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Chapter 400: Lei Ying was Caught by Surprise

The Ivory Crown Emperor's howl quaked the land.

In the dark, several giant figures lumped together as they were rushing toward the same direction—where Qin Feng was at.

This was because Bai Li had reappeared beside Qin Feng with a spirit herb two times the size of bamboo shoots in her hand. She munched the herb instinctively.

Chomp!

Energy immediately emanated around Bai Li. Qin Feng managed to benefit from the released energy even by just standing beside her.

"It's crispy and nice." Bai Li handed over the herb to Qin Feng. Qin Feng chewed on it but his teeth were met by great resistance.

Fortunately, Qin Feng's had all his body parts strengthened and his teeth were exceptionally tough. He tightened his jaw further and eventually bit through the moon-tempered cress.

Energy soon gushed into his limbs and triggered Asteroid Assimilation. The energy influx was absorbed directly by his body and turned into a liquefied inner power that sank deep into his dantian.

'This is awesome!'

But this was not the time to take another bite.

Rumble!

The elephant herd was right in front of their eyes now.

"Let's move!"

Silver radiance embodied Bai Li and Qin Feng and teleported them a thousand miles away.

Chomp! Chomp!

It was bewildering that Bai Li could still find the time to take another two quick bites. The herb's energy would slowly diminish once it was bitten so it was best to finish it off quickly.

The Ivory Crown Emperor located them instantly and once again charged at them furiously.

Their humongous bodies shattered the rocks in their path effortlessly and stormed forward intimidatingly.

Boom! Boom!

Plants were blown apart where the Ivory Crown Emperor passed through. One step of the giant elephant was equivalent to a few hundred miles. They caught up to Qin Feng and Bai Li in roughly ten steps.

More horrifyingly, the Ivory Crown Emperor was followed by an enormous herd of "angry mobs".

Bai Li teleported again. She skipped through three hills in the blink of an eye.

As the silver flash faded, Qin Feng and Bai Li arrived at the front of a group of soldiers hovering in the air on an electronic glider inside a canyon.

"Here they come!"

"Get ready!"

The emperor soon arrived, with its entire tribe followed closely.

Qin Feng backed in further into the canyon.

The Ivory Crown Emperor did the same and blocked the entire narrow entryway with its gigantic figure.

"Stall it, let the herd come closer."

"Roger!"

Bai Li swung her Spatial Whip and elicited multiple silver explosions. The space-time distortion generated by the explosion lacerated the beast, who was marching forward steadily.

Baraag!

The Ivory Crown Emperor unleashed its force and repelled the space rift.

On the other side, Qin Feng concentrated his consciousness.

"Fire Dragon Style!"

A giant fire dragon ascended to the sky. It was a scene not seen by many of the Fengli mercenaries.

This was because Qin Feng had never showcased it before to hide his true ability.

The fire dragon dove and pounded on the Ivory Crown Emperor. Upon impact, even the humongous elephant was being forced back. The remaining hairs on its body were completely burned off by the fire.

The Ivory Crown Emperor was infuriated and swung his trunk toward Qin Feng's direction. Its action stirred up a strong air current that blew Qin Feng, who tried to withstand it with his inner strength, miles away.

But Qin Feng got what he was aiming for. The delay had allowed the herd to catch up to their emperor.

The entire canyon was now crowded by the elephant herd.

Several thousand elephants rushed into the canyon chasing after the scent of the moon-tempered cress.

Qin Feng and Bai Li levitated to a higher altitude.

"Blow it!"

Under his command, one of his mercenaries pushed the button. Tremendous explosive waves soon erupted inside the canyon.

It was a horrible scene to behold.

The two peaks beside the canyon were brought down by the giant explosion. Sliding rocks from the hills served as the second wave of attack.

Such a loud bang in the middle of the night sent terror to everyone within the vicinity.

Those residing nearby could either hear or feel the terrifying existence.

"What's happening?"

"Someone is hunting the beast emperor!"

"The elephants?!"

The news broke out and immediately caused an uproar.

"Who is daring enough to provoke the almighty Ivory Crown Emperor? Not only that but it seems they are close to pulling this off?!"

At least, the scale of the explosion was breathtaking.

The entire canyon was shrouded by a dust cloud.

The explosives installed by Qin Feng were all plasma bombs. The large area explosion had surely taken out most of the elephants.

Though the Ivory Crown Emperor was not heavily injured, it was still stuck in a tight spot being pressed by boulders.

Qin Feng made no delay and unleashed his powerful ability.

"Dark Pillar!"

Instantly, a dark cloud emerged out of thin air. Then, a dark light beamed down from the cloud and showered directly on the Ivory Crown Emperor's body.

This skill is a modified version of Decaying Rain used by Wraith Devil, a monster Qin Feng encountered in Pingyun before.

The pillar gradually increased in diameter until it had completely covered the elephant emperor.

Qin Feng could feel that his Absorption ability had started running rapidly to draw the energy from the Ivory Crown Emperor into his body.

The Ivory Crown Emperor was weakened gradually. This signified that the beast was losing its power.

Qin Feng might be unable to handle the Ivory Crown Emperor at its peak but it was a different story now.

On the other hand, a weakened Ivory Crown Emperor would be no match to Bai Li, who was a C-tier beast emperor.

The Ivory Crown Emperor could only growl grudgingly in the face of two mighty opponents.

Those from the Fengli Mercenary Troop waited for the dust to settle and returned into the canyon.

They swiftly put down any elephant remaining alive after the explosion like a wolf pack eating into a herd of sheep.

Simultaneously, the news continued to spread through the Human Alliance network.

***

Lei Ying was thirsty to kill after he was being woken up in the middle of the night.

"Marvelous! Stay in the colony. I will be going by myself this time."

Lei Ying departed from Colony Three but it was already too late for him to stop Qin Feng from killing the Ivory Crown Emperor.

That was not his plan anyway. This time, he planned to finish off Qin Feng for good.

Though he said that he would be heading there alone, he had secretly communicated with four other C-tier users.

The five of them could still earn 100 billion per person after they had robbed the Ivory Crown Emperor from Qin Feng's hand.

Not many could resist such a good opportunity.

They were not the only ones that had received the news. Gao Yukang was equally shocked by the news that Qin Feng had taken up the challenge without his knowledge. Not only that but Qin Feng had chosen to fight during the night that was full of uncertainty.

But if he could indeed pull this off, then picking the night seemed wise in hindsight.

The others probably would not dare to come recklessly during the night, where dangers were lurking everywhere.

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Qin Feng's communicator was ringing but he did not have the time to answer it. He was still focusing on the battle.

Four hours later, the sky brightened up and the gigantic Ivory Crown Emperor had finally succumbed to Qin Feng. The emperor plunged and leaned on the side of the hill. Its body was too huge to lie down on the canyon.

The battle had come to its end.

The most valuable items on the Ivory Crown Emperor were its ivory, skin to be used medicinally, and finally its power core.

'What a rewarding night!'

Chapter 401: Switch Target

"Retreat at once!"

Qin Feng did not dissect the mammoth but asked Bai Li to pack the entire body into her space.

The others were not surprised by this as they already knew that Qin Feng owned a capacious Spatial Rune Equipment.

Spatial Rune Equipment was a vital item for D-tiers. If they could not find a large enough Spatial Equipment, they would compensate for the lack of space by simply bringing more storage equipment.

The group retreated from the canyon being protected by Qin Feng's dark runes.

Monsters would not detect them while Qin Feng would also evade those who might have rushed here to mug them off their rewards. They reached Longchuan's Colony Three within a day.

They were considered safe once inside the colony.

No matter how powerful Lei Ying was, he would not stir trouble inside a colony.

Lei Ying was furious after he learned that his targets had all moved back into the colony without harm.

He could not believe that he was going to go back empty-handed.

Qin Feng then remembered Gao Yukang's missed call and proceeded to call him back.

Gao Yukang answered the call hastily but was first stunned by the surroundings where Qin Feng was at.

"You are back in the colony camp?"

The framework and construction in Qin Feng's background were the ones that could only be found in a civilized colony.

"Yeap. We are back."

"I thought you were just having a battle near the big canyon? How did you make it back so quick?"

No matter how you see it, Qin Feng completed the task one day ahead of the projected time. 'How did he manage to return to the colony this quick?'

"It's a secret." Qin Feng smirked.

Gao Yukang was speechless. But he soon thought about something and laughed. "I heard that Lei Ying tried to corner you at the canyon after you killed the Ivory Crown Emperor. Now that you are back in the colony, I can imagine how distorted his face would be when he realized he has run into nothing."

Qin Feng frowned as he heard that. "Corner me? How many people did he bring?"

"Han Chengming, Liu Yi, Wang Jian, and someone from the Dark Coalition called Liu Bei."

Qin Feng was shocked to hear the last name. Liu Bei, as he recalled, was an A-tier ancient warrior of the Dark Coalition in the future.

Lei Ying was indeed trying to kill him at all costs.

Qin Feng grew gloomier. "Governor, stay alert."

"What?"

"Do you think Lei Ying and his partners in crime would just turn back home happily after gaining nothing? You, of all people, should know that Lei Ying is not the type that would give up easily."

***

In the meantime, near the Longchuan mountains, Lei Ying and his co. were still half a day away from the big canyon. To their surprise, Qin Feng had already returned to the colony.

"Sh*t!"

"This is a waste of time!"

"What sorcery did that brat used to reach the colony in such a short time?"

"What's the use of dwelling on that now?"

They were all exasperated. Lei Ying's mood was the worst among them.

"I know that Gao Yukang has just departed. Since we are already here, why not ambush him instead?"

