Chapter 288: Entering the Battlegod Tomb
These clues could not be left behind, or else they could expose Qin Feng's identity and Fengli colony would be met with catastrophe!
"Xiao Bai! Quickly get rid of the dirt over here!"
Bai Li willed her power to create a massive ditch in the ground. Qin Feng followed up by hopping in and unleashing a few blows with his fists to further destroy the ditch.
The enemy was already looming in the woods nearby!
Qin Feng pumped internal force into his legs and frantically dashed forward.
"The fiend went that way!" Having perceived Qin Feng's movements, the three figures quickly gave chase.
It was the Xue family's Xue Yukui, along with the Third Elder and Sixth Elder. The three were extremely fast.
Qin Feng was not slow either. At this time, the internal force within his dantian was in turmoil, as if it was about to explode at any moment, the speed he put out was even more terrifying.
He stepped over twenty meters in a single bound, moving up to one hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
The three elders of the Xue family were hot on his tail and the distance between them was beginning to shrink.
After five minutes of this wild chase, the distance between them was only fifty meters apart!
Qin Feng consciousness quickly picked up the presence of a group of people. Out of all of them, the weakest was E-tier and the strongest was D-tier, there were up to five of them.
He soon picked up his pace, increasing his speed again.
Whoosh!
Bai Li appeared in Qin Feng's arms. She had been at the sidelines, planning to unleash a killer move should Qin Feng's pursuers catch up to him.
There was no need for that now.
As they continued to run, a large mountain began to loom into view.
It was surrounded by mist, giving the mountain an otherworldly and timeless feel. At the foot of the mountain was a stone tablet that was carved with three traditional Chinese characters.
It was the Battlegod Tomb!
On the stone tablet, there were countless smaller characters detailing the requirements needed to enter the tomb, and next to the tomb was a flight of stone stairs emerging from an open gate that resembled that of the main gate of a monastery, the only place that was not shrouded by fog.
Moreover, the gate was glowing with a silver light, which meant that it was obviously a spatial rift.
Such a scene stunned the Xue family.
For they recognized all the people that were standing in front of the Battlegod Tomb. People from the Four Cities' Yang family, Tieh* family and Hou family were all present here.
They were all D-tier aptitude users, sat cross-legged as they absorbed the otherworldly energy that lingered here to speed up their training and cultivation.
Xue Yukui suddenly thought of something and his expression darkened.
Xue Yuan was originally going to come here to participate in the Battlegod Tomb and was killed by Bloodhunter before he got here. He did not expect the killer to actually arrive here at this very place.
"B*stard, you think they can protect you? I'm gonna kill you today!"
The four of them, three chasing after one, soon arrived at the base of the Battlegod Tomb's mountain.
The D-tier and E-tier aptitude users all opened their eyes and looked to where the commotion was coming from, toward Qin Feng. His consciousness swept across the crowd and detected someone familiar.
It just so happened to be Chu Yingshan who had told Qin Feng to come here to seek for opportunities.
Although Chu Yingshan could not enter the Battlegod Tomb, when it was opened up, the spirit mountain would also open up. This resulted in the heaven and earth spirit aura of the area to be five to six times richer, making it suitable for cultivation.
The Battlegod Tomb had not been opened for a very long time, cultivating here for a month and at most half a year sounded like a good idea.
Now was not the time to reminisce, Qin Feng could not even say hello to the man.
He was rushing forward in a mad sprint, not even slowing down as a jade token appeared in his hand.
It was a Battlegod Token!
He directly crashed into the mountain gate next to the Battlegod Tomb's stone tablet. The space rune on the gate rippled, and then Qin Feng disappeared into it.
Xue Yukui, who was still giving chase, did not stop. After seeing that Qin Feng had gone in, he thought that they would be able to enter too and charged toward the monastery gate.
Suddenly, the gate flashed with silver light, and when Xue Yukui opened his eyes again he realized that he had reappeared twenty meters away from the gate.
A spatial ray had shifted him.
Swish swish!
Two more beams of light appeared, they were Third Elder and Sixth Elder.
On the gate, words written in characters from the ancient times appeared. For the ancient warrior families, it was not too hard to decipher what the words meant.
[No Battlegod Token!]
[No Ages Beyond Twenty!]
[No Entry!]
"How's that possible? How did Bloodhunter manage to get in?" Xue Yukui was about to go ballistic.
The monastery gate naturally had no way of responding to that question.
The people on the sidelines, upon seeing this farce, could not help but speak up.
One man that was sitting cross-legged, who had a Qiang*, a spear with a red horse-tail-like tassel lashed where the shaft and blade met, grinned as he rejoiced in the misfortune he was witnessing.
"Isn't it obvious? The person had a Battlegod Token and wasn't over twenty years old, that's why he could go in!"
"You piece…" Xue Yukui was about to start swearing, but after seeing the person who spoke he swallowed the rest of the sentence.
It was Yang Mao, the Yang family's Second Elder.
He was an ancient warrior of D5-tier strength.
On the other side, a short middle-aged man who was sitting cross-legged, with an épée resting against his shoulder also added in on the mockery, "So that was the infamous Bloodhunter I've been hearing about. I've also heard that they killed Xue Yuheng, who would have thought that one of Xue family's elders would lose to some beardless child! What an embarrassment!"
Xue Yukui's face flushed red.
"Tieh Lei, does this mean you want to duel?" The Xue family's Third Elder bellowed.
"Sure! My arms are itching!"
The atmosphere between the two people was suddenly filled with domineering arrogance.
"Xue family, don't forget whose territory this is. You're challenging three families, are you sure this is a fight you want to engage in? Don't stain the ground with your blood, there'd be no body or bones left to bury." A woman in her thirties with a whip wrapped around her waist said sharply.
Hou family's Hou Yangjiao.
Not only that, there were two other D-tiers, and among them were the co-owners of two cities out of the Four Cities of the North Sea.
These people naturally did things their own way, but they were entirely different when compared to the Xue family.
They were part of the Human Alliance.
The Xue family was part of the Dark Coalition.
They would naturally be in opposition, but nobody wanted to go to war. That would bring no benefits.
The three people from the Xue family had pale faces and could only swallow hard and speak no more.
In their hearts, they were wondering, why would these people be here?
In fact, the Battlegod Tomb did not give them much benefit, but Xue Yuan had been murdered three days ago and that had put everyone on high alert.
Xue Yuan was the Xue family's current prodigy, their family treasure, who ended up having the misfortune of getting killed off. The Xue family was also a group of cruel individuals, what if they suspected that it was the other family's fault and killed off the other family's disciples?
Needless to say, Xue Linhan had really thought about it.
As a result, the three families sent their D-tier elites over but did not expect this series of events to occur afterward. The Xue family did not come to kill their disciples but they did not dare return and had been quietly keeping tabs on their surroundings.
Who would have thought that this would be the final result.
"This Bloodhunter's not even twenty years old!"
"There's no one who's under twenty years old in the Battlegod Tomb right now. Doesn't it feel like we're just accompanying our kids to the study hall?"
"There would surely be fierce competition in the Battlegod Tomb. I hope that this Bloodhunter doesn't kill innocent people, at least he went after people from the Xue family and has the status of a bounty hunter. He should not be someone from the Dark Coalition!"
Everyone had different thoughts, but they were all thinking about Qin Feng.
Meanwhile, the moment Qin Feng stepped through the gate, his sight shifted.
*Translator's Note 1: 'Tieh' is directly pronounced from the Chinese word '铁', meaning 'steel' or 'metal'. Tieh Lei could be read as 'Honest/Sincere Steel' in English.
*Translator's Note 2: While the original version for this would be directly translated to 'Red-Tassel Spear'(红缨枪), the direct word for this weapon would simply be 'Qiang'(枪) as it means 'Spear' in Chinese.
Also, an épée is a weapon used in fencing. A kind of heavy rapier with a sharp pointed end
Chapter 289: Dragon Blood the Astonishing Opportunity
As soon as Qin Feng entered the area, he heard a scream
This was not a scream of fear, but instead of pain.
When his vision regained focus, he realized that he was surrounded by a blood red mist. However, although the mist was covering the whole place, it was not dense enough to obscure his surroundings.
He was in a huge square hall, the ground was laid with blue stone slabs with wide edges between them that glowed with silver light. The sky above was blue, denoting that it was daytime.
It was dusk when he entered the Tomb, time must be self-contained here.
He looked forward, through the blood mist, brushing past the figures ahead and spotted a huge stone dragon at the furthest point away from where he stood.
This stone dragon was way too big, it stood at forty meters tall and was twenty meters wide. It spewed blood from its maw that cascaded down into the pool below it like a waterfall fountain. The droplets that splashed upward became the blood mist, which was much thicker at the source compared to areas further away.
At the moment, the person who screamed was up ahead, rolling around on the floor and crawling away. There were also some people beside Qin Feng, each of them sitting down cross-legged, faces stained red and dripping with the blood.
"An astonishing opportunity!" Qin Feng took in a deep breath.
This blood mist was definitely not harmful to the body, quite the contrary, it was a good thing. Qin Feng even had three vials of the stuff before, which strengthened his body.
It was dragon blood!
Dragon blood mist.
However, with Qin Feng's current strength these mists would not even improve a half of his strength. Besides, he did not have time to think about this as he quickly sat down cross-legged and looked into his dantian.
The seas of clouds within his dantian continued to shift, having exceeded the limit that it could hold and feeling as if it was going to explode at any moment.
"Ability, Absorb!"
The internal force was quickly consumed. Except for the forty layers that originally belonged to him, the other sixty layers were quickly absorbed by his meridians and exported throughout the body with the excess returning back to him.
He noted that Zhang Yingyi's internal force was quite solid, as the excess was returned back he realized that he had gained twenty extra layers of internal force in his seas of clouds.
In other words, he was now six times stronger than an E-tier ancient warrior at their peak, he might as well be at the equivalent of a D6 ancient warrior.
"Huu!"
Life or death situations bring in great rewards!
