Chapter 651 - 217: Ranking Skyrockets! Top 100 on the Combat Power List! The Shock from the Great Completion of the Sealing King Inheritance

Chapter 651: Chapter 217: Ranking Skyrockets! Top 100 on the Combat Power List! The Shock from the Great Completion of the Sealing King Inheritance

’I’ll have to "plunder" more fellows like these in the future. It’s the only way to reach the Infinite Sea realm faster.’

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Time flowed on in absolute silence.

For a Planet-level Martial Artist immersed in deep cultivation, the concept of time becomes blurry and meaningless.

A single Circulation of Heaven could take years.

Deep beneath the surface of the planet Heart of Rot, within the cavern Qin Feng had temporarily carved out for himself, all light had vanished.

The mountain of top-tier resources that had once been sufficient to transform the entire cavern into a brilliant Star Sea was now gone without a trace. All that remained was some basic energy residue, now fine powder scattered across the ground.

In the center of the cavern, a thin layer of dust covered the figure of Qin Feng, who sat cross-legged.

Twenty years had passed in the blink of an eye.

Then, at some point, his eyes—deeper than the stars themselves—slowly opened.

There was no earth-shattering eruption of aura, no horrifying scene of Spiritual Energy running rampant.

All his power, all his gains, had converged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, perfectly contained within his body.

It was a tranquility that spoke of returning to one’s simplest, truest form.

With a slight thought, Qin Feng pulled up his status panel.

In the "Nourishing Technique" section, the data for the Ten-Complete Hand, the Empire’s strategic-level Nourishing Technique, had changed.

[Ten-Complete Hand (Uninitiated)]

[Proficiency: 4/10]

In his twenty years of seclusion, in addition to digesting the resources, the proficiency of this Supreme Nourishing Technique had quietly increased by another point under the blessing of his "Heaven Rewards the Diligent" system.

HUUUH...

Qin Feng let out a long, turbid breath. The exhalation was so long and dense that it left a clear white mark on the cavern wall, which lingered for a long time.

’Without the aid of the Ten-Complete Hand, it would have taken me at least a hundred years of hard work to completely digest all the resources I plundered from Lang Qi and Wolf Ten.’

His voice, tinged with a faint note of reflection, echoed in the empty cavern.

During his seclusion, he had clearly felt the profound nature of the Ten-Complete Hand.

Whenever he refined a Celestial and Earthly Treasure, the moment its vast and impure energy entered him, it was immediately enveloped, purified, and broken down by a gentle yet domineering current of heat. This energy was then integrated into his limbs, his bones, his Psychic Core, and even his Sea of Consciousness in the most efficient and gentle manner possible.

The entire process was as smooth as flowing water, with practically no energy lost.

’The Ultramarines Chapter, the Thunder Martial Hall... the Empire’s top Warbands must have their own top-tier Nourishing Techniques. However, I doubt any of them are as sophisticated as the Ten-Complete Hand, or offer such a massive boost in efficiency.’

Qin Feng’s gaze was profound.

’This is one of my core advantages. In this thousand-year trial, the one who can absorb resources most efficiently is the one who can snowball their advantage through each life-or-death battle, ultimately leaving all their rivals in the dust.’

He stood up and stretched his limbs, and a series of deep rumbles, like stars imploding, echoed from within his body.

It was time to take stock of his gains from the past twenty years.

First, his Mental Power.

This had been the primary focus of his seclusion.

He had refined all of the various Mental Power-related resources.

He could now clearly feel that the rushing "river" within his Sea of Consciousness had more than doubled in width, depth, and flow rate compared to twenty years ago.

His total Mental Power was now roughly double what it had been before his seclusion.

This improvement gave him a qualitative leap in his mastery over the "Great Accomplishment" stage of the Heaven-swallowing Fist Technique, as well as the range and precision of his external perception.

’Unfortunately, the realm of the Planet Fifth Limit: Infinite Sea is still a distant prospect.’

Qin Feng shook his head slightly.

Going from a "river" to an "Infinite Sea" wasn’t a simple matter of quantitative accumulation. It required a massive qualitative transformation, an epiphany. It was a true heavenly chasm.

Second, his physical body.

Among the spoils from Lang Qi and Wolf Ten were also many top-tier resources for tempering the physical body, such as Dragon Blood Essence and Purple Extreme Gold Crystal.

He had now digested and absorbed all of these resources, down to the very last drop.

He could feel that his muscle density, cellular activity, and explosive power had all improved significantly.

The physical body hidden beneath his skin was like an ever-growing ancient behemoth; every heartbeat thrummed with explosive power.

Finally, there was the enhancement to his weapon.

He held the Star-Devourer Long Spear in his hand. On its shaft, there now seemed to be faint, profound patterns flowing like nebulae, almost impossible to perceive with the naked eye.

The color of the spear’s shaft had also deepened, although the change wasn’t particularly obvious.

Among Lang Qi’s spoils, Qin Feng had found many rare metals and ores that even he could not name.

For the vast majority of contestants, these materials were completely useless, as their weapons were already forged and could not be infused with new materials.

Therefore, such items could only be hoarded and saved to be exchanged for Contribution Points later.

’Hardly any of these prodigies possess a Celestial Derivation Soldier. So these rare materials are of no practical use to them; they can only hoard them for now. Which works out perfectly for me.’

A smile touched Qin Feng’s face.

As a Celestial Derivation Soldier, one of the greatest characteristics of his [Star-Devourer] was its potential for growth.

These top-tier materials, which Lang Qi and the others considered useless, could be absorbed by the [Star-Devourer] to tangibly increase its grade.