Chapter 299: Interests Turn The Tables
Qin Feng smiled an absolutely chilling smile!
"We'll see about that! Believe it or not, I can rush into the Xue household and destroy your whole family right now!" He let out a ghastly chuckle.
Xue Yukui glared at Qin Feng, one of his eyes was covered with blood and he could not open it. His vision began to darken and when Qin Feng put a hand on his forehead, he was plunged into darkness.
Xue Yukui had been slain!
The three elders from the Xue family that gave chase not only failed to complete their mission, they had also died!
This was news that nobody would believe.
What was more was that the person who died this time was the acting patriarch of the whole family!
In the distance, in the direction of where the Battlegod Tomb was, the people from the three families shuddered.
"Miss Hou, are you still going to make a move?" Tieh Lei asked in a low voice.
Hou Yangjiao faltered slightly, she was actually shaking.
"Forget it. I don't intend to provoke such a person. I'm not going to throw my life away just for profit!" Yang Mao shook his head. The most important thing for him was that Bloodhunter did no wrong. He was only killing people from the Xue family. Since ancient times, the forces of good and evil had not been balanced, and the division amongst the ancient warriors was clear cut.
Hou Yangjiao gritted her teeth. "What about the death of my family's direct descendant? I'm supposed to let it go just like that?"
Yang Mao replied in a quiet voice, "Elder Hou, you need to think this through. The person that killed your family's descendant was the Xue family's Elder. Bloodhunter has already helped you exact revenge!"
"It was he who started the issue, not to mention, he clearly has the ability to save my family's people!"
"This is unreasonable!" Yang Mao decided to no longer try to get through to her, he hollered for his family's young prodigies and the others before taking his leave.
Tieh Lei also fell silent. While he was tempted by the one thousand pristine lotus seeds, he knew that Qin Feng got them through his own abilities and if they were to try, they would be forcibly taking something from someone who was worthy enough to earn it.
As for the death of the Hou family's direct descendant and disciple, it was not Qin Feng's fault either. Even if Qin Feng could have saved him, the Hou youngling was the one who went against Qin Feng, wanting to use the Xue family's hatred to do his dirty work for him. Thus, Qin Feng had no obligation to save him at all!
"Ms. Hou, I have no intention of participating. Many in the Xue family have died this time, things are going to be quite tumultuous for a while. I plan to go on a retreat and practice, leave me out of all these!"
Hou Yangjiao naturally could not accept this, she could not take on Qin Feng all by herself.
"Tieh Lei, don't forget. The Li family has been close to yours for generations, now the Li family's head has died by this person's hands, are you really going to just let that go?"
Tieh Lei paused, hesitating for a moment.
The death of the Li family's head had caused quite the upset in Niumeng City.
Several disciples that did not practice martial arts came to the Battlegod Tomb, hoping that Tieh Lei would call the shots and take down Qin Feng. When they saw how tough Qin Feng really was, they were scared speechless.
Now, Hou Yangjiao's words naturally revitalized that spirit.
A thousand pristine lotus seeds. The price of that was several times higher than that of the Li family's assets. If they were to get them, all of them would be able to get the benefits.
Thinking of this, all of them turned their gaze to Tieh Lei.
"Master Tieh, our elder saved your family's patriarch back then!"
"Yeah! Our elder died with his eyes still open, I can't forgive him!"
"Elder Tieh, for the sake of our family's past friendship, please!"
For a moment, Tieh Lei found himself in a dilemma.
While they were still hesitating, a group of prodigious youths that came over to participate in the battle for the Battlegod's inheritance were all excited for some reason.
Their eyes were opened wide as they gazed at the mountain top in wonder.
The mountain top looked like it had been flattened by more than ten meters!
D-tier aptitude users, defeated and killed by Bloodhunter.
All of this made them feel like everything around them was an unbelievable occurrence.
The battles from these senior, high-tier ancient warriors had benefited them a lot. The turbulent internal force that washed over them, even if it made some of them fall on their knees, also gave them a good understanding of the levels of power high-end ancient warriors possessed.
This further propelled them forward, yearning to improve their abilities in the martial arts world!
They were trembling, their emotions had been stirred up. It turned out that Bloodhunter was the same age as they were.
It was not clear how powerful Bloodhunter was in the past, but they definitely saw how powerful he was in the present.
They all thought of a question.
"What kind of move does Bloodhunter use?"
"Could it be something from the sixth volume of the parallel technique book? The move he used was similar to the force of the Overcast Dragon that it describes!"
"Very strong indeed. It's a technique worthy of an A-tier!"
They believe that Qin Feng was powerful because he had obtained the Overcast Dragon technique. As much as they admired him, they also chastised themselves for not getting the chance to do so.
A D-tier ancient warrior that was getting ready to leave caught wind of this group's conversation and had on a look of surprise. All alone, he approached them and asked, "What did you get while you were in the Battlegod Tomb? An A-tier move?"
The teens were at a loss, they did not even pass the second trial let alone getting their hands on a secret technique.
Some of them dodged the question by moving aside, not wanting to make eye contact with the D-tier.
"Hey! Hurry up and tell me!" The D-tier ancient warrior exclaimed.
"You think my family's people don't deserve some respect?" Tieh Lei said in a deep voice. The teen that was being interrogated was from the Tieh family!
"Sir!" The Tier youth immediately hurried to Tieh Lei's side at the sight of his relative and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's alright, what's the situation inside? Speak!" Tieh Lei said solemnly, the spear in his hand firmly planted on the ground. Under the morning light, it glowed with a silver aura and made the others stay where they were.
The youth began to relay what happened and concluded with, "What Hou Fang said was true, there were no more pristine lotus seeds by the time we left. When we passed the third gate to learn the secret technique, Bloodhunter had already gone through the sixth gate. He must have fully learned the secret of the parallel technique!"
The D-tiers present were all stunned by the tale.
At this time, Qin Feng's communicator began to make beeping sounds and a message was quickly received.
"Get out of here, they figured out that you have the complete volume of the Secret Art of the Overcast Dragon, and they are brewing up some crafty plans!"
It was from Zhou Hao.
"Take advantage of the chaos and get out of here, these people have seen you go through the second gate. If you have completed the second trial, you should be able to face off against E-tiers but some people naturally wouldn't let that go!"
"Be careful!" Zhou Hao replied. Thinking about it now, Zhou Hao was in more danger than Qin Feng!
Qin Feng's strength was in D-tier but when it came down to battling, he would not be able to defend his friend if Zhou Hao could not fend for himself.
Even with a beast king contract beast, Zhou Hao was still in danger because of how many E-tiers there were.
Fortunately, everyone's eyes were on Qin Feng, nobody in the crowd noticed that there was an additional young man.
Qin Feng cast his chilling gaze downward and pressed his hand down.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
His internal force was mobilized as he began to drain Xue Yukui's internal force via his head. The violent surge of internal force that rushed through Xue Yukui's brain would have been more than enough to kill the man!
"Absorption!"
With internal force in his hand, he lifted Xue Yukui off the ground and took away his opponent's rune equipment.
At this time, a group of figures used qing gong* to quickly arrive and surround Qin Feng.
The ones leading them were Hou Yangjiao and Tieh Lei.
"Hou family? Tieh family?" Qin Feng regarded them with a frosty gaze.
*Translator's Notes: There isn't an exact English translation for this, it's essentially the action of walking/running/jumping through the air that is commonplace within high fantasy Chinese martial arts media.
Chapter 300: Who Can Stop Me
The two D-tier powerhouses flanked him, and not only that, other strong D-tier aptitude users also came along to join in!
In reality, they were hoping to see Qin Feng use his A-tier martial arts!
Several middle-aged men from the Li family approached with their heads held high, backed by D-tier ancient warriors who bore an imposing aura which moved in a momentum, causing people to get out of the way as if the Lord of Heaven himself had just arrived.
"Bloodhunter, you killed my family's head. We demand you give us an explanation today!" The Li family member said angrily.
Qin Feng did not move and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Your family head? Who?"
When he spread out his aura, the Li family member could not even lift his head. It was only just an F7-tier ancient warrior, did he not want to live anymore?
Tieh Lei naturally could not let Qin Feng suppress the other as he quickly released his internal force to form a barrier around the Li family member.
"Bloodhunter, although you're strong, you can't just kill innocent people because of your personal enmity with the Xue family. You killed the head of the Li family of Niumeng City, he was a D-tier ancient warrior. Whether we're speaking in the terms of Niumeng City, or in the terms of the front line, he was a very important person in both situations as a man who had multiple military exploits and had made great contributions to the Human Alliance. Don't you think… that deserves some explanation?"
"So that was him!" Qin Feng recalled the old aptitude user he killed on the road.
"Bloodhunter, what else do you have to say? Plead guilty now!" Hou Yangjiao said coldly.
However, Hou Yangjiao knew that the affairs of her own family could not be brought up as the logic for that accusation was ill-founded.
On the other hand, it was alright to be making a fuss about the Li family's matters.
After they had succeeded, they could count on the Li family to be the ones to divvy up the spoils of war.
Qin Feng did not know Hou Yangjiao's plan, but he suspected that all of this was just a farce.
He merely chuckled coldly, "Everyone that I've killed before all wanted to kill me. Just because he is the Li family head I'm supposed to let him kill me? He aids the Xue family in their oppression, why isn't anyone pointing fingers at the Li family? Having died in such a way, how dare you all come at me, waving that righteous flag of yours, looking for trouble? Do you think I'm an idiot?"
Qin Feng's tone was firm and distinctly clear. The people around him had to admit that his words seemed to make some sense.
Hou Yangjiao's face suddenly sank. She only thought that Qin Feng was strong, but being so young, in a situation where he should be overcome with weakness, he was able to speak so casually and calmly without crumbling under the anxiety. Who would have thought that Qin Feng's words would put her ill intentions to waste?
