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Chapter 343: The Golden Sand Worm Queen

Boom!

Once again, Qin Feng shot down another combat hovercopter.

Only one purple hovercopter remained. It was Lin Shi.

On the ground, the over twenty D-tier aptitude users who had crashed were unable to do much against the swarm of insects. They could only fight and run at the same time.

In the skies, the two were still in battle.

Inside the Sky Dweller, Chen Siang and the rest had tied themselves down to the ship as they feel the intense heat of the battle.

"How unexpected, Qin Feng could actually work the gunslinger interface!"

"It must be Lin Shi in the Leitang!"

"Lin Shi is one heck of a gunslinger! His consciousness energy is astounding!"

Bai Li gave a cold shoulder. "Well he's not gonna beat my husband! Hmph!"

Of course he couldn't. Qin Feng had absorbed the beast emperor crystal core. His consciousness level was almost abnormal.

Everybody knew Qin Feng was strong. They just did not know how strong he was.

At that moment, inside the Leitang, Lin Shi's consciousness was wearing out fast. The battle had only gone on for a mere 10 minutes but he was already covered sweat.

"Bastards, why are you still fighting? An internal squabble at this moment? Stop right now, all of you!"

A hovercopter appeared. This craft was much bigger than both Leitang and the Sky Dweller's. It was three times the size of the Leitang and four times the size of the Sky Dweller.

It was Hu Liang's personal craft!

He had been screaming on top of his lungs at his communication device for some time now. Caught in the heat of the battle, the two men had both turned off their devices.

Since the beast emperor had appeared, Hu Liang would have been there personally as well. He was also there to stop Qin Feng and Lin Shi.

Or to put it more accurately, he was there to stop Lei Chang.

Qin Feng stopped pursuing. The Sky Dweller disengaged from the battle.

On the other side, the Leitang too held off its attacks. Lin Shi took down his helmet and took a long breath.

"Damn, that was impossible!" Lin Shi punched so hard in his cockpit that a depression appeared.

It was not a duel between ancient martial artists or ability users. It was a duel between gunslingers!

And Qin Feng won that round.

"Bring us down!" Lei Chang's face was pale.

The three hovercopters almost landed at the same time.

They had no choice as well. Hundreds were already on the ground, fighting with the beast emperor!

The battle was at its most dangerous point.

As the Sky Dweller touched the ground, Cheng Siang, Gao Li, and the rest emerged. They glared at Lei Chang and his crews but they were not brave enough to say anything.

Qin Feng was the last to emerge from the Sky Dweller. Bai Li raised her hand. The Sky Dweller was tucked away into the space.

The two groups walked together.

Hu Liang was in the middle.

"No matter what grudge you have, put it aside! Get ready for battle now!"

Lei Chang sneered at Qin Feng.

"I still can't forget that episode at the auction!"

Qin Feng's eyes were cold as well.

"Didn't you use up a lot of bandages? What a pity, such a waste!"

The two's eyes were so fierce that knives could fly out from them.

"Stop bickering, get into the battle!"

Hu Liang roared once again.

Hu Liang had a bad temper. But since they were all D-tier aptitude users, he wasn't able to persuade them.

Although they did not care for Hu Liang, they still respected the human alliance. They finally joined the fight.

The slight delay had cost the D-tiered aptitude users.

Two people died.

In the wilderness, death was all too common.

However, D-tiers aren't some helpless children. It takes ten to twenty years to train up to a D-tier. Dying just like that was a great loss to the humans.

Qin Feng's expressions became more serious.

In a distance, the Golden Sand Queen's sights locked onto Qin Feng as well.

She must've felt that the beast emperor came from Qin Feng.

How could a puny human become a beast emperor? For the insect Queen, it was unfathomable.

However, that did not stop her from making Qin Feng her biggest enemy.

Screech!!!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen's giant mouth began moving. She screeched in an enraged protest.

The Queen came rushing in with innumerable feet on both sides of her body.

Although her size was big, her speed was fast.

"Argh!"

A D-tiered aptitude user could not move out of her way in time. He was crushed in the desert.

Pshh!

Blood spouted from the gaps between the bug's feet. A D-tiered aptitude died, just like that.

The remaining D-tiered aptitude users were shocked. They quickly moved out of the way.

Only Qin Feng remained at his feet. Even Chen Siang and the rest did not dare to face the Golden Sand Queen head-on.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen was a D3-tiered beast emperor. She had no supernatural abilities but her physical defense was exceptionally high.

The insectoids consume energy from the sand to strengthen themselves. They could continuously evolve.

They were bugs that had a high defense point.

Their attacks weren't weak as well for the humans.

They had razor-sharp teeth and fast movement speed. Once bitten, they could even consume internal hard qi as well.

The queen was only a hundred meters away from Qin Feng now.

Finally, Qin Feng made his move!

Instead of retreating, he went forward.

A courageous charge forward.

With his current strength, he had no fear of the beast emperor.

"Slash!"

The Verdant Emperor Saber came down in one fell swoop.

Boom!

There was a flash of light as it hit the Golden Sand Worm Queen that vanished upon contact.

The light that was formed by the internal qis could not break open the queen's carapace.

Screech!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen raised her innumerable feet and swept her body at Qin Feng.

It was more of a crush than a sweep.

Bam!

The two creatures collided.

Bish!

Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber was stuck on the queen's body.

At that very instance, the queen's pure-white carapace turned into pieces of sharp blades.

The blades were slicing against Qin Feng as though he were about to be dismembered.

Pshhhh!

An ear-screeching voice came out from his internal hard qi.

Qin Feng stepped on the queen's body and leaped out almost thirty over meters.

The flaming peacock appeared behind him to allow him to land.

"Fiery peacock!"

A wave of blue flame came pouring down.

The jaded-white carapace of the Golden Sand Worm Queen quickly moved about and formed a golden shield.

It was the same move that had deflected the D-tiered destructive round.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen was much stronger than the Sand Lizardfolk Queen.

At that moment, a person appeared on the other side of the Golden Sand Worm Queen.

Dressed in white, the person was wearing a fire crystal jewelry. There was a silver-colored whip in her hand.

It was Bai Li!

Crackle!

The silver whip moved about in a streak of silver light.

The spatial runes burst in the air.

Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!

Several wounds soon tore open from the jade-white carapace of the Golden Sand Worm Queen. Gold-colored blood was oozing from the wound.

"Wu…"

The queen was agonizing in pain. It turned around and glared at Bai Li.

Screech!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen charged toward Bai Li at an explosive speed as she attempts to crush her!

Swoosh!

Bai Li disappeared from where she was standing.

Qin Feng appeared once again.

"Hell Magma!"

Rumble!

A scorching hot magma pool emerged from the ground, spitting a huge column of lava which blew the Golden Sand Worm Queen into the sky.

Underneath the Golden Sand Worm Queen's body was actually a gigantic mouth!

Chapter 344: Ambush

The mouth was still squirming around, trying to absorb the energy from the sand and churning them into her own power.

Qin Feng's Hell Magma turned those sands into mouth-burning medicines instead.

Sssssss…

It was the sound made by the Golden Sand Worm Queen that had been scorched.

Ouuuuuu!!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen was screeching in pain.

Qin Feng covered his ears with his consciousness energy.

The other aptitude users who were weaker than Qin Feng felt as if their brains had been shaken.

But the swarms of Golden Sand Worms did not stop their frenzied attacks against these people.

"Cover it with cannon rounds, hit the queen's weak points!"

Hu Liang continued giving the order to attack. The gunslingers who were standing from a distance began to attack in a frantic manner.

Lin Shi once again found his use. On his shoulder was a huge barrel aiming straight at the Golden Sand Worm Queen.

A translucent cannon round hit the giant mouth of the queen.

Boom!

It produced a deep rumble that made them feel as if a huge energy was unleashed.

The attack had severely wounded the queen.

However, the attack knocked the queen away from the hell magma.

The huge creature rolled around and fell to the ground.

The aptitude users were manic.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen was previously covered by innumerable insectoids. Only Qin Feng and Bai Li could step into their territory like nobody's business.

Now that the queen had been knocked back a few hundred meters, there were visibly fewer insectoids around her.

Lei Chang stepped on one of the golden sandworms. He raised his long sword that was covered in lightning.

"Lightning sword!"

"Kill!"

A glow appeared on his sword as he slashed against the queen's body.

However, at that moment, the Golden Sand Worm Queen's feet began to turn around. The queen was now back on her feet.

Clang!

The queen's jade-white carapace turned into sharp blades that pierced toward Lei Chang.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Lei Chang's internal hard qi was rippled by the attack. Before Lei Chang could land the attack, he was knocked back!

Screech!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen sounded a long whistle. The numerous golden sandworm around her crawled into her abdomen. A bone-crushing sound followed soon after.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen quickly recovered from her ails.

The queen healed herself by consuming the rest of the golden sandworms.

"Steady lads, don't rush in without a plan!" yelled Hu Liang.

Lei Chang turned pale. Was he referring to him?

At that moment, the insectoids began their frenzied rush to protect the queen, forcing the humans into retreat.

They might all be D-tiered aptitude users, but the number of insectoids was far too enormous.

Boom!

Qin Feng took his time in pursuing the Golden Sand Worm. A fiery glow appeared from his sword as he severed the heads of the surrounding golden sandworms.

"Hellfire Carpet!"

Qin Feng charged into the middle like a lone ship in the middle of a sea of worms. A ship that was struggling but unsinkable.

The fire was spreading.

After going through seven to eight days of battle, the hellfire carpet's true potential had been unshackled by Qin Feng.

As soon as Qin Feng raised his hand, a huge flame that covered the earth consumed up to a hundred meters in range.

All the insectoids that were within the range screeched out in pain. They were burnt into ashes by the flame.

The wings of the peacock carried Qin Feng forward.

