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Chapter 388: D4-Tier

After undergoing the recent battle and the absorption of the plant core, Qin Feng's power had finally leaped onto the next level.

He had now reached D4-tier emperor-level physicality and consciousness.

Qin Feng's physical strength evolved yet again in less than half-a-month since the last time he fought Yan Shuo.

He had now stayed in Shadong Town for three months. A lot had changed during this period.

Specifically, Shadong Town was no longer the shaky deserted town at the frontline.

Ever since Qin Feng brought back the tear flowers, Shadong Town had not experienced beast assaults for a very long time.

On the map, the safety score of Shadong Town had increased substantially due to the decrease in the battle count.

D-tier aptitude users from Shadong Town were no longer tasked to stay put and defend the town. Slowly, they began to take the initiative and went out to hunt.

Eventually, the number of beasts around the North Sea Desert also went down drastically.

Aptitude users had no idea what caused the change but they knew that Qin Feng must be the one behind all these.

"When I first arrived, I killed the Sand Lizardfolk Queen. She possessed the spatial ability and had a Spatial Whip. Though it's a small population, these Lizardfolk often summon powerful beasts!"

"After that, I killed another nine beast kings scattered around the North Sea Desert!"

"The resurgence of Shadong Town also owes a lot to the tear flowers' effect."

"Till this moment, our D-tier users are still busy hunting out there. The overall danger level of the North Sea Desert has come down to a desirable level, thus the increase in safety score. Of course, it's our best interest that the outsiders are not informed about this."

Qin Feng narrated while eyeing the marks on the virtual map. The drones scouted the desert and feedback live updates to the map, showing that the monster numbers and activity zone had shrunk sharply thanks to the continuous efforts from the D-tier aptitude users.

"Mayor, this is insane. You really plan to turn the North Sea Desert into your plantation territory?"

Xue Xingfu was Qin Feng's confidant. Qin Feng hid nothing from his right-hand man as he needed Xue Xingfu to help accomplish his vision.

Xue Xingfu was actually amazed after he listened to Qin Feng's seemingly insane plan. Only time would tell whether he was following a genius or a lunatic.

"By the way, Han Nuan relayed a message to me regarding the alliance between the ancient warrior families."

Qin Feng sneered.

'Now only they care to make peace and talk about the alliance? Isn't it a little too late?'

"Tell them I demand 50% share. Take it or leave it."

Qin Feng could not care less about the money. All he wanted was to irritate those scums. He had seen through their real thoughts. Especially during his fight with Yan Shuo. Qin Feng knew well that both the Hou and Tieh families wished to see him dead in that battle.

They blew their chance then and now Qin Feng of course had the right to mark up the demand.

"Are you sure you want to make that kind of offer? Don't forget, these families have C-tier chiefs backing them."

Qin Feng smirked. "Then have their chiefs come after me. I can't wait to see whether they are going to declare war against us for some petty business."

Naturally, they would not.

Subsequent negotiations went smoothly, which was beyond Xue Xingfu's imagination. He found it hard to believe when the other side agreed to meet Qin Feng's exorbitant request with little objection.

Xue Xingfu had not gone to Shadong Town, thus he had no idea how profound Qin Feng's influence was around this region.

***

May was no different than a drought season in past years for Shadong Town. But this year, this town was covered in green for the first time.

Such scenery made Shadong Town an oasis in the middle of the vast desert.

These changes took place in less than a month, which made the transformation even more incredible.

The overturn of fate had startled Gao Yukang. He was currently video calling with Qin Feng through the communicator.

"Little brat, so this is your plan all along. Speaking of which, where did you find such a unique plant? This thing probably could help us turn more dangerous territories into safe colonies!" Gao Yukang's purpose of calling Qin Feng was to ask about the tear flowers.

"Forgive me as I needed to keep this a secret. If anyone needs them, I am more than willing to sell to them. But it would not come cheap, and only will be available after I have successfully bred more." Qin Feng said.

In the western hemisphere, the tear flower was not being promoted because the population there was sparse. There was not a need for more colonies so the residents there have never thought about expanding.

However, things were completely different in the eastern hemisphere, where Qin Feng came from. The population here had long reached saturation.

"I have no interest in making links for you. Don't try to get me involved in your goddamn business."

"My bad, Governor Gao."

Gao Yukang just laughed it off as he was not the type that would get offended by such matters.

"The main purpose I made this call is to ask whether you are interested in coming to the Longchuan battlefield. Seeing that Shadong Town's danger level has gone down considerably, I could foresee that North Sea Desert would soon turn into a safe colony. At that time, it will be a waste of your talent to stay in Shadong Town."

Qin Feng's eyes flickered with excitement.

Longchuan battlefield?

That was exactly where Qin Feng wanted to go next.

Worried that Qin Feng might have his concerns, Gao Yukang reassured him, "Of course, you will still be the de facto general of Shadong Town. I can even have Gao Qin step down and give you his mayor seat. There's nothing left there for Gao Qin to scoop anyway if the North Sea is no longer a warzone."

Plainly speaking, Gao Qin would have plenty of opportunities as long as Gao Yukang was still alive and backing him.

"There's no need for that." Qin Feng rejected the offer. He recalled his past life memory, then said, "Longchuan sounds great. It's one of the battlefields I wish to attempt one day."

"Haha! Great! I will wait for your good news!"

Gao Yukang was very powerful but he rose through the ranks too quickly. That left him with little acquaintances in the troop and he definitely needed help from someone like Qin Feng.

Qin Feng did not plan to work under Gao Yukang.

In his memory, there was a calamity that befell Longchuan around this time.

The incidence wiped out eighteen small colonies and two big cities around Longchuan. The end result was devastating, even to this apocalyptic world.

In the end, the threat was finally neutralized by A-tier aptitude users.

Even Gao Yukang was killed in that battle.

As a governor, the news on his passing reached every corner of the North Sea and it eventually reached Qin Feng's ears.

To others, this might be a huge risk. But Qin Feng had always turned the greatest risks into the best opportunities.

***

The next day, ninety three D-tier aptitude users gathered inside the conference hall, Shadong Town's highest building.

Qin Feng sat in the front with Bai Li and others by his side.

All the users looked at Qin Feng with great admiration.

At the same time, they knew the meeting was called for a specific purpose and waited anxiously.

"The safety level of Shadong Town is increasing as we speak. Defending and hunting are two entirely different things."

"Maybe in another half-year time, the North Sea Desert is going to change completely too!"

Chapter 389: The Establishment of Mercenary

"The Human Alliance has issued the order to disengage the danger alert of Shadong Town. Your duty here has been relieved. You will also no longer enjoy special treatment from this point onward!"

Qin Feng spoke sternly and glared at those under him.

The D-tier aptitude users inside the room were prepared for it but still could not help but buzz.

"General, there are still a lot of beast herds yet to be cleansed around the desert. To lift the alert after only a month is too rash!"

"That's right. If we leave just like that, what will happen to Shadong Town, or even the four main cities if those bastards out there suddenly trigger a monster wave?"

"How about us? Are we allowed to leave?" One of the aptitude users that his body altered by the Z Organization suddenly spoke up. His question brought the hall into pin-drop silence.

Among these D-tiers, only twenty of them had not been injected with the genetic drug, while there were also ten normal aptitude users deployed by Gao Yukang.

The remaining more than sixty aptitude users were all mutants. Gao Yukang intended to absorb them into his troop when he asked Qin Feng to help him out at Longchuan.

On the other hand, the Human Alliance still had their reserve regarding these mutants. On paper, the alliances had employed medics to observe their development while helping them to recover from the induced mutation. Though they had not exhibited any adverse change during this period, their existence was still a problem the alliance wished to be rid of.

Qin Feng explained, "I am more than pleased if anyone of you is willing to stay put and fight for Shadong Town. I will also distribute shares of Shadong Town to those who stay accordingly. Besides, I will also be going to Longchuan soon. So, anyone who wishes to take another step further can go with me."

Everyone was stunned by what Qin Feng had just declared.

One person from the crowd hesitated and asked, "General, do you mean we will be collaborating with you, or…?"

Before he could finish his sentence, Qin Feng knew what he was trying to ask.

"I will be constructing a mercenary troop for the time being, which I wish to develop into an organization in the future. I will be the sole leader of this mercenary. Anyone who wishes to join can tell me directly now. Those who want to stay in Shadong Town will also be automatically enlisted under the mercenary. I will be the one paying your salary."

As such, the others confirmed Qin Feng's intention. He did not mean to work with them as equals but Qin Feng was recruiting them as his underlings.

That did not usually happen between people from the same tier.

In the past, Yan Fang which was at D8-tier had also created the Freemen Alliance to recruit subordinates. In the end, he only managed to persuade five people to follow him.

At present, other than the ten subordinates under Gao Yukang, how many from the ninety would be willing to work under Qin Feng?

The key point here was that Qin Feng was only a D4-tier user.

They would rather choose Gao Yukang, a C-tier governor, over Qin Feng.

But at the same time, they also understood that joining Qin Feng now was not the same as joining him after he had become established. They would be more appreciated if they fight alongside Qin Feng from the very beginning.

Xue Xingfu, who was in charge of Shadong Town's finance, was the best example. They learned that Xue Xingfu started off as an F-tier troop leader. Now, not only had he become stronger but he was also given substantial power by Qin Feng.

"General, I am willing to join your mercenary!" Surprisingly, Gao Li, who questioned Qin Feng earlier, was the first to express his loyalty.

"General, me too!" Chen Xiang stood up and did the same.

These two were considered close to Qin Feng.

The aptitude users around them regretted not being the first to speak up and joined in succession. In the end, thirty attendees took Qin Feng's offer in the meeting.

Qin Feng was only a D4 tier and not even the highest rank in the room.

However, his capability and leadership were undeniable.

Perhaps, he had a brighter future than Gao Yukang since he was only a seventeen-year-old teenager. His growth potential was seemingly infinite.

