Chapter 266: Easily Handled
Qin Feng responded rather bluntly.
There was a tinge of red on Wang Zhichao's eyes, the bloodshot look obviously meant that he was furious! Qin Feng's words were like a slap in the face.
Wang Zhichao did not have a way of defending himself because he knew that there was nothing he could say to refute those words. If only he was strong enough to take on these beast generals by himself, then he would have already gone ahead instead of having to deal with Qin Feng's unfettered attitude.
It was at this moment that Qin Feng continued to speak, "I see that you're not willing to admit defeat, Deputy Mayor Wang. We'll have a little competition of who can kill the most ultra beasts. How about that?"
Wang Zhichao did not dare to take on this bet.
"I have to preside over the situation so how could I have time to go messing around with you? You're wasting time with all talk and no action, every second counts, and with every second a life could be lost. Mayor Qin, I hope you can see the bigger picture!"
Qin Feng chuckled in a slightly disdainful manner.
Such a person was afraid of even comparing prowess in battle and they wanted to hurt him?
Sounds like a fever dream.
Qin Feng's gaze left the Deputy Mayor and he finally had a look at the situation.
Indeed there were five beast generals running amok, one of them was a Drakocroc general and there was also a Frigid Armored Bear, a Teal Tyrant Crab, a Three-Banded Boa as well as a Triple Octopus.
Their combined strength was immense.
Moreover, all of these beasts were huge and were no less than ten meters tall. It seemed like they were sweeping the area of aptitude users, who could only duck their heads and run. The Sea City army took out a large number of electrofusion guns to paralyze and stall these beasts' movements.
One aptitude user pulled the trigger and electricity erupted from the muzzle toward the ground before forming into a large net to act as a hindrance to the enemy, but he was much too close to his target.
Psst!
The Three-Banded Boa general locked onto its target and blasted out a spray of red, yellow and purple smoke, almost forming a small cluster of fog in its target area.
The aptitude user was shocked when he was covered by the fog and wanted to flee. After two steps, it felt as if something was stuck in his throat and he found himself unable to breathe, his mouth agape as his face turned blue. By the time his eyes rolled to the back of his head, he had already died before he hit the ground.
The surrounding aptitude users were too afraid to move forward and did not dare attack. Those few E-tiers from Sea City could only surround the beast warily, otherwise these ultra beasts would turn the whole place upside down!
They were like Yang Ping, haggard and dirty, their hands refusing to rest in their fight against the ultra beasts.
What a motley crew!
These people had been beaten down and were almost broken, their confidence was in shambles. Otherwise, a group of E-tier aptitude users would have no problem taking down a single E-tier ultra beast so long as they worked together!
Not to mention, Wang Zhichao was here. The problem was that even though Wang Zhichao had the strength, he did not have the spirit.
"Fiery Rampage!"
Qin Feng was enveloped in flames as he quickly entered the battlefield. Almost instantly, the moment he landed into hostile grounds, a beast general had already locked onto him
It was the Teal Tyrant Crab. The giant enemy crab was huge, it was about five or six meters wide and had two huge pincers that were probably two to four meters long. The pincers were strong enough to shred through bedrock.
When it saw Qin Feng appear, the Teal Tyrant Crab did not hesitate to try and snap him up with its pincers. He responded quickly, pulling out the Verdant Emperor Saber to parry the incoming claw attack.
Clang!
Sparks flew as their weapons collided.
Everyone nearby had on a shocked expression. The shell of that crab was incredibly tough and they knew that better than anyone.
After all, if it were not for that fact the thing would have died already. Its shell resisted their decomposition blasters and they had no other way of removing its exoskeleton.
In Qin Feng's eyes, this did not mean much. The split second after sparks were created, he violently flung the crab backwards with the amount of force he exerted; he continued his momentum and brought the Verdant Emperor Saber down on the crab again.
That kind of power was too great to imagine. He was not just holding back the crab, he was quite literally knocking it back.
Wang Zhichao witnessed Qin Feng's bravery and combat prowess, and his eyes momentarily reflected intense jealousy.
So young but so powerful. Someone like that was going to be a huge problem if he were not dealt with soon.
However, there was nothing Wang Zhichao could do! Unless…
His eyes suddenly lit up.
"Disregard the critical moment we are in and lure that twenty-four-arm octopus and giant drakacroc there!"
If the five ultra beasts were to gather together, that might as well be a disaster. In order to prevent that from happening, those fighting had naturally separated them into different parts of the battlefield so that the E-tier aptitude users could deal with them one by one.
These people, who were highly ranked in Sea City, were also members of the Leitang Organization.
They were still taken aback by Wang Zhichao's words.
"Deputy Mayor, wouldn't that actually make things worse?"
"If these ultra beasts kill Qin Feng, they'll become harder to control and it wouldn't be easy to separate them again!"
"Deputy Mayor, please reconsider!"
Nobody dared speak out loud, instead they directed their messages back to him through their communicators. The E-tiers of Sea City already had their hands full in the face of just one of these sea beast generals, they did not believe that Qin Feng could take on three at a time!
"Hmph, didn't he brag about how he defended the shelter island for more than ten days? I want to see just how strong he is. Now move it!" Wang Zhichao said coldly.
At this point, the other E-tier aptitude users had begun to deviate from their original positions and were headed toward Qin Feng. Of course, while the plan was to throw in some false drama, it was not hard to play their panic off as real. In reality, they could not bear it anymore!
"Mayor Qin! Help!"
An E-tier ancient warrior rushed toward his side and the Triple Octopus chasing behind him was much stronger than he was. It shifted its tentacles under it and started to gallop forward, if it got close enough to lash out, it would have been able to grab this ancient warrior ten times over.
However, this octopus was nowhere near that beast king he fought.
Qin Feng had been repeatedly flipping over the Teal Tyrant Crab, naturally moving away from their original position, and it just so happened that the Triple Octopus was in the same path.
He flipped the crab directly at the octopus, their bodies collided with one another and caused them to sustain massive damage.
There was no doubt that this ancient warrior was safe!
Qin Feng did not stop his attacks.
"Hell Magma!"
He summoned runes that quickly appeared under the feet of the two ultra beasts.
Boom!
The ground seemed to spew out magma, drowning the Teal Tyrant Crab and the Triple Octopus in it. This scorching lava singed the fine hairs on the skin of the E-tier aptitude users that were too close by as they felt the intense heat, especially the ultra beast generals that were caught in it!
What a devastating attack!
By this time, the Drakocroc general had reached Qin Feng's position.
"Come on then!" Qin Feng shouted, raising a hand and causing more flames to spread.
"Blazing Sky!"
A straight line of bright light pierced through the air, the glint of it momentarily dazzled the onlookers.
The Verdant Emperor Saber had directly slashed through the neck of the Drakocroc general. The E-tier aptitude users that the Drakocroc had been chasing around suddenly stopped.
A black, charred wound had appeared around the creature's neck, right before the huge head began to roll off onto the ground.
The Drakocroc general had been slain!
Three ultra beast generals, two of which yet to be confirmed dead. Nobody had expected the situation to turn out like this!
Chapter 267: Absolutely Humiliated
It was just a momentary confrontation, but Qin Feng had displayed such explosive combat prowess.
"Bring the remaining two over here too!"
Qin Feng let out a grim laugh, standing on the Drakocroc general's back as the creature's charred skin bled profusely with a stream of thick blood.
Everyone was as quiet as cicadas in winter.
Qin Feng had already seen through their actions but regardless of how many there were, the beasts had to be killed, so he could not care less!
These creatures were simply no threat to his person at all. Soon, the remaining two were unceremoniously put down with his Fire Dragon Style.
An aptitude user who had just awakened last year; a talented ability user genius but had also mastered two ultimate level abilities and even had an inconceivable level of sword fighting which could allow him to kill beast generals in seconds.
When people saw Qin Feng's strength, it felt like they had just reached the foot of a very tall mountain.
After killing all five beasts, he began to stuff their remains into his spatial rune equipment in full view of everyone.
Without the beast generals leading the charge, the other ultra beasts were not as confident in their advance.
These ultra beasts were soon blocked off by gunners, and Sea City's troops began to rebuild their fortifications in anticipation for the next sea beast tide.
Based on their previous experience, there would be around one or two waves left before the season would end!
Qin Feng walked to where Wang Zhichao was, noticing the other's ashened complexion. Like he owed him a few billion yuan.
"Deputy Mayor Wang, with good luck I managed to complete the mission!" Qin Feng said.
That made Wang Zhichao suddenly very upset.
He could only make sure that his face remained stern as he coldly remarked, "Bear in mind not to be impatient! You're still young, don't just go around showing off!"
As he said that, Wang Zhichao faintly revealed the aura of an E8-tier ancient warrior. His gaze fell onto the E-tier badge on Qin Feng's chest and he felt a sense of superiority.
Qin Feng merely chuckled.
Around this time, an ancient warrior appeared next to him.
"Mayor Qin, thank you so much for just now!" The man was grinning from ear to ear. "My name is Chu Yingshan, a drifter!"
Drifters, also known as 'experiencers' were not originally people from the Three Cities. They just happened to have been passing by.
Chu Yingshan was by no means weak. Standing at E5-tier, he had been hired by Wang Zhichao to help with the sea beast tide.
