Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 997 - 583: Comprehending the Death Rule

Ye Feng spent these three days cultivating within the War Fortress, and Wei Shan, who was responsible for Ye Feng’s protection, naturally breathed a sigh of relief.

Three days ago, when he learned that Ye Feng had been ambushed by Higher Gods, he had broken out in a cold sweat.

Only now that Ye Feng was safely within the War Fortress could he feel at ease.

However, the higher-ups at the Primordial Temple felt quite the opposite; they were truly worried, fearing that Ye Feng would directly return to Tianyuan Star.

If that happened, all of their schemes would be for naught.

But when Ye Feng returned to the mission hall three days later to accept the task of destroying a watchpost, the once leisurely Wei Shan suddenly panicked.

"Ye Feng, you’re going out again?" Wei Shan stopped him, urgently asking the departing Earth Squad.

"Yes, why?" Ye Feng inquired.

"Aren’t you afraid of encountering an ambush by Higher Gods again? And since they’ve failed once, the next ambush will surely be even more dangerous, perhaps involving more than one Higher God," said Wei Shan hastily.

"It’s not a question of fear. I came here to carry out missions, to brave life-and-death challenges to hone myself. How can I improve without facing danger?" Ye Feng said with a smile.

Wei Shan was speechless.

Indeed, the reason why the higher echelons of the Heavenly God Court had arranged for their Direct Disciples to undertake missions annually was precisely for the purpose of enduring hardships.

Otherwise, despite their talent, they might fall during the Heavenly Tribulation that comes with becoming a god.

Thus, Ye Feng had an unassailable pretext for venturing into danger, leaving Wei Shan with no ground to stop him.

"This... this..." Wei Shan was so anxious he was sweating profusely.

"Rest assured, since I dare to go out, I definitely have confidence in escaping. Didn’t I escape and return last time?" Ye Feng said with a smile, then continued to set off with the members of Earth Squad.

After wavering for a moment, Wei Shan could only heave a helpless sigh and quietly followed behind Ye Feng and his group, fulfilling his duty as a Protector.

The events of the next few days, however, left him astounded.

There indeed were ambushes from the Primordial Temple, and they were fiercer than before.

Yet Ye Feng often managed to detect them in advance, retreating tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Under such circumstances, those Higher Gods hidden in the watchposts, even at full power, couldn’t possibly catch up with Ye Feng, who mastered the Time Acceleration Rules.

And Ye Feng wouldn’t always retreat.

If only True God Strongmen were in the watchpost, or even just one Higher God, Ye Feng would find a way to destroy the watchpost before evacuating.

After several days of tracking, Wei Shan had confirmed one thing for certain: Ye Feng definitely had a method to detect danger in advance.

Although he didn’t know how it was done, this revelation brought a measure of relief to Wei Shan. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Subsequently, Ye Feng stayed in the Tianxing Minefield for another two months.

That is to say, in total, he had been there for three months.

And almost every day, Ye Feng had destroyed two watchposts, which was extremely alarming.

Over the course of three months, the Heavenly God Court had greatly expanded their control over the Tianxing Minefield area.

They had basically seized 70% of the territory.

While the Primordial Temple was left with only 30% of the area.

Of course, during this period, the Primordial Temple had not refrained from counterattacking, but all their attempts had been repelled by the Heavenly God Court.

After all, a direct assault was impractical. In the special environment of the Tianxing Minefield, a large Formation composed of 100 Tenth Order Strongmen could withstand an attack from a Higher God.

Hence, to quickly destroy watchposts, one had to possess special methods like Ye Feng.

But quite obviously, the Primordial Temple did not possess such talent.

All they could do was to continuously increase the manpower of the Higher Gods to contain Ye Feng.

However, it was utterly useless because Ye Feng possessed the Fate Perception Rule, which allowed him to evade traps in advance every time. If one target was unattackable, he would immediately search for the next.

It was impossible for the Primordial Temple to send Higher Gods to the Tianxing Minefield without limit.

Because Higher Gods were considered the absolute high-end combat power, if they were dispatched here, other battlefields would suffer a shortage of manpower and fall into disadvantage.

As such, Ye Feng’s fame not only spread throughout the entire Tianxing Minefield during these three months, but there were also signs of his rising reputation in other battle zones.

...

A new day arrived, and Ye Feng was preparing to go to the mission hall as usual. Just as he was opening the door, he saw Wei Shan.

"Deacon Wei Shan, why didn’t you knock? Come in, what’s the matter?" Ye Feng was slightly taken aback and hurriedly spoke.

"I am here to convey the Sixth Elder’s command. You need to return to Tianyuan Star today. The Sixth Elder will come to receive you personally," Wei Shan said with a relaxed expression on his face.

The pressure on him over these three months had indeed been enormous.

"Ah, why am I suddenly being called back?" Ye Feng couldn’t help but ask.

"Isn’t it because you’ve been too ruthless in your killings? We’ve already occupied 70% of the Tianxing Minefield, and the Primordial Temple is already quite opposed to this," Wei Shan explained.

"And then? They have objections, but there’s nothing they can do about it, right?" Ye Feng was somewhat curious.

Wei Shan: "Under normal rules, indeed, they can’t do anything. So, they’re planning to flip the table over."

Ye Feng: "Hmm?"

Wei Shan: "To put it simply, they’re considering destroying the entire Tianxing Minefield. That way, nobody would get the Tianxing Stones."

Hearing such a response truly startled Ye Feng, but he also found it quite reasonable.

It was impossible for the other side to watch idly as they took complete control of the entire Tianxing Minefield.

"Then you must have negotiated, right? What was the final result?" Ye Feng asked.

If they hadn’t reached an agreement, Wei Shan wouldn’t have come looking for him.

"The result is that the other side allows us to occupy 60% of the area, and they will occupy 40%, but this is only for 10 years. After 10 years, it will be re-determined," Wei Shan revealed the answer.

Ye Feng nodded in realization. In the next 10 years, the Heavenly God Court would have 20% more Tianxing Stones than the opponent, which was quite good.

"Alright, I got it," Ye Feng said calmly.

Wei Shan looked at Ye Feng once again with some surprise. Initially, he thought it would definitely take a lot of persuasion to convince Ye Feng.

After all, Ye Feng was destroying two outposts daily, equating to consistently completing four A-rank missions, not to mention the loot collected. To say he was making a fortune every day was no exaggeration.

Even he, as a Higher God, was somewhat envious.

But Ye Feng was willing to give it up so easily and was so calm about it.

The reason for Ye Feng’s calm was that his most important objective had been achieved.

Having spent a month mastering the Fate Perception Rule, he immediately switched to another direction.

He had begun to comprehend the final kind of Supreme Rule, the Death Rule.

Under the relentless pursuit and killings, the pressure of death on Ye Feng was actually quite substantial, and finally, a week ago, he came to understand the "Death Intent Rule" from the Death Series rules.

With this, the door to the last layer of the Supreme Rule had also been pried open a crack.