It was just a switch of the target from Qin Feng to Gao Yukang.

Han Chengming and Liu Yi hesitated. They might be confident in bullying a D-tier aptitude user but going up against Gao Yukang was not something they had signed up for.

Liu Bei, on the other hand, sneered and said, "It's all the same to me. It would be too bad if my blade does not get to taste blood tonight."

Those who had hesitated earlier were stunned by such a notion and decided to acquiesce the operation.

At C-tier, even if Liu Bei was someone from the Dark Coalition, nobody would refuse to cooperate with such a reliable ally.

Liu Bei was a prodigy. It was also because of his talent that he behaved unscrupulously and violently. His infamous character had caused him to be exiled from colonies belonging to the Human Alliance.

Liu Bei studied and practiced the dark art. That made him look like he was seventeen years old while in fact, he was already twenty seven.

Reaching C-tier at the age of twenty seven meant that his talent was even higher than that of Gao Yukang's.

"Let's roll!" Lei Ying said in a deep voice. The others nodded and five of them changed their direction toward Gao Yukang.

***

Gao Yukang's brows were deeply furrowed now.

He made fun of Lei Ying while completely forgetting about the possibility that he could very well be their next target. That was highly probable as Lei Ying held a grudge over him after Gao Yukang had publicly opposed him just recently.

"This toxic bastard!" Gao Yukang trembled in anger.

As suspected by the Leitang Organization, another member of Gao Yukang's party had just attained C-tier status. Nonetheless, two C-tiers in his party would still come up a little short as compared to the small group heading their way now.

Gao Yukang looked at Qin Feng on his communicator's screen. "Qin Feng, if you could rush back to the colony in one and a half days, then I believe you can reach me in time too. If we need to clash with Lei Ying, then I will pay you 100 billion after this. If not, you will get the chance to hunt another beast emperor. We will split 4:6. Deal?"

This was a much better offer than the previous one.

"Deal!" Qin Feng agreed without much hesitation.

After working for three days straight, the Fengli mercenaries were exhausted. They stayed back to dissect the Ivory Crown Emperor and split the loot for sale. Qin Feng only brought Bai Li with him this time to the Longchuan mountains.

Longchuan was large but Qin Feng and Bai Li could move quickly through Bai Li's spatial ability. They caught up to Lei Ying's troop in less than a day.

Qin Feng scanned them from afar and roughly grasped the strength of the five-man troop.

Gao Yukang's party had two C-tiers. Qin Feng and Bai Li were C-tiers, too. It might appear to be a four vs. five battle but Qin Feng was confident that his side would emerge victorious.

This was because Bai Li was no ordinary C-tier.

Qin Feng and Bai Li skipped ahead to rendezvous with Gao Yukang.

At the exact same moment, Lei Ying sensed something and raised his head toward the point where Qin Feng had just disappeared from.

"What? You sensed something?"

"I sensed a familiar force. But it disappeared too quickly for me to identify who that might be."

Every aptitude user's consciousness was different but it was still hard to distinguish them with such a short contact.

Regardless, Lei Ying could not shake the bad feeling lingering in his mind.

Half a day later, Lei Ying and co. finally reached Gao Yukang's party.

They heard the loud noise of battle as soon as they closed in.

The group was baffled at first but immediately realized what was happening.

"Gao Yukang must have guessed our intention and decided to hunt down the beast preemptively."

"But we still made it on time!"

"Gao Yukang, you have Qin Feng to blame for your downfall!"

Lei Ying snickered and signaled to the others. Lightning began to cover his body.

Flash!

He immediately burst into speed. The other four were ancient warriors and had learned qinggong. They stayed close behind Lei Ying.

The five-man group charged straight toward the battle.

Awoo!

Boom Boom Boom!

The beast emperor shrieked for one last time and the battle sound abruptly ended after that.

Lei Ying's group reached the battlefield almost at the same time the beast had fallen.

The battle took place at a valley between two mountains. The entire place was stained with fresh blood.

A giant beast was seen lying at the center of the valley.

"Beast emperor!" Lei Ying was excited and prepared to lunge down.

Chapter 402: Ecliptic Rift

This was when another figure came into Lei Ying's sight.

Tall build, handsome feature, and the vibe that did not belong to someone this young.

"Qin Feng!"

Lei Ying felt that someone had just punched him in the gut. His worst fear was proven right. It was indeed Qin Feng that had passed by them earlier. More shockingly, he had reached half-a-day earlier than they did.

Lei Ying had not been this annoyed and infuriated for a very long time.

Qin Feng grinned and greeted him, "What a coincidence, President Lei."

The corner of Lei Ying's eye twitched out of anger.

'Coincidence my ass.'

The others, on the contrary, were delighted to see Qin Feng here.

"Well, well, this saves us the trouble of looking for him," Han Chengming infused internal force into his voice so that the others could hear him.

"So this is Qin Feng. Great! Instead of making Gao Yukang our enemy, let's just kill Qin Feng. The others would not be able to stop us," Liu Yi said in response.

Wang Jian said nothing but he had locked on Qin Feng as well. He was ready to launch an attack anytime.

Liu Bei was the only one who said, "Kill them both!" He came from the Dark Coalition and was a vicious man. He had nothing to lose so he had no restraint. Liu Bei could not care less about what others thought. He would do this his way.

"Gao Yukang, give up on the beast emperor!" Han Chengming was the first to shout at them. He covered himself with a shield made with his internal force and dashed toward Gao Yukang.

Nonetheless, his true target was Qin Feng. The same went for Liu Yi and Wang Jian.

Lei Ying was sullen but his urge to kill surpassed any other mood he had right now. He ordered, "Do it!"

'Qin Feng must die!'

But Lei Ying had a hunch. They might not be able to kill him today.

After Lei Ying's order, the four C-tier ancient warriors demonstrated their qinggong and charged toward Qin Feng simultaneously.

This was when a body appeared in front of Qin Feng.

It was Bai Li!

Crack!

Bai Li lashed out the silver whip in her hand toward the four assaulters.

A blinding silver light immediately covered a hundred-meter radius.

Spatial rifts then emerged spontaneously like a monster maw trying to rip the flesh off its targets.

"Be careful, it's spatial ability!"

Lei Ying instantly alerted the others.

Your enemy was sometimes the one that knew you best.

Due to the previous defeat, Lei Ying went back and did his research, especially on Bai Li. This was the person that had caused him to lose an arm. Even though he managed to restore his arm with rare herbs, it was not accomplished without paying a great price.

So it was only logical that he had paid extra attention to such powerful foes.

However, he still knew only a little about Bai Li's ability and thought it all came from the silver whip in her hand. That was why Lei Ying was coveting the powerful weapon.

The other four persons were shocked when they heard Lei Ying's warning and reflexively released their inner strength to repel the approaching spatial runes.

Though they managed to fend off the rift, it cost them a lot of energy. Besides, since they needed to watch their steps, the assaulters slowed down considerably.

Bai Li was not going to let such an opportunity slip.

Spatial Rift!

Bai Li unleashed more of her ability.

Simultaneously, Qin Feng also raised his hand and a dark light promptly emerged.

Dark Laser!

The four rays traveled in a straight line and hit the four of them, respectively.

Suddenly, as if their inner powers were being eroded and had disappeared bit by bit.

"It's Dark Ability!" Lei Ying warned again.

Lei Li might be dead but Lei Ying had experienced the same horror of Dark Ability before.

Now, Qin Feng could release the power simply by raising his hand. Such a drastic improvement in a short span was baffling.

Qin Feng was truly an unpredictable person.

The two sides got tangled in a chaotic battle. Qin Feng, Bai Li, and Zheng Qian from Gao Yukang's party against Lei Ying's five-man group. The latter did not gain the upper hand even with the number advantage.

Gao Yukang's fight was not over either. He was going to deal the final blow to the heavily injured beast emperor.

All of a sudden, everyone's communicator began to vibrate violently accompanied by a piercing alarm.

Buzz! A supernova rift is going to appear!

Buzz! Please retreat to safety! Please retreat to safety!

Buzz! Danger level A! Danger level A! Retreat at once!

They were all stunned by the prompt notification.

Later, the entire place was darkened. Something had appeared above them and blocked off the light.

They looked up and saw that a large dark circle had shaded the sun.

"Rift!!!!"

"It's a spatial tunnel!"

It was not a rift but a f*cking passageway large enough to cover the sun.

The scenario highly resembled a solar eclipse.

Afterward, something unbeknown to them came out from the other side of the colossal spatial tunnel.

It looked like a reverse cone.

"What's that?" Everyone was baffled.

Qin Feng was the only one who trembled in fear. He knew everything about the big events that had taken place in his past life.

In this year, the powerful Grans had arrived at Earth through the spatial rift. About ten thousand of them came with their floating castle.

The almighty Grans effortlessly demolished Longchuan with better soldiers and more advanced technologies.

The Human Alliance's fortresses were brought down one after another. Longchuan that was developing well before was wiped off the map overnight. Along with its downfall, few hundreds of C-tiers paid their lives protecting Longchuan. They had also lost two B-tiers in the process.

One of them was none other than Gao Yukang.

Because of this memory, Qin Feng vowed to help Gao Yukang to escape his fate when he came to Longchuan.

Unfortunately, the incident had occurred prematurely.

Qin Feng somehow knew this was coming. Bai Li's excessive use of her spatial ability must have sped up the whole process.

But Qin Feng would not reveal this and he would not be sorry for it.

Right now, there was only one thing to be done.

Run!

"Bai Li, we need to flee. Now!" Qin Feng shouted instantaneously. Bai Li was still busy fighting Han Chengming but left the battle graciously without much trouble after she heard Qin Feng.