At that moment, only Qin Feng dared to enter deep into the insectoid territory.

He covered a hundred meters in a flash.

"Hell magma!"

A pool of magma appeared once again underneath the Golden Sand Worm Queen.

Beneath the Queen's feet, a golden light appeared to shield the magma.

"Magma pillar!"

Qin Feng's consciousness energy pierced through the golden shield. By manipulating the fire-elemental runes, the magma pillar delivered a violent blow against its target.

The Queen once again lost her balance.

On the other side, Lin Shi was ecstatically pushing the trigger on his energy cannon. He was sending rounds to the Golden Sand Worm Queen as well.

Screech!

The Golden Sand Word Queen made a somersault to dodge the rounds. It would not be easy to hit her again.

Qin Feng did not give her time to recover. Magma pools appeared incessantly underneath the Golden Sand Worm Queen's feet.

Although they were not causing large damage to her, at least the magma pools prevented the Queen from absorbing the ground's energy.

Soon after, Qin Feng sheathed his Verdant Emperor Saber.

The Queen had exceptional defensive points, she might even be immune to runic attacks. Perhaps physical attacks might do the trick?

Qin Feng's speed exploded in a moment.

"Dragon Steps!"

"Dragon Slam!"

Qin Feng raised his hand. A 3-meter long dragon claw that was infused with heavy internal qi mauled onto the Queen's carapace.

Clack!

A large tear appeared on the jade-like carapace.

Jackpot!

Qin Feng quickly blinked onto the Queen.

"Asteroid Assimilation! Negate!"

In a blink of a second, an enormous surge of internal energy expanded Qin Feng's physical energy by the multiples.

Bam!

One punch and the Golden Sand Worm Queen's outer carapace became fragmented.

Bam!

Another punch.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Qin Feng was delivering blows after blows on top of the Golden Sand Worm Queen. The whistling sound produced by the internal energy was deafening.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen turned her carapace into sharp blades to stab Qin Feng. However, they were all blocked by Qin Feng's internal hard qi.

Qin Feng's blows were hitting her weak spots!

Screech!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen could not break free from Qin Feng.

Suddenly, a flash of golden light appeared.

The Queen's body rapidly became smaller.

"Oh no! The Queen's escaping!" Hu Liang roared in anger.

It was common knowledge that beast emperor-level creatures could shapeshift. When a large beast emperor is in fear, it could shrink itself to a size that is virtually undetectable. It was their unbeatable advantage.

They cannot let the beast emperor escape at this moment!

Qin Feng held on to the beast emperor as best as he could. But right at that moment, a cannon round barreled toward him!

It was Lin Shi!

The cannon round was lethal. If it could wound the Golden Sand Worm Queen, it could naturally wound Qin Feng as well.

Qin Feng sternly twitched his eyes.

"Turn!"

His high mental strength had directly interrupted Lin Shi's control of the cannon round.

The round turned toward another direction and self-destructed.

The blast took out the golden sandworms on the ground.

Lin Shi's face turned pale.

The cannon round was very costly. It was meant to be used against beast emperor-level creatures.

Qin Feng diverted his cannon rounds to hit the average golden sandworms is akin to firing artillery shells at mosquitoes.

"Damn!" Lin Shi was furious. He passed on a message with his consciousness energy. "Don't let the Queen escape! Quickly, go for the beast emperor crystal core!"

Lin Shi was obviously trying to interrupt Qin Feng's effort by directing everyone toward him.

The other aptitude users were stunned for a while. Moments later, their eyes lit up.

The fact that they could be at their level was not because of their impulsive natures. Nor it was because they only knew how to take orders.

But when the prize is on the line, the aptitude users were tempted to spring into action.

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

The crowd was screaming. Gradually, blood filled their eyes. Their sight was set upon Qin Feng's location.

After all, the beast emperor only attacked Qin Feng!

Qin Feng grinned.

The Queen was hiding in the shadows, waiting for her turn to massacre the crowd. These people thought the Queen was like a sheep to the slaughter, they've even made Qin Feng their enemy!

How laughable!

Chapter 345: Killings Without Hesitation

It was a turning point.

A ray of golden light flashed through the battlefield.

"Ah!!!" A D-tier ancient warrior covered his chest and did not know what had happened.

However, everyone else had seen it!

The chest of the aptitude user was impaled by the golden miniscule golden sand worms.

Poof!

There was no chance for the D-tier aptitude user in surviving that, his internal strength disseminated into the air while his body collapsed onto the ground!

"Be careful!"

Everyone else was alerted by the situation.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen had shrunken its body!

It was truly unbelievable that it could travel at such a high speed.

A ray of golden light swept through the battlefield.

"Dragon Steps!"

Qin Feng's internal strength began to rush and circulate within his body at high speed.

He vanished into the shadows and also turned into a golden light ray.

Gao Li who was positioned at the frontline of the battlefield had noticed the golden light that had appeared, and he was immediately alerted by it.

"It is the Golden Sand Worm Queen!"

Gao Li wanted to retreat; however, it was too late!

The Golden Sand Worm Queen was travelling too fast!

As Gao Li thought that he had no chance of surviving from the hit, another golden light ray appeared and was travelling faster than the Golden Sand Worm Queen, the scene before him seemed to have become slow motion.

Boom!

Both sides collided into each other.

Both of the shadows stopped and revealed themselves, it was the Golden Sand Worm Queen and Qin Feng.

"Die!"

Qin Feng slammed down his palm and clawed onto the Golden Sand Worm Queen.

Boom!

An insane amount of internal strength output was channelled onto the Golden Sand Worm Queen, it was unable to withstand the hit from the palm and instantly exploded.

The shapeshifting effect had instantly disappeared upon the death of the Golden Sand Worm Queen while its shrunken body expanded.

Amidst the chaos, a beast king core had drawn every attention from its surroundings with its glimmering glow under the sun.

Qin Feng grabbed onto it with one hand.

It was at that moment; another hand reached out simultaneously.

It was Lei Chang!

Lei Chang had been patiently waiting for this moment!

However, he did not think that Qin Feng would be one step ahead.

His sword was immediately drawn out and aimed toward Qin Feng's arm.

Boom!

The internal strength of the sword sparked and a deafening sound of collision was heard as it collided onto Qin Feng's internal strength barrier.

"Gather!"

Qin Feng immediately retrieved the core from the Golden Sand Worm Queen and kept it within his spatial rune equipment.

Then, Qin Feng glared at Lei Chang with an intense urge to kill.

Swoosh!

Qin Feng drew out his Verdant Emperor Saber from his spatial rune equipment, torrential flames surged from the saber as they were triggered by his internal strength.

"Die!"

"Burning Sword Glare!"

"Lei Sword!"

Lei Chang was infuriated and forced himself to confront Qin Feng directly.

Boom!

Internal strengths collided with each other.

Flames were met with thunder, and both of them sparkled with blue and purplish white light rays simultaneously, although it was a short-lived blinding moment, the thunder sparks were soon overpowered by the blue flames.

The outcome of the battle had spoken for itself.

Lei Chang stood no chance in taking Qin Feng down.

Soon, after the collision of both internal strengths, both weapons crossed into a confrontation.

Lei Chang seemed to be insanely agitated.

As a member of the corporation, he still could not believe he would have such a regretful weaponry.

The next moment had instantly left Lei Chang stunned and speechless.

Dong!

Both weapons collided, and Lei Chang's weapon was halved, while Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber instantly slit through Lei Chang's neck!

"Ugh…" Lei Chang wanted to speak; however, he had lost every bit of his strength, he looked upward as his vision spiralled continuously.

His skull had been completely detached from his body.

Lei Chang did not even have the ability to cross his sword with Qin Feng, and he was instantly served with Qin Feng's beheading!

Lei Chang was dead!!!

Qin Feng activated his internal strength silently and absorbed every bit of internal strength that was dispersing from Lei Chang, although physical contact might have been a more effective absorbent, however, Qin Feng had still managed to take up to eighty percent of it.

It was at that moment, outer shells and the golden fleshes of the golden sand worms were looted by other aptitude users as they stared at Qin Feng like a pack of hungry wolves.

Soon, all of them caught a cold chill running down their spines.

Lei Chang's body that fell flat on the ground had caught them off guard.

What had happened within the short moment?

Did Lei Chang die for real?

"Commander!" Lin Shi was infuriated, as it was unexpected that Lei Chang would have such a tragic ending.

He immediately targeted his vision onto Qin Feng.

"It's you, you killed our commander!" Lin Shi let out a raging roar.

Qin Feng replied with a similar voice combined with his internal strength.

"What can you do about that?" Qin Feng shouted, "I did not go through the difficult battle just for the sake of benefiting all of you, now, everyone that has gotten the flesh of the Golden Sand Worm Queen, return it for standardized distribution after the battle, or else, I would assure all of you a merciless massacre!"

Everyone in the surroundings was shocked and trembled in fear.

"Mr Qin, I agree!"

Gao Li was the first to stand out as he was just saved by Qin Feng, he was the closest with the Golden Sand Worm Queen, and he had gotten himself a huge piece of flesh that had exploded from the dead queen.

The Golden Sand Worm Queen core was worth around five billion while the flesh and outer shells differed in value, and all of them would have a combined value of at least fifteen billion, any single piece of flesh could be worth more than one billion!

Gao Li was fine with it as he knew that Qin Feng would not mistreat any of them.

With an initiator among the crowd, the remaining members from the Freemen Alliance trusted Qin Feng collectively handed out their loot.

Qin Feng pointed his weapon toward the members of the Leitang Organization.

"Do you all wish to join your commander?"

Everyone panicked and had cold sweats.

Qin Feng's dominance was insanely overpowering!

Despite being at the same hierarchy, they had no chance in defeating Qin Feng.