Instead she reacted quickly and said, "Bloodhunter, whatever the case, a person's death is a great deal. The Li family's head is the family's only pillar of support. Without him, the Li family would naturally fall apart. Since you killed someone, don't be so stubborn and just apologize to the Li family and provide some compensation, then you'll no longer be held accountable!"
"Compensation? What kind of compensation do you want?"
The Li family's people's expressions suddenly lifted. They originally came to demand for compensation.
The D-tier ancient warriors who came over were naturally there to assist in that matter as well.
An old man from the Li family shuffled out, he was the younger brother of the Li family's head. He was over sixty years old but well-maintained, however after one day, he had begun to look a little haggard. Adding on how Qin Feng had scared him earlier, he was drenched in cold sweat and did not look very good.
The best description for his current appearance would be what Hou Yangjiao would describe as 'pathetic'.
"Bloodhunter, our patriarch's spatial rune equipment is in your hands. Is it too much if we want it back?"
"Now that the head of the family is dead, no amount of money could be exchanged for the person! The head was strong and had a wide knowledge about ancient martial arts. Now that he's dead, I'm afraid that knowledge is now lost. We won't ask for much. The ancient martial arts that you've obtained in the Battlegod Tomb would be compensation for us!"
"If the head didn't die, he could have lived for thirty more years! One year would be at least two billion, so that means that you owe us sixty billion. You should pay this in a lump sum, if you don't then you must at least have some things worth as much! Don't say you don't! You've killed four elders of the Xue family, and you have obtained many things, letting go of some of them wouldn't be too much to ask, would it?"
The old man finished saying all that in one breath and several others around him nodded.
Qin Feng's smile faded, it was replaced with anger.
"In all my years, I've never seen someone like you. So shameless to be taking advantage of your seniority, such a self-righteous person!"
Qin Feng was thoroughly irritated.
The Li family member was too scared to speak any more, but the other D-tier aptitude users would naturally come forward now.
Since these things were on the line, if they did not split the portions then this would have been a waste of time.
Profit guided their hearts.
They did not wish for Qin Feng to become too strong and wished to use these things to make themselves stronger.
In the days after the end times, resources were obtained through contention!
"Bloodhunter, the Li family is right! These requirements are reasonable, you should speak with respect!"
"Don't forget you killed the Li family's head. They can identify you as a criminal and set a bounty on you. When that happens, you'll be expelled from the Human Alliance. I'm afraid you don't want to see that happen!"
"Yeah! Agree already! You have enough!"
All these people were trying to coerce him.
He found that kind of funny. In the end times, the Human Alliance had naturally established laws and morals. Now, these people were obviously using morality to rob him!
What a pity, their wagging tongues could not move him at all.
In the end, the strong ones are king.
And the strong did not need to negotiate, because the strong would only negotiate or chit-chat when they are feeling compassionate. Trying to force something out of them only had one result.
"Since the ancient times, murder is repaid with someone's life, losses are repaid in debts!" He said in a resolute and decisive way. His aura began to oppress even further.
"Since I killed the Li family's head, then you can try and kill me!"
Qin Feng was wearing a mask, but everyone could hear that he was mocking them with his tone with that low chilling chuckle.
He pointed at the Li family's people. "I killed the Xue family's people, so the Xue family tried to kill me. You lot try anything on me and I won't hesitate to show no mercy!"
The Li family's people all paled, there was no way that they could do anything to Qin Feng. He was on a completely different level!
"What's this? Aren't you gonna make a move? Then don't waste my time!"
He turned and began to walk away.
"Halt!" Hou Yangjiao uttered angrily but Qin Feng did not even slow down.
A dark light flickered in Hou Yangjiao's eyes, she had been waiting for this chance!
She activated her internal force and began to attack Qin Feng.
Not only that, the other D-tier ancient warriors looked at one another before surrounding Qin Feng in the blink of an eye.
The current D-tier ancient warriors present totaled up to eleven of them.
Qin Feng sneered. Behind him was an incoming palm!
"I'd like to see who can stop me!"
He let out a roar before pushing his powerful body forward.
Hou Yangjiao, being the first person to rush over, was met with a slap to the face that knocked her out of the air and sent her crashing into the ground.
"Useless!"
Qin Feng laughed contemptuously, internal force bursting into the air.
"Overcast Dragon, Tornado Cloud!"
His internal force surged, spiraling into the shape of a golden dragon! This giant dragon was similar in appearance to his fire dragon, but instead of being made out of flames it glowed brightly with raw internal force and exuded a powerful, dominating aura. The Li family that was watching could not hold their ground and were knocked down.
Pfft! Crack! Pfft! Pfft!
Organs were crushed, blood sailed through the air, and lives began to fade.
"Let's go!"
The golden dragon moved in a circle, slamming into the D-tier ancient warriors around him with its body.
Qin Feng mobilized eight of his internal force's water mass, like an ancient warrior in the D8-tier going at full force, crashing it into the ancient warriors that were surrounding him.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
The internal force aura violently exploded, sending those ancient warriors flying through the air like broken dolls
Qin Feng was the only person left standing in the middle of it all.
"Now…" He looked at his surroundings, coldly saying, "Who, can, stop, me?"
Chapter 301: Bloodhunter Disappears
Nobody could stop him!
Everyone had been knocked to the ground by Qin Feng, nobody was left standing. At this time, they were all wondering what they had done wrong!
They originally thought that they could just force Qin Feng to submit. Looking at this now, that thought seemed to be laughable.
By only using what he had learned from the third section of the Overcast Dragon technique he had already swept through all of his opponents!
He had learned this trick before, back before his rebirth. The movements of his internal force were something he was especially familiar with, allowing him to unleash it with a powerful display.
These people thought that Qin Feng had obtained the A-tier ancient martial arts technique and did not have the time to practice it, believing that his strength would not have improved by much. Now, they felt like they had made a huge mistake.
"Heh," Qin Feng sneered contemptuously.
At this time, Hou Yangjiao, who had been thrown a distance away and not injured by the Tornado Cloud, picked herself up. Her face had begun to swell where Qin Feng had struck her.
There was a fierce hostility in her eyes. She had lived for forty plus years and had not been beaten like this for a very long time, now she was filled with grief and rage.
Qin Feng took a step forward, causing her to be surprised as she unwittingly took a step back. She then realized what she had just done and her face flushed even more.
Her aura was weak and she was afraid of Qin Feng.
Hou Yangjiao did not want to admit that.
He began to speak again. "Since you have time to stir up trouble here, why don't you go back and practice harder. If I find out that you all are following me, then you better fear for your lives!"
Since they had already turned on him, Qin Feng did not plan to leave them even an ounce of dignity. What was more, the identity of Bloodhunter was created by him to hide his true identity. In the future, he would disappear from everyone's sight, Qin Feng was not worried or afraid of offending anyone today.
Hou Yangjiao did not dare refute!
And so he swaggered away, with all of the D-tier aptitude users gazing at his disappearing figure.
"In the future, he's going to become C-tier and the Xue family will die!" Tieh Lei muttered, unable to hold back the pain, blood welling up inside.
"Guh!"
He began to puke blood.
Everyone that was hit suffered from some kind of internal damage.
As for that Li family member, he had already passed out on the ground. Nobody was even sure if he survived or not!
***
One day later, Qin Feng had already left from the direction of Niumeng City, driving like a bolt of silver lightning as he sped in the direction of Chengyang City.
He had intentionally left behind some traces, but nobody had gone after him. After all, who would want to chase after Bloodhunter without at least being C-tier?
Qin Feng drove toward Chengyang City not with the intention of revealing himself, but with the intention of hiding the spoils he had gotten from his continuous battles.
After all, these things had to be taken out and dealt with.
On the outside, he only needed to act as Bloodhunter who had fled from the Four Cities on the North Sea, and enter the Three Cities along the Sun to sell the items to the underground black market within Chengyang City! That would suffice!
He could wait half a month before selling the items, that would be reasonable.
However, he did not plan to spend around half a month on the road. He took advantage of the moonlight and, with Bai Li, completely disappeared from the Four Cities on the North Sea's borders!
After that, the Bloodhunter's trail would only become an urban legend in the future!
***
In Fengli colony, on top of the mother mountain, within the most luxurious looking villa, a silver light suddenly flashed and formed into a spatial rift.
A figure in a black cloak strode out, followed by a three-tailed fox hopping out.
It was Qin Feng and Bai Li.
The swirling silver vortex began to close as Qin Feng tore off his mask and discarded his armor, revealing a sturdy figure.
Throughout these battles, his physical body had been strengthened again and purified by the pristine lotus seeds. His physical form might have concealed his full force, but it was still impressive and shocking to see with the naked eye.[1]
The aura that emanated from his body was like that of a wild beast's.
"Whew, it suddenly feels so good to return home!"
After fighting for so many days, he felt very relaxed having returned to his home in Chengbei colony.
He climbed into the bath and went on to have a long relaxing soak after he had removed his trousers.
"Ah! It suddenly feels so good to be a human again. I couldn't talk for days and I couldn't wear any dresses!" Bai Li sighed with content. She could not use her communicator the past few days; after being infected with the explosion of human media, life without the Internet was extremely boring for her.[2]
Finally, that terrible experience was over!
Qin Feng picked up his communicator and called Zhou Hao's number.
Zhou Hao was sitting in his hovercraft when he answered the call, he sighed when he saw Qin Feng's background on the feed, "You've gone home already? You used a spatial waymark to return didn't you? Dude, you're way too extravagant, I swear."
That must be the only explanation for how Qin Feng got to the Fengli colony so quickly!
Zhou Hao would naturally not suspect that it was actually Bai Li's spatial ability.
