"Ye Feng, this is Senior Miao Feng, someone you can trust. It was my grandfather's idea for him to join the Zeng, Huang, and Lu families' camp previously. It was to betray them at a critical moment!"
Seeing this, Wu Ye Ling immediately explained to Ye Feng.
"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to that big pipe. Otherwise, I wouldn't have believed it!"
After a pause, Wu Ye Ling pointed to Miao Feng's left hand, which was wrapped in bandages, and spoke again.
"Big pipe?"
Ye Feng looked at Miao Feng with some confusion.
"It's like this!"
Miao Feng took a puff from his large pipe and said, "This big pipe was used by President Wu Ye when he was young. Back then, President Wu Ye smoked heavily, like eating and drinking..."
"Later, Miss Ling was born... Miss Ling seemed to hate the smell of smoke and didn't like President Wu Ye holding her..."
"So President Wu Ye quit smoking... and this old pipe made of sandalwood also came into my hands..."
As he spoke, Miao Feng happily took another puff, clearly satisfied with the large pipe in his hand.
"President Wu Ye once told us that if someone appeared with his old pipe, it meant that person was absolutely trustworthy, and they would only take it out in dire straits!"
Miao Dao, standing beside Miao Feng, chimed in.
"Is that so..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng couldn't help but recall the proud arcane energy firearms of the Huang family, which turned out to be Wu Ye Lan's plan from over twenty years ago... He admired Wu Ye Lan even more.
"By the way, Senior Miao Feng, what was that hoe you used to break Elias's spatial power ropes that bound me? It looked like the artifact of Demeter from the Twelve Olympians?"
At this moment, Ye Feng spoke again.
"Mmm!"
Miao Feng nodded, and with a flash of light in his hand, a seemingly ordinary hoe appeared. "This hoe is indeed very likely the legendary artifact, the Cultivating Hoe... It's strange... It was given to me by an old man in straw clothes twenty years ago when I was tilling the land..."
"Now that I think about it, that person was probably related to Demeter from the Twelve Olympians, or perhaps even Demeter herself..."
Miao Feng spoke with emotion.
"Another divine artifact..."
Looking at the Cultivating Hoe in Miao Feng's hand, Ye Feng couldn't help but recall the Spear of War that Tu Xie used in the ancient ruins...
Then, Ye Feng looked at Qiao Ying with a questioning gaze. "Qiao Ying, do you know about Demeter?"
"Demeter is one of the Twelve Olympians... She is said to be in charge of agriculture. Her artifacts are the Cultivating Hoe and the Fire Hammer..."
"The Cultivating Hoe in Senior Miao Feng's hand is indeed a divine artifact, but it can probably only exert its power once..."
"The base of that hoe should have had a slightly concave small red mark on it originally, right..."
As she spoke, Qiao Ying pointed to the base of the hoe in Miao Feng's hand.
"This... there was indeed a small red mark... A few days ago, after I swung that blow that shattered the spatial power ropes, the small red mark disappeared..."
Miao Feng stared at the base of the hoe for a while and even rubbed it with his hand. "It's strange, ever since then, I haven't been able to sense the strange fluctuations emanating from within the hoe..."
After speaking, Miao Feng turned to Qiao Ying with a questioning look.
"That mark... it should be the trace left by Demeter with the Fire Hammer... It is precisely because of that small red mark that this hoe is a divine artifact!"
Qiao Ying sighed slightly, her expression a little complex.
"This..."
After hearing Qiao Ying's explanation, Miao Feng, Miao Dao, Wu Ye Ling, and the others exchanged surprised glances.
"Miss, Vice President Miao, where should this pile of damaged building materials be transported?"
At this moment, a sturdy middle-aged man wearing a yellow safety helmet walked over and asked.
"Miss, let me do it~"
...
Soon, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Wu Ye Ling left the ruins.
"By the way, Qiao Ying, do you know about the Retribution Divine Armor that Elias was wearing at that time?"
As they walked, Ye Feng, while munching on an apple, asked Qiao Ying.
"Judging by its shape, aura, and abilities, it's the armor of Ares, one of the Twelve Olympians, named 'Retribution'!"
"'Retribution Divine Armor' is said to be able to reflect any attack below the level of the gods!"
Qiao Ying, also eating an apple, frowned slightly and replied.
"'Retribution' Armor?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng was instantly taken aback.
Because during the ancient ruins, the knight named Alarak happened to possess a rune armor named 'Retribution', which could also reflect enemy attacks...
"Mmm!"
Qiao Ying nodded. "However, the Retribution Armor Elias wore at the time wasn't Ares's Retribution Divine Armor... it only possessed some of the Retribution Divine Armor's power..."
She paused. "Ye Feng, do you remember the sun totem mark on Elias's forehead? Elias's Retribution Divine Armor should have come from that sun totem..."
"I just can't quite understand why the power of Ares's Retribution Divine Armor would be related to the sun totem... The sun totem is the symbol of Apollo, the sun god..."
Qiao Ying's words were full of confusion and a hint of worry.
"The earliest divine stele of Hades, King of the Underworld... Tu Xie's Spear of War... and now Ares's Retribution Armor... Apollo's sun totem..."
"What in the world is going on... It's really complicated!"
Ye Feng scratched his head, feeling somewhat troubled.
Qiao Ying's expression was a little conflicted. She opened her mouth, but then swallowed the words back...
"Um, Ye Feng... I heard from Grandpa that you killed Elias... You used the power of Heavenly Punishment... Tribulation Fire?"
At this moment, Wu Ye Ling spoke again, her voice filled with disbelief.
"Mmm!"
Ye Feng nodded. True energy instantly appeared in his hand. Within a slender white true energy, there was a trace of golden light, which was the Tribulation Fire.
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed. The white true energy continuously retracted into his body, and the existence of the Tribulation Fire became increasingly apparent...
"Buzz!"
When the Tribulation Fire was no longer enveloped by true energy and appeared directly in front of everyone, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Wu Ye Ling all felt a powerful pressure emanating from it... Wu Ye Ling even took a step back...
Although it was only a small patch of golden light, the three could sense the extremely powerful energy within...
"Hoo!~"
Ye Feng's palm surged with white true energy again, covering the Tribulation Fire before retracting it into his body.
At this moment, Ye Feng's forehead was covered in cold sweat, his expression was weary, and his breathing was somewhat rapid. It was clear that controlling the Tribulation Fire had put immense pressure on him.
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