"Alright, I will confirm the count later. Meeting adjourned." This was probably the last official D-tier meeting in Shadong Town.

After this, most aptitude users in Shadong Town would be relocated. Even those from Wanzhong would most probably withdraw from the town.

However, the second underground market was already brewing in Shadong Town.

After the meeting, Qin Feng headed to the aptitude certification hall.

Every staff in the hall recognized Qin Feng but they did not expect him to be there. Was he here to spot check them?

"General Qin!"

"General Qin is here!"

"Good morning General!"

The staff saluted Qin Feng.

"Get back to your position. I am here to form a mercenary troop," Qin Feng directed the latter words to one of the staff.

The person was first stunned, then excited by the news.

'Qin Feng is going to form his own mercenary here!' She believed this troop was going to make a name for itself real soon under Qin Feng's guidance.

She wondered what might be the prerequisite set by Qin Feng to join the mercenary.

"General, what name should the troop be registered under?"

"Fengli Mercenary Troop!"

"Okay, that name is still available. I will process your application now!"

A few minutes later, Qin Feng's mercenary was officially registered into the Human Alliance database. It was common for these parties to mushroom every year, but the number of mercenaries being disbanded every year was equally high too. However, Fengli Mercenary was destined to be a powerful troop. This was because the group already had forty D-tier aptitude users at the time of registration. This was almost on par with an organization comprising a C-tier and ten D-tier aptitude users.

Hypothetically, it was entirely doable if Qin Feng wished to upgrade his troop into an organization now.

But Qin Feng did not do so. An organization needed physical assets. Qin Feng's assets would be food supply, which was yet to be established.

Food was probably the most expensive commodity in this apocalyptic world.

Other than the D-tier aptitude users from Shadong, Xue Xingfu, Han Nuan, Zhou Hao, as well as the entire management team of Fengli colony were also included in the registration list. The current number of members in the troop was around sixty persons.

Among them, there was a huge portion that had undergone mutation. Though they had rehabilitated considerably, they realized they were no longer the same man after one month.

Suddenly, they had lost the ability to evolve.

They could still generate and store inner power but their physique could no longer develop. Because their body had been utterly deranged by the mutation.

These people panicked when they learned that Shadong was going to be shut off from them, but Qin Feng emerged as their ultimate savior.

Even if they could no longer break through their current height, their future would not be too bad if their chief was Qin Feng.

That was the reason Qin Feng's mercenary managed to assemble these many D-tier aptitude users the first day it was established.

This was the best-case scenario Yan Fang was dreaming of back then.

Unfortunately, this had materialized in the hands of another person. Qin Feng got the last laugh eventually.

After he was done with the mercenary application, Qin Feng packed his things and was ready to move to Longchuan.

Chapter 390: Cooperation With Gao Yukang

The Long Chuan battlefield was a completely different environment from the North Sea Desert, and under strict scrutiny, it was almost the same as Neil Forest.

It was a high-risk area that was connected with countless numbers of mountains around, and the establishment of colonies around had forced an extra layer of protection to be formed. However, only small-sized villages were formed instead of towns.

Perhaps, it should be recognized as strongholds, and there were already nine of them that had surrounded the Long Chuan battlefield.

Qin Feng had brought along more than forty D-tiers with him, separated into two combat aircrafts, and they had arrived at the massive and bustling city, the Long Chuan City!

In terms of its geographical location, the Long Chuan City was located at the west of the Four Cities of the North Sea, where the Long Chuan battlefield was also located, and all three locations were on the same longitude.

Among the crowd that had arrived, there were also others that were not part of the Fengli Mercenary.

Lu Wanbao!

Due to the transformation of Shadong Town, Lu Wanbao was deeply worried that the town might not be prosperous again, and the underground market might also dominate the businesses, therefore, he made a decision to return to Long Chuan.

Under the influential presence of Wan Zong, Lu Wanbao had taken complete charge of it and began to help make arrangements for Qin Feng.

The combat aircrafts did not enter the city and descended onto a landing pad outside of Long Chuan City, Qin Feng kept his Sky Dweller, while another escort combat aircraft sent by the Zhongcheng Organization immediately returned.

"Manager Lu, welcome to Long Chuan!"

An E-tier aptitude user noticed that Lu Wanbao was coming down from the aircraft and instantly welcomed him!

Lu Wanbao nodded and asked, "Is the motorcade ready? Let's all get in!"

The E-tier aptitude user remained smiling, while he wondered to himself, why would there be so many D-tiers?

However, Long Chuan had never lacked powerful figures, and it was even frequently visited by C-tiers, hence, it would not be shocking if minds were kept open, combined with a broadened view.

"Mr Qin, I am open to any opportunities in the future, please remember to count me in!"

"Manager Lu, you are being too humble, when the moment comes, I might still need you to access other great things!"

"Hahaha, you are always welcome, anything will do!"

Both of them shared and enjoyed a conversation on the vehicle.

As they had travelled on the hover copter for quite some time, Lu Wanbao had arranged for Qin Feng's stay at a high-end hotel. It was impossible to have such a glorious and grand architecture in the previous city!

The others had settled down to rest, however, Qin Feng still had to take care of something else.

Qin Feng was contacting Gao Yukang on his communicator.

"Mayor Gao, I have arrived at Long Chuan!"

Gao Yukang seemed to be delighted and replied, "Let's meet up, we will have to talk about our cooperation!"

"Alright!"

Qin Feng had partnered up with Gao Yukang, and it was unlike his previous plan to recruit Chen Xiang and the others under him.

Qin Feng brought Bai Li along and went out to meet with Gao Yukang.

Gao Yukang had specially arranged the meet up at The First Peak, a top-tier restaurant in Long Chuan City, it had eighty eight floors in total and was the tallest building in the city.

Though they were at the sixty-sixth floor, it was still a perfect place to capture the entire Long Chuan city view, hills were connected into a far distance, while countless numbers of plants surrounded the entire Long Chuan mountain range.

That location was overly crowded with fierce ultra beasts!

Any first-timer here would have been amazed by the experience of dining at such a high-rise building, while accompanied by its surroundings and ambience.

Excessively extravagant!

The place was often visited by Gao Yukang, a C-tier that was ranked above average within the Long Chuan City.

There were not more than five B-tier aptitude users in the entire Long Chuan City, and they were all top-tier generals, while the duke was an A-tier that was rarely seen and did not contribute much, and would only return by using the spatial waymark if there was any uncertainty on the battlefield situation.

Hence, influences within Long Chuan were rather complicated.

"Premium D-tier beast king frog meat, I had someone specially reserve this for you!"

"I shall begin to enjoy my meal!" Bai Li was having a good time enjoying the delicious meal.

Qin Feng smiled, and was less interested in his meal.

Gao Yukang waved his hand and ordered the waiter to serve red wine.

"Try it!"

Qin Feng lifted up his wine glass in an elegant and casual manner and clinked his glass with Gao Yukang's.

"You do know how to enjoy yourself!" Gao Yukang spoke.

He did not have much interaction with Qin Feng from their previous meetings, however, he had noticed that Qin Feng did not behave like any other ordinary 17 year old.

And it had become even more obvious!

"Ignorance should never be displayed, also, in the entire world, who would have higher ranks than ability users? It will only be… ability users who are more powerful than the others!"

Hence, it was possible to have such self-confidence.

"Ha!" Gao Yukang was delighted by Qin Feng.

"Let's talk about our cooperation!" Qin Feng made his intentions clear.

Gao Yukang nodded and agreed, "Although I do not own an organization, however, to remain on par with large-sized organizations, I do have a troop of mercenaries with more than twenty D-tier aptitude users, and they have already identified their target!"

Gao Yukang accessed his communicator and sent across the relevant information to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng looked at the recordings of a gigantic lake, and a giant python that was a hundred meters in length slowly surfacing on the lake.

It might also be a dragon.

"What's its tier?"

It looked powerful and extremely horrifying from the recordings, however, Qin Feng was unable to have the actual sense of it.

However, Qin Feng assumed that it would not be a low-tier creature.

"D-tier beast emperor!"

Qin Feng nodded, and it was close to his own assumption.

"A mayor should be able to handle such creatures!" Qin Feng answered.

Gao Yukang nodded and replied, "However, I do not want to follow the footsteps of Cheng Dacheng!"

Then, Gao Yukang remembered something and explained further, "Have you heard about Cheng Dacheng? The one who built the Dacheng Organization, and almost lost his life when he killed a beast emperor, I still remember that it was you who bought the beast emperor core!"

Qin Feng knew what Gao Yukang meant.

"You want me to prevent the others from stealing it? Qin Feng asked.

"I heard that you killed Xue Jinkuang, and I do think that you have such capability!"

Qin Feng nodded. "No problem!"

Gao Yukang continued, "Once it is done, I will share one third of the reward with you!"

"That is a little too much!" Qin Feng replied.

"You are also welcomed to lend your helping hand!"

Qin Feng laughed, "Well, nice to work with you!"

With Qin Feng's current capabilities, I was still unknown whether he could take down a D-tier beast emperor, and Qin Feng had a slight disadvantage of being a human being.

Moreover, such a dragon would have all sorts of precious items, there would be a beast emperor ability core that might be worth up to 300 billion, and with the other materials, it would at least be worth about 500 billion.

If one third of those were to be allocated to Qin Feng, he would have 150 billion for himself.

Indeed, it was quite a huge sum for a D-tier aptitude user.

It seemed that Gao Yukang had positive expectations toward Qin Feng.

"A toast to our partnership!"

Gao Yukang replied and raised his glass, and both of them clinked their glasses again.

The gentlemen had arrived at an agreement!

It was a pleasant dining experience and Qin Feng was happy to have such close ties with Gao Yukang, an arrogant person that had also retained his straightforward and upright behavior. During ancient times, he would have been well-recognized with his heroic and chivalrous character!

Chapter 391: Lei Ying

However, it was obvious that someone else was against the continuation of their plans!

