Chapter 276 - 928-939

Chapter 928: Only One Single Ability is Allowed

The closer he was to the icebreaker, the stronger the sense of danger Qin Feng felt. Numerous ultra beasts were scrambling to reach the ship. Those that were already on board were obviously the strongest among the pack.

The fiercest battle happened all around the hull of the icebreaker. Monsters blocking the way would be engulfed instantly by the mass from behind if they did not have the corresponding strength to hold the front position.

Hu San was an S-tier aptitude user, but he did not have any advantage against the sea of ultra beasts around him.

A powerful ultra beast swung its tail and lashed right at Hu San. The attack dispersed most of the snow energy wrapping around Hu San.

Though Hu San did not immediately turn back into human form, he could barely maintain his Ice Morph now after losing a substantial amount of runes. His consciousness had probably suffered a great deal of damage too.

"Master Hu, don't overexert yourself. Come to me!" Qin Feng delivered the message using his consciousness.

Hu San, despite wanting to reach the icebreaker on his own, recognized that he could not do it alone.

Without many choices left, he turned and approached Qin Feng instead.

Qin Feng was still busy fending off other ultra beasts with his undead puppets.

"Qin Feng, if I ever gain anything from this encounter, I will share with you 30%," Hu San said as soon as he reached Qin Feng.

Qin Feng, baffled by the sudden offer, looked at Hu San and asked, "It seems that you know what's hidden inside this mysterious ship?"

"Yes. I think that an inheritance is hidden somewhere in there. Besides, it can only be claimed by an ice-type ability," Hu San did not hide the truth from Qin Feng. "I could sense that something was calling to me. If not because of the voice, I would not have risked my life going through the ultra beasts."

Moreover, Hu San had tried his best not to depend on Qin Feng. To him, though Qin Feng was not an ice user, Hu San still viewed Qin Feng as a competitor. He did not want the young man to help him again and again. That would be unfair both to himself and to Qin Feng.

Nevertheless, reality was harsher than he thought. If Hu San insisted on boarding the ship with his own power, then he could not escape sacrificing some of his power. That way, he probably would not be at 100% power after that. Who knew what other challenges might lie ahead?

As such, Hu San admitted defeat and accepted Qin Feng's favor. In return, he promised to compensate Qin Feng with 30% of his own gain.

"I see. An inheritance, huh!"

No wonder Hu San was the only other human around here. The old man could hardly resist the lure of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"I have no idea how dangerous the inheritance could be. No matter what, it's too late to turn back now. I believe you can benefit from it, more or less."

"Right."

They did not converse much after that. Qin Feng needed to concentrate on maneuvering his puppets. This was not the proper time for a talk.

There were too many ultra beasts competing with them. Monsters that could approach the hull at this point were mostly S-tier and above. Even Qin Feng could not tell the true power of some of them.

Fortunately, while Qin Feng was hesitating earlier, the strongest group had gone up the ship first. The remaining ultra beasts still struggling by the frissure were no match for Qin Feng's puppet legion.

Qin Feng could now get a clearer look at the ship. There was a force field wrapping around the hull. It looked less like an icebreaker close-up. It did not have a cabin on it and looked more like a giant fishing boat, which did not even have a tent.

To Qin Feng's surprise, ultra beasts that had boarded were lined up obediently. The ship was half-full by now.

"Open!"

Qin Feng growled and the undead ultra beasts roared along with him. With one final burst, they reached the outside of the energy shield at last. His consciousness told him that he could transverse the shield but his puppets could not.

"Master Hu, after you!" Qin Feng said hastily and used his internal force to propel Hu San up to the deck.

Then, Qin Feng triggered his consciousness.

'Explode!'

All of a sudden, the undead puppets around Qin Feng went into a chain explosion that created a massive shock wave. ultra beasts nearest to the puppet bombs were instantly reduced to dust. These included a lot of S-tier ultra beasts.

Since they could not be brought onboard, Qin Feng did not want to waste his puppets, and so he maximized their usage with one last detonation. The energy of the ultra beasts killed by the explosion was naturally imbued into Qin Feng's body.

Then, with his consciousness, the crystal cores of all the killed ultra beasts and undead puppets were retrieved. Carcasses of the dead ultra beasts were not wasted too and were directly pulled into his spatial equipment.

After he was done, he finally lunged into the force field and landed on the deck.

There were only a few spots left on the boat. Once he stepped on the deck, an unknown force took over Qin Feng's body. It did not hurt him but Qin Feng still subconsciously wanted to shake off the control. His act only intensified the controlling force and it vehemently guided Qin Feng to an empty spot, making him line up in an orderly fashion with other ultra beasts.

Hu San stood right in front of him. But the old master could not move his head now. At least, Hu San could sense that Qin Feng had boarded the ship after him.

Soon, after a few rounds of ferocious battles, the last few spots were filled by other ultra beasts.

The full house ship suddenly accelerated. Nonetheless, it moved steadily. They were plummeting fast into the frissure, but Qin Feng could hardly feel any turbulence.

Not only that but the force field around the ship began to emit blue light. He felt like they were traveling into a different dimension, or perhaps a different time.

A moment later, the blue light started to pervade the inside of the force field. One after another ultra beast began to disappear from his sight. Qin Feng felt the blue light run over his body. The unknown energy then entered his body and infiltrated his conscious realm.

It felt real, yet like a dream. His physique began to degenerate, and his consciousness was being emptied at the same time.

'What's happening to my power?'

Qin Feng was shocked and in a panic. But his body could not respond to his command. Even though he was not an S-tier yet, his power was scarier than one. However, that was still not enough to revolt against such a peculiar phenomenon.

This was when he suddenly heard a faint conscious voice. This was probably the only conscious energy that remained in him.

'To accept the inheritance, you are only allowed to retain one ability.'

Then, the strange consciousness promptly sorted out the ability inside Qin Feng's consciousness realm.

Dark, fire, water, earth, and wind. From abilities as simple as Dark Shadow, Fireball, to more complex abilities like barriers, etc. were listed right in front of Qin Feng's eyes.

Other than that, his ancient arts, such as Asteroid Assimilation, Blazing Sky Sword Art, Spirit Chain Rend, and Phantom Shift, were included too.

'Only one ability is allowed?'

Qin Feng had learned a lot of abilities since his rebirth. There were special abilities that involved rune rearrangement, while his ancient arts were pretty powerful too.

'A powerful ability would no doubt be very useful. But it would be meaningless if I don't have the physique and conscious energy to drive them!'

Qin Feng could tell that even his dantian had been emptied now. His consciousness was not lost completely but it was only at the level of E-tier.

The diamond starglobe was also only the size of an E-tier.

Without internal power in his dantian, Qin Feng first excluded the ancient arts. Asteroid Assimilation was cool, but Qin Feng reckoned he would not meet any ancient warriors any time soon after this.

'If I have to retain one, there is really only one option.'

Chapter 929: The Almighty Absorption Ability

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Qin Feng did not hesitate and selected his innate ability—Absorption.

This ability was close to being invincible. As long as he could absorb other's abilities with this, he could regain his power quickly.

Besides, the ability did not need any prerequisites. Qin Feng had been using it as soon as his conscious energy was awakened.

After he pinpointed the ability, the now transparent conscious globe was left with a small blob of dark aura. It was none other than the dark runes for his Absorption Ability.

The newly appeared diamond starglobe felt a little chilled as compared to before. Qin Feng immediately figured that it was an ice crystal core.

There was little time for him to examine the unfamiliar globe. As soon as he made his pick, the blue light abandoned him and Qin Feng realized he was no longer on the ship. He had arrived at a new world.

'Secret dimension!'

Qin Feng studied the area closely once he realized where he was at.

The place appeared like a classroom. In front of him stood a lady with an unworldly white skin tone, which made her look rather eerie.

A chilled aura emanated quietly around her.

Qin Feng looked around and found more white figures like her. They were all female.

"Child, what's your name?" The lady tried to talk in a soft tone. However, her face was stone cold as if she was collecting a huge debt from Qin Feng.

Qin Feng reckoned this must be a test made by this dimension. He thought about it and answered, "My name is Xuan Feng."

The lady did not seem all that interested to know his name. She nodded and said, "You transferred here in the middle of this semester. I'm afraid that you might not be able to catch up on our syllabus. I hope you can learn this ability in three days. Otherwise, you would not be qualified to enter the Snow Viscountess College."

As she spoke, she threw five pieces of beast skin to Qin Feng.

Cold aura radiated from the skin surface.

Qin Feng opened them and immediately saw ice runes swirling around them.

With his consciousness, Qin Feng recognized that the white figures around him were just holograms created by another conscious energy. However, the five beast skins were real.

'Is this the inheritance? If so, Hu San would undoubtedly have the highest chance to succeed.'

Elemental runes were part of the natural law. Even if the secret dimension forcefully snatched away existing runes and conscious energy from the participants, the knowledge of rune mastery would not disappear. The body and mind would always remember how to assimilate and control the flow of the runes.

Hu San, being an S-tier ice ability user, would have no problem assimilating these runes in their rawest form.

Qin Feng examined the five beast skin scrolls and estimated that they contained up to five thousand ice runes. He was currently only at E-tier. To master everything in three days would require a prodigal level of comprehension and talent.

Some ultra beasts and humans might not need to undergo this test. Apparently, Qin Feng did not have such privilege.

'I should give it a try anyway.' Qin Feng put his conscious energy into action.

