Chapter 495 - Abyss, or Slaughterhouse? (2/2)

“After you.”

The two of them left Qin Feng’s hunting ground and began to search for their prey. Probably because Qin Feng had attracted most of the beasts to him, the number of remaining beasts became scarce. They managed to found a lone beast rather quickly.

It took Chui Yang a great deal to finally kill a single beast. It hurt him to recall how dominated Qin Feng and Bai Li were against the same C-tier beast. Though his life was not threatened in the process, the time to finish one battle was extremely long in comparison.

After half a day had passed, the bronze lantern glowed differently to remind them it was night time soon.

Not only would the beasts’ power grow significantly during the night, but the force field around the region would be enhanced too. It was extremely tough to withstand the growing pressure inside the abyss during the night even for a C-tier. Hence, the lantern served as a signal to warn the users, asking them to abort the abyss as soon as possible.

Qin Feng did not plan to disobey the retreat call. He sheathed the saber and used his consciousness to chase away the beasts that tried to chase after him.

Qin Feng and Bai Li were not the only ones retreating at this time. There were about fifty users at the front gate when they arrived.

Creak!

The gate opened once again and the gathered aptitude users walked out swiftly.

Surprisingly, no beast was seen pursuing the departing group like it usually would. Yang Pi remained vigilant despite the rare quietness from inside and shut the gate immediately.

“Please return your bronze lantern so we can record the kill count and point reward.”

The small crowd queued up in an orderly fashion. Though most of them were B-tiers, they had no conflict with each other. Some even began to exchange information while waiting for their turn.

Everyone needed info on how to navigate safely through the ever-dangerous abyss.

The Northern Abyss was not only a place full of fallen beasts but numerous elects had also paid their lives in it.

Hence, to minimize the number of casualties, most explorers would tacitly tell each other about what they found and where they had gone on that particular day. This could also increase the chances of their body and runic equipment being found if any misfortune were to happen to them in the future.

The aptitude users submitted their scores one by one. Chui Yang was from the famous Chui family so the others let him go first.

“Nice job, Young Master. You had killed 12 beasts today!”

The beast inside the Northern Abyss usually moved in groups. If the candidate did not enter the abyss in a group, then it would spell doom for the aptitude user.

In other words, the most important thing was not how to kill the beast, but how to locate and kill a lone beast.

Chui Yang was lucky that most of the beasts he found were alone. However, he was not at all delighted because he knew the real reason behind this “luck”.

“It’s nothing spectacular!” Chui Yang forced a smile.

“At this rate, you would complete the C-tier mission in five days. Allow me to congratulate you in advance,” Yang Pi complimented Chui Yang as he tried to fawn the influential young master.

Chui Yang paid little attention to him. ‘How many beasts did he kill, I wonder.’

This was when he heard an exclamation coming from the adjacent line.

“Fifty in one day? Where did she come from?”

Everyone turned to Bai Li.

The materials gained by killing the beasts in the Northern Abyss had little market value. Yet, the reward was very lucrative.

A C-tier beast was equal to 1 point, and 1 point was equivalent to 100 million.

Cumulatively, fifty beasts were equal to 5 billion. Though it was not a big sum to a C-tier, the number could add up handsomely to 150 billion in a month. That was more rewarding and less risky than trying to kill a D-tier beast emperor!