Qin Feng glanced at the money he had previously taken from Zhang Yingyi and inhaled sharply. From just a quick scan, it looked like he had at least sixty to seventy billion. Not to mention, Qin Feng also saw some treasures which had values that far surpassed the amount that could be measured by money.
Zhang Yingyi was an elite warrior, someone whose strength was well beyond that of a normal D-tier ancient warrior. Today, he might as well have become expendable cash!
The most important thing was that he had changed history! Those who had died were not dead and those who lived free and unfettered in the future were killed by him!
"I hope that the gusts that I've put into the winds of history, this butterfly effect that I've started, would be good for the future!"
With the dark forces weakening, it represented that there would be growth for more of the potential younglings of the Human Alliance.
When Qin Feng opened his eyes, an hour had passed since he began his cultivation. There were now fewer people around him, it seemed that these people were constantly moving forward.
There were a total number of five thousand Battlegod Tokens, such was evident from the number of people in here but they were all gathered at the edge of this square and did not go toward the stone dragon. This was due to the mist being at its thickest within fifty meters of the bloody waterfall spray that came from the dragon.
The Battlegod Tomb had been opened since six o'clock in the morning and five thousand people who had obtained the tokens had entered therein. Since there was no competition, they did not have any conflict, by now they had already gone through a day of cultivation.
The people who became stronger from the dragon blood had naturally moved forward.
Qin Feng picked himself up and began to move forward, feeling the dragon blood around him affect his body, causing his skin to tingle. It was not as irritating as the time he used the Drakocrocs to strengthen himself.
He was only E3 at the time, now he was E8!
As he continued to move forward, people looked at him with surprise. They thought that this person was moving too fast, was he not in pain?
Naturally, these mists did not have an effect on him, he quickly reached the front of the five thousand people and found that there were only a few dozen people there.
In fact, he knew everyone there.
The four big families of the North Sea, the ones who would become strong members of the Human Alliance, the present geniuses.
Some of them were the Dark Coalition's special talents.
All of them had big backgrounds.
But of course, one of them was a rather unknown young man!
Zhou Hao.
He was topless, only dressed in a pair of track pants. The muscles on his body contracted and were constantly being strengthened. The Golden Queen Ant sat on his shoulder, breathing in and out the mist in the air.
The dragons were very powerful and could strengthen any creature. Dragon blood had high energy and strong fusion ratings which could be absorbed by all races and tribes.
Zhou Hao had been absorbing this energy for a day now, his strength had jumped a few steps ahead and he was now an F5-tier aptitude user. Not only that, his physical strength had been doubled.
This was the kind of advancement that some people would claim to be against the laws of nature. It was not too much of a wonder, Qin Feng's treatment of Zhou Hao was no weaker than how the children of the big families were treated.
After all, Qin Feng only needed to train one person, not a small army's worth. The big families trained dozens of people and nobody had as many resources as Zhou Hao did.
Having previously been strengthened by dragon blood, Zhou Hao was naturally better at adapting to it than the others. He had talent and was naturally at the top of the crowd.
However, nobody around him was sitting cross-legged. The few young people were watching him in a highly alert manner. There were some people that had followed them, either being people from the same family or from the same city.
In a way, Zhou Hao seemed to be very alone.
Qin Feng directly walked to his side.
Zhou Hao suddenly opened his eyes vigilantly and was taken aback when he saw Qin Feng.
He saw a haggard figure with torn clothing that was wearing a mask that used to be white but now stained gray. While he was cautious, he felt that this masked male figure was quite familiar.
Qin Feng then began to remove his battered combat uniform as he approached until he was about as dressed as Zhou Hao was. He sat five meters away from him, a distance that was not too far away.
Qin Feng did not make a sound, but as he removed his cloak a furry animal rolled out of it.
Three tails, white fur, silver eyes.
Zhou Hao's eyes suddenly lit up.
Qin Feng nodded in Zhou Hao's direction. In the eyes of the others, it was just a greeting, but Zhou Hao knew the identity of this other person
"Don't talk. Pretend like you don't know me. If there is any conflict, move closer to me," Qin Feng said through an internal force transmission. He had high internal strength and was the strongest among everyone present so he was naturally not afraid of anyone eavesdropping.
Zhou Hao pretended to be expressionless, he turned his head away and did not even dare respond to Qin Feng.
Chapter 290: The Battlegod Tomb's First Level
When Qin Feng saw that Zhou Hao returned to his meditation, he didn't call out to him either.
There was currently no danger within the Battlegod Tomb and he took advantage of this moment to activate Asteroid Assimilation. The move began to absorb spirit aura around him, and the surrounding blood mist rushed towards him.
Qin Feng's body became covered in that blood mist and it was absorbed by his skin in the blink of an eye. His absorption ability was also working, but people wouldn't have known that, otherwise he wouldn't be absorbing so quickly.
He had suffered a lot of injuries along the way, this time under the large quantities of energy provided by the Dragon Blood he repaired them one after the other, allowing his body to recover to its strongest state.
"Ability, Absorb!"
Qin Feng's ability began to frantically and greedily consume the surrounding Dragon Blood. This resulted in a whirlpool appearing around him which reached out to suck away mist that was further away.
The ability continued to strengthen his body and soon the thick fog was swept away.
He furrowed his brow and opened his eyes.
It wasn't just him, everyone else that had been meditating also began to open their eyes and scanned their surroundings. Some of them noticed that there was something different about Qin Feng.
They were stunned for a moment before that turned into an alertness and hostility towards him.
They came here for challenges.
Of course they would naturally go for someone who had been performing outstandingly.
Qin Feng didn't have time to deal with them.
He got up from the ground and started to walk forward. This place could no longer satisfy him!
Originally, this would have been the limit for many top prodigies but for Qin Feng this was far from enough.
As he continued to move, the Absorption ability continued to absorb the blood mist as if he had been turned into a figure made out of the substance. His body was being constantly strengthened, becoming even more perfect.
His insane behavior directly caused the concentration of the blood mist to decrease to a point where it could no longer satisfy other people's cultivation.
"Follow him!"
"What happened?"
"Someone ungodly came over? Just who is this guy?"
The style of Qin Feng's mask made many feel that their questions had been answered but they were too afraid to confirm it.
After all, this was too much of a coincidence.
How could Blooduhunter, who killed Xue Yuan three days ago and provoked the Xue Family, be here? Wasn't the guy supposed to be E-tier or something?
It didn't matter what they thought in their hearts, they didn't stop their feet and walked after Qin Feng.
He quickly arrived about 50 meters away from the stone dragon. The massive dragon head was spewing blood that rained down like a waterfall. When blood hit the ground it rolled into the strange grooves carved into the floor and slipped back into the pool below.
The droplets were of a different consistency compared to the Dragon Blood that he obtained from the Drakocrocs, he also discovered that this Dragon Blood was only E-tier. It could be absorbed by F-tiers and quickly improve physical fitness.
Its was impossible for it to be F-tier as there were no Draconic Ultra Beasts and if it was D-tier, then all of these youths would have exploded and died.
The Battlegod's Tomb was a place where the Battlegod selected successors, not a death trap set by a malign devil.
He quickly walked to the edge of the pool and noticed a white jade staircase. As he stepped even closer he noticed that there was writing on the edge of the pool.
"Ten unshaking breaths in Dragon Blood and you may enter!
Qin Feng's consciousness spread out and through the bloody waterfall he found that behind the stone head was a huge body that had a cave in its center!
"This must be the Battlegod Tomb's first trial!"
The Battlegod's Tomb took in many disciples, all hoping to bear its mantle. Qin Feng knew that after the tomb's door had opened, it would still open again the next year for people to try again at passing this trial. Still, those stumped by the first trial would still go home with massive reward.
Dragon Blood was extremely previous.
Not to mention the Battlegod Token's price could be raised to incredulous levels.
Qin Feng braved the cascade of blood and stepped onto the white jade stairs.
Once the stairs reached the edge, it continued to go downwards and then a few stones appeared on the surface of the pool that could be used as stepping stones but at this time, under the barrage of blood and how slick the ground was it was near impossible for anyone to stand in it.
Obviously without saying, this didn't include Qin Feng.
Dragon Blood strengthened his physical form and he had the physical strenght of an E-tier King level ultra beast. This kind of barrage didn't give him the pain like he was about to explode.
"Come on, bring it on!"
Qin Feng began to wildly unleash his absorption ability.
The blood washed over his body and continuously strengthened it. His physical strenght was increasing bit by bit.
Originally, after killing so many ancient warriors along the way, the physical body had gained some enhancements but that was obviously not enough. This Dragon Blood felt just right.
He devoured it like a madman.
The other prodigies could only stop behind him, temporarily losing sight of him.
Many people were starting to get anxious.
"If he can pass then why can't I?"
"Lets go!"
"How could he hoard the Dragon Blood all for himself?"
With this in mind, they began to rush forward as well.
That was when the pain hit and it didn't seem to stop. Although the Dragon Blood could enhance the self, the pain was unbearable and it hit at its strongest.
This resulted in them being afraid of their bodies exploding.
Before this, everyone had to make progress systematically, a gradual process that had not been broken before.
Who would have thought that Qin Feng's arrival would shatter equilibrium and cause people to rush things!
"Fine, I'll go too!"
Zhou Hao also began to move forward.
The Dragon Blood crashed down onto his body and there was a sudden pain.
The skin and muscles felt like they've experienced countless workout routines, resulting in severe pain and soreness. Something that was difficult to experience after awakening!
"Aaaah!!!" Zhou Hao roared
"Boom!"
As if sensing Zhou Hao's pain, the Golden Ant Queen immediately climbed down from his shoulder and instantly enlarged her body. She stood over Zhou Hao, blocking the incoming rush of blood and allowed Zhou Hao to breathe.
"No, Xiao Huang, get out of the way!"
Zhou Hao's body twitched involuntarily but he sat cross-legged and continued to focus on his internal force.
Xiao Huang moved away, at the same time greedily consuming the Dragon Blood. The endurance of Ultra Beasts was far greater than that of humans!
