they had not given up yet and felt like they could escape!

Qin Feng could not give them the chance as he compressed the flames into three fist-sized balls and sent them shrieking toward their fleeing targets, exploding on impact.

His inspiration came from the whirlwind ability. Firebeam's destructive power was too strong, by condensing the flames into a smaller compact form, then causing an explosion was a much easier and less energy consuming method.

The backs of the three were badly mutilated by the explosion, even the one wearing that rune inner armor from before was blown away.

Nobody could withstand that blow!

Qin Feng approached to pick up their combat backpacks and took away their name tags. With the removal of the name tags, a click sounded as the button connected to their clothing shifted. A spatial passage then swallowed them whole. They would be returned to the military base. Of course, they were deemed failures and were eliminated.

Even the third place of Xita University's ability course? Not at all a challenge to Qin Feng.

"Qin Feng!" Zhou Hao's voice came from the distance, soon the three others appeared within his sight.

"All clear?" Qin Feng asked.

"Of course, these rookies wouldn't ever be able to face me!"

Zhou Hao was a true G6-tier ancient warrior and had faced off and arrested criminals. Those who have not even reached G-tier would find it impossible to be his opponent.

"Great!" Qin Feng gave him a thumbs up, not being stingy with his praise.

Zhou Hao grinned and said, "This group is basically blind, thinking that the only strong one in our group is Zhao Yu. Absolutely nobody came at me, then they got a swift boot to the face!"

As Zhou Hao was wearing a cloak that had an ability to hide its user, after applying internal force into the cloak, the silver light surrounding him made Zhou Hao undetectable by the naked eye.

"There's enough food for all of us!"

After collecting the food from the three teams, the amount would be enough to feed them for three days.

"Looks like it's going to get dark soon, and there are two days left. Let's not rush, there'll definitely be danger at night. We'll rest here, good thing when they set up the ambush they placed beast repellants!"

"Alright!"

"Okay, you're the boss!"

Among them, Qin Feng was considered as the leader.

Technically speaking, these people did not deliberately set up an ambush for Qin Feng. Instead, this was where they were planning to rest. Then the gunner playing sentry spotted Qin Feng. At first glance, Qin Feng was just an ability user ranked twenty-first, thinking that they were the lowest rank, the ambush was set in motion.

Who would have thought Qin Feng was a wall of steel?

The four found shelter and began to eat some biscuits, which merely left their mouths feeling dry.

At this point, a clattering sound came from among the grass. Zhang Tianche and Zhou Hao were immediately alerted.

Very quickly a white blur rushed out of a clump of grass and flew toward Qin Feng

"Be careful!"

The white blur was too fast, but Qin Feng did not make any attempts to retaliate, when the white shadow stopped, they saw that it was just a white Pomeranian.

"Oh, it's just Xiao Bai!" Zhou Hao dropped his defensive stance.

Xiao Bai did not return alone, in its jaws was a fat rabbit much larger than its entire body.

"Looks like we can add something for dinner tonight!" Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Good, good! Some roast rabbit meat!" Zhou Hao was also very happy.

With a fire ability, making a fire was no problem at all. Zhao Yu released a fireball, igniting the collected dry branches. Zhang Tianche's scalpel swished, quickly skinning the rabbit and removing the offal, then he slathered the meat with the juiced sweet berries they found earlier to give it a rich taste.

Soon, the fragrance of roasted rabbit wafted into the air.

Zhao Yu was starting to get a little bit emotional. "I don't think we're here to fight, but for a walk in the park!"

"An outing in the wild, but that still depends on strength!" Zhou Hao chuckled.

Soon the rabbit was roasted, and the sky had turned completely dark. The four surrounded the warm fire, heartily eating their delicious barbeque. While they were comfortable and relaxed, the others were terrified.

The night was when the nocturnal ultra beasts came out one after the other. They had all arrived for their annual carnal feast.

Humans, in their eyes, were food!

"Awoo…"[1] A long howl came from the distance.

"Awoo… Awoo…" One after the other.

"Wolf pack!" Zhao Yu's face paled. "It's not too far away from us!" Qin Feng sat up straight.

The situation did not look good, worst still, it was happening a short distance away from them. The wolf pack was running through the forest, and soon a scream pierced the air.

"Help!"

"Hey! Don't leave me alone, help!"

The sound quickly disappeared. It was unclear whether they were killed by the timber wolves or they removed their name tag in order to get transported out of the Spring Hunting Ground through the spatial passage.

Their faces became solemn as they knew that the sound was coming toward their direction.

Qin Feng and the rest were openly cooking their meat, those gunners were not stupid and would have seen them while they were patrolling.

After meeting the wolf pack, they started sprinting toward Qin Feng and the others. Whether or not they managed to save themselves, they knew that if they dragged more people into this mess there would be a small chance that they could survive.

"Up the tree!" Qin Feng ordered while climbing up a big tree.

Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche grabbed Zhao Yu and hopped up the tree after him.

Their internal forces and consciousness surged, condensing in their eyes. In the darkness, their eyesight greatly increased and they quickly spotted the figure in the distance.

It was someone wearing a dark-green school uniform, a student from Xita University. This was to be expected, the location they entered was right next to Xita University's. After entering the forest, those that they meet would surely be from that university.

Zhou Hao's face twisted with anger. "They're gonna drag us under! I'm gonna kill them!" He prepared to line up a shot against them.

"Zhou Hao, don't. In this situation, he'll die!" Zhao Yu tried to stop Zhou Hao. However, at the same time, the sound of a gun rang out beside the two.

Bang!

The sniper rifle sounded boomingly.

"Ahh!" The Xita University student who had been running for his life suddenly dropped to the ground.

[1] Translator's Thoughts: I'd never thought I'd reach this stage of my life where this sound has to be taken seriously because of the context. I blame the Internet.

Chapter 138: Cruelty or Mercy

The shot found its target on the student's thigh.

Zhao Yu and the other two subconsciously looked at the other big tree, also wanting to know just who in the world was the one that fired the shot.

Qin Feng had a sniper rifle in his hands, it had been looted from the Xita students that ambushed them before. He did not bring any firearms when he came, and those that he had were in Xiao Bai's space which would have been an inconvenience to take out.

Guns or not, that was a perfect opportunity, why not seize it?

At this time, Qin Feng's face was calm and seemed to not have a reaction after firing at the other party but Zhao Yu and the rest already knew what the future had in store for that person!

Torn apart by wolves.

This time, another round was fired.

Bang!

From where Qin Feng was looking, a timber wolf had pounced out into his field of vision and was instantly shot at, blood blossoming from its scalp.

"Awoo!"

The wolf howled and collapsed to the ground.

Bang bang bang!

The sound of gunfire kept blaring out and the wolves were killed off one by one.

The Xita University student that was in despair lay on the ground, mouth agape, watching as it went on around him.

There had already been four timber wolves that were shot dead the moment they showed themselves! He suddenly felt a trace of hope.

"This can't be a gunner from our university, right? To have this kind of power in the dark, they must be very strong!"

Despite his leg injury, he started to crawl forward.

Bang!

A bullet was shot right in front of him, dust covering his face. This was a warning shot! Warning him to not move!

At this time, the gunshots sounded again and several more wolves were killed. This time around, there were nine dead wolves, the rest tucked their tails between their legs and ran off.

Food was tempting but life was more important, they did not want the entire pack to get wiped out like that.

The wolves withdrew, and the scent of blood filled the nose of the Xita University student.

Soon, four figures came into the student's view. The moment he saw the four of them, his face twisted into something rather ghastly.

"Are you gonna move yourself, or do I have to hit you first to make you move?" Zhou Hao flexed his wrists..

"I'll go! I'll go!" the student quickly said, then hesitated before adding, "Please thank your gunner for me!"

The student dejectedly took off his nametag and threw it at Zhou Hao's feet, then he was consumed by space runes.

Zhou Hou curled up with laughter, "Qin Feng, you shot him and the result was him thanking you!"

