Chapter 273 - 892-903

Chapter 892: The Stealthy Assassin

Qin Feng began to limit his presence to a smaller radius. This would make the control of the concealment much easier and make his consciousness function more precisely. When he was doing this, others who had weaker consciousness than him would never be able to locate him unless he purposely let them. This method was, in many ways, similar to how the Eye Devil locked onto Qin Feng.

Qin Feng, with his consciousness heightened due to his presence being reined in, was able to locate He Tianxing in a matter of seconds.

Under the vision of his heightened consciousness, Qin Feng saw that He Tianxing looked like a massive, raging flame—one that burned much brighter than the others around him. Other than this big flame, there was also another equally powerful presence next to him too.

"So, that must be the Voodoo Lord!"

Although Qin Feng had already determined these two S-tiers' locations, both of them had not noticed his presence yet. After all, Qin Feng's consciousness right now was much more powerful and potent than theirs.

"So, He Tianxing's only an S2-tier ancient warrior? Hmm… that Voodoo Lord seems to be a little weaker than him though… about S1-tier… he's an S1-tier ability user."

After a brief analysis, Qin Feng was able to determine their strength. Unlike the first impression where he felt that these two S-tiers were invisible and unbreakable, they were now creatures that he could assassinate.

"This way!"

Qin Feng pointed in a direction before Bai Li teleported both of them away. After a few blinks of teleportation, Qin Feng was now about ten kilometers away from He Tianxing.

They were really close to his target now.

"Stand by in your pocket dimension. I'll come find you after I've dealt with He Tianxing."

"Okay!"

After replying giddily, Bai Li's body began to turn invisible before blinking into her own pocket dimension.

Qin Feng's presence, on the other hand, began to fade to almost nothing. It felt as though he was never there at all. Under the cloak of the dark runes, one would think that this was just a shade of shadows in the dark.

Qin Feng began to move closer to his target again.

Qin Feng's physical prowess right now was able to easily overcome the supposedly great distance of ten kilometers. To him, this was just a-dozen-second away.

Meanwhile, He Tianxing had rendezvoused with the Voodoo Lord.

They were meeting at a small ravine. It was a rather secluded location, a ravine that was about a hundred meters wide and twenty meters deep. If one had not entered the canyon and looked carefully, they would not be able to see them.

Both of the S-tiers had their men stand guard at various areas of the canyon—its entrances and the top of the hills.

Still, these guards were just A-tiers. So, Qin Feng was still able to get past them with a little effort. In fact, he was able to see Fire Phoenix at one of the canyon entrances.

Qin Feng could easily kill Fire Phoenix right now if he wanted to. However, he did not want to invite unnecessary attention to himself at the moment.

Hence, without causing much suspicion from these A-tiers, Qin Feng zipped through them and toward his targets.

Meanwhile, He Tianxing and the Voodoo Lord were using fallen trees as a coffee table and seats—they were having a comfortable tea time. Well, only the Voodoo Lord was the one who was drinking tea; He Tianxing had not touched his cup at all.

The Voodoo Lord was known to be a master of poison. It would be too easy and amateurish for him to poison a cup of tea—something not someone of his reputation would do. Still, He Tianxing was still not letting his guard down. This was why he had never drank the Voodoo Lord's tea every time they met.

"Hey, man. I heard your Sky Demon Sword was stolen by a little brat. And now it has become Long Yue's property. Is that true? Tch tch! This little kid is so gutsy!" The Voodoo Lord smirked.

He Tianxing's attempt at killing Qin Feng in the Blood River Realm was already a well-known fact in the world. The Voodoo Lord was not just He Tianxing's business partner but also his rival; so, naturally he had some spies planted amongst He Tianxing's underlings. Of course, He Tianxing had also done the same.

This was how the Voodoo Lord would know about the news.

He Tianxing, upon hearing the Voodoo Lord's teasing, soured up a grim face. "It's just a sword."

"Hey, but your reputation and moniker were built upon that sword!"

"Voodoo Lord", "Eye Devil" and "He Tianxing" were all monikers. Those were not their real names—these names were given to them by the public who feared the skills they were known for.

He Tianxing was known to be a sword demon. Hence, his moniker was attached to the ancient legend of a swordsman and killer.

He was someone as fearsome and infamous as the Voodoo Lord himself. And yet, this man was mocking him right now. He Tianxing could not help but be enraged by his words.

"So what? Perhaps you want to spar a few rounds with me? You'll see if I'm really nothing without my sword." He Tianxing replied.

"Oh, perhaps I might take you up on that invitation." The Voodoo Lord smirked.

"Watch your mouth, Voodoo Lord! You don't want me as your enemy!"

He Tianxing glared his fiery eyes at his business partner—he was getting more and more furious with this man now.

Seeing He Tianxing like this, the Voodoo Lord cackled in laughter before replying, "Hahaha! My friend, you know I'm only joking around. I would never fight you!"

"Hmph!" He Tianxing still sounded unsatisfied with the Voodoo Lord's attitude.

"However, we might want to review our contract now. In recent years, there has been some turbulence in the market and economy on our side. It's not easy to do business anymore, you know? So, would it be alright if I take 10% of the earnings on your end?"

"One-tenth?! In your dreams!"

"Hey, come on. How about 9%?"

"No. I might consider it if it's 1% though!"

After a little bit of tense negotiation, He Tianxing finally agreed on giving up on 3% of his earnings to the Voodoo Lord. This seemed to be not much but it was still quite a considerable sum of earnings.

On the other hand, Qin Feng was lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.

It was then the Voodoo Lord flung his hand; a fling of dark beam was shot straight at He Tianxing.

This beam was actually a shot of dark green poison.

He Tianxing was relaxed after finally reaching an agreement with the Voodoo Lord. He did not think the Voodoo Lord would suddenly attack him.

Still, He Tianxing was still an S-tier. His combat prowess was nothing to be scoffed at. Thus, he was able to react in the split second and activate his internal energy shield, blocking the poison.

"Voodoo Lord! What are you doing?!"

"Hahahaha! He Tianxing! Stop pretending. If it were in the old days, you would never have forfeited any of your earnings and shared them with me! So… perhaps it's time to end our partnership. And I'll be taking over your Black Island. Now, do rest in peace, my friend."

As soon as he finished his words, the Voodoo Lord shot out his dark green poison at He Tianxing again.

He Tianxing, while blocking the poison, unsheathed his saber and attacked the Voodoo Lord.

Qin Feng did not think things would turn out like this. Regardless, he remained still and quiet, not letting these two find out his presence.

Qin Feng was able to observe that the Voodoo Lord did not display much murderous intent—it seemed that his intention was not really to kill He Tianxing but rather get more profits for his trade.

Of course, He Tianxing could also see this. As such, he clenched his teeth and asked, "Enough! Just how much dough do you want?!"

"Well… I want…"

When the Voodoo Lord was about to open his mouth and ask for the 10% again, a silhouette zoomed down from the cliff above them!

Chapter 893: The Black Alp Overlord

Voodoo Lord was so shocked.

How could they not notice someone like this when he had gotten this close to them?!

Qin Feng, on the other hand, did not have his attention on Voodoo Lord. His attention was on He Tianxing, who was focusing on negotiating with Voodoo Lord. By giving Voodoo Lord his full attention, He Tianxing had left himself wide open for an attack.

With the Dark Armor protecting him, there was no weakness underneath Qin Feng's black robe.

In an instant, Qin Feng leaped into the air.

"Rampage influx!"

Having activated his internal energy, Qin Feng quickly leapt into the air using his newly learned qingong.

Like Voodoo Lord, He Tianxing finally noticed Qin Feng.

However, in the next second, Voodoo Lord's eyes shrunk in shock when he saw Qin Feng appear behind He Tianxing. What made this entire experience even weirder was that Voodoo Lord was not able to detect and sense his presence at all even after seeing his appearance before him.

He Tianxing, of course, also could not sense his presence either.

Qin Feng was moving too fast!

Then, Qin Feng unsheathed and pulled his Verdant Emperor Saber from his black robe. He Tianxing, in the split second, sensed the terrifying vibration that was ringing from the saber and turned around.

However, as soon as he turned his body, he could feel his internal energy shield crack before everything before him spun wildly. The ground was above his head and then the sky rolled back up—it went on for a few seconds before it finally stopped.

And he saw it. A headless body standing before him. A body that seemed peculiarly familiar to him.

Then, he realized that this "headless body" was actually his before his consciousness gradually faded to nothingness.

Psshh!!!

A gush of overflowing internal energy raged out of He Tianxing's headless body's neck. Then, a star flew out of the corpse and into the air!

This was the first time Qin Feng witnessed the death of an S-tier ancient warrior. The Dragon-borne's death was different and he was no S-tier. This was why he was rather surprised when he saw the internal energy star fly out of He Tianxing's body.

However, it did not take long for him to recollect himself from the surprise.

"Asteroid Assimilation!"

The internal energy star was then absorbed into his body as Asteroid Assimilation did its job.

As the internal energy star dropped into Qin Feng's dantian, it was crushed into pieces and merged with his starglobe. Still, as the newly acquired internal energy was not entirely cultivated into Qin Feng's, the color and aura that they emitted felt quite different and incompatible with everything around them—like an oil spill on pure, white snow.

Regardless, Qin Feng did not feel the usual berserk, uncontrollable quake like how it was in the past anymore whenever he activated his Asteroid Assimilation.

Of course, he did not try to properly digest the newly acquired internal energy either—he did not have the time because there was still another enemy in front of him.

Yes, Voodoo Lord was still present and not dealt with!

However, Voodoo Lord was basically mentally incapacitated by what he had witnessed. To him, killing an S-tier was nothing to bat an eye for. However, the ability to absorb an S-tier's internal energy star the moment he killed him to raise his power? This was too unthinkable and evil even at his paygrade.

