Chapter 700 - 225: Deep into the Core Zone! Reaching 40% Construction! Encountering Caesar! The Same Kind of Person
Chapter 700: Chapter 225: Deep into the Core Zone! Reaching 40% Construction! Encountering Caesar! The Same Kind of Person
’Besides, the density here is high. If I take some time to look, finding four or five fragments won’t be difficult.’
This was an incredibly efficient way to improve!
In the days that followed, Qin Feng completely transformed into a tireless cultivation machine.
In his spare time, he would also open the Subspace forum to check on the developments in the private domain for galaxies 115-119.
On the forum, discussions were still raging.
Countless posts analyzed the war, cursed the treachery of the 99th galaxy, and called for everyone to unite.
Among them were reborn Infinite Sea-level Martial Artists like Cang and Flame Crow, who were doing their best to voice their opinions, trying to forge a large, unified command structure.
But they had little success.
The five galaxies remained in disarray.
’Tough. It’s going to be very tough to win this Betting Order,’
Qin Feng sighed, closed the forum interface, and refocused all of his attention on his cultivation.
And so, time slowly trickled by in the tedious, day-after-day process of refining.
「In the blink of an eye, five years passed.」
Qin Feng was still cultivating in the deepest part of the core region.
He was multi-tasking, on the one hand efficiently refining fragments with the Ten-Complete Hand, and on the other, constantly using a portion of his Mental Power to vigilantly scan a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers for any unexpected pursuers.
It was in this same year that, just as Caesar had arranged, large numbers of Martial Artists from the 99th galaxy began to withdraw from the Barbaric Beast Graveyard in an orderly fashion.
Their mission objective had shifted to the total suppression of all reborn Infinite Sea-level Martial Artists throughout the five galaxies.
「Another thirty years passed quietly.」
On this day, as Qin Feng sat cross-legged upon a Blazing Flame, his body suddenly jolted!
BOOM—!
An indescribably grand and boundless aura erupted from within his body!
Behind him, the phantom of a magnificent, 300-story, silver-white tower built from endless runes stood, towering and majestic!
It seemed as if it did not stand within the star, but was rooted directly in the very origin of the Cosmos, exerting its Suppression over all of time and space!
The Indestructible Projection, a 300-story tower, was now complete!
30% completion achieved!
SWOOSH—
Qin Feng’s eyes snapped open, and two tangible beams of brilliant light shot out, piercing through the viscous, glowing flames.
The towering phantom of the tower shimmered behind him.
In an instant, Qin Feng’s entire demeanor underwent a world-altering change.
Qin Feng was still Qin Feng, but now, his every move carried a majesty that seemed capable of bringing the cosmos under its Suppression.
The ancient tower floating majestically behind him, in particular, added to his imposing aura.
Qin Feng took a moment to feel the power within his body.
’I’m tens of thousands of times stronger than I was thirty-five years ago, when I’d only just constructed 10% of the Immortal Tower!’
’The core region is indeed a wonderful place.’
The magnificent phenomenon of his Immortal Tower reaching three hundred stories didn’t cause much of a stir in Qin Feng’s heart.
He only took a moment to feel the vast power within him—which had increased by tens of thousands of times—before calming his mind again.
A 30% completion level was just a new starting point.
In this core region, which held the greatest opportunities, the man named Caesar would only be stronger than him, and his rate of improvement would only be faster.
Qin Feng had no time to celebrate, and no right to slack off.
His only path forward was to keep exploring, keep cultivating, and race against time to absorb more Barbaric Beast Fragments, doing his best to close the invisible chasm between himself and Caesar.
His cultivation from then on became even more tedious, and also more focused.
Qin Feng completely blocked out all information from the outside world, severing all contact with the Subspace forum.
His world was reduced to only three things: finding fragments, refining fragments, and guarding his surroundings.
Time lost all meaning amidst the dark red, eternal, glowing flames.
