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Chapter 33: Combat Hovercar
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Being the symbol of ultimate luxury, the hovercar was coveted and lusted by throngs of people, a very desirable item indeed. One of these was occupied by two men, enjoying every last bit of comfort the vehicle had to offer.
"Guess what cousin, this car is awesome! I'm going to make damn sure I'll get myself one when I graduate!" said the young man at the driver's seat. He even started to imagine the attention that he would get when he drove around with this car.
"It's really awesome, but it's too damn expensive! Eight freaking million! Luckily, you have acquired the Ancient Warrior disposition; if not, it would have been impossible for us to get this car!"
"You are right!"
"Hey, I think you've just gotten yourself a chance to get one. I heard Ms.Lui, and you are in the same class. She is the daughter of the richest person in Chengbei Colony! All you need to do is woo her. If you succeed, you can even get yourself a heavy machine!"
"Are you really going to let your girl buy you a car? If it were to be me, I'd be damn embarrassed to even drive it. Keep in mind the word freedom will cease to exist once you rely on her financially! I would rather work hard until I can afford it myself!"
Inside his heart, he was actually boiling with anger. The thought of wooing Lady Lui had its consequences. Grave consequences that might dictate his future. With that thought in his mind, the hovercar suddenly didn't seem so attractive anymore. After what he had been through, he did not dare to venture into the wilderness anymore.
At the same time, Qin Feng had his attention glued to the car. He could recognize one of them. He was one of Lu Meng's classmates named Wang Kai. Although he recognized the person, he decided not to greet him, considering they were simply acquaintances. Qin Feng blinked twice before he snapped out of his thoughts and summoned a salesman over.
"What excellent taste you have, sir. The Phantom series hovercar is our most versatile off-road vehicle. It's compact enough to pass through obstacles with the utmost confidence! Our double-seated model here is the more comfortable one! It features a large rear compartment, and we have even included a small chiller for you to store your loot!"
"Not only that, but the Phantom series' bespoke shell is also tough enough to endure attacks from F-tier beasts! We have incorporated a light-absorbing system that enables the vehicle to recycle used energy, giving it unprecedented range when compared to our competitors!"
"We have even upgraded the regular safety features. Exclusive to our customers, we have incorporated an ultra-powerful signal transmitter for every Phantom grade. It scans for dangerous creatures within a 1,000-mile radius and alerts the driver. Our interactive user interface enables you to see a perfect 3D rendering of the discovered beast.
The salesman was well trained and eloquently spoken, not missing out on a single feature he thought would attract Qin Feng. Though Qin Feng did not have his ability user badge with him, his combat suit was enough to show others that he was someone to be reckoned with.
In fact, the main reason why the salesperson was so eager to explain the car was that she saw the energy gun that he carried with him. Besides, he exuded a cold aura, making him more formidable. It would be hard for anyone not to notice it. Just as the salesperson was about to continue her sales-pitch, Wang Kai exited the car.
WIth a quick persuasion, she asked Qin Feng, "Sir, you should experience sitting in the car!"
"Alright!"
Qing Feng nodded. At the same time, Wang Kai looked up and saw Qin Feng.
"It's you!"
Wang Kai glared at Qin Feng with hostility. Initially, Qin Feng had no intention to bother Wang Kai. However, there he was, in between Qin Feng and the car, refusing him entry.
"Excuse me," said Qin Feng.
"Let you through? Why should I do that? It's not even your car! I still need more time to experience this ride!"
Immediately, Wang Kai entered the car again as a sign of defiance.
BAM!
He slammed the door in Qin Feng's face and raised his eyebrows in scorn.
Qin Feng was speechless.
"Haha… leave this place if you don't have the money! Who do you even think you are! You really thought you could afford this?" said Wang Kai.
"Let's go!" said Qin Feng to the salesperson, ignoring the provocation.
"I'm really, really, sorry! Please, sir. Allow me to introduce another car to you!"
In embarrassment, the salesperson apologized profusely to Qin Feng, secretly disgusted at Wang Kai's childish antics. Wang Kai, on the other hand, was smug with the thought that he had managed to embarrass Qin Feng in front of a woman.
All it took was a few seconds for Wang Kai to immediately regret his impulsive actions.
"I don't need to look at other cars. Go get the paperwork settled. I'm buying this car now!"
"What?!"
The salesperson's jaw suddenly dropped.
"This car will be mine soon. I want it clean. I'd hate for others to damage it!" said Qin Feng.
Wang Kai instantly knew Qin Feng was referring to him. Truth was, he could never afford to repay Qin Feng if something terrible did happen to the car.
In a blur of rage and impulse, Wang Kai refused to believe that Qin Feng was about to purchase the car here and now.
"F*ck! Are you trying to scare me off? ! I will eat the tires in front of you if you can afford to buy this car!" shouted Wang Kai.
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This time, he managed to capture the entire showroom's attention, albeit not the kind of attention that he wanted. Others would be jealous if he was the one who had bought the car. Instead, everyone was now silently tuning in for a drama to unfold before them.
After a while, as Qin Feng did not return, he started to smile, relieved but at the same time, still wild and reckless.
"F*ck! I think the bastard played us!
Wang Kai figured that Qin Feng would leave him there and let him embarrass himself. He smirked in a moment of victory. The moment he got down from the car, however, he saw a man in a black suit. The man turned out to be the security detail of the car gallery. Wang Kai also noticed that there was a G3 medal on him.
An ability user!
"Mister, I'm sorry, but this car belongs to someone now. Please stop fiddling with the vehicle! Your cooperation is most appreciated!"
"What?!"
"Cousin, is that person your enemy? I checked him out just now and saw that he seriously just spent eight million yuan on the car!"
Hoping that his little trick would bear fruit, Wang Kai sent his cousin in pursuit of Qin Feng, seeing if he had really purchased the hovercar. If so, the two of them would further embarrass him. After all, his family1 had to rely on Wang Kai's family.
"Qin Feng is the one that bought the car?" squealed Wang Kai in utter disbelief.
"Sir, please exit the car!" the ability user security guard repeated, this time, in a louder and stern manner.
Immediately, Wang Kai opened the car door and left the car with his palms sweating.
"Let's go!" he said, hoping for a quick exit. He was not about to wait for Qin Feng to come back to embarrass him. Unfortunately, time wasn't on his side.
"What? You are going to leave now? How about eating the tires?" asked Qin Feng.
"Hahaha!"
Everyone in the car gallery burst into roars of laughter.
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Chapter 34: Venture Out Again
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"Never mind! One wheel costs at least hundreds of thousands of yuan! It's simply too expensive for you to eat it! Get lost!"
Wang Kai was left speechless. After he exited the car, Qin Feng did not get into it immediately. Instead, the G3 ability user and a few other staff replaced the seats to new ones. They then cleaned the car thoroughly before they even let Qin Feng enter it.
He fired up the hovercar once he got in and immediately turned on the hover mode. Its wheels started to morph, taking the shape of rocket thrusters that emitted a pulsing, green glow.
Wind Rune!
The Phantom's hovering mode was powered by energy that was stored within it. Most of the cars in Chengbei Colony were not equipped with a hovering mode, managing to capture everyone's attention the moment he fired up its engines. After climbing around three meters, if sped off blowing the hats off everyone, whooshing away from the shop with a mighty gust of wind.
"That's so cool!"
"Oh god, so that's the combat hovercar?"
"That. Was. Awesome!"
Everyone was obviously amused by the car, save for a dejected Wang Kai. His face had darkened to a strange shade of purple, mainly because he assumed Qin Feng had deliberately accelerated right above his head.
…..
This was his way of teaching ill-mannered people like Wang Kai.
When the hovercar had gained speed and altitude, he opened up his backpack, letting Xiaobai jump out. It curiously scanned at its surroundings before jumping to the co-driver seat.
"What do you think about this, eh? From today, you don't have to hide inside the bag anymore."
Each time when Qin Feng hopped in any giant off-road vehicle, Xiaobai had to hide inside his backpack. To make things worse, the off-road vehicle would travel at high speed. These vehicles would almost certainly be crowded and was a less-than-pleasurable experience. Let alone the tiny Xiaobai that was cramped up in his backpack.
With the purchase of the car, it was no longer necessary for Xiaobai to hide inside his backpack. The Phantom featured privacy glass, making it impossible for anyone attempting to look in. All they could see was a solid black. Considering that Xiaobai had only got the chance to catch a glimpse of the world from the window of Qin Feng's room, everything they passed seemed like an incredible discovery to it.
The passing scenery soon faded into a blur, causing the little creature's eyes to droop. As quickly as it had intrigued it, it was quickly bored again. Jumping into the next seat, it fell asleep before anyone knew it. Qin Feng could not help but pat it lovingly.
"Now that I'm in debt, I think I will need to head to the wilderness to earn some quick cash."
After spending eight million to buy the car, Qin Feng was now left with only 500,000 yuan, an amount not nearly enough to pay off the equipment he had ordered earlier. As he drove on, he approached a vast slum. It was a cesspool of cramped, unimaginative high-rise flats that sprawled from every inch of available space. The place was somber and suffocating, but for the orphans, it was a place to live of their dreams.
"Zhou Hao, come down for a bit. I brought something for you!" said Qin Feng.
"Ah! What thing? It's a delight to see you Hang on; I'm coming down right now!"
Zhou Hao kept his questions a minimum. Being best friends with Qin Feng, they both had meals together all the time at his place. As a return, Qin Feng would work hard to find some extra cash to buy food Zhou Hao's family meals from time to time. The kindness they had for each other had strengthed their friendship through the times.
Soon, Qin Feng saw Zhou Hao running out of his residence. He was now taller and more muscular. Sporting an oversized singlet and a pair of slippers made him look rather sloppy. Seeing the guy drenched in sweat, Qin Feng knew that he must have been working out.
After looking around, Zhou Hao managed to locate Qin Feng.
Getting off the car with a smile, Qin Feng waved to his friend.
"Zhou Hao!"
One look at the luxurious ride caused Zhou Hao to be at a loss for words. He could only open his mouth in amazement.
"Did you go rob a bank or get married to some rich old lady? How did you manage to buy yourself a car like this? Hold on! This is a hovercar, right?!"
Zhou Hao had a silent urge to kiss the car as a gesture of how much he liked it.
"What are you talking about? Haha… you should head back now. I brought you some good stuff. Eat it immediately when you get inside!"
"Let me see what's in here!"
There were two items inside the black plastic bag. The first was meat. Though Zhou Hao had no idea what creature the meat came from, he could feel that it was packed with energy. The second item was a glass jar with a piece of fruit inside it.
His eyes suddenly bulged at the realization of what he had at hand.
"This is a Talent…"
"Shhh!!!
I came across a bunch of it when I was in the wilderness. I sold some and saved one for you!"
As a matter of fact, Qin Feng only told a half-truth to Zhou Hao.
An individual could only consume a single Talent Fruit. Hence, it was logical for Qin Feng to sell the rest of them. That was why Zhou Hao was suspicious of nothing, thinking he had used the money from selling the fruits for the hovercar.
"How dare you? Got a new car, and you didn't call me on an adventure, huh? You are one lucky bastard! Look at what you are wearing right now! Others might even think you are an ability user!"
"You should go back now before someone robs you! Remember to eat up the meat and fruit!"
The meat came from a beast king and was able to fill one with a massive amount of energy after consuming it. Even if Zhou Hao failed to get his special ability awakened, he would at least acquire an Ancient Warrior disposition.
"Alright. I will head home and continue training!"
Zhou Hao grinned widely, waving at Qin Feng while holding the plastic bag tightly. His anxious and suspicious looks made him seem like a thief who had just stolen something. Qin Feng giggled nonstop at his antics in the car. He then turned around and drove to the main road.
"I remember this place. I'm afraid some unexpected event might just happen here soon!"
This was the very event that had thrown Chengbei Colony into a dire crisis. The essential thing was that this event had a silver lining, and could actually solve his problems.
Soon, the car was back in the flow of traffic. Although he did not trigger any of the car's cool functions, its exquisite exterior was itself enough to make heads turn. As he exited the colony, a truck full of people passed him. The truck's occupants began teasing whistles. Of course, Qin Feng did not bother to look at them.
Soon, he rerouted and was now speeding into the wild wilderness with the Phantom's hovering function activated. It was night, where threats opened their eyes at every nook and cranny.
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Chapter 35: Hell Stone
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Qin Feng was now at somewhere about 100 km away from Chengbei Colony. This was one of the spots purged by the Savage Armies. Hence, there would be no powerful beasts attacking Qin Feng. However, there were still some G-tier beasts lying around. During spring and autumn, the military would continue to come here to do their annual purge.
He decided to set up camp within the confines of the hovercar. Besides, why put all that luxury to waste. Before Qin Feng settled to sleep, he sprinkled some beast-repellent powder 20 meters away.
Waking up the next morning, he found several beasts trying to approach the vehicle, only to be stopped by the beast repellent barricade. Seeing the opportunity, Qin Feng quickly rounded them up and killed them. With the encouraging results, he set out to look for another rift. After looking around for some time, his efforts were fruitless and to no avail.
"I'm pretty sure that I'm at the right location. I think the space rift has not happened yet. Examining the clues, I think it should have happened within these two days!"
Qin Feng's current location was somewhat distant from Chengbei Colony. He could only estimate when the space rift was going to happen. By the time the Savage Armies came to investigate, it should have been long gone by then. The machine only indicated that the space rift would happen this month and it was perfectly normal that Qin Feng did not know exact details.
To his surprise, however, the space rift was about to rake place sooner than he expected. It was evening, and the sky was painted in streaks of orange. Without warning, a part of the sky rippled and twisted. Then, Qin Feng's car started to blare out warnings.
Dit!
Dit!
Dit!
[Warning! Warning! A space rift is spawning 500 meters away from you. Unknown creatures inbound. Please be careful!]
Dit!
Dit!
Dit!
Dit!
[This space rift is less than 10 centimeters wide. Threat level: G!]
Dit!
Dit!
Dit!
[A huge surge of energy has been detected! You are recommended to leave your location as soon as possible!]
Qin Feng quickly lifted up his head to scan his surroundings. He saw cracks appear in place of the ripples, and it suddenly shattered like glass getting hit by a bullet. Typically, space rifts were extremely unpredictable. They could either contain fortunes or threats.
This was the second space rift that he'd encountered since he had been reborn into his world. Qin Feng initially thought that it presented a golden opportunity for him to earn a handsome amount of fortune.
Or so he wished!
He was wrong!
This was a major threat.
The sudden appearance of the wormhole caused black lightning to cackle all around it. This space rift was different from the one in the razor-fanged infant incident. This one was spawning very slowly. It would seem that Qin Feng still had enough time to flee from the scene.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a meteor streaked through the sky. Burning red with charred dark bits flying off it, it left a fascinating flaming trail akin to a comet.
BAM!
Everything happened in a mighty flash! In a blinding flash, everything around him vaporized and exploded. Qin Feng had no time to react, what more stray any further from his landing spot. Before he could even realize it, the meteor landed only 30 meters away from his hovercar. The tremendous force of the impact was almost powerful enough overturn Qin Feng's hovercar.
"Hovering!"
Immediately, Qin Feng pressed on the button that allowed the car to hover, and it had managed to nullify the powerful shockwave of the meteor. The only thing that he could not avoid was flying stones and debris, raining upon the car like a furious hailstorm! The entire landscape had been terraformed by the meteor's impact.
Ji!
Ji!
Ji!
Xiaobai vocalized, extremely agitated. The fur behind its neck all stood up; its flight or fight instinct triggered. Once the rained of sand and stones slowed down, Qin Feng exited his vehicle, deciding to take a good look at the stellar body that had so rudely intruded the calm.
"This… This is the Hell Stone!"
The sight of the stone threw Qin Feng into a shock. The meteor was a black stone that was covered in flames; its black smoke consisting of black runes. The runes were like a virus, where any exposure could turn the person into a zombie.
"This explains the zombie horde that I encountered some time ago!"
A catastrophic event had taken place at Chengbei Colony a month ago. Tens of thousands of zombies swarmed the colony at the same time. Though they had been all been quickly eliminated, the disease-carrying zombies managed to kill 40% of kids below the age of 16 who had yet to receive awakening serums.
The orphanage suffered the most losses during that period. At that time, Lin Derong was not there. Most of the kids from the orphanage were killed by the virus, clearing out the entire first floor of the orphanage.
Amid the tragic event, Qin Feng had managed to successfully flee the colony. Before he left the orphanage, he received a message from the employees, asking for a donation to help them deal with the crisis. It was then that Qin Feng gave all his money, enough to keep him alive for a few days. He soon left the place in a hurry.
Still, it did not help much. All the while, Qin Feng paid close attention to this incident. Everything that was reported about the orphanage did not match what he witnessed. At first, Qin Feng thought the catastrophic event was caused by the black runes that had escaped the space rift. He had never thought that a Hell Stone was the cause of everything.
Hell Stones were considered S-tier special ability items.
One might wonder what horrors this stone was capable of bringing.
A wild boar had been killed when the stone hit the ground. Instead of staying dead, the swine stood on all fours and let out a long roar. Its enormous body was surrounded by a black aura, and its originally yellow skin had turned grey. It soon started to shed, displaying all the boar's muscles. The weirdest part was, not a single drop of blood had come out from it. Its eyes were had now turned red as if possessed by an evil spirit.
Zombification!
Qin Feng got down from his car without a second thought. It was a well-known fact that killing a zombified creature was extremely difficult. Qin Feng had to land a shot on its head to get a confirmed kill. If Qin Feng came into contact with the beast, there was a high chance that he might turn into a zombie.
ZAAP!
The energy gun penetrated the wild boar's head with a long, blue beam.
At the same time, the black runes changed direction and were headed towards Qin Feng! Unbeknownst to him, it was actually impossible for him to turn into a zombie because he was a dark ability user.
"Since all of these are black runes, I wonder if it's possible for me to absorb them all."
Qin Feng's primary purpose in coming here was to kill all the dark creatures. He had never thought that the truth could have been so terrifying. Now, panic was setting in. He braced himself and walk toward the dark runes.
Ji!
Ji!
Ji!
Xiaobai moving around in the hovercar. Nonetheless, it refrained from calling Qin Feng back because it somehow knew that the dark runes were going to benefit him. Xiaobai might appear to be a small creature, but it was, after all, the child of a high-tier beast and inherited the memory of its parents. Right now, however, it only had its instincts to rely on.
"Absorb!"
Qin Feng's special ability core was activated.
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Chapter 36: Giant Hand From the Rift
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All the dark runes hundreds of meters away were drawn to Qin Feng like a long streaming dragon. In his mind, he could feel a huge amount currently entering his consciousness and landing on his diamond ability core. Surprisingly, all these runes had only occupied one small spot of it.
"10,000 dark runes!"
He had not expected to have absorbed so many in one go. The power of these dark runes could be compared to a D-tier weapon. When Qin Feng looked up to the sky and discovered that it had been colored black by the Hell Stone. Dark, ominous Clouds were everywhere. It seemed like something huge was about to hit the ground.
"I cannot let this happen!"
Thinking about all the children that had lost their lives during the last dark rune catastrophy, Qin Feng was determined to stop the events that were about to take place. He immediately ran to the location where the meteor had crashed.
A 50-meter wide crater dug deep into where the Hell Stone landed. Qin Feng was dumbfounded as he saw it lying there silently. No one knew the origin of Hell Stones. Since the first space rift had spawned on earth, there were already too many mysteries left unsolved.
A long time ago, a fingernail-sized Hell Stone landed on one of the cities in a country of the west.
Thus, began the great apocalypse!
The entire city was infected by the virus and turned all its residents into the undead, mindless, disease-carrying zombies. The place was ravaged beyond belief, turning into a living hell overnight hence its name, the Hell Stone. Until today, the city had been ruled by a beast-king-tier zombie.
All that cacophony had been caused by a stone no bigger than a quarter. Now, here Qin Feng was, staring at a fist-sized Hell Stone. He was incredibly anxious. Hell Stones were usually bad news to most people as it was a well-known fact that dark runes that exuded from it almost always brought forth devastating effects to.
On the other hand, this logic did not apply to Qin Feng. To him, this was something that he longed.
He stood only five meters away from the Hell Stone. At such close distance, Qin Feng had a good look at the rock. Apparently, there was a fire burning around it, its temperature so high that the ground around it sizzled and liquified. It seemed like the surrounding land was about to turn into magma. Qin Feng had no time to hesitate anymore.
"Absorb!"
Qin Feng's special ability was activated, allowing him to devour the Hell Stone with ease. Seconds later, the Hell Stone was gone, and the dark runes stopped spawning as well. Soon after, he felt something unusual going on in his body. Without going into mediation, he could see that a giant satellite had surrounded his diamond planet. It was like the earth and its moon, both connected.
Dark runes kept pouring out of the Hell Stone to his diamond planet. Soon, it turned his diamond planet into dark red. He could also sense that his dark ability had enhanced by at least tenfold!
"This is crazy. Ten folds of improvement! I wonder how many dark runes I absorbed!"
Just as Qin Feng was about to bask in his excitement, a palm-sized space rift appeared at the sky and within its confines, a pale hand adorned with black fingernails came out. It seemed like a hand of a corpse, where no blood flowed through it. That had made it looked extremely terrifying.
Ji!
Ji!
Ji!
Suddenly, Xiaobai screamed and it activated the space rune without Qin Feng's consent.
Bloop!
Qin Feng disappeared into the thin air. This was Xiaobai's special ability after its evolution. Not only could it teleport to a certain place, but it could also bring Qin Feng with it as well. At the same time, the pale hand that appeared in the sky started to swing around. Seconds later, countless bones were summoned, with all of them beginning to combine to form a giant skeletal hand.
Qin Feng managed to witness the whole thing. It was at that moment that he realized that it was not a skeletal hand but the claw of a giant beast! The giant claw suddenly landed at where Qin Feng had stood earlier with force comparable to the Hell Stone that crashed. If it were not for Xiaobai, Qin Feng would have surely been killed.
After that, the skeletal claw grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, thereby forming another giant crater.
This was absolutely terrifying!
Judging by its immense strength, this creature was more powerful than an S-tier creature! The skeletal claw brought the soil back to the pale hand, which started to wave around. It seemed like it was trying to summon something, but it was fruitless.
Qin Feng knew that something bad was about to happen to him. Clearly, the owner of this pale hand was looking for the Hell Stone. Fortunately, the space rift that the Hell Stone came out from was extremely small; the reason why the creature could not squeeze through it. Considering the strength of the giant skeletal claw, the creature should be S-tier beast king.
After searching frantically for a while, the creature let out a roar in frustration as it could not locate the Hell Stone.
"Who dares mess with my Holy Dark Stone?!" a booming voice roared from the heavens.
"Shit!"
The creature tried to squeeze its other hand into the space rift. It seemed the rift would surely expand due to the extreme force exerted by the powerful creature. It was determined to look for whoever that had so brazenly taken its Hell Stone.
"I can't let him out no matter what!"
Qin Feng knew that it was useless to run away now. Meanwhile, he managed to come up with the idea that might deal with it.
Qin Feng turned on his communicator and sent out info that he'd gotten from his hovercar.
"Reporting back Chengyang City's space rift station. A space rift has spawned 300 kilometers northwest of the city. There is a massive amount of energy unleashing from it. An unknown creature is attempting to escape the rift. There's a high chance that it is an S-tier creature. Please send assistance to seal the space rift!"
After the first space rift spawn on earth, humans began to work tirelessly to come up with a machine called a space stabilizing device. Usually, space rifts would disappear after some time. The space stabilizing device was used to speed up this closing process.
Qin Feng hoped the calvary would get to him sooner than later, which was why he'd reported to Chengyang City instead of Chengbei Colony. However, they would need still some time to verify the situation. He was nervous, unsure if they would be able to close the rift in time. Presently, the creature was still attempting to enlarge the wormhole.
Chirp!
Chirp!
Chirp!
Xiaobai jumped up and teleported 30 meters above the ground.
"Xiaobai! What are you doing?!" shouted Qin Feng.
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Chapter 37: The Class Reunion
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Xiao Bai ignored Qin Feng and teleported once more.
This time it appeared at 60 meters above the ground.
It then teleported again!
After three teleportation jumps, Xiao Bai was extremely close to the space rift.
"Be careful!"
Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat.
Xiao Bai then trampled on the skeletal claw. To the giant creature, Xiao Bai was just a puny creature, no more significant than an ant. With a swift move, Xiao Bai jumped mid-air, turned its tail to silver, and swiped on the creature's hand with a ring on it!
Seconds later, the space rift was forced to be sealed away, and Qin Feng could hear an agonizing wail that faded gradually.
Swoosh!
Without its power source, the giant skeletal hand shattered into pieces and fell from the sky. Thankfully, Xiao Bai managed to teleport away in the nick of time.
Finally, Qin Feng could let out a sigh of relief. All the pressure that he had on him earlier was now lifted. It was then that Qin Feng's communicator vibrated.
"Mr. Qin, thank you for your report. We have detected that the space rift is now gone. However, there is still danger around you. We will now launch a space rune to stabilize the area. We deeply thank you for your contributions to humanity. 10,000 yuan has been credited to your account as a reward!"
After that, Qin Feng could see a silver ray penetrating the sky through a few cracks. There were tiny patches of holes even though Xiao Bai had closed off the space rift for the most part. The silver ray was like an eraser, wiping off the cracks. After a long while, the threat was finally neutralized.
Eek!
Eek!
Eek!
Xiao Bai then jumped on top of the hovercar with a broken hand in his mouth. It was the hand that had fallen from the sky when Xiao Bai forced the space rift to close.
"This is…"
Miraculously, the hand was still in one piece even though it was cut off from the creature. Silver rays emitted from it as Qin Feng took a closer look.
Eek!
Eek!
Eek!
Xiao Bai continued to shout.
"Are you asking me to devour it?" asked Qin Feng in surprise.
Xiao Bai nodded its head enthusiastically.
