Chapter 10 - Danger

Slowly, the den changed, the fishes on the racks dried then they would be replaced, more racks were added, barrels were being made and filled with water, food was being stocked, the den was then slowly furnished...

Ye Feng opened his eyes and looked at the walls while counting the number of lines he had put, 'It's already been more than 5 Months...', he stretched his body which seemed bigger and longer than before, and proceeded to open his Attribute Panel

[Name: Ye Feng

Race: Furbun

Cultivation Realm: Mortal

Strength: Mortal

Durability: Mortal

Speed: Mortal

Mental Power: 6 Star Warrior (Peak) (+)

Cultivation Arts: Furbun's Rise (Second Level [13%])

Talent: None]

Ye Feng closed it and hopped out of his den, he went a few hundreds meter away from his den before pressing on the (+)

[1000 Energy will be used to breakthrough.

Proceed?

Yes/No]

Ye Feng pressed Yes without hesitation, he already had a few thousands Energy, he killed so much that he reduced too much the numbers of fishes in the lake, he decided to change hunting spot when he noticed that he might cause the deaths of every fish in the lake.

Ye Feng fell unconscious and woke up several hours later, every tree around him in a range of 200 meters collapsed, Ye Feng sighed when he looked at all those trees on the ground, a few months ago, he had learned that when he broke through using the System, Mental Power would be released within his own range, as for its intensity, it would also increase as he grew stronger, now, just the energy he released when breaking through would cause Trees to collapse.

Ye Feng realized that with his growth, he might remove the marking before winter comes knocking, he shook his head thinking of that, even if he grew quickly, he would be stuck at bottlenecks due to the rapid increase in Energy every bottleneck took.

Ye Feng also knew that he couldn't rely on the Upgrade panel too much, at the very least not for now since Furbun's Rise's Energy cost was low at the beginning but was 150 times bigger, it went from 500 Energy to 75000 Energy required, the increase in difficulty was told in the knowledge he had received but he had shrugged it off since he had the Upgrade panel, didn't expect it to be that huge. Fortunately, increasing his proficiency in Furbun's Rise had amazing effects, his Mental Capacity grew by at least 50%, the intensity of his Mental Power grew by the same amount and the speed of his cultivation also grew.

Ye Feng spread his Mental Power, its range grew to 300 meters but effectively, the intensity of his Mental Power would decrease and it would cost more when he went over half of that amount. At first, it didn't matter much since the numbers were too small but as his range grew bigger, the range at which he could effectively use his power at 100% for the lowest cost didn't grow at the same rate.

As he was hopping back home, Ye Feng suddenly stopped and frowned, humans had entered his range, he quickly dug under him and waited as he noticed that the humans were approaching him. When they were near him, Ye Feng started listening to what they were saying,

"Xue'er, how could that little Furbun still be alive? You must've miscalculated"

"No, I'm sure that the mark wasn't here the first time I tracked it"

Ye Feng recognized their voices, they were Liu Erlong and Chu Yixue, they seemed to be tracking him, Ye Feng cursed in his mind, he was too weak to do anything now, but, he got one information, Chu Yixue seemed to be the one having marked him and she was too weak to do anything to him, still, he didn't do anything, he only calmed dug a tunnel using Mental Power while listening to the 2.

They didn't say anything, yet, Ye Feng could hear footsteps, they were gradually getting closer, eventually, the footsteps stopped but Ye Feng knew they were just above him, they didn't do anything until Chu Yixue spoke,

"Uncle Liu, it should be right below us..."

Ye Feng knew that he was found, before they could act, Ye Feng used all of his energy and attacked Chu Yixue, he attacked once, twice, thrice... The sixth time, Chu Yixue who only had the strength of a 1 Star Warrior was crushed into mincemeat.

Ye Feng felt extremely dizzy due to the consumption of Mental Power since he directly used the strength of a 7 Star Warrior in those attacks and he consumed even more Mental Power due to him attacking extremely quickly, being nigh instantaneous, he had even attacked Liu Erlong, not in the hope of killing him but in the hope of slowing him down.

Very quickly, Ye Feng hopped quickly into his narrow tunnel and put dirt behind him, he heard a small explosion behind him, Liu Erlong attacked the ground below him as Chu Yixue said, unfortunately for him, he was too slow, he dug deeper thinking that it might be a long-range attack and that there was an underground village but nothing.

Liu Erlong joined his palm, Ye Feng felt the energy being pulled into the palms of Liu Erlong, he was stunned but continued in his tunnel until he was out, he then hid in the forest, looking at Liu Erlong from afar using his Mental Power, he felt his entire body quake in fear as he felt the immense explosion happening with Liu Erlong at the center, everything was destroyed and it looked as if an asteroid had fallen down.

Liu Erlong looked around crazily yet found nothing, he then calmed down and looked at a small pouch that was the only thing that wasn't destroyed, he then took out a small stone and injected his Qi into it, an arrow made of energy appeared, due to his lack of cultivation, Ye Feng couldn't see it but he could perceive it using Mental Power.

He knew he was done for when he noticed the Arrow was pointing at him... He wasn't marked by Chu Yixue, he was marked by a tool that Chu Yixue owned, this tiny difference had huge implications, since Liu Erlong had this, Ye Feng was probably done for...

Yet, he remained clear-headed, he directly hopped in the direction of his den, when he arrived, he used his Mental Power to take out a few nets and then hopped to the Lake, he put himself in those nets and jumped in the lake.

He noticed the gazes of the fishes, wanting to eat him, yet, they were scared of the nets and didn't dare come, that was something Ye Feng had prepared, the nets weren't the sole reason they were scared, the other was that Ye Feng had once done the same thing and it killed dozens of fishes, he then did that until they were too scared of coming close, now, he wouldn't have any trouble from those fishes.

Ye Feng swam until he reached the bottom of the lake, he then used his Mental Power and probed at the glowing item, he felt intense energy in it, yet, nothing leaked out, the item was round and small, it was even smaller than Ye Feng's eyes, it was completely golden in color and had a surprisingly good scent, yet, the fishes ignored it, Ye Feng didn't think twice and took it before making a small hole to hide in then ate it.

Ye Feng lowered his head in disappointment when he didn't feel anything happen, he only felt an immense ball of energy in his body, yet, it couldn't be used and it wasn't used, he didn't grow stronger as he had thought, without that, he could only sigh and use his Mental Power to lock in on Liu Erlong.

Ye Feng looked as he wasted his energy by attacking the ground, in the hope of finding him, finally, he started digging deeper and deeper until he was at the level of Ye Feng, he then started digging straight to him, he looked extremely crazy while digging, one could almost feel the scent of blood, yet even with all that craziness, the moment he arrived at Ye Feng's location he was greeted by a school of fish repeatedly biting him, although they didn't kill him neither did they injure him, they still cost him energy, the wave of fish seemed never-ending, his energy was completely exhausted in the end.

Ye Feng then came out of where the wave of fish appeared and looked silently at Liu Erlong before crushing his head using Mental Power, he let out a deep breath before picking every fish up with his Mental Power and throwing them back into the lake, he was lucky of having thought of using the scent of blood to attract them and if they didn't follow the scent of blood, Ye Feng would simply force them to come using Mental Power.