The others weren't so lucky to have a contract beast to escort them and even fainted because of the pain. Without internal strenght, the power of the Dragon Blood had nowhere to go and thus muddled up the meridians.
There wasn't a fortunate event where when one faints they would still gain strenght without experiencing pain.
"Reversal Mend!" Zhou Hao felt the internal force inside Xiao Huang's body and used Reversal Mend to speed up the circulation of his own internal power, quickly absorbing the Dragon Blood.
Person and beast worked together, naturally their progress was much faster than everyone else's and were able to absorb more than everyone else.
Gradually, the pain began to numb until it was but a tingle.
Unknowingly, his strenght had increased to F6 tier.
In one day, Zhou Hao had climbed up two tiers, such a feat really was enviable.
"Lets go!" Zhou Hao continued to walk forward, not realizing that the surrounding waterfall seemed to have gotten smaller.
Chapter 291: Pristine Lotus Parterre
Below the dragon-headed waterfall, Qin Feng had managed to take in ten breaths by now and in fact only about a minute had passed.
Yet he did not intend to leave, his entire body was enveloped in a dark glow that was visible to the naked eye.
The absorption ability had burst out completely. Just as he could consume the flesh and blood of ultra beasts to strengthen his body, the blood that he was absorbing would keep on adding to his physical strength.
As the blood was absorbed into his skin, it briefly left behind dried up stains that were quickly washed away by the dragon-headed waterfall.
At the same time, Bai Li hopped off Qin Feng with a strange light shining all around her body, seeming to have superseded the space there.
Then, her head reached toward the pool of dragon blood and she began to lap up large quantities of it.
Qin Feng and Bai Li both drank ravenously, and no matter how much blood there was it could not handle this manner of consumption!
Crack-krak!
Qin Feng's body burst out in a noise that sounded like an explosion, and his aura became an unconcealable eruption.
E9 tier!
There was no way to cover up this kind of aura, after all, these were the effects of advancement and it swept over those present.
Everyone felt the overpowering force of the intimidating aura, and all those present were dumbfounded!
"E9 tier…? How's that possible?"
"What, why? This person is…"
"Bloodhunter, he must be Bloodhunter, the guy who killed Xue Yuan!"
A bunch of the ancient warrior family's prodigies finally figured out Qin Feng's identity.
For a moment, everyone felt that they had just had a brief encounter with something that came out of legends.
There was only one person left who was surprised, but not in despair, it was Zhou Hao!
'Could it be? Qin Feng's already E9 tier!'
Zhou Hao was shocked. After all, Qin Feng was strong but he had never been properly verified. That E-tier aptitude user badge was issued by Fu City!
Now, in just a few months, Qin Feng was actually E-tier!
He could not believe it.
At this time, as Qin Feng had advanced, the blood flowing from the dragon's mouth was gradually decreasing in volume. It was a flow that was originally more than ten meters wide but now it seemed to be only around three meters and its momentum was starting to get sluggish.
Naturally, there was less blood splashing out the more Qin Feng absorbed. This caused the other teenagers who had originally been deterred to approach.
Only being a few meters away, they quickly reached the edge of the dragon pool and saw the almost dry fountain as well as the person standing on the rocks.
It was Qin Feng, and not only that, they saw the writing on the edge of the pool too!
If they could withstand the dragon blood long enough to take ten breaths then they could enter.
"There's not much dragon blood anymore, I'm not sure if that counts!"
"But Bloodhunter's seizing it all for himself!"
"Sheesh, why's there such a strong person competing with us for resources?"
These youths were resentful, but they would rather be frustrated than actually do something about it.
However, Qin Feng was still in the pool of blood. That column of liquid had been absorbed to the point where it was only two meters wide! Even as it was poured onto his body, it no longer felt as soothing as how it was before!
It felt as if his body was charged with an explosive power!
After hearing the discussion behind him, he furrowed his brow. While these people were probably sixteen to seventeen years old now, Qin Feng had the mental age of a twenty six to twenty seven year old, he ought to respect his elders and care for the young.
But after ten years, some of these people would be stronger than him and some weaker.
They were the same age as him.
To do it again, when chance had been redistributed, Qin Feng would naturally scramble for power.
He did not have a chance back then, so why not now?
Thinking of this, Qin Feng stepped up his efforts and in the blink of an eye the water flow became only about a meter thick.
"Zhou Hao, when I move, you move ahead and get Xiao Huang to block everyone else!" Qin Feng whispered through his internal force transmission.
After saying that, he scrambled forward and disappeared under the bloody waterfall and stepped into the cave within the huge dragon's stomach.
When Qin Feng moved in, everyone else was immediately shocked.
Zhou Hao was the first to move forward and stepped onto the white jade stairs.
It was then everyone began to react.
"Get down here!"
A boy about eighteen years old roared and tried to grab Zhou Hao, trying to pull him down.
"Xiao Huang! Go!"
He immediately pointed at the teenager and the Golden Queen Ant immediately crashed into her target.
"Dammit!"
How could this youth face down an F-tier beast king? Even if he was a prodigy, the event of facing a beast king in single combat was an unthinkable and impossible task.
Zhou Hao stepped onto the white jade stairs, and walked to that large stone pedestal, letting the dragon blood wash over him.
"Aaaahhh!" It was unbearable pain.
He was lucky that Qin Feng absorbed a lot of blood, the force of the dragon blood that came down on him was not that strong and he could still retain his footing. His current movements and behavior indicated that he was in great pain, and combined that with the Golden Queen Ant acting as a blockade, nobody wanted to approach.
Zhou Hao's physical strength began to rapidly evolve.
After all, Qin Feng had an E8 tier beast king's body and could only advance slowly even if he frantically consumed dragon blood.
Zhou Hao was only F6 tier. In theory, this dragon blood could increase his strength to the equivalent of an F tier beast general, which would be his limit. After all, he did not have the absorption ability like Qin Feng did.
After enduring long enough to take ten breaths, Zhou Hao felt that his body had gotten extremely powerful. His physical body was even several times stronger than that of an average person's.
He had almost reached the tier of those ultra beast generals and now had the ability to fight against F-tier beasts all by himself!
"Haha!" He laughed out loud, letting the dragon blood wash over him, not leaving.
The others gritted their teeth, but there was nothing they could do. Fortunately, it seemed that when Zhou Hao was standing there, he did not seem to be taking as much dragon blood as that Bloodhunter guy did, which gave them some relief.
After all, the only devil here was Bloodhunter.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng who had become the target of everyone's hatred, passed through a hallway inside the dragon's belly and entered a garden that was ornamentally decorated with flower beds.
"Ew!" Bai Li could not help herself from covering her nose in her paws as she whiffed a stinking odor.
It smelled absolutely terrible.
Qin Feng's eyes lit up and he let out an impressed whistle.
This garden contained only one kind of plant, they were all spirit flowers!
"Pristine lotus!"
Pristine lotuses were special things, growing unmarred from the mud like normal lotuses did but had an effect that was out of this world. For ancient warriors, such a treasure was hard to find.
They were used to purify the body.
"The Battlegod really did think of everything! Dragon blood can improve the body very quickly but there are always impurities that can't be combined with the human body. Eating the lotus seeds can cleanse the body and its essence, making an ancient warrior's system even more transparent!"
Moreover, the pristine lotus also had profound effects on ordinary people.
When used on them, it was possible for someone who did not have access to ancient martial arts to have a clear body, remove their impurities, unblock their meridians and give them the chance to become an ancient warrior.
One could imagine how valuable these flowers were for some rich and powerful people.
"Only jade may harm the lotus. Only once per person. Greed is not tolerated!"
This seemed very simple, but it was actually the opposite.
Spirit herbs and spirit flowers were not necessarily without their dangers.
Even darkglow herbs could defend themselves against humans, the pristine lotus was surely not any weaker.
Chapter 292: The Street Vendor
The pristine lotus flower grew out of the mud unsullied, and the mud was not any ordinary type of mud. If the mud were accidentally exposed or rubbed onto one's skin, the toxin from the mud would seep into the human body, which would then affect the individual's training in the future.
Hence, just because the pond was blooming with lotus flowers, that did not mean that the flower pond could be approached, otherwise even by just inhaling the slightest scent of the flower and mud, it could poison the human body.
Qin Feng smirked as he picked up the jade bead that was left on the altar. He looked exceptionally relaxed.
Bai Li stood on Qin Feng's shoulder and said, "There is a special waymark on the bead and you've activated it. If you go for the other beads, it will spread!"
"Yeah."
The Battlegod Tomb had its own rules. Since the ancient times, the chivalric code between the warriors had always been about keeping promises, not going back on one's words or to never betray their righteousness. Naturally, Qin Feng knew that he definitely had to follow the rules of the Battlegod Tomb.
"One is enough!"
For Qin Feng, it was just a piece of cake!
Qin Feng channelled his internal energy into the jade bead.
"Go!"
With a flick of his hand, the jade bead infused with internal energy struck one of the pristine lotus flowers in the mud.
Boom!
The pristine lotus immediately exploded. It split into pieces and struck the other lotuses.
The jade bead did not stop there. It exerted its remaining energy and struck the second lotus.
Then, it was the third, fourth and fifth, almost forming a straight line.
The lotus pool was a hundred meters long. Therefore, it was harder to get the ones which were further behind.
However, Qin Feng's jade bead had broken five pristine lotuses. The broken lotuses split into pieces and struck the other surrounding lotuses, then the tremendous internal force broke the lotuses and made them strike the other lotuses again.
The lotuses that were struck the second time also shattered and struck their surroundings, but this time the remaining force seemed to be less strong, only causing the lotus pieces to knock out countless lotus seeds from the other lotus flowers.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!
The long-ripened lotuses flew up into the sky, exuding their enticing fragrance into the air.
Qin Feng unleashed his internal force again.
"Asteroid Assimilation. Absorb!"
The lotuses that were floating in the air were suddenly pulled into Qin Feng's arms, almost forming into a large ball.
With just a single move, almost eight to nine-tenth of the lotuses had fallen into his bosom.
