Chapter 109 - Upgrading the Verdant Emperor Saber (1/2)

None of the ancient warrior’s comrades stepped in to diffuse the situation. Was Qin Feng’s slap to that person’s face, not also a slap to the dignity of the entire team? Revenge would normally be sought afterwards but there was a reason why this was not the case.

Apt.i.tude users could be perfectly described using the ever-changing weather as an a.n.a.logy. You may be riding high today, strong as ever but come tomorrow, you could just be eating dirt to get by!

It never crossed any of these people’s minds that Bai Li would possess such great power.

“She, she’s an apt.i.tude user!”

“Sh*t, comrade number three’s dead!”

“Just what kind of a sh*tshow did he get into last time?”

It did not take long for these ability-users to quiet down. Now, the hotel was dead silent.

Present on the scene was a total of six apt.i.tude users, half of them being close friends of the now-deceased warrior.

“Say, should we just run for it?” One of the gunners asked as he s.h.i.+fted around uncomfortably.

The lady looked as fragile as a porcelain flower vase but was strong enough to wipe out a battle-hardened man with a single blow. If she alone were this strong, it was hard to imagine just how much stronger this Qin Feng person was. Now that they have p.i.s.sed off his girl, it was a pretty wise decision to leave the scene.

“No, you’ve all witnessed just how strong she is. With Armageddon happening outside, she’s surprisingly calm for a lady to be travelling alone. There must be some trick up her sleeve, some kind of a trump card. It’s gotta be safer if we could just call for a ceasefire with them. Going outside isn’t an option!”

“Yeah, we’ll stay!”

The other half of the team were not particularly close with the late-ancient warrior and co. They merely banded together to wait out the storm, a pact of convenience. As they had not offended Qin Feng, there was no reason to go. In fact, they were relieved upon learning of his existence!

“Hmm, let’s check him out later on. We’ll introduce ourselves and by extension, secure the safety of our group!”

“Well said!”

The others seemed to have reached a consensus.

Meanwhile, Bai Li had finally arrived at the smelting facility where she handed the spear over to Qin Feng.

He then pa.s.sed the weapon carefully over to Liu Zhenshan.

“This is the one I was talking about!”

Upon receiving that spear, the old man’s face glowed with excitement.

“Star steel!”

“That’s correct.”

Qin Feng nodded.

As the Emperor Knight had died, so did its contract with its spear. The spirit residing within the spear dissipated over time hence it was not as effective in Qin Feng’s hands. In its current state, it would be far better to harness the power of its material, then to forge a new weapon out of it with the Verdant Emperor Saber.

In the next moment, it seemed as if the spear had turned into hot steel as Liu Zhenshan struggled to keep it within his grips.

“You want to use this to upgrade your own weapon? Wouldn’t that be a tad bit too wasteful?” Liu Zhenshan asked with a confused look.

To his question, Qin Feng shook his head as he replied, “I’m using it on my own weapon so how would it be wasteful?”

The old man had held in his arms the Verdant Emperor Saber in previous occasions and so he understood that it was forged from a G-tier ultra beast. However, a piece of star steel was of an S-tier rarity and could easily produce an A-tier runic equipment.

Though, that piece of equipment would be so powerful that even Qin Feng would find it hard to make good use of. On second thought, perhaps upgrading his personal weapon would be the best choice for Qin Feng after all.

“Alright, let’s get down to business then!”

The entire spearhead was forged out of pure star steel, so there was no need to refine it, nor was a separation process necessary. The only thing they needed to do was to melt it and reform its shape.

“Bai Li, you head back first! We’ll be back in no time!” Qin Feng said.

“I don’t want to go back. That place is stinky!” Bai Li reb.u.t.ted grumpily.

It seemed that after Qin Feng had left the shelter, the people there could finally let out a sigh of relief. Many of them, after finally surviving the arduous journey were drenched in sweat. There were even some that had emptied their bladders out of fear when they got attacked halfway through the journey. All those bodily fluids, trapped within a small, unventilated s.p.a.ce would soon turn the entire place nauseating to say the least.

However foul the place smelled, no one dared to grumble about it. What right did they have to do so?

Suddenly, the sound of gunfire broke the silence and soon, more guns started joining in as if a war had begun outside.

“What’s happening?”

Qin Feng’s brows furrowed.

Bai Li remembered the group of people she b.u.mped into on her way here and replied, “Hmm, I saw around seven humans over at the hotel while making my way here, and oh, right, one of them has been fed to the bugs!”

Qin Feng had no idea what Bai Li was referring to when she said “fed to the bugs”. Was she the one who fed the person to the bugs? Anyway, with so much noise from the battle outside, it was bound to attract a great deal of insectoids over.

If that were the case, Liu Zhenshan could be in big trouble!

“You stay here and protect Uncle Liu at all costs. Should the situation call for it, do not hesitate to release your strength. Use whatever tricks you have up your sleeve but you must stop those bugs from harming the old man. Understood?”

“Oh ho, aye aye!”

Bai Li nodded her head and sat back down in the room.

Qin Feng exited the smelting facility. Opening up the reinforced steel front door, he discovered that there already were bugs littering the corridor leading to where the old man and Bai Li were.

Five blade mantises and more than ten black steel bugs.

Qin Feng had only appeared for a mere second and yet these black steel bugs had started swarming over in an attempt to overwhelm him.