"Yo, Mayor Gao!" A man greeted in a peculiar manner.

Qin Feng was alerted.

An unusual looking person came up, he had an aquiline nose, triangular-shaped upturned eyes, and an extremely fierce look; however, he had a well-built physique, an aptitude user badge was on his chest, and C5 was printed on it!

A C5-tier aptitude user!

Furthermore, he had a lightning logo displayed on his outfit.

Undoubtedly, it was a logo that was unfavored by Qin Feng.

The only reason behind it was because he was a member from the Leitang Organization.

There was only one C-tier aptitude user in the Leitang Organization.

With that, the identity of the person had already been clearly announced.

Lei Ying—Leader of the Leitang Organization.

Actually, it was not surprising to have a leader's presence here.

It went without saying that most of them would be active around the Long Chuan area.

"I thought that it was someone else! I am surprised by your presence, Chairman Lei!"

Obviously, Gao Yukang did not want to meet with Lei Ying, he sounded unwelcoming with his greeting and had even remained seated.

They might be ranked differently, however, not everyone would be bothered to get certified to showcase their actual ranks.

Gao Yukang's actual capability would most probably be higher than his current rank, and he would not hesitate to go against Lei Ying.

Therefore, the simple and short-lived greeting had showcased their unfriendly relations.

Lei Ying was aware about it too, however, he did not care, and his only aim was to shame Gao Yukang.

Lei Ying shifted his eyes and looked toward Qin Feng.

"A newcomer under you again? Mayor Gao, you really are favored by many, there would always be someone there to serve under you, unlike me, without my wealth, I have nothing else. Well, wealth is what I am left with!"

It was obvious from his expression that Gao Yukang was starting to feel irritated.

Lei Ying's capability was nothing to write home about, however, his open-door policy had allowed him to involve half of his operations with the dark organizations. With his combat power contribution at Long Chuan, the Human Alliance had turned a blind eye on him, therefore, most of his income originated from the dark organizations.

The source of income had funded the constant expansion of the Leitang Organization, and as a result, Lei Ying had become insanely wealthy.

With that, Lei Ying had the advantage over many of the others.

"Lei Ying, do you know that you are such a spoiler for appetite? Could you just allow us to have our meal peacefully!" Gao Yukang warned in a cold voice.

Lei Ying let out an evil grin.

"I am very happy to see that you are annoyed!"

Gao Yukang looked even more annoyed.

Lei Ying was being very shameless.

Certainly, it would not look good to be caught in a deadlock situation, and Lei Ying had also lost his interest.

Lei Ying moved his gaze away from Qin Feng and noticed Bai Li who was enjoying her meal.

It was at that moment, despite his past experiences and various encounters, Lei Ying was instantly shocked by her beautifully breathtaking looks.

Lei Ying instantly took out a golden-colored entrance card to his room and tossed it onto the table.

"Come to the Royal Grand Hotel tonight, room 88!"

Lei Ying said and pointed toward Bai Li.

Bai Li raised her head innocently and could not understand his intentions.

She licked her lips and looked at Qin Feng, as if she was trying to figure out what they were up to.

Bai Li's reaction had amplified Lei Ying's itching urge to take her away immediately!

Qin Feng had been ignoring Lei Ying the entire time; however, he was instantly angered by his intentions.

"Excuse me, I am afraid that my girlfriend will not be able to entertain your request!"

Qin Feng let out a cold sneer and answered, while his conscious energy took control of the golden card and it flew up in the air and blasted toward Lei Ying.

Lei Ying instantly switched his smile to that of an eerie expression and stared coldly at Qin Feng.

Conscious energy was activated and the golden card stopped mid-air.

"Are you trying to insult me? Are you aware of the consequences?"

Lei Ying stared at Qin Feng in a deadly manner.

"I would also like to show you the consequences of having bad intentions toward my girlfriend!"

Qin Feng remained emotionless while his urge to kill was exuding from his eyesight.

Both of their conscious energies were spiking continuously!

The golden card was stuck in between the intimidating pressure from both of them.

Lei Ying was more infuriated as he felt challenged by the D-tier aptitude user who was unafraid of going up against his conscious energy.

Lei Ying was an ability user famously known for his powerful thunder abilities.

It was indeed an act of looking down on a powerful opponent!

With that in mind, silverish-purple lightning began to appear around Lei Ying.

Qin Feng reacted with a cold sneer; an emperor D-tier might not necessarily lose a conscious energy battle against a C-tier who was higher in rank.

Air flow began to bend around Qin Feng while flames flickered!

Both of them were surrounded by runes, while strong presence of conscious energy expanded and flooded the surroundings, the intense pressure was unbearable by the others.

Aptitude users who were having their meals in the restaurant were shocked and looked toward the same direction, while ordinary civilian workers immediately fled the scene, it was as if their body would explode if they were to remain in the area.

The environment was insanely dangerous!

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, a clear sounding and dissatisfied groan was heard, it was Bai Li!

She raised one of her fingers and pointed forward, it was as if she had poked onto the golden card.

Within split seconds, the golden card was destabilized and began to vibrate at high speed.

Swoosh!

The golden card was instantly blasted toward Lei Ying.

Lei Ying's conscious energy was destroyed and diminished, and the card flew directly onto him.

Lei Ying was caught off guard.

He immediately raised his hand subconsciously and blocked the card from moving further.

Poof!

The golden card instantly pierced into Lei Ying's palm.

"Ah!" Lei Ying immediately shouted, fortunately, despite the premium material of the card, it was still insufficient to pierce through a human bone.

It might even be crushed into pieces if it were to be put under immense conscious energy.

However, the outcome of it was already jaw-dropping enough.

Qin Feng recollected his conscious energy as Lei Ying's conscious energy had definitely been dispersed by Bai Li.

Lei Ying lowered his head and looked at his hand; it was already dripping with fresh blood.

Lei Ying was afraid to look at Bai Li

Bai Li slammed her hands onto the table, while every cutlery floated in the air and was aimed toward Lei Ying.

"Go away, or I will kill you now!"

Bai Li warned, while her urge to kill began to fill the surroundings, it was as if she would really go for the kill unless Lei Ying were to leave immediately.

Lei Ying was shocked and infuriated by such a transformation.

Firstly, he had not thought that Bai Li would threaten him this way.

Secondly, he was surprised by Bai Li's capability to cause harm to him.

It was indeed unbelievable.

At that moment, the manager of the restaurant immediately rushed forward with his sweating forehead.

The manager was only an E-tier assigned to look after the restaurant for a C-tier restaurant owner.

"Master Lei, stay calm, we have a lot of delicious ingredients available today, this way please, this way please!"

The manager was fully aware that he should not mention anything about Lei Ying's injury, or else, it would have fueled Lei Ying's anger and made it into a fight.

"Alright, great, both of you, watch out!"

Lei Ying let out a death stare toward Bai Li and Qin Feng.

Bai Li immediately rolled her eyes and seemed unbothered.

Qin Feng let out a cold sneer and replied, "Looking forward to your visit!"

Lei Ying turned and left abruptly!

As soon as Lei Ying had left, Gao Yukang who had been seated before Qin Feng roused and surprised everyone with a great laugh.

Chapter 392: Departure

"Hahaha, good job, young heroes, I have underestimated both of you before this!"

Perhaps, Bai Li was the one being underestimated!

"Lady Bai, a toast to you!" Gao Yukang raised his glass.

Bai Li shook her head and replied, "Enjoy yourself, I prefer not to drink!"

Qin Feng clinked his glass with Gao Yukang's and answered, "Bai Li does not enjoy drinking; I'll take it for her!"

"I did not expect that…"

Gao Yukang did not feel that Bai Li was being disrespectful, but on the contrary, it was just her own personality.

Obviously, those who had great capabilities would often be driven by their own personality traits.

Gao Yukang was an ancient warrior, and Lei Ying was an ability user, hence, it had surprised him to see someone that could go up against Lei Ying in a conscious energy challenge.

The meet up was worth the effort indeed!

Everyone had enjoyed it!

On the second day, the Fengli mercenary had gathered around Gao Yukang's Heng Yu mercenary, and the joint forces left Long Chuan City for the frontline stronghold.

Lei Ying was being informed of the movement, and his sinister expression was immediately revealed.

Lei Ying's hand was no longer injured!

Any top-tier aptitude user would be able to recover from their minor injuries and heal within a short period of time.

However, Lei Ying felt that it was a shameful moment for him.

He had been injured by a female junior that came out of nowhere.

Lei Ying was enraged by the provocation toward his majestic status.

"Have you found out who they are? Lei Ying asked with a deep voice.

A D-tier aide who stood behind him answered carefully, "Yes, one of them is Qin Feng, while another is Bai Li, currently, they are the general and deputy general of Shadong Town!"

Lei Ying instantly frowned.

"Shadong Town?"

"Yes, according to our findings, he was the one who had purchased the beast emperor core from Cheng Dacheng earlier!"

Lei Ying was livid!

The D-tier aptitude user carefully assessed the reaction from Lei Ying's back and continued with his sentence.

"Also, he was the one who killed Lei Chang!"

Crack!

Lei Ying immediately crushed the wine glass that he was holding in his hand!

"Trash!"

The D-tier aptitude user was afraid to add on further.

Things had not been smooth for the Leitang Organization, they had recently lost two D-tiers, besides Lei Tang, Lei Chen had also died in Shadong Town, and nobody knew that it was also Qin Feng that had killed Lei Chen.

Nonetheless, Lei Ying had already planned to get revenge on Qin Feng.

"We shall also depart now!"

It was obvious that Lei Ying did not want to be left out from partaking in the situation.

The conscious energy battle did not mean anything, and for him, Qin Feng and Bai Li were too young to be able to accumulate more than his rune collections, which meant that their ability would not be as powerful as his.

With that being said, it was still unknown who would be the ultimate winner of the upcoming battle!

Lei Ying had decided to reclaim his dignity.

He would not stop until he had killed Qin Feng!

