Chapter 640: Rescue
Qin Feng's face turned grim when he saw what was happening.
These human sacrifices might have been the people the Dark Coalition kidnapped from the villages in the area. It could also be their own people that were living in their own territories.
To be frank, he knew about this incident before he was reborn.
The Human Alliance, naturally, was disgusted by this and openly criticized this action. Over a dozen B-tiers' names were pinned on the bounty list and these poor sods were hunted wherever they went.
Some of them even got chased out of the Huaxia Alliance's borders. And the B-tiers from the Human Alliance that were in the scene too were brought in for questioning and punished. Why did they not stop these murderers from doing what they were doing—it was because they themselves wanted to hunt the Cinderclast Golems. As such, they waited until the Dark Coalition was done with their human sacrifice offering before attacking.
Resources were scarce.
These golems were resources. And their materials were quite valuable.
As such, these people from the Human Alliance had thrown away their good conscience after realizing that they had something to gain if they simply closed one eye, for just a short moment.
And this time, Qin Feng had information about the location of the incident. And thus, he acted first and hunted the Cinderclast Golems. Things were supposed to have changed.
Yet, these Dark Coalition jerks still showed up and did things like this.
Of course, this time they were not able to bring as many human sacrifices as he remembered. Qin Feng remembered from the report that they had at least brought five thousand people to sacrifice them to the Cinder Pine.
Now, due to the limited time they had, they could not prepare that many human sacrifices.
Regardless, the number of people they were throwing down there was still obscenely enormous. Qin Feng must stop them before the horrifying history repeats itself again.
So, as soon as the Dark Coalition began their operation, Qin Feng acted right away.
Fifty people were thrown down to the Cinder Pine—their bodies were pierced through by the tree branches, killing them on the spot before the fire had even started burning their flesh. As the corpses were burning, a Cinder Flower had borne its fruit and dropped it down to the ground. New Cinderclast Golems were born one by one.
In a wink of an eye, about sixty Cinderclast Golems had appeared before everyone's eyes. The B-tiers were overjoyed when they saw this. These human sacrifices were worth very little in their eyes. Thus, exchanging one worthless life for 5 billion was a very good deal.
"You human filth!!!"
Qin Feng bellowed out furiously as he extended his Blue Fire Wings and darted to the sky.
Of course, these B-tiers knew who he was. Their faces turned grim instantly when they saw him.
"Quick! Stop him!"
"We can't allow him to ruin our plan!"
"Just kill him. This kid is the governor of the North Sea State. That new city was also founded by him. After killing him, we could sacrifice an entire city to these trees! That's a whole lot of easy money for us, you know."
They knew that the Human Alliance did not have enough manpower to handle the safety of a small backwater place like this.
With the Human Alliance retracting their aptitude users from these places and reassigning them to other much more dangerous areas, the Dark Coalition had more room to navigate around here. This included calling in more reinforcement.
The Dark Coalition had a lot of time on their hands after all.
"Yeah! Let's kill him!"
"This moron came alone! What a golden opportunity!"
"This is what he gets for sticking his nose into others' business!"
"Well, to be fair, it's his job to come handle this place's security."
"Job? Only idiots would care about these stupid responsibilities!"
Thus, sixteen men leaped into the air to face Qin Feng.
"Die!!!"
The ancient warriors wielded their weapons as they leaped into the air.
"Stop them!" Qin Feng ordered.
Bai Li instantly warped to the air and whipped out a dash of silver ray.
"Teleportation!"
Whoosh Whoosh Whooosh!!
Four B-tiers were teleported to the ground in an instant. They looked around and were surprised to find out that they were sent five thousand meters away from where they were. It would take them quite some time to hurry back to the scene.
Bai Li snapped her fingers and a huge silver chest appeared in the air and boxed in three aptitude users.
Then, she darted in the air like the wind, taking on a dozen men. Although she was not able to stop them all at once, Bai Li did buy Qin Feng enough time to fly toward the hovercraft.
Cannon shells were fired at him as he got closer.
However, in the blink of an eye, Qin Feng had vanished!
"Wha… What?! Where did he go?"
The C-tier that was piloting the hovercraft panicked when he lost his target. Cold sweat rolled down his forehead.
This man knew about how powerful Qin Feng was because he had spent some time in the area. The young man was, at first, a governor of this backwater state. Yet, after several people tried to taunt and bring trouble to his turf, these people had all suffered the consequences and were never heard of since.
And now, as seconds went by, he saw that Qin Feng was able to fight B-tiers head on. Bai Li had already slain two B-tiers in the fight too.
The poor C-tier gunner would not want to take on a fearsome enemy like this.
Now, seeing that Qin Feng had vanished into thin air, all he could do now was panic.
Then, a loud explosion could be heard from ahead.
Boom!
The bulletproof glass of the cockpit was smashed into pieces before a silhouette zipped next to him.
It was Qin Feng!
"Aaargh!!"
The C-tier cried out in horror. He did not even have the time to pull out his weapon before the golden rune equipment slashed through his head.
Thud!
His head rolled on the floor as soon as the golden saber slashed through his neck.
Wasting no time, Qin Feng quickly ran his fingers on the cockpit's keys. In no time, the hovercraft started to descend to the ground.
Then, Qin Feng opened the cockpit door to scan the entire craft with his conscious energy.
There were only five C-tiers onboard. Now that he had slain the pilot, there were only four left.
Whoosh!
Qin Feng appeared behind a C-tier like a phantom and stabbed his golden rune sabre into the man's heart.
Then, in a quick vertical slash, he was able to hit another C-tier ancient warrior.
Crush!
The ancient warrior's internal energy shield was crushed in an instant.
"Arggh! It's Qin Feng!"
A C-tier cried out in fear as his internal force burst forth from his body. In under a second, green vines grew out of his body, wanting to grab Qin Feng.
Qin Feng glared at him with his conscious energy and sent a wave of flames at him. In a bat of an eye, all the vines were burned to crisp.
As the flames were still clackering in the air, Qin Feng wielded his golden rune sabre and struck like the wind. His foes were blinded by the bright flames so they could not respond properly. Not only that, even if they could respond, Qin Feng was too quick for them to fight back anyway.
Fwoosh!
An aptitude user's neck was stabbed. Then, another. And another.
Three men's necks were stabbed by Qin Feng like a meat skewer in one hit.
The last C-tier saw that the odds were now stacked against him; so, he opted to open the craft's door and jumped out. He was done. He was not going to lose his life fighting with this powerful governor!
Qin Feng did not bother to pursue him. Instead, he ran out of the hovercraft and climbed straight to the roof.
He took less than ten seconds to murder the crap out of the four men in the craft. As such, the hovercraft had only flown about ten meters during the time he killed all of these men.
Qin Feng accumulated his internal energy and leaped into the air! It was a several dozen meters leap! And he landed on another hovercraft.
Then, he got to working again with great speed.
Thus, the four hovercrafts all changed course after Qin Feng had taken care of the aptitude users inside.
"Heh! Qin Feng! So, you want to save these people, right? I'll see how you're gonna save this one!"
An ancient warrior, who came running back from afar, slashed a powerful strike at the last hovercraft that was trying to steer away from Qin Feng.
Clank!
The hovercraft was slashed in half!
Chapter 641: Feeding B-tiers to Cinder Pine
Pzzzt! Crack! Pzzt!
The Cinder Pine ignited from the explosion but was not damaged. However, the human corpses that fell out of it had all been devoured by it.
A short moment later, about eighty Cinderclast Golems walked out of the fire!
Qin Feng was furious when he saw this. And yet, the B-tier still yelled out to taunt him.
"Come on! Go save them! I'll see how you save them. Qin Feng, you're just a little piece of dirt in the alliance's hierarchy. I'll tell you what. I'll come again with another huge load of human beings and unload them all onto the tree too! Let's see how you're gonna stop me!"
Qin Feng was now completely pissed.
"No, you don't need to. Because I won't give you this chance." Qin Feng replied coldly.
"No need to? You mean you are the one that doesn't need to come, right?"
"Qin Feng, no matter how strong you are, you can't handle this many B-tiers' attacks."
"Yeah, you'll die today. Right here. Right now!"
The other B-tiers that had rushed to the scene hovered in the air and surrounded Qin Feng and Bai Li.
Bai Li did not bother to do crowd control so these B-tiers that surrounded them did not know any better.
Qin Feng said, "Say, you like to do human sacrifices to the Cinder Pine, right? Then, how about you be the human sacrifice?"
After saying so, Qin Feng's golden rune sabre disappeared from his hand before a helm appeared on his head.
Vooom!
A presence emitted out of Qin Feng. Suddenly, an invisible aura started to envelop Qin Feng and his combat armor.
Then, a weapon appeared in his hand.
Its hilt was black with its blade emitting a fuchsia ray. Although they could not lock onto the blade with their eyes and conscious energy, they could feel that the blade was vibrating.
Booom!!
A powerful presence burst out of Qin Feng's body. Despite wearing heavy armor, Qin Feng's speed was insanely fast. Despite the B-tiers already having him locked on, they could not keep up with his speed.
As he moved rapidly around them, his body had turned into a series of mirror images, dazzling the B-tiers.
Even the guy who was taunting him earlier too felt tremendously threatened. He quickly summoned his internal energy to form a barrier around him as he took his massive shield from his back and hid behind it!
This man was quite famous in the underworld. He had trained his body forcefully to the point where he had superhuman strength. The shield that was in his hand right now was actually his weapon too—it was not just for defense but also used to incur deadly blunt damage on his enemies.
It was then, he could feel that a silhouette had appeared before him. It was Qin Feng! The only one that was hostile to him right now was Qin Feng.
His body responded before his mind did and rammed his massive shield at the enemy in front of him with a massive force!
Booom!!
A loud explosion could be heard in front of him. The silhouette slowed down to a halt and showed its real self—it was indeed Qin Feng.
Qin Feng, on the other hand, took his dark fuchsia blade and struck on the massive shield. The intensely powerful energy on the shield was obliterated in an instant.