'Ability, Absorb!'

Instantly, Qin Feng's ability erupted and engulfed the ice runes in front of him. His crystal core began to spin as the runes permeated into his realm. As if they had found a home, the runes merged seamlessly with his crystal core.

Within a few breath cycles, all five thousand runes were absorbed by Qin Feng.

All the snow girls around him stared at Qin Feng bafflingly. Not only that but the teacher figure also looked at Qin Feng with surprise.

"Well, well, your talent is truly exceptional. Alright, you are allowed to join our class."

After that, the "teacher" taught him a lot of things. Qin Feng realized he could not leave the classroom by his own will. Time around him seemed to be speeding forward. It would only stop momentarily when the "teacher" took out different skin scrolls from time to time.

She explained the theories hastily. Some were extremely complex but immeasurably useful.

Qin Feng never knew that element and ability could be interpreted this way.

If these theories and knowledge were to be brought back to the Human Alliance, it would revolutionize their current understanding of elemental runes. The scholars would certainly be shocked and enthused by the breakthrough in paradigm. It would bring greater hope to the future generation.

Hence, Qin Feng listened with full concentration. Those that he could not comprehend, he simply memorized them and had them imprinted in his consciousness realm.

More than ten days later, Qin Feng had obtained eight skin scrolls' worth of runes. At the same time, he had also mastered more abilities. He was now a D-tier.

This was when time stopped moving once again.

"This is your final day in the class. We will be having an audition at the graduation ceremony. The strongest among you will be rewarded. I hope you will try your best to perform well during the audition."

"Yes, Teacher," The girls around him answered emotionlessly.

During these ten days, Qin Feng had understood a few things. From the fragmented information provided by the "teacher" during the class, this world probably existed a long, long time ago. This was probably a replay of a memory, experienced by the lady who had planted this inheritance.

Such a dimension that inflicted flashbacks was rather common. Qin Feng immediately identified its true form.

Now, it was up to Qin Feng to win the audition and acquire the inheritance. He would not be the lone participant.

This time, Qin Feng finally got to exit the classroom. He followed the "teacher" to the field.

Seats were arranged all around the field. On it sat row after row of identical snow ladies.

However, the participants on the stage were all kinds of ultra beasts. The audiences did not react accordingly to the anomalous scene. It was as if the ultra beasts were also their kinds.

Qin Feng sat on his seat and immediately spotted Hu San.

"Qin Feng, you are still around!" Hu San was a little surprised. But he soon found an explanation. "As a prodigy, the principle of ice runes should not be too difficult for you to understand. At the very least, you are way smarter than these primeval ultra beasts."

Qin Feng frowned. He scanned the surroundings and realized only 90% of the ultra beasts that boarded the ship had survived the first test.

"So, understanding the runes is considered the first stage? Ultra beasts that do not comprehend it could not have made it here…"

"Still, it's better than none. This inheritance has given them a new crystal core."

"That's right. I earned it too!"

When he first entered the inheritance dimension, Qin Feng's physique and conscious energy had weakened substantially, as if his soul had entered a different body. Nevertheless, the ability core felt vivid and real. It was connected directly to his consciousness. This was perhaps a reward to everyone who managed to board the ship.

If this was the most basic gift, what came next would be even more impressive.

'Hope that this won't take long. Otherwise, Bai Li might wake from her sleep.' Qin Feng murmured as his eyes were fixed on the arena.

A light abruptly landed near him and teleported two creatures from the participant seats onto the arena. The first fight had commenced.

Chapter 930: Dreamlike Inheritance

Before Qin Feng could have a good look, the light switched to him this time. He was instantly teleported to the arena too.

Snow ladies sitting in the surroundings were not affected. The ultra beasts in the participant zone were still there too. Only those called to the arena had disappeared.

'Is this… spatial overlap? Who is the creator of this secret dimension? His or her skill is unbelievable!'

Qin Feng knew that even with his current power, it would be difficult for him to create an inheritance to such an extent. He would need Bai Li's help to accomplish such a taxing feat.

In other words, the owner of this dimension certainly possessed power beyond an S-tier. But Qin Feng had never met an SS-tier aptitude user before, so he was not 100% certain.

On the opposite side of the arena, Qin Feng's opponent appeared just as he did. Luckily, his opponent this round was not Hu San. Otherwise, Qin Feng would be in a dilemma.

Qin Feng actually recognized his opponent. He had seen it at the edge of the rift days ago. It was an S-tier Ice Drake. Of course, the drake was only a D-tier creature now.

Its body appeared to have shrunk. Though not as huge as Qin Feng first saw it, its twenty-meter body length was still gigantic as compared to a human.

The Ice Drake peered at Qin Feng scornfully. It seemed to recognize Qin Feng too. Near the rift, Qin Feng was the pesky little creature that commanded a puppet legion to open a path for him.

Here in the arena, Qin Feng was stripped of his army. As a single entity, Qin Feng was unprotected and exposed. Naturally, the Ice Drake despised him.

Rawr!

The drake roared and lunged toward Qin Feng imposingly.

Undeterred, Qin Feng mobilized his conscious energy and created a layer of ice shield.

Then, he raised his hand to summon a winter storm. The storm plunged toward the drake like an avalanche.

"Great Avalanche!"

The ability ravaged the arena.

Except for the first time, when the "teacher" had taught him the basics of ice rune, in every subsequent time freeze, Qin Fen was asked to choose between different runic abilities.

It would be unwise to pick randomly. The "teacher" would set a time limit for mastering the chosen runes. If the participant could not complete in time, the participant would be disqualified immediately.

Thus, the wiser ultra beasts, or even Hu San, always opted for the easier one. They did not dare to challenge runic abilities that were too difficult to master or they had never encountered.

However, Qin Feng did not care. His ability was absorption, which could quickly digest the runes regardless of how complicated the ability was.

The Great Avalanche forcefully pushed back the Ice Drake. Thick snow submerged the drake and would suffocate it if the ultra beast did not escape in time.

The Ice Drake would not go down without a fight. It hissed angrily and spat an ice crystal from its maw, which then diverged into a few tens of long spears.

Qin Feng evaded the spears agilely. When he could not avoid it, he met the incoming spear with an ice spear of his.

Then, he cast another ability.

This time, an ice prison appeared on top of the drake and clamped down rapidly. It trapped the ultra beast in it and rendered it immobile.

"Dragon Roar, Ice!"

Qin Feng raised his arm and an ice dragon lunged from his palm. It collided with the drake trapped inside the ice prison.

Boom!

The heavy collision splashed the snow into the air. In that short instance, it was difficult to tell whether the drake was alive or dead.

Suddenly, the head of the drake emerged from the snow and opened its maw against Qin Feng.

When the snow finally settled down, others could see that the drake had only half of its body left. The other half had been shattered by Qin Feng's ability.

However, it still had enough strength to close in. To the ultra beast, this meant victory.

Qin Feng, unfazed, set up a thick ice wall to shield himself from the drake.

Bam!

The drake bumped into the wall and started bleeding. Nonetheless, it did not stop its determination to break through the ice wall.

Qin Feng tapped his palm lightly on the drake's head as soon as it emerged through the wall. But the drake succumbed to the immense strength and could not move at all.

But Qin Feng did not actually retain his physical strength. He said coldly through his consciousness, "You don't understand, do you? We are just an illusion created by our own consciousness. We are equivalent entities here. Your size, though daunting to look at, is meaningless here. Since you can't wait to die, I don't mind enlightening you before that."

After he finished the sentence, Qin Feng did not give the drake any chance and burst forth with yet another ability.

Instantly, an ice ball condensed in Qin Feng's hand and it was then pushed into the drake's maw.

"Ice Blast!"

Boom!

The ice ball exploded and burst through drake's head. Its upper half blew up into pieces.

Then, the other half of the ultra beast's carcass also disintegrated into light dots like a firefly and disappeared into thin air.

Meanwhile, a light wrapped around Qin Feng and returned him to his seat.

Now, only half of the participants remained in their seats.

Fifty percent disqualification, that was a rather high percentage.

Qin Feng peered at where Hu San was sitting. Unsurprisingly, Hu San had passed the first round too.

After all, if Qin Feng, who was unfamiliar with ice ability, could beat his enemy using raw abilities, then Hu San as the master would use even less effort.

When Qin Feng thought that the battle was going to continue, the "teacher" appeared again with a mysterious grin at the edges of her mouth.

"Congratulations. You all have officially graduated from this college. As a parting gift, you are now given the chance to learn different abilities at the Frozen Palace. Remember, each ice pillar there is carved with a specific runic ability. They are all free to be mastered. To what extent you could assimilate them lies on your own fortune. Now, go!"

Time around them suddenly sped up again. In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng found himself inside a great hall made solely with ice.

Everything that happened in here was dreamlike. However, Qin Feng managed to withhold his sanity and did not immerse himself completely into this world or believe that it was real.

A door was opened up. All the ultra beasts and the two humans swarmed in hastily.

Once they were in, one after another ice pillar began to emerge as told by the "teacher". The pillars were imprinted with ice runes. The ultra beasts gathered up to the pillars rapidly trying to understand what were the abilities hidden within the rune arrangement.

However, these ultra beasts were initially S-tier creatures. They had ice runes on them and it attracted the runes from the pillars into their bodies.

Though some of the runes still remained on the pillar, the skill had become an imperfect arrangement.

At that moment, the ultra beasts seemed to have understood that this was going to be another turf war.

