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Beneath a distant hidden rock, the man was conversing with a swirling mass of gray-black mist. He said, "Finally recovered. It's so difficult to absorb Qi now; even with spirit stones, it's still a challenge!"
"Of course, after all, the changes on Earth over the past three years have been significant. The initial estimates are likely off. In ten years! I predict that in two more years, the Qi on Earth will completely dissipate!" a voice emerged from the gray-black mist.
Looking at the drifting Qi particles, the man took another deep breath of the sparse Qi and said, "Zitong, you're right. It seems these next two years will be even more turbulent!"
"You should call me Wu Kui! Zitong is just a name that only knows to call you big brother, like a ghost sucking on a lollipop!" A ghost clad in armor and wielding a spear retorted angrily from within the mist.
At this moment, the man waved his hand dismissively and said, "Hmph! If I had known letting you regain your memory would lead to this, I wouldn't have let you drink that entire jar of wine! You’re not as cute as Zitong now!"
Indeed, this man and ghost were Xiao Yefeng and Zitong. A year ago, Xiao Yefeng had unearthed a jar of wine obtained from Holy Spirit Village, which Zitong had downed in one go. This act awakened her decisive nature and memories, leading to the emergence of this ghost who called herself Wu Kui.
Ignoring the ghost who was still sucking on her lollipop while looking down on Zitong for doing the same, Xiao Yefeng stepped out from beneath the rock and gazed into the distance at an open field, murmuring, "Consort Mi! Where are you?"
Xiao Yefeng had come to this scorching land of Africa due to a mysterious letter from abroad. The letter contained only half of a red string cut by a sharp blade and coordinates written in elegant script. These coordinates pointed to this grassland in Africa. After discussing everything with Liu Yiyi and receiving her support, Xiao Yefeng had ventured here alone.
In an ironic twist, this half-cut red string was adorned with a bullet head decoration. However, the tip of the bullet was somewhat crumpled together, indicating it had once struck something. The reason Xiao Yefeng could immediately sense Consort Mi was in danger was because of this ornament; it was the only gift he had ever given her.
It was around his sixteenth year when Xiao Yefeng had once taken on a mission where Consort Mi shielded him from gunfire. Although that bullet hit Xiao Yefeng's arm and would not have seriously injured Consort Mi even if he hadn't intervened, it remained an undeniable fact that he had taken the bullet for her. After extracting the bullet head, he fashioned it into a necklace pendant and gifted it to Consort Mi, hoping that his good fortune would protect her in the days to come.
At that time, Consort Mi was deeply moved. Unfortunately, Xiao Yefeng was tongue-tied and missed a golden opportunity; after giving her the pendant, he hurriedly left. He thought she would discard the bullet but was surprised to find she had kept it all along and now returned it to him. What did this mean? Soon enough, Xiao Yefeng found answers written on the paper with coordinates.
Both sets of coordinates bore strange markings; each digit had an extra stroke added. When he pieced all the strokes together, an unfamiliar word in English emerged from what seemed like gibberish. Clearly, this letter had been deliberately sent to guide him here; Consort Mi must be in danger. Yet she likely didn't want him to come for no reason and thus left hints at these coordinates.
However, even though Xiao Yefeng had come to terms with his once naive unrequited love, Consort Mi remained one of his best friends. When a friend was in trouble, how could Xiao Yefeng stand by idly? After explaining everything to Liu Yiyi, she not only refrained from blaming him for his past feelings but instead fully supported his decision to rescue someone.
Liu Yiyi, however, did not move. The current situation was no longer the same as three years ago. Back then, this group of Extraordinary Persons could easily absorb the Qi points in the air. However, since a year ago, it had become exceedingly difficult. The Qi points drifting in the air were as thin as hair yet as rare as diamonds. For someone like Xiao Yefeng, who was at the True Spirit Pinnacle, trying to replenish his Qi reserves from a state of complete depletion would take at least four to five hours. Moreover, this time was gradually increasing; what initially took four hours now required at least ten hours to recover.
Thus, Extraordinary Persons were gradually stepping back from the battlefield. The Gene Warrior Team that Xiao Yefeng had just encountered was a product well-suited for the times. The most critical issue was the availability of spirit stones; nearly all exploitable spirit stone mines had been completely depleted over the past three years. Qing and Jie, along with the Western Gods, had brought out their own stockpiles. In the special spaces of over a dozen large Spatial Rings, these spirit stones managed to avoid dissipating Qi.
However, once taken out for use, it was essentially a race against the speed of dissipation. If a spirit stone wasn't absorbed the moment it was removed from the Spatial Ring, at least one-third of its Qi would be wasted.