They had no choice but to hold their grudges against Qin Feng as they knew that Qin Feng meant what he had just said.

As he was already capable of taking down the commander, would they not be an easier target for him?

Moreover, Lin Shi had also remained silent and refrained from going against Qin Feng.

The chaotic moment had a brief pause as everyone took out their items that were looted from the queen and handed them over to Bai Li who collected every one of them.

"Continue the siege and kill every remaining golden sand worm!"

Qin Feng ordered.

Everyone followed the order while those that were agitated by Qin Feng had no choice but to channel all their anger toward the golden sand worms.

Without the support of the queen, there were merely thousands of worms left, and soon, they were all being annihilated completely by the forces.

Although there might be one or two that had managed to escape, it was highly unlikely for them to form a new clan within a short period of time.

It was safe to say that it was a successful operation!

The battle lasted for more than ten hours and only ended during sunset, everyone was extremely exhausted.

However, none of them left, and everyone looked toward Qin Feng.

It seemed that everyone was waiting for the distribution from Qin Feng.

There were ten D-tiers that had died from the battle, while the majority from the one hundred fifty people left were from the Freemen Alliance.

Hu Liang and Yan Fang approached Qin Feng.

Qin Feng knew what they were up to, however, he had no interest in having any discussions with them.

He did not even want to favor anyone at the surroundings.

Qin Feng evaluated the situation around him and spoke. "The sudden outburst situation was originally participated by more than forty aptitude users from the Freemen Alliance and myself, our hard-fought battle for the past eight days had annihilated ten thousand worm beasts, and I believe all of you have heard of this accomplishment!"

Chapter 346: Profit Distribution

Everyone from the Freemen Alliance was feeling delighted and assured with their share of the loot.

Obviously, Qin Feng sounded as if he would favor them when it comes to distributing the loot.

In contrast, other aptitude users seemed to be dissatisfied with the outcome, however, they still had huge respect and reverence toward Qin Feng.

Qin Feng's capability was indeed overpowered!

Without the presence of Qin Feng, they could forget about killing the queen and should be grateful that they were not annihilated by the worm queen instead!

Qin Feng had the absolute right with his actions!

Those who had understood the rationale behind would honor the decision.

"Without them, the number of ten thousand worm beasts would not be the maximum of what we encountered, it might have been up to twenty thousand. Although General Hu Liang from Shadong Town had the absolute right to segregate heavy combat forces that took care of the worms, however, there wasn't much contribution in terms of facing the worm queen, am I right!"

Qin Feng looked at Hu Liang.

Hu Liang had obviously wanted items from the worm queen.

However, he was clear about his lack in power and knew that he had contributed too little to ask for his share.

Qin Feng continued, "Well, I will divide the items into ten portions, and General Hu will get to distribute two portions, what do you think? And you will have to decide how to distribute what you get!"

Hu Liang frowned and cursed at Qin Feng from the bottom of his heart for his cunning act.

It was indeed a disaster that had come out of nowhere.

The two portions from the items were worth about four billion, however, it had to be distributed to more than hundreds of people.

While Qin Feng had the remaining eight portions of the items, and he would only need to distribute it among forty people, hence, it was very obvious which side was getting the most out of it.

"Alright, I agree!"

Qin Feng then looked at Yan Fang.

"During the battle against the worm queen, I cooperated with the Freemen Alliance and contributed the most. If it weren't because of everyone else, it would have been impossible to lure out the Golden Sand Worm Queen, therefore, I will distribute two portions that would be divided among everyone, agree?"

In other words, each person would only get a hundred million worth of flesh from the worm queen.

While Qin Feng had of course planned to save all of the energy cores for Bai Li!

"Alright, it is an easy hundred million, at least the beast king materials are worth much more than that, and each of it can be devoured or be used for rune equipment enhancement!" Chen Xiang took the lead to agree with the deal.

"Me too!"

"Agree!"

"Of course, Mr Qin has the absolute right to totally exclude us from the distribution, as we were also assisted during the killings of the golden sand worms!"

The crowd began to express their agreement.

Yan Fang was left with no other choice but to force a smile and nod in agreement!

Being the manager of the Freemen Alliance, should he not be the one distributing the loot?

How could he allow even distribution of the items where everyone was only left with a hundred million each?

Yan Fang had the idea of getting Qin Feng to give half of the items including the beast king core, who would have ever known that it would end up this way.

He did not understand why everyone would conform to such an agreement, perhaps they were afraid of confronting Qin Feng.

"Since everyone has agreed, I'll honor the decision then!" Yan Fang forced himself to conform.

Qin Feng nodded and replied, "Later on, I will get someone to itemize everything and pass them to General Hu and Mr Yan, and both of you shall do the distribution!"

"Alright!" Yan Fang had something in mind, he could still make use of the remaining items to his advantage.

"If there is nothing else, everyone shall dismiss now!" Hu Liang ordered and the crowd began to leave.

Hu Liang felt worried and looked toward Qin Feng. "Mr Qin, everyone saw that you were the one who killed Lei Chang, and it could mean trouble to you!"

Qin Feng replied calmly, "He was just too weak!"

He could not even withstand one hit from Qin Feng's saber.

Hu Liang was left speechless and jealous as Qin Feng was indeed too powerful.

"You've got a point, however, the Leitang Organization would not accept such an answer for the death of their member!" Hu Liang warned.

"Well, then they can just come to me!"

Qin Feng had no fear toward the Leitang Organization.

Even if they were to send a C-tier aptitude user, he could still evade from the battle and escape.

"Alright. I am just giving you a heads up to be more cautious, they might even assassinate you without any warning!"

"I can just leave this place and go somewhere else, I can be anywhere, why should I care?"

Qin Feng remained calm and smiled, he would rather have the three months for himself and not be required to fulfil the mandatory besiege that was outlined by the Human Alliance.

Furthermore, it was insanely taxing for the others to achieve tens of thousands of killings within eight days, and they might not even be able to achieve it within three months.

Qin Feng returned to the Shadong Town and handed over the items to Han Nuan so that she could take care of them.

The intense battle was exhausting, and Qin Feng needed to get some rest!

However, Qin Feng was only uninterrupted for a day before someone else came for him.

It was Chen Xiang!

Besides, there were also Gao Li and five others.

Qin Feng had known them briefly as they were once his partners, and he could still recall their names.

Qin Feng welcomed them into his apartment and served them drinks.

"What brings you guys here? Planning to throw a feast? For celebration?" Qin Feng asked.

"Pfft, what is there to celebrate? We wasted all of our past efforts!" Gao Li complained.

Qin Feng was puzzled and looked at them, as for the past seven to eight days, every D-tier aptitude users had been putting in hard work that could easily be rewarded with a hundred D-tier ultra beasts a day, while combined with other E-tiers, they would most probably end up with a hundred million, and that had yet to include the extra hundred million that was already distributed by him yesterday.

After all, there should not be any losses.

Chen Xiang alerted Gao Li with a kick and continued to explain to Qin Feng, "It was Yan Fang, as you have outlined yesterday, everyone should have been allocated with a hundred million each, however, Yan Fang changed his mind as soon as he was handed over with the loots, it was then distributed according to level of contribution, and he favored those that have close relationships with him."

Qin Feng was shocked when he heard about it.

He had some water and continued to ask, "Brother Chen, are you trying to persuade me to redeem justice for the others?"

Gao Li seemed to agree with the statement, while the others had high expectations as they looked at Qin Feng.

It was only Chen Xiang that forced a smile and replied, "I do think that it is unnecessary to do so!"

After all, Yan Fang was a D8-tier ancient warrior, and it would not be easy to go against him.

Qin Feng let out a laugh and replied as he looked at them, "Well, it seems that the Freemen Alliance has also been disbanded?"

"It was merely a verbal agreement after all!" Gao Li replied.

Qin Feng continued, "I do think that you guys are trying to act dumb! With my current young age, I could already point out that there is something sketchy going on, and it would be impossible for all of you to be unaware of it, what are your intentions with me? Are you guys hoping that I would lead everyone to form another new alliance?"

It was rather awkward that Qin Feng already knew what they were up to.

Qin Feng chuckled and tabled out everything that they had in mind.

"Yan Fang has the capability of a D8-tier, and he could potentially achieve C-tier in the future, to be honest, the ultimate purpose for him to form the Freemen Alliance was only to recruit potential henchmen for himself, some may think that they might have a better future by following his footsteps, hence, they would rather get close to him, and he would reward them with favor."

Gao Li was dissatisfied and annoyed. "We wanted to serve him, however, at the very least, he should be fair in his distribution! It is totally unethical to bribe others with the loot that was given by you!"

"That is true, however, didn't he just face the consequences? The alliance has already been disbanded!"

Qin Feng laughed and answered.

Chapter 347: Alliance Disbandment, Proposal Rejection

"It's true!" Chen Xiang nodded and admitted to the fact.

It was totally accurate to say so, however, the plan where they worked together as the Freemen Alliance for the past few months had fallen apart on its own.

"What is your next move, Qin Feng? Form a team!' Gao Li continued his question immediately.

Qin Feng barely smiled as he knew that Gao Li had wanted to ask about this.

Perhaps, this might be part of their plan.

A powerful figure to secure for themselves a reliable protection.

They had done the same thing when they got close with Yan Fang.

Battle in the wilderness would be less risky when there was reliable backup, especially when faced against another powerful opponent.

They were enjoying the assurance provided by Yan Fang; however, they did not want to bear the responsibility and be his henchmen.

Would things really go their way?

"I do not have plans for now, as I could easily harm others with my usual battle style, therefore, I would prefer to act alone!"

"That's a great idea too!" Chen Xiang nodded and remained silent, as he was more familiar with Qin Feng than the others, he knew that Qin Feng only aimed for the beast king core during the last joint forces cooperation.

