Giving you a funeral! It’s not too much to collect a little interest, is it?

When the Long-tailed Snake Demon was 'driven back into its hole' by Qin Feng, the people of Sakura Country watching the scene were all dumbfounded.

Shadow… actually let her escape?

They couldn't quite accept this outcome, but there was nothing they could do.

After all, they could all see that the Long-tailed Snake Demon was indeed in a translucent 'Void Walk' state, making her impossible to attack.

When she fled, she didn't even collide with the high-rise buildings but passed right through them!

Under such circumstances, it was completely understandable that Shadow couldn't kill her…

However, they naturally didn't know.

If Qin Feng had wanted to kill the Long-tailed Snake Demon, he wouldn't even have needed to reveal himself. By secretly activating 'Killing Shadow' for a fourfold instantaneous burst, the Long-tailed Snake Demon would have already been dead!

The current situation was merely something Qin Feng had intentionally orchestrated.

"Osirio, let's go. Back to where we were, and collect all that lifespan."

As the Long-tailed Snake Demon fled, Qin Feng rode Osirio and quickly returned to the side of the half-collapsed Radio Station Building.

Here, that massive black sphere had already fallen to the ground, and the corpses of people were piled up like a small mountain…

White lifespan light orbs, some large and some small, looked incredibly grim under the gray sky.

Arriving on Osirio, Qin Feng saw that many people were already trying to take the opportunity to run over and 'steal' these lifespans.

As the Long-tailed Snake Demon had been fleeing, the three-kilometer diameter Instant Death black mist zone had also been constantly moving.

This had given many onlookers quite a fright.

Fortunately, it soon fled from reality.

No more people died because of it.

But once the black mist zone left, the mountain of lifespan light orbs at the Radio Station Building became a target for many.

And when Qin Feng returned riding Osirio…

It had only been a short ten seconds or so, and no one had managed to succeed yet.

Seeing 'Shadow' return, those who were about to make a move all stopped in their tracks, none of them daring to approach any closer…

They didn't doubt for a second that if they tried to snatch anything, Shadow would definitely teach them a lesson they'd never forget!

If it were inside the game, perhaps many would have taken the risk; as long as they snatched it fast enough, it would be a profit even if they died.

But in reality…

Death is final!

Who among them dared to take the risk?

…

However, as Qin Feng arrived and looked at the lifespan light orbs and corpses scattered everywhere, he also felt a bit of a headache.

He was already well-accustomed to such scenes.

Death had become all too common since the Barren Wasteland spread…

"But with so many corpses, even if the Flower Opening Curse skill has no cooldown, it'll still take a long time to absorb them all!"

After some thought, Qin Feng finally spent 500 evolution points to evolve the 'Flower Opening Curse' skill from Legendary to Mythic!

Maybe it would make the absorption speed faster…

Unfortunately, the result left Qin Feng a bit disappointed.

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【Flower Opening Curse (Legendary → Mythic): Used on player corpses deceased for no more than 300 seconds → 600 seconds. A cursed flower blooms, absorbing tradable lifespan…】

【Legendary Effect: Simultaneously absorbs 50% of the target's remaining non-tradable lifespan! Can also absorb non-tradable lifespan light orbs!】

【Mythic New Effect: Can be used on monster corpses deceased for no more than 600 seconds, absorbing up to five times the dropped lifespan.】

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Originally, it could only be used on player corpses.

After reaching Mythic grade, it can be used on monster corpses.

For example, if a monster's loot includes 20 years of tradable lifespan, Qin Feng can use the Flower Opening Curse to absorb up to 100 years of lifespan from the monster's corpse.

For another example, if there's an Epic BOSS monster whose base lifespan drop is between 700 and 800 years…

…then using the Flower Opening Curse on its corpse would allow him to absorb up to 4,000 years of tradable lifespan!

"In that case, I can get ten times more lifespan than the average person?"

After all, Qin Feng already had the 'Greedy Hand' skill, which allowed him to loot lifespan rewards from monster corpses six or seven extra times.

Adding the Flower Opening Curse now, it totaled more than ten times the original amount!

"The next evolution will require 8,000 evolution points."

"I don't have that many evolution points for this skill right now…"

Qin Feng shook his head with a bit of regret.

Even if he had enough evolution points, Qin Feng wouldn't necessarily dump them into this skill; his other primary combat skills required a lot of evolution points…

Thus, Qin Feng could only slowly absorb the mountain-like pile of lifespan light orbs in the area.

Crimson flowers bloomed one after another upon the corpses.

"Consider this your funeral."

Qin Feng sighed.

Surprisingly, as he raised his hand to use the Flower Opening Curse on each corpse, the scene suddenly became beautiful.

What was originally a bloody, hellish Shura Field…

…had now turned into a magnificent sea of red flowers.

"Giving people a funeral and collecting a little interest isn't too much, is it?"

Under the absorption of the cursed flowers, all their remaining tradable lifespan and half of their non-tradable lifespan were completely drained!

The people around watched this scene in a daze.

Watching the crimson flowers bloom and the corpses in the area continuously turn into white mist, many people wept bitterly.

Because they had friends and family who died here, and even many officials from the East Capital government had perished alongside them…

They wanted to take the bodies of their loved ones away.

But unfortunately, under the 'Void Traction' of the Long-tailed Snake Demon, all the corpses were either torn apart or crushed. Over a hundred thousand bodies were ultimately compressed into a sphere with a radius of over thirty meters—one can only imagine how tragic it was!

Not a single intact corpse remained…

More and more people from East Capital gathered.

The crowd grew larger, yet the area remained deathly silent.

They looked at the mountain-covering 'sea of flowers' with sorrowful expressions; the arrival of such a disaster left countless people at a loss…

And when they looked at Osirio and Qin Feng, their feelings were extremely complicated.

Privately, some wanted Qin Feng to 'get out of East Capital,' but naturally, they didn't dare say it openly…

How they wished Sakura Country also had such a powerhouse, but unfortunately, Shadow belonged to the Great Xia!

Most importantly…

Now that the Long-tailed Snake Demon had escaped back into the game…

…who else besides Shadow could put an end to that terrifying BOSS?

Just then!

Qin Feng received a private message; Wan Ye Wei Yu relayed that East Capital officials wished to negotiate with him…

"Finally."

The corners of Qin Feng's mouth curled up slightly.

This was the moment he had been waiting for.

Once the Long-tailed Snake Demon returned to the East Capital Ruins within the game, the disaster for East Capital players would only just be beginning!

Who else could resolve this matter besides Shadow?

…

Right at that moment.

Inside the God Forsaken Game, over two hundred kilometers west of the East Capital Ruins.

Tejima Ichiro, Hojo, Yoshida, and others—the top player team of the East Capital Ruins—were leveling up separately in the 'Scorching Quicksand,' a disaster zone with a 100x lifespan flow rate.

The sixty people were divided into ten squads, each occupying several monster-grinding spots.

Just a few minutes ago, everyone in this team was incredibly excited, filled with beautiful visions for the future.

Because…

From Tejima Ichiro's perspective, as more and more people worshipped the statue, his total attributes had stacked by nearly a hundred points, causing his overall strength to skyrocket to a new level!

But just then, the East Capital officials sent them a message.

The long-tailed snake goddess statue in East Capital… had actually cracked open into a BOSS-grade monster, slaughtering over a hundred thousand people from East Capital in less than half a minute!!

Upon hearing this news, Tejima Ichiro and the others—all sixty members of the team—were instantly dumbfounded.