***

The joint forces of Qin Feng and Gao Yukang had added up to more than sixty people; upon their arrival at the stronghold, they spent another day to settle down before they continued to go further into the Long Chuan mountain ranges.

Humankind was too weak to be in such an environment, and the scent released from their body was a clear signal to reveal themselves to the predators around; and as soon as they had entered into the forest, they were immediately spotted by forest wolves.

However, the wolves were all E-tiers, and they were unaware of the D-tier badge that was on Qin Feng's chest, and all of them began to pounce toward the humans.

"Kill!"

"Clean up immediately, or else, the blood smell will spread further away!"

"There are quite a lot of them!"

Countless numbers of giant wolves appeared and roamed around the bushes, they were about three meters in height, similar to the height of a human adult.

Despite being a D-tier aptitude user, it would still be taxing to face the pack of ultra beasts.

Surprisingly, there were about three hundred forest wolves around.

Qin Feng assessed the situation and was aware that the blood smell would draw unnecessary attention within the Long Chuan mountain ranges.

"Let me take care of this!"

Qin Feng suggested with his cold voice, while an instant conscious energy erupted from him.

"Hellfire Carpet!"

Immediately, the entire area within the radius of a hundred meter was engulfed in flames.

The entire pack of wolves that were pouncing forward was shrouded and trapped within a sea of fire.

Furs were charred, fleshes were burnt, it was impossible for the pack of wolves to withstand the torture from Qin Feng's ability.

"Awuu!" The pack of wolves howled and intended to escape; however, they were instantly devoured by the flames.

Hundreds of forest wolves were killed.

Of course, Qin Feng did not spare any of his mercy, all of the wolves had turned into ashes, and they were only left with their fangs and claws.

Everyone that was led by Gao Yukang was in shock, and all of them were marveling at Qin Feng's impressive skills!

As agreed by Gao Yukang, Qin Feng would have one third share as his reward, meaning that Gao Yukang's aide would be rewarded much less than they should have.

They were definitely dissatisfied about that!

Although they were outnumbered by Qin Feng's massive team, one tenth as his reward would be good enough to compensate him.

Finally, they now understood that the reward was not meant for the entire team, and it was only for Qin Feng.

A powerful and capable aptitude user had the absolute right to demand for such a massive amount of reward.

"Move on!"

Qin Feng commanded and took the lead.

Chen Xiang, Gao Li and the others followed behind Qin Feng.

The combined mercenary was travelling at a very high speed.

If it were not because of Qin Feng's refusal to reveal his true ability, he would have been able to travel at a much higher speed.

Despite their high travel speed, it had still taken them three days to complete their journey, and some of the aptitude users were even injured. Fortunately, there were doctors within the team that had allowed them to sustain their energy to carry on with the battle.

Finally, they had arrived at the peak of a mountain and there was a lake before them.

The scene was like a paradise in the human world.

"Amazing view!"

Bai Li exclaimed.

Dark green water in the lake was reflected from the surface, and it was like a picture that was being displayed.

Blue skies were accompanied by fresh green water, while bird chirpings echoed around the fragrant florals.

It was at that moment, gleaming reflections began to ripple from the surface of the lake, in the next moment, a gigantic skull emerged from the surface of the water, and a pair of spotlight-sized pupils were targeted toward the direction of the crowd.

Although it was at least a thousand meters away from the surface of the lake, everyone was shocked and terrified as soon as the creature raised its head up from the lake surface.

They were being targeted!

It was the best way to describe the situation.

At that moment, Qin Feng had also focused his eyes onto the D-tier beast emperor.

Soon, Qin Feng noticed that the capability of the beast emperor was way above average, it was a D9-tier!

Meaning, it was just one step away from achieving C-tier!

"Is, is it coming over?!" Chen Xiang's voice began to tremble.

Until now, he had yet to meet with any beast emperor ultra beast!

As a freeman, Chen Xiang would not purposely hunt for such terrifying creatures, and it was only after he had followed Qin Feng, his encounter with beast kings became more often.

Or else, any beast general would be capable of giving him a hard time, not to mention those that were above his rank.

"Machine setup!"

"Prepare the ammunition!"

"During the battle later, three ancient warriors remain to protect the gunners."

"Zheng Xi, Yang San, follow me!"

Gao Yukang coordinated the team in a regular and thorough manner, while the others began to carry out their tasks and enter into battle mode.

At the center of the lake, the gigantic dragon had locked its vision onto the crowd, and it howled continuously, as if it was trying to declare war with the humans.

Any unwanted intruders would definitely be killed without any mercy!

Chapter 393: The Battle Begins

Qin Feng did not need to use his ammunition reserves, and instead could borrow some from the gunners nearby. It was why Gao Yukang had chosen this kind of distribution, for the sake of cooperation, even if Qin Feng were to criticize him for having spent too much money!

With enough ammo to take down the enemy without the users suffering from bodily harm was a great gain.

The Fengli Mercenary Troop had already made their preparations

Qin Feng also moved himself into position.

Very quickly, his expanded consciousness had already scanned the surroundings.

At this time, Lei Ying also stopped in his tracks!

"Boss!"

The others did not know what was going on and they looked at Lei Ying.

His originally scowling expression seemed to have darkened even more!

"Stay here and don't go over there!"

Lei Ying naturally would not have said it, but he knew that his entire group had already been discovered!

The consciousness acted like a surveyor's pole. Qin Feng's consciousness had fought against Lei Ying's before, he would know who Qin Feng was!

"Qin Feng, you'll definitely die this time!"

If Qin Feng were to tell Gao Yukang about his presence, then his ambush would be completely ruined!

Little did Lei Ying know, the lakeside battle had already begun.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The artillery shells were fired one after the other.

In the blink of an eye, the shells soared through the air and crashed into the lake about a kilometer away.

There were no sounds of an explosion but mist began to appear on the water's surface as a purple light flashed.

A Giga-Volt Electromagnetic Cannon!

This kind of weapon was specifically used to fight underwater creatures.

It was not just home to the Water Drakon Emperor. After the Giga-Volt Electromagnetic blasts connected with the lake, countless creatures rolled onto their bellies and floated up onto the surface.

Even these extras were very valuable loot.

"Shaa…"

The Water Drakon Emperor let out an angry roar, and from the mist a huge body soared out of it.

The Water Drakon Emperor had taken flight.

This was not unexpected.

After all, it was an ultra beast with abilities, if it had consciousness it meant that it could probably fly.

Its body floated through the air, blocking out the sun with its sheer size before rushing toward the mountain top with a gathering of mist billowing in its wake.

"The Wind Cannon is ready to shoot it down!"

The gunner quickly swapped shells and began to fire.

In an instant, strong winds began to blow forth and the moment the shell exploded, countless wind blades began to pierce toward the Water Drakon Emperor's direction.

The flying drakon was constantly being battered by a barrage of wind blades. These wind blades were not strong enough to pierce through its skin, but the consistent barrage forced it to retreat.

After another round of bombing, the Water Drakon Emperor had exhausted a lot of ability powers to deflect the attacks and it greatly reduced its combat effectiveness.

These shells cost around 100 billion.

"Prepare to engage!"

Gao Yukang was the first to take action, his whole body was wrapped in internal force. When he kicked himself into the air, he shattered the ground beneath him.

As he soared through the sky, he slashed at the Water Drakon Emperor's body with his longsword.

"Bai Li, watch those people. I'm going in to help!" Qin Feng ordered.

Bai Li nodded, turning her back on the rest, but her consciousness was locked onto Lei Ying and his people.

Her consciousness was so powerful that those who felt her presence could not help but shudder.

Lei Ying gritted his teeth, enduring Bai Li's lock-on, holding up a telescope to see what was going on.

Qin Feng was already taking action!

"Fiery Peacock!"

A bright blue flame appeared, forming the shape of a two-meter wide Blue Flame Peacock. Not only that, this peacock began to split into two, then four, before taking flight.

Multiple Fiery Peacock attacks!

The Blue Flame Peacocks morphed into fiery energy as they rushed toward the Water Drakon Emperor.

Boom!

The first Firey Peacock blast collided with the Drakon's chin, knocking its head up.

Boom boom boom!

The remaining three all flew at different angles but in the end they all collided in the same place.

Gao Yukang who originally came in with a defensive posture was taken aback for a moment, but then his eyes lit up.

"Slayer's Blade: Slashing Flurry!"

He aimed at the exposed lower abdomen of the Water Drakon Emperor, his sword skills moving in a dazzling display.

Skrrr!

Clang clang clang!

The internal force around Gao Yukang's sword cleaved away the weakened scales before drawing blood.

A resounding hit!

"Threeek!" The Water Drakon Emperor screeched, finally looking to Gao Yukang and opening its mouth.

"Hsst!"

A large spout of water erupted from its maw, like water bursting out from a dam!

The surrounding trees that were flooded by this blast of water all toppled over!

It was at this moment, a pair of flaming blue wings could be seen carrying a figure toward the Water Drakon Emperor

Boom!

That was the sound of a head-on collision.

Immediately, the massive drakon was hit and was sent flying more than twenty meters into the air.

It lost control of its abilities out of sheer pain.

This time, Gao Yukang's form flickered as he rushed out of the water, leaping high up.

"Slayer's Blade: Reckless Slash!"

Gao Yukang leapt higher than where the drakon went and so the blade fell onto the Water Drakon Emperor in the blink of an eye.

Boom boom boom!

If it were not for the fact that the Water Drakon Emperor was a beast emperor, it would have instantly died from the attacking power of this C-tier aptitude user.

Of course, Reckless Slash was very powerful and the drakon was not an easy opponent. Its body rolled through the air, coiling around before swatting Gao Yukang away with a tail swipe.

Boom!

With that hit, the collision sent rocks tumbling down from the hill.

"Watch out!"

"No. Watch me!'

"Skyquake Hammer!"

Zheng Qian, the D9 ancient warrior that had followed Gao Yukang from before, lifted up his hammer and charged at the drakon.