The person did not recognize Qin Feng as the one who shot him, after all the four that appeared were two ability users and two ancient warriors. As for the 'gunner', since they used a sniper rifle, they probably would not reveal themselves!

In the end, the Xita University student did not know who the other person was, only thinking that Chengbei University had such a gunner, a truly impressive person.

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, we're changing resting places," Qin Feng said as he ignored Zhou Hao's ridicule.

Zhou Hao nodded and the four quickly gathered their spoils and went in another direction.

This was not destined to be a quiet night.

The Spring Hunting Ground was incredibly peaceful place during the day, but at night it suddenly shifted into what felt like hell*. The wild was truly a dangerous place.

Those who had already stepped into the middle of the Spring Hunting Ground were afraid to step back to the outer circle and some even exited the forest entirely.

At this time, the student remembered the words of the wise.

"I don't need you to beat them, just as long as you can survive and escape!"

Many people thought this to be the truth and faltered in their advances. The first night, the number of people from the five universities were reduced by a thousand for various reasons.

Half a night passed by in the blink of an eye, Qin Feng got up and gave Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche a pat on the shoulders. "You two get some rest!"

Out of the fear that ultra beasts would attack at night, they had agreed to taking turns in keeping vigil. Zhao Yu was a girl and more importantly an ability user so she needed all the rest she could get, which was why she was not playing sentry.

The first half of the night was Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche's shift, and now it was Qin Feng's shift.

"Call us if there's something!"

"Yeah, go!"

After the two had left, Qin Feng climbed up a larger tree and his surroundings seemed to become darker.

Ability, Darkness Shroud!

Bai Li jumped off Qin Feng's shoulder and landed on another branch.

Ping!

Bai Li transformed into her human shape, and Qin Feng, whose eyes had become adjusted to the dark, was affected by another kind of assault. Fortunately, out of habit, Bai Li pulled out her clothes and quickly put them on.

Qin Feng waited until after she was done before asking, "How was it?"

"Burp!" Bai Li let out a burp. "Good, there are a lot of fruits!"

Qin Feng was speechless. 'You've eaten so much that you're burping, how much is there exactly?'

"What about conscious fruit?" Qin Feng asked.

"Yours!" Bai Li raised her hand and very quickly a huge fruit fell into Qin Feng's arms. The fruit was about the size of a watermelon, almost twenty five centimeters in diameter, but it had strange lines on its surface, making it pitted.

"I left three back there like you said!" Bai Li said.

The number of fruits produced by the conscious tree varied from year to year, but this year had a full harvest. There were thirty fruits this year and Bai Li only left one tenth of what was supposed to be there, what a pitiful number.

Qin Feng was left with no choice.

"Hopefully the teachers don't find out!"

The conscious fruits were supposed to be the rewards, to have them stolen would make Chengyang's people flip. After all, the students were not particularly strong, they would have only been able to get a few.

"Eat, it's delicious!" Bai Li seemed to highly recommend it. Qin Feng took out the Verdant Emperor Saber and carefully cut open a palm-sized opening. The inside of the fruit was actually liquid, in the translucent liquid there were thin threads floating around, like a bowl of vermicelli soup.

"So this is conscious fruit!"

Before his rebirth, Qin Feng had never seen it. After all, this kind of thing was only meant for ability users, and as an ancient warrior, Qin Feng was not interested. Such things were not normally found in the wild.

Today, he would get a taste of what it was like!

Gulp!

Qin Feng took a long sip from the edge as a sweet milky taste wafted along. Very quickly, the fruit was gulped down by him.

His stomach swelled up and Qin Feng felt a burst of strength converging in his mind. His consciousness was rapidly growing.

His consciousness that had not been promoted in a while rose little by little, soon Qin Feng felt that his consciousness had reached a new height.

F4-tier!

His perception had greatly increased, within one hundred meters, everything was clearly visible. Through gun control, his consciousness could be extended past four kilometers.

"Not only that!"

Chapter 139: Three Ranks Up

Qin Feng could clearly feel that some things were changing. A clearer mind and sharper perception, far from something that could be brought by the mere ranking up of consciousness.

"It must be talent. I originally had an S-tier consciousness talent, if the rune affinity is the same, I could become an S-tier ability user in the future. Though, now…"

Qin Feng felt that his consciousness talent was probably over S tier by now! However, it was probably nowhere near SS rank at this point.

"One more!" Qin Feng said and Bai Li passed him one more conscious fruit, once more he quickly drained it after a few large gulps. Soon, the conscious fruits were downed one after the other, by the fifth one, Qin Feng felt that his stomach could no longer handle it.

"Ability, Absorb!"

Qin Feng urged his innate ability to consume the energy remaining within his stomach.

Everyone absorbed energy differently, some people absorbed it well, some people had a hard time doing so. To have taken in so much in one go, Qin Feng naturally would have had trouble consuming all of it, but since he had the absorption ability, it was not a problem at all.

A huge wave of energy quickly spread throughout Qin Feng's body. His consciousness had a breakthrough once again!

F5-tier!

Qin Feng's perception increased again! It had now expanded to two hundred meters, and his consciousness control seemed to have reached five kilometers in range.

"Again!" Qin Feng felt that the hidden talent would soon be promoted! The potential of one's consciousness was really huge. The kind of potential that would normally be accumulated over time was triggered by Qin Feng's absorption ability, thus resulting in this rapid advancement.

Bai Li took the fruits out again and Qin Feng ate them one by one. No normal being would be able to absorb anymore. He swallowed fifteen in one single sitting!

F6-tier!

Three hundred meters now, the control was now six kilometers. Not only that, Qin Feng's consciousness finally broke that threshold to become an SS-tier talent.

Qin Feng felt that everything had changed. Yet, he could not specify what had changed.

Only that Zhou Hao and everyone else had suddenly woken up, they looked around and realized that there was no danger then they went back to sleep, scared witless.

The second day came and Zhao Yu's condition did not look any better. She had dark shadows under her eyes and had a spell of listlessness around her.

On the contrary, Zhou Hao who had experienced the Corpse Corps on Zimu Mountains slept soundly despite being on guard the first half of the night, as did Zhang Tianche.

"I'm afraid there are going to be tough battles ahead today," Qin Feng quietly said.

"Maybe we'll meet the students from the other universities, like those from Chengyang University. They would have caught up by now!" Zhou Hao peered around before starting to walk.

"Yeah, maybe we'll have to fight them too!" Zhao Yu slowly nodded.

Zhang Tianche finally spoke, adding, "A person with weak strength would have just spent a night in the outer circle. Everyone in the inner circle is not weak, combine that with being in a team, they can take down any G-tier beast."

If one were not able to handle a G-tier ultra beast, they would not even be in the Spring Hunting Garden in the first place.

"Regardless of all that, let's get moving. This time, I'll take point, everyone try to keep radio contact!"

Previously, Qin Feng had been opening up a path for the team in the front. Last night's ambush would not have happened if Qin Feng did a sweep with his perception ability.

Extending one's consciousness had a limit, and was normally rarely used. Now, Qin Feng had reached F6-tier in consciousness, even if he did not activate his ability he would be able to see everything within three hundred meters in his mind, just like a radar.

In other words, it was a more convenient way to find a path.

The other three knew that they had to be careful. Qin Feng was fifty meters ahead of them, and after a certain distance he would leave marks in order to direct Zhou Hao and the others on where to go.

Being ahead, Qin Feng quickly found himself in a rather special part of the forest.

There was a banana tree here. However, it did not have ordinary fruits. Nowadays, fruits have undergone mild changes in the wild, causing fruits in the colonies to be more expensive than meat products.

"Bully bananas!"

After eating these bananas, a person could increase their weak energy. While they were not as strong as fortification elixirs, they did not have any side effects.

Large aptitude user families in Chengyang City fed their children these bananas as snacks to strengthen the body of the future generation. Therefore, those in an aptitude user family would naturally get stronger and stronger.