Joint forces were never about the amount of worm beast kills that could be secured, in another way, it was aimed to refrain the others from getting into Qin Feng's way as he looted during the end of the battle.

This time, the Leitang Organization had encountered a rare and huge loss.

After all, Qin Feng had played a crucial role in decision making, while the others also had a certain amount of hidden dominance in the situation.

Everyone moved on to some other casual chats and ended up with nothing definite with the suggestion that they had.

Qin Feng was able to be more casually engaged.

However, the death of Lei Chang was also a show of dominance from Qin Feng to the others!

The others would have to think twice before acting against Qin Feng if they were to engage in a battle against him in the future.

After the battle, Qin Feng did not request any report plans from Hu Liang, and he went into the inner North Sea Desert with Bai Li.

There were countless ultra beasts within the desert and the majority of them were Insectoids.

Amidst the ultra beast tide, it was as if Qin Feng had become a dragon that was roaming freely in a wide ocean.

There would be killings repeated everyday to enhance his own capabilities.

However, it was a horrible situation for beast kings among the North Sea Desert.

***

A gigantic mutated cactus plant within the desert had collapsed.

It was a D-tier mutated plant king, however, Qin Feng had uprooted the entire plant as he sought after spines that were highly valuable, while the stem was also incredibly delicious, and it was even comparable with spirit herbs.

Moreover, a water-element-based D-tier beast king core was also within the body of the mutated plant.

Qin Feng had now claimed all of them for himself!

***

"Roar!"

A brown beast-king-tier sand snake let out its miserable shriek, it was about fifty meters in length.

The snake that had always been an overlord was now faced with a powerful opponent.

"Die!"

Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber was glowing with blue lights while flames rained down a deadly hit onto the weak spot of the gigantic snake.

It struggled and suffered for a moment, and its movement began to slow down, until it lost its last breath.

Qin Feng skinned the gigantic snake and completely took away every single one of its tendons.

***

Horrifying screams were heard within a pitch-black underground tunnel, it was a gigantic black worm queen.

***

Under the night skies, hunters crawled out from a hidden spot and appeared in the dark, however, they were annihilated before they could even extend their sharpened claws.

***

Half a month had passed, Qin Feng was at his apartment while Han Nuan was reporting recent trades to him.

"…well, total income for the month would be 57.2 billion." Han Nuan had already gone through the numbers a hundred times to make sure there was not any mistake.

It was surprising that he had already taken care of such an unbelievable number of items within just a month.

Qin Feng nodded and answered, "That's not bad, take this as your reward then!"

He handed out flesh from the worm queen, although it might be weaker when compared to any other ultra beast king, however, worm queens had high conscious energy, without any abilities, all of their conscious energy was embedded within their flesh.

It was indeed a beneficial reward for Han Nuan!

"Thank you, Boss!"

Han Nuan was instantly delighted with the reward.

"Alright, carry on with your tasks, I am about to head out now!"

Qin Feng had to meet with Lu Wanbao.

While Han Nuan continued to sort out ordinary materials that Qin Feng had obtained from his hunts, the trade between Qin Feng and Lu Wanbao had never stopped.

Within half a month, Qin Feng had already taken down four beast kings and passed on the materials to Wanzong, and those items were worth about one hundred twenty billion.

Hence, Qin Feng had built up his credit limits at Wanzong to an extremely high amount, and he was also rewarded with premium services.

This time around, Qin Feng was going to trade for the D-tier beast king energy cores that he had gotten Lu Wanbao to collect!

Most of the items obtained from Qin Feng's hunts were ability cores worth three times more than an energy core, they were all exchanged directly with cash.

Both of them were satisfied with their trade partnership.

Although Lu Wanbao had not found out the reason for Qin Feng to seek after such a huge number of beast king cores, he had profited a huge sum from the past half month.

"Before I forget, Mr Qin, I have news about the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor feathers that you were looking to sell, somebody has reached out to me, and I have it sorted out for you!"

Lu Wanbao spoke as he took out his communicator and sent across an image to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng took a glance and was rather surprised by it. "Sun steel?"

It was a fire element that was similar with the star steel, and it was scorching hot.

Upon melting, it could also be used in creating outstanding weaponry.

Furthermore, it was totally irreplaceable.

However, it was not an easy task to achieve its melting point, and the high cost of production was also unaffordable by many.

"That's right, the sun steel is about 2 kilograms in weight, slightly larger than its average size, however, the seller has requested for every single one of your remaining Blue Flame Peacock Emperor feathers, and that would be worth about…"

It was not a fair trade; Qin Feng would definitely be at a loss if he were to incur the costs of manufacturing the outstanding weaponries!

However, Qin Feng had the Magical Tesseract with him.

"Deal!" Qin Feng answered.

"Alright, I'll make the contact now, hold on for half an hour for me!"

"Hmm, alright!"

Qin Feng waited in the special guest room along with Bai Li, they were entertained by films provided by Wanzong.

***

It was at that moment, within the Four Cities of the North Sea, the Xue family paid respects to their great ancestor, the family was now left with much fewer members, and they were living within a small ancient village.

Xue Jinkuang was the head of the family, a C-tier aptitude user.

He had a head full of grey hair, and without any proper attire, he still looked exceptionally young.

He looked as if he was only twenty years old.

The Blood Secret Art had successfully restored his youth.

Of course, Xue Jinkuang had to absorb a large amount of blood to maintain the secret art.

"How was the investigation?" Xue Jinkuang asked briefly.

"All sorted out!" Xue Yumang, the fourth elder of the Xue family, was standing before Xue Jinkuang.

As the search on the Tangshan Mountain had come to an end, Xue Yumang was able to return to the Xue family to take charge of the situation.

"That Bloodhunter that came earlier has already disappeared without a trace, perhaps he might be avoiding revenge from our family, however, before he left, he has sold every item to the underground black market at the Three Cities along the Sun, the influential owner behind it is Qin Feng!"

Chapter 348: A Familiar Face

"Qin Feng." Xue Jingkuang actually found the name quite familiar.

"That's right, he's the one who took the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor crystal core, able to do ancient martial arts as well as use abilities. Someone who isn't easy to deal with!"

Xue Jingkuang sneered, "Can't let someone like that profit from everything!"

"Yes, why is this kid the one reaping all the benefits? Not only that, he has the secret of the Overcast Dragon, which Bloodhunter probably sold to him, and not only that he has pristine lotus seeds too! And the things that Bloodhunter ripped from our household was also sold in that underground black market!"

Those things had even attracted a few D-tier powerhouses, but nobody dared to go to the Fengli colony to cause trouble. After all, Qin Feng was the one who obtained the Blue Flame Peacock Emperor crystal core and mutated his fire ability into blue fire, meaning that he was not someone to be trifled with.

"Oh!" Xue Jingkuang contemplated the issue, trying to figure out if it was worth it or not.

Xue Yumang got increasingly heated as he continued to speak.

"And I've heard from someone that Qin Feng had hunted and killed many beast kings, and made a deal with Wanzhong to exchange for two hundred billion worth of beast king crystal cores!"

That made Xue Jingkuang's eyes instantly glint.

"Are you sure about this news?"

"Eighty percent, the trade is happening today. Until now, I still don't know why someone would want so many crystal cores!" Xue Yumang said, looking very agitated. "But, that two hundred billion is in his account. If we were to kill him, we would receive nothing. Now, he's using it to buy crystal cores…"

In other words, killing Qin Feng was basically having two hundred billion yuan drop from the skies.

Now that really got Xue Jingkuang's interest.

A C-tier aptitude user's income was not very stable. Between battling and adventuring, there simply would not be enough disposable income for half a year, and if there were enough, it would have been spent within a year.

According to the price of C-tier ultra beast materials, a C-tier ultra beast general crystal core would be around twenty million while a C-tier ultra beast king crystal core was about thirty billion.

Two hundred billion, that was close to seven C-tier ultra beast king crystal cores.

All he needed to do was to kill one person and that would save him years of hard work. That was like a free lunch.

Xue Jingkuang was very tempted by the idea and at the same time, jealous of Qin Feng.

"This Qin Feng must still have some special talent, if not, it would be impossible to obtain such a vast amount of wealth. This is worth my time to take action!"

Greed flashed across Xue Yumang's eyes.

However, the Xue family was a dark ancient warrior family, tyranny and robbery were things all too common for them.

This time, they were merely aiming for a larger target.

***

In Shadong Town, Qin Feng and Lu Wanbao shook hands.

"Qin Feng, please take care of our business if you can in the future!"

"Naturally! Thank you too!"

As Lu Wanbao watched Qin Feng leave, he was thinking about how enigmatic the man was.

"If this guy grows up well, he's definitely going to be a really, really important person!"

However, growing up in the end times was a difficult task, there were many dangers in the wilderness and people were not afraid of trying to kill each other.

Qin Feng was quite happy at that time, driving the Silver Bolt back to their apartment with Bai Li.

"Do you think you can become a C-tier in one go? After that I don't need to worry about you!"

Bai Li became D-tier within a month, now Qin Feng had completely emptied out his account, even using the tens of billions he had brought over from before. He instantly became a pauper, but if Bai Li became C-tier that would be double insurance for him.

That night, Qin Feng let Bai Li enter the Battlegod Tomb. For the next two to three days, she would not leave the area.

Qin Feng did not sit around idling either, the next day he went out to hunt.

Beep beep.

His communicator began to ring loudly, realizing that it was an emergency signal from Shadong Town the moment he looked down.

"D-tier ultra beast general attacking Shadong Town. Calling all D-tiers to return. Calling all D-tiers to return."

Shandong Town really was a place that could be destroyed at any moment.

Qin Feng was not too far from Shadong Town and did not take out Cloud Nine. Instead he activated his ability, causing a pair of bright blue phoenix-like wings to burst out behind him as he soared toward Shadong Town.