After landing a blow, the Water Drakon Emperor was forced to retreat again before coiling around in a circle to knock Zheng Qian away.

"Blockade fire!"

Yan San quickly issued another order.

Boom boom boom!

The artillery fire blocked the Water Drakon Emperor's escape, forcing it to stay in place.

After the barrage ended, Gao Yukang had returned. While he had taken some damage, it did not look like it hindered his combat prowess at all.

Qin Feng unleashed another Fiery Peacock, not to steal the glory but to give Gao Yukang more openings to attack.

Then the battle was joined by more and more aptitude users.

In the distance, Lei Ying's face paled as he watched on through his telescope.

"Boss, if this goes on, does that mean that they actually think they can kill a D-tier beast emperor?"

"Zheng Qian is about to reach C-tier. Gao Yukang wants to surround himself with capable subordinates and raise Zheng Qian's power by one more level. If they really take down the beast emperor, that would be detrimental to the Leitang Organization!"

"Looks like Zheng Qian's a problem now."

"These dogs killed a lot of our people!"

The members of the Leitang Organization were obviously not on friendly terms with Gao Yukang, or they had deep grievances.

Lei Ying naturally understood the current situation.

"Hmph, easily taking down a beast emperor? There's no such thing!" Lei Ying thought to himself.

Chapter 394: What Goes Around Comes Around

"Grab some beast lure powder and send it their way!"

Lei Ying said with a dark grin on his face.

Human beings had been fighting ultra beasts for hundreds of years, if there was such a thing as beast repellent powder, there naturally would be something that did the opposite effect.

Beast lure powder had many functions. For example, it could be used to lure out ultra beasts into the open while in the wilderness or it could be poisoned.

When the ultra beast was trying to escape, beast repellent powder would be unnecessary. That was why beast lure powder was a good method of turning things around.

When Qin Feng was in Sea City, the powder had been used before! It could be said that this was a typical Leitang move.

"Who's going?"

"Knife is!"

"Boss, watch me!"

Thunder Knife of Leitang was not any normal ability user, he was a Dark ability user.

In an instant, his ability was activated and he turned into a shadow before quickly lurking toward the direction of Qin Feng and the others.

Gao Yukang was a C-tier aptitude user but he had weak consciousness.

Due to how the runes were, the dark ability worked as an incredibly strong concealing tool. It was impossible for anyone on the same level to be able to detect Thunder Knife's presence.

However, they overlooked the fact that there indeed was someone stronger than Knife.

That was Bai Li!

She had been keeping an eye on them for a while, Knife suddenly moving definitely meant that something was up!

"Someone's trying to sneak up on us!"

Bai Li used her consciousness to deliver the message.

Qin Feng's expression soured.

Leitang's people, he had to stop them!

What was more, this was the reason why Gao Yukang was looking for him. He was supposed to prevent other people from trying to take advantage of the opportunity to steal their loot.

With that in mind, he left the heat of the battle.

Using his consciousness to sweep the area, he immediately detected where the dark runes were floating.

Whoosh!

Qin Feng quickly dashed through the forest and soon appeared within Thunder Knife's line of sight.

Knife was surprised! Just from a moment's glance, he knew that he had encountered Qin Feng.

After all, how could he forget the face of the person who killed Lei Chang!

"There's a mercenary troop hunting an ultra beast ahead. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, I suggest you stop it!" Qin Feng said in a stern voice.

Thunder Knife frowned.

'Did he find me?'

'No, he must be trying to trick me!'

That was what he thought, wanting to move on while he was hidden in the shadows.

Whoosh!

Dark Shadow easily allowed Thunder Knife to quickly avoid Qin Feng.

'He really was trying to trick me! Little bastard!'

Just when Thunder Knife thought that, he suddenly felt a fiery hot aura coming from behind him.

He was shocked!

"Darkness Door!"

In a split second, darkness billowed around him before he was plunged into the inky darkness.

Immediately after, a burning blue light crashed into the place where Thunder Knife stood.

This blue light did not immediately kill Thunder Knife, but it instantly exploded and pierced through a tree in the blink of an eye.

Boom!

The tree burst from the center!"

"Gaaah!" Thunder Knife let out a pained cry as he was blown out. As an ability user, his body was extremely fragile!

At this time, he had been completely exposed. There were no more places to hide!

"Go to hell!"

Thunder Knife mobilized his consciousness, contorting the surrounding shadows and stretched them toward Qin Feng in an effort to entangle his feet and body.

Then, he pointed a finger at Qin Feng, charging up a bolt of darkness from his hand.

Qin Feng knew what this attack was and was familiar with it. It was a Dark Ray.

Being hit by this ability would sharply decrease his strength and severely weaken him.

Too bad it would not have any real effect on him!

Of course, he would not simply allow Thunder Knife to hit him like that!

Qin Feng's consciousness had also been activated.

A burst of red light flared from his body, instantly transforming into a large dragon.

The large dragon spun around Qin Feng, instantly snuffing out all the dark runes around him before rushing forward at the sound of a whistle.

"Fire Dragon Technique!" Thunder Knife exclaimed.

This kind of attack was really powerful. Thunder Knife may have been D tier, but he did not have a lot of abilities on hand and the Dark ability did not have a lot of moves to begin with.

Upon seeing the Fire Dragon Technique, Knife knew that he was in trouble and that his opponent was not a small fry!

"Shadow Absorption!"

He started to make a move and a vortex of darkness blinked in front of him.

The Fire Dragon swooped in and directly slammed into this vortex of darkness.

However, Knife's forehead was drenched with sweat. Shadow Absorption was a good move, but the stronger the attack, the more consciousness was needed to keep the ability up.

He obviously did not expect Qin Feng's attack to be so powerful!

The large head of the Fire Dragon had entered the shadowy vortex but just as its body was halfway through the Shadow Absorption ability hit its limit.

Boom!

The vortex suddenly fell apart.

The remaining half of the dragon instantly blasted into Knife's body.

"Aargh!"

The flames knocked Knife directly into a tree and the impact shook him to his core. In the blink of an eye, his combat uniform was damaged, revealing the purple light combat armor that he was wearing to protect himself.

"Cough, cough!"

His abdomen was seriously injured and he was coughing up blood.

Qin Feng stepped forward with the Verdant Emperor Saber in hand, holding the tip of the sword toward Knife.

Knife abruptly jumped up in the next moment.

"Die!"

A cloud of powder rushed toward him in an instant. He took a whiff and immediately knew what he was smelling.

Beast lure powder!

It really was a typical Leitang Organization move.

Qin Feng unleashed his internal force to prevent the beast lure powder from falling onto his body before moving his feet and chasing after Knife.

"Prepare to die!"

Since they wanted to use this to harm people, there naturally would be consequences.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Qin Feng chased after him by using Dark Shadow as well!

Thunder Knife did not know, but now there was someone much faster and much stealthier than he was approaching him.

In the next moment, Qin Feng appeared in front of Knife!

His eyes widened, reflecting the motion of Qin Feng slashing forward with his saber.

The Verdant Emperor Saber slashed past.

A head instantly rolled down.

"Pfft!"

Fresh blood was spilled as a new wound was made on charred flesh. The man was dead.

The battle between Qin Feng and Knife was not concealed, so it didn't matter if it was the Fengli Mercenary Troop, Gao Yukang's mercenary group, or the Leitang Organization. Everyone felt it!

The people of the Leitang Organization were all strangely quiet.

Then they all tried to send a message to Knife with their communicators.

Knife obviously would not be able to report back.

He was dead.

Qin Feng decided that he was not going to be bothered with this anymore. He quickly cremated the body with his Fire ability after picking up the fallen's spatial rune equipment.

The things within were also revealed.

"What goes around… comes around!"

Chapter 395: Tackling Problems Head-On

Qin Feng let out a sinister chuckle, as he pulled out the beast lure powder from the spatial rune equipment!

"Dark Shadow!"

He was surrounded by dark runes before they wrapped around his body, making him disappear completely!

In the distance, Lei Ying had originally locked onto Qin Feng with his consciousness but found that his target had completely disappeared!

"Impossible!"

He only thought that Qin Feng had a powerful consciousness, but it was not possible that it would be at the level where it was strong enough to shield himself from consciousness detection.

The consciousness level between the two should be similar!

As for that Bai Li girl, it was even weirder.

Who could have expected Qin Feng to disappear from right under his nose!

Qin Feng quickly scuttled through the woods while under the concealment of darkness.

His emperor-level consciousness could indeed be challenged by someone of a higher level but that would not be too big of a problem. Just simply comparing with the amount of skills that the C5-tier Lei Ying possessed, this was an astounding performance!

But Qin Feng was able to avoid Lei Ying's detection due to his Dark ability. He was not like Thunder Knife, as he had the boons of the Hellstone! In a way, he basically did not exist.

He moved extremely quickly, and in two minutes he had passed through the jungle and reached a place where Leitang was.

Forty people came with Leitang, Lei Ying was right, even with the little amount he had he could still bring up so many people.

Qin Feng's smile widened. He had been hiding in the shadows before appearing instantly!

Swish!

A cloud of white powder floated up instantly.

Qin Feng's movements were too fast!

The powder sprinkled onto everyone so suddenly that their faces were covered head to toe in beast lure powder!

"What's going on?"

"Damn, what is this?!"

The Leitang members suddenly yelled out.

Unprepared, the ability users did not put up their elemental shields, the ancient warriors did not put up their internal force shields, not even the gunners had the chance to pull up their consciousness barrier.

These people were not in a combative mode so naturally they did not want to waste their abilities.

They ended up being successfully ambushed by Qin Feng!

"Gah! It's beast lure powder!"

An aptitude user screamed.

This beast powder was especially made by them, once it made contact with skin, it would not wash off even if it came into contact with water!

And it was around them like a cocoon!

"Who!"

Lei Ying was not standing with them so he was not affected by the attack, but that made him exceedingly angry.

