“Taking the benefits and running—what a hands-off manager!”

Regarding this, Qin Feng could only say that the 'Scorpion King · Shanu Tou' had a truly brilliant idea; this old geezer really knew how to play.

He wanted to use this method to bind Qin Feng, but unfortunately, Qin Feng could never be bound…

"Now that the World Spine is gone, you can go back."

Qin Feng looked at Princess Shi Luohua and said calmly, "After you go back, I will introduce you to Moon Dance so that your teleportation array can be connected with Eastern Moon City. If you encounter danger, just go to Moon Dance for reinforcements."

"Ah, okay… Lord Shadow, would you like to come to my home for a visit?"

Princess Shi Luohua looked at Qin Feng, her small hands clasped together, feeling a bit nervous.

Qin Feng didn't answer her; he simply sent her a party invitation while simultaneously initiating a party invitation to Moon Dance from his friends list.

After both women joined the party, Qin Feng had them get to know each other.

"If Princess Shi Luohua encounters danger here, go to your Eastern Moon City to take refuge."

Qin Feng mentioned to Moon Dance.

Moon Dance was a bit surprised, but she agreed promptly, "Okay, rest assured, we will communicate if there are any issues."

The two women added each other as friends and then began discussing the permission issues regarding the interconnection of the teleportation array.

Qin Feng was naturally too lazy to worry about these minor details.

And after Qin Feng exited the party and left while invisible,

Princess Shi Luohua led her Huangsha Tribe team and rushed back at the fastest speed.

After all, the entire civilization was currently in the process of Ascension, and various monsters could spawn in the wilderness at any time, and they would spawn in large numbers.

If a Mythic, or even a Legendary-grade BOSS were to appear, with Princess Shi Luohua's current attributes, she would certainly be instantly engulfed by area-of-effect Superior Affixes, causing her gauge to be filled…

Of course.

When Qin Feng left, he circled the area and secretly cleared out the surrounding monsters, ensuring that the little princess would not run into any trouble on the way.

Qin Feng could tell that the little princess was very sad about the death of 'Shanu Tou'.

It wasn't just her; the other members of the Huangsha Tribe were also filled with sorrow.

After all, the Huangsha Tribe had been protected by the Scorpion King · Shanu Tou up until now; if it weren't for that old man's existence, the Huangsha Tribe would likely have already perished.

And that old man, even in death, had actually left behind a contingency plan for the Huangsha Tribe!

No matter how many benefits he gave Qin Feng, the old man did not trust human nature.

Instead, he directly used the properties of the 'Yin-Yang Aggregation Pill' to bind Qin Feng, ensuring that Qin Feng would look after their Huangsha Tribe!

Given the current situation…

In the eyes of Princess Shi Luohua and the other Huangsha Tribe players, although Shadow 007 had not stayed to protect them, they knew that such a wish was highly unrealistic.

Being able to introduce them to Moon Dance and allowing them to cooperate with her was already their greatest fortune.

After all, Moon Dance was the strongest individual in the Netherblue Civilization!

The Eastern Moon Guild under Moon Dance was one of the top three guilds in the Netherblue Civilization; although it only had about 200,000 members, they were all elite combat personnel!

By comparison, the remaining 20 million-plus members of the Huangsha Tribe, including Princess Shi Luohua, were not only scattered across the desert, but their overall combat power was also completely incomparable to the Eastern Moon Guild.

If one were to compare the number of powerful individuals, they simply couldn't be mentioned in the same breath.

This was equivalent to comparing some small Western European nations to the Sky Dome Guild back on Blue Star; they were completely not in the same league.

Fortunately, the Huangsha Tribe and the Star Clan had basically had no grudges in the past and were relatively friendly before the God Forsaken Game descended, so there was a certain foundation for cooperation now.

"Although from my perspective, I haven't even met that old man."

"But after this incident… that old man is likely the hero of the entire Huangsha Tribe, and in the future days of Ascension, he will be remembered for a lifetime."

Qin Feng took one last look at a large Hideout built upon a desert cliff.

It was a structure built from countless amounts of sand and soil, serving as the living area for the Huangsha Tribe.

The appearance of the World Spine had originally broken through the defensive barrier of this large Hideout, causing the Huangsha Tribe members to flee in all directions…

But now, people were beginning to return rapidly.

Whether it was Princess Shi Luohua or the other members of the Huangsha Tribe, they all wore faces of sorrow, yet their eyes also held relief and gratitude.

The death of the Scorpion King · Shanu Tou had bought them the not-so-reliable protection of 'Shadow 007'…

earning them a profound sense of respect for that old man!

…

Afterward, the Huangsha Tribe would likely hold memorial services for the old man, but that no longer had anything to do with Qin Feng.

Qin Feng left the desert quickly; taking the benefits and running—he could truly be called a hands-off manager!

Just yesterday, the golden Portal back to Blue Star had opened once again.

Qin Feng could return to Blue Star at any time.

Of course, that golden Portal was invisible to everyone except Qin Feng, remaining in a state of absolute invisibility—naturally, this was another masterpiece by Ashashis.

Originally, Qin Feng had stayed in the Netherblue Civilization not just to grind monsters and experience, but more importantly, to wait for the World Spine.

Since the third World Spine had been taken down, Qin Feng planned to head back for a while.

He could go back and make a push for the third stage of the 50-level Path to the End, and he had also accumulated three runes of the Goddess of Extreme Love.

Qin Feng was flying toward the location of the golden Portal.

Unfortunately, it had been a few days since he arrived in the Netherblue Civilization, and the Old Days Grade skill he had looted from the Thunder Fairy · Yuan had expired, so he couldn't transform into lightning to travel quickly… Fortunately, Qin Feng's current speed was already close to 40 times the speed of sound, so traveling was still quite fast.

At this moment, Qin Feng looked into his Greedy Space while he traveled.

"The fragments of the Ancient God of Judgment… I wonder how many I need to collect?"

"The Many-Eyed Demon of the Star Church is currently searching; I hope that when I return next time, I can find more fragments!"

For now, these two mask fragments were useless on their own.

But Qin Feng knew that the relics of the Ancient God of Judgment that Ashashis spoke of were definitely related to this.

Besides that…

After Qin Feng synthesized all the loot dropped by the third World Spine in one go, he had actually managed to create a rather decent piece of equipment, and it was even a divinity armament!

It was an Immortal-grade divinity armament with a level requirement of 64, synthesized from five Ancient-Grade pieces of equipment, two of which were also divinity armaments; the result did not disappoint Qin Feng.

It was perfect for replacing the assassin leggings 'Death Smokescreen' that Qin Feng had been wearing for a long time!

Furthermore, five Mythic assassin skill books had been synthesized into one Ancient-Grade skill book, which also caught Qin Feng by surprise.

"This synthesis was a huge win!"

Qin Feng felt it was a bit of a pity!

Because the skill 'Abyss · Eye of Greed' was already Old Days Grade, and he hadn't yet found a way to continue advancing this skill…

Even with Infinite Evolution, he could only increase the accumulation years of this skill.

This meant that the 'Synthesizing Hand' ability of this skill was basically fixed at five-in-one; wanting to achieve four-in-one or even three-in-one seemed a long way off for now…