"Governor, time to run!" Qin Feng shouted to Gao Yukang.

However, Gao Yukang only hastened his attacks on the monster.

"You guys leave first. I will catch up later." Gao Yukang was still obsessed with the beast emperor. He was not going to let the beast emperor slide after the hard fought battle.

This beast emperor was the very reason they were here now. Gao Yukang refused to give up on the money that was already halfway into his pocket.

Thinking of this, Gao Yukang's hands moved even faster than before.

"We are not leaving too!" Gao Yukang's underlings said, "With our help, we can finish this off quicker!"

"Very well, move your ass then, boys!"

Qin Feng's face could not be any redder. "For f*ck's sake! Do you all have a death wish!?"

Chapter 403: The Destructive Army of Grans

"Qin Feng, if you spend your energy on working rather than talking, perhaps the beast emperor would already be dead by now!"

"Bai Li!" Qin Feng growled.

Bai Li immediately understood what Qin Feng wanted. She jumped forward like a flash and punched at the D-tier beast emperor's body without reserve using her outrageous physical strength.

Boom!

Instantly, the beast was sent flying a few hundred meters backward.

Bai Li chased up and gave it another punch before it landed.

Boom!

Another few hundred meters.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Li had gone far together with the beast emperor's body. Others quickly followed behind her. This included Lei Ying and his small group.

Who would not want to get the raw beast materials?

Qin Feng's main purpose was to chase them all out from this very spot.

The supernova rift on top of them was the biggest threat.

The Floating City descended rapidly. Its size, which was equivalent to the area of a small colony, was something to behold.

With the city getting closer to the land, numerous figures were seen flying out from the floating isle.

Grans were born with wings.

They possessed expandable bones and grew wings with it. The protruding bones covered only by the skin was a rather peculiar sight.

Though they did resemble humans in terms of appearance, their eyes were more bloated like a ping-pong ball.

If they appeared before the apocalypse, then Grans would definitely be mistaken as aliens for their eerie outlook.

But now humans knew that Grans were just another intelligent species coming from an unknown dimension.

This species was much stronger than humans in the current state.

They communicated using unrecognizable syllables and came right after the running humans.

Apparently, their first target on this planet would be another intelligent species. Humans served as good candidates to be enslaved.

At least three troops of Grans dived down toward the humans. Each troop was formed by about ten soldiers estimated to be at least C-tier.

"Ah! Beasts!"

"Run!"

"They are coming after us!"

The Gunners had not retreated from their spot from the battle earlier and became the first targets of the Grans.

A D-tier aptitude user had his neck grabbed by one of the Grans. The monster tried to lift him up but the aptitude user resisted frantically. The decomposition blaster in the user's hand fired a destructive flare toward the Gran.

Woom!

A force shield wrapped around the Gran promptly to protect it from the blast. The monster was aggravated seeing that the lowly human dared to assault it.

Crack!

The neck of the D-tier gunner was snapped and broken by the Gran.

Human life was indeed fragile. The D-tier gunner was killed just like that.

The other gunners were furious when they saw what happened to their comrades. But their anger was soon drowned by fear. They were afraid of the brutality of the more superior life form.

They tried to run, but none was able to escape from being slain mercilessly.

The five fallen gunners were Gao Yukang's trusted underlings.

Gao Yukang's group was made up of about twenty members. All of them were elites under the Human Alliance.

Gao Yukang was infuriated to see five of his men falling this easily in the unknown enemies' hands.

"Bastard!"

"Governor, calm down. Bring your men and flee at once. Do you wish to sacrifice the rest of your troop as well?" Qin Feng once again tried to talk some sense into Gao Yukang. He infused his voice with great internal force and the resonance was deafening.

Gao Yukang's eyes were tinged with redness but his glare remained. He gritted and shouted, "Retreat!"

The remaining survivors were all ancient warriors and they ran away at full speed.

"Calling Longchuan city! Calling Longchuan city! A supernova rift has been spotted. Danger level A-tier. Lockdown the town immediately. Lock it down!" Gao Yukang bellowed toward his communicator.

Everyone on the scene was scrambling for their lives. They could not care less about the beasts that they might disturb inside the Longchuan mountains.

Bai Li was sprinting too. She finished off the beast emperor and threw it inside her spatial storage.

But nobody cared about the beast emperor now.

However, no matter how fast they ran, humans were unable to outpace the flying Grans.

The Grans flew over and grabbed on another D-tier ancient warrior.

Crack! Crack!

All the limbs of the ancient warrior were debilitated and he was thrown into the bush. If he were still alive, then he would be brought back as a slave. If he did not survive, then he was just an insignificant prey in a hunting game for the Grans.

The Grans leashed out a creepy laugh. To them, all this chasing and killing of inferior species was just a form of entertainment.

"Scums!" Gao Yukang was further angered by what he witnessed.

This was when one of the Grans dived and tried to seize an aptitude user near Gao Yukang.

Gao Yukang could no longer tolerate and unleashed a heavy attack.

Boom!

His enormous inner power was channeled through the weapon in his hand and promptly shattered the force shield covering the Grans.

"Die!" Gao Yukang yelled and wanted to kill the monster.

Other Grans sensed the danger befalling their comrade and turned aggressive. They simultaneously dived toward Gao Yukang.

Dark Shroud!

A terrifying dark mist arose out of thin air and instantly shrouded a large area.

Everything became invisible inside the darkness. The mist also robbed away the perceptual ability of all living things engulfed by it.

Qin Feng was the only one able to see in the dark. He also insulated Gao Yukang from the dark runes within the mist.

"Governor, let's go!"

Qin Feng appeared in front of Gao Yukang and grabbed his arm. He forcefully dragged Gao Yukang away from the battlefield.

Gao Yukang wished to fight the Grans and tried hard to free himself from Qin Feng's grip. To his surprise, Qin Feng's strength was too strong for him.

Two of them ran out from the mist but not long later, the Grans once again caught up to them.

Not only that but more Grans were seen flying out from the Floating City at the back. Those who looked back saw nothing but despair.

"Quick, run into the Frosty Peak!" Gao Yukang shouted.

Frosty Peak was one of the unknown dimensions under the jurisdiction of Niumeng City. The place was ravaged by icy winds all year but served as an ideal location for consciousness training.

Gao Yukang's men had the waymark for this place. They only needed some basic tools to construct the portal.

"Boss, we won't make it!" Zheng Qian panicked.

"Besides, if they can create such a huge rift, then they must be more advanced than us in terms of spatial technology! We can't outrun them!"

"I don't want to die! Run! I don't want to die!"

They had maximized their speed by pushing their qinggong to the limit but were still unable to shake off the Grans behind them.

One after another, the D-tier aptitude users were captured. They were simply not quick enough.

In contrast, Lei Ying and his group had outrun them by a margin. Since Gao Yukang would also stop frequently to rescue his comrades, he had indirectly helped Lei Ying to slow down the Grans' pursuit.

Chapter 404: Fallen C-tier

"All out!"

Only ten people were left behind, all of them were comrades that had been together all these while, if it were not because of their support, Gao Yukang could not have attained his glorious achievements, and he had even become the governor of a state!

How could he just abandon his own comrades?

"Kill!"

"Kill!!!!"

Everyone bellowed in guttural roars.

In their hearts, it did not matter anymore, they had already assumed that they would all be dead!

Within such a precarious situation, Qin Feng knew that they had minimal chance to escape.

If Gao Yukang were to leave by himself, he might still find his way out.

However, such an option had certainly not crossed Gao Yukang's mind.

Perhaps, it was the moment in life where irreversible fate took control.

Qin Feng was only capable of reversing the fate of Zhou Hao and Liu Xue as they were weaker.

However, Gao Yukang was powerful, even more powerful than Qin Feng's current state.

Gao Yukang would not entrust his hope onto Qin Feng, then, he drove himself onto a one-way path!

"This shall be the last aide to them!"

Qin Feng had decided, and gave Bai Li a nod.

Bai Li's bearing instantly amplified, the next moment, silver lights flickered, and appeared on the sky unexpectedly.

The whip held in her hand was lashed out and it struck the Grans.

Spatial rifts appeared and surrounded more than ten Grans, and their bodies were ripped apart by the rifts.

They felt like dumplings that were about to be cooked!

Bai Li was way stronger than them.

Qin Feng pursued and attacked.

With his physical capabilities, he could even face a C-tier aptitude user, hence, the ordinary Grans were on par with Qin Feng in battle.

However, they were all injured, and even clueless about the situation.

"Dark Shroud!"

Instantly, they had lost their five senses.

"Dark Shadow!"

Qin Feng appeared behind one of them while he slashed across with his saber.

A detector on his opponent was able to sense the threatening energy, a layer of pale light barrier rose and shrouded around, however, Bai Li had already broken it once, therefore, the hurried defense was too weak!

Crack!

The energy barrier instantly shattered.

Poof!

The Verdant Emperor Saber drew an arc across, a giant-sized skull was tossed up along with the windblow, and fresh blood sprinkled!

One down!

"Dark Shadow!"

Qin Feng repeated his moves.

Bai Li pursued further.

Both of them were perfectly synchronized with their attacks, and an entire team of Grans was annihilated.

It was that moment where the other Grans were alerted by the situation.

Deaths!

Despite the Grans' social environment which was filled with battles and upheld by brutal force, it had still remained as a society governed by law.

They could hardly be threatened with their powerful self-capabilities.

Also, they were not the same as humans who had survived the end times for two hundred years, an environment where the fatality rate was high and deaths were possible everywhere.

Hence, for them, death was definitely a significant incident!

Which meant that Qin Feng and Bai Li had intentionally poked a beehive.

