Chapter 222: The World Under the Island
The others peered at Bai Li cautiously after Han Jian said so and nodded in agreement. All of them willingly gave up on sharing She-Wolf's spoils.
She was instant-killed by Bai Li effortlessly. She was undoubtedly a fearsome character.
Han Jian, Chi Long, and Ling Wuyi quickly recalled whether they had done anything that offended Bai Li.
Nonetheless, the group was still delighted about obtaining the Drakocroc eggs.
"If everyone agrees, then the loot from She-Wolf will be given entirely to Bai Li." Qin Feng handed the items to Bai Li but she loathed taking her head. Thus, Qin Feng stored it into his own spatial runic equipment.
"There are only four Drakocroc eggs so each of you will get one. I will be taking the beast general's loot and all the runic equipment of the gunner. Any objections?"
By right, they would only receive ten percent from the loot based on their contributions in defeating the beast. The ten percent of the materials from the beast general combined with the runic equipment were still less valuable than the worth of a Drakocroc egg.
Qin Feng was already being generous so there was no reason for them to refuse. After they had reached an agreement, Qin Feng proceeded to unpack the runic equipment that belonged to the dead gunner. He asked Chi Long to pick the equipment that he preferred from among the guns and ammunition found in it.
They were now trapped on the isolated island and had yet to find a way to leave. There was no other way to replenish their supplies so this was the only way to make sure his allies had enough stock to deal with upcoming battles.
With that said, he did not provide the supplies for free. It was put on tab and would be deducted from Chi Long's share of loot in subsequent battles.
After completing the distribution, they left the place and found a water source to wash away the blood scent on their bodies. They then continued to explore the island.
Undeniably, this deserted place was surprisingly vibrant. They could sense that the entire place was flooded with natural energy.
Their internal power recovered, albeit slowly, through breathing alone.
They found more spirit herbs ahead on their path. This journey was going to make them rich, if they ever make it out alive that is.
Other than Qin Feng's team, the more than a hundred users that had arrived together with them were less fortunate.
After all, not many were as capable as Qin Feng.
They scrambled for their lives frantically ambush after ambush. Despair consumed them as any moment might be their last.
Luckily, when some of them fled to the center region of the island, Drakocrocs no longer chased after them for some unknown reason.
The night arrived, and those who had battled the entire day finally found a moment of peace.
The Drakocrocs had really retreated!
Though Qin Feng and co. did not know what was happening, they arrived at the same destination as everyone and saw other aptitude users there.
But of course, the number of survivors was much fewer than before.
Han Jian's face turned grim when he saw the others.
He walked toward an E-tier aptitude user and asked in a low voice, "Where's Liu Ba?"
The person was apparently saddened and answered regrettably, "Dead."
Everyone went quiet after that. Han Jian said nothing more and returned to Qin Feng.
These people here were veteran warriors. They had set up some basic defenses around the area and sprayed high-tier monster repellent to secure the make-shift base. Qin Feng also set up his own camp. Such preparations were standard for any E-tier user.
"General Han, why the long face?" Qin Feng asked.
Han Jian replied sorrowfully, "One of the users from Dong Ling has lost his life. His name is Liu Ba. Do you still remember him?"
There was no way Qin Feng would forget.
'He was rather heroic going up against the Emperor Knight in the past. It's hard to imagine that he had died just like that.'
"I do."
"Dong Ling colony is going to be in chaos soon. Liu Ba is quite influential there. Even someone as powerful as he has died just like that. This place is sick."
Han Jian recalled what he had just gone through the whole day and could not help but trembled in fear.
If not because he had chosen to follow Qin Feng, he might already be a dead man like Liu Ba.
Right now, Han Jian's opinion toward Qin Feng had drastically changed. He initially thought that Qin Feng was just another brilliant, inexperienced youngster, but now he was wholeheartedly convinced. Other than admiration, he also held great gratitude toward the young man.
The atmosphere surrounding the campsite was icy cold.
"Do any of you know the owner of the spatial waymark?"
"It was basically a trap!"
"We have been misled into the nest of Drakocrocs. It's a miracle that we are even alive now."
"I don't recognize the owner of the spatial waymark, but I do remember the gunner from before. He is under Leitang."
The crowd went silent.
Leitang Organization.
"What are they plotting?"
"From what I heard, Leitang Organization is currently in conflict with the top leaders of Sea City."
"Damn! Why are we the ones suffering when they are the ones butting heads?"
"Hoho. I see a lot of people from Sea City here. Guess you guys didn't see this coming, did you?"
Suddenly, everyone was debating loudly. At the same time, many had their gazes fixed on one man—Tyrant!
Those from the inner circle were usually the ones with the most information.
Though others here were also considered high ranking officers in their respective colonies, a matter of such degree was beyond their grasp. Tyrant was the only one around here that might know the details.
He was among those who tried to intercept men from the Dark Coalition before. However, feeling obligated to those that had bid for the ten tickets, he followed the group into this island after his employer had left.
To be honest, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Even picking up the leftovers behind the main group would make this trip worthwhile.
That was the real reason Tyrant followed them through the rift.
"I am not sure. We, Wanzhong, have nothing to do with Leitang."
Leitang was initially a part of the Dark Coalition when it first emerged.
They ran entertainment businesses on the surface but secretly supplied drugs under the table. Leitang was once a pest being hated by many colonies.
Regardless, they managed to establish a organization in the end. Naturally, this was thanks to their formidable founder.
In a doomed world like this, anyone could build a kingdom through sheer power. However, as soon as the founder fell out of favor, his or her kingdom would immediately crumble too.
Though the public debate had stopped, people were still conversing secretly.
"This smells exactly like a conspiracy. The only thing is, who is the intended target? What purpose do they have?" Han Jian pointed out.
"We all are. Didn't we jump into this trap voluntarily?" Chi Long replied ironically. Many had paid for it with their lives hopping onto this one-way convoy to hell.
"Stop overthinking it. The most important thing now is to stay alive. Train while you can and sleep earlier tonight. We still have ample battles to do tomorrow." Qin Feng chipped in and stopped their fruitless quarrel.
Actually, Qin Feng was the only one among them that knew the entire story.
This spatial waymark had led them into a resourceful place. That part was unexpected.
Equally unthinkable was that this place was also a nest that housed numerous Drakocrocs. Not only that but there is also a Drakocroc beast king residing in one of the underground caverns.
Since Leitang was too busy to clear out the island at the moment, the spatial waymark was neglected. In the end, a D-tier aptitude user from Leitang discovered the waymark and decided to put it into good use. His name was Lei Chen.
He was not aiming to set up any particular individual but to lure away most of the E-tier aptitude users out of Sea City. Right now, Sea City was greatly deprived of combatants thanks to him.
Things went smoothly according to his plan, and the rest was history. In Qin Feng's past memory, Lei Chen would officially become the mayor of Sea City half a month later.
As for the mayor before him, Qin Feng had no memory of that person at all. Nobody cared about the loser in this damning world!
Chapter 223: The Dark Light
In this post-apocalyptic world, E-tiers would normally be leaders of small colonies, the so-called mayor.
In turn, D-tiers would be elected as mayors of larger cities like Chengyang.
C-tiers no longer cohered to a city but would instead establish and lead one's own organization or association.
There were, of course, different scales of an organization. The influence and magnitude of an organization were directly proportional to its leader's strength, scaling up from C-tier to A-tier.
Leitang Organization, though only a small association, had a substantial network in the three cities. Organizations usually avoided unnecessary conflict between each other.
'These do not concern me. I only need to make sure I fully utilize this opportunity.'
Qin Feng blocked off the external voices and went into meditation. He had absorbed the internal power of She-Wolf and the gunner they had killed earlier. She-Wolf's internal power was especially compact but still far from Qin Feng's level.
'Absorb!'
The internal power began to rush through his meridian and strengthened it. Surplus power was stored into his dantian and formed a new energy cloud. It had now reached fifteen layers.
Afterward, Qin Feng took out the Godwill Atlas and started to hone his consciousness. As compared to his internal force, this was obviously more difficult. The extermination of the gunner helped advance his consciousness slightly.
Training on this island was two to three times faster than the normal rate. Others began to take notice of this as well. The chatting quieted down eventually as everyone started to turn their attention into meditation and consciousness training.
Qin Feng opened his eyes around midnight.
"Bai Li, let's go!"
Qin Feng woke Bai Li up soundlessly.
Bai Li yawned and looked at Qin Feng half-consciously. "Where are we headed to?"
Qin Feng smiled gently. "Treasure, of course."
Bai Li was enthused. After they got changed, Qin Feng concealed them in dark runes and turned invisible as they camouflaged into the pitch-black surroundings.
They weaved through other E-tier users' camps in the dark without startling anyone.
Qin Feng asked Bai Li to transport them only when they were far enough.
"Toward the east, to the edge of this island."
The place they were currently at was not the exact center of the island. To reach the core, it was actually best to enter through the island's perimeter.
They reached the east side of the island in no time through Bai Li's spacetime ability.
There was no beach around here but a cliff. Down the cliff were caves of different sizes. Most of it looked gigantic.
"In there," Qin Feng said.
Schwaff!
They disappeared on the spot and reappeared inside one of the caves.
