Chapter 627 - 213: Madman Qin Feng, Far-Reaching Fame, Meteoric Growth, and the Fourth Goblet
Chapter 627: Chapter 213: Madman Qin Feng, Far-Reaching Fame, Meteoric Growth, and the Fourth Goblet
[Name: Qin Feng]
[Points: 3]
[Current Location: Galaxy No. 117]
[Overall Rank: 3,198,542,761,009]
[Note: 17,452,108 contestants have been officially eliminated.]
A thoughtful glint flashed through Qin Feng’s eyes as he looked at the updated data.
’Five years, and over seventeen million contestants have already been eliminated. It seems the intensity of the fighting is higher than I imagined.’
’But my rank has barely budged. This must mean that for the first five years, the vast majority of Martial Artists, like me, chose to prioritize searching for resources and developing a stable foundation. The truly large-scale conflicts haven’t erupted yet.’
’However, the first round of seclusion should be over for most. It’s time to start large-scale searching again, and the intensity of the fighting will soon spike.’
Qin Feng came to a conclusion.
Those who were eliminated were most likely just poor souls who had the bad luck of running into a powerful enemy in the early stages of exploration, just like Manus.
And these initial Resource Points probably only provided enough for three to five years of seclusion.
Soon, the war zone would once again be filled with endless battles.
During his five years of seclusion, in addition to the terrifying, twofold increase in his physical body’s strength, Qin Feng’s Mental Power cultivation had not fallen behind either.
Over these five years, besides absorbing Blood Crystal Energy, he had also consumed a set amount of Spirit Mushrooms every day as if they were snacks.
Tempered by that gentle yet persistent spiritual pressure, his Sea of Consciousness had also undergone a qualitative change.
The three Spiritual Power Cups that represented the Planet Second Limit·Cup Realm had now become even more solid and substantial, and the Spiritual Power Drops they held had long since overflowed.
And beside them, the prototype of a fourth, brand-new, and slightly ethereal cup had already successfully condensed.
This meant his Mental Power cultivation had officially entered the stage of condensing the fourth cup.
Although the fourth cup had yet to fully solidify, both the total amount and control precision of his power were on a whole other level compared to five years ago.
’Physical body and spirit, advancing in tandem.’
Qin Feng was very satisfied with his gains over the past five years.
He did not linger where he was.
The Resource Points in one star system had been completely plundered. It was time to head to the next target.
His figure, along with the small spacecraft, vanished into the silent asteroid belt.
In the days that followed, Qin Feng became a tireless interstellar Scavenger.
He conducted a carpet search, jumping from one star system to the next.
Subspace Teleportation—arrive—scan with the Jade Token—lock onto a Resource Point—teleport—collect resources—then another Subspace Teleportation.
The process was tedious yet efficient.
He had visited a star system burning with green flames and, on a floating continent of crystal, gathered Ethereal Crystals that could accelerate Spiritual Energy recovery.
He had been to a dark galaxy shrouded by a massive nebula and, in the ruins of a Death Planet, found a Black Soul Flower that could temper one’s Martial Dao Will.
He had also encountered some sporadic battles, but most of his opponents were comparable in strength to Manus, the first person he killed, or even weaker.
Before the current Qin Feng, whose foundation had grown exponentially, they weren’t even worthy of making him draw his gun. They were easily crushed by the Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique and turned into insignificant points on his Jade Token.
Time flew by amidst this constant searching and occasional combat.
「In the blink of an eye, several more years passed.」
Within Galaxy No. 117, the name "Madman" gradually began to spread.
This was mainly because Qin Feng was utterly decisive in his attacks, offering no chance for mercy, and plundered resources with a mad fervor, as if he hadn’t seen any in eight lifetimes.
On this day, Qin Feng once again completed an ultra-long-range Subspace jump, arriving in a brand new, unfamiliar star system.
The instant he stabilized himself, the Jade Token Mark on the back of his hand erupted with an unprecedented, scorching heat. The light it emitted was so brilliant it was almost blinding.
On his HUD, the map refreshed rapidly.
An enormous bright spot, flashing with a piercing red light, had appeared in the marginal zone of the star system.
