Chapter 268 - 832-843

Chapter 832: A Human Ball

The explosion was huge and sudden.

However, Cleaves was prepared for this. In the nick of time, he was able to zip out and escape from his exploding airship. Of course, all of his B-tier underlings were able to escape in time too.

They hovered in the air and glared at the Fengli Dweller furiously.

A pair of radiant wings emerged on Cleaves back and enveloped himself in a layer of light barrier as he darted straight at Qin Feng's aircraft.

He was moving at the speed of light. From afar, it looked like he had disappeared and then reappeared in front of the Fengli Dweller. This meant that he was now out of the Fengli Dweller's range of fire.

He accumulated his conscious energy and formed a powerful energy in front of him. Then…

Boom!

Hundreds of energy beams were unleashed at the Fengli Dweller.

However, right before these energy beams were able to hit the aircraft, a huge dimensional crack appeared in front of the Fengli Dweller and absorbed every single one of the attacks.

The Fengli Dweller appeared to be completely unharmed.

And in the next instant, Qin Feng appeared above the aircraft.

When Bai Li used her ability to absorb the energy beams, she had also sent Qin Feng up to the sky.

Indeed, Cleaves was a powerful ability user. His powers were even more powerful than Qin Feng's.

If they were to fight using just their abilities, Qin Feng was not a match against Cleaves.

However, Qin Feng's strength was not in his dark abilities. Instead, his trump cards were all in his internal energy! Unbeknownst to many, the young man was an absurdly powerful ancient warrior!

"Phantom Shift!"

Unleashing his qingong, there were mirror images of Qin Feng everywhere one looked in the sky. Each one of them was covered in dark runes.

Cleaves, being someone from outside of the Huaxia culture, did not recognize that this was actually a martial art. He thought that this was just a dark ability. If this was a dark ability, his light ability had the upper hand.

Cleaves smirked and began to think about ways of humiliating this Chinese boy when he defeated him later.

"Radiant Advent!"

A huge barrier of light instantly extended around Cleaves' body.

Then, hundreds of sword-shaped light beams rained down from the sky, dispersing every single one of Qin Feng's mirror images.

Regardless, when Cleaves was busy handling his mirror images, Qin Feng himself had already appeared behind Cleaves.

"Dragon Slam!"

Accumulating internal energy in his palms, Qin Feng pushed out a powerful palm attack, one that was as powerful as the strike of a dragon's paw, at Cleaves.

Booom!

The light barrier around Cleaves dispersed in a huge quake! Not knowing what actually happened, Cleaves was struck and sent flying miles away. From afar, with his body still covered in light runes, he looked like a shooting star falling from the sky.

At the same time, the light swords and barriers that were created by Cleaves vanished the instant he was struck!

More importantly, Cleaves was sent flying far away from the Fengli Dweller, resulting in Cleaves not being able to seek revenge on his aircraft!

Well, Cleaves was now so beaten into humiliation that he could not even think about retribution at all.

Due to his abilities being completely dispersed, Cleaves needed time to regroup.

However, Qin Feng had already activated his Phantom Shift again and was zooming straight at Cleaves with a powerful kick.

"Argh!!"

Cleaves let out an excruciating cry before throwing up blood from his mouth.

He quickly did a backflip in the air and pulled himself together.

"Holy Light!"

A thick, blinding light descended from the sky and covered Cleaves, healing all the injuries he sustained from Qin Feng's attacks.

Cleaves was known as the "Son of the Sun" because he possessed the ability to quickly recover and heal his wounds using light runes. He was like an undying cockroach.

Cleaves roared out in anger.

"Skysunder Flare!"

A huge sun then appeared above Cleaves's head.

The man was a "King-ranked" A-tier. As such, it was not unlikely for someone like him to have mastered two types of runes.

The power level of this "Skysunder Flare" was even stronger than that of "Radiant Advent"!

Everyone in the vicinity could not help but squirm when faced against such an intense burning fire attack. It felt like if they got any closer they would all be burned into ash.

Pssst!

Qin Feng's internal energy shield was sizzling loudly when shielding him against this powerful fire attack.

Still, this was not enough to defeat Qin Feng.

In a blink of an eye, Qin Feng vanished into thin air, leaving only a blurry mirror image—this time he did not use his dark runes at all.

In a split second, Qin Feng had already appeared next to Cleaves.

Having learned his lesson, Cleaves did not bother to raise his defenses. Instead, he opted to use his light-speed to flee.

However, this was not enough to outrun an S-tier qinggong.

Qin Feng was able to catch up to Cleaves again.

Boom!

Another palm strike landed on Cleaves's back.

Like a spinning wheel, Cleaves was sent flying miles away yet again. This time, some of his teeth were knocked out of his mouth while his face was badly swollen.

After summoning another shower of Holy Light, Cleaves's wounds were completely healed again. He was not able to regrow his lost teeth though.

Licking the newly bare, toothless gum area in his mouth, Cleaves was so pissed that he thought he was going to explode!

Funnily enough, Qin Feng did not even do much damage on him. All he did was just hit and send him flying far away like a ball.

Cleaves was like a human ball, being slapped and kicked around by Qin Feng.

Nonetheless, Cleaves was an A2-tier ability user. The fact that he was now seemingly bullied by a B5-tier ancient warrior was an unbearable insult to him!

"This! Is! Impossible!! Die…!! Die!!!!"

Even though Cleaves had lost his temper, all that was awaiting him were slaps after slaps from Qin Feng, sending him further away. It felt as though all Cleaves did in response was just healing his swollen face again and again.

Cleaves's underlings, who originally wanted to rush up to aid their boss, did not dare to move a muscle upon seeing this. Qin Feng was too strong. No one dared to cross a fearsome foe like this.

Thus, all these schmucks did was keep on watching their boss get humiliated again and again.

Qin Feng, on the other hand, actually did not intend to kill Cleaves. If he wanted him dead, the A-tier face-swollen bandit would be dead the instant Qin Feng unsheathed his Verdant Emperor Saber.

An eye for an eye. Since Cleaves only wanted him to "get lost", Qin Feng then returned the favor—by making Cleaves get lost.

A few minutes later, Cleaves was already slapped and kicked closer and closer to the dimensional rift that they came from. Now, Qin Feng just needed to give him another push, Cleaves would be kicked out of the Blood River Realm and back to the shore of the Styx.

Of course, Qin Feng did not waste his time at all.

"Dragon Slam!"

Another same, simple strike sent Cleaves flying backward again.

It was then dimensional waves started to ripple around the dimensional rift before a huge aircraft flew through it.

Thud!

Cleaves's flying body landed on the aircraft's energy barrier. In response to the impact, every single one of the aircraft's weaponry was pointed straight at the poor man.

Then, a loud, manly voice could be heard in everyone's consciousness. His voice sounded surprised and alarmed.

"Cleaves?! Is that you?! What the heck happened here?!"

Then, the aircraft had fully gotten through the dimensional rift and into the Blood River Realm.

There was a huge emblem on the aircraft's shell—it was the emblem of the Gaia Corporation, another powerful faction from the North African Republic Alliance!

Chapter 833: A Collapsed Dimension

Cleaves crashed on the force shield of the aircraft and put him to a halt. The momentum of the collision was too light to injure him. It was his pride and not his body that was hurt.

"I am fine," Cleaves said grimly. He had lost the appetite to keep fighting.

Despite glaring at Qin Feng scathingly, Cleaves took no further action.

From inside the aircraft, the ridiculed tone of leader Rocklin reached his consciousness. "Then perhaps make way for the aircraft? Or else we would have no choice but to crush through you."

Cleaves's face turned bleeker. A pair of Radiant Wings materialized on his back and carried him higher into the stratosphere. Qin Feng could still sense his grudge. But seeing that he had lost the will to fight, the edge of Qin Feng's lips upturned into a grin.

'This kind of person always needs a beating to come to their senses.'

Qin Feng stepped back into his aircraft and continued to advance with his troop.

When they were sparring, both the aircrafts had left the battlefield. However, Qin Feng's team had Bai Li in it. Wherever a spatial rift could open to, Qin Feng's team would have immediate access to it.

That was the most vital piece Cleaves's team lacks. If he wishes to find a footing here, Cleaves would need to haul in a stabilizer.

By the time he found one, Qin Feng would probably have swept away all the good stuff, leaving behind treacherous monsters and worthless resources.

Go for wool and come back shorn.

"Move on!" Under Qin Feng's command, the main aircraft and the thirty-airship fleet behind it marched on to explore the unknown region. Behind them, more and more newcomers had emerged.

Many users from the North African Republic had long gathered near the Styx. After the news reached their ears, they rushed through the rift enthrallingly one after another. Ironically, ample living human beings were now hovering above the river to the afterlife.

They could see the broad river under their feet as they carefully maneuvered through the small rifts spread across midair.

The realm was shrouded by a faint crimson. On the first look, one would mistake the soothing red as the color on maple leaves during fall. Actually, these leaves grew on mutated plants that had absorbed the blood runes.

That was the reason why this realm was named Blood River Realm.

Qin Feng was the first to arrive, so naturally, he was the one that benefited the most. Seeing that it was temporarily safe, the others that followed quickly called for spatial stabilizing apparatus to be delivered quickly. But the time wasted in between only gave Qin Feng more luxury to harvest the resources with zero competition.

Inevitably, the users from the republic had their sights fixed on Qin Feng. They had even set up a private virtual meeting group among them.

