Battle Through the Heavens: Starting from the Jia Ma Empire

Chapter 13 Treasure Hunt in the Cave

A huge light seal slowly emerged in front of Lin Feng, radiating tremendous energy fluctuations.

"Five Elements Ultimate Kill!" Lin Feng quickly formed hand seals and then used Lightning Step. It collided fiercely with the oncoming third-tier magical beast, Crimson Phosphorus Fang. "Buzz buzz buzz... " A huge energy wave spread outward from the center of the collision.

A huge cloud of dust billowed up, and for a moment, all the mercenaries and monsters consciously retreated to the sides, awaiting the outcome.

As the dust settled, Lin Feng and the Crimson Fang were seen standing facing each other. Both men and beasts stared intently at one another for an unknown period of time.

A weak roar echoed, followed by the sight of the massive beast leader collapsing to the ground.

"Roar..." Upon seeing their leader fall, the numerous magical beasts went berserk and charged at Lin Feng recklessly.

"Heh, nonsense!" Lin Feng turned around calmly, looking at the many frenzied magical beasts, and took out the sharp blade that he had stored in his storage ring again.

With the power of the Five Elements Technique, a continuous stream of battle qi energy is drawn into the dantian and then transformed into Five Elements Battle Qi.

A figure, both godlike and demonic, weaved through the multitude of magical beasts. In a flash, "Boom!" followed, accompanied by the resounding crashes of enormous objects hitting the ground. All the previously frenzied beasts were now falling to the ground, spitting blood.

The crowd was stunned in disbelief for a moment, and then a thunderous voice rang out, "Long live Lord Lin Feng..."

"Brother Lin Feng..." A small, blue figure rushed over and threw herself into Lin Feng's arms, completely ignoring his blood-soaked appearance and tears streaming down her face.

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his lips, and he used his left hand, which was not holding a sword, to pull the lovely person into his arms.

Seeing this, everyone silently cleaned up the battlefield, treated the wounded, and scattered monster droppings around the camp again...

...The dividing line of evil...

The moon was high in the sky, hanging in the air, and its pure white light shone down, reminding Lin Feng of a mythical creature from his past life—the Emperor's Dew.

"In the end, it's not the same world anymore. If it were the myth of the mountains and seas, on this full moon, the mythical beasts would probably have already roared to the sky and drunk the moonlight." Lin Feng looked up at the starry sky and gazed at the full moon, a faint trace of thought in his expression.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Feng turned his gaze to the Monster Mountain Range and glanced at Little Fairy Doctor's tent.

"The herb-gathering team will only be gathering herbs for three days. Today is the second day, and they will return tomorrow. So far, Little Fairy Doctor still hasn't shown any signs of going to the cave. Perhaps it's too early. Oh well, relying on my powerful soul force will only expand the search area a little." While pondering this, Lin Feng called over Hermon and instructed him to be careful to protect Qing Lin's safety.

After everything was settled, Lin Feng's figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness.

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"Phew... This is the last cliff. If we still haven't found the cave from the original story, we'll have to send the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to search for it!" Lin Feng's figure flashed to a cliff edge, looking down into the darkness below.

"Sigh, still no sign of the white orchid fruit from the original story. Did we come too early after all? Oh well, let's go down and search some more." Lin Feng sighed, but his battle qi surged from his dantian, making his five-colored armor dazzling.

In a few swift movements, he disappeared below the cliff, like a bolt of lightning.

"Whoosh..." Suddenly, a strange sound caught Lin Feng's attention, and a powerful surge of soul force erupted forth.

"Hmm? It's all yellowish-brown and looks like a rock. This, hahaha, a rock serpent. This is very likely the cave from the original story." Lin Feng's expression turned extremely surprised. He flicked his finger, and a ball of battle energy shot towards the rock serpent.

Immediately, the rock serpent fell heavily downwards, and there was no echo for a long time.

With another leap, Lin Feng landed outside a cave filled with rubble and fallen trees. Beast fire rose from his palm, illuminating the surroundings.

After observing the surrounding environment, I determined myself.

Indeed, he lacked talent in mechanical arts. His outburst of battle aura instantly crushed the cave's stone door into dust, and this was definitely not due to a lack of talent in mechanical arts.

Along the narrow cave, barely wide enough for two or three people, one could see marks of being hacked and chopped with knives and axes. Perhaps due to the passage of many years, even Lin Feng's powerful soul force made them appear blurred.

After walking for about 15 minutes in this gloomy environment, the surroundings suddenly opened up.

What appeared before Lin Feng was first a small mountain of glittering gold coins, then some miscellaneous valuables, and some rare medicinal herbs planted there.

Of course, the only thing Lin Feng truly valued was the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, one of the main ingredients in a fifth-grade elixir essential for absorbing different flames.

Its entire body is white and red, with its grass crown burning like flames, while its roots are covered with cold crystals. These completely different attributes are naturally combined, thus making it a spiritual object that can resist the burning of strange fire.

He carefully put it into his storage ring. "Phew..." Even if he couldn't obtain the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame in the future, exchanging it with Xiao Yan might still bring him a great benefit.

"Snow lotus seeds, white lotus ginseng..." After packing all the medicinal herbs along with the seeds, Lin Feng looked at his absolute target this time—a skeleton. Or rather, the three stone boxes in front of the skeleton.

Lin Feng slowly walked to the stone table and touched the metal lock. It was slightly warm to the touch. Recalling the method from the original story, he did not use brute force to unlock it.

"Keys?" Lin Feng's gaze shifted to the withered skeletal hand. There, three jet-black keys hung above the bone.

Lin Feng clasped his hands together, bowed several times to the skeleton, then stepped forward, grabbed the key, and gently pulled it. Due to his powerful soul control, the skeleton remained intact.

Opening the stone boxes one by one, Lin Feng saw three items: a colored scroll, a black scroll, and an earth-yellow scroll.

As Lin Feng opened them one by one, his expression turned grim. Before him lay the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, the high-level Xuan-rank combat skill – Eagle Wings, and the mid-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique – Windwalking Manual.

Although the scroll before him was enough to make someone thrive in the Gama Empire, it didn't contain the fragment of the strange fire diagram that Lin Feng had hoped for. "Could it be the butterfly effect?"

Lin Feng closed his eyes and pondered, recalling the scenes of entering the cave and the descriptions in the original work.

After a long pause, Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes, a startling light flashing within them. Looking at the skeleton, he said, "So that's how it is. I was hoping to leave your body intact for a proper burial. I never imagined you were a mere sixth brother. If I hadn't read the original story, I might have missed a tremendous opportunity today..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Feng's arm shot out like lightning and crushed the withered bone arm.

"As expected..." Lin Feng thought to himself, but then he saw a fragment of a painting slowly fall from the broken bones. Just before it hit the ground, Lin Feng grabbed it.

Upon opening it, one sees an eerie lotus flower atop it, seemingly slowly rotating, captivating the senses…

(End of this chapter)