The darkness did not remove Qin Feng's senses. He was able to distinctly see everything inside the cave. On the ground, there were trails of Dakrocrocs, while stinking poops were seen all over the corners.
Qin Feng marched forward vigilantly.
Snore…
The loud noises of Drakocrocs sleeping reached them.
Qin Feng focused his consciousness toward that direction. A group of Drakocrocs was seen sound asleep.
'Dark Shroud!'
A large cloud of dark runes spread out quietly. It brought those fast asleep Drakocrocs into deeper darkness.
'Dark ray!'
A horrifying radiant light burst forth from Qin Feng's hand.
Qin Feng's fire laser had become thicker and manifested into a fire claw after he had attained E-tier. The dark laser was less fancy in that regard. Yet, it was no less powerful and shot out to half a meter within a second.
The dark ray fell on one of the Drakocrocs. The monster aged rapidly at an observable speed after being hit by the ray.
Its flesh underwent senescence and decayed away, leaving behind only white bones. If not because the scales had accumulated enough natural energy from the environment, no remains would have been left behind.
In the dark, the rest of the Drakocrocs were moving about restlessly. They could sense that something horrible had just arrived.
But their senses had been greatly jeopardized by the Dark Shroud.
'The dark ability is terrific.'
Even Qin Feng did not expect such an outcome. With that said, he was not all that surprised.
The Hell Stone had been endlessly releasing dark runes to supply Qin Feng's diamond planet all this while. The number of dark runes in it now was something to behold.
He had no idea about its power because he had never put it into use.
The hidden potential of his dark ability was finally unleashed today.
'Let me see how far this ability can go.'
Qin Feng expanded his consciousness.
Under his control, the ray that was originally a line turned into an expansive band. He learned this trick from Deng Nian.
'Light of Death!'
The initial dark ray, though powerful, could only attack a single target. Right now, it could wrap every monster in it.
The remaining four Drakocrocs were engulfed by the darkness and they instantly turned lifeless.
'It feels as if something is being pulled away from the beasts.' Qin Feng's consciousness astutely sensed that the dark ability had rapidly sucked out the Drakocrocs' life energy. Not only that but his absorption ability had assimilated with the death ray and pulled the beasts' life force straight into Qin Feng's energy core.
Qin Feng finally discovered the true essence of the absorption ability.
It was not about absorbing after the target had been killed or weakened but the root of this ability which was able to absorb all the time, provided that it was being used together with the dark ability.
He only used five minutes to exterminate the five Drakocrocs without going through any battle. It was unimaginably easy.
'No wonder many have said that ability users could kill with gaze alone.'
All he had expended was his consciousness and runes. There was no movement, no action, and no contact.
Qin Feng enjoyed the overwhelming power he owned.
"Let's move on," Qin Feng ordered.
Bai Li stayed close behind him.
They marched on through the snaky path inside the cave and bumped into different Drakocroc herds every now and then.
Undoubtedly, the energy on this island was richer than the outside world—about two times the usual level. Hence, in relative terms, it was six times more powerful than that found on earth.
Once the threat here had been cleared, training here for one year was equivalent to training for six years on earth. Who would not want to come to such a resourceful training ground?
'Perhaps I can claim this island in the future.'
Bai Li had noted down the waymark but this island still belonged to Leitang at the moment.
He might provoke Leitang if he were to come and go freely.
Actually, soon his power would outgrow this island and training here would not help him advance significantly. His intention was to let his underlings from Fengli benefit from it.
Nonetheless, it was still too early to think about this right now.
Finally, something different caught Qin Feng's attention.
It was a human figure!
More accurately, it was human skeletal remains.
Qin Feng paced toward it hastily.
Chapter 224: Treasure Hunt in the Cave
The deceased was found in a corner. Burnt marks were seen on the skeleton.
He or she must have been killed by a fire-type ability.
However, his wear did not decay with time, and was still glimmering vibrantly.
"The product of advanced civilization!" Qin Feng was astonished by the clothing.
Sadly, after all these years, the corpse had been utterly ruined in this Drakocrocs nest. Qin Feng could find limited clues from it.
He flipped the skeleton and found an enlarged key hanging on a grey necklace. Intrigued, he picked it up and immediately realized what it was for.
The key was a spatial button—A standardized spatial runic equipment owned by the advanced civilization.
This was unlike the spatial equipment found on earth. Due to limited raw materials, the spatial equipment on earth usually came in different shapes and sizes.
As for the advanced civilization, they had a strict standard over the production of the spatial button to ensure that it would not collapse from the inside. Qin Feng had encountered such an item in his past life only after he had reached C-tier.
In this life, he obtained it much earlier.
Qin Feng pulled out the necklace, then he infused his consciousness into it. The space in it housed several weapons, some life necessities, as well as notes.
But naturally, those notes were not usable on earth.
'There's twenty cubic meters' space in here!' He was surprised by the scale of the storage space.
This spatial button alone would be worth 100 million.
"There must be more. We should keep going!" Qin Feng walked on. Bai Li was enthused too by the discovery.
After following Qin Feng for so long, Bai Li understood that fighting or killing was not necessarily the only way to become stronger.
You could also buy it with money.
In Bai Li's distant memory, her mother seemed to live in a more barbaric era as she was constantly brawling and battling.
They explored the cave as if they were treasure hunting.
Along the way, Qin Feng swiftly killed any Drakocrocs that appeared in their path.
"That's darkglow herb!" Qin Feng saw a faint light appear in the dark and exclaimed.
"What's that? It looks pretty!" Bai Li asked excitedly.
"Allow me."
Qin Feng unsheathed his Verdant Emperor Saber and cut through the air.
The herb immediately sensed the danger and retaliated by turning its leaves into flying razors. However, any form of counter-attacks was futile in the face of Qin Feng's great internal force.
Schwaff!
His saber sliced through the herbs, cutting them into half. Only the roots were left behind, and the glimmer of the herbs gradually faded away.
Qin Feng stepped forward and picked up the leaves. Only the ball-shaped, dandelion-seed-like part was useful.
"This is a valuable item. It provides the user night vision after consuming it. This is very useful for a lot of people."
Qin Feng himself had displayed just how advantageous it would be to be able to see in the dark. He was not blinded by it and had no fear even when there was no light. No beast could harm him in darkness.
It was truly a precious ability every aptitude user dreamed of.
A single darkglow could be sold for 2 million. Qin Feng harvested an entire patch with at least a few hundred effective parts. He was not going to let such easy money slip away.
"Let's continue." Qin Feng was electrified by what they had found so far.
These hidden treasures were supposed to be discovered by the mayor of Sea City. In this life, it all belonged to him.
They went deeper and found more herbs that grew only in a dark and humid location. He harvested all of them. Besides, they also bumped into several other corpses but not every one of them had a spatial button with them. Their bodies had also been trampled into dust after all these years.
Even so, Qin Feng still managed to collect four spatial buttons. Those were great acquisitions!
They did not stop moving and eventually, they came into contact with a tremendous aura.
Qin Feng reflexively held his breath.
It was an aura from a beast king.
Snore…
Its exhalation created a small gust inside the narrow cave.
"Be careful not to expose your presence," Qin Feng whispered.
Bai Li nodded and retracted her aura.
The meeting of two beast kings would only come down to one possibility—fight! Bai Li usually did not expose her power but it would not go unnoticed in front of another beast king.
"I will approach alone. You hide in here and don't make any sound," Qin Feng said.
"Okay." Bai Li nodded.
Qin Feng wrapped himself in total darkness and moved like a silhouette. He got to take a full view of the inside after passing through a stalactite cave.
The area spanned as large as a football field. It might be larger since part of it was immersed under seawater.
In the middle of this field, a giant creature lay there silently.
As Qin Feng grew more powerful, the monster he encountered also got nastier.
This was the largest beast he had met after rebirth. Its size even surpassed that of the Steel-limb Broodmother. The beast was thirty meters long and fifteen meters wide. This was an underestimation as the monster was currently curling up in a sleeping position.
The Drakcroc beast king!
Its paw was already larger than Qin Feng. That was truly a magnificent yet horrifying scene.
A lot of shattered bones were found beside the beast. Those belonged to the sea creatures, judging by the shapes. Unfinished meals, bones, furs, and scales were piled up like a small landfill.
Qin Feng also noticed a lot of human bones at the corners of the cave. His breath thickened.
He was not daunted by the beast king. He actually did not mind fighting it. However, his main goal was to accomplish this treasure hunting in silence. Qin Feng did not want others to be startled by the noise of him fighting the beast king.
Qin Feng, who was camouflaged in the dark, used the pulling force of Asteroid Assimilation to stick onto the wall. He slid down the cave quietly.
He landed near a few bodies. High-tech guns were seen hanging around them.
Qin Feng began plundering. One after another, spatial buttons fell into his hands. He even found several password-locked chests among the bodies.
They were of medium size and were arranged in an orderly fashion beside one another. One of them was opened.
Coming into his sight were compressed energy tokens that looked like crystalline coins.
'Power credit!'
Qin Feng did come across this currency before. The rift, despite devastating, had also provided humans with much novel knowledge and technology after the end times. That was how humans had learned compression technology. The energy cube created by humans was one cubic centimeter large and had no carvings on it.