After signing the contract, both Qin Feng and Xiao Bai had a better understanding of each others' abilities. Otherwise, Xiao Bai would not have brought the hand to him.
"Alright!"
Without wasting any time, Qin Feng triggered his special ability and started to absorb the energy inside the hand. Even since he was reborn to this world, his special absorbing ability had gradually become more and more powerful. Now, he was able to absorb something without life force with ease. The effect that came with it, however, was potent. He could feel the energy significantly strengthening his bones.
Then, a cracking sound came out of his bones, and silver light blasted out of them. With his bones becoming stronger, Qin Feng's speed and strength were also boosted at the same time. His entire body had received upgrades too.
G6-tier!
"What a surprise of a reward!"
Soon, his excitement and happiness turned to frustration. There were around 20,000 dark runes in his ability core. However, he would need a mighty consciousness to fully utilize all of them. Right now, his consciousness was still at G-tier, which meant he could only utilize 1,000 dark runes.
He was frustrated by the fact that he could not fully utilize all 20,000 of them when he had them ready in his body.
"Nevermind. Right now, I'm an ability user and an Ancient Warrior. I will try my best not to use my special ability all the time!"
Qin Feng was stressed as he changed the way he thought. After that, he spent more time at the location to hunt more ultra beasts for himself. Though he had absorbed the entire Hell Stone, there were still dark runes scattered which had corrupted some ultra beasts nearby. These mutated creatures were far stronger than their ordinary counterparts.
To make matters worse, the virus would infect their prey once they were killed. To restore the balance, Qin Feng had decided that he would finish up his good deed, eliminating the plague-bearing monsters.
……
Within the thick foliage of the jungle, Qin Feng was going after a grey monkey. All its skin and fur had fallen off, and it looked like a decaying corpse. Seemingly, It bore resemblence to a long-tailed macaque. Usually, the species swung from branch to branch at high speed and could do whatever they wanted in the wilderness. After the primate was hit by the dark runes, its body started to rot. This, however, did not affect its speed at all.
"Die!!!"
Qin Feng knew that he was never going to catch up to the speeding monkey. He had to figure out another way to kill it. In an attempt to slow it down, he launched a black ray at it. A hint of red light was embedded within the black ray. It was formed by runes chosen by Qin Feng that were from his ability core. Soon, the black ray caught up with the monkey.
Screech!
Screech!
Screech!
The black ray burned its soul, causing it to tumble from the tree. Rolling on the ground in immense pain, Hellfire soon engulfed half of its body. By that time, Qin Feng had caught up to it as well. Without thinking twice, he took out a dagger and beheaded the monkey with one swipe.
"This is one tough opponent!"
Qin Feng let out a sigh.
All the parts on the long-tailed monkey were rendered useless after it was zombified. The only thing that he could salvage was its brain. An energy core grew on its head after its transformation, serving as the energy source of the undead creature.
Usually, it was rare to find an energy core in a beast soldier. One had to hunt down a beast general to secure the slightest chance of acquiring an energy core. However, this one was less valuable and could only be sold for 10,000. As of now, Qin Feng had 300 of it, enough to pay off the equipment that he had asked someone to craft earlier.
"I should go back now!"
Qin Feng had stayed in the wilderness for a total of nine days. He was supposed to go and get his equipment in a day.
Dit!
Dit!
Dit!
Qin Feng's communicator vibrated. His eyes grew wide open in surprise when he saw the person calling.
It was Chen Ming!
A long time had passed since Qin Feng talked to Chen Ming ever since they graduated. Perhaps he felt guilty or embarrassed that he left Qin Feng alone when the space rift appeared before them. That was why he never contacted Qin Feng, until now.
"Qin Feng, we have a class reunion tomorrow. Remember to join us, alright?!"
"Class reunion?"
That was new. In his past life, Qin Feng had never attended an event like this.
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"What made you think of organizing a class reunion?" quizzed Qin Feng.
"Everyone will be dispersing to different places soon. It's a good time for us to gather and have some fun. And I also heard someone in our class had her special ability awakened. It's Zhao Yuanyuan!"
Qin Feng frowned. Of course, he knew that Zhao Yuanyuan was now an ability user. Due to her lack of talent, she became a plant-type ability user. That meant no one would field her in the battlefield. At most, she could only become a manager at a plantation.
"Will Zhao Yuanyuan be paying for our meal?"
"I don't think so. Are you worried about going Dutch? The meal is not going to cost much, anyway. I can cover your share!"
Qin Feng felt that somehow, something didn't seem right.
"There's no need for that. Just give me the time and location. I will be there tomorrow!"
"The reunion party will be held at Zhengyuan Hotel, right beside our school! Room 109! Time is at 8pm. Don't be late!"
After that, Chen Ming hung up the call casually. After giving it some thought, Qin Feng turned on his communicator. As his class had created a chat group, he discovered that some of them had received their awakening potions, and they were about to serve in other places. Once they became an ability user or an Ancient Warrior, they could either hunt ultra beasts in the wilderness or join the mercenary team.
As for those who did not awaken as an ability user, they would have to stay put at the colony and fear for their lives every single day.
Opening the chat group, Qin Feng keyed in Chen Ming's name and found that he had become extra active a week ago. He was continually asking about who had their ability awakened. He even went the extra mile by joining other groups to ask the question.
"Could it be that the experimental group is on the move again?"
Even since Qin Feng was reborn, he did not let the group capture him again. He was wondering if they had caught some other ability users. No matter what, Qin Feng would not let them get what they wanted.
After a quick packing, Qin Feng got into his car and returned to the city with Xiaobai. Soon after that, he received Zhou Hao's call.
"Qin Feng, have you heard about the reunion party?"
"Yes. I know about it!"
"Hmph! Chen Ming is doing pretty well. He now has an Ancient Warrior's disposition has joined a mercenary team. I heard that he has earned a handsome amount of money. I think his inner force is at least at E-tier now."
Clearly, Zhou Hao didn't sound too happy. The three of them used to be close friends, where Qin Feng shared a good relationship with two of them. However, Zhou Hao had never liked Chen Ming, who in turn, could do nothing about it. Truth to be told, Chen Ming behaved like a hypocrite.
After the space rift incident, Zhou Hao knew that Chen Ming was no longer on good terms with Qin Feng. The two of them did not argue about it because they were too busy after they were awakened.
"Let's not talk about him. You should be awakened as well, right?"
With the G-tier enhancing potions and Talent Fruit that Qin Feng gave him, Zhou Hao should have been awakened by now.
"Hmph, I'm just not happy that he is acting so arrogantly. He must be thinking that he's the most powerful one among us! I could have hunted in the wilderness if I hadn't enrolled in the advanced academy!" said Zhou Hao, obviously agitated.
"Let's not think about him. I will go and pick you up tomorrow, and we will go to the hotel together!"
"Whoa! Qin Feng, you're going to drive your hovercar to pick me up? What do you say about letting me have a go in it?"
"Do as you wish!"
After chatting for a while, they eventually hung up the call. 25 days had passed since the beginning of the month, but it seemed like Zhou Hao had not awakened yet. If that was indeed the case, Qin Feng would have to make Zhou Hao enroll in the martial art academy. Though the martial arts academy was actually a school, the students were actually given the freedom to arrange their own classes. They could even take the test early if they wanted to. After all, everyone progressed at different rates.
There was a caveat to all of that. There was no such thing as retaking the exam in the academy. Once Qin Feng passed the first semester's test, could he start to think of how he was going to fully utilize his time.
…..
It was the next morning. Qin Feng woke up, seeing Xiaobai still soundly asleep on the pillow. He now wondered if he should get his own personal home. Although it was true that a motel was a convenient place to stay, it was simply too small. It was getting harder for Xiaobai to move around freely. Besides, each motel he checked in to had their own set of characteristics. Suddenly, he felt like a gypsy… or perhaps a nomad.
After spending the entire morning training, he looked at his watch, realizing it was time for him to pick up Zhou Hao.
"Xiaobai, let's go!"'
Qin Feng then opened up his backpack, and the very excited Xiaobai jumped into it. When he was done checking out from the motel, he drove over to Wanzong Equipment Shop. Little Sun was waiting for him outside. The moment he saw Qin Feng, he quickly approached the hovercar.
"Mr. Qin, you are finally here. Your order is ready! Please follow me!"
"Hold on. There's no need to rush. Before that, I'd like to sell something!"
Immediately, Qin Feng took out the energy cores that he collected.
A single energy core was the size of a fingernail. With 300 of them in one bunch, they looked like an impressive collection of rare marbles. Little Sun's jaw dropped at the sight of the precious relics. For the second time, he had struck another big deal!
"Hold on, please. Let me help you count them!"
There was no way that he could do it alone. There was another middle-aged woman in the shop, but Little Sun avoided bothering her as she was the store manager. Thankfully for him, another employee was available the moment he was done serving another customer.
"Come here and help me! I will give you 10% of whatever I earn!"
"Deal!"
No one said no to money. Immediately, Little Sun and his colleague produced some tools to assist in counting the energy cores.
"Psst! This is nothing!"
The store manager saw that the two of them were sweating as they counted the energy cores. She seemed to be completely calm and unbothered, but in actual fact, her heart started to grow green with jealousy. To make matters worse, Little Sun didn't even blink twice at her. Half an hour later, they were done counting the energy cores.
"Mr. Qin, the total we can give you for 300 energy cores is 4.13 million yuan! Please confirm it!"
Qin Feng took a quick look at it and signed his signature approving the count. The shop could either sell the cores or even turn them into something else after buying them from Qin Feng. No matter what, this was still a great yield to them, credits to Little Sun, of course, who made the deal possible.
"You can deduct the remaining cost of my equipment from here!" Qin Feng proposed.
"Okay. I will give you 1.43 million yuan then! Please examine the equipment and inform me if there's anything you're not happy about!"
The two of them then entered a private room where Little Sun took out a box that contained Qin Feng's equipment. Qin Feng took a good look at it, discovering a shirt made of runes, a wrist guard, and one saber.
Both the shirt and wrist guard were in a cool jet black. This was not the original color of the giant rat's skin. It had been dyed black during the crafting process. However, there was an irremovable silver glaze on top of it.
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Chapter 39: Verdant Emperor Saber
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The Verdant Emperor Saber was the pinnacle of equipment made out of beast-king tier materials. Wasting no time, Qin Feng took off his jacket and put on his new shirt. It was a tight fit, but he was comfortable enough. It even nullified the sweltering heat of the summer. As a bonus, this shirt was extremely durable as well, being able to withstand the rigors of a G-tier beast king.
"Not bad!"
Qin Feng nodded his head and put on his jacket to cover the shirt. As for the two wrist guards, he had decided not to put it on to avoid catching the unnecessary attention of the public.
"The saber is inspired by period designs from the Tang Dynasty. Every designer would name a weapon that had been made with beast-king tier materials. This saber is called Verdant Emperor Saber!"
"The sheath of this saber is made from the remaining leather that you passed to us. I believe this leather sheath will be able to preserve the saber well! It is 65 centimeters long in total, its hilt 20 centimeters, and its blade, 45 centimeters. As for its width, it is 3.2 centimeters. Its special blade is only is 0.7 centimeters thick."
"This saber is rated as a G5 silver-ray rune weapon, powerful enough to ignore the defense of any G-tier ultra beast's skin. It can even be used to hunt down F-tier ultra beasts! This weapon can also be equipped with F-tier rune."
When Qin Feng held the sheath with the saber in it, he could barely feel its contents. The sheath had been hardened. The sword was just the right size as well, considering the limited amount of materials that Qin Feng had given them. He then slowly drew the saber, and a sparkling silver ray shone right into his eyes. However, the blade itself was not silver in color.
In fact, the blade did not even reflect light, as it was made of an ultra beast's bones, teeth, and claws. That explained its bone-white hue. Usually, one could choose special dyes to paint the weapon into different shades, but Qin Feng did not place any special requests. After close examination, the blade turned out to be green in color. Its name, the Verdant Emperor Blade made perfect sense now. From the outside, it may look extremely fragile. When one wielded it, however, the person would instantly know that the blade was practically indestructible.
"Very good. I'm happy with it!"
Qin Feng nodded his head and let out a contented sigh.
"Our customer's satisfaction is of utmost importance to us!" said Little Sun while bowing.
Next, he passed Qin Feng a cylindrical container that was one meter long and ten centimeters wide. It seemed big enough to fit his newly minted saber. A strap had also been conveniently attached, enabling it to be slung over his shoulder. It was essential that Qin Feng concealed his new equipment since he was in the colony. The place was known to fester with people of ill intentions, and he would be their prime target.
As he finished up with the shop, Qin Feng then drove to Zhou Hao's place to pick him up. The moment he arrived, Zhou Hao, who had put on a combat suit, ran to Qin Feng in excitement. In this era, one's status was determined by combat suits, not the conventional suit and tie. A set of golden combat suit would literally set the hearts of everyone in the colony on fire and jealousy to soar.
"What do you think? Am I handsome? My dad bought this for me to celebrate my awakening into an Ancient Warrior's disposition! Haha!"
He had already obtained this suit for almost a week, but there was no place for him to wear it. And today, an opportunity had presented itself. He finally found the right occasion to put the set on.
"Super handsome!"
"Qin Feng, I don't wish to criticize your attire, but you have just bought yourself a car that cost you eight million! How could you not buy yourself a new battle suit? If I remember correctly, you are still wearing the same set as the last time I saw you!"
"It doesn't really matter. It's just a reunion party between classmates. It's not like we are going to compete against each other!"
"Well… others might look down on you if you dress like that!"
"Since when have they looked down on me?" asked Qin Feng while twisting his wrists.
If it was not for the experiment that he had gone through before, he was not to be messed with. Qin Feng had spent his entire childhood at the orphanage, and so was forced to mature faster than ordinary kids. Being forced into adulthood before his time, he would never allow others to take advantage of him.
In the intermediate academy, his results were the best amongst his peers, where he would place first in combat class every year. This was mostly because his physique was better than most of the students who were scrawny and malnourished. As a result, he was feared by many. His potential was limitless and stood to have the brightest of futures, although he came from a poor background.
"You are right. The battle suit you're wearing today doesn't live up to this hovercar. Quick! Quick! Quick! Allow me to drive!"
Zhou Hao could not wait for Qin Feng to move to the passenger seat. He could finally fulfill his long-awaited dream of driving this revered hovercar.
Surprisingly, Qin Feng was not annoyed by his friend's irritating antics. Instead, he quickly moved to the next seat and placed his backpack on his thighs.
Eek!
Eek!
Xiaobai squirmed around in the backpack until it found a comfortable spot to stay still. Qin Feng tapped his backpack lightly, reminding Xiaobai not to reveal itself to others. The car was then switched to hover mode. There was still some time left before the reunion, so the overjoyed Zhou Hao flew the hovercar across two streets before finally landing the car on the road.
"I can't wait to see the looks on their faces when they see me driving in!" said Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao was really worried about the car's energy consumption. He had heard horror stories that a single drive would typically cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. It was true that the car was perfect, but it simply required too much money to keep it running. So after having great fun with the car, he proudly flew it in the direction of the Zhungyuan Hotel.
In actual fact, the hotel was not that big. It was just perfect for a reunion party like that. At most, everyone would only need to pay 100 yuan. Back when he was still living in the orphanage, it took three days of back-breaking labor to earn 100 yuan. That explained why Chen Ming had mocked Qin Feng while they were talking on the phone.
The moment Qin Feng and Zhou Hao got down from the car, a girl called out for them.
"Did I see that right? Zhou Hao, is that your car?"
The girl was reasonably pretty; she looked somewhat familiar, but Qin Feng had forgotten her name. After all, he had left Chengyang colony for many years now. Surely, he would not remember any of them unless they kept in touch with him.
"Of course not. It's…"
Zhou Hao wanted to tell her that the hovercar belonged to Qin Feng, but instead, Qin Feng signaled him with his eyes to stop him from telling the truth. Immediately, he changed his story.
"It belongs to my friend! Good, right?"
"Your friend must be really powerful and rich! You must both share a strong relationship since he is willing to lend you such an expensive car!" said the girl who was visibly shocked.
Knowing a friend of such stature usually provided useful aid when in hard times. The girl would surely faint if she knew the friend Zhou Hao mentioned was actually Qin Feng. After exiting the car, the three of them walked into the hotel. Most of their old classmates were present.
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Chapter 40: Terrorists
In the intermediate academy, thirty students were in the graduating class of sixteen-year-olds. There was a two-tabled private room as well, indicating obvious segregation.
Within the room, Zhao Yuanyuan and Chen Ming were in the limelight, both busy receiving congratulatory praises for having their abilities awakened. One of them already a member of a mercenary team, and was rumored to have earned 50,000 yuan this month alone!
In the eyes of these fresh graduates who had only just stepped out into the world, 50,000 yuan was an unobtainable amount. They were accustomed to being supported by their parents.
To some of the less wealthy students, 50,000 yuan was 5 years worth of their parents' salary. Cheng Ming had earned the entire sum in all but a month.
Now, who wouldn't have envied that?
"Zhou Hao, Qin Feng, you're here!" Chen Ming called out to them, waving, but as his friends drew closer, his brows creased.
Zhou Hao was equipped with a combat suit.
"Zhou Hao! Your combat suit looks real good. Has your ability been awakened?" Chen Ming asked.
"Oh, no. But no worries there. Ancient dispositions are easily awakened. I have been training hard recently, but I haven't done as well as you have, Chen Ming!" Zhou Hao sighed, unsmiling.
"No, no. I'm doing whatever I'm doing just to get by. You know what it's like for orphans like us!"
Chen Ming simply smiled. He knew that Zhou Hao's father worked at the training center. Zhou Hao had also only awakened for a month – he probably still lacked aptitude. There was no need to worry.
Those thoughts put Chen Ming's mind at ease, and subsequently, his brows relaxed as he turned his attention to Qin Feng.
When he saw that his friend was dressed in the familiar faded jeans and a white T-shirt, his delight and pleasure were apparent.
In school, he had always come second to Qin Feng, and Chen Ming had to pretend to be friendly despite having no intention of doing so. He only did it so he could covertly learn Zhou Hao and Qin Feng's secrets, hoping to undermine and beat them.
"Qin Feng, what have you been up to? I haven't seen you around lately. Did you get yourself a job?"
Chen Ming could not help but feel smug as he posed the question.
"A job? Our awakening period hasn't even come yet. Is this the right time to talk about these things?" Qin Feng answered lightly. "Sometimes, you never know who gets the last laugh!" answered Qin Feng.
"Qin Feng, come over here!" A voice called out.
Chen Ming froze.
Qin Feng turned around and saw that it was Xiao Jing.
She had taken the entire day off so she could attend the reunion. Being a garrison soldier now, she could not simply leave her post, but when she thought of Qin Feng attending the event, she felt the need to come.
Xiao Jing never told anyone about her posting in the garrison.
On the other table in the private room, Chen Ming and Zhao Yuanyuan were laughing and chatting away. Those who sat at the table were all from wealthy families. Even if their abilities or Ancient Disposition were not awakened, they could easily become gunners because of their influence. Of course, these upper-class families were never 'fans' of combat and would usually start a business in the colony. Without much trouble too.
Qin Feng followed Xiao Jing to the other table; Zhou Hao went along with them.
"Hey, Qin Feng, since when were you so close to Xiao Jing? But then again, although she's not the prettiest around, I'm sure she'll make an excellent wife and mother!"
Qin Feng elbowed Zhou Hao, giving him the eye and indicating him to shut up.
Xiao Jing's ancient warrior's abilities were awakened, so she could definitely hear Zhou Hao's jeering with her improved hearing abilities.
"Zhou Hao, it looks like things have been going well for you. Let's compare notes when you're free. My ancient warrior's abilities have just been awakened, and I'm short on a partner to practice with!" She said it under her breath but just loud enough for Zhou Hao to hear, a scowl visible on her face.
"Aw, is this still the Xiao Jing that I know?" Zhou Hao chuckled. "Have mercy, your highness! Spare me!"
Thankfully, the friendly jibe eased the tension between them.
Soon, the dishes were served, and the classmates chatted amiably with each other. Yet to be burdened by livelihood, everyone in the room was carefree and mostly at ease.
Their utopia, however, was soon to be very rudely disrupted!
Boom!!!
A deafening explosion shook the entire hotel, its massive shockwave throwing tables into the air while hurling dishes and food all over the floor.
The chandelier hanging on the ceiling fell and shattered into a million pieces together with the broken crockery.
But that was not the most frightening part yet.
The private room the reunion was held in was on the first floor. So, when the explosion happened, the wall facing the road blew out, crumbling and exposing the room to the streets outside with a gaping hole.
"Aahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Students were scattered all over, screaming in fear and confusion.
Unfortunately, their terrified shrieks were met with peals of laughter from unknown assailants, followed by another deafening rattle of machine guns firing.
"Take cover! All of you! Get down on your hands and knees! Hurry!" Xiao Jing shouted as she pulled out the mechanical weapon in her bag.
Even though she did not have an energy gun, the machine should be enough.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Xiao Jing began to counterattack but was quickly overwhelmed by the enemy.
Qin Feng responded instinctively. Without so much as a thought, he lifted the table made out of solid wood and hurled it towards the massive cavity in the wall.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The table was perforated with a row of bullet holes.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The people in the room screamed. Thankfully, with the table acting as a barricade, they managed to make a run for it.
The person who was attacking them kicked the table aside in a fury, breaking the wood into tiny pieces.
An Ancient Warrior!
One kick revealed the enemy's strength.
It was then that a whole group of them entered the room.
They were all clad in black from head to toe, and the masks they had on their faces had a white spider printed on it.
"Black Spider!"
"The anti-human group!"
Finally, everyone in the room understood the reason behind all the commotion.
"Argh! I don't want to die! Help me! Help!!!"
Everyone was screaming hysterically. Amid the chaos, a few lucky ones managed to run out of the door.
Those who too far away from the exit could only crouch with their hands over their heads or lie flat on the floor to avoid getting shot.
Some students had already been hit and were screaming as they fell through the stairs.
The gruesome situation turned Qin Feng extremely furious, fists clenched, and digging his nails into his palms!
He took out the scroll holder from behind him and drew his Verdant Emperor Saber!
Xiao Jing, on the other hand, had only just awakened, and shooting was not her strength. The firearm in her hand smashed to pieces.
"How dare you return fire! You even brought a gun? F*ck! What a waste of my time!" growled one of the gunmen.
One of the Black Spider guys looked around and ordered, "Take away all the girls and kill all the boys!"
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Chapter 41: Anti-Human Organization
The already devastated students looked even more terrified by the second. Qin Feng did a quick sweep of the room and noticed that Chen Ming was gone.
Zhao Yuanyuan was still where she was, looking a little sluggish as if she had had a little too much to drink. Panting and sweating, she sprawled limply over the floor and seemed to have lost all her energy.
Qin Feng guessed that she was probably drugged.
Good, very good!
A group of huge guys barging in like wolves to snatch away these students who were no better armed than sheep! How could Qin Feng allow that to happen right in front of him?
The Verdant Emperor Saber was unsheathed, its green glow emanated brightly, creating a menacing vibe.
The Black Spider group had split up, and the guns they carried were only used to threaten the people in the room and not kill them.
Considering they were all spread out, shooting at will would only injure their comrades. That would be a devastating outcome for both parties!
This was why gunners had a long string of limitations as the third class.
Since the attackers were not traveling in a group, it was an opportunity for Qin Feng to act.
Gathering all his concentration, his internal force surged and leaped forward like an arrow!
The Verdant Emperor Saber was brandished, slitting into the victim's neck like a hot knife on butter! This rune equipment was made of beast king-grade materials, and the distinct silver light that it produced made it the stuff of legends.
This was the very first time the blade had tasted blood and had explicitly exhibited its robust aptitude.
The cut was so smooth and unhindered, it looked as if a blade hadn't run through the person's throat in the first place. It was easier than cutting into tofu as if slicing through thin air.
Qin Feng did not hesitate. He continued to swing the blade aiming at the neck of another assailant. When the enemy felt the blade slitting his throat, he simply looked startled. It was fast. Too blinding fast. That bright shimmer of the blade was the last thing he saw.
The head of the guy whose neck Qin Feng had slit earlier slid off the neck, the hideous smile he carried enshrined permanently on his face.
Blood sprouted out of the severed neck, reaching a meter high.
Qin Feng continued to move across the room.
"Ancient Warrior! Be careful!"
The guy in the Black Spider mask reacted quickly, grabbing the weapon he had on him and charging towards Qin Feng!
Then, a knife suddenly appeared in front of Qin Feng, striking his Verdant Emperor Saber. The Black Spider guy had intended to ram Qin Feng, hoping his companion could use the opportunity to attack and kill him.
However, the Verdant Emperor Saber shaved off the Black Spider guy's blade without so much as a sound. The knife was forged out of steel alloy and had cost the guy 20,000 yuan. Yet, in all its toughness, it was broken just like that.
The Black Spider guy realized that the seemingly fragile object in Qin Feng's hand should not be underestimated.
"Silver light rune equipment!"
"How is this possible?!"
"F*ck! Aren't they just a group of students?"
The Black Spider guys looked at each other, yelled and stormed towards Qin Feng.
All of a sudden, Qin Feng found himself fighting the whole group.
"Hurry up and run! Run, you guys!" Zhou Hao shouted. He did a quick roll towards the two people Qin Feng killed earlier and took over their weapons. Unexpectedly, another hand also reached out next to him, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Xiao Jing. Their eyes met for a moment. Both Zhuo Hao and Xiao Jing may not have Qin Feng's strength, but they were not going to sit around and wait to be captured.
Their other classmates still had not awakened, so they would not have been able to help anyway. It was evident that terror had filled their eyes, bodies unconsciously shaking like a leaf.
Realizing that there was an opportunity to escape, many started fleeing.
"Son of a bitch! Grab that girl, and let's go!" bellowed one of the assailants.
As the leader of the group made up his mind to retreat, there was no longer any need for them to continue their act.
