Chapter 613 - 211: First Place, Qin Feng! Taking the Heaven-Devouring King as Master! A Single Step to the Heavens
Chapter 613: Chapter 211: First Place, Qin Feng! Taking the Heaven-Devouring King as Master! A Single Step to the Heavens
For Qin Feng, these past five years had been a period of profound accumulation, preparing for a monumental breakthrough.
The moment he successfully comprehended the ninetieth trace, a second, perfectly flawless crystalline "goblet" finally coalesced within his sea of consciousness!
The total volume of his Mental Power doubled once more!
Without a moment’s rest, Qin Feng immediately immersed his consciousness in comprehending the ninety-first Mental Power trace.
BOOM!!!
The instant his Mental Power made contact with the trace, a mental pressure dozens of times more terrifying than the previous ninety combined—a weight like that of the entire collapsing Cosmos—slammed violently into his sea of consciousness!
This overwhelming pressure no longer contained just simple devouring and destruction. It now held something more—a higher, more complex, supreme Will!
Simultaneously, a stream of information—impossibly vast and unimaginably complex, like a Star River bursting its dam—surged wildly into his mind.
Simply digesting and processing the vast concepts and information presented in this ninety-first Mental Power trace took Qin Feng a full seven days and seven nights!
’Starting from the ninety-first trace, the difficulty spikes precipitously...’
Qin Feng slowly opened his eyes, a trace of shock and awe in his gaze.
Yet, there was not the slightest trace of discouragement or fear in his heart.
On the contrary, an unprecedented desire to meet this challenge burned fiercely within him.
He closed his eyes again, his entire consciousness instantly sinking into a "flow state" where he was lost to the world.
He quietly comprehended the profound True Intent of the fist technique while periodically entering the Imperial Arena to battle powerful opponents, repeatedly honing his understanding and application of the Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique.
’The Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique...’
’The core of its fist Intent is ’Devouring Heaven and Earth, encompassing all of creation.’ The sheer ambition of its concept is simply mind-boggling.’
’Its defense is flawless and all-encompassing. Any form of Technique or energy attack is drawn into an invisible vortex created by the fist Intent, then devoured and neutralized, vanishing without a trace.’
’As for its offense, it is absolutely domineering. A single punch is like a mobile, miniature black hole that sweeps everything away. It seems even light cannot escape the vanguard of the fist... The fist Intent is terrifying to behold.’
Insights into this Supreme Fist Technique continuously flashed through Qin Feng’s mind.
Time slipped by quietly once more.
「One year later.」
Just when everyone thought the dozens of top prodigies would remain stuck before the ninety-first trace until the assessment ended—
VMMMM!!!
On the Inheritance Stone Stele, the region representing the ninety-first Mental Power trace—a section that had been dormant for decades—suddenly, without any warning, erupted in a blindingly intense golden light!
A single, solitary name appeared upon it, crystal clear!
[Qin Feng · This Star Zone]
In that instant, it was as if a supernova had been dropped into a calm lake, igniting a firestorm of excitement throughout the entire arena and, indeed, across all the viewing zones within the Ultramarines Chapter’s domain!
This was because, for the past year, the dozens of prodigies hailed as the strongest of their cohort had, without exception, been stuck before the ninety-first trace. Not a single one had managed to break through.
And yet Qin Feng, who had only begun his surge in the middle stage of the assessment and had steadily overtaken the front-runners, had managed to cross this seemingly insurmountable barrier in just one year!
From this moment on, the so-called "first echelon" consisted of him and him alone!
However, what was even more surprising—or rather, astounding—to everyone was yet to come.
After successfully comprehending the ninety-first Mental Power trace, Qin Feng’s momentum didn’t slow in the slightest. Instead, it became even more ferocious, even more unstoppable!
Another year passed. It was now the eighty-second year of the assessment.
VMM—The ninety-second trace shone with golden light!
Qin Feng’s name was branded upon it!
Another year passed. The eighty-third year of the assessment.
VMM—The ninety-third trace was lit!
Another year...
A full ninety years had passed since the start of the assessment.
At this moment, on that impossibly vast Inheritance Stone Stele, the uppermost section—from the ninety-first to the ninety-eighth level—bore only a single, solitary name: Qin Feng!
And his name was now flickering before the final and most difficult trial: the ninety-ninth Mental Power trace. It was gathering power, preparing to make the final push!
Looking further down, the area for the ninetieth trace—where dozens of top prodigies had once gathered—now held tens of thousands of names.
Further down still, between the eightieth and ninetieth Mental Power traces, roughly a million people had left their names.
Between the seventieth and eightieth traces, the names of several hundred million people were gathered.
As for the last echelon of participants, their progress had reached the sixty-fifth trace.
All the other Martial Artists were stalled between the sixty-fifth and seventieth traces, unable to advance another inch.
「Another five years passed.」
The ninety-fifth year of the assessment.
The standings on the Stone Stele had not changed significantly.
Only that tens of thousands more names had been added to the ninetieth trace.
But still, not a single person had managed to comprehend the ninety-first level.
For everyone but Qin Feng, that barrier seemed truly insurmountable.
「Another three years passed.」
The ninety-eighth year of the assessment.