Chapter 67: Continuing to Boast
Chapter 67. Continuing to Boast
Deep within the dense forest under the blood moon.
Two figures, one black and one white, darted through the trees.
Suddenly, the black-robed figure stopped, leaning against a tree trunk, her head lowered. Her pretty face seemed a little dazed.
Xia Feng had to stop as well. He looked at Mu Qingtong’s sweating, pretty face with a hint of confusion. “What’s wrong?”
Mu Qingtong raised her beautiful eyes. The scattered light-gold pupils refocused, and she stared at Xia Feng with a blank expression.
Xia Feng blinked and then realized. “Oh, I almost forgot.”
He subconsciously felt that World-Ending Witch was very powerful and hadn’t thought much about the effects of Calamity Force on her. However, even Mu Qingtong couldn’t endure such prolonged Calamity Force Erosion.
With that thought, he directly tilted his chin up, looking down at the black-dressed woman from beneath his dark eyes, and smiled. “I have to say, Miss Mu, you’re quite weak?”
Mu Qingtong: “…!”
[In my life, Mu Qingtong, I am second to none! A Flash of Inspiration, after preliminarily analyzing the molecular structure of Calamity Force, I optimized and improved the D-class Evil Removal Spirit Robe. You have successfully mastered the D-class Spirit Robe『Bronze Robe』]
[D-Bronze Robe]
[Effect 1: Five times more efficient than ordinary Evil Removal Spirit Robes in filtering Calamity Force.]
[Effect 2: Your movements are lighter, increasing speed by 20%.]
Mu Qingtong’s beautiful eyes swept over Xia Feng indifferently and she continued to walk. “Let’s go.”
Xia Feng smiled and followed.
“Miss Mu, if you’re not up to it, you can actually tell me. There’s no need to push yourself. Also—”
“Are you going to keep talking nonsense?”
“What I wanted to say is, you’re going in the wrong direction. It’s this way.”
“…”
The two continued forward. The address marked on the back of the photo indicated that the contact, Big Face Cat, would be waiting for them under Wisdom Tree, serial number 004.
The Six-Tails Sect explored the Evil Dragon Forest every year. They would number and mark any Wisdom Tree they found, thus drawing a map of the outer regions of the Evil Dragon Forest.
When Xia Feng had entered the Evil Dragon Forest last time, he had seen the Six-Tails Sect’s Wisdom Tree map and had a rough idea of the location of 004.
It was quite far, and he estimated it would take about ten hours even if they traveled at full speed.
Three hours later.
“Miss Mu, can you still hold on?”
“Stop the nonsense and hurry up.”
“Sigh, just keep forcing yourself then~”
[Forcing myself? What a joke! Another Flash of Inspiration, after further analyzing the molecular structure of Calamity Force, I optimized and improved the D-class Bronze Robe. You have successfully mastered the C-class Spirit Robe『Bronze Spirit Dress』]
[C-Bronze Spirit Dress]
[Qingtong Production, Must Be Quality Goods]
[Effect 1: Potent Calamity filtering, ten times more efficient than ordinary Evil Removal Spirit Robes in filtering Calamity Force.]
[Effect 2: Lightweight. Your movements are lighter, increasing speed by 50%.]
[Effect 3: Virtual Pressure. Can simulate virtual Spirit Pressure from 1 to 10 times your own, to intimidate targets.]
Xia Feng’s footsteps halted. He glanced at Mu Qingtong.
Seeing that he had stopped for the first time, the black-dressed woman calmly asked, “What, are you unable to continue?”
“Heh~”
Xia Feng was also spurred on. He refused to believe that this Witch could keep pushing herself!
“Come on!”
Even though they were both slightly out of breath, they accelerated again, the pace of their advance becoming even more intense.
However, not too long after, Xia Feng felt something and took out his location card to check. To his surprise, the red and blue dots on the card were almost overlapping.
In other words, Player 11 had already reached District 51? And had even entered the Evil Dragon Forest?
It seemed Player 11’s identity was not simple. Perhaps they had some connection to the Military Department, as that would be the only way to enter the forest directly outside of the Open Day. However, that was no longer important.