Following the command of their boss, the rest of the Black Spider group ran towards Zhao Yuanyuan.
It turned out the real target was Zhao Yuanyuan!
"Protect Zhao Yuanyuan!" Qin Feng cut in as he realized she was in danger. Although Zhou Hao and Xiao Jin did not understand what Qin Feng was doing, they did as they were told.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
All hell broke loose, and bullets started pattering the entire room like rain!
Although the attackers all wore bulletproof vests, one hit to the head would inevitably prove fatal.
"F*ck! I'll kill you!" one of them screamed!
But then all of a sudden, his body was involuntarily sucked by an unknown force!
Qin Feng had finally found their weak spot.
From the start of the attack, five people had already died under Qin Feng's watch. Right now, there were only seven more attackers left who had gathered in a circle around Qin Feng.
A situation like this was no different from setting oneself up as a sacrificial lamb. Of course, that was not the case at all for Qin Feng!
"Asteroid Assimilation!" he shouted!
There was a deafening explosion followed by the Asteroid Assimilation activating!
The internal forces of the Black Spider assailants poured out and were drawn towards Qin Feng, causing them to lose control of their bodies totally.
Then, Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber was seen traveling in a circular motion midair!
Everything suddenly seemed utterly frozen in time.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
All seven heads fell to the ground and rolled around.
Bright, fresh blood gushed out the decapitated fools, flooding the floor in a pool of red. Qin Feng's previously white shirt was now crimson.
Splat! Plop!
Having lost heads, the bodies collapsed one by one with ominous thuds.
With the death of the seven Black Spider members, the chaos died down, and a sense of peaceful relief filled the air once again. Then, out of nowhere, some remaining girls who did not manage to escape started crying.
"It hurts! Argghh…!!!"
"Ambulance! Call an ambulance!"
"I'm hit!!!"
Qin Feng slowly set himself on the floor.
"Phew!" he exhaled in relief.
The wails and cries of students were heartbreaking, as they finally heard the loud, shrill wail of sirens – patrol and medical teams were here after a harrowing 10 minutes! Under the supervision of paramedics, all his classmates were promptly fitted into the ambulances one after another. Qin Feng, on the other hand, gripped his fist tightly.
"Are there any casualties?" Qin Feng asked with a sullen face. The shock had slowly given way to anger, and he was furious.
Zhou Hao and Xiao Jing had worked together, protecting their classmates. Hearing his question, they were afraid that he was on the verge of exploding and quickly tried to pacify the situation. "No. Everyone is fine. Only Yang Qian might need to be amputated!"
Qin Feng shuddered at the thought.
Yang Qian's injuries were severe. Her calves were repeatedly punctured by bullets, flesh hanging, and barely in one piece. Now that all that madness was over, it became clear to them that her wounds were alarming, and her calf might really need to be severed.
Out of thirty students, thirteen tragically lost their lives. The rest managed a close and lucky escape.
Some wounded were sent to the hospital while others with lighter injuries were given on-the-spot treatment in the ambulance. The rest of the group squeezed into the patrol car so that they could be brought back to the station for statements and questioning, a group that included Chen Ming, who had gone into hiding when all hell broke loose.
Chen Ming's eyes were glazed over. He had not expected something so dramatic to take place.
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Chapter 42: Chen Ming's Acting
The truth was, the spatial stabilization device malfunction that happened a month ago was a human-made incident. It was in the act of demonstration, during the operation, that they noticed Chen Ming's existence. He possessed a characteristic that the anti-human organization yearned very much – selfish and hypocritical.
So, in half a month, under the guise of a mercenary team to recruit Cheng Ming, they had successfully included him in an illegal operation where they took out a well-known unit in Chengbei.
Chen Ming, in fact, felt that they had done nothing wrong, believing instead that this was what it took to survive in the wild. An ending without laws or morals, where the fist was absolute. Not only that, but Chen Ming also believed those who had not yet awakened were insignificant and worthless souls.
Later on, the unit used commoners as bait to attract ultra-beasts to conduct a wide-area attack. Chen Ming, unsurprisingly, did not oppose it. He, in fact, the one who came up with the plan and even saw to its strict implementation, and he was very good at it.
He truly felt that he was doing well in the team, and was very proud of himself for the merits he received for his contribution. He cared little about his blood-stained hands and charred heart. As long as he succeeded, nothing else mattered.
This time was supposed to be the team's last test, telling Chen Ming that an organization was paying big money to buy over ability users who had just awakened, about 30 million yuan all in all. If they succeeded, each member of the unit would get 3 million. Chen Ming would get 3million! It was a pie in the sky. He immediately reacted and found his target – Zhao Yuanyaun! All things considered, if he could have it his way, he would have preferred if they targeted Qin Feng or Zhou Hao.
To his dismay, however, all the members of the team died, and the person who killed them all was Qin Feng.
"Didn't he say he wasn't awakened? How did he suddenly know martial arts? And how did he get rune equipment? And it even had silver light! Shoot! If they managed to identify the attackers, would they link them to me?
Argh!!! Damn you, Qin Feng!"
God, he hated Qin Feng so much! This Qin Feng who was looking at him right now. Hated that frozen, billowing gaze that sent a chill down Chen Ming's spine even though it was a warm summer.
Chen Ming was petrified right now. He could not shake off the strange feeling that Qin Feng knew something.
When the patrol team piled them up in the car, Chen Ming attempted to avoid Qin Feng's stare.
Consequently, the patrol team questioned the students and took notes. In a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the students finally calmed down, although mostly clueless about a lot of things.
In contrast, Qin Feng was calmer and more composed than most of his counterparts.
This was supposed to be an unfortunate tragedy involving innocent intermediate academy graduates. Things, however, had taken an unexpected turn when one of the students actually singlehandedly eradicated an anti-human group.
This whole thing was somewhat mystifying.
"Did you know that they were going to come?"
"No."
"Then why did you bring your weapon with you? You're just a fresh graduate. How is it that you have a rune equipment?"
Qin Feng looked up and spotted the interviewer eyeing the rune equipment with a little too much interest.
He knew all too well why that was.
It was impossible that anyone wouldn't be tempted when they see a piece of silver-light rune equipment! The interviewer was obviously trying to find a connection that would somehow implicate Qin Feng.
As a result, it would then be uncertain as to who was the rightful owner of the weapon.
Qin Feng glared at the man with stern composure. "I was one of the victims. Just because I killed the assailants, you want to conduct an investigation into me?"
The look Qin Feng gave the interviewer was murderous.
Whether in the previous or current life, Qin Feng had indeed killed quite several people. Right now, he looked most frightful in his blood-soaked clothes and frigid stare.
The patrol officer suddenly found himself diffident, quickly replying, "Don't get me wrong. We just need to find some clues!" He feigned a cough and changed the topic. "Has any of you offended anyone recently?"
"I'm not sure…"
"Did the assailant say anything?"
"They said to take all the girls and kill the boys!"
The officer frowned as he took down Qin Feng's statement. He already had a theory in mind – it was possibly a show of force.
Qin Feng added, "But after that, they insisted on capturing one girl. She's the only ability user in our group. I suspect they meant to do her no good!"
The patrol officer's interest was piqued, but Qin Feng said no more. When asked if there was anything else, Qin Feng declined to comment.
In the end, they got no useful information from Qin Feng, but as it turned out, there were new developments in the case.
"These people might not be the Black Spiders. A few of them were fugitive criminals, and some of them had set up mercenary units in Chengbei."
"Mm, alright. I got it!"
Though the situation was getting worse, Qin Feng's strength had prevented his friends from suffering more severe injuries.
"Alright. Thank you for your cooperation. If we have any progress in the case, I will contact you again!"
"Okay!"
then, Qin Feng left with the rest of his classmates. Zhou Hao and Xiao Jing waited for him.
"Why did something like this happen?! Poor Yang Qian!" Xiao Jing gnashed her teeth. Yang Qian had just undergone a procedure, and Xiao Jing heard that she had lost a calf. Yang Qian was utterly devastated.
Suddenly, Qin Feng stiffened.
"I have something to do. I need to go now!" Qin Feng said, leaving his friends behind.
"Ah, okay!" nodded Xiao Jing without raising any objections.
"Hey, lunatic! Don't forget the registration for the advanced academy is in three days!"
Qin Feng waved, an indication that he already knew.
Since was covered in unsightly blood, he found a quiet corner where he slipped off the t-shirt and threw it into a bin. He then had Xiaobai take out his combat suit from his backpack.
After he changed into the less bloody set, Qin Feng returned to the patrol office, finding a place to hide. He waited quietly like a hunter stalking its prey. He did not have to wait long before someone walked out.
It was Chen Ming!
The patrol team was not incompetent. They had previously discovered that Chen Ming was connected to the assailants, but he had stellar acting skills. Having deliberated and assumed the worst-case scenario before his interview, he pretended to be shocked and distressed.
"No wonder they kept asking me if anyone I knew recently had their abilities awakened. I thought that the captain was looking to recruit ability users. You know, most of my classmates come from underprivileged families, so I kept asking around. If I had known, I wouldn't have told them anything! I… I'm so sorry for what happened to them!"
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Chapter 43: Break A Leg
Chen Ming was weeping so inconsolably so much so the patrol team eventually decided that he couldn't have been a viable suspect but a regular teenager. Compared to him, Qin Feng, who had managed to kill ten armed men was the abnormal one!
Cheng Ming, who had just blatantly lied to the patrol team was still on edge; he kept having this feeling as if something was going to happen. Unfortunately, as he was worried about what the future would bring, he did not know was that danger was just around the corner!
He entered an alley, lost in thoughts, considering any possible problems that might arise and how to overcome each and every one of them. His brain whirred about all kinds of scenarios, making sure to be thorough in case of any slip-up.
Suddenly, everything went dark!
It was pitch black. It was the kind of darkness that displayed the complete absence of light. It was so disorientating to the point his five senses seemed to have disappeared.
Out of nowhere, he felt a stabbing pain shooting up his body! Overwhelmed by the sudden shock, he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
"AHHHHHH!" Chen Ming screamed so loud he lost his voice.
"Ahhh! My leg! Who is it? Who?!" he wheezed.
His pats were hanging limply from his thigh! The lower half of his leg was gone, nowhere to be seen.
…..
Around the corner of the alley, Qin Feng flicked his rune weapon and slid it into his sheath.
As for that severed leg, Qin Feng had already burned it to ash with burning flames created by his ability.
"Chen Ming! I want you to suffer!!!" he muttered. Somehow, hearing Chen Ming's helpless cries of pain pacified his anger.
In the previous life, although Chen Ming was unaware of Qin Feng's kidnap, Qin Feng would forever remember his betrayal. Even then, it never crossed Qin Feng's mind that Chen Ming would be so perverse as to involve and endanger their classmates.
Qin Feng knew that the Black Spider group had nothing to do with this organization. He was now an A-tier elite, and it was easy for him to look for information about that lab in Chengbei Colony. Alas, after some time, he managed to find nothing.
This organization was mysterious, as it was extremely powerful.
Qin Feng decided to let Chen Ming live, to let him struggle for the rest of his life, and experience real despair!
"You should go through the pain that Yang Qian had to suffer. If anything ever happens to the others… hmph!!!" Qin Feng hissed and shook his head as he stormed away.
Not only did he use his saber just now, but he also used a dark rune, which, unlike the Night Shade, was used solely against enemies. The released special ability would then envelope the enemy in pure, solid darkness.
For the past few days in the wilderness, Qin Feng tried to look up information of dark ability users on the internet but only found scare bits which amounted to nothing. However, he subsequently thought of a solution, which was to search for dark creatures.
In this world, there were only two sides: light and darkness. Dark creatures caused disasters. A good example was the large number of ultra-beasts. One of them was called the Nightsky Giant Beast. Darkness would follow it wherever it went, enveloping its surroundings in a darkness so deep, not a single hint of light was left. This would cause anybody in the vicinity to lose all their senses.
Naturally, Qin Feng could not possess such a terrifying special ability. But if this ability could be reduced in size, shrunken, then perhaps Qin Feng might just be able to use it.
Even though Qin Feng could not shift all 100 million runes, which made up the foundation, it would be sufficient if he could relocate just 1/10,000. That was precisely how the miniature version of a Darkness Dome was created!
"This special ability is overpowered. If there are no special abilities to repel it, the enemy would surely fall, and I can kill him as I please!" The thought of easy victories got Qin Feng really excited.
That underground laboratory in the outskirts of Chengbei, the matter that had lingered in his mind after his rebirth.
He had vowed to exact revenge!
"I should go back to absorb inner force first!" he thought to himself.
Qin Feng quickly hurried back to the hotel in his hovercar.
Then, he sat in a meditative position and triggered his special ability.
"Absorb!"
This time around, Qing Feng killed a total of twenty men. Among them, five were gunners. They were all strong but, unfortunately, nowhere near as good as Qin Feng when it came to close combat, especially not when he held the rune weapon!
The other seven were Ancient Warriors who actually turned out to be at full strength. The most powerful among them was at G8-tier!
Despite all that, Qin Feng absorbed all their combat values.
A total of forty-seven strands of inner force threads were wandering inside Qin Feng's Dantian, a chaotic mess capable of massive destruction. He could feel pain whenever his veins were expanded from absorbing the stream of inner force.
Qin Feng clenched his jaw, persisting on despite the pain.
Gradually, that pain turned into an itch that made him want to scratch at it badly. Then, very quickly after that, a stream of warmth passed through his body! His meridian was expanded once again! The next time, whether cultivating martial arts or releasing inner force, his speed and strength would significantly improve.
At the same time, a surge of energy entered his body. His physical being was evolving again!
G7-tier!
Although merely a small improvement, it was still considered extremely fast.
To go from a newly-awakened to G7-tier in a month was unprecedented. No one had ever done it before. After that, his forty-seven inner-force threads returned and formed thirteen thick and robust silk threads.
"That's a total of eighteen inner-force silk threads. Perhaps it's because I have absorption ability, that my Dantian and meridian had been modified and it can now house all eighteen strands. In essence, I don't even have to level up to an F-tier Ancient Warrior!"
An Ancient Warriors' evolution was determined by inner-force cultivation and body strengthening.
Due to Qin Feng being able to absorb others' inner force, and at the same time, strengthen his physique by absorbing from dead ultra-beasts, he was able to improve faster than most people in a concise amount of time.
Right now, his inner force was twice that of a G9-tier ancient warrior's.
As for his special ability, Qin Feng could now confidently challenge an F-tier ability user.
As a result, it made him more courageous and sure-footed.
"I don't think that this underground laboratory built right under Chengbei colony's nose would have an E-tier ability user. In fact…" Qin Feng looked at Xiaobai.
When the Hell Stone created a spatial rift, the strength that Xiaobai displayed after evolution was awe-inspiring. It indicated that it was ready to slaughter his enemies at that time!
With Xiaobai's ability, they had nothing to be afraid of. They could leave whenever they liked.
Until today, Qin Feng had never seen an ability user catch up to an ultra-beast with spatial ability.
"Let's go!"
…..
It was late at night and the Chengbei colony's gates were closed. Qin Feng did not mind it at all, though. He was clad in black from head to toe, and with his dark ability and Xiaobai's cooperation, they able to leave the colony quickly and without any trouble.
When they were sure that the guards on the watchtower would not spot them, Qin Feng took out the hovercar from Xiaobai's space and swiftly left.
"Xiaobai, the time for revenge has come!" The expression on Qin Feng's face was murderous.
Xiaobai seemed to understand him; a tinge of redness appeared in its dark eyes.
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Chapter 44: Raiding the Laboratory
There was a complete stillness under the dark sky, and a lone combat vehicle hovered above the reed marshes.
The car was covered in beast repellant powder, the one that frogmen and ultra-beasts were repulsed by, allowing Qin Feng to conduct his operation without disturbance.
Soon, two people appeared on the river bank.
"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!" Xiaobai called out before a silver light appeared.
It was a space rune!
Whoosh!
In a blink of an eye, Qin Feng and Xiaobai disappeared.
The next moment, the putrid smell of blood and rot overpowered their senses. They had reappeared in the sewer pipe, and they did not have to swim!
Such was the power of Xiaobai's space ability.
Qin Feng put on a gas mask, and Xiaobai jumped onto Qin Feng's shoulder.
"Chirp!"
Xiaobai exerted his strength again and the both of them reappeared in a place above the spot where they first met, the indoor area of the garbage disposal zone.
It was already midnight, but a few people were still watching over the place. When Qin Feng suddenly appeared, the startled worker instinctively pulled out his weapon.
Swoosh!
A bright silver flash struck his throat before he could react.
As silent as a pin drop, his head was separated from his body, sliding off without a sound!
Qin Feng took a good look across the room. In his previous life, when he was here, he was unconscious the whole time and had no idea what the underground organization looked like. Then, when he was finally strong enough and came back, the entire place was already in ruins.
He could see now that it was a deserted underground factory that had been recently renovated. It was a lot cleaner and more organized compared to previously. Stacked in crates were a massive supply of medical equipment. Qin Feng pushed open a door and could not help but gape at what lay before him!
It was a storage room.
Lined to the ceiling were cages filled with liquid supplements and tranquilizers in glass bottles, with some containing various types of ultra-beasts. There were even humans among them.
But those people had already become specimens. Qin Feng could sense that the person he was looking at had been long dead. The only thing preserving him was the formalin he was doused in. An ultra-beasts' ability core as big as an egg was planted on the man's forehead, looking as if he had a third eye on him!
"Gah!!! Disgusting!"
Qin Feng clenched his jaws at the ungodly abomination.
He looked around at the ultra-beasts around him. They came in different shapes and sizes but it was apparent that these creatures had been put through unspeakable torture. He decided that none of them would be useful to him, realizing that he did not need any for the moment.
Quietly, Qin Feng slipped into the hallway. With his dark ability, no one could see him, and the surveillance camera could not capture any sign of him either. Qin Feng wafted along like an invisible spirit in the dead of the night.
As he walked, he suddenly heard the voices of two men. He froze in his steps, listening in.
"Has all the information been collected?"
"Yes. I can't believe we have to move so soon!"
"We have to bloody move, all right! those dumbasses got killed by an Ancient Warrior student who had only recently awakened!"
"That student really hasn't awakened his abilities yet? If only it had, I'm sure he could make a really good subject for our experiments!"
"There's nothing to discover about Ancient Warriors. They are not the ultimate stage in the evolution of human beings. Abilities are the mysteries that need solving! Our ability conversion technology will succeed soon! Time to go. We shouldn't stay in this small place."
Evidently, these people were getting ready to leave!
Qin Feng was thrilled. He knew he came in the nick of time or he would have missed them again.
In his previous life, he came back too late for revenge. The whole place was in ruins, and he could tell that it was all a deliberate act!
The conversation between the two told Qin Feng that the experiment was successful in the previous life, and they had only left after a breakthrough. Now that Qin Feng disrupted their rhythm and killed their ability user, they were forced to abandon the place although the experiment wasn't yet a success.
"Xiaobai!" Qin Feng called out.
Xiaobai immediately jumped into action! Qin Feng did not even have to say anything when a bright silver light enveloped them.
The space rune was activated!
The securely locked door of the laboratory was completely useless, as Qin Feng and Xiaobai reappeared behind it.
"Unfortunately, you won't be leaving!" Qin Feng sneered, pointing the Verdant Emperor Saber at the two men.
The men turned around to face Qin Feng. One of them was a forty-year-old in a white lab coat, every researcher's signature costume. He was a bag of pale skin and bones, and dark bags under his eyes which gave off the look of a crazed scientist.
The other one was in his fifties with a big, round potbelly and an unsightly pugnacious beef-face. The suit that he was in looked really expensive. Only business executives in the colony could afford this class of garment.
Startled by the unwanted surprise, they both stared at Qin Feng, dumbfounded.
"Who are you? How the hell did you get in?" the scientist shouted.
"Me? Well, I am the student you were talking about. That one who killed your useless bunch of idiots!"
"What?!"
The moment they heard this, they realized that disaster was imminent! The businessman in the suit hurriedly reached for the gun strapped to his waist.
Again, before anyone could react, a blinding silver flash shone the area before the man's arm fell to the ground with a thud!
"Arghhhhhh!" he screamed in agony at the sight of his own decapitated limb.
The man's cries had alerted the guards outside the lab, but this didn't bother Qin Feng too much.
The lab door was no ordinary door and could only be opened from the inside. It was going to take some time for whoever was on the other side to break in.
Instead, he started questioning the men. "Now, tell me! What is the purpose of all this? What organization do you belong to?"
With the Verdant Emperor Saber in hand raised and on the ready, Qin Feng pounced on the guy in the white coat who was now trembling in terror.
"We… we were just trying to complete a great experiment!"
"Great?" Qin Feng felt like laughing.
He failed to see any greatness in these repugnant trials. All he saw was these researchers' debauched perverseness!
With a smirk, Qin Feng swung his Verdant Emperor Saber again and sliced off the researcher's arm.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" The man screamed as his face was completely drained of color. Then, when Qin Feng pointed the Verdant Emperor Saber directly at his throat, he fell silent and shook like a leaf. His fear was almost tangible in the air.
Qin Feng was wearing a gas mask, so the man was unable to see his face. In the researcher's eyes, though, Qin Feng looked like a demon.
"I don't know how great you guys are. But why do you want to hurt my classmate?" Qin Feng pressed. He was also asking this question for himself.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you! Don't kill me! Please!!!" With one limb missing and blood freely pumping out, the man sensed death looming above him.
Although he knew deep down that Qin Feng was not about to let him go, a part of him believed that if he told the truth, Qin Feng would spare him somehow. Even if he was going to kill him, at least it wouldn't be now.
He just needed to stall for time so that when that person finally came, they would not have to die!
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Chapter 45: Backstage Manipulator
With that thought in mind, the researcher quickly explained, "We are have been studying how to turn humans into ability users, and after countless experiments, we found a way to transfer abilities. We need to perform the transplant the ability core while it's still alive. However, mature ability cores are so large that once they leave the body of the beast, they would collapse, so…"
"So, you're using ability users who have just awakened?!" Qin Feng continued, finally able to clarify the reason for what happened to him in his previous life.
He was just unlucky! It was by sheer coincidence that he became their lab rat.
"Ye… Yes…" the man answered while profusely nodding, too afraid to infuriate Qin Feng.
Nevertheless, Qin Feng's fury was only escalating as the second went by. "You haven't answered my second question!" Qin Feng smirked. "Those people, your people, were wearing Black Spider masks, but I know that you are not Black Spiders!"
Both of Qin Feng's hostages hesitated to answer the question, so Qin Feng brandished his knife again at the man in the suit.
"Ahh! Fine! I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" the man shouted in a panic, too afraid to disoblige Qin Feng, who was behaving like a ruthless madman. "We're not Black Spiders! In fact, we're not even an anti-human group either. It's all very cloak-and-daggerish business. Until today, all we know is the code-name of the organization. 'Z' is what they call it!"
"Be more specific!" Qin Feng barked.
"I… I don't know any more than that. I just know the code name. Our group is extensive – we almost always get high-level ultra-beasts for our experiments!" he quivered, making sure to add in that last bit in the hopes to scare off Qin Feng.
"Z…"
It appeared that Qin Feng had never heard of them before. That one letter was too simple, and it could have meant so many things. He looked at the researcher fiercely, noticing the fear in his eyes. The guy had no reason to lie.
Still, Qin Feng decided to throw him over the edge a little, threatening, "Since that's all you know, you have my permission to die now!"
Then, Qin Feng raised his Verdant Emperor Saber high above his head, ready to unleash deadly blow.
"No, no!!! Don't kill me… please! I'll tell you a secret!"
The man in the suit squirmed at the sight of the knife.
Qin Feng's arm froze mid-air, eyes narrowed. "If it's another piece of meaningless information, I'm afraid I won't grant you another chance to keep breathing!"
"No! No! I'll tell you what you need to know!" the man promised. The truth was he knew quite a few secrets, and now seemed like the best time for him to reveal some.
"Even though we're attached to Organization Z, we have vast resources of manpower for research. We have one station in every colony or city, where we trade with their leaders constantly. The attack on your classmates was not our original intention. It was only because the other party kept urging us to hurry up!"
At that, Qin Feng's heart did a somersault. "Who is this 'other party' you're talking about?"
As he pressed the blade against the man's neck, the man gulped hard before answering. "It's the deputy mayor of Chengbei!"
Qin Feng's forehead creased. Then a light bulb went off in his head!
"So, it's him!"
An intensely bitter feeling of contempt and rancor filled him. Chengbei was a large colony, but Chengyang had another name for it – Chengbei district, managed by two district mayors, three generals, and two members of parliament. The seven of them made up the most powerful authority in Chengbei. Deputy mayor Lin Cheng was an E-tier elect, and he had a son named Lin Kai.
"Which is to say that Lin Zheng wants his own son to become an ability user?" Qin Feng pressed further.
"Yes, yes, yes!" the man in the suit replied. "We were originally experimenting on ultra-beasts. But their awakening periods were irregular. This happened to be awakening season, so we came up with the idea to grab an ability user. Everything I said is true! Without the support of people like that, how could we have set up a laboratory so close to Chengbei? Even if we were found out someday, we could always claim we're a legitimate business!"
"Great! Very good!" Qin Feng muttered through gritted teeth.
That meant that in his previous life, his ability had been given to Lin Kai! It was that Lin Kai, a guy that was just another prodigal son of a wealthy family. During the awakening season, he suddenly exploded with ability, not just any ability, but the extremely rare dark ability! After he became an ability user, his strength grew at an astounding rate and subsequently became really powerful. However, the things he did were abominable, causing turmoil and mayhem in Chengbei like a disease, a pestilence ravaging a cornfield. To make matters worse, all of those assets he had were taken from Qin Feng!
"No wonder!" Qin Feng wished he could rip a deep one into Lin Kai's throat that very moment!
"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!"
Xiaobai, who had perched on Qin Feng's shoulder, suddenly cried out! Strangely, the man in the suit grinned in delight.