And then, the shield started to crack.
The crack expanded and expanded in all directions… like a spider web.
Finally, the B-tier gawked at his hand as his shield broke to pieces in it.
"Die."
Qin Feng swiped his newly enhanced Verdant Emperor Saber at this B-tier ancient warrior.
Psssst!
The internal energy shield was crushed in an instant.
The ancient warrior panicked and directed the rest of his internal energy with his wailing hands, trying to stop Qin Feng from harming him.
However, there was no way to stop his Verdant Emperor Saber.
Poof!!
Blood sprayed out like a fountain as the man's arm was cut down like butter.
The arm fell from the sky and straight into the Cinder Pine below. It was devoured almost immediately. The Cinder Pine started to wave around, seemingly happy that it could have this meal—it seemed to prefer to devour this arm that the others.
Thud Thud Thud!!
Several flowers immediately bore fruits and turned into Cinderclast Golems.
Meanwhile, the battle in the sky was still going on fiercely.
Qin Feng did not use much of his energy to clean up these filthy criminals.
Suspended in mid-air, the B-tier ancient warrior could not utilize his leg muscles to run away. As such, all he could do now was watch Qin Feng approach him again with his saber and….
Vooom!!!
The Verdant Emperor Saber was stabbed straight into his stomach. Due to the fierce vibration the blade emitted, his wound was torn open, it became larger and larger as blood kept spurting out.
"Ugh…ah… you…."
The man seemed to still want to say something. However, Qin Feng did not bother to entertain him any further. He pulled out his weapon and zipped upward to the sky before crashing down with a kick.
Fwoosh!
Like a sandbag, the ancient warrior could do nothing but receive the strike in full blow before falling down from the sky and onto the Cinder Pine.
The tree, as soon as it devoured the man, quickly produced more fruits and grew about ten meters in height.
It was apparent that a B-tier was much more nutritious than one hundred men to the Cinder Pine.
On the other hand, Qin Feng had killed a B-tier in less than three minutes.
Of course, he was not going to stop there.
All of these men… they needed to die!
Thus, Qin Feng zipped straight to the B-tier crowd like a ghostly phantom.
Three gunners immediately utilized their conscious energies to wield their guns and started spraying attacks at Qin Feng.
"Deflection!"
Qin Feng's conscious energy was formidable. In a split second, their bullets were completely stopped and deflected away from him.
"Gu… Guys! Let's go! Let's kill him!!"
A horrifying gust of wind blew past a B-tier ability user and formed a small, three-meter wide hurricane, with thousands of wind blades swirling inside. If Qin Feng was trapped in it, he would be cut to pieces.
"Child's play."
Qin Feng slashed out his Verdant Emperor Saber with his powerful internal energy—his internal energy formed into a massive blade and cut the hurricane in half.
In that short instance, four B-tiers rushed over and surrounded Qin Feng.
"Die!"
"Three-Smiley Foray!"
"Star Slasher!"
"Thousand Stabs!"
Several attacks landed on Qin Feng's internal energy shield.
Booom!!
Only a few drops of energy on the shield was depleted. They could only leave a small scratch on it despite how hard they attacked.
Qin Feng's internal energy was too powerful for them to break through.
"Get lost!!!"
Qin Feng bellowed furiously as he slashed out his Verdant Emperor Saber.
Pwoof!!!
The B-tiers' internal energy shields were instantly crushed.
Clank!!
Their armors and rune equipment were completely destroyed by the blade.
Then, Qin Feng warped behind one of these men.
"Die!"
In one slash, half of the man's body was cut and torn to shreds.
His body fell from the sky before he was able to whimper.
There was no one that could stop Qin Feng.
Kill! Kill kill kill kill!!!
The Ancient Warriors were completely slain. In under twenty minutes, six of them were completely killed!
And the Cinder Pine kept growing and growing. Now it was already three hundred seventy meters tall!
There were still ten B-tiers left.
Some of them were finally afraid of Qin Feng.
"Re… Retreat!!!"
"Too late."
There was no way Qin Feng would let them go.
He was going to feed them all to the Cinder Pine. This would save him a lot of time and effort!
And thus, he kept going on with his massacre!
Chapter 642: Man-eating Tree
With Bai Li around to support him, there was no way these people could run away. As such, they were all killed and fed to the Cinder Pine.
The hovercraft of the Fengli Organization had arrived after all that happened. They did not dare to use long-range support fire because they feared that they would disrupt Qin Feng. Qin Feng did not want them to come too—if things went south, the B-tiers could hijack the hovercraft and then they would have a hostage situation.
"Don't be scared. We're here to help!"
"Thank goodness… we're saved!"
"Follow us."
"Argh…!!! Don't… Don't hurt me…!! Huh? What… Um, well… We're from Cinderclast City!"
"Yes, ma'am. Yes. We're from the Fengli Organization. Come with us. There's no need to worry now."
After a few rounds of confusion, the people on the other hovercrafts were now rescued and brought onto their hovercraft.
Meanwhile, reinforcement from the Human Alliance too had arrived.
They were late—even later than the hovercraft. As such, they did not get to do any fighting. Still, even if they wanted to help Qin Feng to fight, they would not be able to do much anyway—Qin Feng was able to wipe out the whole group in minutes.
These people had other things in their minds right now—the Cinderclast Golems under the Cinder Pine.
Qin Feng, on the other hand, took Bai Li's hand and retreated.
Even though he knew that feeding B-tiers to the tree would provide it with a great amount of nutrition, he did not think that it would grow so fast. Now, the thing was about five hundred meters tall!
Right now, the B-tiers that had newly arrived felt a tremendous presence from the Cinder Pine. It was so powerful that it was so difficult to breathe near it.
"Qin Feng, are you alright?" He Liming and the others walked toward Qin Feng.
They opted to care for Qin Feng instead of hunting the Cinderclast Golems right away for financial gains.
They also saw the weapon in Qin Feng's hand. They saw that it could destroy B-tiers' weapons and armor. As such, this thing must be quite powerful and valuable.
This thing… it could be a God Weapon.
"I'm fine. We need to retreat a bit further." Qin Feng said.
"What's wrong?"
"I have a bad feeling about the tree. Trust me."
Three of them came early so that they could grab some hunts while they could. Now that they had hunted enough, there was no need to rush forward to hunt more. Besides, they understood what he meant by "bad feeling"—they too had felt a certain heavy, creeping presence from the Cinder Pine. As such, they backed away with Qin Feng.
As soon as they left the area, they could feel that the ground was shaking before lava started to burst wildly in the lava pool earlier.
Splash!!!!!!
A crimson red root burst out of the lava pool and flipped the soil around fiercely. This went on further and further, and before they knew it… Two-kilometer-wide of soil was completely flipped by the root, pulling the other greedy B-tiers in it.
"Ahhh! What's going on??"
An ancient warrior cried out in confusion.
The ground continued to shake wildly as tree roots burst out of the soil. He wanted to jump away from it but several roots burst out from behind and grabbed him.
Booom!!
The ancient warrior unleashed his internal energy, intending to break away from them. The burst of his energy was so loud that even Qin Feng could hear it from afar.
He kept bursting forth his internal energy. Again and again.
"It's Liu Ji!"
Fu Wenjue apparently knew who that was and wanted to head out to save him. However, before he was able to leap out, Qin Feng pulled his arm.
"Don't. You won't make it in time."
He looked at where Liu Ji was again. The poor ancient warrior was now completely bound by the roots and being pulled toward the tree trunk. As he was pulled closer, a huge mouth opened up on the tree trunk!
"Gulp!"
Liu Ji was thrown straight into the tree's mouth before it closed up completely. A minute later, the Cinder Pine did not grow taller, instead, its roots kept appearing more and more in the area, extending further and further.
This was so horrifying!
And it was not just Liu Ji. There were also other aptitude users that were trapped too. They thought that they could prey on some golems by arriving early. Instead, now they had become the prey.
"Qin Feng, should we ask for help from the A-tiers? This tree… this thing! It's so horrifying!"
Qin Feng shook his head and switched on his communicator. "When will the Floating City arrive?"
"We're en route, sir. We should be there in half an hour."
"Good!"
Half an hour? Qin Feng could hold on for half an hour.
There was no change in his plans.
"Look! It's moving!"
"Could it be that this tree is… an animal?"
Fu Wenjue and the others panicked when they saw it moving.
"Damn it!"
Qin Feng's face turned grim.
The B-tiers that were running away were fleeing toward Cinderclast City. If they kept on going that way, Cinder Pine would reach Cinderclast City in under five minutes!
After all, the tree was very near the city. And it had grown humongous in size… and it was fast too.
"Don't run in that direction! If you want to leave, turn to other directions!"
Qin Feng yelled out loudly.
Yet, the Cinder Pine was too huge. Even if they wanted to, they could not outrun the tree roots. Also, these people did not care to listen to Qin Feng too.
"Bai Li, do it!" Qin Feng ordered.
In an instant, Bai Li vanished into thin air. Yang Bei and the others felt a chill down their spines when they saw this. They could feel that Qin Feng was not exactly in a good mood.
"Governor Qin, please stay calm. There's no need to kill one of our own!"
Qin Feng coldly replied, "I'm just helping them to flee. Not kill them."
Well, that was the plan. There was no guarantee if these people would oblige though—these people might have some other insidious plan in mind.
If they were to run into Cinderclast City, the city walls could indeed stop the roots for a short moment. Then, these B-tiers could run away—leaving an entire city as distraction for the demonic tree.
Meanwhile, Bai Li's dimensional rune was activated around these people. In a wink of an eye, they were all sent to five thousand meters away and not anywhere near Cinderclast City.
However, this was enough for them to be free of the Cinder Pine's wrath. After seeing that they were safe, they retreated without hesitation.
Without its prey, the tree had stopped its movement. Its trunk and branches were shaking slowly in place, seemingly wondering where it should go next.
At the same time, Qin Feng had already put away his Verdant Emperor Saber and taken out a hand cannon.
