Chapter 210 - King Class D-tier (1/2)

Turns out, this was where the energy which fuelled the hollow bamboo shoots’ growth originated from.

Qin Feng picked the fish scale off the floor.

The moment he made physical contact with the piece of scale, he could feel the overwhelming amount of energy that was contained within.

“King tier!”

This must have been a ma.s.sive beast king.

Theoretically speaking, even if it were an aquatic creature, a beast king could survive for extended periods of time away from water. What was more, these granite walls should pose little to no resistance to its ability to pa.s.s through.

However, Qin Feng soon found the reason for this beast king’s demise. Backing away, he discovered that what laid in front of him was just the tail-end of the creature’s entire body.

The frontmost section of the skeleton appeared to have been crushed by something immensely powerful.

“It must’ve been sliced in half by the spatial rift!” As if she could read Qin Feng’s mind, Bai Li’s suggestion mirrored what he deduced had happened to this unfortunate beast king.

“I understand now!”

It was exactly like what had happened in the Zimu Mountains. A great number of zombies were unable to return to their realm as they too, were sliced in half at the waist as the spatial rift closed shut.

Perhaps the beast king was slightly more intelligent. It must have sensed that something was wrong with the spatial rift and attempted to crawl back where it came from but that was precisely when disaster struck, leaving its severed tail here in this granite prison.

And after eons had come to pa.s.s, it was Qin Feng’s destiny to reap the precious resource, left behind at the beast king’s expense!

Qin Feng immediately ordered for Bai Li to tuck away the goods, freeing his hands so he could scan the cavern one more time. There seemed to be nothing else here that could top the value of his previous find.

But that was enough! Qin Feng’s thirst for profit had, for now, been satisfied.

It was a great harvest today!

At Qin Feng’s current level, he would still have to practice extreme caution when facing off with an E-tier beast king.

If his enemy was D-tier and above, a fight would be completely out of the question.

This was where the fish skeleton came into play. It was an integral part that would enable him to defeat much stronger opponents in the future.

After leaving the cavern, Qin Feng peered downstream of the pool. There was a tiny stream around which plants grew thick and succulent, as if injected with tons of steroids. They were a stark contrast from the surrounding jungle plants, most of which had been harvested, presumably by the Wilderness Rangers.

There did not seem to be a whole lot more for Qin Feng to scavenge, thus he brought Bai Li back to Yang Sanhu and his troop’s campsite.

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On the second day, Qin Feng woke up in his usual manner, as if nothing had happened the night before. The Wilderness Rangers were of course, completely oblivious to the fact that they had missed out on the chance to strike it rich.

Qin Feng received an invitation to Yang Sanhu’s command center. Not long after, they were already deep into a conversation in a hover tank that was moving swiftly across the jungle floor.

“Because you said you are going over to Sea City, I’ve made some alterations to the direction which we’re gonna travel in. It’ll be easier for you to reach there!”

Yang Sanhu produced a map from his pocket, on which there were some markings on certain points.

“On this point, nearest to us, I b.u.mped into a large bush of man-eating vines but the place seems to be chock-full of valuable resources. Though, because of the vine’s existence, it has become something like a hunting park where humans are the prey. I’ve even received reports of an F-tier yellow wasp king roaming around the area. If not for those darned man-eating vines, I would’ve rushed toward that point!”

It was not that Yang Sanhu did not try using glider wings or flying devices in an attempt to get past the predators. Sending a lone E-tier apt.i.tude user to face an F-tier beast king was almost impossible to pull off successfully, especially after considering the fact that these man-eating vines could throw their opponents off with psychedelic poisoning.

He had no choice but to give up the fight.

“And here, I suspect that this mountain was teleported here from another plane through a spatial rift. It’s very likely that you’re gonna find rare metal deposits as part of its makeup. Unfortunately, there lives a group of other-worldly ent.i.ties on this mountain, the rock-skinned people to be exact.”

“There’s a herd of silver-horned buffaloes here. As you probably know, they’re covered in a layer of precious gems, which could all be sold for 3 to 4 million on the market. However, I’m scared of provoking them. My men and I would all surely be crushed if they start stampeding.”

Yang Sanhu introduced the first three points, all of which covered relatively large portions of the jungle.

Danger lurked around every corner in the wilderness. Yang Sanhu might appear to be quite the joker the way he spoke, but every year, he would patrol around this jungle, on the lookout for any changes that might turn out to be an existential threat to Chengbei colony.

Chengbei colony’s location overlapped with Chengyang City’s and could be considered as cannon fodder for the main city should all h.e.l.l break loose.

Hence, the danger they faced was greater than any place else.

“I don’t think these will all be a problem for me!”

“Very well! We’ll head straight for the first one! My men will follow behind to clean up the battlefield!”