On the contrary, the tokens in front of him were simply a masterpiece.
Undoubtedly, this was going to be worth a lot of money.
He had never heard about Lei Chen obtaining something like this before he was reborn. After all, all Qin Feng heard were just rumors and blind guesses. Nobody other than Lei Chen would have known the true nature of the treasures he had found on this island.
No one, that was, until Qin Feng barged in and hijacked his fortune.
Chapter 225: Exposed
Qin Feng retrieved the boxes and stored them into his own spatial equipment. He put some into the newly-acquired spatial button when his own was fully loaded.
He was jubilant with the loot he had found.
"That should do it." Qin Feng decided to call it a day.
It was three in the morning. Qin Feng decided that they should return to the camp now. They could always revisit the cave later so there was no rush to bring everything out tonight.
Qin Feng retreated out of the cave, and his consciousness found Bai Li immediately. She was busy harvesting herbs around the area. This was a truly rewarding trip for them.
To many others, this was just an uneventful night.
The next morning, aptitude users were woken up by chirping sounds and immediately went into defense mode.
They knew another round of crisis had just begun.
They might have worked together during the night but that did not mean that they were comrades now. Everyone was being wary of each other. The situation was tense as fights might erupt at any time.
Some groups began to plan their next move.
"I thought Drakocrocs hunt during the night? Why on earth did they disappear last night?"
"Darn! Does that mean we can't move around during the day?"
"It's better to go out in the dark. Though it's more dangerous, at least it's better than being eaten alive by the crocs."
"I still think it's better to move during the day. Everyone needs rest. We have one less thing to worry about if we rest when those Drakocrocs are inactive."
Last time, a few fearless users had gone out for an expedition during the night like Qin Feng.
Though they did encounter other mutated beasts, they did not meet any Drakocrocs.
Some had even returned to the beach they disembarked from. Nothing was seen there during the night.
The giant claw marks of the Drakocrocs had also vanished, washed by the waves.
No wonder they did not notice any beasts tracks earlier.
"Should we move during the night as well?" Han Jian was contemplating like the others and asked Qin Feng.
Qin Feng threw the question back to him, "Do you think we are afraid of the crocs?"
Han Jian was momentarily stunned. Chi Long, on the other hand, was beaming with confidence.
"Why should we be afraid? It's our chance to harvest the valuable herbs on this island. We will have less competition if other groups dare not move out during the day."
The five of them departed from the makeshift campsite without delay. It was another day of exploration, looting, and constant battling.
The island was rather huge. Once the group had scattered, they probably would not bump into anyone if they were to carefully avoid other aptitude users. After all, there were only less than a hundred people inside the island now after the tragic incident yesterday.
In the following days, Qin Feng fought alongside Han Jian, Chi Long, and Lin Wuyi during the day, while continuing his visit to the cave to loot for more treasures during the night. Qin Feng even collected the skins and bones leftover.
Such a peaceful routine was broken on the fourth day.
That night, the atmosphere inside the campsite was unusually edgy.
Qin Feng and co. always returned the latest as they could last the longest in the wild. They immediately realized the alertness and suspicion among the users.
"Let me go and ask," Han Jian said. Most aptitude users around Chengyang City knew him so it was not difficult for him to get some information.
"I will go too." Chi Long walked into the crowd as well. He was an aptitude user from Fu City and actually knew more people than Han Jian.
They returned not long after.
"Apparently, someone has discovered a passage that leads to the underground of this island. The energy in there is even richer. He also found a darkglow in there but it had clearly been harvested. They are now speculating that someone among us went in first but remained quiet about it."
Qin Feng put on a poker face, while Bai Li played with the thing in her hand inattentively. He was determined not to reveal any signs of distress in front of them.
These people did not have the slightest idea about the richness of the treasure hidden down there. Otherwise, they would have died out of jealousy.
"Is it reliable? Perhaps it's another trap set up by the Dark Coalition?" Qin Feng diverted the blame toward the Dark Coalition.
Han Jian shook his head. "Unlikely. They found the place as a group and split up to explore the cave. When they met back at the rendezvous point, the darkglow was gone. The group suspected that the aptitude user had stolen it so he ran away before the infighting escalated, and broke the news to others afterward."
A typical selfish act. He would not allow his team members to earn the fortune if he did not get a piece of it.
This message clearly benefited those who initially had no knowledge of such a hidden passage.
Moreover, the aptitude user swore that he had not taken any darkglow. This only meant that someone had gotten in there earlier and already looted most of the treasure inside.
That was the reason for the tension. They were currently suspecting everyone around them.
Unbeknownst to them, they had guessed it right. That despicable thief was none other than Qin Feng!
"Let's go and have a look tomorrow," Qin Feng ordered.
"Sure!" Chi Long responded, "We are talking about darkglow! This plant usually grows in large patches. We are going to be very rich if we find any in there."
Qin Feng's team was not the only one excited to try their luck. Those from the Dark Coalition that had infiltrated the group also felt that this might serve them a good opportunity to strike.
No other place was more strategic than the narrow and dark underground cave for assassination.
The next morning, every team woke up and rolled out much earlier than the past few days. They all headed to the same destination—The cliff on the east side of the island.
Some teams had already begun the descent. There was still mistrust between different parties, so obviously, they were not going to cooperate.
As if they had rehearsed this, the teams went in one after another. The first party that entered was led by Tyrant. He was the strongest aptitude user among them. Besides, he still garnered substantial respect from the rest due to his affiliation with Wanzhong. His team had three other members—One also from Wanzhong while the other two were his acquaintances from Sea City.
They jumped down the cliff swiftly. After they were gone, another group appeared out of the woods and did the same.
There was a wind-type ability user in this group.
"Nimbus!"
The dense cloud shrouded the three of them and carried them downward.
This was when a horrible shriek came out from inside the cave. Along with the shriek was the growling of a beast. Following that was the sound of rocks falling.
Tyrant was then seen dashing out from the caves in a panic. He infused his legs with internal power and sprinted on the sea surface.
Behind him, one after another giant figure emerged from the large caves.
"Howl!"
It was Drakocrocs!
Those groups still on top of the cliff could clearly see the Drakocrocs swarming out from the caves.
The beasts immediately saw the descending group.
Boom!
One of the beasts leaped into the air, aiming its mouth at the wind-type ability user.
"Scram!"
The ability user explosively activated his ability and unleashed a series of cyclone blades. Though the fierce winds did slice open the Drakocroc skin, it failed to stop the beast's advance.
The mouth of the Drakocroc was right in front of his eyes.
Chapter 226: The Great Army of Drakocrocs
There was distrust among the E-tier aptitude users as they were not initially from the same team.
Hence, the two aptitude users used the opportunity to escape from the control of the ability user and fled.
Though he was momentarily stunned, the ability user quickly came to and casted a powerful ability.
"Reversed wind force!"
The ability user flew up to the sky along with the strong wind, and was able to dodge the attack from the Drakocroc.
However, those two that had escaped did not have lady luck on their side.
As Drakocrocs began to crowd the bottom of the cliff, the ancient warriors were restricted to running on the sea and were not able to fly into the skies. Tyrant had been able to do so because of his perfect exit timing, boosted by his powerful internal strength and fast speed, however, this ancient warrior had missed the perfect chance to escape.
Drakocrocs began to swarm out from the cave, there were hundreds and thousands of them.
Splash!
Pow!
The ocean was stirred up as the Drakocrocs dived into the waters at high speed.
The ancient warriors were being hunted by an insane number of Drakocrocs, and were instantly surrounded.
"Ahh!! Save me, quick!" The ancient warrior shouted in shock and anger, but the wind ability user had already flown far away, ignoring him.
The other gunner who wore gliding wings at the back had already arrived back at the cliff, while he was still trying to calm himself down from the intense moment, he also felt fortunate that he was able to escape.
Despite expending all of his energy, the ancient warrior was still unable to escape his fate from being massacred by the Drakocrocs.
Indeed, there were too many Drakocrocs that had gathered in the sea.
Although it was known that the vast area around the island was crowded with Drakocrocs, the number was still beyond estimation.
There were tens of thousands of them.
If it were to be compared with those that were seen from the beach, it was just the tip of the iceberg.
As the Drakocrocs submerged under the sea, the yellow sun rose gradually from the horizon and blew away the cool breeze of the night.
"Gulp!" Chi Long tried very hard to swallow his saliva.
It was a surprise for him to witness such a large pack of Drakocrocs leave the area, and there were even about dozens of beast generals.
If such a massive army of ultra beasts were to attack the city, nobody could ever defend against it. However, it was fortunate that they only existed within the spatial rift and none of them had entered earth.
The realm was ruled by the ultra beasts.
Soon, the wavy sea began to calm down, however, everyone was still fearful of going into the sea!
Tyrant looked furious as he had lost three of his team members, then, he joined forces with the very same ability user that approached him and they formed into a team.
"Let's move!" Qin Feng revealed himself from their hidden spot without much hesitation.
There were tens of thousands of Drakocrocs hidden in the underground cave, however, it was their nature to leave the area during the day. As such, the area was still safe for the moment.
Chi Long, Han Jian and Lin Wuyi followed Qin Feng instantly, and throughout the days of battle that they had, they had already adapted to be responsive toward Qin Feng's orders.