"Where is that organization from? Is it Huaxia?"

"Damn it! He had most of the good stuff stolen away! Don't you have a stabilizer on your aircraft?"

"Why is he so well prepared?"

"I recognize the name. I heard that they are the biggest firearm manufacturer in Huaxia. Other than that, they also excel in research regarding spatial runes and different realms. That explains why they are so well equipped."

"So it's them. I have heard tales about their president. It is said that he single-handedly eliminated most of the high-rank aptitude users in the Amazon Alliance."

Stories about him that seemed unreal daunted them.

Except for Cleaves, who snorted at the rumors. If Qin Feng were really that scary, why did he not kill him just now?

He quickly called out, "No matter what, these rifts appeared above the Styx, our turf! We shouldn't stand by and let someone from Huaxia snatch it under our nose. To be frank, even I have lost a ship earlier. Don't say I didn't warn you that the Blood River down there is full of C-tier Ichortoids. If anyone is brave enough to descend and verify, be my guest."

The others did plan to search the river. But indeed they had seen a shipwreck down there, which belonged to the Altaar Corporation. Naturally, they became cautious and did not go down immediately. Cleaves's words confirmed their worries.

With that said, they once again had their eyes turned to Fengli's aircraft, this time with a more purposeful glance.

"Cleaves, are you suggesting…"

"You guys know damn well what I am suggesting. We should just get onboard their crafts and take back…"

Before he could finish the sentence, numerous alarms interrupted and blasted their eardrums.

[Warning! Warning! A large number of spatial rifts have been detected. An unknown creature is approaching!]

"What the hell!?" Cleaves was startled.

At the same time, Qin Feng had received the same warning.

The numbers of emerging rifts refreshed rapidly on the radar. Information regarding the huge rift was also being displayed on the hologram.

Bai Li unleashed her spatial runes and it immediately covered the entire fleet. Within this area, the realm was being stabilized by Bai Li's power and no rift could invade the zone.

The airship that initially hovered right above the river had also returned near the fleet.

Bai Li's realm was the only safe zone at the moment.

Following the occurrence of the rift, things kept falling out of it.

There were soil clumps, trees, beasts, and even humans.

As far as the eyes could see, a gigantic thunder broke the sky in half. Then, a giant city appeared abruptly like a mirage. The city then quickly crumbled and the entire establishment plummeted straight to the ground.

One of the rifts nearer to them was pouring out water frenziedly. The water appeared brown and looked close to mud water. The water crashed on the hillside and devastated the vegetation on it, turned red along the way, and rushed into the river.

Everything within sight seemed to tremble in front of the merciless natural force.

Watching the imposing scene, Qin Feng's heart pounded in bewilderment.

Spatial overlapped!

After Qin Feng was reborn, what he experienced in Chungluo was an accidental encounter. He had no idea that the Fettered Land was once Chungluo City.

But after some research, he now had a deeper understanding of spaces and realms.

Thus, he immediately comprehended the current phenomenon.

Not only that but the current overlapping incident seemed to be more severe than Chungluo City.

The world was collapsing right in front of Qin Feng. It was not the same as last time. Each dimension was unique in itself, so it was hard to predict what peculiarity would happen this time. He still did not have enough knowledge to explain everything.

But he was certain about one thing, this was yet another golden opportunity presented to him.

The rift was still ripping through the air. New species began to arrive through the spatial tunnel.

Beasts' roars and humans' outcries from afar filled their world. The "maple trees" lining the mountain also unveiled their ferocious fangs against the intruders.

Amid the chaos, the frightened shrieks of the ability users from the North African Republic still sounded crisp and clear.

Crack!

A hovercraft was brutally ripped apart by a spatial rift.

Boom!

The craft exploded and left no trace behind.

Chapter 834: Intelligent Species—Gorefiend

The users of the North African Republic panicked.

There were simply too many spatial rifts popping up. They tried to maneuver through it but were eventually cornered. Most of them had to abandon their ships and flee.

They were a little too far from the initial entrance now. It was hard to return to the original dimension in this chaos.

Cleaves assessed the situation and decisively steered his only two aircrafts into Feng Li's bombing range.

Jin Hao saw everything through the surveillance monitor inside the aircraft and mocked, "So-called the Son of Sun from that prestigious Altaar Corporation. A minute ago he was still begrudging our president and now he is taking refuge under our shelter?"

Jin Hao then turned to Qin Feng, eagerly waiting for the latter to give the firing order. This time, it would not be on the same level as the earlier warning shot.

"Leave them be. Keep your eyes open and stay vigilant."

Qin Feng spoke as he expanded his consciousness to probe the strength of the monsters dropping out from the unknown dimension.

He knew exactly where they were heading. The place ahead where the humongous city had fallen on was called the Bloodbath Warzone.

An even more intensive battle must be ongoing near there right now.

According to the intel Qin Feng brought over from his past memory, the reason why the North African Republic chose the name Blood River Realm was because almost all creatures living here were bloodthirsty in nature.

That was really unfortunate for beasts and humans that arrived here due to the dissolution of the boundary between dimensions. They came unprepared and unalarmed. The blood-seeking creatures in this dimension killed everything that came across their paths mercilessly.

The collapse and overlap of a dimension usually lasted not in years but centuries. Creatures from the collapsing dimension would only continue to flee through the rifts, thinking that it was their salvation. Tragically, they were just running from one hell into another.

This was especially true for humans. Aside from being hit by the new reality of this ruthless realm, they also needed to fight off the beasts that came into this world along with them.

The beasts were equally in a tight spot. As soon as they landed on the mountains, numerous bloody creatures would instantly surface and penetrate their skin. Once they had accessed their blood vessels, the creature would cause the blood to backflow and kill the monsters.

Instantly, the mountains were all covered in corpses and carcasses. Beasts that tried to escape crashed into the river, becoming yet another floating corpse on it.

Abruptly, a giant rift bigger than any rift before it shredded the sky. An intimidating creature flew out from it.

"Beast deity! It's the aura of a beast deity!"

Jin Hao saw an explosive number climbing on the screen monitor. A creature had been locked on by the radar.

A chimera of a cow and a horse was the best description to be used on this creature. All its hoofs and its tail burned brightly, while its body was covered by scales that looked as hard as clay bricks.

Its size was relatively small for a beast deity, probably because this was its transfigured form. The beast was "only" five meters high and about seven to eight meter long.

Though he might not be the biggest beast that had arrived in this world, it was definitely the most majestic one.

As it descended and finally settled on one of the peaks, the beast deity surveyed the surroundings consciously, with a pair of eyes that had wisdom in them. It then paced forward leisurely. The river water that splashed on the beast was rapidly evaporated by the flames around it.

The beast deity probably knew it had arrived at an extremely hostile environment. Rings of fire sprang into life and twirled around its body.

It seemed to be wandering aimlessly, only stopping occasionally and stomping its feet. Then, it happened.

Neighhh!!!!!

Along with the low hum, scales on its body beamed in yellow lights. The lights then detached and molded into the shape of a halo.

Schwaff!

About a thousand halos spread out from the beast deity at the center point. Half of them into midair while another half straight at the hillside of a neighboring mountain.

In the next moment, the mountain was sliced in half horizontally. The top part began to slide down and eventually dropped into the river.

The once cone-shaped mountain was turned into a mesa in just an instant! Maroon land on the plateau was exposed, with no life form found on it.

The beast deity continued to hum eagerly. Other beasts, attracted by the call, rushed to the ten-thousand-meter-square platform out of survival instinct.

"Is that the Terraform Ability? That's absurd!" Zhou Che happened to be a B-tier earth ability user. He was enthused to see the beast deity burst into action.

Terraform was neither a secret technique nor a ridiculously powerful skill. It could be mastered easily by a C-tier. However, the extent and magnitude of the skill was dependent on how powerful the caster was. Usually, only an A-tier could do what the beast deity did. Zhou Che managed to witness how the beast had arranged the earth element when it cast the skill. This would help him greatly in further comprehending the fundamentals of Terraform.

It was just like how a low-tier ancient warrior could be enlightened by watching high-tier ancient warriors fight.

But Qin Feng was tensed up seeing the buildup. He had a bad feeling about what was going to come next.

Poof!

A water pillar suddenly thrust up from the river like water fountains. It shot into the air, turned into dragon form, and splashed on the plateau.

The initially dry maroon land turned into a pool of thick blood. Not only that but something was seen lurking within the viscous pool.

Awoo!!!

The beasts roared terrifyingly. All of them were hit by the water pillars. A human figure then appeared promptly at the front end of the water pillar.

The human figure was covered in blood and appeared in the form of liquid. Their heads remained connected to the water pillar, which made them stand at about ten meters tall.

Both its physical appearance and aura were equally intimidating.

Qin Feng's eyes opened wide.

"A-tier, Gorefiend!"

They were the intelligent species who ruled the Blood River Realm.

Creatures coming from the collapsing dimensions were turned into the nutrients of this land by them. They were actually a species being watched by the North African Republic Alliance. More precisely, once upon a time, the human alliances had joined forces to annihilate this species. It ended with the Gorefiend being chased into an isolated dimension to thrive without affecting the humans.

The Gorefiends gushed onto the platform and tried to pull the beasts up there into the river. They wanted to bleed them clean and nourish the Blood River. These fiends had no fear as they even tried to bring down the A-tier beast deity.

This was their turf, and it played by their rules.