"You all can leave now. I'll distract the Cinder Pine."
"No, Qin Feng! This is too dangerous!"
The three men's faces turned grim after hearing this.
They knew just how powerful this prodigy was. However, the Cinder Pine was too dangerous and enigmatic. They could not imagine just what kind of danger lay ahead.
And if Qin Feng died here, it would be a huge loss to the Human Alliance.
Qin Feng was like any of them. To them, this young man could very well reach A-tier at any moment. In fact, he had a good chance of ascending to S-tier!
Yet, Qin Feng did not give them time to think. He loaded his cannon and fired.
Whooosh!
An ice cannon ball darted thousands of meters away, accompanied by a strand of white smoke, before landing on the Cinder Pine's roots.
The Cinder Pine started to shake wildly as steam fumed off its roots. The tree now had made Qin Feng its new target.
Creak! Creaak!!
The Cinder Pine started to move again. This time it went straight toward Qin Feng.
Seeing hundreds and thousands of roots moving this way, even Fu Wenjue felt a chill creep down his spine.
Qin Feng fired another round of ice cannon ball at the Cinder Pine.
This would not hurt it one bit but it was enough to get its attention.
Thus, everyone kept looking at Qin Feng fire round after round of ice cannon balls at it, luring the tree away from civilization with great speed. They were so fast that even the drones could not keep up with them anymore!
In the skyscrapers, all the aptitude users had become quiet.
"He's… a good governor."
An E-tier opened his mouth. He came from one of the small colonies that were fused to become Cinderclast City today. After seeing what Qin Feng did for everyone, his eyes became teary red.
Chapter 643: Mysterious Champion
However, the sad atmosphere did not linger for long. The actual underlings of Qin Feng were the first to cheer up.
"Heh, what are you talking about? Like Qin Feng is going to die from that." Zhou Hao said.
"You haven't spent much time with our boss. So, it's understandable. But this isn't a huge crisis. Don't worry." Jin Fei nodded. He was the one who accompanied Qin Feng when he fought his way out of the City of Death. As such, he knew just how powerful and capable Qin Feng was.
Not only that, he had also witnessed how Qin Feng kicked many prodigies' asses. Thus, after seeing all that, Jin Fei worshipped Qin Feng.
He believed that Qin Feng would be fine.
"Don't worry. The governor is going to be alright!"
"Yeah! He'll be fine!"
"The governor hasn't even called for the A-tiers yet. So, this shows that he is confident that he can handle this."
After hearing the comforting and reassuring words from the higher-ups, everyone started to feel better. Some of them even tailed behind Qin Feng in their hovercrafts and streamed the battle back to the city.
The Cinder Pine's horrifying appearance on the screen had stiffened up the now lightened up atmosphere in the room. Although they had faith in Qin Feng, after seeing this creature they could not help but feel this intense fear.
It was a lingering, mortifying fear. One that seemed to take root in their hearts and souls.
Meanwhile, Qin Feng kept on running and running as he lured the gigantic fiery tree to an open area.
The ultra beasts in North Sea State were mostly weak. Thus, there were no other fearsome beasts in the area. Thus, when they ran to the open grounds, all the ultra beasts in the area immediately fled to safety.
The Cinder Pine, on the other hand, had only one target—Qin Feng.
"This monster… it's quite fearsome indeed. Who was the one who killed this Cinder Pine before I was reborn… Hmm? Who was it?" Qin Feng tried to recall as he kept on running.
The one who destroyed this fiery, monstrous tree… it was not Shang Han. It was not any of the A-tiers that were sent to support her back then.
Still, information like this was classified. Qin Feng's rank was too low to have the clearance to read the entire report. And when he finally got to A-tier, he had completely forgotten about this incident.
"Well, I don't need to rely on others. I could just try to take it on myself. Even if I cannot kill it, we can still defeat it using the Floating City!"
After making up his mind, Qin Feng stopped running.
"Everyone on the hovercrafts. Stop broadcasting and back away by one thousand meters. Cut off communication. I repeat…" Qin Feng used his conscious energy to send an order to the hovercrafts.
Everyone on the hovercrafts was surprised when they heard this. However, it took only a few seconds for them to pull themselves together, "Yes, Sir!"
"Stop broadcasting! All hands on battle station!"
"Don't peek!"
"Back away. One thousand meters!"
Due to how large the Cinder Pine was, it did not matter if they all retreated to one thousand meters away. They could still see it. However, Qin Feng now looked like a small tiny dot from a distance. Unless they used their conscious energy or internal energy to boost their eye sights, it was close to impossible for them to see him clearly.
Of course, Qin Feng did not want them to see him. That was why he gave that order.
He did not want too many people to know about his real powers.
After seeing that everyone was far away, Qin Feng put away his hand cannon and pulled out his Verdant Emperor Saber.
Due to him stopping, the Cinder Pine had already caught up to him. It shook its burning branches wildly, as though it was letting out a huge roar.
Creak Creack! Creaaak!!!
Several tree roots extended toward Qin Feng, grabbing his legs firmly.
Poooof!
Qin Feng slashed out his saber. The roots that got hold of Liu Ji like iron chains were sliced off like butter. Several roots were instantly cut off under the powerful fuchsia light emitted from Verdant Emperor Saber, leaving a huge hole between the roots.
"Move away!"
Qin Feng kicked at one of the roots as he waved his Verdant Emperor Saber fiercely, sending the dim black fuchsia ray of the blade dancing around in the area gracefully.
Poof! Poof! Poof!
The Cinder Pine's roots were cut down again and again.
Creaaaak!!!!
The Cinder Pine shook its branches even more wildly now, seemingly furious at what Qin Feng was doing. Then, a fiery ray fell from the sky. It was the seeds of the tree. They were huge, like meteorites falling from the heavens.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The fiery seeds all fell straight toward Qin Feng.
Explosion immediately erupted around him as fierce flames enveloped him. The explosion was so powerful that even the hovercrafts felt the shockwave from it. It was so powerful that the hovercrafts were shaking violently, triggering the alarm systems and emergency shields.
Their jaws were rolling on the ground after feeling the explosion's shockwave. They could not imagine just how fierce and chaotic the actual fight that was going on there.
Meanwhile, the explosion had left a huge, charred hole in front of the Cinder Pine. Then, a young man, cladded in his combat armor, rushed out from the smokes.
It was Qin Feng.
Qin Feng was breathing heavily—he spent a lot of energy reinforcing his internal energy shield to survive that explosion. If it was not because of his sturdy Sacred Armor, Qin Feng would have suffered greatly—his skin might have been burned off entirely.
Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!
Several fiery seeds kept falling from the sky and toward Qin Feng.
Qin Feng increased his speed, trying to evade the attacks. He quickly took a sharp turn and fired a round of ice cannon balls at the Cinder Pine.
As the fiery seeds were all frozen up, Qin Feng quickly turned and ran. Then, he fired a few rounds of cannon balls at them again.
Qin Feng kept on attacking and retreating.
Half an hour later, the Floating City had finally arrived.
The Floating City was a powerful weapon that could kill even an A-tier aptitude user. Now that Qin Feng had modified and improved it, the Floating City was even more powerful than it was.
As minutes went by, the battle between Qin Feng and the Cinder Pine had become more and more intense.
Even though the Floating City had arrived, Qin Feng did not let his guard down. Instead, he kept on trying his best to attack the gigantic tree. Yet, this thing was too large. His attacks were not enough to take it down.
Qin Feng was like a small ant on the fiery tree. No matter how much he munched on the tree trunk, it was never enough to cut down the tree.
"The Floating City is almost there!"
"Three more minutes. Hang on, Sir!"
"How's the governor?"
Many people were worried for Qin Feng as Qin Feng gave the Cinder Pine everything he got.
He knew just how powerful this thing was. This thing was the pinnacle of B-tier Beast Emperor. In fact, the Cinder Pine was almost as powerful as an A-tier. This thing was basically an incarnation of horror itself.
Despite how powerful Qin Feng was, he was still not able to take it down.
This thing was too huge!
It was then, reinforcement turned up. However, it was not the Floating City.
It was a man.
He was young and tall.
His eyes were blue in color, as though the entire ocean was carried in them. Nonetheless, this young man could indeed stir up a tsunami.
Bai Li too had sensed who this was. Her face turned pale immediately and teleported straight to Qin Feng's side.
Then, in the blink of an eye, Bai Li had brought Qin Feng thousands of meters away.
If it were not for the hovercrafts being around, Bai Li really wanted to just grab him and turn tail—running as far as she could.
There were not many people that could spook Bai Li like this.
Qin Feng too was shocked when he saw the man.
"It's you!"
That young man raised his head and smiled at Qin Feng, "Hi! Yes, it's me."
This young man… was Z!!
Chapter 644: Extermination of Cinder Pine
Z looked the same as before. After all, it had only been a few months ago when they last met.
Although Z had promised Hu San, the mysterious guardian, to relocate his organization away from the North Sea, the former had no obligation or whatsoever to abide by it.
Would a powerful S-tier elect really restrain himself or herself from visiting a place just because of some empty promise?
That was practically impossible. Z made a promise not because he was willing to compromise. Simply speaking, he cared little about it since nobody could really stop him from doing as he pleased.
At the same time, Qin Feng thought of something.
'Perhaps, the mysterious man who was here in my last life was also Z?'
At that time, a mysterious elect had occurred out of nowhere and disappeared quickly after taking down the Cinder Pine.
Z seemed to be the most probable candidate now.
Qin Feng furrowed his eyebrows after thinking it through. 'Doesn't it mean I owe Z a favor now?'
The North Sea was currently under Qin Feng's watch. Getting help from an outsider somehow tinged Qin Feng's nerve.
Z's sight had now turned onto the Cinder Pine. His eyes were full of intrigue and curiousness as he watched the burning tree.
That gave Qin Feng the chills. It was the same expression when Z was looking at Qin Feng—The sight of a mad scientist on an interesting study subject.
