77: In the dead land, the mummies awaken
As the two stepped in, the spatial rift instantly closed.
There was no imagined pain; stepping into the spatial rift, Qin Feng only felt his body become completely weightless.
The sense of time disappeared; it seemed as if several days had passed, yet also as if only an instant had gone by.
"We've arrived."
The White-browed Old Man's aged voice came through.
At the same time, a cacophony of sounds entered his ears, and Qin Feng opened his eyes.
Flashing neon lights met his gaze; despite it being deep night, the streets were still bustling with professionals, almost indistinguishable from daytime.
Compared to the extravagance of Shanhai City, the buildings in Tianjing mostly exuded an ancient aura.
Most of the buildings bore mottled patterns, seemingly weathered by time, filled with an indescribable sense of history.
The White-browed Old Man led Qin Feng into a building that soared into the clouds, its height immeasurable.
Qin Feng looked up, only to see several large characters written on the building.
"Qi Tian Tower"
What a bold claim!
Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Upon entering the building, the White-browed Old Man walked to the front desk, pulled out a black card, and handed it over.
"Heaven-grade rooms, two of them."
Seeing the black card, the service staff were instantly startled.
Without daring to neglect them, they quickly took out two room cards and handed them over.
"Your room cards, please turn left, top floor, Heaven-grade Room Eight and Heaven-grade Room Six."
The service staff lowered their heads, their expressions respectful.
The number of black card users at Qi Tian Tower was extremely small; each one was a true top-tier figure, someone they absolutely could not offend.
"Hmm."
The White-browed Old Man nodded, took the room cards, and led Qin Feng to a doorway marked with the character "Heaven."
With a swipe of the room card, the door opened, and a teleportation array immediately came into view.
Qin Feng's eyes widened slightly in surprise as he stepped onto it.
In just three seconds, the environment shifted, and the two stepped out of the teleportation array.
Heaven-grade Room Eight and Heaven-grade Room Six were opposite each other.
The White-browed Old Man handed the room card to Qin Feng, chuckling.
"You can rest here first; I will take you to meet King Qin after daybreak."
Qin Feng nodded in response, then entered his room.
After a brief rest, Qin Feng sat in the room, sorting through his recent gains.
Besides the rewards from his trip to the Heaven's Pride Tower, his evolution points had once again reached one million.
He opened his panel and looked.
"Current Evolution Points: 1,188,566."
"My other four summoned beasts have all reached Ancient grade, with only the Golden Crow still at Reversion-level."
"Next, I'll prioritize evolving the Golden Crow."
Qin Feng muttered softly.
Summoned beasts were his primary source of combat power; evolving the Golden Crow was the first priority.
He lowered his gaze, his consciousness sinking into the summoned beast space, and opened the Golden Crow's attribute panel.
"Current Summoned Beast: Golden Crow."
"Grade: Reversion-level."
"Level: LV81."
"Strength: 60,900."
"Constitution: 52,100."
"Agility: 60,500."
"Spirit: 56,000."
"Combat Power: 90,000."
"Skills: Heavenly Fire Meteor, Golden Crow's Flame."
"Evolution Value Required for Next Evolution: One Million."
Looking at the panel before him, Qin Feng slowly spoke: "Begin Evolution!"
"Consuming one million evolution points, the Golden Crow begins to evolve."
"..."
As his words fell, one million evolution points transformed into white light and flowed entirely into the Golden Crow's body.
In an instant, as the white light merged into the Golden Crow's body, its form seemed to swell slightly.
Immediately following, its entire body's flames began to burn wildly.
It was as if an endless stream of scorching flames was constantly being released from within.
Caw!
The Golden Crow let out a cry, instantly soaring high.
Its body hovered in mid-air, enveloped completely by raging fire, its original appearance no longer discernible.
At this moment, the Golden Crow had transformed entirely into a giant fireball.
The fireball continued to expand, and the sky also began to burn.
A dense fiery red covered the sky, illuminating the summoned beast space into a kingdom of flames.
Finally, after an unknown period, the fireball seemed to have reached its limit of expansion.
The enormous fireball that enveloped the heavens and earth "burst" apart with a roar at this moment.
At the same time, a crimson being, radiating an incredibly intense light and burning with divine fire all over its body, appeared before Qin Feng.
"Evolution Complete."
"Golden Crow → Great Sun Golden Crow."
"Current Summoned Beast: Great Sun Golden Crow."
"Grade: Ancient grade."
"Level: LV81."
"Strength: 300,000."
"Constitution: 185,000."
"Agility: 305,000."
"Spirit: 250,000."
"Combat Power: 400,000."
"Skills: Great Sun Descent, Scorching Sky Divine Fire."
"Evolution Value Required for Next Evolution: One Million."
"All five Ancient grade summoned beasts are complete."
Qin Feng took a deep breath.
Next, it was time to focus on one of them and quickly meet the evolution conditions for Stellar grade.
As long as he obtained his first Stellar grade summoned beast, even facing a Nine Revolutions giant, he would be completely fearless.
At this time.
The Land of Silence.
A decaying aura permeated this region.
Trees were withered, life was cut off, and an air of desolation hung everywhere.
Caw—Caw—
Evil crows flew, emitting several sharp cries, adding a touch of deathly silence to this area.
A burial mound sat here, with scattered dry tree branches upon it.
The grave soil had been completely contaminated by the abyss aura of this place, appearing a murky black.
Suddenly.
This burial mound, which had existed for an unknown time, abruptly trembled a few times.
Immediately after, with a "hiss," a withered arm suddenly stretched out from within it.
This arm was covered in greenish-black corpse spots, and tattered cloth strips of a rotten sleeve, not yet fully decomposed, clung to the arm, creating an extremely horrifying, zombie-like sensation.
The next moment, this arm moved; it pressed one hand onto the burial mound in an extremely strange posture.
Then, with a forceful push.
A shriveled, skin-and-bones figure slowly rose from the burial mound.
Its body was bloodless, its skin dry, and its entire being covered in corpse spots, looking completely unlike a living person.
However, it truly began to walk.
Its head slightly lifted, and within its hollow eye sockets, a wisp of eerie green flame gradually ignited.
"Finally... is... it... time...?"
"Awaken... me..."
It opened its mouth with difficulty, its words intermittent, seemingly adapting to this century-long silent, withered body.
It paused, sensing the information being transmitted to its mind.
As the information gradually became clear, the eerie green flame in its eye sockets flickered gently.
"God... Seed... Great... Qin..."
"Understood..."
Issuing broken words, it lifted its withered leg.
Accompanied by a creaking... creaking sound, it slowly walked outwards.