Chapter 730: Securing a Precious Treasure

After deducing that there was a precious treasure in Ink Lake, Ye Feng and his group arrived above it. The fourth-level powerful monsters in the lake, aiming to assert their territory, launched a technique combining three divine powers, but Ye Feng easily countered it with his Ice Seal technique.

Unexpectedly, those monsters somehow managed to raise the level of this triple-layered technique—from a maximum of 27 levels—to 54 levels, leaving Ye Feng and his group in shock. Even Blood Sea, a ninth-level powerhouse, had never seen such a phenomenon.

“What exactly is going on?” Ye Feng asked, his face filled with disbelief. The more he thought about it, the more absurd it seemed. If three different types of divine powers were combined to reach 54 levels, he might have been slightly surprised by the sheer number of powers used. But combining the same type of divine powers twice was completely against logic.

However, Ye Feng quickly regained his composure. Since the opponents knew this special method of combining powers, he needed to end the battle faster and uncover the secret. He even suspected that this peculiar technique might be related to the treasures hidden in the lake.

Without further hesitation, Ye Feng activated ten types of divine powers, including his martial arts technique, and delivered a punch. The immense power of this 90-level combined technique shattered the massive hurricane, whose diameter had grown to hundreds of thousands of meters, into pieces in an instant.

Even the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, revealing the sunlight once again. The rain stopped, the wind ceased, and the lake’s surface became calm.

Ye Feng snorted coldly, “Not coming out? Then I’ll force you to!”

With that, Ye Feng, who was already standing on the water’s surface, stepped down forcefully. This step combined his martial arts technique with the full power of the other nine divine powers. The entire Ink Lake became like a small pond into which a bomb had been thrown.

With a loud “boom,” all the water in the lake surged upward as if in reverse waterfall. The force was so great that Luo Yan and Jin Wen couldn’t help but stare in awe.

Amid the raging currents, everyone finally saw the true appearance of the two giant beasts. They were two black dragon-like monsters, but they resembled true dragons only slightly. They looked somewhat like snakes and fish, an odd mixture, as if their evolution wasn’t complete.

The two beasts stared intently at Ye Feng, not daring to relax in the slightest. Their eyes, as huge as football fields, reflected a variety of complex emotions—anger, fear, surprise…

“You can speak, right?” Ye Feng asked.

“Humans, why have you entered our territory without reason? What do you want?” One of the black giants finally spoke; from its voice, it seemed to be a male.

“I have two questions about that precious treasure you’re guarding,” Ye Feng said, not attacking immediately but continuing to ask. “First, the fact that you two have reached such strength must be related to that item, right?”

Hearing this, the two beasts looked at Ye Feng warily but did not answer.

Not getting an answer, Ye Feng observed their reactions before asking his second question, “That strange method of combining powers you just used is also related to that treasure, right?”

At these words, the two beasts grew anxious.

The male beast tried to stay calm, saying, “We don’t know what you’re talking about. You’ve come here for nothing.”

“You two should know that it wouldn’t be difficult for me to kill you,” Ye Feng said, looking at them. “My power fusion level is 90. Even the strongest warriors at the highest realms can only match my level of fusion. If I were to seize it by force, you wouldn’t be able to stop me.”

“Kill us then! Stop talking nonsense!” The black male beast remained stubborn, refusing to yield. The female beast hesitated, seemingly wanting to say something but not daring to.

“Kill you?” At that moment, Xue Hai finally spoke up. He stepped forward and laughed loudly, “It doesn’t matter if you die. Haven’t you thought about the three cubs still in your wombs?”

The two giants were shocked. They never expected anyone to be able to detect what was inside them. Normally, only a warrior two levels stronger than them could uncover such details. So this warrior was at least level 6, possibly even level 7. That wasn’t the main point; what mattered was that he had revealed their thoughts with just a few words.

Ye Feng and the others were also stunned. They certainly hadn’t detected the cubs inside the female beast’s womb. Both giants were at level 4, and only warriors above level 6 could investigate their internal conditions. Even Ye Feng couldn’t do it.

“Three young beasts dying with you doesn’t matter much,” Blood Sea continued. “What if they are raised after you die? Used as human pets, tortured everywhere… Have you ever thought about that? At least I know a few ways to raise those three young beasts into maturity after you die…”

“How cruel! What exactly do you want before you’ll let us go?” The male beast knew it couldn’t win in a fight or escape, so it had no choice but to compromise.

“Simple. Hand over that treasure,” Blood Sea said, extending his hand toward the two beasts.

“How can we be sure that handing over the treasure will stop you from attacking us?” The male beast still didn’t trust Ye Feng and his group.

“You can’t be sure, and you have no choice,” Blood Sea sneered. “Actually, I wouldn’t mind searching this entire lake bottom to top after killing you—we’ll surely find what we want. But my master dislikes such methods. I’m giving you this chance; don’t waste it.”

“How about this? If you hand over the treasure, I can give you some things you want in exchange,” Ye Feng suggested. After all, forcing things wasn’t his style. It was acceptable to take spoils if trouble was provoked, but this was the first time he’d go out of his way to cause trouble and steal from others, and he didn’t want to do that.

“You can’t give us what we want,” the giant beast sneered.

“Then tell me what it is,” Ye Feng pressed.

“We want to transform into full dragon form…” The male beast looked at Ye Feng. “If you can really do that, we’ll willingly hand over the treasure.”

“Unsensible! How could changing one’s bloodline be possible? You two already have mixed bloodlines, with only a weak trace of dragon blood. It’s already hard enough to get this far—how dare you expect to improve it?” Blood Sea didn’t think it was possible.

“I can do it,” Ye Feng said after pondering for a moment. “I can restore your bloodline to its most primitive and powerful state. But there’s a side effect: you’ll be bound to me through a contract similar to a master-slave pact. If you’re willing, you can give it a try. As for that contract, I won’t order you to do anything; you can do as you please.”

After discussing it, the two beasts finally decided to let the male beast try first.

After injecting the Perfect Gene Essence into the male beast, Ye Feng used the Ultimate Repair Privilege. In just a few hours, the male beast transformed into a pure black dragon, even growing a pair of black wings. Seeing such results, the female beast tried as well and soon achieved the same outcome. After reaping the benefits, the two beasts handed over the treasure. Ye Feng took it in hand—it was a strangely shaped stone. The moment he touched it, he felt the Remnants of the Heavenly Dao in his mind sea begin to vibrate violently…