He was the one that was pinning down the Frigid Armored Bear, that ice-coated monstrosity could have been considered the strongest of all the ultra beast generals. It was also E5-tier!
Even though they were in the same tier, it was clear that Chu Yingshan could not have beaten his opponent. One false step and he would have ended up becoming prey!
He was in it for the money so that he would not have any problems in the future. He already knew that Wang Zhichao's people would cheat him, but all he could do was endure. This was not the last resort either and he could not turn on these people, all he planned to do was turn tail and run the moment it became too dangerous.
Therefore, when Qin Feng came over to help, he managed to earn Chu Yingshan's gratitude.
"Hello, you can just call me Qin Feng!" He reached out to shake the other's hand.
Before his rebirth, he was a drifter too. He had been to plenty of places, walked from the north to the south and witnessed the seasons change. Qin Feng knew of the difficulties drifters had, but he was comfortable with them.
Chu Yingshan appeared to have great potential, he did not look very old, probably around twenty eight years old from the looks of it.
"Qin Feng, when I came over to the Three Cities I've admired you for quite a while. I didn't expect that I'd get to be in battle alongside you today! You're stronger than I imagined, and you say you're only seventeen years old, right?"
Chu Yingshan and Qin Feng struck up a conversation.
Qin Feng's height was now very close to his fully developed height before his rebirth. He was taller and stronger than most ordinary people, standing at 189cm tall.
With such a height and physique, he indeed did not look like a seventeen year old!
"That's right, but my age has nothing to do with my strength. I mean I have strength now but I couldn't have done so without experience. In the past seven or eight months, I've experienced hardships that normal people couldn't even begin to imagine!" Qin Feng said.
At this point, Chu Yingshan and Qin Feng had found a common topic.
"Not bad. Strength doesn't come from nowhere. It comes from facing life or death situations, otherwise I wouldn't have become a drifter. Though, Qin Feng, how strong are you now?"
It was not just Chu Yingshan that was curious. Wang Zhichao, who had turned to face the side, was curious as well. He wanted to know Qin Feng's true strength.
His body was very strong, having the body of a beast king made his level unpredictable. Not only that, he had not been truly tested before. That E-tier badge he had on was merely his current identity, without it people would not believe that he was merely E-tier.
The asteroid assimilation move had its limits as well, the move used no more than one tenth of his internal force and naturally his power was still a mystery.
Qin Feng glanced at Wang Zhichao and smirked at the thought of that mild aura he produced earlier.
"Right now, I'm almost about to reach E8-tier!" He said, mobilizing more than seven layers of the sea of clouds that were his internal force as his body began to unleash his aura.
At that moment, Chu Yingshan and Wang Zhichao felt as if they were facing an infernal beast! The force was absolutely terrifying!
Wang Zhichao felt absolutely humiliated and no longer wanted to listen to the conversation between the two.
What did he just hear?
An E-tier seventeen-year-old, twenty years younger than he was.
Going out to practice and gain experience, was that them mocking him not leaving his house? Wang Zhichao could not remember when was the last time he actually fought!
Not only that, Qin Feng's internal strength was catching up to his own.
He thought about how he deliberately exposed his internal power just now and felt that his face was a burning red.
These two were so busy talking that they naturally would not have been bothered by Wang Zhichao.
"But you're also an ability user, that's really impressive! Was ancient martial arts something you had to cultivate? Man, I finally know what the word 'genius' means!" Chu Yingshan said with admiration.
Wang Zhichao's expression was ashen, letting out a cold harrumph as he turned to leave. The way he moved hinted that he was going to break out into a run at any moment.
Chu Yingshan noticed the Deputy Mayor at that moment, and he asked with some confusion, "Deputy Mayor Wang, what's wrong? Think we're wasting time talking here? Now that the situation's stable, you wouldn't want us to go kill more ultra beasts, right?"
Qin Feng smirked. "Maybe the shock is too much."
Chu Yingshan caught the meaning behind his words and understood what actually happened before letting out a boisterous laugh.
"Talented people are produced with each generation, the new is always replacing the old. Even if your mind is too narrow, martial arts will never stop moving forward!" said the ancient warrior.
After Chu Yingshan had awakened, he began to wander about. He was more familiar with ultra beasts than he was with people, and he had never experienced infighting within a colony. While he was not naive, he was absolutely innocent, and even had an absolute belief in martial arts.
The man had Qin Feng beat in that regard.
After he awakened his ability, Qin Feng also knew that in this world, abilities were the strongest, second to none.
As an ability user continued to grow, they could raise mountains and part seas, wipe out enemy forces with a snap of their fingers. There was nothing they could not do.
In contrast, although the ancient warrior's internal force was strong and their martial prowess impeccable, they did not have the destructive firepower needed in the face of sea beast tides like ability users did.
Qin Feng was about to reach D-tier, and he anticipated that moment more and more!
Chapter 268: Qin Feng, A Lunatic
Qin Feng was naturally spared from the remaining battle.
The executives of Sea City paid a total of five billion to Qin Feng reluctantly.
It was a fair trade considering Qin Feng's feat. However, the other aptitude users still bemoaned for not getting any materials after putting in the effort to stall the beast generals earlier.
These people knew nothing about gratitude. Qin Feng paid no attention to them.
The G8-tier aptitude user, Tian Miao, who escorted Qin Feng earlier, was the only few showing Qin Feng proper respect. He prepared a spacious car for Qin Feng to rest and had also brought along the chef from Sea City hotel to cook for Qin Feng.
There were ample materials in Qin Feng's spatial equipment. The chef was an excellent cook and Qin Feng was being generous with the ingredients. That resulted in one delicious dish after another.
Chu Yinshan had joined Qin Feng for the meal. Their conversation provided Qin Feng a lot of new information that he was not aware of in his past life.
After all, Chu Yinshan was more than ten years older than Qin Feng and had a great life experience. He would no doubt make a good mentor.
Qin Feng admired a man of such calibre.
"I suggest you visit Niumeng City after you are done with Sea City," Qin Feng said.
Chu Yinshan looked at Qin Feng with surprise, then he nodded. "Okay. I will do as you say."
They chatted for a while and Chu Yinshan took his leave. After all, amidst the climax of the sea beast tide, even an F-tier beast could be a huge headache.
Qin Feng was allowed to rest because he had single-handedly slain five beast generals to turn the tides around.
You do not draw a sword to kill a fly.
Two hours later, the tides had once again subsided. However, the defense team along the coastline dared not loosen up and hurriedly strengthened the barrier to prevent the seawater from flooding the city.
They had no room to retreat now. Right behind them were the precious plantation lots of Sea City.
The barricade was more than twenty meters high. It was built up speedily surrounding the periphery of Sea City with proper drainage.
Such construction was a piece of cake to the human race with the current technological advancements.
Soon, the sun went down the horizon. Orange rays bathed the evening sky, displaying a thrilling yet poignant scenery.
The wind seemed to have declined gradually.
However, the hearts of the people in Sea City were still clenched, knowing that this calamity was far from its ending.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!"
The alarm was sounded yet again, signaling the arrival of the next sea beast tide.
The surveillance drones that were patrolling in the sky were instantly blasted away by the storm. Turbulent sea waves crashed on the barricade outside Sea City mercilessly.
Splash!
The dam floor was once again flooded by the waves. The barricade worked perfectly as it effectively prevented water from entering the city.
"Here they come!"
"Trigger the electric mine!"
"Don't let them climb the barricade!"
Members of the battalion shouted out the instructions hysterically.
Qin Feng alighted the vehicle and quickly went up the barricade. From his vantage point, he could see that the base of the barricade had been thronged by countless beasts.
Suddenly, a Blue Croc jumped up from the water. Its three-meter-long body climbed up the barricade rapidly. Once it reached the top, the beast struck its maw and bit the nearest aptitude user.
Almost instantaneously, the aptitude user lost his legs. He was dragged down to the waters violently while shrieking painfully.
Fresh blood stained the mud-water red.
Qin Feng drew his blaster and shot the Blue Croc.
Blood spread across the pool rapidly, which attracted more beasts to the spot.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Qin Feng fired rapidly. He did not miss a single shot and in the blink of an eye, the aptitude user was surrounded by beast carcasses.
The aptitude user was unharmed other than his initial wound. He knew someone had just saved his life.
He followed the projectile of the gunshot and saw Qin Feng who was still calmly firing. Each shot from his blaster instantly took away the life of a beast.
That was true strength.
Feeling grateful and astonished, the aptitude user took advantage of the short window of safety and climbed up to the nearest land with both his hands and feet.
Qin Feng, who had been watching the aptitude user, pulled a long face.
Both of his legs were broken. His lower limbs were nowhere to be seen under his pants.
"Thank you kind sir!" The guy smiled at Qin Feng but there was more sorrow on his face rather than joy.
Though he was an ancient warrior, he was now a disabled man after losing both his legs. There was a slim chance that he would ever battle again.
Such was the fate of every aptitude user.
At least he was still alive.
Qin Feng took in a deep breath and nodded back. The blaster in his hands was being fired more rapidly now.
How many humans had fallen to the sea beast tide?
An idea suddenly came to Qin Feng's mind. He had never thought about it in the past, including his previous life.
'When will Doomsday end? We have been living like this for two hundred years!'
'A-tiers are just petty flies in the eyes of those behemoths. Though S-tier is an entirely different existence, even they are unable to change the course of human fate in this hellish world.'