"Yeah… What about you? Are you in any danger? If you can't travel then you can take the spatial waymark back too!" Qin Feng stated.
"I'm fine. Nobody's after me at the moment. I'm currently in the wilderness trying to see if I can break through into E-tier!"
Only by practicing in the wilderness could one quickly rise through the ranks!
Qin Feng nodded in approval.
"Oh yeah!"
On the other side of the communicator, Zhou Hao suddenly changed the topic. "There're many people that contacted me, there're some E-tiers too, and they said that they want to buy the second volume of the Overcast Dragon secret technique from me!"
The Overcast Dragon's second volume was an E-tier parallel training secret technique, naturally many would want it.
"Nobody's trying to threaten you right?" Qin Feng raised a brow.
"Pfft, naw. Xiao Huang's still here and if there's anyone who tries anything on me I'll make sure they'll never get back on the road!"
Beast king tier ultra beasts were something people were still afraid of!
"Hmm, then sell it off. Something that valuable is going to catch some unnecessary attention. It'd be best if you find multiple people and sell it off in one go. Once they've passed it around in the future it wouldn't be as valuable. After all, in the end it's just a bit of money, you can't expect to sit on that forever."
"Yeah! I got it!" Zhou Hao grinned before laughing, "I feel like a rich man, I mean this E-tier ancient martial arts is worth 100 million!"
Selling it to seven or eight people would definitely turn in a profit.
For Zhou Hao, an F-tier ancient warrior, the speed in which he was making money was definitely something that was against the established order.
Chengyang colony's Gao Linghan was also F-tier and made several million at a time, and he was incredibly proud of it.
They were still far behind Qin Feng!
This time his profit had reached about hundreds of billions![3]
After catching up with Zhou Hao, Qin Feng excused himself and went on to contact Xue Xingfu.
Xue Xingfu was a little surprised when he got a call from Qin Feng.
"Mayor, didn't you say you went on a retreat?"
"Yes," Qin Feng nodded, then added, "I'm already D-tier!"
Xue Xingfu was so taken aback that his eyes might as well have turned into gongs. His voice was so loud that it might as well have split the sky, "YOU WHAT NOW?!"
He could not believe it!
How old was Qin Feng? Seventeen? Only seventeen?
He had actually reached D-tier?!
The mayors of Chengyang, Fu City and Sea City were probably only D-tier.
"M-mayor. Sir. You're pulling my leg, aren't you? Did you really reach D-tier? No, wait. No, you wait for me! I'm going to head over right now!"
Xue Xingfu told himself that he needed to verify this in person. This news was too much to take in. It really was shocking!
[1] I swear like, the man definitely has an eight-pack that is sturdier than metal by now.
[2] That's a mood.
[3] This is the same man that spent six billion to buff his fox sidekick.
Chapter 302: Tangshan Ridge's Old Beast King
Within ten minutes, Xue Xingfu had already arrived at Qin Feng's manor.
It was only after he had witnessed Qin Feng unleash his fluid-like internal force that he came to terms with this reality.
"However, my physical strength has only reached E9-tier and my consciousness is the same level as that. I need to continue practising!" Qin Feng said. Since he had the absorption ability, he had naturally set a very high standard for himself.
If someone else had wanted the body Qin Feng had, it would take a lot of hard work over a long period of time in order for it to be possible.
"Hey, Mayor? Can you please stop shocking me?" Xue Xingfu felt very ashamed when facing Qin Feng.
Qin Feng chuckled, changing the topic entirely as he said, "I called you just now because I plan to go back out there to practise and after that, I might head off to the frontline for three months. You best be mentally prepared!"
Xue Xingfu's expression grew serious.
The frontline. That was where humanity truly battled the ultra beasts.
Since the rifts there could not be sealed off, it would spit out ultra beasts every day and they needed to be constantly killed in order to keep the rifts in check and protect the home country.
D-tier aptitude users would go to the frontline in order to gain merits, but of course this was dangerous. Reaching D tier did not mean that it was a good thing, there were many people that died in the frontline!
Assuming that Qin Feng were to accidentally die in the frontline, Fengli colony would collapse in the blink of an eye!
"I understand, which is why I need to improve myself at a faster rate!"
Fengli colony needed other people to support it.
"Which is why I'm going to give this to you!" Qin Feng took out a jade medal and handed it to Xue Xingfu who was a little surprised. "A Battlegod Token? I can't use this thing and the Battlegod Tomb has already disappeared!"
Qin Feng smirked. "It's disappeared, yes, but from now on it'll appear near Fengli colony!"
That stunned Xue Xingfu once again!
"Mayor, don't tell me you mean what I think you're meaning?"
Qin Feng smiled and did not answer. However, at this time, there was no need for an answer!
Xue Xingfu had quickly caught on and figured it out.
Although the Battlegod Tomb had closed up after just one day, as Zhou Hao was a frontline officer and Qin Feng's best friend, Xue Xingfu naturally kept tabs on the situation and knew about the major events that had occurred in the Four Cities of the North Sea.
These things, from his point of view, were distant. It was like watching superstars gossip before the end times. These were not worlds he lived in, but it still made people wonder.
What he did not expect was that these things would overlap with one another!
Xue Yuan killed, along with his attendant!
Someone named Bloodhunter!
The D-tier Seventh Elder of the Xue family died by his hands.
A kill order was issued to take down this masked devil, many E-tiers gave chase in order to kill this D-tier aptitude user.
Entered the Battlegod Tomb, killed the Xue family's acting patriarch and then single-handedly took down members from ancient warrior families before swaggering away.
That was just a myth!
Yet, that mythical person was sitting right in front of him.
Xue Xingfu did not know what to say!
"Mayor, then this Battlegod Token is for…?"
"You can train in it, the tomb. You can enter the martial arts pavilion at will and choose whatever suits you. The catch is that you can't simply tell anyone about this, we'll talk about it after you have reached E-tier!" Qin Feng said.
"Right, got it!" Xue Xingfu nodded.
Zhou Hao also had a Battlegod Token on hand.
Zhou Hao was the person that Qin Feng trusted the most.
Xue Xingfu was the person that Qin Feng relied on the most.
If the strength of his subordinates were to grow, Qin Feng hoped that it would be these two people, so at least there would not be any special alterations within the colony.
"Oh, Mayor. You said that you are going out to practise again, where…" Xue Xingfu had not received any special news.
"Yeah, I'm going to Tangshan Ridge!" Qin Feng said.
Tangshan Ridge was south of Fu City, far away from Chengyang and Sea City. It was filled with so many ultra beasts and mutant plants that it was simply impossible for people to travel through.
If one were not D-tier then exploration was not possible.
Not only that, once a year there would be ultra beasts that come out of Tangshan Ridge to attack Fu City, but these monsters would not be as massive in quantity as the ones that attacked Sea City as there had been some special outposts designed to stop these attacks.
Still, something terrible existed deep within the bowels of Tangshan Ridge.
Xue Xingfu was dazed for a moment as realization dawned on him. When it came to business, he was naturally well-informed!
"Ah, Mayor, you want to get involved too? The beast king thing?"
"That's right!"
"Got it!" Xue Xingfu replied as he recalled the latest news.
In the past few months, strange activity had been picked up from Tangshan Ridge. A few people had been sent to investigate and eventually found out the cause.
Tangshan Ridge was extremely big and in its center, a D-tier beast emperor came into existence.
Stronger than a beast king, only a D-tier and above ultra beast could have the chance of evolving into a beast emperor.
The beast emperor's strength was immense, something that could cause a lot of chaos. But in Tangshan Ridge, there were other beast kings and they had their own territories, and now the beast emperor was dying!
It was getting too old!
The beast emperor came from a different plane and it was unknown how long it had lived but one could tell that it was ancient when they looked at it. Now, the other beast kings wanted to kill the old beast emperor and eat its energy crystal core and evolve into a beast emperor themselves.
Fu City immediately relayed this news with the fear that a new beast emperor would emerge. The old beast emperor was unwilling to move as it was too ancient, and this new beast emperor would be in its prime. If it had high intelligence, it could decide to move out of Tangshan Ridge and cause havoc in the human territory.
That was something that sounded unstoppable.
Of course, being third party neighbours who could not afford to lose the war, they went in to take advantage of the situation. After all, beast emperor materials were way too rare!
The new mayor of Sea City, Lei Chen also went there. Which was why he was not in Sea City.
As for the mayor of Chengyang City, Bai Tianyang, he was there too.
All the Three Cities along the Sun had dispatched their people, not to mention the Four Cities of the North Sea which have also stepped in. Due to resources, economics and geography, the Four Cities had stronger aptitude users, so there would probably be more people from the Four Cities there.
How could Qin Feng not participate at such a flourishing time.
Xue Xingfu did not anticipate this at all. It was because Qin Feng had just joined a bunch of teenagers in their contention inside the Battlegod Tomb and now he was going to be competing against a group of city mayors. The gap between these two events was way too much and he did not know how to react.
He ended up sighing. Qin Feng was getting way too strong way too fast!
"In that case, I won't bother your rest any longer!" Xue Xingfu asked to retire for the day and Qin Feng allowed it.
After a few days of not having a good rest, Qin Feng lay on his soft and comfortable bed, and he fell asleep as he hugged Bai Li.
After a dreamless night, when Qin Feng was about to leave on the second day, Bai Li forced him to put on a specially made combat uniform.
He looked at his own reflection and realized that he looked a little bit more magnificent. The clothes were not striking, instead they had a subtle vibe that did not draw attention to it and made his person look more dashing.
Suddenly, he felt an appreciation for a woman's touch inside this house!
Chapter 303: Journey to Tangshan Ridge
As soon as he left the manor, there was already someone waiting for him outside, someone who was not weak. It was an E-tier that was rarely seen in Fengli colony.