Qin Feng arrived at the edge of a cliff, he wrapped his arm around Bai Li's waist and took a leap forward, while his internal strength filled his entire body, and formed into a bouncy repulsive force. After a few leaps, they arrived at the entrance of the cave.
Han Jian followed the same way behind Qin Feng.
Whereas Chi Long was equipped with gliding wings, an essential escape tool that most gunners would have.
Lin Wuyi raised his hand and pointed toward the ground, a giant vine sprouted from the ground and wrapped itself around his body. Using the vine, he swung downward smoothly. It was a rather safe and steady method compared to the others.
As soon as all five of them had gathered, they disappeared into the cave while the others quickly followed, casting out their abilities and leaping from the cliff to jump into the cave. It was as if they were afraid of being left behind.
The cave was extremely massive in size, despite spending three consecutive nights in it, Qin Feng had still yet to complete his exploration in the surroundings of the giant caves where the Drakocroc beast king had stored its valuables.
However, the outer part was already surprising enough for the others.
Qin Feng took the paths that he had never discovered before, as such it was full of valuable loot.
As there were no battles that took place, the loots were divided equally, and Qin Feng did not care much about those either!
"Darkglow herb, we have found it, although there are only eight of them, it is still an easy ten million reward!" Han Jian let out a blissful smile!
Qin Feng remained unbothered as he thought about the hundreds of Darkglow herbs that were still in Bai Li's space, and he thought about replanting them in the underground garden once he got back.
"Dragon trail grass! This is it!" Chi Long carefully plucked down a bunch of dragon trail grass as it was incredibly effective in enhancing physical speed.
"I would like all the dragon trail grass, and I will not take anything else that we might find later, deal?"
"No problem!"
"I don't need this!"
The others were agreeable to the deal while Qin Feng had no comments as well, they were merely the half-grown plants from the Drakocrocs, and Qin Feng had more than twenty of them in his space. Furthermore, those that were from the cave of the Drakocroc beast king would be more effective as they were larger in size.
They had more discoveries and loot as they moved further in.
Throughout the short period of the expedition, both Han Jian and Chi Long had accumulated 20 million worth of wealth each, and the huge amount of money would definitely increase their capabilities tremendously.
Furthermore, as they had trained within the island that was abundant in energy, they were also able to improve much faster compared to when they were in the outer world.
The others might not be as lucky as them!
"Damn, stone flower, this must be a stone flower, it has been removed!"
"Leaves from the water cave pine, somebody must have been here, who could be the lucky one to have found this rare water cave pine!"
"Damn, leap fruit has been taken, who could have taken the best wooden spirit herb away from me!"
Everyone clenched their teeth in anger as they were unable to stop other people from entering before them and those people had looted everything, there was nothing that they could do to recover those items.
They could only feel jealous about it.
Some teams had even rushed directly toward the centre of the island without paying much attention to the search along the way as they were aiming for the main gathering spot of the Drakocrocs, surprisingly, they were able to identify the Drakocrocs' lair.
At the moment, the lair was empty as the beast king had gone out to hunt for food.
The ground was scattered with all sorts of items that seemed to be worthless for Qin Feng, however, in the eyes of the others, they were all precious treasures.
"Quick, grab them!"
"This is a rare one, the skin of the sea beast!"
"Haha, with this, and a little extra top-up, I will be able to afford an E-tier blue equipment!"
Most of the aptitude users were not the same as Qin Feng, as purple and silver rune equipment were rare items for them.
Some of the E-tier aptitude users might have to save up for years in order to afford such equipment.
Therefore, those resources were extremely valuable for them!
However, they were not the only lucky ones, as there were also others that had noticed the same resourceful centre spot and gathered around.
Within the blink of an eye, the cave was already crowded with three teams that had more than ten people in total.
They were paying close attention to the others, and as they moved around with high speed, they were also preparing for any possible battle.
At that moment, any wrong move would result in an intense battle!
Chapter 227: Death Caused by Wealth
Visibility within the cave had been limited by the dark surroundings, those who did not have darkglow could also channel their internal strength into their eyes to view in the dark, however, it would only work within the radius of not more than thirty meters. Gunners who had infrared scanning were checking on everything to ensure that nothing valuable would be missed.
"Oh my, silver pearl!"
The shout had alerted everyone in the surroundings.
The silver pearl was about thirty centimetres in size, and it could possibly breed pearls that were the same in size as a grape.
Each one could easily net thirty million!
If they were still alive, how could it be possible for the E-tier aptitude users to resist the temptation to keep and grow them?
Furthermore, there were at least a dozen of them! Most of them were goods that were brought back when the Drakocrocs came back from their hunts.
The aptitude user immediately reached out toward the silver pearl with hands.
Boom!
A deafening gun shot was heard.
Valuable goods would attract anybody, wealth could be the cause of human death, and the same went to birds that died for their food; the moment of brutal massacre had begun!
"Do you wanna die?!"
"You shall die today!"
"Scram, bastard!"
The crowd had sunk into a chaotic battle.
Loud noises echoed within the cave and were heard by many in the surroundings, some identified the origin of the noise and tried to hide from any trouble that might come forward, while some headed toward the noise as they thought that there might be something valuable that had caused the battle.
However, it was at that moment, those who were involved in the battle did not notice the abrupt wave that was rising from the seas as they were in the midst of the chaotic gunshots, a gigantic creature leaped up from the other end of the cave and rushed toward those who were in battle.
"Ah!"
Once again, the crowd screamed in immense fear.
"Beast king!"
The Drakocroc King flung away a giant beast general shark that was being dragged in by it and rampaged forward with its massive body. Everyone in the surroundings was like small ants that would easily die from a single stomp from the Drakocroc King.
Any normal Drakocroc would recognize human beings as their food source, as for the beast king, it would not even pay heed to the existence of human beings. However, the beast king had a great sense of control over its own territory, and it was a disrespectful provocation for the human beings to cause such chaos in the surroundings.
The slaughter had begun!
Without even any time to react, some of the aptitude users had already been flattened into minced meat.
"Run, run quickly!"
"Take this!"
An ability user defended with one last attack before his demise.
"Earthfall!"
Boom!
The ground immediately turned into spiralling whirls of sand that was pulling the body of the Drakocroc King down, trying to swallow it whole.
However, with limited conscious energy from the ability user, the pit formed was a mere fifty meters in depth. The Drakocroc King began to struggle and tried to free itself from being swallowed.
"Boulder Dragon Style!"
Before it could escape successfully, the ability user casted out another ability that formed into a gigantic dragon with eastern features, and it was comparable with Qin Feng's fire dragon, the boulder dragon rushed toward the Drakocroc King with its massive body that was formed from solid boulders.
The Drakocroc King was once again forced backward.
However, this attack had ultimately enraged the Drakocroc King.
The beast king widened its jaw and crunched down on the approaching boulder dragon.
Crush!
The boulder dragon was instantly crushed into pebbles and its body shattered all over the area.
Poof!
The ability and the conscious energy of the ability user were forcefully sucked out and devoured, his mental strength suffered a heavy blow as blood spurted out from his mouth.
"Master Fang, I'll get you out of here!" A loud roar was heard as a chain of shackles was tossed out from the person's hand, pulling the ability user away, then they flew up to the top of the cave from where they had entered.
Everyone else was panicking and running to save themselves.
The massive body size of the Drakocroc King had prohibited it from entering into the smaller caves, hence, they were fortunate enough to escape from death.
Master Fang's conscious energy had been severely damaged and was unable to remain conscious, however, right after being saved by the person, a dagger slashed across and cut through his throat!
"Haha, Master Fang, every man for himself, the devil takes the hindmost!" The person guffawed wildly.
Master Fang was obviously an overlord in his territory to be able to possess the Boulder Dragon Style, and he was definitely a rare and noble ability user with powerful capabilities.
However, he did not expect to die in the hands of his own men.
"Liu Rui, you bastard!"
A loud roar echoed in the surroundings as an assault of bullets rained down on the person.
Liu Rui had to dodge and take cover before he could take off the spatial ring Master Fang was equipped with.
Five people appeared from a corner.
It was Qin Feng and the others.
The noise from the battle had caught his attention and he was one of those who had come to check out the situation. However, he was surprised by the scene of the aptitude users being massacred by the returning beast king.
There was even someone who was taking advantage of the chaotic scene.
Liu Rui escaped, Chi Long did not go after him and he immediately looked toward Master Fang.
"Master Fang!" Chi Long shouted.
Sadly, his throat had been slashed clean through and his bones were snapped in half, the deadly attack from Liu Rui was merciless and had killed Master Fang!
As Qin Feng was standing beside him, he was able to feel the activation of his absorption ability and the abundant conscious energy that was merging into his body.
He was certainly an extremely powerful ability user, and since Qin Feng had not heard of the name before his rebirth, this was probably the last place of his existence.
It was a fate that was irreversible.
"Chi Long, this is not the place for you to mourn, carry the dead body along, let's go!" Qin Feng spoke in a deep voice.
Chi Long clenched his teeth and nodded, the dead body was kept into his spatial rune equipment. The spatial rune equipment of the deceased was unable to be placed into his own, hence he passed it over to Qin Feng.