Within three to four minutes, Qin Feng could see the town's buildings, not only that, he could also see a group of massive creatures.

"Mammothpede!"

A mammoth was a megafauna from a distant ancient time, it looked like an elephant but had long, shaggy hair and larger tusks.

This kind of insectoid had similar traits to a mammoth, but instead of four legs, they had squirming bodies like that of a millipede, bearing large tusks and were covered in shaggy hair.

They had immense physical strength and an astonishing food intake, they also traveled in herds.

At a glance, there were about a hundred of them, one of which was a beast general.

Crack crack!

The stones on the ground were getting cracked by their stampede. Each of them were the size of a minivan.

As for the beast general, it was the size of a truck.

"Tut tut tut tut!"

Countless artillery fire began to cover this group of ultra beasts, with decomposition blasters cutting into the creatures' bodies.

A mammothpede locked onto a target and began to charge, countless insectoid legs pushing it forward like a freight train.

A tusk pierced through the body of a person who did not have enough time to escape.

"Pfft!"

The person was pierced through the waist, guts and all spilling out.

With a shake of its head, the body was flung into the stampeding herd, disappearing among them in the blink of an eye.

The battlefield was extremely cruel.

"Fire Dragon Art!'

Qin Feng was one hundred meters away from the insectoid herd, mobilizing his consciousness and unleashing a blue flaming dragon toward the ground.

"Roar!"

The dragon wrapped itself around the beast general's body and tightened its grip.

"Die!"

Qin Feng pulled out the Verdant Emperor Saber and slashed down toward the beast general's flank.

"Psst…"

A tender white liquid spewed out from its body!

The beast general's body was split in half by a single blow from Qin Feng!

The creature still wanted to fight back, but Qin Feng was too strong and it definitely was unable to defend itself in this situation. After another quick slash, the creature was taken care of.

That fight was over in the matter of seconds.

Then, Qin Feng began to wreak havoc upon the field, and within a few minutes, the only things left in the desert near Shadong Town were the massive bodies of the ultra beasts.

"Qin Feng! After you've arrived in Shadong Town, things have gotten a lot easier!"

Hu Liang walked over with a bright smile on his face, he had expected a hard fight but as soon as Qin Feng arrived, the load was lightened by a large margin!

"It's what I'm supposed to do," Qin Feng stated.

At this moment, Qin Feng could acutely sense that someone had locked onto him with a malicious gaze!

He was surprised!

He looked up and found himself looking at a familiar face!

Chapter 349: Lei Chen and Interrogation

It turned out to be Sea City's mayor, Lei Chen.

"Qin Feng, you've got a lot of nerve!"

Lei Chen looked furious, not even trying to hide the anger in his gaze.

"Hasn't Mayor Lei already seen just how much nerve I have back in Tangshan Ridge?" Qin Feng gave him a coy smile.

If it were not for nerves, how could he take on beast kings?

If it were not for nerves, how could he have instigated a battle between the beast kings and the beast emperor?

If it were not for nerves, how could he have intimidated every D-tier that tried to force their way on him?

Lei Chen's expression dropped like it was molten iron, he was fiercely staring at Qin Feng but could not find a single hint of a flustered look on Qin Feng's face.

"Qin Feng, are you really not afraid of Leitang?"

Lei Chang was dead so Lei Chen came over to take over the Leitang Organization, the news he heard was of grudges and of revenge.

But when it came to facing down Qin Feng, he was not very confident. However, a man still needed to put on a front and do what should have been done.

"If you want to make someone scared, then you should have some power. You're just a cat draped in tiger skin, nothing you have is worth my fear!" Qin Feng boomed.

As the sun set, Qin Feng's tall figure began to glow with a murderous look, as scarlet as the setting sun as the sunset's light shone on his face.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

A clapping sound suddenly rang out. A slow, sarcastic clapping sound.

Everyone subconsciously shifted their eyes in that direction. In the corpse-riddled wilderness, the sound of this applause was very ear-piercing.

A young man with white hair and piercing eyes caught Qin Feng's attention. At that moment, Qin Feng's pupils abruptly shrank.

"Oh how brave you are, looks like even the Xue family can't put fear in you!"

Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat.

Xue Jinkuang!

Why did he come here?

Did Bloodhunter's identity get exposed?

His mind was reeling.

At this moment, Xue Jinkuang was already nearby. The distance between them was only about ten meters.

This was a very dangerous distance.

Qin Feng slowly straightened his back, like he was pulling a bowstring, making himself taut.

Facing a C-tier was something that Qin Feng did not want to take lightly.

"Qin Feng, everything that belongs to the Xue family are things not easily taken. Everything that Bloodhunter had, hand it over. Then, I'll ask our head to spare your life!"

That came from Xue Yumang, who was standing beside Xue Jinkuang, who said it in a threatening voice.

After hearing that, Qin Feng concluded that the Xue family did not know Bloodhunter's true identity. Xue Yumang's words had another meaning, it was to introduce Xue Jinkuang's identity.

Xue Jinkuang, the Head of the Xue family, a C-tier powerhouse.

Everyone around them started to chatter.

"He's Xue Jinkuang!"

"What's going on? Why is there a C-tier here?"

"What do you mean what's going on? Isn't it obvious? Qin Feng's in trouble!"

Dark ancient warrior families would have been persecuted in the past, hunted down and killed off if that were possible. However, in the end times, human lives were worthless and nobody was willing to risk it to hold some desperate and lousy belief in justice.

Only when it was profitable, people would go after such families. When it was not, people would prefer to just avoid them.

Now that a strong C-tier had appeared, that was enough to make everyone nearby move further away and hide in a safe place!

At this time, Xue Jinkuang waved his hand. His movement was slow and graceful, it was at that moment that people could see that he had the air of a weather-beaten senior.

"Don't say that. I'm not likely to go so far as to murder someone, as long as Mr. Qin is willing to give back the items!"

"Bloodhunter's things? I don't know what you're talking about!"

Even if Qin Feng knew, he would still act as if he did not know anything.

"Qin Feng, don't pretend to be oblivious. Bloodhunter escaped to the Three Cities along the Sun and sold things in your underground black market. You have pristine lotus seeds, learned the Overcast Dragon technique and you drive around a Silver Bolt! That's all the things that Bloodhunter gave to you!" Xue Yumang sharply retorted.

Qin Feng did not hide these things. He openly used them so people would not be suspicious.

Now that this was pointed out, Qin Feng understood the Xue family's plan.

This was a good cop, bad cop scenario. Temptation and threats.

He replied, "I don't know the guest's identity. Our underground black market never asks about it. It's just your standard transaction!"

"You don't need to know! Just the Xue family knowing is good enough!" Xue Yumang said with a sneer. "Give us the items!"

Qin Feng's expression became a slightly mocking one. "If you want to buy something, you could have said so. You give the money and I'll give the items!"

Of course, he was not going to yield to them so easily. There was not a single hint of softening in his attitude!

"Haha!" Xue Jinkuang began to laugh. "It's been a few decades since someone dared to ask the Xue family for money!'

Qin Feng had a smirk forming at the corner of his mouth. "That someone is right here!"

Murderous intent flickered in Xue Jinkuang's eyes.

"It seems that I need to remind people just who makes the decisions in the Xue family, otherwise they would think that any random person could threaten my family!"

Bloodhunter had already pummeled the Xue family's reputation into the ground, but Xue Jinkuang did not expect his arrival to not shock this D-tier aptitude user.

He had no idea that this person in front of him was Bloodhunter, the very person that took on his family. Naturally, the person would not be afraid.

"Qin Feng, was it? I did say I wasn't going to kill you. You're Shadong Town's hero of the day after all! But, today, I think I'll just snap off one of your hands!"

Xue Jinkuang's eyes were sharp and swept to Qin Feng's hands. He noticed that he was wearing a silver ornament on one of his wrists.

Spatial buttons.

How could a C-tier like him not recognize this kind of item from the very beginning? If he were to remove Qin Feng's hand, he would be able to get those spatial buttons as well.

Killing two birds with one stone!

With a cry, Xue Jinkuang was the first to make a move!

A sea of blood suddenly filled everyone's vision.

He moved abruptly and boldly. A C-tier had a deep pool of internal force!

Qin Feng's internal force was just liquid and only had around eleven groups, and was just a little bit above what could be considered as a deep pool. He was akin to an ancient warrior who had just recently reached C-tier.

Xue Jinkuang was a C2-tier ancient warrior. His internal force was double that!

He had Qin Feng beat in the internal force department.

Qin Feng turned and ran without hesitation!

Using qinggong, he frantically raced toward the direction of the North Sea Desert!

"Hmph? Trying to run? You could have at least left me a hand!"

Xue Jinkuang's form flickered. He was giving chase and was much faster than Qin Feng.

As the two started to move, they disappeared from the others' view in the blink of an eye.

This caused an uproar among the people.

"Qin Feng's going to die!"

"It's the tallest trees that get their tops blown off!"

"I think it's because they want his wealth and don't want to expose their own!"

"What's saying that going to do?"

At this point, Hu Liang also had a sullen expression.

Ever since Qin Feng came, he had been relieved of a lot of work. He even wanted to suggest to his superiors to make Qin Feng the new general of Shadong Town as the man would be an incredible force to be reckoned with in the war that the Four Cities were fighting.

Who would have thought that the Xue family would be so tyrannical!

The sun was setting and the sky was starting to get dark, but the cat and mouse chase between Xue Jinkuang and Qin Feng had just begun!

"Qin Feng, why bother struggling?"

Xue Jinkuang's speed was incredibly fast and he was already ten meters behind Qin Feng.

In the next moment, a claw made out of blood swiped at him!

Chapter 350: The C-Tier Gives Chase

In the air, the blood claw seemed to be blurry, but the scent of blood could be detected from the Sanguine Claw.