However, it was inevitable.

Just that Qin Feng had initiated it.

Gao Yukang and the others were shocked by Qin Feng and Bai Li's combat energy, meanwhile, Qin Feng had already exited from the Dark Shroud.

"Let's go!"

Gao Yukang and the remaining others were instantly motivated.

Everyone knew that Qin Feng had once again saved their lives.

"Qin Feng, if I am able to survive this, we shall become sworn brothers, I owe you one! And I will never forget about this for the rest of my life!" Gao Yukang burst into laughter.

Qin Feng was left speechless while he was running. "You will have sworn brothers to return your favor to others, is that how you do it? But that's how I like it!"

Gao Yukang was a rare and worthy partner, a decent teammate to have during the end times.

It was the reason why Qin Feng had taken the risk to save him.

At that moment, a flow of terrifying energy was channeled from afar.

Qin Feng was instantly struck by a cold chill.

Without turning around, his conscious energy had already sensed the scene behind them, the Floating City from tens of thousands of meters away had blasted out a ray of beaming light!

Energy Beam!

The energy from the beam was unknown, it was travelling at extremely high speed, in just the blink of an eye.

Qin Feng did not even have the time to instruct Bai Li to operate the space to dodge it.

Gao Yukang was still thinking that he had just escaped death, and he was still smiling. However, within the next moment, the light ray had penetrated through his body.

The light was blinding, and Qin Feng could not fully capture the scene.

It was as if time had slowed down to an extreme delay.

Actually, it had only lasted for less than a second.

Energy fluctuations disseminated, light rays disappeared, and Gao Yukang's body stumbled.

Qin Feng was standing on his left, and he could not resist the blinding light as he blinked his eyes in response.

Gao Yukang's right chest, shoulder, and arm had already disappeared!!!

Gao Yukang glared with his eyes wide open and fell behind.

Qin Feng immediately extended his hand and supported Gao Yukang's body; however, he could no longer stand!

Although the attack had missed his heart, however, it was impossible to survive such a heavy injury.

"Elder!"

"Governor!"

"Leader!"

Every D-tier member who was running ahead shouted immediately.

They went wild and ran back, while the light ability user had already placed countless numbers of Healing Lights onto Gao Yukang's body.

However, the effort was in vain.

Qin Feng was already sensing continuously depleting internal strength coming from within Gao Yukang's body.

Qin Feng did not activate his Asteroid Assimilation, and it was a very heavy-hearted moment for him.

"Qin Feng, I… owe… you one!"

Gao Yukang could barely speak.

Qin Feng was left speechless and devastated, his eyes turned red!

"Qin… Feng, this is… for you!"

Gao Yukang bit the dust and raised his remaining left hand, and he plucked off the C-tier badge from his chest.

It was not merely a C-tier badge as it was refined with different carvings around the edges, hence, it was a badge that symbolized the highest position of a state.

Gao Yukang had nothing in mind to return Qin Feng's favor for saving his life, and he also knew that he no longer had his chance to do so.

Hence, the badge was being passed on to Qin Feng, a decision from him to nominate Qin Feng to take over his position as the governor!

Qin Feng grabbed onto Gao Yukang's hand and received the badge.

"Zheng Qian!"

"Elder!" tears were streaming down Zheng Qian's cheeks, she had no idea on how to face such a heart-breaking moment!

Gao Yukang opened his mouth, he could no longer use his voice, however, his internal strength fluctuations were still noticeable by the others!

Qin Feng's internal strength was greater than Gao Yukang's, hence, he heard every word from Gao Yukang!

"Take my spatial rune equipment, the password to my personal terminal is your birth date, but first, all of you have to survive this, if all of you fail, it will still be pointless…"

Gao Yukang's voice became more and more inaudible, however, his eyes were still open and looking at Zheng Qian!

Zheng Qian starred with her eyes wide open, paralleled with Gao Yukang's vision, and she was left in disbelief.

"Gao Yukang…you…"

Zheng Qian had her doubts, however, they were never affirmed.

It was because there were no longer signs of life coming from Gao Yukang.

He was dead!

Chapter 405: An Escape From Death

Zheng Qian clenched her teeth, her eyes were red and soaked, she raised her head up, however, she was still unable to prevent tears from rolling down.

As Zheng Qian raised her head up, she noticed that they were already being surrounded by Grans!

Within such a short period of time, they had already shrouded around!

Any possible chance to escape?

Zheng Qian was instantly struck by the idea of sacrificing herself and dying together with him!

It was at that moment, silver lights sparkled and exploded from the edge of the sky.

It was across the horizon and it was from the direction of Longchuan City!

Bai Li had also raised her head and looked up!

It was her second encounter with such a scene, her first encounter was when she was still at a weaker state and had not even transformed into her human form.

It was light from the explosion of the space stabilizing device.

Under the beaming silver lights, the massive Floating City that appeared within the pitch-black spatial passage had been shrouded by glowing silver lights, then, it shrunk immediately!

It was crucial to know that the giant Floating City had only revealed a small part of its conic base, and it was not even completely revealed!

However, it was shrinking gradually under the influence of the space stabilizing device.

Having countless numbers of past spatial lockdown experiences, Qin Feng already knew what was about to happen!

The Grans did not allow it to undermine their survival either, they began to fly out from the conic base of the Floating City, while the space stabilizing device on the edges of the city was being activated, intending to tear the rift apart.

However, with the advantage of local space, the rift was still shrinking.

A large number of Grans exited from the city again.

It was at that moment, Bai Li's imposing aura spiked again.

Instantly, a giant silver light ray gushed up to the sky.

The silver lights were much smaller than the lights from the explosion of the space stabilizing device, however, it was much more solid and concentrated.

Nonetheless, it was like the last straw that had broken the camel's back, almost instantly, the pitch-black spatial passage was covered with silver lights.

The silver lights sparkled and instantly disappeared!

The sky was still blue.

However, the conic Floating City was halved by the space and it fell off from the sky.

Instantly, an intense explosion struck the ground with a quake that could shake heaven and earth!

Boom!

A horrifying torrent of energy fluctuation swept across the entire Longchuan mountain range.

A giant mountain that stood up high from the ground was instantly flattened by the energy.

The Floating City exploded and shattered into pieces!

The Floating City had superseded every technological advancements and energy systems of the world, however, the instant cut off from the space had triggered its explosion, and it had turned it into a wasteland that was scattered onto the land.

The single explosion had taken away countless numbers of lives of the Grans.

Also, the attack had resulted in the Grans being at a huge loss!

As for the Grans that had surrounded Qin Feng and the others, would they still remain there to continue the fight?

They flapped their wings and cried out in alarm, and as they flew away, they were terrorized with immense fear.

Intellectual species were blatantly honest in expressing themselves!

However, without being trapped by the Grans, Gao Yukang's team was fortunate enough to have a lucky escape!

Zheng Qian seemed to be brightened with hope, she lowered her head and smiled at Gao Yukang.

"Are you protecting us?"

The first action that Gao Yukang had taken was to send across the message, if it were not because of the spatial lockdown, the situation would be very much different from the current one.

Zheng Qian firmed up her faith and conviction again.

To survive, Gao Yukang would have wished the same!

She clenched her teeth and took down a necklace from Gao Yukang's neck, it was his spatial rune equipment.

Zheng Qian continued to raise her hand, and Gao Yukang's body disappeared completely!

The body was kept within the spatial rune equipment by Zheng Qian!

"Let's go!"

Zheng Qian commanded, while everyone else obeyed and followed her.

All of them left the place with their hearts filled with despair!

Qin Feng shrouded everyone within his dark runes to avoid sudden attacks from ultra beasts within the Longchuan mountain range, everyone was leaving at extremely high speed!

Beep beep beep beep!

Qin Feng and the others were alerted with a new notification!

"Every aptitude user within the Longchuan mountain range, leave immediately, and at the same time, briefly report your situation to the Human Alliance!"

Everyone had no time to pay attention to the instruction, they were only focusing on escaping as quickly as they could.

Beside Qin Feng and the others, there were still some other people within the Longchuan mountain range, however, they were still unaware of the life-threatening situation that they were in, and thought that it was merely an appearance of the Floating City!

Some of them even thought that the Floating City had been attacked from long range by the space stabilizing device of Longchuan City!

Only Qin Feng knew that a massacre was about to begin.

It was not just a battle, but a war!

A tribe would declare war against another tribe!

Qin Feng knew that the situation was much better than the previous one!

Before his rebirth, the Floating City of the Grans was not destroyed, and the Grans were annihilated by a mighty A-tier that had then taken control of the Floating City.

However, the Floating City had now been destroyed, whereas there were tens of thousands of Grans that had appeared on the Floating City!

Tens of thousands of C-tiers was indeed a horrifying thought!

"A response to the organization, instructing everyone from the colonies near the Longchuan mountain range to evacuate immediately, I repeat, everyone!"

Qin Feng continued to elaborate on the combat energy of the enemies.

Soon, Qin Feng was alerted by his communicator.

From a glance, Qin Feng was surprised by an official number from the Human Alliance.

Qin Feng immediately responded to the call.

However, he was still maintaining his speed as he continued running!

The caller from the other end was shocked by Qin Feng's surroundings and continued, "Greetings to you Mr Qin, I am the communication officer of the commanding general stationed at Longchuan City, the general would like to speak to you!"

Of course, the caller was not requesting permission from Qin Feng, and the channel was immediately switched.

A mighty B-tier aptitude user with a badge on the chest appeared on Qin Feng's communicator!

Qin Feng knew that person.

General of Longchuan City, Xu Qing!