As a result, Extraordinary Persons were now hesitant to use their spiritual power for attacks or defenses. An Extraordinary Person without a Spatial Ring was like a gun filled with bullets that would take a long time to reload once emptied. Therefore, most of those fighting for dominance were Gene Warriors, while traditional Geomancers like Jiang Xing had truly fallen back to being ordinary Geomancers. At most, they could read fortunes or check feng shui. Those Peak Level experts like Jiang Xing were particularly cautious about using their spiritual power, as exhausting their Qi stored in the Spirit Platform would require at least ten hours to recover. Of course, using spirit stones could expedite this process.
At this point, Xiao Yefeng rarely used his spiritual power. If it weren't for the Mechanical Longsword being too conspicuous, he wouldn't have wasted any Qi storing it in the Tricolor Jade Ring! Now, having been on this vast prairie for three days and searching repeatedly, Xiao Yefeng finally found the hidden underground base just this morning. However, that base only had one entrance and exit; when he tried to enter, he was chased out by that five-person team.
"Did you see anything in that base?" Xiao Yefeng asked Zitong! But judging by his expression, it should be Wu Kui.
Wu Kui shook his head and said, "I couldn't get in; I tried. The entrance clearly has a Geomancer's ghost-repelling talisman on it that I couldn't penetrate. Plus, I couldn't launch a strong attack at that moment, so I basically saw nothing! But if you have an idea, you need to hurry; after we left, I heard that group planning to withdraw—something seems like it can't be discovered by outsiders!"
"But a strong attack is impossible; there are so many Gene Warriors!" Halfway through his sentence, Xiao Yefeng suddenly sensed movement behind him in the grass and immediately drew his Mechanical Longsword and swept it back towards the tall grass.
At that moment, there was a clang as metal clashed; surprisingly, Xiao Yefeng's Mechanical Longsword was deflected back at him. He stepped back away from the tall grass and looked at it warily. "Who is ambushing me?"
"Roar!" A sound like that of a leopard pouncing echoed as a slender figure suddenly emerged from the grass. In its hand was a spear glinting with metallic light aimed directly at Xiao Yefeng's neck.
The spear radiated intense heat; clearly, it belonged to a True Spirit-level fire-type Geomancer who had ambushed him. Who could it be? At this moment, Xiao Yefeng had no time to ponder further; he sidestepped to evade the thrust and immediately counterattacked with his sword. The ambusher showed no mercy either; naturally, Xiao Yefeng had no intention of sparing them either. With Qi infused into his Mechanical Longsword, he unleashed a Light Blade attack.
Clang! With a metallic clash, Xiao Yefeng discovered that his invincible Mechanical Longsword had been countered. A seemingly crude spear, adorned with a few pure white feathers, effortlessly ignored the Light Blade capable of slicing through the Electromagnetic Shield. The spear and the Light Blade intertwined, and the metallic sheen reflecting off the spearhead actually severed the Light Blade, causing the spear to directly strike the blade of the Mechanical Longsword.
In this contest of strength, Xiao Yefeng realized the issue between him and his opponent. On his side was the Mechanical Longsword, which Cao Man had found among six mechanical weapons in the ruins of Atlantis. Aside from the mechanical gauntlets that Cao Man kept for himself, he gifted the longsword to Xiao Yefeng, while another large sword was given to a powerful figure behind the Metaphysics Society. The remaining three mechanical weapons were distributed to several Ancient Warriors who were on the verge of breaking through to Inner Force peak.
All these mechanical weapons could convert Qi to enhance their power. However, Xiao Yefeng now discovered a weakness in the Mechanical Longsword. Indeed, while the Light Blade generated by the Mechanical Longsword could slice through iron like mud and was even stronger than current Laser Weapons, it had just been cut by this strange spear, revealing its vulnerability.
Although the Mechanical Longsword's blade was sturdy, its metal quality was not particularly strong. In their recent clash, it was clear that the spear held an advantage over the weapon. A three-inch-long mark was etched into the silver blade of the Mechanical Longsword, while this seemingly crude spear remained completely unscathed.
However, this did not mean that Xiao Yefeng was at a disadvantage. Despite his opponent's peculiar weaponry, their cultivation level was far inferior to his own. As they faced off, Xiao Yefeng found it odd; under such weak fluctuations of spiritual energy, could that explosive fiery shot truly have been launched by this girl?
Before him stood a girl about 1.65 meters tall, her skin tanned to a deep bronze color. From her skin alone, it was hard to tell if she was Caucasian or Asian; however, her facial features suggested she was of Eastern descent. Almost instinctively, Xiao Yefeng deduced some aspects of her background through her appearance. Yet without further understanding, he could only conclude that this girl had a good nature; she did not seem like one prone to bloody slaughter and appeared even more innocent than his girlfriend Liu Yiyi. There was not a trace of malice evident in her features.
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