86: Chapter 86 Cold Moon's worldview has collapsed! Is this guy a monster?
Over five thousand demonic plants surged forward like a tide.
The Man-eating Flowers opened their bloody maws, spitting out a sky full of poison stingers!
The leaves of the Bloodthirsty Grass danced wildly, transforming into countless spinning blades!
Strangling Vines slithered across the ground like a swarm of snakes, attempting to Entangle Lin Feng's feet!
Soul-devouring Moss released a thick green mist of spores, distorting the air wherever it passed!
Cold Moon's face was pale, and her hand holding the dagger was trembling.
Although she was an assassin with an A-Rank Talent who had killed many monsters,
facing this overwhelming army of demonic creatures, she still felt a deep sense of despair.
"Lin Feng... let's run..."
Her voice trembled.
Lin Feng glanced back at her.
"Run? Why should we run?"
He smiled, a hint of madness in his grin.
"These are all experience points."
As soon as he finished speaking, he moved.
With the dragon slaying sword in hand, eight-colored light flowed around his body!
Judgment of Light!
A golden greatsword condensed above his head, burning with holy flames, and slashed fiercely toward the Man-eating Flowers rushing at the front!
Boom!!!
The golden light exploded!
Over thirty Man-eating Flowers were instantly slashed into pieces!
[Killed Man-eating Flower × 34, experience points +340,000]
Firestorm!
Crimson flames spread outward from Lin Feng as the center!
Wherever the flames passed, those Bloodthirsty Grass and Strangling Vines were ignited like paper!
Zzzzt—
The smell of charred remains filled the air!
-35,000! -38,000! -42,000!
Tens of thousands of damage per second!
Hundreds of demonic plants and vines were reduced to ashes in the flames!
[Killed Bloodthirsty Grass × 127, experience points +635,000]
[Killed Strangling Vine × 86, experience points +430,000]
Thors Hammer!
Purple lightning descended from the sky, striking fiercely at the areas where the Soul-devouring Moss gathered!
The lightning exploded, sending electric sparks flying everywhere!
Soul-devouring Moss was most afraid of lightning-type attacks!
With one strike, over thirty Soul-devouring Moss plants were directly vaporized!
[Killed Soul-devouring Moss × 38, experience points +380,000]
Standing behind Lin Feng, Cold Moon watched in stunned silence.
Her mouth was agape, unable to speak for a long time.
Those demonic creatures that had made her despair were being harvested in front of Lin Feng like mowing grass!
One move, one area cleared!
One move, one area cleared!
He simply couldn't be stopped!
Ice Seal Domain!
With a wave of Lin Feng's left hand, ice-blue light spread!
The demonic plants within a fifty-meter radius were instantly frozen into ice sculptures!
Thors Hammer!
Purple lightning struck down again!
The ice sculptures were shattered to pieces!
Ice chunks and debris flew in all directions!
Another hundred demonic creatures were cleared out!
Winds Strangulation!
Cyan wind blades rotated around Lin Feng, forming a massive tornado!
Wherever the tornado went, those demonic creatures were sucked in and instantly sliced into fragments!
Green juice splattered down like raindrops!
Earth Protection!
An earthy yellow light enveloped his body!
The poison stingers and leaves trying to attack him hit the light shield and were all bounced away!
Shadow Clone!
A figure identical to Lin Feng stepped out from the darkness!
The Clone held a light spear and charged toward the group of demonic creatures on the other side!
The light spear danced, and another group of demonic creatures fell!
Cold Moon was completely dumbfounded.
She just stood there, watching Lin Feng like a tireless killing machine, frantically harvesting those demonic creatures.
One.
Ten.
One hundred.
Five hundred.
One thousand.
Those demonic plants that seemed utterly terrifying to her were like ants in front of Lin Feng.
He wasn't even using his full strength!
Just like that, with a casual wave of his hand, an entire area died!
"Is... is he even human..."
Cold Moon murmured.
She thought back to the strength she was once proud of.
A-Rank Talent, Shadow Body, Rank 28 assassin.
In the academy, she was a Genius in everyone's eyes.
