Chapter 436: You Won't Die
Nonetheless, the black-robed men laid down an order and asked a dozen of D-tier aptitude users to lock onto Jin Fei.
He was just an E-tier. Just kill him.
Most casino owners had one thing in common—they hated the unpredictable!
Even if Jin Fei would surely die down there with his lack of skills, they could not risk it. They, after all, had to give up 4 trillion power credits if he were to survive the raid!
This, naturally, had attracted the attention of other spectators.
After all, Bai Li had laid down a 10 billion bet.
The other C-tiers went and had a look before mocking in laughter.
"Whelp, we should leave some room for the youngsters to make something!"
"Yeah, what if he survives? The true way of living in the City of Death is to not fear death!"
"Hehe, what nonsense. The ones who don't fear death have mostly died though."
Thus, Jin Fei's betting odds had risen up by at least 5 times.
The betters were not stingy spenders. Many of them had earned hundreds and thousands via killing ultra beasts whenever they stepped out of the City of Death. Some of them even had their own business enterprises in the human societies.
The likes like Lei Ying, Gao Yukang, had earnings of over 500 billion power credits.
And there were about two hundred C-tier aptitude users in the scene. Each one of them laid down a bet of 5 billion. With that, the money in the pot was rising by the minute!
Of course, they were only betting on Jin Fei to last till the 5th level. They did not think he could reach the 30th level.
Well, even him reaching the 10th level was something unthinkable to most.
Meanwhile, after being locked on by ten aptitude users, if Jin Fei was not being shielded by Bai Li's Psionic Energy, he would have probably been crushed by the intense pressure and died!
Sure, he was one of the best killers in the future. He was going to be the king of the killers!
However, right now, this young man was still an E-tier weakling.
"Beep Beep Beep! The betting's off!"
Suddenly, the levels of the Secret Tower of Death started to spin.
It was like the levels had turned into several massive roulettes, spinning in different directions all at once. The garbage that was poured onto the levels was ground into dust, vanishing into thin air, leaving only the invaluable, highly-prized loots in them.
Still, something fearsome started to happen.
It seemed as though even those loots were also starting to melt in the spinning levels!
"It's started. Get down quick!"
The dimension that they were in was just an entrance.
It was like the Secret Tower was the boxing ring and they were now standing in the waiting room.
The Secret Tower of Death was a massive place, one that could fit thousands of people. Yet, it only had one huge plaza in the middle, forcing everyone to stand close to one another like in a can of sardines.
Only when the levels were spinning fiercely and spurring out destructive energy, a "door" would then show up.
"Be careful. If there's any danger, I will bring you out using my pocket dimension!" Bai Li said.
Unlike Bai Li, it was quite impossible for the others to bring someone in and meddle in the affairs inside the tower.
There were countless dimensional runes inside the tower. And most of them did not have even the faintest idea of how they worked, only able to fight and work under the specific rules set by the runes.
Suddenly, a surge of powerful air started to whirl at the place they stood. Although the wind was not too strong, several E-tiers Aptitude Users took a few steps back from the spectator area, fearing that they too would fall into the Tower!
"Go!"
The ancient warriors, who had already gotten ready, leapt into the stage.
As the wind started to whirl even stronger, countless items were blown up into the air. A half-broken ultra beast crystal core that was lying at the 30th level was blown up to the 8th level!
Everyone's eyes were glimmering with envy!
It was a C-tier beast king's crystal core! Right in front of them!
How valuable was that? This thing was a C-tier! It was worth about 50 billion power credits! Even if it was now broken in half, it would still be worth about 20 billion power credits!
Even if this meant very little to Qin Feng, to the others this thing was worth quite a lot!
A D-tier ultra beast would require most to have trained a dozen of years to kill. And that would only give them a few billion power credits. And this thing was C-tier! This thing was worth ten times more than what they usually killed. Thus, this thing would naturally attract them to fight one another to grab it, even if it would cost them their lives!
The 8th level in the tower was only about eighty meters away. It would only take three seconds for a D-tier ancient warrior to reach it!
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!
The ancient warriors quickly dashed down.
Meanwhile, Bai Li's Psionic Energy was pulled out of Jin Fei's body.
Suddenly released from the Psionic influence, Jin Fei fell down on the ground.
The C-tier ultra beast crystal had attracted the attention of others, distracting them from Jin Fei.
"Come with me if you want to live!" Qin Feng looked at Jin Fei coldly.
Jin Fei had always been careful throughout his life. His awakened ability was a simple one—Photographic Memory. As such, every single person that Jin Fei had seen, no matter D-tier or C-tier, if he had seen them, he would remember them all his life.
He even knew which E-tiers had which D-tiers as their protectors. Like, if a certain E-tier were to die, he would know it was due to him offending a certain E-tier, who was under a certain D-tier's protection.
Jin Fei had always been careful all his life. That was how he was able to stay alive until today!
Yet now, Jin Fei's life was in Qin Feng's grasp!
"I am not strong enough. If I am strong, I would not be controlled by anyone! Too bad… I'm about to die now… I'm going to die…"
Jin Fei mumbled in his heart in despair.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng did not pay much attention to the young man's predicament. Instead, he took out a white thread that was as thick as his wrist.
It was the spider thread from the D-tier broodmother!
In just a few moments, Jin Fei's waist was tied tightly with the spider thread by Qin Feng, and then the other end of the thread was tied onto Qin Feng's own waist.
Qin Feng needed to do this so Jin Fei would listen to him and keep up with him.
Jin Fei was then being dragged along by Qin Feng using the thread to the 1st level.
A surge of destructive energy suddenly flowed straight toward his face, causing some scratches to appear on his skin.
Vroosh!
Before Jin Fei was able to open his mouth, a powerful internal force, one that was three meters wide, enveloped and shielded his body.
"Ah! You…" Jin Fei stared at Qin Fei in surprise. "Your internal shield! How does it work like that?!"
D-tier ancient warriors could use their internal energy for various purposes. Jin Fei had seen a lot of those. Yet, this one that Qin Fei was emitting was quite different from the others.
His internal shield could extend to as wide as three meters! This was something that only someone who was C-tier or stronger could do!
Besides, without a powerful supply of internal force, it would be too exhausting to do this.
Nonetheless, it was not quite uncommon for someone to reach the height of power like Qin Feng's.
There was a specific "secret" in the Secret Tower of Death. On the surface, this place seemed to be a massive casino for gamblers and fearless warriors to grab loot. Yet, only the ones who had been to the tower knew the destructive energy that this Secret Territory emitted could help one to cultivate their internal energy.
This destructive energy could suppress one's internal strength, thus causing their aura to be even more potent than usual.
If Qin Feng was someone who had participated in all the eighteen times of the Secret Tower raid and then had acquired this powerful internal strength, Jin Fei would believe it.
Yet, the problem was, Jin Fei had never seen Qin Feng in his life, ever!
"You won't die. You have my word."
Qin Feng calmly laid down a promise. A promise that sparked a glimmer of hope in Jin Fei's eyes.
Chapter 437: Three Levels Three Kills
After that, Qin Feng immediately grabbed Jin Fei, and both of them leapt on top of the roof!
One step for one level.
A devastatingly strong wind blew over them.
The internal force around him was unmoved.
Qin Feng kept steadily moving forward.
But compared to the speed of everyone else, it was like Qin Feng and Jin Fei were just having a peaceful stroll.
The fastest person had already reached the 5th level!
Boom!
A D-tier ancient warrior suddenly broke out with great speed and launched himself toward the 5th level in the blink of an eye.
Everyone could see that the internal force of that particular ancient warrior was vibrating violently.
The 5th level had even stronger destructive energy. Not only that, its steps were constantly spinning, gradually leaving the safe zone where they had appeared before. The surroundings of the room were a dull grey and the way ahead was blocked by a metal roof.
It could be said that this was a completely enclosed space!
Not only that, the C-tier beast king energy crystal core that everyone had their eyes on had been repositioned to somewhere else.
It did not move eighty meters, instead it moved a distance of nine hundred twenty meters!
"Crap!"
"B*stard, that's because you're in my way!"
"You wanna die?"
The people around suddenly cried out in discontent. The levels they were on were different and the rotation of the steps were in a different direction as well, and everyone was eventually separated!
There were still a lot of people on the 1st level.
Qin Feng steadily stepped up to the 2nd level.
Although Jin Fei suddenly felt nervous, he soon discovered that Qin Feng was protecting him. He was not hurt at all and he could not even feel the pain that was supposed to be caused by the destructive energy around him.
There was a glimmer of hope in his mind.
Could this be the one to do it?
That hope in Jin Wei's eyes quickly turned into fear.
"Watch out, that's Zhang Bei, a D4-tier ancient warrior who has the C-tier internal force Explosion Technique. He has a famous move called the 'Thousandfold Palm', don't get close to him!"
But Zhang Bei was already coming over!
As soon as he was close enough, he unleashed his signature move!
Internal force erupted from his body, even the energy eating storm could not stop the countless palm prints that were coming straight toward Qin Feng.
"We're done for…"
Jin Fei's heart skipped a beat as he stared at the countless palms, eyes widening.
It was at this time that Qin Feng raised his hand.
Golden light gathered in the center of his palm and a huge dragon claw was formed.
The dragon claw quickly tore through the barrage of countless palms and violently slammed into Zhang Bei's body.
Boom!
With just one hit, Zhang Bei was sent flying thirty meters away.
Not only that, his internal force shield was shattered as he crashed onto the 3rd level.
Whoosh!
The wind brushed against his body, instantly causing countless amounts of small red marks to appear on exposed skin and in the blink of an eye, he was but a mess of blood shaped like a person.