Also, there were people here already! Xita University's people.

There were more than thirty of them, two of them were wearing dark-green badges with golden rims which had the number 1 and 2 written on each respectively.

"Hurry up, people are gonna come!"

"You! Draw away those barbarous monkeys!"

"Move it!"

Bully bananas were the favorite food of barbarous monkeys and naturally had become a hindrance to the students. However, due to the large number of people, they had come up with a good plan. Some people would lure the monkeys away while the rest would go and pick the bananas.

If it worked out, there would be a bountiful harvest.

"Guys, move thirty degrees to the right, there's good stuff over there. Lets go get it!"

Qin Feng ignored the Xita University students. At this time, it was better to take advantage of the wild monkeys being drawn away by other people and reap the benefits.

"Right! We'll be there soon!" Zhou Hao's voice crackled from the radio. Within two minutes, the four had gathered together.

This was a large forest, Qin Feng and his team harvesting here would not have them cross paths with the others.

"Bully bananas!" Zhou Hao's eyes lit up. "Sweet!"

Zhou Hao did not want to pay attention to the G-tier monkeys, rushing out to cleanly and quickly sweep them up. Of course, most of the monkeys were being distracted by Xita University students, with only some left to pick them up.

Needless to say, their actions would not escape the eyes of a Xita sniper.

"Damn it, these people from Chengbei University are actually stealing from us!"

"Steal from us?! Kill them!"

"Wait, one of them is from the ability user course. It's number one!"

One of the ability users standing in the crowd raised his brows in interest.

"Number one of Chengbei's ability user class?"

"Yes, Lin Mao, I'm sure. It's a girl!"

The one called Lin Mao was number one in the Xita University ability class. His parents were both F-tier and had a high position within the Xita District. Naturally, he had wanted to be a powerful ability user ever since he was small.

Today, he even participated in the Spring Hunting Garden with grades at the top of his class. It was no doubt that he was one of Xita University's seeded players, a future hope.

Due to him having strength and being rich, five teams had decided to follow him, including the second place, Qian Tao.

This was Xita University's strongest team.

"Since that's the case, why don't we go and take a look. Show them what happens when they steal from us!"

Lin Mao let out a frosty laugh, picked up his pace and walked over.

Chapter 140: Lowest Rank? Try Me

After the others got rid of the Barbarous Monkeys, they joined up one after the other and even ignored picking the fruit!

Qin Feng naturally felt the movements of these people.

However, they did not try to get a surprise attack on them with their guns, and chose to swagger over instead.

Without Qin Feng having to say anything, Zhou Hao and the rest felt it too, dropping from the tree to stand by Qin Feng. Of course, the three surrounded Zhao Yu to protect her, waiting for the arrival of the others.

Soon, the Xita College students arrived and for that moment, Qin Feng's four-man team felt particularly alone.

Lin Mao took two steps towards the group of four with a trace of contempt in his eyes. "Number one of Chengbei colony's ability class? Just the four of you? What did your gunner die or something? Such power is too weak!"

The Xita College students suddenly burst into laughter.

They had originally thought it was a team of five, they've made the assumption since they didn't see the remaining gunner.

Not only that, because Qin Feng was standing in the front, the number tag on his chest could be seen by everyone.

"Number 21?"

"Isn't that dead last?"

"How many students are in Chengbei College's ability class? About thirty?"

"To think this kind of force is with the top student in class, does Chengbei College not want to get number one this time? Then again, they've been falling off for so many years already, without anyone outstanding popping up."

The group chattered rounds and rounds of ridicule.

Too bad that hardly got a reaction from the other party, as if what they said were entirely untrue.

At this time, Lin Mao let out a frosty laugh, "I won't make fun of you. We duel, how about it? I was thinking about just how strong the power of Chengbei College is!"

Lin Mao was staring at Zhao Yu, trying to coax them out for a fair one on one. He completely ignored the others.

Zhao Yu did not step out, instead Qin Feng did. "Then you'll just have to go through me!"

Zhao Yu didn't have a lot of experience in fighting people and wasn't sure if she could actually beat Lin Mao in her state. Only when Qin Feng stepped out, the other party wasn't very happy.

"Just you small fry, is not worthy to face our class monitor. I'll fight you!" A short, chunky teenager said as he walked out, on his chest was a number tag with his ranking!

13!

There weren't a lot of ability users in Xita College. The position of 13 could have already been considered as a middling achievement!

"Alright! Li Yang, kick his ass!"

"He's dead last, definitely not Li Yang's opponent!"

"Li Yang has a fire ability with a strong attack, won't that person die?"

"Hah!"

The rest sneered and snickered from the sidelines, and Li Yang was also very excited, stepping forward. He wore a pair of gloves over his hands.

Fireclaws Set G1!

Rune Equipment!

It was the kind of equipment worn by beginners. While low level, the buying price was also 53 thousand. Having these gloves also meant that their family wasn't weak either.

Qin Feng stepped forward.

"Let's start! Don't dawdle!" Lin Mao urged from the sidelines, as if waiting for Qin Feng to fail.

"Alright! Here comes the fire!" Li Yang did not hesitate, shrouding his own body in flames and then several fist-sized fireballs condensed in front of him.

"Rapid Embers!"

As the consciousness was urged, the flames swept towards Qin Feng like a volley of bullets from the ambush from before, one after the other.

Looks interesting. Too bad it's too weak.

"Fire!" Qin Feng also urged forward his consciousness.

"Rapid Embers!" The same fist sized fireballs surged forward, but the color was a dark red, hitting Li Yang's fireballs.

"Bang bang bang!" The fireballs exploded in the air and the flames blinded everyone's eyes. Only this time there was a surprised cry from among the crowd of Xita students.

"Li Yang! Look out!

In the flashes of fire, a dark flaming mass flew out and struck Li Yang right in the chest.

"Boom!"

Li Yang was blown out from his spot. Even if he had protective underclothes, Li Yang was blasted until his face was scorched black.

After awakening the human body receives greatly enhanced vitality and resistance to attack, and would not die immediately to such a blow, but Li Yang was still seriously injured.

"How could this be!" Li Yang's eyes widened, coughing up a mouthful of blood, still trying to process what just happened.

Everyone else's gaze began to carry themselves more properly.

Both of them released Rapid Embers, the ability released multiple fireballs. With Li Yang's fire runes and consciousness he could only unleash five. On the other hand, the one with the lowest rank could release up to six and under the bombardment Li Yang lost?

They found this hard to believe, but such was the case.

"I guess I won. Do we continue?" Qin Feng asked casually. This successfully roused the anger of the Xita College students.

"Kid, don't be so arrogant. You only just beat the 13th place!"

The one who hopped forward was number 10.

"Hydration!"

"Water Stamp!"

A water ability surged forward, a huge torrent of water rushed forward with great power.

Qin Feng let out a chuckle.

"Fire ImpactI"

A huge fireball surged forward, at the same time transforming into what seemed like a spiraling dragon as it rushed towards the torrent.

Water and fire collided, causing a huge cloud of mist to rise.

The people of the Xita College nervously looked at the two in the middle.

"Water against fire. Water beats fire. We'll definitely win!"

"Yeah! Take him down! He's too arrogant!"

"Come on…oh!" And they were going to start waving a flag too, but they quickly shut their mouth because the winner had already been decided in the center of that open space.

The huge gout of flame swept the area, evaporating the torrent of water and a wave of heat rolled over.

Boom!

The flames blasted the tenth place away, unclear if they even survived the blast. The Xita College students widened their eyes.

"Next," Qin Feng said.

"Kid. Don't be too arrogant!" Another stood out, this time it was the sixth from the ability class.

Unfortunately, he too was defeated in one move. Qin Feng won again.

Xita College's people's faces had gone pale white.

Know that although their team consisted of thirty people, it did not mean that all of the ability class wanted to follow them. They rejected the lower rank ones and the higher rank ones wanted to get points themselves.

