Master of the End Times - Chapter 557

Chapter 557: Exterminating Top-tier Prodigies

Blitz! Blitz! Blitz!

The glare sustained for several seconds, then it shrunk and dissipated gradually. The prodigies that were crowding the area earlier had been wiped clean.

Other prodigies from various tribes that were still alive were overwhelmed by the brutal carnage.

One skill was all he needed to bring down a hundred men within seconds.

The potency of the Sacred Armor was suffocating.

“Die!” Qin Feng’s consciousness was overflowing with killing intent.

He might have exterminated a few hundreds of them but more prodigies were coming.

Their powers were recovering after the Shades began to collapse. The water wave surrounding them that had been restricting them gradually evaporated, releasing them from the chain.

“Kill him and get the Sacred Armor!”

“The Sacred Armor will be mine!”

“Even if we are not getting the Sacred Armor, the spatial runes in there were left behind by past generations of prodigies. We must get those back!”

“Kill!”

A muddled fight was imminent.

Bai Li was being domineering again after seeing that Qin Feng was fine and no longer needed her protection.

“Scram! These are all mine!”

Bai Li raised her hand and called out a spatial rift. It swallowed up those spatial rune devices plunging to the ground.

Spatial rune devices were incompatible with each other, meaning that it was impossible to store a piece of rune equipment in another piece of equipment. But Bai Li’s storage space was nothing like spatial rune equipment. It was more like a secret territory.

Just as how the Battlegod Tomb could accommodate other spatial rune equipment.

The large rift captured almost 80% spatial rune equipment. The remaining equipment scattered around and engrossed prodigies from all tribes.

Nonetheless, prodigies that had no interest in the consolation prizes were lunging at Qin Feng.

Qin Feng did not have Bai Li’s instant teleportation. In just an instance, Qin Feng’s internal strength shield was pounded by hundreds of assaults.

That was not the end of it. More powerful prodigies were still rushing in from behind.

Crack!

Qin Feng’s internal strength shield broke for the first time ever since he became C-tier.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Qin Feng was flooded by another round of bombardments.

However, when the abilities landed on Qin Feng, or more precisely, on the Sacred Armor, they did not harm Qin Feng at all. All the attacks only budged the armor slightly.

The defense of the Sacred Armor was off the chart.

Nevertheless, although the Sacred Armor could block off all the attacks, Qin Feng could still feel the aftershock of the impact. He felt squeezed and blood seemed to gush out from his throat.

Though the Sacred Armor might be tough, it was not invincible.

The real threat finally reached in front of Qin Feng. These powerful prodigies released their deadliest attack aiming at Qin Feng’s head and heart.

Luckily, there was only so much space around Qin Feng. No matter how many had gathered around him, only a few at the front-most could have touched him.

Qin Feng laughed out loud.

“Suit me!”

Qin Feng was called a lunatic in his previous life. That was because he was exactly one that had no fear, not even in the face of death.

He did not even need his Verdant Emperor Saber. The gauntlet of the Sacred Armor generated forces on the fly.

One of the closest prodigies attacked Qin Feng with the weapon in his hand. It did not shake Qin Feng in the slightest. Qin Feng’s fist grew larger and larger in his eyes.

Boom!

The head of the prodigy from a foreign tribe exploded following the punch. Blood spurted out from his beheaded neck.

Qin Feng’s Absorption Ability operated immediately and turned the energy of the deceased prodigy into his own. It was as if fresh blood was being injected into Qin Feng to repair his battered body.

He killed a prodigy to completely offset the damage done by hundreds of prodigies.

The assaulters were not deterred when they saw Qin Feng retaliate. They kept up with the attacks with little hesitation.

“Kill him!”

“Kill! Kill! Kill!”

They were shouting. They were bellowing. Everyone had gone hysterical.

Qin Feng’s back was stabbed by numerous sharp weapons. He did not reconstruct his internal force shield but instead tightened his shoulders. The small movement generated enough vibration from the Sacred Armor to push off those on his back.

Qin Feng then moved extremely fast, faster than the eyes could follow. All the others could only glimpse a white flash.

Poof! Poof! Poof! Poof!

One after another prodigy’s head exploded.

“Who are you guys killing?” Qin Feng laughed deviously. “Keep it coming!”

His enemies were prodigies coming from different kinds of dimensions.

Some might have invaded Qin Feng’s world before while some might be looking down on humans from a different level.

‘I am going to become an immortal, one that terrifies every living being in all these dimensions!’

Qin Feng looked fanatic. Under that lay utter confidence and egotism.

If he could defy death and be reborn, then perhaps it was his destiny to defy the norm.

Qin Feng killed on mercilessly.

But the enemies were seemingly endless. They lunged at Qin Feng non-stop and the Sacred Armor had turned crimson due to the bloodstain.