Qin Feng's eyes beamed with exhilaration.

Chapter 835: Qin Feng the Wolf

On one hand, it was the powerful A-tier intelligent species Gorefiend who had the habitat advantage. On the other hand, it was a mighty A-tier beast deity. The clash between the two titans had the world around them falling apart. Many innocent souls were implicated and dead bodies piled up at an insane rate.

Beasts that tried to seek refuge under the beast deity were not spared. That only irritated the beast deity more and the battle became even more intense.

In such circumstances, humans from the North African Republic were like petty ants that had accidentally stepped into a gruesome battlefield. Any misstep of the monsters would easily trample them to death. Not only that but they also had to be wary of the rifts.

As compared to the flustered users from the republic, those on the Fengli fleets were as calm as water. They stayed composed in their own position. This was because they had the utmost confidence in their leader, believing that he could protect them regardless of the predicament they were facing.

Because of the ever-growing ferocity of the battle between the Gorefiend and the dual fire-earth beast deity, more beasts were tangled in and killed. Blood shed by the dead beasts only further strengthened the Gorefiend's power. It was a little too strong for even the beast deity to rival.

Blood could put off the fire like water.

'This is it.' Qin Feng grinned. When shepherds quarreled, the wolf had a winning game.

Qin Feng the wolf seized the opportunity and exited the aircraft.

He triggered his runes and pointed his finger.

A gloomy cloud appeared in the air and expanded continuously until it covered a hundred hectares of land. That was right above the plateau sliced by the beast deity.

Under Qin Feng's aircraft, Cleaves's eyebrows almost touched each other. Every nerve in his body was tingling with discomfort.

Light and dark were natural antagonists to each other. Cleaves was most impacted when Qin Feng's dark runes erupted. But since he required Qin Feng's protection now, he could only keep the discomfort to himself.

Nonetheless, he could hardly hold back his tremble and he was utterly embarrassed by it.

Qin Feng could not care less how the person below him was feeling. After the cloud had taken form, it began to drizzle dark rain.

It was none other than the Decaying Rain.

This ability had evolved as Qin Feng's strength was enhanced and he amassed more dark runes. It was especially scary when a certain condition was met.

'Dark Bound, Myriad Corpses Descend.'

Splash!

Black raindrops descended and drenched the corpses on the ground. It turned the fresh corpses' fleshes, bones, and red blood into dark brown. Spots rinsed multiple times by the dark rain began to erode and left bare the bones underneath it.

Clak! Clak!

One after another dead beast began to crawl up.

"Charge!"

Qin Feng pointed at the Gorefiend.

Roar!

The Gorefiend was enraged. Qin Feng's ability had contaminated its delicious cuisine.

It required fresh blood to regenerate its power. Qin Feng's Decaying Rain killed the blood's activeness and cut the Gorefiend's energy supply.

Not only that but the dead monsters all stood back up and were attacking it.

That was unforgivable.

The Gorefiend left the ground and hovered in midair. After it figured out the culprit, the Gorefiend stormed straight at Qin Feng. The Gorefiend could sense that Qin Feng was just a mere B-tier, something it could run over and wreck easily.

But Qin Feng would not let that happen.

Another figure appeared beside Qin Feng on the aircraft's deck. She was dressed in white and had a white light ball on her hand. Who else would it be if not Bai Li?

Spatial Seal!

She did not bother to use Cubic Clasp because it would have little use against the beast. She directly had the entire space sealed.

A large band of silver runes appeared like a thin gauze. The silver fog shrouded the mesa and sealed both the Gorefiend and the beast deity in it.

The Gorefiend could not reach Qin Feng being trapped by the spatial skill.

Not only was it tangled up by the dead puppets, but the beast deity would not let go of this opening too.

Rawr!

The beast deity roared and summoned meteorites within its Earth Wall. The meteorites landed ferociously on the Gorefiend, smashing away the blood that formed its body.

After the blood left the Gorefiend, it was either contaminated by Qin Feng's decaying rain or swallowed by his puppet to nullify its activity. Either way, the blood could no longer return to the Gorefiend and be used as its life force.

The Gorefiend's aura was getting weaker and weaker. The beast deity who was also exposed to the Decaying Rain was equally debilitated. They had no other choice but to continue the battle. Luckily they did not think of setting aside their rivalry and breaking through Bai Li's spatial trap together.

Under Qin Feng and Bai Li's manipulation, both the creatures suffered considerable damage.

Qin Feng controlled a giant beast to bite off the neck of the fatigued beast deity. Another beast was commanded to engulf the Gorefiend and killed it off completely.

On top of the plateau, only a few tens of A-tier large-size undead puppets were left standing. They were equally battered with wounds all over their bodies. Bones were exposed on the outside, which only added to their eeriness.

Blazing Sky!

Qin Feng drew his Verdant Emperor Saber and "killed" the undead that had just swallowed the Gorefiend.

Poof.

The undead puppet was cut in half and its heart exposed. Bewilderingly, the puppet's heart appeared red and was pumping vigorously.

Qin Feng's consciousness reached a basketball-sized bloodstone inside the heart and retrieved it. The stone was crystal clear and radiating vigor.

'Blood Concentrated Crystal! This is one hell of a core!'

Though Qin Feng had made a name for himself here in his past life, he did not have the chance to touch such a rare item then. The Gorefiend was claimed by a few S-tiers the last time he was here.

Now that he got his hand on the crystal, he finally realized the allure of it. Even his ability could hardly contain itself. He could not wait to feast on it.

"Ability, Absorb!"

Qin Feng did not hold back and unleashed his ability.

Rich energy emerged from the blood crystal. It was not made of runes but crude life force. The life force-fed Qin Feng's body and extended his lifespan for at least two hundred years.

Other than that, there was another stream of conscious energy feeding Qin Feng's conscious realm.

As an intelligent species, the Gorefiend could stagger the aptitude users around it simply through a roar. It was not difficult to imagine how powerful its conscious energy could be. Moreover, the Gorefiend was clearly several tiers above Qin Feng's current strength.

The influx of consciousness boosted Qin Feng's conscious mind significantly.

Boom!

Qin Feng's consciousness broke through a bottleneck and directly attained B5-tier.

The influx was still ongoing. The blood crystal in Qin Feng's hand shrank rapidly in size.

Boom!

It forced another breakthrough and upheaved Qin Feng's aura to a new level.

Chapter 836: The Blood River Battlefield

Qin Feng had yet to see an end to his upgrade. His consciousness had reached B6-tier.

At this moment, the tremble of the rift had stopped and the surroundings had settled down. Only a few large cracks remained, as the world had now opened up to a new dimension through the fissure. This was probably permanent. Beasts were seen passing through the rift from time to time.

Users from the North African Republic Alliance were watching Qin Feng carefully. After Qin Feng had undergone two quick upgrades, they promptly retreated.

What monster was this?

The fight earlier involved an A2-tier beast deity and an A-tier intelligent species. Yet, Qin Feng and Bai Li had won the fight almost effortlessly. Their skills even surpassed that of an A-tier aptitude user. It was incredible.

Cleaves was especially baffled.

'What the heck? He is clearly an ancient warrior. I thought that the dark ability was on the shielding equipment? Why has it become his ability now, and with such power?'

Deep in his own thoughts, Cleaves realized that the surroundings had become stable. He quickly ordered his subordinates to fly the two large aircrafts away from the protected zone under the Fengli Organization. He wished to distance himself from them as far as possible. After what happened, he would never again plot against Qin Feng.

The reason he was still alive after the dreadful battle was thanks to Fengli's protection. Cleaves had to leave at the first chance before anyone from Fengli shamed him.

Those in Fengli burst into laughter after seeing what Cleaves had done.

"That's enough. Stop laughing and continue with the collection!" Bai Li commanded.

"Roger, Ms. Bai!"

Users of the Fengli Organization once again got back to work.

As for Qin Feng, he pulled out the Verdant Emperor Saber and observed it closely. Its soul remained dormant without the trigger of internal force. But Qin Feng could still see the saber assimilating with one soul after another coming from underneath them.

He slashed the Verdant Emperor Saber and shred the A-tier beast deity to retrieve its crystal core.

This beast deity was undoubtedly powerful. Unfortunately, it had come across the Gorefiend and Qin Feng today. It would not have died so easily if the horse-cow chimera was as strong as Mohrian.

Some races were indeed superior to others by nature.

'Nonetheless, this core has enough energy for me to attempt A-tier and reach the god tier!'

This was currently the second god-level crystal core that Qin Feng had in hand. The Glutton Leviathan was close to a beast deity but still only a beast emperor after all. Those cores bought from the Dusk Dragon Auction had already been given to Bai Li. This core, by definition, was the first god-tier core Qin Feng had claimed with his own two hands.

The number of beast deities a dimension could sustain was usually very few. After all, there was a limitation of resources in each dimension.

But now that this dimension had overlapped with other dimensions, Qin Feng could foresee that more beast deities would arrive here.

Besides, beast deities that could escape a collapsing dimension were exceptionally powerful too, most of the time.

After he had taken care of business, Qin Feng raised his hand and dispersed the remaining dark force. The undead puppets crumbled immediately in response.

He then flipped his consciousness and one after another energy cores shot out from the undead bodies.

The decaying puppets had no use to Qin Feng. All he cared about was the refined energy of the beasts.

In other words, everything on the plateau created by the beast deity was claimed by Qin Feng alone.