Xu Qing was a mighty overlord of the Human Alliance, and would achieve A-tier after two years; even during Qin Feng's time, Xu Qing was already known as the next most qualified general to achieve A-tier.

Xu Qing asked with a deep tone, "Please explain the situation earlier!"

"The space stabilizing device triggered an explosion on their warship or aircraft that has appeared, however, even before that, they have already sent out ten thousand of their people!"

"Ten thousand, are you referring to those birdmen? They are C-tiers!" Xu Qing instantly frowned.

"Yes, they are very organized, and even offensive toward humans, also, they are of an intelligent species, and it is unknown how many we have killed, perhaps they would take on a wild revenge!"

Even before his rebirth, Qin Feng already knew clearly about the brutality of the Grans.

They were already being so offensive when none of them were harmed, hence, the situation would only be worse after so many of them had been killed.

"Understood, may all of you be safe!"

It was the best advice that Xu Qing could offer!

Chapter 406: Joining Fengli

Qin Feng and the others had fought with them at the frontline, and if they were to launch a pursuit, Xu Qing highly doubted that a D-tier could survive it.

"Thank you, General!" Qin Feng was not bothered by the caller's pessimism and cut off the communication immediately!

In a day, approximately twenty three hours, Qin Feng and the remaining members of Gao Yukang's team were constantly on the move.

Finally, they had returned to Colony Three!

From there, they were allowed to travel back to Longchuan City by using the combat aircraft, at least they would be protected by B-tier aptitude users there.

However, Colony Three had been totally evacuated, and restrictions had also been imposed on the area!

Aptitude users who were C-tier and above would be automatically assigned into the combat forces, D-tier aptitude users were also allowed to participate and get their share of the high amount of rewards, however, it was all at their own risk.

Certainly, Qin Feng and Bai Li stayed back to participate in the battle.

At that moment, a group had gathered at the most luxurious hotel of Colony Three, they were all grouped up within a room!

It was Gao Yukang's team!

There were only eleven of them left.

Zheng Qian maintained her stern face as she looked toward the eleven of them, and she continued saying, "All of you have heard the news, the Human Alliance is planning to impose restrictions, and they might even set up their defenses here to retaliate against the intellectual species, I have made up my mind to stay! What about all of you?!"

"Is this question still necessary? They killed our commander, and we must take revenge!"

"I want all of them to die here!"

"Revenge!"

There was not even a slight hesitation from all ten of them!

Zheng Qian felt comforted yet her despair deepened.

"I understand that it is crucial for all of us to get revenge for our commander!" Zheng Qian inhaled deeply and said, "However, the commander has just sacrificed himself, it would be a waste of his sacrifice if we were to just put our lives at risk without any careful considerations!"

The discussion instantly became one that was heavy.

A cold bucket of water seemed to have been poured over everyone as cold chills hit them deep inside.

After all, they knew that it would be impossible for them to get on revenge for the commander with their current capabilities!

The Grans were very powerful, and each of them had C-tier capabilities, those that had come were most probably an army force, they were capable of causing despair to the humans.

Zheng Qian managed to lead everyone to an escape earlier, now, the most brutal battle had commenced, and her capabilities had not provided the members with a sufficient sense of security.

After all, Zheng Qian was just recently promoted to C-tier, she was still lacking in her fundamental capabilities, and she was not even on par with Gao Yukang's combat energy.

"Does this leave us with no choice but to leave? Our commander would not be able to rest in peace!" A person's voice was heard, and it was filled with deep sorrow.

Zhen Xi remained silent as she gently caressed the rune spatial equipment in her hand.

Gao Yukang's body was still kept within a temporary crystal coffin, and there was not even time for a proper cremation!

He was a C-tier, also a governor, he deserved a ceremonious funeral at the Four Cities of the North Sea, and not to be disrespected by a hurried and impromptu send off.

It would portray Gao Yukang as a defeated hound from a broken family, or a severely battered soldier that had lost his battle!

On the contrary, he was the most powerful and heroic figure that was being embedded within the hearts of Zheng Qian and the other members!

The others had noticed Zheng Qian's unusual gestures and her determination that was being expressed from her eyes.

"Xi, just give your command, whatever it is, we will obey it!"

"That's right, Zheng Qian, your call!"

Zheng Qian answered with a deep tone, "I am offering two choices to all of you!"

Everyone looked toward Zheng Qian.

"I have logged on to the commander's personal terminal, there is about eight hundred billion worth of current assets, if combined with materials from the spatial rune equipment, there would be more than a trillion in total, and each of us could be distributed with a hundred billion!"

Bang!

One of the D-tier aptitude users kicked and turned over a side table!

"Stop this nonsense, I will not choose this way!"

"Zheng Qian, stop it, and stop being such a namby-pamby, or else, risk losing us as brothers!"

"Are you planning to go your own way? Zheng Qian, how could you act like this?!"

"Stay calm, isn't there a second option?!"

Some were enraged, some were still trying to pacify the situation, however, none of them had even thought about opting out and going for the money.

If Qin Feng had known, perhaps he would also be amazed and commend the incredible spirit of the team!

If only Gao Yukang had survived longer, he would eventually become a ruler that wwould be supported by many.

However, his fate was inescapable and irreversible.

His death was inevitable.

At that moment, Gao Yukang's team calmed themselves down and waited for Zheng Qian's answer.

"The second option would be us seeking for a new leader, the commander has passed on his own badge to Qin Feng, he is a capable person that could withstand a C-tier, he is truly a powerful figure!"

Everyone was silent.

A powerful figure, however, he was still a D-tier!

They also knew that Qin Feng was a D4-tier!

However, being a rebellious D4, even those that were sent by Lei Ying could not get in his way.

***

An hour later, a knock came from Qin Feng's room door.

Qin Feng swept his conscious energy across the area, and as expected, it was Zheng Qian and the others.

Qin Feng opened the door.

Zheng Qian and the others were shocked and hesitated as they looked toward Qin Feng.

They were wondering if they were in the right room.

Qin Feng was in his casual wear, short sleeves with long pants, and it was all in pale white colour, his casual look was like that of a highly-guarded wealthy person from the colonies.

An innocent youth that had never explored the wilderness or gone beyond the safety barriers.

"Come in!"

Qin Feng opened the door and invited them in.

"Who is it?" Bai Li poked her head out curiously, she was sporting a twinning ponytail, while she had on a dress that was similar to Qin Feng's clothes, regardless of its fabric or its colour.

Surprisingly, it was a matching outfit.

Zhen Xi felt relieved as soon as Bai Li appeared, she was assured that she had gotten the right person.

They were calmed down by Qin Feng and Bai Li's presence, however, they were frowning as they hesitated on the decision that they had just made.

Both of them seemed to be too young and naive!

However, they recalled the scene from Qin Feng's previous battle and brushed off the hesitations.

Everyone had witnessed Qin Feng's brutality!

"Here for the beast emperor materials? Let's sort it out later!" Qin Feng spoke.

"No, it's not about that!" Zheng Qian immediately waved her hand and explained, "I would like to hear from you Qin Feng, are you planning to remain at Colony Three and join the resistance battle?"

"Of course!"

Zheng Qian exhaled and was relieved by Qin Feng's answer, the others felt the same.

"Qin Feng, your mercenary troop is called the Fengli Mercenary Troop, right?!"

"Yes, why do you ask?" Qin Feng clearly knew that the request was about to come, however, he put it forth as a question and allowed Zheng Qian to elaborate!

Zheng Qian's facial expression became serious.

"Well, Qin Feng, can we join the Fengli Mercenary Troop?"

Everyone then looked at Qin Feng!

Chapter 407: Set Out At Night

Being looked at with such a serious expression, Qin Feng's own face looked even more serious.

"You're very much welcomed!"

He stretched his hand outward toward Zheng Qian and said, "I can't promise you the future, but from this moment on, I will avenge Governor Gao. I hope you don't regret this decision!"

Zheng Qian tried to smile but looked like she was about to break down in tears again!

"Thank you!"

She reached out and shook Qin Feng's hand.

Afterward, he took out his communicator and allocated Zheng Qian as having joined the Fengli Mercenary Troop. She was then transferred to the position of deputy head, same as Chen Xiang.

This was mainly because Zheng Qian was currently the only C-tier person and the people who joined later were also Gao Yukang's people. They would need a leader.

He believed that there was no possible way that this little group was going to affect the internal affairs of his mercenary troop!

Because these people would never be able to catch up with and surpass Qin Feng!

Based on the previous agreement, plus the beast emperor Bai Li killed, he ended up splitting the materials fifty fifty with Zheng Qian.

He even gave her the beast emperor crystal core.

Zheng Qian was truly a hard worker! Gao Yukang originally wanted to leave all his funds to her, otherwise he would not have spoken to her through his internal force.

If she had not mentioned it, nobody would have known it even if she had embezzled the money. However, she did buy nine beast emperor crystal cores from the Wanzong Auction at a high price!

In Shadong Town, a beast emperor crystal core would cause a mad scramble due to limited resources.

In Longchuan, beast emperor crystal cores had become a very popular material!

Not many would want to try and sell a beast emperor crystal core in remote places, as there could only be two outcomes.

One, they get murdered and robbed. Two, they had to limit themselves to a certain price.

Since the Grans had appeared, the beast emperor crystal cores had also become a saving grace for the D-tiers, and Zheng Qian's personal capital definitely was not weak.

The aptitude users in Gao Yukang's team all possessed beast emperor crystal cores. Once absorbed, their combat prowess would be greatly improved!

There was also a great amount of pressure put onto Chen Xiang and the others.

There were a lot of people, Qin Feng could not possibly personally handle all of their problems. Everything in the future depended on the capabilities of Chen Xiang and the rest.

