However, a stream that was only ankle deep would not be enough for what Qin Feng needed, so he continued on.
The stream constantly flowed past Qin Feng’s ankles, until it reached up to no higher than his thighs, then to his waist. The surrounding energy was packed to the brim, but also constantly pushing against him with extreme force.
The stream was repelling him, trying to push him away.
It was naturally impossible for Qin Feng to give up such a great opportunity for ranking up. His legs were like stone, standing firm.
The surrounding specters, after seeing him, wildly rushed toward him. Even if Qin Feng activated his strongest Dark Shroud, it would not be useful now.
Standing in the darkness, that distinct aura of life was very easy to recognize.
Hwreee!
A large specter fell upon him, roaring and swinging out toward Qin Feng as he had invaded its territory.
“Thousand Spirit Chain Rend!”
Qin Feng remained where he had planted his feet, slashing up and toward the specter as the nine frozen stars appeared behind him. That was because he knew that there would not only be just one specter coming for him.
As expected, more specters began to approach one after another.
He stood his ground, killing whatever enemy that got close enough into his range.
As he slayed his way through the specters attacking him, he was also constantly and tirelessly absorbing energy. It would take ten days of this before he would properly reach A9-tier and even then going from A9-tier to S-tier would take some time.
“Looks like I’ve been taking this for granted!”
Qin Feng put on a wry smile. Although his consciousness was not on the same level as his physical form, the energy it used up was not little.
“Bai Li!” He called out, and from the darkness, Bai Li swept Qin Feng away from where he once was.
After an entire night of his rampage, he was exhausted. The most important thing was that this kind of fighting could not replenish his internal force and restore his physical energy.
That was because the specters he slayed did not contain energy.
He needed to rest.
However, in that realm where time was flowing faster, there was no need to mention how much time had passed in the outside world. When Qin Feng reappeared, he was still in the water and two specters were near him.
Before these specters could attack him, something happened.
Whooosh!
The water began to flow backward, going from being waist deep to being thigh deep. Qin Feng could feel the energy rapidly receding.
Those specters seemed to linger along the water, fleeing and leaving him alone.
Qin Feng also started to run.
He used martial arts to move himself, naturally he would be faster than the specters but he later discovered that he could not keep up with the wave as he watched it recede without a trace.
However, after the tide receded, Qin Feng stood in place and stared at the things on the ground in amazement.
“Are… are these all Hell Stones?” He could not believe what he was seeing.
It might have been an exaggeration if said out loud, but Qin Feng’s consciousness could detect at least more than a hundred Hell Stones within a one-hundred-meter distance.
These Hell Stones were like pebbles in a creek, lying on the stream bed. Now that all the water was gone, the stones were naturally exposed.
Just when Qin Feng saw this, the specters in the area saw this as well and naturally they all tried to snatch them away.
Another great battle ensued, Qin Feng was not planning on sharing as he grabbed all the Hell Stones he could fit into his arms.
What a fortune!
“Don’t know when another wave like this is going to happen!”
That was something he was looking forward to.
As he continued to walk forward, there was no trace of the water other than the Hell Stones that lined the ground.
Up to a certain point, something ahead of him caused him to have chills run down his spine.
Bai Li appeared from her space, sounding a bit panicked, “Don’t go any further. There’s a terrible creature up ahead and his aura is tampering with spatial manipulation. I can’t open up another entrance into the space!”
Without the entrance into her void, Bai Li would be unable to come out from there, nor would she be able to pull Qin Feng out of trouble should he be in a sticky situation.
This might as well have completely countered his ace in the hole.
Qin Feng stared into the darkness. Some unknown monster out there caused his desire to explore to be overcome by reason.
“Let’s try another direction!”
“Yeah!”
Considering that she did not want Qin Feng to be in harm’s way, Bai Li naturally agreed.
He tried traveling in other places, but up to a certain point, he would always encounter a terrifying behemoth.
His strength was only until this point.
Although his consciousness was unable to extend across the entire continent, he had Bai Li. She could traverse through the realm and figure out which location they were in, for her it was a simple thing to do.
“We’re currently in the center of this landmass!”
Of course, the underground of the center.
He had guessed the origin of the name Dragonspine Valley and that was indeed correct but there was no dragon marrow here. All that was left was dark energy and that was far more valuable than dragon marrow.
“With my strength right now, the best I can do is pace around here. Last time I received the Sovereign Roar, that’s already a stroke of good luck. That Behemoth didn’t move. Now these ones should not be provoked!”
These behemoths were in the SS-tier in terms of strength.
Qin Feng’s internal force was only S-tier, and that being said it was in the deity tier compared to the S-tier powerhouses. He could kill an ancient warrior in the matter of seconds and was only just a little bit weaker than an ability user of the same tier.
When faced with SS-tier aptitude users, he could only defend himself but not contend.
An A4-tier physical body and A8-tier consciousness had become Qin Feng’s weakness.
Such a level of strength could be identified by SS-tiers and exploited during an attempt to kill him.
However, the moment Qin Feng had completely reached S-tier, even a strong SS-tier would have trouble facing off against him and those who were considered average would be easily defeated.
“This should be enough. Back to hunting specters to increase my consciousness. Too bad there’s no dragon marrow or dragon blood!”
“With a land full of death, of course there’s nothing like that. Next time, we should go to a realm full of life!” Bai Li said.
“You’re right!”
Bai Li stroked her chin, saying, “Come to think of it, while I’ve grown up quite a bit, I haven’t done any traveling through the realms. That’s what spatial beasts are supposed to do, travel between realms. That is what a true spatial beast is.”
Qin Feng’s gaze softened, he knew that Bai Li had stayed because of him.
“Then, I’ll follow you!”
The corners of Bai Li’s lips curled into a smile. “Of course.”