Z said enthusiastically, "This is such an extraordinary organism. I have never thought that a beast could strengthen itself simply by eating things. This is a rare experimental material that could probably help propel my research into the next stage!"
Qin Feng's face changed after hearing what Z had said.
Humans, theoretically, could also strengthen themselves by consuming items like herbs and beast meat. But not many could actually swallow raw materials from nature or even other humans to boost up.
Speaking of which, the Cinder Pine shared some similarities with Qin Feng and his Absorption Ability.
Z continued. "Fascinating, truly fascinating. My research is still far from complete. If I can decode and acquire this ability, then in the future humans could probably kill the beasts and directly devour them to become stronger. In that case, a human could grow without any limit. That could ultimately devoid the need for mutation. There's enormous risk in tinkering with human genes, after all!"
Qin Feng's heart sank as Z talked to himself. What Z said was exactly his ability.
Z tilted his head and looked at Qin Feng. He then offered half-jokingly, "Qin Feng, why don't you join me and help me with the research? I know there are a lot of mutants currently under you who are unable to break through!"
Qin Feng furrowed his brows and answered back coldly, "No thanks."
He did have underlings like that. The ones closest to him were Lin Wuyi and Han Nuan. At the moment, Han Nuan was doing okay but Lin Wuyi's development had been in jeopardy. The latter could only evolve through experimental means, which came with tremendous risks.
No matter what, Qin Feng would not work with Z. This man was not just a mad scientist, but also an elect with great power.
Collaboration with another user must be built on one foundation, which was that the two collaborators must be at least equal in strength.
There might come a time when Qin Feng would have no choice but to collaborate with him. That would only happen after Qin Feng had reached the S-tier.
Z was not surprised that Qin Feng rejected him so quickly. He knew how cautious Qin Feng was toward him.
He was just testing Qin Feng and suggested it randomly. The Cinder Pine was what really occupied his mind now.
"Hehe! Forget it then. But I am taking that tree over there," Z left behind those words and turned his back on Qin Feng.
His aura changed rapidly and in the next instance, a giant black wyvern appeared in the sky.
It was Z's Spirit.
The Cinder Pine was very powerful. It could move the land and shroud the skies.
But Z's Spirit was not at all inferior to the Cinder Pine.
"Roar!"
The wyvern spirit growled and dived at the pine.
Sharp claws of the wyvern hinged on the tree and began to crush its branches. Sounds of branches breaking were heard consistently.
The branches looked small from a distance but they exploded into a loud bang when they hit the ground. Each "small" branch measured at least twenty-meter long and one meter wide. It was almost the size of a common trunk.
Such a battle was horrific to the eyes.
Qin Feng was astounded watching from afar.
Z hid inside his spirit, which now seemed larger than the Cinder Pine. Each time it landed its claws, more parts from the pine were pried off.
No one could or would intervene in the battle between two mammoths.
'Is this the disparity in terms of power, or more to size??' A question came into Qin Feng's mind.
He felt that his level was probably similar to that of the pine. But their size made all the difference.
Qin Feng could destroy a mountain easily with his power but against the Cinder Pine, he could only approach from the perimeter and slowly remove the tree's wildly dancing branches and leaves.
However, Z's Spirit ignored all that and struck straight to the Cinder Pine's core.
Undeniably, Z was an S-tier as compared to Qin Feng's C-tier. But his size advantage was still enormous.
In the future, Qin Feng would probably be even more powerless against a larger beast like how it was today.
However, Qin Feng quickly diminished the thought.
'Z must be showing this on purpose. He wants me to think this way. I have not seen him being this dramatic when battling with Hu San. Dream on if you think this can persuade me to become your experimental subject!'
'So what if the Spirit is indeed more powerful? Who can guarantee that I wouldn't become a horrible monster in the future if I accept his offer? All the things that I have built up so far would be worth nothing if that's the case.'
Moreover, Qin Feng still had memories of all the major events taking place in the next 8 years. This advantage alone would make Qin Feng the pinnacle of the human race!
He refused to believe that his achievements would stop there. A stern and determined expression appeared on Qin Feng's face.
This was when another behemoth appeared on the horizon.
It was the Floating City.
"Let's go!"
Qin Feng pinched Bai Li's waist. The white fox immediately used spatial runes to teleport both of them above the city.
They swiftly entered the control room of the flying castle. The others had become used to Qin Feng's sudden appearance and were not surprised by his abrupt entrance. They were all observing the battle outside solemnly.
Curiosity filled their eyes but none of them was talking.
Those maneuvering the Floating City were the Fengli Organization's best gunners.
Their allegiance to Qin Feng was absolute and they underwent the toughest training directly under Qin Feng. Unlike ancient warriors and ability users, they believed only Qin Feng could lead them into a bright future. That was why they were the most loyal group to Qin Feng inside the corporation.
"Lock on to the tree and the man over there. Prepare to launch an attack anytime!" Qin Feng ordered instantly.
If the opportunity were to present itself, Qin Feng did not mind taking Z down together with the Cinder Pine.
But Z did not give Qin Feng any chance. He was simply too powerful. Though the Cinder Pine was pretty strong, it had lost any ability to fight back.
The giant black wyvern spiraled down and clamped on the Cinder Pine's trunk. It then ruthlessly tightened its grip.
The roots of the Cinder Pine swung madly and lashed on the wyvern's body. But it had failed to leave any wound on it.
Instead, its trunk shrunk greatly under the wyvern's crushing grip.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
It sounded like its life was being sapped away gradually.
Snap!
On the surveillance monitor inside the control room, the trunk of the mighty Cinder Pine was seen broken in half.
Chapter 645: Stand-off
Z claimed a commanding victory in less than five minutes.
The Cinder Pine's ravaging branches dropped down lifelessly. Its broken tree crown was stuck inverted in the ground. Burning sparks on it began to extinguish rapidly.
The Cinder Pine had lost its life.
Qin Feng's Floating City was hovering nearby when the giant Cinder Pine was killed. Energy from the pine dispersed in all directions and spread out to a large area. As a result, Qin Feng was able to absorb the scattered energy from the tree beast.
The seemingly endless energy helped to boost both Qin Feng's physique and consciousness.
Under such circumstances, Qin Feng made another breakthrough—the C7 tier!
He never expected to evolve at this moment and had thus failed to withhold his aura. The sudden amplification of power filled the entire control room. Some of his subordinates were baffled as they looked at Qin Feng, while most were unable to raise their heads being pressured by the terrific force.
His presence was too daunting to most of the lower-tier gunners.
Without much delay, Qin Feng managed to retract his aura and stabilize it. The others looked up to him with great admiration.
As for why Qin Feng had gone up a sub-tier out of the blue, the gunners inside the control room reckoned he must have been enlightened after watching the battle between the Cinder Pine and the mysterious man. Such a phenomenon would happen every once in a while.
Only Qin Feng knew that this was thanks to his Absorption Ability. The power that gushed out from the Cinder Pine was simply too vast and had caught him by surprise.
Above the Cinder Pine, Z controlled the black wyvern to tear apart the remaining body of the Cinder Pine. He had found something in it.
It was a giant, semi-transparent crystal. Within the crystal, one could see magma swirling in a lively manner in it. This was, without question, the energy core of the beast.
After the Cinder Pine had been killed, the trunk burned for one last time and charred the entire tree. Branches were turned into ashes and carried away by the wind.
However, some of the branches emitted red radiance after being burned. They looked like scarlet jades.
Though this type of branch was not a lot relative to the once giant canopy, the amount was still pretty substantial. Z steered the wyvern around the trees and collected some of it, then hovered still in mid-air.
Apparently, he did not bring enough spatial rune equipment. That was the curb to every S-tier aptitude user. Even though one could bring multiple pieces of spatial equipment, there was still a limit to it.
Nevertheless, he seemed to have collected enough materials for his experimental use.
After that, the head of the black wyvern turned toward the Floating City.
Qin Feng had connected his consciousness to the connector of the city. Right now, he was the mind of the giant Floating City. Still, he felt an enormous pressure when staring at the wyvern.
Clang!
The cannons of the Floating City extended out and aimed at the wyvern.
However, Qin Feng had no confidence that such firepower was enough to defeat the wyvern.
That was why he chose not to fire recklessly. This was perhaps the tensest situation he had even been in since he was reborn.
Z raised his eyebrows. Instantaneously, his immense consciousness floated in and quickly locked onto Qin Feng.
On the screen, Z within the wyvern could be seen smirking.
The smirk could be a sign of contempt or compliment. They would never know because Z left immediately after that.
Qin Feng's tensed body finally loosened up after the black wyvern disappeared on the horizon. He managed to escape safely because Hu San was around last time. He knew Hu San would not be here to protect him this time. Who knew what someone like Z was thinking? He could easily break his three years promise and capture Qin Feng right now.
Qin Feng understood that Z had left this time not because he was daunted by the Floating City, but he was honoring the promise he made to Hu San.
All in all, this ended well for Qin Feng.
"Stay alert!" Qin Feng ordered and went down to the battlefield with Bai Li.
The Cinder Pine's death had affected the forest around the area too. The once dense forest had been burned away by the fire. The branches of the Cinder Pine were all over the place. The remains were still magnificent when gazed close up.
The wildfire scorched violently, barring the low-tier aptitude users from entering the battlefield.
The things left behind by the trees were alluring. It was the essence left behind by the Cinder Pine.
In his past life, Qin Feng had heard that B-tier aptitude users used to fight feverishly for these scarlet branches.
The same thing had happened then, where Z came out of nowhere and exterminated the Cinder Pine. Z was unable to claim all the loot so the others could take advantage of it.
In this life, Qin Feng was the only one who took advantage of it this time. He would not forgo the loots just because Z was his enemy.
Besides, he did participate in the battle early on. He entirely deserved to claim the rewards.
"Bai Li, take everything!" Qin Feng ordered.
Bai Li followed his order naturally. All the huge branches were collected into Bai Li's limitless dimension.
After they swept the loot, only ashes remained in the area. Qin Feng did not stay for long and retreated with his troop afterward.