Beside the person was something that was entirely different from the standard shape of a hover tank. It looked like a machine with a pair of wings and aerial fins.
It was a combat hover copter!
Combat hover copters were more durable than hover tanks and it was a different method of transport compared to the standard hover tank. When fighting in the frontline, the combat hover copter was also a weapon of war.
It was equipped with guns that only F-tier gunners and above could control, which showed that this thing was definitely a rare item.
It would take Qin Feng three days to reach Tangshan Ridge in a hovercraft. However, hover tanks or hovercrafts were not feasible means to travel through the mountainous regions. Exploring the area to find where the beast emperor was would take at least seven if not eight days.
By then he would have arrived late.
So for such an extraordinary period, naturally extraordinary means must be used.
Qin Feng had ordered the combat hover copter from the Zhongcheng Organization, planning to just strut his way to Tangshan Ridge.
Of course, the price was not cheap. It cost about three million for an air ticket, and there were risks that may be encountered at any time.
However, for Qin Feng, three million was not even that much money!
"Mayor Qin, a name I've heard for a long time! I, Ke Xiangzuo, will be your pilot today!"
"Hello!" Qin Feng shook hands with the other party.
"After you've solved the crisis in Pingyun back then you've become quite famous in our organization, now you've even made Fengli colony such a prosperous place, it's really impressive!"
As Qin Feng took the compliment, his expression did not change other than having on a faint smile. "Captain Ke, you've joined the Zhongcheng Organization at such a young age, you must have a bright future ahead of you!"
"If you'd like, you're welcome to come to our city at any time!"
Qin Feng sneered in his heart, knowing that Ke Xiangzuo was actually testing him. The last time this happened was when Tan Yue probed at him to try and win him over.
Fact of the matter was, Qin Feng's impression of the Zhongcheng Organization had become much worse after the incident that happened in Pingyun colony, and he had never planned on joining the group or working for others.
"Hehe, next time I'll go to the city as a guest. Alright, we're running out of time, lets go!"
"Yes yes yes, Mayor Qin, this way please."
After being tactfully rejected, Ke Xiangzuo no longer brought up the topic. They were part of the transportation industry and they were the ones that got in touch with the most superstar aptitude users from all over the world. Recruiting people into the Zhongcheng Organization was something that they were good at, therefore it had grown quite a bit over the years, growing bigger and bigger.
However, Qin Feng had no interest in this at all.
The combat hover copter set off and soared into the air. Many people in the colony heard it and could not help but look up.
"Whoa, is that a combat hover copter? It is! This is the first time I'm seeing one!"
"It came from the mayor's manor. Does it belong to the mayor?"
"The mayor must have made a lot of money from the underground black market transactions by now, he can even get a combat hover copter!"
As people watched the hover copter fly off into the horizon, they could only think about how rich and powerful Qin Feng was. The hovercopter soared through the air, increasing in speed.
It was different from the combat aircrafts made in the past, nowadays the machines were fast and did not make a lot of noise. So long as there was the right equipment in the design, there was not even a need for Ke Xiangzuo to stay in the cockpit all the time.
Qin Feng was thinking about how fun it would be to buy one for himself!
"So Mr. Mayor's going to Tangshan Ridge this time? You're going to participate in that beast emperor business, right? Nowadays, there are plenty of elites there and the ultra beasts are super powerful! I mean, that's all I've heard. I don't know how terrifying it is!"
Qin Feng smirked, saying, "Oh, I'm just going to watch."
"I envy you, Sir, being able to watch also requires having the strength to do so!"
"Ah…"
The two began to strike up a conversation, but there was not any useful information that Ke Xiangzuo could provide. What was more, when Qin Feng single-handedly took down the E-tier Wraith Devil, they paid more attention to him in a follow-up and learned that he was actually quite powerful, it made them quite curious about him.
However, Qin Feng would not take the bait!
They would soon arrive in about an hour.
Qin Feng was beginning to see the dense plants of Tangshan Ridge as well as the towering mutant trees.
A terrible wave of aura could be sensed coming from below.
Ke Xiangzuo, too, stopped with all the small talk, as the moment they got closer to the destination the pressure that was being put on them was really terrifying!
The combat hover copter began to lower in altitude.
Ke Xiangzuo's face had turned pale, he had not expected this place to be so dangerous.
At such a close distance, some powerful ultra beasts had seen through the dark runes and discovered the combat hover copter's existence.
The feeling of being locked on by this behemoth made Ke Xiangzuo feel cold sweat drip down his back.
Crack!
A tall tree abruptly toppled over and Ke Xiangzuo could not react to it, that was until that tree was flung off the ground and was suddenly seen flying toward the combat hover copter.
Ke Xiangzuo let out a gasp and immediately pressed a button on the cockpit's control panel!
Whoosh!
A missile dropped out from under the hover copter and Ke Xiangzuo used his consciousness to will the missile into crashing into the flying tree.
Boom!
The tree exploded mid-air, flames soaring into the sky before crashing down into the forest below and instantly stirring up the hornet's nest.
A giant bat suddenly appeared nearby, soaring into the air.
A Darkwood Bat! A D-tier ultra beast.
Ke Xiangzuo's heart almost leaped out of his chest, he wanted to raise the altitude of the hover copter when he heard Qin Feng's voice call out.
"Okay! You can drop me off here!"
Here?
"But it's too dangerous here…" Ke Xiangzuo wanted to say something else, the problem was that there was nowhere for him to land the hover copter in the area.
"Open the hatch, I can get out myself!" Qin Feng exclaimed.
Ke Xiangzuo gritted his teeth. He really did not want to stay for a minute longer, feeling that he could die at any moment. Qin Feng was the one who asked so if he were to die, it was not going to be his fault.
With that in mind, Ke Xiangzuo abruptly pressed the button that opened the hatch.
Cold wind blasted into the cabin.
Qin Feng held Bai Li in his arms and immediately jumped down.
Within their line of sight, a dense swarm of Darkwood Bats appeared.
This kind of creature lived on huge trees that provided plenty of shade and hung upside down on its branches. They traveled in groups and had wings that were three meters long. Just one of them would be a huge problem for most people.
At this moment, a ray of light wrapped around Qin Feng's body.
This light barrier was round and transparent, a sign of internal force in its liquid state!
Qin Feng held Bai Li in one hand and the Verdant Emperor Saber in the other.
"Burning Sword Glare!"
The internal force around them blended into the attack and the glare around the sword intensified!
His internal force was obviously different from the previous mist-like state of his internal force. The burning glare on the sword seemed to have substance and after the flame rune was applied to it, it burst into a blazing fire.
Boom!
With a slash of his blade, a Darkwood Bat's wings were instantly split apart!
Stepping onto the back of another Darkwood Bat, Qin Feng managed to use it to break his fall and jumped from one onto the other, left to right, as he slashed in all directions!
Chapter 304: Who is the Visitor?
In the air.
Qin Feng was surrounded by the Darkwood Bats, but they did not cause a single damage to him at all!
Instead, it became a stepping stone for Qin Feng to proceed downward.
The flickering flames of the Verdant Emperor Saber were like long dragons, tearing the Darkwood Bats apart.
The severed and decapitated carcasses of the Darkwood Bats showered from the sky.
Tap!
Qin Feng landed on the ground by putting his foot down on an ancient tree.
The combat hover copter had not left yet, and Ke Xiangzuo saw each and every of Qin Feng's movements through the monitor.
"That was insane, is he even human?"'
Ke Xiangzuo wiped the cold sweat rolling from his forehead. Now, he finally understood that Qin Feng was even stronger than he had imagined, and his power had reached a stage that he could not comprehend.
"He must've reached D-tier!"
"Never mind, this has nothing to do with me. I'll send the footage to the headquarters, that's if I can make it out alive from this hellhole!"
Ke Xiangzuo maneuvered the hover copter and disappeared over the Tangshan Ridge. While on the other side, Qin Feng landed on a huge tree and disappeared in a flash.
"Dark Shadow!"
Qin Feng's aura disappeared.
However, the Darkwood Bats were greatly irritated and started to violently attack on all sides. They were unable to sense Qin Feng and had nowhere to vent out their anger, causing havoc within the forest to continue for a while before it gradually subsided.
At this moment, the people hidden behind the trees all frowned.
"Who're those people?"
"It's just two people, yet they're such show-offs?"
"But they're actually quite strong?"
"Why do they look so familiar?"
Some of them were unfamiliar with them, and yet there were some who were able to instantly recognize Qin Feng and Bai Li!
"Qin Feng?" Lei Chen thought he was seeing things.
It had been more than ten days since the sea beast tide had passed. News spread from Sea City that they suffered great losses, and one could only imagine how angry Lei Chen was.
But there was nothing they could do about it. Although Lei Chen had the Leitang Organization to back him up, he could not simply take money from the group to help subsidize the city.
In just the blink of an eye, a city that was thought to be a flourishing one was suddenly running a deficit.
All of this happened because of Qin Feng.
He had destroyed the shelter island!
Once Lei Chen heard the report brought back by Wang Zhichao, he had the urge to rip Qin Feng into pieces.
He did not expect Qin Feng to have the guts to come to Tangshan Ridge.
"Hehe, the wilderness is dangerous! Qin Feng can't put the blame on me if he dies out there!" There was a flash of killing intent flickering in Lei Chen's eyes.
At this time, Qin Feng was hidden in a large tree's cavity. He used his consciousness to scan his surroundings.
"Hm?" Qin Feng's face immediately turned pale. His consciousness had come into contact with two other people's consciousness, but it was just for a split second.
'There's a D-tier ability user and a D-tier gunner!' Qin Feng thought.