Now that the 6th had been defeated, what chance did they have?

"You're still here? You can come now!" Qin Feng looked to Qian Tao, "After I beat the second, I can challenge the first right?"

Qian Tao and Lin Moa's faces were also pale.

Hidden to the side by his cloak, Zhou Hao was laughing so hard that his stomach hurt, and was still at the side fanning the flames.

Chapter 141: Got Their Asses Whooped

"Are you guys even trying? You couldn't even lay a finger on the worst student of our ability class. Our batch only has twenty one ability users this term and you are beaten up by the weakest of them all. Yet, you say you want to challenge our top student? Don't make me laugh."

Those who came from Xita University were fuming.

Zhao Yu contained her laugh and followed through. "That's right. You are not worthy of challenging me until you defeat him."

"Bullshit. I don't believe he is the last of your class. You jesters from Chengbei are clearly cheating!" Qian Tao bellowed, "Show them no mercy and annihilate them!"

Qian Tao decided to go all out on them. They had lost enough face along with three of their ability users. There was no need to hold back now.

Lin Mao was the first to attack after Qian Tao lifted the restraint. The cruel look in his eyes showed that he was aiming to kill.

"Giant Woodlock!"

Zap!

The ground rose high up and multiple giant vines subsequently broke through it. The vines came alive and whipped straight at Qin Feng and co.

Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche dodged reflexively while Zhao Yu summoned her fire ability to protect herself. The vines caught fire when it came into contact with Zhao Yu's flame and rapidly turned into ashes.

Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!

As the side with the advantage in numbers, it was only natural that the Xita group had several gunners in their team. Bullets showered on Qin Feng and his teammates as soon as the fight erupted.

"I was hoping for fair competition but I guess that's too much to ask for. Since you all were the ones who violated the battle code first, then I no longer need to withhold my power," Qin Feng said emotionlessly but his outgoing attack was extremely hostile.

"Carpet Hellfire!"

Fire runes immediately covered the nearby lands and engulfed every enemy around Qin Feng.

"Argh!"

The students from Xita University groaned in pain.

Their shirts were charred. Their legs were burned. The fire even lit the bomb that they carried.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The chain explosions set off blew them off their feet.

Birds resting in the shrubs were startled and took flight immediately. Other students nearby that heard the explosion were also terrified and consciously distanced themselves from the battlefield.

Qin Feng leisurely raised his hand at the center of the calamity.

"Hellfire, dissipate!" The fire vanished instantly with a poof.

All thirty enemies around him were devastated by the ruthless blaze. They had completely lost their will as well as the ability to fight.

"How brutal! How violent!" Zhou Hao shook his head while stepping on the ground that was still steaming. He checked on the victims and figured all of them had survived the explosions. The teachers must have mitigated the power of the explosives. Otherwise, these people would have been blown into oblivion.

"Off you go!" Zhou Hao snatched a bag from one of the ancient warriors and removed the name tag on his chest.

"Damn you! You are coming down with us!" Some of them tried to retaliate but Zhou Hao easily neutralized their last resort and took their name tags too.

In the process, Zhou Hao's cloak slid open and revealed his identity as the best ancient warrior of his class.

"Damn!" Qian Tao cursed. He was hoping to bring at least one person down with them but unexpectedly, the guy who was hiding beneath the cloak all this while was actually the No.1 ancient warrior student in Chengbei this year.

They thought that they were lucky to bump into a group of lambs but it turned out that they were four ferocious wolves!

"I am leaving by myself." Qian Tao removed his name tag resentfully.

Soon, a spatial passage wrapped around Qian Tao. Before he was sent away, a silver light was seen dropping out of the portal. It was his name tag.

The reason Qian Tao retreated willingly was that he hoped to bring along the name tag out of the hunting ground with him this way. He did not want to benefit Qin Feng, but against his wishes, the examiner had foreseen such foul play and enchanted the name tag with spatial rune beforehand. In other words, nobody could smuggle the name tag out.

"Leave your bag and get out of my sight," Qin Feng ordered the remaining students.

Lin Mao still refused to concede and threatened him, "You can't be the last of your class. I am going to report you for cheating. Just you wait."

"Be my guest. Please remember to spell my name, Qin Feng, correctly when you do that." Qin Feng reached out and snatched Lin Mao's name tag.

He did not care even if he was going to be disqualified. With his capabilities now, it did not even matter even if they were to emerge as champions. After all, he had achieved his main purpose in coming to the Spring Hunting Ground.

The thirty students from Xita University were all done for. Their elimination left Qin Feng's party with more than a hundred name tags. Other than that, they also gained a few bully bananas and other goodies.

"Qin Feng, you are really powerful. We don't even need to move a finger teaming up with you." Zhao Yu lamented. She then remembered something and laughed. "You are really cunning, Qin Feng. You did it on purpose during the exhibition so that you would be ranked last, right?"

"That's the only way we could lure in some greedy morons. Looking at their dejected faces when they found out the truth greatly amuses me. Haha!" Zhou Hao said with a large grin.

Zhang Tianche collected the loot quietly. He alone was carrying five big backpacks.

"At least I am of some use." Though his medical skills were not needed, Zhang Tianche was happy that he could still contribute as a transporter.

The four of them moved on joyfully under Qin Feng's lead.

The beautiful and usually quiescent Spring Hunting Ground had turned into a deafening battleground following the arrival of twenty thousand students.

"Rawr!" A giant tiger shrieked out in pain.

"Windbreaker Sweep!"

"Jet Palm!"

Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche's attacks landed on the tiger beast aggressively. It spurted a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground eventually.

It was a G-tier beast general on the verge of becoming a beast king. Yet, the monster was quickly dealt with by the team thanks to Qin Feng's containment.

Other students would be in grave danger if they were to come across such a ferocious creature.

It was the beast's misfortune to cross paths with Qin Feng's party.

"Let's call it a day."

They gained a lot today and could no longer stuff more items into their bags.

The team was slowly closing in toward the center of the hunting ground. They had defeated seven teams from other universities in one day to reach here. These included students from Dongling, Hunnan, and even from their own Chengbei colony.

They were relieved as nightshade had finally fallen.

"Hooray! We are leaving this place tomorrow afternoon. It feels like forever," Zhao Yu said, her face wane.

Though they had earned a lot, it was still extremely unsafe to stay in the wild. The only good thing about this place was perhaps that no rift would occur spontaneously.

"You should rest early tonight," Zhou Hao suggested. It was her first time camping in the wild last night. Hence, she did not sleep well, which in turn lowered her fighting performance today.

Chapter 142: Competing for the Conscious Fruit

"Yawn. I have no energy left to do otherwise."

Zhao Yu went to sleep quickly. Zhou Hao and Zhang Tianche kept watch for the first half of the night while Qin Feng took over after that. It was a peaceful night.

The next day, they continued to advance at an even greater speed.

The number of students from other universities had lowered dramatically at this point. Only the strongest teams, coupled with some good luck, would be able to make it to the center of the hunting ground.

Take the beast general they met yesterday for example. It would be an instant game over if other students were to face the monster.

They traveled for another hour and finally reached the top of a small hill.

On the other side of the hill was a giant plain covered by fertile greeneries. However, no giant vegetation was spotted within sight other than the meadow. This made the crystalline tree that was standing in the middle of the plain extremely eye-catching.

The trunk of the tree was no different from a crystal while its leaves looked like snowflakes. Ice-like vines were seen dangling on the branches.

Among the branches, three black and bulky fruits highly contrasted the other parts of the tree.

Those were the conscious fruits.

"So this is the consciousness tree?" Zhao Yu gasped. The tree was unlike anything she had ever seen before.

Apparently, a lot of students had arrived earlier than them. But those participants were unable to go any nearer because as soon as anyone entered within a thirty-meter radius of the tree, it would begin to attack ferociously.

The consciousness tree was actually a mutated plant. In other words, it was more like an animal rather than a tree.

