Urban God of War: The Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 495 - 491: Really Got Some Skills
The Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts came quickly and left just as swiftly, disappearing in the blink of an eye. However, the wasteland was still littered with dense piles of their corpses, which were enough to make anyone's scalp tingle, and what was even more unbearable was the disgusting stench that emanated from their bodies.
Li Benzhong sat on the ground to regulate his breath for a moment and discovered that he couldn't restore his Qi Force. It was then that he finally realized this place was not the Earth World; the air here contained no Spiritual Energy, and thus trying to restore Qi Force through Breathing Technique was utterly futile.
"What exactly is this Outer Battlefield!" Li Benzhong cursed loudly before flipping his wrist and revealing a sparkling, translucent stone in his palm. He then slowly clenched his fist and entered a state of Breath Regulation.
Ye Feng naturally recognized this type of green, sparkling, translucent stone. In fact, such stones did not exist in the Earth World; they originated from the Outer Battlefield. Because these stones contained a special type of Spiritual Energy, everyone called them Spirit Stones.
It was precisely because of the existence of these Spirit Stones that everyone could stay in the Outer Battlefield for extended periods. Without them, it would have been impossible to cultivate or regulate one's breath in the Spiritual Energy-devoid air of the Outer Battlefield. However, with the Spirit Stones, the situation was markedly different, and the efficacy of using them even surpassed the effect of Breathing Technique with the Spiritual Energy found in the air by far too much.
Zhuge Wuming had even mentioned that the Spiritual Energy contained in the Spirit Stones was of exceptionally high quality. He said that if one could cultivate and practice Breathing Technique with them for extended periods, the quality of one's Qi Force would also improve, to the point where those who had stayed in the Outer Battlefield for a long time were starting to transition their Qi Force into Spirit Essence.
This situation led to a dynamic where, in the Outer Battlefield, Spirit Stones became a hard currency. Paper money was worthless here, and even gold was nowhere near as valuable and precious as Spirit Stones.
Ye Feng could hardly believe that Li Benzhong had a Spirit Stone in his possession, small though it was. This alone was evidence of his extraordinary background, seemingly implying that his Great-Uncle Zeng had once returned to the Earth World from the Outer Battlefield.
Of course, even so, Li Benzhong was not significant enough to catch Ye Feng's attention; in fact, Ye Feng didn't even consider him a threat.
At this time, everyone had mostly recovered, and a team member who had previously followed Li Benzhong suddenly came over to Ye Feng and, without any warning, knelt before him with a smack.
"Thank you, Captain, for saving my life. Earlier, we were blind and were swayed by the words of a villain. Not only did we wrongly accuse you, Captain, but we even committed acts of disloyalty. Please, Captain, punish us!"
Seeing this, the other team members also got up and walked over, then knelt down before Ye Feng, saying in unison, "Thank you, Captain, for your help. We were wrong earlier to choose to follow that ignorant villain. Now we wish to reaffirm our trust in you, Captain, and hope you will be magnanimous and not hold this against us."
Ye Feng just gave a faint smile upon hearing this and immediately waved his hands, "Everyone, stand up. As your Captain, it's only natural I should come to your aid when you're in danger. We are all part of the same team; unity is what we should strive for!"
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"Yes, Captain, you're absolutely right. From now on, we are willing to follow you, Captain, and will never betray you again!" The team members said, standing up one after another.
At this moment, obviously, the happiest were Xiao Chuanqi, Sima Zhantian, and the others. It was only now that they realized why their master hadn't stopped them from betraying him to follow Li Benzhong before and hadn't lifted a finger against Li Benzhong.
Clearly, their master had already known that stopping them at that time not only would have been ineffective but might have had the opposite effect. After the ordeal with the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts, the situation had changed significantly. No wonder their master had mentioned before that it was not yet clear who would have the last laugh. It seemed that the master had already foreseen this moment.
"To be a leader, indeed requires capabilities; the master really is the master, with skills so Gao Ming!" Sima Zhantian couldn't help but inwardly sigh with admiration.
Of course, at this gathering, the person with the worst expression was naturally Li Benzhong. Although he had recovered his Qi Force through Breath Regulation, his face was terribly grim. The ones who had just promised to follow him were now kneeling before Ye Feng, begging for forgiveness. This was nothing less than a slap in his face.
Although Li Benzhong was seething inside, he couldn't say much about it. After all, during the attack of the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts, not only had he failed to protect them, but four of the team members had died, and in the end, even he himself had needed Ye Feng's rescue. With that, it was safe to say that he had completely lost face.
What no one expected was that Li Benzhong had such thick skin. Even though Ye Feng had clearly saved him, this guy did not even utter a word of thanks, nor did he apologize for the mistake he had just committed.
The team members felt a chill in their hearts upon witnessing this, and had thoroughly seen Li Benzhong's true colors. However, as of now, there were still two people following behind Li Benzhong, one of whom was the young man from the Duan Family.
Ye Feng did not say much more; he was too indifferent to bother with such people.
Xiao Chuanqi stepped forward and asked, "My lord, what should we do next, should we leave this place immediately to prevent those Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts from returning?"
Ye Feng nodded slightly and said, "Naturally, we must leave this wasteland as soon as possible, but before we do, we need to take a closer look at these Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts."
Sima Zhantian said, "These monsters are nearly stinking us to death, what's there to look at?"
Ye Feng ignored him and slowly walked over to one of the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts. Each of these monsters was the size of an adult pig, which would have been a tremendous disaster for humanity if they had made it to the Earth World.
Suddenly, Ye Feng flicked his wrist, and the Spear of the Ancestral Dragon pierced directly into the beast's back scales.
"These scales don't seem to have anything special about them, not particularly hard, easily pierced with a slight stab, they're of no use!"
Ye Feng shook his head, then turned his gaze towards the monster's claws and tentacles, which also did not seem particularly notable.
Li Benzhong snorted, "Of course, these Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts are the indigenous monsters of the Outer Battlefield, quite numerous in quantity. If there were any value in them, the predecessors would have discovered it long ago. It wouldn't be your turn. Doing this now is simply a waste of time!"
Sima Zhantian immediately got angry, pointed at him, and shouted, "Can you shut your damned mouth? No one thinks you're mute if you don't speak."
Li Benzhong got angry as well and yelled back, "Who do you think you are to yell at me like that!"
Hearing this, even the usually good-tempered Xiao Chuanqi couldn't bear it any longer. He swiftly moved in front of Li Benzhong and said, word by word, "You shameless thing, if it weren't for our lord saving you just now, you would have already been eaten by these monsters. Speak nonsense again, and believe it or not, I will end you right now!"
Facing the raging fury of both Sima Zhantian and Xiao Chuanqi, two great army commanders, Li Benzhong, though seething with anger, ultimately did not dare to speak again.
"Silence!" Ye Feng said indifferently, without even turning his head. With a flick of his wrist, holding the Spear of the Ancestral Dragon, he immediately opened up the belly of the Spirit-devouring Ant Beast.
The belly was entirely filled with a sickening yellowish liquid; besides that, there was nothing unusual.
"Let's go, it seems I was overthinking!" Ye Feng shook his head, put away the Spear of the Ancestral Dragon, but just as he was about to turn away, he suddenly noticed a small clump of white crystals on the beast's head.
"What is this?" Ye Feng raised an eyebrow and looked closely once again.