Boom!
He crashed into the 3rd level's platform and remained motionless.
Everyone thought that Zhang Bei was killed by the strange destructive energy, but Qin Feng knew that Zhang Bei was killed by his attack!
With his current strength, Qin Feng could challenge people up to C5-tier if he wanted to, let alone a D5-tier!
"Whoa!" Jin Fei could not believe his eyes.
Maybe it was luck!
He swallowed that lump in his throat, but before he could calm down, his heart was back in his throat again.
Qin Feng continued to move forward.
He had stepped onto the top of the 2nd level!
The destructive wind was even stronger here, there was even an air current that could be seen by the naked eye.
However, the internal force surrounding Qin Feng's body did not even seem to move.
It was very stable.
Jin Fei cried out a warning again.
"It's the Third Sea Lord, run!"
This man was the first to ascend the levels before Qin Feng because the 1st level turned counterclockwise while the 2nd level turned clockwise. When Qin Feng reached the 2nd level, the man just happened to be on his left.
His opponent was a large bald man with a huge axe in his hands, charging at him with an overhead swing.
Qin Feng casually flicked his left hand.
"Firebeam!"
Phoom!
A beam of unparalleled fire ability rushed forward at astonishing speed.
This Third Sea Lord tried to block it with his axe but was still sent more than ten steps backward. Not only that, his internal force was disrupted too!
"Magma Pillar!"
The place where the Third Sea Lord stood turned into magma, then rushed up into the air, completely covering him.
"Gyaaaah!"
He screamed, and in only five seconds, he was reduced to ash.
Qin Feng frowned a little but pressed on.
"These people don't have spatial rune equipment?"
Jin Fei was shocked by that question, but hearing Qin Feng ask, he automatically responded, "How is it possible to bring that when the Secret Tower of Death would damage all spatial rune equipment? Once the internal force has been shattered or the elemental shields are broken, everything on the person would also be broken, it's total obliteration!"
Qin Feng did not think of that. After all, he had never climbed the tower before.
This was his first time.
"Oh. I see!"
"Wait wait, but, I don't want to say this but you, you're an ancient warrior right? How… how can you use abilities too?" Jin Fei's gaze was getting shaky.
Qin Feng forced him to come here. In Jin Fei's eyes, he thought that he was going to die, so he did not just fear him, he also hated him.
But as they climbed two levels, Qin Feng protected Jin Fei from harm and Jin Feng did not feel the kind of viciousness that was unique to Death itself from Qin Feng's facial expressions nor his body language.
The hatred in his heart would slowly fade, as would his fear but he still did not respect Qin Feng very much.
He was feeling more surprised than anything.
Qin Feng just smiled faintly. "All you have to know is that I'm strong!"
He started to move forward again.
This time, an aptitude user that managed to reach the 4th level suddenly jumped down toward the 3rd level!
"Look…"
Jin Fei called out again.
But the scene that soon followed made Jin Fei shut up.
Qin Feng drew out the Verdant Emperor Saber and slashed upward without any hesitation, flames burst out from the blade as he swung.
The internal strength was shattered the moment the blade made contact and the person who came to intercept Qin Feng was chopped in half.
There was no blood as the damage was instantly cauterized by the heat from the blade.
As the storm of destruction swirled around them, the two halves of the body were instantly disintegrated by the constantly churning winds.
Qin Feng continued to press forward.
3rd level, that was sixty meters!
He just easily killed the three that tried to stop him.
In Jin Fei's eyes, that was simply incredible.
Not only that, everyone else on the platform was also taken aback.
At this time, these black-robed men gave off a chilling stare.
They all had a bad feeling about him.
By then, Qin Feng had reached the 4th level!
With another jump forward, he would have reached the 5th level and completed the first bet of bringing Jin Fei there. Of course, Jin Fei was still alive too.
"Charge!"
"Ignore that guy! Kill that E-tier!"
"I can't believe this! I'll kill you even if it's the last thing I do!"
Some of the aptitude users were getting anxious!
Chapter 438: Charge Through The Secret Tower of Death
They were all instructed by the black-robed men to intercept Jin Fei, they did not expect that the three people that had tried would be killed by Qin Feng!
Of course, now they saw that Qin Feng was not a force to mess with.
So that meant they could only target Jin Fei.
A group of aptitude users rushed forward, surrounding Qin Feng.
Jin Fei was pale with fright. When attacked by a group of D-tiers, it would be impossible for him to fight back, he would not even get a chance to make a move.
But he would soon find out that he was worrying too much!
Qin Feng's internal force was abnormally strong!
Seven people attacked him, yet nobody could break through his defenses but when Qin Feng made a move, a person would lose their life.
Since he was tied to Jin Fei, he was worried that the other would not be able to keep up with his speed. That was why he did not use any airhopping footworks nor did he use Dark Shadows.
He completely took everyone head on!
"Fire Dragon!"
With a roar, a huge fire dragon appeared out of thin air.
The dragon spiraled around Qin Feng, whoever was too close was knocked away by it.
The fire dragon was under Qin Feng's control, and unreasonably hard to get rid of. His consciousness was on the same level as a beast king's. The moment the fire dragon exploded, all seven people had their defenses shattered before the entanglement effect even took place.
Without hesitating, he raised his hand.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
All the seven were pulled toward Qin Feng, the internal force in their dantian flowed like water from a broken dam.
"Repulsion!"
Qin Feng's body shuddered and sent everyone flying.
Boom boom boom!
Seven ancient warriors crashed onto the ground and died.
It was not just that, since their bodies no longer had energy in them they were quickly eaten away by the destructive storm around them.
Qin Feng kept on moving forward and was about to reach the 5th level but suddenly a wave of water rushed toward them.
This time, Jin Fei was even more terrified.
"That's Zhao Miao, a D6-tier ability user, get out of the way before we get knocked off the platform!' Jin Fei exclaimed.
On the Secret Tower of Death, jumping straight down definitely did not increase the speed of a person's descent. By the 20th floor, the terrifying destructive force would have reached a point where it was difficult to complete
If someone were to rush straight toward the 25th floor, if they did not have enough strength to climb back up they might as well be dead.
But Qin Feng abruptly grabbed Jin Fei's arm, and in the next moment, the wave crashed into both of them.
As this was from top to bottom, the impacting force was very strong. They ended up crossing several hundred meters.
When Qin Feng stood up again, he found himself standing on the 8th level in the blink of an eye!
Not only did he just pass through the 5th level, he also went through two more additional levels and had become the first person to reach the 8th level.
And it just so happened that the C-tier beast king crystal core that was rotated away had returned!
With a twitch of his consciousness, Qin Feng plucked the core up and dragged it into his hands.
After being grinded against the stairs and the wind, Qin Feng noticed that the core had become noticeably smaller and its energy was fading fast. If it were not for Qin Feng picking it up, then this item would have become even smaller and lost even more power.
Qin Feng looked up, seeing the dumbfounded water ability user staring back at him.
"Thanks!"
Qin Feng hoisted Jin Fei up and continued to move.
The people behind him all stared daggers at Qin Feng, as he just took away what they were dreaming about.
They started to pick up the pace, rushing downward as well.
But Qin Feng was still taking things slow, even waiting a long time for the steps between the 8th and 9th level to align properly before descending.
On the 9th level, there was a piece of material with D-tier king-level rarity. There was a lot of good loot on this level so Qin Feng would naturally clear it out!
"Wow, this is… good stuff!"
"Hmm. This is probably worth 40 billion."
"The priceless Juntian Steel, this is rare!"
Qin Feng was casually inspecting what he found, like he was at a supermarket.
Jin Fei on the other hand kept looking left and right.
"Sir, sir, they're coming, lets go!" Jin Fei urged.
At first, he hated Qin Feng for dragging him down here. Now he was urging Qin Feng because he just wanted this to be over already.
Qin Feng nodded and hopped down, stepping onto the 10th level!
This was a new checkpoint.
Jin Fei arriving here had increased the bet by ten fold.
The black-robed men started to become nervous. They checked their records and found no sign of anyone having bet that Jin Fei would reach there and suddenly felt relieved.
The others who have placed their bets were starting to regret their decision. If only they had known number 177 was so incredible, and he was bringing number 444 along, they would have bet on him a long time ago!
Qin Feng's speed increased, and the force around him was getting stronger and stronger.
Whoosh!
Some items were picked up by the storm and flung outward.
The people in the Secret Tower of Death, due to the constant rotation of the tower, were soon separated by the moving platforms. They were also hoping that they would get lucky and have materials roll their way as well.
But it was at this moment where the materials all seemed to roll back toward where Qin Feng was.
"That's consciousness manipulation!"
"B*stard! How is his consciousness so strong?"
"Isn't he only D-tier? He could even use runes while under the consciousness suppression of the Tower, and normally it would only reach tens of meters!"
The others were puzzled by this.
If it were someone else, ten meters of reach would be expected but Qin Feng was different.
Qin Feng's consciousness, even when suppressed, could reach up to one hundred meters.
"Lets kill him!"
Everyone locked onto Qin Feng.
"Boss, run!"
In his moments of terror and hopes of survival, Jin Fei had changed from despising Qin Feng to trusting him wholeheartedly for the sake of not dying.
He did not even think that they would reach the 10th level of the tower.
Qin Feng did not delay, bringing Jin Fei with him as he went down.
11th, 12th, 13th…
Qin Feng was picking up his pace!
14th, 15th!
When Qin Feng reached another checkpoint, the bet on Jin Fei had skyrocketed by fifty times, but nobody bet on him from the start!
Now, those people would have to sit with regret in their bellies.