Without so much as a warning, a silver light flashed, and Qin Feng and Xiaobai suddenly found themselves in another corner of the room.
Rumble!!!
There was a deafening tremor, and the laboratory door burst open, crashing down right at the spot where Qin Feng stood a second ago! The researcher and the guy in the suit were literally blown away!
Unfortunately, they did not survive the blast. The people they hoped would come rescue them were the ones who did not care if they were dead or alive. The hole where the door once stood was engulfed in smoke, but Qin Feng could roughly make out the form of the intruder.
He looked to be about in his mid-twenties and was wearing a black and green combat uniform. On his chest was a badge with an 'F1' printed on it, and he was holding a tactical energy cannon.
A gunner!
The young man raised the tactical energy cannon, looked through the sights, and aimed at Qin Feng.
Boom!!!
The cannon had discharged.
"Chirp!" Xiaobai cried out, again instantly sending Qin Feng to another location.
Boom!!
The explosion was deafening.
"Shit! The perception ability!" Becoming a gunner did not necessarily require a very high disposition, but once someone became a gunner, they had to undergo a unique strengthening process that enhanced their ability of perception. So, even if Qin Feng was hiding in a corner surrounded by thick clouds of smoke, the intruder was still able to attack him with confidence.
Evading an F-class gunner's perception was not easily achievable, to sat the least. To the gunner, there was nowhere Qin Feng could hide.
"Oh?" This is interesting!" the gunner suddenly chuckled. He did not expect Qin Feng to actually run.
His amusement, however, quickly disappeared, and his face darkened.
"How is that possible?" he asked with eyes as large as marbles.
According to his perception, Qin Feng was already in the corridor. But he had already blocked the door. How in god's name did Qin Feng manage to get away?
Could he walk through walls now?!
Simultaneously, Qin Feng was looking down at the floor, dumbfounded. There was a body lying by his feet. It was one of the guys from the lab.
Who killed him? Was it that gunner?
But why? Was this an indication that he was not an ally of the laboratory?
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Chapter 46: Friend or Foe?
The other guy did not give Qin Feng a chance to explain himself before he launched another attack!
Qin Feng was running at maximum speed around the corner, when…
Bam!!!
A violent explosion suddenly went off behind him, throwing up a massive cloud of dust and rubble.
A potent weapon the likes of a high-powered energy gun could kill its target with a single blow. Even if Qin Feng wore rune armor, the blast could still kill him as his head was unprotected.
"If you attack again, I will counter you!" Qin Feng shouted as he looked to the ground, his fists clenched tightly.
However, the answer to his threat was all but another deafening explosion!
The entire place was engulfed with choking smog, and the roof was starting to crumble with debris falling.
That really annoyed him. "I'm also here to clean up the lab! We're on the same side, you dumbass! Why are you still attacking?!"
At that, the assault immediately stopped.
"Who do you work for?" The assailant asked from across the hallway.
Of course, Qin Feng did not know how to answer the question.
Who was he working for? He worked for no one.
"Ah, forget it. Whoever it is, there's one thing I know for sure – I won't let you escape!" The person laughed hysterically and raised his energy cannon again.
Qin Feng was outraged. The gears in his mind ground and whirred like a machine. This guy's plan was obviously to annihilate the laboratory in its entirety, leaving no one in it alive. That may have seemed to line up with Qin Feng's intentions, but the latter part sure had a more homicidal ring to it.
On top of that, the man in the suit looked delighted to see the intruder, as if help had finally arrived. Instead, the intruder went ahead and killed him as if they didn't know each other.
That instant, a thought struck Qin Feng as he remembered somebody in his mind.
"You work for the deputy mayor!" Qin Feng said in a bitter tone.
"Hehe, so what if you guessed, right? Must you know everything? What is the point?" the man responded before pulling the trigger again.
Qin Feng was right. This man did indeed work for the deputy mayor. As a matter of fact, this was his very competent subordinate; an F-tiered gunner named He Li.
G-tier aptitude users were the dominant force in Chengbei. For this reason, those who were F-tier, like Xue Xingfu, could only assume the office of captain. It was, however, a position that should never be underestimated, as they were known to accumulate wealth that most would never imagine having.
Even some of the magnates with a net worth of up to tens of millions had to associate themselves with Xue Xingfu.
It was a well-known fact that tens of millions weren't nearly enough to raise an F-tier ability user.
"Since you don't plan to let me off the hook. I won't either!" Qin Feng grinned. Just because the guy was an F-tier gunner, it did not mean that he had the license to be so arrogant. In his haughtiness, he didn't realize that chances were, Qin Feng wasn't inferior to him.
"Xiaobai!" Qin Feng called out softly.
Upon hearing its name, Xiaobai released the space element, and Qin Feng vanished into thin air!
"Again?!" the gunner gasped, unable to fathom how Qin Feng managed the feat. Not to be dismissed, he had also prepared himself mentally and was alert of his surroundings.
Before he knew it, Qin Feng had reappeared behind him!
He Li immediately detected Qin Feng's presence but could not use his energy cannon because the distance between them was too small. If he were to fire the weapon, he would have placed himself in the line of fire as well. On top of that, the energy cannon was hefty and sluggish to operate.
But then again. How could He Li not possess his own trump card?
Speaking of which, the energy cannon in his hand vanished and in its place were two handguns!
Swiftly, he turned around and fired!
Pow! Pow! Pow!
Zing! Zap! Plonk!!! Qin Feng wielded his Verdant Emperor Saber, ricocheting every shot, and none of the bullets hit him.
A look of genuine surprise flashed across He Li's face. "Silverlight Rune Equipment!"
Of course, He Li knew that it was not just the rune equipment that was powerful, but his opponent's defense was swift and alacritous as well.
Qin Feng's heart was also drumming wildly inside his chest.
"Spatial Rune Equipment!" he screamed!
Previously, the energy cannon that had vanished into thin air was the work of the Spatial Rune Equipment. That was not good news for Qin Feng.
But then again, this was a very normal thing. A competent gunner would choose to have a weapon carrying Spatial Rune Equipment over powerful weapons, which was why only the rich had the means to become accomplished in this profession.
By He Li, having a Spatial Rune Equipment meant that he was carrying a lot of weapons with him. Who knew what he would take out next?
Qin Feng remained vigilant, not out of fear, but out of respect for his opponent. In all honesty, though, he was fired up – fired up to the point he could kill He Li!
"Darkness is coming!" Qin Feng exclaimed frostily as he set his abilities in motion.
Soon, a darkness blacker than death enveloped He Li.
"What is this?!" He Li suddenly lost all vision. Light itself seemed to have extinguished.
Qin Feng's Verdant Emperor Saber had struck again!
He Li bolted towards Qin Feng. Even though he was unable to determine his exact location, he was able to block off his path.
Qin Feng advanced yet again.
Close combat was the best way to counteract a gunner.
With his enemy at close proximity, Qin Feng drove his knife forwards and pulled downwards, a strike that could easily split a person in half.
But He Li had hastily fallen back, tossing five pieces of something that looked like bottle caps.
"EMP!"
Qin Feng ducked and ran for cover as fast as a well-oiled piston.
The EMP had locked onto Qin Feng's location, but it was not fast enough.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of powerful explosions ensued, the shockwave throwing Qin Feng into the air!
Knocked out a for a moment, he quickly came to, shaking off his ringing ears. His combat suit was damaged, and he could feel something sharp impaled deep into his arm.
He Li fared no better either.
Swathed in Qin Feng's darkness, He Li's reflexes were significantly inhibited. Although he had managed to dodge Qin Feng's deadly attack, the tip of the saber managed to snag him.
Rrriiipp!
The blade had sliced through his combat suit as if it was made up of old rags.
The purple rune armor underneath made a loud screeching noise.
He Li reached out to touch his back and felt ridges running along the surface of his skin. A sharp stabbing pain shot down his chest all the way to his abdomen.
Realizing that his enemy's knife could seriously hurt him, He Li made a swift decision, setting his submachine gun in rapid-fire and sprayed bullets across the room!
Duck! Qin Feng rolled over away from where he was standing and concealed himself in the shadows. Under the veil of darkness, He Li's perception was greatly reduced, and for a time, he was unable to track where Qin Feng was.
Qin Feng laid low, then launched into another attack.
As soon as that happened, He Li could sense his enemy again and was able to fight back.
They were now in a deadlock, and neither one was about to give in.
The rundown underground laboratory was like a demolished wreck.
Rumble!
Another wall collapsed! The whole place was in tremors, shuddering and creaking as if the ground was about to cave in at any moment.
But neither one retreated. Unless one killed the other, they were not going to stop.
"Let's see how much perception you can use!!!" He Li roared.
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Chapter 47: Ability User Versus Gunner
Qin Feng's body flickered, and bright light poured out of his eyes!
"Perception? Hehe!"
Qin Feng was an Ancient Warrior in his previous life. So, his first response when fighting against a gunner was to sneak up to the enemy and decapitate him.
But the gunner's mindless prattling reminded him that he had another identity – an ability user!
Why did he even have to fight the other guy like this?
Sometimes, having lots of experience could turn out to be detrimental.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Another series of powerful blasts ensued!
He Li unleashed his strength again. In reality, he looked terrible, was panting heavily, and his forehead was drenched in sweat.
Even with the darkness confining him, He Li could sense that Qin Feng was only a G7-tier aptitude user. The weapon Qin Feng had, however, was extremely potent, which was why He Li didn't dare to get any closer.
One of the gunner's outstanding problems was that weapons were a hassle to lug around. Not only that, but ammunition was also limited. And here, He Li was running low on ammo.
It was then that He Li noticed that Qin Feng was entirely still. The darkness that had covered his eyes had dispersed as well, and he could finally see.
The lights hanging from the ruined ceiling of the laboratory were flickering on and off, with the frayed wires crackling and zapping in bluish-white light.
"Did I guess it right? His perception was exhausted?" He Li was pleased. "But this kid's ability was not bad, after all. I've never seen anything like it! I might as well hand him over to the deputy mayor. We'll just have to conduct the experiment ourselves!"
He Li grinned at those thoughts.
Hidden in the shadows, Qin Feng moved stealthily and steadily towards He Li, looking for a favorable position to strike.
Suddenly, everything slowed down; his perception exploded into action!
"Hellfire!"
Furious black flames twirled like a whirlwind and poured down from up high!
He Li was caught off-guard. It was all but too late for him to try and make a run for it!
"AHHHHHHHHHHH!" He Li screamed in agony as flames overwhelmed him. He thrashed wildly, but the fire followed him, burning away every inch of his flesh with no respite and leaving no part untouched.
He Li had literally become a human torch.
After a while, the screaming fizzled out into a croak, then a wheezing hiss. His struggle gradually came to a stop, and he collapsed with a thud!
"Extinguish!" Qin Feng waved his hand, and the black flames went out.
He Li's body had been burnt beyond recognition. Only a completely charred lump of flesh remained.
Just like that, an F-tier gunner had been put to death in what was left of an advanced laboratory.
It was over, for now at least.
A rush of lethargy suddenly flooded Qin Feng's mind and body.
"Chirp!" Xiaobai jumped out of a corner. Qin Feng had disallowed it to participate in the fight, and when the little creature saw the wounds that riddled Qin Feng's body, it leaped onto his shoulder and licked his face.
"Aww… stop messing about, Xiaobai!" Qin Feng lovingly stroked Xiaobai, which was covered in a layer of dust.
Turning around, Qin Feng held back his smile and approached He Li's body.
The combat suit was burnt and destroyed, but then, something else caught his attention – the purple armor. As Qin Feng reached out to touch it, parts of He Li crumbled into ash. He then picked it up.
"Hmm. I might have actually damaged it!" Qin Feng studied the gashes on the armor. Undoubtedly, the Verdant Emperor Saber was not an item to be underestimated.
"I can probably get some experts to fix it; then I could sell it for some money!" Qin Feng muttered as he bagged the armor.
He Li had other protective items on him, such as his hand and leg guards. These were to protect the larger areas of his body from injuries. They were all Bluelight Rune Equipment, and Qin Feng took them all without question.
"Spatial Rune Equipment!" Among the charred remains that was still smoking, Qing Feng spotted the unmistakable silver glow of the ring.
Qin Feng infiltrated the ring with his consciousness and saw that inside it was a storage space, much like a tiny room that measured 2 meters by 1 meter and was about a meter in height.
It wasn't vast by any standards, but inside, about a dozen weapons were neatly arranged. They were all pretty expensive weapons and worth more than 8 million yuan altogether!
Of course, the Spatial Rune Equipment was the most valuable item of them all. A fine specimen could cost at least 10 million yuan!
Be that as it may, Qin Feng did not need rune equipment. He could just sell off the ring. But the problem was, to whom?
Qin Feng transferred all the weapons from the ring into Xiaobai's space, then took out a few bombs with a timed-fuse.
He Li had prepared these, especially for the laboratory. Now that he was dead, it was up to Qin Feng to complete the task.
After all, for his own safety, he did not want any word about this laboratory to get out either.
"Let's go!" Qin Feng instructed his pet.
Xiaobai teleported, bringing Qin Feng along! In a blink of an eye, they were back in the wilderness again.
Qin Feng pushed a button on the remote control, and a loud explosion followed. The ground underneath them sank, and then silence as if nothing had happened.
It was in the middle of nowhere. No one would be none the wiser.
Although he tore down the laboratory that had damaged him in his previous life and found bits of information that could help find out the people behind it, Qin Feng found himself facing an even more baffling mystery. He might be able to discover more from the deputy mayor, but right now, he wasn't nearly strong enough to confront him directly.
"The enemy of my enemy is a friend. I don't mind having one more powerful helper!" Qin Feng had an idea.
He took off the 30,000 yuan T3-combat outfit he was wearing, now completely damaged and in an irreparable state. After taking out his luggage from Xiaobai's space, he realized that he had only two more sets of clothes left.
"It's time to buy some!" Qin Feng grumbled in frustration to himself. It was hard to avoid damaging clothing during those violent skirmishes, and he had quickly used up everything in his keep.
By the time they returned to the colony, morning had already broken.
Qin Feng wasted no time getting in touch with the person he had not contacted for nearly a month now.
"Captain Xue, I have something in hand! I wonder if you'd be interested?"
…..
Half an hour later, a bleary-eyed and yawning Xue Xingfu complained, "Why is this kid always up so early? Young people really try too hard!"
Of course, Qin Feng didn't tell him what he was selling. Soon, a hovercar stopped in front of Xue Xingfu. To an F-tier ability user, luxury cars like that were nothing unusual. After a closer inspection, Xue Xingfu's eyes became as wide as saucers.
Qin Feng climbed out of the driver's seat carrying a backpack. He walked up to Xue Xingfu's car.
Xue Xingfu was still dazed, taking it all in.
Qin Feng knocked on the window, startling the driver.
"Qin Feng, you've been earning big money recently, huh!" greeted Xue Xingfu, a bitter sensation clearly tingling the back of his tongue. This young man had purchased a hovercar, an asset that must have been really expensive.
And all of this even before he sold anything to Xue Xingfu!
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Chapter 48: Changing To a New House
"Those things aren't suitable for you!"
The rat tsunami incident in the plantation was now on the official records, and Xue Xingfu benefitted nothing from it. Also, it was not fitting to just give him all that energy cores, either.
"Do they suit me this time?" Xue Xinfu's chubby cheeks bobbed upwards as he smiled eagerly.
"That and… I also discovered a secret!"
"What is it?" Xue Xingfu did not know what it was, but his body stiffened in anticipation.
"What do you know about that terror attack yesterday?" Qin Feng asked in a low voice.
Xue Xingfu frowned. "I know bits and pieces here and there, but that's it. Matters like these are not within our jurisdiction," Xue Xingfu was careful to reply.
The area surrounding Zheng Yuan Hotel was actually under the deputy mayor's administration, but he didn't want to make it seem too obvious. On top of that, there were so many people in the class that it would be hard for them to carry out their plan. Otherwise, if they had known that Qin Feng was the one who sabotaged it, they would have pounced on him long before this.
Of course, they were actually planning to hunt down Qin Feng under the guise of night, hoping to find some excuses for his capture. Unfortunately, he did not return to the hotel. Qin Feng could sense the danger even as he digested Xue Xinfu's words.
"I brought this!" Qin Feng took out his communicator. Not wanting to miss a single thing, he recorded everything he came across.
A conversation began to play:
[No, no, don't kill me. I'll tell you a secret!]
[If it's another meaningless piece of information, I'm afraid won't be giving you another chance to keep breathing!]
[No. No… The attack on your classmates wasn't our original intention. It's only because the other party kept urging us to hurry up.]
[Who is this other party you're talking about?]
[It's the deputy mayor of Chengbei!]
Hearing those things, Xue Xingfu's eyes grew full and round.
"How reliable is this? Who were you interrogating? Why did they say that the deputy mayor was the one who instigated it? If this recording is all you have, not only will it not benefit you in any way, but you might even get dragged deeper into the mess. This is no joke, you know!"
Xue Xingfu fired one question after another at Qin Feng. Despite his plump, good-natured face, he was actually an extremely meticulous man. Otherwise, he would never have become the profiteer he was in the previous life. A fact worth mentioning was that even when he became an influential businessman, he remained an F-tier elect. To achieve such a status, it was no doubt he had powerful allies by his side.
In the beginning, it was the actual district head of Chengbei, an E-tier elect called Zheng Yang.
Xue Xingfu drew a deep breath, returning some color to his face. He looked at Qin Feng sympathetically. "You're too weak now!"
Those who had intimate knowledge of secrets but were weak almost always died terrible deaths.
"Me? Weak?" Qin Feng looked amused.
He then raised his hand and revealed the spatial rune that was in it, followed by two rune equipment– the purple rune armor and arm guards that belonged to He Li.
"These are what I wish to sell. Of course, if you want the spatial rune, I can also sell it to you!" Qin Feng wiggled his finger.
Xue Xingfu's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets.
"Where… Where did all of this come from?"
Qin Feng's smile evaporated when he realized what Xue Xingfu was actually asking.
"I went out yesterday and discovered this hidden laboratory in the wilderness. Because the experiments they conducted violated the human treaty, I interrogated them out of curiosity. I didn't think it'd be such a big secret. That classmate of mine who was attacked was supposed to become their lab rat! Also, according to the person I questioned, the deputy mayor's son Lin Kai has just received his awakening injection this year, but it turned out to be nothing, not even an Ancient Warrior with disposition would be successful!"
There were only three days left until the awakening season was over. Even though one should never give up hope until the last second, there was no way the trash of society, Lin Kai, would ever awaken. All he ever did was eat, drink, look for whores, and gamble his life away. He was only sixteen but had already wasted away. It would be a disgrace to the heavens if he awakened.
"They are experimenting on transferring abilities?" Xue Xingfu got the gist of it.
Qin Feng narrowed his eyes, an deep, deathly seriousness within it. "Are you interested in it as well, Captain Xue?"
Sensing spite in Qin Feng's voice, Xue Xingfu quickly put an end to the subject. "This blatantly goes against the human covenant. I would never stand by dishonest means!"
When the rift appeared back then, all hell broke loose on earth. And ever since the appearance of ability users in that insane combat state, they became an alarming threat. The officials were compelled against their will, or perhaps, compelled by their desire to possess such great strength. To retain their power, they conducted numerous heinous experiments where ability users were captured. And although all these things were done in the dark, they were somehow exposed, triggering a mutiny. In the end, this was why each colony had its own leadership.
At the same time, each colony was obligated to guarantee that no more experiments such as these were to be conducted. Everyone was to be cremated on the spot to avoid them from being used as test subjects.
Qin Feng answered sharply, "It's best not to use it!"
Xue Xingfu quickly changed the subject, "He… you continue… continue what you were going to say."
Qin Feng then shared a little information.
"Dang! You interrupted me. I almost forgot!" Qin Feng scoffed. "These items belonged to an F-tier gunner!"
"You're saying that he works for the deputy mayor and is an F-tier gunner. Isn't that He Li?" Xue Xingfu gasped.
If this He Li challenged him to a fight, Xue Xingfu would gladly withdraw. But here, Qin Feng simply killed the guy? Xue Xingfu found it rather hard to believe.
Then, he suddenly thought about what Qin Feng's rhetorical question to him – 'Me? Weak?'
If he managed to kill He Li, then he was definitely not weak.
This kid was a freak!
Had he really only awakened for a month?
Qin Feng wanted to waste no more time having small talk. He said, "Well… I don't know him, but of course, you can look into it in on the sly. I'm done talking. Do you want to buy these things or not?"
Xue Xingfu scanned the three things: a spatial rune ring, a piece of purple rune armor, and a blue light handguard. "I'll take 'em all. All three for 20 million. How's that?"
Any spatial rune equipment would typically cost around 10 million, and its value would never depreciate. The purple rune armor, on the other hand, needed fixing and was worth little but still held its value as an F-tier item. Even after depreciation, it would be worth at least 8 million. As for the handguard, it could only yield 2 million, its condition notwithstanding.
"Deal!"
"Hold on for a while. I don't have so much cash on me right now but I have property. I can sell them out fast for close to 20 million yuan!"
"Oh?" Qin Feng deliberated about the offer before replying, "Bring me there for a look. If it's okay, then we'll do the trade."
Xue Xingfu's lips twitched involuntarily. If he had known Qin Feng was so easy, he would have said that the house was worth 30 million!
Nevertheless, half an hour later, the two of them were in Lake Qing mansion, a small high-end neighborhood in the colony. Indeed, this the only natural lake in the entire Chengbei. This was also true for its surrounding colonies.
This neighborhood was also on the upper reaches of Qinghe Bay, the one Qin Feng had visited. Lake Qing was just a small part of Qinghe Bay, where many wealthy people and elects had a view of the townhouse.
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Chapter 49: Bounty Hunter Network
How posh it was, building villas in the colony. Only a few kinds of people could afford to live in them, though. They would be E-tier elects, including the district mayor, generals, and even the principals of advanced academies.
People worshipped status symbols.
Not everyone could just move into the surrounding neighborhoods as they wanted to.
Since Qin Feng was the one who killed He Li, he had the leverage to live here; thought Xue Xingfu. Qin Feng, too, couldn't care less if people started causing problems just because they disliked him staying here.
"My house is on the ninth floor. The elevator only stops at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. Each house has two floors and is about 350 square meters!" Xue Xingfu explained. "Mine even has a small attic. From the rooftop, you'll have a wonderful of the entire colony!"
Xue Xingfu was good at what he did, but he preferred to lay low. He had always kept mum about this sterling property he owned and was even willing to do things that many people considered a con, such as exchanging G-grade strengthening potions with Qin Feng.
Qin Feng followed Xue Xingfu into the elevator, keeping a straight face. People here were far and few between. Despite the lack of human presence, just by being here would make most visitors faint – the colony was cramped and suffocating, with most wishing it had more space.
Xue Xingfu swiped a card on the door with a distinct click following it. When the lights were turned on, Qin Feng could see that the house was lavish and well decorated, a sight pleasing to the eyes.
In the colony, one square meter would cost 40 to 50 thousand yuan. The average wage earner wouldn't even be able to afford a single tile.
"We have the living room, dining room, kitchen, guestroom, bathroom, and training room on the first floor. Upstairs, we have the master bedroom with en suite, the changing room, and a hidden room. Of course, this house has everything, albeit, the kind of security system you choose to install. On the third floor is the attic, and outside, a viewing room with a luxurious bathtub; if you know what I mean!" Xue Xingfu winked, as if very proud of the unabashed bathtub.
The poor made up most of the colony, but as long as they had money, they could live as outrageously as they liked.
"Not bad!" Qin Feng was an A-tier elect in his previous life, with no measure of opulence he had not seen before. This was not a big deal to him.
Xue Xingfu understood that this young man had always been reserved and did not insist on Qin Feng, showing any indication of delight.
For most combatants who fought in the wilderness, acquiring a place to live was mainly for their families. It did not matter that they could not enjoy the fruits of their hard labor.
Unfortunately or fortunately, in this case, Qin Feng had no family, so naturally, he felt no significance to it.
"It's all set then. This house belongs to you now!" Xue Xingfu completed the procedure on his communicator and transferred the ownership of house number 399 of Lake Qin to Qin Feng. "Well, I won't take any more of your time then. You've been fighting the whole night. Have a well-deserved rest!"
Xue Xingfu patted Qin Feng on the shoulder as he left, sighing at the thought of the fact that he no longer owned the house.
However, when he looked at the purple rune armor and space stabilizing device, his mood immediately uplifted, a small distraction from the rather substantial loss.
Qin Feng watched Xue Xingfu leave before combing through the entire house, fearing it might be bugged. After a thorough search, he was satisfied and set down his backpack.
Xiaobai jumped out eagerly!
"Chirp! That sure is one verbose human!" Xiaobai grumbled.
"Go ahead and take a look around. This is where we'll be staying from now on. But I don't think we'll be here long!"
Xiaobai did a little jig. Then, like Qin Feng, it did a sweep of the house, sniffing around and gingerly touching everything like a queen touring her new territory.
"Alright, Xiaobai. It's time for a shower!"
After the fight yesterday, Qin Feng looked really worse for wear. Those who didn't know he was an ability user would think that he had just returned from a day of moving bricks in a construction yard. Xiaobai, too, was all dusty and muddy.
The little creature skipped to the bathroom and settled itself in the sink while Qin Feng took a shower.
Qin Feng turned the water for Xiaobai, making sure the temperature was right. It slumped backward, eyes closed in apparent relaxation.
As he cleaned the dirt off himself, Qin Feng combed through the proceeds of the night.
Yesterday, he killed He Li with Hellfire, and as soon as the guy died, Qin Feng absorbed the energy from his corpse. The only thing was, the energy was very weak.
On the other hand, he noticed his consciousness had improved by leaps and bounds.
"Gunners were physically weak against Ancient Warriors. He Li was the same. That being said, his consciousness was exceedingly robust."
Qin Feng realized, even more so now, on how incredible his absorption ability was.
Of course, other than consciousness, his physique had also toughened up.