In the midst of the internal strength sweep, several lotus leaves were also caught up in the absorption. Qin Feng laid them on the ground and piled up the lotus seeds, the seeds were piled up on more than ten lotus leaves.
In the outside world, each of the seeds was worth a whopping fifty million, and a single seed could make one's mouth water. Now, Qin Feng had more than a thousand of them.
Although this was a fifty billion harvest for an E-tier aptitude user, the other youths would have gone crazy if they were to see it.
Qin Feng sat down cross-legged.
"You should eat some too, we've got lots of them!"
Bai Li became more interested and jumped down from Qin Feng's shoulders. She grabbed a handful of the seeds and shoved them all into her mouth.
It was crisp, sweet, and super tasty.
Qin Feng also picked up a handful and began to eat. He instantly felt a stream of cool air flowing into his body, as if it was cleansing his body.
In just a short while, Qin Feng began to sweat, and a layer of black oil seeped out of his skin.
The effect of the pristine lotus had come into play.
The pristine lotus was probably considered to have E-tier benefits similar to spirit herbs. Qin Feng now had the flesh of a beast king, so one seed would not do much for him.
With each seed, Qin Feng felt a surge of energy continuously cleansing his insides.
The oil stains were slowly accumulating.
Fortunately, not only was there a lotus altar in this garden, a small stream was also flowing by the garden. Qin Feng used his conscious energy to manipulate the water stream and flushed away the oil stains on his body.
After half an hour of constant eating and flushing, Qin Feng had consumed more than a hundred lotus seeds.
Qin Feng felt that his body and mind were now pure and immaculately clear.
The murderous intent from before seemed to have gone away, and the trace of hostility that had once clouded his mind quietly faded away.
The state of his mind had ascended significantly.
"Holy, this pristine lotus is good!"
Qin Feng thought that the pristine lotus was a real treasure, no wonder the price of these was so high!
Just at this moment, footsteps echoed within the passage. Zhou Hao walked in, and he was dressed in crimson red.
With just a glance, Qin Feng immediately noticed Zhou Hao's physical condition. He had finally achieved the physical body of a beast general.
Zhou Hao spotted Qin Feng as well, and his eyes were filled with excitement.
But soon, his eyes fell on the lotus seeds that were piled up on the ground.
Zhou Hao took a whiff of the floral fragrance in the air and took another look at the pristine lotus pond that was emitting a foul odor from a distance.
"This… this can't be the pristine lotus pond right? How did you get so much of these? You look like a street vendor displaying the goods on the ground!" Zhou Hao said.
Qin Feng was on the verge of tears from laughing at Zhou Hao's description.
By taking a closer look at himself, his description was not too far off either. His top was missing, and his pants were tattered. In order to absorb the dragon blood, Qin Feng was barefooted.
Now, it seemed to have turned into a pair of modified tattered shorts, he felt that he looked rather pitiful.
The Battlegod Tomb forbade visitors from opening spatial rune equipment. Otherwise, the dragon blood would be quickly emptied out by five thousand people in just the blink of an eye.
Of course, Bai Li was still able to open up her spatial space, but it would look suspicious for her to take out his clothes.
"Good thing that I brought something along!" Zhou Hao unloaded the combat backpack strapped on his back.
Qin Feng was startled to see Zhou Hao's backpack.
"Why did you bring so much stuff with you?"
"Haha, I kind of foresaw that something like this would happen!"
Zhou Hao opened up his combat backpack. Inside, there were lots of folded up big pockets with all kinds of compressed dried ultra beast meat, crystal boxes, as well as large and small jars.
The jars were originally empty, with the small jars stacked inside of the big jars. They were used to carry liquids during field combats, and Zhou Hao brought ten of them. They were now filled with blood. The number of packages had also increased from one to three, which were all now strapped on the back of the Golden Queen Ant.
Without a doubt, these were all dragon blood.
"Wow! You're going to make big bucks from these!" Qin Feng had not even thought of this method, he was a little surprised and laughed.
"Of course, I came here well-prepared, otherwise who knows what I would encounter!" Zhou Hao laughed.
"That's right, this harvest is good and enough for you to advance to E-tier! Before I came in, I was pursued by some people and I didn't have the time to sort my stuff out!" Qin Feng nodded.
The main thing was that there was no need for him to tidy his things up since Bai Li was still able to open her spatial space.
As soon as Zhou Hao heard Qin Feng's words, his expression became heavy. "Oh right, what's the matter with you Qin Feng? Did you get into trouble with the Xue family? You said you were being pursued, was it by the Xue family?"
This was a hard topic for Qin Feng to clearly explain. Not only that, Qin Feng's consciousness had sensed that someone was coming from the outside.
Qin Feng even gestured to Zhou Hao as he began speaking with a husky voice. "Friend, would you like to buy a bag of pristine lotus seeds?"
The young man coming from behind was Hou Fang, the genius of the Hou family!
After occupying the altar for half an hour, Zhou Hao finally left. The water from the stream did not seem to have reduced much. After all, the apparatus Zhou Hao had brought along was not able to fill up much of the water.
Chapter 293: Qin Feng Gets Everything While Others Could Only Savor the Last Bits
After Zhou Hao left, little did he know that the others had started to become more modest!
After all, not everyone could bear the pain of injecting dragon blood into the body.
The first person to test the waters was Hou Fang, who was the strongest, but he only lasted a minute before he rushed straight into the passage.
At this moment, he simply wanted to laugh when he heard Qin Feng's words.
"A pristine lotus seed in exchange for my entire wallet? That's ridiculous, you must be scamming people with fake goods!"
While he was having that thought, his vision cleared up and he realized it was Qin Feng who was sitting on the ground acting like a beggar, only his mask was still intact.
As well as the large pile of pristine lotus seeds in front of him.
"Gulp!" Hou Fang swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
Zhou Hao also sensed Hou Fang's surprise and tried his best to contain his laughter.
Zhou Hao had seen a pristine lotus seed before, and it was just a single piece placed in a beautiful crystal box. It was auctioned for 30 million, and the final bid was 63 million!
There were so many of them here. Even as the direct descendant of one of the four strongest families in the North Sea, Hou Fang felt that even he could not get enough of that particular sight!
Hou Fang really wanted to go up and ask if Qin Feng would still sell him the lotus seeds.
Now, he really regretted not doing anything to Zhou Hao before this, otherwise he would have been the first one to arrive!
From Zhou Hao's side, he saw the major change in Hou Fang's expressions. He found the breakdown of his reaction amusing and funny. "Mister, no, no, it would be impolite of me to just take it. Just take as much as you want!" said Zhou Hao in a flattering tone.
This was what an F-tier aptitude user should think of when it came to an E-tier user.
Qin Feng also felt that Zhou Hao was quite a quick thinker. He had really thought of giving Zhou Hao some of the lotus seeds, but now it was impossible.
Qin Feng continued in a hoarse voice, "Yeah, follow me later, and I'll bring you along the way!"
"Thank you, thank you!"
Zhou Hao took out some pouches and handed them to Qin Feng. He gave him three plastic zipper pouches and Qin Feng filled up the pouches with the lotus seeds. Nine hundred lotus seeds might seem a lot when spread out on the ground, but once they were in the bags, three pouches were just right.
Zhou Hao also gave Qin Feng a small pouch which acted as a simple combat backpack, which fitted right in his hands.
The two of them had put on a show for half a day, which could be regarded as ganging up with a different identity.
"You go and have a look at that stone tablet, and take the jade beads to purify the lotus!" Qin Feng said.
"Alright!" Zhou Hao eagerly got up and went over to the side of the pristine lotus altar.
Initially, Hou Fang was eyeing for Qin Feng's pristine lotus seeds, but now he realized that this seemed like a chance that everyone could have. He was instantly filled with joy.
"So, this is how he got the pristine lotus seeds!" Hou Fang's eyes lit up.
Zhou Hao and Hou Fang walked to the edge of the flower bed at the same time and scanned through the words written on the stone tablet.
With just a quick glance, Hou Fang grabbed a jade bead and examined it, then he observed the pristine lotus flower bed again. This time, his brows were furrowed and he was frantic.
He discovered that the lotuses nearest to him were now all seedless, and there were parts of the plants where the petals were either removed or damaged!
When he thought about it, he knew that only one person would dare to do all this!
Hou Fang was let down!
'The Hou Family sent me out here this time, it would be embarrassing if I go back empty-handed!'
'This Bloodhunter is too vicious!'
Hou Fang was about to explode with anger.
At this moment, Qin Feng was guiding Zhou Hao.
"Channel your inner strength into the jade bead, then strike on the lotus to shake out the lotus seeds. Although your inner strength is a little bit weak, it is still enough to strike one lotus and let it bounce on other lotuses, then you will get your lotus seeds. The problem now is how're you going to collect the lotus seeds."
Not everyone owned the Asteroid Assimilation skill.
It was possible to use inner force to grab items in the air telekinetically, but if the user was not prepared in advance and rushed through the process, he would lose the timing and the lotus seeds would fall into the mud, making it useless.
Zhou Hao observed the entire process. When compared to Hou Fang, Zhou Hao clearly had the upper hand.
Conscious energy.
After consuming the consciousness fruit and having a bond with the Golden Queen Ant, Zhou Hao's conscious energy had continued to increase, and now his conscious power had reached F-tier.
With a sweep of his conscious energy, Zhou Hao was the first to know the positions of the lotus seeds before Hou Fang. He shot out the jade bead that was in his hand.
"Whoosh!"
The jade bead struck a pristine lotus that was still intact thirty meters away, then it bounced twenty meters backward and struck one of the lotuses within twenty five meters of the pond.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!
Five lotus flowers were hit with just a single strike.
However, there were very few lotus seeds in these pristine lotuses. There were only five lotus seeds in one pristine lotus flower. At the very beginning, Zhou Hao's internal strength was able to shake five seeds out of the first lotus, but up till the last one, only one seed popped out.
The lotus seeds did not pop out upward in a straight line. Instead, some were shot out for more than forty meters away, and even the strongest of internal forces were not able to do that.
"Collect the seeds!"