'There are eleven people in total!'
Of course, including Qin Feng and Bai Li, there were thirteen people in Tangshan Ridge!
These thirteen D-tier aptitude users were all among the best from the major cities.
Qin Feng could already identify some of their identities. As he scanned using his consciousness, theirs matched up with the ones in Qin Feng's memories.
Chengyang City: Bo Tianyang
Sea City: Lei Chen
Fu City: Fu Qi
Not only that, there were Meng Lin, the Lord of Niumeng City, Ye Qun of Qing City, Zhai Ping of Bahai City, and Han Yuanzheng of Qihan City.
Among them, Fu Qi, the lord of Fu City, was a wood ability user, while Han Yuanzheng, the general of Qihan City, was a gunner.
The rest were all ancient warriors!
Ancient warriors were strong in solo combat, ability users were rare and gunners were suitable for large scale combats. In such a situation, it was common that most of the people who came to Tangshan Ridge were ancient warriors.
As for the remaining four people, Qin Feng suspected that they were from the ancient warrior families, and one of them had a cultivation method similar to the Xue family.
"It's a pity that I can't lay hands on the Xue family this time, but if he were killed by an ultra beast or by someone from another family, I hope the elders of the Xue family wouldn't put the blame on me!" Qin Feng sneered.
These people had yet made a single move, nor were they thinking about a joint effort. They were just waiting for the most appropriate timing to make a move.
But Qin Feng could not wait any longer.
There was no reason for him to hold back and wait, and he would not want to mess up his chance now!
"The old beast king's death probably happened this month, and it hasn't been more than a week since then, but none of these people have acquired the old beast king's crystal. Not only that, a few of them have even died!"
That could only mean that the other beast king creatures had the upper hand.
No matter how powerful a beast king was, it was definitely not something the ordinary people could defeat. Although these people might be the best among other elites, they were still no match for a beast king.
They were planning on sitting back and reaping the benefits from others, but unfortunately no one started a fight, so their plan did not work.
Qin Feng used his consciousness to scan his surroundings. It did not take much effort for him to finally find some beast kings.
There were three beast kings nearby.
On the east, an extremely large golden python was slouching on a huge slope that was facing the sun. Its golden scales shimmered under the warm sunlight, dazzling the eyes that fell upon it.
"A Golden-scaled Python!" The D3-tier Golden-scaled Python was more than fifty meters long, with the thickest part of its body measuring two meters in diameter. It was a sight not for the faint-hearted.
With such a being, it only took one bite to kill a human being.
In the southwest direction, a waterfall flowed over a vertical drop, forming a water pool. Strangely, the pool was frozen, and next to the pool, lay a blue-eyed white tiger.
"Frosted-pupil Tiger King!"
The Frosted-pupil Tiger King was a unique species. Its entire body was frosted white, and it could use ice abilities.
The Frosted-pupil Tiger King was rare and very strong. Even though its body was only five meters long, it still had the aura of a king.
A strong enemy!
Qin Feng manipulated his consciousness again, and in the northwest direction, another beast species appeared in the middle of the vast forest.
"Red-headed Gorillas!"
This group of red-haired giant gorillas with twisted faces travelled in groups, almost tyrannical, and the place they resided in was too dangerous for any human to set foot in.
After all, the Red-headed Gorillas also had wood abilities.
Among the many Red-headed Gorillas, a gigantic gorilla that was seven to eight meters tall, almost three storeys in height, sat on top of a giant tree. Through his consciousness, Qin Feng could see that they were all gazing toward the tallest spot of the Tangshan Ridge.
That was exactly where the old beast king was.
The Red-headed Gorilla king!
The Red-headed Gorilla king had high intelligence.
"They're all very strong!"
Qin Feng frowned slightly. He was scrunching his brows as he quickly formed a plan in his mind.
Soon, he locked onto the Golden-scaled Python King among the three beast kings.
Since it was the end of February, the sunlight was not blinding yet, but the temperature had warmed up. The python king was lying lazily on top of a rock, and its golden-scaled body was dazzling to the eyes.
Qin Feng shrouded himself in dark runes and walked past the python king. He entered the python's cave.
Since the python king had a large body, the cave was at least three meters wide, which was not surprising.
As Qin Feng walked inside, anything within less than fifty meters was suddenly clear to his sight.
With his night vision, Qin Feng could clearly see everything around him.
Chapter 305: Beast Kings
In the place where the Golden-scaled Python King often resided, the ground had turned smooth like a metal surface. In the corner, his eye caught on a golden python smaller than the king, its body exuded the aura of an E-tier.
Qin Feng did not panic in the slightest, that was because he knew that the golden python was not a living creature at all.
It was just a snake's shedded skin.
It was the shedded skin of the Golden-scaled Python King when it was in E-tier.
The skin was equivalent to being an E-tier material now.
Not only that, there were three golden eggs among the clutter.
"What a surprise!"
The Golden-scale Python King was able to reproduce by itself, and the eggs belonged to the python king.
Qin Feng's original plan was to just take the shedded skin, but now there was no way he would leave these behind.
"Bai Li, get ready!"
Qin Feng said.
"Yes!"
Bai Li nodded.
Bai Li's evolution was not slow, and with the cultivation of various beast king crystals, she was now almost an E7-tier beast king.
But compared to the Golden-scaled Python skin, she was far inferior!
As such, what they were about to do now would be very dangerous to Bai Li too!
Qin Feng walked forward and stretched out his hand, and in an instant, the shedded snake skin and the golden-scaled snake egg disappeared in Qin Feng's hands.
Qin Feng could mask his own aura, thus concealing it from being detected by the Golden-scaled Python King and allowing him to venture into the cave.
However, the aura of the beast eggs and shedded skin was dense. Since they had disappeared abruptly, there was no way the python king would not sense their sudden disappearance.
The Golden-scaled Python King was furious.
"Hiss!"
The python spat out a series of letters of serpent language as it twisted its huge body. It swung its tail and crushed a huge ancient tree that was as thick as a millstone, leaving the tree stump behind.
The wind was blowing wildly around it and the Golden-scaled Python King disappeared into the cave in just the blink of an eye.
"Go!" Qin Feng commanded, and in the next moment, he and Bai Li escaped from the cave.
When the python king slithered into the middle of the cave, it sensed that the auras had disappeared, but it caught on to the aura left by the runes.
A dark rune and spatial rune.
"Hiss…"
Sharp, hollow noises erupted from the python king's mouth. It twisted its body and turned around to exit the cave.
Qin Feng and Bai Li's aura had instantly disappeared, and the Golden-scaled Python King went on a mad pursuit!
The aura of the D-tier beast king filled the air.
In the Tangshan Ridge, the eleven people hidden in different locations felt the aura.
"What's going on?"
"It's the Golden-scaled Python King!"
"What happened?"
Everyone was well hidden in the shadows, and they could not help but observe what was happening outside.
At this moment, due to the turbulence caused by the python king, the entire forest began to shake.
The aura of the Golden-scaled Python King frightened other low-tier ultra beasts to run away in fear.
The turbulence was constantly spreading wider, even those eleven people had no way to hide at ease.
On top of the mountain, Han Yuanzheng was on the highest ancient tree. He lifted his oversized sniper rifle and aimed downward.
Soon, from the east, a golden light glided in the middle of the forest, and the surrounding trees were rampaged and completely crushed.
It was like a golden river had suddenly formed out of nowhere.
Unlike what others felt with their consciousness, Han Yuangzheng saw the beast king with his own naked eyes, which frightened him even more.
This ultra beast was just too strong!
He moved forward with his sniper rifle. He noticed that in the forest, another figure was moving forward at a rapid pace.
When he had a clearer view of the person's face, Han Yuanzheng immediately recognized him as the same person who had gotten off the combat hover copter earlier.
"Should I say that he's bold and skilful, or that he's stubborn? What the hell is he doing?"
What the hell was he thinking? That was the same question that many people had in their minds.
At this moment, Qin Feng was dashing around in the middle of the forest.
The dark runes around Qin Feng's body had faded, but the Golden-scaled Python King had locked onto Qin Feng's aura and was going for a deadly pursuit.
The python king was unbelievably fast.
"Fiery Rampage!"
Qin Feng's sudden rush of energy made him quite fast as well. Since his consciousness was vast, he constantly planned his route ahead and tried to use large trees and boulders to slow down the python king's speed that was slowly catching up with him.
They had not spent much time playing hide and seek, but others who were observing the pursuit felt that it was a life and death moment.
In just three minutes, they arrived at the peak of another mountain.
The mountain peak was very vast.
Not only that, the peak was scorched black. The mountain they were on was actually a silent volcano.
At the summit of the volcano, a huge, pitch-black bird's nest appeared.
The bird's nest was the size of a football field, and every branch that was used to built it was actually towering trees.
It was a beast king's nest.
Qin Feng began running forward.
The Golden-scaled Python hesitated. Its huge body stopped in the middle of the blackened mountain, not wanting to go any further.
But Qin Feng did not intend to just steal three eggs and a snake's shedded skin and just call it a day.
He immediately took out the eggs and cracked one of the shells with a single punch!
Crack!
A D-tier beast king snake egg was actually so hard that Qin Feng's punch could only crack it. The shell had not completely shattered yet.
The next thing that happened was Qin Feng lifting the foot-long snake egg and tossing it into the air.
The snake egg whistled as it shot toward the old beast king's nest.
The Golden-scaled Python King was enraged.
In the eyes of the python king, Qin Feng was small and did not even belong within its own food chain. After all, it was too small to fill its own stomach!
Now, this insect-sized being had just provoked itself!
He was like a fly that would disturb humans, and humans would usually find the fly and swat it to death.
Now, this was what the Golden-scaled Python King had in mind.