A terrifying wave of internal force was being emitted from it.

Qin Feng knew that he could not lose this time. If he were caught by his opponent, even if he did not die, he would at least have his skin peeled off.

He activated his internal force to surround himself with it. It was like a layer of glass as it merged together.

Bang!

When the Sanguine Claw collided with this shield, it collapsed.

The shield around Qin Feng's body collapsed as well. That attack took one tenth of Qin Feng's internal force to resist.

"Hmm?" Xue Jinkuang naturally did not expect this to be the case. After all, Qin Feng was only a D-tier aptitude user and Xue Jinkuang had used one twentieth of his own power in that attack. That was like a D1-tier aptitude user going in at full force!

That did not even break Qin Feng's internal power.

"Heh. Interesting. If that's your trump card, Qin Feng, then you're really underestimating me!"

Xue Jinkuang accelerated again.

But this time, a terrifying burst of magma rose out from the ground!

Qin Feng's consciousness had surged!

"Magma Pillar!"

Boom!

What felt like an earthquake was soon followed by a burst of flames. Xue Jinkuang did not stop, but instead stepped around this attack with a twirl of his form before once again chasing after Qin Feng.

But Qin Feng was already one hundred meters away!

Xue Jinkuang glowered but regained his composure. His white hair flowed in the wind as his internal force surged.

Once again his speed soared.

"Dragon Steps!"

Qin Feng did not want to use Dragon Steps as that would exhaust his internal force, and internal force was the best way to deal with Xue Jinkuang.

However, if he could not even put distance between himself and the man, the battle might as well be over!

The two were in a mad dash forward, Qin Feng's consciousness was constantly being activated.

"Fire Dragon Style!"

The fire dragon burst out, but Xue Jinkuang did not even bother dodging and plowed through the dragon.

"Lets see what else you can do!" Xue Jinkuang cackled.

"Sanguine Claw!"

Xue Jinkuang attacked again.

Boom!

Qin Feng's internal force trembled again, and another layer was removed from that blow.

"Fiery Peacock!"

The blue peacock flame flared out.

Xue Jinkuang's internal force was also being shaken time and time again under Qin Feng's assault.

Qin Feng did not stop his attacks.

"Firebeam!"

"Impacting Flame!"

"Hellfire!"

He was constantly manipulating his runes with his consciousness, launching abilities one after another.

When the runes dispersed after the impact and returned to his sphere of consciousness, Qin Feng reissued the previously activated ability.

"Magma Pillar!"

"Fire Dragon Style!"

"Fiery Peacock!"

Xue Jinkuang was being bombarded by an endless barrage of abilities and that was making him extremely irritable.

Whoosh!

Another object was sent directly at him, and he still moved forward without thinking.

Pop!

The black flat object instantly latched itself around Xue Jinkuang's internal force shield. It was only then he realized what it was.

Click!

Bzzzzzzt!

A purple light burned his eyes as his internal force shield was blasted with electricity.

What Qin Feng just threw out was an electromagnetic explosive.

That made Xue Jinkuang battered and exhausted. He had to drop his shield so that the electricity would stop, the clothes on his back had been scorched by the attack and his hair stood on their ends. He no longer seemed to have the elegance from before.

He was on the verge of being driven insane.

At this moment, Qin Feng suddenly appeared in front of Xue Jinkuang with a silver large caliber pistol in his hand.

Click!

The sound of the trigger being pulled was heard.

Xue Jinkuang instinctively dodged, but he then realized that the bullet Qin Feng fired was unusual and had a massive range!

Suddenly, some kind of a white object flew toward his face. He wanted to rip it away but the object quickly stuck to his body.

"What is this?" He roared in frustration.

Looking closely, he realized that this was only a spider web made out of F-tier materials!

It was the silk of the Steel-limbed Broodmother.

This item was low-level but when used in crucial moments, it could be extremely effective.

"B*stard!"

Xue Jinkuang's internal force emerged and the spider silk that shrouded him was drenched in blood before being eroded away. When he had his vision back, Qin Feng was gone.

He was seething with anger at this point. He was a C-tier, how could a D-tier manage to run circles around him?

If Qin Feng were to really escape, he would become a laughing stock.

Using his consciousness to detect the surrounding auras, he once again resumed the chase.

Qin Feng had sprinted for a kilometer and also shrouded his entire body in darkness, fading away into the night.

Whoosh!

He disappeared from where he stood.

When he reappeared, his surroundings had changed. He was inside the Battlegod Tomb.

The first thing he did was go to a meditation room.

Without Qin Feng watching over her, Bai Li's promotion area was exchanged for a meditation room. When he looked around, he found that she was asleep!

The box carrying crystal cores was empty, it seemed like all of the crystal cores had been eaten.

Bai Li had ranked up too fast and needed rest. From the looks of it, Qin Feng had to face Xue Jinkuang all by himself!

He found another meditation room and sat down.

"Asteroid Assimilation!"

A whirlpool formed in his dantian, quickly picking up the energy around him in the meditation room and restoring him to his full strength.

He did not dare stay in the Battlegod Tomb for long. If Xue Jinkuang were to actually lose the chase, who knew what manner of madness the man would bring.

What if he was unsatisfied and went to the Fengli colony to massacre everyone there?

That was the colony that he had built up, no one should be able to touch it.

He picked up the Battlegod Token and exited the Tomb. In the next moment, he felt someone's consciousness lock on to his presence.

That had to be Xue Jinkuang.

Xue Jinkuang's consciousness was not strong, but ancient warriors had their own methods of detection. Little clues like the fluctuations of internal force and the shifting of runes could be targets of detection.

Qin Feng had originally disappeared nearby, and Xue Jinkuang searched his surroundings but was unable to find a trace of him. Naturally, he was not going to just accept that. Experience told him that it was not time to leave just yet.

As expected, Qin Feng reappeared.

Xue Jinkuang made a mad dash toward him.

Qin Feng put on a fierce look, pulling out the Verdant Emperor Saber.

"Blazing Sky!"

The third technique of the Sky Burning Sword Style had been activated.

A straight line of flames rose into the air, internal force being quickly taken away!

"Blood Boiling Finger!"

Xue Jinkuang also burst out a beam of terrifying internal force. It carried an unmistakable stench of blood, just a whiff of it would make anyone sick.

Qin Feng had seen Xue Yuheng unleash the Blood Clotting Finger before, and this had to be a stronger version of that.

Boom!

The two internal forces collided with one another and a wave of energy suddenly burst out, washing everything around them with a wave of light.

Qin Feng only detected the smell of something foul.

"Poison!"

He held his breath, covered his nose and quickly backed away.

Chapter 351: Night-Time Assault

Xue Jinkuang let out a mad cackle, "Qin Feng, you've just been hit by the Xue family's special poison. Wherever you go, the more internal force you use, the faster you'll die!"

Qin Feng felt the bloody mist that he had accidentally inhaled colliding and causing havoc on his meridians.

It was at this time that the meridians that were changed by his absorption ability revealed its power. His internal force flowed like a powerful river in every meridian, washing away the dangerous toxin in the blink of an eye.

What was more, Qin Feng had an emperor-level body, so he could not be easily poisoned.

Still, he was shaken after hearing the manic laughter that his opponent let out. His speed slowed down and his body trembled.

Xue Jinkuang once again rushed at him. "It was good going at first! I just wanted your hand, but I'm going to have to kill you now!"

He thought that Qin Feng would grow too strong! From how he was, he would move into C-tier soon and when the time comes to that Xue Jinkuang might not even be a match for him anymore.

Because of this, it was better to just sever the problem by its roots! After all, he was already being offensive in the first place, better to just kill him and avoid trouble in the future!

"Go to hell!" Xue Jinkuang abruptly struck out with a palm. "Sanguine Palm!"

It carried a pungent and powerful aura as it came toward Qin Feng.

At this time, Qin Feng's aura had also changed!

"Dragon Slam!"

The golden dragon's light erupted from his body, his internal force ringing out like a dragon's roar.

Ka-boom!

The two attacks collided with one another.

As the internal force attacks slammed together, it began to create violent tremors as the energy was spread in all directions.

Then, the attacks broke past their collision and affected the internal force that either have yet to use.

Bang!

Both Qin Feng and Xue Jinkuang felt their internal force shatter at the same time.

Xue Jinkuang felt a large force impacting his body.

Crack!

From the impact, his shoulder blades were shattered.

Whereas on Qin Feng's end, he felt the internal force rush into his body, directly attacking his internal organs.

"Pfft!"

Qin Feng coughed up a mouthful of blood.

This was the first time he had suffered such a serious injury since his rebirth. As the familiar pain spread it only made Qin Feng more determined, but he knew that his injuries were far worse compared to Xue Jinkuang's.

'Move!'

Qin Feng did not stick around, his body was suddenly shrouded in darkness.

Xue Jinkuang's eyes widened, sweeping his perception toward and past Qin Feng's direction, but he could find no traces of the other party.

Just like that Qin Feng managed to evade him again.

"Tsk," Xue Jinkuang inhaled sharply as he felt a stabbing pain coming from his shoulders. He had not experienced what pain was like for a very long time!

"Blood Cure!"

Xue Jinkuang mobilized his internal force to heal his injuries. He knew that Qin Feng could not have gone far, but if he tried to chase the boy down that would only mean that he would get ambushed again.

Going on a day-long wild goose chase, only to have his eyes pecked by the goose. He did not want that to happen again.

This time, Qin Feng had not gone far.

In the night, a pack of F-tier desert wolves was huddled together and lounging around a large yellow stone boulder. There were a total of thirty wolves, with two or three being beast generals.

This number of wolves was considered a weak bunch in the North Sea Desert.

Tock tock tock!