Zhou Hao used his internal strength to suck in the lotus seeds. Some of the lotus seeds were heading toward him, but there were around five or six seeds that were shot out too far away and were impossible to reach with his internal strength.
"What a pity!" Hou Fang said with a pained expression. Although it was not him that was doing it, the lost seeds were still very valuable, and altogether that was more than 300 million lost.
Just at this moment, the edge of Zhou Hao's lips lifted into a smile. He then unleashed his internal strength.
Those lotus seeds that were far away were drawn back toward him.
Hou Fang was flabbergasted, only then did he remember that Zhou Hao could bond with ultra beasts, so his conscious energy was not weak at all.
'What kind of demons are they?' Hou Fang felt a sense of helplessness.
"Good!" Qin Feng nodded and praised Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao let out a hearty, proud laugh.
"Thank you, kind sir, for your guidance!"
Zhou Hao was still infatuated with acting on his part.
Zhou Hao walked back to Qin Feng's side and sat down cross-legged. He grabbed a small handful of pristine lotus seeds and began eating.
However, Zhou Hao did not consume the lotus seeds like how Qin Feng did. He carefully swallowed one seed and let the energy sweep through his body, then he continued with another.
Qin Feng continued to strengthen his newly-elevated state of mind. He felt neither joy nor sadness within him.
Hou Fang was still hesitating, but in just a minute, another person came out of the cave. It was the talented young man who had passed through the Dragon Head Falls.
The young man did not take the time to take in the spectacular view as something else caught his attention. His pupils enlarged as he saw the pile of lotus seeds in front of Zhou Hao. If it were not for the Golden Queen Ant that was guarding Zhou Hao from the back, he would have rushed forward and stolen them.
Soon, the man noticed Hou Fang and the pristine lotus altar.
When Hou Fang saw that someone was coming, he knew that the longer he idled, the worse it would be for him. Finally, he set aside his worries and threw out the jade bead with a swish.
Crack!
The jade bead struck one lotus and bounced into another direction. It hit the second lotus, followed by a third, and then it fell into the mud.
Moreover, among the three lotus flowers, only the second flower had lotus seeds falling from it, and the flower was thirty meters away from Hou Fang.
It was fortunate that the second lotus was struck when the bead bounced toward his direction, which caused the seeds to fly out toward Hou Fang's direction. The seeds flew over ten meters, which was close enough for Hou Fang to use his internal force to retrieve them.
"Come here!"
His inner strength exploded and he was able to retrieve the seeds telekinetically.
Five lotus seeds went straight into his palms.
Although he was not as strong as Qin Feng and did not hit as many lotuses as Zhou Hao did, Hou Fang was still satisfied with the outcome.
The talented young man who had just arrived was also stunned by the scene.
To him, this rule seemed a bit too much, and it was really difficult to grasp the right timing.
Unbeknownst to him, this was not actually difficult at all, it was just that someone here had made the situation more difficult for him.
Qin Feng had gotten the biggest piece of meat, other than Zhou Hao and Hou Fang, others could only savor the fragrance of the soup, let alone having a taste of the soup.
Chapter 294: Daydreams are Attainable
Half an hour passed by, Zhou Hao had finished absorbing the pristine lotus's clean energy and his body was covered in sludge, which was much more than Qin Feng's.
Zhou Hao also rinsed his body with the stream water. Once he got out of the water, his skin was clean once again.
"I feel cleaner now, maybe I've also turned handsome!"
He had brought almost everything with him but a mirror. He took a look at his reflection in the water and wanted to show off to Qin Feng so that Qin Feng could comment on it.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw Qin Feng in his mask. Zhou Hao quickly swallowed his words, and it was a miracle that he did not hurt his insides while doing so.
At this time, more people were coming out of the passageway, but they were at their wits' end when facing the pristine lotus altar.
There were thirty people who had passed the first level of the test so far, and the number was still rising. Chaos had even erupted on the outside as people were fighting over the dragon blood.
These thirty people were the best amongst the best. They were all under the age of twenty and were F-tier aptitude users.
"This Battlegod inheritance is really difficult!"
"Earlier, the dragon blood was a big deal to us. Now that we're here at the pristine lotus altar, the lotuses are so far away, it's almost impossible for us to do it with our internal strength!"
"Have you noticed that these lotuses are still fresh? The flowers are tilted and seedless, which means that the seeds were just taken away!"
"Who took them?"
The person who was speaking immediately shut his mouth tight as his gaze fell upon Qin Feng's body.
The strongest person here with the strongest internal strength.
Who else could that be?
Not only that, Qin Feng had an extra pouch in front of him, and one could only imagine what was in it!
"Never mind, this is a large area, so there might be other wonders here. Let's go explore the other parts of this place!"
These geniuses were obviously very disappointed and the crowd soon dissipated. It seemed like they were trying to avoid Qin Feng.
"You, follow me!" Qin Feng ordered in a hoarse voice, deliberately pretending to be cool.
Zhou Hao hurriedly kept up with Qin Feng.
There were quite a few white jade stone paths in the garden, each leading to a different direction. Qin Feng chose the path which led them forward.
"The aura here feels very thick. There were pristine lotus seeds earlier, could there be something else here as well?" Zhou Hao asked.
This time, there was no one else around, and the two were already considered companions. Yet, they could not act like they were too familiar with each other.
"Could be a carrot and stick!" Qin Feng said.
Zhou Hao had yet understood what Qin Feng meant when their surroundings gradually changed.
A dangerously fragrant smell stung their noses.
"Poison!"
Qin Feng frowned at once.
Zhou Hao was busy covering his nose, but it was of no use.
"Go!" Qin Feng said in a deep tone.
The two of them quickened their pace, but the further they got, the stronger the poison seemed to get, and Zhou Hao was starting to get a little light-headed.
In the mist, Zhou Hao's mind had turned into a blur. Everything around him seemed so real.
Zhou Hao actually saw himself walking out of the Battlegod Tomb with the inheritance. He had advanced to E-tier and was holding a large sum of money…
"Hao?" Qin Feng could see that Zhou Hao was poisoned.
Fortunately, the pristine lotus seed could be used as an antidote to nullify poisons. Qin Feng opened his pouch and rummaged for the lotus seed.
At this moment, Zhou Hao suddenly half-kneeled down in front of Qin Feng and looked as if he was holding something in his hands.
"Mengmeng, I'm finally rich! Chengbei colony may be rich, but so what? I'm now richer than your dad, so please marry me!"
Qin Feng burst out laughing.
But through Zhou Hao's pupils, he seemed to be slightly sober, which meant that he was faintly poisoned.
Slap!
Qin Heng slapped Zhou Hao on the back of his head. "Stop daydreaming!"
Zhou Hao snapped back to reality and instantly sobered up. He shook his head.
"What happened? Was that just an illusion?" Zhou Hao stared with widened eyes. In actuality, he had a feeling that it was just a dream, and he was not completely immersed in it at all.
After all, it was something that he had constantly thought about every day!
"Zhou Hao, I didn't know that you're so madly in love with Senior Lu Meng!" Qin Feng purposely used the word "senior" to tease Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao's face instantly turned red, Qin Feng had found out his secret.
"Hey, it was just a thought, didn't you say that I was just daydreaming?"
Qin Feng's face turned serious. Although the mask had covered his face, his tone, however, was very firm. "This may be just a daydream now, but it will come true once you return. Don't be so harsh on yourself, after all you're still young, so give yourself some time. Trust me, it won't take more than a year and you'll eventually get everything that you ever wanted!"
Qin Feng's rebirth reversed Zhou Hao's death.
The present Zhou Hao had a bright future ahead of him.
All he needed was just a little bit of time!
Maybe Zhou Hao had low self-esteem now due to his poor family background, but as long as he was willing to work hard and push forward, he could get everything that he wanted.
It was not clear whether Zhou Hao had taken in Qin Feng's words or not as he laughed, "What do you mean I'm still young, you talk like an old man in his seventies. Let's go, I don't want to take in any more poisonous gas, or I might get poisoned again and start having harem dreams later!"
Qin Feng smiled wanly.
"Let's go!"
The two of them continued to speed up their pace, but after going further down the path and taking a few detours, they finally encountered the person who had been the first to enter the garden.
That person now had reddened eyes. He laughed out loud after seeing Qin Feng.
"Bloodhunter, you're not a match for me so I suggest you hand over all the lotus seeds! Wahahahaha!"
The man spoke while wielding a weapon in his hand. He dashed toward Qin Feng in an attempt to attack him.
Qin Feng did not even bother to dodge the attack. He extended his leg and landed a kick squarely on the man's abdomen.
"Wa!"
The man screamed as he flew backward in the direction he came from.
Then, he spat out pools of blood!
"There's a limit when it comes to having dreams. Death awaits if one were to cross that limit!" Qin Feng sneered.
The severe pain snapped the man back to his senses. After he saw that it was Qin Feng, his body began to tremble.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I wasn't in my right mind!"
The man picked up his footing and ran away, afraid that Qin Feng would go after him.
Qin Feng expanded his consciousness, and he soon discovered that some of the ancient warriors that came in had fallen into the illusion.
Some were fighting, some were laughing hysterically, and some were even crying.
Some others ran back to the pristine lotus pond and laughed out loud saying, "Ha! I've found a jade medallion, that means I still have another chance!"
However, after he grabbed hold of the jade bead, he was instantly teleported out of the Battlegod Tomb by the spatial rune, making him miss the opportunity!
"Take ten more lotus seeds with you, swallow one if you feel deluded later on!" Qin Feng shook his head. He was also afraid that Zhou Hao would fall into his dream land again.
"Good, we should hurry up this time. We'll get out as soon as we can."
"Yeah, let's go!"
The scent and mist appeared from among the trees. Qin Feng did not choose the small trails, and with his strong consciousness, he actually knew the way.
The two of them quickened their pace and soon passed through the garden and entered an archway.
Behind the archway, a wall appeared with passageways on both sides.
"Only those who are qualified can enter!"
On the door, there was an inscription with complicated writings, and it was not as simple as the ones from before.