Before he demolished the laboratory, Qin Feng returned to the room where they stored the test subjects and killed all of the ultra-beasts that were barely alive, relieving them of their suffering.
He did not do it out of pity, but too many people had died in the hands of these creatures. He would be incredibly stupid if he took pity on them. He did what he did because he was afraid that the ultra-beasts would escape and eventually become a threat to Chengbei.
There was no shortage of ultra-beasts here.
"All the test specimens in the lab were in terrible shape. I only managed to absorb a small bit of energy from them, but I still managed to level up!"
Amazingly, he had reached G8-tier!
He was so close to becoming F-tier – he only needed to level up two more times.
As he turned the tap off, Qin Feng stood in front of the mirror and examined his body.
Firm muscles wrapped around his bones, and considering he'd absorbed that bone-hand back then, he seemed to have grown a little taller, now standing around 178cm. He was no longer skinny and scrawny!
His whole body brimmed with explosive energy, waiting to burst out with bright radiance!
"My clothes are also tighter!" he laughed.
Forget it. He would deal with it tomorrow.
Including last night, Qin Feng had not slept for over 30 hours. But having the body of an Ancient Warrior and the consciousness of an ability user, he could even go on for seven days and seven nights without a wink of sleep.
With all things considered, however, after such a big battle and the fact that Qin Feng was still in the awakening period, he did not want to risk it.
After Xiaobai was clean, it curled up next to Qin Feng, and the both of them fell into a sweet sleep.
…
When they awoke, the sun was setting. Qin Feng checked the message on his wrist.
It was this notification that woke him up. It was Xue Xingfu.
"Brother, the information you gave is real handy. The case you mentioned yesterday? I'm handing it now. According to the bounty hunter network, the reward for the two criminals you killed is 400,000 yuan. I've already transferred the money to your account!"
Because Xue Xingfu knew about the deputy mayor's involvement, he bullishly got himself involved in the case, even going as far as to fire those who wanted to harm Qin Feng!
On top of that, he even made sure that the reward Qin Feng received was on the dot. Not a cent more, not a cent less.
"Bounty Hunter Network! That's great!" Qin Feng reread the words on Xue Xingfu's message, and a thought struck his mind.
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Chapter 50: Xiaobai Showing Off
The bounty hunter network was a website dedicated to hunting down anti-human organizations. Found nowhere else, you could dig up details of tens of thousands of wanted criminals where images, pictures, and their body analysis were made available. For that reason, the communicator was a handy device that could do a scan of the surroundings and identify any felons within a hundred meters, subsequently alerting the bounty hunters.
Even those who were not bounty hunters could download a particular software so that they could evade detection by the criminals. It was rather popular in the underworld, and nearly everyone used it.
Qin Feng's current communicator could not do any of these. The hovercar communication system, on the other hand, was of the highest specification, able to sweep a one-kilometer radius.
"This is a good opportunity for me to get some new clothes!" Qin Feng climbed out of bed, stretched a little before slipping on his clothes, which were now a little too tight for his newly obtained muscular physique.
Nevertheless, he was not too concerned about how he looked.
"Xiaobai, I'm going out now. Do you want to stay at home?" Qin Feng asked.
Xiaobai was playing on the stairs. The moment Qin Feng mentioned that he was leaving, it instantly sped down the steps, its fluffy fur bobbing gently as it leaped into Qin Feng's arms.
"Let's go together, alright?" Qin Feng returned Xiaobai to his backpack.
The hovercar was parked downstairs, standing out like a sore thumb among the array of luxury cars.
A few residents in the building eyed the car suspiciously.
"It looks like another newcomer!"
"I wonder who it is. Gotta keep an eye out for him!"
Qin Feng did not know what these people were thinking.
The car arrived at the commercial district – a place where the average person would never set foot in. Not that certain people were restricted from entering, but it was because people were intimidated by the ridiculously exorbitant prices of the goods and services here. Some have been known to get into serious trouble after merely soiling a piece of clothing.
Qin Feng had just parked his car in the lot when something caught his eye.
"Chirp!" Xiaobai saw it as well.
A woman who seemed to be from the upper-class was holding a leash fastened to a majestic and magnificent canine – a golden retriever!
It was one of the most popular large breeds of dogs during peacetime. Gentle by nature, it loved being around humans and was always a loyal companion. Since the rift's attacks, animals awakened sooner than human beings. Their physique went through the roof, where some pets were even better at combat than their human owners.
Hounds protecting their owners were a common sight. After all, they were up against alien creatures that came from a world beyond the rift.
Domesticating ultra beasts were the new fad, creating an entirely separate category combat profession and a group of professionals known as beastmasters.
Of course, how powerful a beastmaster would be depended on how powerful their pets were.
The bond between Qin Feng and Xiaobai was based on the creation of beastmasters as well.
"That's a good idea!"
If someone paraded their pet around town among ordinary people, they would inevitably find themselves drawing attention. But here, things were very different.
This area was populated by the wealthy, so, adopting pets were a common sight.
Ten minutes later, Xiaobai had put on a leash around its neck. It was even joined by a pink bowtie. A true wolf in sheep's clothing, no one would suspect that Xiaobai was actually a beast-king tier ultra-beast.
This was the first time Xiaobai walked on the road in public. Naturally, the little creature was very excited. Although not exactly enjoying the chains, Xiaobai paid little attention to it since this was way better than hiding inside Qin Feng's backpack.
The first thing Qin Feng did was buy a new communicator. The most expensive communicator that was sold in Chengbei colony cost a good 100,000 yuan. Considering Qin Feng had a current net worth of over 1 million, he had no qualms buying the device.
The silver gadget looked snazzy. All it took was a glance to tell that it was no low-end communicator.
Having the device in hand, Qin Feng downloaded the bounty hunter network.
"I wonder how many criminals roam the Beicheng colony!" Qin Feng had this murderous look in his eyes.
He did not download this software to protect himself but to kill criminals. In fact, as long as they were nearby, he would surely hunt them down.
How could he not do it when he could earn money and accelerate his progress at the same time?
Next, Qin Feng walked into an apparel store that sold branded goods.
"Chirp!" Xiaobai suddenly refused to move.
"What is it?" Qin Feng gave Xiaobai a concerned look and noticed that the little creature was looking at the two mannequins standing by the door.
The male one wore a jet black suit, whereas the female had been given a magnificent formal evening gown. Adorned with something that made it dazzle under the bright spotlight, it cost a cool 300,000 yuan.
The glimmer did not come from diamonds, but a special florescent compound synthesized from a specific ultra-beast insect, the bioluminescent bloodsucking beetle. The fluorescence was added only for aesthetic value.
Adding this shimmering feature to the uniforms in the wilderness would be a deathwish!
However, it was viewed differently in the colony, where some of the wealthy would have exquisite clothing like this purpose-made for their wedding.
Xiaobai was not looking at those mannequins, of course. It was two tiny puppies between the couple that had caught its attention. One was black and the other white. The latter was a fluffy toy dog in a mini wedding dress.
Qin Feng was at a loss for words.
"Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!" Xiaobai jumped up and down eagerly.
Qin Feng shook his head. "… I didn't know you are such a showoff!"
Xiaobai stared at Qin Feng with its deep black glossy eyes, almost as if it was about to throw a tantrum!
"Alright! I'll get it for you!" Qin Feng agreed reluctantly, realizing that he always gave in to Xiaobai, thereby spoiling the little beast.
A shop attendant took note of Qin Feng's presence, but because his dressing was so low-key, she thought it best to ignore him. When she noticed the communicator in his hand, though, her eyes lit up.
He must be one of that discreet nouveau riche, loaded but always in tatters.
But before she could welcome him with a smile, Qin Feng paused in front of the store's display and asked loudly, "Excuse me, how much is this pet wedding dress?"
Qin Feng waved at the shop attendant.
The shop attendant's lips twitched at the question. Their customers usually shopped for formal clothes or bought tailored wedding dresses. This was the first time anyone had asked about a wedding dress for their pet.
"That is just for display, sir!"
"It's not for sale?"
"That…" The shop attendant looked uncertain. "Please wait for a minute. I'll go ask the manager!" she relented.
So off she went, talking into the communicator. As soon as she left, the door into the store opened and in walked a couple.
"Honey, you've bought me so many things. Let me pick you a few outfits. You can't always dress so casually. You're so handsome, and you'll look perfect in the clothes here. This brand is really well-known, and they have styles for both male and female!" tweeted a cloying voice that made Qin Feng's skin crawl.
Suddenly, Qin Feng's communicator started vibrating intensely!
A prompt appeared on the screen:
[Attention bounty hunter! Criminal confirmed: Li Hai]
Qin Feng stared at the device for a moment and then put it away calmly as he studied the two patrons that had just walked into the shop.
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Chapter 51: Three Punches
The couple was very mushy and intimate. The man was nearly in his forties, muscular and around 185cm tall, with slightly fierce-looking features. Meanwhile, the woman seemed to be about only eighteen with long hair that had been bleached blond and thick makeup. She was dressed scantily, her impressions only worsened by the large and small shopping bags that filled her hands. They had indeed purchased an entire warehouse of stuff.
Had the woman not addressed the man as her husband, Qin Feng would have mistaken them for father and daughter!
"Whatever you want, just say the word, bitch! Serve me well, and I will buy you everything you ever dreamed of. This is nothing to me!" The man was both presumptuous and vulgar as he haughtily gloated to the female.
"You're the best, hubby!" The woman embraced the man, brushing a full pair of breasts against his arm. Even though she said this with a smile, there was a look of disgust concealed within her eyes.
While the pair shopped, Qin Feng looked up information about the man in his communicator. The facts and figures found here about any criminal were laid out in a very detailed fashion.
After confirmation that he had the right guy by comparing the man in the store to the one in the criminal profile, he looked up the man's offenses.
Li Hai was not from Chengyang but was actually from faraway Haining.
[Assaulted 1 and killed 13 young women; murdered 91 innocent civilians]
[Resisted arrest by patrol team, caused the deaths of 31 patrol team ability users]
[Devised a bomb that destroyed public buildings, killing 132]
Qin Feng looked at the bounty offered at the bottom of Li Hai's profile page. It was not a lot, only about 2 million yuan, but there was also a reward of 500 bounty points.
Excellent!
All of a sudden, Qin Feng had this bloodthirsty look in his eyes.
Li Hao appeared to be unaware that he had been targeted. Even if someone like him found out about the bounty hunter network, he wouldn't be spooked. His chosen as a hideout was one of the safest. Chengbei colony was an inferior place in Chenyang, where the strongest person was at most at E-tier. Why would anybody go through all that trouble to hunt him?
That seemed to be impossible, of course, which was why he was so brazen.
Soon, the shop assistant who tended to Qin Feng returned.
"Sir, I've consulted my superior, and it appears that we can sell this pet wedding dress to you. It goes for 36,000 yuan. We can also make custom make outfits for your pet. You just need to give us its measurements!"
Qin Feng was not about to make a move in the shop, so he nodded, hoping to linger around his target a little longer. "Alright. But we'll take this one first!"
After he had paid for the wedding dress, Qin Feng helped Xiaobai into it.
"That looks very pretty, really…" Qin Feng cooed affectionately.
Xiaobai was very flattered, puffing its chest and raising its chin, eager for all to see it in its new dress and sing its praises!
"Oh my! This little puppy is so cute! Hubby! I want one too!" The woman with Li Hai purred when she overhead Qin Feng.
Xiaobai suddenly stiffened, glaring at the woman with its dark eyes.
"Who are you calling a dog? You want to die?'
In Xiaobai's inherited memory, human beings were frail creatures. Except for the person whom it had a confirmed bond, it would never mince its words with anyone else. In fact, when it was all grown up, humans would simply be one of its many foods. Hmm… what did they taste like anyway?
Li Hai was a grade-F ancient warrior, but because Xiaobai did not reveal its aura, he could not tell that the 'puppy' was actually an ultra-beast. "Hey kid, I'm buying your dog. How much do you want for it? Give me a price!" the man barked without the slightest sense of courtesy.
Qin Feng's warm smile froze on his lips. He stood up and looked at Li Hai. "It is not for sale!"
Not expecting to be rejected, Li Hai frowned, looking very unhappy.
"Hubby…" the woman purred.
That only fuelled Li Hai's anger. Who the hell was this kid, turning him down and embarrassing him in front of his woman.
"Hey kid, even if you're not selling today, you still have to sell!" Li Hai reached out a palm towards Qin Feng's shoulder. This move alone could shatter a person's bones.
Instantly, Qin Feng released Xiaobai's leash.
Forget all that buying he was supposed to do, this was the perfect time to make a move.
Qin Feng was prepared, so he swung out a fist to meet Li Hai's hand!
Bam!
Qin Feng's fist slammed into Li Hai's palm, sending a powerful force up his arm.
Crack!!!
With a loud, unnatural sound, Li Hai's wrist was twisted in a weird angle; its bone broken into two places!
"Arghhhhhhhhh!" He screamed, stumbling backward while clutching his arm until he hit the display behind him.
Clothes fell to the ground, and a vase shattered. The woman standing next to him fell to the ground on her bottom at the sudden move, but Li Hai ignored her.
"Hey, kid! You have a deathwish?!" Li Hai roared in pain and fury.
Qin Feng had unleashed the punch at full force while meanwhile inadvertently exposing his real strength. Li Hai now knew that Qin Feng was merely a G-tier Ancient Warrior who only managed to injure him because he was unprepared
Li Hai could squash this kid with a finger if he wanted to. One could only imagine how pissed he was to have his wrist snapped in two by a boy half his size.
That kid had to die!
Without holding back, Li Hai raised his fist and jumped at Qin Feng!
"Ahhhh!" The store assistant and Li Hai's woman screamed, running away to take cover as far away as they could.
"Die, kid!" Li Hai grinned.
Qin Feng looked bored. He raised his left arm and grabbed Li Hai's swinging arm!
"You!" Li Hai's eyes widened when he realized that he had fallen into a quagmire.
Qin Feng's fist struck at Li Hai's dantian!
"Star absorption!"
Li Hai's dense inner force, much larger than that of the people Qin Feng had previously killed, rushed relentlessly towards Qin Feng.
Li Hai stared in disbelief!
When Qin Feng killed He Li, he was only at G7 tier. Today, his physical body had reached G8, and combined with the star absorbing skill, the inner force he used must have become extremely powerful. He simply went easy on Li Hai just now.
Bam!
That punch immediately crushed Li Hai's dantian!
Li Hai's body trembled. He that he could not launch any more attacks!
Qin Feng threw another punch in Li Hai's direction without pausing.
Bam!!!
One hard hit to the chest and it shattered his rib cage before snowballing into the heart!
Li Hai was dead!
His body slammed onto the ground, dead as a doornail.
Qin Feng took out his communicator immediately, snapped a few pictures of the now-deceased Li Hai, and submitted them.
"Ahh! You! You're a killer!" The woman who was with Li Hai screamed, pointing incriminatingly at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng chuckled. "The thing I just killed is a criminal on the loose. Did you know that he is wanted all over? What is your relationship with him? Are you his accomplice?"
"Huh!" The woman looked at Li Hai's motionless corpse, then back at Qin Feng. "No, no, no! I don't know. I don't know anything. I thought he was just a rich guy looking to hook up with me!"
Qin Feng gave her a look of disgust. "Get yourself out of here before the authorities do. At least you won't have to live in a cell!"
"Yes, yes.. thank you, thank you!" The woman gathered all her shopping bags and ran for her life without looking back.
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Chapter 52: Tripled Inner Force
When the dust settled, only the shop assistant and Qin Feng remained at the scene.
"Ss… Sir. Should I call the patrol team?" the assistant quivered, close to tears.
"I've already called them. Relax. Don't be scared. In the meantime, bring me some clothes, will you!"
"…"
…..
The bounty hunter network, a semi-official organization independent of the patrol team and garrison, had its own system and base in each colony.
They arrived much quicker than expected, taking them less than 10 minutes to get to the store from where they were.
Of course, their main headquarters was also in the center of Chengbei colony.
By the time they arrived, Qin Feng had already changed into an expensive outfit. The shop assistant listened to him attentively. Upon closer inspection, the screen showed that they were all pet clothing for Xiaobai.
Clothes maketh the man – in his new outfit, Qin Feng's entire temperament seemed to have changed. He could now claim to be the son of an affluent family, and people would believe him.
If it had not been because of his puerile looks, he would surely have looked more like a powerful elite. After all, Qin Feng possessed mighty strength in his previous life, explaining his ability to exert dominance on others.
"Hi, I'm Zhang Haoyang, the liaison officer of the bounty hunter in Chengbei!" a man offered his hand to Qin Feng.
"Hi! Qin Feng!" Qin Feng returned the handshake. The man had some grip.
Zhang Haoyang did not waste time on formalities – it was a hot day and there was a body in the shop.
Zhang Haoyang did a quick sweep of Li Hai's identity and nodded at Qin Feng. "Identity confirmed!" Then he signaled for his subordinates to carry the body away.
They were not doing this job for free. Once they had ordered the arrest of criminals, they would request to decipher their communicator's number, seize whatever money was inside and use it as bounty for other wanted criminals.
Unsurprisingly, due to their exploits, the bounty hunter organization was the wealthiest of them all. It was all fair game, as it was. They killed in the name of justice and honor in exchange for money.
Of course, they did not ask for Qin Feng's identity, nor did they care for his ability. Those who joined the bounty hunter network only dealt in information and yielded very little strength.
"The assignment submission is complete. We will verify it immediately!" Zhang Haoyang said.
After a review of the assignment that Qin Feng had turned in, 2million yuan was immediately transferred into his account!
"Congratulations. You are now a Class F bounty hunter. From today onwards, should any wanted criminals set foot in Chengbei, we will alert you. I hope you will cooperate with us!" said Zhang Haoyang.
"No problem!" Evidently, Qin Feng shared the same amiable attitude with him.
They exchanged contacts, and with this new connection, Qin Feng enabled himself to receive a lot of information.
Hunting down wanted criminals in the colony was a very troublesome task. Bounty hunters who were weak were only setting themselves up for a tragic funeral. Some of the more powerful criminals even had the capability to assassinate the leaders of the colonies. For that reason, Zhang Haoyang was delighted to have Qin Feng, of whom he thought was rather mysterious, join their team of bounty hunters.
Being able to kill a Class F elect at such a young age was an ability possessed only by those who were geniuses. One could only imagine the potential this youth had in store.
Once everything was settled, Qin Feng left with Xiaobai.
Hovercars were faster, and since everyone avoided crashing into luxury vehicles, Qin Feng was, for the most part, able to travel on the road unimpeded.
Once he was back in Lake Qing Garden, he marched straight for the training room on the first floor.
Sitting down in a lotus position, Qin Feng immediately looked into his dantian. It was nothing less than chaotic inside. There was a huge mist of inner force occupying it, messing up the initial order of inner force threads.
The strange mist was actually Li Hai's inner force. He was an F-tier Ancient Warrior whose inner force had transformed into a ball of smog, subsequently entering Qin Feng's dantian. This situation made him really uncomfortable inside. This was because his dantian hadn't yet expanded enough to accommodate inner force in the form of a mist.
"Absorb!" Qin Feng then employed his absorption skills in an attempt to soak up all that mist.
His meridian expanded once again, and the cloud of smog was converted into eight silk threads that were integrated into his dantian.
As of now, there were 27 silk threads in his dantian – three times that of a peak G-tier Ancient Warrior.
"So, it would seem that fighting Ancient Warriors increases my internal force faster. I have to keep my conscience clear and avoid killing the innocent!" Qin Feng reminded himself.
That particular feeling that people got from an exponential Asteroid Assimilation boost would often cause them to lose control of themselves. They would be consumed by their desire to kill.
Thankfully, due to his previous life's experience, Qin Feng was aware that he should not be too foolhardy.
The next morning, Qin Feng rolled out of bed early.
The awakening period had passed. Those who had not been awakened would have no hope of awakening ever again. To most people, however, it was a new beginning.
Qin Feng drove to Zhou Hao's place with Xiaobai.
"Hey, lunatic! You finally came! I was getting impatient!" grumbled Zhou Hao as he climbed into the car. When he saw Xiaobai, he simply stared at the creature. "What is this? A pet? Why do you have a pet?"
Today, Xiaobai was wearing a cute little hat with a clip underneath, and a formal red dress – all a very eye-catching ensemble.
After experiencing what it was like to walk freely in public, Xiaobai would rather die than to hide inside Qin Feng's backpack once more.
Qin Feng had no choice but to bring the little creature along with him. No one at school had the intention to hurt Xiaobai anyway.
"Mmhmm, this is Xiaobai! Don't call it a dog. It won't be happy!" Qin Feng reprimanded Zhou Hao.
All Zhou Hao could do to was keep himself from bursting out laughing.
"Alright. Alright. How are you, Xiaobai? How about we shake hands, hmm?" Zhou Hao stretched out a palm.
Xiaobai flexed its claws, wondering if it should draw some blood from Zhou Hao.
"Ahem, alright! Buckle up!" Qin Feng quickly changed the subject.
Zhou Hao had always gotten himself into trouble, unintentionally, of course. Although Xiaobai had constantly sissted Qin Feng, it was a beast general nonetheless, and its owner knew all too well how strong this tiny creature could turn out to be.
Soon, they arrived at the gates of Chengbei Advanced Academy.
There was a multitude of people standing at the entrance. Among the crowd, the few that stood out were the upperclassmen, clad in striped dark-red uniforms.
"The pretty girls from the advance academy are really on a whole total different level!" Zhou Hao noted excitedly, pointing at someone in the throng of people.
An uninterested Qin Feng turned around to look, only to realize that it was someone he knew – the one called Li Yaoyao, the water ability user.
Qin Feng vaguely remembered that she was a student of the advanced academy. Lo and behold, there was an impatient-looking Lu Meng standing next to her.
"Let's go register our names first!"
There were three registration booths, two which were crowded with long lines while one was completely vacant. The latter was the booth for ability users.
"I'm going there! I'll come to look for you later!" Qin Feng pointed at the empty booth, leaving a stunned Zhou Hao behind.
"Hey! Lunatic! Your special ability has awakened? Why didn't you tell me?"
Qin Feng simply waved in response, ignoring Zhou Hao's discontent.
This was a decision he had made after a bout of careful and lengthy deliberation.
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Chapter 53: Xiaobai's Show of Force
Before he was reborn, Qin Feng was able to achieve A-tier as an Ancient Warrior. If not for his accidental death, his strength would have continued to soar thanks to his absorption ability.
However, when it came to abilities, he was all but a layman.
To date, he had destroyed the laboratory in the wilderness, and while it was best never to reveal one's dark abilities, the Hell Stone gave him an idea.
He walked up to the special ability desk and was greeted by the student operating the booth. "Are you here to sign up for the special ability class? Are you sure your ability is awakened? Which category is it?"
Qin Feng snapped his fingers, and a small flame materialized at his fingertips. "Fire ability!"
Noticing the fluidity of Qin Feng's movements, the senior was impressed, praising, "Incredible! You've only just awakened, and you've already gotten the flame rune! You're even able to control it! You must be really talented!"
Qin Feng looked at the senior, speechless. It did not seem like he was lying.
Even if he wanted to hide his dark ability, it did not mean that he wanted to attract a lot of attention as a fire ability user. It never crossed his mind that the tiny gesture was to be considered an impressive feat.
Qin Feng hurriedly extinguished the flame on his palm, but it was too late. The people around him had already seen it.
"Ability user!"
"Lucky-ass guy! His ability is awakened!"
"That looks real, cool!"
The people who were lining up at the Ancient Warrior and Gunner booths all gawked at Qin Feng as if looking at a million pieces of gold. Even Li Yaoyao, who was busy managing the registration booth, paused and looked over. She was both surprised and excited to see him.
"Qin Feng!" Li Yaoyao called out, as she handed the registration form in her hands to a patron.
She had come here just to wait for Qin Feng, not knowing that he would be so late and signing up at the special ability booth! She had been busy working at the ancient warrior booth for quite a while now.
When she thought of how long she had been kept busy at the ancient warrior booth, her excitement turned into resentment.
Qin Feng greeted her back with a simple 'hi' before turning back to the form he was given and filling it up.
Li Yaoyao smiled sweetly at him. "Qin Feng, I'll bring you to the testing area!"
"No need for that, thank you. I'm waiting for a friend!"
The student working at the special ability booth could not help but be left in awe – Qin Feng had just turned down a beautiful girl.
"Then let's wait together!" Li Yaoyao bit her lip as she stood next to Qin Feng.
Already, many of the people present shot hostile looks at Qin Feng.
Qin Feng furrowed his brows. He never liked being stuck-up, but at the same time, disliked this kind of attention even more. He wondered if he should simply wait for Zhou Hao in the car instead. A resilient Li Yaoyao, however, would not let him go.
"Qin Feng, is this your pet? It's so cute!!!" Li Yaoyao reached out to touch Xiaobai.
Qin Feng instinctively took a step backward, avoiding her. Xiaobai was already baring its fangs and claws.
Because Xiaobai was not inside the backpack, it was only natural to draw attention.
As it turned out, Yaoyao was the second person to provoke Xiaobai today.
"Don't touch it!" Qin Feng warned in a frosty tone.
Xiaobai was not some domesticated pet. It was a beast general.
Li Yaoyao withdrew her hands cautiously, feeling wronged, bewildered on why Qin Feng would not even allow her to touch his pet.
That very moment, someone got up and slammed the table with a loud thud!
"What's wrong with touching your pet? Yaoyao was simply giving you face when she wanted to touch your pet! Don't be daft!" shouted a guy in the same red uniform who was working next to Li Yaoyao at the ancient warrior registration booth. Just as he thought that they were making some headway, this bastard came and stole Li Yaoyao away.
That was unacceptable.
"Liu Rui! It's alright. Don't say that!" Li Yaoyao quickly tried to douse the flames, throwing panicked looks in Qin Feng's direction. "That was my fault. Don't be mad, Qin Feng!"