The others who wanted to attack Qin Feng no longer tried to go forward.
The 15th floor was essentially a whirlpool of horror!
They would have to brace against that destructive energy and return from it. If they were not careful they would die on the spot.
Moreover, among the five hundred people descending the tower. Half of them would never be able to withstand the 15th floor.
They all hovered around the 10th floor, eyes shining with greed.
'Let him go and see how far he can get!'
'It's way too early for a hard fight anyway!'
'When 177th comes back with the loot, I'll kill him and all the treasure will be mine!'
That was what went through most people's minds, giving up their chase but paying attention to him once in a while to see if he would come back!
Besides these people, there were some who had to descend.
They were heavily betted on by the C-tier bosses. They were all lackeys!
So all they needed to do was reach a certain point in the tower.
For a while, the people on the tower jumped down and marched on, the further forward, the fewer the numbers.
Qin Feng was still moving forward. In the blink of an eye, he had reached the 20th level.
Chapter 439: Reaching the 30th Level
Qin Feng had someone with him, so he was not very fast. Other people did not have this burden and went forward with their fastest speed possible , their internal force shields were wildly flickering from their attempt.
After all, the destructive force past the 20th level was no longer just a strong gust of wind but a hurricane!
People with insufficient internal force would not be able to withstand it.
Qin Feng stepped onto the 21st level.
There was already someone waiting for him there and due to the difficulty of movement, they were ten meters apart.
A treasure suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Mine!" The other shouted as he rushed forward to try and pick it up. However, the destructive storm around them made it hard for him to move his legs forward, he could barely put his foot down!
As for Qin Feng, he just raised his hand and hooked the item out of the air and placed it into his spatial rune ring.
Because his internal force was still actively protecting him, he was unlike everyone else. He brought spatial rune equipment and did not look like he had a scratch on him.
The treasure disappeared in Qin Feng's hand and the opposing D-tier almost popped a blood vessel from sheer rage.
"Just you wait kid, you're dead!"
Qin Feng chuckled, "I'm dead? How about I kill you first!"
He did not hesitate and pulled out the Verdant Emperor Saber, and the blade of his weapon instantly expanded up to ten meters.
At this time, the people who had been watching the battle from outside widened their eyes when they saw Qin Feng make his move.
"Is he crazy? He's still trying to fight?"
"If you don't accumulate enough energy to come back would you still have the heart to do it? If he keeps fighting, he'll definitely die!"
"That's so naive!"
They were still watching Qin Feng because he was carrying an E-tier.
Jin Fei also wanted to remind Qin Feng but he was too fast!
The blade ignited before it pierced through the internal force of the ancient warrior.
If having it broken outside was considered bad, then losing protection in the tower was a very bad thing.
"Iron Form!"
The ancient warrior was shocked and immediately used his internal force, causing himself to glow with golden light.
His entire reserve was blown away with a single strike, as the destructive storm scoured his body, patches of red began to appear on exposed skin!
He turned and began to run.
Originally, he planned to reach the 25th floor but he did not expect to be forced to reveal the ace up his sleeve already!
However, Qin Feng did not intend on letting him go.
A D5-tier ancient warrior was at least 5 clusters of internal force!
"You want to run?"
In Qin Feng's hands, a thick black smog was released.
"Dark Ray!"
The energy struck the ancient warrior and their new layer of protection was shattered as well.
In the blink of an eye, his body was shredded by the storm.
Qin Feng hurriedly walked forward and activated Asteroid Assimilation in order to gather the scattered internal force and integrate it into his own.
The other person quickly became a skeleton before that even disappeared and was broken down!
As he kept moving, he also managed to pick up four to five new treasures with his consciousness to add to his hoard.
"A good haul!"
Qin Feng nodded in satisfaction.
Jin Fei looked like he was about to cry.
"Boss, this isn't how you're supposed to act in the tower. If you keep going like this we're going to die sooner or later. You must retain your internal force. If you really want to win the bet, we need to reach the 30th floor then come back. Going down is easy but getting back up is hard. There will be people trying to stop us at every turn and try to kill us. Now you've used up all of your internal force, what's the point of fighting?"
"Heh." Qin Feng did not think it mattered. In fact, his current strength might be D-tier but he was not hindered by his environment. If people tried to fight him, he naturally would not run out of energy either.
Since there were people already keeping their eyes on him, he assumed that they were going to have a go at him sooner or later.
"Bai Li, could we come back if this place closes?" Qin Feng immediately asked Bai Li.
"Of course!" Bai Li replied with clarity.
Other people used spatial teleportation. While space was stable around them, they would cause detectable spatial fluctuations. Bai Li's control over space was very much different!
"That's good!"
In that case, there was no need to trifle with other people!
Qin Feng sped up again.
It was only three hundred meters forward in order to reach the 30th floor, but it was difficult under the destructive storm around them as internal force was getting quickly consumed.
He had reached the 25th floor.
As he went further down, his face grew serious. His internal force was being quickly consumed, he had already lost one cluster of it!
The supplements he got from killing the others were starting to rapidly decrease as well.
But it was enough.
Qin Feng accelerated, his speed increasing even more!
26th level…
His internal force protection began to ripple.
27th level…
A C-tier beast emperor crystal core appeared and was pocketed by him.
28th level…
29th level…
Among the black-rboed men, some of their expressions fell.
They snickered at Bai Li's 10 billion bet before but now it seemed like it was going to be true!
Four hundred times the amount.
If Qin Feng actually came back with Jin Fei, they would have to pay 4 trillion!
That was terrifying. That was enough money to start a war.
"Pap!"
Qin Feng landed on the 30th level!
Everyone kicked up an uproar.
"There! He's there!"
"Damn, who bet 10 billion?"
"That woman, she was with number 177!"
Just as people were beginning to talk, Qin Feng was already making his way back up.
The wind swept over him, as if trying to drag him down.
Internal force was being quickly consumed, and in the blink of an eye. More than 40 internal force clusters had been consumed!
Fortunately he had absorbed internal force from before, at the moment his internal force had 20 clusters remaining.
That was enough to make it back!
Qin Feng rapidly began to ascend. The higher he got, the less energy he had to use.
After reaching the 20th floor, he ran into an ancient warrior!
He raised his hand without hesitation.
"Dark Shadow!"
The opponent's internal force was suddenly corroded away. The moment their protection was shattered, Qin Feng was already in front of them, raising his hand to grab them.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
Internal force was quickly restored.
The opponent gasped as he was turned into an ordinary person in a moment's notice before he died with his eyes still open.
The equipment he had on his person was also taken away by Qin Feng before moving forward.
The higher he got, the more people he had to face. They were being cautious as they were afraid of Qin Feng's strength.
"Go at him together, he shouldn't have much internal force left!"
"Charge!"
"Kill him! He's basically a walking treasure chest!"
Greed moved people's hearts! A common man's crime was to carry jade!
These people all came at once. This was the entirety of the 12th level.
One ability user was the first to attack.
"Water Dragon Technique!'
A wave of water washed toward them, the dragon that was produced by this ability user had the thickness of a water bucket. It was more than ten meters in length, blocking Qin Feng's advance and retreat.
This dragon was tiny, no different from a snake!
"Boss, kill him, Zhao Miao attacked us last time!" Jin Fei cried out with excitement.
He did not even think about reaching the 30th level, he was over the moon. That was because Qin Feng had promised him 1% of the profit!
1% of 4 trillion was 40 billion!
He was going to be rich!
Chapter 440: Offending Everyone
Jin Fei had already put blind faith onto Qin Feng. At this time, there were ability users who wanted to kill the two and take their treasures away. Jin Fei thought that his tragic existence of nineteen years would end just like that.
If he was not strong enough, he could not protect his own loot.
If he were strong, he could be like Qin Feng, the power to take on even the gods!
Qin Feng's body was surrounded by a layer of fire before it was spread out.
In an instant, the water dragon was repelled and turned into a thick cloud of mist, quickly dissipating.
He raised a hand toward Zhao Miao's direction and directed a palm at him.
"Dragon Slam!"
Snap!
A D-tier emperor level internal force, an explosive energy that erupted from the body, was something that these people could not defend against!
Before, Qin Feng did not want to pay attention to him but now he was not going to show mercy.
"Die!"
He instantly killed Zhao Miao and took another step forward.
More than a dozen people started to charge at him.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
Internal force billowed wildly as he regained his strength.
All of his attackers were slain again!
Their surroundings were drenched in blood. Qin Feng's cold face, devoid of mercy, was the last thing that his attackers saw on this bloody battlefield.
Death! Death! Death!
When he moved forward again, everyone who attacked him was sent fatally crashing into the ground.
It was then that people realized how terrifying Qin Feng was and fear gripped their hearts.
"Run! Run away!"
There were some that did not want to get attacked by Qin Feng!
Qin Feng let out a chilling laugh. "Do you really think I'll let you go?"
These people wanted to escape but Qin Feng did not allow it!
He raised his hand and his consciousness burst out.
"Hell Magma!"
Boom!
The floor turned into lava in the blink of an eye, wrapping around hundreds of people that were standing on it.
"Gyaaah!"
They could not fly in the destructive storm. When they stepped into Qin Feng's magma, they could only use their internal force and runes to resist it, but soon found out that his magma was much worse than the storm around them!
These people began struggling in the magma. In just a few seconds, they fell into it!
"Store!"
A large number of treasures fell into Qin Feng's hands. Not only that, this time, he had killed hundreds of people.
He moved forward again.
5th level!
The exit was not too far away now.
Qin Feng continued to go up and reached the edge of the first floor.
"Go!"
Qin Feng pulled out the silk of the Steel-limbed Broodmother Queen and enveloped Jin Fei in internal force before suddenly pushing him!