It was then, the guards that were stationed at the canyon's entrances came rushing to the scene.

Fire Phoenix had arrived with her men too. She was shocked and tongue-tied when she saw He Tianxing's corpse on the ground.

Right now, the black-robed Qin Feng was unleashing an overwhelmingly terrifying presence in front of these criminals. This presence was so powerful and overpowering that everyone, including Fire Phoenix, felt as though they were being strangled by it.

'Could this be an assassin under Voodoo Lord's employment? No…! He had an assassin murder our master?! What should we do now? Can we still live and return home?' Fire Phoenix thought to herself.

She was so terrified and stunned. She knew there was no way for her to escape—Qin Feng's presence was as powerful as an S-tier right now, so intimidating that she could not imagine she could escape him.

Of course, if an S-tier wanted to kill them, there was no way for any of them to escape with their lives.

However, Qin Feng had a different idea.

He turned and looked at Voodoo Lord. "From today onward, the Dark Citadel belongs to me. And you were right earlier, Voodoo Lord. It's a difficult time to do business nowadays. Perhaps you would like to forfeit 10% of your earnings and delegate them to me?"

Voodoo Lord's wrinkled face twitched when he heard that.

These were his exact words a few moments ago. And now, it was used against him. He wanted to slap his own mouth so badly right now!

Voodoo Lord realized that this black-robed man was here to kill He Tianxing and if it were not for him fighting with He Tianxing earlier, this man would not be able to lay a finger on He Tianxing at all.

Besides, if this man could kill He Tianxing so easily… perhaps it would be equally easy for this man to kill him too!

Right now, Voodoo Lord thought that his life was in Qin Feng's mercy!

"Certainly! Now, may I know your name, Sir? You see, it's easier for us to work together if I know who you are, right?" Voodoo Lord asked.

Qin Feng knew Voodoo Lord was trying to find out his real identity. There was no way he would tell him who he was. As such, Qin Feng answered, "I'm actually new in town. Just call me 'Black Alp Overlord'."

Qin Feng originally wanted to mix his and Bai Li's name and call it "White Alp Overlord". However, he did not want to invite trouble to her and the Fengli Organization. Thus, he changed it to "Black Alp Overlord".

(Translator note: in Chinese, the "Feng" in Qin Feng's name means "mountain peak" or "alp". Bai Li's "Bai" means "white". The Chinese version of "Black Alp Overlord" was "Xuanfeng Mojun" (玄峰魔尊). And "xuan" means "black". Personally, I feel that this is actually Qin Feng's first proper brain work when it was time to come up with a name other than "Fengli".)

Voodoo Lord frowned upon hearing what Qin Feng said.

'New in town? He's a newly ascended S-tier and yet I've never heard of him? Could he be from a family that's as powerful as the Longs? Still, this guy calls himself an 'overlord'. So, he should be on the Dark Coalition's side. Jeez, the Huaxia region is such an impressive place. All these powerful families keep popping out! Perhaps it's a wise move to forfeit the Dark Citadel to him.'

Having made up his mind, Voodoo Lord bit his lips and answered, "Okay. As you wish, Black Alp Overlord."

"May we have a long-lasting, happy partnership!"

"… yes, may we have one indeed." Voodoo Lord answered hesitantly, "I'll send my underlings to you a few days later with the contract. If you would excuse me, I'll have to go now. I have some other… pressing matters to deal with."

"Sure. Please do come again!"

Voodoo Lord glared at Qin Feng's face. However, Qin Feng was wearing a mask so there was no way to see his actual face at all. It was a huge contrast between Qin Feng's emotionless mask and Voodoo Lord's bitter face.

Screw this partnership. Please do come again? Voodoo Lord was not going to visit this place ever again!

After seeing Voodoo Lord and his men away, Qin Feng turned and faced Fire Phoenix and her underlings.

"Now, all of you! Bow before me and call me your master! Or else… Hehe! Well, I suppose your previous master is going to appreciate your company in hell."

Fire Phoenix's body trembled upon hearing what he said; her underlings were shaking in fear.

Finally, they kneeled and vowed, "Master, we swear our allegiance to you!"

It was the only logical, rational choice for them.

This "Black Alp Overlord" was much more powerful than He Tianxing.

Other than pledging their allegiance to him, what other choice did they have?

Of course, Fire Phoenix did the same too.

"My name is Fire Phoenix. I swear my allegiance to you, My Lord."

Qin Feng nodded. "Good! Now you! Yes, you! From today onward, you'll be the vice castellan of the Dark Citadel. Just keep on doing what the previous management is doing. There's no need to change anything."

"Yes, Sir!"

Fire Phoenix was overjoyed when she heard this. She was a capable leader but she was not given full power over the Dark Citadel back then. Now, she not only had her life spared but also received full power over the Dark Citadel! As such, this was all good news for Phoenix!

Chapter 894: A-tier Marshal

They were too shaken by Qin Feng's power. Even Voodoo Lord had left in fear, there was no way for them to work up the courage to try to poke into Qin Feng's true identity.

Qin Feng raised a finger and took away a ring from He Tianxing using his consciousness. After acquiring what he wanted, Qin Feng took a huge leap and vanished into thin air.

Fire Phoenix did not notice that Qin Feng was already gone. After kneeling for five whopping minutes, she finally realized something was off. She then raised her head and saw that Qin Feng had already left. All that was left in front of her was He Tianxing's lifeless body.

"This… This Black Alp Overlord is too powerful. When he left, I did not sense his departure at all. He is a really terrifying man indeed!"

Upon hearing Fire Phoenix's words, the others could not help but feel astounded.

"Then… Fire Phoenix… what do we do now?"

"Yeah! Do we do as he said?"

Phoenix too was feeling conflicted about this. Thankfully, He Tianxing was feeling extra cautious this time when he wanted to deal with Voodoo Lord. As such, he had brought seven A-tiers with him—which was one-third of the powerful users from the Dark Citadel. With this many A-tiers with her, they should be enough to be her witness.

"Of course. We'll do as he said and business will run as usual. We should also aim to make profits too. Or else… Black Alp Overlord might come back and claim our lives. When we head back later, it might be better for us to keep this all a secret… let's not tell the world and the others that He Tianxing is dead. We'll wait until Black Alp Overlord wants to reveal himself to the world; then, we'll tell everyone!"

"Good plan!"

"We'll follow your lead then, woman!"

"Yeah! I suppose this is the best way to handle this!"

After agreeing to the plan, everyone took a glance at He Tianxing's corpse.

After taking a short ponder, Phoenix decided to cremate He Tianxing body and bury his ashes in the ground. Luckily, Qin Feng only took a ring from He Tianxing's body—he did not take all the spatial rune equipment that he had on him. As such, Fire Phoenix took them down and divided them among her colleagues. After receiving the loot, these men would most likely lean more toward her from now on when there was any decision-making in the Dark Citadel.

"Black Alp Overlord must be someone who's extremely wealthy! All he took was just a ring. There are so many more treasures on He Tianxing but he did not touch them at all!"

As Fire Phoenix and her men were lamenting about the mysteries around "Black Alp Overlord", Qin Feng was standing on a cliff about ten thousand meters away from them, carefully looking at the ring that he took from He Tianxing's corpse.

The ring was in fact a spatial rune equipment, which held a lot more treasures in it.

"Huh, he is indeed the master of the Dark Citadel! He's got so many goodies in here!"

He Tianxing's collection was about on par with the Dragon-borne's. However, Dragon-borne tended to collect any shiny stones or gems—this meant that many of their collections were mostly impractical in Qin Feng's eyes. Thus, he gave most of the Dragon-borne's treasures to Bai Li.

However, He Tianxing's spatial rune equipment had a lot of stuff that Qin Feng found quite useful. Not only that, Qin Feng could feel that he had grown even stronger from assassinating He Tianxing.

'If I can take on an S-tier now, that means that I might as well visit that realm when I have the time.' Qin Feng thought to himself.

After this, Qin Feng quickly headed back to Dragon Capital. No one, not even Long Ting, knew about He Tianxing's demise that night. No one knew that the leader of the biggest organization in the Huaxia region's Dark Coalition had died!

The next day, Qin Feng was summoned to receive his badge. In fact, other than Qin Feng, the people who helped in arranging the retreat and the fighters who held off the enemies until the last minute had all received a badge to their names.

Of course, Qin Feng was the one who received the highest honor—a badge of honor that granted him the title of a Marshal. The badge was delicately decorated; there was a letter "A" grafted on it. Even though it was not an "S", it would not take much time before Qin Feng received one—when he really ascended to S-tier.

Of course, this was the first time the Huaxia Alliance had an A-tier marshal.

To be honest, Qin Feng's status was now much higher than Shang Han's.

Still, Shang Han was no subordinate to Qin Feng because both of them belonged to entirely different chains of command. What made this "marshal" title even more unique was that it brought Qin Feng a great deal of wealth and privileges but minimal amount of clear-cut responsibilities.

Long Ting had only one task for Qin Feng.

"I believe you can take on an A-tier beast deity now. Take this—it's the list that details every A-tier beast deity in the Huaxia region. I want you to eliminate one beast deity every year. Just one will do!" Long Ting sent a list to Qin Feng via her communicator.

Qin Feng did not reject the task. He could benefit from it a lot. More importantly, Bai Li needed more crystal cores to keep on ascending; this meant that Qin Feng would eventually need to hunt down these ultra beasts too.

"Good."

Long Ting nodded at Qin Feng. She was quite surprised to see how much Qin Feng had grown in such a short time. She was now certain that she made the right call to visit Fengli back then.

"Perhaps one day you'll become an Immortal. No one is able to get close to the level of Immortal. I hope that you'll rise to become one in the near future. If you need anything, please do let the Alliance know." Long Ting said.

"I will."

After a few exchanges of words, they both hung up. Qin Feng then brought the Northern Region's prodigies onto an aircraft.