Qin Feng's frown only deepened.
In a show of defiance, Liu Rui trudged over.
"That's just a dog! Yaoyao, if you want, I'll catch it for you!" Without thinking or courtesy, Liu Rui reached out to grab Xiaobai!
He was attempting to put on a show – the plan was to shoo Xiaobai away before hitting Qin Feng's arm, incapacitating him first.
Ability users who were not learning their abilities systematically were useless. They would be no match for Ancient Warriors.
So, Li Rui had nothing to worry about. He wanted to show Li Yaoyao how manly he was by vanquishing Qin Feng in front of her.
Qin Feng's face darkened.
"Bite him!" Qin Feng ordered in his mind. As they both shared a bond, Xiaobai received the message directly.
If Qin Feng was not stopping him, then why hold back?
It was all about educating them on how awesome Xiaobai was. So long as Xiaobai's space ability was not revealed, everything else did not matter.
Xiaobai was a beast general, and high-level aptitude users sensed that.
When Xiaobai heard the instruction, it did not attack with its mouth, as it would usually do. This person would not taste good!
Scratch!!!
Xiaobai raised its paw and swiped its claws, drawing a white shadow across the air.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Liu Rui screamed, clumsily stumbling backward as he clutched his injured hand. A gash ran deep into his bone.
The people all around gasped in shock!
After enhancement, a human's constitution would become very strong. Even a big dog, one that had not evolved, albeit a palm-sized one like Xiaobai, would not have been able to break through a human's defenses without first transforming itself.
The crowd was in bewilderment as they witnessed a pet seriously injuring the arm of a senior in the advanced academy.
"You…. you are not a pet!" Liu Rui roared in anguish.
Qin Feng sniffed. "You just knew, huh? Too bad, buddy… it's too late. Xiaobai holds a grudge for a very long time. You better watch out when you walk in the night. The next time, that claw won't be scratching your arm but your eyes!"
When the crowd heard this, they looked at Liu Rui's arm, feeling the pain as well on behalf of him.
"That's an ultra-beast!"
"Wow! It's so strong, although it's puny!"
"Wow! This person is seriously lucky! Not only has his ability awakened, he even booked an ultra-beast offspring! It's going to be a huge help to its owner when it's all grown up!"
Evidently, the incident that had just taken place had the crowd all envious.
Lui Rui's face reddened. Demoralized and in great pain, he would have liked very much to kill Qin Feng!
Seeing that things had gotten way out of hand, Li Yaoyao quickly tried to placate Liu Rui. "Liu Rui, please… don't be angry! Here, let me heal you. It's just a small wound."
Li Yaoyao released some water runes, and little droplets of blue surrounded her, subsequently fusing into Liu Rui's arm. The cut on his hand began to close up, and, five minutes later, not a single mark was left.
"Phew!" Li Yaoyao exhaled. Her consciousness was a little overdrawn.
"Those were water runes!"
"So, this pretty girl is a senior with a very special ability!"
"A goddess, she is! An angel in white!"
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Chapter 54: Rune Affinity
As the crowd expressed their admiration, Liu Rui looked at Qin Feng's direction with an amused look in his eyes, as if to say, "So what if your pet caused me a disadvantage? You may have won some face but you're losing the pretty girl!" Suddenly, he felt a little better for himself.
However, after scanning the crowd, Liu Rui looked confused. Where was Qin Feng?
While all focus was on the healing, no one noticed that Qin Feng had sneaked Zhou Hao to the front of the line, grabbed a sign-up sheet, and left quietly.
"Qin Feng, your special ability is awakened? And Xiaobai is an ultra-beast?! What class is it? It looks really incredible! That pretty also girl seemed to know you!" Zhou Hao had an endless list of questions.
"You're talking a little too much!" Qin Feng winced.
Zhou Hao rolled his eyes. "Then answer my questions."
"I don't want to!"
"Damn! You're keeping secrets from your brother?"
"Isn't that normal? We'd be gay if there are no secrets between us!"
Zhou Hao huffed in frustration, finally lost for words.
"I don't mean to keep secrets from you, but I'm too lazy to explain myself. At least you know the truth now!" Qin Feng patted his friend on the shoulder.
"Are we still brothers?" Zhou Hao groaned. When he thought about the Talent Fruit and beast-general meat, it dawned on him that Qin Feng had been playing things real close to the chest since then.
But Qin Feng was also right. He could not possibly tell Zhou Hao everything. All that mattered was that he still treated him like a brother.
"Then I'll you one last question: do you have feelings for that pretty girl?" Zhou Hao nosily poked with a smirk.
"What feelings?" Qin Feng cocked his brow and tried to look as cool as possible.
"Don't be silly! That girl looked like she really likes you. Don't you like her back?"
"Nope!" Qin Feng snapped.
"Why?" Zhou Hou looked at Qin Feng in disbelief. "She's so pretty, and she's a water ability user. She'll be a doctor for sure! How can you not like her?!"
Qin Feng simply kept mum.
If he was young and carefree, he would have been overjoyed by the attention poured on him from a tremendously attractive lass like Li Yaoyao.
But Qin Feng wasn't that young mutt who had just moved out of the orphanage, waiting to take on whoever came their way.
It was ten years ago, before his rebirth. Though Qin Feng may not have been at his peak, he did not lack anything either. Money, women… everything that he should have, he had them.
To him, there was nothing particularly special about Li Yaoyao. Also, he wasn't the type to be too interested in these kinds of things.
In this life, his most pressing goals were to get revenge and to reach the top.
"There are no whys! She's just not my cup of tea!" Qin Feng politely denied, not wanting to criticize Li Yaoyao.
Thank goodness, the bashful topic did not continue for long as they soon arrived at the testing area.
On the other side of the room, Li Yaoyao looked really unhappy and obstinate.
Once again, Qin Feng had taken off and left her alone. It was clear that this young man did not give a damn about her.
…
In the testing area.
"Wow! We have someone who has his ability awakened! My name is Cheng Chao. I will be your teacher slash instructor. Just call me Teacher Cheng!"
Cheng Chao was in his forties. He looked a little dull but seemed the kind type.
"Teacher Cheng, here is my form!" Qin Feng handed his form over.
Cheng Chao accepted the paper and placed it on the machine next to him.
"You've already confirmed that it's a fire ability? Then there's no need for another test. We'll just measure your consciousness and rune affinity."
Cheng Chao took out a red fire crystal, a rare crystal core with attributes, and placed it in the machine.
"This machine is a piece of essential equipment that you will need in the future. It can break down the runes in special ability cores. The more gifted a person is, the more powerful he or she would be able to absorb the runes. This all depends on their aptitude as well! Of course, even if results are not outstanding, you're still fortunate. Don't get too stressed. Alright, let's start now!"
Qin Feng nodded. He was already seated inside the egg-shaped machine with a blindfold over his eyes.
"Release your consciousness and capture those runes – the more you get, the better!" Cheng Chao instructed.
Accordingly, Qin Feng unleashed his conscious energy and 'saw' countless fire runes bouncing here and there!
He knew that these runes were part of the test. Capturing them with the powerful pulling force of his consciousness, he absorbed the runes.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he was only fast enough to absorb 1% of the dark runes.
On top of that, once the runes reached his consciousness, they disappeared almost immediately.
At the end of the day, Qin Feng was still a dark ability user, no matter what he tried. He simply posed as a fire ability user because of the fire runes.
Even if he absorbed the fire runes, it would not be stored in his diamond planet.
"But what about the sub ability core around my ability core? I wonder if I can carve the runes onto them?"
Sub ability cores were those really narrow and small infernal satellites orbiting the ability core.
Qin Feng pulled the fire runes in again and attempted to carve them onto the infernal satellites.
"It works!"
He had successfully absorbed two runes. But just before he could continue, a beep rang in his ears, and all the fire runes disappeared.
"Done!" The teacher blurted as the machine spat out the report. Ripping off the sheet, he took one look at it, and his eyes widened. Then, he slapped his thigh regretfully. "Sigh!"
Qin Feng looked at the man. "Teacher, what is it? Do my results disqualify me from enrolling into the academy?"
"No, you are qualified. It's just… a little unfortunate!"
The teacher passed on the results to Qin Feng.
Elements captured: 2
Strength of consciousness: S
Rune affinity: G
Qin Feng did a double-take. The power of his consciousness was 'S.'
"It's too bad. If only your rune affinity could be higher. It's very rare to see S-tier consciousness!" Cheng Chao looked a tad disappointed.
Qin Feng did not react to the comment, though. He knew now that his rune affinity was Class-G because he did not only absorb dark runes.
"Sir, how is affinity evaluated?" Qin Feng asked.
He knew practically nothing about ability users. The more basic the information given to him, the fewer details he knew.
"A G-tier ability user's initial absorption ability is at a 2. Similarly, it's 4 for F, 6 for E, 8 for D, 10 for C, 12 for B, and 15 for A. S-class is the strongest. It could even go up to 20! Don't underestimate the small difference between the tiers. If all consciousness's strength is the same, then the efficiency of an elite absorbing rune would have greatly increased!"
One should know that even a G-tier special ability would need at least 1,000 fire runes, needing a G-tier affinity ability user to complete it in 10 days. However, an S-tier affinity ability user would be able to complete it in 2 to 3 days. When it came to high-tier special abilities, one would need at least tens of thousands of runes.
Qin Feng remembered when he had just awakened dark runes, he was able to absorb 20 dark runes in an hour during the day and over 100 at night.
Did that not mean that his talent had, in fact, exceeded S-tier?
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Chapter 55: Help Wanted
"Of course, you shouldn't be discouraged. As your consciousness continues to strengthen, you can cultivate longer than others. It's not possible to have a high-tier special ability now anyway. Continue to work hard!" Cheng Chao encouraged on.
"Mm… thank you, sir!"
Qin Feng scanned his test results again. His eyes were drawn to the word 'pass' on the bottom of the sheet. All he needed to do right now was pay to the fee, and he would officially become a student of the Chengbei Advanced Academy!
Qin Feng did not immediately leave but walked up to the Ancient Warrior testing area instead.
The machine was similar to the one Qin Feng had used in the hotel. It was finally almost Zhou Hao's turn. Only a few people were left in the line before his turn.
"Start the test!"
"Hah!" the person undergoing the test roared, swinging a punch!
Bam!
"Attack: 279. You can give it another try!"
"Thank you, teacher! Thank you!" The student nodded, then proceeded to swing another punch. This time, he only managed to get 256. He had completely wasted his opportunity.
If the criteria for an ability user to enter an advanced academy was considered lenient, then the requirements for Ancient Warriors to enter were rigorous.
Their attacks had to reach at least 300; their speed and responsiveness having to meet specific stringent standards.
Of course, this did not mean that those who scored lower than 300 could not become Ancient Warriors. It only meant that their future prospects had significantly reduced.
It was soon Zhou Hao's turn.
"Watch me!" Zhou Hao focussed his view, bounced a little and threw an impressive punch!
Back in the intermediate academy, he was among the top in the institute with an astute flair for combat.
Bash!!!
The punch was extremely powerful, and the number on the machine danced wildly, seemingly unable to stop!
"516!" someone in the line suddenly shouted.
"That's more than 500! Isn't that in the territory of G-tier strength?"
"Wow! That's impressive!"
"I've been cultivating for so long and I barely made 300! He exceeded 500!"
This quickly drew the attention of the teacher overseeing the test. As he was very impressed, he urged the student further. "Go try other tests!" he said.
Zhou Hao flexed his hand, excited. "Hey, you're done? Let's go, come with me to try out the other tests!" Zhou Hao pulled Qin Feng with him.
Having plenty of time, Qin Feng obliged and went with him.
Zhou Hao had shown sterling results for the series of tests. He was pleased, but Qin Feng was even happier.
"He died because of me in my previous life. This time, I was able to change his fate – not only did he live, but with his promising talent, there'll be endless opportunities for him! It would be my honor to fight by your side in the coming days!"
Qin Feng was in a pleasant mood.
After settking the 50,000 yuan needed for the school fee, they were given the academy's uniform.
The uniform in deep purple was steam-pressed and tidy, even doubling as a combat suit. The mountain boots added a really professional touch to the entire outlook. Wearing an outfit like that in the colony was a symbol of a promising future.
"Classes start tomorrow! I can finally learn the art of neigong!" Zhou Hao exclaimed excitedly.
Qin Feng looked a little surprised. "What's the unified neigong that the advanced schools had adopted?"
"Hunyuan – an F-class neigong!"
"When we go back later, I'll give you another neigong that can also cultivate the Hunyuan skill. It won't delay anything! If you have any questions, just ask me!" Qin Feng said.
Zhou Hao gave Qin Feng a strange look.
"How is it that you have so many good things now? Did you find some secret treasure I shouldn't know about?"
"Does finding a dead body count?" Qin Feng made up the perfect lie.
Zhou Hao's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Wow! You simply came across an elect's space equipment in the wilderness with the ultimate skill, powerful rune weapon, and a pile of treasure?" Zhou Hao's let his imagination run wild.
Qin Feng simply smiled in response.
As if on cue, his communicator rang.
Qin Feng selected auto-answer and a man appeared on the screen. It was the same person he'd just met yesterday, the man in charge of the bounty hunter network, Zhang Haoyang.
"Qin Feng, are you free right now? We're trying to catch a fugitive criminal. I saw that you're nearby, so I'm wondering if you come and help us. Once it's done, you'll get a quarter of the reward!"
Zhang Haoyang sounded really anxious, and Qin Feng could hear the ear-piercing screeches of the emergency handbrake in the background! They were obviously in the middle of a pursuit.
"Sure. Just send me the suspect's location!" Qin Feng answered.
"Alright. Thank you!" Zhang Haoyang immediately forwarded the suspect's details and location to Qin Feng. It was in his vicinity! The suspect was only three blocks away from Qin Feng.
"Haozi! Get down the car first!"
Qin Feng wanted Zhou Hao to have no part in this dangerous chase. The felon that Zhang Haoyang was after was at least F-tier, not a person to be trifled with.
"Was that the bounty hunter network? You guys are hunting a wanted criminal? Bring me with you! I'll just stay in the car!" screamed a very thrilled Zhou Hao with his eyes wide with eagerness.
"Okay, okay. Sit tight!" Qin Feng put the car in hover mode, and it began to float off the ground. The wind runes were promptly activated, and the vehicle soared to a certain altitude.
Whoosh!!!
The car zoomed off at an incredible speed! In a blink of an eye, they had flown past the three blocks and the suspect's car was soon in sight.
It was a dark blue truck swerving recklessly, knocking everything in its way! Traffic had come to a halt with the madman on the loose.
Qin Feng spotted Zhang Haoyang's white racecar. Perhaps it was because he only drove around the city; it was not a hovercar. It would cost a few million to equip his car with runes.
Right now, though, Zhang Haoyang was at a disadvantage.
Qin Feng's car raced past the buildings at lightning speed.
"Switch to automatic drive. Lock onto the blue vehicle!" Qin Feng opened the sunroof, then stood up on the driver's seat.
The wind hit his face with fury as he reached to retrieve the energy gun strapped to his waist.
Pewwww!
A bright flash shot out of the energy gun, and the wheels on the blue truck made a loud 'pop!'
Then, the blown tires deflated rapidly.
Pewww!!!
Qin Feng discharged the weapon again.
The rear of the truck collapsed, its bare rims noisily scraping the road, sending sparks flying everywhere. Thankfully, it caused the vehicle to slow down, eventually drawing to a halt.
A figure jumped down from the driver's seat.
[Attention bounty hunter! Criminal: Viper is here.]
The name resembling a serpent was obviously a code name!
Code names were uncommon, but there was also a possibility that the suspect's real name never appeared in the human alliance database before.
Qin Feng glanced at his communicator and saw that 'Viper' was a member of an anti-human group, and was involved in numerous murder cases.
"Go to hell, you son of a bitch!" Viper sneered, grabbing a small car parked by the sidewalk. Channeling his inner force, he lifted the automobile and threw it towards Qin Feng!
Qin Feng jumped down from his hovercar and sprinted towards the projectile that hurtled toward him.
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Chapter 56: Exterminate Viper
"Repulsion!" The Asteroid Assimilation skill exploded, and its massive force enveloped the car, sending it flying back the direction it came from!
Viper clearly did not expect Qin Feng to be able to block the attack, much less return his attack. Powerless against the incoming vehicle, getting hit by the car would result in many, many broken bones.
Viper quickly got up to dodge the incoming car.
Boom!!!
The car landed on the road and exploded into a giant fireball!
Qin Feng's inner force protected him, and his feet landed gingerly on the ground.
Viper glared at him, taking a good look. When he saw how young his opponent was, the ferocious expression reappeared on his face.
"A fucking greenhorn! I'll kill you first!" He was outraged that a young-ass kid with no ability user medal dared to provoke him! The boy had it coming.
Viper stormed towards Qin Feng, first raised and ready to strike a heavy blow.
Bam!!!
Qin Feng too clenched a fist. The 27 threads in his body all mobilized, entering his meridian, and a rushing force of attack surged through him.
His internal force, be it quality or quantity, was no lesser than that of an F-tier Ancient Warrior.
Kapish!!!
Flesh met flesh followed by an explosive collision so loud, it sounded like bones smashing into each other!
Viper felt the energy from his fist, unable to believe what he just witnessed.
"Let's see how long you can last, asshole!" Viper growled.
SPLAT! Thump! Kabam!!!
Like two furious beasts, fists met with fists, and bodies collided with tremendous force, causing the ground to tremble.
Although Viper was unable to adapt to the energy that the Asteroid Assimilation produced, Qin Feng had also discovered that his opponent was so strong, he was unable to absorb his inner force.
"Fucking hell!" Viper was getting angrier by the second, his rage visible by the pulsating veins on his temples.
This punk was a major pain in the ass.
Then, Zhang Haoyang and his team finally arrived.
While Qin Feng kept Viper busy, three people walked up to them and surrounded Viper.
"Viper, you have nowhere to run!" one of them barked.
"Hey, kid, leave it to us!" another one of Zhang Haoyang's associates continued. He clearly thought little of Qin Feng.
Zhang Haoyang's body tensed up as he gave the orders. "Go!"
With the three of them joining the fight, Viper was no doubt a dead man!
"Damn it!" Viper shouted in exasperation. His strength was no more than F2-tier, but he was rapidly agile and was a master escape artist, a reason why Zhang Haoyang and the others failed to apprehend him. With three people encircling him, however, he was like a cornered wild animal.
"You're forcing my hand! Now, you'll die with me!" Viper suddenly laughed, and injected a strange green potion into his body!
"Ahhhhhhhhh!" he screamed as his body started boiling. It expanded and distorted in strange angles. Then, green scales sprouted from his skin, and in a flash, Viper transformed into a five-meter long ultra-beast taking the form of a giant snake!
"Experimental mutant!" Qin Feng stepped backward cautiously, his heart pounding within his chest.
The anti-human organization's unusual experiments had never stopped. In fact, some of the terrifying human weapons had their DNA altered, transforming into strong, overpowered ultra-beasts that subsequently boosted their combat power beyond known limits.
Viper was originally an F2-tier, but after injecting himself with the potion, he became an F-class beast-general.
That was way, way beyond Qin Feng's abilities.
"Hhiisshh!" Viper made a sound that sounded neither human nor beast.
Zhang Haoyang and his colleagues looked terrified, realizing it was too late for them to make a run for it.
Viper coiled his long body and pounced forward, knocking over the Ancient Warrior who asked Qin Feng to retreat.
"Blurgh!" Throwing up a mouthful of blood, there was a freakish-looking dent in his chest where his ribcage and lungs had collapsed.
Humans were undoubtedly feeble against ultra-beasts.
Zhang Haoyang kept moving backward, but Viper was relentless. He opened up his enormous cavern of a mouth as if expecting to swallow Zhang Haoyang whole!
This blood-curdling scenario would have terrified people. Yet, it was at this time that Qin Feng, who had managed to evade earlier, raised his hand and fortified his mind.
"Come fire!" Flames appeared in Qin Feng's hand, forming a giant ball.
On top of that, the fire from the exploding vehicle appeared to be drawn by an element, flying towards Qin Feng, and turning its shape into a dragon as if flapped its heavy wings across the sky.
"Go!!!" Qin Feng pushed with both hands, and the giant fiery dragon went after Viper, colliding into him like a runaway train!
Crash!!!
The magnanimous force sent Viper flying. Fire enveloped his body, and he became a squirming pillar of fire.
"Ahhhhhhh!" Viper screamed in extreme pain.
"Hellfire!" Qin Feng did not stop attacking. He raised his hands again, with a palm-sized black and red ball appearing in his hand.
It was the augmented Hellfire with an amalgamation of dark energy!
Qin Feng hurled the ball of Hellfire so that it would land on Viper's giant snakehead.
The ball of flames left a trail of charred bits as it scorched everything along its path. Then, there was a giant hole in the Viper's head.
He struggled for a while, twitched, then came to an abrupt stopped.
Viper—— dead!
"Phew! Phew!!!" Zhang Haoyang, who almost lost his life, gasped breathlessly; the initial shock of the event still lingering in his mind and paralyzing him. After some time, he turned to look at Qin Feng, filled with fear and incredulity.
That was way too powerful.
"He's an ability user!" Zhang Haoyang tried his best not to believe it but then remembered a power that Qin Feng had used before.
Was he an Ancient Warrior and an ability user at the same time?
Zhang Haoyang looked at the tires on the blue truck and found himself very confused.
His aim was way too accurate. Who was this Qin Feng guy? Was there nothing he couldn't do?
On the other side, Qin Feng had withdrawn the fire runes.
"Extinguish!" he muttered, and the fire that engulfed Viper disappeared, revealing his singed body and punctured head. He did not look human at all.
"Absorb!" Qin Feng called out.
An obscure form of energy left Viper's body and entered Qin Feng's.
After the injection, Viper's DNA mutated, transforming him into an F-class beast general. So, the energy that came from him was colossal in nature; Qin Feng could feel that familiar boost, permeating his flesh with a hooking form of strength. His physique was getting more robust, and his speed, his sensory abilities had all skyrocketed.
G-tier!
One month after his awakening, Qin Feng was already only a step away from becoming an F-tier ability user!
"Chirp!" Xiaobai suddenly jumped down the car. Its snow-white paws did not touch the ground, untainted by dirt or dust. It raised its claws and sliced Viper's body into two halves. The flesh on the outside was black as coal, but the inside was still fresh and red. Right in the middle of it all was an energy core.
Xiaobai had come down just to get it!
Qin Feng walked up to Xiaobai and grabbed the red energy core the size of a fist.
"This loot is mine!" Qin Feng smiled.
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Chapter 57: Illegal Underground Fighting
Zhang Haoyang watched Qin Feng intently. Instead of protesting, he said, "It's all yours, of course!"
Had it not been for Qin Feng's prompt action, not only would they have failed to catch Viper, but they would all be slaughtered as well.
Qin Feng took the energy core but did not touch the body.
Zhang Haoyang turned in the assignment, making sure to include Qin Feng's name. Another 100 points were added to Qin Feng's bounty hunter account.
Since Viper was a member of the anti-human organization, he was widely known, and the bounty on his head was a substantial 8 million!
After it was divvied up to four shares, they received 2 million each. Still, it was a handsome amount.
"Alright, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll be leaving!" Qin Feng said.
"Alright. Thank you! If you need any help next time, don't hesitate to ask!" Zhang Haoyang replied with a smile.
"No problem!" Qin Feng didn't agree but did not refuse the offer either.
Zhou Hao had gotten into the co-driver seat while the fight was ongoing, reversing the car about 100 meters.
When the fight was over, Zhou Hao drove the car forward.
Soon, Qin Feng walked over, carrying Xiaobai into the car. Zhou Hao was high as a kite – it was an eye-opening experience seeing how strong his good friend had become.
"Remember to send me that neigong when you get home! I'm so excited right now!"
Qin Feng's strength really gave Zhou Hao a shock, but at the same time, it had also confirmed his adventures in the past month!
"Mm, I'll send it to you when I get home!" Qin Feng climbed into the driver seat. At the same time, Xiaobai clung to him, begging him to hand over the energy core.
"Alright, alright. Here you go!" Qin Feng relented, although he knew that if he used the energy core for himself, he would improve his strength tremendously.
But ever since he had Xiaobai, he had given all the energy cores he got to it. It was a decision he never regretted.
After Xiaobai had absorbed the energy core, it fell into a deep slumber, signifying the dense energy contained in an F-class beast-general's crystal core.
Once he got home, Qin Feng began to pen down a B-class skill – Obsidian Gale – from memory. He worked really hard in the previous life to obtain it, sacrificing almost everything he owned. It was also thanks to this skill that he was able to reach A-tier.
While it could not match up to the Asteroid Assimilation, it remained a beneficial tool for Qin Feng.
Having the Asteroid Assimilation spell at hand, Qin Feng did not need to train his Obsidian Gale. It was, however, suitable for Zhou Hao, even coming with a skill called Obsidian Gale Kick.
Since he had learned the skill for several years, Qin Feng knew it inside out, and he made sure to include the slightest details before sending it to Zhou Hao.
Zhou Hao was over the moon as he received it.
After that, as usual, Qin Feng did not rest. Although the absorption ability had strengthened Qin Feng's physical body, the Asteroid Assimilation failed to absorb Viper's internal force. Viper had injected himself with the mutant potion before Qin Feng could do it.
"How unfortunate!" he grumbled, being a little disappointed, but in all consideration, it turned out to be a pretty good day after all since his body had reached G9-tier.
"But I think there's another place where you can fight Ancient Warriors!" Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.
He did not know where this place was, but he knew that there was one in every colony, and that was the underground fighting arena. A place for venting the worst lust for violence, it strongly advocated brutality in its matches. It also doubled up as a ferocious fighting ring!
Qin Feng did a quick search, and because these places were somewhat popular, he was able to find their locations in no time.
…
It was late at night; a blanket of darkness cloaked the entire Chengbei colony. But where the darkness could not cover, were the clamor in certain places.