"Aaaah!"
Jin Fei was not sure if that was fear or excitement that he let out along the way, but his legs were weak. With such a push, Qin Feng directly pushed him upward and only after two steps he rolled onto the ground and returned to the audience's position.
That meant that he was safe.
Not only that, Bai Li won her bet.
Four hundred times the amount.
4 trillion!
The black-robed men were staring at Jin Fei, wishing to kill him.
Bai Li moved forward, there was a faint silver light surrounding her that seemed to isolate the surrounding air. Jin Fei originally felt a huge force envelop him, but now there was nothing left.
Bai Li stood beside him, defending Jin Fei.
When Jin Fei saw Bai Li, he immediately knew that she was the one who dragged him forward just now, but he did not dare say a word and tried to make himself as invisible as possible, following behind her.
'I'm just not sure if she's as strong as that sir just now.'
He soon realized that Qin Feng had not come out yet.
Not only did Qin Feng not climb up, he also walked two steps away from the 1st level. The wind around him was still there but it was not very strong and he suddenly stopped moving!
Behind him, a pair of flaming blue peacock wings appeared.
He began to float, the steps under his feet rotated but he remained in his position.
The onlookers had no idea what Qin Feng was doing.
But they were about to very soon!
"Look! Hu Yuan managed to make it to the 25th level and is coming back! The bet's went up 30 times, Boss Ren's made a fortune and he's made Hu Yuan 100 billion!"
Hu Yuan was strong, a D-tier aptitude user. Somewhere along the lines of a D5-tier.
He immediately began to pull back the moment he stepped onto the 25th level, it was a pity that all of the treasures were taken by Qin Feng.
That was why he did not stop and returned up the way he came. As the steps rotated, he kept changing positions and would soon reach the entrance.
That was where Qin Feng was floating.
Hu Yuan suddenly realized what was going on, but unfortunately it was too late.
Boom!
Qin Feng raised a hand and sent out a Firebeam.
Hu Yuan was not like Qin Feng, he had to prepare elixirs and other rare materials before he could go to the tower. He only descended 25th floors, which almost had him reach the limit of his abilities and exhausted most of his internal force.
Qin Feng immediately pierced through Hu Yuan's internal force with his attack and he died in the blink of an eye under the combined force of the Firebeam and the destructive storm.
In the area where the audience was, voices of the crowd abruptly stopped and Boss Ren, the man brought up before, had a pale face.
Originally, he was going to get 3 trillion but that had been ruined.
He could not believe this.
"Who the hell is this person? How dare he not hold me with regard. I'm going to tear him into pieces!"
Boss Ren was naturally furious.
Qin Feng did not care, still floating in place.
Half an hour passed by in the blink of an eye, there were four hundred fifty people to begin with, two hundred were slain in the midst of fighting over treasures and slip ups and Qin Feng killed up to one hundred people.
There were still more than one hundred people in the Secret Tower of Death. These were all D-tiers, and had already completed their goals. They were not planning on continuing and were starting to turn back!
But now they were faced with another problem.
Qin Feng.
He blocked the area closest to the entrance.
Hu Yuan died just now. They could not imagine what would happen to them if they approached.
As such, everyone gradually gathered together but there was not much time left for them!
If they were to consume too much of their internal force or consciousness, they were going to die if they stayed there!
"Screw it, we charge. I don't believe he's going to kill all of us!"
"Don't be arrogant, boy! We're all working for C-tier big bosses, if you kill us, you'll regret it!"
"Outta the way!"
Everyone stared at Qin Feng in anger.
Qin Feng did not care.
"Today, I'm not letting anyone pass!" He laughed frostily.
"Everyone. Group up and waste him!"
All of them charged toward him, but their fate was no different from those who tried to stop him before.
The entire army ended up getting decimated!
Qin Feng was not letting anyone go!
Although it was said that the Secret Tower of Death would probably kill all ten out of ten people who entered it, it had never been as tragic as today. Those who did not dare fight Qin Feng eventually died of energy exhaustion.
Now, there were only two surviving people in the tower!
Qin Feng and Jin Fei.
Whoosh!
Qin Feng hopped out of the tower and arrived in a safe place.
At this time, all the C-tiers were glaring at Qin Feng!
The first time in the Secret Tower of Death and he had managed to offend every bigwig present!
Chapter 441: Taking In Jin Fei
If intense stares could kill a person, Qin Feng would have died a hundred times over.
Qin Feng turned a blind eye to everyone around him!
"It's over already! Bai Li, claim your bet!"
Bai Li, Qin Feng, with Jin Fei in tow, all walked toward the black-robed men.
No one else moved. The audience was silent.
Jin Fei did not even dare speak, his lips were pursed and his face was pale with fright.
The black-robed men gave the signal that it was time to claim their bets, but everyone present knew that there was only one winner.
It was Bai Li, or more like it was Qin Feng, the one who was behind it all!
They were given four very large rings. The rings contained space up to 100 cubic meters with energy credits neatly stacked inside.
It was exactly 4 trillion!
"Congratulations," one of the black-robed men spoke with a mild mannered tone, but peered searchingly at Qin Feng.
"Young people have a bright future!"
That was merely admiration. It did not mean anything else.
Originally, if Qin Feng had gained the money, the forces of the City of Death's duke would be definitely angry at him, but in the end, everything turned out differently.
The reason being that he had killed everyone!
Therefore, the money of these C-tier bosses were all lost.
They had invested hundreds of billions. With so many people participating, the amount of money accumulated was shocking.
10 trillion!
And Qin Feng had only just won 4 trillion, but it could be said that the black-robed men had also earned a lot.
Remembering that Qin Feng had the ability to take on C-tiers, the black-robed men understood his approach.
He was not trying to pull the teeth from a tiger's mouth, but was being selective and careful. He sabotaged the C-tiers without tipping the city duke's scales.
The duke of the city was a B-tier and Qin Feng did not want to provoke him, but it was impossible for other people to compete against him.
Cunning, courageous and powerful!
Qin Feng had only come to the Secret Tower of Death once and it was already impressive!
Of course, this matter would not end there. Whatever kind of revenge that would be taken out on Qin Feng depended on the C-tier.
It was impossible to say who could kill you.
"The tower has ended, do the others not want to claim their bets?"
After these words, other people finally began to move. There were some C-tiers who had bet on Jin Fei and some D-tiers who put their bets on Qin Feng after hearing the news.
But the money they received was very little, they all collectively only took away 800 billion! The rest of the money was taken away by the black-robed men!
The Secret Tower of Death had officially ended!
The spatial passage was opened up by the black-robed men!
This time, the C-tiers did not take the lead, but instead stared at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng did not care. He held Bai Li's hand with his left and dragged Jin Fei forward by the sleeve of his shirt with the other.
Whoosh!
With a bright flash of silver light, Qin Feng disappeared into the spatial passage.
"That person needs to die!"
A C-tier slammed his fist into his chair's armrest, causing the solid wood to instantly shatter.
Other people were equally angry.
"Everyone, please leave first. You may settle your grievances at your own time!" One of the black-robed men spoke up.
These C-tier bosses knew that Qin Feng had offended them today but did not offend the City of Death's duke and even actually aided the other party.
Simply despicable!
However, these people had no choice but to get up and leave.
When they left the passage, Qin Feng, Bai Li and Jin Fei naturally disappeared.
In a secluded dark corner, with dark runes enveloping them, nobody would be able to find Qin Feng and the other two.
He took out a spatial ring and released four cubic meters of energy credits in front of Jin Fei.
40 billion!
"Right, I'd said it before. All of these are yours!" Qin Feng said, "Don't worry about people seeing us, I have sealed away vision with my dark ability. Of course, the way forward is your own!"
Jin Fei was breathing heavily, and his heart was beating so fast that it could crack his ribcage.
He did not know what to think, maybe he had too many thoughts, but his mind was completely blank.
It happened very suddenly, Jin Fei stirred and knelt on the ground with a thump.
"Sir, I don't want this money. I hope I can stay with you and be your apprentice!"
It was normal to learn from a master in the City of Death, they did not have academies for it after all. Ancient martial arts was usually taught in martial arts halls but apprenticeship required a lot of money and there were many places that were just frauds.
But Jin Fei knew that Qin Feng was not a fraud.
"You have money. You can do whatever you want!"
"I can't keep the money! Those big guys would definitely not let me go!" Jin Fei said.
That was a fact!
Even so, Qin Feng believed that Jin Fei could do better.
However, if the future King of Killers wanted to be his apprentice then it was kind of a good thing, Qin Feng would not reject him!
Jin Fei had lived in the City of Death since he was a child. He had his own rules of survival and when he saw a chance, he would cling to it with a deathgrip. Qin Feng's appearance had changed the path of his original fate!
There was no doubt that this was a great opportunity for Jin Fei.
His gaze was firm, even if he had to risk his life, he would do it.
"Please, Sir. I'm begging you!"
"Get up!" Qin Feng reached out with a hand and hoisted Jin Fei up.
Jin Fei's eyes suddenly lit up.
"So you've agreed then? Then let this disciple bow to his master one more time!"
Jin Fei was about to kneel again but Qin Feng pulled him up.
"I didn't say anything about taking you as my disciple, I'm younger than you!" At this point, the only excuse that existed in Qin Feng's quiver was his age!
Jin Fei was taken aback.
Whether it was height or looks, Qin Feng had a mature look on his face. Probably not any older than Jin Fei. The most important thing was that Qin Feng was way too strong!
"I can take you into my mercenary troop, but you don't have an identity in the outside world so we'll discuss that when we get there!" Qin Feng said.