A horizontal kick from Qin Feng sent five prodigies flying. Another hand-chop burst the head of another unknown prodigy.

One kill, two kills!

Ten kills, a hundred kills!

A thousand kills! Two thousand kills!

Qin Feng used neither his Verdant Emperor Saber nor any spectacular art. He danced around the enemies and killed at will solely based on his physical strength.

The prodigies were growing obsessive, too. The more Qin Feng had killed, the more the Sacred Armor allured them.

They did not believe this was Qin Feng’s strength but rather the Sacred Armor.

This was also the first time anyone was this close to getting the Sacred Armor.

Many had tried and failed in years before. Everyone reckoned that the Sacred Armor must have surpassed any type of weapon or item.

Whoever owned it would be instantly promoted to elite status.

So the prodigies charged on relentlessly. They were blind to the risk of death. Those in front believed their skill would be the one that was going to end Qin Feng’s life. Those at the back believed that Qin Feng was still alive because it was not their turn yet. As a result, nobody had given up on attacking yet.

Due to space constraints, Qin Feng could deal with one batch of challengers after another instead of facing them all at once.

Those conspirators from the start were the only ones calmly assessing the situation.

“Though it is playing out a little differently than we thought, the general outcome is the same. We only need to kill that human. These other prodigies are useless! And they call themselves our equivalent?”

“Get the Sacred Armor and teleport out immediately. We can’t afford to fail this mission.”

“It’s about time to intervene. They are probably thinking the same.”

The conspirators finally revealed their fangs.

“The Sacred Armor has to be mine!” Bai Yu’s mind was transfixed entirely on the absolute power she would achieve once she had the Sacred Armor. One after another light ball returned to her from those puppet prodigies she was controlling earlier. As the light balls fused back with her, her strength swelled exponentially.

Chapter 558: The Disappearance of Sacred Star, The End of Perished Land

In the blink of an eye, Bai Yu’s tier had gone up to C5. A formidable aura radiated out from her body.

She spread her wings, which had at least a ten-meter span and sprung at Qin Feng.

Holy Words—Annihilation!

A light pillar descended from the sky and shone on Qin Feng. He immediately felt a burning pain.

This was the first time an ability had successfully hurt Qin Feng this far into the battle.

Qin Feng noticed the caster through the light. He saw the same frantic expression on Bai Yu’s face.

‘You are underestimating me if you think that this can kill me.”

Qin Feng sneered.

These conspirators could really have obtained the Sacred Armor if Qin Feng did not intervene. Qin Feng had sustained the violent gush of energy from the Sacred Armor for fifteen minutes long. Even if a prodigy could only last for three seconds in there, they only needed to sacrifice about three hundred prodigies to tame the Sacred Armor.

This calculation was sound. But they had no idea what kind of monster Qin Feng had become after the fifteen minutes of energy influx.

It was an insurmountable power that a sound mind could never comprehend.

Qin Feng flipped his palm upward and a long fuchsia saber promptly appeared in his hand.

‘Let me show you the gift this Sacred Armor has granted me!’

To Qin Feng, he benefited the most from the internal force the Sacred Armor had given him instead of its durability.

He directed the internal force into the saber in his hand. The Verdant Emperor Saber was a God Weapon. It vibrated as energy was being infused into it as if it was groaning upon the sudden influx of energy.

“Burning Sword Glare!”

Qin Feng slashed with his saber. At that moment, the saber exploded into a fuchsia glare that blinded everyone nearby.

Driving by Qin Feng’s internal force and the motion momentum, the fuchsia glare slashed through the air up to a hundred meters far.

All living creatures within the fan-shaped area in front of Qin Feng were cut into half.

“Argh!”

Bai Yu’s face was frozen. She looked down and saw a terrifying scene. Her lower body had been detached and was free-falling to the ground. Blood droplets could be seen floating up from the neatly cut cross-section.

“No!!!” Bai Yu shrieked in disbelief and plunged desperately. She soon caught up to her lower body and activated light-type ability.

Her two halves reattached instantaneously.

‘That’s amazing! Celestials are no doubt an exceptional light-type tribe. No wonder they called themselves that. But could you sustain this?’

Qin Feng’s saber once again erupted. This time, his stance was even more daunting than before. He brought the saber over his head and swung it downward.

A fine line emerged vertically on Bai Yu’s frozen face. The body could no longer ligate back. It broke into half and fell lifelessly to the ground.

The top prodigy from the Celestial Tribe, who might have been the one to dominate the world in her future, had been mercilessly cut down by Qin Feng.

She was not the only prodigy Qin Feng had destroyed. His eyes quickly scanned for his next target and soon landed on Kui!

‘Die!’

Qin Feng generously drew out his enormous internal force.

“Blooming Flame!”