One had to secure a pillar all to itself. Otherwise, the runes would be diluted and none could learn the complete ability.

Roar!

Suddenly, the ultra beasts charged at each other. The hall had turned into a chaotic battlefield.

Hu San and Qin Feng were the only two who did not join in the brawl.

They said nothing to each other but tacitly dashed deeper into the palace.

Since there were so many ice pillars in here, why did they need to fight?

Two snowy foxes saw them and decided to follow them into the deeper zone.

These were the two S-tier snow foxes Qin Feng had met near the glaciers from before.

Chapter 931: Devour Them All

Such was the true nature of wild beasts. Their intelligence was limited. They were too invested in claiming territory and protecting what they perceived as theirs.

As such, not many creatures improvised and advanced deeper.

"Snow Skate!"

Qin Feng unleashed a qinggong skill. His body became as light as the snow and drifted forward carried by the wind.

Hu San had sped up too. His consciousness actively examined the runes around him.

'This is the Frost Ring. I have learned this before.' Hu San stopped in front of an ice pillar. He absorbed the runes from it rapidly. From the corner of his eye, he glimpsed that Qin Feng was still going further.

"Qin Feng, don't overexert yourself!" Hu San reminded Qin Feng. After all, Qin Feng was not an ice ability user. Though he had done well so far, Hu San did not think Qin Feng was capable of learning those high-end abilities.

'He is right. Perhaps the abilities further down require vast conscious energy to drive them. I should do this step by step.' Qin Feng halted after being warned by Hu San. He happened to stop beside an ability called Absolute Zero. He estimated it to be a C-tier ability.

"Absorb!"

The frosty runes on the ice pillar were instantly peeled off and merged into Qin Feng's ability core.

The two foxes that came behind Qin Feng were stunned by what they saw.

Qin Feng did not stop there. He paced toward another pillar about ten meters away.

"Icetomic Blast".

'I will take it! Absorb!'

Qin Feng moved on.

"Frosty Peak".

'Absorb!'

Qin Feng was not picky and skimmed through one after another rapidly. He stopped at each pillar only briefly and absorbed the runes from them efficiently.

Hu San learned the ability relatively quickly and turned his head up. He realized that Qin Feng had gone even further than before.

'This young man. Didn't I tell him not to overdo it? Why is he so impatient? What if he can't learn them… Wait, what's that?' Hu San was dumbfounded after he witnessed how Qin Feng almost devoured the runes from a pillar within seconds.

Some of the runes on the pillars were carved on their backs. To understand the entire arrangement, it was best to circle around the pillars and assimilate the runes in their proper sequence. However, Qin Feng was not bothered and sucked in everything, regardless of whether they were facing him or not, as soon as he approached the pillars.

Hu San examined pillar after pillar behind Qin Feng and realized they had all been emptied out.

'Don't tell me he has learned them all?!'

Hu San was at a loss for words.

Qin Feng did not stop his march and was not aware that Hu San was astonished by his exploit. He strolled on and finally found a key ability.

'Here it comes. Ice-type ability domain, Snow World!'

An ability domain was a collection of different abilities. Once cast, it would create an isolated world within the domain. Unless being challenged by a more powerful domain, the caster was usually safe within his or her own domain.

More so, the caster was omnipotent within his or her own domain.

This was something Qin Feng had been searching for.

"Absorb!"

After absorbing the domain, Qin Feng once again explored deeper.

Another domain came into his eyes.

"Ice domain—Ultimate Storm!"

"Absorb!"

"Ice domain—Glacier Strike!"

"Absorb!"

Qin Feng devoured everything along the way until the very end. He finally reached the edge of the palace that seemingly had no end.

At the rear end of the palace, three giant pillars stood majestically there. The pillars were cluttered by numerous runes on them.

Qin Feng glanced at the middle one and immediately felt an endless chill.

S-tier ability, "Cold Whisper of Death".

It was an ability comparable to the Finger of Death. Once it had locked on to a target, it could instantly freeze its target.

Qin Feng moved closer and absorbed it without hesitation.

Massive runes seeped through the vortex between Qin Feng's brows, then merged into his crystal core.

While he was absorbing the ability, the two Snow Foxes had run over too. They were obviously interested to learn what the final abilities were.

They could only watch as Qin Feng was absorbing the most important ability.

They proceeded to the remaining two pillars at the sides. However, the complexity of the abilities hindered them from comprehending them immediately. It was unlike anything the two foxes had seen before.

While they were still working hard to grasp the rune arrangement, Qin Feng was done with the middle ice pillar. He then moved to the pillar on his left.

The S-tier male fox was still trying hard. It picked its ear anxiously trying to figure out the meaning of the runes. However, his nervousness only made it more difficult than it already was.

Soon after, a shadow approached him from its right. The fox could feel a fluctuation of energy emitted by an unusual ability.

A powerful pulling force dragged the runes off the ice pillar. They merged seamlessly into the vortex between Qin Feng's eyes.

The male fox had its mouth wide open. It gazed at the floating runes greedily, but none of them belonged to it.

While the male fox was still caught in shock, Qin Feng moved to the right pillar next. The vixen was also trying hard. An ice rune drifted down from the pillar, which was about to be absorbed by the vixen.

Suddenly, the rune stream took a sharp turn in a completely different direction. The female fox was stunned. Its eyes followed the runes and found a human standing right by her.

The runes suddenly splurged out from the pillar and merged straight into Qin Feng's consciousness realm.

The two foxes were dumbfounded. They then went into an infuriated rant.

Rawr! Rawr!

But they sounded more like quacks. The snow foxes were too exasperated and they attacked Qin Feng with ice abilities without thinking much.

"Ice Wall!"

Qin Feng raised his hand and blocked the abilities. He also delivered a message via his consciousness to the two ultra beasts.

"I would not harm you since you two are fox ultra beasts. Do you really want to fight me? I have just learned three S-tier super abilities. Either one of them could easily put you two down."

Qin Feng's consciousness came with an intense killing threat. Hesitation filled the eyes of the two foxes.

In the next moment, they replied through their consciousness.

"Don't ever again intercept. We will kill you."

"Alright. Pick one. I am not going to interrupt this time."

The two foxes backed off cautiously. They moved to the second last row and found an ability that also looked like a domain.

Qin Feng let down his guard. The three S-tier skills were indeed powerful, but Qin Feng was only bluffing when he said he could cast them.

In this dimension, Qin Feng's conscious energy was limited to D-tier. At best, he could force out an ice domain but it was impossible to cast any S-tier ability. He was only trying to scare off the two foxes.

Sparing them because they were foxes like Bai Li was just a convenient excuse. They were merely snow foxes, which was in principle totally different from Bai Li, a spatial beast.

'You can have two. I am going to snatch the rest.'

Qin Feng began to devour the rest of the pillars around him insanely. Other than the two occupied by the snow foxes, he absorbed everything else.

Then, Qin Feng moved to the third, fourth, and fifth rows…

Chapter 932: Next Test

Countless abilities were absorbed by Qin Feng and he could not even see the figure of the snow foxes.

At this moment, he encountered Hu San.

About half an hour after entering this hall, Hu San had mastered two of the abilities he learned before. Having a grasp of the bare minimum, he began to reach out toward other abilities, but he did not expect the pillars in the back to be completely emptied out, with no trace of runes on them!

Qin Feng appeared, making Hu San's eyes widen.

"Did you just go inside? Where are the runes here? Did… did you comprehend* all of them?"

"Ah, well, no not entirely!" Qin Feng said.

"That's fine, that's fine," Hu San was relieved, but upon hearing Qin Feng's next words he was sent into a depressed mood.

"I left some for a pair of foxes, I couldn't beat them. Why don't we team up and we can go kill them together?" Qin Feng said.

Hu San's mouth twitched. "Perhaps, it would be better if we continued learning. I don't know how this realm will progress, so let's learn a few more abilities!"

"Makes sense!" Qin Feng nodded and began to walk toward the next pillar. Hu San then saw how easily Qin Feng was absorbing the runes, like slurping up noodles, all comfortable and relaxed.

Hu San could choose only one of the abilities and hoped that he would absorb them quickly. Otherwise, he was unsure how many abilities would be left.

After Qin Feng had absorbed a few, he could no longer keep absorbing. That was because he realized that he already knew these runes.

High level abilities were composed of low level runes, developing from the simple to complicated in a step by step process. Qin Feng turned that around by absorbing the higher level difficulty abilities first, thus negating his need for basic runes.

"I have acquired a sufficient number of abilities. Master Hu, you can go on and learn this one, I'll protect you!" Qin Feng said.

While he was being genuine, Hu San naturally did not refuse, but why was it that he had a twinge of envy within him?

Qin Feng went on ahead, encountering ultra beasts in the one-third position of the hall. These ultra beasts had clearly comprehended the previous runes and wanted to gain more.

A white tiger ultra beast saw Qin Feng standing in the center and roared with its consciousness, like a lord whose land had just been trespassed.

Qin Feng did not hold back in the slightest. The ultra beasts were his competition, so he started raising his hand to perform an Ice Lance Strike.

He knew more advanced abilities. The consciousness of ultra beasts were only D-tier and their speed was greatly reduced. Their physical durability was no better than Qin Feng's. His Ice Lance Strike could not be dodged by his target.

Pfft!

The tip of the lance pierced through the body of the white tiger.

"Icy Blast!"

Boom!

A huge explosion rang out as the white tiger was torn into pieces in an instant.