Despite that, nobody raised an objection.

In fact, they were secretly discussing another matter.

"Cleaves, why did you try to flame us against this man just now? He is actually a dark ability user. Moreover, his puppeteering skill is perhaps the level of a grandmaster!"

"That's right! Even though we are in a different dimension, he would still have an enormous advantage with so many bodies lying around."

"Horrible, extremely horrible. Have you seen his Myriad Corpses Descend? The amount of undead puppets he could control is almost the scale of a beast wave. There's no way we could have fought him and won."

"You are a heartless bastard, Cleaves!"

They collectively condemned Cleaves. Cleaves could only swallow it bitterly. He did not know Qin Feng was hiding such a trump card up his sleeve when they were fighting earlier.

A normal B-tier ancient warrior was nothing to be afraid of. But a B-tier puppeteer? He could be as formidable as anyone if he owned an S-tier puppet.

Luckily the besiege suggested by Cleaves was interrupted.

Instead, the users from the republic were now greeting Qin Feng politely, trying to pry where this influential young prospect had come from. Qin Feng answered back big-heartedly.

The Blood River Realm was a huge dimension. Qin Feng did not come here just to pick up corpses. His ultimate aim was to hunt more Gorefiends.

"Steer toward where the rift had opened just now," Qin Feng ordered.

The entire fleet turned immediately according to Qin Feng's will. They carefully harvested powerful beasts that they deemed valuable. Though they knew the realms and the runic equipment on them were protected by dark runes, they could not afford to lose their vigilance. After experiencing the dimension collapse, as well as understanding how scary the Gorefiends and Ichortoids were, these men were fully aware of the danger they were still exposed to.

They continued to march. Half an hour later, their vision became broader as the mountain ranges on both sides had vanished abruptly. In its place was a plain in blood-red color.

They could hear the uproar even from afar.

Qin Feng surveyed the city from afar. It was clearly devastated with collapsed buildings all over the place. Humans there were battling frenziedly. They wore the same attire but were assaulting each other without the slightest sense of mercy.

On a closer look, one side of them was stained in red with blood gushing out from their bodies.

Humans were possessed by Gorefiend and had begun massacring the town.

Blood River Battlefield!

This place was infamous in Qin Feng's past life. This place housed perhaps the largest rift connected to the Blood River Realm. Humans continued to fall off it into the realm, with more and more of them being infested by the Gorefiend.

After a while, the Human Alliances and the Dark Coalition had also gotten involved and further embroiled the situation. It was a bloody war.

All of this was not only because of the Gorefiend's appearance but more to the treasure hidden inside the city rumored to be left behind by the royal family.

S-tier god armaments were not too far-fetch in such a place.

"I will go down with Bai Li. You guys watch each other's back!" Qin Feng said coarsely.

"Roger!"

Chapter 837: The Exploding Scepter

Qin Feng stepped out of the aircraft, surrounding his body with internal force in an instant. Without needing him to say anything, Bai Li's body became partially translucent and she shifted herself into an alternate space to prevent blood from splashing onto her clothes.

Gorefiends were extremely dangerous beings.

Even though Qin Feng managed to kill an A-tier Gorefiend just now, to be honest, he would not want to take on another one like that in a direct confrontation.

He quickly fell toward the edge of the ruins. The ground here was still a mixture of black and red, some places were still damp and blood was slowly seeping from it.

Due to an entire city and a massive chunk of land having fallen there, the mutant plants here had been utterly flattened underneath and as more and more people continued to die the Gorefiends became more and more ferocious.

Qin Feng's appearance was definitely different from the humans around him. They all wore long robes, some kind of archaic fashion, similar to the long dress that Bai Li was wearing. His being clad in his combat uniform obviously made him seem out of place.

However, in this chaos, nobody would care what Qin Feng looked like. However, when the blood-drenched people saw Qin Feng, they immediately rushed over.

A male covered in blood struck his palm out and a torrent of blood crashed directly onto his internal force and was instantly rinsed away. He drew the Verdant Emperor Saber and immediately slashed forward.

"Burning Sword Glare!"

No point using the Spirit Rend, he could at least kill a Gorefiend of this kind of power with one move.

With just one slash, the Gorefiend-possessed human was cut at the waist, blood splashing everywhere in huge quantities.

On the ground, the blood puddle quickly began to reform. A Gorefiend with a human-like upper body and a snake-like lower body crawled out and launched its attack at Qin Feng.

The blood surged forward like a lake that threatened to engulf him.

He raised a hand as a huge fireball appeared on his palm, instantly expanding to more than three meters.

Within Qin Feng's consciousness, was the Sacred Flaming Stone that he took away from Mohrian's Volcano, so fire runes were quick to condense and create the fireball in the blink of an eye before it was sent out.

Boom!

The fireball smashed through the wave of blood and slammed into the Gorefiend.

"Aaaaagh!"

The Gorefiend screeched and a large portion of blood on its body was instantly evaporated, causing it to wither down into a smaller being roughly the size of a baby. Qin Feng moved forward and immediately pierced through his opponent's heart with a single strike.

A powerful force spread out from his opponent and was devoured by his absorption ability, strengthening his physical form and his consciousness.

He lifted his hand, and a Blood Crystal landed in his palm.

After easily killing one, he continued to walk into the ruins and whenever he encountered a Gorefiend, he would kill it without leaving a trace. At the same time, he was looking for something.

The ruins were vast, since it was originally a city and this city happened to be huge.

Ignoring the desolation and where it now stood, this city was probably bigger than the Dragon Capital.

At this moment, a bright burning flame appeared in the center of the city.

"Hwroar!"

There came the sound of a Dragon's roar before it speared through the sky, reaching up a thousand meters in altitude. A spectacular sight to behold.

However, this was just the shadow of a long flaming Dragon.

He could hear the surrounding humans start calling out to see what was going on, looking to the central area with excitement. Even the people who had fled earlier were starting to return.

Qin Feng understood what this all meant!

A legendary god armament had finally appeared!

He knew about this legend, while some people said that it was a robe, others said it was a scepter. Qin Feng was not sure what it was, but there was no doubt that this item was obtained by an S-tier!

And since there was no S-tier that had entered the rift yet, Qin Feng would naturally not let this go.

"Move!" He uttered quietly in his mind, Bai Li moved instantly and took Qin Feng forward about ten kilometers or more toward the center of the ruins.

He was still about a good kilometer or so away from the centermost area. He stood on a tower that had yet to collapse and surveyed the surrounding ruins.

An old man wearing a flame-red robe embroidered with a symbol that resembled the Sun and intricate swirls, a two-meter long staff currently held in his hands, was unleashing a powerful aura!

"S-tier!"

Qin Feng's eyes widened as a large wave of air blew toward him.

"Suppressing Barrier, go!"

He suddenly formed a ten-meter wide Fire Wall around himself. A flood of magma spread out beneath him and five fire dragons hovered around him. The terrifying blast of air crashed into the Fire Wall without affecting it.

After the shockwave passed, Qin Feng released his consciousness. He 'looked' at his surroundings and saw up to a hundred A-tier humans.

On the other hand, there was obviously one old man but he exuded the aura of two people.

As he looked forward with his own eyes, he noticed from a kilometer away that the old man's white hair had turned as red as blood.

He immediately understood what was going on, this person had actually been possessed by a Gorefiend.

However, the S-tier was extremely powerful and did not die, continuing to struggle against the Gorefiend's control.

However, it would only be a matter of time before this struggle was over. The blood around the old man was getting more and more dense and it looked like it was about to completely swallow the S-tier!

"Retreat immediately!!!"

A blast of consciousness was unleashed as the old man roared out, sounding like he was about to start destroying everything indiscriminately.

The surrounding people were full of grief.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!!!"

"Retreat! Hurry!"

That old man sounded like he was losing control of himself, his voice getting distorted.

Qin Feng did not know this man, nor did he sympathize with the people around him. The moment the man cried out, he was already on the retreat.

He had already felt that the scepter in the old man's hands carried with it some kind of explosive energy and he had no choice but to start backing off.

Boom!

There was a huge explosion, completely tearing through everything around it. Such a blast would spread through ten thousand meters!

Qin Feng could only retreat for about two kilometers. At this time, he was still in the blast radius.

"Phase Shift!"

Bai Li instantly dragged Qin Feng into a different space. He saw that everything around him had become blurry, looking at the world as if it was some kind of omniscient force and the only real thing was Bai Li next to him.

The fires of the explosion, death and destruction, it all seemed so far away from him. When he looked to the ground, he saw that the blast was vaporizing the ground and had formed a crater one hundred meters deep!

The old man in the epicenter had caused his staff to explode, and the crystal tip had completely shattered.

That person's body completely burned to ash under the high temperature. With the utter destruction of the outer shell, all that remained was the bright red figure within!

The Gorefiend!

The Gorefiend opened its large mouth, but its roar was drowned out by the noise of the explosion and nobody knew what was happening in there!

Only Qin Feng did, from his god-like perspective, could see this.

Chapter 838: Divine Flame Imperial Robe

In the end the Gorefiend turned into an orange-red shade, as if it had been burnt as it started to melt.

The blood crystals inside its body began to fall out and drop to the ground. Unlike the flames set off by that imperial robe, a river of blood formed the moment it hit the ground!

The S-tier Gorefiend was completely different from the standard Gorefiend. Their crystal core was like a Sacred Stone, possessing a huge quantity of power. The blood quickly started to fill the crater, hitting the still burning flames and generating patches of blood-red fog.