The blooming fire melted Kui who wanted to approach Qin Feng. Even his soul was torched by the unforgiving sword flare.

No matter how strong Kui was, he was no match to Qin Feng that now owned the internal power of an A-tier.

‘To hell, all of you!’

Qin Feng looked up and screeched to exert his dominance.

“Damn!”

“That’s absurd! Run!”

“He has been hiding his true power! We must leave now!”

The assaulters finally realized Qin Feng’s unreasonable strength.

Qin Feng had been fighting them with bare hands earlier. They thought that his power was granted by the residual energy of the Sacred Armor. Once the energy was used up, Qin Feng would only be a turtle in a shell.

They could not be more wrong. It was clear now that Qin Feng had been reserving his power and was only toying with them.

“Run!”

“Leave the Sacred Armor. The most important thing is to stay alive now!”

“Please, don’t kill me, please!”

The prodigies fled in panic with tails in between their legs.

Qin Feng’s main targets were those deviant conspirators that had been controlling other prodigies to achieve their own goal. These were the biggest threats to humans. He wished he could exterminate every last one of them.

If the dragon-borne knew that he was a pure-blood human, then there was no reason to believe that these people were not aware.

What if they tried to locate his dimension? What kind of calamity would they stir on earth?

Qin Feng was thirsty for blood. “Bai Li, lock this dimension up. We can’t let any of them leave.”

Bai Li did not say another word and did as told.

Abruptly, a silver dome appeared above the area and spanned about a thousand meters wide.

This was the area covered by the largest Shade. All the prodigies had been gathered in here. Hence, none of them could leave now.

Qin Feng laughed maniacally and launched the final massacre.

***

The Sacred Star was still hanging peacefully in the sky. In stark contrast, the ruins of the Soul Tribe were filled with bloodshed. A formidable conscious power kept throbbing inside the ruins.

After a while, everything returned to quietness.

After four hours of killing, not another living soul was seen in the center area besides Qin Feng and Bai Li.

Coincidentally, the Sacred Star that appeared abruptly in the sky began to shrink rapidly.

As the star degenerated, a weird distortion began to disturb the dimension. Many might not understand what was happening but they clearly remember the warning,

“One must leave this place before the Sacred Star completely disappears. Otherwise, one would be trapped forever inside the Perished Land. More so, the body would deteriorate and one would gradually be turned into a Shade by the land.”

Qin Feng was not informed but he had heard about it. Besides, there was nothing left to be done here.

“The dimension is closing up!” Bai Li warned. Regardless, she could still travel out freely even after the dimension had been locked down. She did not mind if Qin Feng wished to stay here to continue plundering the deserted land.

Chapter 559: Return to Dragon Capital

Qin Feng gave it a thought for two seconds and said, “Transfigure now. We will be heading back.”

The Perished Land would still open up in the future even after the Sacred Armor had been removed. This dimension would probably exist for a few more centuries.

Qin Feng would need to report some of his findings here when he went back to Earth. One of the vital pieces of information was regarding the fifteen days’ restriction. It would raise suspicion if he were to stay in this dimension longer than that.

Besides, Qin Feng could sense that a new form of energy had occurred as soon as the Sacred Star had dimmed. This infectious energy had Qin Feng worried about his body being corrupted if he were to stay any longer.

‘No matter how powerful an individual was, it would not be able to overthrow the natural law of a dimension. It’s meaningless trying to challenge the inevitable.’

Qin Feng was looking poised. There was something different in him.

He had clearly transcended after this battle. That included both physical and mental transformation.

Qin Feng took off his Sacred Armor and put on a normal battle suit. With the mini-beast-form Bai Li in his arm, he activated the spatial waymark.

***

Fifteen days had passed since the opening of Dragon Gate Tower.

In the past fifteen days, the expectation at the beginning had gradually turned into doubt and finally settled as a disappointed sigh. Most believed that the extraordinary prodigy from the Northern Region had fallen into the unknown dimension.

Even those who still held hope could not stay and wait indefinitely.

This included Shang Han, who had been summoned on the sixth day. There was a breach in one of the spatial tunnels at the north and she was called to suppress the invasion.

The last elect that actually cared about Qin Feng was forced to leave the tower.

In contrast, the insiders of the Fengli Organization remained confident about their leader.

After all, Qin Feng had transferred a lot of spatial stones into the tomb just a couple of days ago. This proved that he was still very much alive.

At the top of the Dragon Gate, the A-tier tower guardian was meditating cross-legged. He had reached a bottleneck and could only improve slowly through persistent training day after day. Thus it mattered very little where he trained himself. In fact, the quietness and natural essence of the Tower Gate provided him with an ideal training ground.

Of course, this place also allowed him to collect intel about prodigies with great potential. The Dragon Capital would not risk losing any prodigy.