Mentors praised her, classmates envied her, and suitors lined up.
But now...
She looked at Lin Feng's back. According to the information she had,
Lin Feng had only achieved Awakening just over a month ago, and at that time, he was mocked by everyone as an F-Rank Talent loser.
He was even someone who had been rejected by the academy.
When she first saw the files, she thought Lin Feng was a "relation hire" brought in to make up the numbers, and she hadn't taken him seriously from the start.
At this moment, however, he was like a God of War, slaughtering the army of demonic creatures that had driven her to despair.
"What... what exactly was I so proud of..."
She lowered her head, a deep sense of frustration welling up in her heart.
Lin Feng had no time to worry about her mental state.
He was in the middle of a killing spree.
[experience points +5,000]
[experience points +5,000]
[experience points +5,000]
The notification sounds in his mind rang incessantly like a machine gun, "Da-da-da!"
His experience bar shot up like a rocket!
Rank 32... Rank 33... Rank 34...
Finally—
[Rank Up! Rank 35!]
A golden light flashed!
[All Attributes +3, Free Attribute Points +20]
[Current Rank: 35]
[spirit: 1,590]
[Spell Attack: 7,950]
[health points: 1,580,000/1,580,000]
[mana: 1,580,000/1,580,000]
Rank thirty-five!
spirit at one thousand five hundred and ninety!
Spell attack at eight thousand!
health points at one million five hundred and eighty thousand!
Refreshing!
Lin Feng couldn't help but let out a long cry toward the sky.
He looked around.
There were very few demonic plants left.
From the original five thousand or so, only a few hundred remained scattered about, shivering in the corners.
They didn't dare to approach any closer.
Lin Feng put away his dragon slaying sword and clapped his hands.
Done.
He turned back to look at Cold Moon.
Cold Moon stood there like a statue.
Her eyes were hollow, and her expression was blank.
Hey?
Lin Feng waved his hand in front of her eyes.
Cold Moon shuddered and snapped out of it.
She looked at Lin Feng with an extremely complex gaze.
There was shock, awe, frustration, and a hint of... admiration?
How... how many did you kill?
Her voice was raspy.
Lin Feng thought for a moment.
About... three or four thousand?
Cold Moon fell silent.
Three or four thousand Elite-Rank or higher demonic creatures.
She couldn't even defeat one.
He had killed three or four thousand.
Was this the gap between them?
Let's go take a look at that tree.
Lin Feng turned and walked toward the Evergreen Tree on the hill.
Cold Moon followed silently behind him.
Along the way, the surviving demonic plants saw Lin Feng coming and fled in all directions.
Some burrowed into the ground, some shrank back into corners, and some simply played dead.
Watching this, Cold Moon's mood became even more complicated.
To be able to scare demonic creatures like this...
Just how terrifying was this man?
The two of them walked up the hill and arrived in front of the Evergreen Tree.
Seeing it up close, the tree was even more breathtaking.
The trunk was crystal clear throughout, as if carved from the finest emerald.
The branches and leaves were lush, every leaf shining green like a gemstone.
Five fruits hung from the tree.
Each was about the size of a fist, their colors ranging from light to dark green, and crystal clear.
Most miraculously, there seemed to be liquid flowing inside the fruits, emitting a soft green light.
[evergreen fruit (Red) × 5]
[Effect: After consumption, permanently increases maximum health points by +100,000, Wood Element Affinity +10%, and grants the skill "Breath of Life"]
[Breath of Life: Passive skill, automatically restores 1% of health points every second]
"One hundred thousand health points... 1% health regen per second..."
Cold Moon murmured.
If someone ate this, their survivability would directly double!
She looked at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng was picking the fruits.
One.
Two.
Three.
He picked all five, not leaving a single one.
Cold Moon's lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn't.
She knew that Lin Feng was the one who killed for these fruits; she had no right to ask for them.
Lin Feng stored the five evergreen fruits and then looked at the tree.
"This tree isn't bad either."
He circled the tree, sizing it up.
The trunk was straight, the crown was lush, and the root system was well-developed.
It was composed entirely of pure wood elements and contained a massive amount of life energy.
