Urban God of War: The Live-in Son-in-law-Chapter 496 - 492: Li Benzhong’s Plan

The crystal on the head of the Spirit-devouring Ant Beast was not large, only the size of a pinky fingernail, crystal clear and emanating a white light, which looked especially conspicuous against its innards brimming with yellow liquid.

Ye Feng couldn't make sense of it, so he simply extended his hand and, with a gesture, the crystal flew into his grasp. It felt soft to the touch, somewhat similar to human cartilage, and also carried a faint cool sensation.

Li Benzhong, still not forgetting to sneer, said, "I told you before, this Spirit-devouring Ant Beast is an indigenous monster of the Outer Battlefield, and who knows how many times it has been researched by those who came here before. If there were any use to it, they would have discovered it long ago, and it wouldn't be our turn now."

However, Ye Feng was too lazy to pay attention to people who clearly lacked great ability but still thought they were something. He held the small crystal up to his nose and sniffed it. Far from having any stench, it surprisingly had a light fragrance.

"This really is unusual, this entire Spirit-devouring Ant Beast reeks and is disgustingly nauseating, yet this tiny piece of crystal actually smells faintly aromatic!"

As he spoke, Ye Feng's fingertip suddenly emitted Spirit Essence, which turned into drops of water, rinsing the fingernail-sized crystal clean, and then he popped it into his mouth.

"Master must not..." Xiao Chuanqi couldn't help but speak up to stop him, believing this direct consumption of a substance from a monster's body was far too risky.

But Ye Feng just smiled slightly and waved his hand, saying, "Don't worry, I have my own judgment!"

When the cartilage-like white crystal entered his mouth, apart from a hint of fragrance and a cool sensation, there was nothing special. Ye Feng thought for a moment and then simply swallowed it. Although this action might seem risky on the surface, he did have spiritual power to protect him. Once the crystal was in his stomach, if anything was amiss, he could completely wrap it with spiritual power to prevent it from spreading.

After the crystal was swallowed, there was still no reaction. If it had been a Heaven and Earth Spiritual Treasure, it would usually dissolve immediately into pure energy for the person to absorb, but the Cartilage Crystal just slowly made its way to the stomach without dissolving.

Ye Feng frowned slightly, pondering to himself, "This doesn't make sense, the Spirit-devouring Ant Beast, after all, is no ordinary monster, there must be some essence in its body. Looking at the current situation, this Cartilage Crystal must be where their essential energy resides."

Before entering the battlefield, Ye Feng had heard that because the Outer Battlefield was connected to another space-time, monsters from that other space-time would occasionally cross over. As for those powerful monsters, they usually formed a Beast Core in their bodies.

In fact, the Beast Cores of monsters were quite similar to the Golden Cores of cultivators. However, monsters were tough-skinned and possessed various miraculous innate abilities, so at the same Cultivation Realm, they were much stronger than the Human Race.

Of course, one of the main reasons the Human Race entered the Outer Battlefield was to hunt these monsters and obtain their Beast Cores. While humans viewed the monsters as prey, those intelligent and powerful monsters also saw the Human Race as their prey.

Ye Feng was not discouraged. A thought crossed his forehead, and the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll in his Sea of Consciousness unfolded and began to operate. The next moment, to his delight, the previously inert Cartilage Crystal, under the influence of the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll, quickly dissolved into strands of Source Energy.

"Success!"

Ye Feng was ecstatic, but he kept a calm expression. Indeed, the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll was exceedingly powerful, able to Refine the vast majority of objects in this world. Though the Cartilage Crystal, the size of a small fingernail, contained only a slight amount of Origin Energy, there was one important point—the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts were numerous.

"Even a mosquito's worth is still flesh, and if I can exterminate the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts on the wasteland and Refine all their Cartilage Crystals, I'm sure I'd amass a considerable amount of Origin Energy!"

Ye Feng thought to himself that judging by the speed of cultivation from just now, it was much faster than simply breathing in the air between Heaven and Earth in the Earth World. The Outer Battlefield truly was an excellent place for training. No wonder so many people wanted to come here. Not to mention anything else, just the native Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts had considerable value.

"How is it, my lord, does the Cartilage Crystal have any use?" asked Xiao Chuanqi.

Ye Feng glanced at the mountainous pile of Spirit-devouring Ant Beast corpses ahead, and then said, "The Cartilage Crystal cannot be absorbed or refined. However, it is clear that it contains a certain energy value. Let's collect them for now, and once we return to the Earth World, we'll research them thoroughly."

Having said that, Ye Feng immediately instructed everyone to start collecting these Cartilage Crystals from the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts.

Since the team leader had given the order, naturally no one had any objections, and they all quickly got to work. However, Li Benzhong still sat there, unmoved.

Seeing this, Ye Feng's eyebrows knitted together instantly, and he looked at Li Benzhong coldly, saying, "Li Benzhong, why are you not collecting?"