"Master Fang is an elder in Fu City, although I will bring the dead body back, being part of this team, I should not take all of the loot just because of my own personal emotions, let's go now!"
Qin Feng nodded and remained silent, reality was ruthless, even on a great and powerful person. That said, it was fortunate enough that he had died in one piece. As for the wealth that was accumulated throughout his entire lifetime, the descendants might not be able to keep them secure, it might even bring unnecessary problems.
There were still aptitude users that were unable to escape from the cave. Some were even hoping that the others would not be able to make their way out and keep the Drakocroc King busy so that they could take the chance to save their own lives!
At that moment, everyone had different opinions.
"This is a rare opportunity to take down the beast king while it is stuck inside, the rewards will be extremely valuable!"
"That's right, this is our time to take action!"
There were a few people who were dressed casually and had aptitude user badges on their chests. They looked totally different from the others.
It had a blood-red bat shape on it.
These were the people from the Dark Coalition.
Bloodthirst Organization!
It was a rather small-sized organization that only recruited strong and powerful members, there were four of them that had appeared.
Yuan Han, a merciless E4-tier ancient warrior that would not hesitate to kill, and one of the butchers from the Three Cities that shared the same name as She-Wolf.
Wu Ze, a genius E3-tier gunner that specialized in manufacturing, modification, experiments, and had even replaced half of his body into machines that boosted himself with insane combat power.
Guo Xing, an E4-tier gunner who specialized in high-impact giant bombs, and was also highly skilled in explosives.
Sheng Zhenyu, an E5-tier metal ability user, the most powerful among all.
Chapter 228: An insane move
Every smaller sized colony was fearful of the presence of the four aptitude users.
"Come on, let's move now!"
Sheng Zhenyu commanded, he was the leader of the team of four, and also a metal ability user.
"About time!"
Wu Ze seemed to be very excited as he instantly took out all sorts of machines and began to assemble them at high speed, it was as if his hands had faded into shadows.
Guo Xing also began to take out machines to assemble handheld grenades that were about the size of a fist, and they were specially assembled to a chain with a spearhead as its front, then, it was placed onto a crossbow that had been set up by Guo Xing.
It was obvious that the handheld grenades would travel along with the release of the spearhead from the bow.
Wu Ze only used a short amount of time to complete his weaponry assembly, he casually pushed them forward to the entrance of the cave where the Drakocroc beast king was still raging on at some users that were still unable to escape.
"Hurry up, we do not want to miss this opportunity!" Sheng Zhenyu ordered.
"No problem!" Wu Ze sneered and replied, "I am about to start now!"
"Me first!"
Without any hesitation, Guo Xing took aim at the Drakocroc King and pulled the trigger.
At the same time, his conscious energy was also injected into the arrow.
Swoosh!
The arrow shot out from the bow, carrying with it a long chain of handheld grenades.
It was as if a rope was travelling through the air.
While under the control of conscious energy, the rope circled around the neck of the Drakocroc King and was tightly wrapped around it.
Roar!!!
The Drakocroc King did not know what it was, but it began to roar and the instant reaction from it was to free itself from the rope that was entangled around it.
Guo Xing seemed to be filled with excitement in the distance.
"Explode!"
Boom!
A thunderous explosion echoed in the surroundings as countless purple light rays surrounded the skull of the Drakocroc King.
Thunderstrike Bomb.
With such a powerful explosion from the bomb, even one of it would be sufficient to take down an E-tier ultra beast, and there were hundreds of them that had been specially prepared for the Drakocroc King.
"Awuu…" The Drakocroc King let out a blood-curdling screech.
"Die!" Wu Ze initiated another attack.
Another deafening explosion was heard.
A pitch-black bomb was released from Wu Ze's cannon tube while his conscious energy controlled the bomb, targeting the Drakocrocs King.
The beast king was alerted by the incoming attack, and it was about to dodge from it.
However, with the control of conscious energy, the effort of the beast king was in vain.
Boom!
The Drakocroc King's neck took the hit, it was the same spot where Guo Xing's attack had hit, and the bomb penetrated into the flesh of the beast king.
"Annihilate!"
Wu Ze commanded, and an instant black explosion was released.
Unexpectedly, it was a Dark Energy Cannon.
The entire body of the Drakocroc King was immediately engulfed in dark energy while its flesh began to deteriorate and decompose, it was as if it had instantly become an aged beast king.
The Drakocroc King let out another howl.
It was heavily wounded by the double-attack.
However, the Bloodthirst Organization had underestimated the Drakocroc King!
It glared furiously at the cave where the attacks came from and began to rush toward it without any hesitation.
Boom!
A booming explosion was heard as the cave began to collapse, and the crumbling ruins were about to fall onto the attackers.
"Oh no!"
Everyone noticed that something bad was about to happen.
"Steel Barrier!" Sheng Zhenyu blasted out metal abilities that formed into a small hut that covered all four of them.
They remained unharmed by the collapse.
"Later, dark energy will begin to invade and deteriorate its body, furthermore, the attack was on its neck, which is also closely located to its brain, it should not be a problem!" Wu Ze said.
The others trusted Wu Ze and waited for their next move.
It was at that moment, the Drakocroc King that was in the giant cave began to feel the severe deterioration that was taking place in its body, and it was furiously enraged by it.
"Awuu…" A long and painful screech was heard.
The deafening sound lasted for about half a minute.
Those who did not have strong conscious energy were severely affected by the sound, and they began to feel dizzy as their eardrums began to bleed.
The thunderous voice had echoed and spread across the entire island, and every part of the sea area was able to hear the summons of the Drakocroc King.
"This is bad!" Qin Feng's face darkened.
Although Qin Feng and the others did not witness the attacks from the Bloodthirst Organization, they assumed that the loud explosions were from the gunners that tried to stop the Drakocroc King.
However, the situation seemed to be far more complicated than that.
"Leave now!" Qin Feng led the others and rushed toward the opening of the cave.
However, they were deep within the cave and it would require at least half an hour to arrive outside.
That amount of time would be sufficient for Drakocrocs from the entire island to gather around.
The Drakocroc King was summoning the other Drakocrocs with its loud roar.
The call from the beast king was heard by Drakocrocs that were scattered all over the island, including those that were hunting in the waters. Every Drakocroc had heard the calling that was filled with anger and sorrow, and they began to rush back in a rampage.
Drakocrocs began to crawl up the cave and block off the entrance!
The aptitude users who were about to escape were all shut in!
"No, retreat, quick!"
"No!"
"Save me!"
Screams were heard as everyone was forced to retreat, or else, they would have to remain there forever.
Qin Feng and the others were in the same situation.
"Fire Dragon!"
Qin Feng equipped his Scarlet Fire Claw and instantly summoned his fire dragon.
The fire dragon attacked and resisted the Drakocrocs' advance.
"Die!"
One of the Drakocrocs was surrounded by flames and was instantly burned to death. However, the moment it died, it was immediately replaced by those from behind.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
Qin Feng activated his conscious energy and covered the entire cave with the Hellfire Carpet.
The Drakocrocs began to take another route as they were surrounded by flames and were unable to break Qin Feng's resistance.
As the Drakocrocs were born and bred here, they were naturally familiar with the interconnected routes within the cave, they were now right behind Qin Feng and the others.
Ratatatat!
Chi Long wildly fired his gun as he tried to stop the ultra beasts, within the small and restricted area, they would not be able to survive if the ultra beasts were to rush toward them all at once.
"This won't do, there are too many of them, we can't breach through!"
Lin Wuyi's face turned pale when his conscious energy perceived the surroundings that were densely packed with Drakocrocs.
The wilderness was always cruel and filled with unpredictable deaths.
Qin Feng became worried, he knew that it would be an easy task for Bai Li to lead them outside, however, by doing so, her abilities would be exposed.
Qin Feng would never want anyone else to witness Bai Li's ability!
"Retreat, back to the beast king cave!" Qin Feng shouted.
The only way was to retreat and hope that the Drakocrocs would follow them in, and their density would then be reduced, only then, they would be able to slaughter their way out.
At that moment, retreating was the only way to move forward!
Chapter 229: Collective Teamwork
"I'll cover the front, Bai Li, attack!"
Qin Feng said with a deep tone.
Bai Li did not give it a second thought before she unleashed a powerful attack.
With just a gentle wave of her hands, a claw mark appeared in mid-air, which instantly severed the Drakocroc's skull into pieces.
Lin Wuyi and Han Jian stared in disbelief. They did not expect Bai Li to be this powerful.
Although Chi Long had seen how strong Bai Li was, he had just discovered that after Bai Li had reached E-tier, she was way fiercer even when faced with the same E-tier ultra beast, but it was in no way bating a jot of the elegance she had shown during the battle against the Golden Queen Ant at that time.
When Bai Li made her move, the Drakocrocs behind her were exterminated in just the blink of an eye. Qin Feng and his team then quickly retreated.
There were many people who made the same decision as Qin Feng and his team. After all, it was way out of their abilities to stop the Drakocrocs' rampage.
To make matters worse, there were now only sixty aptitude users inside the cave!
Qin Feng quickly retreated back into the giant cave. It was at this exact moment that the four members of the Bloodthirst Organization thought that their chance was finally here.