He returned to the Floating City and instructed the city to be steered back to Cinderclast City.
Most of the B-tier aptitude users had left Cinderclast City. Some refused to give up and stayed to see whether the Cinder Pine would return. As for the members of the Dark Coalition, Qin Feng had killed most of them so there was not much influence left from the dark side.
When the Floating City appeared above Cinderclast City, it still stirred quite a commotion despite the reduced visitors.
The sky was shrouded by the behemoth. People waiting outside the Cinderclast City looked up in amazement.
"Gosh! What is that?"
"It's a city! A city is floating in the sky!"
"It has Feng Li carved on it! Is this Fengli's property?"
"Floating City! It's the Floating City that killed Flame Lord Cui Lian!"
Many aptitude users were shocked by the sudden appearance of the unnerving castle.
It was a deadly weapon that could even kill A-tier aptitude users.
Luckily, the Floating City did not arrive on top of the Cinderclast City but stopped above the location where the Cinder Pine was previously rooted.
Everyone was baffled and wondered what Qin Feng planned to do.
Quickly, two aircrafts flew out of the Floating City and dispatched some men down to the field. They began to work painstakingly among the ruins.
Walls were built.
Houses were constructed.
A giant plaza was formed quickly, too.
Then, with Bai Li's help, a ten-meter high spatial portal was opened in the area.
Through the portal, people could feel the fiery aura coming out of it.
They finally understood what Qin Feng was planning when the rift was opened.
He had constructed a spatial tunnel.
The series of actions happened too fast. Everything was wrapped up within one day.
It was then the B-tiers realized that the spatial tunnel was probably connected to the tunnel where the Cinderclast Golems had emerged from. This meant that at the other end of the tunnel, there would be tons of Cinderclast Golems waiting to be hunted.
Those remaining in the city could not stop drooling over the valuable crystal cores on the other side!
Chapter 646: Cinderclast Dimension
An eight-lane road that connected Cinderclast City to the outside world was constructed in half-a-day. A watchtower could be seen every one hundred meters. Each sentinel tower was equipped with multiple blasters that covered all directions. In the sky across the plain, drones were hovering everywhere.
At the end of this road, there was a newly-built mini fortress.
The small-sized fortress was only three-hundred meters in diameter. Crystal Cannons were set up along the building wall. The glimmer of the blasters under the sunshine was especially intimidating.
There was a sophisticated city floating above the fortress.
A lot of people could recognize the city. It was the Floating City left behind by the Grans. Nonetheless, its fame was propelled after it sent an A-tier elect into his grave.
The Grans' Floating City was now called Feng Li's Floating Castle.
It was a formidable wonder.
This place was where Qin Feng had established the spatial tunnel links to the Cindercalast Dimension.
Right after it was built just a day ago, the first thing that Qin Feng set up was the weaponry system. Soon, other stores were introduced into the fortress, including hotels, hospitals, restaurants, merchants, etc. The speed of its development was unbelievably fast.
The core of the fortress was centered at its middle square. A spatial tunnel fabricated by two spatial stones had been stabilized and could be activated anytime.
Initially, many B-tiers and C-tiers had escaped from the town when the Cindercalst Golems disappeared and the Cinder Pine began to ravage uncontrollably.
But one day after, the number of people visiting the North Sea had multiplied by several folds after the news was out.
Despite that, there was not any update being leaked out from inside the fortress. A lot of outsiders wondered whether Qin Feng had already entered the dimension and gotten a lucrative gain.
Though the outsiders were eagerly waiting, workers from Fengli had been working in stages to expand more around the perimeter. These were apparently constructed to be sold to the investors. Not only that but a large piece of land was also being transformed for cultivation purposes.
The lands around here were once covered by molten lava, making the soils rich in minerals. After transplanting Tear Flowers on this ground, there would certainly be a great harvest next spring.
Weapons were only important to the aptitude user's market. The agricultural products from Fengli, such as wheat, rice, flour, on the other hand, could be sold to the entire North Region encompassing an even larger market.
However, not everyone could put up with their stage-by-stage development. To some, the spatial tunnel was all that mattered.
"This Qin Feng is wasting our time!"
"We should charge in and investigate the spatial tunnel. How could he monopolize the tunnel for his own use?"
"Unfortunately, he has all the right. This place is under his jurisdiction. This fortress is built by his corporation. So naturally, he has the final say."
"What is he plotting?"
They did have some answers in mind. Qin Feng either planned to ask for money or have all the resources for himself. If it was the former, they did not mind paying a little fee to gain access to the tunnel. But if it was the latter, the B-tiers would not just sit idly by and let him have his way.
Nevertheless, the B-tiers were not a hot-headed bunch. They were used to being cautious with this type of conflict and had sent in the C-tiers to investigate. Liu Hui was one of them.
As the hovercraft passed by the fully weaponized watchtower, he was daunted by the extent Qin Feng had gone to to secure the place. He was a gunner himself so he could tell the guns embedded on the towers were all at least D-tier.
'Qin Feng certainly did not hold back!' He reckoned in a place like the North Sea, a normal sentinel tower at most only required an F-tier weapon. But Qin Feng had gone overboard and equipped the tower with D-rank!
As they approached the fortress, Liu Hui realized what he saw before was only child's play.
The Crystal Cannons on the fortress seemed to be C-tier. Some of the larger cannons could even be categorized into B-tier.
The closer he got, the more daunting the fortress became. He subconsciously slowed down his hover car and became more vigilant.
Liu Hui was stopped in front of the fortress. Guarding the gate was a C-tier ability user.
He was Qin Feng's new subordinate newly recruited from Dusan—Yuan Xiaoguang.
"The fee to enter is 5 million. The lowest tier allowed is C5." Yuan Xiaoguang was spirited when he finally saw a visitor. He had been sent to guard the gate the day before. It was a temporary placement, as his job here was to deliver the message and deter new visitors. He was a little upset when he did not get to flex his muscles at anyone on the first day.
Liu Hui was a little unhappy when he heard about the rule. "I am just one sub-tier lower. I am a C4-tier gunner. Could you please let me through?"
"One sub-tier makes all the difference. But if you are confident enough and think of yourself as highly as a prodigy, then I won't mind letting you in," Yuan Xiaoguang said.
Liu Hui's purpose was to gather information so he did not insist on entering. Instead, he began to chat with Yuan Xiaoguang.
Yuan Xiaoguang was bored too so he did not mind the company.
"What's Governor Qin's purpose of building this place? I heard that there's already a tunnel activated inside. What will he do with it?"
"It's not something you should worry about now. Only B-tiers would be allowed to enter the tunnel."
"For free?"
"Of course not! The fee would be 100 billion," Yuan Xiaoguang answered carefreely.
Liu Hui was almost choked by his own saliva. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
"Are you kidding me? How much did you say?"
"100 billion. Do you think it's a lot?" Yuan Xiaoguang raised his eyebrow. "As you know, the crystal core of a Cinderclast Golem is worth 30 billion in the market. Killing 4 golems will break even the fee. Now tell me again, do you think the price is too much for a B-tier?"
Liu Hui was speechless. Indeed, it seemed to be worth it for a B-tier.
However, there was something important missing in this seemingly "flawless" calculation.
"How about the risk? The place must be full of Cinderclast Golems, with lava everywhere. Who knows what other danger might be lurking in there? It would be a waste if the B-tier couldn't kill a single golem in the end!"
Yuan Xiaoguang snorted, "Then it would be their own fault. These past few days, President Qin has entered and returned safely three times. The number of power cores he brought back could already be lumped into a small hill. If others can't do it, then it simply means they are incapable."
Liu Hui's head was spinning now. He was getting too much mind-boggling information at one go—the extravagant price of the ticket and the small hill of power cores Qin Feng had gathered in three days.
"Why are you asking anyway? Not that you can enter the dimension. You would be cooked before even setting foot in the dimension."
"That's right. Not that I am here to get access to the portal." Liu Hui finally remembered his scouting purpose.
"How about this, I will pay you 5 million and you let me go in to take a look. I don't have the money to enter the tunnel anyway."
Yuan Xiaoguang thought about it and nodded. "Fair enough. Go in then."
"Thanks, bro!"
Liu Hui paid the money and entered the fortress. He realized there was nothing unique inside the fortress, except for the two giant pillars at the center square used to activate the tunnel. Beside the two pillars was listed the rules for those who wish to access it.
Chapter 647: A Bunch of Wasters
Other than the 100 billion entrance fee, a B-tier aptitude user could bring along ten C-tiers to assist him or her. These helpers would not be charged. It made sense to Liu Hui now why Fengli charged 5 million first at the gate.
'They are trying to pry money from us C-tiers!' Liu Hui thought about it dejectedly. A B-tier could bring along ten C-tiers. If the C-tiers wanted to come in, then they would need to pay up at the front gate. Five million to exchange for a rare opportunity to fight alongside a B-tier.
Would the B-tier subsidize or even absorb the payment?
That was really hard to say!
For a C-tier, such an opportunity did not come by very often.
Lui Hui was depressed. He might be able to sneak in this time but not next time. After all, he was just a C4-tier.
Liu Hui decided to stay put inside the fortress. Even though the living fees might be high here, he could still afford it with his wealth as a C-tier.
He then wasted no time and sent out the information he had gathered.
Liu Hui was not the only one that had entered the fortress to do scouting. The news spread like wildfire and stirred an uproar among the aptitude users.
One hundred billion was not a lot when compared to the potential profit.
Still, it was not an amount a B-tier could spend without concern.
Besides, everyone knew who the biggest earner was in all this.
Whoever controlled this lucrative dimension would have extrapolating profit and resources in the years to come.
That, without a doubt, invited a lot of jealousy. A lot of B-tiers would love to have a piece of it.
"We can't allow Qin Feng to monopolize this."
"That's right. A lot of people have joined the hunt of the Cinderclast Golems. How could he claim the place for himself?"
"I believe Governor Qin will welcome us to develop the dimension together. Such a good place would undoubtedly draw unwanted attention from treacherous parties. It would be better to have more forces protecting the place."