It was a provocation, a highly dangerous task such as this.

The moment Qin Feng appeared, he had himself immediately called out.

"Qin Feng!"

He shouted the name through gritted teeth.

Qin Feng's voice came from the dark, but with internal force pushing it forward it sounded like it was coming from all directions, and it made it hard to pinpoint his location.

"A present for you, President Lei!"

Qin Feng was very pleased with himself!

Lei Ying was absolutely furious.

"Thunder Ring!"

He raised his right hand, which had on a huge glove inlaid with purple gems that instantly began to emit a light.

Within a hundred meter radius, purple spheres suddenly appeared to surround everyone. The spheres swelled to about a meter in diameter before exploding.

The spread of each Thunder Orb was twenty meters long and with more than a dozen Thunder Orbs exploding, the surrounding forest was almost destroyed by it.

It was a pity that there was no trace of Qin Feng nearby.

Lei Ying's entire body crackled with lightning and the Thunder Shield was raised around him to protect his body.

Secretly, he was afraid of Qin Feng.

Then, at this moment, a shadow suddenly appeared behind him.

"Boss, look out!"

"Behind you!"

Everyone exclaimed and Lei Ying's heart skipped a beat.

"Lightning Sparks!"

"Crackle!"

Lei Ying instantly flashed forward.

"Fiery Rampage!"

Qin Feng was in hot pursuit.

The speed between the two was not too different.

"Dragon Slam!"

The call of a dragon rang out before a pair of golden dragon claws grabbed at Lei Ying.

Crackle!

The lightning shield flickered but it could not do anything to stop the blow from breaking through the Thunder Shield.

The Thunder Shield shattered.

"You're dead!" Lei Ying roared as the menacing glow of thunder wrapped over the place where Qin Feng was.

Crack!

Boom!

Qin Feng refused to give in but him being on the offense made Lei Ying even angrier!

A bit of white powdery substance managed to fall onto his forehead.

It was actually beast lure powder!

Thunder shook his internal force shield, threatening to tear it apart.

"Lets see if you can survive this!" Lei Ying was very angry. Was Qin Feng seriously thinking about spreading beast lure powder at this time? Did he think that he would not get killed?

Under the thunder's glow, Qin Feng smirked.

His internal strength was far more powerful than people had expected, so long as his internal force shield did not get overpowered by an attack stronger than it he would be fine!

All it took was the little effort of keeping it up.

At this time, Qin Feng had already scattered the beast lure powder and no longer wanted to entangle himself with Lei Ying, instantly retreating.

"Dark Shadow!"

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from where he was.

Lei Ying still wanted to give chase but he had no idea where Qin Feng went.

"Hrawhoo!"

Then came the sound of ultra beasts. All of the Leitang members were now like a served platter, exuding an irresistible fragrance that attracted all manner of ultra beasts.

"President, do we retreat?" A person asked fearfully.

Lei Ying's face was about as stormy as his abilities were.

"Retreat? What do you mean retreat? We're rushing toward Gao Yukang and the rest, we'll see if these ultra beasts can tell the difference between people!"

The plan was to cause trouble!

The others were immediately refreshed, although they were worried about their strength, they were hardened criminals. These Leitang members had a strong record of many brutalities in the past.

"Let's go!"

"Charge!"

Lei Ying took the lead and rushed in the direction of the high slope where the Fengli Mercenary Troop was.

Qin Feng had also noticed their movements.

"Unexpectedly you're still trying!"

He sneered before tapping into his communicator.

"Gunners, prepare to turn around and attack!"

"Beep!"

The gunners of the Fengli Mercenary Troop turned one after the other, taking out their weapons.

Whoosh!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

As Lei Ying saw the shells, a ferocious expression came over his face.

Chapter 396: Lei Ying Retreats

Boom!

Boom boom boom!

Great scores of artillery shells began to fall, due to the difference in numbers, Qin Feng's Fengli Mercenary Troop had the ultimate upper-hand!

However when the opponent suddenly rushed forward, things would naturally not be good.

Qin Feng sneered and waved a hand!

"Hell Magma!"

A menacing wave of fire runes erupted outward.

The surrounding temperature rose quickly, the ground gradually turned red and the trees caught fire. The most terrifying thing was that the ground had turned into a flowing liquid.

The ground between the Fengli Mercenary Troop and the Leitang Organization was covered in magma.

The trees gradually sank and crashed into the magma.

It was a very big pool of magma. If they wanted to get close, they had to pass through it.

"You think you can stop me?"

Lei Ying was obviously furious, surrounding himself with the Thunder Shield and using consciousness to make him levitate before he rushed toward Qin Feng.

Qin Feng did not try to stop him.

The other members of the Leitang Organization looked at one another, nodded their heads and quickened their pace to rush toward Qin Feng.

With ancient martial arts, one stepped through the air and soared at him!

At this time, Qin Feng let out another frosty laugh.

"Magma Impact!"

As soon as his voice rang out, a huge pillar of magma rose into the sky.

Boom!

The magma pillar instantly enveloped the person who had unleashed their ancient martial arts.

The person had been wrapped around by internal force, but when the magma pillar hit him the internal force around him instantly shattered!

"Aah!"

Letting out a pained yell, the D-tier aptitude user frantically retreated as his body was scoured by magma.

Since this D-tier aptitude user was full of vitality earlier, the damage would not kill him.

Just because he did not move on, he survived. If he kept going, Qin Feng would have let him join the magma as a new pile of ash.

At this time, the other ancient warriors were all shocked.

"Assh*le!"

Lei Ying's face was contorted with rage, but he did not stop moving and only thought about killing Qin Feng. Even if a few of his own people died in the attempt, succeeding would be a great relief!

So, he kept moving forward.

Suddenly, he felt a consciousness lock onto him!

In the next moment, a powerful consciousness crashed into him.

Lei Ying was using his consciousness to fly and the moment the opponent disrupted him, it immediately destabilized him.

Hell Magma was beneath him, he did not dare drop down!

"Lightning Sparks!"

Thunder ability runes surrounded him and Lei Ying rushed forward again.

It was at this time that there was a silver light that had appeared in the space in front of Lei Ying.

Then, a series of spatial rifts appeared.

Snap!

There was the sound of a whip cracking, Lei Ying did not know what was going on as a series of slender cracks began to approach where he was.

Lei Ying was shocked! Being a well-informed man, he naturally knew what this was!

Spatial rift!

No, more like a spatial ability!

This ability was like a shadow, constantly chasing after him as he retreated.

"Look out!"

A warning came from behind.

Lei Ying felt like something just made his heart skip a beat. When he retreated, he shifted his direction but in that moment he brushed past a long and narrow spatial rift.

This rift swallowed a portion of his left arm, it was more cruel than immediately cutting it off as the arm got removed by the space and the other part spiraled down into the magma below.

"Aaaah!"

Lei Ying let out a scream.

When he looked up, the rift had already closed but more than ten centimeters of his arm had been taken away by this rift and put into a spatial pocket!

He did not have time to be angry, only feeling a chill down his spine.

If he had not moved, what if the rift did not get his arm and instead got his heart?

Absolutely terrifying.

With that in mind, he no longer had the intention of pressing forward and quickly began to retreat!

Bai Li did not give chase!

Qin Feng stood in the center of his hellish magma carpet, the distortion in the air given off by the waves of heat made it hard to discern his facial expressions at the moment but his consciousness was locked onto everyone around him.

People knew that if they tried to approach, he would try to kill them.

All of a sudden, the roars of ultra beasts could be heard as they quickly approached.

"Boom… boom… boom… boom… hroaar!"

The massive footfalls gave off a resonating boom as the beasts approached, their movements shaking the ground beneath them.

Then, a herd of elephantine-ultra beasts that were no longer hidden by the trees started to appear and stared at the Leitang members with burning red eyes.

Obviously they had been attracted by the beast lure powder.

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked and the road behind them was about to be blocked, everyone was starting to panic.

"President, are we…"

Are we still going to attack now?

If they really were to attack, a whole bunch of people would die! Nobody was guaranteed that it would not be them who would survive.

Suddenly, these people wanted to retreat out of self-preservation, but they could only wait for Lei Ying's decision!

Lei Ying gritted his teeth so hard that he almost cracked some. He stared at Qin Feng, eyes full of hatred.

He just could not deal with Qin Feng!

"Retreat!"

After giving the order, he began to turn and run.

Everyone naturally quickly followed after him. Nobody dared to stay back!

At this time, the herd was already approaching. Although Lei Ying had taken most of it away, Qin Feng's confrontation with him had also stained his own hand with beast lure powder and five of those elephant beasts were charging his way.

These ultra beasts only approached a few steps forward before they were drenched in magma and turned into ash.

After killing the herd, the surrounding ultra beasts began to move again.

"What's going on? If there's a Beast Emperor here there wouldn't be any competing ultra beasts nearby!" Chen Xiang exclaimed, preparing for combat at any possible moment!

"It's fine, the people from Leitang wanted to use the beast lure powder to harm me, but they're reaping what they sowed!" Qin Feng explained.

After these words, the other's expression fell.

"Beast lure powder? Shameless thugs!"

"But Mr. Qin said they were reaping what they sowed, does that mean they themselves were affected by the powder? Explains why they fled so quickly with so many ultra beasts behind them!"

"The ultra beasts are now aggravated, based on their aura, I'm afraid they'll be a great threat to us!"

The combined strength of Qin Feng and the others meant that killing incoming ultra beasts would not be an issue, but there were going to be even more problems.

Who knows what terrifying ultra beasts were going to be passing through here?

Qin Feng had already prepared himself.

He took out a crystalline bottle, poured out a few drops of clear fragrant liquid and smeared it on his hand!

This of course was not any old perfume. It was the king-level tear flower's teardrop!

It would be easy to dissuade even D-tier ultra beasts.

Sure enough, after picking up the scent, the ultra beasts calmed down or avoided the smell.