As they drew away their conscious energy, the steel barrier was disabled, and the four men began attacking the Drakocrocs once they had cleared out the cavern.
"Die!"
The two gunners recklessly shot out bullets at the Drakocroc King's humongous body as if it was a living target.
The Drakocroc King seemed to understand that it was at a disadvantage if things were to keep going on the way it was going. As it let out an earth-shattering roar, its body quickly began to shrink.
Shapeshift!
This was an art mastered by any beast king, otherwise their huge bodies would drag them behind and drain huge amounts of energy.
Of course, the king had never seen a human being, nor did it understand the characteristics of this race. Therefore, he had never thought of shapeshifting into a human.
At this time, aptitude users had appeared in the other passage, and there were Drakocrocs chasing after them.
"As expected, it was only a matter of time until it would shapeshift!" Sheng Zhengyu said coldly.
The Drakocroc King did not wish to be killed here either, it tried to flee away at lightning speed.
The other side of the cave was linked to the sea. As long as it was able to get there, there was no way these humans would be able to chase it down.
However, now that the Bloodthirst Organization had given their everything, there was no way they would let it escape!
"Quick, chase after it!" shouted Wu Ze excitedly.
"It won't get away!" Sheng Zhenyu raised both hands.
"Metal Cage!"
He unleashed his metal ability, and in the next moment, a huge metal railing quickly shot up in front of the Drakocroc King, blocking its escape.
Boom!
The railings were instantly knocked away by the Drakocroc King's humongous body.
Although the Drakocroc King was weakened, it was still as powerful. It was clear that the previous attacks would not work now.
"Hmph! Let's see how long you can last!"
Sheng Zhenyu unleashed his second skill, and a row of sharp nails emerged from the ground, piercing the king's feet with every step it took.
"Rawr!" The Drakocroc King bellowed in pain.
When the Drakocroc ultra beasts heard the Dracokroc King's roar, they quickened their pace and rushed over to Sheng Zhenyu's side.
It was then the other aptitude users were able to understand the situation right now.
"It's you guys? So, it's you people that provoked the king, do you have any idea that we're all surrounded by herds of Drakocrocs now!"
"Are you dumb? Don't get us into trouble if you wish to die!"
"The king is wounded? Kill, kill the king and we will make a fortune!"
For a moment, there were anger, surprise, and a series of emotions that appeared. The sight made their hearts pound with excitement.
"Cut the crap and stop talking!" Yuan Han sneered as his body began to exude a murderous aura.
A Drakocroc dashed toward him. With a huge blade in Yuan Han's hand, he gave the beast a few mighty slashes, cutting it into several pieces.
And at that moment, Tyrant finally spoke up. "No matter what happens, kill the king first. After all, these Drakocrocs are following the king's orders. Once the king dies, the other Drakocrocs would scatter in fear. If we don't fight now, we'll die here today too!" He said in a deep voice.
And there was nothing wrong with what he had just said.
When the Steel-limb Broodmother Queen died, many insectoids came just because they wanted to eat the queen's carcass so they could evolve.
But the Drakocrocs could not devour its own kind to evolve. Once the king dies, the rest of the kind would fall apart, and it would make their escape easier.
What was more, the king was wounded now.
Everyone was thinking of ideas to gain an advantage in this situation.
"Kill!"
All of them unleashed their strongest attacks all at once.
They all wanted to kill the king.
Such an opportunity was quite rare. Usually, beast kings were so strong that when humans encounter them in the wild, they would be killed in an instant.
But now, there was strength in numbers.
With more than sixty E-tier aptitude users, if they coordinated their attacks well, killing the king would not be a problem at all.
Seeing that it was surrounded, the Drakocroc King roared again, this time its body had grown to become extremely large.
Boom!
With a ferocious blow, the ancient warrior who rushed up to fight the beast king was immediately knocked out of the way.
"Hold it back, quick!"
The men in the back yelled their battle cries.
"Hmph!" Tyrant went ahead and fought bravely at the frontline. He was one of the strongest, and his rune equipment was among the best.
As soon as the ancient warriors went up, they were all knocked out by the Drakocrocs.
In the end, there were around twenty ancient warriors left, but only three of them were able to hold on to the attacks.
These three people were Qin Feng, Tyrant and Yuan Han.
"The others, stop the Drakocrocs!"
"Seal the cave entrances, don't let them in!"
"Look out, the beast general!"
Their loud shouts shook the insides of the cave.
Qin Feng and the others fought with incredible strength and resisted the king's attacks. On the other hand, the other ancient warriors could not intervene and all of them retreated, the only ones left were ability users and gunners.
They began an all-out attack on the king.
"Burning Sword Glare!"
Qin Feng swung his blade and parried the Drakocroc King's attack, but it just was not enough.
The clock was ticking, if they were not able to stop it, the place would be flooded by the army of Drakocrocs.
"Phew!"
Qin Feng took a deep breath, and the air around him became extremely murderous.
The Drakocroc King stretched out its head just in time to repel Yuan Han's attacks, and Qin Feng seized this opportunity.
He slashed with his sword again.
"Blazing Sky!"
A blinding light emitted from the Verdant Emperor Saber in Qin Feng's hand, and Qin Feng's entire body seemed to have blurred out!
In the next second, the Drakocroc King's neck was pierced straight through by Qin Feng's blade. The humongous blade shot up almost twenty meters into the skies.
The Drakocroc King's head instantly rolled off to the side!
Poof!
The King's flesh was blasted into mush and was tainted black after being polluted by the dark energy. The severed neck began spouting out fresh blood, covering every inch of Qin Feng's body.
"Ah!"
Qin Feng felt a burning sensation all over his skin.
"Dragon blood!"
Everyone then came to.
The Drakocrocs blood contained a trace of dragon blood, and the dragon blood could be used to harden their flesh.
The crowd instantly got excited.
Yuan Han, who was knocked out into the air, was furious. Her glare was deadly and her face was twisted with anger, the butcheress was enraged!
The dragon blood was supposed to be hers!
"Die!"
Yuan Han furiously attacked Qin Feng and tried to decapitate him!
"Get out of the way!"
Qin Feng let out a low, growling roar as his hands burst with strong energy.
Chapter 230: Enemies at First Sight
These people did not know each other.
Although Qin Feng still had his Scarlet Fire Claw on his left arm, everyone thought that Qin Feng had it on so he could pair the equipment with the fire elemental technique he had just used.
They had no idea that Qin Feng was a true ability user.
Not only that, his abilities were not in any way inferior to his ancient warrior powers!
The fire blast sent Yuan Han flying backward.
The alliance that was once established immediately fell apart. Everyone began to kill each other.
"That king material is mine!'
"All of you die, you f*ckers!"
"Scram!"
Everyone roared.
The scene made everyone go crazy.
At that moment, Tyrant too rushed into the midst of the dragon blood shower, but this time, Qin Feng did not stop him.
"Ahh!"
Tyrant let out a miserable scream as the dragon blood blistered his skin.
The dragon blood was very potent and strong, it was not easy to withstand the pain.
"Flashing Sword Dance!"
Sheng Zhenyu was obviously furious, he did not expect to have the kill taken away by someone else after inflicting heavy wounds on the ultra beast. It seemed that it had been a while since anyone had enraged him to such an extent.
Qin Feng and Tyrant heard the clashing and twisting of metals. Then, hundreds of weapons appeared out of thin air and shot toward their direction.
Seeing this, Tyrant did not have time to dodge the attack, and most importantly, it seemed that his body could no longer bear the intense burn from the dragon blood, and the pain was unbearable.
"Kid, if you manage to get me out alive, I'll owe you a favor!"
As soon as he finished his words, silvery light enveloped all around him.
Spatial waymark!
Tyrant's body instantly disappeared, he had left this foreign space.
Only Qin Feng remained to face the incoming blade attack.
In the eyes of others, Qin Feng's death was inevitable.
"Huh!" Qin Feng scoffed. And in the next moment, flames soared all over his body.
"Fire Dragon Style!"
"Roar…"
The dragon cry shook the air. The fire dragon soared high up into the sky, its tremendous power made everyone tremble in fear.
This dragon art was a technique that could only be learned by the top officials in the city. Or else, one could acquire this technique by exchanging it with their astounding wealth. No one would have thought that a young man like Qin Feng would actually possess a fire dragon technique.
His previous Blazing Sky skill was already scary enough. Now, there was actually an even stronger one.
"Roar!"
Under the wrath of the fire dragon, every weapon that came close to it was melted in an instant. One could even feel the searing heat of the fire dragon's body from afar.
"Strike!" Qin Feng pointed at Sheng Zhenyu.
Sheng Zhenyu's face changed dramatically.
"Steel Barrier!"
The humongous steel barrier re-emerged once again.
It might be able to stop the mountains from shaking, but in no way could it stop Qin Feng's fire dragon. Sheng Zhenyu was afraid that if he was locked up in the Steel Barrier together with the dragon, he would be roasted alive by Qin Feng, which was a similar fate to the Scaled Tiger beast general.
As expected, he was not brainless after all. After summoning the Steel Barrier, he manipulated his conscious energy like crazy, and metal runes began to spread in the air around him which grew larger and larger.
"Steel Giant!"