[ten-thousand-year evergreen tree (Legendary)]
[Status: Alive]
[Description: A divine tree nurtured by a wood-attribute Spiritual Vein, taking ten thousand years to grow. Can be transplanted.]
[Transplant Conditions: Requires a storage space capable of holding living things.]
Lin Feng's eyes lit up.
His wanxiang ring could hold living things!
[wanxiang ring: Storage space of 1,000 cubic meters, can accommodate living things]
"I'll take this tree too!"
Without another word, he wrapped both arms around the trunk.
"Up you go!"
He pulled with all his might!
Rumble—
The entire tree was uprooted!
Large clumps of soil and Spirit Stone fragments were still attached to the roots!
Cold Moon's eyes almost popped out of her head.
"What... what are you doing?!"
"Transplanting it," Lin Feng said matter-of-factly. "It would be a waste to leave such a good tree here."
Cold Moon's mouth hung open, unable to speak for a long time.
Transplanting?
This tree had lived for at least ten thousand years!
And he just... pulled it out?!
With a thought from Lin Feng, the Evergreen Tree was stored in the wanxiang ring.
[ten-thousand-year evergreen tree has been stored]
[Status: Alive, requires regular watering]
Done.
He clapped his hands, looking satisfied.
The way Cold Moon looked at him had completely changed.
That look was like she was seeing a monster.
No, something even more monstrous than a monster.
"Who... who exactly are you?"
She couldn't help but ask.
Lin Feng looked back at her and smiled.
"Just an ordinary person."
"The kind with an F-Rank Talent who was rejected by the academy."
Cold Moon fell silent.
F-Rank Talent?
Rejected by the academy?
She suddenly felt that this world was too surreal.
Those "favored children of heaven" in the academy, those geniuses praised to the skies—what did they even count for in front of him?
Alright.
Lin Feng stopped smiling and looked at Cold Moon.
"You stay here."
Cold Moon was taken aback.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm going to continue deeper," Lin Feng said. "There's more down there."
Cold Moon instinctively wanted to follow.
"I'll go with you..."
No.
Lin Feng interrupted her.
Cold Moon was stunned.
Why?
Because..." Lin Feng thought for a moment and found a reason, "it's too dangerous down there. I can't look after you."
Cold Moon's lips moved as if she wanted to say something.
But in the end, she lowered her head.
"I understand."
She knew Lin Feng was telling the truth.
She already couldn't handle those demonic plants from earlier.
If there were even more dangerous things below, she would only be a burden if she followed.
"Then you... be careful."
She said softly.
Lin Feng nodded.
"Just wait here, don't run around. After I'm done, we'll head out together."
After saying that, he turned and walked toward the depths of the underground space.
Xiao Jin perched on his shoulder, squeaking excitedly.
Cold Moon stood in place, watching his back disappear into the darkness.
She didn't move for a long time.
In her mind, the scenes from earlier played back repeatedly.
That man, holding a black sword, slaughtering demonic creatures like a God of War.
That man, casually picking ten-thousand-year fruits and even taking the whole tree.
That man, saying matter-of-factly, "It's too dangerous down there."
She suddenly remembered the files she had read before coming in, and the tone Chen Ruoxi used when introducing Lin Feng.
F-Rank Talent, Glorious Corona Physique.
At the time, she felt that this F-Rank Talent guy was just there to make up the numbers.
Thinking back now, it was truly laughable.
F-Rank Talent...
She murmured.
If F-Rank Talents are all like this, then what are we?
She gave a bitter laugh.
Leaning against the edge of the pit left by the Evergreen Tree, she closed her eyes.
In her mind, that man's figure lingered for a long time.
...
Lin Feng continued deeper.
After walking for about ten minutes, a massive cave appeared ahead.
The entrance of the cave emitted a dense green light.
That light was identical to the light from the Evergreen Tree, but it was denser and purer.
Wood Spiritual Vein...
Lin Feng's heart raced.
He quickened his pace and stepped into the cave.
Behind him, Xiao Jin was so excited he was jumping up and down on his shoulder.
Squeak, squeak, squeak!
Treasure! Big treasure!
Here I come!