Suddenly, there was a disturbance in the spatial runes. The next moment, a spatial passage opened up in front of him.

The tower guardian was first stunned, then immediately thought of something and waited excitedly.

Just as he anticipated, a self-possessed teenager walked out through the portal.

To be precise, he was still a juvenile at seventeen years old.

He was none other than Qin Feng.

“It’s you! You made it back! Great! That’s a relief!” The tower guardian was obviously pleased seeing that Qin Feng had returned safely.

Then, he was astonished when he realized the transformation in Qin Feng.

C4-tier! Qin Feng was only a C2 when he first arrived at Dragon Capital. He had reached C3 here after absorbing the energy downpour from the rift. Now, he must have encountered a rare opportunity inside the unknown dimension, which propelled him into C4-tier.

It was insane. This kid had evolved twice in the span of half a month.

‘At this rate, he would certainly surpass me one day if he could stay alive.’

The tower guardian was envious of Qin Feng’s limitless potential. Nonetheless, he was even more respectful of Qin Feng’s possible height in the future.

From this moment on, he viewed Qin Feng as an equal.

“I hope I didn’t betray your trust.” Qin Feng said humbly.

“What are you talking about? You are probably the first prodigy that managed to last this long inside the dimension. I am eager to know what are the rewards you have brought back with you. I am representing my family to offer you an alliance!” The tower guardian tried to rope in Qin Feng at the first chance he had.

Qin Feng had never participated in such a competition before but as a contestant brought in by Shang Han, he knew what was the appropriate thing to do. “I have to ask Regent Shang’s opinion on this. It would be disrespectful to make a decision without her consent.”

“That’s true.”

“Of course, I will report my experience there to the Human Alliance.”

“That’s great. The Human Alliance will reward you handsomely for your contribution. You will get what you deserve.”

Relaying the information to the Human Alliances was no different from reporting to Dragon Capital. In the end, the families in the Dragon Capital were the ones who would benefit the most from it.

But it was still rather insignificant if compared to the resources in Qin Feng’s hand now. The tower guardian understood that he could not force Qin Feng if he did not wish to share his loot.

The tower guardian guided Qin Feng to exit the Dragon Gate. Qin Feng realized he was being probed once he stepped out of the tower.

He was not bothered and went straight to the hotel where Shang Han had booked a room for him earlier.

Just as he planned to take a nap, his communicator rang in untimely fashion. It was from Shang Han.

“Qin Feng, I can’t believe that you are finally back! What took you so long? Anyway, I am glad that you are fine!” Shang Han was jubilant. Qin Feng had been trapped inside the dimension for too long. She was worried the whole time.

“Don’t you have confidence in me after seeing what I am capable of?”

“My bad. I should have trusted you more. But other prodigies normally come out after two to three days. It’s hard not to doubt when you didn’t come back after so long.”

“So, it’s my fault now?” Qin Feng asked rhetorically.

Shang Han was in a good mood but she spoke solemnly, “Qin Feng, your outrageous strength is the exact reason why I am so worried about you. The stronger you are, the tougher your enemies will become. Nothing is guaranteed. Not now, not in the future.”

“You are probably the standalone prodigy now. You certainly understand that the tallest sprout is also the easiest to break. If possible, I hope that you can stay low for now and spread your influence quietly. Wait patiently for a few years, then shock the world when you are truly ready.”

Qin Feng understood Shang Han’s concern but he could not care less about it.

Shang Han was hoping that he could huddle up safely in a remote place and emerge only after he had at least reached B-tier, if not A-tier.

However, that went against the very fundamental of his method to strengthen himself. His Absorption Ability required powerful opponents to fulfill its potential.

Besides, there was no reason for him to stay low.

Shang Han had no idea about the enormous benefits he had gained in this journey.

Qin Feng was extremely close to B-tier now!

Chapter 560: Arduous and Thankless Task

Qin Feng remained calm and there were not any major changes in his facial expression.

“Regent Shang, if that’s what you are thinking, I might have to disappoint you!”

“I knew it!” Shang Han was not surprised by the answer at all!

Qin Feng did not go on further on the topic and shifted the focus to something else. “From my encounter, I have obtained some new technologies from other regions, however, with my current capability, I do not have extra manpower resources to analyze such items, hence, I am proposing a cooperation with you, Regent Shang!”

Certainly, Shang Han was extremely delighted, Qin Feng’s news was her exact expectation.

Of course, compared to the others, it was a partnership with Qin Feng and not a trade, and it was a special treatment only for Qin Feng.

It was because of Qin Feng’s capabilities and his status of being a powerful figure.

However, Shang Han still added on, “For the long amount of time that you have spent in the region, you must have obtained a huge number of items, if any influential parties from the Dragon Capital were to offer you an opportunity for cooperation, you should also engage in discussion with them!”

Qin Feng nodded and indicated his acknowledgement.