At the moment, the tree was visibly ill-tempered. It whipped its vines and launched its snow leaves aggressively to chase away those attempting to approach the fruits.

The consciousness tree was enraged after most of its fruits had been stolen the day before yesterday. It was understandable that the mutated tree would go berserk after more dreadful humans had shown up and were trying to take away its remaining fruits.

"Damn it! I thought that the f*cking tree is quite tame?"

"How are we going to get the fruits when the tree is attacking such a large area?"

"Quick, hold back its attack. We gotta protect our ability users!"

Everyone was clearly flustered by the tree's unusual hostility.

Qin Feng scanned the area and realized that students from all other universities were around, except for Xita University.

That was because those from Xita who could have actually made it here had been eliminated by Qin Feng's party earlier. How unfortunate!

The crowd of more than a hundred students was all elites from Dongling, Hunnan, and Chengyang Universities.

"There's too many of them." Zhang Tianche frowned. Luckily, everyone was staying close with their own party to protect their respective ability users. Hence, some vacant spaces could still be found around the giant consciousness tree.

"Let's go!" Qin Feng was the first to stroll forward. "Don't worry. They are not going to attack us. The battle between universities would only ensue after someone has plucked the conscious fruit."

"True." Zhou Hao quickly followed Qin Feng's footsteps. Zhao Yu and Zhang Tianche also followed suit and soon, they reached the area where everyone was at.

The consciousness tree turned more violent all of a sudden. All its vines struck straight toward Qin Feng. Obviously, the tree recognized the scent of the being that had stolen all its fruits.

Bai Li had plucked twenty-seven fruits from the tree at one go and left only three behind. How shameless of them for showing their faces here again!

No wonder the tree was infuriated.

Qin Feng was focused in the face of the vicious attacks. The consciousness tree must have lived for uncountable years but its attack was still full of vigor. Judging by its moves, the tree was at least an F-tier threat.

Qin Feng did not want to see his comrades being hurt because of him.

He unsheathed the Verdant Emperor Saber for the first time in the Spring Hunting Ground.

"Sword Glare!"

Burning flames immediately wrapped around the saber and extended it by more than a meter long.

Qin Feng swung the saber and dexterously cut off all the incoming vines.

His impenetrable defense was startling but that was not the end of it. He focused and unleashed his conscious energy.

Bang!

One of the conscious fruits that was hanging quietly on the branches a moment ago suddenly dropped to the ground without a moment's notice.

What a sudden turn of events!

The fruits could not be harvested by using brutal force. Since they were growing on the consciousness tree, they could only be picked by using conscious energy alone. Only an F-tier consciousness would be able to detach the fruits from the tree instantly. Of course, the pedicel would also loosen eventually if being attacked by lower-tier consciousness continuously.

That was why the students from the three universities had been attacking it relentlessly. The effort had lasted for almost two hours.

Unexpectedly, the fruit dropped the moment Qin Feng's party arrived.

"Dumb luck!"

"Grab the fruit!"

"It belongs to us!"

All the participants were tensed up and concurrently targeted the fruit.

Zhao Yu made her move as well.

"Up!" Zhao Yu's consciousness was not as great as Qin Feng's. Nonetheless, although she could not immediately break the pedicle, she was still capable of using telekinesis so she aimed for the fruit as soon as it started falling.

Her conscious energy was activated quicker than the rest so the fruit initially flew straight at her.

However, the other ability students were not there as decoration. The conscious fruit stopped short and trembled in midair as several minds tried to control it simultaneously.

Schwaff!

A white cloth suddenly appeared and wrapped around the fruit. The other side of the cloth was in the hands of Zhang Tianche. He grabbed with all his might and pulled the conscious fruit toward him.

The white cloth was actually Zhang Tianche's bandage. Who would have thought that it could be used this way?

The other students were agitated by Zhang Tianche's action.

"The fruit must stay!" The students screamed and jumped hungrily toward Zhang Tianche.

This was when another two loud bangs were heard coming from the tree's direction. The other two fruits had also fallen!

The consciousness tree did not stop brandishing its branches and vines to sweep at those who dared to draw closer.

"Damn!"

Those who were attacking Zhang Tianche instantly switched targets and went over to grab the two newly dropped fruits.

Zhao Yu once again triggered her conscious energy to snatch one of the fruits, while Zhang Tianche was planning to use the same trick again.

However, the other competitors reacted faster this time.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

A barrage of bullets tore Zhang Tianche's bandage in half. The white cloth was just mere fabric after all.

The battle quickly escalated following the series of gunshots.

Qin Feng's party was being mercilessly targeted and numerous bullets rained on them.

"Hmph!" Qin Feng snorted and suddenly, all the bullets that were about to reach them hung awkwardly in midair.

"Reverse!" He infused his consciousness into the bullets and returned them to the opponents.

"Argh!"

"Sh*t!"

"Conscious rebound! How is this possible?!"

The crowd squealed in disbelief.

It was tremendously rare for a student to master such a craft. More importantly, he was doing it on a few hundred bullets. That was scary!

Chapter 143: Eliminating the Prodigies

What an absurd dominance.

While the others were being attacked by the bullets, Zhao Yu seized the opening and secured one of the fruits. On the other hand, Zhou Hao infused his inner power into the Vampire Cloak and instantly turned himself into a blurry silhouette. With the extreme speed of his Windbreaker style, he successfully weaved around the crowd and grabbed the last fruit.

All three fruits were gathered by Qin Feng's party. That inevitably made them everybody's target.

"Time to go!" Qin Feng yelled.

His teammates did not hesitate and started to flee. They were retreating hastily.

"Go after them!"

"Darn it! Don't let them get away!"

"Put them down!"

Qin Feng's team was chased after by a large group of desperate participants.

Pow!

A cannon was coming fast at them.

"Reverse!"

Once again, Qin Feng used his conscious energy to rebound the cannon back to the assaulter.

"Stop looking down on me!" The gunner bellowed and boosted his consciousness. He intended to push back the cannon.

However, he was instantly defeated earlier on so what difference could he have made now?

Boom!

The returned cannon did not budge and bombarded him along with four other students.

"Stop using your weapon. Can't you see that his skills specifically counter gunners, you morons!!"

"Get them!"

"Ancient warriors, siege them."

Ancient warriors could move rather speedily. In a prolonged chase, Zhao Yu, the slowest in their team, could possibly be caught up by the pursuers.

But Qin Feng would not allow that to happen.

They were now at the edge of the forest. Qin Feng swung his blade and two giant trees instantly plunged to the ground.

Bang!

Following the explosion, the two barks blocking the path were blasted away by a giant fireball.

By that time, the three who possessed the conscious fruits had run far away, and Qin Feng was the only one remaining.

"F*ck!" A guy in snow-white color uniform at the front cursed.

"Boss, let's capture this guy and threaten his teammates. We will kill him if they don't turn back."

"That's right, they must be connected through the communicator."

All the pursuers laid their eyes on Qin Feng. They were a humiliated bunch looking to vex their anger on him.

Qin Feng remained calm despite being surrounded by a few hundred enemies. They might be gifted geniuses in this era and definitely had a bright future ahead of them but unfortunately, their opponent this time was a monstrous being that had traveled back from the future.

"My apologies, folks!"

Qin Feng sheathed his saber and unleashed his inner power the next second.

Carpet Hellfire was an overkill so Qin Feng decided to use a more modest skill to deal with them.

"Asteroid Assimilation—Pull!"

A gale rose around Qin Feng and rapidly turned into a hurricane with Qin Feng at the center.

"Eh?"

"What's this?"

"This is not his ability. I thought he was a fire user?"

The pursuers were baffled and perplexed. Yet they could not do anything about it. Everyone was being dragged in by the unseen force.

In the next moment, Qin Feng promptly changed the force.

"Repel!"

A powerful opposing force arrived straight at their faces. Those being pulled in were suddenly pushed back. The group collided and suffered a great impact as a result of the two polar opposite forces.

