Before I leave, I’ll give you a gift.

Although Qin Feng had long since secured the throne of 'Global Number One' across the world,

it was clear that the vast majority of people had not seen it with their own eyes and did not know what kind of strength the current Qin Feng possessed…

They only knew from various information channels that Qin Feng was already Level 30.

And that he had soloed the first kill of an Epic BOSS.

They knew Qin Feng's damage must be extremely high, but they didn't know much more in detail.

At this moment, the failure of the 'Yamato Tenshin' Guild's surprise attack made the players in Sakura Country and the East Capital area understand instantly.

The reason 'Shadow' was the global number one wasn't just because of high output.

Even more terrifying was that his survivability was also ridiculously strong!

Faced with the siege of sixty East Capital experts, the fact that 'Shadow' remained unscathed said everything!

One must know that those sixty players from the 'Yamato Tenshin' Guild were somewhat famous in East Capital, being one of the first three teams in the entire city to kill a Platinum-level BOSS.

Now, they were already cooperating with several other teams to attempt the first clear of an Emerald-grade BOSS. Although they hadn't succeeded yet, there was great hope.

Among them, the damage-dealing classes each had a damage per second of three to five thousand. Sixty people focusing fire on one target should have dealt 100,000 to 200,000 damage per second.

The result…

When they focused fire on 'Shadow', they actually failed to deal any damage to him at all!

And this was while 'Shadow' was not even in stealth!

Many people around were filming with their phones, so the video quickly spread. Of course, it was mainly sent via 'Communication Crystal Rings' by playing the video on phone screens.

After all, during the Barren Wasteland stage, although phones still worked, the internet had been cut off.

Videos taken with phones couldn't be sent out through internet channels.

Fortunately, many people now had 'Communication Crystal Rings' in reality. These were items made from the god-given book and were tradable… equivalent to phones of the past era, but they could only contact friends and guilds, without a public network like before.

More and more people saw the scene of Qin Feng being besieged.

Those short few seconds tugged at everyone's heartstrings.

On the Sakura Country side, naturally many people hoped to kill Shadow in East Capital…

But unfortunately!

Things went against their wishes.

Shadow not only didn't die, but he also slaughtered that sixty-man team until not a single soul was left!

Even Shadow himself barely lifted a finger!

Those members of the 'Yamato Tenshin' Guild team who fled in all directions died mysteriously one after another!

That's right.

When Grey Chicken acted, it was in a state of stealth.

Furthermore, it shared Qin Feng's class skill effects; it wouldn't reveal itself even when attacking from stealth, making it a total camper!

And so…

In the eyes of the Sakura Country citizens at the scene, this became extremely terrifying.

Clearly, Shadow hadn't moved!

Shadow's wyvern was also in the sky!

The result…

Those people fleeing in all directions actually died one after another!

Who exactly killed them?

This caused countless people to gasp in shock.

Although many in Sakura Country were defiant, they had no choice now. When Qin Feng came to East Capital, it meant this city was already completely under Qin Feng's control!

…

Just over ten minutes later.

The stealthy camper Phoenix had finished off all the dozens of escapees, leaving not a single one behind.

Meanwhile, the Sakura Country officials standing not far from Qin Feng were discussing and whispering among themselves.

Their expressions changed rapidly.

No one knew what they were discussing.

Qin Feng saw this but made no move for the time being, simply absorbing the lifespan light orbs in front of him.

Additionally, he sent Grey Chicken out in stealth to scout the surroundings.

Soon, it gathered quite a bit of useful information.

It turned out that a rumor was actually circulating among the current crowd…

The rumor said that the long-tailed snake goddess statue, which had killed over a hundred thousand people in East Capital, was actually brought here by 'Shadow'!

All of this was a conspiracy between 'Shadow' and the BOSS!

It even listed several pieces of evidence, like someone seeing the statue being moved by an invisible person, and Shadow appearing just as the statue started killing people…

And now, Shadow wanted to kill the BOSS to destroy the evidence!

Consequently.

In the crowd, an even more ridiculous claim was circulating.

Compared to that Long-tailed Snake Demon, Shadow was the true greatest enemy of Sakura Country!

There was even more absurd stuff.

Grey Chicken: "Hahaha, Your Majesty. I also heard some people chatting, saying that the BOSS was forced to kill people by you!"

Qin Feng almost died laughing: "Ah, right, right, right, it was all forced by me. Them coming to worship the statue was also forced by me. How come I didn't know I had such divine powers?"

Of course.

What these people thought had nothing to do with Qin Feng.

Qin Feng couldn't control everyone's thoughts, especially not those of the people in Sakura Country. It was only normal for them to think the worst of him.

But laughter aside, Qin Feng knew very well that for such a 'rumor' to circulate—and to spread so quickly and widely—someone must be intentionally spreading it behind the scenes!

"What is the goal of the person behind this?"

"Just to incite the citizens' hatred against me?"

"Or perhaps… there are other ideas?"

Qin Feng didn't know for the time being.

But he would soon find out.

Because after half an hour had passed, he was almost finished absorbing all the lifespan light orbs in front of him.

The dozens of Sakura Country officials over there finally seemed to have made up their minds.

They sent a young woman in an OL uniform who walked forward slightly and communicated with Qin Feng: "Shadow… Mr. Shadow. We regret to inform you that we still haven't been able to find the BOSS's whereabouts."

"But please rest assured, we will not go back on the thirty thousand years of lifespan we promised you."

"You can go back first. Once we have gathered the lifespan, we will personally deliver it to the Great Xia Embassy and have the Great Xia Official transfer it to you…"

"As for the BOSS, if she doesn't show up, we can't keep wasting your time, can we?"

The young woman spoke in great xia language. It was a bit non-standard, but decent enough.

While speaking, she was cautious, her eyes carefully watching Qin Feng, trying to observe his emotions…

But unfortunately, Qin Feng was wearing the bone-white Faceless Mask.

It was impossible to see his expression.

Hearing the other party say this, Qin Feng had a good idea of what was going on and found it somewhat amusing.

"So they've reached a cooperation with the BOSS and want to help the BOSS escape?"

"And then, use the BOSS, send her to other countries, and frame them?"

"As expected of the Japs!"

Qin Feng sneered inwardly.

What do you mean the BOSS can't be found? How is that possible?

If it were some small BOSS, fine, but that Long-tailed Snake Demon is seven meters tall, two or three stories high!

If they really wanted to look, how could they not find her?

Thus, Qin Feng acted as if he didn't care and reached into his Greedy Space to take out a light and shadow crystal.

"Since you've all said so, I'll be leaving now."

"But before I go, I'll show you something good as a gift."

Qin Feng threw the light and shadow crystal out, and a recorded image played in the air in front of him…

This image was precisely the scene he had observed while in stealth at the East Capital Ruins: Tejima Ichiro's team being the first to worship the statue and quietly carrying it away!

It even included Tejima Ichiro's mutterings about some 'hidden reward'!

"This was recorded by my Cousin in East Capital. I just found it on his remains…"

"I think, with so many people dead in East Capital, their relatives and friends have the right to know the truth, the right to know who exactly caused their loved ones to be killed!"

"Everyone, my Cousin is also dead. I am also a victim, so I understand how you feel!"

Qin Feng said solemnly!