The energy signature represented by this bright spot was several times, even tens of times, more massive than any Resource Point he had ever encountered before!
"Oh?"
A flicker of intense interest flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes.
’Such a massive energy signature, and it’s not located on a Life Planet, but on the moon of a gas giant.’
He examined the map information carefully.
It was a moon designated "Europa-7."
The data showed it was a typical ocean moon, its surface covered by a thick ice sheet. Beneath the ice lay a churning, subterranean ocean kept liquid by core activity and tidal forces.
’A subterranean ocean capable of nurturing such an immense energy resource... there must be something incredible hidden within it.’
Without further hesitation, Qin Feng set the coordinates and piloted his spacecraft, transforming into a silver stream of light as he rushed toward the icy-blue planet that radiated an endless allure.
The spacecraft passed through the thin atmosphere and slowly landed on the surface of Europa-7.
The hatch opened, and a frigid wind, carrying the scent of ice crystals and sulfur, howled in.
Qin Feng stepped out of the spacecraft onto the hard, uneven ice sheet.
He scanned his surroundings. The environment here was exceptionally harsh.
The sky wasn’t a deep black but a strange, dark purple. This was because the nearby gas giant blocked most of the light from the star.
A fierce wind swept fine ice and snow across the land like razors, letting out a mournful shriek.
Visibility was extremely low, and the distant scenery was shrouded in a dim fog.
According to Hammer’s scans, the average surface temperature here was around negative 170 degrees Celsius.
The average thickness of the ice sheet reached an astonishing 100,000 meters.
And the massive Resource Point on the map was undoubtedly located deep within the liquid ocean 100,000 meters below, a place that never saw the light of day.
’A 100,000-meter ice sheet... First, I need to find its weakest point.’
Qin Feng had a plan.
He didn’t act rashly. Instead, he stored his spacecraft and began to traverse the desolate moon on foot.
His Mental Power spread out like an invisible net, extending deep underground to meticulously probe the geological structure of every inch of the ice sheet.
This process lasted for a full day.
Finally, at the bottom of a massive glacial Rift Valley, he found what he was looking for.
’This is the place.’
According to his probing, the ice sheet here was at its most fragile due to geological activity, and its thickness was "only" about 10,000 meters.
With his current strength, a single, full-power strike would be enough to pierce through it completely.
However, just a few minutes after he had pinpointed the location and was preparing to break the ice, two powerful and distinct auras approached at high speed from different directions, almost simultaneously!
Clearly, he wasn’t the first person to discover this place.
Qin Feng’s gaze hardened. He slowly turned to face the newcomers.
Two figures, one on the left and one on the right, landed almost at the same time on the ice not far from him, kicking up two sprays of ice shards.
The person on the left was incredibly burly, standing nearly four meters tall. His body was a mass of knotted muscles, as if sculpted from granite.
He was bare-chested, wearing only a simple animal-hide loincloth, and his bronze skin was covered in ferocious-looking tattoos.
In his hand, he carried a white Bone Stick, polished from the leg bone of some giant beast, that was thicker than Qin Feng’s entire body.
His eyes were filled with savagery and violence, like a ferocious beast from a primordial era.
The person on the right, however, was a stark contrast to the savage giant.
He wore a suit of pure white power armor with sleek lines, like a work of art. Its surface was engraved with magnificent golden patterns.
He wore no helmet, revealing a head of brilliant blond hair and a pair of sapphire-blue eyes. His features were handsome, his bearing noble, like a Holy Knight stepping out of a myth.
The two Martial Artists, with their completely different styles but equally powerful auras, stopped in their tracks upon seeing each other and Qin Feng, forming a three-way standoff.
The silence lasted only a few seconds.
The savage giant was the first to break the silence.
He slammed his huge Bone Stick on the ground, producing a deep THUD that made the ice beneath their feet tremble.
He grinned, revealing a set of stark white teeth, and let out a peal of thunderous laughter.
"Hmph, I, ’Mad Bone’ Barto, have laid my claim on the resources here!"
He swept a contemptuous gaze over Qin Feng and the blond Martial Artist, issuing an ultimatum in a tone that brooked no argument.
"You two can either piss off, or—die!"