Crack.

Someone's limb was heard breaking.

"Argh!!!"

Painful groans filled the empty plain.

Puff!!

Some of them suffered internal injuries and spurted out blood.

Inner force engulfed everyone within sight as Qin Feng took care of the hundreds of enemies single-handedly.

These so-called geniuses were trampled on brutally by Qin Feng.

"I am sorry. I have made my promise to the headmaster. Since you guys came uninvited, I will gladly take your points." Qin Feng acted innocently but he was in fact wicked to the core against the enemies.

"Damn you!" One of them vomited blood again. It was hard to tell whether it was because of the injury or due to the insult.

Although they did not want to admit it, they knew there was no turnaround. Even those from Chengyang University were helpless.

They finally gave up on resisting and removed their tags sullenly. They were soon withdrawn from the field by spatial passages and left behind their name tags.

They acted decisively so because they had gathered multiple spirit herbs throughout the event. They still got to keep the herbs if they were to retreat now.

These prodigies were kicked out from the Spring Hunting Ground by Qin Feng just like that.

"Collect!" Qin Feng gathered everyone's tags and the tags they had collected with telekinesis.

The three groups had amassed a total of four hundred tags. Those tags were enough to fill two big backpacks.

Just as he was wrapping up the fight, Qin Feng's communicator suddenly rang.

"Qin Feng, come quick!"

His facial expression changed after hearing the SOS call. "Turn back!" He called out solemnly.

A series of hushed footsteps and rapid breathing came through the communicator.

"Qin Feng, we met Lin Kai on our way out. They have overwhelming numbers!" Zhao Yu reported urgently.

"Are they still chasing after all of you?" Qin Feng was worried.

"Yes. Zhang Tianche has been injured!"

"Don't panic. It's nothing serious." Zhang Tianche still sounded calm but Qin Feng could tell that they were still fleeing frantically. His gaze turned cold and he instantly launched his feet into a sprint.

His face muscles were taut and he was expressionless. Yet, the suffocating aura around him was telling enough about his killing intent. 'Lin Kai, prepare to die! We will settle our past and present grudge once and for all!'

Qin Feng ran faster than ever before. Zhou Hao and his other teammates had not run off too far away. They were only about three hundred meters away from his position. He located them easily with his consciousness and dashed in their direction swiftly.

Qin Feng maneuvered across the dense forest and reached his friends within a minute.

Zhou Hao and the others were surrounded when he arrived.

"Bastard!" Zhou Hao roared and delivered a fierce kick.

Bang!

Chen Ming met the kick with his own and successfully stopped Zhou Hao's attack. They were on par in terms of strength and the battle was intense.

Notably, Zhou Hao was at G6-tier now and was considered pretty powerful at his age. Yet, he had failed to overcome Chen Ming. Not only that but Chen Ming seemed to be fighting with plenty left in his tank. He was toying with Zhou Hao.

"What's the matter, Zhou Hao? I thought you were the first in your class? Is that all you are capable of?"

The others laughed mockingly.

"Young Master Lin, they must have collected a lot of valuable items coming this deep into the hunting ground."

"So are their points. We would surely claim the top spot after defeating them!"

"That's right! Congratulations, Young Master!"

Lin Kai was overjoyed as he watched Chen Ming battle with great satisfaction.

"My obedient pet is so strong and it doesn't matter even if Qin Feng is here. He probably never expected this to be Chen Ming's true strength!"

Chen Ming's laugh froze in the middle of the fight and a sense of fury appeared in his eyes.

Chapter 144: Chen Ming's Mutation

Zhou Hao laughed hysterically after hearing what Lin Kai said.

"Hahaha. Chen Ming, what's there to be proud of? No matter how powerful you are, you are no more than a pawn. Lin Kai doesn't even view you as a person!"

Chen Ming was infuriated as Zhou Hao's mockery was dead on the target.

"You are no better. You are one good pet yourself. If not because of Qin Feng, do you think you will reach where you are now?" Chen Ming kicked furiously and sent Zhou Hao flying backward.

"Urgh!" Blood splashed out from Zhou Hao's mouth. If he were not protected by the rat king Chainmail given by Qin Feng, Zhou Hao's internal organs would have been crushed now.

Chen Ming paced toward him slowly. Did Chen Ming ever regret up to this point? If only he had pretended to be Qin Feng's buddy longer, would he be the same as Zhou Hao now? Would he also be supplied with martial arts techniques, carried by Qin Feng to hunt in the wild, and holding onto a beast-king-tier armor?

Who would have foreseen how strong Qin Feng had gotten now?

They started off equally as orphans but ended up in such a huge disparity.

'What makes you so special that you are able to get all the benefits from Qin Feng? I cannot allow you to continue to enjoy things that should be mine!' Thinking as such, Chen Ming raised his foot and stomped down viciously.

He was aiming for the head and Zhou Hao's head would definitely be crushed if Chen Ming were to use his full force. Zhou Hao reflexively raised his elbow to block Chen Ming's foot.

Before he felt the anticipated pain, the person above him suddenly yelped.

Zhou Hao opened his eyes and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

His savior was not wearing any protective gear and his scarlet uniform remained untouched after the three-day expedition.

The saber on his waist was still glaring to the eyes, though the scabbard had concealed most of its radiance.

It was none other than Qin Feng. He had made it in the nick of time.

"How dare you compare yourself to Zhou Hao?" Qin Feng scoffed coldly at Chen Ming. "Of course, there's a difference. He is my brother while you are just someone's pet. You think too highly of yourself."

Chen Ming was clutching his belly after being kicked by Qin Feng. His whole body was quivering after the impact. But it was Qin Feng's words that had hurt him the most.

"I am not his pawn. Lin Kai is the one thinking too highly of himself. He is nothing more than trash!" Chen Ming bellowed exasperatedly.

Lin Kai's eyes widened in disbelief. He did not expect those words to come out from his pet's mouth.

"Chen Ming, are you insane? I am going to kill you!"

Chen Ming laughed hideously. He then struck rampantly.

"I have been putting up with you for too long now. Die!"

Chen Ming dashed toward Lin Kai and grabbed him. In the process, his fingers suddenly transformed into sharp wolf paws. It was an actual transfiguration and not the usual materialization of inner energy.

Qin Feng and Zhou Hao were startled by the sudden turn of events.

They immediately understood what happened to Chen Ming. After all, they had once hunted down someone with similar capabilities—Viper.

"You are a mutant subject?!" Zhou Hao exclaimed. But his exclamation was submerged by a horrible screech.

Blood was spurting out from Lin Kai's neck. His carotid arteries were sliced open by Chen Ming's sharp claws.

"Argh!!!" Lin Kai continued to scream in pain but realized that more blood was coming out through his mouth. He thus stopped shrieking and held his neck with one hand while the other hand was reaching desperately for the first aid kit in his bag.

Chen Ming stepped on his body mercilessly.

"Look, isn't he the epitome of trash? How dare you order me around, huh? The only reason I ever listened to you is because you might have information someone needs. You dare call me your pet and pawn? F*ck off, you disgusting piece of sh*t!"

Everyone was shocked by Chen Ming's abrupt revelation. Qin Feng astutely picked out the key points within his furious babbling.

'What does he mean? Who would have wanted information from Lin Kai, who is nothing more than a spoiled playboy?' He connected some of the dots but there was too little information to make much out of it all.

He did not dwell on the matter much since everything would be clear once he captures Chen Ming.

Meanwhile, the other students could only watch in panic.

"Chen Ming, let him go. Young Master Lin is going to die at this rate."

"That's right. We can talk this out. Don't do this to him!"

They were all of Lin Kai's followers. Though he had not been nice to them, they would be held responsible if anything were to happen to Lin Kai. After all, Lin Kai's father was the deputy mayor.

However, Chen Ming was too hot-headed and could not care less.