Both of them exchanged some other information before the call was ended.

Then, hasty footsteps were heard from the outside of Qin Feng’s door.

As expected, Qin Feng was then alerted by knockings from the door.

Bai Li reached out to the door and it was Zhou Hao and Jin Fei.

“Little Feng! You are safe!” Zhou Hao was relieved to find out that Qin Feng was safe, however, he then acted in an unusual manner and exclaimed in exaggeration, “You have advanced to a new tier now!”

Qin Feng patted on Zhou Hao’s shoulder and answered, “You are doing quite well too, surprisingly, you are a D1-tier now!”

To advance a tier higher to become D-tier within half a month was definitely an impressive speed of advancement!

“Jin Fei is doing quite well too!”

Qin Feng took a look at Jin Fei who was standing beside him, obviously, both of them had been notified by the news and rushed their way there!

“Chairman, such an unfortunate and disgraceful event!” Jin Fei expressed himself.

Qin Feng laughed, as it was the same brief response that he had given to the tower guardian of the Dragon Gate Tower! However, Qin Feng knew that Jin Fei meant what he had said, and it was his genuine appreciation toward his cultivation.

Both of the youngsters were full of potential, and in the future, they would become the helpful assistants of Qin Feng.

“Good, very good!”

After they had greeted each other with excitement, obviously, there were serious matters that they had to discuss later. Zhou Hao briefed Qin Feng on the internal matters such as the instability among the members, aptitude users that were worried, and also the ancient warrior families that were itching to act.

Although the recordings from the Prodigy Tournament were compiled and broadcasted to keep everyone informed that Qin Feng was the top-tier Hero Class, however, everyone was worried by Qin Feng’s delayed return from his training within the unknown dimension.

“It was all because of the absence of a powerful figure to fill in the top post!” Qin Feng had already expected such a situation; therefore, he had been dedicating his effort to cultivate Zhou Hao and Jin Fei under him.

Although Zheng Qian and Chen Xiang were C-tiers that were available within the organization, they were the Fengli Mercenary members that were independent from the Fengli Organization, and Zheng Qian and the others had not been to Fengli City before.

Overwhelming expansion would often cause unstructured and unsteady foundation.

“I will take care of these later!”

“Hmm, since you are back, everything will be easily resolved!” Obviously, Zhou Hao felt much more relieved.

“Do not spread the news about my return first!” Qin Feng ordered.

“Alright!”

As soon as the conversation with Zhou Hao, Jin Fei and the others had ended, Qin Feng’s communicator was flooded with alerts. At a quick glance, Qin Feng knew that those influential figures from the Dragon Capital, Western, Eastern and Southern regions were contacting him via his communicator.

Some of them were even directly connected to his communicator and he could barely cope with the sudden spike in communications.

Zhou Hao and Jin Fei noticed Qin Feng’s unavailability and excused themselves.

Despite the hassle of entertaining everyone that had approached him, Qin Feng did not reject any of the powerful figures with their proposal for collaboration. Being an elder himself, Qin Feng did not want to isolate himself from the others, with his past years of experience before his rebirth, he was already honed with well-rounded skills to handle matters by himself.

“Elder Long, hmm, I know, but I have just returned, and I have yet to find out about those interesting items!”

“Oh? General Nangong, yes, if possible, you will definitely be in my list of collaborating partners!”

“Exactly, I have yet to get any rest, alright, I will definitely keep you informed!”

All of the communications were handled by Qin Feng in an organized manner, while some were handled by messages, and all of them were invited to a reception three days later to discuss the distribution of the loot together.

However, there were still some that did not appreciate it at all.

“Qin Feng, you are still young and do not have much experience, I can help with the unorganized items, I do have quite some handy people that are specialized in armory, of course, I can also help with you with the valuation on the abilities and battle skills of yours!”

Qin Feng scoffed deep down but retained his calm expression, and even the caller from the other end of the communicator was unable to notice any difference in his emotions.

“Well, that is so kind of you Lord Chu, however, I have already decided to hold a conference three days later, so that it will be fair to everyone else!”

“Isn’t this a good solution for your problem? Why not take it? Perhaps, in another half an hour…”

“Ah, sorry about this, Lord Chu, I have another communication coming in, please wait for a while!”

Qin Feng interrupted the conversation and immediately switched the communication and ended the call with Lord Chu. Without any doubt, he had then blacklisted the caller in his communicator.

If the caller were to contact Qin Feng again, the call would constantly remain on hold.

“Do you really think I’m a fool?”

Qin Feng could not stop sneering at the lord of the second-tier family from the Dragon Capital, being an A5-tier himself, he was trying to achieve his wild schemes by scamming Qin Feng into it. Hence, it was reasonable for Qin Feng to react in such a rude way.

