"I will accept this Enhancement Fruit... but I'll stay to observe... Running away is never a good option..."
"Besides, I'm quite interested in that Divine Envoy... Perhaps clashing with them will help me improve my strength..."
"However, if the situation turns dire, I will take Ling away!"
Ye Feng took the Enhancement Fruit and said solemnly to Wu Ye Lan.
"This... is acceptable!"
Wu Ye Lan frowned slightly, then finally nodded in agreement.
"Senior Wu Ye, Ling mentioned you were looking for Divine Rune Stones earlier, was it to set up a Spirit Suppressing Array?"
At this moment, Ye Feng voiced another of his lingering doubts.
"That's one of the reasons!"
Wu Ye Lan didn't hide anything. "Using Divine Rune Stones to set up a Spirit Suppressing Array can bind creatures like the Three-Headed Hellhound, preventing them from easily merging into the void!"
"After all, if they merge into the void and use spatial barriers to their advantage, dealing with them becomes infinitely more difficult!"
"Of course, another very important reason for my search for Divine Rune Stones is to sense the movements of Divine Envoys, Divine Servants, and even the gods!"
As he spoke, Wu Ye Lan raised his left hand and pointed to a ring on his ring finger. "Divine Rune Stones have a crucial characteristic: they develop peculiar patterns when they sense spatial energy. This is also the origin of their name!"
"The Divine Rune Stone in this ring was a leftover from dealing with the Three-Headed Hellhound over twenty years ago!"
"The few pieces Ling brought back have other arrangements!"
Wu Ye Lan cast a meaningful glance at Wu Ye Ling as he said this.
"I see... Should I get one for myself too, just in case..."
Ye Feng muttered to himself and spoke again, "By the way, Senior Wu Ye, do you know about Survivors, or rather, Bracelet Holders?"
"Ye Feng, you..."
Wu Ye Lan frowned. "Regarding the way you refer to Bracelet Holders, you might need to be careful... As far as I know, only Bracelet Holders refer to themselves as Survivors... Some factions that capture Bracelet Holders use this small characteristic to identify and apprehend them directly!"
"As for Bracelet Holders... I'm not very clear myself. Rumor has it that they are connected to a great secret... and it's related to Starfall City..."
"The earliest Bracelet Holders are said to have originated from Starfall City... and rumors claim that the truth behind this world's great catastrophe lies within Starfall City... but none of this has been confirmed!"
"After all, no one can currently clarify where Starfall City is, and there's even debate about whether it truly exists..."
Although Wu Ye Lan didn't know why Ye Feng was interested in this, he still explained.
"Speaking of Starfall City... you can ask Shen Botian. He should know much more about matters concerning Starfall City than I do..."
"And among the people I know... if anyone has truly explored the ruins of Starfall City, it's probably the Lord of the Sea Restaurant. He took possession of the map that was suspected to be of Starfall City's ruins!"
Wu Ye Lan paused before speaking again.
"Shen Botian, huh... I didn't discuss this with him last time we met. I'll ask him if I get the chance..."
Hearing Wu Ye Lan's words, Ye Feng couldn't help but murmur.
Upon hearing this, Wu Ye Lan and Wu Ye Ling exchanged glances, both recognizing in each other's eyes that Ye Feng was indeed the Ye Feng that Shen Botian had described through that strange instrument a few days prior...
"Ye Feng, there's one thing, though it's just my speculation, I feel I should tell you!"
At this moment, Wu Ye Lan frowned slightly and said, "This mysteriously sourced Enhancement Fruit is likely not just for resolving the hidden injuries of top experts and improving physical fitness without side effects. Otherwise, it wouldn't attract the attention of Divine Servants and Divine Envoys to contend for it..."
"In fact, I don't think 'Enhancement Fruit' is the actual name of that fruit..."
Wu Ye Lan looked at the Enhancement Fruit in the Seven Stars Concealment Cage in Ye Feng's hand with a serious expression.
"Oh, I'll be careful!"
...
Afterward, Ye Feng and his group chatted for a while longer before returning to the top floor of the Meow Meow Adventurer's Guild building to set up tents and rest.
Meanwhile, Wu Ye Ling spoke with her grandfather about her investigation into the Zeng family's arcane energy firearms, as well as the situations of the Huang, Miao, and Lu families...
...
The next day,
Around seven or eight in the morning,
"Phew! Finally done!"
Ye Feng clapped his hands and wiped the sweat from his brow. He had woken up early that morning to set up the Spirit Suppressing Array here.
"Big Brother, try this pear. I just exchanged for it with Sister Qiao Ying from someone nearby. It's so sweet!"
At this moment, a small voice came from not far away.
Soon, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying found a spot and contentedly ate the sweet and juicy green pears.
"Big Brother, shouldn't we be going back now?"
Xiao Xiao had almost finished her green pear, leaving only the core. She looked at the sun in the sky and asked.
"Crack!"
As soon as Xiao Xiao's voice fell, a sound like lightning splitting the sky suddenly rang out from afar.
Ye Feng turned his head and saw that in the direction of the sound, the entire void was distorting. A rather large crack appeared in space from top to bottom, as if something had cleaved it open...
"Boom!"
"Bang! Bang bang! Boom!"
Following that, a series of dense explosions erupted from the distorted and broken space, with mushroom clouds rising into the sky.
"That's the direction of the Wu Ye Adventurer's Guild!"
Qiao Ying frowned and said.
"Go!"
Before Ye Feng could finish speaking, his body transformed into an afterimage, rushing directly towards the distorted space and the site of the explosions, with Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying closely following.
...
Ye Feng and the two others were very fast and reached the location of the Wu Ye Adventurer's Guild building in a short while.
However, the Wu Ye Adventurer's Guild building was no longer there. The entire building had been razed to the ground, engulfed in roaring flames, and the screams and cries for help of people echoed incessantly...
What filled Ye Feng with a sense of unease was that a large area of space at the scene had been split in two, even the ground had been cleaved open. The torn space, like shattered glass, wreaked havoc everywhere. Numerous buildings, upon contact, instantly distorted, turning into dust, and from time to time, panicked people would scream and turn into a mist of blood...
"Whoosh! Swish! Hiss!"
"Swish! Swish!"
At this moment, a loud rushing sound of water arose, extinguishing several large fires. Then, a crowd of people with terrified expressions and visible injuries ran out from the extinguished fires, scattering in all directions.
"Well, well, the young lady still has the leisure to care about these lowly commoners!"
"Whoosh! Clang clang clang!"
A sarcastic male voice rang out, immediately followed by the sound of metal clashing.
"Clang! Swish! ~"
"Whoosh whoosh!"
After a collision, two figures retreated. At this moment, Ye Feng could clearly see that one of them was Wu Ye Ling, and the other was a burly man with long hair.
"Tear! Bang!"
At this moment, another piercing crackling sound of lightning echoed. Not far in front of Ye Feng, a space where flames raged and mushroom clouds had yet to dissipate distorted and violently exploded.
...