Despite how chaotic the attack was, most people in Dragon Capital thought that it was just a massive attack launched by the ultra beasts. After all, even the S-tiers had come out and fought.

"Hey, Qin Feng! You participated in that defense too? What badge is that? I've not seen it before!" Zhou Hao and Lu Meng approached Qin Feng when they saw his badge.

Qin Feng smiled warmly. "This is a Marshall Badge. I suppose it's the same rank as Long Yue's."

Zhou Hao and the others' jaws were rolling on the ground upon hearing this.

Still, it was not too difficult for them to believe it too. After all, Qin Feng was indeed really powerful. It was not unthinkable for him to receive a badge of honor like that.

Then, Zhou Hao and the others started to discuss the technology that they had acquired from the Perished Lands. Although they did not know what these technologies would do for them, they were reassured that they would receive 5% of the earnings from these technologies.

"Wow! If I find a weapon there, wouldn't that make me a billionaire?!"

"Ha! I'll tell you what! I've found an airship this time!"

"So what? It's difficult to find a buyer who would buy an airship. I'd say that you'd earn more if you find just a communicator."

The young users happily and joyfully discussed their findings, unaware just what kind of calamity that had befallen on them earlier.

Qin Feng, on the other hand, had begun to relax. He felt as though thousands and thousands of tons of weight had been lifted off of his shoulders.

"Heh, young people! Well, it's alright. The less you know, the less your worry!" Qin Feng smiled as he looked at the robo-dog.

The biggest winner in this expedition was Qin Feng himself!

He did not only acquire the Dark Armor but also all the technology that came with the robo-dog. These discoveries would surely rock the world.

Chapter 895: The Arrival of S-tier Extraterrestrial

Qin Feng returned to Fengli with the robo-dog. He summoned Chu Fan back from the Blood River Realm and handed the robot to him.

As for the nine sacred armors he gained from the expedition, Qin Feng distributed them to those subordinates closest to him.

Xue Xingfu, Liu Zhenshan, Lin Derong, and Chu Fan were all benefited.

These four officers were ultra-essential to Fengli now. Someone like Xue Xingfu was too weak a combatant but very important as the main capitalist for the organization. Liu Zhenshan, who now took charge of all the manufacturing departments, was equally vital to Fengli too.

Lin Derong was the dean of Qin Feng's orphanage. The old man was like a grandfather to Qin Feng. He would not allow anything to happen to his beloved senior.

Chu Fan was more of a researcher than a fighter. Besides, he had also lost the Devourer. The sacred armor would serve well to protect him.

The remaining five armors were given to soldiers. Wang Chen, Zhou Hao, and Jin Fei had enormous potential and were worth nurturing using the organization's best resources.

On the other hand, only two B-tiers received the armor—gunslinger Jin Hao and He Liming.

Now that Qin Feng had brought back the robo-dog, as long as the materials to make the sacred armor are not too difficult to obtain, they could easily imitate and mass-produce the equipment. By then, everyone inside Fengli could have one.

Moreover, the research team could perhaps invent new, more durable armor out of the technology before that. The development might head in a different direction in their hands.

At the very least, Qin Feng had successfully diverted Z's research direction.

It was rare for Qin Feng to return to Fengli, and what were the odds that he happened to bump into Z!

"Qin Feng!" Z took out a test tube containing blue liquid. "This is the new awakening drug that I have recently developed. The stability of the awakened spirit is 95%. Do you want to try?"

"You still haven't given up on making me your lab rat?" Qin Feng raised his eyebrow.

"I just want to show you how successful my research is. Didn't you already recognize my research aim?"

"Perhaps, but I won't test it now."

"That's a shame. If you are more cooperative, I guarantee that you would have long been an S-tier by now!"

Qin Feng looked at Z's sorry expression and grinned. 'You have zero clue about me.' Z would be baffled if he ever finds out that Qin Feng now owned S-tier internal strength of an ancient warrior. Not only that but he now had nine frozen stars.

As they were talking, Qin Feng's communicator rang.

The call was from Wang Chen.

Surprised, Qin Feng said, "Excuse me, I need to take this."

The ring came at the right time. Qin Feng had had enough of Z's insistence about his experiment. He walked away and picked up a call.

"President, I don't know whether I should tell you this," Wang Chen said with concern.

"What's the matter?" Qin Feng replied.

While he was on the call, his communicator vibrated as the second, third, and fourth calls were incoming at the same time.

'This is not going to be good.' Qin Feng furrowed his brows.

Wang Chen hesitated and said, "The Fengli colony sent in an SOS earlier. It was reported that a spatial tunnel was formed atop the Zimu Mountains. A group of skeleton-like creatures have arrived through it. They are too strong for the colony's defense and are ravaging through the settlement right now."

"What?" Qin Feng was shocked. Bai Li had already checked the area and personally stabilized the space-time around the area before. How was it possible that a rift could form with the presence of a spatial stabilizer?

An idea came into Qin Feng's mind. He asked hastily, "What's the exact strength of the skeleton creatures?"

Wang Chen gritted his teeth, then said, "According to the radar, there's an S-tier among the group. Other creatures are mostly C-tier or above. The nearest colonies, Chengbei and Chengyang, have already issued a mass evacuation."

The invasion by such a horrible existence meant an immediate massacre across the Cities Along the Sun. Fengli would not survive that either.

It would be too late to call for reinforcement from Dragon Capital now. The S-tier monster was perhaps already slaughtering the first city it came across now.

The Fengli colony was established under Wang Chen's watch. He contemplated and eventually decided to ring Qin Feng.

Though Qin Feng as an A-tier might not be able to exterminate the S-tier creature, they all knew about Bai Li's identity as an A-tier beast deity. Perhaps the president lady could do something about it.

Those who had called Qin Feng after Wang Chen were probably asking for the same opinion and assistance. One of them was even sending him multiple SOS calls.

"I understand. Assemble a troop and depart with the aircraft. Do not get too close and bomb them from long range. Bai Li and I will travel there immediately to intercept the creature."

"Roger that, President!"

Qin Feng hung up and called for Bai Li through their soul bond.

At the same time, Qin Feng skipped some of the calls and picked up two calls simultaneously.

The callers on the other side were jubilant when they heard Qin Feng's voice.

Qin Feng cut through the greetings and reassured them. "Mayor Bo and Mayor Zheng, I will be there soon. In the meantime, gather your best man to help evacuate the locals."

"Ah. Alright, we'll be right on it." Zheng Yang said immediately.

Bo Tianyang was relieved and touched too. "Qin Feng, thank you so much!"

Bai Li arrived beside Qin Feng while he was still talking. Those people did not just call Qin Feng but also Bai Li.

Qin Feng said to Bo Tianyang, "Thank me later. I will be heading there now. Keep in touch."

He hung up and was ready to depart with Bai Li.

Z walked up to him and offered, "Do you need my help? I am not asking for much. Ten A-tier blood crystals for one S-tier creature, how about that?"

As compared to looking for the blood crystal in the vast Blood River, stopping an S-tier extraterrestrial seemed far easier.

Besides, Qin Feng did not need Z's help now.

"It's fine! We don't need your help. Let's go." Qin Feng had no time to beat around the bush with Z. Bai Li heard Qin Feng and hastily set up the spatial tunnel.

They stepped into the tunnel and disappeared immediately.

However, Z was clearly not a man that would give up easily.

'I need to see how strong you have become now. To be able to kill an S-tier Dragon-borne huh…'

Such news would not skip Z's ears. It was up to him whether he paid attention to it or not.

Of course, Z knew that Qin Feng had killed a Dragon-borne but was still unaware that Qin Feng had S-tier internal power. He postulated that Qin Feng must have killed an S-tier with the help of other aptitude users. It would be vastly different from handling an S-tier creature alone.

Moreover, an S-tier Dragon-borne was not the same as an S-tier extraterrestrial. Monsters were generally stronger than intelligent species.

With his mind made up, Z searched through his spatial equipment. He found what he wanted and smashed the spatial waymark. Once he arrived at Chengyang City, he sped up using his spirit's power and reached the Fengli colony within three minutes.

On the other hand, Qin Feng and Bai Li had reached the location that was supposed to be the Fengli colony.

This was where Qin Feng took his first step. Whether it was the Hell Stone or the beginning of the Fengli trademark.

Right now, it was simply a place in hell.

Chapter 896: The Owner of the Severed Hand

It had only been four years since the day Fengli was first established. When Qin Feng was the mayor, and the time when the black market was still operating here, this place was bustling with people.

But after Qin Feng left, most residents of the Fengli colony had gone with him too. The once glorified colony was only an empty shell now. Its population had dropped sharply and did not recover much the past year.

As compared to the Chengbei colony, only the buildings here were newer. Its population and ability of aptitude users were nowhere near its glory days.

It was hard to imagine that such a calamity would befall the colony that had turned ordinary.

Above the Zimu Mountains, zombie armies were swarming through the horrifying spatial tunnel.

Decaying bodies, dark knights, flaming skeletons were appearing one after another.

A breath from any of these creatures could demolish a colony in the blink of an eye. It was scary to imagine what a thousand of them would do to the colonies' shaky defense.

The zombie army seemed like a well-trained military troop. They did not ravage uncontrollably like wild beasts. Instead, most of them lined up tidily on top of the mountain while only about ten C-tiers were sent down to cleanse the human beings.

"Run!"

"Mama! I want Mama!"

"Why is this happening to us? Why would such scary creatures appear here?"

Numerous people wailed in despair.

These zombies did not need to purposely hunt down the humans. They spread their rotten aura to every corner of the colony simply by walking around aimlessly.

A lady breathed in the rotten aura before she could cover her mouth and nose. Immediately, her eyes rolled as she fainted and fell to the ground. Her body then decomposed rapidly. Not long after, her eyes reopened but there was no sign of life within. She stood and moved rigidly like a low-tier zombie.