The clouds in the sky were starting to get dyed red. If it rained right now, the people in this ruined city would probably get wiped out.

In the large crater, the blood got so heated that it had begun to boil due to the scorching aura but its power had dropped by a vast degree. At least, enough to the point where A-tiers could withstand it.

"Bai Li, quick!"

Needless for him to say, Bai Li was already taking him through the bloody mist.

She pointed a finger at the center of the blood lake and in an instant a basketball sized blood crystal exuding a powerful aura emerged from it.

Qin Feng could not bear the temptation of such an aura and wanted to absorb it immediately, but he knew that he could not absorb the blood crystal right now!

This blood crystal was in the S-tier, but Qin Feng's current state, even if it was beast emperor level, was only B-tier. If something this powerful was ingested, even if he had the Absorption Ability, there was a likelihood that he would implode.

Bai Li could withstand such a feeling, as a spatial beast, she had a long life and was not constantly thirsting for progression in life. As such, she quickly put the blood crystal into her space.

Without this aura, Qin Feng quickly recollected himself and his gaze fell onto something more important nearby.

That precious god armor robe.

This long robe embroidered with the symbol of the sun was constantly rising under the cover of flames. The raging fire and the aura of this S-tier god armor could be felt at all times.

The moment Qin Feng appeared nearby it, he felt a hundred consciousnesses targeted and locked onto him!

A series of exclamations could be heard, followed by a roar from the consciousness.

"Who, who dares touch the Divine Flame Imperial Robe!"

"That belongs to our empire!"

"Get out if you don't want to die!"

The threats carried at a resounding volume, but why would Qin Feng care? With his powerful consciousness, unwaveringly, he reached out to collect the item known as the Divine Flame Imperial Robe.

The Flame Scepter might have exploded earlier, but it did not damage the Divine Flame Imperial Robe at all. Maybe because the robe was not affected by flames, that or maybe because it was just that powerful. There was no doubt that this was a fantastic treasure!

Due to Qin Feng not working under any S-tiers before he was reborn, he had no idea who got this treasure back then.

Now, it belonged to Qin Feng!

In the next moment, a scorching aura exploded from Qin Feng's hand.

Boom!

A terrifying flame engulfed Qin Feng's body!

The scorching heat felt like he was being submerged in magma from the center of the Earth, or like, he was standing on the surface of the Sun.

Such temperature could completely burn any human being into a crisp.

Qin Feng and the Divine Flame Imperial Robe formed into a massive sun beam, even Bai Li was forced to retreat thirty meters away.

From a distance came the consciousness of a different group of people.

"Idiot, did you really think that the Divine Flame Imperial Robe was so easy to obtain?"

"Just die, the Divine Robe will not yield to anyone. For thousands of years, only His Majesty managed to control it. Those of royal blood could only keep it in their vaults. If one isn't a level eight pyrokinetic master, how could they afford to control the Divine Flame Imperial Robe?"

If they meant level eight as in the S-tier then naturally it would have been impossible for Qin Feng to reach that.

However, if they were simply referring to the strength of the fire runes…

In the center of the sun beam, Qin Feng's internal force was scorched away as he was about to snatch up the robe, but when he felt that the object's heat was about to burn him, his fire ability was automatically activated.

A shroud of flame enveloped Qin Feng, compressing into a barrier to protect him from his surroundings and preventing the heat from harming him.

However, he did not let go of the Divine Flame Imperial Robe, instead a spiral began to form between his eyebrows.

The artifact was alive, especially items that had reached S-tier. They must have their own special requirements, otherwise they could not be controlled by whoever killed their wielders.

This was the situation now.

"Taming you isn't easy!"

As Qin Feng spoke, a red flame burst out from the center of his brow. The Sacred Flame Meteor he discovered under Mohrian's lair was rolling out its billowing fire runes, once again trying to protect him and fighting against the Divine Flame Imperial Robe.

Not only that, in the vortex in Qin Feng's brow, two planets began to rotate.

The largest black crystal planet began to burst forth with a horrifying attracting force.

The runes that threatened Qin Feng were gradually getting absorbed by this attraction and they involuntarily broke away from their previous arrangement to join Qin Feng's consciousness.

Once in there, they no longer belonged to the Divine Flame Imperial Robe and instead obeyed Qin Feng's command.

The second thing that was rotating was naturally the fire crystal core given to him by the Wisdom Fruit. This flaming gem planet was starting to absorb the fire runes from the robe one after the other.

In this state of ebb and flow, the runes around Qin Feng were quickly being absorbed and the burning force of the Imperial Robe was getting smaller and smaller.

At the edge of the large crater, the humans who had thought that Qin Feng would be consumed by the Divine Flame Imperial Robe were all slack-jawed as they watched the miniature sun become more and more transparent before revealing the figure inside.

In the end, the fire disappeared and the Divine Flame Imperial Robe could be seen more compliantly attached to Qin Feng.

Its overwhelming flame had disappeared and its terrible aura seemed to have been tamed. It had become an elegant and aesthetically pleasing article of clothing that was draped over Qin Feng's body. It even automatically turned into a size suitable for Qin Feng's figure!

The god armor had attuned to its owner!

"How…how is that possible?"

"He actually attuned with the Divine Robe!"

"No, the Divine Robe is mine! I, too, will obtain it!"

"He is not one of us! He's a human from another plane, undeserving of the Divine Robe, let's take it back!"

"Get him!"

Countless humans shouted out.

However, compared to them, there were others that were faster.

Boom boom boom boom boom!

From the blood lake under Qin Feng's feet, five Gorefiends burst out from it and rushed toward him and Bai Li.

More accurately, they were going after Bai Li because she took away the S-tier blood crystal.

All of these Gorefiends were A-tier. Before, one Gorefiend could take on a beast deity, but now that she was facing against five, her face had begun to turn pale.

Only Qin Feng still carried in his eyes a thirst for battle!

Chapter 839: Three Domains

Qin Feng's consciousness began to fluctuate, sending out a terrifying aura.

The Wisdom Fruit gave Qin Feng three other abilities, fire, water and earth. At the same time it also raised his consciousness. His original power was comparable to that of a beast emperor, but by now he was three times more powerful.

As a four-element ability user, the most powerful force he could wield was the power of the domains.

"First domain!"

On the ground, fire runes began to gather, turning it into magma before it merged into the lake of blood.

"Second domain!"

In the air, boulders began to descend from a high altitude at extreme speeds. Not only that, they carried with them a flaming aura which transformed them into fiery meteors and gained immense power.

Boom boom boom!

The fiery meteors crashed into the Gorefiends and knocked them to the ground, returning them to the lake of blood. By this time, the lake mixed with fire runes were no longer their territory.

"Third domain!"

A black flower appeared in Qin Feng's hand. As he gently sent it out, the blossoming flame turned into a large Death Bloom before falling down.

"No, what is this?"

A Gorefiend lamented, their fresh blood seemed to have lost its life energy under the Death Bloom's influence. Combine that with the falling meteors and the burning lake, under these three attacks they could hardly lift their heads.

This was an apocalyptic scene.

Of course, the Gorefiends were powerful and had not been wiped out by Qin Feng yet. They fought hard to avoid the meteors, dragging their weakening bodies forward before finally reaching Qin Feng's side.

"Die!"

A Gorefiend suddenly exploded near Qin Feng, turning into a rain of blood that threatened to cover his entire body.

Woom!

Qin Feng's internal force immediately burst out and the blood could not break through the protection to invade his body.

The Gorefiend that turned into liquid naturally felt Qin Feng's internal force and roared out.

"I don't think you'll last very long!"

Fwhoom!

The Gorefiend began to wildly attack, trying to break through Qin Feng's internal force shield and invade him. Not only would he be able to kill Qin Feng, he could then also control his body and then the Divine Flame Imperial Robe would be theirs!

The Divine Flame Imperial Robe was not compatible with the Gorefiends, but they could control human bodies to use this god armor. There was also constant infighting among the Gorefiends, trying to see who would gain the most resources. By the time they reached S-tier, the world would be their oyster.

As such, how could they not compete?

Qin Feng naturally knew this, but how would that matter now? If people from his realm knew that such a god armor would appear, whether it was from the Human Alliance or the Dark Coalition, they would come and fight him over it.

Therefore, he understood this concept and could not let them succeed before he did.

That was because there was only one treasure and it would be his. Those who tried to take it from him were the equivalent of those who tried to kill him.

He showed no mercy to his enemies.

Qin Feng lifted his hand and powerful fire runes appeared under his feet and rapidly rushed upward.

Seven to eight magma pillars burst forth to crash into the Gorefiend.

Boom!

Pssssshhhsst!

A large amount of blood evaporated into mist and the Gorefiend let out a scream, finally unbinding from Qin Feng and falling away.

Several other Gorefiends that saw this immediately fled!

One of them was positioned in the center of the Death Bloom and was hit by five petals. Its body started to wither, the blood on it drying up, revealing its two-meter tall body.

He did not care about the other Gorefiends, grabbing the Verdant Emperor Saber with his hand as he burst out a gout of flame.

"Blazing Sky!"

Internal force grabbed onto the fire runes and the Divine Flame Imperial Robe seemed to have some kind of reaction as it unleashed a terrifying flame that blended into the Blazing Sky move to make it even more powerful and fearsome.