Soon after, the white tiger's body dissolved into a white light, spreading out like a swarm of fireflies before disappearing from where it was. It had lost the qualification to accept the inheritance!

With the death of this ultra beast, more ultra beasts came to attack. Seeing how audacious Qin Feng was, they roared out loud and wanted to tear him apart.

At least a dozen ultra beasts rushed forward to attack, these ultra beasts were pretty intelligent and they all used ice abilities.

Icy cold runes formed into an ability, surrounding Qin Feng.

"Snow World!" Qin Feng used his ice domain in an instant, covering the surrounding thirty meters and enveloping more than a dozen ultra beasts.

Snow fell from above, a current of cold blew around and a layer of white snow covered the ground. More than a dozen ultra beasts were enveloped by the slush and the bone-chilling cold made their bodies more and more rigid.

As more snow began to accumulate, the more stiff their bodies became, and they gradually lost consciousness. It was as if the world was plunged into nothing but a constant snowstorm and the creatures had been turned into ice statues as their bodies froze over.

As the cold wind blew, these ultra beasts all collapsed and melted into the snow as more than a dozen flickering lights floated into the sky.

After taking down more than a dozen enemies in one go, the ultra beasts saw how ferocious Qin Feng was and began to retreat.

While the ultra beasts were instinctually bloodthirsty, in the same way, it also made them sensitive to detecting the aura of death.

Qin Feng's aura meant that he was too dangerous for them, so they did not dare to approach.

Some ultra beasts still wanted to go past Qin Feng and slip in when his back was turned. He naturally denied this and simply raised an ice wall, dividing the hall in half.

Roar!

The ultra beasts roared in annoyance but paced around where they were, not daring to attack him and could only go study the pillars on either side in the one third of the hall. While these were still abilities to be learned, they were only C-tier in terms of power and there were too many ultra beasts. With not enough abilities to go around, everyone was bound to start fighting one another.

When the ultra beasts first entered the hall, there were five hundred of them and now there were only two hundred or less left. After that fight, many of them were eliminated.

Everything started to quiet down after Qin Feng raised up his ice wall and Hu San had begun to continuously learn abilities.

There were some abilities he had learned before and there were some he could not quite get the hang of.

While humans might not have very durable bodies and low consciousness, their learning ability was far greater than that of any ultra beast.

If it were not for the villain that Qin Feng was, Hu San definitely would have gained the most.

Of course, it was also because of Qin Feng that Hu San was quickly able to comprehend the runes.

Three days later, all the runes on the pillars had disappeared.

Among them, Qin Feng gained the most, followed by Hu San, then the two foxes and then some other ultra beasts.

As the runes in the hall disappeared, the closed door of the hall finally opened up.

Outside, the snow ladies with ever expressionless faces looked at the entrance of the hall!

Their gazes were filled with imperceptible expectations. It seemed that they hoped the creatures entering the halls could achieve good results.

At this moment, the sky turned dark and darkness enveloped the ground.

The snow ladies suddenly screamed out in their consciousness.

"It's the Dark Demon God! The Dark Demon God!"

"No, no I don't want to get corrupted!"

"Quick! Close the temple doors, protect the children!"

The door of the temple was closed and time began to accelerate. After that, the doors suddenly opened up again.

Countless snow ladies appeared at the door, their eyes had turned pitch black and their irises blood-red. Even the ice crystals and their white-jade bodies bore a darker tone.

These snow ladies started attacking with their teeth and nails, as if they had forgotten how to use their abilities.

A white elephant was instantly scratched by a snow lady and its body was stained by dark mist. It trumpeted, but in a blink of an eye it turned into a dark creature and attacked the closest being next to it.

These sudden changes made Qin Feng's mind ring out in alarm!

"Is this the next test?"

*Translator's Note: The process of comprehending runes means you're learning them and pulling them into your body.

Chapter 933: The Frozen Age

All the ultra beasts knew that they could not let these darkness-corrupted snow ladies scratch them, so their remaining attacking method could only be through their abilities.

Of the abilities they had learned, they only knew one type, and that was ice abilities.

For a moment, the air was filled with a flurry of snow and ice, but the snow ladies seemed to have a kind of resistance to the barrage of attacks and this made them very difficult to fight.

However, this obviously did not include Qin Feng and Hu San.

Both of them had a strong grasp over the advanced abilities so they were not afraid. Qin Feng fought as he retreated, unleashing a powerful ice attack.

A huge cone made out of ice pierced the head of a snow lady. They were not invincible, when hit by such a deadly attack, she stopped in her tracks and collapsed like a statue made out of snow.

However, Qin Feng's keen senses clearly detected that when the snow lady collapsed, a burst of energy spread out.

It was a very pure kind of energy.

"Wait a minute, everything here might be an illusion. Something constructed with runes combined together using energy. Killing these snow ladies is like breaking down the stability of this energy. Maybe this is a test for the others, but I can absorb this energy!"

Qin Feng glanced to the side, specifically to the nearby Hu San. As for detecting the energy, Hu San did not have a strong sensitivity to energy like what the Absorption Ability gave to Qin Feng. When he knew that the snow lady would disperse into energy after it died he did not think too much about it.

That was because Hu San did not have the Absorption Ability.

Just like how a tiger's food was meat and how a goat's food was grass, a piece of meat would draw a tiger's attention because the food chain made things different.

'In that case, I'll help myself!'

Qin Feng thought as he unleashed his Absorption Ability and pulled that energy into his body.

His consciousness increased significantly.

Here, Qin Feng's consciousness was the equivalent of an ordinary human, but due to the Absorption Ability, advancement came very quickly.

Not only that, the ultra beasts on the scene were also taking down the snow ladies. As long as Qin Feng was close enough and consumed the energy being spread out after the snow ladies died, his consciousness would increase.

After more than a dozen snow ladies were killed, Qin Feng's consciousness was instantly promoted to that of C-tier!

However, he could only guarantee the safety of himself and Hu San. He did not care about the other ultra beasts. Not only did he not care, he would even secretly go over to sabotage them and cause those ultra beasts to get eliminated.

The infected ultra beasts would also give him energy as well.

The battle went on for three days and three nights, and Qin Feng's strength had already reached B-tier!

While he was not affected as much, the consciousness of the other ultra beasts were already exhausted. Even Hu San had exhausted his consciousness.

However at this time, Qin Feng was still killing ultra beasts. Within three days, the other ultra beasts had figured out his movement patterns and stayed as far away from him as possible. This meant that Qin Feng and Hu San had to handle most of the enemy snow ladies.

For Qin Feng, this hardly caused him any harm at all.

"Qin Feng, don't kill so many ultra beasts. I think there are tens of thousands of these snow ladies. By the time all the ultra beasts have been killed off we wouldn't be able to pass this level!" Hu San said.

"Don't worry, these snow ladies will be dealt with right away!"

Qin Feng said as the next moment a powerful consciousness rose from his body.

A-tier!

After he had absorbed the energy of so many snow ladies, he finally succeeded in reaching the A-tier and his consciousness was enough!

In the next moment, his consciousness mobilized terrifying runes!

"Frozen Age!"

In the temple, on the last three pillars there were depictions of three S-tier abilities. The middle one was the Cold Whisper of Death, it was an ability like the Finger of Death but it could only kill one person at a time.

As for the other two, one of them was the Frost God's Arrival, which was more like an ability that could greatly enhance the power of the user's ice abilities.

There was another ability, called Frozen Age.

This was an ice domain. It summoned up glaciers all around, and being an S-tier ability, the range of this ability was extremely large.

When Qin Feng burst forth with the ability under such circumstances, the terrifying ice ability immediately sealed off all the ultra beasts except Hu San.

White frost spread out from the sides of Qin Feng's body, eventually reaching the body of an ultra beast next to him. The ultra beast was currently snarling as if it was about to attack a snow lady, but it was locked in place and looked like a life-like statue.

The frost covered the entire hall, then the snow ladies were frozen in place. This even reached outside of the hall, freezing the snow ladies outside.

The world created by energy was completely sealed off by this ability.

All of this did not go on for more than thirty seconds.

The Frozen Age did not just bring with it the chill of ice, but the most important thing was that it worked as an effective blockade.

After sealing off all the living beings, there was not a single trace of vitality left in them.

"Return!"

Qin Feng did not maintain the Frozen Age for long and called the runes back to him.

Those snow ladies and the other ultra beasts all melted as if they were encountering a spring breeze. Their bodies seemed to be assimilating into Qin Feng's abilities. After Qin Feng took back his runes, naturally these ultra beasts had all died.

Then came an incredibly high burst of energy.

Qin Feng activated his Absorption Ability to plunder this energy.

He soon discovered that this energy was not like what an ordinary person would actually take in, otherwise it would be too easy to become an A-tier in the matter of three days.

This energy was the key that could unlock Qin Feng's original consciousness.

It was as if the energy absorbed in this world could be transformed into his consciousness and then this conscious power would increase by a hundredfold within the body.

Now that Qin Feng possessed these energies, he regained control of his A1 beast deity level consciousness.

In other words, besides the fact that he could not use his ancient martial arts and his five other types of abilities, his strength had returned.

In the hall, besides there being Qin Feng and Hu San, there were actually two other ultra beasts. The snow foxes.

The snow foxes had mastered two kinds of abilities from the back of the temple. One of them was a self-protecting, ice-resisting ability which was enough for them to barely withstand Qin Feng's S-tier move but it left them out of breath.