Chapter 295: Secret Art of the Overcast Dragon
"What does it say? Why does it look so complicated?" Zhou Hao could identify one or two lines of the words, but there were too many characters that made him dizzy. He had trouble identifying the words, but he knew that Qin Feng was fluent with ancient Wuhan characters, so it was simply easier to just ask him!
"Not only does the dragon blood strengthen the body, at the same time, it tests the talent and strength of the youngsters who come to claim their inheritance!"
Qin Feng also placed his finger on the stone slab. "The previous garden was planted with greed flowers, so one would require the pristine lotus to pass. This is a test for the state of mind!"
"You can only enter once you've passed both levels!" Qin Feng concluded.
"So, is this considered a pass? They might as well just hand out the goods!" Zhou Hao was surprised. Dragon blood and pristine lotus were considered treasures!
"What may be strong to us, may be nothing to the Battlegods!"
"Got it!" Zhou Hao nodded.
"We're going in! Then, we'll be able to learn some new martial arts skills!" Qin Feng said.
Zhou Hao's eyes immediately flickered with curiosity. "What martial arts skill?"
Qin Feng smiled slightly. "A-tier martial arts skill, Secret Art of the Overcast Dragon!"
"What?" Zhou Hao's eyes were instantly lit up.
An A-tier martial arts skill was simply something that ancient warriors could only dream of.
Overcast Dragon was one of the most famous parallel techniques, and was created in the Battlegod Tomb.
It was a secret art that was quite popular in the end times and was very widely spread.
However, by the year of Qin Feng's death, the parallel technique had not yet been completely displayed as no one had met the requirements.
If the A-tier martial arts skill were cultivated to perfection, it could be used to fight against A-tier enemies.
For example, Qin Feng had given Zhou Hao an internal technique that could be cultivated up to B-tier.
The fact that the Asteroid Assimilation skill could reach S-tier was just a speculation. After all, Liu Meng, who possessed the Asteroid Assimilation skill in the first place was pushing himself forward and was even about to advance to the S-tier!
"Come on, let's go and take a look!" Zhou Hao could not wait any longer.
Qin Feng nodded and followed Zhou Hao as they walked around the wall and reached its back.
The place was a huge stone chamber.
In front of the stone chamber, there were six doors. On the first door to the left, there were engraved patterns, which were obviously martial arts diagrams.
The stances on the patterns as well as the flow direction of the internal force were very odd.
"This requires us to form our internal force into a mist ball, we can practice this. It seems like we have to pass a test on the second stage!" Zhou Hao said.
"Yeah, it looks like we'll learn the parallel technique once we push open the second door. Which of course requires strength!"
Zhou Hao could not wait to practice.
Qin Feng also followed the practice. In fact, he had come across the Secret Art of the Overcast Dragon in his previous life.
However, it was only available as F, E, and D-tier secret art. The B-tier was a rare market piece, not to mention A-tier, which was out of the question.
Later on, there were even people who invested on the young talents to come to the Battlegod Tomb to seize the book containing the Secret Art of the Overcast Dragon.
At this time, having been reborn, Qin Feng had prior knowledge and was able to quickly learn the technique.
In just ten minutes, Qin Feng had practiced the parallel technique in one go. Since his system was strong, he could still learn F-tier secret arts in just minutes.
"This stance is so odd, and the way the meridians flow in my body is as painful as the time my body was reinforced by the dragon blood. This parallel training is not good!" Zhou Hao grimaced, but after he took another break, he began practicing again.
In just a short while, someone else had appeared in the secret chamber.
Surprisingly, it was Hou Fang!
As the third person to reach the pristine lotus altar, he had gotten five lotus seeds. He fell into a deeper hallucination than Zhou Hao did, but after consuming the seeds he quickly sobered up and arrived here after a short walk.
He was also excited when he laid eyes on the Secret Art of the Overcast Dragon.
After all, this was an art that could make him an A-tier ancient warrior.
Qin Feng used his internal energy to transmit his message to Zhou Hao, "You train here, I'll try the second level!"
Zhou Hao nodded at Qin Feng, only then did Qin Feng get up and rush toward the second door.
Without needing to use any strength, Qin Feng pushed open the door with one hand.
Hou Fang, who had just arrived, had his jaw dropped as he watched Qin Feng leave.
"He… he has finished practicing?" Hou Fang asked Zhou Hao.
Since they had gone through two hurdles together, and Zhou Hao and Qin Feng were good friends, they were proud of each other. "Of course!" Zhou Hao replied proudly.
"He… What kind of demon is he?" Hou Fang could not help himself from saying those words.
"I'm not sure either!" Zhou Hao replied. He was clear about what Qin Feng was, but that was something he could not tell Hou Fang.
"Some people are just gifted by the gods, and they aren't comparable with ordinary people."
Hou Fang was left speechless.
Hou Fang had been praised as a talented genius since he was a child. He had reached F4-tier at the age of nineteen, just like the hunk of Chengbei High School, Gao Linghan, who was also highly regarded.
And now, an overpowered demon came out of nowhere and knocked him off his feet in almost every way. He felt like a frog under the well.
"Forget about it, carry on with your practice!"
Hou Fang also sat down and practiced on the first stone slab.
Twenty minutes later, two more people appeared in the chamber. Qin Feng came out of the second door and walked towards the third stone door. He also pushed it open easily with just one hand!
Astonishment filled the eyes of the four people that were still sitting.
Qin Feng disappeared behind the third door.
'I've almost finished the practice for the first level of the Overcast Dragon, maybe I can try the second level now. Then, I might be the first to get my hands on the secret art book!' Thought one of the teenage ancient warriors that came later. He stood up and walked toward the second door. He placed both of his hands on the door and gave it a mighty push.
The stone door did not budge at all!
"Argh!"
No matter how much strength he exerted on the door, he was still unable to move the door.
Not only that, the stone door began to flash with silver light, and the teenager reappeared ten meters away from the stone door. Since he was still in a pushing motion, he fell forward face-down.
The entire scene was hilarious to say the least. Zhou Hao and the other person could not help but laugh.
This time, only Hou Fang did not laugh. He could not force himself to laugh at all because he had just seen Qin Feng pushing the door open with just one hand.
"I'll do it!"
Another teenager stood up and ran toward the door. He used his entire strength to push the door, but his face changed once his hands touched the door. He stopped laughing.
Instead of proceeding, he backed away!
"Hou? Why don't you try?" The guy asked Hou Fang.
Hou Fang did not dare to try!
"Forget it, I'd better practice instead!"
Another half an hour passed and more people filled up the chamber. There were now ten people inside!
Creak!
Qin Feng walked out of the third stone door. Despite the fact that he looked incredibly beaten, he still calmly walked to the fourth door and pushed it open with both hands.
Creak!
The stone door opened again!
***
Three hours later, Qin Feng walked out and pushed open the fifth door.
Inside the stone chamber, more than twenty people had their eyes fixed on him.
***
Five hours later, the number of people inside the stone chamber had reached over thirty. Some of these people were the ones who came up later from the Dragon Head Falls. Now that over twenty hours had passed since the opening of the Battlegod Tomb, everyone was starting to get drowsy!
The fifth stone door opened up. Qin Feng walked out of it and toward the sixth door.
Chapter 296: The Ruling Stone of Secret Territory
Qin Feng was surprised and he opened his eyes wide.
"Overcast Dragon, explode!"
Qin Feng immediately activated the hidden skill, and the energy within his body spiked once again.
Boom!
A loud explosion echoed within the stone chamber and awakened everyone who was about to fall asleep.
Then, everyone witnessed Qin Feng's shadow that had disappeared from the sixth stone entrance.
Everyone was shocked as they stared at the enclosed stone entrance!
"I wonder how powerful the sixth level would be, however, it feels as if something is missing!" Qin Feng wondered out loud.
Although the completion of practicing Overcast Dragon could result in the capabilities to go against an A-tier ultra beast, the entry requirement to begin on the practice was rather low.
The first level only had an F-tier requirement to begin practising.
The second layer required one's physical capabilities to be one of an F3-tier beast soldier, and the third layer required that of an F6-tier beast general. Zhou Hao could instantly begin his attempt, and it was the greatest reward for a top tier genius to be within the Battlegod Tomb!
The requirement paralleled the levels and increased gradually, with the level requirements being at E5-tier beast soldier, E8-tier beast general, and the sixth layer which was D5-tier beast general!
However, Qin Feng felt that something seemed off, if these were the only requirements, the Overcast Dragon would appear to be a little bit too weak.
Qin Feng continued to move forward and went through a passage that stretched for about ten meters, he was instantly surprised by the scene ahead.
It was no longer the stone chamber that was dimly lit earlier.
This stone chamber was much bigger!
It was surrounded by night glowing pearls that lit up the chamber with their glow.
A rectangular offering table was placed before Qin Feng while a jade sculpture stood behind the table, and it was vividly depicting a middle-aged man that stood upright and tall.
Battlegod!
Instantly, voices accompanied with internal strength were heard around the area.
"Three bows to honor me as the master, and to take up my mantle! Receive every knowledge that I have gathered during my entire lifetime, and raise my name, or follow your own wish and seek for freedom, there is no insistence…"
Voices from the Battlegod were constantly heard, while Qin Feng fixed his gaze onto the stone container that was offered on the table.
The container would most probably contain the spatial rune equipment of the Battlegod!
"The hidden skill on the stone container will be released with a single touch!" Suddenly, Bai Li warned.
Qin Feng raised his eyebrow.
"The second half of the hidden skill is on the cushion, if the first contact is on the cushion, then, taking the container will not activate the spatial rune, if you prefer, I can wipe away the runes that are on the container for you!" Bai Li suggested.
"It is alright, it will not be too much of a hassle to honor the elder with bows, after all, the reward is given by the elder!"
Qin Feng did not mind paying his respects to the deceased in order to obtain reward from the Battlegod.
He immediately kneeled down and paid his respects, only then, he reached out to the stone container that contained a necklace within.
A pale grey stone with the size of a quail egg was connected to the necklace, and it was emitting a radiant glow.