'What can I do then? Is it possible for me to reach S-tier, SS-tier, or even higher?'
'If that's achievable, will human race finally be able to close the rift permanently and end this f*cking Doomsday once and for all then?'
The target became clearer and clearer in Qin Feng's mind.
Qin Feng moved even faster. His conscious energy was expanding insanely through the tense battle.
E8-tier! Qin Feng made a breakthrough during the battle.
At the same time, the alarm of the communicator rang once more.
Even without its warning, Qin Feng could already see the horrible creature.
Unknown spots were seen floating on the mud water. As the wave crashed forward, the spots reflected the rays of the setting sun and appeared orange in color.
It could be easily mistaken as a giant translucent net or a piece of plastic. But the aura around the "thing" was telling enough that it was no ordinary creature.
An E5-tier beast king!
It was a gigantic jellyfish.
Though it was still quite far away from the city, people could easily spot the monster from high ground. The monster was carried by the river, and dead bodies could be seen piling around it. The monster was eerily quiet.
Those bodies must have been killed by the jellyfish's poison.
So the identity of the beast was a mutated jellyfish carrying deadly venom.
Everyone was daunted by the beast, except Qin Feng.
A sense of determination could be seen in his eyes.
'Kill, kill them all to end this sickening world! This is the living duty of every human on this Earth!'
The next moment, Qin Feng raised his hand and summoned a beast.
Umbra stallion!
Qin Feng climbed the horse and galloped straight toward the jellyfish.
The defenders on the barricade rounded their eyes watching Qin Feng's action.
"What is he doing?" Wang Zhichao could not believe his own eyes.
Yang Ping's lips were trembling too. He watched Qin Feng's back and realized how foolish he was before for attempting to take this man's life.
"Is he crazy!?"
He might very well be. Or else, he would not dare to challenge a beast king all by himself.
Only a lunatic would do what Qin Feng was doing.
He had no fear!
Chapter 269: Killing the Beast King with Ease
To most people, a beast king symbolized total destruction.
Aptitude users would only dare to challenge the beast king if the tier gap was huge enough.
Otherwise, it was no different from suicide.
Wang Zhichao was the combatant with the highest tier on the scene.
The corresponding beast king within his capability would be an F8-tier. However, he still would not dare face an F8-tier beast king alone if it really did appear. A minor slip up in front of a beast king would get him killed instantly.
As for now, the beast king they were expecting was an E5-tier.
Not to mention, it was one of the most horrendous kinds—Venomous Giant Seawasp.
Even Lei Chen would have hesitated if he were here.
A creature like a beast king could usually be avoided if one did not provoke it. Sea wasps were not able to live without water so it would certainly leave when the wave recedes.
Yet, Qin Feng had decided to challenge the unthinkable.
They could think of one possibility—Qin Feng had gone insane.
"Hellfire Carpet!"
Hellfire spanning one hundred meter square burned blazingly.
The fire seemed to be undeterred by the water and attached itself to the Seawasp king's body.
The flame engulfed the beast rapidly.
The Venomous Seawasp did not make a sound but expressed its anger by splashing the water. A giant wave soon formed and engulfed Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's conscious energy was fused with the stallion's and they galloped to the sky to evade the massive wave.
"Fire Dragon Style!"
A fire dragon emerged in response to Qin Feng's raised hand. The dragon then dived back down straight into the water.
The excessive heat carried by the dragon boiled the seawater instantaneously.
The steam generated from the boiling was highly venomous. Qin Feng relied on his physical attribute comparable to that of a beast and continued to battle fearlessly.
Other ultra beasts around collapsed as soon as they came in contact with the venomous vapor.
"Retreat. Abandon this barricade now!" Wang Zhichao bellowed and ordered everyone to fall back at once. The steam had reached the barricade and already put down a few soldiers.
No one dared to stay put. They did not wish to suffer from the "battle between gods".
"Run!"
"So this is the power of an E-tier aptitude user? That's insane!"
"No. Perhaps only Qin Feng could be this powerful."
Other aptitude users had completely given up the barricade. They did not care whether the beasts would climb the wall and threaten the safety of Sea City.
Their own safety was the top priority at the moment.
The sea beasts, on the other hand, did not have time to ascend the barricade either. They were killed by the poison, if not already burned to death.
The venom from the Seawasp king was deadly but Qin Feng had no fear.
The attack from the Venomous Seawasp was equally aggressive.
It was not a simple-minded beast that relied solely on its brute force but a highly intelligent water-type beast king.
Qin Feng's fire-type ability should be countered easily by its water-type attack. Yet, the beast could feel that its life force was being sapped out by an unseen power hidden within the flames.
That was because the flame was not an ordinary flame but Hellfire!
This type of flame was equipped with dark runes, which enabled it to burn away its target's life energy.
Splash!
A waterspout rose from the seawater and struck at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng urged his stallion to gallop away.
One after another, waterspouts rose behind Qin Feng.
Then, a giant water dragon from within the waves chased after Qin Feng.
Qin Feng hastily summoned the fire dragon and the two forces collided head-on. The fire dragon was extinguished, while the water dragon evaporated.
The resulting water vapor shrouded the area. No living creature was able to escape this dead zone.
"My turn!"
The Venomous Seawasp had a huge, soft, and slimy body. The beast was only able to reach the shore by clinging onto the dead bodies of other beasts.
The beast king had almost zero weaknesses. Its body was mainly constructed by water. Even if it was shredded, the beast could quickly heal itself by absorbing the water runes in its surrounding.
But Qin Feng knew that even such a beast was not invincible. Its weak point was its water-type ability core.
The core was currently being protected by a ball of muddled materials.
Amidst the wave, the water depth was about seven to eight meters deep. But the ground beneath it still trembled as Qin Feng pointed at it.
"Lava Flow!"
This style did not only alter the land but also created a blasting impact.
The ground under the seawater quaked rampantly as if Qin Feng had taken control of a lava vein within the crust.
Boom!
A spout in red broke through the ground and shot up to the sky.
It was a lava-spout. Like volcano eruption, the lava elevated sky high all the way into the clouds.
At this moment, even the aptitude users that stayed far behind the barricade could get a glimpse of the lava-spout.
The Venomous Seawasp, who resided right on top of the lava-spout, was unprepared for it. Its body was made of water so the lava pierced right through it instantly.
"Come here!" Qin Feng extended his hand and the ability core fell right onto his palm.
The ability core was almost the size of a basketball.
Plentiful water runes swirled around the core. This could be easily sold at three billion in the market.
The Venomous Seawasp did not die immediately after losing the core. That only provoked it further.
Translucent materials began to stack up and it promptly surrounded Qin Feng. The beast wanted to engulf Qin Feng and poison him to death.
Qin Feng danced furiously with his Verdant Emperor Saber.
The fire radiances from the saber turned into a fiery cyclone and completely shattered the Seawasp's water around him.
Then, scarlet flames spread across the land and ruthlessly scorched everything it touched.
The Venomous Seawasp's body was lit by Qin Feng's hellfire and turned into ashes.
Seawater gradually regressed after the epic battle came to an end. Qin Feng and his stallion were seen standing on the body of a giant sea beast.
There was only one word to describe the surrounding—Massacre!
All the beasts being washed up to the shore were killed silently by the battle between Qin Feng and the Seawasp.
This round of sea beast tide ended abruptly, with Qin Feng being the last man standing.
In a dimension where others could not see, remaining power from the killed beasts was absorbed rapidly by Qin Feng.
Qin Feng instantly made another breakthrough.
E8-tier!
The others could only watch in awe. Their communicators were still connected to the regional network while some drones were still patrolling the sky. They witnessed the entire process, as well as the final outcome.
This sea beast tide had ended in the hand of a single man.
How unbelievable was that?
"Qin Feng. So this man is the mayor of Fengli colony…"
"He is the real deal!"
"Is Fengli still recruiting? I am so going to Fengli after this."
"Did he just break through the next tier?"
"How strong could he be? I believe he will attain D-tier in no time!"
The aptitude users behind the wall discussed feverishly.
Qin Feng rode the stallion back on top of the barricade. He looked down on those aptitude users that had clumsily fled back by a few hundred meters earlier.
The umbra stallion galloped and stirred up the dark mist behind it. Soon, Qin Feng arrived in front of them, and the people subconsciously opened up a path to let him through.
Chapter 270: A Fruitful Return
Qin Feng knew exactly who he wanted to meet first. He moved swiftly toward Wang Zhichao.
"You don't need to pay me the reward for the beast king but I will take home all the loot. Please deliver them to me after they have been collected and packed properly. I guess it's not too much to ask using some of your manpower?"
He had helped Sea City to eradicate waves of beasts. So of course, it was not too much to ask.
Qin Feng spoke using a superior tone. Wang Zhichao could only look up to him now. In fact, everybody was looking at him like he was a hero.
Indeed, he was not much different from a hero now.
"No problem. This is the least we can do to repay you. I will make sure everything is properly arranged." Wang Zhichao finished his sentence with a twisted face.
"Don't worry, Mr. Qin. These loots are all yours. We will keep watch over them."
"That's right. We won't allow anyone to embezzle even a single material into their own pockets."
"Mr. Qin, you should get some rest now."