They found themselves some brilliant excuses and departed to the city without any delay.
It was still Yuan Xiaoguang standing guard near the gate. He politely invited the B-tier into the fortress without charging them.
Qin Feng, who was meditating in a secret room inside the fortress, opened up his eyes.
"So, they have come?"
"Yes. Eight of them. Don't seem particularly durable." Bai Li curled her lips.
"We won't need to fight them if they are willing to listen."
Qin Feng stood up and walked out with Bai Li.
The visitors did not wait for long before Qin Feng showed up.
"Congrats, Governor!"
"Governor Qin, the North Sea has been developing steadily ever since you were appointed. With the new Cinderclast Dimension, the economy will take another huge step forward."
"That's right!"
Everyone flattered Qin Feng.
Qin Feng put up a gentle smile and said, "Opportunity often comes hand in hand with crisis. The appearance of Cinderclast Golems and the Cinder Pine did catch me off guard. Luckily, we were able to eliminate them and set up the Cinderclast Dimension passage. Through this, we could at least compensate for the loss during the battle."
The few B-tiers looked at each other and replied, "What is Governor Qin talking about? You suffered a loss? To me, you should be the biggest winner out of this!"
"True. But the defense of the North Sea is the weakest among all the regions. If the passage ever becomes unstable and rips into a rift again, I reckon Cinderclast City would be hit the hardest."
"People from the Dark Coalition would not rest in front of this tempting fortune, too."
Qin Feng sneered but did not say another word. It was Bai Li who opened her mouth instead. She spoke out of curiosity, "Dark Coalition? Haha! They were the ones killed and fed to the tree, right? They are stupid if they think they could ever threaten us with that kind of capability. I am not worried about them at all."
Bai Li's words were rather arrogant.
Nonetheless, B-tiers who were on the scene right now were probably at a similar level with those Dark Coalition members. In fact, these fighters from the Human Alliance had not shown themselves when Qin Feng battled the Dark Coalition the other day. It was Qin Feng who had single-handedly defeated and killed the troublemakers.
That made Bai Li's word irrefutable.
More so, Bai Li was indirectly looking down on the B-tiers in front of her when she said those words. The faces of these B-tiers blackened quickly.
"Haha." One of the aptitude users laughed embarrassingly and changed the subject. "Even so, Governor Qin is still too young to stick around Cinderclast City all the time. You would eventually need a collaborator to help you look after this place. Besides, everyone here today was involved in the defense against the golems. As such, we are here to lighten your duty this time too. We are happy to help, Governor."
Qin Feng had long known their intention. Hence, he was not very surprised when one of them spoke it out loud so shamelessly.
"It's fine. Even if I am not around, the Floating City above would suffice. I think everyone here certainly knows who the Floating City has killed in the past. I don't believe anyone will be bold enough to look for trouble here as long it is protected under Fengli."
Qin Feng had indirectly rejected their demand by saying so.
All of a sudden, the situation became a little awkward.
The B-tiers were clearly displeased. They discharged their aura out of anger and created enormous pressure against Qin Feng.
They were trying to intimidate Qin Feng with their power. If Qin Feng was only a normal C-tier, he would probably already be on his knees.
"Qin Feng, a special dimension often has huge potential. It's inappropriate to hog it."
Qin Feng glanced back coldly. "I am not hogging it. Anyone can enter freely as long as they pay up. One hundred billion is not expensive considering the return. If you can't afford it, then why bother visiting in the first place?"
"You are not the only one who discovered the rift!"
Qin Feng rebutted, "It's found in the North Sea right beside my Cinderclast City. I can deal with it alone even if none of you came."
"You can't just think about your own development. The Human Alliance should work together to fend off dangerous beasts. You are being selfish!"
"Hahaha!" Qin Feng laughed out loud, "What's the use of having so many wasters? I rather invest in myself and distribute my wealth later. You would probably thank my generosity later!"
Bam!
A B-tier slammed the table and stood up. The table shattered into pieces upon impact.
"Qin Feng, who are you referring to as waster?"
Qin Feng smirked and replied, "No one in particular." He looked around, then spoke slowly, "I mean each and every one of you."
"You!"
"You are too full of yourself!"
"Do you really think we won't fight you?"
All eight B-tiers stood up and seemed determined to fight.
Qin Feng remained seated and glared at them coldly. "Are you sure? Think it through. Do you really want to fight me on my turf?"
He pointed outside the window. Through the French window, one could see the cannons beaming grimly on the city wall.
Chapter 648: Battle Invite
The B-tiers only realized it now. The cannons were not only aiming outside but were pointing inward too.
More so, the grade of the energy cannons was similar to that of the Bei Hua—B-tier energy cannon.
In other words, one blast of this cannon was sufficient to put down a B-tier mutated beast, not to mention its effectiveness against aptitude users.
More importantly, they had simultaneously heard the noise of cannon stretching out from the direction of the Floating City. Their consciousness and senses told them that those cannons were currently focusing on the room they were in.
Silver radiance hovered around Bai Li. The B-tiers recognized the radiance to be spatial runes.
They knew because she had used the same runes to teleport them a thousand meters away from the Cinder Pine in the previous battle.
If Qin Feng were to really open fire, he and Bai Li could easily escape the room, while the others would have to sustain the merciless cannon blasts.
The situation was tense but restrained at the same time.
One of the B-tiers bellowed, "Qin Feng, are you sure you want to make all of us your enemy? You are just a C-tier. You better watch your appetite. Don't overestimate yourself."
Qin Feng refuted, "What's wrong with having a big appetite? That's none of your business. I will share my gain where I see fit. But I won't allow anyone to rob what's rightfully mine!"
Bai Li chipped in too. "I have never seen someone as thick as you guys. Being righteous and all that. In the end, you are just trying to take advantage of my hubby. Don't you guys know shame?"
"What's wrong with that? I will just be blunt with you. This newly discovered dimension doesn't belong to you alone, Qin Feng."
"That's right. Even if you wish to hog it, you better have enough in the tank to do so."
"Qin Feng, don't forget that you are not in this all by yourself. You are still a part of the Human Alliance. We won't hurt you but if you insist on such bullish behavior, we would join up and punish your organization. All goods and weapons from Fengli will be boycotted and you will then know how unwise it is to go against the Human Alliance!"
"Yeah! It's stupid to offend so many of us at once!"
They seemed to be persuading Qin Feng but were really just threatening Qin Feng to abide. They were testing Qin Feng's borderline.
Qin Feng would not listen to them and refuted them one by one.
"Stop worrying about my tank. You should measure your own first."
"Boycott my organization? You few clowns?"
"Unwise? If I don't do as told, then I am stupid? You think too highly of your own opinion!"
Qin Feng seldom talked much. A lot of people who had crossed paths with him usually thought of him as a quiet and cold person.
But today, he rose above the B-tiers all by himself, giving them tit for tat without losing any ground. In fact, his stance slightly overshadowed the eight aptitude users.
Before he was reborn, Qin Feng climbed to A-tier from the grassroot level. Though he was not in the upper echelon of the Human Alliance, he was still very powerful and represented a lot of parties at that level.
Especially when it came to the distribution of resources, he had to fight for himself and his parties' greatest interest.
In terms of negotiating and arguing, Qin Feng knew a lot more than these people.
The debate went on for another two hours and no one was convinced.
At one point, the aptitude users thought that Qin Feng's stubbornness was beyond imagination. Their patience was exhausted after such a meaningless quarrel.
Simultaneously, Qin Feng seemed to have lost his patience too. He yelled, "Who do you think I am? Why should I do as you guys wish? Since you all claim that I am not qualified and capable enough to take control of this place, then let's make a deal. Three days later, I will host a battle in the wild plain just outside the city. You can forget about collaboration if you can't defeat me within 100 rounds."
This was the biggest back down Qin Feng was willing to make after such a lengthy discussion.
The B-tiers were spirited when they heard that. Three persons answered the call instinctively.
"Great, we were waiting for you to say this."
"Qin Feng, you are looking for trouble!"
"Don't beg when the time comes."
The remaining users were infuriated too. But soon, a bad feeling crossed their minds before they were about to say the same thing.
The grin on Qin Feng's mouth confirmed their worries. It did not last long on his face.
"If that is so, I will take it as a yes. The conversation just now has been recorded. I will submit it to the Human Alliance and ask them to be the judge. I also welcome whoever else wants to answer the challenge." He stood up after finished talking. "Now, please leave the city at once."
The B-tiers finally realized they had been tricked.
Qin Feng was playing them for two hours and refused to share the profit no matter what. He did that on purpose to exhaust their patience.
As such, when he suddenly suggested a way in which they could collaborate, these people subconsciously thought that Qin Feng had softened his stance.
Most importantly, Qin Feng had said it in a way that undermined himself.
"Defeat me in 100 rounds." It sounded like Qin Feng was not very good. Hence, they did not notice the blind spot hidden within the suggestion in the first place.
To be frank, these aptitude users could not put Qin Feng down even if they were given 1000 rounds, let alone 100.
On the contrary, Qin Feng probably needed only ten rounds to kill the most powerful among the eight.
They had been misled by Qin Feng and it was already too late when they wanted to back out. They had stepped right into Qin Feng's trap.
Qin Feng had recording evidence in his hand. They would lose their reputation if they were to eat their own words now.
Besides, Qin Feng was not just any random governor. He was the champion of the prodigy this year. A-tier regent of Dragon Capital, Shang Han, had heaped high praise on him. If they kept on pressing him, they might step on the tail of the upper echelon.
As such, the eight users could only swallow their anger and left the fortress furiously.
The news about the battle invites broke out after the meeting.
"New spatial tunnel? Cinderclast Dimension?"
"The governor from the North Sea will hold an open invite and whoever defeats him could earn control over the dimension?"
"What a good opportunity! North Sea's governor? Governor of such a backward state is probably nothing to be afraid of."
"Perhaps he is recruiting strong collaborators to protect the new dimension?"
"Only a C-tier!? Luck is on my side!"