Jin Fei trembled all over when he heard that. "Get there? Me? I can go out, leave the City of Death?"
"Of course. The strong can travel the world!" Qin Feng said matter-of-factly.
Jin Fei was shocked to his core at those words, they resounded through his mind like an echo, or an earthquake.
His state of mind suddenly increased, reaching a new height as the shackles of the City of Death were completely removed.
"Let's go!" Qin Feng said.
"Okay, Boss!" Jin Fei followed behind Qin Feng, who took out the Silver Bolt. Jin Fei did not know how to drive, so he had to sit in the back.
Although his mood had improved, he was still a little bit envious, like a child looking at someone with new toys.
The hovercar quickly sped to the villa area and Qin Feng returned to Liu Dong's villa. By now, the door's been repaired and there were a group of maids waiting outside.
"Welcome home, Sir!" The women said in unison.
Jin Fei was blocked from entering.
Qin Feng furrowed his brow and waved his hand, "Scatter. All of you!"
These women anxiously moved away, and Jin Fei was looking in all directions.
Chapter 442: Returning Once Again
Jin Fei quickly frowned.
He whispered, "Boss, why are you here? You offended so many C-tiers and this person lives in such a remote place. His strength shouldn't be considered very strong, right?"
The City of Death had a strict hierarchy, and only C-tiers could live in villas.
Jin Fei recognized C-tiers from the first glance and remembered their faces, but he had never known the locations of where they lived.
After all, he could not come here. If he were found, he would definitely be killed!
Qin Feng replied, "No, this is my villa now!"
Jin Fei was surprised.
"Aren't villas only exclusively meant for C-tier big bosses?"
"Well, the previous owner was indeed a C-tier!" Qin Feng had a faint smile on.
"Then, is he your friend?" Even if that was the case, it was still impossible to fix the amount of trouble Qin Feng was in right now!
Qin Feng obviously did not care. "No, I killed him!"
Jin Fei was speechless.
The conversation carried on to other things as the two walked into the villa. It was very spacious and luxurious and Jin Fei had noticed it from the outside.
Even if Jin Fei was an E-tier now, he was still alive because he was cautious. When in the City of Death, unless one had a proper network of eyes, ears and hands, they could die at any time.
"Boss, the one who died, it couldn't be Liu Dong could it?" Jin Fei's mind raced as he recalled what happened yesterday.
Several of Liu Dong's men died in an alley and in the end Liu Dong himself was killed by a newly arrived D-tier!
A D-tier killing a C-tier, something like that was horrifying news, yet equally exciting.
It was an event that defied the established order of things.
"Yes it is!" Qin Feng replied.
With that affirmation, Jin Fei became excited all over but he quickly cooled down and became nervous.
"Boss, even if you could kill Liu Dong, it would be best not to stay in the City of Death. Earning this bit of money should be enough and it's better if we leave!"
Leaving the capital with that much money would still leave them with plenty of it to squander!
"Don't worry, everything will be handled by tonight!" Qin Feng said.
Jin Fei still had questions but Qin Feng did not feel like continuing the conversation. He arranged a room for Jin Fei and went to the practice room, sitting down cross-legged.
He killed too many people today!
Now, Qin Feng's dantian was already full of clusters of internal force! Fortunately, he had enough clusters already. These newly added clusters could not be moved yet.
He killed more than two hundred people today. Among them, only a dozen were ability users but there were a whole slew of ancient warriors. In the end, he did not even get to absorb their internal force.
His entire dantian was filled up already!
"Ability, Consume!"
The clusters of internal energy in his dantian began to flow out, passing into the meridians and widening them while some seeped into his consciousness and flowed back in.
His internal force surged again.
70 clusters of internal energy!
This number was already comparable to a C7-tier ancient warrior!
After stabilizing his turbulent internal force, Qin Feng checked his earnings for today.
There were many things! None of them were cheap!
Having hunted down and killing everyone and almost getting 10 trillion could be considered as a good haul. He also remembered that there were still plenty of things that he had not cleaned out from the tower.
Those were the most valuable!
Even if the event was over, Qin Feng was not sure if the people in charge had left, so it was not convenient to enact his plan just yet.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, there were a group of people gathered around one another.
They were all C-tiers.
"This Qin Feng's got an extensive background!"
"Definitely not a weakling!"
"Has everyone finished thinking about it? Sending some D-tiers to him would just end up with them being killed. We need to take action!"
"He killed Liu Dong. In order to make this foolproof we need to send some more!"
"Right!"
After going over their plans, everyone decided that tonight was the best time to strike.
Time passed by very quickly. It was different from Longchuan City, but it was summer back then and it would be a long time before it was dark, but in the City of Death, it was dark out by 4 o'clock.
Night had come.
Qin Feng walked out of the practice room.
"Bai Li. Lets go!" He said.
Bai Li's eyes lit up in that instant and she said, "We're going to look for treasures?"
Whatever Qin Feng called treasure were definitely good things. It seemed that Bai Li had also sensed that there were good things inside the Secret Tower of Death, and those were not the items that Qin Feng had received. Those were just damaged D-tier and C-tier materials.
Qin Feng originally wanted to go somewhere else, but after hearing Bai Li's words he asked, "Can you feel if there's anyone still in that space? Or if they have any place to monitor it?"
Bai Li shook her head. "No one's there. The place we were at today was a connected space. Uh, how do I put this…" She gestured, trying to describe it, "The place people go to before they enter the Secret Tower of Death and the Secret Tower of Death itself are two different spaces. That space is floating, but only when the tower opens a spatial passage would it be connected to that small patch of space. Now that the space is gone, that means that nobody's there!"
Qin Feng had not really understood how space worked, but so long as nobody was there to pass on the news to the city duke then everything would be fine!
"Then, let's go now!" Qin Feng said.
Bai Li nodded quickly and with a flash of silver light, a spatial passage appeared.
Qin Fen and Bai Li stepped in.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng stepped into the Secret Tower of Death again.
Since afternoon, the destructive storm around the tower had become even wilder.
The safe space where the audience was before had disappeared and it seemed that the ashes and trash in the area were gone as well, destroyed by the storm.
There were still some things being tossed around in the gale and were under the threat of total destruction under the constant rotation. These things emitted powerful energy and even Qin Feng did not have a name for some of them.
"Go. I can't move from here or else the storm will get stronger!"
"Alright!"
Qin Feng did not hesitate as he wrapped internal force around himself. His power had doubled since he last entered the tower and his consumption rate had been reduced. His feet suddenly moved!
"Dragon Steps!"
Hroar…
The hurricane that he rushed into seemed to carry with it the roar of a dragon.
He was met with huge resistance, as if being blocked by a powerful repelling force, but his body was as solid as stone, his strength infinite and his feet moving quickly, carrying him past ten levels in the blink of an eye!
20th level!
30th level!
40th level!
Within half a minute, he had reached the 45th level!
This was already the center of the storm and things were flying around him.
"Here!"
Qin Feng locked onto an object. It seemed so familiar!
"Dawnstar!"
The forever indestructible dawnstar!
Then his consciousness abruptly spread out.
"Eversun Steel? Geo Heart? And this…this is Hongmeng fruit?"
These things could not be measured by the standards of this Earth, the strongest ones would be placed as S-tier.
Qin Feng's heart was moved and he grabbed everything he could!
Chapter 443: God Weapon's Birth
Soon, some of the valuable things were taken away by Qin Feng but there were some things that were worthless to him that could not be scattered by the wind.
"Ability, absorb!"
His ability surged, and he found that he could not absorb any energy from these items either.
They really were worthless.
That was good, if these things were left behind then maybe people would not notice what could have gone missing.
Qin Feng stretched his consciousness to its maximum as he grasped onto everything useful within his range and in the blink of an eye, everything valuable had been taken!
At this time, even 70 clusters of internal force could not handle this destructive storm.
He had to retreat.
Even with the storm in the way, he still managed to cross that one hundred meters and make it back to the starting point.
He sat down cross-legged. His internal force consumption had been reduced and the storm here could not do much against his protection.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
Qin Feng's current meridians were very wide. Although he spent a short time cultivating his internal force, he could use his absorption ability to great effect in channeling internal force through his meridians!
At this time, his meridians were like wide water canals, allowing internal force to continuously flow and restore the energy missing in his dantian.
After running the process for five minutes, all 70 clusters of Qin Feng's internal force were restored.
Moreover, he discovered that most of the contenders here were normal aptitude users. There were no gunners, few ability users and a whole load of ancient warriors. That was because the destructive storm here was beneficial in strengthening the sturdiness of one's internal force protection.
But this effect was not useful for Qin Feng.
"Looks like the absorption ability is better than this storm!"
Qin Feng did not stop, and once he was recharged he immediately rushed back down.
Rinse and repeat, he collected all manner of items.
The value of these things were not very high but after the world ended, with the wilderness spreading all over the place, it was inconvenient to spread out goods.
Like how the tear flower, once placed in Shadong Town, fixed the issues in the North Sea Desert, whereas several years ago, Shadong Town was rebuilt four to five times and nobody wanted to deal with solving the issues.
For them, it was unrealistic.
Only Qin Feng could have done it.
Now, when he wanted something, he would have to go to the ends of the Earth in order to get it.
"Hoo!" Qin Feng returned again. At this point, there was nothing valuable left for him. Everything else was hard material that the wind was not able to destroy.
"Lets go Bai Li!"
"Okay, but I want that fruit!" Bai Li pointed at the Hongmeng fruit.
"Sure!"
Qin Feng nodded, Bai Li was in the lead here. Whatever she wanted, he would not be stingy about it.
