Chapter 564 - 203: Slaying Shi Dang! Nemesis of Chaos! The Road Ahead
He flicked his wrist, attempting to fling the ominous object from the tip of his spear.
However, the instant he put force into it, the red-and-white skull suddenly erupted with a blinding, blood-red light!
It wasn’t flung away. Instead, it transformed into a bloody streak of light, impossible to follow with the naked eye, and shot straight into Qin Feng’s brow in a way that defied all logic.
It was so fast, Qin Feng didn’t even have time to react.
HUM—!
Just as the bloody streak of light was about to invade his Sea of Consciousness, the golden, nail-like seal above his brow flashed.
An almost imperceptible golden light flickered and vanished.
The moment the bloody streak of light, originally filled with an aura of tyranny and madness, came into contact with the sliver of golden light, it was as if it had met its natural enemy. All its evil thoughts and venomous resentment were instantly purified and erased.
All that remained was the purest, most immense Spiritual Power Origin.
Immediately after, this majestic Mental Power, like a hundred rivers finding their way to the sea, surged into his Sea of Consciousness, which had already reached its one-hundred-point limit.
Qin Feng felt his head suddenly grow heavy, followed by a wave of unprecedented clarity and lucidity.
His Sea of Consciousness, which had been like a lake filled to the brim, began to expand wildly.
Before, he had condensed his Spiritual Power Index of one hundred points into a single, perfect, crystal-clear Spiritual Power Drop within his Sea of Consciousness.
But now, as the external Mental Power poured in, a second Spiritual Power Drop, identical to the first, was rapidly condensing and taking shape at a visible rate.
In the space of just a few breaths, everything calmed down. As Qin Feng carefully assessed the changes within him, a look of incredulous shock flashed in his eyes.
His Mental Power had doubled!
It had soared from one hundred points to two hundred!
There were now two Spiritual Power Drops in his Sea of Consciousness.
’Is this the great benefit Master Yu Han mentioned I would receive after killing Shi Dang?’
Qin Feng was reeling from the shock.
He couldn’t figure it out, nor could he comprehend the principle behind it.
’Why would killing a fallen Chaos Believer grant me such an unbelievable boost?’
After all, how long had it taken him to cultivate one hundred points of Mental Power?
Nearly a century!
In the beginning, progress had been arduous. Only after building a foundation of ten points of Mental Power and switching to the "Crystal Meditation" technique did his Mental Power begin to improve rapidly. But Qin Feng alone knew the hardships he had endured.
With a thought, he tried to locate the "culprit" within his body.
The next second, a light flashed in his palm. The red-and-white skull, now as smooth as jade and no longer emitting the slightest trace of its evil aura, appeared out of thin air in his hand.
Qin Feng tried throwing it away.
But no matter how far he threw it, the skull would instantly return to his hand with a single thought.
The thing seemed to be completely bound to him. He couldn’t shake it off.
...
Qin Feng fell silent for a moment. Staring at the uniquely shaped skull in his hand, he finally let out a slow breath.
He found a tough Alloy Rope, tied it securely around the red-and-white skull, and then decisively hung it from his waist.
’Since I can’t get rid of it, I might as well keep it.’
He would consider it an eternal monument to the revenge he had exacted for his dear friend, Lei Meng.
At that moment, the distant squad of Martial Artists who had survived the shockwave finally snapped out of their stupor from witnessing the apocalyptic scene.
Their leader, Zhou Yu, was the first to remove her power armor helmet, revealing a resolute face filled with a mixture of awe, gratitude, and shock.
She faced Qin Feng and executed a flawless Imperial Army salute.
"Thank you for your help, Senior!"
Behind her, all the surviving squad members also removed their helmets and saluted in unison.
"Thank you for saving our lives, Senior!"
Their voices were filled with heartfelt sincerity.
For this unparalleled warrior who, without any power armor and armed with only a Long Spear, had single-handedly annihilated a Khorne Demon on the verge of ascending to the planetary level, they felt nothing but the purest awe.
The title "Senior" was unrelated to age; it was a sign of respect for one’s strength.
Hearing them, Qin Feng turned his head.
When his gaze fell upon Zhou Yu’s face—so familiar, yet so strange—he was momentarily taken aback.
Qin Feng recognized her.
But he offered no explanation.
He simply gave a faint smile and said calmly, "It was nothing. I was merely hunting him. Our meeting was a coincidence."
Without another word, he turned and took a step. His body shot into the sky like a cannonball, landing precisely inside the heavy Cruiser hovering in midair.
With a roar of its engines, the warship changed course and soon vanished over the dusky yellow horizon of Planet K412.
Zhou Yu and her squad were left behind, staring blankly up at the sky where he had disappeared.
"He seems so familiar."
Zhou Yu shook her head, her brow deeply furrowed.
She couldn’t shake an indescribable feeling of familiarity.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t remember where she might have seen him before.
In truth, when they had first met years ago, Qin Feng was still a naive youth.
After countless battles and years of training, his features had grown tougher and more resolute. He was taller now, and his entire demeanor had undergone a world-altering transformation.