Moreover, they had been living well under Qin Feng's leadership. So long as they were wise with their money, they would be able to afford a beast emperor crystal core in half a year's time!

Especially now, there were a large number of rewards for participating in resistance operations.

In one day, a large amount of rune equipment was distributed. Of course, it was only in response to the Grans situation where basic anti-consciousness and anti-signal detection equipment were issued.

They might not have an effect against the Grans but it was better to be safe than sorry, and the army had already carried out their preparations!

Plans for guerilla warfare in the city were quickly carried out, those who were going to be part of the plans were all D-tier aptitude users. They believed that they could use their numbers as an advantage and had super cannons to deal with the high-powered enemies.

The Aptitude User's Hall had countless missions which were being announced by the Human Alliance.

Most of these were exploration missions. Know the enemy like how you know yourself and victory would be assured!

It was important to understand the enemy's situation!

Ten minutes of a clear video would be enough to exchange for tens of millions worth in rewards.

But nobody was a fool, the missions were too risky!

Qin Feng walked into the Aptitude User's Hall, and even though it was already late at night it was still quite lively.

Looking around, he only saw C-tier aptitude users around. There were no more than a hundred of them!

"Oh? If it isn't Qin Feng?" A voice said in a sarcastic tone was heard.

As a C-tier aptitude user, he had arrived at the colony much later than Qin Feng did but he received news that delighted him.

"Congratulations on making it back alive Qin Feng, too bad about Gao Yukang, who would have guessed that the poor sod would die? Haha, that's what you get for being greedy! You've got a kind heart, letting him run away first!"

Gao Yukang was dead, a genius with a promising future had suddenly died in an accident.

Colony Three was small and its social circle was even smaller, naturally this was news that everyone would have known about.

People were listening in on the conversation. Looking at the man of action.

Qin Feng had been on fire for the past few days!

He killed the Ivory Crown Emperor!

A beast so dangerous that nobody actually wanted to fight!

Upon seeing him, they realized that he was unexpectedly young and there was the devastatingly beautiful Bai Li next to him.

"Maybe you'll be the next person to have an unfortunate accident. You should run too, leave this place before you regret it!" Qin Feng said coldly.

Such a mockery was also a retort against Lei Ying.

"Me? Hahaha, you mean yourself? You should leave instead, go back to Longchuan City, no, to that Four Cities or whatever, and be a cock of the dunghill!"*

Lei Ying was very happy and did not care about Qin Feng's mockery.

It was just that Qin Feng's expression remained steely calm throughout the entire conversation, regarding the insanely arrogant Lei Ying with indifferent eyes.

"Then we'll wait and see!"

Wait and see who would be the one to die first!

If they were out in the wild, Qin Feng would not be above sabotage.

He did not even care if they were in the midst of a war.

Qin Feng walked past Lei Ying, connecting his communicator to the Hall's network and received a task.

A reward for killing an intelligent species beast, 1 billion per head!

Exploration mission, 10 million reward for 10 minutes of clear footage!

Blockading the intelligent species's spatial passage, a reward of 10 billion!

The missions announced by the Human Alliance were very specific, pushing out whatever they could think of and making the price high enough so that it would be worth the risk!

Qin Feng collected his tasks and left without even so much as looking at Lei Ying.

Lei Ying then rushed to the counter and asked the staff, "What tasks did he take?"

Although the staff member was not a normal person, they were F-tier, they still regarded Lei Ying with fear. "Hold on! Let me check!"

Logging into the system, the person quickly found the tasks that Qin Feng had taken and was taken aback!

Qin Feng had unexpectedly taken almost all of them! These missions would have needed deposits!

Otherwise, people would have just taken them and might not complete them. How else would the Human Alliance be gaining money?

When the staff told Lei Ying what they had learned, Lei Ying was taken aback, but then he sneered.

"I'm looking forward to seeing if he finishes those tasks!"

When the time came, Lei Ying did not even need to do anything and Qin Feng would be dead!

Too bad he could not see this for himself.

However, Lei Ying did not expect Qin Feng to actually do these tasks. Not only that, he immediately set off the moment he stepped out of the hall!

Bai Li used a spatial passage and when they reappeared, they were at the place of their previous battle!

*Translator's Note: Chinese saying for 'ruling a kingdom of nothing'

Chapter 408: Qin Feng's Plan

The night wrapped itself around Qin Feng, concealing his presence entirely.

He was slightly weaker than a Gran and had to move about very carefully.

Since the fall of the Floating City had caused a huge inferno, the entire forest had been burnt bare. Now, there were Grans staying around, collecting what supplies remained after the explosion.

The materials used to build the Floating City was very strong, in the end, the explosion sent all of them flying everywhere. All that they needed to do was collect them and they would be ready for use after some repairs.

Now, they were flying around and looking for materials. A group of them flew toward Qin Feng's direction.

Due to their fast flying speed, they communicated through fluctuating energy waves that were similar to consciousness usage.

This allowed Qin Feng to easily listen in on their transmissions.

"This incident was definitely the doings of those other intelligent species. So weak, yet they dare combat against us."

"Perhaps they may have the materials we require to repair the Floating City!"

"More importantly, they might have some materials for sustenance!"

"After the city was damaged, the nutrients we require to last a decade in this dimension have been lost!"

"Insolent pests. It's all their doing. How many compatriots have we lost to them?"

"We should investigate, perhaps there might be things we could use."

The Grans' attitude toward humanity was unfriendly due to the few humans who fought against them, and had made themselves a threat due to the massive amount of damage that they had caused.

Of course, when it came to confronting these kinds of beings, there was no such thing as 'friendly interactions'!

Besides that, Qin Feng would definitely not allow them to approach Colony Three. Especially not now.

Not when there were still ten thousand people in the colony.

This group must be destroyed!

"Dark Shroud!"

A wave of terrifying runes enshrouded this group of Grans. The night was Qin Feng's greatest weapon and the Grans had not noticed it as they flew forward, losing their usual sense of perception!

"Dark Ray!"

Ten bolts of darkness impacted their bodies. The powerful Dark ability corroded their forms and made their wings too weak to carry them through the air.

Thump!

Ten Grans fell one after another, breaking tree branches along the way.

Qin Feng was already waiting for them below!

The Verdant Emperor Saber slammed into the neck of a falling Grans. The Grans tried to avoid it, letting out a frightful scream.

But it was too late!

Pfft!

Its oddly-shaped head fell to the ground, huge eyes unblinking as it coldly stared at the sky.

Qin Feng disappeared, vanishing like a ghost in the dark.

In the blink of an eye, all the ten Grans, an entire troop, were obliterated.

Qin Feng then used his consciousness to drag all their bodies into a single pile.

He tore open the chest of a Gran and saw a bright gemstone set in the center of its chest, connecting to it were the muscles of its body.

It looked like it had naturally formed inside it.

The energy crystal core of the Grans.

This race had a unique source of strength. As such, it had been like this since its birth, which explained why it could have an army of C-tiers.

He lifted his hand and set the bodies on fire. In the blink of an eye, the ugly forms burnt away and left behind clear pebble-sized crystalline gems.

Qin Feng picked up these ten gems and inspected them carefully. Even though the energy they gave him would not even make him reach the level of a C-tier beast general, it would still be half of one's strength!

Human nature was a greedy and profit-driven one!

The rewards from the Human Alliance alone were obviously not good enough to attract people to make a move and try their best to eliminate the Grans, but these crystal cores would be Qin Feng's bargaining chip to lure in other people to try.

He began to wander around some more. Isolated Grans troopers that were sent out to collect resources for the Floating City were all quietly taken down by Qin Feng, an assassin of the night!

"One hundred and fifty three!"

In an hour's time in the Longchuan mountains, Qin Feng had gathered a lot.

However, something as good as this was bound to not last.

Soon, the Grans noticed that something weird was happening.

"Something is wrong. It has been a long time since Yun left for the resource gathering route!"

"Nothing should have happened, right?"

"Not possible. Communication is also not possible."

"I can't contact Baen either!"

"Maybe we should count our numbers and deal with this carefully. This place is more dangerous than we thought!"

At this time, the Grans began to withdraw their battle lines, retreating one after another. After an analysis of their losses, they learned that they had lost more than a hundred combatants!

Now, there was only one commander left, whose strength was the equivalent of a C-tier beast king. Its face was pale from the news, but it steeled itself with a fierce expression.

"First, establish a defensive fort. There is still some machinery that can be repurposed, and set up the energy cannons!"

Even though the Grans had C-tier strength, they did not feel safe.

Qin Feng had no chance of attacking now, but he naturally did not plan on letting them go!

"Bai Li, your turn!" Qin Feng said in a low voice.

"I'm not letting these bastards get away!"

Bai Li's dark eyes blazed over with the glint of rage.

Although Gao Yukang's relationship with Qin Feng's was like that of a polite and mutual kinship, Gao Yukang had given Bai Li food before and to her that was a truly sincere gesture.

Bai Li was very sensitive and Gao Yukang was considered as a member of her circle of friends!

In the end, this was her friend's eternal resting place.

What better way to calm oneself than personally taking revenge?

Her body rapidly shrank, jumping out of her clothes before beginning to rapidly grow in size.

In the blink of an eye, Bai Li had revealed her C-tier beast emperor level's true strength.

Standing at the height of fifteen meters tall, fur shining like stars under the moonlight. Behind her were five tails that swished through the air, causing ripples as if they could tear through the fabric of space itself.

She bolted forward.

Qin Feng raised his communicator and pointed to the place where the Grans were setting up their defenses.

"Let the Human Alliance think that these guys had accidentally provoked a C-tier ultra behemoth!"