Since Player 11 was pursuing them, they naturally had to give this guest a proper welcome~
While contemplating, Xia Feng looked at the black-dressed woman. “Miss Mu, how is your progress in preparing the Spiritual Materials for your Second-stage promotion?”
“Why are you asking this?”
“Just curious. You won’t tell me, will you?”
“It’s almost done. Ice Silkworm Silk, three Life Fruits, and the Spirit of Wood Cal are all ready. However, the Wood Star Flower is currently in high demand. According to the news I received, there might be Wood Star Flowers blooming in the Calamity Realm of the Southern Border in a few days.”
Oh, still missing the Wood Star Flower…
Hearing this, Xia Feng was about to speak when he frowned and looked back. He sensed a very active Calamity Force reaction rapidly approaching from behind.
He glanced at his location card. It wasn’t Player 11, so it could only be pursuers sent by the Earl.
“Shh~”
Xia Feng pointed behind him, signaling with his eyes.
Mu Qingtong immediately understood. The two of them used Concealment and their Bronze Masks to hide in the forest, remaining motionless.
Soon, a black-robed figure wearing a white mask with a red “8” marking swept past where they had just been standing, looking around in confusion. “Where did they go?”
!
“Swish—”
Just then, two black shadows streaked past in the distance, disappearing without a trace.
The Eight-faced Man reacted, his figure vanishing instantly as he pursued them.
After they were gone, two figures standing silently on a giant tree nearby became visible.
The black-dressed woman’s gaze was thoughtful. “Judging by the footsteps he used, it looks like the Instant Step that only Second-stage Spirit Masters can learn.”
“And he’s a highly Calamity-Eater,” Xia Feng nodded. “Wasting two of my Wood Soldiers. I hope they can delay him for a while. Let’s go!”
The two figures flew away in the opposite direction.
“Where are we going?”
Mu Qingtong asked in confusion. “Aren’t we going to deal with this Eight-faced Man first?”
“The pursuers naturally need to be dealt with, but to be safe, I’ll take you to level up first~”
“Level up?”
“Yes. Miss Mu, to be honest, after all this time you’re still only First-stage. As your Fiancé, I really can’t stand it anymore!”
Xia Feng glanced at the black-dressed woman, shaking his head in a tone of exasperated disappointment. “You’re just too weak! So, I’ll reluctantly help you advance to Second-stage~”
Mu Qingtong’s light-gold beautiful eyes calmly observed this junior. “Heh~”
She knew that this foolish fiancé was just talking big to provoke her, and she couldn’t be bothered to respond.
“You should try advancing to Second-stage yourself first,” she casually said in a low voice.
However, Xia Feng shook his head and said nonchalantly, “Advancing to Second-stage is as simple as eating and drinking for me. I’m not advancing now simply because I don’t want to.”
“…”
Seeing Xia Feng’s confident demeanor, Mu Qingtong’s delicate eyebrows furrowed, and her golden eyes were filled with suspicion. “Have you gathered your Spiritual Materials? Aren’t your Spiritual Materials difficult to collect as well?”
The Spirit Pressure of both of them had reached the standard for promotion. Now, all they lacked were Spiritual Materials, and many people got stuck at this stage for years.
After all, it wasn’t easy to find a suitable recipe for Spiritual Materials. Moreover, even if the materials were gathered, there was still a 30% risk of failing the promotion.
If they failed, they would have to collect the materials again.
“I naturally haven’t gathered them all.”
Xia Feng shook his head. “But when a Spirit Master promotes, it’s like crossing a river. Spiritual Materials are just building a bridge to cross the river. Even without Spiritual Materials, it’s not impossible to cross the river; you can just swim.
“It’s just that the probability of being swept away by the river becomes infinitely large. But,” Xia Feng looked up at the moon, adopting an air of unmatched superiority, “I am a genius who can cross the river 100% of the time without needing to build a bridge!”
“Heh heh~”
Mu Qingtong offered a polite smile, her expression one of helpless resignation, as if to say, “Go on, keep boasting. I’ll believe you if I lose a bet.”