However, whether it was Qin Feng or the foxes, they had accumulated energy. The foxes did not die immediately, and that was considered a stroke of good luck. It allowed them to survive the attack of the dark snow ladies.

At this moment, there was a burst of energy throughout the temple.

The presence of a consciousness passed along.

"Protect the temple. You will be awarded. You are the Snow Tribe's last hope."

This energy gushed out and Hu San became C-tier under this energy's influence.

Chapter 934: Consuming the Realm

"Maybe this is the trial this time, defeating the snow ladies and achieving C-tier. Do they intend on using these checkpoints and going level by level to have someone reach S-tier, or maybe even beyond S-tier?" Qin Feng thought.

In fact, whoever made this realm could not have expected how powerful Qin Feng's Absorption Ability was, allowing him to reach A-tier ahead of time.

With such a difficult requirement to pass, the ultra beasts would have to work together in order to complete this. However, Qin Feng alone had managed to kill off the squad of snow ladies as well as other ultra beasts.

Besides that, by now he believed that he was starting to understand something. All of these experiences must be the experiences of the person of this inheritance. In other words, it was probably a snow lady whose tribe was annihilated.

An intelligent species was actually annihilated, and this snow lady left behind such a powerful inheritance. With that said, it would seem that she had reached a terrible height.

Now that the reward was being given as a large gush of energy flowed out, Hu San and the two foxes quickly sat down in a meditative posture, wanting to absorb more so that they could unlock their abilities.

For Qin Feng, his consciousness had been fully unlocked and when he started absorbing he could feel a true increase to his abilities.

"Absorption!"

He began to consume the pure energy surrounding him.

Using his Absorption Ability, the surrounding energy was integrated into his body. Hu San and the two little foxes did not absorb much at all as the surrounding energy disappeared.

Just when they thought time was about to accelerate and they would reach into the next phase, the marble on the temple's floor suddenly flew up and turned into energy before merging into Qin Feng's body.

Everything in their surroundings unexpectedly began to melt a little and was absorbed by Qin Feng.

Qin Feng was still sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. He was not aware that this was happening at all. He only felt that this wave of energy was really big, causing his consciousness to expand rapidly.

That being said, Qin Feng had broken the balance of this realm.

This realm manipulated people's consciousness and at the same time the energy that was being produced to generate the snow lady's experiences needed to be recycled after it was broken down.

Qin Feng had consumed this energy, leading to the realm's collapse. At the same time, he himself became an existence beyond the realm. After all, this realm's manipulation powers were only up to C-tier in strength.

It was like going through a game, Qin Feng was at the 90th level but the limit of the game was at the 50th. He had completely discarded all semblance of balance.

The realm was completely destroyed because of this.

Not only that, Qin Feng was still absorbing energy in the realm, causing it to collapse away as more and more energy was being integrated into his consciousness.

The surroundings quickly disintegrated. Hu San opened his mouth, about to ask him to stop but ended up keeping it to himself. This was Qin Feng's chance and he could not stop it.

Meanwhile, the two foxes seemed to understand what was happening and lunged toward Qin Feng.

By this time, the entire temple had been absorbed by Qin Feng to a large extent. Even Hu San and the snow foxes' bodies were melting into energy and being absorbed by him.

Everything around him twisted together and formed into an icy blue.

Only Qin Feng was left, sitting cross-legged as he frantically absorbed everything around him.

An hour later, Qin Feng's consciousness suddenly shot up and reached A2 tier!

Ten hours later, Qin Feng's consciousness jumped again!

A3 tier!

Five days later, he advanced again.

However, at this point, the surrounding blue light had also disappeared.

As the realm imploded, Qin Feng's dantian and his real consciousness were all returned back to him!

He suddenly opened his eyes as if he had detected something.

What he noticed was that he was back on that big ship surrounded by ultra beasts, and at this time, the ultra beasts had also begun to open their eyes.

Originally, that realm had an independent flow of time like the realm that Bai Li owned. Now that Qin Feng had broken the rules of that realm and caused its collapse, all the ultra beasts on the ship woke up.

His consciousness retracted to view at his consciousness cosmos and saw that in addition to his ability crystal cores for dark, fire, earth, water and wind, another one had appeared that was filled with the ice element. The ice ability crystal core!

There was no doubt that that was what he had obtained.

At the same time, other ultra beasts who opened their eyes also realized it as well. While these ultra beasts had powerful physical bodies, they did not have ability crystal cores. Now, they had all obtained one!

However, at this point in time, these benefits were not the most important thing.

The power that bound these ultra beasts before they awakened had disappeared!

In other words, they were free to move around.

The ultra beast next to Qin Feng had seen him in the realm, more likely, partially remembered seeing him sealing off the temple and preventing it from learning from more runes.

It was even killed when the snow ladies started attacking, because of him.

When enemies crossed paths, rage was bound to boil.

Roar!

The ultra beast roared before a frost rune was formed in front of its head.

After fighting in the hidden realm, they had managed to get used to this method of combat in a very short amount of time!

However, the attacking ice abilities were nothing serious to Qin Feng.

Whom!

Qin Feng's whole body surged with internal force again.

This rune did not even touch his body and was melted away by the internal force.

When the other ultra beasts heard the attacker's roar of rage, they eventually recognized Qin Feng.

In the next moment, all of the enraged ultra beasts started rushing toward him.

In that realm, they could not fight Qin Feng, but outside, since Qin Feng had the aura of an A-tier, the S-tier ultra beasts were extremely furious.

After being cheated out of more power by this being from a smaller species, how could they not be angry?

When he saw at least a hundred ultra beasts rush in his direction all wanting to kill him, Qin Feng was not shaken at all.

"You want to die? So be it!"

Qin Feng's consciousness burst forth.

"Frozen Age!"

The horrible incident that happened in the Snow Temple before repeated itself.

That extremely cold frost spread out, instantly turning the ultra beasts around him into ice sculptures.

These ultra beasts were all frozen in place, unable to move. The ultra beasts that were below A-tier ultra beast deity level were instantly assimilated by the ice. When Qin Feng retracted his ability, it would cause them to melt.

Those ultra beasts above A-tier beat deity level were similarly frozen into ice sculptures, unable to move.

An S-tier ultra beast struggled to free itself when it then saw Qin Feng glaring at it.

"Still alive? Take this!"

"Cold Whisper of Death!"

Chapter 935: A Powerful One's Ability Crystal Core

The Cold Whisper of Death landed on one of the terrifying ultra beasts.

In an instant, an intense cold washed over the ultra beast's body. This time the chill began from the brain, making it freeze after it had died.

While this ultra beast could resist the Frozen Age attack, the Cold Whisper of Death was an attack that concentrated all the runes that the Frozen Age would have used into a single body. It was something that could not have been stopped at all.

In an instant, this ultra beast was turned into an ice sculpture. Even its body became translucent.

This meant that the essence of life on this creature had completely disappeared.

Dead!

An S-tier ultra beast was slain just like that.

The other ultra beasts saw how violently the others had died and were suddenly shivering.

This time, it was not because of the surrounding cold, they were feeling fear.

"Don't kill me! I surrender!"

One of the A-tier beast deities immediately spread out its own consciousness, expressing its submission. It did not wish to die and saw this as the only choice.

As for another ultra beast, it certainly did not think so.

Among these ultra beasts there were powerful ones that would naturally not want to give up. They roared and attacked again. Their powerful frames could push forward even in the face of S-tier abilities being thrown at them.

Suddenly, an ultra beast rushed forward.

Qin Feng sneered and his consciousness surged again.

"Finger of Death!"

A dark aura suddenly rushed out to envelop the S-tier ultra beast, its body suddenly became weaker, to a point where it could no longer reach Qin Feng and turned into a dried up skeleton.

Not only that, the skeleton stood up, its eye sockets lit up with spectral fire.

Kreeaah!

The ultra beast let out a roar before blocking off two incoming ultra beasts.

There were more ultra beasts that tried to unleash their domains in order to resist Qin Feng's S-tier abilities and charged forward.

"So be it!"

The starglobe of consciousness in Qin Feng's mind began to spin frantically.

"Second domain!"

A flaming light started to fall from the sky.

"Third domain!"

A mighty squall blew forth and formed a tornado, merging with the fire runes dropping down from the sky as it grew bigger and bigger.

In an instant, three elements joined together on the large ship. Ice, wind and fire.

Among these three energies, ice and fire were not compatible. As the two mixed together, the surroundings became cold and then hot and the tough skin of the ultra beasts were unable to withstand it. Soon, cracks began to form on their hides.

Due to the appearance of fire, the potency of the Frozen Age ability began to weaken. Some of the ultra beasts with no resistance to the Frozen Age attack stepped out one after another.

They did not dare fight Qin Feng at all and immediately ran away. The ship was very big, so the ultra beasts ran to the bow. This left Qin Feng to fight on the stern.

In reality, there were only a few hundred ultra beasts that dared to fight Qin Feng.

When Qin Feng unleashed his domain abilities the S-tier ultra beasts also unleashed their own domain abilities in an effort to counter him. However, Qin Feng's domain was too powerful. Moreover, these ultra beasts were strong and their bodies were gargantuan. Qin Feng was facing down five at a time.

When he took one down, he turned it into an undead puppet. In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng had gained five undead puppets which blocked off the places other ultra beasts could go.

At this moment, Hu San gasped and the other ultra beasts also started to stir because of the energy fluctuation.