"Ruling Stone of Secret Territory!"
Qin Feng was extremely shocked.
The item would allow him to control the entire Secret Territory of the Battlegod!
Qin Feng grabbed onto the stone, and it was as if he was instantly being enhanced with God's view that could observe everything within the entire space.
There were more than four thousand people that were practising at the Dragon Head Waterfall, while there only about five hundred people that had entered into the Pristine Lotus Alter and lost their way within the garden.
Surprisingly, there were more than forty people that had entered the hidden chamber that was filled with carvings of the Overcast Dragon.
Furthermore, Zhou Hao had managed to open the stone entrance of the second level and entered into the chamber!
"Come!"
Qin Feng activated his conscious energy and disappeared from his spot along with Zhou Hao who was at the second level of the stone chamber.
Zhou Hao was unaware of what was happening, he struggled to focus on his vision and the next moment, when he opened his eyes, he was already standing before a majestic hall that was labelled with gigantic words.
Battlegod Shrine.
Zhou Hao was at a loss for words, and he was aroused with extreme excitement.
"No way, is this true? Would it be my outstanding talent that had caught the interest of the Battlegod, am I going to be the one to inherit the exceptional skills?"
Qin Feng was left speechless as he stood behind, taking in all that Zhou Hao had uttered.
"Stop dreaming, you wish!"
Zhou Hao immediately turned around and saw Qin Feng.
"Ah? Why are you here, has the Battlegod chosen you too?"
Qin Feng was left in between laughter and tears. "What are you talking about, it was me who brought you here!"
Qin Feng showed the Ruling Stone of Secret Territory that was on his hand and explained the use of it.
"Wouldn't that make you the disciple of the Battlegod? Does this secret territory belong to you from now on?" Zhou Hao was extremely surprised.
"That's right! I can cultivate pristine lotuses that could bring in a massive amount of income, and there are still other items left within the Battlegod Shrine!"
There were also the Battle Skills Chamber, Practicing Room, and Secret Treasure Vault, and others that were within the Battlegod Shrine.
The Secret Treasure Vault did not have much left, and there were only E-tier items that were unusable by Qin Feng, while higher tier items had been sold by the Battlegod to build up the Secret Territory!
After all, the Secret Territory was made from extremely expensive spatial materials.
However, the Battle Skills Chamber and the Practicing Room were still a complete whole.
"Hmm, hurry up, there are still others within the Battlegod Secret Territory, there might be some that are still fighting for dragon blood at the first stage, same goes to those that are still at the second stage fighting for the pristine lotuses, send them out first, and all of these precious rewards will be yours!" Zhou Hao was elated.
However, Qin Feng remained calm and replied, "We will come back after a few hours, as it would be too obvious to send everyone all at once, and we will continue at six in the morning to give them the impression that the Battlegod Tomb is only opened for a day, it would be less suspicious!"
"Right, it would be a better way to remain unnoticed while we take up all of the rewards. Also, we would be leaving at six, and nobody would know that you already have the Spatial Ruling Stone of the Battlegod Tomb!"
Qin Feng let out a sneer as he had the same thought as well.
It would be pitiful for those who had come to participate in the inheritance of the Battlegod. After all, they practised for an entire month in their past life, only to find themselves being forcefully repelled by the spatial rune!
Qin Feng had now obtained it so easily!
Of course, Zhou Hao was also one who had benefited.
Both of them walked toward the Battlegod Shrine and continued toward the Battle Skills Chamber, certainly, Qin Feng would also want to find out how the sixth scroll of the Overcast Dragon looked like.
There was an unobstructed spot within the Scrolls Chamber that had three books placed on it.
Overcast Dragon, Overcast Dragon Kill, and Dragon Steps.
They were parallel training fundamentals, battle skill kills, and qing gong respectively.
It was a complete set of core books.
Qin Feng no longer had to worry about the availability of battle skills to train trusted aides and spread his influence!
Despite being interested in two of the other books, Qin Feng chose to pick up the Overcast Dragon, surprisingly, the first chapter was totally different from the one that he had seen earlier.
"The Battlegod was indeed a wily old fox, the Overcast Dragon is supposed to be practised by submerging in the dragon blood bath, or else, the outcome would be ineffective !" Zhou Hao said.
"Hmm, it makes sense, most of those who have practiced Overcast Dragon were only intermediate disciples that had managed to only scratch the surface, only core disciples would be able to learn the complete set of the knowledge!"
"Well, can I consider myself as a core disciple now? Since you were the first, does it mean that you are my elder now?" Zhou Hao laughed.
Qin Feng smiled, "That's not a bad idea, I was originally planning to address you as my elder brother since you were born one month before me, and now, it feels good to become an elder of yours."
Zhou Hao immediately regretted his suggestion. "I take it back!"
Chapter 297: Internal Strength Liquid
Both of them were equally amazed as they browsed through the remaining two books, Overcast Dragon Kill was a claw skill that did not suit Qin Feng. However, the Dragon Steps that was a qing gong was something that Qin Feng was looking for.
The Dragon Steps was an A-tier battle skill that required high physical capabilities which would allow high speed movements.
Without any doubt, it was the skill that Qin Feng needed most.
There were still various battle skills available in the Battle Skills Chamber but ancient warriors would usually hold back from being too greedy and focus only on the best option, since three of the best were already there, the other options would definitely be set aside.
The remaining ones could be used to cultivate the others at Fengli colony.
Qin Feng and Zhou Hao recorded three of the books and left the original copies in the Battle Skills Chamber.
Then, they went toward the Practicing Room.
It was a small room filled with countless amounts of natural energy stones, the entire room was filled with all sorts of energy.
The amount of energy intensified the deeper they ventured into the room, and it was a suitable practicing spot for those who were at a higher tier.
It seemed that the largest Practicing Room was exclusively used by the Battlegod. Surprisingly, there was a gigantic energy stone bed that stretched to about two meters in length.
The heaven and earth energy released from the stone bed had formed into a sea of clouds that was almost visible to the naked eye, the effect of an E-tier ancient warrior practising on it would be exponential.
"I'll take this one then, it is suitable for those whose internal strength is seas of clouds, and it would be extremely quick to advance to the next level!"
"Alright, I will come back for you, do not push yourself too hard!"
"No problem!"
Zhou Hao began his practice, although it might be better to have a higher tier Practicing Room, excessive energy that was unabsorbed would bring an adverse effect that might cause tension and discomfort. Therefore, a slight increase in amount would be a better choice.
Qin Feng instantly picked the Practicing Room that was exclusively used by the Battlegod.
As soon as Qin Feng entered it, a sea of clouds of internal strength began to rush into his body.
"Great, with such a treasure, it would only require the blink of an eye to advance to D-tier!"
Qin Feng sat down with his legs crossed and began his absorption.
The overwhelming amount of seas of clouds of energy was being absorbed to the centre between his eyebrows, it then flowed and nourished every vein within his body before it submerged into his dantian.
Soon, the seas of clouds within his dantian spiked.
There was no explosive pain that followed, and every accumulated layer of sea of clouds was from Qin Feng's practice.
With the massive amount of absorption, the seas of clouds of energy available in the room were disappearing at a visible speed.
Any A-tier ancient warrior would require months to complete the practice on the energy stone bed.
However, Qin Feng planned to absorb everything all at once!
The seas of clouds were constantly increasing in his dantian.
Seventy layers!
Eighty layers!
Ninety layers!
His dantian was filled with internal strength.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
Qin Feng instantly triggered his Asteroid Assimilation to advance further.
Others might fail the advancement as they were unable to maintain the coagulation of the compressed water to a solidified state with their ten layer seas of clouds of internal strength.
There was definitely a world of difference between a D-tier and an E-tier!
Extremely high risk was involved.
It was common for ancient warriors to fail at this stage.
It was also safe to say that there would only be one out of a hundred E-tier aptitude users who would be able to advance to D-tier.
Now, Qin Feng was already halfway through!
Internal strength compression.
Boom!
The ninety-ninth layer of the seas of clouds seemed to be gripped by a giant palm and squeezed inward.
In the next moment, a pool of water was formed at the centre of the seas of clouds.
The expansion of the water pool occurred almost instantly, and the pool of water submerged from the centre of the seas of clouds and arrived at the bottom of the dantian.
D-tier—internal strength in liquid state!
Change of properties began to take place in the internal strength, while the internal strength water was still coagulating, the ninety nine layers of the seas of clouds instantly converged into ten pools of water.
The ten pools of water did not merge together and remain separated at the bottom of the internal strength dantian.
If they were to merge together, Qin Feng would most probably achieve internal strength of a C-tier, by then, he would have gigantic pools of internal strength, making him even stronger!
However, Qin Feng certainly did not push himself too hard as he would require internal strength that was nine times higher than the others to practise his Asteroid Assimilation. If he were to truly push himself further, it would bring a reversed effect.
After all, he was not Liu Meng, he had the absorption ability which made it much easier for him to organize his internal strength. It would be unnecessary for him to force himself to advance which could result in an internal strength explosion.
"Phew!" Qin Feng opened his eyes and let out a satisfied smile.
At that moment, a cracking sound was heard from below Qin Feng, it was from the energy stone bed that was releasing the energy of heaven and earth.
Surprisingly, there was a crack that had formed into a gap right down the centre, and the energy stone had become bleak and dull!
"Ah?" Qin Feng felt sorry for the cracked energy stone bed that had suffered his insane energy absorption.
"Seems like it will take some time for this to recover for the next use!" Qin Feng felt helpless and let out a sigh for the domineering effect of the absorption, it was lucky that he had stopped the practice after his internal strength had achieved D-tier, or else, the stone bed might follow the footsteps of the materials that were absorbed by him, turning it into ashes.
At that moment, it was almost dawn!
Bone cracking sounds were heard coming from his body as Qin Feng stretched his body.
Despite having D-tier internal strength, Qin Feng still had E9-tier physical capabilities, and with such an intentional concealment, his own capabilities would be well hidden.