"Hehe. He is just rubbish. Die already!" He switched his gaze from Lin Kai to Qin Feng.

"Qin Feng, you are the one at the alley one month ago, right?" His gaze now fell on the Verdant Emperor Saber.

Among them, only Qin Feng understood his question. Chen Ming was clearly referring to the incident where his leg got amputated.

"How about the incident at the gathering? Are you the one behind it?" Qin Feng asked reciprocally.

Chen Ming guffawed. "You figured that out? That's why you have taken my legs. Just because of a peasant? She is nothing more than an ant!"

Qin Feng reprimanded him. "She is our friend! We have been living together since we were six years old. We sat in the same classroom for ten long years! Besides, if I am not at the scene that day, does that mean all of them were going to die? You should be grateful that I didn't take your life after you have done such an unforgivable deed!"

"F*ck them. Qin Feng, you are an ability user yourself. Why are you still holding to that useless and childish sympathy of yours? They are all trash! We are the special ones while those who are without ability are all expandable!"

"Chen Ming, I can't believe you bought those brain-washing bullsh*t the Dark Coalition has been feeding you!" Qin Feng chastised spitefully.

Everyone was getting more and more confused with the ongoing conversation except for Zhou Hao.

"Chen Ming, you were behind the attack last month? Why did you do that? How could you?" Zhou Hao questioned angrily.

A lot of people got injured that day and Yang Qian even lost her lower limb.

"Why?" Chen Ming laughed hysterically. "Because I want more power. I have had enough. I am sick of being looked down upon as an orphan. I will become stronger and surpass each and every one of you!" His eyes displayed nothing but insanity.

"Qin Feng, you have my thanks. If you have not severed my legs, I would not have become what I am today. You will be surprised to see how powerful I am now." As he spoke, his body, especially his legs, began to transfigure rapidly. His pants were ripped apart, exposing the furry beast-like legs beneath it.

Chapter 145: Qin Feng versus Chen Ming

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

It was a pair of hind legs from a beast, covered with greyish-black fur that was robustly sharpened. The shape of his legs had changed while his sport shoes were torn apart as they were unable to withstand the enlargement!

Chen Ming's height had also increased tremendously while the muscles on his body had become bulkier.

The height increase continued until he was two meters tall, and now, none of his body parts had the features of a normal human being.

It was as if he had become a werewolf.

Nonetheless, his horrifying aura was very close to an F-tier beast king.

The presence of his intimidating aura would heavily put pressure on any G-tier aptitude user.

"Ugh… hoo…" Lin Kai could not resist the gigantic force while being stepped on by Chen Ming's foot as he wheezed one final breath before his head drooped limply to the side, all life leaving his body.

Soon after his death, it seemed that the name tag was able to detect the changes in him, there was a spatial passage that appeared immediately and teleported Lin Kai out from the space.

Students that were in the surroundings were shocked and their eyes were wide opened, while fear started to haunt the crowd.

It was unknown who took the lead to step backward, one step, two steps, and soon everyone had started to turn around and run away as fast as they could.

Now, the area was left with only five people.

Although Zhou Hao did not like Chen Ming, he did not expect Chen Ming to be in this state with such a shocking transformation.

"You are mad, you really are!" Zhou Hao said in disbelief.

"Hahahaha!" Chen Ming let out a wicked laugh.

It seemed that the transformation had also changed Chen Ming's voice.

It was huskier and was totally unrecognizable!

"I am mad? I'm not, it's just that I have become more powerful, and all of you will not understand!" Chen Ming laughed coldly. "Qin Feng, you cut off my legs, and wiped out my mercenary unit, however, I was lucky to be tipped off by one of my informants, now, did I surprise you?"

Qin Feng did not falter although the words had slightly caught him off guard.

"And you allowed him to perform the experiment on you? Chen Ming, should I consider you as smart, or should I consider you the opposite? Weren't you trying to catch a subject of experiment by putting all of us in a dire situation? And now you have allowed yourself to be experimented on?"

"How am I the same as all of you, all of you are being deprived, and I am the one who has been strengthened!" Chen Ming burst into laughter.

"You are digging your own grave!" Qin Feng replied in an uninterested tone.

"Save it for yourself, you are only prolonging your time to face your death with your speech. Qin Feng, you are the one who cut off my legs, now, be prepared to face your own demise as I am integrated with the gene of an F-tier wolf king with boosted speed!"

Chen Ming pounced over before completing his sentence.

He had the features of a wolf in his appearance as his face was distorted with a more protruded chin, while saliva was dripping from his mouth and his eyes had turned gradually from blood red to pitch-black colour.

Those were signs that he had lost his mind.

It was not that Chen Ming did not want to continue the argument with Qin Feng, it was that his mind that had slowed down.

Furthermore, it was the best option to get Qin Feng killed.

It was his plan from the beginning.

Bam!

A stomp from the foot had imprinted a huge pit on the ground.

Chen Ming was like a bomb as he rushed toward Qin Feng at high speed.

Wolf claws had turned into blades.

Qin Feng immediately took out his Verdant Emperor Saber.

Bam bam bam!

Both Verdant Emperor Saber and Chen Ming's wolf claws collided with each other and what followed was an insane number of clashes between them.

The clashes dazzled at high speed and the movements were also blurred.

Zhou Hao and the two others around could only capture collisions of faded shadows.

It was too fast!

It was impossible to be captured with the naked eye.

Both of them distanced themselves from each other, and now, Chen Ming had stopped the attacks.

Chen Ming raised his wolf claws and noticed that they were dripping with blood and one of the fingernails had even fallen off from his claw.

He was in disbelief at what he had witnessed.

As he himself would know how sharpened and powerful his fingernails were.

However, they were now being cut off!

The Verdant Emperor Saber was very sharp and it could even cut through fingernails of a beast king. Although Chen Ming might have already integrated with the genes of a beast king, but one would never know whether it was a genuine one!

F-tier beast kings were indeed powerful, Dark-Robed Ripper, Emperor Knight, and Steel-limb Broodmother, any of those should never be belittled.

However, Qin Feng was not the same anymore!

Qin Feng had now achieved F6-tier for both of his physical and conscious energy, equivalent to the level of a beast king that was rich in internal strength that was quadruple of that of a pinnacle F-tier, and could even cope with any ordinary E-tier aptitude user.

It was at that moment where every self-satisfaction and arrogance of Chen Ming had turned into a laughing stock.

"Burning Sword Glare!"

Suddenly, Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber was engulfed in massive flames, and the flame swiftly surrounded Chen Ming.

"Slash!"

Qin Feng drew his saber across Chen Ming's arm and it fell apart within a split second, the wounded part did not bleed and appeared to be roasted.

"Argh!!!"

Chen Ming let out a miserable howl.

"Double hit!"

Qin Feng waved his saber again and took down Chen Ming's remaining arm.

Chen Ming's black pupils slowly reversed to its blood-red colour, while fear and disbelief began to rise in him.

It was not that Chen Ming did not attempt to dodge, however, Qin Feng was moving too fast.

Chen Ming wanted to escape.

However, it was too late for him.

"Triple hit!"

Qin Feng waved his saber again and it was about to hit Chen Ming's waist.

Chen Ming let out a bestial scream.

He lost his legs as soon as the hit landed on his thighs.

He was unable to stand anymore, and fell onto the ground heavily.

Chen Ming, with his limbs all gone, wriggled like a human rod.

He was no longer able to pose as a threat.

Fresh blood gushed out from the scorched wounds and flowed out from all four openings from where his limbs once were, Chen Ming's struggle slowed down, while the greyish fur on his face retracted and revealed his original appearance.

As black colour had faded away, his pupils turned from red to white, and he could barely breath with his weakened body.

A pair of black shoes appeared before his eyes.

Qin Feng squatted down.

"Qin Feng!" Chen Ming gnashed his teeth as he yelled out the name.

"Chen Ming, I still have another question!" Qin Feng asked calmly, "Why do you hate me so much?"