Back in the practice room, Qin Feng took out everything, including the Hongmeng fruit.
This fruit was very powerful, at least in A-tier. There was a moment where Qin Feng frowned when he inspected the fruit.
The color seemed off.
"This fruit is poisonous?" He felt that this Hongmeng fruit was already dead, the insides were clouded with the dark air of death.
Bai Li inspected it as well and said, "I know, but the core is intact and can be eaten!"
The Hongmeng fruit was barely the size of a fist, but it could survive the destructive storm. In fact it was very hard.
It would take more than just violence to break it open but Bai Li was different.
With a flash of silver light, the Hongmeng fruit split open and revealed its rotting flesh and its core.
It looked like an almond and released a fresh fragrance once revealed. Qin Feng felt as if the surrounding air quality had improved.
"The seed of the Hongmeng fruit?"
"Yes! If you want it, you can plant it but it may not germinate. Inheritance memory tells me that it would take up to a hundred thousand years of cultivating it before a Hongmeng tree can bear fruit!" Bai Li said.
Qin Feng suppressed his laugh after seeing the craving expression on Bai Li's face, she was almost drooling from the corner of her mouth!
"You eat it. It's just a seed. Don't talk about a hundred thousand years, I can't even live up to ten thousand years!" He passed the seed over to Bai Li.
The level of the Hongmeng fruit was as high as S-tier, but now that its flesh was gone its value would have dropped by a lot. Qin Feng was not sure by how much though.
But it was still something good to have!
Bai Li chewed on it for a moment before swallowing and muttered, "You've already signed a contract with me, naturally our lives are shared. You can live as long as you want!"
Qin Feng was taken aback, then patted Bai Li's head.
"But we're equals in this contract. If you want to leave, you can do it at any time!"
"What are you talking about? How could I leave?"
Bai Li stared at Qin Feng incredulously.
"Don't tell me you have other pets and don't want me anymore!'
"What, and what?" Qin Feng smiled helplessly, feeling the weight of the topic. Bai Li was getting stronger and stronger, while his speed of growth was not increasing. It was not that simple to achieve perfect progress.
He had also become more stressed out recently.
Not from strong enemies after his rebirth, but from Bai Li's perfect bloodline.
"Alright, let's see if there's any more treasures to use!"
Qin Feng quickly changed the subject and picked up some of the objects he had obtained to inspect.
There were not many of them and a lot had lost their effects, they were not very big in volume either.
But these things were rare sights. Not even money would be enough to obtain them.
Qin Feng took out the Magical Tesseract.
Then, he put the Verdant Emperor Saber into it again.
The weapon was powerful, but as Qin Feng got stronger, the weapon would eventually reach its limitations.
"Sun steel!"
He put in a huge amount of ore, but it was not what he had obtained in the Secret Tower of Death. Instead, he had gotten this from trading with Lu Wanbao in Shadong Town.
The sun steel fell into the Tesseract and merged with the Verdant Emperor Saber. The lower level materials that were fused with the weapon were all expelled.
As it fused, the saber changed in the blink of an eye.
The feathers of the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor were not suitable for a sharp weapon like the saber and as the sun steel fused into the weapon, it changed from blue to a purplish tone!
Qin Feng continued to add in more materials.
Dawnstar, sharp iron, crystal-bond bone!
Most of the items obtained today were integrated into the weapon and the Verdant Emperor Saber constantly shifted.
Since there was not any material above C-tier, the strength of the Verdant Emperor Saber did not advance, so it was still a D-tier but it had far surpassed the power of the weapons made by D-tier beast emperor materials.
And gods were above emperors.
A God's weapon!
"Hum!"
The Verdant Emperor Saber trembled and no longer merged with anything. It seemed extremely sturdy and stable, and not only that it gleamed with a fuchsia light and exuded a dangerous aura.
Fortunately it was inside the Magical Tesseract, otherwise it would have been found out by countless people who would try to take it for themselves.
A beam of very condensed fuchsia light suddenly appeared!
Chapter 444: Qin Feng Struck First
"It's done!" Qin Feng could hardly hold back his excitement.
He had just constructed a weapon that he would never even dream of owning in his past life.
This would not be made possible if he did not have Magical Tesseract and the massive loot he pulled out from the storm.
Qin Feng infused his consciousness into the Tesseract and took control of the Verdant Emperor Saber. The radiating purple radiance shrunk gradually and finally disappeared from the saber's surface.
He then drew the saber out from the Magical Tesseract using his consciousness.
Since the new Verdant Emperor Saber was constructed out from the Tesseract, there was not any sign of human modification on it. The usual glow or the gold color of king-tier runic equipment could not be found on the newly forged weapon.
Instead, the saber became broader and longer, and the blue flame pattern on it was now replaced by a fuchsia glimmer.
Qin Feng fed the saber with his inner power, which caused it to burn brightly.
Other than flame, Qin Feng could also see a layer of beam emanating from the saber.
He swung it and the fuchsia beam from the saber instantly destroyed one of the Trial Stones in Liu Dong's villa. The stone was used to test inner power and was known for its sturdiness.
It was smashed with a single strike from the saber.
"Great stuff!" Qin Feng held the saber and could not wait to test it in a real battle.
"I can sense that you are thirsty for blood!" Qin Feng's bloodlust was overflowing too.
Qin Feng knew that what Jin Fei said today had certain truths in it. The amount of loot he plundered from this city today was equivalent to the reward of participating in a lethal war in the outside world.
Every C-tier aptitude user in this city would not sit well with him after what happened. Naturally, Qin Feng viewed them as dangerous enemies as well.
The one who strikes first would have the upper hand in this situation. Moreover, the best method to develop quickly is through Asteroid Assimilation.
Qin Feng could not just go and randomly kill people in the territories of the Human Alliance. However, there was no such constraint in the Dark Coalition territories.
'Kill!'
"Bai Li, stay here. If anyone is here for trouble, just kill them."
"Okay!" Bai Li answered and yawned. The energy from the Hongmeng fruit was very satisfying and made Bai Li a little drowsy. Still, a few C-tiers would not trouble Bai Li even when she was in such a condition.
Qin Feng camouflaged himself in dark runes and disappeared into the night.
The City of Death was only of moderate size. Though there were a lot of villa residences scattered around the city, it was all within the touch of Qin Feng's consciousness. After all, his consciousness was of emperor level. Qin Feng expanded his consciousness and quickly found his first target—Master Cheng who sent people to provoke them yesterday.
At the Secret Tower of Death, Master Cheng sent five people up to the arena in an attempt to kill Qin Feng. In the end, they all perished in Qin Feng's hand.
Master Cheng definitely took it personally. He was probably the one who wanted to kill Qin Feng the most in this city.
In fact, he had plotted to assault Qin Feng with others this very same day and they had decided to execute it at 1 am.
Right now, Master Cheng was training in the gym of his own villa.
Qin Feng's prowess made him feel threatened and it brought him out of his slack.
Master Cheng's place was the nearest to Qin Feng's villa. There were a few guards at the door. To Qin Feng, these people were nothing but pools of internal force waiting to be harvested.
Dark Shadow!
In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng transformed into a silhouette and appeared behind one of the D-tier ancient warriors.
The person did not realize the approaching danger and did not have his internal force shield around him.
Qin Feng did not even need to infuse the Verdant Emperor Saber with his internal power. He killed the ancient warrior with brute force.
Poof!
In just a single pop, a D-tier with the position being hailed by many was put down just like that.
Asteroid Assimilation!
The internal energy of the D-tier was immediately transferred into Qin Feng's dantian.
Dark Erosion!
Qin Feng used the dark ability and eroded the ancient warrior's corpse into a puddle of water that evaporated quickly.
Qin Feng collected the spatial rune ring and walked forward.
Master Cheng was much stronger than Liu Dong. He had at least more than thirty underlings. But he lost five men at the tower while some were sent out to run errands. That left only ten patrols to guard the villa at the moment.
Of course, only nine remained now.
Qin Feng made little noise and exterminated all the remaining guards in less than ten minutes.
Inside the villa, the ordinary slaves did not realize Qin Feng's arrival at all.
He moved inside the villa unnoticed and stood in front of the gym, where Master Cheng was at.
Dark ability spread from him and drowsed Master Cheng inside the gym.
Qin Feng promptly broke into the room and struck straight at Master Cheng.
Master Cheng came to his senses and subconsciously burst forth with internal power. An internal force shield quickly wrapped around his body.
Crack!
The solid internal force shield of the C-tier fighter was shattered easily by Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber.
"You!!" Master Cheng was baffled to find Qin Feng in his house.
After all, he had planned to ambush Qin Feng with other C-tiers later in the night. Little did he know that Qin Feng had planned to do exactly the same thing.
"Surprise?" Qin Feng smirked but did not stop his attack.
A purple ray exploded from the Verdant Emperor Saber.
Poof!
The purple ray instantly perforated Master Cheng's heart.
If Master Cheng had Qin Feng's physique, then the ray probably would only bruise his skin. Unfortunately for him, he did not have that level and endurance and was thus penetrated.
This showcased the obscurity of the newly forged saber.
Qin Feng took a step forward and pressed his hand on Master Cheng's dantian.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
His inner strength flew rapidly into Qin Feng's body.
Master Cheng was a C2-tier ancient warrior so he had two large pools of internal power in his dantian. These pools turned into at least twenty clusters and fully filled Qin Feng's dantian.
Bang!
Master Cheng's body dropped to the ground.
Qin Feng flicked his finger and Hellfire immediately ignited on the body and burned his body away.
Again, he picked up the spatial equipment but did not immediately leave the scene. Instead, he got into his meditation posture.
"Absorb!"