Everyone was standing by Qin Feng's side. Wang Zhichao's face could not be any darker.
He did not have any intention to pocket the loot. However, what others said clearly alluded that he was a corrupted man.
Qin Feng nodded to them and went his own way.
The evening glow slowly faded away. It took a lot of time to completely harvest the beast parts. Qin Feng did not plan to sell them out directly as he did in the past. Instead, he asked Tan Yue to prepare for him a cargo truck as he wanted to carry them back to Fengli.
Night fell and people remained vigilant throughout the whole night. Nevertheless, the sea beast tide did not hit again until the next morning. Occasionally, some beasts came ashore but they were easily dealt with by the guards on night watch.
They knew that the month of the sea beast tide had finally come to an end.
Qin Feng brought home more than ten cargo trucks. This was another fruitful trip.
Owing to that, Qin Feng was the greatest hero of this year's sea beast tide, Wang Zhichao and others had also come to bid him farewell. However, their faces could not be any more somber when they saw Qin Feng.
After the catastrophe, people began to rebuild the coastline. Sea City had also sent out drones to check out the situation at Blackstone Fort.
The fort had turned into a ruin. Sea City would need to spend substantially to rebuild the entire thing. This was all thanks to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng sneered. He understood the cold look on their faces and felt for them.
Nonetheless, none of this would have happened if they did not conspire against him in the first place.
They were reaping what they sowed.
"That should do it. Deputy Mayor, I can find my own way back from here on." Qin Feng politely rejected their escort.
Wang Zhichao replied resentfully, "I hope Mr. Qin can be our guest at Sea City again next year. Sea City is extremely safe with you here."
"Haha," Qin Feng laughed and rebutted, "That would not be necessary. I think Lei Chen will be back in Sea City this time next year. I might not join the event next year since I will probably be in the frontline at that time."
Wang Zhichao wondered how Qin Feng knew that Lei Chen was not around in Sea City. However, his mind was soon distracted by Qin Feng's second sentence. He said in an envious and sarcastic tone, "Wow! Then you will surely create an unprecedented record. We have never had such a young D-tier user from the Three Cities."
The frontline is the shield of the entire human civilization. The Three Cities were considered a relatively safe zone behind it. Even so, these Three Cities were still under constant threat from ultra beasts.
This indicated how dangerous the frontline could be.
Every D-tier must serve at the frontline for three months. They could only opt to return to the city after that.
Wang Zhichao was baffled by Qin Feng's confidence. He had just declared that he was going to reach D-tier by next year.
"Thanks for your encouragement." Qin Feng smiled back lightly.
Wang Zhichao did not say another word as Qin Feng entered his hover car.
All the cargo trucks behind him were also hover-vehicles. The more than ten trucks held the materials of the entire sea beast tide. This was equivalent to ten percent of Sea City's whole asset.
Now it all belonged to one person, Qin Feng.
All of Sea City's executives were envious.
"Deputy Mayor, should we…" One of the military commanders asked after seeing Qin Feng left.
Wang Zhichao glared back at him.
"Should we? Yeah, let's look for some random mercenaries again! Who else could defeat him other than a D-tier now?"
The person hung back sheepishly.
Yang Ping chipped in immediately, "Deputy Mayor, don't be angry. Qin Feng is probably the strongest among all the E-tiers in the Three Cities now. But the stronger he gets, the more attention he would receive. I think it's best to decide what to do only after Mr. Lei is back."
"Okay. Don't bother me with this name again in the future." Wang Zhichao turned around and left sullenly.
Qin Feng was not a problem Wang Zhichao could handle for the moment.
A lot of members from the Dark Coalition did take notice of the large convoy departing from Sea City. However, not a single party dared to rob it. Some even went as far as possible, fearing that Qin Feng might misunderstand them.
Thus, the convoy faced little hassle along the way.
When the trucks reached Fengli, Xue Xingfu could not hold back his jolliness. Though these were technically Qin Feng's private property, the customer that it would draw was still going to bring in a lot of potential revenues.
After all, the news about Qin Feng's heroic act in Sea City had long spread across the Three Cities.
Qin Feng was generally regarded as the hottest aptitude user in town now.
"Why the happy face? I thought you were unwilling to let me go at first?" Qin Feng asked the chubby Xue Xingfu.
"Haha, am I such a short-sighted person?"
Qin Feng shook his head. "Now that's some lame hindsight."
Xue Xingfu was not embarrassed and maintained a big smile. He reported the statistics to Qin Feng.
"Mayor, including the items in the truck, the materials that you have retrieved along the way fetched a total of thirty billion!"
That was an astronomical amount.
Xue Xingfu had no idea how Qin Feng achieved this.
The other materials were carried back by Bai Li. It was stored in the garage and passed to Xue Xingfu by Qin Feng when he was back. Xue Xingfu thought that Qin Feng had brought along an enormous spatial equipment so he raised no doubts.
Still, he was baffled by the quality and quantity of the materials.
There were more than ten King-tier materials alone, though there was no ability core and power core. Nevertheless, these materials would still be worth a handsome price.
Of course, the gain this time was still lesser than the time Qin Feng went to the island. He had robbed from others that time and found the hidden treasures. That was why he earned more from that trip.
"Alright. I will entrust the materials to you then."
Xue Xingfu nodded and changed the topic, "Mayor, I made an unauthorized decision and took in an item during your absence. I feel that it might be useful to you."
"Oh? What is it?" Qin Feng was intrigued.
Chapter 271: Battlegod Token
Xue Xingfu took out a jade token.
The token was about the size of a palm. Its color was as dark as ink and definitely a well-refined black jade. There was Chinese calligraphy imprinted on it.
Wu[1]!
Qin Feng's eyes were filled with excitement.
'It's a Battlegod Token!'
Xue Xingfu narrated exultantly, "A giant rift appeared out of thin air outside Niumeng City two days ago. Through the rift, one can see a mountain housing great energy. There's a stone slab in front of the mountain. On it was carved all sorts of ancient calligraphy. Roughly, it says that someone known as Battlegod had left behind his legacy hoping that it would be inherited by someone worthy. After that, rifts began to appear in multiple locations. This Battlegod Token is the ticket. However, there's a bunch of them, roughly five thousand being dispersed."
"How much did you pay for this?" Qin Feng asked.
Xue Xingfu replied, "Ten million."
Even Xue Xingfu had misjudged the value of this token.
"Did I spend too much?" Xue Xingfu asked carefully. Though the Battlegod Tomb showed a lot of promise, nobody knew what was exactly in it. Besides, since there were so many tokens distributed, Xue Xingfu was concerned that this might be a fraud.
"Not at all. Give this to Zhou Hao." Qin Feng said.
Xue Xingfu was stunned. He then asked, "What about you?"
"Me? Well, I am going to rob it from someone, of course." Qin Feng smirked.
Xue Xingfu was almost choked by his own saliva.
Robbing was something only those from the Dark Coalition would do. How could Qin Feng say this out loud in broad daylight?
"Please remember you are the leader of Fengli!" Xue Xingfu reminded him.
Qin Feng replied, "Don't worry. I am going to rob none other than those from the Dark Coalition."
"This… I bet it's not going to be easy. If ten million is not considered a lot, then I can bring in a few more. That way, we can send out more people from our colony as well. What do you think?"
"Don't bother. Even if they obtain the inheritance, they have little chance of coming back out alive." Qin Feng was well aware of how dangerous the tomb could be.
The source of danger did not come from beasts but other human beings.
There were five thousand tokens out there now. Soon, a lot of powerhouses would learn about the value of this other-wordly powerful tomb.
Hence, not only would the value of the token be getting higher and higher in the future, the people that enter the tomb later would also become stronger and stronger.
There were two criteria to enter the tomb.
First, the person must be aged twenty or below.
Second, his or her inner power must be able to form a cloud, which meant that the person had to be at least an F-tier ancient warrior.
Not that they could find another person matching the above criteria in the colony. Even if there was one, the addition of one or two persons made no difference in the face of five thousand competitors.
This would be a fierce contention and Qin Feng expected to see a lot of blood.
Zhou Hao was strong enough and he could definitely survive the tomb with Xiao Huang's aid. Others might not be as lucky.
Thus, Qin Feng decided to give this opportunity only to Zhou Hao.
"If you say so…" Xue Xingfu gave up on the idea.
"By the way, have you collected the beast king cores as I have requested?" Qin Feng asked.
"I have amassed thirty of them at the cost of twenty billion." Money could buy you anything in this world. Even the precious beast king cores that were put on sale in the black market.
Xue Xingfu had anonymously gathered multiple cores during Qin Feng's long absence.
"Good. Bring them to me."
"Noted."
Xue Xingfu had no idea what Qin Feng used the cores for but he mourned the lavish spending. He did not stay for long after passing the cores to Qin Feng.
Qin Feng gave all the cores to Bai Li. He then called Zhou Hao to meet him in the hall.
Zhou Hao had been training intensively recently and his strength had increased rapidly. Currently, he was an F4-tier aptitude user.
Though his improvement was not as rapid as Qin Feng, he was still evolving at an unbelievable rate. This was all thanks to the Golden Queen Ant.
"Take this and depart to Niumeng immediately. But don't enter the city first," Qin Feng instructed him about the Battlegod Tomb.