In the most disorderly, poverty-stricken area of Chengbei, the term 'mess' was an understatement. There were probably corpses lying in dark corners around the place.
Qin Feng left his combat uniform at home, choosing to go with more casual clothing. It made him look like royalty, in particular, a devil-may-care overtone that he carried around, giving off a really leisurely yet ferocious vibe.
"Boss! Here comes a fat one!"
"Oh?! Are you sure? Does he have an escort?"
"No. It appears that he's looking for some fun. The communicator he's holding is at least 100,000 yuan!"
"Damn! It's him then!"
All of a sudden, a group of fierce-looking thugs surrounded Qin Feng.
The apparent leader of the group came forth and barked, "Hey kid, if you have any common sense whatsoever, take out 1 million, or you'll lose your head!"
Qin Feng stopped walking and calmly took a good look at the group. None of them wore any badges, but now that Qin Feng's consciousness was so strong, he could sense that they were around G2 or G3-tier.
On top of that, their inner force was no better than a speckle or two of smog.
"Hmm. This is better than nothing. They're just a bunch of thugs anyway!" Qin Feng chuckled.
Then, before anyone could react, the Asteroid Assimilation blew the surroundings with a terrific explosion, and a powerful sucking force hit them before they knew it. Evidently, the group was under the influence of a qi field. One by one, they fell down to the ground, unable to control their bodies.
It lasted only a few seconds. The suction was gone, and now, they were hit by a repulsion force!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
"Ouch!"
"Ahh!"
The young men screamed at the top of their lungs as they were flung around like ragdolls, though soon to discover that this was not the worst thing happening to them.
One of the thugs ran towards Qin Feng. "I will kill you!"
But just before he could plunge the knife in his hand into Qin Feng's torso, his target vanished! Right after that, a hand landed on his wrist.
Crack!
The unmistakable sound of fractures filled the air with a frightening snap!
Clang!
The knife he held hit the ground as the thug howled in pain.
"Do you still want to kill me now?" Qin Feng grinned, pushing the thug to the ground.
"No! I wouldn't dare! Big brother! I was wrong! I was wrong!" The thug shriveled in fear. He allowed his anger to get to his head just now, but after Qin Feng's formidable attack, he finally sobered up.
"Do you always hang out here? I'm assuming the answer is yes. So bring me to the underground fighting arena!"
Even though Qin Feng had been in Chengbei since he was sixteen, there were some places that he dared not venture, this exceedingly underprivileged neighborhood being one of them. Only after he had finally set foot in this place, did he realize how complicated the roads were. At least he got someone to show him around.
"Okay! Follow me, big brother!" the thug said, leading the way. His friends fell back, afraid to even come close to Qin Feng.
Soon, they stopped in front of an impressive looking door that was massive in size.
The place was well lit, and the entrance was grand, featuring significant words reading 'Eagle Clubhouse' in gold. There were even some luxury cars lining the parking area.
Not only did the Eagle Clubhouse operate the underground fighting ring, but they also hosted betting tables, bathhouses, and various types of entertainment. It was indubitably the money laundering den of Beicheng!
Each and every guard at the door wore a G9 badge across their chest. One of them was an Ancient Warrior, and the other one, a gun strapped to his back, was obviously a Gunner.
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Chapter 58: Making A Bet
Hiring elects of this level to guard the door could only mean that whoever owned this underground fighting arena had to be very powerful.
In fact, Qin Feng knew that the owner of this semi-official Eagle Clubhouse was the deputy mayor himself, Lin Zheng.
The guards at the door stood very still, but when a few pretty hostesses saw Qin Feng, they approached him and greeted him warmly with a "Sir, welcome to Eagle Clubhouse!"
Qin Feng was dressed in high-end clothing, with each piece going for at least 4,000. That didn't even include his communicator, which was itself worth a princely 100,000.
Upstart! Fuerdai! – that was how the others viewed Qin Feng!
Qin Feng nodded, dished out about 1,000 yuan, and slipped it to one of the girls.
"Bring me to the underground fighting arena!"
The woman was so thrilled to see the thick wad of cash; she looked at Qin Feng in excitement, unable to control her grin.
"Here, Xiao Lian will show you in. This way, sir!" The employee called Xiao Lian led the way, swaying her hips with sultry motions as she walked in front. She looked really pleased, a little smug even.
Since the other hostesses were left out of it, they rolled their eyes at her in dissent and went on their way to look for other wealthy whales, secretly whispering amongst themselves on how lucky that bitch was to find such an affluent young man who looked a hell lot better than the others, mostly elderly and disgustingly withered.
Qin Feng followed Xiao Lian into an elevator and noticed that she pressed the button for B1.
"What is your name, honorable sir?
"There's no need for honorifics. It's Qin," he replied, but that was it. Qin Feng was a man of few words.
"What does your family do? You look really young!" Xiao Lian was eager to speak to Qin Feng, but he seemed uninterested.
"Explain the fight to me!" Qin Feng said in a cold, unfriendly tone.
At the sharp reply, Xiao Lian's heart fell. Her experience in the business gave her a hunch that this was not going to be an easy guy to serve.
"Yes, Mr. Qin. We will see the fighting ring in a while. The competitors today are Black Bear, and Rolex, True Slash… and the rest. They are mighty victors – all of them are G-tier ability users!" Xiao Lian explained. The elevator came to a stop, and as the doors opened, they were instantly bombarded with a cacophony of a noisy stadium.
"Here, Mr. Qin!" Xiao Lian guided Qin Feng through the corridor that soon led to a brightly lit space.
The place was about the size of a small stadium, went up at least 3 floors, and in the center was a brightly illuminated fighting ring spanning about 20 meters.
Qin Feng was bowled over!
Bomb shelters like this could be used to protect the city from being attacked by ultra-beasts, and yet obscene amounts of resources had to be wasted for these things.
Outside of the ring were flights of stairs ascending at an incline with endless rows of seats. At first glance, Qin Feng estimated that it should accommodate a minimum of 10,000 people.
Around them were giant 30-meter-wide pillars strategically placed in several parts of the structure, with each of them mounted with a massive screen displaying a live broadcast of the fight.
"Mr. Qin, you're pretty lucky today. This is the fifth round, with Ruthless Tiger as the defender. His opponent, though, is ever more powerful – the champion of eight consecutive competitions! This is a level-skipping challenge!" said Xiao Lian. "Mr. Qin, you can visit our public website on your communicator to see the betting odds and its payout for the competitors!"
"Mm!" Qin Feng had no inkling of the rules of Chengbei's underground fighting scene, but he'd been to other underground arenas in his previous life. Even so, he had only been a spectator. At that time, he wasn't strong enough to be in the ring.
Qin Feng opened his communicator and scanned the odds for the two fighters. The contender and the challenger's score was 1:5, which meant that betting a Ruthless Tiger win would have to place 100 to earn 500 whereas Arm Breaker's odds were 6:7, so the player would have to bet 600 to get 700.
From the looks of it, odds were the organizer was not very optimistic about Ruthless Tiger.
On top of that, both of them had separate reward models that were handed out directly to the candidates. The more exciting the fight, the more excited the crowd got, and the more the reward money would eventually be.
The two fighters took to the stage!
Qin Feng did not place any bets, and Xiao Lian did not know if she should give him the heads up.
[Ladies and gentlemen, an exciting fight is about to begin. Make some noise!!!]
The loudspeakers in the arena exploded as the emcee rallied up the crowd, announcing the start of the competition with gusto.
Qin Feng's eyes locked on the stag!
Ruthless Tiger did not look too good. Multiple injuries pockmarked his body, with large bluish bruises covering most of his skin. His opponent, on the other hand, was filled with energy and spirit. He was evidently the more dominant one in this fight.
This fight was a no-brainer. The match had only started when the contender called Arm Breaker launched a sudden attack on his opponent, taking the other guy by surprise. He did not stand a chance to retaliate.
The crowd went wild, with cheers and chants echoing in the stadium. The chaotic atmosphere was reminiscent of an angry mob 10,000 strong.
"Arm Breaker! Arm Breaker!"
"Arm Breaker! Arm Breaker!"
"Come on! Crush him!"
Qin Feng noticed that the rewards for both players were increasing rapidly on his communicator.
Then, the emcee's voice reverberated over the loudspeaker:
[Patron number 721 has given Arm Breaker 100,000 yuan to see Arm Breaker break Ruthless Tiger's neck. Hahaha! Let's see what Arm Breaker is going to do!]
The moment Arm Breaker caught an ear of the emcee's announcement, he could not help but grin victoriously, and in an effort to impress, he went back down into the fight!
Crack!!!
One of Ruthless Tiger's arm was snapped into two by Arm Breaker and was bent at an abnormal angle. The whites of shattered bone gleamed in the spotlights as it pierced out of his flesh.
"Ahhhhh!" Ruthless Tiger screamed, his agony unimaginable.
The audience erupted into an even louder roar, electrified that blood had finally been spilled.
"Arm Breaker!Arm Breaker!"
Arm Breaker smirked and continued to bludgeon his opponent brutally!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Subsequently, all four of Ruthless Tiger's limbs were broken.
[Patron number 721 has given Arm Breaker another 100,000! Ah, there's more, patron number 1032, and patron 1032. We have the banks flowing for him! Gosh, they seem to all really like Arm Breaker's exhilarating performance!]
Arm Breaker waved his arms in the air, looking cocky, pumping up the crowd's zealousness further.
"I concede! I concede!" Ruthless Tiger howled. He had this desperate look in his eyes as if pleading for his life.
"Concede? What?! No one has ever conceded in an underground fight!" muttered Arm Breaker while he strode up to his opponent and mercilessly snapped his neck by twisting the head around.
"Ow –"
A loud hush followed by cheers erupted like wildfire. Loud shrieks and whistles of excitement from the audience; their necks and faces flushed with exhilaration.
"So, the 'exciting performance' turned out to be the brutal killing of the opponent?" Qin Feng mockingly told the girl.
Even though he had been reborn, he found himself again unable to adapt to the vile insanity of the people! Maybe because they were all average lads, unable to escape the colony, and that their frustrations led them to vent their violence and fervor over here.
Qin Feng smelled the darkness approaching.
The crowd proved deafening, and Qin Feng had spoken so softly that Xiao Lian did not hear his comment. As for her, she quietly observed that Qin Feng did not seem excited, in fact, a little unhappy to be precise.
"Mr. Qin, if you don't like the noise, we can go to a private room. You can enjoy the fight in peace and quiet there!"
Qin Feng answered coolly, "No need. That won't be necessary. You know, I honestly think that this competition is exciting. I'll challenge this Arm Breaker guy!"
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Chapter 59: Getting into the Ring
Xiao Lian's eyes widened, gawking at Qin Feng in disbelief.
"Er, Mr. Qin. This is no joke. Entering the ring is serious business. That's something only daredevils would do!"
There were all kinds of strange and unusual people who had visited this place, but one thing linked them together. They were all destitute and poverty-stricken. Qin Feng looked like he was born with a silver spoon, so why would he do such a thing?
"That's not for you to worry about. Just bring me in!" Qin Feng took out another wad of cash and flung it at Xiao Lian.
When the girl saw the money, she knew that this young master would never take no for an answer. With clenched jaws, Xiao Lian cursed under her breath. She pretended to be polite. "Well, if you insist, please come with me then, young master. I must inform you that Arm Breaker may not accept your challenge!"
Qin Feng followed Xiao Lian to the registration desk.
When the person at the desk saw the young man, he looked astonished. Qin Feng did not look like he needed the money at all.
"Excuse me, young master. Going into that ring is not something that should be taken lightly. Our rules here are that once you enter the competition, you will have to compete in 5 battles before you are allowed to decide whether or not you want to continue. One person can compete in a maximum of 35 battles. From the second day onward, all the opponents you'll be fighting against will be way stronger than you and much more experienced! Not that we've never had people your age come along, but it's just that most of them can't even last three rounds!"
The person hoped that his brief anecdote would discourage Qin Feng from joining.
Qin Feng, however, merely nodded, obviously unperturbed. "What about the prize?"
He had come to strengthen his martial arts' internal force, and it would be an added bonus if the prize were big too!
When the man at the registration saw that Qin Feng wasn't about to change his mind, he decided that he would not care less if Qin Feng was dead or alive. He then proceeded to look up Qin Feng's particulars. If Qin Feng hailed from an influential family, all they had to do was to tell his opponent to keep him alive. That was the way things ran over here.
"If you win the first battle, you'll get 10,000, then, 50,000 for the second battle, 100,000 for the third, 500,000 for the fourth, and 1 million yuan for your fifth!"
The total prize money for winning all five battles was 1.66 million. Unsurprisingly, most people got nothing as the prize money was only given out at the end of the fifth round. Take Ruthless Tiger, for example. He won the first four battles, but instead of taking home 660,000, he lost his life in the ring!
"Also, you can take home 10% of the audience's donation !"
Qin Feng nodded. "What about the prizes after the six consecutive wins?"
At the question, the man at the registration table nearly fell off his chair.
This young man had no idea if he would even be able to survive today, and here he was, thinking about winning six battles in a row?
"For every round of battle won after that, the prize would increase by 1 million! That means 2 million for winning six rounds, 3 million for seven, and 4 million for eight. If you win thirty-five successive battles, the total reward would be more than 30million! By then, I'm sure it wouldn't be a problem for you to win 100 billion if you wanted to!" The man spoke the last sentence in sarcasm, spitefully jostling Qin Feng with something impractical.
Any typical youth would have become drunk on the idea of success, engrossed in wild fantasies they had fabricated up their heads.
With all things considered, 100 million yuan was an astronomical figure!
"Not bad!" Qin Feng nodded again. A prize like that was worth taking the risk!
Qin Feng took out his communicator and displayed his personal information. "Sign me up!"
Since he insisted on going down the path of self-destruction, the man decided that there was no point in trying to stop him. After he reviewed Qin Feng's details, the guy exhaled and had this look on his face, as if he finally understood.
"You're an orphan? You only received your awakening injection last month!"
"Yup!"
When Xiao Lian heard Qin Feng's answer, she was stunned for a moment. This boy was three years younger than her!
She inspected Qin Feng's clothes and communicator, and she suspected that he probably earned some money in the wilderness, then squandered all of it when he came back. Someone must have egged him on to join the underground fight.
This was usually the case. The Eagle Clubhouse had to expand their business anyway, so they would often exaggerate the overnight fortune that people stood to make by participating in their underground fights. Numerous youngsters had been deceived into signing up, eventually ending up losing their lives.
That was precisely what the guy at the registration thought.
"You seem to be pretty confident in yourself. Fine, I'll sign you up! What code name will you be using?"
Code names like Ruthless Tiger and Arm Breaker…
Qin Feng thought about the little fox sound asleep at home and answered, "Deranged, Crazed, or Mad Fox!"
Mad Fox.
…..
[The defender is a candidate called Mad Fox, and he's only sixteen years old. Hahaha! You heard that right – this is a young man who has only awakened a month ago. Of course, his opponent isn't very strong either. We would never do something so barbaric!]
The audience exploded into fits of laughter.
If the underground fight was not barbaric, then what was?
[His rival is… Black Psycho!]
When the audience saw Black Psycho's details and noticed that he was a pretty decent fighter. Even though it was no professional assessment, the screen showed that he was the kind of man that could dish out a 1,000 attack punch, which was to say that this Black Psycho had G2-tier strength.
Black Psycho was one of Eagle Clubhouse's own thugs. He worked as a hired henchman on regular days, but whenever the chance to enter the ring presented itself, he would jump at it. They even got paid 10,000 for winning, and more if he put on a great show. After all, Black Psycho was, in actual fact, simply average in terms of strength. Even so, Black Psycho had a pretty stellar record. As a challenger, he had taken the lives of 11 people and only lost three battles in his career.
"This is a no brainer! Black Psycho is going to win for sure!"
"Black Psycho! Go… let me see you torture your opponent!"
"I'm betting on Black Psycho winning!"
Qin Feng's odds were 1:1.3, whereas Black Psycho's odds were 3:4.
If the people wagered on Qin Feng, they would have to risk 100 to win a mere 103, and if they bet on Black Psycho, they would have to risk 300 to win 100. In short, the profit margin for the first round wasn't the most enticing. No matter who won the battle, only the gambling house would be making any substantial earnings.
For that very reason, old-time gamblers would not choose to place any bets on this round.
It was an unspoken fact that this first round was just for observation.
[Both candidates have words that mean 'crazy' in their names. So, let's see which of these two is crazier! The competition starts now!]
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The bell rang, and the energy force field rose, effectively locking them in. Qin Feng and Black Psycho stood facing each other. Both of them were topless, wearing only a pair of shorts and combat shoes.
Black Psycho was a massive guy, towering at a tall-ish 1.9 meters with coal-black skin and bulging muscles, brimming with vigor.
Next to him, Qin Feng's skin was a healthy tan, and the tone of his muscles was well-defined. With a lean physique, he looked like a growing young boy, and at 178 cm, he was a good head shorter than his rival.
"Hey, kid, I will tear you apart!" Black Psycho bared a mouthful of white teeth, looking more like sharp fangs. "After that, I will bring your body back so that I can cook and eat your meat. Soft skin and tender flesh like yours should taste pretty good!"
Qin Feng's face darkened, taking on the look of a murderous killer.
It increasingly looked like he did not need to be merciful this round.
Black Psycho attacked first, his fist unrestrained.
Qin Feng could kill him with one strike, but he did not want to reveal his actual strength. That, however, did not mean that he would go soft of him.
Bash!
Qin Feng took the chance to throw a punch at Black Psycho's face. Black Psycho's head shook a little as it bore its brunt. As blood splattered from his mouth, a few of his glimmering white teeth were flung 2 meters away!
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Chapter 60: Challenge Arm Breaker
"Aren't you going to eat me up? That's all you've got? Hergh!" Qin Feng threw another sock.
Bish!
Bash! Punch!!!
Half of Black Psycho's face became swollen.
The audience roared and cheered, delighted to see the unexpected turn of events.
[Wow! Patron number 182 has tipped 100,000 to Mad Fox. Let's see what he has to say? Haha! This must be a female patron. She said: to keep Mad Fox out of the ring – she is willing to look after this handsome young man!]
More and more people were cheering on Qin Feng's behalf.
Maybe it was because of his swollen face, or because of the humiliation, that Black Psycho roared in anger, "Die, kid!"
He raised a leg attempting to kick Qin Feng, and at the same time, a knife tip appeared on his shoe. If Qin Feng did not dodge this kick, the blade would have surely pierced his chest, and he would meet his untimely end. The shoe Qin Feng was wearing were Eagle Clubhouse standard issue, but it did not have this mechanism. Black Psycho's shoes were exactly the same, so it meant that they were a modified pair.
There was obviously foul-play in the workings.
But in underground fights, there was no such thing as playing dirty. There was only victory, only one's survival at play. The loser was doomed to certain death!
Qin Feng sniggered, forming a claw with his hands and grappled onto Black Psycho's calf!
Crack!
Qin Feng crossed his hands and broke his opponent's calf!
Before Black Psycho could even make a sound, Qin Feng pushed upwards so forcefully that the already garishly bent calves now turned towards Black Psycho's forehead!
"Arrrghhh!"
His own pointed blade punctured his skull before Black Psycho's eyes flickered. Then, all the strength in his body left him, and he stopped struggling.
Plop!
Qin Feng gave his victim one last gentle shove, and Black Psycho collapsed like jelly onto the ground.
Fresh, warm, blood dripped out, dyeing the rims of Black Psycho's lifeless eyes.
For a brief minute, the whole arena went completely still, the audience coming to grips with the sudden events. Only when Black Psycho's face was plastered on the big screens did they react with an explosive thunder of applause and hurrahs!
Had this event taken place in some other arena, the entire crowd would have been scared to death. But in this very location, the spectators were only more fired up.
The adrenaline and appalling taste of death only had them shouting for more! Qin Feng's payoff was growing by the minute.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
The bell rang, and the referee declared Qin Feng winner.
The voice of the emcee echoed over the loudspeaker.
[Let us congratulate Mad Fox. His valiant might has caused us to see him in a whole new light! But Black Psycho was too careless in that battle, for speed is clearly Mad Fox's area of expertise. This was how he was able to dodge Black Psycho's advances and claim the victory! Mad Fox has denied Black Psycho the chance to demonstrate his caliber!]
The emcee's words stirred and agitated the spectator's brain cells. Truth be told, while Qin Feng was fast, he was not weak either. How else did he manage to mutilate Black Psycho's legs?
However, the emcee's job was to highlight weaknesses and eschew strength attempting to sway the audience from making the right judgments – a crafty method for Eagle Clubhouse to rake in huge profits at the expense of the patrons.
A large number of people agreed with the emcee: Qin Feng's slimmer physique naturally made him much more agile; his victory in this battle was unsurprising!
"I should've placed my bet on Mad Fox!"
"Let's give it another go. We'll see if the opponent is stronger this time!"
"It's probably nothing too impressive… it's only the second round!"
Sure enough, the competitors for the second battle were almost similar to Black Psycho, neither weak nor strong. Qin Feng had only sparred with his opponent briefly before defeating him. He did not kill this rival, but he absorbed his internal force instead, basically the equivalent of crippling this person.
In the third and fourth battles, Qin Feng won them both, each fight lasting no more than ten minutes.
His score was moving upwards, and the wagers were increasing. Qin Feng, on the contrary, looked as relaxed as ever.
The spectators' confidence in him automatically grew, as if believing that Qin Feng would surely win all five battles today.
Backstage, in a lavishly decorated office, sat a young man in his late twenties enjoying fine wine with a scantily dressed woman in his arms. She diligently plucked grapes and fed him with her mouth.
This was the person in charge and the general manager of Eagle Clubhouse, Jiang Shaoyang.
He was F7-tier, one of the top elects of Beicheng.
"This kid's not bad. We can keep him for one day. Tell the people to arrange for a more skillful candidate. Make this a handicapped match!" Jiang Shaoyang ordered.
The emcee and the referee, both wearing an earpiece, each heard their boss' instruction.
It was a brilliant move indeed. If there were five consecutive victories, they would lose the audience's interest.
The people loved this comeback feeling.
But then again, the purpose of setting up Qin Feng against a powerful competitor was to ensure Eagle Clubhouse did not make any losses.
Spectators would naturally wager on the more intimidating candidate, the challenger. Only the few people who liked upsets would choose to place their bets on the defender.
Ruthless Tiger was an obvious example.
As the setup was happening, Qin Feng raised his hand, indicating to the referee that he wanted to speak.
"What is it?" The referee asked.
"I'd like to challenge a certain someone – that guy Arm Breaker from the fight earlier tonight!" Qin Feng said.
The referee was taken aback for a second, then nodded after. "I know. But that green light from me would have to depend on the higher authorities!"
"Alright!" Qin Feng then returned to his seat to rest up. There was actually no need for that since all of the four candidates he defeated were only G4-tier. Qin Feng knew that Arm Breaker was around G6-tier. His inner force was pretty good, and if all went well, he should be able to absorb some of it!
…
Backstage, Jiang Shaoyang's smile grew cold.
He would get uncomfortable with situations that were out of his control, even more so when his subordinates made unauthorized decisions!
Qin Feng's request had troubled Jiang Shaoyang, somehow striking the superior's nerve!
"Since he's so foolhardy, we'll grant him what he desires. Remember to raise his stakes, and prompt the people to wager on him!"
The people listening silently on the other end nodded obediently.
…
Five minutes later, the emcee spoke again.
[Wow! I've just received some news – Mad Fox has requested to challenge Arm Breaker! This is entirely unexpected! I wonder who gave Mad Fox the confidence to challenge one of the greatest nemesis known to man?! Didn't he watch how the match ended between Ruthless Tiger and Arm Breaker just now?]
The audience hooted and laughed at the artsy commentator. A few even mocked and cursed at Qin Feng, encouraged by the pundit's jeers.
"You want to challenge Arm Breaker? Are you insane?"
"Hell, there's no doubt about it! Arm Breaker will win for sure!"
"Retard! What a waste of time!"
"Let's stay and watch Arm Breaker bunch him into a ball!"
The crowd was rowdy, with none of them supporting Qin Feng.
[All-right! Is Mad Fox going to avenge Ruthless Tiger? Could this be a claim of vengeance? Let's take a look at the odds for these two candidates!]
The figures flashed onto the screen.
Qin Feng's odds were sky-high, 1:8, while Arm Breaker's was 5:6.
It increasingly looked like an axiomatic fight was about to take place.
However, the emcee was beating the drum for Qin Feng, alluding to the innuendo that there may be another surprise victory for this round. Thanks to the practiced tongue of the company man, many eventually fell for it.
When those who bet on Arm Breaker saw that the winnings were meager, the number of bets too, declined sharply.
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Chapter 61: A Loss of 600 Million!
"I'm betting on my victory, 5 million!" Qin Feng contacted Xiao Lian prior to transferring over 5 million.
Staring at the number on her communicator, Xiao Lian could not believe that she was holding such a huge sum of money in her hands.
This only stunned her for a moment, and she immediately shoved aside the greed that was creeping within her, not daring to look at it again. After all this was not her money.
However, at the time he was placing his bet, Xiao Lian was rather bewildered.
'Is he so confident that he can win? He's an orphan, shouldn't he be short on money? Yet, he put 5 million on himself.'
Xiao Lian looked at Qin Feng who was in the ring, and at that moment, she felt a surge of excitement.
'Believe in him! He can win!'
Xiao Lian gritted her teeth and decided to add 50 thousand from her own savings.
As the 5.05 million on her communicator was automatically swept away, Xiao Lian's heart began to thump rapidly in her chest.
Arm Breaker had just re-entered the ring.
With a crooked grin, he had already gotten the order to brutally beat the boy up, better yet, to tear him apart.
To a G8-tier Ancient Warrior, this would be a piece of cake.
He was only a little baby that had just recently awakened!
In the backstage, Jiang Shaoyang watched as more and more money was bet on Qin Feng and nodded in satisfaction.