"Qin Feng, stop fighting, let's go and see what that is?"

With the transmission from Hu San's consciousness, the ultra beasts also felt something. At this moment, they felt that the energy around them had become thicker and thicker.

The richness of the energy surrounding them did not feel like air, but it felt more like a liquid that was enveloping them.

The purity of this energy was actually close to the purity of consciousness in the consciousness realm!

They seemed to be soaring in an ocean of consciousness.

The energy could be compared to oxygen, normally a person took in about 20% from the air around them but now that content had become 200%. If they took in that now, their strength would suddenly increase after a gulp.

Qin Feng stopped his attacks. After his runes had dissipated, he saw the scene in front of him.

The ship had been 'sailing' on the ground and there was a barely visible light that enveloped the entire ship.

They were surrounded by blue light that resembled that of sea water, but it was not the dark blue shade of the ocean. It was an icy blue.

This kind of light was transparent, it seemed like concentrated liquid energy constantly renewing itself. As the big ship continued to move forward, the scene in front of them finally shifted into a new one.

A starglobe exuding wintery chills.

Almost all of the ultra beasts stopped whatever they were doing and leaned against the sides of the ship, looking at the starglobe.

The starglobe appeared rather small.

It was about a hundred meters in diameter. Qin Feng's consciousness was not wrong. It was only about a hundred meters in diameter and might not even be as big as some of the space stabilizing devices in his world.

When his consciousness fell on it, he felt as if the starglobe was too big, that it was something of incredible size.

That was because of the dense amount of runes packed within it.

"What is this? A Sacred Ice Stone?"

Qin Feng had never seen such a large sacred stone before.

Hu San gulped audibly.

"This, this kind of thing exists?"

Hu San did not speak with his consciousness but Qin Feng naturally heard him.

"Master Hu, you recognize this thing?" He asked.

Hu San had a concerned look in his eyes and then said, "You are about to join the Human Alliance, letting you know what it is wouldn't mean much. This starglobe is the crystal core of the Immortal!"

"What?"

Qin Feng could not believe it.

This was the Immortal's crystal core?

"How is that possible, if this is the Immortal's crystal core then how could we be here? Have we entered the Immortal's consciousness cosmos?"

If they were discovered by the Immortal would they not be dead?

Suddenly, Qin Feng thought of something and his mind began to reel.

"Wasn't what we experienced before a kind of test? Could this be how the Immortal chooses their successor? Yet, I destroyed the inheritance and nobody seemed to care!"

Hu San nodded and said, "You've guessed it, this Immortal has already died!"

Qin Feng was shocked.

He did not know how strong the Immortal was, but looking at the ice starglobe in front of him he could now feel just how powerful that being was.

If such a being could die, then Qin Feng had no idea what could have caused it.

Besides, right now there were too many things he did not understand.

That was because the large ship they were on was headed directly toward the ice starglobe.

The energy surrounding them became denser and denser. Many of the ultra beasts forgot their fight and began to meditate. Later, more ultra beasts began to close their eyes as they envisioned runes in front of them.

Chapter 936: Plundering the Sacred Ice Stones

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As the ship got closer, the surrounding energy became more intense. The protective barrier of the ship did not waver for even a bit, as it could fuel itself with consciousness and runes via absorption.

If Qin Feng did not destroy the realm, that would certainly be the closest spot to receive the inheritance. It would only benefit those who had passed the test, and the others would only remain in a "comatose" state. Obviously, they would not proactively absorb energy from the surroundings.

But now, every ultra beast in the ship had benefited from Qin Feng's effort!

Qin Feng observed the situation and immediately stood at the stern. There was only Hu San behind him, and five S-tier undead puppets barriered before him.

Qin Feng was relieved and began to absorb energy from the surroundings.

Meanwhile, his absorption was certainly different from the others.

Those who had mastered similar runes would be able to speed up their learning in the realm. Meanwhile, there were redundant runes that were not required and they were mixed up with complicated runes. Even those ultra beasts that had just obtained their ability cores did not have much consciousness, they could only absorb energy from it to strengthen their own consciousness.

Qin Feng was different, and he did not need to learn those runes. During the inheritance test, there was still limitation in terms of consciousness. But now, Qin Feng's explosive energy was totally shocking.

"Ability, absorb!"

A swirling vortex was formed in between Qin Feng's eyebrows, while a wild absorption drew in the icy blue lake water from the outside. The Absorption Ability had drawn the water into the energy barrier of the ship. Then, they were merged into Qin Feng's consciousness realm.

Qin Feng's consciousness spiked. Meanwhile, the energy flow was embedded with energy that could fuel the growth of the diamond starglobe.

Qin Feng plundered without any hesitation.

Even the ultra beasts on the ship had clearly felt the greatly reduced energy.

The ultra beasts were enraged again, and they wanted to kill Qin Feng.

But at that moment, Qin Feng's consciousness soared instantly.

A4-tier!

He had achieved another advancement.

When he advanced, there was a terrifying burst of consciousness. It was like a shapeless and hidden giant beast that was suppressed at the bottom of everyone's heart. Qin Feng was just a weak human being, but his consciousness was as overwhelming as the consciousness of a giant beast.

Qin Feng still continued plundering and showed no signs of stopping!

A5-tier consciousness!

Continuous advancement.

At that moment, no ultra beast dared to attack Qin Feng again.

They wished they could just kill Qin Feng on the spot, or else, Qin Feng would definitely annihilate them.

More importantly, the ship was already close to the ice starglobe.

Of course, the gap in between was still about a thousand meters wide.

The ultra beasts stared at the ice starglobe. In the next moment, an ultra beast activated its consciousness and extended for a thousand meters. It then took away a stone from the starglobe.

The stone was as translucent as ice on the inside, and as pure as snow on the outside. Obviously, the combination showcased that it was a Sacred Ice Stone.

The other ultra beasts knew that it was something valuable, and they could only get hold of it when they were close enough. All of them went wild in expanding their consciousness to pry those stones off the ice starglobe.

Many ultra beasts ranked below A-tier beast deities had died in the battle earlier, but there were still about eight hundred S-tier ultra beasts and beast deities left. Only two hundred of them had consciousness that was strong enough to obtain those Sacred Ice Stones. Then, an array of small stones flew toward the ship.

Even Hu San was very excited, and soon he had gotten himself a Sacred Ice Stone.

Qin Feng did not compete with the others. He waited for the others to grab onto their own Sacred Ice Stones. Only then, his consciousness struck like a dragon, shooting out and getting closer to the ice starglobe.

His consciousness was wrapped around the entire ice starglobe, but he soon realized its energy restrictive feature. It was like the energy storm when Qin Feng first stepped into the world. Hence, Qin Feng's formidable consciousness was scraped off again.

With the consciousness that Qin Feng had, he could easily fiddle with objects of three hundred metres in diameter. But now, he could no longer do that.

However, Qin Feng would not give up as he had a spatial rune equipment capacity that could fit the entire giant ice starglobe. How could he forfeit such a precious fortune that was laid bare before his eyes?

Qin Feng transformed his consciousness into a giant palm. It grabbed onto the starglobe and pulled it toward himself.

The other ultra beasts did not pay any attention to Qin Feng's act but Hu San was constantly focused on him. Qin Feng had demonstrated several bizarre and shocking acts, and they were also a little too forceful and recognisable.

Meaning to say, Hu San had only seen Qin Feng in his low-profile mode. Now, Qin Feng was acting in a high-flown manner and he no longer hid himself with dark abilities.

Therefore, Hu San had realized the extension of Qin Feng's consciousness. Surprisingly, the ice starglobe trembled for a little.

Even Hu San's heart almost fell out.

"Qin Feng is such an evildoer!"

Hu San had already felt the merciless consciousness restriction from the ice starglobe earlier. Nevertheless, Qin Feng still wished to directly pull it over.

It was definitely a wild imagination. Surprisingly, Qin Feng managed to shake it a little. Although it was unsuccessful, it was already shocking enough.

Indeed, Qin Feng did not succeed in his attempt. It was an extremely heavy starglobe, and Qin Feng also felt that he managed to move it a little. Similar to moving the earth, it was absolutely impossible.

But with Qin Feng's capability, he did not need to move the earth. He could just overturn the grounds that were covered within his consciousness.

That trembling earlier had shaken the Scared Ice Stones, making them fall off from the starglobe. Surprisingly, there were about a thousand pieces of them in various sizes.

Then, a thousand pieces of them were pulled back by Qin Feng consciousness.

Other ultra beasts that had released their consciousness were agitated by the scene, and they wished they could beat him up brutally.

They would not be offended if there was no comparison.

The first batch of Sacred Ice Stones were about the size of a fingernail each. They drifted on the icy blue water and swam back like small tadpoles.

The second batch that came later were like the size of a quail egg, and some of those larger ones were about the size of a fist. There were more than a thousand pieces, and they looked just like a large shoal of sea creatures.

Needless to say, it was such an eyesore!

Of course, ultra beasts were not too sensitive with their feelings, but Hu San definitely got choked by it.

"Comparison with others would always bring discontent!" Hu San had only managed to get hold of one Sacred Ice Stone from those small tadpoles, and it was only one out of two hundred. It was like a dagger piercing Hu San's heart as he compared it with Qin Feng's reap.

Meanwhile, the ship had stopped roving down and it gradually maintained its balance. It circled around the ice starglobe and then began to rove up.

Obviously, the ship was about to return!