The evil runes spread through the entire town like a suffocating plague.

On top of the zombie army, a bald man sitting on the back of a skeleton mammoth was watching coldly.

The man was abnormally thin. There was no flesh between his skin and bone. Oddly, there was not a single wrinkle throughout the surface. His skin looked artificial, perhaps made from inflexible materials like bones.

One of his hands was slim and pearl white, while the other one was asymmetrically green in color.

He probed the entire Fengli City with its enormous aura. Clearly, he did not find what he was searching for.

"Move on. It's not here."

"Yes, My Lord," A dark knight by the Skeletal Sovereign side replied obediently.

The army finally moved and descended from the Zimu Mountains. Anywhere they passed through, the corpses were infected by the rotten aura and turned into the sovereign's loyal followers.

"Wait!" The Skeletal Sovereign abruptly waved his hand and the army stopped short under his order.

About ten kilometers away, a spatial tunnel was connected. Qin Feng and Bai Li then walked out from it.

Qin Feng's senses immediately expanded. Even if they were separated by thousands of kilometers, Qin Feng would still instantly detect the sovereign's presence.

Apparently, the Skeletal Sovereign had detected Qin Feng as well.

"Just as I have guessed," Qin Feng said.

Bai Li's consciousness had also confirmed their enemy's identity.

At that time, Bai Li was still just a kit fox. She was the one who had shut the dimension. The Skeletal Sovereign's aura was too impactful so the impression was left in Bai Li's mind until today.

"The owner of the skeletal hand!"

That was right, this was the same Skeletal Sovereign that was also looking for the Hell Stone previously. Qin Feng was only a feeble aptitude user then. It was pure luck that he could snatch the Hell Stone under the sovereign's nose.

Though he later lost the Hell Stone in the battle with Z, Qin Feng would never forget about it.

Unexpectedly, the Skeletal Sovereign had landed in their dimension four years later.

The sovereign's consciousness scanned Qin Feng but could not recognize him. However, when he turned to Bai Li, he immediately recalled the little fox.

"You!" The Skeletal Sovereign was agitated. Its eyes turned into two balls of emerald fire, which seemed to burn everything in this world into nothingness.

The Skeletal Sovereign's wrath was immeasurable after it had lost the Hell Stone along with its hand four years ago. But the spatial barrier created by Bai Li was hard to break through. In the end, the Skeletal Sovereign could only send in lower-tier creatures across to reclaim its treasure.

However, they were quickly exterminated. The Skeletal Sovereign also had other problems to deal with then. Thus, it was four years later when they finally met again.

Qin Feng and Bai Li teleported near the Zimu Mountains in a flash. They floated in mid-air at the same height as the Skeletal Sovereign. Their eyes met and a gruesome battle was imminent.

"Surrender the dark sacred stone and I will keep your body in one piece," The Skeletal Sovereign said.

Qin Feng chided coldly, "Return to where you came from and I will pretend I never saw you here."

"Hahahaha, how arrogant!"

The Skeletal Sovereign still had no idea who Qin Feng was. Moreover, the Hell Stone aura had been completely stripped off from Qin Feng. The sovereign thought that the human was here to stop him, or he was the little fox's helper.

Regardless of who he was, whoever blocking his path deserved to be killed.

"Kill him!" The Skeletal Sovereign pointed at Qin Feng. The knight by his side lurched forward instantly on his skeletal mount.

The horse ascended like there was an invisible plank in the air. Its soul burned brightly and reached Qin Feng's front within a few breaths.

The dark knight was an A4-tier beast emperor.

To other humans, this might be a horrendous creature. But to Qin Feng, this was just another monster that he could wipe out in an instant.

Qin Feng raised his hand steadily. A frozen star appeared behind him.

A flash of light shone through. The massive energy from a giant star slit the air apart.

Poof! Upon being hit by the light, the dark knight shrieked in pain.

Blitz!

Like when ice met heat, the dark knight melted away rapidly.

Then, another frightening energy landed from the sky.

Qin Feng controlled his internal strength and pressed down forcefully.

Boom!

It was like a planet had landed on them. The zombie army was crushed instantly. All the C-tier monsters on the Zimu Mountains except the Skeletal Sovereign were exterminated by the assault.

Qin Feng would not let any of the monsters escape. Even one going loose would be a disaster to the Three Cities along the Sun.

While his army was being demolished, the Skeletal Sovereign did not even bat an eye. It could always summon more of them. These were just cannon fodders he had little care for.

The Skeletal Sovereign kept its eyes fixed on Qin Feng and raised both of his hands.

Crack! Crack!

The next moment, a giant skeletal hand appeared out of thin air. Its sharp claws fell rapidly on Qin Feng.

A few years ago, Qin Feng would still be daunted by the claws. He would thread carefully so that he would not waste this second chance given to him for nothing.

But these claws were no longer worth worrying about. They were extremely fragile in Qin Feng's seasoned eyes.

He raised his fist without hesitation.

Chapter 897: The Finger of Death

Internal power was fluidly wrapped around Qin Feng's fist. He swung an ordinary punch and it collided with the giant skeletal claw.

The size difference between the two hands was enormous. None of the people living in the colony knew who Qin Feng was. However, the A-tier aptitude badge on Qin Feng's chest was assuring.

Yet, nobody was betting on Qin Feng based on appearance alone. How was it possible for Qin Feng's tiny hand to withstand the mammoth Skeletal Sovereign's claws?

Nevertheless, everyone was stunned by the development. Their gaze froze and their mouth stayed open. Some even wondered whether their eyes were deceiving them.

After the collision, the giant claw was halted in mid-air and did not move for another milliliter.

Not only that but the claws appeared to be overrun by a more powerful force.

Boom!

A moment later, the skeletal claw shattered in an explosion.

"Impossible!" The Skeletal Sovereign said intriguingly, "How could a tiny human like you nullify my voodoo?"

The Skeletal Sovereign rejected what he had just witnessed and promptly summoned two other claws. This time, the claws flanked Qin Feng from both sides and intended to squash Qin Feng like he was an annoying mosquito.

However, once again, the two claws exploded and shattered as soon as they came together.

The dominance of Qin Feng's internal strength was on display.

After assimilating the internal power of He Tianxing, each of Qin Feng's frozen stars had grown larger. Though he had yet to enter the S1-tier, every bit of increase in his internal strength was a radical improvement from before.

If Qin Feng fought the Skeletal Sovereign using his consciousness, he would have lost immediately. But when competing using his internal strength, Qin Feng believed that even ten Skeletal Sovereigns would not be his match.

"Impossible! Again!"

Boom!

"Again!"

Boom!

"I don't believe it!"

The Skeletal Sovereign was at the brink of madness.

However, its claws were destroyed effortlessly by Qin Feng again and again. In the process, Qin Feng closed in little by little and was standing right in front of it now.

Qin Feng raised his fist and punched the Sovereign fearlessly.

The body of the Skeletal Sovereign turned into a shield. It was not particularly huge but looked heavy and tough.

Bam!

Qin Feng only managed to leave a crack on the shell. Qin Feng did not give up. This time, it was his turn to attack relentlessly. He threw punch after punch.

After a few ten punches, the Sovereign could no longer hold on and flew out of the Zimu Mountains with its shield.

Qin Feng chased on. They both landed on a wildland far from the settlement.

That was exactly what Qin Feng wanted. He did not expect the Skeletal Sovereign to be this cooperative.

Crack!

Qin Feng's punches finally got through the bone shield.

Unexpectedly, a dark beam came out from behind the shield and shot Qin Feng.

The viscous beam first met Qin Feng's internal force shield and immediately punched a hole in it. The beam then hit Qin Feng's body and sent him flying backward.

He stopped after about ten meters and dropped to the ground lifelessly.

"Hahaha! Not bad, not bad at all! Such a buffed up body would certainly make a prevailing dark knight!"

The Skeletal Sovereign then raised his hand and another band of dark light shrouded Qin Feng. It was none other than the Dark Puppeteering skill.

At the same time, Z had just arrived at one of the mountains and was witnessing everything. When he saw that Qin Feng was being beaten down by the Skeletal Sovereign, not only was he not concerned but the smile on his face became broader.

'Not bad. I arrived at the right time. You owe me big time after I save you here. I can use this favor to ask for several returns later.'

Nonetheless, the black light did not rot Qin Feng's body. Instead, it was gradually being absorbed.

The Skeletal Sovereign was shocked. He checked on Qin Feng and realized that the human was still alive.

"How is this possible?! How could you still be alive after getting hit by my Finger of Death?" The Sovereign bellowed in panic.

Qin Feng raised his head and looked at the Sovereign coldly.

His face was still pretty lifeless but after a while, vigor and redness returned to his face.

"So that's S-tier ability, the Finger of Death," Qin Feng lamented as he brought himself up.

He was indeed caught by surprise. He did not expect that the Skeletal Sovereign was mustering the Finger of Death hiding behind his shell.

More so, it was so powerful that even Qin Feng's internal force shield was pierced through.

Of course, the Finger of Death was really only the width of a finger. All its energy was concentrated at the tip and could easily perforate the internal force shield.

Possibly, none of the human's ancient defense art or internal force shield could withstand the Finger of Death.

Of course, it had its weakness. The Finger of Death was a single-target skill and could only kill one person at a time.

Unfortunately for the Sovereign, the Finger of Death only meant supplying Qin Feng with more dark runes. It did disrupt Qin Feng's life force at first, but Qin Feng's Absorption Ability was powerful enough to digest the runes for his own use.

Not only that but after he assimilated the skill, Qin Feng had learned the ability too.

Both the Skeletal Sovereign and Z were baffled by how Qin Feng had endured the attack.