"How about you? You fit the criteria as well. Why don't you go by yourself? Judging by your power now, you could get the inheritance with ease. I don't need you to make way for me," Zhou Hao said.
Qin Feng stopped Zhou Hao's hand that was about to reject the token and explained, "I will get my own token. But I am probably going to join with a hidden identity."
Zhou Hao, who was puzzled, asked, "Why a hidden identity?"
"Xiao Bai is going to follow me. But she wouldn't get past the entrance in human form. Besides, I should not be going there with my current status as a mayor. Besides, the competition would be tough this time. If I am to kill those influential people in there, things would turn real chaotic."
Zhou Hao was baffled. "Influential people?"
"Yeah. Such as descendants of various famous families, or even people from Dragon City!" Qin Feng answered.
Zhou Hao finally understood what Qin Feng meant. "I get it now. Please be careful out there."
"Don't worry. When you see me, just pretend that we are strangers," Qin Feng said.
"Noted!"
Zhou Hao left with the Battlegod Token after they were done talking.
Niumeng was rather far from Fengli. It would take days to reach so one would need to depart earlier.
However, Qin Feng did not move.
Not only that but a lot of people had seen Qin Feng inspecting Fengli's ongoing development.
From Wanzong's branch, the underground market, to the establishment of the orphanage and defense system, Qin Feng had gone through each of them.
His final inspection was the factory, where Liu Zhenshan was in charge.
After relocating to Fengli from Han Town, Liu Zhenshan had been working behind the scenes all this while. This was because Qin Feng was simply too capable and had brought home numerous materials all the time. If they were to rely on others to process the materials or just sell the raw materials, it would assuredly not bring the biggest profit to Fengli.
As such, Liu Zhenshan was elected the head of research and development. They set up a factory and focused on how to produce equipment from raw materials.
Self-sustenance was their ultimate aim. Qin Feng did not want other powers to hold onto industries essential to Fengli.
As the materials brought back by Qin Feng were usually of good quality, most equipment forged by Liu Zhenshan was E-tier.
He was confused by Qin Feng's order a few days ago but he had finished the task without any questions asked.
Inside the office, there were only Liu Zhenshan, Qin Feng, and Bai Li. The workers did not suspect a thing.
"Mayor, I have forged the items as you have requested."
As he spoke, Liu Zhenshan brought out a case and opened it.
In there laid a silver battle suit, a pair of daggers, and a white mask.
"These are all made with F-tier beast king materials. The outcome is better than expected. There's this cape which is made from Darknight Bat. I purposely removed the glow on it so the user could blend in with the darkness."
"These two daggers are made from the F7-tier beast king Black Mantis's blades."
"This mask is made from a special material that could block out consciousness and is anti-venom. It also boosts the wearer's senses!"
Liu Zhenshan introduced the equipment one by one.
[1] The chinese word is 武 (Wu), which carries a lot of meaning such as wushu (武术, martial art), kungfu (武功 / 功夫) or battle (武斗). The tomb belongs to 武神, which is directly translated as God of Wu. In this context, Battlegod is used instead of God of Wu as it would be more intuitive to English readers.
Chapter 272: Spatial Passage
The set of equipment had been previously made by Liu Zhenshan under Qin Feng's instructions. Not only that, the boots even contained everything he would need and were five centimeters higher.
Such an outfit was obviously meant for moving around cloak and dagger so he could hide his identity!
"Test it to see if it works!"
"Well done, this is very well done Uncle Liu, but you need to keep this secret!"
"Don't worry, I won't say anything!" Liu Zhenshan did not even ask what Qin Feng wanted to do with them.
Qin Feng put the equipment inside his spatial rune equipment and swaggered around the factory as he toured the interior.
There was only a few days left before the Battlegod Tomb would open; even if he could fly he would not reach in time.
Xue Xingfu had his doubts but he kept his thoughts to himself.
That night, the moment Qin Feng put on that combat uniform and put on a mask. It was as if he had turned into an entirely different person.
After he had gained the Magical Tesseract, Qin Feng no longer needed the combat uniforms that Liu Zhenshan could provide but the tesseract did not retain the silver glow from man-made objects.
Normally, it would be easy to recognize Qin Feng but now it was actually even easier!
"Xiao Bai, I'm afraid this is going to be inconvenient for you!" Qin Feng said.
"No worries! In fact I can maintain whatever form I want!" Bai Li was originally a beast-type, maintaining a body shape was something she could easily do.
However, she felt that it was easier to be around Qin Feng in her human form. After all, the human shape could be adorned with plenty of beautiful clothes so Bai Li was quite reluctant about the idea. However, she also knew that Qin Feng was going to go on a bloody rampage inside the Battlegod Tomb and she could not be exposed, the best way was that she maintained her ultra beast form.
Of course, she did not need to do it immediately.
"I'm about to start!" Bai Li said.
Qin Feng nodded. "Begin!"
It was already too late to go to Niumeng City by car, but Qin Feng had an even better idea.
Naturally, that would be spatial transmission. Bai Li's spatial transmission could be used so long as there was a spatial waymark, allowing back and forth travel being two distances with no problems.
However, she had mild difficulty for places she had not been to, because she could not pinpoint the location. Even when Qin Feng had provided a token, there would still be some issues.
Bai Li raised her fingers and her palms began to glow with a silver light, something he had seen before while on that Drakocroc Island.
The silver light lingered in the air before rotating and expanding into a spatial passage. The disc was about two meters tall and had a dark void forming inside it.
Once the void connection was formed, the spatial waymark was established.
"Lets go!" Bai Li grabbed Qin Feng's hand and immediately jumped into the spatial passage.
Even if it was just for a moment, it still felt like an eternity. When Qin Feng's vision returned, he found himself floating in mid air.
There was no footing to be found beneath him either.
It was a good thing that he had already prepared himself, pushing a button to unfurl the glider wings on his back
Swish!
When the glider wings opened up behind him, he pulled Bai Li closer and put an arm around her slender waist as the two slowly glided toward the ground.
Fortunately, they had appeared about twenty meters above ground and quickly landed. There was a brief chance that they would have actually appeared closer to the ground, which would have promptly caused a miserable landing.
Once they found solid ground, Qin Feng retracted the gliding wings and at the same time, put on the cloak that Liu Zhenshan had given his outfit. Bai Li also began to undergo transformation.
Her body gradually began to shift as her clothes dissipated and were automatically stored in her space, the silver light shrouding her, ensuring her modesty as her silhouette suddenly grew to up to two stories tall in the blink of an eye.
She was about five meters long with a body covered in snow white fur that appeared cloak-like under the moonlight. Her eyes bore a silver glint and had long eyelashes. Behind her were three fluffy and soft-looking tails, moving with flexibility through the air which seemed quite comfortable.
At this point, Qin Feng had to look up to see Bai Li's face. Who was to say that Bai Li was just a child, she was all grown up!
The fox held her head high in the moonlight, bearing a prideful and beautiful visage.
Soon, she began to rapidly shrink and in the blink of an eye she had shrunk into a size where she was about the size of both Qin Feng's palms with her three fluffy tails half the size of her body. Now she looked small and adorable!
Bai Li hopped onto Qin Feng with an energetic bounce. "Lets go!"
Qin Feng gave her a pat on the head before taking out his communicator and synchronizing his location. He was only about three hours away from Niumeng City, near a small colony near Hanchuankou. At this rate, it seemed that he was going to reach the city before Zhou Hao.
That was where Qin Feng wanted to go. In his previous life, when the news of the tomb surfaced, ancient warriors came from all directions. There were even some ancient warrior families that had sent their young ones over.
Among the ancient warriors, they all had their own distinguishing capabilities, but there was an ancient warrior that practiced a blood-based martial method passing through Hanchuankou.
Nowadays, people called them dark ancient warriors.
Qin Feng did not come here to do good deeds, he came to kill people and collect loot. The person he wanted to kill was the child of this family of ancient warriors, Xue Yuan!
The *Xue family was without a doubt a well-known family among ancient warriors! This name was not a standard family name, but instead it came from a title given after the end times. After generations of using this title, they naturally adopted the name as their family name.
The ancient warrior family was powerful enough to be compared to the organizations, in fact they were quite effective businesspeople.
Killing their heir was just asking for trouble, that was why Qin Feng had to hide his identity. He wanted to kill more than just that one!
Whoever wanted to gain the inheritance from the Battlegod's Tomb would be met with hostility. They were all enemies!
Qin Feng quickly took advantage of the night and approached Hanchuankou.
The city gate was already closed. When Qin Feng arrived, the guard on his night shift quickly locked onto the mysterious shape clad in a dark cloak but did not dare stop him. When he caught a glimpse of silver under that cloak, he swallowed hard.
Creak!
A small door near the side of the city gate opened up!
"Sir, this way please, please!" The guard quickly got out of the way after that.
"Hmm," Qin Feng deliberately lowered the pitch of his voice when he responded and walked into the colony.
The colony of Hanchuankou was not very big, cramped but well-equipped. In fact, it was like Chengbei in a lot of ways.
He eventually found the most luxurious hotel to stay in and only came out when it was noon the very next day.
"Beep beep!"
An emergency signal rang out from Qin Feng's communicator. It was the regional news.
"Attention all aptitude users, a beast wave is occurring 20km away from Hanchuankou's north wall. Please come and provide your support at the front. This is an emergency battle and there will be merit rewards. Hurry to the colony bus to be taken to the battle site."
