"After an Oshuzhe ascends to Diamond, it seems they gain a more peculiar cultivation method. I'm not entirely sure of the specifics, as even at my peak, I was only Diamond Grade Three…"
"According to the former guild leader, once one cultivates Diamond to the pinnacle and wishes to advance further, they will encounter this 'Tribulation Cloud'…."
"This thing is terrifying. Even someone as powerful as the former guild leader back then couldn't withstand what fell from the 'Tribulation Cloud'…."
"It was because of that incident… that the former guild leader's strength…."
As he reached the end, Old Man Liu sighed deeply.
"That terrifying? Let's leave here quickly!"
After hearing Old Man Liu's explanation, Ye Feng made up his mind. He didn't want to be inexplicably targeted by some Tribulation Cloud.
"Ye Feng is right!"
Old Man Liu quickly chimed in, "But everyone, be careful not to use Arcanum energy carelessly. The Tribulation Cloud appears within a certain range. While it might be targeting a specific person or object,"
"Anyone within that range who uses Arcanum energy is highly likely to be caught in it!"
After Old Man Liu finished speaking, everyone left with solemn expressions.
Qiao Ying, however, continued to stare at the sky for a long time until Xiao Xiao called her back. Only then did she follow…
"Ye Feng, come here for a moment, I need to tell you something!~"
As Ye Feng and his group returned to their campsite, Qiao Ying quickly addressed Ye Feng.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and quickly followed her.
…
"What is it?"
After the two of them arrived at a secluded spot, Ye Feng asked Qiao Ying.
"Ye Feng, did you do something on that hillside just now? Did you sense an extremely powerful sense of danger?"
As she spoke, Qiao Ying pointed to a hillside in the distance.
That was precisely where Ye Feng had perceived and understood the scene of the old man in plain clothes drawing on the sky with a branch, and also where the Tribulation Cloud had suddenly appeared.
"An extremely powerful sense of danger?"
Ye Feng frowned, and then his expression changed, "Qiao Ying, you don't think that… that Tribulation Cloud was targeting me, do you?"
Qiao Ying frowned her beautiful brows, stared at Ye Feng for a while, and finally nodded with certainty.
"This… what the hell… I haven't even reached Diamond, how could I have…."
Ye Feng muttered in confusion, then suddenly stopped. He thought of a possibility: the trace of ethereal aura he had comprehended from that move of the old man in plain clothes…
It was at that moment that he had sensed a chilling and spine-tingling sense of danger…
"I… I was cultivating at that time, it was the move used to kill the Blood Ancestor… and I happened to have a breakthrough…"
"Could it really be because of this?!"
Ye Feng looked at Qiao Ying with a questioning gaze.
"This…"
Qiao Ying's expression was somewhat hesitant. She was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Ye Feng, True Qi, Arcanum energy, even Angelic power… in a sense, they are all the same…."
"But only cultivators… Although you possess both Arcanum energy and True Qi, I believe you are closer to being a cultivator…."
"Among Oshuzhes, cultivators, and angels… cultivators are the fewest in number, and a major reason for that is the Tribulation Cloud…"
"Many powerful cultivators have died under the Tribulation Cloud…."
Qiao Ying spoke at a moderate pace, as if adjusting her language to ensure Ye Feng understood, or perhaps to avoid revealing some information.
"Damn…"
Ye Feng was somewhat speechless.
Although Qiao Ying hadn't said it directly, he understood that the Tribulation Cloud that had appeared out of nowhere was targeting him.
"Ye Feng, since you are a cultivator, do you have some kind of treasure or artifact?"
"To help you safely pass when encountering the Tribulation Cloud!"
Qiao Ying looked at Ye Feng with a serious expression.
"Uh…"
Hearing this, Ye Feng awkwardly scratched his head, "I… I don't have anything like that…."
"What?"
Qiao Ying blinked her eyes in surprise, "All the powerful cultivators I know… they all have them. When they learn they might encounter a Tribulation Cloud, they even go out of their way to collect some treasures!"
Ye Feng shook his head helplessly, "Actually… I'm not even sure if I'm a cultivator… I inexplicably awakened Arcanum energy, and then inexplicably gained True Qi…."
"I cultivate by exploring and figuring things out on my own… Honestly, sometimes I'm not sure if my cultivation is even right…."
"But I do know two people who should be cultivators… but I don't know where they went…"
As he spoke, Ye Feng's mind drifted back to when he encountered Yue Feixue and Zhao Gongzi in the ancient sand dune battlefield.
"This…"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, Qiao Ying was stunned, "This person has become so strong by fumbling around on his own…."
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed slightly.
He sensed a fluctuation of spatial energy, and its source was from his left foot.
"Swish!~"
"Gulp!~"
The next second, the sandal on Ye Feng's left foot flashed with light, and a strange rune formation instantly appeared. Then, the space around him distorted.
Immediately after, a fierce-looking middle-aged man appeared not far in front of Ye Feng.
The fierce-looking middle-aged man bore a strong resemblance to Monk Huang, especially his unusually thick lips, like two large sausages, which were almost identical.
"Some kind of teleportation array?"
Ye Feng looked at the position on his left sandal where he had previously noticed some marking and understood immediately.
"Kid, how can the mark of the 'Desperate Teleportation Array' be on your left sandal!"
"You're the one who severely injured Xiao Shang!"
After observing for a moment, the fierce-looking middle-aged man's gaze fell on Ye Feng's left foot. He immediately roared in anger, and his eyes became increasingly dangerous as he looked at Ye Feng.
"Xiao Shang? That Monk Huang guy?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly.
"It is you! Die!"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, the fierce-looking middle-aged man's eyes widened. He flickered and charged directly at Ye Feng.
"Oh?"
Ye Feng narrowed his eyes, retreated rapidly, and at the same time, a flash of light appeared in his hands. Two Thompson submachine guns appeared in his left and right hands respectively, and he instantly unleashed a torrent of fire towards the fierce-looking middle-aged man.
"Bang bang bang!~"
The intense gunfire continued for a while before stopping.
"Hmph! Bullets are…."
"Boom ~ Rumble!~"
Before the fierce-looking middle-aged man could finish speaking, a large fireball exploded on his chest. It turned out Ye Feng had quickly attached a Claymore mine to his chest and detonated it.
"Bang bang bang!~"
"Clang! Rumble! Bang!~"
"Bang bang bang!~"
Following this, intense gunfire and huge explosions continued to erupt, engulfing the fierce-looking middle-aged man in smoke and flames…
"Big Brother!"
"Ye Feng, what happened?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao and Wu Ye Lin, who had heard the loud commotion, ran over.
…