At this time, the hunting of the beast emperor also progressed smoothly.

At a distance where Qin Feng's consciousness could not reach, several organizations were monitoring this entire situation with stealth drones!

And they were sorely disappointed!

"The two didn't even fight!"

"I was waiting for Leitang to beat up Gao Yukang and then collect the spoils!"

"This is so boring."

Longchuan definitely was not a battlefield for Leitang and Gao Yukang. There were just too many people here!

Chapter 397: Talking About Working Together Again

Nevertheless, Gao Yukang choosing to work with Qin Feng was a stroke of brilliance!

Not only that, a group consisting of forty D-tier aptitude users was a rare sight in Longchuan!

Beside the huge lake, trees had been toppled, the grass and flowers trampled. Gao Yukang and the others were still fighting the Water Drakon Emperor in the mess of things.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye!

"Hressk…"

The Water Drakon Emperor let out a long, drawn out roar as it unwillingly collapsed to the ground.

Boom!

With such a huge body crashing down onto the ground, the impact would still give those around it a little scare.

Gao Yukang's mercenary troop burst into smiles at the same time. While there had been no cheering, their joy was beyond words.

It had been a thrilling experience and the end result was a good one.

They took down a beast emperor level beast.

At this time, Gao Yukang was already out of energy. By now, his internal force was depleted and he even used a lot of pills to support himself. The battle was finally over!

"Split the materials and get ready to fall back!"

Gao Yukang waved his hand, then sat down cross-legged as he tried to revert his internal force to its original state.

Qin Feng also gave an order, telling his gunners to spread out and guard the perimeter to prevent ultra beasts from coming in to harass them.

Thanks to the tears from the tear flower, no ultra beast approached them.

It was going very smoothly.

After half an hour, Gao Yukang and his team had already broken down the materials of the beast emperor.

"Qin Feng, do you plan to get money or some beast materials?" Gao Yukang asked.

"100 billion power credits and 50 billions worth of materials. I want Dragon Blood!"

Water Drakon blood was still Dragon Blood. It was usually expensive material but since it was difficult to maintain the Drakon Blood's effect so it was not as expensive. Gao Yukang also gave him some meat and a dragon scale that could probably be made into inner armor.

Qin Feng was naturally satisfied.

Both parties had benefited together.

The Fengli Mercenary Troop began to retreat. In this battle, most people on the team had received money instead of materials. For them, some of these materials were no longer useful for them!

Qin Feng gave them 1 billion each, which definitely counted as a lot of money!

"It's nice following a strong leader, I feel like I didn't do anything!"

"Yeah! I thought we were going to fight Leitang!"

"Huh, I wonder if it would be called a fight? The boss killed Xue Jinkuang after all!"

Everyone was obviously satisfied with the current situation. The shadows that originally hung over the heads of these mutants had been mostly dispelled because of this mission.

Success always brought laughter.

After wading through rivers and crossing mountains for three days, everyone finally reached the frontline's fortress, which was close to the guard post on the Longchuan Mountains' front line. The closest place to them would be Longchuan's third colony.

It was not very big, definitely not as big as Fengli and was smaller than Han Town when Qin Feng first encountered it.

While there were not many people here, these people were all elites.

Inadvertently, even a B-tier aptitude user could be seen.

Naturally, with these people around, it meant that there was a large number of service staff, so the place was not deserted.

When Qin Feng and the others arrived on the main road near the fortress, they got into their hover copters and went to a hotel. For the past few days, there was not a place to take a bath in and the stench of blood was still on their bodies which was definitely not good.

Once they were cleaned up, everyone began to relax.

Those who wanted a drink were ordering from the top shelf, some just crawled under a bed and slept like logs.

However, Qin Feng was studying a map!

The environment of the Longchuan Mountains was quite complicated, but it had a large amount of ultra beasts hidden within it!

He could effortlessly challenge beast kings, all he needed to do was find them.

The combined efforts of Bai Li and Qin Feng made it easy for them to fight D-tier beast kings but it also made some people green with envy.

He could not just kill his competitors in the wild either. Otherwise, the Human Alliance would try to investigate it.

Lei Ying did such a thing everytime, but he never killed anyone. Just horribly injured them.

Qin Feng thought about it for a while before picking up his communicator, dialing Gao Yukang's number.

"Governor! Let's talk about the next time we'll be working together!" Qin Feng said in a brisk manner.

Gao Yukang was lying in bed, feeling very tired. This kind of battle exhausted a lot of his energy, just this one fight and he might need to rest for a week!

Upon hearing Qin Feng's words, he was taken aback!

"Next time? I'm not even ready right now, I think I need a break. Besides, a more suitable beast emperor is probably already gone!"

There were some beast emperors that had a whole brood of children!

That was the kind of horror that should not be provoked and Gao Yukang did not plan to do anything about them.

But, he definitely misunderstood what Qin Feng meant.

"What I meant was, I'll be the main force this time. I hope that you could be the one to help out and scare off competitors, Governor Gao!"

Gao Yukang suddenly had a shocked expression.

"Qin Feng, if you slay beast kings, I don't think you'd be able to even pay for me appearing!"

"What? Kill beast kings? I can take on those kinds of monsters without anyone's help!"

Gao Yukang was speechless for a moment, even as a C-tier, a D-tier beast king strength meant that they were not something that he could take down alone but when Qin Feng said it with such a casual manner, it made it seem easy.

What Gao Yukang thought was incredible was Qin Feng's answer.

"You want to kill beast emperors?"

"Yup!"

"What's the goal?"

"How about the Ivory Crown Emperor?"*

Gao Yukang almost laughed at Qin Feng.

"You're kidding right?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Gao Yukang helplessly furrowed his brow. "I need to think about it. I'll give an answer later, not to mention, even if I wanted to kill the Ivory Crown Emperor, I need a whole week to recover!"

"No problem!"

Qin Feng replied before both their communicators hung up.

A few days later, Gao Yukang still had not replied to Qin Feng's invitation. Qin Feng was not in a hurry, taking his mercenary troop into the mountains to fight ultra beasts every day.

Compared to the other D-tiers in Longchuan Colony Three, the Fengli Mercenary Troop was a bit too diligent!

Continuous, highly intense fights at the start of every day and coming back with large amounts of materials every time. People found it incredible!

Although these materials might just be from standard D-tier ultra beasts, a small amount would accumulate into more and more. The speed of which the group was making money was astounding.

Of course, if the other groups tried, they definitely would not be able to do it!

The members of the Fengli Mercenary Troop had no concerns about their situation. They came from the frontline of Shadong Town, a place where a crisis could occur at any moment. They were all people who fought desperately to defend it when it was in danger. Even if they did not leave the town, ultra beasts would come knocking at their door and force them to fight.

The current intensity of combat was nothing to them.

In just a week, the wealth of each individual Fengli Mercenary Troop member had increased to several hundred millions.

"Governor Gao, have you made your decision about my invitation to work together again?" Qin Feng once again communicated face to face with Gao Yukang.

Gao Yukang furrowed his brow and in the end, he shook his head and said, "This Ivory Crown Emperor business, I think it's impossible! I cannot agree!"

Translator's Note: 'Ivory Crown Emperor' in the original text refers to an elephant-like ultra beast.

Chapter 398: Gao Yukang's Presumption

When Gao Yukang said it like that, he was worried that Qin Feng might have thought he was being unreasonable.

"Qin Feng, what I meant was that, maybe you should change targets?"

"No worries Governor Gao, when we work together again the next time you shouldn't worry so much!"

Qin Feng knew what Gao Yukang was saying.

He was skeptical about Qin Feng's ability to take down the Ivory Crown Emperor.

This kind of ultra beast was part of the classification that traveled in huge herds.

The only reason why Leitang let go of Qin Feng and the others so easily was because they saw that they were being attacked by D-tier Ancient Elephants.

They were afraid that the attack would draw the attention of the Beast Emperor!

The Ivory Crown Emperor was the strongest emperor class among all of the Ancient Elephant herds. It was twenty meters in height and had the body length of forty meters. It was the terrifying overlord of this mountain!

This kind of creature was only hunted by well-prepared B-tiers.

Even then, they were afraid they might get trampled to death!

Qin Feng was only D-tier, Gao Yukang thought that he was being too arrogant.

Qin Feng did not change his mind, the more he studied the maps, the more he felt like the idea was feasible.

Since neither of them changed their minds, in the end the decision for another co-op outing was dropped.

On the next day, Qin Feng took his mercenary troop and went deep into the mountains.

When Lei Ying received the message for a second time, he began to sulk.

"President, should we follow them?" A subordinate asked.

"And for what? Come back with nothing?" He immediately bellowed, angry at his subordinate.

The subordinate was so frightened that he did not say anything else other than, "Yes, understood!"

He quickly withdrew from Lei Ying's office to inform the others of his intentions.

The Leitang Organization's people all looked at one another for a moment.

"This Qin Feng is way too strong!"

"He killed Lei Chang, based on the president's temper this person should have already been dead!"

"So we can't kill him now?"

"Shh, watch your mouth, don't let the President catch you saying that!"

They knew just how bad it would be if their boss were to hear these words.

Even if he did, Lei Ying merely let out a frustrated sigh.

Five of his men were injured on the way back when they were being chased by ultra beasts and it would take them a month to recover. Lei Ying's frustration and sulking mood did not seem to want to go away.

It was just that he understood that Qin Feng was not the type of person to be provoked.

"I just don't know if this kid's going to be a threat or not when he grows up!"

His eyes were narrowed with uncertainty.

He still had not made up his mind on whether or not to join forces with other people in order to kill Qin Feng!

***

Out in the wilds of the Longchuan Mountain range, ultra beasts were gradually growing in numbers and slowing down the general approach.

Qin Feng did not wish to have time wasted while they were on the road.

"Everyone stop! Get the front gunners to get back here too!" Qin Feng ordered.

Everyone gathered and the gunners dropped down from the trees to join the group!

He turned his gaze onto everyone.