A flurry of uneven steps could be heard. The wolf pack perked up their ears and sniffed the air. They had picked up the scent of freshly fallen blood.

"WOOO!"

The pack leader howled out a command that rang through the night, gleefully rallying its pack to rush toward this sudden free dinner.

Meanwhile, a pair of glowing red eyes stared out from the darkness.

"Come at me!"

A smirk appeared at the corner of Qin Feng's mouth as he mobilized his consciousness.

"Darkness Pulse!"

A large, pitch-black shadow suddenly surrounded the wolves, covering them entirely.

"Aowoo…"

The wolves seemed to have sensed that something was wrong and let out a whimper that escalated into a wail of horror.

In the blink of an eye, the wolves' auras all dissipated as they collapsed on the ground. Dead.

Qin Feng felt a burst of strength enter his body, but instead of it being strengthened, he realized that it was quickly repairing his injuries.

Xue Jinkuang was too good. The Sanguine Palm that he unleashed was at the peak of its potential.

If Qin Feng did not have the body of a beast emperor, he would definitely be dead by now. Some of his internal organs had actually melted because of the attack, and if they did not heal, he might as well be a goner.

Just one hit and Qin Feng was the one on the floor.

His dantian only had one group of internal forces. If this group were not effectively replenished before it was consumed, Qin Feng would be completely helpless.

Fortunately, he had his absorption ability.

Under the cover of darkness, Qin Feng used his perception to track down ultra beasts to hunt. F-tiers and E-tiers were all his targets. He preferred to not go after D-tiers at this time because he needed to recover, and he was not in the best physical condition.

After half an hour, Xue Jinkuang followed the trail of blood Qin Feng left behind and eventually caught up with him.

Both tried to attack one another the moment he spotted his opponent.

"Fire Dragon Style!"

"Sanguine Claw!"

The two attacks collided again and Qin Feng learned that Xue Jinkuang's combat prowess did not weaken at all while he was getting weaker himself.

Boom!

The battle between the two got fiercer and at that moment, countless insectoids began to surface. Obviously they had been disturbed by the battle between the two.

The huge swarm rushed toward them.

Xue Jinkuang's eyes widened while Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

In an instant, Qin Feng disappeared again.

"Damn it!" Xue Jinkuang gave chase again, but Qin Feng had once again disappeared without a trace and the insectoids had locked onto Xue Jinkuang.

He could only grit his teeth and flee the area, not wanting more trouble than it was worth.

The battle between the two was put on hold again.

***

After another half an hour, the two met again.

During this battle, Xue Jinkuang managed to brush Qin Feng's arm with the Sanguine Palm.

Qin Feng managed to land a hit with his fire ability, his Hell Magma blasting Xue Jinkuang.

The man lost all of his hair from that attack!

Qin Feng took the split second to escape when the man was blinded by the flames.

***

An hour or two later, they clashed again.

They traded blow for blow, both dishing out and taking significant damage.

Qin Feng blasted a special bullet into the air and ended up attracting a herd of ultra beasts.

He once again used the opportunity to escape!

***

In a single night's time, the two had crossed fists seven to eight times.

Each battle ended with Qin Feng escaping one way or the other.

But if Xue Jinkuang could not find this tricky enemy, then he would not be considered a C-tier!

'It seems that Qin Feng has two abilities, he has a Dark ability. That must be why he can disappear into the darkness like that,' Xue Jinkuang thought to himself.

While Xue Jinkuang knew of this ability now, he had no intention of telling other people. In his eyes, Qin Feng was already a dead man.

Only the Human Alliance would take fame into consideration when they were trying to get someone.

He was not like that. What was more, he was a C-tier, even if Qin Feng had the Dark ability he would not try to find someone stronger to deal with the whelp.

The status of Xue Yumang and the others were beneath him, he had no need to report to anyone either.

Qin Feng's abilities had not been exposed to the world yet.

And on Qin Feng's end, after facing someone in battle using his Dark ability for such an extended period of time, his ideas had begun to change.

Chapter 352: A Matter of Life and Death

"I'll use my Dark ability to kill Xue Jinkuang!"

With that set in mind, he planned to act on that idea as soon as possible.

However, what he did not expect was that Xue Jinkuang had changed his mind as well!

"Qin Feng has too much advantage at night, I'll fight him during the day!"

After fighting for a day, both of them were tired!

When Qin Feng ended up waiting thirty minutes for Xue Jinkuang, he also realized what his opponent had come up with.

He did not try to find Xue Jinkuang, instead he hunted ultra beasts to replenish his energy and restore his body.

***

The sun rose from the horizon, and another day of the morning light once again enveloped the North Sea Desert.

Qin Feng was looking quite haggard by now. Because of the previously damaged combat uniform, he had not replaced it with a better one. It had been completely destroyed after an entire night of fighting. He swapped into another set of clothes, but was unable to deal with the sand and dust in his hair and on his face.

"Return!"

The dark fog gradually retracted back into his consciousness.

On the ground in front of him was a pile of bleached white bones. His absorption ability had consumed everything his opponent had including its flesh and blood.

Although his body had not returned to his peak state, most of his injuries had been healed!

"Now, it's time to fight to the death!"

Qin Feng had a murderous look in his eyes.

As he spread out his consciousness, he quickly locked onto Xue Jinkuang's position.

At this moment, Xue Jinkuang was also on the move.

Ancient warriors could replenish their energies by absorbing the aura from their natural surroundings. After sitting down for two hours, he was recharged from an entire day's exhaustion.

He looked like he had not changed much since they first encountered, the Xue family's secret technique seemed to have completely healed him from the damage he suffered the day before!

Not only that, Xue Jinkuang's hate toward Qin Feng grew as time passed.

A powerful and terrifying aura wafted in from the distance.

"Qin Feng!" Xue Jinkuang immediately realized who it was. "The nerve. I haven't gone to find you yet and you show up at my front door!"

Qin Feng did not respond, pouring his internal force into the Verdant Emperor Saber as it ignited with a threatening fiery glare.

Xue Jinkuang readied himself at the same time.

After fighting for a day, the two had a basic understanding of their opponent and had already planned out their moves ahead of time. Both of them had a concept in mind of how the other used their moves and just how strong their opponent was.

With just one attack, both parties struck hard.

Boom!

Qin Feng's internal strength burst out.

"Die!"

Xue Jinkuang struck out a palm toward Qin Feng's head.

"Phantom Motion Steps!"

As Qin Feng retreated he continuously swung the Verdant Emperor Saber at Xue Jinkuang's body.

"Asura's Sanguine Palm!"

The last bits of Xue Jinkuang's patience had been worn away. The moment he unleashed his internal force, the moves he pulled out would be unique skills.

Numerous red hands began to fall down from the sky, cascading down like a bloody rain with each of them slamming into Qin Feng's after images.

Then Xue Jinkuang suddenly felt a chill coming from behind him. After so many years, the life and death situations he had been in had trained him to quickly dodge.

From his shadow, a figure began to emerge. It was Qin Feng.

"Dark Shroud!"

Qin Feng appeared behind Xue Jinkuang.

"Dragon Slam!"

A blow of internal force exploded outward, colliding with Xue Jinkuang's own.

Pop!

Xue Jinkuang's internal force aura was broken at that instant.

A chance!

Qin Feng pointed a finger toward him.

"Dark Ray!"

The ray of darkness travelled at astonishing speed!

Bam!

The Dark Ray struck Xue Jinkuang's body and all he could feel was the malignant energy seeping into him, burrowing inside.

Then he suddenly felt a wave of weakness wash over him.

"What is this?"

He had never seen such an ability before and was confused for a moment. The Dark Ray was like a poison, draining away his vitality.

"Scram!"

He roared in frustration, internal force bursting through his body and scouring away the dark rune.

Dark runes were still a kind of energy, it could still be brushed away by a huge wave of internal force!

Not only that, Xue Jinkuang once again pulled up a shield of internal force around himself.

"Xue Jinkuang! You're getting old!" Qin Feng exclaimed.

He was not just referring to the man's age. He was talking about the damage that the Dark ability just caused.

From his originally twenty year old appearance, he looked like he had begun to age, wrinkles began to appear at the corner of his eyes and from the looks of it, he was looking like he was thirty now!

His Blood Secret Art was being reversed.

Qin Feng's Dark ability was meant to reduce someone's life force after all.

Xue Jinkuang was furious.

"Qin Feng, you're only just struggling on your deathbed. You think by having this ability, you can kill me? A thought from an idiotic dreamer!"

This entire thing had driven Xue Jinkuang into an unending state of anger.

He was a C-tier and he had spent an entire day's time chasing after Qin Feng.

The most important thing was not just Qin Feng escaping, but the fact that Qin Feng had fought him seven to eight times.

His hard bones and thick skin were driving Xue Jinkuang insane.

His murderous intent was overwhelming, Qin Feng was like an annoying and hard to kill cockroach. He looked damaged before but now he looked like he had everything still intact!

There was a trace of doubt in Xue Jinkuang's heart.

Qin Feng naturally noticed this doubt and his eyes lit up with an astonishing eagerness.

"Then we'll see who wins and who loses and just who is the idiotic dreamer!"

He chopped forward with the Verdant Emperor Saber.

Xue Jinkuang's attack flowed down like a bloody rain.

Boom. Boom. Boom!

The force put out by the clash between the two turned the area around them into a terrifying aptitude user's battlefield, sending rocks and sand flying. Lower rank ultra beasts dared not approach the area at all.

With his internal strength being rapidly consumed, Qin Feng's dantian ended up becoming empty!

A C-tier powerhouse, his internal force was too overwhelming!

Xue Jinkuang had twice as much strength as Qin Feng did, but he did not have the Asteroid Assimilation move or the absorption ability. As such, he would not have been able to recover his internal force as fast as Qin Feng did after one night.