Bai Li's form was massive, but she was as flexible and agile as ever. There was no need to hide her strength as she crashed directly into the Grans defense camp.

A few of them did not even get the chance to react as they were instantly crushed to death under her paws.

"AAAAIIIIEEEEE!!!"

The Grans began to panic.

When she swept one of her long tails, she instantly sent dozens of them flying through the air. Not only that, those who were knocked into the air were sliced apart by the countless mini spatial rifts!

"Kill it!"

"Hurry up and kill it!'

"Out of the way! Let me handle this!"

The C-tier king level commander rushed forward, its body surging with power as it charged at Bai Li.

Bai Li had contempt in her eyes, the fury of an emperor had been ignited!

"Roar!"

She let out a roar and in an instant a silver light appeared around the commander, trapping him in a box. Not only that, the box began to quickly shrink.

Two meters, one meter. The Gran struggled but it could only curl up into a ball as its wings were crushed and twisted.

Chapter 409: D5 Tier

The silver cube shrunk again!

Thirty centimetres!

This was far beyond the range where the human body could reduce itself to!

The same went for Grans.

Crack!

The one trapped inside the cube was crushed like a rotten tomato, exploding and turning into an unrecognizable mush.

Then the cube disappeared, leaving only a puddle of blood.

Of course, there was also the crystal core that was the equivalent of a C-tier beast king which Bai Li quickly took away.

All the Grans were shocked

"Deputy captain!"

"Ah! What's going on?"

"The deputy captain is dead!"

The Grans were terrified.

Their strongest fighter had just died, causing their morale to plummet.

First, there was the unfortunate explosion of the Floating City, then there was the hundreds and thousands of people who died on this expedition, and now an ultra beast had randomly appeared and killed off their commanding officer.

Their battlelines collapsed.

Nobody was planning on trying to counterattack and Bai Li had an easier time fighting, absolutely crushing everything in her way.

The Grans had to retreat.

Qin Feng had been filming the entirety of this and was getting closer and closer to the battlefield. When he arrived at the area where the Grans stored their machinery, he swept up all of that high-tech machinery in one go!

They were not badly damaged, a little research could make terrifying machines that went beyond C-tier.

There were very few firearms above C-tier and it was difficult to raise consciousness to that level. Not to mention, even if the consciousness was stronger the power of the guns used would not have changed.

These things were going to give the Human Alliance new ideas in the future.

Of course, maybe the Floating City would be better. Qin Feng knew that in his past life there was only one person who controlled it and nobody else could lay a finger on it.

That being the case, he did not mind if he could come up with something new for himself, or if he were to sell it to the Human Alliance for a large sum of money!

Qin Feng scuttled through the Grans camp now that most of them had fled in a panic, killing off a few stragglers himself and at the same time collected the crystal cores scattered about on the ground.

These beings had wings, it was very hard to catch them once they started fleeing.

Bai Li shook her paws, there was not a hint of blood on them but the entire hilltop was stained red.

Then, she shook her tails and bolted off.

Qin Feng also turned off his recording by then.

The two then retreated from the battlefield.

Ten thousand meters away from the bloodbath, Qin Feng and Bai Li bunkered themselves up in a cave and began to count their spoils.

In addition to a bunch of machines that could not be used at the moment, they naturally had plenty of crystal cores obtained from the Grans.

Although the Grans came from a plane of existence where they were technologically advanced and utilized powerful spatial technology, they did not have spatial storage equipment. This meant that Qin Feng had lost a little bit of profit.

Despite this, he had close to three thousand energy crystal cores.

"Munch. Krik-krak!"

Bai Li crunched down onto the energy crystal core that once belonged to the C-tier king level Grans deputy officer she killed, gulping it down.

Then she took out a regular energy crystal core and gulped that down too.

"Ech. That tasted terrible and that did not give a lot of energy!"

"Then give me everything you don't need!" Qin Feng said.

He originally thought that three thousand C-tier beast general crystal cores would be enough to supplement Bai Li's growth but it did look like that was possible anymore!

If that were the case then the second priority was to improve his own strength.

After reaching D-tier, every step higher had become increasingly difficult.

When Bai Li took out the crystal cores, they looked like a mini-hill all piled up in front of him.

Then she took out the moon-tempered cress she collected when she killed the Ivory Crown Emperor. There were three left and she gave all of them to Qin Feng!

Qin Feng began by aiming at the energy crystal cores.

"Ability, absorb!"

The more powerful he was, the more terrifying his absorption ability became.

Energy crystal cores needed to be purified by machinery before they could be absorbed by those who wanted to use them, but Qin Feng did not need to go through that process.

Not only that, the overbearing power of his absorption ability could be seen with the naked eye!

A crystal core would lose its luster as energy was being drained from it. Cracks would begin to web over its surfaces, little fractures crawling all over it before it would collapse into powder.

The process was quick, in about a minute, a crystal core was broken down.

With more than three thousand crystal cores, in the matter of five hours all of them had been broken down and turned into dust.

Qin Feng's body became even stronger!

D5 tier!

He finally ranked up!

But it was not over yet as he picked up the moon-tempered cress.

The energy contained within this spirit herb could be converted into internal force!

Last time he took a bite out of one he could feel energy flowing into his dantian, condensing at the bottom of it. Now, all three were quickly eaten and absorbed.

Others might still need to cultivate after this but Qin Feng could directly use his absorption ability.

The energy of the moon-tempered cress flowed through his consciousness before settling inside his dantian after it was absorbed.

There were five more pools of internal force within him now.

"Phew!"

He breathed out a gout of mist as he opened his mouth. It took much less time to absorb the moon-tempered cress compared to the crystal cores.

When he looked at the time he realized it was already noon.

"Bai Li, let's go back!"

"Yes! I want a big piece of steak!"

"Gluttonous little cat!" Qin Feng smiled.

Bai Li pouted. "I'm not a cat, I'm a fox!"

"Hahaha! Alright, gluttonous little fox!"

"Don't make it sound weird!"

The two began to banter as Bai Li opened up a spatial passage back to Longchuan's Colony Three.

After more than ten hours, the entire place looked empty. Walking through the streets told people just how desolate the place seemed, but had the feeling that they were being watched from all directions.

These were aptitude users waiting for ambush.

But as a battle had not begun, they were not at the height of their vigilance.

That and they did not consider Qin Feng's D-tier rank to be much!

Unscrupulous!

After all, most of these people were close to, or were, C-tier.

For the past day, they had been getting impatient. When the crisis had not hit the ceiling, it was the waiting that was the most painful.

"Is that Qin Feng? The guy who confronted Lei Ying!"

"Only D-tier? No certification?"

"No. Only just D-tier, probably D4 or D5, but some people say that he's got some kind of Hero Class strength!"

The Hero Class was the equivalent of king level.

During his teenage years, there was not anything beyond that classification.

The ones watching and discussing about him held less contempt in their eyes, looking at him with more solemnity.

No matter where you were, the strong were respected. Especially in a world where the strong had a future had an unlimited possibility to develop even further.

The Pride Son of Heaven could be Qin Feng's nickname, based on how young he looked.

He did not care much about what people thought of him, taking out the Silver Bolt and driving off toward the Aptitude User's Hall.

Chapter 410: General Xu Qing

By now the Aptitude User's Hall was not as lively as before but countless monitoring systems had been activated, and Qin Feng sensed a powerful aura emanating from upstairs in the hall.

B-tier!

Xu Qing must have arrived!

Qin Feng walked toward the window.

"Submitting my missions!"

"Alright Sir, please transfer the proof of your task completion!"

Qin Feng tapped on his communicator and quickly transmitted the video.

"Beep, mission complete!"

"Beep, mission complete!"

"Beep…"

One after another, tasks were shown up as completed.

The staff member's eyes stretched as wide as humanly possible.

There were many aptitude users in Colony Three and quite a lot of them were C-tiers. Although Qin Feng, a D-tier, had done a few major things recently, his name was not very well known.

What was special was that none of the lower-tier aptitude users could contact Qin Feng whatsoever.

The staff member thought that Qin Feng had accepted other tasks from before and was only submitting them now, then he would leave the colony as soon as he had received his reward.

After all, a huge battle was about to happen here!

Who would have imagined that the missions Qin Feng was submitting would be the ones that were the most important, top priority ones.

"Sir, I can handle some of your submissions for now, but one task has a large amount of information that needs to be reviewed by someone with more advanced skills. Could you please just wait a moment?"

"Sure!"

Qin Feng naturally agreed.

Soon, his communicator began to ring several times as notifications carrying his rewards from the Human Alliance came in.

For the task offering to kill the C-tier intelligent species, Qin Feng took advantage of the chaos and killed some so he was distributed 200 billion dollars.

Now, Qin Feng's personal funds had reached more than a thousand billion!

Due to constant battling, Qin Feng had not even used his money and he did not need to supplement for himself for the time being. The stronger he got, so long as he was in the right circles, the more money he would gain.

He sat in the reception room of the hall. The place was very luxurious, after all it was a place for aptitude users.

A beautiful lady with a slender waist walked over. She wore a white blouse and a black skirt, her thighs were clad in black stockings. Her high heels clicked against the ground as she approached them.

"Sir, would you like a drink?"

"Water! And fruit juice, thank you!"

"Very well, Sir!"

The woman said with a sweet smile. Within a few minutes, she placed a glass of water and juice on the table.

"The juice is hers!" Qin Feng pointed to Bai Li's direction.

The woman smiled and gently shifted the juice toward Bai Li who raised her head and looked up as the two directly stared down one another!

Qin Feng smiled faintly. "That's all, you can go now!"