He unleashed his ability, and a ten-meter tall giant emerged from the ground, punching Qin Feng's fire dragon right on the face.
The two ability users clashed, and their tremendous power force made others retreat as they were unable to intervene in the fight. They were also afraid to be caught up in the fight.
"Move, faster!" Sheng Zhenyu shouted.
Wu Ze, Guo Xing and Yuan Han started to charge toward the Drakocroc King!
For such a behemoth, even if they cut off a piece of its flesh, it would actually be worth a lot of money.
However, the most valuable assets of the king were none other than the three main parts.
They were the scales, skull and energy core of the Drakocroc King.
But, the Drakocroc King's skull was a quarter of its entire body's length, which was almost as big as a small house. Even if they had a spatial runic equipment, the skull would still not be able to fit into it.
The only other way was to disintegrate the skull into smaller pieces but they did not have the ability to do so.
However, the energy core was different. The Drakocroc King's energy core was only the size of a basketball, so it could be taken away easily!
"Bai Li!" Qin Feng shouted.
Bai Li began to move toward the king's carcass too!
With just a lift of her hand, the Drakocroc King's head was loaded into her space. Everyone's jaws dropped as they watched on.
They did not know about Bai Li's abilities, but they figured that Bai Li must have an oversized spatial runic equipment.
If it could fit the head of a Drakocroc King, it must be at least five hundred square feet.
The spatial runic equipment must be worth 1.5 billion yuan.
Everyone was breathing heavily, they refused to believe it.
"Kill her!" Wu Ze was the first to go insane. For a gunner, no item would be as tempting as having a spacious spatial equipment.
Ratatatat!
A barrage of bullets was shot at Bai Li.
"How dare you underestimate others!" A voice was heard out of nowhere, and in the next moment, a terrorizing greenish poisonous gas enveloped Wu Ze and the others.
"Ah!" Wu Ze inhaled a mouthful of the poison gas, he felt dizzy and his vision was blurred.
"Die!" Chi Long aimed his gun at Wu Ze.
A chaotic battle had begun.
From where Qin Feng was currently standing, the Drakocroc King's blood had finally stopped spurting. Although Qin Feng still felt the blistering pain around his body, the pain was not as unbearable as the pain Tyrant had felt earlier.
This was because Qin Feng's physical strength had exceeded that of an ordinary person by far too much.
With such incredible strength, coupled with the death of the Drakocroc King and the activation of his absorption ability, Qin Feng's strength had finally advanced again on the eighth day of entering the island.
E2-tier.
At this time, Yuan Han ran up the back of the Drakocroc King as she targeted its spine. She wanted to cut through the Drakocroc King's outer scale with her machete so she could steal the energy core!
"Get out of the way, it's mine!" Bai Li also ran up and mercilessly knocked Yuan Han down.
Yuan Han was about to go nuts.
After years of rampaging through the Three Cities, she had never felt so defeated before.
Whether it was Qin Feng's or Bai Li's strength, they were so powerful that she stood no chance against them.
Bai Li swung and slashed with the Ceramic Saber in her hand at the Drakocroc King's spine.
The white Ceramic Saber carried a faint spatial rune, enabling it to instantly slice through the Drakocroc King into two neat halves.
As Bai Li kicked away the other half of the king, she swung with her Ceramic Saber again. A clear crystal the size of a basketball appeared in her hand.
The king's energy core!
Bai Li's satisfaction was evident, and she kept the energy core inside her space.
Seeing this, the other aptitude users went even crazier. They gave up fending off the Drakocrocs and dashed toward Bai Li.
Now, Bai Li was like a living treasure vault of tremendous value.
'If we kill her, we'll be able to skyrocket through the rankings!'
'That's an E-tier beast king energy core!'
They had to work hard and save up for four to five years to even be able to afford one. Now that there was one in front of them, how could they not want to get their hands on it?
"If you don't wish to die, get out!" Qin Feng growled out a warning.
"Don't be so arrogant!"
"Who do you think you are? You don't think that I'm powerful enough? Fine, none of you will leave this place alive!"
"Kill him! He bought off a lot of stuff from the Wanzong auction, he must have some good stuff with him now!"
Everyone let out their battle cries. They could feel their battle spirits growing inside.
"Get lost b*stards! Don't you all recognize him as the district governor of Fengli colony?"
Han Jian roared.
Chapter 231: The Big Kill
Their eyes flickered for a moment, but the weapons in their hands did not stop swinging.
In such a hectic battle, it did not matter who you were, it was kill-first-speak-later policy.
"People of Fu City, listen to me just this once! If you do not wish to die, leave now! Or else, you'll suffer the consequences of your actions!" Chi Long shouted.
Unfortunately, no one was bothered to pay attention!
Qin Feng's deceiving calm composure masked his murderous intent.
"If that's the case, don't blame me for not holding back!"
Hellfire Carpet! Qin Feng unleashed his ability and he no longer cared about holding back for anyone. The Hellfire Carpet erupted and covered the entire cave in hellfire.
"Haha! This is awesome, there are toxic gasses everywhere!"
Lin Wuyi, who was a genetically modified beast general, had also unleashed his powers. He filled the air with deadly green mist.
However, these were all E-tier aptitude users. No matter how powerful Qin Feng's abilities were, they were fearless. They gave in their every bit of internal strength, conscious energy and defensive runes as they dashed toward Qin Feng like a horde of madmen.
Three ancient warriors synchronized their attacks on Qin Feng.
"Mountain Split!"
"Sword Kill!"
"Heavy Blow!"
Their attacks came in one after the other.
"Don't bite more than you can chew!" Qin Feng sneered at them. As he was controlling the fire dragon that was duelling with the Steel Giant with his consciousness, he could still swing his Verdant Emperor Saber horizontally with his hand.
"Blooming Flame!"
The Verdant Emperor Saber struck the three ancient warriors who were within the saber's range.
Clink clink clink!
Their weapons snapped with a crisp sound.
"Burning Sword Glare!"
The Verdant Emperor Saber was swung violently as it made numerous kills.
The crowd was easily exterminated and swept away.
"Bunch of useless coyotes!" Qin Feng sneered. With just a wave of his Verdant Emperor Saber, he had decapitated a man.
Poof!
Blood spurted out of the headless neck and the person's head flew into mid-air!
Qin Feng did not care which city the person was from, where they came from or if he recognized the person, all he knew was that everyone who dared to challenge him were all his enemies.
All those who wanted to harm Bai Li had to die!
After a while, Qin Feng had killed so many that his eyes were stained red with blood.
In just a few moments, more than a dozen people had fallen to the ground, and their blood had soaked the ground red. Their bodies were quickly burned into a pile of ashes by the hellfire, including those living bodies that were nearby!
On the ground, only a few rune equipment remained, some of which in particular were spatial rune equipment.
Qin Feng used his conscious energy to bring all of the items into his arms.
"Your opponent is me!" Sheng Zhenyu roared.
He was desperately forcing his consciousness to fight against Qin Feng's fire dragon, but Qin Feng even had the audacity and spare time to fight with the others, which was clear that he was underestimating Sheng Zhenyu.
It was true that Qin Feng did not take him seriously.
"Get lost!"
Qin Feng urged his fire dragon again, which was now strangling the Steel Giant.
When both fire rune and metal rune collided, both were devolving, but fire triumphed metal. Even if Sheng Zhenyu was an E5-tier ability user, which was four tiers higher than Qin Feng, it still would not change the fact that Qin Feng was stronger. This was because Qin Feng's conscious power was far too strong.
Qin Feng was an SS-tier gifted mortal.
The metal runes were obliterated by the mass of flames, the searing heat had melted the Steel Giant into a pool of molten steel.
"Roar!" The fire dragon roared as it rushed toward Sheng Zhenyu.
"Metallize!"
Since there was no way he could evade the attack, Sheng Zhenyu could only use his strongest defensive ability to turn his entire body into metal. The fire dragon spat and drowned him in fire.
"Argh!"
Sheng Zhenyu was dead!
Like the Steel Giant, his body also melted into molten steel, and the leader of the Bloodthirst Organization of the Dark Coalition that had once terrorized the Three Cities had died in an unknown spatial island.
Qin Feng then rushed toward Sheng Zhenyu. On the ground, there was only broken rune equipment left, but amongst the equipment there were four spatial rune equipment!
One of them was a spatial waymark!
"Rise up!" A booming voice erupted from a distance. The four spatial rune equipment was controlled as they moved toward the direction of the voice.
It was Guo Xing!
As a gunner, his ability to manipulate his conscious energy was strong.
However, he had just snatched food out of the tiger's mouth.
"So, you've chosen death!" Qin Feng sneered as he instantly grabbed onto the four spatial rune equipment with his conscious energy and pulled them toward his direction.
Qin Feng's conscious energy was far too powerful.
These rune equipment were instantly in Qin Feng's grasp.
Then, Qin Feng raised his left hand and pointed at Guo Xing's direction.
Poof!
A red beam shot out from his hand.
"Fire Beam!"
The fire beam was as thick as a wrist, which was literally an energy compression beam. The beam instantly penetrated through Guo Xing's body.
Guo Xing stood still. His body was trembling, and when he looked down at his chest, he saw his rune equipment crumbling into pieces. There was a big gaping hole in his chest, with light coming through the other end.