Qin Feng immediately seized the opportunity and activated his consciousness again to prey on more Sacred Ice Stones.

Chapter 937: Return

There was not even time for Hu San to envy Qin Feng. He immediately set his eyes on a Sacred Ice Stone and pulled it back.

Qin Feng's reward was much more than the others. When the others only reaped twice, Qin Feng had already reaped thrice and the total number of his Sacred Ice Stones was about three thousand.

However, the ship was gradually moving away and Qin Feng could not control it. He was not even sure if it would be destroyed. If he were to exit from it, would he be pumped with energy and explode like the ultra beasts from the frissure earlier.

It was the ability core of an Immortal, and Qin Feng's foundation was too weak.

"No wonder this is called the Aether Realm, this is the place for an Immortal. Perhaps before my rebirth, Hu San had actually obtained such a treasure and established his influence in this realm!"

"This is not a one-off trade after all, there will be encounters for future exploration too. There must be something else to be benefited from!"

With Qin Feng's capability, he only needed accumulation but not instant spike in his wealth. Hence, the reason for S-tier aptitude users to have so many subordinates was because of the vast realms under their control.

Before leaving, every ultra beast stopped moving and began their energy absorption again. With Qin Feng's presence—the absorption devil, the surrounding energy was diluted and reduced to ground level as the ship gradually moved further away.

The others were absorbing with their eyes closed but Qin Feng opened his eyes wide as he focused on his Absorption Ability, and he was the one who had witnessed the entire bizarre scene.

Surprisingly, the ship was headed directly underground.

It went through the initial stream of liquified energy, then into the deep-blue ice layer. Actually, it seemed more like a unique soil that gradually transitioned to a translucent ice layer, and sunlight from the outside was soon seen.

Unexpectedly, the ship had taken ten days to exit from inside. Despite the limited speed, it was travelling at least twenty kilometres per hour.

"It is really like the diameter of a planet!" Qin Feng spoke with a deep voice.

Meanwhile, Hu San had already woken up. After leaving the underground liquified area, energy sources became scarce again. The realm's surface was already near, and Hu San also stopped practicing. It was because those ultra beasts were about to leave the ship, and they might even face attacks from other ultra beasts.

"Once you are more knowledgeable about the system in the future, you will then find out more about it."

From the expedition, Qin Feng noticed changes in Hu San's behaviour and it was absolutely normal. However, Qin Feng felt that he had never heard Hu San speak about such an unfamiliar matter before his rebirth.

Before Qin Feng could clarify, the ship had completely surfaced on the ground. Then, their protective light barriers disappeared and a repelling force was heard from the ship. Without any hesitation, all creatures were tossed down from the ship.

Then, the ship moved downward again. More importantly, there was no protective barrier around it. It had unexpectedly merged into the glaciers and disappeared. Energy was blasted out from the deep frissure again, and it was some sort of horrifying bizarre energy.

Energy storm!

It was the beginning of the energy storm.

The energy that was blasted out had seemingly shaken the world and the great frissure was gradually consolidating. More importantly, the energy storm was growing stronger and it was only moments away from the explosion of an annihilating disaster.

It was at that moment; other ultra beasts were preying on Qin Feng. Afterall, Qin Feng was the major winner. Also, he seemed very weak.

"Aren't you all afraid of dying? Still provoking me?" Qin Feng dispersed his consciousness, and those ultra beasts obviously understood what he meant.

It was like an enraged roar from an ultra beast trying to warn its opponents. Qin Feng's channelling consciousness had also revealed his oppressive pressure to those ultra beasts.

At the same time, the pair of snow foxes had already turned around and merged themselves into the snow. They were the first to escape.

The two little foxes were the only ones who had learned advanced abilities in the beginning.

As the two ultra beasts had left, the others had no choice but to roar in dissatisfaction and leave as well.

The storm became stronger after the ultra beasts had left, Qin Feng and Hu San could not stay any longer either. Both of them scouted for the correct direction and began to fall back.

After several hours of travelling, Qin Feng and Hu San were both alerted by their ringing communicators.

"Hu San, old dude, can't believe you are alright!" Beitang Gan immediately shouted.

"Haha, no worries, even the rewards are very fruitful!" Hu San answered with all smiles.

"That's great, that's great!" Beitang Gan felt relieved. There were not many like Beitang Gan who managed to survive, most of them were old folks that belonged to the previous era. Of course, they would care for each other and wish nothing but safety for their old peers.

"Well, what about Qin Feng? Is he alright? All of you will be recommending him to the Human Alliance!"

Hu San thought to himself, 'Qin Feng is more capable than I am in keeping himself safe. He was the sole major winner for the expedition.'

"All good, talk to you soon when we meet later!"

After the catch-up, Hu San understood that the signal launcher that Qin Feng had released at the entrance was the best method for the others to identify their location in the great snow. Therefore, the others had set up a colony at the cave and hunted around the area for several days. Hence, Hu San decided to return to that area.

"Master Hu, I shall not follow you there. Before I came, I entered from another rift. It is best for me to exit from there, and I still have something else to take care of!" Qin Feng explained.

Hu San understood that Qin Feng must have found a spatial rift, his purpose was just to explore for a little and it was just an unexpected opportunity for him. The return must be driven by his purpose to control the rift and incur it under his own resources.

"Alright, but after you are done, I still need to talk to you about something. So, just wait for me outside for several days. It would be best if you could wait at Fengli City!"

Qin Feng felt that it had something to do with Hu San's purpose in looking for him earlier, and he agreed to stay.

Then, Qin Feng and Hu San parted ways.

Qin Feng followed the trail that he had taken earlier and returned to the glacier. He had also found the ice cave that was under He Tianxing's control.

Unconsciously, it had been almost a month in the ice realm. Although Qin Feng was not too exhausted, he was already a different person from before. The Fengli Organization had grown stronger and could not afford to lose such a leader.

Hence, Qin Feng had decided to return for a quick rest before re-entering the place. Furthermore, Hu San seemed to have something urgent for him.

Fortunately, the rift on Dragon Island was moving along with the glacier under an unknown influence. Therefore, movements of the glacier would not restrict entry points into it.

Qin Feng stepped into the rift.

The pitch-black surrounding faded off, while all Qin Feng could feel was the instant transition into a surrounding with scorching heat. Heat waves blew along with the unique humid tropical sea breeze from the small island.

Chapter 938: Human Alliance Notice

He had returned from the icy realm, and he was surrounded by sceneries in diverse colours.

Qin Feng looked at his communicator, and within just a blink of an eye he had entered into the realm for a month.

Also, time was immeasurable during inheritance. It was the first time where Qin Feng had encountered something unknown and uncertain after his rebirth.

The unknowns were more horrifying. Qin Feng was not sure where he would be in the future.

"However, isn't the concrete foundation that I have now meant to be used against the uncertain future, and to secure higher chances for survivability?"

Qin Feng clenched his fists.

Then, Qin Feng removed the snow-white combat fatigues. He put on his dark cape, dark armor, and also a helmet to hide his face.

Dark abilities shrouded around Qin Feng's body. His aura had gradually recovered to an untraceable depth, prohibiting probing by others.

Interestingly, Qin Feng's experience in the Aether Realm had promoted a sudden spike in his consciousness and he had already achieved consciousness coverage of an A5-tier. Even if the dark runes were not amplified, his high level of consciousness would already suffice to prohibit probing from others.

Qin Feng flew out from the island and secretly returned to the Dark Citadel.

***

In an office within the Dark Citadel, Fire Phoenix was frowning as she examined the gathered intelligence.

The opening time of Hell Island for the month of June was about to come, and it was also the commencement time for the Dusk Dragon Auction.

In previous years, He Tianxing might not necessarily host the auction, but he would still enlist some items for the auction. Now that the Dark Citadel had changed its owner, the Black Alp Overlord had taken away those items instead.

He had been untraceable for a month and Fire Phoenix was unable to get in touch with him.

More importantly, he probably did not even want to properly operate the Dark Citadel. He just wanted to loot the place empty and then toss it away!

A month earlier, Fire Phoenix was still extremely grateful for the presence of the Black Alp Overlord. A month later, the trust that had yet to accumulate was already slowly diminishing.

"Ay!" Fire Phoenix sighed unconsciously as she was struck by a sudden feeling that she had toward the uncertain future.

It was at that moment, a dark shadow appeared by the window. It was like that person was already there long ago.

"Seems like you are not too satisfied with the task assigned by me?" Qin Feng spoke with a calm and casual voice.

Fire Phoenix instantly stood up from the seat and looked at the person standing beside the window. She tried to hold back her trembling voice as she spoke. "Lord Black Alp, you are back!"

The voice had a mixture of fear and a slight element of surprise.

Qin Feng then commanded, "Take care of these items for me!"

Qin Feng raised his hand and tossed over a spatial rune ring to Fire Phoenix.

Fire Phoenix unconsciously extended her consciousness to peek inside and saw the shocking amount of energy cores and ability cores within the space!

All of those were obtained by Qin Feng from the Aether Realm.

Also, they were mostly A-tier items. The Fengli Organization had developed good progress in selling technology related items, but their core exchange business was still not as good as Wanzhong auction house.

Not to mention, a tall tree attracts the wind. Afterall, Qin Feng was still not an S-tier, he hoped to not draw too much attention toward himself.

"Yes, Master, any item you have in mind?" Fire Phoenix asked.

Certainly, after processing those items, they would be exchanged for items that were required by Qin Feng.