Without the slightest hesitation, the python king moved its abdomen and slithered toward Qin Feng's direction.
Qin Feng successfully escaped in a flash.
And at this moment, the surroundings were suddenly enveloped by a patch of blue.
This blue was extremely dazzling.
It seemed that the entire sky was covered in the same blue.
The temperature in the surroundings began to rise.
Whoosh!
The sound was not crisp, but it was incomparably long. A huge creature rose up from the nest.
The python king no longer chased after Qin Feng. Its eyes were now staring at something on top of the mountain.
A greyish-blue beast had caught its attention.
The beast was not pretty at all. Its five or six meters body was covered in blazing flames. Its body was no longer covered with beautiful feathers.
It was a twenty meters long peacock.
Its forehead was balding and drooping with loose flat feathers, and the feathers on its body were incredibly thin. Its once incredibly beautiful tail was only left with seven or eight long tail feathers.
The peacock could have looked even more beautiful, but now it was dying of old age.
It was the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor, the old beast emperor of the Tangshan Ridge.
Chapter 306: The Beast Kings Have Made Their Move
At this point, there were a few more blue feathers drooping down from the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor's neck, exposing a large patch of the bird's skin.
There was a piece of egg white on its neck, and as the flames on the peacock emperor's body blazed, the egg was quickly cooked and revealed a fragrant smell.
The Blue Flame Peacock lowered its head, pecked, and ate the cooked egg white from its neck.
Then, the Golden-scaled Python King that was circling in the middle of the mountainside stared at the peacock with its paralyzing pupils.
Its huge body seemed to tremble.
"Choo…"
A long chirp was heard as the bird spread out its conscious force.
Although it was in bird language, everyone seemed to have felt the meaning in its conscious energy.
"Long worm, did you send me my last meal thinking that I'm going to die soon? Heck! That won't be necessary, maybe you should eat your own eggs!"
The Golden-scaled Python King's eyes began to glow with golden light, shooting at the peacock emperor's nest.
Boom!
A corner of the nest was instantly smashed and blasted apart.
The peacock emperor said nothing else, but the five-meter flames on its body instantly soared to ten meters.
It was furious!
"Choo!" The Blue Flame Peacock Emperor roared, "I'm not dead yet!"
The peacock emperor felt that the python king was being provocative.
It raised its head abruptly, then dropped it again and spat at the direction of the python king.
In the next moment, a sea of blue fire shot out from its mouth.
It was like a crater that was being washed down by water that was released from a flood.
The python king quickly leaped upward to dodge the attack!
But it did not attempt to flee.
Though angry, the python king wanted to test out if it could challenge the peacock emperor.
That was because the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor was too weak.
So weak that the Golden-scaled Python King felt that it was an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The two were in a stand-off, and all of the human beings watching from afar could not believe it.
"Wow, they're actually fighting!"
"This man is a complete maniac!"
"Well done!"
They all felt that what Qin Feng had done was very crazy, but it had really stirred up the conflict between the two beasts.
As long as there was a battle, there would certainly be chances of reaping benefits amidst the chaos.
This was the case with Qin Feng right now.
He was hiding in the dense forest below the volcano, watching the fight between the old beast emperor and the Golden-scaled Python King.
"It's too old!" Bai Li said. "I can feel that the life force in its body is very weak!"
"Well, it was here since the beginning of the end times, and it was also very senile then. Many people thought that it was going to die, and many newly-awakened aptitude users came to Tangshan Ridge to try to defeat the old beast emperor!"
Due to the fact that the Tangshan Ridge was still a scenic area, there were even villas on several of the peaks. It was a perfect place that was easy to defend and hard to attack, and many powerful people wanted to build bases here.
But they were all banished by the old beast emperor.
This mountain peak was not a volcano either. After all, volcanoes were still rare in China.
They were just traces left behind from the old beast emperor's battles.
"It felt like it was going to die then, but it ended up surviving for another two hundred years. It must've reached its limits by now!" Qin Feng said.
"Its legs are even rotting1" Bai Li nodded.
"Oh?" Qin Feng was slightly stunned. The aura around the beast king was too powerful for Qin Feng's consciousness to explore any further, and doing so would easily expose himself to the beasts.
The old beast emperor was too strong. If it were to spit fire toward Qin Feng, he would not be able to resist it.
"That's why it won't come out. If it has the ability to leave its nest, the python king would be no match for it!"
Qin Feng suddenly had an idea. He flipped out a chain of cannonballs that were still attached together. It was the trophy of the gunner from the Bloodthirst Organization that he had gotten while he was at the Drakocroc King island.
Qin Feng had an extra firearm and he mounted the conical object at the very front of the cannonballs into it.
Clamp!
Qin Feng pressed the switch and the cannonballs were instantly shot out.
The cannonball was not aimed at the old beast emperor. Instead, it was aimed at the nest beneath the beast!
The first cone instantly struck the middle of the thin crack between the nest and the mountain top.
"Detonate!"
Qin Feng's consciousness collided with the grenade, detonating the chain of cannonballs.
Boom!
The first cannonball exploded, which was followed by another few consecutive explosions.
Boom boom boom boom!
The cannonballs destroyed the corner of the nest in an instant.
A huge mushroom cloud appeared in the air, and what followed was the sound of a loud collapse.
Crack!
Boom!
The outer walls of the nest were blown apart. The debris rolled down the mountain like a river, which also shocked the Golden-scaled Python King.
The battle between the two beasts was also forced to a halt.
The people hiding in the shadows were shocked to see all of this.
Without a doubt, they knew who had done this!
And now, Qin Feng was all hidden among the dark runes, not daring to breathe. If he were to make a sudden move, he might attract the attention of the beast emperor, and that would mean trouble for him.
But soon, the two beasts could not care less about him.
The nest was blown apart, and flames ignited the giant woods. A part of the fallen woods was still burning, and the other part of the nest was still intact. The Blue Flame Peacock Emperor had put out the fire.
The winds on the mountain top were strong. As the wind whistled and blew past the mountain top, the dust began to settle, carrying the smell of decay.
The Golden-scaled Python King extended its forked tongue, taking in the scent of death.
The python king's vision was weak, but its consciousness was still strong. It had the ability to distinguish the external dynamics of everything happening on its own.
It had already figured out the situation that the peacock emperor was facing.
At that moment, Qin Feng, who was at the bottom of the mountain, infused his eyes with internal energy and could clearly see the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor.
It was lying down in the middle of the nest and was unable to stand up. Its abdomen was pitch black and was unable to cover its claws which were now showing the white bones underneath it.
And in the nest, there were scattered peacock tail feathers.
Those feathers were beautiful, and the materials obtained from D-tier beast emperors were worth a fortune.
However, if such a thing grew on an ultra beast's body, it needed a constant supply of energy to maintain its power. The Blue Flame Peacock Emperor could no longer supply it anymore, so it merely accelerated its death for the sake of beauty and power.
All of the tail feathers had fallen off, but their aura was still present, just like the aura emitted from the python's shedded skin. Although through the naked eye they were just a few tail feathers, other beast kings dared not approach it as they still feared its aura.
Now, all disguises had been exposed, and the Golden-scaled Python King ferociously revealed its fangs.
Golden light shot out from both of its eyes again!
The python king was an extremely rare ultra beast.
Zap!
The light instantly penetrated the crack, attempting to strike the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor's body.
Whoosh!
Blazing flames appeared in front of the peacock emperor, forming into a shield to protect itself from the light.
The two did not give way to each other.
It was at this time that the entire Tangshan Ridge began to tremble.
"Roar!"
A tiger's roar shook the sky, and a huge white tiger with icy-blue wings flew from the sky to the highest peak of the Tangshan Ridge.
"Squeak!"
A group of gorillas began to scream frantically. A giant Red-headed Gorilla King threw out two vines from his hands and wrapped them around the mountain. Then, he rapidly pulled himself toward the mountain and was rapidly approaching it.
The beast kings had finally made their move!
Chapter 307: Here Comes the Freeloaders
After the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor had seen the two beast kings charging in their direction, it let out a sorrowful cry.
It did not want to die, nor did it want to get eaten after death by the other beasts, because that would be a miserable death.
The flames on the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor's body burned once again.
The flames soared fifteen meters high, and as the wind blew, the currents became hot.
It was not willing to die without putting up a fight!
The sky seemed to be burning with blue sparks.
Then, a rain of fire descended from the skies.
"Fire Meteor!"
The fire meteors seemed to have locked onto the Golden-scaled Python King as each of them crashed onto the python king's body.
The python king's golden scales could not withstand the heat from the flames and turned charred black.
The python king's humongous body rolled down from the peak to the shoulder of the mountain.
At this moment, the Frosted-pupil Tiger King was the first to reach the highest peak of Tangshan Ridge. Its icy wings began to flap, forming a blizzard in an instant.
The blizzard struck the peacock emperor's body.
The flames on the peacock emperor's body were put out, but it was enraged and lashed out once again.
"Chirp!" The peacock emperor spat out blue flames, forcing the tiger king to retreat.
Boom!
The Red-headed Gorilla King climbed up to the mountain peak, its humongous body shook the earth as it moved forward. It looked like it was trying to keep a safe distance.
Whoosh!
A vine was thrown up the slope and lassoed around the huge nest.
Rumble!
The nest collapsed!
The tiger king was still attacking, and the wind and snow had blown all the peacock tail feathers out from the nest.
This time, the people watching the battle from afar were all unable to sit still any longer.
Those were the materials of a D-tier beast emperor.
Even if they could not get the beast emperor's crystal core, they could at least try to get their hands on the beast emperor's blue feathers as they were worth a lot of money.
It was just that compared to them, no matter if it was the timing, location or people, Qin Feng had too big of an advantage over all of them!