Before, he only had sixth tenths left of his internal force, which was two groups bigger than Qin Feng's.

Now, Xue Jinkuang was also out of internal force.

At the end of the fight, both sides were left completely depleted.

He was suffering from all kinds of wounds and his body was wracked with pain.

But victory was close.

"Xue Jinkuang, the time of the Xue family has passed!"

He raised his weapon and rushed toward his opponent. The Verdant Emperor Saber no longer carried internal force, but Qin Feng's beast emperor level body contained tremendous power.

"Pfft!"

As Qin Feng slashed, one of Xue Jinkuang's arms were lopped off and sent flying.

There was a sinister look on Xue Jinkuang's face.

The man did not even look like he was in pain at all. Instead he pointed his remaining arm at Qin Feng and a red glow appeared from under his cuffs.

Whoosh!

Qin Feng suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his heart!

His heart suddenly contracted!

He looked down and realized that on his chest, where his heart would be, there was a blood red snake biting into him.

This little snake was not high level, only E-tier and it was just a Beast King.

If it were before, Qin Feng would have easily crushed this thing.

But now, he was out of internal force and had mobilized his consciousness so much that he was getting a splitting headache. After battling Xue Jinkuang to this point, there was no more oil in the lamp and this little snake had just seriously injured him. Qin Feng only felt all the strength in his body suddenly collapse away.

"Bloody Jade Snake!"

He did not expect Xue Jinkuang to also rear ultra beasts.

"Hahaha!" Xue Jinkuang let out a mad cackle.

Right now, he looked like he had advanced into his fifties, his body shriveling up from the effects of Qin Feng's Dark ability.

It seemed that Xue Jinkuang had paid a heavy price as well.

But the price was worth it! It was two hundred billion!

"Qin Feng, you're dead!"

Chapter 353: Bai Li Returns

Qin Feng felt that he had already done his best to survive this long.

Although reviving gave Qin Feng a sufficiently huge advantage, it was not significant enough for Qin Feng to challenge someone above his tier.

Hypothetically, if Qin Feng had reached D8-tier or D9-tier, then even Xue Jinkuang was no match for him.

Unfortunately, this was merely a hypothetical situation. In reality, Qin Feng was only at D1-tier.

With Xue Jinkuang's attacks getting closer and closer, Qin Feng sighed before a piece of jade suddenly appeared in his hand.

Battlegod Token!

Since Qin Feng was unable to defeat his opponent, he could choose to escape.

Not only were secret territories very rare, they also involved more than the issue of having enough resources.

Anyone who had mastered the secret territory ability could choose to enter it at any moment to arrive at safety during a crucial point in time.

Although Qin Feng had been bitten by the Bloody Jade Snake, it was only a skin-deep wound and the bite had not pierced through his heart.

After all, Qin Feng already possessed a beast emperor's body. A mere E-tier beast king like the Bloody Jade Snake could not possibly bite through Qin Feng's flesh.

However, the poison which seeped into Qin Feng's body through his wounded skin still posed too significant a risk to his life.

Amid the battle, every minute and every second could make a difference between life and death for Qin Feng.

Meanwhile, Xue Jinkuang would not let him off the hook. The attacks came at Qin Feng one after the other.

After triggering his conscious energy, Qin Feng's body was now enveloped by a layer of silver light.

However, right then, a ray of silver light suddenly appeared next to Qin Feng.

In the next moment, an alluring female appeared next to Qin Feng.

She seemed to be very out of place on the battlefield.

Now, on the battlefield, on one hand, there was a heavily wounded young man who was also covered with sweat and mud.

On the other hand, there was a mad-looking old man with a broken arm.

It was a horrendous scene to behold.

Meanwhile, this young lady seemed to have appeared out of a painting.

"Bai Li!" Qin Feng exclaimed gleefully.

Right then, Bai Li had a stern expression on her face. With the lift of her finger, a silver ray of light instantly exploded. The little snake, which had its teeth sunk into Qin Feng's chest, was cut into segments of one centimeter long.

Boom!

The Bloody Jade Snake was naturally not a tiny being. It only turned into its current form using a shapeshifting ability. Now that it had been killed, its body expanded into its original size.

Meanwhile, Xue Jinkuang, who had originally been right in front of Qin Feng, was now pushed away by this humongous snake's body. He had missed the golden opportunity to kill Qin Feng.

As such, Xue Jinkuang's face became twisted and appeared extremely terrifying.

The Bloody Jade Snake had always been Xue Jinkuang's favorite pet. Now, it was killed by someone else with the snap of a finger.

Even more so, Xue Jinkuang felt a chill in his heart.

The young lady, who had appeared suddenly, was so capable that she could kill an E-tier beast king with the lift of one hand.

Even Xue Jinkuang himself would not have been able to do it with such ease.

"You! You are Bai Li!" Xue Jinkuang exclaimed with his eyes wide open as he stared at Bai Li.

Meanwhile, Bai Li appeared to be in a fit of anger.

All she did was leave to train for a while. As soon as she woke up, she could sense Qin Feng's weakening conscious energy. In fact, there was an instant when she felt that he was at the brink of death.

After only being away from her master, Qin Feng, for one day, Qin Feng was already being bullied by others.

Bai Li felt that someone was intentionally provoking her.

Right then, Bai Li was emanating a terrifying aura without being aware of it.

This kind of aura certainly did not belong to a human being.

Xue Jinkuang was stunned because he could sense the aura from Bai Li's body.

"C-tier beast emperor!" The pitch of Xue Jinkuang's voice had changed.

"You are actually an ultra beast!"

Xue Jinkuang was in a state of disbelief.

However, he very quickly recollected himself.

"Did Qin Feng give you all the crystal cores he bought?"

As Xue Jinkuang got closer to the truth, his blood began to cool down. All that remained in him was a sense of fear.

Boom!

Xue Jinkuang activated his internal force to generate an incredible speed in order to retreat.

He knew that if he did not escape now, death was the only thing which awaited him.

"Are you still thinking of escaping from me?"

Who could possibly escape from a spatial beast?

Bai Li's silver eyes turned into a bright galactic stream which instantly surrounded Xue Jinkuang.

Meanwhile, Xue Jinkuang could feel that he had entered a weird space. It felt like a sealed box which entrapped him.

This was a kind of advanced spatial ability which only existed in a secret territory. It had trapped Xue Jinkuang inside with no hopes of escaping alive.

A more terrifying thought occurred to Xue Jinkuang.

"Bai Li is actually a spatial beast on top of being a beast emperor!"

She was such a rare being.

Xue Jinkuang was wildly jealous.

How could Qin Feng possibly be this lucky?

Meanwhile, Qin Feng, who had been rescued by luck, sighed in relief.

With the death of the Bloody Jade Snake, energy now began seeping into Qin Feng's body, resulting in a slight recovery of his wounds. Qin Feng had now been saved from the brink of death.

"Ability—Absorb!"

As Qin Feng activated his ability, the flesh of the large Bloody Jade Snake rapidly shriveled and eroded away. All that remained was its weak bones which gradually turned into dust as wind blew against them.

"Bai Li, kill him right away!"

Qin Feng feared stalling when facing this kind of enemy.

More importantly, his opponent had already found out about Bai Li's identity.

Qin Feng was anxious that Xue Jinkuang might announce Bai Li's identity right before his death.

If that were to happen, never mind a C-tier back-up. Even a B-tier or A-tier back-up might come to rescue Xue Jinkuang.

When Bai Li heard what Qin Feng said, she immediately nodded.

She extended her tiny, fair hand and gripped it tightly into a fist.

All of a sudden, the space around Xue Jinkuang compressed violently, causing him to implode right away.

In reality, Qin Feng did not know that, despite being visible to the naked eye, the sealed space Bai Li had created was no longer actually there.

Naturally, the communicator could only carry out a scan for danger alerts but not send out signals.

More importantly, the signal sender which detected the vitality from within his body was not triggered.

Despite being the chief of the dark ancient warrior family, nobody in his family would even know of his death which occurred in the wilderness.

After Bai Li retrieved the spatial rune, the only thing left in the air was a pile of bloody flesh.

With the lift of one hand, Bai Li summoned a silver bracelet.

It was Xue Jinkuang's spatial rune equipment.

"Cough!"

After coughing out the congested blood in his chest, Qin Feng very quickly absorbed the energy which leaked out from Xue Jinkuang's body after his death.

His injuries recovered significantly after doing so.

"Let's go. We'll rest for awhile in the Battlegod Shrine."

For the time being, Qin Feng was still feeling very weak. Due to the intense battle, he felt dizzy after exhausting too much of his conscious energy.

"Are you alright? Let me see if there's anything good in this old man's ring that you can consume and recover faster!" Bai Li said worriedly as she searched within Xue Jinkuang's spatial rune equipment.

"Don't worry. I'll recover very soon. I just need to take a nap!" Qin Feng patted Bai Li's head. After a bright silver light appeared in his eyes, the two arrived within the Battlegod Tomb.

Meanwhile, things were in a mess in Shadong Town.

The news of Qin Feng being hunted by Xue Jinkuang had been spread from tens to hundreds of people.

After a day, Qin Feng had yet to return.

Two days later, nothing changed.

Everyone was beginning to feel that something bad must have happened to Qin Feng.

As of now, Han Nuan, who possessed Qin Feng's resources, had become everyone's target.

Xue Yumang, who had done a detailed investigation on Qin Feng, now showed his true colors.

Several houses built from sandy clay materials had all collapsed as a result of the battle which took place in Shadong Town.

Dozens of citizens who lay dead in the pools of blood would perhaps have no idea what had caused their horrible deaths.

"Xue Yumang, you have gone too far!" Hu Liang shouted angrily.

Meanwhile, Han Nuan's pupils began to dilate a little as she stood behind Hu Liang.