With just one move, Guo Xing was dead!
The others were shocked by Qin Feng!
"Roar!"
While the aptitude users were battling, the Drakocroc army had finally stormed into the cave in large numbers, even the number of Drakocroc beast generals had reached up to ten.
Bai Li did not idle around when Qin Feng was fighting. Bai Li used her tiny, tender hands to rip off the Drakocroc King's skin from its carcass that was cut into halves and rolled up for the ease of storage. Now, only some flesh and bones of the Drakocroc King were left!
"Retreat!"
"Let's go, we can't stay any longer!"
"Run!"
People were retreating in the other direction.
However, it was clear that the Drakocroc army would not let them get away that easily. They began to pursue them relentlessly!
During the battle earlier, quite a number of aptitude users had died. Qin Feng alone had killed more than ten of them.
Now, there were only twenty or so aptitude users left!
When faced with the big army of Drakocroc ultra beasts, they were not strong enough to resist the Drakocrocs' sharp fangs!
'If we keep on running, we'll die for sure! Forget about it, I've already made about 100 million from this opportunity and I guess now is the time to stop, or else I might lose my precious life!' This was the thought of an aptitude user. He quickly infused his energy into a spatial rune equipment and the spatial waymark was already inscribed, he disappeared from his original spot. Then, there were seven or eight people that had done the same thing and left the place.
Now, there were only ten people left!
Yuan Han and Wu Ze both looked at each other, both of them were thinking of retreating!
"Sooner or later, I'm going to kill you!" Yuan Han's glare was murderous, she had not earned the title as the Butcheress for nothing. Even if she could not kill Qin Feng, she would still go to the so-called Fengli colony and kill everyone in it.
"Your name's Yuan Han? Don't even think about leaving!"
Qin Feng sneered and walked toward Yuan Han.
Yuan Han was quite famous, Qin Feng had heard of her name before his rebirth, and it was impossible that he would let go of the Butcheress.
Otherwise, there would definitely be countless disasters in the future.
"Heh, if I want to leave, do you think you can stop me?" Yuan Han held a spatial waymark in her hand, and it was not an altered one, but one of the tickets obtained from the auction.
Apparently, she had killed the person who had bought the ticket from the auction.
It was just that, no matter how much energy Yuan Han infused into the ticket, it would not light up at all.
Chapter 232: A Deadly Comeback
"What's going on!" Yuan Han was enraged.
"You won't be able to leave unless I say so!" Qin Feng sneered and raised his Verdant Emperor Saber, ready to slash.
Of course, it was not that Qin Feng would not let her leave, but spacemaster Bai Li was still here, and Yuan Han could only dream about leaving.
"Alright then, we'll fight!" Yuan Han roared, her internal strength had shot up into the skies and her scimitar was dancing in her hand.
In Qin Feng's opinion, these were nothing more than just a display.
"Impacting Flame!"
The flames blasted Yuan Han away as she tried to resist the rune with her internal strength, but in the next moment, she felt a deadly atmosphere around her.
"Awuu!"
A Drakocroc had its jaw wide open, ready to chomp down on her.
It was too late for her to dodge from the ferocious munch!
Rip!
The Drakocroc bit off both of her legs.
"Argh!" Yuan Han screeched in pain.
In just the blink of an eye, her entire corpse had been eaten away by the beasts.
On the other side, Lin Wuyi had also finished off Wu Ze. Wu Ze was now reduced to a puddle of corroded fluid, and all of his rune equipment was now in Lin Wuyi's hands.
At this point, there were only a dozen aptitude users left to face the army of Drakocrocs.
These people fought as they retreated. Eventually, they climbed up the other side of the huge cavern inside the cave.
However, their position was at the direct opposite of where the exit was located, and it was even more impossible for them to escape successfully.
More importantly, there was no point for them to stay here any longer!
It was just that they were faced with a dilemma.
They did not prepare any spatial rune equipment.
It was not that they did not have any. All of the people present were E-tier aptitude users, and they all had spatial rune equipment of all sizes. And they used them to hold items, but if they were to use them, everything inside would also disappear, which was simply something they could not bear with.
The reason they came here was to make money, look for greater opportunities, acquire better quality spirit herbs and hunt for stronger ultra beasts.
They could not accept having to end up losing all of it for nothing!
"Qin Feng, Mayor Qin, can you sell me one of your spatial rune equipment?"
They had no choice but to beg Qin Feng for help.
"Yes, Mayor Qin, can you sell me one too? The smaller the better!"
As the crowd was fleeing for their lives, they began to place their hopes on Qin Feng.
"The price for a rune equipment now is different from the price from before. Since this is considered a life-saving equipment, 100 million for each person. Do you want it or not?"
This was almost exactly the same price for the tickets.
Everyone glared at Qin Feng furiously.
However, when they saw that Qin Feng was caught up by a Drakocroc, yet was able to take it down with just a few moves, they dared not lash out at him!
"Folks, if you're not going to buy it, then stop following me. Leave before it's too late for you. I'm not that kind of man who would save you from a fire, so let's each go our own ways!"
Trying to take advantage of Qin Feng was simply just a dream.
In the ten years before his rebirth, Qin Feng did not lose the enthusiasm he had all along. At the same time, when he should be ruthless, he would never be merciful.
One of the men clenched his jaw and gritted his teeth.
"Fine, I'll pay!"
"Transfer the money!"
That person added Qin Feng through his communicator and transferred 100 million into his account.
When the others saw that, they no longer hesitated and transferred 100 million to Qin Feng too.
Qin Feng now had too much spatial rune equipment anyway. He had at least more than twenty of those, and after he had hurriedly glanced through everything, he picked out seven spatial rune equipment that were five or six meters in size and poured out all of its contents. Bai Li was by his side and she picked them up, putting the items into another space. After doing so, he handed over the emptied spatial rune equipment to the few buyers.
These people had paid three or four times the original price to get the spatial rune equipment. Seeing that Qin Feng was so calculative, they felt like puking blood on his face.
Whereas the raging Drakocrocs around them had not broken through Qin Feng's defense line.
"Mayor Qin, I'll never forget our meeting until I die. I hope that in the future, Mayor Qin will soar to great heights!" said one of the buyers sarcastically through gritted teeth. Although he was saying good things to him, he was actually trying to hide his anger after he was cheated off his money.
Qin Feng pretended to have not heard anything, the edge of his lips curled into a smile.
"Likewise, have a safe journey back!"
Then the man felt his chest tighten even more and his body was trembling with anger.
However, he decided to walk away at that instant.
This time, there were only five people, including Qin Feng, left in the underground cave.
"You guys should go ahead! I'll divide the beast king's loot after I tally them up!" Qin Feng said.
The army of ferocious Drakocrocs were basically punching bags for Qin Feng. Seeing that, Chi Long and Han Jian also knew what Qin Feng was planning to do. Lin Wuyi had no opinions and just nodded. He had just killed Wu Ze and acquired his spatial waymark, so he gave the waymark a slight jolt and left the scene.
Qin Feng handed two more equipment that were engraved with spatial runes to Chi Long and Han Jian, both of them left as well.
After they were both gone, Qin Feng spread out his conscious energy, and the range of his powerful SS-tier divine eye of consciousness covered almost the entire underground cave.
After making sure that there was no one else, Qin Feng put away the Scarlet Fire Claw that was on his left hand.
He held the Verdant Emperor Saber in his right hand and went on a massacre!
"Now, it's my turn!" Qin Feng's insane internal strength surged out of his body.
During the previous battle, others found it to be dangerous and perilous, but they were nothing to Qin Feng.
His internal strength had increased exponentially as he absorbed the strength of the dead ancient warriors.
Not only that, his conscious energy was enhanced once again.
E3 tier!
Now that the Drakocrocs were all inside the cave, Qin Feng intended to make a deadly comeback.
Better yet, he would be finishing off these Drakocrocs in a single breath. Killing ten thousand of the beasts would be enough for him to advance to the next tier again!
It was very difficult to ascend after E-tier, therefore only more fights could satisfy Qin Feng's needs.
Soon, Qin Feng rushed back into the huge cave and the Drakocrocs had not scattered yet. They were venting out their anger by tearing up those people's corpses, while some of the beast generals were rolling and drenching themselves in the beast king's blood. They glared at each other, as if they were going to start a fight among the community.
They were going to see which of them would be the next beast king!
Unfortunately, it was not going to happen!
"Take away the Drakocroc King's carcass!" Qin Feng commanded.
Bai Li instantly moved next to the Drakocroc King's carcass and lifted its arm. Then, the humongous body disappeared into a wisp.
"Roarrr!"
The beast generals were enraged once again, they ran over to Bai Li and tried to tear her apart.
In just the blink of an eye, Bai Li disappeared again.
Looking at the violent mob of Drakocrocs, Qin Feng began to rev up his conscious energy.
"Light of Death!"
With a blink, darkness enveloped the entire cave.
While in the darkness, there seemed to be a huge black spinning planet within the cave. It was like a black sun, emitting a deadly light which further infuriated the Drakocrocs, but their life force was slowly drained away bit by bit until all of them had died.
The Drakocroc kind went extinct!