"Go and collect the peacock feathers, if the feathers are in the middle of the battleground, don't go near it, get it?" Qin Feng instructed Bai Li.
"Okay, don't worry about it!"
"Take care!" Qin Feng pinched Bai Li on the cheeks and patted the top of her head.
They had been together for so long, and Bai Li's evolution was speeding up.
But within the Three Cities along the Sun, the resources were too limited.
Qin Feng had Xue Xingfu acquire E-tier beast king crystal cores, but to no avail since it had been such a long time and he had yet acquired any. Bai Li's evolution had been put on hold, and it was Qin Feng instead that had been the first to advance to D-tier.
This was the first time that Qin Feng's powers had surpassed Bai Li's since they had been together.
Now, it was Qin Feng that was protecting Bai Li!
In the next moment, Qin Feng covered himself with internal energy and rushed out of the dense forest.
Bai Li was out to pick out the materials, but Qin Feng was going out for a fight.
The three beast kings attacked the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor, and it stood no chance of survival, but that alone was not what Qin Feng wanted.
Qin Feng was not going to let go of the three beast kings.
The python king that had rolled down from the peak entered Qin Feng's attack range.
The Verdant Emperor Saber in his hand was aiming at the python king's body that was still wrapped in flames.
"Blazing Sky!"
Internal force burst out of his body as the light from his saber shot up into the sky.
A one-meter wide inferno beam struck the Golden-scaled Python King's body.
The beam blasted and sent the python king's humongous body flying up the mountain slope, colliding into countless mountain rocks.
Then, the python king's body began to emit a radiant glow.
Whoosh!
The light shot up into the air, reaching almost a hundred meters from the ground. The energy wave emitted from the light was terrifying.
When he turned his attention to the python king, a large hole the size of a basin had appeared on its long, thick body.
Not only that, the python's broken bones could be seen through the hole.
Qin Feng's sudden attack was nearly fatal!
Just at this time, a burst of white light shot out from the python's brows, enveloping its entire body in the shimmery light.
Qin Feng could feel the nasty aura coming from it.
Holy Light Ability!
The injuries on the python king's body instantly healed when the light fell upon it.
Qin Feng could never let the python king recover that easily.
"Hell Magma!"
Qin Feng used his conscious energy to manipulate the runes and flames began to dance from underneath the python king, soaring up into the sky.
The Golden-scaled Python King twisted its huge body and slithered to the side to dodge the attack. The Holy Light ability was interrupted.
Qin Feng dashed forward again, the Verdant Emperor Saber in his hand began to slash continuously.
At this time, there was a loud booming voice coming from the top of the mountain.
The Red-headed Gorilla King and Frosted-pupil Tiger King had joined forces to defeat the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor.
Rumble!
The mountain rocks crumbled and the earth beneath them trembled.
Those people hiding in the shadows rushed toward the dense forest, and the peacock feathers that were scattered around the battlefield were nowhere to be seen.
"How is that possible, I saw the feathers scatter in that direction!"
"Did that guy take the feathers?"
"Fight, it's better that they fight until they die!"
The battle went on and on.
Qin Feng pestered the Golden-scaled Python King and fought it until the sky had slowly turned dark.
As the sun set in the west, the sky was slowly getting darker.
The light emitting from the python king's body illuminated its surroundings. Qin Feng had been fighting the python king for hours!
Zap!
Light shot out from the python king's pupils toward Qin Feng.
"Fiery Rampage!"
Flames danced from Qin Feng's legs as he dodged the attack in a flash.
Whoosh!
The howling of the winds filled his ears and the humongous python's head swooped toward him, as if it was trying to swallow Qin Feng into its stomach.
However, Qin Feng was unfazed and a fiery beam shot up into the sky.
"Fire Dragon!"
The fire dragon shot toward the Golden-scaled Python King's gigantic mouth. The python king did not dare to swallow the fire dragon and quickly shut its jaws, dodging sideways.
Boom!
The fire dragon struck the python king's scales but it quickly disappeared, leaving only a faint yellowish mark behind.
Qin Feng's consciousness had not reached D-tier yet, and he was not much of a threat to the python king.
However, his internal strength was a solid D-tier.
Seeing the python king turn its head to dodge, Qin Feng drew out his sword again.
"Slice it apart!"
The saber that was fused with Qin Feng's powerful internal force instantly expanded ten meters in length and ruthlessly struck the python king on its wound.
That wound had been continuously attacked by Qin Feng to the point where only a thin bone remained. This time, Qin Feng unleashed his powerful internal force which allowed him to successfully cut off the python king into halves!
The sixty-meter long terrifying python was now only thirty-meter long, its back was cut off by Qin Feng.
Even though the cut-off part was still spasming, it was now useless during combat!
"Zee!"
The python king opened its jaws wide and spat out invisible waves of air, letting out a painful shriek.
Just then, it dashed and slithered away with the remaining part of its body.
It was trying to escape.
From behind, a person who had been waiting in the dark jumped into the scene with shining eyes.
It was Zhai Ping from Bahai City.
Here comes the freeloaders!
Qin Feng sneered and nonchalantly extended his arms and landed his saber on the python king's body. In the next second, the python king's body disappeared from the ground.
Chapter 308: Qin Feng Watches the Battle
Qin Feng had obtained quite a number of spatial buttons during his expedition on the Drakocroc island. Among the spatial buttons was one that was a hundred cubic meters in size. Although the Golden-scaled Python King's body was huge, it could still fit inside the spatial button!
The others were instantly dumbfounded. They were hiding in the shadows and had plans to divide the materials amongst themselves once they had gotten their hands on it.
They did not expect Qin Feng to have such a large space. He loaded up the back half of python king's remains away without leaving any leftovers behind for them.
They also knew that their chances here were zero and turned around to chase after the Golden-scaled Python King that was attempting to escape.
At this point, the python king was fleeing madly. Little did it know that Zhai Ping was only a few dozen meters away from it!
Zhai Ping was a D3-tier ancient warrior and was quite strong. Now, the python king was slithering toward him. Even though the python king's body was huge, it had lost the other half of its body. In Zhai Ping's eyes, it was bound to die and was just making its final struggle for survival.
"Die!"
Zhai Ping filled his entire body with internal strength and his aura erupted. He used qing gong to float in the air, and he swung his giant axe at the python king's head.
His internal force had doubled the size of his axe and it violently struck the top of the python king's head.
Boom!
The axe let out a muffled sound, then Zhai Ping felt the impact as his giant axe landed the blow.
But the impact was not from the power he had unleashed. Precisely speaking, it was the impact from the python king's speed as it did not stop and collided with the axe.
The tremendous force from the impact flowed from the axe to his hands, and it did not seem to stop at all.
Boom!
The python king's gigantic head crashed onto Zhai Ping's internal force, causing a powerful blast.
Zhai Ping was instantly blasted away!
Only a small ten centimeter crack appeared on top of the python's head, which was hardly visible under the golden shimmery scales. A strike that seemed powerful to Zhai Ping was no threat to the beast king at all.
This was something that Zhai Ping would have never imagined.
"Argh!"
Zhai Ping was knocked ten meters away, the internal energy shielding him was crushed. His body did multiple flips and crashed into some trees before finally coming to a stop when his body landed on an ancient tree. Blood spurted out of his mouth.
The python king had no time for Zhai Ping as he sensed that the death reaper was coming after him!
However, more people were hidden in the dark and were ready to surround the python king.
In the blink of an eye, four people had appeared out of the dark.
Qin Feng only recognized two of them, the other two were strangers to him, but looking at the fact that one of them was holding a heavy sword and the other was holding an iron cable, he could guess their identities.
The Tieh family was very famous for their heavy swords, and one of them was the direct descendant of the Tieh family. His name was Tieh Xin, a D2-tier ancient warrior.
On the other hand, the other person was holding the Hou family's signature weapon. Since he was a guy, he did not use the kind of iron whip that Hou Yangjiao used, but a heavier iron cable. He was Hou Yangsheng, a D1-tier ancient warrior.
There was also Meng Lin, the mayor of Niumeng City, and Lei Chen of Sea City.
The four of them attacked all at once.
Qin Feng slowed down his footsteps and stood beside Zhai Ping.
"Hmph!"
Qin Feng sneered coldly at him. He threw his gaze over at Zhai Ping for a moment and focused on the battlefield.
Zhai Ping wanted to get up. After all, he was in such a mess that his mind was still in a blur, and after being sneered at so coldly by Qin Feng, he felt utterly ashamed of himself.
The other four people were engaged in a battle with the python king and were constantly pestering it.
The python king was trying to escape, but it soon realized that these people were weaklings compared to Qin Feng's strength!
Qin Feng had the physique of a beast king, but his attack was slightly weaker than the python king itself. During their previous battle, he still managed to put up a good fight.
Qin Feng had an internal strength that was several times that of the others, he was able to use his strength at will and was able to recover his stamina quickly. He was able to inflict painful attacks on the python king.
But these people had joined forces to try and take it down, and the injuries they had inflicted were no more than what Zhai Ping had inflicted. Even if the other two were from ancient warrior families and were stronger, they could only cause slightly larger wounds.
They were in no way a threat to the Golden-scaled Python King.
The only thing they managed to do was anger the python king.
If their attacks were painful, the python king would naturally feel threatened and fear.
But if the attacks were ticklish, it would only annoy and enrage the python king.
A domineering beast king was not some creature that a puppy or kitten could try to bully.
The python king's body was suddenly covered in golden lights.
The golden light was so blinding that the few ancient warriors that were attacking it had to cover their eyes, and even then, it made their eyes sting.
Bzzt!
A ray of light shot at Meng Lin, the mayor of Niumeng City.
Meng Lin sensed the danger and was instantly alarmed as he tried to resist the attack.