There were still a lot of people that had never heard about Qin Feng in this world. Some people who had limited information thought that the lowly governor of the North Sea was only seeking powerful allies to protect the newly found dimension. They thought that it was a brilliant opportunity and headed to Cinderclast City without thinking much.
Qin Feng did not bother to explain and set up an arena near the valley just outside Cinderclast City. Simply put, he had earth-type ability users flatten the small hills and create a make-shift square.
There was no audience seating. He also did not clear the wilderness around the arena so the beasts were still roaming freely nearby. When the day arrived, these beasts would be too frightened to stick around anyway.
Chapter 649: Latecomers Will be Denied
Within a matter of three days, Cinderclast City suddenly became extremely popular.
Some B-tiers had left but that was a small number in comparison to the other people that came in from all over. Besides more B-tiers, there was also a massive amount of C-tiers.
These people had not heard the news, only rumors which had caused them to arrive.
Such events were rare enough and these aptitude users would not want to miss this opportunity.
Back then when Qin Feng was still an F-tier aptitude user, Han Town was a small colony which ended up getting swarmed by aptitude users because of the news about the Crystal Scarab. What was more, it was news about a different dimension.
The aptitude users were coming in like tides.
The valley where Qin Feng designated as a place to compete was jam-packed with the shapes and shadows of different people. Based on a rough estimate, there had to be at least three thousand C-tiers and two hundred B-tiers.
The people gathered in the wilderness were not there because they wanted to hunt ultra beasts, nor because they were going to stave off a beast wave. It was because they came to watch a competition.
It reminded people of something they would see in a history book, which later caused plenty more people to flock to that historical site just to see it for themselves and eventually form into a massive crowd.
On a hill, two B-tiers had furrowed brows. These two were acquaintances of Qin Feng.
Fu Wenjue and He Liming!
As for Yang Bei, due to his position, he left Cinderclast City. Although he knew that there was a lot of excitement there, he also knew that the situation was impossible.
Defeat Qin Feng in 100 blows?
What a joke! It would be impressive if Qin Feng managed to not kill anyone who tried!
Fu Wenjue and He Liming on the other hand had in fact been invited over by Qin Feng. They would get 3% of the earnings made by the entrance fee into the Cinderclast Dimension. In other words, 100 billion tickets meant that they would get 3 billion each.
What they were asked to do was merely guard the fortress, deal with real battles and defend the Floating City and other machinery.
With such an offer, it was a lucrative deal that they could not refuse.
That was how Qin Feng managed to coax these two B-tiers on board.
"If they actually cause trouble down there, I'd have no idea how to deal with that!" Fu Wenjue cracked a wry grin.
"I just hope Qin Feng would take it easy on them!" He Liming replied, feeling a headache coming on.
"Heh, that sounds right," Fu Wenjie nodded. "I'm afraid that if these people start taking turns for a fight, even Qin Feng would get tired!"
"Qin Feng should have prepared himself, so let's just watch!"
As the two spoke, the time was about 12 in the afternoon.
It was the end of winter and they were just starting to see the early signs of spring. It was not cold nor was it hot outside and they were constantly sweeping their gaze across the crowd.
At this moment, a fleet of aircraft in a formation flew into view.
There were two words clearly printed on each one that said 'Feng Li'.
"He's here, he's here!"
"Feng Li is the Governor of the North Sea state's own organization!"
"Aircrafts are so expensive! How do they have so many?"
"They sell these here, of course there's a lot!"
More than a dozen aircrafts circled around the valley. One of the aircraft landed on a square landing pad in the valley and when its hatch opened, Qin Feng walked out.
Many people actually recognized him, even more had seen pictures and videos of him before.
Even then, when they actually saw him their eyes lit up with some kind of vigor.
"That's Qin Feng?"
"This year's prodigy? He seems so young, no more than twenty years old!"
"So what if he's a prodigy? Everyone knows that the strongest prodigy is at D-tier, he's just lucky enough to reach C-tier, but I don't see how great that is."
There were people who were surprised by Qin Feng's appearance and some who were skeptical of him.
He ignored what people thought about him, got off the aircraft and looked around.
In just that simple action, everyone around him felt a huge wave of consciousness sweep over them and made them involuntarily shut up and look at him.
"Since everyone is here, then you all must understand the matter at hand. A few days ago, a powerful spatial rift appeared within my territory. It's now temporarily under my control and those who are willing to participate can face off against me later on. Those who can beat me in 100 strikes can join me and have the loot split amongst them. The time limit is until 12 at night!"
When Qin Feng finished announcing the rules, he then spat out four more words in a booming voice. "Latecomers will be denied."
In other words, after this day if anyone tried to come through, Qin Feng would immediately eject them from the vicinity.
These four words were powerful and were full of threat and decisiveness that told everyone present how determined Qin Feng was.
Still, there were many people who were starting to kick up a ruckus.
There were more than two hundred B-tiers present and they all frowned. They only had twelve hours. If that included everyone present it meant that everyone only had three minutes.
This would not do at all but at the same time, the longer you wait the smaller a window you would have. This was not a situation where they could wait until the end and try to claim victory.
Still, they would let others go first. Nobody wanted to be the early bird in this match.
Even if these people did not want to, there would always be brash people about!
"So, who's dueling me?"
Qin Feng stood still before his aura burst forth, revealing that he was about C7-tier!
Some of the C-tiers suddenly frowned. They were regretting their decision. Not everyone here was as strong as Qin Feng was.
"This guy, Qin Feng, never got his strength verified!"
"He has a C-tier aptitude user's badge and he's already C7 tier?"
"Isn't he a prodigy? How is he so strong yet so young?"
More and more people were suddenly full of bitterness.
In this case, while some people were bothered, there were a few who were not.
"I'm going!"
A figure dropped in, the sign hanging from his chest was clearly visible.
A C9-tier aptitude user!
Boom!
The moment he stepped on the ground his stomp immediately caused the earth beneath him to crack. Obviously this person was an ancient warrior.
"Yang Jing, C9-tier ancient warrior! Please enlighten me!"
The ancient warrior said in a deep voice and immediately started the battle.
Woom!
Yang Jing's internal force burst forth and surrounded him, and it seemed incredibly solid. It could be seen that the man was in fact very close to becoming a B-tier!
"Very well!" Qin Feng said placidly.
When Yang Jing noticed that his opponent had not released their internal force at all he suddenly felt a twinge of anger, believing that Qin Feng was not taking him seriously.
However, this could be good. All he needed to do was defeat this opponent and he would gain a huge amount of profit.
His eyes glinted with sharp focus and struck forward, a terrifying force blasting out from his palms.
"Tornado Strike!"
Ancient martial arts flowed through him.
Of course, this Tornado Strike was merely his first move. He was still guarded and vigilant against Qin Feng.
After watching Yang Jing attack, Qin Feng also made his move.
An ordinary palm was stuck forward.
Pang!
Two bursts of internal force collided in the air.
Yang Jing was stunned, his internal force was shattered and there was still this blast of internal force heading his way.
Chapter 650: B-tier Gunners
Crash!
Qin Feng only used one hand, but Yang Jing had to block it with two.
The man could feel a huge amount of force pressing onto him, knocking his arms aside and forcing him to spread his arms apart.
"Gah!"
Yang Jing let out a surprised shout.
This time, Qin Feng shifted and took a step forward, raising his palm for another strike.
Boom!
The hand crashed into Yang Jing's internal force and in that moment his protection was immediately shattered.
Yang Jing stepped back, shocked, raising his head to lock eyes with Qin Feng only to find that his opponent had struck out again.
This was Qin Feng's third strike.
In a moment's panic, Yang Jing could only infuse his arms with internal force in an attempt to block Qin Feng's palm strike.
Boom!
Qin Feng blasted out his internal force, causing a powerful wave of it to crash into Yang Jing. A huge and powerful burst of his energy fell on his opponent!
Yang Jing dug his feet ten centimeters into the ground but his body was still pushed back despite his effort, leaving deep gouges in the dirt below. After moving about three meters, he could no longer sustain the pressure and flew out, spinning through the air.
"Aaaah!!!"
He could not control himself and was sent flying more than thirty meters outward before hitting the ground with a resounding thud. He could feel his insides twist and his arms were as swollen as tree trunks.
"Blurgh!"
He coughed up a mouthful of blood and his aura seemed to have dropped a level.
A serious injury!
The audience was stunned silent!
A C9-tier ancient warrior was defeated by Qin Feng, a C7-tier aptitude user, and he only hit three times!
Everyone was unable to believe the situation and was dumbfounded by this.
Qin Feng raised his hand and waved. "Take him away!"
The Fengli Organization's people began to drop into the field and were ready to take Yang Jing away.
Meanwhile, although Yang Jing was heavily injured and unable to continue battling, he still could not believe how he lost. Not to mention, this was completely different from what he had expected.
"Qin Feng, I'm not strong enough to defeat you, yet you retaliate and injure me, what gives?" Yang Jing spoke in a disgruntled tone.
Qin Feng glared at the man and replied with sarcasm, "Oh and I'm supposed to wait for you to hit me a hundred times? Who told you I can't fight back if someone wants to defeat me? If you don't have the strength, then don't step up. Those who want to enjoy crab meat will have to get past the crab's shell, don't blame yourself if you get pinched!"
After he finished speaking he no longer paid attention to the man. "Take him away!"
"Yes, President!"
The group of Fengli employees that came down quickly rushed forward. Among them was the C-tier wood ability user, Yuan Xiaoguang, making it easy for them to carry the injured man away.
Yang Jing was taken away, with the gouges left in the ground indicating that he had been there.
Qin Feng did not let anyone repair that. After all, the battles might get more and more intense later on. There was not any point in wasting the effort.
"Next!"
Qin Feng called out, waiting for the next challenger to approach.
He had shown an excellent example to those who thought that everything he had gained was just a fluke. Many C-tiers suddenly broke out in cold sweat, believing that they were the lucky ones.
Good thing they did not step forward or else they might have ended up like Yang Jing!