"Ah, alright, enjoy Sir!" The woman walked away in a daze, almost stumbling as she turned away.

Bai Li put a straw in her drink while watching the woman.

"What's up with her? Looked like she had something on her mind!"

Qin Feng chuckled, "You're too beautiful, must have scared her a little!"

Strong aptitude users could easily obtain whatever they wanted, be it status, money, power and beauties.

Some of these things Qin Feng had no need for, but they come up once in a while.

After his rebirth, there had not been anyone else that had caught his eye. When there was someone as beautiful as Bai Li, all the rest were eclipsed by her presence.

Just as Qin Feng and Bai Li were indulging in idle chatter, both of them felt an overwhelming aura wash over them.

They both looked toward the direction of the hall's elevator.

As the doors slowly opened, Xu Qing appeared in Qin Feng's line of sight.

A B-tier ancient warrior, soon-to-be A-tier, he was essentially the prince of the place!

Qin Feng stood up from his seat and Bai Li mimicked him, also standing up.

The two looked at Xu Qing as he approached them, step by step.

Xu Qing reached out a hand, looking like he was offering a handshake to Qin Feng.

"We should have met before, aptitude user Qin Feng! They said that the younger generation will surpass us in time!"

"General Xu, you're too kind!"

Qin Feng and Xu Qing shook hands.

"This is my girlfriend, Bai Li!"

Xu Qing nodded and stretched out his hand. Bai Li knew enough about human manners and accepted the hand, shaking it.

"Let's sit here!"

Xu Qing waved his hand and only then did the three sit down.

"The information you've given us is very useful! On behalf of the Human Alliance, I'd like to thank you for your contribution, so today I'll specially reward you with 10 billion dollars!"

"Well, thank you!"

10 billion was not much for Qin Feng, but based on the previous 10 million for a 10 minute video it was considered a lot.

Xu Qing knew that Qin Feng did not care for the money. With his capabilities, Qin Feng could get hundreds of billions of cash by going out there and killing those Grans.

"An ultra beast attacked their camp, which is good news for us!"

"Hm, a reduction in their numbers is always good news but there's still too many of them!"

The remaining seven thousand Grans were still going to be a headache.

Fortunately, Xu Qing was still here, which meant that the safety of Colony Three could be guaranteed!

"I've already sent a message to the Human Alliance and there will be two more B-tier aptitude users coming to support the effort," Xu Qing said. "You've gone deep into enemy territory for a day, tell me what's on your mind!"

The video and the known situation were naturally two different things.

Qin Feng recalled his experience and voiced his thoughts, "Gold can move people's hearts. This race has evolved crystal cores, it could be used to attract more people to take risks!"

Xu Qing nodded, obviously thinking about getting some cores for himself!

"When I first went there, they'd already been planning to explore this direction. Although the ultra beast disrupted their plans, I don't think that's going to stop their pace of reaching Colony Three!"

Xu Qing frowned at the news.

"They have large numbers and no food. They were attacked by a C-tier beast emperor. Like scared birds, they'll be looking for shelter which means they'll definitely be heading toward the colony. I hope that the Human Alliance could set up an ambush in advance because fighting in the colony is too passive!"

And by then, the colony could be destroyed.

While it was not difficult to build a colony, nor was it expensive to outfit one, the destruction of Colony Three would directly affect the efforts of defending the Dragon City mountain range.

"Hmm, let me think about this!" Xu Qing nodded. "What you said is easier said than done. The number of C-tiers we have are only one-fiftieth of theirs, well now it should be one-thirtieth of theirs!"

Indeed, in the entire colony, there were only two hundred people who were C-tier aptitude users

There were a lot of others who were D-tier, up to almost a thousand who were all assisting the efforts of the C-tiers but when it came down to a battle like this, they were going to end up becoming cannon fodder.

After all, there were still too many Grans!

Chapter 411: Prioritizing What's Important

Qin Feng and Xu Qing talked for a little bit more but time was of the essence. Xu Qing was still busy with a lot of things and the two ended their meeting.

"If you have anything you want to report, you can directly contact me. The greater the power, the greater one's responsibilities. I hope you won't take a break yet and continue working hard!"

Xu Qing was odd with his words, maybe because when one had reached the upper class they liked to speak eccentrically!

What he meant was that he hoped Qin Feng would not rest for the next few days but continue his investigation and collect more information.

"I understand, General Xu!"

Qin Feng had his own plans and did not need to be ordered around by other people, but he did not refute as he had the same idea as Xu Qing.

Once he added Xu Qing's number to his communicator, the two parted ways.

By the time he returned to the hotel, the others of the Fengli Mercenary Troop had already received the latest battle status notifications.

"Boss, did you really go back to that Wisdom Tribe's place yesterday?"

"Yeah, I killed a bunch with surprise attacks. The Human Alliance will be releasing a video later, you can take a look for yourself!"

"What?!" Zheng Qian was extremely surprised. She did not think that the reason for Qin Feng being absent for an entire day was because he was out looking for Grans.

"I don't like to sit around and wait for death!"

He tapped his communicator twice and showed everyone the video that was already uploaded onto the battle.net!

Of course, the Fengli Mercenary Troop would be the first ones to receive this news.

From the very beginning of the video, there were the Grans troops that Qin Feng had taken down. They were headed toward Colony Three. However, these people did not hear the telepathic speech of the Grans and Qin Feng did not think about revealing that information for now in order to prevent chaos.

Then, his ambush killing began, repeating over and over with the oldest trick in the killer's manual.

The concealment from the dark ability, the explosive power of the fire ability and the strength of an ancient warrior.

Qin Feng's combat prowess was amazing.

Even some C-tiers thought that it was impossible to achieve that level of fighting.

Everyone was watching him fight and although the battle only lasted for a short while, people were watching every moment very carefully.

After all, know the enemy like how you know yourself and victory would soon be assured.

Everyone began to study the video!

In fact, even Lei Ying was watching the video after he heard the news.

Even though he knew about the horrors of the Grans, he had not left yet because there were still B-tier aptitude users around, and he had formed a truce with Han Chengming, Liu Yi and Wang Jian. What was more was that they had plenty of subordinates who were lying in ambush.

Everyone had a grim look on their face.

"Just how strong is Qin Feng? How much power is behind a normal punch?" Liu Yi asked, his brow furrowed with worry and doubt.

They all wanted to fight Qin Feng in the beginning, but when they really looked at it they realized just how terrible that line of thought was.

"I don't know, but we all know just how terrifying that Wisdom Tribe is!" Wang Jian said.

Wang Jian and his people had crossed paths with the Grans before. Not only did they have energy shielding, they were also physically powerful.

"Stop studying Qin Feng and figure out where the weak spots of the Grans are so we can target them!"

Lei Ying cut the two off, seemingly unwilling to admit their fear of Qin Feng.

The video that had been released and Qin Feng's performance in it had people in an uproar!

Way too strong.

As such, being Qin Feng's enemy, Lei Ying did not want to discuss or hear anything about him.

"The Grans are powerful, but they're more like the Western physical users. They have an energy crystal core in the center of their chests which might be their weak spot but the most annoying thing about them is that they can fly!" Lei Ying's eyes narrowed before saying, "So, what do you think about using poison?"

Lei Ying's got a point there.

Their energy shields could resist martial arts and abilities but it was impossible to isolate air. So long as there was air, it could naturally be poisoned.

However, they did not know the anatomy of this race and what kind of poison would work!

These were all the things that needed to be studied.

Before his rebirth, the fortress in the Longchuan Mountains was destroyed too quickly. There was no time to experiment and it was unknown what kind of poison could even stop them.

That idea was left out before, if only a corpse was brought back!

Now, it was too late.

In any case, it was impossible that the Grans would launch an attack on the Colony Three now.

Qin Feng lay on a comfortable bed with Bai Li in his arms and quickly fell into a state of rest.

He was not like the rest, he was not that worried. Even if Colony Three was destroyed he did not think that would be unexpected, let alone feel any regrets.

After all, his current situation was already leagues better than his past life!

***

Four hours later, Qin Feng woke up and tried to order something to eat, only to realize that everyone in the hotel had been evacuated!

He simply took Bai Li downstairs and entered the hotel kitchen before beginning to cook for himself.

His difficult past life allowed him to master many skills. When making food, he could relax his body and mind, and food was extremely precious so Qin Feng was a decent chef.

"Sir!"

Chen Xiang quickly walked up to Qin Feng, but after seeing that his boss was cooking food like nothing was going on stunned him for a moment.

"What's up?"

"I've just received the news! The Grans are on the move!"

In addition to Qin Feng's expedition, the colony had also sent out countless drones. However, these drones flew slowly, it was possible that some would have been destroyed by some ultra beasts along the way.

If so, it would not be strange to receive news right now.

"Oh? Moving toward Colony Three?" Qin Feng asked.

"From the direction, it seems so. The Colony Four is too far away so that means we're very likely going to be the front line. They're fast b*stards, they can fly after all!"

Qin Feng nodded, putting down the dish he was making into a plate.

Bai Li immediately dug in with delight.

Chen Xiang continued, "Judging by their speed, they'll be able to reach the colony by maybe the day after tomorrow provided that they're not trying to rush at us overnight!"

Qin Feng nodded again, "Does the Human Alliance have any plans?"

"Not yet!"

"General Xu Qing hasn't thought of a way to stop their advance?"

Chen Xiang shook his head, "Also no!"

Qin Feng knew that this sort of thing wasn't directly in Xu Qing's control and there were other people involved in the decision making.

"I see, the Grans would still have to take a break at night. When that time comes, I think I'll go scout it out!"

When Qin Feng said 'scout', what he meant was he was going to start ambushing the Grans again.