The sword's aura burst out about two meters wide as Qin Feng crossed a hundred meters in an instant to attack the weakened Gorefiend.

Boom!

The Gorefiend was suddenly and violently flung into a patch of magma, screaming as it turned into a dried clot of blood due to being unable to withstand the hot temperature, turning into a pile of ashes.

Only that blood crystal managed to remain, which Qin Feng quickly grabbed and placed inside his spatial rune equipment.

After dealing with the Gorefiend, the others had escaped thousands of meters away and left Qin Feng's effective range.

At this time, they also unleashed their own domain move.

"Sanguine Wall: Blood Terror Pool!"

Several Gorefiends unleashed their attacks and in an instant, four pools of blood more than one hundred meters wide manifested around them before they crashed into Qin Feng's Domain.

At this time, Qin Feng's Domain was even larger than theirs and was about a kilometer wide. Four hundred meter wide pools of blood were not enough to make him waver.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Four hits. Where the domains collided, the runes began to break apart. The uniquely blood-colored runes as well as Qin Feng's fire, earth and dark runes were rapidly falling apart.

"Earth Spike!"

Qin Feng activated his earth ability and violently attacked. The massive spikes that burst from the land pierced through the pools of blood and dispersed them. Magma flowed forward and immediately evaporated the blood.

His body suddenly moved, flashing to one side. The domain shifted with him and instantly enveloped one of the Gorefiends.

The massive domain crushed forward, and the opposing Blood Terror Pool collapsed!

The body of the Gorefiend went from being more than thirty meters long to fifteen meters long, suddenly it was reduced to half its size!

While these Gorefiends were A-tier, they were nowhere near the one that left the spatial rift. The one in the beginning was A8-tier, while the one in front of him was only A2-tier.

Qin Feng had abruptly raised his consciousness power by two levels, combining that with the Divine Flame Imperial Robe his fire ability had improved exponentially. This Gorefiend was no match against him!

"Burning Sword Glare!"

He brought along his Fire Wall and rushed forward with his sword out ready to slash at his opponent!

The entirety of this fight, Qin Feng obtaining the Divine Flame Imperial Robe and killing off two Gorefiends, only took about five minutes. This passing of time allowed the humans who managed to resist the explosion of the scepter to regain their strength.

"No matter how powerful they are, the Divine Flame Imperial Robe needs a lot of consciousness to use! Everyone together at once, we'll take back the Divine Robe!"

At that exclamation, thirty people leapt up. All of them were A-tier aptitude users.

Thirty different domain moves were unleashed simultaneously.

The crystal core in Qin Feng's consciousness madly rotated to fend off against these attacks. At the same time, the Verdant Emperor Saber in his hand was pumped with internal force.

"Looks like there are a lot of people looking to die!"

Chapter 840: Spirit Chain Rend Rampage

Qin Feng's internal force was as plentiful as there was water in the sea, when condensed together it was the equivalent of an S-tier.

What was even more terrifying was that he had mastered an S-tier martial art.

Martial arts that had reached S-tier could take down an enemy from thousands of meters away. Now, Wanzhong's Spirit Chain Rend had become Qin Feng's be-all and end-all ace up his sleeve, not something to be used until the critical moment!

After all, unleashing S-tier martial arts was an intensively taxing maneuver.

Right now, Qin Feng had to use it.

In all directions were people unleashing their domain abilities and they were all people who wanted him dead.

As such, he would show no mercy.

"Spirit Chain Rend, Ten Thousand Cuts!"

Qin Feng felt that his dantian had a hole opened up in it and a pool's worth of internal force began to pour out.

One pool!

Ten pools!

A hundred pools!

Based on the power of an ancient warrior, ten pools could turn into one sea's worth and ten seas were the equivalent of an S-tier.

This one attack from Qin Feng was absolutely on par with what could be unleashed by an S-tier ancient warrior.

In an instant, the world seemed to have changed color.

"Kraaaaaaauuuuw!"

His Verdant Emperor Saber let out a humming sound and then with the addition of Qin Feng's internal force, the phantoms on it solidified and became even more threatening.

These phantoms wildly rushed out, crossing a hundred meters!

Qin Feng swept his Verdant Emperor Saber in a semicircular slash.

A Gorefiend happened to be within the attack range of the Ten Thousand Cuts Spirit Rend and in the next moment the energy slash carrying phantoms tore through its blood domain and crashed into its body.

The feeling of getting ripped into by phantoms and what felt like its soul getting pulled away made the Gorefiend cry out in distress.

The other humans nearby that were hit by such a move also had their barrier moves destroyed and were utterly crushed under the attack.

Pfft!

Humans a hundred meters away were instantly sliced through by the energy blade and killed!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

One after another, Qin Feng took down five in a single attack!

Boom boom boom!

The others were pressing their barriers in from other directions and Qin Feng did not hesitate to shift his magma with his consciousness to pressure them!

"Again!" He roared, brimming with murderous intent, "Spirit Chain Rend, Ten Thousand Cuts!"

Wherever his blade pointed, enemies were turned to ashes.

Another hundred pools worth of internal force were spent in an instant in killing these people, but there was a huge amount of consciousness and energy flowing into him, causing his consciousness to soar in strength again.

As such, the more he killed the bolder he became, and he became fiercer the more he killed.

Slash slash slash!

When he unleashed the Spirit Chain Rend again he emptied out 300 pools worth of internal force, but at the same time, the surrounding humans were wiped out.

There were originally thirty A-tier aptitude users but now there were less than half, and there was not even one Gorefiend left.

"Phu…hu…" Qin Feng's breathing became heavier. Him unleashing a huge portion of his internal force and manipulating his abilities brought an unprecedented amount of pressure onto him, as if squeezing out all of his potential.

"Hahahaha, amazing!"

His gaze fell onto the remaining people, and his bloodthirsty gaze made them all back away.

But looking closely, their eyes were once again drawn to the Divine Flame Imperial Robe on him, greed glittering in their gazes.

This Divine Robe represented their imperial strength. Whoever obtained it, whoever controlled it, would become an unparalleled being.

The humans in this realm were different from the ones in Qin Feng's. Their lifespan was even longer and the previous owner of the Divine Robe was at least a thousand years old!

The people that charged forward were all those who were loyal to His Majesty, and those hiding in the back were all people with hidden intentions.

Now that their cannon fodder was gone, they had to take things upon themselves!

"Whoever wants the Divine Robe will do so by their own ability!"

"Chaaaarge!"

"I am the Divine Robe's rightful owner!"

A god weapon or god armor would cause countless people to try and snatch it away at any moment.

Qin Feng faced these people's challenges and those who rushed forward would only pay one hefty price!

And that would be: Death!

***

An hour later, the central area of the ruins was a chaotic scene to behold. What was left was a scorched piece of earth.

Whether it was humans or Gorefiends, they were burnt to ash. Nobody would remember them having been here.

Qin Feng had killed no less than a hundred people.

In addition to those who had rushed up earlier, there were later some humans who appeared while possessed by Gorefiends. Qin Feng kept hunting them down and killing them all.

Now, nobody would show up in the vicinity of ten thousand meters. Qin Feng mobilized his consciousness and began to collect the spoils.

Those A-tier blood crystals from the Gorefiends were only something S-tiers could dream about.

Bai Li followed suit in cleaning up the battlefield, not only that, when she stood on top of a once luxurious looking but now half-collapsed palace, she felt something.

"Qin Feng, come here, there's good stuff!"

Bai Li called out.

He did not have a single trace of blood on his body this time, but after the battle his aura was still quite murderous. People who sensed it would feel that he was extremely dangerous.

Only when Bai Li called out to him, his expression eased a little.

"Huh? What is it?"

"There's a sealing stone over here, that means that there's got to be something worthwhile in it!"

"Alright, move aside!"

The sealing stones were very rare. It could seal away abilities and ancient martial arts. Consciousness and internal force would quickly break away when in contact with such things. This sealing stone looked like it was only sealing up one place, and they were used to lock up treasure vaults and not attract people's attention.

No wonder Bai Li was so excited when she found the stone.

As strong as the sealing stones were, they were still affected by other things. For example, the impact of the mundane firearm.

Therefore, Qin Feng helped himself, bringing out a hand cannon from his spatial rune equipment before mounting it on his shoulder and firing.

Boom!

The ruin was blasted apart, bricks flying away and exposing the contents inside.

"Wow!"

Bai Li exclaimed. There looked to be crystal coins cast from the pieces of power credit ore which looked to be currency unique to this realm.

Not only that, there was a large number of energy crystal cores, ability cores, all piled up into a small hill.

Qin Feng thought about the elderly fellow who died earlier that people called 'Your Majesty'. It seemed like he had discovered the treasure vault of the royal family.

Such a huge sum of power credits was like finding money on the floor. Indeed a great fortune!

Bai Li on her own, busy like a bee, began to quickly store away these things.

At this moment, a man dressed in a robe and exuding light runes slowly began to approach.

There was no hostility coming from him and even the speed of the approach seemed to be controlled appropriately. Qin Feng naturally detected the man's presence.

He turned to look at the other.

The man stopped in his tracks.

"I…I'm not here to be your enemy!" The person's consciousness quickly carried forward.

Chapter 841: Deemed as the Emperor

This person's body was not giving off any murderous intent, nor did he look like he had much confidence, but the clothes on him looked very luxurious and he was an A-tier aptitude user. Qin Feng could see that the people in this realm, or at the very least this ruined city of this kingdom, had well-off lives.