Qin Feng circulated the newly acquired internal power through his meridian and recycled it back into his dantian. After several cycles, his internal strength was vastly improved. He left the villa in satisfaction after digesting the internal power.
The next target, he reckoned, should be Master Ren. His hatred toward Qin Feng probably came second after Master Cheng because Qin Feng had also killed his underling today and denied him the 1 trillion.
In the dark, Qin Feng infiltrated Master Ren's house in the same way and finished him off without much hindrance.
One after another C-tier badass in the City of Death was assassinated silently this night.
Qin Feng stopped his manhunt and returned to the villa after he had killed ten persons in quick succession.
***
Before dawn, two C-tier aptitude users concealed their aura and lurked in front of Qin Feng's villa.
Chapter 445: Rumor
Their eyes met and they acknowledged each other silently.
But after waiting for five minutes, they grew impatient. This was because the people they were waiting for did not show up.
"Something is not right. Why is Cheng not here yet?"
"Ren is not here too. Isn't he the one behind this operation?"
"Don't tell me they are playing us."
"Get in touch with them. We better not do anything reckless before they get here."
Those that had success in the City of Death came through a mighty struggle to reach this position. They would not have survived to this day if they were not being extremely vigilant.
They reached for their communicators and called for their accomplices.
"Ringg! The communicator could not be reached at the moment!"
The aptitude user was stunned. The same happened to the other guy. Their expressions changed and they had a bad feeling.
One of them quickly tried to reach the others.
"Ringg! The communicator could not be reached at the moment!"
"Ringg!"
Master Cheng had actually recruited a total of seven aptitude users for this operation. They were aiming for Qin Feng's possession and the loot would be diluted if there were too many people. They agreed to join because each of them was promised at least 6 trillion if the assassination were successful.
Some did not even get the offer.
Unexpectedly, none of the remaining five participants' communicators were online.
"Something's wrong." One of the aptitude users felt a chill down his spine. He could tell that some unforeseen mishap must have happened. "Forget this. Let's retreat first." The guy suggested.
The other nodded in agreement. They did not return to their base immediately but went to Master Cheng and Master Ren's places first.
Of course, they would not find anything there. These people had evaporated into thin air in one night.
Qin Feng slept soundly through the night.
In contrast to Qin Feng, Jin Fei had a rough night. He barely slept, being wary of the possibility that C-tier bosses might come for his life at any time.
The next morning, Qin Feng woke up and had the chef prepare a feast for them.
All the food ingredients Qin Feng provided were of emperor tier. The chef was especially cautious in handling the food material. The value of his life would not be enough to pay for these.
Liu Dong was obviously a hedonist. The chef was a top-class cook and the house was soon filled with the fragrance of delicious cuisine. Jin Fei salivated when he came down from his room. Even though he was an E-tier, he had never enjoyed such a luxurious meal.
"Come and join us. I have something to ask you." Qin Feng pointed at one of the seats.
"Thanks, Boss!" Jin Fei sat down obediently and began to eat carefully. He did not want to embarrass himself with improper table manners. But he quickly found that Qin Feng and Bai Li were rather carefree.
Seeing that, Jin Fei began to relax.
"Boss, what do you wish to know?"
Qin Feng asked, "Which manufacturer has the biggest firearms production in the City of Death? Or who is the most famous in this industry?"
Jin Fei was very familiar with such information and explained immediately, "There are numerous processing factories inside the city. They are mostly built on the cliff, which is why the sky of this city is always covered by poisonous mist."
"Among them, there are two most well-known firearm makers. One is known as Long San. He is a C2-tier and happens to be a gunner. He possesses D-tier firearm forging skills and emphasizes on producing high-class weapons."
"But Han Wen is the one making more money. He is a C5-tier ancient warrior with great influence in the city. He dominates almost up to 70% of the market."
Qin Feng nodded but suddenly thought of something.
'What a coincidence!'
One of the aptitude users that Qin Feng had killed last night was C2-tier.
Of course, Qin Feng would not go and investigate his identity himself.
"Help me to check on this Long San later."
Jin Fei did not know what Qin Feng had in mind but he did not voice his doubt. He promised he would do it and walked out of Qin Feng's villa right after breakfast. .
He purposely disguised himself as a filthy beggar. No one would recognize him as the teenager who walked alongside Qin Feng yesterday.
But if someone used consciousness to track him, he would have no way to hide.
Jin Fei went to the streets that he usually hung around and wanted to gather intel about Long San through some of his subordinates there.
Oddly, not many of Long San's underlings were around today.
Not only that but people around the streets looked unusually jittery.
"Have you heard? Ten C-tier aptitude users were killed last night. Besides, they were killed unnoticed in their own house."
"What? Are you sure? Who are the ones that were killed?"
"Master Ren, Master Cheng, and I heard Master Long was killed too. There was only a pile of ashes left and his gun was still fully loaded!"
"How is that possible? Master Long is very powerful!"
"Who knows? No one has said anything. Some of the loyal subordinates under these C-tier bosses disappeared yesterday too. They claimed that at least a hundred D-tiers were killed in those villas last night!"
"Who is the culprit?"
"Some say it's a D-tier?"
"This is just getting wilder and wilder. Are you kidding with me?"
"No kidding man. Who in this city doesn't know about this D-tier now? He killed Liu Dong as well as more than 400 aptitude users at the tower yesterday, which won him 4 trillion…"
Jin Fei was stunned after listening to the person's babble.
'Are they talking about Qin Feng?'
He was no longer in the mood to collect intel so he rushed back to the villa to look for Qin Feng.
Qin Feng was absorbing some of the items that he obtained from the Tower of Death yesterday. These were edible items and could not be used to construct runic equipment. Qin Feng would not put it into his mouth but directly digested it with his ability.
"Absorb!"
"Absorb!"
"Absorb!"
"Absorb!"
He had plundered back a huge number of items. He was promoted once again after leaving Longchuan for less than a month.
D6-tier!
"Phew!" Qin Feng breathed out in satisfaction. He would be in a much better position once he had pushed past C-tier.
Jin Fei came stumbling in through the front door.
"Boss! I got the news you wanted!"
Qin Feng walked out of the gym. Jin Fei felt that he was scarier than any D-tier he had met before as a strong aura still lingered around the newly-promoted Qin Feng.
He was way beyond those at the same tier as him.
"Speak."
"Gulp." Jin Fei initially believed that someone must have tried to frame Qin Feng. He was not so sure now. "Long San has disappeared. Someone said that he was killed and his body had been obliterated. Not only that but nine other C-tier aptitude users went MIA since last night too. It's rumored that you are the culprit behind all these."
Qin Feng nodded. "I am."
Jin Fei was stunned.
Chapter 446: Factory Ownership
"Since Long San left behind such a huge asset, I am going to claim it." Qin Feng got up and got dressed in his battle suit. "Lead me to this factory of his."
"Ah! Sure!"
Jin Fei showed Qin Feng the destination on the map and they headed there in Qin Feng's hover car.
The workers of the factory were in full panic mode. But since this firearm factory was one of the top three businesses under Long San, the place was still heavily guarded. After Long San was found missing, most of the D-tiers had gathered at the factory.
There were a total of thirteen men and none of them believed Long San had been assassinated.
But, most people actually believed the rumor.
Qin Feng was not the first to come to the factory. A group of people had actually "visited" the compound before him.
The news was leaked around 12 o'clock and most of the big guns got the update long before that. They had secretly carved up most of the resources that once belonged to Long San, and the firearm factory inevitably became everyone's target thereafter.
Long San's firearm business was not the most profitable one as it focused on high-end tech over applicability. The factory was built to serve his own purpose since Long San was a gunner. As such, he had hired thirty researchers to work for him in the factory.
Such a business did not earn as much as Han Wen's arsenal. But Han Wen was not dead.
It was the last place that came to the big guns' minds after they had swallowed up most of the other companies. They sent someone to take over the place and in the end, four people from different factions bumped into each other at the factory.
"This factory belongs to our boss from today onward!"
"First come first serve. Scram!"
"Kiss my as*"
"Get the hell out of here if you don't want to die!"
Seeing that the situation had come to an impasse, they had no choice but to call for backup.
Soon, a few hundred D-tier aptitude users arrived at the factory. The thirteen D-tiers under Long San had decided to stay out of it and waited to join whichever faction that came out on top in the end.
As things escalated, eventually the C-tier bosses were forced to come out personally.
This was no longer about the business but the bosses' personal ego.
"Since none of us are willing to give in, then there's only one way left," One of the C-tiers spoke.
The other C-tier sneered and said, "I am listening."
"Battle royal!"
"Alright then."
Each C-tier would pick a D-tier fighter to contest in the battle royal and the last man standing wins the factory for his or her boss.
Qin Feng's hover car arrived at the scene when they had come to an agreement.
Jin Fei exited the car hastily and wanted to open Qin Feng's car door for him. But Qin Feng was not a resident in this city and he could not care less about such unnecessary culture. He stepped out of the car before Jin Fei reached for the door handle.
Qin Feng scanned the crowd outside the factory. Jin Fei followed his sight and was frightened when he saw the four bosses.
"Boss, they are obviously fighting for factory ownership. These four are some of the most dangerous gang bosses in this city," Jin Fei introduced in a low voice.
The four C-tier aptitude users looked toward Qin Feng simultaneously.
They immediately recognized Qin Feng after yesterday's incident at the Secret Tower of Death.
Though Qin Feng's power was off the charts, he did not have a gang in the City of Death. Thus, he was unable to claim any property after assassinating ten bosses.
Nobody expected Qin Feng to appear at the factory.
Qin Feng walked over slowly and stopped about ten meters away from the bosses.