Qin Feng indeed never mentioned that he could not retaliate, and he could defeat his opponent to attain victory.
However, for the B-tiers, this was not a good thing.
"Qin Feng you brat, he was waiting for us this whole time!"
"Of course it wouldn't be this easy!"
"I did some background check earlier and this kid can kill B-tiers and did it more than once. Not only that, he wiped out an entire nest of insectoids along with a C-tier insectoid king!"
However, this news only indicated that Qin Feng had the strength of a B-tier but it did not exceed a B-tier.
After all, those who were B-tier had the ability to take down a C-tier insectoid king anyway!
And the temptation of another dimension was obviously something more alluring than the doubt they had.
The people who came here, even some from the Dark Coalition under false identities, only wanted a piece of it.
Finally, when it looked like there was no point in dragging it on, a B-tier stepped into the field.
This aptitude user was carrying guns in their hands.
"Oh? A B-tier gunner?" Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.
It could be said that among one hundred G-tiers, there would be one ability user, ten ancient warriors and the remaining eighty nine would be gunners. However in B-tier, there would be one gunner, ten ability users and eighty nine ancient warriors.
Being this one percent meant that the gunners who had reached this level of power must have had an incredible control over consciousness, unique firearms and terrifying prowess.
"President Qin, it's a pleasure to meet you, I won't be using large weapons with high firepower but the two guns I'm holding should suffice. That means you'll have to be careful!"
As the gunner spoke, he had already raised the two guns in his hands.
When Qin Feng saw the gunner's face his heart skipped a beat.
This man was someone he recognized.
The King of Guns, Jin Hao!
In the future he would become an A-tier gunner, unlike no other in the world.
This person had a powerful consciousness, which was also the reason why he became an A-tier.
If Cui Lian was known as the Flame Lord, then one could only imagine just how powerful Jin Hao was if he had the title of 'King of Guns'.
He was someone Qin Feng did not expect to appear!
When he thought about it, before his rebirth, the Cinderclast Dimension attracted more than thirty aptitude users to combine efforts and split the loot. It was not clear if Jin Hao was among those people but with that in mind Qin Feng quickly composed himself.
"Alright, let's do this!"
Qin Feng did not plan on hurting Jin Hao too badly. After all, he was only scaring the others away so he would not waste any time by beating down that C9-tier ancient warrior. Doing that would make them more self-conscious.
Nobody issued the call to begin but the two moved at the same time.
Jin Hao shifted one of his guns and burst out a wave of energy and formed a large enough net to wrap around Qin Feng.
Electricity crackled throughout this net, and it was clearly made out of thunder and lightning runes. If he was caught in something like that his mobility would be greatly affected.
Bzzzt!
The large net fell to the ground and did not find its target.
Qin Feng had long since disappeared!
However, Jin Hao did not panic. He raised another hand and shot out another electric net.
His consciousness was powerful enough that he could lock onto Qin Feng while he was moving.
However, there was a difference between locking on and wanting to attack.
After a few attempts it was obvious that this was not going to work.
Five shots. The gunner had been counting his moves. Jin Hao's eyes gleamed with seriousness.
With a twirl of his guns, he began to pick up the pace. The guns no longer fired out electric webs but instead actual lightning.
Bzzt pew!
Purple crackling electricity was sent all over the field, momentarily causing those watching to jump.
On both sides of the valley, the B-tiers were watching with concentration while the C-tiers were watching with amazement.
This was a B-tier battle. Besides those that were able to follow and the B-tiers, it was difficult for many C-tiers to figure out what was going on.
What they understood was that the powerful attack did not hit Qin Feng.
Even as the lightning blasted at Qin Feng's internal force, he managed to shrug it off as if he was walking in the park and was inconvenienced by a light rain.
It had already been thirty strikes!
Chapter 651: You Can All Come at Once
Everyone had their eyes on Jin Hao, anticipating him to continue.
"Go!"
His consciousness suddenly burst forth and sent one of the grenades hanging from his belt tumbling to the ground, emitting a burst of darkness around him.
Dark runes.
Within this darkness, Jin Hao was going to use one of his special moves. This darkness was not only meant to deal with Qin Feng, it was to also conceal one of the aces up his sleeve.
But for a moment, he was taken aback because Qin Feng had suddenly disappeared from his perception!
"How?!"
He was surprised, but in the next moment, he could feel a terrifying and murderous aura coming from behind him.
Snap!
Jin Hao quickly pressed a switch and a small energy shield unfolded on his back!
Dong!
Qin Feng flicked a finger and instantly shattered the energy shield and the blast of internal force swept Jin Hao away.
Jin Hao did not hesitate to quickly right himself with the help of the tech at the base of his feet and instantly propelled himself back, quickly squeezing the triggers of his guns.
Weom bazzzzt!
That was 50 moves already!
A terrifying burst of plasma spread outward, threatening to cover Qin Feng.
At this moment, Qin Feng was bathed in thunder and lightning, looking like some kind of demigod.
He did not look damaged at all. Sure his internal force flickered and he was even smouldering, but there was no trace of injury on him.
The electricity dispelled the surrounding dark runes, exposing Qin Feng and Jin Hao. It was then Qin Feng charged forward to attack.
Jin Hao naturally quickly moved up to dodge this attack. He did not know how strong Qin Feng was but he treated the boy as if he had the strength of a B-tier. As a gunner, he could not let anyone get close to him or else his guns would be useless.
Krak!
The energy from his guns began to rapidly rain from the sky.
However, these were nothing against Qin Feng.
Just when the battle was reaching its climax, Jin Hao stopped.
He let out a bitter laugh and holstered his guns.
Everyone that was watching had no idea why he did that.
"100 moves!"
Jin Hao had a helpless expression on his face. Within these 100 moves, Qin Feng had not been excessively violent with his attacks and he did not give Jin Hao any openings either.
In this battle, Jin Hou must have suffered a massive loss! His two guns were very powerful but the most terrifying thing was probably how much they cost per shot. He must have used up to tens of billions in a single go!
This was the life of a gunner.
After hearing Jin Hou's words, everyone around him suddenly realized that in this short period of time the gunner had unleashed up to 100 moves.
"Wait, did he win? That's amazing!"
Some people exclaimed and all around him the audience was in a stir, all cheering, even the C-tiers were excitedly applauding.
Very quickly, someone called out a question.
"Hold on! It's not 'resist Qin Feng in 100 moves', it's 'defeat Qin Feng in 100 moves'!"
"Yeah! What the hell are you people cheering for?"
"The battle was so fierce that I completely forgot. This Governor Qin is really a monster!"
Due to the display of strength, many people felt that Qin Feng was unfathomable and they had completely forgotten the terms of the competition.
Generally speaking, the strong would say 'Under 100 moves by my hand', which led to the fact that when Jin Hao announced that he had made 100 moves many of them had already considered that an incredible feat.
In fact, the situation was the complete opposite.
Jin Hao's consciousness could detect what everyone was saying and the mood of those around him. It was embarrassing. He turned to face Qin Feng and gave him a nod before starting to leave.
At this time, Qin Feng activated his consciousness and spread it forward.
"Good sir, would you like to join the Fengli Organization? Our gunner group could use someone like you!"
Jin Hao was taken aback, he did not expect Qin Feng to say something like this. He would admit that Qin Feng was very powerful, but not strong enough to reach A-tier. In fact, Qin Feng was not even B-tier yet and he wanted to rope him into his organization?
Was this overconfidence?
Qin Feng naturally understood that because of the alternate dimension he was able to get He Liming on his bandwagon, and he did not mind if someone else were to hop on as well.
"I know what you're thinking but after this is over, why don't you join me in the dimension I'm excavating. However, I'll only give you 1% of our profits!"
"As for the decision to join the Fengli Organization, you make that decision when the time comes!"
With this, Qin Feng had given enough temptation!
Jin Hao came to participate in the raid on the other plane. For him, Qin Feng's offer could not be refused.
"I'll think about it!"
Although he had already been moved, Jin Hao knew that he would still have to pay a price if he agreed and decided to think about it.
The conversation between the two's consciousness was brief but they took a few seconds to take down each other's communicator number.
The other B-tiers who heard this were tempted as well.
"This Qin Feng, he says that whoever defeats him would be able to participate in the other dimension. In truth, it's to give other people a chance to display their power. Whoever could match him within a hundred moves might still have a chance!"
"If that's the case, then the sooner you get in there, the better it is. Are you waiting for others to take the lead?"
"No matter how good a cake is, it wouldn't be enough to feed everyone!"
Everyone had their own thoughts, so even after Jin Hao left a few people hopped into the field as fast as lightning.
At that moment there were more than five people in the ring.
Among these five people, four of them were the B-tiers that had previously come to Cinderclast City.
Qin Feng's eyes glinted with a cold light.
"Haha, I landed first!"
One of them burst out laughing.
"Then that means I'm second!"
"How about we go in one by one?"
Upon seeing this, the other B-tiers were speechless.
These people actually came looking for a fight and were lining up for it.
Just when they were also deciding if they should join in as well, Qin Feng's voice rang out over the field.
"Don't bother, you five. You can all fight me together!"
There was still some bickering amongst them, and the B-tiers that he did not like thought they were hallucinating when they heard Qin Feng's words.
What did that mean?
"Qin Feng, you're letting us all come at you?"
Qin Feng nodded and said, "I said that three days ago…"
The five were taken aback, unsure what he was talking about but Qin Feng instinctively could not say anything nice.
At the corner of his mouth, his mouth twitched into a sarcastic smirk.
"You're all trash, I'd never cooperate with you!"*
That made the five people furious.
"Qin Feng, prepare to die!"
Hatred both new and old, suppressed anger, all broke out at once.
"Searing Flame Blade!"
One of them quickly pulled out their weapon and aimed it at Qin Feng, unleashing a menacing flaming blade.
Qin Feng's face hardened into an icy fierceness and his internal force broke out.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
Translator's Note: I feel bad for the one guy who wasn't part of the four that jumped down.