It was merely a glorified way of asking Qin Feng to first contribute the items for his own benefits, and the items could even be taken away and kept hidden from Qin Feng.

How could Qin Feng possibly allow such a scenario to happen?

However, Qin Feng was not in a hurry at all as most of the major clans were already in contact with him, and those who intended to play out their tricks would have to keep an eye on the other clans.

“Interesting, even if I were to collaborate with any of the clans, the focus of the outcome will still be on the profits, and isn’t that still a threat for me?”

“Even after the collaboration, the annual bonus, resource sharing and utilization of technological advancements will still put me under a dangerous spot!”

“However, a one-off trade will discontinue my profitable relations with the clans and those that did not manage to get anything would even suspect that I have retained some of the items for myself, and I might even be assassinated!”

“It will also be impossible for me to keep it all for myself.”

“Such a tricky situation!”

However, it was obvious that Qin Feng did not care much about such a problem, he knew that Shang Han was on her way and she would arrive in three days, it was still early and the best option would be to first get enough rest and strengthen his capabilities!

Chapter 561: Butterfly Effect, Fengli Crisis

When Qin Feng was still figuring out which project from the Dragon Capital research he should sell, and which technology should be retained, a deserted wilderness within the high mountains was connected to a Mirage Sanctuary.

The sanctuary existed long ago, however, the organization that had owned it for two years was still unable to open it up.

Finally, as an aircraft bombarded the outer barrier of the sanctuary with powerful energy light waves, the barrier exploded and was opened up!

“Great, it’s open, finally open!”

“Damn, the money was well spent!”

“Hmph, the newly established Fengli Organization has already raked in the huge profit, wouldn’t it be agitating if this attempt fails again?”

“Forget about that for now, hurry up and search inside, finally, there should be some precious items inside!”

A group was discussing as they made their way into the sanctuary and searched for loot.

There were two C-tiers, eight D-tier aptitude users, and more than fifty E-tier assistants that were present at the scene, and all of them had entered the sanctuary.

It was a six-layer sanctuary, and the first layer had to be opened by using pure energy, then, followed by internal strength, machinery energy, and the fourth layer had already been opened.

All of those that had entered knew that the higher the layer, the better the items would be, and upon entering the third layer, they had already obtained technology-improvised battle armor that was suitable for the usage of E-tier aptitude users!

The fourth layer would definitely be D-tier items, and they might even find C-tier, or B-tier items from the fifth and sixth layer!

It was the same reason that had constantly drawn attention from the Red Sun Corp toward the place, and they had even sent out C-tier aptitude users.

“Leader Tian, we didn’t expect to find D-tier items here, and there are a lot of precious metals!”

“Energy cannon, advance armory?”

“Haha, so much, great, with these, the armory advancement of the Red Sun Corp will skyrocket!”

The crowd quickly took action and gathered all of the advance armories as they were about to bring them back to discover the possibilities for production.

However, both of the C-tiers obviously had no interest in the items, and they had quickly gone ahead to explore the next layer.

As soon as they had arrived at the next layer, they were stunned by the barrier that required conscious energy in order to open, and both of them were ancient warriors.

“Hey, wait a minute, look at this shape!”

“What’s wrong with it?”

“This looks familiar with the Jade Cape that was placed at the center of the second layer!”

“What? Tian Yan, are you sure about that?”

“How could I be wrong, think about it, take a look, surprisingly, that item is supposed to be the key for the fifth layer!”

When the second layer was first opened, the E-tier Jade Cape was placed at the center, and it was a tier higher than the other F-tier items, however, how would that prove its value? For the C-tier ancient warriors, it was a worthless item.

Also, as they had to be there for a long period, putting on the bulky Jade Cape would only have little effect on their conscious energy regeneration, who would be that stupid to bring along an unnecessary green shell?

It was indeed an unnecessary and low-priced item; hence, it was already sold to a low-tier aptitude user from another city.

“Wen Hai, it was handled by your people, quickly look for it!” Tian Yan seemed to be worried as it had already been a year, and it would most probably be very difficult to trace back to the trade, during such times, the death rate was too high, and if someone were to get killed somewhere else while equipped with the item, it would definitely be impossible to track it!

The news had returned quickly as the investigation that went through every layer was completed in less than half a day, and they had managed to track down the Jade Cape.

It was sold to Fu City where a procurement personnel had bought it with a cheap price for storage enhancement purposes. However, more than a year ago, it was traded to another person.

“Who’s that person?”

“Leader, it was a person named Qin Feng, yes, the chairman of the Fengli Organization, and also the governor of the North Sea state!”

“It’s him!”

Tian Yan and Wen Hai instantly knew who Qin Feng was.

After all, the artillery that was used to open the fourth layer was bought from the Fengli Organization.