Spring was the peak of small-scale beast waves, they were not like sea beast tides, these things happened everywhere.
Qin Feng did not think too much about it and rushed to the departure area.
*Translator's Note: The character has the Chinese word for 'blood' (血) in their name, not to be confused with a similar sounding word which means 'snow' (雪)
Chapter 273: Xue Yuan
The moment Qin Feng stepped onto the bus, the screen on it began to provide updates, greeting people with scenes that were being captured by drones.
The range of this beast wave was not that wide, it mostly consisted of G-tier ultra beasts. After all, this was a safe colony and the level of ultra beasts nearby was not usually very high. However, there was a beast king among that large number of ultra beasts.
That was why there was an emergency broadcast for all the capable aptitude users in the colony. The F-tier aptitude users who heard this that felt like they had the power to do something decided to participate in a heartbeat.
A beast king. How rare of a sight!
The bus was not even full yet, there were only a few dozen passengers, but the driver could not wait any longer! He put the pedal to the metal, speeding down the street to the point where the partols had to block the roads so that the bus could pass.
In less than fifteen minutes, they had already left Hanchuankou and were wildly driving into the wilderness. In about ten minutes, the passengers heard gunshots from the aptitude users that were fighting back as they retreated.
By now, the ultra beasts had made it close to the agricultural zone. There were small defensive outposts near the area that could be bolstered.
Qin Feng and the rest quickly got off the bus and saw just what they were up against.
"It's a wolf pack!"
"Pale Wolf beast general, that white one, that white one must be the beast king!"
"Holy shit!"
"Are there any F-tier that can block that?"
The people briefly argued noisily amongst themselves but they were quick to join the battle. They were afraid of how dense the wolf pack was but they could not back out now, also going with the tactical retreat.
Soon, F-tier aptitude users arrived and it was not just one of them.
There were two of them that came in on patrol cars, they were dressed in special patrol uniforms of the Hanchuankou colony. They were obviously squad leaders!
"Leave the beast king to us, you lot handle the rest!" One of the squad leaders commanded while raising a hand and shot out a beam of light.
It was purple!
He appeared to be an electric ability user. The beam of lightning rushed out to meet the Pale Wolf King in the blink of an eye.
Whoosh!
The figure of the Pale Wolf King dodged away from the attack, but the other ultra beasts that did not move as quickly dropped to the ground from the electrical attack.
"Hurry up and help me deal with this a*shole!" The electric ability user called out.
"Leave it to me!" Another person said, rushing forward and plowing through the G-tier wolves that were no match against him.
F6-tier ancient warrior.
These G-tier ultra beasts were too easy to kill.
Moving quickly, the ancient warrior slammed a palm into the beast king, intercepting his opponent's attack on the ability user who continued to unleash his power at the ultra beast.
The battle was fought in a dazzling manner.
Qin Feng did not want to intervene, if he did anything he would have been exposed as a D-tier aptitude user.
Fortunately, he did not need to wait too long. Another bus had arrived to drop off its passenger.
A young man with fiery red hair jumped right out of the vehicle. From the first glance, he did not look any younger than seventeen years old and wore an F5-tier aptitude user badge on his chest.
It was Xue Yuan!
Qin Feng was not too far away from him. At this time, the other party had just gotten out of their bus, his eyes lighting up at the sight of the beast king.
"Now that's quite the prize!" He said to himself, rushing forward into the fray.
Xue Yuan's F7 martial prowess was obviously powerful.
"Sanguine Arts!"
Xue Yuan raised his hand before slamming his palm into the Pale Wolf's back. There was no crack that came from the Pale Wolf King's spine being broken, instead the attack left behind a bloody handprint where it landed.
Then the Pale Wolf King's waist began to droop, as if it had no bones to support it there.
This was the power of the Sanguine Palm.
"Awooo!" The Pale Wolf King let out a pained howl.
Xue Yuan raised his hand again, slamming his palm directly onto the top of the beast king's head.
Crack!
The bloody palm was extremely powerful. One moment, a blood-red palm print appeared, and in the next, the Pale Wolf King was dead on the ground bleeding from its eyes and nose as its aura disappeared.
The Pale Wolf King had been slain.
The ability user and the ancient warrior from the patrol team were quite shocked when they saw this, looking at Xue Yuan with a trace of awe.
"Thanks for your help, bro!" The ancient warrior said with a smile.
Xue Yuan ignored the man, reaching out with a hand like no one else's into the Pale Wolf King's chest cavity. As the hand pierced into the flesh, it made a mess and coated the arm in a layer of blood.
Soon, the Pale Wolf King's energy crystal core was ripped out and placed into his spatial rune equipment.
That made the patrol team members stop in their tracks.
"Bro, we spent a long time fighting that Pale Wolf King. You killed it in the end, but shouldn't we be splitting the spoils? Don't you think it's a bit rude to be behaving like this?"
Xue Yuan revealed a dagger in his hand that was shaped similar to that of a scalpel, designed to harvest materials.
He glared at the ancient warrior before smirking. "You're both trash and you want me to share the spoils with you?"
The man starred furiously at Xue Yuan.
"What did you say, kid?" The man was a rank higher than Xue Yuan and believed that Xue Yuan was about as young as he looked. That did not stop him from having the desire to teach the little punk a lesson.
"Do you know whose territory this is? You can't just do whatever you want here, be sensible and take those out before you humiliate yourself, bro!"
"Humiliate myself?" Xue Yuan chuckled, striking his hand out.
The attack was quite straightforward and not very fast.
The ancient warrior saw this and was a little bit nervous, he had seen what that palm could do and knew that Xue Yuan was tough but he did not want to admit it!
With his internal strength condensed in his palm, he fiercely struck out!
Slap!
Their palms collided. The smirk lingered on Xue Yuan's face, and the strangest thing was that his eyes began to turn blood-red.
The ancient warrior suddenly let out a scream.
His entire palm, including his bones, had melted. His meridians had been scoured and the flesh now a bloody pulp. In the blink of an eye, his hand had melted into a stump.
Even though he had destroyed his opponent's hand, Xue Yuan did not plan on sparing him so easily.
"I didn't get to practice some blood sucking today, good thing there's plenty of people here so come at me!"
Xue Yuan once more raised his hand, bringing it down toward the top of the ancient warrior's skull.
It was at this moment that another figure suddenly appeared.
A black cloak, under the cloak was a combat uniform that glowed with silver light, and even a fleeting glance made it known that it was made out of beast king materials.
A pair of black daggers jumped out from under the cloak and cut at Xue Yuan's neck.
This person was Qin Feng!
"Ah!" Xue Yuan croaked but quickly changed his stance as a blood-red light condensed in his hand and shot out toward Qin Feng.
However, the condensed internal force blast was blocked by a wave of internal power. Qin Feng's internal force was huge, how could he have been hit by the other's blood colored internal force.
Not giving the other another chance to fight back, Qin Feng relied on his tough physique and speed to pierce through Xue Yuan's chest with a dagger.
"Pff!"
A soft sound was heard as Xue Yuan stopped moving, he looked down at the dagger that was stuck inside his chest with disbelief.
It hit something vital, there was no doubt that he was going to die!
Chapter 274: A Generation of Monsters Damned to Die In the Wilderness
Xue Yuan could hardly believe it.
He was his family's most talented user, and had already laid a foundation even before he awakened his ancient martial arts. He could kill people when he was ten, and by the time he was nineteen he had already mastered the Sanguine Arts and even the Sanguine Palm. He did not expect that he would die. Especially not today, not at the hands of some unknown person in a weak little colony.
Xue Yuan's eyes carried a loathing stare.
"Who, Who are… ngh…" Blood began to pour out of his mouth. When he grabbed Qin Feng's wrist, he was unable to muster any internal force.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
Qin Feng absorbed all of Xue Yuan's internal force. Although there was not much in an F-tier aptitude user, it was better than nothing and could not be wasted.
By then, Xue Yuan had completely lost the capability to fight back.
"You want to know who I am? How could you remember your enemy after killing so many people?" Qin Feng replied in a hoarse voice. In his mind, he was starting to recall a memory before his rebirth.
Back then, Qin Feng had reached the age of nineteen and it was the third year since he had been injected by the Awakening Serum. After a lot of battles, he traveled extensively and eventually reached E-tier.
It could be said that he had already left the shadow of that laboratory by that time, having gained a few close friends who had even agreed to reach D-tier and go to the front together.
As a result, they encountered Xue Yuan during a logistical escort mission and it ended up with the entire platoon of three hundred people, people who he had fought alongside with, to all die tragically!
Qin Feng too was hit square in the chest by that palm attack, the only thing he could have done then was breathe.
Too many people died during that battle, and even with one tenth of the absorption ability remaining, the number of deaths around him managed to preserve his life, saving him from death.
Bearing the loss of three hundred people he used to know almost broke him.
Xue Yuan, that was a name in his turbulent life that he would never forget. A name that he wanted to set aflame and grind to dust.
He had no way of revenge before his rebirth.
Xue Yuan advanced too quickly, by the time Qin Feng reached A-tier, Xue Yuan was also A-tier and always stronger than him. Just like Liu Meng with his Asteroid Assimilation, he was a heinous devil.
If the two really fought, it would be Qin Feng who would wind up dead.