"So you guys have your eyes on this factory too?" Qin Feng asked coldly.
Those C-tiers' expressions immediately changed.
One of them looked at Qin Feng in horror.
He was one of the men that sneaked outside Qin Feng's villa yesterday night. He was the one who certified that the ten missing men were dead after visiting their houses.
Though there were no corpses to be found, they were certain Qin Feng was the culprit based on the dark rune remnants and faint inner strength trail left at the scene.
Now, the brutal killer had suddenly come out of nowhere.
The C-tier instinctively made the wisest choice out of fear. "Hmph, such a lousy place is not worth sacrificing my man's life. I am out. Retreat!"
His underlings looked at their boss puzzlingly at the sudden change in attitude but they went away with him without complaint. About thirty men left the factory after the C-tier opted out.
The other three C-tiers were shaken too. They were carefully weighing the cost and consequence in their minds.
Of course, not every one of them believed that Qin Feng was the murderer.
Besides, they were also very interested in Qin Feng's wealth.
"So what if we do? Your name is Qin Feng, right? Don't tell me you are thinking of taking over this factory as well?" One of the remaining C-tiers bawled.
According to Jin Fei earlier, the one who had spoken was called Chang Ming. He was a solid C-tier ancient warrior with great physical strength.
"Yes. I am interested in this factory. I would appreciate it if the three of you withdraw at once." Qin Feng answered.
"Who do you think we are? Some goons who will just give you the ownership after you blab some nonsense?" Chang Ming did not think much and blurted, "Take out 10 trillion and I may consider handing the factory to you."
Qin Feng could not hold back his laughter. "What kind of goon are you to make you think I would accept such a nonsensical offer?"
The others laughed too and Chang Ming was exasperated that Qin Feng ridiculed him with his own words.
"You are so dead!"
Qin Feng replied, "Those who said that yesterday is no longer in this world today."
The other two C-tiers were stunned by what he said.
Chang Ming, however, continued to mock Qin Feng, "Don't be so full of yourself. I am not buying it. Let me call your bluff."
Since Qin Feng had proven that he was invincible among the D-tiers in the Secret Tower of Death, Chang Ming decided to challenge him personally.
He did not use any particular art but simply charged at Qin Feng bluntly with his internal power concentrated at the front of his palm.
The force of the palm was not only aimed at Qin Feng but encapsulated Jin Fei in it as well.
Qin Feng promptly made his move. He grabbed on Jin Fei and fell back speedily with Dragon Steps.
Boom!
The ground instantly shattered upon impact.
Chang Ming was indeed a scary opponent.
The D-tier subordinates could clearly feel the pressure oozing out from Chang Ming. The two C-tiers were in awe too.
'Chang Ming had once again improved!' They wondered whether the fact that he could progress so quickly was because of his simple mind.
Chang Ming attacked again but Qin Feng moved a tad earlier this time.
"If you don't believe me, then ask those men when you see them in hell!"
Qin Feng disappeared after he said that.
Dark Shadow!
In the next instance, he resurfaced right behind Chang Ming.
Chapter 447: Intimidation
A fuchsia saber appeared in Qin Feng's hand.
The next moment, fuchsia magma collided with Chang Ming's internal force shield.
Pop!
It was as easy as popping a bubble. Chang Ming's shield burst instantly.
Chang Ming was shocked. He turned and barely evaded the incoming saber.
Qin Feng was relentless and attacked again. Chang Ming immediately took out a golden spear, indicating that it was a weapon imbued with beast emperor runes.
Furthermore, it was a legit C-tier weapon.
Chang Ming perfused the spear with his internal power and raised it to block Qin Feng's attack. He had regained himself from the initial shock and intended to contest Qin Feng seriously.
If possible, he would like to end Qin Feng's life here and now.
Qin Feng charged in and they were soon tangled up in a fierce battle.
The reason Qin Feng was able to kill ten people the night before was because he did so through a surprise attack.
Against Chang Ming, the opponent was prepared and defended frantically after witnessing Qin Feng's ferocious attack.
The repercussions of their battle were suffocating and forced back the crowds.
Qin Feng still had a lot left in the tank, while Chang Ming's internal force slowly collapsed impact after impact.
Clank!
The two weapons came together time and again. All of a sudden, a terrifying radiance beamed out of Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber.
Burning Sword Glare!
Qin Feng had held back his power up till now. The blade in fuchsia glare slammed heavily on Chang Ming's spear.
The spear melted at an observable speed and broke into half. That was the horrifying power of the Verdant Emperor Saber.
"Ah!!" Chang Ming shrieked and let go of his weapon. Both of his hands were burned by the heat from the sword glare. Dauntingly, both inflicted hands turned into bones instantly.
The bystanders were stupefied seeing the result.
Qin Feng seized the opportunity and continued to release his energy without hesitation.
Boom!
The glare engulfed Chang Ming entirely.
"Ah!!!" Chang Ming tried to trigger his remaining internal force to resist the flame. But it was futile as his arms began to turn into bones as well.
Bang!
Chang Ming stomped on the ground and fled backward.
An honorable C-tier was forced to run away from a battle. It was such a disgrace.
Anyhow, Chang Ming saved his life by doing so as Qin Feng did not plan to pursue and give him the final blow.
The crowd was silenced.
Qin Feng's sight went through each of them.
Those aptitude users who worked for Chang Ming looked down in fright and stepped back sheepishly. When they saw that Qin Feng did not take any further action, they, too, bolted with their tail in between their legs.
Another thirty men were gone from the scene.
Now, sixty of them were left. Qin Feng turned to them.
"Master Yuan, I am not going to turn on you just because of one tiny factory. You are free to have it." One of the C-tiers threw the ball to Master Yuan and left hurriedly.
The last C-tier stood there, half angry, half nervous. His mind was racing to find a proper excuse.
Qin Feng's sight fell on the last boss.
"Boss, this is Yuan Tian, a C5-tier ancient warrior…" Jin Fei did not continue as he realized it was no longer necessary. Unlike Chang Ming, C-tier bosses in this city often avoided getting involved in a battle.
Qin Feng nodded and said, "Master Yuan, I am really fond of this factory. I hope you don't mind passing it to me."
Before Yuan Tian could say anything, one of his underlings rebuked, "Who do you think you are? How dare you speak to our boss like that?"
Though Qin Feng had defeated Chang Ming, Yuan Tian was at an entirely different level. They wished to teach Qin Feng a lesson seeing his arrogance.
More so, they were jealous of Qin Feng.
Yuan Tian snarled and slapped the ancient warrior who spoke senselessly. The poor guy was sent flying several meters back.
"Brother Qin, I apologize for not educating my dog well." God knows how difficult it was for those words to come out from Master Yuan's mouth.
However, the depth of Qin Feng's strength was immeasurable. What happened today showed that Qin Feng was no easy opponent. No one in the City of Death would dare to mess with him from this point onward.
If Qin Feng wanted, he could have killed the eleventh C-tier in less than a day.
"We are leaving!" Yuan Tian did not wait for Qin Feng to reply and left with his men too.
The tense situation outside the factory a moment ago was promptly defused. Only Long San's men were left there now. They looked at each other and wondered what would happen to them now.
"Those who wish to stay, I will give you what Long San had promised you before. But if you don't want to work with me, you are free to go!" Qin Feng did not make it hard on them.
"Really? We are free to walk?" Though they worked for Long San, not all of them are loyal to him.
When one became stronger, naturally those on top would come and recruit them. If they refuse the offer while not having any backings, then it usually spelled doom for them.
It was just like how Master Cheng had recruited Qin Feng before. The only difference was that Qin Feng did not bow down to him, and Master Cheng was the one who paid with his life instead.
Thus, when Long San was killed, the first concern his underlings had was not to avenge him but to find a way to survive in this unforgiving city. They did not expect Qin Feng to be so lenient to them.
"I always mean what I say. Besides, I have no room for useless subordinates!" Qin Feng affirmed.
The D-tiers were clearly angered by Qin Feng's remark but did not rebut him.
Though Qin Feng had defeated Chang Ming and probably was the culprit behind the ten assassinations yesterday, most of them were still unconvinced.
After all, Qin Feng was only a D-tier and they would not unwaveringly serve someone at the same tier as them, no matter how outrageously strong he was.
Qin Feng understood this too. He might have made those D-tiers at Shadong his subordinates but it was only until a few major battles later that they became united and acknowledged Qin Feng. To earn these people's trust simply by killing a few top guns was not going to cut it.
In the end, most of Long San's men left and only two were willing to stay put.
One was a one-eyed gunner known by the nickname Eagle Blind. His real name was Guo Guan and was at least fifty five years old. He was a D-tier but had a weak physique. He probably experienced multiple major injuries during his youth.
The other one was Guo Guan's nephew named Guo Song. He was a twenty-nine-year-old D-tier ancient warrior.
Two men were all Qin Feng needed.
"I will bear all the expenses of the factory. All you two need to do is to keep watch of the factory and prevent anyone from entering," Qin Feng ordered solemnly.
Guo Guan frowned. He was clearly undeterred by Qin Feng's imposing presence.
"You killed ten bosses yesterday, but this is the only property you came forth to claim. I bet you have something unique to research on?"
Qin Feng chastised, "Don't poke on things when you are not supposed to."
Guo Guan laughed and said, "Well, I am just curious. After all, I do not work only as a guard here but I am also a recognized firearm engineer."
Qin Feng looked at him with great interest. He was surprised by the veteran's tenacity.
'He may be more useful to me than I thought.'
Seeing his persistence, Qin Feng revealed to him. "Well. There's indeed something I wish to reverse engineer."