The person relaying the news continued, “Also, from the news that we have gathered, Qin Feng has already achieved C-tier and it would be unnecessary for him to put on the Jade Cape, and we would expect him to award it to his people; hence, we had been performing our discreet inquiries at Fengli City and have even bribed a high level personnel. However, there is no news about Qin Feng awarding the Jade Cape to anyone, and it was also not found within the internal warehouse of the Fengli Organization!”

At that moment, both of their eyes glittered.

“It must be the cape, Qin Feng must have found it, and it has allowed him to have such a tremendous spike in his capabilities!”

“Yes, must be it!”

Both of them regretted their decision in selling that item at that time.

“Leader, listen to me, Qin Feng has recently participated in a Prodigy Tournament at the Dragon Capital and he is stuck within a secret territory, he would most probably not survive from it, and the internals of the Fengli Organization are controlling a smaller secret territory that has a warehouse that is only accessible by genuine high-level personnel, perhaps…”

Perhaps, it was within it!

With that in mind, the eyes of Tian Yan and Wen Hai glittered again.

The true capability of the Fengli Organization had solely relied on Qin Feng, and nobody else, without the presence of a formidable chairman, the others that were left within the newly-established and small-sized organization would definitely be unable to withstand any attacks!

“I’ll go by myself, Wen Hai, you shall hear from me!” Yan Tian made a firm decision.

“Alright!”

Both of them were ancient warriors, Tian Yan had been practicing battle skills that were specialized in assassination, hence, Wen Hai was assured that Tian Yan would definitely succeed in the operation!

Little did Qin Feng know that his establishment of the Fengli Organization, and his mastering on the technology of the floating city had caused the Red Sun Corp to open up the sanctuary two years earlier, and it had then led them to himself.

The so-called Jade Cape was actually the Godwill Atlas!

A crisis was about to land on the Fengli Organization that was already facing its trials and hardships!

***

At the Dragon Capital, in a ten-level residential tower that was close to the clouds in the sky, the atmosphere was still filled with an abundant earth spirit aura. It was a perfect living environment, it would even allow an unawakened youth to be able to directly practice ancient warrior practices.

A groundbreaking conference was being held within the most prestigious and lavish hotel.

Even at the Dragon Capital, it was extremely rare for a conference to be attended by a bunch of A-tiers.

After all, the A-tiers were the top tier personnel of the hierarchy within the Dragon Capital.

However, all of them were there, and it was all because of one person.

It was because of Qin Feng.

It had been three days since Qin Feng informed the Human Alliance of the Huaxia region about The Perished Lands, meanwhile, the Dragon Capital who had owned the Dragon Gate Tower for so many years was just informed about the actual news.

The Prodigy Tournament that was participated by all tribes that had an entry barrier of C-tier, the rise of the Shades, the danger of nightfall, the Sage Stars and the fifteen-day restriction, all of them were precious intelligence for them.

Meanwhile, the most awaited scene was about to commence.

Qin Feng had invited all of them to witness his introduction on every item that he had obtained, and nobody would want to miss out on those precious items!

Chapter 562: Traitor

During the conference, Qin Feng stood and looked down from the front, it was attended by more than a hundred influences of varying sizes.

Due to the massive size of the Dragon Capital, it was under the influence of at least nine elders, and one of them was a house lord.

Hence, the distinctive trait of the Dragon Capital was its dense population.

‘Among these people, I will only target thirty collaborations in the end, and some of them are totally unnecessary.’

Qin Feng sneered deep down, the short-sighted families were like hungry wolves that preyed on Qin Feng as they looked at him, in fact, as Qin Feng looked at them, he was totally unbothered.

Qin Feng would not care about such families as they would soon be eliminated by the fast-paced competition within the Dragon Capital.

“From my recent exploration, I would like to present to you a total of one hundred and forty-eight advance technology parts, and about thirteen ability practicing skills that will be published for public practice, and I will be selling all of these items at the Human Alliance!”

“As for the hundreds of advanced technology items that vary in technological capability, I do hope all of you would gauge your own capability and act diligently!”

The crowd below exclaimed, although they had expected Qin Feng to have obtained a lot of items, however, the actual number was way beyond their expectations.

Qin Feng was not bothered by the discussion among the crowd and went on, “I have already passed on three of them to Regent Shang, the remaining hundred and forty-five will be divided among the major families, at maximum, each would only get five and it would also depend on the research capability of the respective family.”

“Meanwhile, my rules are simple, contend with your own financial ability, I will not withdraw any of the amount as it will be used to fund your research projects and the post-production work. However, technologies from the research work will be commonly shared and I will get twenty percent of the profits, if any of you disagree, it would be better to not join in.”

“Of course, just to be clear and courteous with each other, the mutual development project will last for three years, throughout the years, if I were to die of unexpected reasons, every developed technology will be directly published to the Dark Coalition!”