Yes, he would be able to make tens of millions again today!
Tens of millions, even an F-Tier ability user would have to risk their lives for up to a week in order to make that kind of money. Jiang Shaoyang only had to open his mouth and a pile of money would land on his lap!
This gave him a sense of fulfillment.
Not only that, it also gave him a sense of control over people's lives.
He was very pleased with himself.
As the barriers rose around the ring, the emcee's voice rang out.
[The peak showdown begins now! Lets see if our Mad Fox can get a five match winning streak!]
With that said, the referee brought his hand down and the fight began.
Qin Feng did not bother waiting, he was the first one to launch a direct attack!
His strength was already at a G9-tier, 3 tiers higher than Arm Breaker's, and Arm Breaker was barely able to react to Qin Feng's sudden attack.
Grimm struck out and only after a few moves he managed to grab Arm Breaker's arm before locking it behind his opponent.
"This arm. How many people's arms did this arm break?"
"Roar! Let me go!" Arm Breaker roared and struggled only to find that the force that was holding him was too powerful to break free from.
"Let go? Sure!"
Qin Feng said, his hand jerked violently and in that moment he snapped one of Arm Breaker's arms.
"AAH!!!"
Before Arm Breaker could continue to cry out, Qin Feng went ahead and snapped the other arm.
Those who had seen the fight between Arm Breaker and Ruthless Tiger would have noticed that Qin Feng's actions were an exact copy of Arm Breaker's, minus the swagger and arrogance that the latter displayed.
Qin Feng kicked at Arm Breaker's leg, knocking him down, and after two cracks sounded, he had snapped both of Arm Breaker's legs.
"You surrender now and I may be in a good enough mood to let you go," Qin Feng's voice casually floated over.
Arm Breaker quickly cried out, "I surrender, I surren-…duh!"
Qin Feng punched him in the abdomen, activating his Asteroid Assimilation!
Arm Breaker's internal force felt as if it was bundled up for a moment, then all of it was absorbed. Arm Breaker knew that at that moment, all of his internal force had disappeared.
"You… What did you do to me?" Arm Breaker blubbered in panic.
Qin Feng let out a frosty laugh. "Surrender. In underground fights, there is no such thing as 'surrender'!"
Qin Feng took Arm Breaker's line from before and tossed it right back at him, word for word.
"You played me?" Arm Breaker glared at Qin Feng, now knowing that Qin Feng was merely pulling his leg earlier on.
"I said that if I was in a good mood I'd let you go. What a shame, because I'm not in a very good mood right now!"
Scumbags like these, Qin Feng would naturally not show any mercy. It was better if they died off one by one!
"You can't kill me, I'm a member of the Eagle Club. If you kill me, you're never leaving this platform!"
Qin Feng frostily laughed again, he would not be able to leave?
He did not believe that. It would just be him against some G6-tier opponents, and if the Eagle Club did send people after him, it would be after he had already left.
In fact, he could not wait for these people to come!
With a final blow, Qin Feng pressed down onto Arm Breaker's neck and after a crunch, left his opponent with a twisted neck, and eyes rolled into the back of his head. The body collapsed as life ebbed from it.
The murderer, finally put to death!
Qin Feng had used Arm Breaker's own tactic to kill him, leaving the onlookers absolutely speechless, and also blood boiling in their veins.
This was truly a match that carried a grudge!
"Hahaha, I've won a million!"
"Upset, this is an upset!"
"Awesome, what a great day!"
"How the f*ck is Arm Breaker such garbage! This fight's staged!"
"My money!"
The audience roared with excitement and some started cursing out loud. However, this scene could always be seen within the Eagle Clubhouse.
Everything had always been controlled by those behind the scene, but that was not the case today.
Both the referee and the emcee broke out in cold sweat, this was not the outcome that they thought would occur.
It was supposed to be Qin Feng dead on the ground and Arm Breaker emerging victorious. Yet, as if some kind of ironic twist of fate, Arm Breaker was the one lying lifeless.
Perhaps they were both stunned for too long, the audience began to get rowdy.
"Announce it! Announce it already!"
"Where are my winnings? Why haven't you sent it yet?!"
All of a sudden, a sea of queries arose from the crowd, coming from all directions.
"Boss!" The referee shouted into his communicator, to Jiang Shaoyang who was on the other side.
"Boom!" was the huge blast of a sound that returned, it was clear that Jiang Shaoyang had flipped over his table in a fit of rage!
In this bet of 1:8, the bet he had collected was 80 million in total. In other words, he had just lost 600 million!
Even for the F8-tier Jiang Shaoyang, something like this was a huge sum of money. His face was contorted with rage.
"Hoo!" Jiang Shaoyang deeply exhaled, "Announce! Convince him to come again tomorrow! He wants to play? Then we'll play it big!"
"Yes, Manager!" The referee nodded and announced the results.
At the same time, everyone there was clamouring at their communicators.
Xiao Lian looked at the amount of money on her communicator and could hardly believe her eyes.
40.4 million Huaxia tokens!
A series of numbers that made her unable to open her eyes. "I'm rich! I'm rich!" Xiao Lian said incredulously.
Xiao Lian was so happy that she could not help herself. A seed of greed began to sprout in her heart, and at that moment she considered just taking the money and leaving.
It was just that moment Xiao Lian's communicator vibrated.
"Got the money?"
It was Qin Feng.
Xiao Lian unwittingly looked at the ring, seeing Qin Feng standing there, indifferent and raising his sight from his communicator and looking directly at her.
She felt a shiver run down her spine as the recollection of Qin Feng killing Arm Breaker snapped her out of her daze.
"Sent! It's sent! I'm transferring over to you right now!"
Xiao Lian hurriedly transferred 40 million over to Qin Feng as her heart fell.
"Beep! Beep!" She received a message on her communicator. Xiao Lian opened it and saw that it was a transfer of 1 million tokens.
Sent by Qin Feng.
She could hardly contain her excitement and at that moment it felt like she had the entire world.
When she looked up again, she realized that there was no sight of Qin Feng on the ring!
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Chapter 62: Threats
"Mad Fox, here's your prize money for today. Looking at your ability, it seems that you still have a few tricks up your sleeve. Why not come back tomorrow? By then you'd be worth more than this!"
They did not know that Qin Feng had bet 5 million on himself and in one night he had raked in 40 million.
Now, they were giving him 2 million, including the audience's betting money, which made it a night where he struck gold.
"If you can win five matches in a row tomorrow, you'll be able to earn more than 10 million. I admire you, so young and yet so powerful!"
While the man was still trying to think of what to say, Qin Feng confirmed the amount of money inside his account and nodded. "I will come again tomorrow."
"Haha, please do!" The person at the reception smiled. "It would be better to stay at the clubhouse for the night, get a massage, and have a nice rest. There are plenty of pretty ladies here!"
Qin Feng immediately rejected his offer.
"No! I still have things to do, I'm off!"
Stay at the club? That would mean being monitored and maybe even poisoned at any time. Naturally, Qin Feng could not agree to such a thing, and not to mention, he had to go to class tomorrow!
The man's expression changed, believing that Qin Feng was deliberately shying away and deciding to not come tomorrow!
Still he could not stop Qin Feng.
When it came to something like this, it was not easy to tempt someone.
Qin Feng had already made up his mind.
In the manager's office, Jiang Shaoyang received a call again. His face was ignited with fury.
"Get someone to follow him, and when necessary, give him a warning. Isn't he from that orphanage? It's said that that old coot Lin Derong is highly respected by the little scamps there!"
For Jiang Shaoyang however, Lin Derong was nothing but an old goat ready to be slaughtered for food at any time.
"Yes, Manager!"
After the man hung up, he quickly broadcasted a wave of communication, leading the Eagle Club escort team to dispatch a small squad.
In this squad, there were only five people, but their strength was the same as what Qin Feng had seen at the front door. They probably had the same power level as someone in the G8 or G9 tier.
Such combat abilities were already terrifying enough!
Not even two hundred meters away from the Eagle Clubhouse, Qin Feng could already feel that someone was watching him!
He was in the slums with the towering buildings covering the sky. At night, there was almost no light and there was darkness everywhere.
The five were obviously very familiar with their surroundings and managed to surround Qin Feng in a small alleyway, cutting him off from the front and back.
"Mad Fox, your ability is quite decent. How about you join our Eagle Club?" said a young man.
Qin Feng frostily replied, "I don't have that kind of intention!"
After his rebirth, both the garrison and the patrol team tried to recruit Qin Feng but he had decidedly ignored them.
The Eagle Club? What a joke!
Not to mention, he would not possibly join the Eagle Club anyway because it was part of the deputy mayor's business.
"Boy, you dumb?!"
"Yeah, don't think that just because you have some power that you can start waving your tail feathers up in the air. The Eagle Club's strength isn't something you can ignore!" The others threatened Qin Feng with a lofty, condescending attitude.
The first person who spoke before, probably their captain, said, "Now now, don't freak out the kid. Mad Fox is only sixteen years old, young and frivolous. That's normal."
He changed the subject again before continuing, "It's true. You really would not be able to mess with the Eagle Club anyway. Remember to come back tomorrow. Otherwise, you can run all you want but we'll find you eventually, not to mention, you can't be all alone with no friends right? I've heard that you came out from that orphanage, even your dean would have to bow his head when he meets our Manager Jiang!"
Qin Feng suddenly looked solemn.
His expression was terrible to say the least, and under such dim lighting, it could only be vaguely made out, making it feel as if Qin Feng was absolutely furious right now!
This was the effect they wanted!
The captain chuckled and stepped forward to pat Qin Feng on the shoulder.
"Remember to come tomorrow! Otherwise we dare not guarantee that something unpleasant will not happen!"
After the captain finished speaking, he gestured for the rest of the squad to move out.
How could Qin Feng just let them walk away like this?
"That sucks, right now I want something unpleasant to happen to you!" Qin Feng said, raising a hand and instantly grabbing the captain by his neck.
"You're dead!"
The captain did not expect Qin Feng to fight back. He might have killed Arm Breaker but he would not be able to stand a chance against him.
After all, he was a G9-tier ability user. Yet, this was not a threat to Qin Feng, who could go head to head with an F-tier ability user, what was a G9 tier supposed to do?
"Snap!"
Qin Feng and the captain's wrists collided with one another, and the captain felt a great force coming from Qin Feng's arm.
"Sh*t, boy, you don't know the meaning of life and death!"
The rest of the squad roared and started to attack.
"Dark Shroud!"
Qin Feng's consciousness pulled from the core of his power and his ability burst out. Dark runes enveloped the entire alley.
At that moment, the four of them were lost in that infinite darkness, even losing all of their five senses as they panicked and started frantically attacking whatever was around them.
Their attacks did not land on Qin Feng, but instead hit each other.
"What's going on?" The captain was trying to process the scene in his mind but in the next moment, a palm came close toward his abdomen.
"Asteroid Assimilation!"
The assimilation activated, bursting forth!
In an instant, the G9-tier Ancient Warrior's internal power felt like it was being pulled away by a vortex, many years of hard work was lost just like that!
"Ahh!" The captain roared but found that he had no strength left to resist.
"Crack!"
Qin Feng reached down and bent the captain's neck like a twig.
In the same manner, the other four had their internal powers absorbed by Qin Feng before he dispatched them in an utterly ruthless fashion.
These people died without knowing what happened to them. Dark ability users were incredibly rare and Qin Feng's ability was extremely powerful.
At this time, Qin Feng felt that the threads of his internal power had expanded the Dantian. It felt as if it was ready to burst at any given moment.
Not only that, the five cadavers seemed to be giving off a burst of unknown energy. The energy that they have had while they were alive, of their flesh, was all absorbed into Qin Feng's body, thus strengthening it even further.
Qin Feng suppressed the immediate feeling of ranking up. As his consciousness was pushing further, his power surged once more.
"Hellfire!"
Five gouts of flame fell onto the five bodies, and in mere moments the flames consumed the bodies completely!
It left no trace behind except for the dispersing ashes. Hellfire was such a useful skill!
Qin Feng once again activated his power, Shadow Travel, and even with the countless possible forms of surveillance. Nobody would have been able to detect him while he took on the guise of darkness.
After escaping the slums, Qin Feng was finally able to relax. After finding an unoccupied spot, he sat down in a cross-legged manner.
Upon gaining insight of his Dantian, he learned that it was in a mess.
The internal power he absorbed today, in addition to his own, had become well over hundreds of threads.
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Chapter 63: Little Forebear
From the beginning, Qin Feng had absorbed 15 threads of internal force from the gangsters in the slums.
However these internal force threads were very mottled, as thin as a cow's hair, though for Qin Feng, it was really better than nothing.
And then, in the ring, Qin Feng managed to defeat a G2-tier, G3-tier, G4-tier, G5-tier and then the latest G6-tier Arm Breaker. The first few were just appetizers, but Arm Breaker's internal power was extremely dense, netting him up to 20 threads of internal force.
As for the security squad from the Eagle Clubhouse just now, their team captain was fully G9 tier while the other four were also G8 tiers, which added up to a total of 41 internal force threads.
The difference in thickness and internal force properties resulted in the mess he had to deal with now.
"Swallow!"
Qin Feng activated his swallowing ability, causing his ability core to spin quickly as he gulped down the internal force within his dantian that did not belong to him.
The internal forces were quickly absorbed and finally integrated into his own body. The meridians expanded once again, almost to a level that would cause astonishment.
Even if he were to stop absorbing people's internal forces, his training speed would probably still be ten times faster compared to others.
At this time, most of the threads had been consumed, having been refined to be extremely pure as they were spat out by the power core and absorbed into Qin Feng's dantian.
The original 27 internal force threads suddenly rose exponentially to a total number of 62. Qin Feng's strength had more than doubled.
"It was a good decision to come after all!" Qin Feng felt quite excited.
However, when Qin Feng looked at his dantian with his internal vision, he noticed a problem.
"Even though my dantian is strengthened by internal force, I'm afraid it can only withstand an internal force that has ten times the number of internal force threads. In no more than a few days, it seems like my Ancient Warrior level would be promoted to F tier!"
This was fortunate since he had gotten himself a terribly strong enemy like the deputy mayor. How could he not attempt to quickly improve his strength?
Having withdrawn his internal vision, Qin Feng dropped his cultivation state and left the alley.
It was already 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.
"Beep!"
Qin Feng opened his door to find the house in pitch black darkness, with only a round ball that was dimly emanating silver light appearing by the doorway.
Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, but upon closer inspection, it was Xiao Bai!
"Xiao Bai? You're awake?" Qin Feng said in surprise, and in the next moment, he felt the ball move and dash toward his feet at a very fast speed.
"Ouch!"
Xiao Bai's sharp teeth came down and bit into Qin Feng's leg. He sucked in his breath as he felt a sharp pain erupt from his lower leg.
"Arf arf!"
Xiao Bai dragged Qin Feng by the trouser leg, biting down hard. The high quality pants could not help being torn off just like that, and with another rip it was finally reduced to rags.
In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng's pants were shredded and Xiao Bai retreated for a moment before he hopped up and down on its remains.
"Arf arf arf arf!"
Xiao Bai was very angry, no, absolutely fuming.
Qin Feng and Xiao Bai had signed a contract so he could naturally feel its emotions, he was dumbfounded at the sight before him.
"Did it go crazy?"
Qin Feng thought about the moniker he had in the Eagle Clubhouse, was that name perhaps prophetic?
"Xiao Bai! I'm sorry! You need to calm down!" Qin Feng quickly uttered to comfort the animal. Xiao Bai let out a frustrated yowl, turned its head and dashed up the second floor.
"Xiao Bai!"
Qin Feng chased after it, seeing Xiao Bai darting into his bedroom just as the door was closing behind it. The door closed with a click, it had actually locked itself inside!
Qin Feng. "…"
This fox was getting too smart for its own good! It actually managed to lock him out of his own room! For a moment, Qin Feng did not know whether to despair or be amused!
"Xiao Bai, why are you angry?" Qin Feng could not help but think about invoking the contract between person and fox. At that moment, Qin Feng sensed a crisp and tender voice.
"Bad Master, leaving me alone in the house. I'm so mad!"
"And not letting me use my abilities."
"Probably went to go play by himself."
"Not even a gift when he comes back."
"Don't come back, stay out. This bedroom is mine."
Qin Feng was a little stunned.
He had not expected Xiao Bai to think as such. He was not surprised by the fox's thoughts but rather surprised by the fact that these thoughts were so clear.
After the contract, communication between the two had always been based on a vague understanding of either one's consciousness. The invocation of the contract was also a form of communication with an application of consciousnesses, used by beastmasters to facilitate clear commands to their ultra beasts.
Ultra beasts did not normally understand human thinking.
Xiao Bai was different, perhaps it was because of its high intelligence or because Qin Feng had been taking very good care of him, it had caused it to understand more and more, and to have more sensitive emotions.
It was because Qin Feng told Xiao Bai to not use his spatial manipulation in the colony that Xiao Bai did not use it in order to find Qin Feng after it woke up. After waiting for a few hours, Qin Feng returned empty handed, with no present for the fox. It was for that particular reason that Xiao Bai was angry.
"This ain't good. I need to have the little ancestor calm down!'
Qin Feng let out an indulgent laugh before opening his communicator. Tonight's winnings had been a total of 42 million, which was a huge sum of money for a G-tier person. If he wanted to, he could even buy himself a set of silver light rune equipment.
That was not necessary though.
Qin Feng opened up his browser and searched for energy crystal cores!
The energy crystal nucleus had different values due to varying strengths, the Neapolitan Mastiff was worth 20 thousand.
Beast king level crystals were worth ten times more than that.
Qin Feng directly searched through Chengyang's Thousand Batches Auction House,
[G8-tier Twisted Lynx King crystal core, priced at 8.3 million! ]
[G7-tier Blue Ripple Mantis King Crystal Core, priced at 7.21 million! ]
[G5-tier Minotaur King crystal core, priced at 5.8 million! ]
[G9-tier…]
After refreshing the page, Qin Feng took a closer look and chose some crystals with reasonable prices and relatively high energy before paying for his purchases.
"Using the sky pigeon express delivery, delivery within 10 minutes!"
Qin Feng paid an extra 50 thousand.
The sky pigeon was an extremely fast contract ultra beast, its gentle personality made it easy to tame. While it had no fighting power, it was used for quick communication and goods delivery.
In less than five minutes, Qin Feng's communicator rang. "Dear VIP, your goods have arrived. Please open a window or accept it in an open area."
Qin Feng went to the roof and from afar he saw a huge pigeon.
The pigeon had wings over a meter long with a round but strong looking body. It was carrying a package in its claws
"I see it! This way!" Qin Feng waved his hand.
"Roger, I'll land the pigeon immediately!"
The sky pigeon had a communicator around its neck, the beastmaster was using it to direct the pigeon to land and Qin Feng successfully obtained the package.
Only the Wanzong Auction House was able to deliver items so quickly, and it was early in the morning too!
Qin Feng had gotten the items, and the more-than-40-million that was on his communicator was gone.
Translator's note: i think i felt something in the last part, i just can't figure out if it's despair or adoration.
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Chapter 64: Beast King Xiao Bai
"Now the little forebear shouldn't be angry anymore!" Qin Feng took the package down from the roof, walked to the second floor bedroom and knocked on the door.
"Xiao Bai, I brought you a present, do you want it or not?" Qin Feng asked.
No movement from within.
"It's an energy core. Your favorite food!" Qin Feng insisted.
This time, there was finally movement from behind the door, and with a click, the door was opened.
Qin Feng entered the bedroom and saw that Xiao Bai was back to curling up on its pillow after opening the door, coldly disregarding his presence.
"I promise they'll taste very good. They are very powerful energy cores. I'm trying to apologize, alright?"
Qin Feng coaxed the fox as if he was trying to coax his daughter.
Xiao Bai had not been growing this entire time. The only thing was its fur that was getting fluffier, and it was hardly the size of two palms. How could someone not pity this small creature?
Qin Feng had already killed a number of people but he would not ever touch a fur on Xiao Bai.
This far exceeded the gratitude toward Xiao Bai's saving grace. Maybe it was because of the contract. Maybe it was the days of getting along and fighting side by side.
Qin Feng knew that Xiao Bai would never really disregard its own existence.
"Hmph!" Xiao Bai harrumphed and finally snatched the gift away from Qin Feng's hands, at the same time giving Qin Feng a glare.
Yet, Qin Feng knew that Xiao Bai had forgiven him by now.
Xiao Bai hugged the gift and with a swift swipe of its paws it opened up the box to see the five energy cores lying inside, all of which varied in sizes.
Xiao Bai chose the smallest one and crunched down onto it. However, instead of falling into a deep sleep, all of the fur on its body stood up on their ends and Xiao Bai let out a whimpering sound.
Qin Feng, who was trying to fall asleep, immediately sat up and looked at Xiao Bai. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the crystal core?"
Qin Feng's first thought was that someone had poisoned the crystal cores but he felt that he was not thinking rationally.
The aura exuding from Xiao Bai's body violently rose, this kind of aura seemed like a promotion. Not only that, the fur on its long tail was growing at a rate visible to the naked eye, almost forming a fan of some kind.
Xiao Bai's strength was quickly rising as well.
The different crystals Qin Feng had obtained from hunting ultra beasts were all given to Xiao Bai. Although it had only been born for a short period of time, within a month, Xiao Bai had not only evolved into a beast general, but its strength should be around G8 tier.
Now, after eating the beast king energy core, it did not go to sleep, which meant that the power change had to be something huge.
Xiao Bai's energy aura changed from that of a beast general to that of a beast king. Upon seeing this, Qin Feng was naturally very happy.
A beast king contractual ultra beast. That was something most beastmasters would find impossible to have.
Xiao Bai's potential really was immense.
In an instant, a crystal core was gone, there was a slight drop in Xiao Bai's aura so Qin Feng hurriedly handed a crystal over to Xiao Bai, which it immediately slurped up.
Perhaps it also realized that it had reached an important key moment.
After a short while, Xiao Bai's power continued to rise, and its previously small-as-two-palms size grew to that of half a meter. In reality, Xiao Bai was not really that small, but because it was easier for Qin Feng to carry it around it maintained that appearance. To highly intelligent ultra beasts such as Xiao Bai, shapeshifting was almost a necessary ability.
Xiao Bai continued to devour the crystal cores. The third one, fourth one, fifth one!
Xiao Bai's aura violently burst forth, unleashing a startling, monarch-like majesty from its body.
The whole Qinghu area, even the villa area next to it could feel this sudden surge in power. It would never be known just how many people were jolted from their dreams, so startled that they were ready for a fight-or-flight situation.
"Xiao Bai! Quickly reabsorb your aura!" Qin Feng immediately shouted.
Xiao Bai quickly got its aura under control, but its appearance had changed greatly. Its tail had grown from the length of two palms to half a meter, but the fluffy tail had split right down the center and become two.
A twin-tailed fox demon.
Xiao Bai had risen to F tier, not only that, it was at the beast king tier.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Bai managed to reach F tier before Qin Feng did!
This new look for Xiao Bai made it look quite powerful and had this kingly majesty to it but…
"Xiao Bai, you've become like this in just an instant. How am I supposed to take you to school today?"
Xiao Bai had already made its appearance in school before.
Upon hearing Qin Feng say that, its crystal bright eyes widened and already it seemed like it was judging Qin Feng.
"Arf!"
Xiao Bai was fuming once again. It was going to be locked in the house again even after the promise that something would change, what a liar.
Those other two-legged beasts could be seen walking around with their masters.
With that thought, Xiao Bai suddenly thought of an idea.
The next moment, Qin Feng noticed that the fur on Xiao Bai's body and tail had begun to quickly fade away, and the silver fur on its head was growing longer and thicker.
Its body began to elongate, and the bald pink skin it had developed to resemble human skin.
Its ears became round, the tip of its mouth and nose contracted, and its chin became more prominent, becoming more solid.
White-colored eyebrows, a pair of crystal fox-like eyes, a small nose and lips tender and delicate.
Qin Feng was beyond shocked!
"You…"
"Master!"
Xiao Bai spoke with a crisp voice, the exact voice that Qin Feng heard when communicating by invoking the contract.
However, at this moment, Xiao Bai was no longer a fox, but an actual person.
White long hair that was emanating a silvery glow reached its waist, an alluring face that did not seem mortal came up to Qin Feng and asked in an extremely arrogant tone, "How's this? Can I go with you now? You humans are so troublesome!"
Qin Feng. "…"
He only felt his nose getting hot, something warm was dribbling out and he quickly covered his nose!
"Xiao Bai! Put some clothes on first!"
For the first time after his rebirth, Qin Feng felt the meaning of being in a state of frenzy.
Xiao Bai had transformed but it bore no human instincts whatsoever, it was completely bare with no intention of covering itself up.
Despite having transformed, Xiao Bai was as flat as an airport and looked the equivalent of thirteen to fourteen years of age. Yet, Qin Feng was unable to stop his mind from briefly rocketing off into fantasy, especially with Xiao Bai's crisp call of 'Master'.
He felt like he was going to have a heart attack.
"I can't wear my clothes now can I!"
Xiao Bai picked up some of the scraps on the ground in distress, looking at the small wedding dress that had been torn after elevating into beast king tier.
She only had this one set of clothing right now, the others were still being tailor made.
Qin Feng hurriedly got up and said, "Wear mine first!"
He took out a shirt and put it on Xiao Bai, it looked like a big long dress.
An especially translucent dress.
She became even more alluring and seductive than when she was not wearing anything!
Qin Feng remembered that before the extinction of humanity there had been books written about fox spirits that could transform into women, charming the world around them. That was apparently not an exaggeration.
"Come! Let's go buy clothes!"
Qin Feng put several shirts over Xiao Bai in quick succession before buckling a belt around her waist, it was barely considered a dress but it would have to do for the time being.
After feeling more secure about her appearance, Qin Feng grabbed Xiao Bai and quickly left the house!
As for school?
To hell with it, he was skipping class!
Translator's note: call me in 48 hours i'm dying wey
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