The python king's golden light beam hit Meng Lin's internal energy and caused it to instantly explode, knocking Meng Lin into the air.
The python king then dashed toward Tieh Xin and knocked him down, then it moved forward and tried to crush him into pieces. Tieh Xin used his spear to hold against the python king's massive body.
Tieh Xin's face was reddened as his spear was slowly bent by the python king's weight!
"Brother Yangsheng, save me!" Tieh Xin shouted in fear.
Hou Yangsheng quickly swung his iron cable and lassoed the python king's body, he then tried to drag the python away from Tieh Xin, but the python king did not budge at all.
"Thunderous Slash!"
Lei Chen's eyes sparkled. He seized this moment and reached the back of the python king. He found a wound which had been previously cut off by Qin Feng, which left the exposed flesh with no scales to protect it.
Lei Chen channelled his internal strength into the long knife he was holding and pierced into the python king's flesh.
This attack inflicted a heavy blow to the Golden-scale Python King!
The python king shrieked in pain.
It swung its massive body, and Tieh Xin's spear slipped, creating sparks on the metal tip.
Now without a pressure point to resist the python's massive body, the python king crashed on top of him.
"Argh!" Tieh Xin shrieked.
Although he was not completely crushed, both of Tieh Xin's legs were pressed into the ground. His internal strength was protecting his legs from being crushed into mush, but it was still a painful blow.
The python king whipped its head. Hou Yangsheng, who had wrapped his iron cable around it, was flung into the air, and even the cables came off.
The Golden-scaled Python King was now coming after Lei Chen.
Lei Chen did not dare to fight anymore when he saw the angered python king, he quickly ran away.
Initially, the python was surrounded by four people. Now that three had been defeated, only one was left, and the python king was playing a game of cat and mouse with Lei Chen.
Luckily, Lei Chen spotted Qin Feng. Knowing how powerful Qin Feng was earlier, he had to run toward Qin Feng for safety at this time.
"Mayor Qin, quick! Let's fight hand in hand and kill this beast!" Lei Chen shouted.
"There's no need for that, I'll let you guys fight for a while. Otherwise the loot won't be equally distributed later!"
"Pssh!" When the python king saw Qin Feng, it immediately stopped in its tracks. It turned around and quickly slithered backward.
It could still feel the pain of its broken tail. Although he hated Qin Feng, its fear overpowered its anger.
After this intense battle, it was possible that the python king's powers would drop to D-tier!
Lei Chen let out a sigh of relief when he saw that the python king was no longer pursuing after him. He was both relieved and unhappy.
"Mayor Qin, it's a bit early to say that, why don't we just slay the python king first!" Lei Chen urged Qin Feng to go forward and fight.
However, Qin Feng did not make a single move. "I see that everyone was so pumped up to fight it, so I think I'll join in the fight once all of you're done. As the saying goes, you'll get a fair share of price depending on how much you've contributed. So all of you will get your fair share of loot depending on how much you've fought. What's the matter, are you thinking of giving up now?"
Chapter 309: You Get as Much as You Give
The others did not have time to idle around and talk, they were all heavily wounded!
Right at this moment, the Golden-scaled Python King turned its head abruptly and slithered away!
It was an intelligent being, knowing that it would die if it did not escape.
Qin Feng scanned the five people around him and realized that they were too weak to continue the fight.
Was this their attempt to fish in murky waters?
Did they really think it was that easy to take advantage of Qin Feng?
But to put it in another way, assuming that the old beast emperor were to die and its energy crystal was scavenged from its corpse, they might still be able to scavenge the leftover feathers. Besides that, it was possible that more than one beast king would die, and their journey would not be a waste.
Unfortunately, Qin Feng had messed up all of their plans!
Qin Feng did not bat an eye at them. He pursued after the Golden-scaled Python King instead.
Boom!
Qin Feng stepped on top of the python king's head.
The python king could only feel a tremendous force pushing from the top of its head, pressing it against the ground. No matter how much it struggled, it was unable to shake the force off.
Without the other half of its body, the python king was incredibly weak. Before this, it was no match for Qin Feng, let alone now!
"Overcast Dragon, Dragon Slam!"
Qin Feng's powerful slap landed on top of the python king's head.
His internal force changed his hand into a giant claw that pierced through the python king's head.
Rip!
The top of the python king's head was torn apart, painting its surroundings with flesh and blood.
The python king's huge body twisted and convulsed, crushing the ground and destroying the trees around it.
But its head was still firmly pressed onto the ground and it was unable to move it.
In the end, the struggle lasted for almost ten minutes before it stopped moving.
The Golden-scaled Python King was finally dead.
Qin Feng felt a sudden rush of tremendous energy surging into his body, nourishing his flesh.
In an instant, Qin Feng's physique was strengthened again.
After all, this was a D-tier beast king he had slain, and killing one D-tier beast king was as good as killing ten C-tier ordinary ultra beasts.
Before this, Qin Feng's body was at E9-tier, comparable to that of a beast king tier. Now, his body had finally advanced to D-tier!
He unleashed his enhanced aura, which startled everyone around him.
"Wasn't he a D-tier before? Cough!" Zhai Ping got up from the ground with one hand supporting his chest.
"Impossible! If he doesn't have the ability to liquify his internal strength, how was he able to resist the python king's attacks?" Lei Chen was the first to retort, he refused to believe that Qin Feng had godly strength.
He was strong enough to have single-handedly defeated the beast king, but if he were to defeat another one, would not that make him a demon?
"Lei Chen, you know him? Who the hell is he? I've never heard of such an ungodly person from the Three Cities along the Sun!" Meng Lin, the lord of Niumeng City who had been knocked out before, walked out from the bushes. He was now a mess, with charred skin and burnt hair, and the supernatural energy from earlier almost roasted him alive.
Hou Yangsheng and Tieh Xin also got up on their feet. The five of them gathered around this time and laughed bitterly.
Right at this moment, Qin Feng walked back toward them.
Qin Feng's hands were dragging the python king's head toward them.
The Golden-scaled Python King was already humongous, and now it was even more so when they could envy it from such close distance.
They were also confused as to why Qin Feng had dragged the python's head to them.
"Like I said earlier, you get how much you give, now let me see!"
Qin Feng put down the python king's head. He grabbed a handful of golden scales and ripped them off the python king's forehead.
The scales located on the snake's head were smaller, unlike the ones located on the snake's abdomen which were at least the size of plates.
Qin Feng grabbed the scales while pointing at a thin slit on its head.
"This is yours!"
He scattered the scales and Zhai Ping rushed forward to pick them up, the expression on his face turned ugly.
The slit was indeed inflicted by Zhai Ping's giant axe earlier.
Zhai Ping was feeling utter shame after being pointed out by others on how little damage he had caused!
However, Qin Feng had no intention of stopping and circled around the python king's head.
"These are scratched, and they belong to this gentleman!" They were small scratches on five of the scales. Qin Feng plucked them out and tossed them at Tieh Xin.
"Oh, and these ones were caused by strangulation, so they belong to this gentleman!" Seven to eight deformed scales were given to Hou Yangsheng.
"There are flesh wounds on this side, although I was the one who caused the trauma first, I'll still give this piece of meat to Lei Chen because I'm generous!"
Qin Feng said it in a serious manner. He divided out the loot that was deformed to them fair and square.
He had incredible memory and acute senses. Having just watched the battle from the side for half a day, he naturally knew the kind of damage they had inflicted to the python king.
To be exact, the damage they had caused was not as heavy as they should have been since they spent so much time fighting it. The heaviest blow which caused the python king to bleed profusely was inflicted by Qin Feng!
"I'm sorry my friend, I couldn't find the damage you've caused at the moment. I'll give you three scales as a friendship gift, and thank you for holding back!"
Qin Feng took out three scales and handed them to Meng Lin. In fact, he either knew some of these people or had guessed their identities. Other than Lei Chen, he pretended to not know them.
Qin Feng distributed their fair share of loot in a circle, none of them was left empty-handed.
It was just that these people's faces were twisted with hatred and resentment.
After all, there were still so many golden scales left on the python king's body, yet they only received four or five scales. As for Lei Chen, he only obtained snake meat, which was the most useless part of the python king's body.
No matter how angry they were, they had no way to fight back.
Looking at the scratch marks on the scales, they were really the ones who caused them.
Meng Lin was the only person who was not angry. After all, he did not dare to act recklessly after seeing how powerful the python king was when Zhai Ping went after it.
Only now, Meng Lin was at a loss as he looked at the three largest scales in his hand. After melting the scales, he could make it into a breastplate.
"Let me introduce myself, I'm Meng Lin, Lord of Niumeng City! May I know who you are? I've never seen you before." Meng Lin kept the scales in his spatial rune equipment and extended his hand at Qin Feng for a handshake.
Qin Feng's eyebrows were raised, but he did not refuse the other party's courtesy.
He waved his hand and the front half of the python king's body disappeared from his hands.
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Qin Feng, the mayor of the colony around Chengyang City!"
Meng Lin was a little surprised, and he found it odd. He never expected Qin Feng to be a city mayor.
For such a person to be the mayor of a large colony was not all that surprising to him, at the very least he should be a troop general.
But these were just thoughts and doubts that flashed in Meng Lin's head. He changed his tone in an instant.
"Such a capable young man!"
"Ah, you're too kind!"
"Mayor Qin, it was I, who was a bit out of my depth earlier. I just wanted to come over to test the waters, I hope you wouldn't take it as an offense!"
From the start, Meng Lin thought that he could also easily defeat the python king after seeing that Qin Feng had slain it with ease, but he was wrong and it was quite humiliating for him to say it out loud!
Qin Feng did not expect Meng Lin to admit it so quickly, and for a moment he also changed his mind about Meng Lin.