It was also declared as a threat.

The crowd seemed to be worried by such an arrangement, and a family leader from a major family voiced out, “Mister Qin, I’m afraid your approach would be unfavorable for some!”

What if some of the families that had failed in contending were to join forces with the Dark Coalition to take Qin Feng down, would that not be a secured win for them?

Qin Feng remained calm and continued, “Therefore, for those who are thinking of playing tricks, please be reminded of the widespread technology secrets that I have on hand!”

With that, some were able to understand Qin Feng’s intention.

Being on the weaker side when compared to the other major families, Qin Feng was not entitled to have such mutual technology sharing. However, on the other hand, he had huge potential and it was different from Ai Duo and the others.

Also, he had gotten an important piece of information for the Dragon Capital, and it was equivalent to a huge contribution, at least, he should be able to enjoy the special award and treatment.

Hence, Qin Feng had earned his stake to table out the terms with all of the influential parties.

However, the shape of the future was still unpredictable.

Undoubtedly, by securing the collaboration with all major families, Qin Feng would be the final winner. Would it not be better for the clans to stop Qin Feng’s growth by killing him and taking control of the technologies?

However, Qin Feng’s threat had precisely aimed onto their lifeline, he was unkillable, or else, he would then transfer the technologies to the Dark Coalition.

On the other hand, for those clans who could not get their hands on the technologies, they would have to consider if they were to kill Qin Feng, what sort of technologies would they get?

Even if they were able to obtain it, the research on highly destructive skills would not succeed immediately, could it take a year, two years, or three years to complete the research work?

Capabilities of the Hero Class were usually immeasurable by normal terms, with Qin Feng’s pace, he would only require half a year to achieve B-tier, hence, it would still be possible for a B-tier to go against an A-tier!

By then, would it take an S-tier aptitude user to kill Qin Feng? First, such a person had to exist!

All of a sudden, the crowd sank into mixed emotions as they looked at Qin Feng.

It was a plot!

The aim was to buy time!

However, Qin Feng did not spare them any more time for consideration and showcased all hundred and forty-five technological parts, of course, all of those were handpicked by Qin Feng, they were useful, but not too useful.

However, the prices varied according to the sizes, with the disintegration that was already applied, it was impossible to pull any sly moves.

Some of the capable families were already gauging on the five slots that they were allowed to take.

“From now on, auctioning for item number one!” The auctioneer that was hired by Qin Feng began with the first hammer.

Despite the infighting and hidden torrential rush among the crowd, Qin Feng still had control over the situation.

He stood at the backstage with his arms folded as he witnessed the competition among the powerful figures of the Dragon Capital. However, he seemed to be unbothered by it.

After all, he had been through every situation and would not be affected by such an insignificant matter!

***

In Fengli City, Xue Xingfu had been worried for the past few days, actually, he should be able to get some good rest.

“Fortunately, these people are not informed, wait until the chairman is back, all of you shall pay for it!”

The trade between Qin Feng and the families from the Dragon Capital was major news, however, it would never be discovered by the distanced and generally weaker states from the North Sea as they were intentionally blocked from accessing such information.

However, for the past few days, with his keen sense from being an unscrupulous businessman, he seemed to be perceiving the situation as the calm before the storm.

“Beep beep beep, unusual alert!” The sudden news instantly shocked Xue Xingfu as he sat up straight in his chair and looked at the screen.

The system of the floating city was equipped with all sorts of functions that were unknown by the outsiders, for example, the function that was controlled by Xue Xingfu was a threat detection system that could scan through Fengli City to observe the life magnetic field of all lifeforms.

The system would prompt its alert if there were death counts that exceeded the value of three within the timeframe of ten minutes, after all, under Qin Feng’s management, Fengli City would rarely have any fight scenes.

However, from Xue Xingfu’s observation, the death count had already hit six within the timeframe of two minutes.

Xue Xingfu immediately activated the surveillance system and locked in on the view within Fengli City, it was at the official residence of Wang Chen, the Patrol General of the city.

It was a scene under the nightfall where slaughter was carried out by a shadow, Xue Xinfu was immediately infuriated and blood red veins were seen around his pupils.

“Traitor!!!”

Xue Xinfu roared in anger!

***

In a banquet hall, Qin Feng had underestimated the intricate relations among the families of the Dragon Capital, and in the end, there were approximately forty-seven families that had entered into partnership with him.

Of course, Qin Feng was quite delighted for the whopping twenty trillion that he had raked in.

However, the numbers were still rather small and it was incomparable with Qin Feng’s previous profits.

“Thank you everyone for coming today, and I do hope everyone will return with satisfaction!”

Then, the dishes were being presented. However, some did not appreciate it and excused themselves with upset expressions, and some discourteous ones had even exited abruptly, just like House Lord Chu.