「Another ten years passed in the snap of a finger.」
On this day, as Qin Feng finished refining the last golden fragment, the towering silver-white tower behind him had quietly grown to a height of four hundred stories!
40% completion on the Indestructible Projection!
His strength had once again made an astonishing leap.
Now, a casual wisp of his aura was enough to create violent ripples in the core region’s chaotic force field.
This time, however, Qin Feng’s face showed not a hint of joy for his breakthrough.
He slowly opened his eyes, his brow deeply furrowed.
Because he discovered that the density of the surrounding Barbaric Beast Fragments had started to decrease significantly.
In the first few years, he had been able to find a small cluster of four or five golden fragments nearly every few thousand kilometers he advanced.
But now, he often had to spend several times the effort and travel tens of thousands of kilometers just to find one or two sparsely scattered fragments.
This vast treasure trove was becoming "barren" at a rate visible to the naked eye.
The answer was self-evident: in another corner of this core region, there had to be someone else frantically absorbing these top-tier resources with equal, or even greater, efficiency.
That person, without a doubt, was Caesar.
A silent war for resources, one that would decide their future paths, had long since begun between them.
’I can’t leave.’
Qin Feng’s gaze became incredibly resolute.
’If I leave now, I might save my life and slowly build my strength at other Resource Points.’
’But the consequence would be handing over all the top-tier opportunities of this entire star to Caesar on a silver platter.’
’Once Caesar absorbs all the fragments, to what terrifying level will his power swell?’
’At that point, forget winning this Betting Order—I’m afraid all the geniuses in the five galaxies will become lambs for Caesar to slaughter at his leisure.’
’For every bit I absorb, Caesar absorbs one bit less.’
Qin Feng muttered to himself, any thought of retreat now gone from his mind.
He concealed his aura and continued to gather Barbaric Beast Fragments in this increasingly barren Resource Point.
This time, however, it seemed luck was no longer on his side.
「About a year later.」
As Qin Feng was cautiously passing through a river-like current of viscous Blazing Flames, his figure suddenly froze.
At almost the same instant, on the other side of the current, an equally tyrannical Will also came to an abrupt halt.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
Space, too, seemed to stand still.
The two of them, separated by a vast distance of one hundred thousand li within the endless, dark red river of Blazing Flames, had finally met.
There were no words.
No probing attacks.
In the very first instant they sensed each other’s existence, two Mental Wills, so terrifying they could distort space and time, crossed the hundred-thousand-li distance like two colliding supernovas and slammed into each other within the star’s core!
BOOM—!!!
The entire river of Blazing Flames instantly began to boil!
Countless massive fireballs, each over a thousand li in diameter, were detonated by the aftershocks of their clashing Wills, kicking up monstrous waves of flame!
At the center of this apocalyptic scene, two figures stood in a distant standoff.
One of them was Qin Feng.
The power armor he wore, already damaged to an extreme, now split open with several more massive tears.
He held the Star-Devourer Long Spear, its tip angled, and an aura of tragic ferocity and dominance, as if he would charge ahead though a million stood against him, soared to the heavens.
Behind him, the 400-story, silver-white ancient tower hung high in the air, radiating an immortal, eternal brilliance, looking heavy and ancient.
And opposite him,
Caesar’s figure was the complete opposite.
He wore a set of elegant, luxurious, dark-gold power armor, its every joint adorned with brilliant, pigeon-blood-red gems. It looked less like a weapon and more like a perfect work of art.
In his hand, he quietly held an elegantly crafted golden Knight’s Sword, its blade flowing with a sacred light.
And behind him, a pair of enormous wings made of the purest, most sacred white light slowly unfurled, large enough to blot out the sky.
That pair of wings was his Indestructible Projection.
Unlike Qin Feng’s somewhat illusory ancient tower, the phantom of Caesar’s wings had already solidified to an extremely terrifying degree!
The texture of every single feather was clearly visible.
Its clarity and solidity were far, far greater than that of Qin Feng’s phantom tower!
Clearly, Caesar’s strength had already far, far surpassed Qin Feng’s.