There were exactly forty D-tiers who had followed him. After a week of battling together, Qin Feng knew them very well!

The most important thing was that these people would become Qin Feng's subordinates in the future and be extremely loyal to him!

They were mutants. The Others. Only Qin Feng, who rescued them, could give them a sense of belonging.

Qin Feng thought about it for a while and said, "Before, I've been hiding something and I hope that doesn't bother you. Of course, I assume that some of you would have already guessed it, so I don't want to hide this any longer!"

He raised his hand, calling upon his consciousness as a fist-sized black Dark rune appeared in on his fingertip.

"When I awakened, I received two abilities. The second one was the Dark ability, but because the Dark ability was special I only revealed my Fire ability!"

The people of the mercenary troop saw the Dark rune in Qin Feng's hand and were taken aback. Some finally had a sense of realization while some were genuinely surprised and some were impressed.

A mutated Blue Peacock Fire was already impressive but having two abilities could only be a miracle!

"I used to think that 'Yeah, Boss' fire has a weird color' and that he kept calling it 'Hellfire'. I thought it was just a mutated Fire ability, but it's been a fusion this whole time?"

"Boss, this isn't concealment. It's called having an ace up your sleeve!"

"Yeah! The Dark ability is just a power, what's important is who uses it that matters!"

Qin Feng nodded with satisfaction when he saw everyone's reaction.

When Qin Feng awakened, he did not expose his abilities because the people of the Z Organization were like sharp blades hanging over his head. He was worried that he was not strong enough and those people had ill-intentions, so he did not want to make the same mistake.

Now, he was very powerful and had no need to hide it.

What was more, a week ago, he fought against Thunder Knife who also used the Dark ability. Since his opponent used it so openly, why could he not do the same?

"Okay, that's all I wanted to say. Gather around a bit closer for now, I'll use the Dark ability to hide us and speed up our journey!"

Qin Feng's plan was a big one and it needed a lot of time.

No other team had paid them much attention but once Qin Feng took action, the news would spread.

What he wanted to do was make the time difference, as it would take people three days to reach their current position from the colony once the news had circulated.

That was why Qin Feng wanted to arrive faster!

His conversation with Gao Yukang earlier was not confidential either, it was better to be safe than sorry!

"Lets go!"

Once he gave the order, the Dark ability floated from his body and shrouded everyone like a faint mist.

While they could see their surroundings with no issues, the ultra beasts would no longer be able to detect their auras unless they were in close proximity. They would only feel and look like a shadow!

Their speed had also greatly increased.

With Qin Feng leading the way, it only took them twenty four hours to reach their destination.

It was a canyon that was sixty meters deep but only thirty meters wide. The length of the canyon was about three hundred meters and its walls were made out of an extremely hard and special material.

The ores here were even E-tier materials!

What was more, there was a terrifying Steel-Limb Broodmother that lived here!

Of course, it was not like the F-tier that Qin Feng fought in Han Town but a D-tier!

A D-tier Insectoid Broodmother.

"Now, I'll tell you the plan!" Qin Feng said as he unfolded the map on his communicator.

"My goal this time is the Ivory Crown Emperor. It has a herd of around two thousand, a massive group. Therefore, this time we'll be using this terrain to set up an ambush!"

Everyone was listening attentively to his plan.

While Gao Yukang had no confidence in him, he had these people's undying confidence.

Chapter 399: Set Into Action

They had seen Qin Feng fight Yan Shuo before.

Yan Shuo's Titanblood mutation meant that his strength was almost on the same level as a D-tier beast emperor. What was more, there was also the mysterious and unpredictable Bai Li who had spatial manipulation.

Besides, Qin Feng was never without a plan.

Once he told them his plan, they believed that he could carry it out.

"Now, prepare to clear the canyon of steel-limb spiders!"

"Yes, Sir!"

Everyone responded in unison.

The ancient warriors changed to the appropriate weapons while the gunners pulled out their pyrotechnic guns and everyone arranged themselves into a battle formation!

Qin Feng even wrapped Dark runes around them so they would not get swarmed by a large number of spiders.

As soon as they entered, everyone saw D-tier steel-limb spiders that were five meters in size and a large group of E-tier steel-limb spiders that were three meters in size.

The entire canyon was covered in spider web.

"Pwhoom!"

The pyrotechnic guns spewed out flames, burning away all the spider webs. Hundreds of steel-limb spiders detected movement and began to approach.

"Hellfire Carpet!"

Qin Feng had made his move!

Hundreds of meters in front of them were surrounded by flames!

A large thread of steel-limb spider silk latched onto the canyon wall as a spider swung itself toward the group, dropping down from the air.

He raised his hand, and unleashed a Firebeam.

A column of flame that was a meter in diameter shot out and instantly knocked the spider away.

This was only the beginning.

Following that were countless steel-limb spiders dropping down from the sky.

Bai Li cracked her whip and silver light covered the area above them.

Now they did not need to worry about spiders falling on their heads!

The slaughter continued!

Qin Feng continued to press inward as the steel-limb spiders were getting devastated, their lives snuffed out.

The Dark ability seemed to be everywhere, Qin Feng was consuming the energy of the Spiders after they died but the growth of his body was very slow.

After all, if he wanted to rank-up at this point of time, he would have to consume a lot of ultra beasts to do it!

These steel-limb spiders were just appetizers.

Soon, he reached the center of the canyon and saw a huge spider web that stretched up to fifty meters as it connected from wall to widest wall.

"Charge!"

Qin Feng let out a murderous bellow.

The people around him were frantically fighting as countless spiders were rushing in and hindering their path!

Qin Feng rushed out of the crowd, carving a path as he got closer and closer to the Steel-Limb Broodmother beast king!

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters!

"Fire Dragon Technique!"

Qin Feng condensed his consciousness before unleashing a huge fiery dragon that soared into the sky. The broodmother's nest was immediately burned away and the broodmother itself was entangled by the fire dragon.

Boom!

The fire dragon exploded, wounding the broodmother beast king!

It was a powerful attack that came from the powerful consciousness of a D-tier beast emperor.

"Fiery Peacock!"

Dozens of flaming peacocks began to appear, constantly rushing and pouncing on the Steel-Limb Broodmother.

The beast king tried its best to run away, steadily retreating.

But how could Qin Feng just let it run away?

The Verdant Emperor Saber appeared in his hands.

"Burning Skies!"

His internal force burst out with a terrifying aura!

A blade of light rose up into the air before piercing through the D-tier Steel-Limb Broodmother beast king's abdomen!

Slain!

He had completely crushed and dealt with the broodmother!

The very moment the broodmother died, it was as if a signal was spread throughout the entire canyon and the countless spiders no longer tried to attack but instead scattered themselves.

Abruptly, there were no more ultra beasts in this huge canyon. Only corpses from what they had killed and materials they had yet to pick up!

The sky was already getting dark.

"Clear the battlefield, set the mines and rest for the first half of the night, prepare for an attack on the second half!"

"Yes, Sir!"

There was no complaint in everyone's response.

Bibibi!

Qin Feng's communicator rang.

It was news from Gao Yukang.

"Qin Feng, are you going to kill the Steel-Limb Broodmother beast king in that big canyon?" Gao Yukang asked.

"Mhm, yeah!"

"Haha, it should have been like this a while ago. With your strength, if you reach C-tier, you'll definitely be able to defeat D-tier beast emperors. Don't worry!" Gao Yukang thought that Qin Feng had changed his mind and decided to not fight the Ivory Crown Emperor.

Qin Feng smiled faintly, naturally not telling Gao Yukang that the broodmother was already dead and he had only just begun his plan.

"It just so happens that my team's heading out into the wild again. I think we're going deeper this time around to look for another beast emperor. When you're done on your side, you can join us and we'll split the profits!"

"That depends on the situation, there might be casualties on my side!"

"Well, actually, I think you can just bring yourself!"

Qin Feng smiled again. "That's fine too!"

The two went on with idle conversation before hanging up.

Gao Yukang was strong and conceited, but Qin Feng did not want to explain anything!

Everything was best explained with facts!

An hour later, the materials were accounted for.

Two hours later, the mines had been set in their designated locations. They valued up to 50 billion.

The rewards of this hunt would be ten times that amount, so it was worth the risk.

Besides, Qin Feng could pay off that 50 billion from his coffers.

By midnight, everyone had rested for about four to five hours. They were full of energy, excited even.

They were hunting a beast emperor together, moreover, their commander was not even C-tier.

An equal playing field tended to heighten spirits and raise the stakes.

Qin Feng exuded Dark runes from his body and his whole person looked like he had melted away into darkness.

He had already figured out where the elephant herd was, but the distance was beyond three peaks away.

In the blink of an eye, he and Bai Li appeared there.

In fact, the Ivory Crown Emperor was guarding this place due to an extremely rare spirit herb here!

Moon-tempered cress!

This special kind of spirit herb had a peculiar effect. So long as someone was illuminated under moonlight, their training speed would increase extremely fast.

Moreover, the effect might be permanent!

On the battle net, it was stated that a person who had obtained this spirit herb could maintain the effects of rapid cultivation for twenty years!

However, since it did not directly increase combat effectiveness, it was far less attractive to humans as it was not something that was a truly game-changing spirit herb that deserved attention.

The Ivory Crown Emperor was also so powerful that it did not seem like it was worth it.

Qin Feng and Bai Li walked into the forest where the elephant herd was located. This piece of land was flat and had a small slope, it was more like a huge valley. Thousands of giant elephants were gathered here, not even large trees could be able to block their path.

There was a mild aura here that would have made any other person uneasy.

This was not a problem for Qin Feng or Bai Li.

"Oh, there's something good!"

Bai Li sniffed the air before disappearing with a swish.

The Moon-tempered cress attracted moonlight, making it fall into the forest like a white beam.

The moment Bai Li disappeared, so did the white beam of light!

Qin Feng instantly felt a terrifying aura rush right up to his face!