Now, it was completely different!
Xue Yuan had not risen yet, and as for the rest of the Xue Family, Qin Feng was not afraid of them!
Today was the day that he turned things around. His eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty, murderous intent but it was covered up by his mask, making it impossible to distinguish his emotions.
Soon after, Xue Yuan had all of his internal force taken away, and with his heart pierced, the hand that was gripping Qin Feng's wrist finally fell.
Qin Feng drew out the dagger along with a spurt of blood.
Xue Yuan's body collapsed to the ground after no longer having support. This all happened within a short span of time.
Nobody could react at all.
At this moment, a loud shout came through. "Cease!"
Near the beast wave, a giant tree branch was knocked down and the suppressing aura of an E-tier ancient warrior began to roll over the entire field.
It was not just the aptitude users but the entire beast wave of Pale Wolves began to flee with their tails between their legs.
The beast king was dead, the smaller wolves could not maintain their rank and file, and they began to break apart but nobody cheered at this scene.
All because of the ancient warrior that had suddenly appeared!
E-tier.
For the aptitude users of Hanchuankou, that was the level of generals and mayors. Such presence always left people in awe.
Now, this person was angry, would it not mean that more blood would stain the ground?
The ancient warrior rushed forward with incredible speed, closing the distance within four to five seconds.
"Young Master!"
The man cradled Xue Yuan, eyes widening at the realization that the wound in his chest would not stop bleeding and that his aura had disappeared.
He was dead!
Even if there was any sort of divine intervention there was no way to save him!
"You!" The man lifted his head, staring daggers at Qin Feng.
The people around them finally saw this man's face. He looked to be in his fifties, had the strength of an E5-tier ancient warrior, and had a sinister expression on his face that was only emphasized by the scar that traveled down from his cheek to his neck!
This person's appearance made the onlookers stare blankly for a moment.
"Beep beep beep!"
Those nearby did a scan with their communicators and soon found out who they were looking at!
"He's a lackey from the Xue family!"
"The Asura Palm, Zhang Wen!"
"A wanted E-tier criminal!"
Everyone was suddenly more afraid, which was crippling under the effects of this menacing aura. A few began to slowly back away with difficulty and some even wanted to crawl away.
Zhang Wen was definitely someone who would kill a man without so much as batting an eye. What was more, the man had just called the recently deceased 'Young Master', which made them change their view on things.
"The dead guy's from the Xue family!"
"Wait, the Xue family's young master died near us?"
"He's gonna kill us, isn't he?"
That was very possible. Those with dark influences, even when they had only lost one member, would go out on rampages to eradicate whole families and wipe out entire bases just to get revenge.
Those in the field were no match against Zhang Wen. They glared at Qin Feng's back, all blaming this stranger for being the cause of their troubles.
"Lad, you're going to die today. No, I'm not just going to kill you, I'm going to make you beg me to put you down!" Zhang Wen roared. He was in charge of bringing the young master to the Tomb and because he was wanted as a criminal he could not be near Xue Yuan.
Not only that, Xue Yuan had enough strength that even an F9-tier aptitude user could not face him, but this random stranger had just appeared out of nowhere and killed him with a simple dagger stab.
If he did not capture Qin Feng, he was going to have a hard time explaining this to his bosses. No, even if he did capture Qin Feng, he was still going to get in trouble! This made Zhang Wen hate Qin Feng even more, he wanted to tear this person into pieces!
"Me, die? It won't necessarily be me who's dying today. Since you're on the side of an evil-doer, you must not be a good person. If that's the case you'll die too!" Qin Feng said, suddenly approaching as dark runes began to envelop him.
"Phantom Steps!"
Qin Feng shifted, afterimages appearing where he once stood. He was like a ghost, briefly revealing his murderous intent as he rushed toward Zhang Wen.
"You got guts!" Zhang Wen was furious, raising his hand to try and slap Qin Feng. "Sanguine Palm!"
While Zhang Wen was only a servant of the Xue family and the moves that he was taught were not as powerful as Xue Yuan's moves, he had a powerful internal force and his Sanguine Palm brought with it a gust of bloody rain.
There were countless souls that had been bloodied by his hands. The giant palm print began to approach Qin Feng.
Qin Feng did not face it head on, choosing to avoid it. He was extra nimble with Phantom Motion Steps activated. He did not want to use the move before because he was afraid that people might notice the dark runes, but now he did not care, his body was almost entirely shrouded in black mist.
His movements were very familiar to the eyes but nobody would suspect that he was the illustrious mayor of Fengli, after all, the Spectre Motion Steps was a very common move among ancient warriors.
Since he used those moves so well, it seemed quite out of the ordinary. With a stagger, he had already flanked Zhang Wen before bringing his daggers toward his opponent's waist at an awkward angle.
Too fast!
Zhang Wen was surprised! He would have definitely been stabbed at such speed but he steeled himself, preparing to take the blow from Qin Feng.
He swung his hand, wanting to trade a blow for a blow!
Chapter 275: Disposing Corpses
In Zhang Wen's eyes, since Qin Feng had killed Xue Yuan, he probably was not that strong. After all, the people who were strong usually found it disdainful to kill someone lower-level than they were, and even if they were strong, they were not Zhang Wen's match.
He knew all the E-tier aptitude users in the Four Cities of the North Seas, and it was impossible for a strong user who was using the Spectre Motion Steps to have made an appearance.
After such an analysis, Zhang Wen subconsciously felt that Qin Feng did not have any power. Maybe that internal force in those daggers would not be able to pierce through his defense!
Zhang Wen ferociously struck out another palm attack, trying to hit Qin Feng with it.
Only to have it blocked by Qin Feng's raised arm.
"Pfft!"
The dagger in his right hand managed to pierce Zhang Wen's waist, not only that, the left arm that had blocked his attack came toward him in a vicious strike.
Zhang Wen's eyes widened, stiffening his legs and leaning back as far as he could in order to avoid the blow.[1]
Otherwise, that hit would have slashed through his throat!
He did not expect his opponent to be so fierce!
Not only that, his waist was not as invincible as he had thought. The E-tier purple armor was damaged, a powerful internal force was wrapped around the dagger as it was violently jammed into him.
Serious damage!
"Huh?" Zhang Wen uttered before rapidly backing away.
However, his retreat opened up a large wound. If it were not for the function of the rune equipment and his protective layer, Zhang Wen would have been split open and his intestines would be spilling out.
His internal force worked quickly to cover the wound as he pulled out a packet of medicine to apply on his injury.
Zhang Wen had a look of uncertainty on his face, staring at Qin Feng with suspicion and anger.
"Who are you?"
Qin Feng's power was beyond his expectations. The time he struck Qin Feng with his Sanguine Palm, he felt the vibration of his opponent's internal force barrier.
This trick had no effect on Qin Feng!
"It doesn't matter who I am," Qin Feng said indifferently, he knew that Zhang Wen had clearly seen the strength of his inner force!
Then again, why would that matter?
"Because you're going to die today!"
Qin Feng was not the type to gloat or explain himself, lest the other party dies with their question answered. It was best if they died entirely in the dark!
He did not speak any more and once again activated his Phantom Motion Steps. This time there was heavy use of dark runes as Qin Feng's form split into countless shadows, his actual form unable to be picked out from among them.
This attack was also very fast! Zhang Wen tried to use his hands to defend against Qin Feng's assault but his efforts were fruitless.
Swish!
Swish swish swish!
Wounds appeared on Zhang Wen's body, his protective inner armor having been broken. It seemed that its defensive force did little to block Qin Feng's daggers.
Although Qin Feng was wearing F-tier gear to cover up his identity, his daggers were E-tier king grade.
No matter how good Zhang Wen's treatment was in the Xue household, he would still have never gotten the chance to use rune equipment made out of E-tier beast king materials.
"Didn't you say you wanted to make me suffer before? How do you like this now?" Qin Feng said, remembering the aftermath of the escort caravan after Xue Yuan's rampage.
His opponent struck a palm out, but instead of killing him, Qin Feng drew more blood in order to diminish his opponent's power!
Qin Feng's pupils began to turn blood-red.
"Aaah!!!" Zhang Wen screamed, surging all of his internal force as if trying to repel Qin Feng, but all was in vain.
At this point, Qin Feng felt something move around in front of his chest. He then realized it was Bai Li. She was still nestled in a pocket, Zhang Wen's screams might awaken her!
That snapped him back to his senses. With this kind of torture, even his mentality had changed.
He did not continue, planting a palm on Zhang Wen's abdomen.
"Activate, Asteroid Assimilation!"
The vigorous internal force was immediately drawn away, Zhang Wen could not react at all this time. He had been hit and was involuntarily twitching all over as his internal force left him like water from a broken dam. If this continued on, even without Qin Feng doing anything else, he would still surely die!
However, Qin Feng did not bother waiting, bringing the daggers down on Zhang Wen's head without hesitation.
Swish!
The head bounced up into the air for a moment before falling down onto the ground.
Zhang Wen had been slain!
An E-tier aptitude user, having been so easily killed, shocked the aptitude users who had not run away.
They were deadly quiet, afraid to make a sound.
Qin Feng went on without stopping, picking up spatial rune equipment from Zhang Wen's body. He used his consciousness to sweep through it but it was just some items like an expanded edition of martial arts studies and some powdered medicine. He casually stuffed that into the rune equipment in his pocket and picked up Zhang Wen's head!