"Well, acquire as much as possible!"

Qin Feng presented a list filled with S-tier materials that were extremely rare to find, items as rare as a Dawnstar.

The Verdant Emperor Saber required more premium materials to advance further. Even with Qin Feng's wealth, there was no way for him to purchase those items and he could only slowly acquire them.

"Great!" Fire Phoenix agreed to it. "This can be exchanged during the auction that will take place three months from now. If this is urgent for you, it is also possible to get an instant arrangement!"

"No, I'll leave this for you to handle!"

Qin Feng said so as his body slowly faded into the dark and disappeared without a trace. Fire Phoenix could not even sense Qin Feng's movements, she could only handle the task given by Qin Feng with reverence.

Qin Feng hid his shadows but he did not leave. Instead, he changed into a suit of normal combat fatigue and entered into a hotel.

He planned to rest for a short while. As for the decision to enter the Aether Realm or move on to other places, it would be decided later.

However, Qin Feng had just finished bathing and rinsing in the hotel, he was then alerted by his communicator.

It was a surprising mail.

An image appeared on the mail, showcasing a formal invitation to notify Qin Feng about joining the Human Alliance.

"What is this? Since when does the Human Alliance have a notice for members to join them?"

Those who are born within the Human Alliance would automatically be considered part of the alliance. Also, Qin Feng was already considered a Mashal in the Human Alliance. The mail had indeed struck Qin Feng with confusion.

It was at that moment, Hu San also reached out via communicator.

"Qin Feng, are you at Fengli City?"

"Not yet, do you need me to be there now?" Qin Feng understood little about it. The mentioned Human Alliance was definitely not the one he knew!

"Nevermind, no need to rush. I'll have someone deliver something to you at Fengli City, just have someone receive it. But you have to contact me beforehand, it will be easier for me to bring you in!"

Qin Feng looked at the notice. Among the referrals stated, except for Hu San, there was also Nangong Zeming and Beitang Gan.

All three of them were Qin Feng's guide.

Qin Feng's heart burned with curiosity, he immediately answered, "I will get back to Fengli right now!"

"Alright, you will understand this as soon as you get the item!"

Qin Feng called the shots without any hesitation. He pinched a spatial stone into pieces and returned to Fengli City.

Then, he informed Xue Xingfu and the others to take care of some matters. Half an hour later, he was approached by someone, and a card was handed over to him.

It was a silver card made from energy materials. But it was actually embedded with spatial runes.

Unexpectedly, it was like the Battlegod Badge, a spatial teleportation tool. It could lead to an unknown region, and it was not a one-off usage tool.

Technological advancement of the earth had yet to have such manufacturing skills, all spatial stones were still on one-off usage standards.

Qin Feng now understood what Hu San meant. No wonder Hu San mentioned that he would understand it as soon as he had gotten the item. It meant that Qin Feng was supposed to enter into the spatial realm.

Qin Feng did not hesitate at all; he infused his internal energy and activated the card.

In the next moment, a spatial passage was activated. Furthermore, the entrance was fit for the size of an ordinary human being. Not like those that were previously seen, in a circled black hole or vortex shaped.

Such a scenario indicated that it was meant to be used by humans.

Qin Feng took his first step into it!

Chapter 939: The Real Human Alliance

After he stepped through the entrance, in a brief moment, all that Qin Feng felt was nothing but darkness around him—even his consciousness went completely blind and could not sense anything at all. Then, all of a sudden, Qin Feng's senses and consciousness were working again. He was now in a different realm!

"Ugh! So heavy!"

The first thing Qin Feng felt was that the gravity in this area was quite powerful—so powerful that Qin Feng was forced to drop to his knees as soon as he arrived.

Then, Qin Feng was attracted by everything around him.

He was standing in the middle of a rather huge plaza, one which had over thousands of doors on it.

Then, Qin Feng turned around and saw a large building in front of him.

The building was radiating colorful lights, indicating that it contained countless runes in it. This building was probably constructed with some unique, sturdy minerals—it was so strong and sturdy that probably not even S-tiers could destroy it.

And on the top of the building, there was a unique conscious energy emitting from the top floor. It was not just some mere consciousness energy—it was a massive sign made of conscious energy; the sign was announcing a name.

When Qin Feng looked at the top floor from the plaza, he could clearly sense a familiar name from it—"Human Alliance".

What made this place more peculiar was that it felt as though everything around him was made of consciousness. It felt as though it was the consciousness realm that the C-tiers could enter.

However, this place was real.

Voosh!

A ray of silver light flashed on a door next to Qin Feng. Then, a human walked out of the door.

Voosh Voosh Voosh!

Then, many humans walked out of the door and toward the building. All of them were emitting the presence of S-tiers.

There were at least a thousand such humans walking through the door. However, there should not be that many S-tiers on Earth right now.

Just what kind of organization was this?

It was then, Hu San had found Qin Feng amidst the crowd.

"Qin Feng, there you are! Come! I'll help you register your communicator."

"Yes, Sir!" Qin Feng nodded his head before asking, "Master Hu, just where is this? These S-tiers… they don't seem to be from our world."

Hu San nodded. "Yes, you're right. This is the place where humans from various realms band together. In other words, this is the real Human Alliance. And only S-tiers can visit here."

Qin Feng already had some idea as to what this place was earlier. However, after finally getting his answer, Qin Feng still could not help but to feel surprised.

"Various realms? Does that mean this Human Alliance here has already discovered all of the realms?"

Hu San shook his head. "No. Realms appear and collapse every day. No one knows what realm will appear today and which one will fall tomorrow."

After taking a pause, Hu San asked, "Qin Feng, after visiting that realm we have been to, have you not noticed anything?"

Qin Feng was now a powerful entity. So, after visiting that realm, Qin Feng had plenty of thoughts and theories on what was going on.

"You mean… after an Immortal perishes, instead of dying, he would become a realm?"

This was a bold guess. Yet, it was the most logical speculation to explain whatever that happened back there.

Hu San nodded. "You are correct. After an Immortal perishes, his consciousness will expand exponentially, filling the void in the area with his energy—a 'Big Bang' if you will, thus, giving birth to a new universe. "

"That realm we visited was once an Ice-type Immortal. The countless ice runes that were in him had dispersed throughout the newly birthed realm, making everything in view nothing but snow and ice. However, the universe would eventually find balance. As his powers and energies spread thin to the far edges, the world would gradually become nominal and gain a fair balance of various types of runes, then new living creatures of various species would emerge. This would begin the cycle of life, on and on, until a new Immortal is born."

Qin Feng was so astounded when he heard this. Then, a question crawled up in his mind.

"But our world… there were no runes before the Great Rift. Why do we have runes now?" Qin Feng asked.

Hu San smiled bitterly. "Well, just think of it as our world making its last stand before exhaling its last breath."

Qin Feng asked hesitantly, "What… What do you mean?"

"Because our world is already collapsing as we speak."

Qin Feng's face turned pale upon hearing this. Indeed, he had learned about realms falling and collapsing—like the realm on the other side of the dimensional crack in the Blood River Realm. However, he had never known about the real nature behind such a phenomenon.

And right now, he finally understood.

That realm was in the final moments of its lifespan. As such, it opened up a rift and connected to various realms as the last ditch effort to remain "alive". When it acquired the vibrant amount of runes from Qin Feng's world, it finally was able to gain some breath of life in it.

And this was how realms came and went. Again and again.

However, no one liked to see their own home world collapsing to nothingness.

"The humankind is a peculiarly rare breed of species in all of the known realms. We are small in number but we are known to be highly intelligent, capable of high level learning, developing new technologies in a short span of time and learning various kinds of ancient martial arts. However, our kind is still prenatally weaker when compared to other species that could just be born straight into immortality."

"Regardless, if one wants to protect and maintain an existing realm, he must become an Immortal. Of course, this is no easy feat. However, there's still another way—which is to ask other human Immortals in the Human Alliance to come to our world to help defend our world."

Qin Feng finally understood where they got the Immortal from before he was reborn. They most likely got the Immortal from this place!

"Ah, I see! I understand now."

"However, there's one problem with humankind—we tend to fight amongst ourselves all the time. So, it's not easy to ask a human Immortal from another realm to come over to help us. Not without a dear cost. Sometimes, the cost is so high that we can't afford to pay. This is why it's best that we can get our own Immortal."

"Indeed."

They walked through the entrance of the building as they were talking. When he walked through the door, Qin Feng noticed even the inside of the building was quite gigantic too. There were various kinds of technologies on display around him, emitting words in languages that he had never seen before via conscious energy.

"This feels like the Ability User Lobby!"

"Yes. There are over thousands of realms. Some are powerful, some are weak. The strong are unwilling to waste their time while the weak need protection. Thus, countless race wars have been started in the realms. All of these realms need help. Still, it's best that you keep out of these race wars. You might become a cannon fodder by participating in a war that is not yours to fight."

Qin Feng nodded in agreement. Not familiar with the politics and affairs in this place yet, Qin Feng was not going to hastily accept missions here either.

Hu San then stopped at one of the booths nearby, teaching Qin Feng how to register for a unique communicator and identification.

After that, they needed to test Qin Feng's capabilities.

There were of course unique testing facilities. These testing facilities were even more refined than the testing machines that Qin Feng had brought along to the Blood River Realm back then.

Other than Qin Feng, there were other people nearby who needed testing. And he could sense that all of them were S-tiers.