Li Benzhong retorted, "Ye Feng, since you just said the Cartilage Crystal cannot be absorbed or refined, why make such a big fuss and decide on your own for everyone to collect it? Isn't this just a futile effort? Honestly, I'm sure those before us must have found this Cartilage Crystal, and if it could be absorbed or refined, I'm afraid the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts in the Outer Battlefield would have nearly faced extinction by now."

Ye Feng said coldly, "I'm only asking you, will you go and collect or not?"

Li Benzhong was taken aback, staring blankly at Ye Feng for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Ye Feng, regardless, my great-uncle is in Xuanyuan Hall. You can't expect me to do the same manual labor as the rest, can you?"

Ye Feng enunciated each word, "You have two options, either go and collect right now, or get lost immediately!"

Li Benzhong was extremely angry, but upon seeing the piercing gaze of Ye Feng, he ultimately didn't dare say another word. Considering the current situation of the wilderness, it was impossible for him to act alone.

After all, without mentioning anything else, if he encountered another attack from the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts, Li Benzhong would definitely not be able to endure it. Therefore, he had no courage to leave, and in the end, he obediently turned around to collect the Cartilage Crystals, though his eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness while he did so.

"Lord Li, that Ye Feng is so arrogant and tyrannical, can you really swallow this indignity?" Suddenly, the young man from the Duan Family approached and transmitted his voice to him.

"Swallow it? How could I possibly bear with it? He humiliated me publicly, does he really think I'm made of mud!"

Li Benzhong grumbled through gritted teeth and then transmitted, "Rest assured, they currently have the advantage in numbers, and that Ye Feng is not weak either in terms of cultivation strength. It's not the time to completely fall out with him. Once we reach the Base Camp at Xuanyuan Hall, and I find my great-uncle, this little brat will see what's coming!"

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The young man from the Duan Family said, "Exactly. No matter how powerful this Ye Feng is, he absolutely can't confront the elders of the Xuanyuan Hall. The moment Lord Li's great-uncle takes action, that kid will definitely not end well."

While collecting the Cartilage Crystals, Li Benzhong sized up the youth from the Duan Family, and then transmitted, "I remember now, your Duan Family's Duan Tian died at the hands of this Ye Feng. What is your relationship with Duan Tian?"

The young man from the Duan Family said through clenched teeth, "Duan Tian was my grandfather, and he died at the hands of this Ye Feng. That's why I would like nothing better than to pulverize Ye Feng's bones and scatter them to the winds, to drink his blood and eat his flesh!"

Li Benzhong nodded and said, "That's only natural. The enmity of one's parents is an enmity that cannot be shared under the heavens. From now on, follow me. As long as we're safe and reach Xuanyuan Hall, everything will be easy to deal with. For now, bear with this Ye Feng's arrogance."

The Duan Family's young man nodded eagerly, "Good, from now on, I'll follow Lord Li. I hope that once we arrive at Xuanyuan Hall, you can introduce me to your great-uncle and put in a good word for me."

"We'll see," Li Benzhong responded noncommittally, but by now he had realized that the youth from the Duan Family was not really interested in him, but rather in his great-uncle at Xuanyuan Hall. It seemed that this young man from the Duan Family was quite a schemer.

The group moved together, each using their weapons to collect Cartilage Crystals. Before long, they had finished collecting, and by that time, Ye Feng had already gathered a small box full.

"Good, with these, once I refine and absorb them, my Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll will be able to accumulate a substantial amount of Source of Energy, which will fully prepare me for the unknown situations to come," Ye Feng nodded slightly.

After all, in the Outer Battlefield, the air did not contain Spiritual Energy, so people could not recover through breathing techniques. Especially during combat, that meant what was consumed was consumed, unable to be replenished unless one had Spirit Stones like Li Benzhong did, or other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Thus, storing a certain amount of Origin Energy was particularly important. Without hesitation, Ye Feng, in front of everyone, took a breath and in the blink of an eye, he inhaled the small box of Cartilage Crystals into his belly.

Everyone felt puzzled seeing this, for Ye Feng had just spoken about taking them back to the Earth World for research, but now he had directly swallowed them. This seemed quite unreasonable. However, nobody asked, in fact, some of them had already secretly consumed some, but as Ye Feng said, they could not absorb and refine these Cartilage Crystals.

Since they could not be used for cultivation absorption, everyone naturally did not take it to heart!

"Let's go, continue on!" Ye Feng waved his Great Hand and then led the group forward, with Li Benzhong now very sensibly moving to the back, along with the young man from the Duan Family.

As Ye Feng walked, he secretly activated the Divine Path Heavenly Edict Scroll to absorb the Cartilage Crystals that he had swallowed. In less than half a quarter hour, he had absorbed them all.

At that moment, Ye Feng actually found himself looking forward to another swarm of the Spirit-devouring Ant Beasts. However, as the group left the desert behind, no sign of the ant beasts emerged. It seemed that these native creatures had been scared off by the earlier encounter, and Ye Feng felt a slight sense of disappointment.

"Whew... we've finally made it out. Look, everyone, there's a lake ahead!" Suddenly someone shouted.

There was indeed a lake ahead, a vast and tranquil one, its waters an alluring shade of blue, eerily so.