"Do you still have any ultimates? If you don't use it now, I will be claiming your body and turning it into an undead puppet!" Qin Feng returned what the Skeletal Sovereign had just said to him.

The pale face of the Skeletal Sovereign twisted into a grimace. If not because of his bone-white color, the Sovereign's face was probably flushed now due to immense rage.

"World of Death!"

With a bang, a barrier arose around the Skeletal Sovereign.

The eruption of an S-tier barrier immediately shrouded the valley around them. It created a new dimension and established an isolated territory.

On top of the Skeletal Sovereign, a full moon appeared. Scriptures were seen carved across the moon. Part of it was black and most was colored in grey.

The grey-colored ones were also dark runes. It was used to control the skeleton.

Qin Feng, being trapped inside the barrier, could not have walked out from it by himself.

"Careful!"

Concern finally appeared on Z's face for the first time. He could sense death within the terrible barrier. If he could sense it from this far out, Qin Feng must be engulfed by it by now.

Z believed Qin Feng's immense talent as a prodigy had allowed him to challenge an S-tier and battle like one. Regardless, his defensive prowess was probably still only A-tier

Qin Feng could not have withstood the attack of an S-tier this way. The Finger of Death earlier was the ultimate proof.

Nevertheless, Qin Feng survived in the end. Z had no idea how Qin Feng lived through that.

However, when Z was ready to activate his wyvern spirit, Qin Feng who was standing in the middle of the barrier had also unleashed a powerful aura.

Then, one after another pure frozen star materialized behind Qin Feng.

Nine frozen stars formed a half circle and expanded gloriously behind Qin Feng.

Chapter 898: The Clash between Nebulas

The frozen stars were not just for show. It was the materialized form of Qin Feng's formidable internal strength.

Up at the hill, Z's mouth turned into an O shape. He was beyond astonished.

The Skeletal Sovereign within the barrier had misjudged Qin Feng's strength as well. Qin Feng hid his true power well.

"Damn!" The Skeletal Sovereign cried.

It was already too late.

"Go!" Qin Feng stirred his internal force. The nine frozen stars ascended to the height of the grey moon. The internal force then transformed the stars into piercing arrows and charged at the moon.

A greyish fog began to form around the moon to block the attack. However, it might be enough to resist one arrow but not the second or the third.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The remaining eight arrows penetrated the grey globe. The domineering force scarred the nebula brutally.

The barrier around them suddenly turned shaky. The loss of grey runes caused some of the skeleton creatures that rose with the barrier to crumble instantly. The barrier was no longer tightly sealed too. Qin Feng had found multiple openings where he could exit the barrier immediately.

But he would not leave when he was so close to victory. He pressed on with his magnificent frozen stars. The stars once again beamed dazzlingly with internal force.

Upon reaching S-tier, the internal force becomes a terrifying weapon. Most of the time, S-tier aptitude users hardly used their real body in combat.

Crack! Crack!

More fissure occurred on the Skeletal Sovereign's nebula. The S-tier emperor had never been this terrified in its long life. Fear had taken over his once imperious eyes.

"No!" The Skeletal Sovereign tried to retract the grey globe, which was his conscious starglobe.

When the globe was being released from its realm, it transformed into a nebula that could easily demolish any aptitude user with a physique below S-tier.

Unfortunately, the Skeletal Sovereign had come across an eccentric opponent.

Qin Feng would not let the chance slip. He lunged toward the Sovereign carrying the nine frozen stars' enormous force.

It was the final straw. The Sovereign's nebula completely shattered.

Boom!

The nebula promptly exploded. A large amount of grey and dark runes dispersed rapidly into the surrounding area.

A bird-type beast flew past them and was contaminated by the runes. It instantly lost all its power as well as its flesh. Peculiarly, the bird continued to fly on despite only having its skeleton intact. Its eyes turned green and burned with soul fire.

The dark rune would turn the whole population of the Cities along the Sun into zombies or undead creatures if spread on.

But in the next moment, these runes that surged to the air inverted more rapidly than they had initially erupted.

In the middle of the valley, a whirlpool appeared in between Qin Feng's brows. All the escaped runes were pulled in by it.

When Qin Feng was at G-tier, his ability could already absorb the runes on the Hell Stone. Though the Skeletal Sovereign was powerful, its starglobe was not as pure as the Hell Stone. To Qin Feng, he was just claiming the dark core from yet another S-tier monster.

But the amount of consciousness the Sovereign possessed was indeed massive. Similar to Qin Feng, the Sovereign must have killed a lot of monsters and claimed their consciousness throughout its life.

The assimilation of such broad conscious power significantly elevated Qin Feng's conscious realm.

Bam!

Conscious level B9-tier!

Bam!

Conscious level A-tier!

If Qin Feng was an ordinary aptitude user, such a mammoth amount of conscious power would have long ruptured Qin Feng's realm.

Luckily, Qin Feng's conscious realm was equivalent to the rank of a beast emperor. Unlike his physique, Qin Feng's realm could expand endlessly. In addition, Godwill Atlas helped smoothen his leveling from one tier to another.

Instantly, Qin Feng's consciousness climbed to a new height. As if a God had descended to the human world, people watching him could not resist the urge to kneel down and worship him.

Even Z needed to draw substantial energy from his body to resist Qin Feng's aura. Luckily, Qin Feng did not indulge in it for too long. This was the second time he attained A-tier. Qin Feng quickly regressed the aura and appeared ordinary again.

However, the two that had witnessed his transformation would no longer view him as a normal human.

The dark runes from the Sovereign's nebula had been completely absorbed by Qin Feng. Even the remaining runes left by the destroyed barrier were snatched up. Otherwise, this place might turn into a dark place roamed by evil creatures.

Then, Qin Feng laid his eyes on the Skeletal Sovereign. It was still alive.

Of course, it could hardly be called sovereign now. After its conscious globe was destroyed by Qin Feng, the once atrocious Skeletal Sovereign was just a wasted creature now.

After years of accumulation, the toughness of the skeleton's bone had evolved into A-tier. Though its physique was still considered high-end, it was no different than an ant in front of Qin Feng's power.

S-tier was godly, while A-tier was mortal.

"As I said, return to your dimension and I will spare your life," Qin Feng warned with an icy tone.

The skeleton did not die immediately after its consciousness was mutilated. It might look human but instead was an undead that could live forever. Otherwise, he would have long dissipated after his conscious realm collapsed.

"I will retreat now! I will go back now!" The skeleton pleaded, "Don't kill me, please. I didn't do this on purpose. I am just here looking for a lost item."

Qin Feng said, "I see. The item you speak of, wasn't it taken by me?"

The skeleton immediately regretted it. 'Why would I say that?'

But its soul flickered rapidly and the dejected skeleton responded, "Do you want dark sacred stone? Don't kill me and I will give you mine!"

Qin Feng glared at him. "If you have the sacred stone, why did you come all the way to my world looking for it? Don't you lie to me!"

The skeleton was stunned and realized its lie was porous. It quickly corrected itself, "No, wait! I mean I know where the sacred stone is. I can tell you and you can get it by yourself!"

"Really?"

"Yes! Yes!"

Qin Feng did not bother with his reply and called out, "Bai Li."

When they were talking, Qin Feng and the skeleton were communicating through their consciousness. But when Qin Feng spelled out the two words, the skeleton did not understand the language and was dumbfounded. In the next moment, a lady in a white robe appeared right by Qin Feng.

"Look at me!"

Bai Li's silver-glaring irises peered straight into the skeleton's soul and took it over.

Chapter 899: Imprisoning the Skeletal Sovereign

The Skeletal Sovereign was S-tier but when compared to a beast deity, they both had their own unique capabilities. However, after Qin Feng smashed his consciousness globe, although the Skeletal Sovereign's body was like an A-tier skeleton, he was at the lowest possible level to the point where it would be considered as cannon fodder.

Not only that, his consciousness was even worse than ordinary people's.

In that instant, the Skeletal Sovereign's mind was taken by Bai Li.

The Skeletal Sovereign reeled in horror, but everything he knew was revealed bit by bit under Qin Feng's interrogation.

The history of awakening in the Skeletal Sovereign's realm had obviously been longer than Qin Feng's realm.

While there were not many resources and the ordinary people were not in any danger, there were only a few aptitude users. They had a high status and enjoyed the same treatment like aristocrats. The Skeletal Sovereigns dominated in this aspect, but that was the case of being the strongest.

This meant that the Skeletal Sovereign's realm posed no real threat to Qin Feng, unlike the Dragon-borne, which had to be crushed.

As for the Hell Stone the Skeletal Sovereign spoke about, it was not obtained from a realm he knew.

"This eight hundred year old skeleton surely must know more things. Lock him up and we can take our time interrogating him!" Qin Feng said.

This was obviously not a place where they could take their time.

"Okay, I'll shut him in my space!"

Bai Li was the master of a realm which had a faster flow of time. Many treasures were placed inside it, which meant she obviously would not let the Skeletal Sovereign enter. However, she could separate things into different spaces, one that was dark with nothing inside it. Unless it was an A-tier beast deity, nothing would be able to break out of it.

Besides, the Skeletal Sovereign did not need to eat. Putting him in her space was not a bad idea.

Bai Li picked up the Skeletal Sovereign and stuffed him into a sealed space.

After having dealt with this dangerous enemy, Qin Feng turned his attention to Z.

Z had a complicated expression, he had never expected Qin Feng to show such strength.

Not only that, when the nine frozen stars were on full display and approaching him, Z felt a tremendous amount of pressure.

"Z, I have never been able to see through your strength, the Spirit Champion is powerful indeed but that doesn't mean abilities and ancient martial arts aren't strong as well. How about this, fight me and we will see who's stronger, after all wouldn't that be necessary for your research? What's the use of researching weak people?"

Qin Feng mainly wanted to try again and see just what the difference was between him and Z now.

Were the different powers they had really that different?

