Chapter 682: Rough Undercurrent

Somewhere at sea, a piece of fresh meat was stuck into a metal hook on a chain and thrown overboard. Dozens of Drill Marlins smelled this delicious morsel and scrambled to chase after it.

The Glutton, gargantuan yet hidden due to its dark runes, began to quickly move for the surface, faster than the Drill Marlins were actually known for.

Gradually, they eventually reached the surface all the way from the deep ocean.

The other end of the chain shifted as if it was being manipulated by someone, someone who was shrouded in internal force that quickly went from the bottom of the ocean all the way to the surface.

The moment they breached, a pair of flaming wings exploded from this figure’s back and carried him high into the sky, overlooking the waters below!

Ding dong dong!

The chain was pulled up and the bait left the sea!

The Drill Marlins seemed to have sensed that something was wrong and one by one lept out from the sea. The sharp beak-like appendage at the end of their snouts were extremely sharp, as if they could pierce the heavens!

Plap!

A Drill Marlin jabbed into that piece of meat and dropped into the sea with its spoil.

Other Drill Marlins swam over to enjoy this morsel.

Since this moment, the originally calm sea was stirred into a whirlpool. A large column of water gushed out and sent a marlin soaring into the air!

Qin Feng pulled out the Verdant Emperor Saber and his figure flickered briefly before appearing near the marlin and swinging his blade!

Pfft!

A thin dark fuchsia line flashed past it and what was left was the bisected corpse of a B3-tier ultra beast.

Boom! Boom!

Two more columns of water picked up a pair of marlins and sent them flying toward Qin Feng as he repeated the previous action.

After three were killed in a row as the other Drill Marlins picked up on this nasty hunter. This time, without being swept up by a column of water, the group of marlins leapt out to stab at Qin Feng!

Swish swish swish!

The Drill Marlin fought in a manner that complimented their dazzling speed. They were the deep sea’s strongest assassins.

Crack!

Qin Feng’s internal force shook from the impact. Suddenly, he thought that he briefly heard the sound of his shield cracking just ever so slightly.

He took a breath, not daring to take this lightly anymore and swiftly swung his weapon.

“Burning Sword Glare!”

Slash slash slash!

In the blink of an eye, twenty Drill Marlins were killed!

Qin Feng turned off the monitoring system on his communicator.

The Glutton’s cannons were prepared by now and they proceeded to unleash volleys that tore through the Drill Marlins.

These fish were hardly Qin Feng’s opponents.

His power had reached B-tier. It was several times stronger than that of an A-tier aptitude user in their peak compared to before he was reborn.

“However, the further I go, the harder the next step becomes!”

He felt that even when hundreds of Drill Marlins had died and the energy they released was absorbed into his body, there was no sign of him getting stronger.

Fortunately Qin Feng could feel that his cells had not yet reached their limit or else he would really feel helpless!

After that bloody massacre was complete, people moved out from the Glutton to collect the soils and Qin Feng returned inside the Glutton.

The mystery of what used to be the Glutton Leviathan’s territory was slowly being unraveled and while some horrible creatures of the deep continue to appear, the most important thing was the wealth of rare deep sea spirit herbs and extremely rare mineral deposits that were discovered.

There was a lot of loot to be collected.

***

Meanwhile, the news of the Glutton Leviathan being destroyed had been passed on. Everyone belonging to the Human Alliance in East Sea City and even the Dark Coalition’s people, knew of the news and knew that this was an opportunity.

“The Glutton is dead. There won’t be many ultra beasts approaching its territory which means that the place should be safer. If that’s the case, there’s lots to be gained from exploring that area!”

“There’s a lot of precious ancient coral at the edge of the area down there. If we can collect them we’d surely be able to turn a profit!”

“Yeah but there’s no such thing as a milk run!”

However, a few days later the deep-sea vessels that were manufactured by the Fengli Organization received a huge amount of praise. Many people ordered them, even some Dark Coalition members sent their orders incognito. The prospects of going out to sea had changed. Nobody could truly know who was who. There were even some reports of people saying that they ended up getting robbed by the Dark Coalition’s people!

Through this, East Sea City’s deep-sea vessel scene had completely changed.

But of course this was due to that hidden rough undercurrent sweeping through, invisible to the naked eye!

Qin Feng’s Fengli Organization’s actions eventually got on some people’s nerves!

Such as the Public Capital Corporation!

The corporation was a massive corporate body. Its top manager was an A-tier aptitude user!

With how it was able to expand to its current scale in addition to its strength, suffice to say that the one at the helm of things was a true business-minded person. However, in the face of superior technology, no matter how amazing the advertising was, there was no way to get people to buy their products!

Nobody was a fool!

In a luxurious villa in East Sea City, a B-tier aptitude user stood in front of a large screen speaking respectfully to the man on the other side of it.

This man looked to be 50 years old on the surface. Although he was well maintained, there were still some signs of aging on him.

This could only mean that his true age was far older than what he looked like.

Sheng Lian, an A3-tier ancient warrior, was about 120 years old and the patriarch of a famous and powerful family in the Dragon Capital.

“My lord, from what’s been happening less and less people are caring about our lease. If this continues and the ships go obsolete, ships that cost hundreds of billions of dollars…”

This B-tier who was in charge of the Public Capital Corporation in East Sea City was Sheng Yufu!

“I’ve truly underestimated this Qin Feng!” Sheng Lian held a steely expression but there was something dark in his eyes. Like a storm was brewing.

“Indeed, I don’t know where he got his hands on such high-end technology, could he have mastered planar technology? Combined it with technology from other realms?”

Sheng Lian furrowed his brow and a dark light flashed in his eyes.

“It looks like Qin Feng has concealed a lot from us since the beginning!” He sneered.

“Huh?” Sheng Yufu did not understand what his patriarch meant.

He had been stationed at East Sea City for quite some time. It was a lofty position, but he was not very strong. Suffice to say, he had a very easy-going job.

He was not interested in the real internal affairs of Dragon Capital, all he did was count money every day.

Sheng Lian did not try to hide it and said in a serious tone, “During the Prodigy Tournament at the end of the year, Qin Feng stayed for half a month or so in the Perished Lands. After returning he sold a lot of tech. However, this tech is only used by a select few and that he even signed an agreement that would promulgate the entire science and tech world if he were to die!”

Originally, he thought that this was meant to limit the smaller families. It soon turned out that this agreement would become his shackles!

Sheng Lian had never expected that this little C-tier person would have today’s achievements.