Chapter 628 - 214: Instant Kill! Devouring Heaven! The Heaven-Reaching Vine in the Deep Cosmos
Chapter 628: Chapter 214: Instant Kill! Devouring Heaven! The Heaven-Reaching Vine in the Deep Cosmos
Faced with the giant barbarian’s threat, which was filled with primitive violence, Qin Feng’s gaze didn’t flicker in the slightest. He didn’t even pay him much attention.
Instead, it was the blond, blue-eyed Martial Artist with a noble air who caught his eye for a moment.
Just then, the blond Martial Artist also stopped sizing up the barbarian and turned to lock his gaze onto Qin Feng.
His azure eyes narrowed. After studying Qin Feng for a moment, a look of stunned uncertainty crossed his face. He asked tentatively,
"Are you... Madman Qin Feng?!"
"Mm."
At first, Qin Feng nodded instinctively, confirming his identity.
But a moment later, as if remembering something, his brow furrowed slightly. He shook his head and corrected,
"Who started calling me a madman? I don’t like that nickname."
Hearing this, a muscle in the blond Martial Artist’s face twitched, and the wariness in his eyes grew even deeper.
He took half a step back, putting a relatively safe distance between himself, Qin Feng, and the barbarian. In a low voice, he said,
"A reputation precedes a man, just as a tree casts a shadow. They might get your name wrong, but never your nickname."
"Since I’ve run into you here, I’ll pass on this opportunity."
He stated his intentions decisively, even giving Qin Feng a slight bow in a show of utmost deference. "I will withdraw voluntarily. I only ask that you... spare me."
This display left Barbarian Barto, who was standing off to the side, completely dumbfounded.
However, Qin Feng’s response sent the blond Martial Artist’s heart plummeting.
"Haha..."
Qin Feng let out a low, cheerful laugh.
He gripped his "Star-Swallower" long spear, its tip angled toward the ground. "Since you’ve already come all this way, isn’t it a little late to leave now?"
"I’ll be taking your points!"
"Goddammit, you madman!"
The blond Martial Artist’s expression twisted the moment he heard those words.
All hope vanished from his heart, and the instinct for survival took over.
He spun around without the slightest hesitation. The Psychic Core inside him went into overdrive, transforming him into a streak of platinum light as he fled frantically back the way he came.
He knew that if he could just escape this area and break free from the oppressive range of Qin Feng’s terrifying Mental Power, he could instantly activate Subspace Teleportation and make a clean getaway.
’One minute! I just have to hold on for one minute, and that’ll be enough!’
He screamed inwardly, ’That stupid barbarian has to be able to hold out for at least one minute, right?!’
Clinging to a final shred of hope, he chanced an instinctive glance over his shoulder as he fled for his life.
But that one glance made his blood run cold.
At the edge of his vision, Barbarian Barto, who had been so arrogant and domineering just moments ago, now stood rigidly in place.
A dark long spear had pierced clean through his chest, pinning his enormous body to the hard ice.
Fresh blood gushed down the shaft, instantly freezing in the frigid air.
And beside the corpse, Qin Feng was pulling out his long spear.
He held the still-dripping "Star-Swallower." Under a blade-like, frigid wind and roiling black clouds, his calm gaze fell upon Nickle. Then, with a flicker of movement, he transformed into a soul-reaping black shadow and shot forward!
’Holy shit—he’s so powerful! Several times stronger than the rumors claimed!’
The blond Martial Artist’s courage completely shattered.
’An instant kill!’
’That was Mad Bone Barto, a man who could hold his own against me! He didn’t even last a single exchange before being instantly killed!’
As Qin Feng’s figure rapidly grew larger in his vision, he roared with all his might,
"Madman! Don’t kill me! I’m Nickle! Spare me, and I’ll take you to a top-secret Resource Point I know about!
The resources there are too high-grade! I’ve been keeping it hidden for myself, and right now, I’m the only one who knows about it!"
"Oh?"
The pursuing figure stopped abruptly.
The tip of Qin Feng’s long spear came to a steady halt just before the blond Martial Artist Nickle’s brow, barely a finger’s width away.
A drop of warm blood fell from the spearhead, landing on Nickle’s cold power armor faceplate with a soft PAT.
In this frigid world of roiling black clouds and howling blizzards, that soft sound was like a death knell from the Death God himself.
Feeling the bone-chilling cold at his brow, Nickle stammered, "It’s... it’s a Slaughter Technique Stele! It records a very high-grade, level-seven slaughter technique!"
However, Qin Feng’s reply was both cold and decisive.
"I don’t need it."
The moment the words left his mouth, the spear lunged like a dragon!
Nickle only felt a cold sensation on his brow before he lost all consciousness.
Qin Feng slowly withdrew his spear, glancing at Nickle’s body as it dissolved into scattering motes of light.
He already possessed the Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique. This was a top-tier, level-seven slaughter technique personally created by a King-level Powerhouse, and its quality was far beyond what any ordinary technique of the same level could match.
Besides, fist techniques and spear techniques were fundamentally connected through the principles of the Martial Dao. He could just as easily use his "Star-Swallower" long spear to execute the profound principles of the Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique.
To him, an ordinary level-seven slaughter technique was practically useless.
And if the slaughter technique on that Stone Stele was truly comparable to the Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique, then just reaching a basic level of comprehension would require an enormous amount of time—measured in centuries.
The whole point of placing an Inheritance Stone Stele in a minor battle zone was to allow prodigies to acquire a top-tier foundational slaughter technique before the main competition even began.
That way, during the precious thousand years in the major battle zone, they could devote all their energy to seizing resources and tempering themselves through actual combat.