He had been persuaded by Z's experiments, but now, he did not want to change.

However, this battle was not something that Z wanted to think about.

"You've progressed faster than I've imagined. Very unexpected!"

Qin Feng said with a grin, "To be honest, my problem with you isn't very well explained. Whatever's in the past, I'll let it go! However, the issue between you and Bai Li can't be overlooked!"

"Her?" Z was taken aback, looking at Bai Li.

Bai Li was also taken aback, looking at Qin Feng.

'Husband, are you trying to mess with him? With me as the opener?' Bai Li spoke to Qin Feng using their soul contract connection.

He seemed to answer her question as he started to explain to Z.

"Four years ago, I found a human experimentation lab made by your subordinates. Among the piles of ultra beast refuse, I found a newly born Bai Li. Her mother had already been killed by your people after they experimented on her. For humans, maybe ultra beasts are the enemy, but I look out for my own, and Bai Li is part of my family!" Qin Feng said.

Z nodded his head, understanding the whole story.

Standing on the top position of this operation, this was something he would encounter. The laboratory was something he established, the people within acting like barbarians, the people who got offended, the people who got taken away were at an uncountable number. Z could not care any less about it.

However, when someone who they had offended managed to reach Qin Feng's level of strength, Z could not help but start caring.

"Then Miss Bai Li, what do you want?"

At this time, Bai Li looked at Qin Feng, there was an inexplicable feeling making her heart beat.

Maybe, this was what it was like to feel touched!

Among ultra beasts, reproduction was based on instinct and once the cubs were born the amount of care they received was not the same as how humans treated their young.

Even then, Bai Li's beast mother had not reached a level where she would inherit much. Among spatial beasts, their statuses and identities were different.

And after Bai Li was born Qin Feng was the first person she saw, which led to her seeing him as her master and also a father figure.

Now, he was seeking justice for her.

Actually, Bai Li rarely thought too much about it. However, Qin Feng cared so he was sticking his neck out for her and even wanted to offend an S-tier powerhouse.

"What do I want? How about this, let's duel. However, it'll be two against one!"

With that being said, Bai Li was already on the offensive.

"I never liked you back then, today I'll take this moment to beat you up!" Bai Li could finally get some payback from the time Z chased down Qin Feng and her.

Back with He Tianxing, she did not have any time to do anything but this time she was not letting go of this chance.

With this in mind, the three clashed. The power released in this fight was not strong enough to break through the spatial barrier that was set up, but at the same time it was vast enough to send ultra beasts in the wilderness fleeing with haste.

The battle lasted at least one day and one night.

Bai Tianyang and Zheng Yang did not know that Qin Feng had already captured the Skeletal Sovereign and many people did not know that Z was one of the strongest S-tiers in Huaxia, so they thought that the battle had not stopped yet and they were frightened.

When they submitted their support applications, both were rejected with the saying that only Qin Feng was enough.

When they thought about it, the creatures that appeared were S-tier and Qin Feng was only one person, how could that possibly be enough?

Bai Tianyang boldly approached the battlefield with caution. The surrounding landscape had been changed, people could not help but wonder what kind of power could do all of that.

None of this was what his level of understanding could deduce.

Boom!

Another loud noise rang out, Bai Tianyang was thirty thousand meters away and he suddenly felt as if he was unable to breathe and did not approach any more.

On the battlefield, Qin Feng put away the nine frozen stars on his back and the Black Dragon surrounding Z also disappeared.

"Someone's coming!" Qin Feng said.

"We're done? Good, instead of wasting time with you I can go back and do experiments!" Z said.

For one day and one night, while they were all holding back, Z could not deal with Qin Feng and Bai Li.

Qin Feng had grown stronger than he had imagined. Unfortunately that meant that Z also knew that he could never try and seize Qin Feng to conduct experiments on.

"Even if the previous events have been written off, I'm afraid I will still be meddling in whatever it is you do in the future!" Qin Feng said.

Z was a little annoyed and said, "Aren't you meddling enough already?"

Chapter 900: Working Together Again

"Now that I have the same level of strength as you, naturally we need to discuss again about how we should work together!" Qin Feng said.

Z said, "I cannot cooperate with you!"

"So you're going to give up the Fettered Land? With the direction your experiments are going, you seem to be very close to success. Now you want to give up?"

Z was obviously affected by Qin Feng. In fact, most of the time when Z was researching, he felt that the materials Qin Feng provided were often of great help to him.

"Z, ever since we started working together have there been any errors in the direction of the research I've been pushing forward? On the other hand, your previous research was always harmful to others, and what was the need for that? You want the awakening of humanity, not its destruction, isn't this team-up necessary for the betterment of mankind?"

"How much do you want?" Z asked.

"What I want isn't any benefit, but the right to choose. I hope that we can make another contract again. Starting today, I want to have the right to choose within the experimentation group in the Z Organization. I can look through all the experimental projects and veto unreasonable experiments, also I want the right to see if the results of these experiments could be completed in the future. If profits are being made then it will be divided based on a five to five ratio, we can discuss the materials, labour and sales later!"

However, Z laughed, "This seems beneficial to you. Your Fengli Organization doesn't seem to have a shortage in materials, labour or sales!"

"So in the end you're just invested in technology. Isn't that what you want? You're just a scientist!" Qin Feng said, "And I am the president of a company."

Z thought about it, but he did not refute Qin Feng's words.

He cared less about strength but more for experimentation, which was a respect that he held deep within his bones.

Besides that, after meeting Qin Feng, apart from the initial unpleasantness at the start, the research that he had proposed was progressing rapidly.

"I don't seem to have any other choice!"

"This choice wouldn't be a mistake!" Qin Feng said.

In truth, Qin Feng had changed much of history.

Whether it was the Glutton Leviathan's organic material, materials from the Cinder Pine from the Cinderclast Realm, along with the Fettered Land, the supergenius Chu Fan, or the Blood River Realm.

Not only that, with his knowledge of the future, he prevented the Z Organization from carrying out their original plans of transforming humans. From Qin Feng's rebirth until now, the Dark Coalition's widespread experiments of creating mutant humans had also gradually faded due to his intervention.

While Qin Feng did not know how to create an elixir that could awaken all of mankind, he had turned the wheel away from the wrong direction that occurred in his past life.

Z agreed to working together again, but this was not a time where they could stay around and chat.

"I'm going to have to deal with the mayor of Chengyang City, do you want to leave or stay?" Qin Feng asked.

Z, the hidden S-tier of the Huaxia Alliance, had not really shown his face after showing up at Fengli and he did not intend on meeting anyone else any time soon.

"I'm going back to Fengli first!" Z said immediately and disappeared after a few leaps.

Following his departure, the vibrations of battle had settled. Qin Feng moved toward Bai Tianyang's direction.

Bai Tianyang was hidden on a hill, his perception was not very strong but soon his eyes spotted two people slowly walking out.

"Marshal Qin, Miss Bai!" He immediately hopped out of his hiding place. "What about that terrible creature? Is it dealt with? Or…"

Bai Tianyang paused, he quickly pulled back his words, "I mean, I don't mean anything else by that, if it escaped then it escaped!"

He did not want Qin Feng to think that he was blaming him but when thinking about that S-tier creature Bai Tianyang felt that Qin Feng would not be able to deal with it.

"It has been killed!" Qin Feng said. As for the capture of the Skeletal Sovereign, it wasn't something that Bai Tianyang needed to know.

The man was stunned for a moment, he did not expect Qin Feng to actually take down an S-tier!

He looked at Qin Feng again with a trace of awe in his eyes

"That's good, that's good. Thank you Marshal!"

Bai Tianyang was very grateful toward Qin Feng, but as a D-tier aptitude user he did not have anything of value he could thank him with.

"It's what I should do, no need to bother, Mayor Bai."

After saying that, Qin Feng said his goodbyes. Bai Tianyang naturally reported this incident to the Northern Regent and Shang Han passed it onto Dragon Capital. As for the military rewards that Qin Feng would gain, that would depend on what Dragon Capital decided to provide.

He did not care about following events, instead he returned to Fengli City and entered the laboratory.

Z had already been waiting there.

The two renewed their cooperation contract, which was more detailed than the previous one. Even Z's identity had been changed from a powerful man who was a deterring force into a researcher through and through, Professor Z.

Z's underlings were not very happy about this, but with Z's overwhelming force they did not dare say anything.

The strong was respected, and in terms of cooperation, it was that crudely simple.

"This experiment needs to be stopped, this one and this, and this too!"

Qin Feng went through all of Z's experimental items and stopped the unnecessary ones.

Even former small workshops were all immediately closed down. All the researchers, whether they were in Huilu state's or the Three Cities Under the Sun's laboratories, had come to Fengli. In the vast North Sea Desert, now known as the Fengli Oasis, a larger underground laboratory was established.

After turning an enemy into an ally, the Fengli Organization had a new link added to it. It made this infamous empire ever more so powerful, indomitable even.

Once the contract had been signed, Qin Feng and Bai Li once again departed Fengli without saying a word.

***

Western hemisphere, Meherz Empire.

In the Western half of the world, only one Human Alliance called themselves by the moniker of 'Empire'.

In the evening, the setting sun shrouded a ruined city, casting not what people would call the golden rays of warmth but an elongated black shadow, and filled the air with a frightening atmosphere.

The whole city was silent, yet full of death and decay.

On the damaged road, an aircraft flew close to the ground and gradually headed toward that terrible city.

At the edge of this city, a few aptitude users were making their way back and were a little surprised when they saw where the aircraft was headed.

"Are you new here? It's going to be night soon, you can't enter Dead Silent City at night!"

The ability user among them sent out a message with their consciousness.

The aircraft stopped, and when it landed a young person walked out.

This person was Qin Feng!