"Why? Don't you think that you are a hateful person? We were both from the orphanage, however, you had better luck, everyone liked you, and in order to survive, I had to be close to you, or else I would be beaten up, extorted, and bullied by others. Since we were young, you were always ahead of me, and it had been my evil obsession to surpass you!"

Qin Feng recalled in his mind when Chen Ming was still five years old, when he was sent to the orphanage as his parents had died all of a sudden. He had led a reclusive life since then, he did not want to talk to the other kids as he was revolted by how dirty they were.

When they had grown up, Chen Ming was provided with monthly allowance, and he cried in grief when he was robbed by some gangsters; it was Qin Feng that had risked his life in a fight and retrieved the money back, since then, the gangsters had never gotten in their way ever again.

Chapter 146: Traces of Z

In Chen Ming's point of view, was everything that happened merely his way of compromise in order to obtain what he wanted?

Qin Feng thought that he and Chen Ming had developed true friendship, however, it seemed that it was merely his own assumption!

Qin Feng felt even more tranquil and calm than he ever was.

He maintained a calm expression and was about to find out what he had wished to know all these while!

"Since you have already obtained such an ability, why would you still get close to Lin Kai?"

Chen Ming knew that he was about to die, and he replied with a sneer, "Why would I tell you! I will never satisfy your curiosity."

Surprisingly, Qin Feng nodded and replied, "True, if you do tell me, I might even explore further to find out, as the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat."

Chen Ming was unbothered by the reply.

Qin Feng continued, "Since you are in contact with the superior of the organisation, would that also mean that he has sent you over to spy on Deputy Mayor Lin? Did they assume that it was Deputy Mayor Lin that has taken away the experiment findings from the destroyed laboratory? Or perhaps the materials?"

Chen Ming, who was originally nonchalant, suddenly looked at Qin Feng.

"How did you know?"

Qin Feng started to laugh.

Chen Ming's reaction had affirmed Qin Feng's assumption!

"It is because I was the one… who destroyed the laboratory!" Qin Feng moved closer to Chen Ming and lowered his voice with internal strength, and only allowed Chen Ming to capture his words.

Chen Ming's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Ha…haha…ugh ugh ugh…" Chen Ming spitted out blood from his mouth.

Chen Ming did not think that this would be his end!

Chen Ming did not give up even after he had lost his legs to Qin Feng, he even knew that Lin Kai was the cause of the experiment on those people that were being captured.

Therefore, after Chen Ming had volunteered himself to be strengthened via the experiment, he was assigned by the superiors to spy on Lin Kai and find out whether he had any information regarding the experiments, and also to revert back on the information obtained.

However, Chen Ming did not know that he was wrong from the beginning!

It was Qin Feng, and not Lin Zheng, that had destroyed the laboratory.

"Qin Feng, I can never understand you, why would you know about these? Furthermore, why would you destroy the laboratory, was it revenge for the students?" Chen Ming questioned.

Qin Feng would not answer that.

He would keep the secret of his rebirth forever!

"Therefore, I am aware of the secret, and I also want to destroy it, just assume that I am meddling in other people's business, who is your superior? Do you really not want to let me know?"

"Would you find him, and kill him?" Chen Ming let out a mocking laugh.

"I will!" Qin Feng replied without any hesitation!

Suddenly, Chen Ming felt a sense of anticipation.

Many have said that before one dies, the final words the person leaves behind would be good ones.

Chen Ming was different.

Chen Ming looked forward to Qin Feng paving his own path toward death by going after his superior.

"His name is Liang Kan! I still have his contact saved in my communicator!" Chen Ming suddenly burst out in laughter, "Qin Feng, you have to keep your promise to look for him!"

Liang Kan was an E-tier and had strong experimental genes that had dramatically boosted his combat power.

Qin Feng could never go up against him with his capabilities now.

Chen Ming laughed till his final breath took him away!

Qin Feng witnessed the mixed feelings of hatred and satisfaction from Chen Ming's expression, however, he remained unbothered by it and released the flames.

Chen Ming was immediately devoured by the flames, and even if the spatial passage had teleported him outside, there would only be ashes left from his body.

It would be best to keep Chen Ming's mutation as a secret from the others as the implications were wider than anyone would expect.

Qin Feng stood up and there were no traces left on the ground.

The remaining three people were looking at Qin Feng.

"Let's clean up the battlefield!" Qin Feng gave his order.

"Okay!" Zhou Hao nodded solemnly.

Zhao Yu felt anxious and thought that there might be some alarming secret that had yet to be revealed but she kept it to herself.

"How's your wound?" Qin Feng looked at Zhan Tianche.

"It will be easily taken care of once we are safe!" Zhan Tianche nodded. There was an arrow pierced through his shoulder, obviously, it was caused by a crossbow.

Most of the time, for aptitude users, hidden weapons were more threatening when compared to ordinary firearms.

"I am sorry, it was all because of my incapability!" Zhao Yu felt guilty.

Zhan Tianche wounded himself when he was protecting Zhao Yu during their retreat. Although he might not be highly skilled, being ranked twenty first in their course was no easy feat, he could have easily protected himself from such attacks.

"We are in the same team, don't you feel bad about this!" Qin Feng calmed Zhao Yu down, "Go and get the name tags, I will take care of Zhang Tianche's wound."

Qin Feng was quite experienced in first aid treatment, combined with Zhang Tianche's remaining arm that was unharmed, both of them took care of the wound swiftly and Zhang Tianche managed to recover to a better state by tuning his neigong.

Zhou Hao and Zhao Yu returned with their loot.

Indeed, the loot was in abundance.

Most of the students remained at the outer ring during their first day, while the inner ring was mostly dominated by capable students that were after the conscious fruits. However, with the presence of Chen Ming, none of the students were capable of going up against him.

Therefore, Chen Ming led Lin Kai and the others on an annihilation streak along the way and obtained more than three hundred name tags.

With the four hundred name tags that were obtained by Qin Feng, and two hundred name tags that were obtained during the battles from the past two days, Qin Feng and the others had accumulated more than nine hundred name tags that had been fully fitted into five backpacks.

There were also about six backpacks that were filled with all sorts of spirit herbs and fruits, the amount was indeed overwhelming!

"The Spring Hunting Ground is about to end, let's take a rest here!"

There were about three thousand participants that participated in the battle, and they had already obtained more than nine hundred names tags in the elimination round; therefore, it was obvious that they had the highest chance of being the winner.

Soon, the survival in the wilderness for three days and two nights finally ended at noon sharp.

Suddenly, a giant spatial passage appeared in the sky and silver light rays that shone from it enveloped everyone on the ground.

Students that were still in the Spring Hunting Ground were all wrapped by spatial runes and disappeared from where they stood.

There were only three hundred students that had survived the annual Spring Hunting Ground, it was equivalent to one tenth of the total number of students.

There were two crucial factors that had contributed to the scenario, it was Chen Ming that had been active in the outer ring, and also Qin Feng that had looted the conscious fruits.

Qin Feng's team aside, the remaining teams were just lucky to have survived as none of them were even able to meet half of the expected requirements of a competitive team.

All top tier teams from the four major universities of Hunnan, Xita, Dongling, and Chenyang were eliminated.

Hence, as soon as Qin Feng returned from the hunting ground, he was aware of the hateful glares from the surroundings.

It was at that moment, there were students that spoke up with anger.

"Principal, I would like to make a report, it was them, they were way beyond our league, I suspect that Chengbei University has committed fraud by allowing the use of their senior students!" A student from Chengyang Colony that was wearing a white-gold uniform stared furiously at Qin Feng.

"Yes, it was them!"

"He had even worn a number 21 name tag as disguise and duped us with this false impression!"

"It was all his fault!"

The crowd that was pointing their fingers at Qin Feng were all wrapped up in bandages and supported by plaster casts, it was obvious that they were the elites from the three major universities that were attacked by Qin Feng's Asteroid Assimilation earlier.