However, due to this the person carried himself with a hint of arrogance and disdain.

"What is it?"

If they were not his enemy, then they were naturally something else, so Qin Feng had to ask.

When the man saw that Qin Feng was not raising his blade or releasing his fire ability to attack him. He immediately bucked up, straightening his back and slightly raised up his chin. "I am a member of the elder parliament of this country. I am Gong Ge. Now that everyone else is dead, I have automatically taken over as the head elder. Your strength is just a tad bit weaker, no way you'd be able to compare to His Majesty. However, you've gained the recognition from the Divine Flame Imperial Robe. While the scepter has been destroyed, I deem you our newest emperor!"

The man said reluctantly, as if he was being forced to announce Qin Feng.

Of course, the phrase 'You are not strong' was something that was incessantly lacking in conscience when said out loud!

If Qin Feng was not strong then why did this man not try to replace him immediately?

Qin Feng was a B-tier on the surface but his strength was absolutely villainous and unreasonable.

Such a person slaughtering a hundred people in one go, would that not be enough to prove his strength?

Qin Feng then sneered and said, "Since I'm not strong enough, what's the point of you acknowledging me? And when did I say I needed your recognition?"

He glanced at the man, and this gaze made head elder Gong Ge feel like he had been seen through.

"If you can be your own head elder, then you can go ahead and do it on your own. Why are you looking for me? Is it because you're scared now? Afraid that a Gorefiend would pop out of nowhere to kill you so you want to cling onto some solid ground so you don't drop? Yet, how could I hang around such a terrible team-up with an attitude like yours? You're being ridiculous!"

Qin Feng's words pierced through the other's ruse.

Gong Ge was thick-skinned, but he suddenly looked flushed and could only sternly say, "You can't do this, if you don't want to admit it then take off the Divine Robe. It belongs to us!"

"Yours? Alright!" Qin Feng said, actually starting to take off the Divine Flame Imperial Robe.

He proceeded to casually toss it toward Gong Ge's direction.

The moment the Divine Flame Imperial Robe left Qin Feng's grasp it immediately burst into a raging inferno and scorching temperatures rushed over as if standing next to the surface of the Sun, and their surroundings were covered by terrifying flames.

"Aaaaieee!"

Gong Ge gave a high-pitched scream and fled a hundred meters away in a fit of panic.

The Divine Flame Imperial Robe did not drop to the ground, instead it floated in the air as if suspended by some kind of invisible frame, waiting for someone to put it on!

In this collapsed realm, in this ruined kingdom, nobody could wear it anymore.

Moreover, upon seeing this, Qin Feng figured out who had probably obtained the Divine Flame Imperial Robe before his rebirth.

'The Divine Flame Imperial Robe is a fire element rune equipment, a super god armor that has its own special attunement conditions. So the person that obtains it has to be an S-tier. Among the Dark Coalition in North Africa, that could only be the Hellfire God Aysahn!

It was unknown if that person would come across the North African Alliance and what kind of battle would ensue.

Qin Feng did not really know much about that news, but he understood that the following events would undoubtedly be changed with his participation.

At this time, he was unaware of what was about to happen in the future but he would not be letting go of his first-come-first-serve ideology.

"What? Didn't I give it to you? Don't you want it?" Qin Feng chuckled coldly.

Gong Ge looked at the Divine Flame Imperial Robe and knew that this object had basically become a hot potato.

"The Divine Robe has already recognized its owner. Doing that is useless. Besides that, you've taken our kingdom's treasure. You… you can't go, you must protect me!" Gong Ge said in the end, unable to say anything else. He had made himself clear, he had come to Qin Feng for defense.

This realm was too dangerous, more dangerous than he had expected.

Especially now, who knew what was lurking in the dark, and whether or not Gorefiends would appear. An A-tier Gorefiend was not something that he would dare take on alone.

Qin Feng's smile had become more of a mocking smirk, but he kept his sharp tongue to himself.

He raised a hand and took back the Divine Flame Imperial Robe before saying, "If you want me to protect you, then sure. After all, I'm a mercenary, just pay me first!"

He lifted a finger, levitating a crystal clear coin made out of compressed power credits. "This kind of money, 100 million and I'll protect you for a day!"

100 million was indeed not too much, but just for one day this price was worthwhile!

If the price was too high then he was worried that the other might not be able to actually pay, who knew what the prices were in this plane?

Gong Ge's eyes lit up and his gaze fell onto the treasure trove again. As soon as he shifted his eyes he opened his mouth to say, "You can take all of these gems, that'll be enough to protect me for a year…"

Qin Feng flicked the coin that was called a gem toward Gong Ge, he infused it with internal force and caused it to soar by at extreme speed. As it broke the sound barrier, Gong Ge was shocked and quickly dodged out of the way, yelling, "What are you doing!?"

He sneered, "Stopping you from daydreaming. This isn't your money. It's already mine. If you have money, then take it out, if you don't then I don't care!"

These things were buried underneath the earth, if it were not for the old man blowing himself up and for Qin Feng using his earth ability to attack earlier it would not have been discovered. Such a trove would have been lost at the battle of the Styx.

Therefore, the fact that this man wanted to use that money as payment for his own protection was really foolish.

The man gritted his teeth, but he knew it was useless to try these tricks so he could only begrudgingly take out his own money to pay Qin Feng.

Just when the two had reached an accord, a crack appeared in the sky again.

This crack began to leak out water that carried a salty pang with it.

This was not river water. This was sea water!

Not only that, there were countless sea beasts that were beginning to appear from it!

"This… this is too dangerous. We need to move! If we don't, then… the water is too useful for the Gorefiends!"

At this time, Bai Li was shifting through all the treasures as she glared at Gong Ge. "Why panic?"

When she turned her head, her face was full of regret. "Unfortunately, it's too late. If not, we could have taken these sealing stones away and turned them into prisons!"

Chapter 842: Surrounded

Bai Li was still unable to stop thinking about it. Gong Ge was startled, but within a split second, changes took place in the surrounding.

They were no longer at the centre of the giant pit.

Certainly, it was Bai Li who was behind it.

During the collapse of the ruins, all visions were blocked, and one could imagine the size of it. The explosion that took place in the central region had covered quite a large area, but it was just one tenth of the entire location, there were still a lot of humans that had survived.

All of them ran wild toward the outside and saw the appearance of the rift. The overflowing ocean, and the countless number of sea beasts that had dropped into the giant pit.

They were still escaping, trying to survive, but the Gorefiend was still there, threatening their lives.

"Ah! Help, Elder, help me Elder!"

One of the escaping humans saw Gong Ge and instantly shouted.

That person might not know Gong Ge, but from the glamorous outfit Gong Ge was wearing, it must be from the Presbyterian church. Hence, he asked Gong Ge to help.

However, when Gong Ge saw the blood stains on that person, he was also shocked and did not allow that person to come close to him.

A Gorefiend had occupied the body of a B-tier aptitude user, and it was certainly strong and dauntless. Combined with the control of the Gorefiend, Gong Ge definitely did not want to go face to face against it.

But he had paid his money.

With that in mind, he felt that it was reasonable for him to hide behind Qin Feng.

Qin Feng activated his consciousness, two sources of totally inverted abilities exploded.

"Terraform Gush!"

"Terraform Magma!"

All of a sudden, a water pillar trapped the escaping human that was asking for help. His blood was quickly drained from his body and merged into the water pillar. Although he was choked, after several breaths, the water pillar automatically dispersed as several blood droplets dripped onto the ground.

The human that was chased from behind was trapped by the Terraform Magma while being engulfed in flames.

That person was about to shout, but the Terraform Magma had shrouded around him and his voice was totally confined within it.

With Qin Feng's capability, he could easily skip the hierarchy and kill an A-tier. To Qin Feng, B-tier aptitude users were just as weak as a helpless chick, one that could be easily killed with just a pinch.

The Terraform Magma had instantly killed the human that was contaminated by a Gorefiend. The trapped Gorefiend immediately let out a miserable shriek while forcing his way out from the magma, trying to escape.

But how could he escape from Qin Feng that possessed S-tier qinggong skills?

"Phantom Shift!"

Qin Feng went after the Gorefiend, in less than fifty meters, Qin Feng had grabbed his target. Due to the flashing speed, it was like Qin Feng had grasped the body of his opponent within the blink of an eye.

Poof!

The Verdant Emperor Saber swayed in swift movements, and the targeted body was instantly halved. Surprisingly, the halved Gorefiend still intended to transform into blood and escape in two different directions, but the magma that had circled the entire area had diminished the Gorefiend's last hope.

The Gorefiend was completely dead.

Meanwhile, the person that was escaping earlier found out that Qin Feng was trying to save him. Also, the escapee was instantly shocked by Qin Feng's capability to kill the Gorefiend in such a short amount of time.

The escaping human was certainly not weak either, to be able to survive for that long, he would at least be above C-tier!

Now that Qin Feng had demonstrated such a valorous kill of the Gorefiend, the escaping person was like a drowning person that had found a floating log, holding tight onto it.

"Thank you, thank you, Master!" That person did not know who Qin Feng was, but recognizing somebody that was more powerful as a master was totally appropriate!

"Hmm!" Qin Feng nodded and did not care much about that person as he led Gong Ge to move forward.

Certainly, that person immediately followed him.

Gong Ge held on to his question. It was obviously unfathomable, why was he required to pay for protection, but that person was not required to?