Nobody would have thought that the newly appointed A-tier Marshal of the Huaxia Alliance was not dealing with Huaxia's A-tier beast deities, but had come all the way here to the Meherz Empire in the Western hemisphere.

"Is there a map for Dead Silent City? I'll pay with power credits!" Qin Feng spoke back with his consciousness and at the same time took out a small bag with 100 power credits inside it.

The aptitude users in front of Qin Feng were all E-tiers. 100 power credits could be exchanged for at least 1 million dollars. All that for a map. That kind of transaction was too worthwhile.

Chapter 901: Dead Silent City

"Power credits? You're really going to use power credits to buy?" The woman asked, this time she opened her mouth to speak.

Looking at Qin Feng's hair color, he was obviously different from her blue eyes and blonde hair. She was just about to use her consciousness to translate but realized that Qin Feng was already speaking fluently, in the Meherz Empire's language no less.

"Yes, the more detailed the map the better, give me the best ones that you have!"

As a mercenary lord, Qin Feng had gone to many places in his previous life and had done countless missions. What was more, for people nowadays, the growth of one's consciousness meant the increase of one's intellect, better learning speed and would even be able to to have impeccable memorization, being able to recall anything that they had learned earlier.

"Okay, okay!"

The woman hurriedly opened up her communicator and her two companions did the same, rushing to send the map over to Qin Feng as if they would not receive the money if they were one step too late.

Qin Feng received the map. It was a very detailed map and even some of the outermost areas had some special marks, these were the paths that these people took.

He threw the black bag in his hand toward the woman.

"Thanks, bye!"

"Goodbye!" The woman quickly opened the bag and was very happy when she saw the power credits inside. The other two watched eagerly and the woman then gave some to them.

Soon she raised her head and looked around with suspicion.

"Where's that person from?"

"Man's popped off to Dead Silent City!"

"What? It's gonna get dark out, is he looking to die?"

"Who cares? From the looks, man's got more money than sense. With just one power credit in the Meherz Empire he can get the most detailed map, but he actually paid a hundred of 'em."

The woman wanted to say something but she could not find Qin Feng's figure, so she gave up, regretting not adding the other person's communicator when she sent the map.

Needless to say, her worries were unnecessary.

Qin Feng just did not want to cause trouble, so he took off his aptitude user badge as he did not intend to expose his strength.

Although Dead Silent City was owned by an S-tier Dark Coalition tyrant, this was still the Meherz Empire's territory and even the terrifying and powerful ultra beast that hid within the city was considered as one of their resources.

He drove the aircraft and entered Dead Silent City without any issue.

The Corpse Corps in the city looked as if they had not seen Qin Feng at all, minding their own business.

With his Dark aura, the zombies thought he was one of their own, something that was even stronger than them, so they naturally would not try to provoke it.

The deeper he went the stronger the surrounding zombies. Only F-tier zombies wandered around at the outermost part, but the ones within were constantly improving. After having piloted the aircraft for an hour, the zombies he encountered had reached B-tier.

Dead Silent City was a city that got destroyed two hundred years ago when the Great Rift Age began, a Hell Stone crashed here and completely decimated the city.

The population of the city in the beginning was not hundreds of thousands but instead millions. In the prosperous Meherz Empire, this lively city had a population of 30 million people.

Even after two hundred years of attempts to clean the city up, the zombies were still densely packed. Besides that, they no longer lived in high-rise buildings as they did before when they were alive. Instead they wandered the streets and alleys. There were also mutated creatures as well, the citizens back then liked to keep things like cats and dogs as pets.

Now, they had all become powerful creatures.

"Let's get out and have a look, we should be able to find it soon!" Qin Feng said.

"I'm not going, it's gross here!" Bai Li did not like the presence of undead-type creatures. After so many years, this place was simply a paradise of decay.

Besides, since there was not any threat to Qin Feng here at all, Bai Li did not plan to go out.

"Well, then you just wait here you vain little fox!"

Qin Feng pinched her cheek and walked out on his own.

He spread out his awareness and constantly probed the surrounding area but he could not find that strong being.

The Skeleton Sovereign that had control over the Hell Stone.

This sovereign was the one that used the Finger of Death to instantly destroy an S-tier ancient warrior.

Now, Qin Feng had an idea on how to fight him.

'With my perception I can't find it? Maybe its dark ability is really powerful!' Qin Feng thought. Unless he also went out searching with his dark ability, he might not be able to find it.

Even though Qin Feng was a dark ability user, he was only A-tier in terms of power. He definitely would not be an opponent for a Skeleton Sovereign that had possessed a Hell Stone for two hundred years.

"Since I can't find it, I'll just force it to show up!"

Qin Feng raised the Verdant Emperor Saber and his body instantly disappeared before reappearing beside a powerful B-tier zombie.

Slash!

The sword swept over and the zombie's head fell toward the ground.

He did not stop moving his feet, continuing to move forward as he swept and slashed with his blade. One by one, the zombies fell by his hand.

"Kreeaaah!"

As zombies died, the soul flames which had been imprisoned within their bodies for so many years rushed out and entered the Verdant Emperor Saber. Compared to the soul of an ordinary ultra beast, the soul of this long dead zombie was even more powerful.

"Hellfire!"

Flames enveloped the entire street, burning the zombies. The only part that did not burn was the concentrated crystal core in its body. After the flames burned it, it was refined and stored into Qin Feng's spatial rune equipment.

Qin Feng forced his way through like a brutal warlord, burning and looting as he pressed forward.

This kind of behavior was meant to provoke the Skeletal Sovereign.

If the Skeletal Sovereign saw this, he would definitely attack Qin Feng to drive him away from his territory.

At this time, the Skeletal Sovereign did not appear but there was another group of people outside of the city who noticed this.

There was a large number of people in this group, at least hundreds of people. Among them, there were more than ten A-tier aptitude users and more than two hundred B-tier aptitude users. Most of them actually belonged to an organization.

The Giant Organization.

This was an organization of an S-tier aptitude user, among which the strongest was called the 'Armored Giant'.

"Dad, what's going on, did someone launch an assault ahead of time?"

One of them was wearing a black robe, and was even holding a black scepter made from indiscernible material in his hand. On top of the scepter was a huge energy crystal core.

The color of this crystal core was black.

This was a dark ability user.

"How could someone go at a time like this? The night is when the Skeletal Sovereign is at its strongest. Who would be that uncaring of death, actually going in there at this hour?"

Armored Giant came back from other realms to obtain this Hell Stone for his son who had just ranked up to an A-tier ability user. The Skeletal Sovereign could not absorb the Hell Stone. As long as he could snatch it, it would belong to his son!

Unexpectedly, someone acted faster than him.

Chapter 902: If It's A Fight You Want, It's A Fight You'll Get

"Since there's someone who's out there acting recklessly, let them fight first!" Armored Giant's son said with a chilling smile.

Such a powerful person like his father did not even dare to risk going into Dead Silent City at night. Who was this audacious person, if he wanted to die then so be it!

"That's strange I don't feel any S-tier aura, could it be a foolish rookie?" Armored Giant was a little confused.

It was only thirty kilometers away from the center of the city and Armored Giant's perception was an area of one hundred kilometers.

He could perceive the direction of Qin Feng's battle, but Qin Feng's power was greater than Armored Giant's so he naturally would not get detected by him.

With the range of Qin Feng's shroud, not even Bai Li would be detected by Armored Giant.

That was why Armored Giant was confused.

However, Armored Giant agreed with his son's statement and did not move, only looking at the flames blazing in Dead Silent City.

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours.

The moon was in the middle of the sky but the battle still went on as Qin Feng continued his rampage.

"Meow!"

A meter long undead beast rushed out from the corner of a street at a high speed.

Qin Feng's hairs stood on their ends as he felt threatened for a moment.

This speed was too fast, even if he wanted to dodge he was just a little late.

Scrit…

The sound of a cat's claws running down a wooden board could be heard, white marks were left on top of his internal force shield.

Qin Feng did not manage to avoid the attack but if his internal force shield was not there to defend him he might have died.

"Amazing!"

He unleashed his awareness and locked onto the ultra beast. This ultra beast was actually an A3-tier beast deity.

Moreover, it seemed like it was able to reach this level because of its speed. It moved at a speed that people could not even react to.

"However, it became a beast deity at such a powerful speed, could it be that its physical body is actually pretty fragile?"

Qin Feng thought, swinging out his blade.

However, this mutant cat beast deity was too fast and as the two clashed against one another nobody was able to land a proper blow on the other.

By the time a hundred moves had been made over the course of the battle, Qin Feng still could not defeat this cat-like beast deity.

"That's it!"

He did not want to continue trying to outspeed his opponent and in the next moment a terrifying amount of magma burst out from around his body.

In an instant, magma covered an area of three hundred meters around Qin Feng.

"First Domain!"

The magma-covered land caused the undamaged buildings to sink one after another before they were melted down by the heat of the magma. For that three hundred meters there was no more dark place left to hide in.

"Mrow!" The cat-like beast deity abruptly yowled. As a beast deity, even if it was an undead creature, the power of its soul made it very intelligent.

It was able to recognize when a threat was too great.

With that in mind, the cat-like beast deity started to run away at an extremely fast speed.

However, Qin Feng could not just let it get away like that.

In the next moment, his whole body was covered by yellow earth runes and three hundred meters away, at the edge of his Domain move, mountainous peaks began to rise up.

"Second Domain!"

The mountain peaks enveloped the Fire Barrier move but if it was just that then it would not have been a very powerful Domain move. Instead, there was a magnetic force surrounding the mountain peaks and the creatures near the mountain peaks suddenly felt very heavy.

A high gravitational force.

Then, in the sky, flaming meteorites appeared, falling from the sky and crashing down.

The cat-like beast deity slowed down due to the gravity forcing it down but not enough that it could be hit by the meteorites in the air.

