Chapter 544 - 255: Sharing the Spoils, Swift Battle, 10 Fearless Volcanoes

Chapter 544: Chapter 255: Sharing the Spoils, Swift Battle, 10 Fearless Volcanoes

Lin Feng had more options than Qin Hu, so naturally, he didn’t need to resort to such a risky shortcut.

He also wanted to guarantee the strength of the forces in the North resisting the Zerg Race’s invasion...

Therefore, Lin Feng planned to give Qin Hu at least three, or even more, of the ten Fearless Volcanoes before them.

This would ensure they had the strength to independently fight a Tier Three Mid-stage Mother Empress and the Zerg Race under her command in the future!

In the twenty Unyielding Realm Trials that followed, Lin Feng, acting fairly, had numerous members of the Genetic Combat Teams absorb the Mental Energy Balls and leave the Mental Realm World.

However, as the number of Genetic Warriors dwindled, the King Spine Zergs formed from the Unyielding Realm were no longer as easy to defeat as they had been initially.

The group’s average speed for completing the trials became slower and slower due to their diminished firepower.

By the time their numbers had fallen to less than fifteen people, even Lin Feng had to personally intervene to save them, otherwise there would have been casualties.

During this period, some members were also accidentally injured or severely wounded.

Lin Feng had them absorb a Mental Energy Ball and return to the Real World immediately after defeating a King Spine Zerg, to prevent them from having to go through a resurrection that would leave them even weaker.

Finally, after another week—one that had taken twice the time...

Lin Feng and his group successfully eliminated the sixtieth King Spine Zerg formed from the Unyielding Realm. The volcanic crater beneath its feet gradually cooled and went extinct as the Zerg’s body dissipated.

At this point, only three people remained by Qin Hu’s side. As for Lin Feng, besides his two Battle Group Leaders, he still had five other members.

Faced with the final Unyielding Mental Energy Ball left behind after the Zerg’s body dissipated, both sides were quite hesitant.

In the end, it was Lin Feng who stepped forward and made the decision.

He had a member of his Battle Group absorb the energy and leave.

The reason was simple. The other remaining Genetic Warriors—six in total—were all either Battle Group Leaders or vice-leaders who already had some leadership experience. It would be best for them to go on and master the Fearless Realm.

Besides, Lin Feng’s Genetic Combat Team currently only had thirty-four members; it didn’t need too many trailblazers.

’What’s more, with Ling Yi here, I can start another Collective Mental Realm Trial anytime I want in the future.’

After the absorption of the final ball of Unyielding Realm energy was complete...

The remaining four from Qin Hu’s group and seven from Lin Feng’s—eleven people in total—walked toward the ten towering volcanoes at the center of the Mental Realm!

The billowing clouds of thick, toxic smoke from each volcano were several times denser than those of the previous Unyielding Volcanoes.

The entire sky was stained a murky gray-black by the accumulating volcanic ash. In many places, a highly corrosive, torrential acid rain even began to fall...

The falling ash piled up on the ground, forming a thick layer of gray snow.

This harsh environment, comparable to the aftermath of a nuclear war, severely impeded the group’s advance and restricted their Flying Ability.

Awaiting Lin Feng and the eleven others was a trial more grueling than all the previous Unyielding Volcanoes combined.

Fortunately, the members of the Genetic Combat Team had given their Armor-Piercing Cannons to Qin Hu and his men when they left. Now, even Ling Yi held two Armor-Piercing Cannons, ready to provide long-range fire support.

The others were also equipped with two Armor-Piercing Cannons and a Tiger-toothed Chainsaw Sword each, armed to the teeth.

All told, they were equipped with over twenty Cannons, enough to maintain a powerful barrage even after cracking a King Spine Zerg’s Armor.

By the time the group reached the edge of the Fearless Volcanoes’ territory...

Lin Feng took the Armor from the Tier Two Peak Tiger Spine Zergs that Qin Hu’s group had killed, stripping it off in layers and fashioning it into a large canopy. This would shield them from the yellow-black acid rain and volcanic ash drifting down from the ten Fearless Volcanoes ahead.

The group waded through ash that came up past their thighs, struggling onward toward their final objective!

All they had to do was kill these ten Fearless King Spine Zergs...

And this Collective Mental Realm Trial would be declared complete!

Yet, at this very moment, back at the initial resurrection point they had all started from...

As the active volcanoes formed by the Unyielding Realm were extinguished one after another...

...the Energy that constituted the Mental Realm World was growing increasingly thin, drained by the growing number of Trial Takers who had absorbed Mental Energy Balls and departed.

This, in turn, allowed the aura of Slaughter seeping in at the world’s edge to grow ever thicker.

Within the ripples forming at the edge of this dimension, one could even see segmented limbs pressing against the thin film of the world’s texture.

They were probing, ceaselessly...

Energy from an unknown Spirit World was about to break through the barrier between realms, taking advantage of the Mental Realm World’s decay...