This head was also worth 300 million!
After that, he went to search Xue Yuan's body and found his spatial rune equipment. After a quick check with his consciousness, he found what he wanted!
A Battlegod token!
Of course there were also many spirit herbs, ancient martial arts manuals, ultra beast materials and so on.
Xue Yuan was much richer than Zhang Wen was. Qin Feng did not hesitate and pocketed that as well before starting to leave.
The ancient warrior from the patrol team came over, hurriedly shouting, "Sir. This…This…"
He could not find any words. That was what fear looked like!
Qin Feng deliberately replied in a baritone voice, "What? You want some beast king materials?"
The man's face twitched, and he quickly said, "Sir, how could you still be thinking that at a time like this? Do you know who they were?"
Qin Feng nodded. "If I didn't know, I wouldn't have killed them."
The man was speechless, but that left his mouth full of bitterness!
Qin Feng knew, and even though he knew he still went on and killed his opponent. That was a lot of gall.
Of course, the power that he had was something they did not!
"Sir, the Xue family is an infamous dark ancient warrior family within the Four Cities. We can't afford this kind of trouble!"
Qin Feng chuckled. "If it weren't for me, you'd be dead. Are you saying that I shouldn't be nosy, that I shouldn't have tried to help you?"
The patrolman trembled, unwilling to say anything else. The electric ability user from before stepped up, respectfully speaking to Qin Feng. "Sir, the events today have been settled conclusively, please protect us for a while. We… we don't want to die!"
Qin Feng immediately refused. "I don't have that obligation. If you value your lives then you'll pretend this never happened."
He grabbed Xue Yuan and Zhang Wen's bodies and tossed them into the distance. There were still a few Pale Wolves that had not fled, and they saw food appear out of thin air, blood freshly flowing from their wounds. They exposed their fangs and rushed forward to tear into them.
Within a few minutes, the two bodies were eaten by the wolves and there was nothing left!
[1] This is roughly translated from a martial arts move called 铁板桥, which means 'Iron Bridge' as the user needs to stabilize himself before doing the move that involves straightening his back. Think that bullet time scene from the Matrix for a proper visual
Chapter 276: Bloodhunter
It was said that whatever a person did no longer mattered after their passing, as such further harm should not be done to the body. Unexpectedly, Qin Feng decided to literally throw Xue Yuan and Zhang Wen's bodies to the wolves. There was not even a body left to bury.
The onlookers were taken aback, fearing Qin Feng even more. They believed that he was not a good person either, maybe he was also a wanted criminal and what they saw was a villain dealing with another.
The two from the patrol team did not have anything else to say!
Qin Feng decided to ignore them. These people died in the hands of Xue Yuan before Qin Feng's rebirth.
Now, he had changed their destiny. That was the greatest gift he could have given them so he did not think that he owed them anything. As for whether or not they would be implicated by the Xue family's rage, he would think not. After all, he planned to provoke the Xue family into a greater rage!
After he threw away the corpses, he took the vehicle that helped the wounded back to Hanchuankou colony.
Among the wounded in the vehicle was the F-tier ancient warrior who got his hand dissolved into a bloody sludge, he did not dare say anything.
When he arrived at Hanchuankou, Qin Feng searched for the bounty hunter's hall with his communicator and got off the vehicle when he was nearby.
Those within the hall watched him vigilantly as he entered, to them he had a strange figure.
"Sir, how may we help you?" The staff member at the counter asked.
"Submitting a wanted person."
Qin Feng threw Zhang Wen's head onto the counter.
The person did not ask many questions and immediately scanned the head for information before being taken aback by surprise.
Zhang Wen! Such a person was killed?
The death did not mean anything, although it was surprising enough. Just like the uproar that Qin Feng caused when he turned in She-Wolf.
As for Zhang Wen's origin, that had caused a few headaches! This was one of the Xue family's people!
Before you hit the dog you need to know who their master was first! There were consequences to these actions!
The staff member swallowed hard.
"Hurry up. I want the money!" Qin Feng urged in a horse voice.
"Yes, yes Sir. Please provide your communication number and bounty hunter status!"
Qin Feng provided his number, but his identity was blank and he had not registered.
"Sir, would you like to register as a hunter in our bounty hunter network? Please enter your hunter name and strength and we will automatically create a file for you!"
Qin Feng said in his baritone, "Call me Bloodhunter!"
Bloodhunter, someone who hunts down those from the Xue family!*
That kind of name was way too specific!
The staff member did not dare make any comments and the direct application was approved. At the same time, Zhang Wen's 300 million bounty was directly transferred to Qin Feng's new communication number.
On the Bounty Hunter Network, Zhang Wen's number was now marked as 'complete' and the person who completed this was naturally Qin Feng's new name, 'Bloodhunter'.
Not only that, the network could be used to communicate with other bounty hunters and powerful hunters could accept assigned tasks so long as they could accept the price and provide accurate information.
That was why the network's site had an interactive platform that allowed it to broadcast news.
Qin Feng immediately uploaded a picture of Zhang Wen's head and sent out a small paragraph of text.
"Zhang Wen? How so?!"
He smiled coldly under his mask and left the bounty hunter hall. He then went to the largest car exhibition in Hanchuankou and happily looked at the displays.
***
Meanwhile, on the west side of Niumeng City, among the rolling hills, laid an elegant looking village.
Those that did not know the truth would have thought it was paradise. It was actually the Xue family's home base.
It had an out-of-time quality to it, as if it had captured the essence of the world thousands of years ago and preserved it there. With blue bricks and black tiles, all the houses were built close to the ground with jade carvings laid upon them as beautiful decorations.
While the exterior's aesthetic was antique, the interior was very luxurious and there were electronic products left and right.
Around this time, everyone in the Xue household's communicators flashed blood-red as a beeping sound was heard.
Their faces fell when they looked at their communicators.
"The son of the seventh generation, Xue Yuan, has been slain!"
"Attendant, Zhang Wen, has been slain!"
Everyone was shocked by the news. This message was naturally based on the pulse of Xue Yuan's hand that wore the communicator. If the communicator was lost or damaged, it would be impossible to send this message.
This would have only been sent if he really did lose his life.
Xue Yuan's father was the first one to go mad.
"How is this possible? Xiao Yuan was only gone for two days, how could he have died? This must be a malfunction! And Zhang Wen, where is he? Piece of trash!"
Xue Linhan roared.
The Xue family was an ancient martial arts family, and perhaps it could be considered to be in its late degenerate stage as it could no longer live in seclusion.
But they were definitely part of the top ones among the Four Cities of the North Sea. The families in Chengyang might seem very bullish or overbearing, but when compared to the Xue family they might as well be on their knees!
The old patriarch of the Xue family was still on his retreat and was a C-tier ancient warrior. Now, the acting patriarch was a D-tier ancient warrior and one of the Xue family's elders. The other elders were also D-tier as well, having exactly seven of them.
Seven D-tiers, there were not that many in the Three Cities along the Sun and this was just a small family, which showed how powerful the family was!
Of course, Xue Linhan was not an elder and was of the sixth generation. He was still strong but the family's resources were inclined toward the younger generation and a person's aptitude was limited. Once you have reached middle age, it was harder to go forward.
Especially for ancient warriors!
Some people would never touch the edge of D-tier for an entire lifetime.
Xue Linhan was at E8-tier, and it would take him about five to six years before he could reach D-tier! However, what made him proud was his genius son.
Someone with natural talent, and would soon surpass him. Who could have known that a trip to the Battlegod Tomb, along with a bodyguard no less, would have ended up in such a tragedy?
"Thirteenth Elder, please don't get angry!"
A servant looked at Xue Linhan's fit of anger and was worried that the man would get so enraged that he would just go insane. How would Xue Linhan have listened to something like that?
"My son is gone. My son is gone, and you want me to not get angry? Leave!" Xue Linhan proceeded to backhand the servant across the cheek.
The force of an E-tier ancient warrior cracking a blow was enough to make the servant's neck make a crunching sound as it broke, sending the body tumbling into the wall. Nobody was sure if the person died on impact or before.
"Aaaah!" Xue Linhan flipped his table soon after.
The other servants were scared for their lives and could only try to avoid their master's immediate rampage. They were also terrified that Xue Linhan would kill everyone.
One brave soul peeped out from behind a fallen bookcase and meekly said, "Milord, now the most important thing is to find the murderer and avenge Young Master's death!"
After hearing these words, Xue Linhan finally regained his senses.
He quickly clicked on a video on his communicator. It was a feed from Xue Yuan's communicator and it naturally showed him the last thing his son saw before he was fatally wounded.
Qin Feng was standing directly opposite Xue Yuan, it revealed that Xue Yuan was injured as the hand that wore the communicator was grabbing Qin Feng's wrist.
Qin Feng's body could be clearly seen from the video. It was just a black cloak, a standard combat uniform and a pale mask. Even the parts where the eyes were had special lenses where the eyes could not be seen!
This kind of enemy left no clues!
*Translator's Note: The translation of 'Bloodhunter' (猎血者) sticks the Chinese word for 'blood' between the Chinese words for 'Hunter'. Xuehunter just doesn't sound as cool.
Also, some life advice. Don't tell someone who's angry to calm down, that doesn't work.