Still, the ground was covered in lava, and Fire Dragons reared up left and right, burning its body and forcing it to run away to hide.

"Mrow!!!"

The cat-like beast deity suddenly let out a shrill cry, which sounded very similar to a baby's cry, and that made people who heard it feel inexplicably creeped out. It struggled as it slammed into the mountain peaks, trying to force its way through the barrier.

Both were A-tier deity level beings. There was no saying that one could restrain the other. It was not difficult for cat-like ultra beasts to escape if they tried to.

Its attack momentarily halted its body and Qin Feng was finally able to seize the moment.

"Wanzhong's Spirit Chain Rend!"

In an instant, phantoms rushed out from the Verdant Emperor Saber and enshrouded the cat-like beast deity's body.

The cat creature let out a yowl but as the phantoms tore into it, surrounding its body, no matter how fast it was it could not escape.

Its shrill cries pierced through the sky but abruptly stopped

Pfft!

The cat-like beast deity fell into the Fire Barrier and as it died, its rotting body also started to burn away, leaving behind a fist sized beast deity crystal core behind that was picked up by Qin Feng.

"Oh? This beast deity crystal core has wind runes in it!"

He looked at the crystal core with surprise, thinking about his abilities. He did not hesitate to squeeze out this beast deity crystal core!

"Ability, Absorb!"

A large amount of runes and consciousness was integrated into Qin Feng's mind but as he got stronger, a beast deity's strength alone was not enough to promote him. Perhaps only an S-tier ultra beast could be able to make him reach a certain level in an instant.

Just as he absorbed the crystal core, something seemed to have awakened in Dead Silent City.

Outside of the city, Armored Giant, who had a vague uneasy feeling, stood up after Qin Feng unleashed the Spirit Chain Rend.

"It's here, there's indeed an S-tier's aura, but who is it? Someone who is actually stronger than my perception could detect? Are they stronger than me?" It was Qin Feng's aura but Armored Giant had never felt it before and did not know which powerful passer-by Qin Feng was.

However, just as Qin Feng unleashed his S-tier move, another extremely domineering aura came over.

Gradually, the corpses and skeletons within Dead Silent City gathered together and stacked on top of each other to form a giant.

Boom!

As soon as the fifty foot giant raised its foot, it crushed countless buildings among the ruins and approached Qin Feng's direction one step at a time.

At this time, Qin Feng did not put away his Fire Barrier but the crystal core in his hand had already been absorbed.

His attention naturally went to the Corpse Giant.

A powerful S-tier aura rushed toward his face.

"Is that the Skeleton Sovereign? It's really powerful and seems more powerful than the other Skeletal Sovereign!"

Creatures within different stages would obviously have varying levels of strength, the Skeleton Sovereign was no outlier.

With the title of 'Sovereign', it meant that the Skeleton Sovereign was not only an S-tier ultra beast, it was within the king level.

It was already very difficult to reach the S-tier and even then being at king level meant it was no surprise that nobody wanted to mess with such a being.

"Human, you have gone too far!"

An echoing voice was transmitted via the consciousness from the Corpse Giant's body.

It was indeed the Skeletal Sovereign!

With Qin Feng's grip tight on the Verdant Emperor Saber, the frozen stars gradually appeared in the air behind him!

The nine frozen stars were fanned out, unleashing the aura of an S-tier ancient warrior into the battlefield.

"If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get!"

Chapter 903: Still A Dead S-tier

The Skeletal Sovereign was as intelligent as humans, if Qin Feng was trying to goad a reaction earlier, he did not react.

However, Qin Feng killed off the cat ultra beast. If he continued to kill like that, then all the strong ones in this city would have been killed off.

By then, the Skeletal Sovereign would be akin to sitting in a palace with no servants and no more lackeys to send after the foolhardy trespassers.

That being said, Qin Feng's actions had provoked the Skeletal Sovereign and was exactly what he had wanted.

His plan was to lure the Skeletal Sovereign out, kill him and then take the Hell Stone for himself.

He charged right for the Skeletal Sovereign.

"Rampage Influx!"

His figure stayed in place but that was only his afterimage. His real figure had already arrived behind the Skeletal Sovereign.

"Wanzhong's Spirit Chain Rend!"

Bringing the blade down, it split the air and slashed into the Skeletal Sovereign's massive body.

Boom!

Although the Skeletal Sovereign's Corpse Giant did not get chopped up, it staggered a few strides forward. The body could not maintain its balance and looked like it was about to fall. In fact, the Skeletal Sovereign's back was densely shrouded with the power of darkness.

Qin Feng broke through this darkness and appeared at the Skeletal Sovereign's side again.

"Slash!"

The Verdant Emperor Saber was vigorously swung forward by Qin Feng, each cut left a mark on the Skeletal Sovereign's body. After several swings, corpses covered the ground as they fell from the Skeletal Sovereign's body.

"Ghoul Rave Frenzy!"

The Skeletal Sovereign cried out, and the dead zombies on the ground, even fallen chunks of flesh, were brimming with power. They crawled toward Qin Feng and enveloped his layer of internal force.

"Blood Burst!"

Boom!!!

Qin Feng's internal force was rattled by the flesh around it, and as it continued to face the vibrations the protection around him started to get thinner.

Such a trick obviously could not be continued.

"Miniature Enchantment!"

In an instant, Qin Feng's surroundings turned into a shrunken version of the World of Fire move but the temperature was higher, burning away the flesh around him. Now, there was no chance for the Skeletal Sovereign to attack him like that again.

When he popped out though, the Skeletal Sovereign had already made preparations.

"Finger of Death!"

A blast of darkness, as if gathered from the moonlight, descended silently.

If it were someone else, they would not have seen what the Finger of Death looked like, but for Qin Feng, he had mastered being in the dark.

"Finger of Death!" Qin Feng raised a finger and a beam of darkness erupted from it, crashing into the Finger of Death coming down from above.

As the two rays of darkness collided with one another, no loud sound erupted and they immediately dissipated!

However the spreading dark runes crushed everything around them.

Without a sound, a large hole more than ten meters wide appeared on the pile of corpses on the ground. This was because both users' abilities were still in the air and the hole was just a remnant of that display of force.

"Impossible! How do you know the Finger of Death!"

The Skeletal Sovereign conveyed an inquisitive tone with his consciousness.

The Finger of Death, at least in terms of controlling dark runes, was an elite move, but Qin Feng had been using ancient martial arts against the Skeletal Sovereign.

Just when the Skeletal Sovereign was stumped by this, another aura suddenly entered the two's range of awareness.

It was Armored Giant!

He could no longer wait.

"Giant Burst!" Armored Giant roared, his body abruptly inflating like a balloon.

Although it was impossible to be as large as the Skeletal Sovereign, being at least ten meters tall, it was up to the height of the Skeletal Sovereign's calf.

In addition to the body, another surge of power flashed through the body, when it was done it was a full suit of armor plating. This armor, at first glance, was a God level treasure.

"Aaagh!"

Armored Giant roared and charged forward, taking more than ten meters in one step and creating deep pits in the ground with each step.

He was planning to rush down the Skeletal Sovereign, fighting in a close range could allow him to send the Skeletal Sovereign's Corpse Giant toppling down.

However, Armored Giant's speed was too slow compared to Qin Feng's.

At this time, the Skeletal Sovereign was still reeling from the fact that the Finger of Death did not work. Without thinking, he fired off another Finger of Death but it was no longer directed toward Qin Feng and instead at Armored Giant.

The Finger of Death was hidden in the darkness since it was a dark ability. Armored Giant had a bad feeling in his gut, his heart beat rapidly as he tried to stop his feet. However, the huge body was awkward to maneuver and he could not avoid it in time.

Whoosh!

The Finger of Death hit Armored Giant's head.

Even someone in the S-tier, when facing such a powerful dark ability user, still would not be able to withstand a fatal blow.

The next moment, Armored Giant's body rapidly shrunk. Not only that, his hair became grey then fully white and his skin was covered in wrinkles before quickly drying up, falling flat on the ground.

In just a few moments, Armored Giant turned into an old man and aged to death.

"Looks like my appearance in Dead Silent City didn't change anything, Armored Giant still died here!"

And it was due to the death of Armored Giant and the power of the Skeletal Sovereign that nobody dared to come to draw its ire.

Only now there was a person like Qin Feng who did not follow the logic people were used to.

Qin Feng was not afraid of the Finger of Death. Once this move was proven to be useless against him, the Skeletal Sovereign could not face off against him.

He swung his saber, unleashing two bursts of his S-tier ability. The Skeletal Sovereign seemed to have been weakened as he kept battering it with attacks, chopping off all the corpses that surrounded the Sovereign.

Among the corpses, a black crystalline skeleton appeared, and on top of its head was a crown inlaid with a black stone.

"To me, seize him!"

The Skeletal Sovereign screamed out in a fit of rage, the stench of death permeated the air and spread out more than ten thousand meters.

Countless skeletons and zombies, undead of all manner of strength no matter big or small charged toward their direction. All directed to kill Qin Feng.

Fwoosh!

The ground was tossed aside as it split apart and buildings toppled over. A huge ultra beast emerged.

Qin Feng's facial expression did not change a single bit.

The Skeletal Sovereign suddenly had a bad feeling and this time the surrounding space solidified and formed into a box.

In this box there was only the Skeletal Sovereign and Qin Feng. The other beasts and zombies could not enter.

"One-on-one, it's only fair!" Qin Feng brought up the Verdant Emperor Saber and slammed it down.

Bai Li was still in the aircraft, but the crystal ball next to her shone as she manipulated her Spatial Barrier.

In that enclosed space, the Skeletal Sovereign's unwilling screams were soon heard.

The Skeletal Sovereign that had controlled Dead Silent City for over two hundred years had completely been removed from this realm.

The space dissipated and Qin Feng was still standing in the center, holding the crystal core and the crown in his hands.