"When I go out, the Xue family would most probably be in great shock!" A sudden urge to kill flashed past Qin Feng's eyes.
***
At that moment, those who were guarding from the outside of the Battlegod Shrine were either seated with their legs crossed or resting in the tents.
When compared with ability users and gunners, ancient warriors had much stronger physical attributes and could easily survive without any proper shelter.
In addition, the source of energy from the outside of the Battlegod Shrine was extremely pure.
Soon, the ancient warriors frowned and opened their eyes.
They were able to witness the returning heaven and earth energy from the outside of the Battlegod Shrine, and they were able to catch a glimpse of the shrine before it disappeared in the skies.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!
Individual shadows appeared in the wilderness.
They were the youths that had entered into the Battlegod Shrine.
Everyone that had returned was filled with energy, it was as if all of them had been rewarded from their encounter.
"What happened? Why did I leave?"
"Where is this place? Ah, my headache is killing me! Was that… an illusion?"
"Has it ended already? I have yet to attempt the second level of the Overcast Dragon!"
All of the youths were in shock.
There were more than fifty of them that had made it to the third chamber. They regretted not fully utilising the dragon blood to its fullest potential as they were unable to attain the required physical capabilities to open the second stone door.
From this one entrance to the Battlegod Secret Territory, they had only managed to obtain the learnings from one of the Overcast Dragon's scrolls.
However, some had managed to figure it out, and there were some who were able to grasp the skill.
"Bloodhunter!"
"Where is he, he is out too!"
"He has obtained the sixth scroll of the Overcast Dragon!"
Everyone had their eyes fixed on Qin Feng who was the centre of attraction.
At the end of January, the weather was still chilly, and he looked battered and exhausted with his topless body, worn out shorts, and no shoes on!
He raised a finger, and a cape appeared in his hand, he used it to cover his body.
Then, Qin Feng was about to leave!
Hou Fang, who stood amongst the crowd, shouted, "Third Uncle, Bloodhunter has about a thousand pristine lotus seeds with him!"
Of course, Hou Fang did not know the exact amount, therefore, he did not hesitate to exaggerate the amount.
As the pride of the talented genius had been destroyed, Hou Fang felt that the only way to improve was to overcome the giant hill that was Bloodhunter!
Bloodhunter had to fall!
Hou Fang let out a roar and instantly caught the attention of every D-tier ancient warrior.
Chapter 298: My Turn
A rough calculation had already enabled them to estimate the price of it all.
It might even be four to five times higher than Xue Yuheng's net worth.
Elders from the Xue family instantly became envious.
"Bloodhunter, you shall die!"
Elder Liu from the Xue family could not resist the urge anymore and took the lead to rush toward Qin Feng, landing a palm on him.
"Blood Mist!"
Enraged internal strength combined with blood breath spread across to a radius of more than thirty meters.
Qin Feng raised his hand to block the attack.
"Overcast Dragon—Dragon Slam!"
Despite only having quickly glanced through the Overcast Dragon Kill, Qin Feng had already managed to master the Dragon Slam.
Although it might be an easy skill, when released with Qin Feng's E9-tier beast king physical body and massive internal strength, the output from it was indeed overpowering!
Blood Mist was the first to land onto Qin Feng and also the area within his surroundings, every youth that stood around him let out their screams and turned into Blood Mist.
Hou Fang, who had drawn attention toward Qin Feng and exposed him, was also one of them!
It was fortunate that Qin Feng had chosen to eliminate suspicion of his connection with Zhou Hao by placing him far away by using the Ruling Stone of Secret Territory, or else, their connection might even be exposed!
Qin Feng did not have the intention to save the others!
Everyone was staring at Qin Feng with greed in their eyes and the intention to kill.
During the end times, only the powerful ones would thrive, and those who were able to adapt would survive, and only those who were able to survive until the end of the slaughter would become the most powerful ones!
There was no such thing as mercy!
Boom!
The Dragon Slam withstood the attack from the bloody hand, a ray of golden light was released, instantly piercing through the bloody palm.
Then, accompanied by solidified internal strength, the palm went through the bloody hand and landed on the body of the elder from the Xue family.
The massive impact tossed the elder high up into the air.
"Pfft!"
A gush of blood splattered out, forming an arc across the sky.
Thud!
The elder from the Xue family landed on the ground, it was instant death!
Qin Feng's shadow flickered and he instantly stomped onto the body of the elder, he stared coldly at Xue Yukui and the Third Elder of the Xue family.
"Were you all enjoying hunting me down before this? Now, it is my turn!"
As Qin Feng was saying that, he was also quickly absorbing the internal strength of the Sixth Elder using Asteroid Assimilation. He swept his conscious energy across the body and took the silver accessory from the Sixth Elder's waist.
It was at that moment, Xue Yukui and the Third Elder snapped back to their senses and finally figured out what had happened!
"Sixth Elder!"
"Sixth Brother!"
Both of them grieved with sorrow.
Although all of them were elders, they were from the same generation and were also brothers, they did not think that things would escalate so quickly, from the death of the Seventh Elder earlier, and now the Sixth Elder!
"Bloodhunter, you shall pay for this with your own blood!"
The Third Elder was enraged and exuded his D7-tier capabilities entirely.
It was obvious that he was a much stronger opponent.
It would have been impossible for Qin Feng to face the Third Elder before this.
However, Qin Feng's capabilities had spiked from the inheritance of the Battlegod, his internal strength had achieved D-tier, and with the ten times enlargement of his dantian capacity from the Asteroid Assimilation, his internal strength water pool had accumulated to that of ten pools, and it was much more than the Third Elder's.
With that, Qin Feng would never fear going against the elder with brutal force.
Boom!
Domineering internal strength began to appear around Qin Feng, formed into a translucent and perfectly rounded protective barrier, as if he was being wrapped around by a layer of liquid.
Every D-tier ancient warrior who was witnessing the scene were all shocked.
"Internal strength in the liquid state!"
"He has advanced to D-tier!"
"How is that possible, he hasn't even reached twenty years of age."
"Where did this devil's spawn come from?"
Everyone was caught in a jaw-dropping surprise.
Tieh Lei, Hou Yangjiao, and Yang Mao held onto their urge to kill as they had witnessed the drastic changes that had taken place on the field, they were all hesitant to make their move.
As they were still hesitating, another round of change took place!
"Die!" Qin Feng took the opportunity and made his move, his hand was instantly covered with a golden light ray, and within the next moment, he had already pierced through the chest of the Third Elder with his palm.
"Pfft!"
The glaring golden light burst forth from his body and blood mist exploded from the back of the Third Elder.
The Third Elder of the Xue family had died!
With the advantage of close contact, Qin Feng was able to directly absorb all of his opponent's internal strength.
In the next moment, he had already set his eyes on Xue Yukui.
Xue Yukui shivered, despite the raging anger that was within him, he could feel the risky situation that he was in.
Qin Feng had indeed become much stronger compared to the recordings that they had on him.
There must be some treasures that he had found from the Battlegod Tomb.
Regardless of what it was, Qin Feng was no longer an easy target anymore!
'I have to run while it is still possible!'
Xue Yukui had the intention to escape in mind, yet his face was blood-red, he felt utterly humiliated.
Xue Yukui was no longer an ordinary elder from the Xue family, he was also the acting leader of the family.
He must be feeling greatly depressed, having to restrain the pride that he usually had and was being hunted down like a dog that had lost its owner!
"Huh, do you think you can escape?"
Qin Feng did not have the intention to let his opponent sneak away.
Xue Yukui kept running forward while Qin Feng immediately began his pursuit from behind.
Initially, Xue Yukui was confident in escaping from Qin Feng's pursuit as he had witnessed the qing gong skills that Qin Feng had showcased the day before.
However, Qin Feng's speed had now spiked tremendously.
His qing gong was outstanding, it was as if a dragon was roaring.
Qin Feng was able to catch up with Xue Yukui in just a short while.
"Die!"
Qin Feng extended his hand and pierced through Xue Yukui's internal strength.
Xue Yukui dodged sideways.
Bang!
A palm slammed onto his shoulder as a ray of glaring silver light appeared.
The spatial rune equipment that Xue Yukui had was most probably beast king tier.
His internal strength was instantly reduced as Qin Feng's palm landed on him.
Xue Yukui turned around and countered Qin Feng's attack with both of his hands that were filled with internal strength.
"Take this!"
Xue Yukui made a malicious expression, it was as if he was expecting to take down Qin Feng when he was not surrounded by internal strength!
Slap!
Both palms collided, however, a massive force was channelled into the Xue Yukui's hands.
His hands were instantly mutilated into a bloody mess.
Qin Feng's hands were also covered with fresh blood.
However, they were only lightly wounded.
"Ah!!" Xue Yukui screeched in pain.
Both Xue Yukui's arms exploded, it was as if they were being slammed by the palm of a beast king.
The insane amount of force had crippled both of his arms.
Qin Feng then took advantage of his momentary lapse due to the pain.
Qin Feng activated his internal strength again and instantly burst forth with a second attack which was aimed directly toward Xue Yukui's skull.
Xue Yukui raised both of his hands, intending to withstand the attack from Qin Feng.
However, the effort was all in vain.
Crack!
Both of his arms were shattered into pieces as Qin Feng slammed down his palm.
"Overcast Dragon, Dragon Slam!"
At that moment, Qin Feng was like a gigantic dragon that had extended its dragon claw from the skies, and the merciless attack had crushed onto Xue Yukui who was like a helpless ant.
Initially, they were still exchanging blows by travelling with their qing gong skills, and now, both of them had arrived on top of a small hill.
A vague gigantic golden dragon claw landed on top of the hill and struck Xue Yukui's body.
Boom!
The earth quaked and the mountains shook, and the ground on top of the hill began to crack open.
Xue Yukui penetrated into the ground after being hit by Qin Feng's palm that was filled with internal strength.
Qin Feng stood within the giant pit formed by his own massive destructive attack and looked at Xue Yukui who was a bloody mess and barely breathing!
"We, the Xue family, would never… forgive you…" Xue Yukui could barely complete his last sentence.