He was unaware that Qin Feng was not that obsessed with money at all, his demand of money from Gong Ge was purely because Gong Ge had treated him like a fool, and he had to teach him a lesson. If others were to ask for help, Qin Feng would be more than willing to help.

The reason was because of the potential of attracting the appearance of more Gorefiends, and it would allow Qin Feng to slaughter mercilessly.

"Let's leave this place, the ruins are piled with too many human bodies, blood is everywhere, and Gorefiends might appear at any time!" Qin Feng conveyed with his consciousness, Gong Ge and the other person immediately nodded. However, Qin Feng did not instruct Bai Li to release her spatial ability, and they were just slowly killing their way out.

Gong Ge did not know that Bai Li was capable of using her abilities continuously, he obeyed the command as he thought that she was only able to perform it once.

But as he turned and looked toward the central region, ocean water was still pouring down, and the water pool in the giant pit had completely turned blood-red. The horrifying scene forced Gong Ge to speed up, and he wished he could just rush out from that place.

However, his attire was too eye-catching.

"Elder, yes Elder Gong Ge!"

"Quick, gather up, let's rush out together!"

"Thank God, for allowing me to meet with our elder!"

"Save me, I do not want to die!"

The refugees were reunited with their group, and their number was surging. Within a blink of an eye, Qin Feng was already leading more than fifty people. Their capabilities varied, and the most powerful one was only a B-tier aptitude user. Most of the A-tiers had died in the central region.

Gong Ge wanted to take off his robe so badly. He did not want to be recognized, and he was even more desperate to leave the place than the others!

Unfortunately, the number of people was still surging, and as they moved outward, more humans were being invaded by the Gorefiends in the collapsed housings. Fresh blood flowed out and the soil of the ruins was dyed red.

When they were close to the edge, the crowd had expanded to more than three hundred people, but they were surrounded by Gorefiends from all directions.

"We are… surrounded!!!!"

One person exclaimed with a trembling voice, filled with a little despair.

The collapsing region had caused the entire city to sink into an unknown region, and only aptitude users were able to survive. Most of the crowds of civilians had jumped off from the sky and fallen to their deaths, none of them were able to survive.

They were buried in the ruins, and the remaining survivors would definitely not seek them. Only the Gorefiends would devour their fresh blood, and control their corpses to amplify their own energy.

Hence, the massive amount of Gorefiend puppets was all in a bloodbath, and they were targeting the crowd that Qin Feng was leading.

All of them were their final dinner to feast on!

Killing those people was the most exciting revelry for the Gorefiends!

Meanwhile, even Gong Ge's voice was trembling. Even with his A-tier capabilities, when facing thousands and tens of thousands of Gorefiends, there was not even a bit of hope left.

"What now?"

Gong Ge looked toward Qin Feng, like he had deposited all his hope unto him. He had entrusted his life onto that person!

However, not only did Qin Feng not express even a little sorrow, but he had a small smile on his lips.

Chapter 843: Still the Same Move

From the devastated ruins, corpses in the blood lake began to rise. Not only the awful smell that lingered in the air, even the constantly overflowing blood from the buildings was depressing.

Despite the uneven ground around the area, those that passed by had stained the entire area blood-red!

The world was being invaded by Gorefiends, even the only remaining survivor had fallen into despair.

As consciousness was expanded across the area, more and more Gorefiends were detected.

Ten thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand…

Within the thousand-meter coverage of consciousness, it was densely-filled with the presence of Gorefiends that were invading human corpses.

Not to mention that the Gorefiends were capable of multiplying their control onto seven to eight people. When calculated, the presence of the Gorefiends had definitely grown to three to five thousand.

There was nowhere else to escape.

Even the road ahead had already been dyed into red colour. None of them dared to step forward as now they knew that once they had come into contact with fresh blood, the only outcome would be death!

What do they do?

It seemed to be a helpless situation.

But at that moment, only Qin Feng was delighted by the situation!

Qin Feng's consciousness expanded to its limit, and the coverage was extended to the maximum.

Three thousand meters!

It was Qin Feng's limit at that time.

Although his internal strength was much more powerful, when facing against Gorefiends from all directions, even his Spirit Chain Rend might not perform at its fullest potential.

But there was still an undefeatable method for him to secure the win!

"Dark Wall!"

As soon as Qin Feng activated the ability, a flow of intense and breath-taking runes began to explode from his body. It formed a dark light pillar, instantly shooting up to the sky, and it was about a hundred meter in height.

Also, immediately after it had struck into the sky and seemed to have touched the clouds, it was then dyed in black, forming into oppressing dark clouds before evolving into a swirling vortex that was constantly expanding.

The coverage was exactly three thousand meters.

At that moment, even those that were following beside Qin Feng were spooked out of their minds. It was like the protector that they had been following was an unrivalled devil, he was like an untouchable and horrifying presence that they could not afford to offend.

Gong Ge was a light ability user, he even wished that he could jump up and keep a far distance from Qin Feng.

However, Qin Feng was too quick with his actions.

The dark clouds and vortex had expanded up to three thousand meters. It then descended from the sky with the exact feeling of being suppressed by dark clouds that would destroy an entire city.

The sudden descent had instantly surrounded every Gorefiend-controlled corpse within the radius of three thousand meters.

Blood on the ground was instantly drained out from their life energy. It was no longer in fresh red colour. It had turned into dark burgundy red, slowly fading into dark brown, and then transitioning into the state of death and decay.

While the blood remained within the body of the undead puppets, they began to wither, and their full-bodied flesh began to decay. Even those that were hit by the collapsed buildings were no longer covered in blood, their white-coloured bones were revealed, like they had been dead for a long time.

Presence of darkness filled the entire atmosphere.

Qin Feng then finally proclaimed his last command!

"Myriad Corpses Descend!"

The dark wall would most probably be the most significant declaration for him to dominate the entire Blood River Realm, it was definitely an overkill move!

An unexpected move to conquer the world!

It was definitely impossible for the Gorefiends of the Blood River Realm to overcome the move.

"Aow aow aow aow!"

Continuous miserable shrieks were heard from the puppets while their bodies were twisted, they had no choice but to escape from the puppets!

They began to flee, but the saturated blood within their bodies was gradually contaminated by the dark presence. The further they escaped, the more dirt was left behind, and their bodies continued to shrink even smaller.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng would definitely not allow them to escape!

"Kill them!"

Qin Feng gave his command from his consciousness.

Thirty thousand undead puppets moved their stiff limbs and wrapped themselves around the Gorefiends, allowing them to feel the presence of the wall while dying. They were able to feel the dark destructive force, and the feeling of being gradually decayed into rotten flesh.

The entanglements between the undead puppets and the Gorefiends were the true representation of hell.

Meanwhile, at the centre spot, there were a few hundred survivors that stood on top of fallen ruins that were covered by yellow soil. It was like their entire surroundings had been cleared off as there was no dark rune invasion. It was as if they were the forgotten ones that had become the favoured child of God, those that did not fall into hell.

But they knew that the entire situation was controlled by the men before them.

They were grateful to have the unexpected aid provided by Qin Feng, such a powerful figure, however, at the same time, they were struck by a different thought.

Fear!

Those that were saved by others might feel grateful at that moment, but it would not last for an entire lifetime.

But when a person feared someone else, it would last forever!

Qin Feng did not intend to purposely showcase his dark abilities, but it was the true depiction of his capability.

It was the same reason for the Human Alliance to force most of the dark ability users into the Dark Coalition. Indeed, abilities unleashed by them were too frightening, too horrifying!

If those humans were not Gorefiend-controlled corpses, Qin Feng's dark wall could have wiped out tens of thousands of human lives, and it would be unacceptable by the Human Alliance.

Meanwhile, the chaotic battle only lasted for a short period, and there were more than three thousand Gorefiends that were killed by Qin Feng.

Confined within the dark wall, energy from all dead creatures were absorbed by the Absorption Ability. Even those dead humans that were controlled by Gorefiends would have remaining energy within their bodies, and all of those also benefited Qin Feng.

All of a sudden, Qin Feng's consciousness spiked again!

Initially, Qin Feng regretted not absorbing consciousness from the Divine Flame Imperial Robe Elder and the S-tier Gorefiend, but now, all of those losses were compensated by the large volume of absorption.

It was only the first day at the Blood River Realm, and Qin Feng had already experienced multiple breakthroughs.

His consciousness had once again advanced to a new height.

B7-tier!

Such a breakthrough, combined with its explosive presence, had caused humans present around the scene to have greater fear toward Qin Feng.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng felt another advancement in his consciousness. His control within the three-thousand-meter radius had achieved another breakthrough.

"Explode!"

Qin Feng controlled his dark runes and triggered explosions on all of those corpses, while an unidentified number of decayed corpses instantly fell to the ground.

Of course, the follow up would be Qin Feng's move to summon countless numbers of energy crystal cores!

There were at least three thousand blood crystals, and thirty to forty thousand energy crystal cores. All of those were concentrated and solidified from the corpses of the dead!

Qin Feng gathered all of those into his spatial rune equipment.

"Retrieve!"

Dark runes began to revert back to the sky in its counter clockwise swirling movement, merging into the black light pillar that was connected back to the centre between Qin Feng's eyebrow. The return to the consciousness realm was then completed.

If it were not because of the decaying smell that lingered in the air, nobody would have believed that the scene was handled by one person.

Danger had definitely been resolved!