Chapter 512: Spirit Energy Uprising

Twelve days passed in a flash, and Ye Feng and the others’ preparations turned out to be even more thorough than he had expected.
On the eleventh day of entering the cultivation realm, Bai Yiyi successfully reached the Minor Perfection stage—just an instant in the outside world—though it took some time to consolidate her cultivation.
Jin also managed to reach the sixth level of the Law Cultivation realm. Of course, this was closely related to the Tower of Myriad Beasts. Over the past several billion years, countless magical beasts had died inside the tower, and their cores were stored separately. Jin simply picked a few Law Cultivation sixth-level core crystals and consumed them using a special technique, thus achieving his breakthrough. However, it took him longer to consolidate his cultivation than Bai Yiyi.
Ye Feng’s various cultivation techniques saw slight improvements, especially those related to earth energy. His Sky-Splitting Finger and Iceheart Art reached the later stages of the seventh level, while his Thunderous Movement and Hundred-Refined Vajra Body reached the peak of the eighth level, ready to break through at any moment. His Gravity Space reached the early stages of the sixth level, and his Absolute Defense reached the middle stages of the fifth level. As for the Growth Law, Ye Feng didn’t have a corresponding cultivation technique. Practicing two techniques at once already strained his clones, so adding a third would only be harmful—hence he decided to set it aside for now.
Without these clones, Ye Feng wouldn’t be able to handle things so easily.
When the twelve days were up, Ye Feng awakened everyone and teleported to the shores of the Peaceful Lake, waiting patiently.
Mo Luo emerged from the water. After scanning Ye Feng and the others with his eyes, he couldn’t help but ask, “Are you here for the ruins of the Danquan Sect?”
“That’s right!” Ye Feng saw no need to hide it.
“The ruins of the Danquan Sect contain formidable arrays. Many people have tried to take them, but they all left empty-handed.” Mo Luo didn’t seem very optimistic about Ye Feng’s chances. “With my current cultivation level, I’m not even capable of exploring these ruins. Be careful once you go in.”
Although Mo Luo had a powerful bloodline, his strength was still insufficient. He knew his limits and chose not to compete for the treasures inside the ruins.
As he said, whenever such a situation arose, other powerful figures would try to break in and claim their share.
In just a few swishes, over twenty people gathered in that direction.
“Lord Blade City!” Upon seeing Ye Feng, their gazes turned slightly wary.

Ye Feng had noticed those over twenty people as early as a few days ago when they arrived in Cent City. The lowest among them had a Law cultivation level of five, while the highest reached seven—all of them being elders from major factions. However, Ye Feng didn’t take them seriously; even just Shi Tuo among his group would be enough to throw that crowd into chaos.

That group was equally alarmed. They naturally recognized Dao Feng, and the woman in white holding his arm also gave off an extremely dangerous aura. As for Long Tian, the deputy city lord, they were also aware of him, guessing his strength to be roughly on par with Dao Feng’s. The young man with the stick clearly had a Law cultivation level of seven. The weakest among them was the young man with the round face, who also had a Law cultivation level of six, but he was surrounded and protected by three stronger individuals.

Only those with a Law cultivation level of seven looked the most troubled, as they could clearly sense that the three protecting the young man with the round face were all strong beings at the ninth level.

Ye Feng nodded politely, not intending to say more.

At that moment, someone glanced at the Calm Lake. “It seems there’s a magical beast leader at the third level of Law cultivation in this Calm Lake. Why not kill that leader while the spiritual surge hasn’t arrived yet, and share the benefits?”

“If you kill the magical beast leader here, who will take responsibility if an animal horde is triggered? You must know that Cent City is the closest to these three small forbidden zones, and we will be the first to suffer!” Ye Feng’s expression turned cold as he stared at that person.

“But if we don’t kill it, won’t that be like raising a tiger to cause trouble?” Although that person found some truth in Ye Feng’s words, he still wasn’t convinced.

“Three magical beast leaders, all at the third level of Law cultivation. Even if it were the ninth level, what could they do?” Ye Feng’s words clearly carried a threatening tone. Though he mentioned magical beasts, everyone present knew he was actually referring to humans.

Everyone fell silent immediately. They naturally knew that Ye Feng had reached the perfect stage of Law cultivation, and even the ninth level meant nothing to him, let alone their group, whose highest Law cultivation level was only seven.

“There are three small forbidden zones near Cent City. Once a leader dies, those zones will surely erupt in chaos. At that time, there will be fifth-tier animal hordes, tens of millions of magical beasts. If I wipe them all out, the magical beasts in the four major forbidden zones certainly won’t let it go. They may not be able to do anything to me, but other cities might suffer…” Ye Feng’s tone softened slightly, yet it still filled everyone with dread.

Normally, they naturally knew that killing a demonic beast leader was nothing significant. But with three small forbidden lands together, things were indeed not that simple. If one forbidden land’s leader fell, the three forbidden lands would surely become chaotic at the same time. The scale of the beast horde that would arise would undoubtedly number tens of millions of demonic beasts. If they were all slaughtered, even the kings of the four great forbidden lands might refuse to agree, and the entire divine realm would fall into turmoil.

Realizing the severity of the situation, the man before them finally fell silent.

Ye Feng felt Bai Yiyi, who was holding his arm, applying slight pressure. Clearly, she had developed a killing intent due to what that man had said. Frowning slightly, he glanced over.

Seeing the warning in Ye Feng’s gaze, Bai Yiyi had no choice but to suppress her killing intent and drop the matter. Yet she held his arm even tighter.

Ye Feng was somewhat helpless. He knew a bit about the characteristics of the fox race—once they pledged loyalty to someone, they became extremely clingy, but they were also incredibly loyal. Usually, when she took on the form of a white fox, she liked to snuggle beside him, but now that she was in human form, she still couldn’t stay away from him. Ye Feng could only let her be. After all, Bai Yiyi was indeed breathtakingly beautiful. Members of the fox race, both male and female, were already exceptionally handsome, not to mention the ancestors like the Nine-Tailed Fox, whose beauty could truly be described as unparalleled. Even women like Pearl and Long Yue paled in comparison.

Moreover, Bai Yiyi didn’t like to call Ye Feng “boss”; she always referred to him as “my lord.” It took Ye Feng several days to get used to this unusual title.

Among Ye Feng’s group, aside from him, Long Tian and Jin, the rest were demonic beasts. Naturally, they had no good feelings toward these guys who wanted to slaughter the leader of the Silent Lake.

Just as the atmosphere became awkward, a strange disturbance came from afar. Then, the divine energy in the air rippled like ripples on a lake disturbed by a stone.

“The surge of spiritual energy has begun…” Jin said with joy as he looked at Ye Feng.