13
Not long after Jiang Fu left,
Zhao Dapeng and the other six emerged from the Safety Passage as well.
It was now three in the afternoon.
Not many Martial Artists were entering or leaving the Safety Passage.
Zhao Dapeng looked around the area.
But he did not see Jiang Fu anywhere.
Jiang Fu was wearing a sky-blue high school uniform.
Out here in the barren wilderness, it was especially conspicuous.
He could not help frowning. "Where is he? Did he hide inside the Safety Passage and not come out yet?"
The Safety Passage had a radius of five meters.
It was spacious inside, with layers of concealment and protective measures.
If someone hid in there, they really would not be easy to find.
Just then,
a bald young man beside Zhao Dapeng said in astonishment, "Fuck, Brother Peng, look! Isn't that Jiang Fu?"
Zhao Dapeng followed the direction Bald Head pointed.
At the end of the horizon, he saw a tiny blue dot moving at tremendous speed.
It quickly vanished beyond the horizon.
Zhao Dapeng's eyes widened. "Why is he so fast!"
"He's even a little faster than an ordinary Beginner Martial Artist!"
As he spoke,
his gaze flickered, and he sneered disdainfully. "A rookie is still a rookie."
"He actually dares waste his stamina like this in the Wilderness Area."
Even in this thirty-li Blank Zone, there was still a chance of encountering Mutated Beasts.
Zhao Dapeng watched Jiang Fu's rapidly retreating figure.
A thought suddenly surfaced in his mind.
He exchanged glances with the other six.
They spoke in unison. "Spiritual Fruit!"
"Jiang Fu must have eaten a Spiritual Fruit, which is why he recovered his qi and blood so quickly and became a Martial Artist again!"
"And now, he's rushing into the Wilderness Area like this... Could it be that he found more than one Spiritual Fruit!?"
Even the most basic Mist Ripple Fruit was worth a million.
One million.
That was enough for Beginner Martial Artists like them to buy a decent piece of equipment.
"Follow him!"
After sprinting all the way,
Jiang Fu quickly crossed the thirty-li Blank Zone and entered the true Wilderness Area.
"Ten minutes... thirty li?!"
"I'm ridiculously fast now!"
Through the Multiply by Ten countdown,
Jiang Fu immediately saw how much time he had used.
"So Speed multiplied by ten really only multiplies my speed by ten."
"It doesn't require me to expend a corresponding amount of stamina..."
Jiang Fu checked his condition.
Since he had not been sprinting at full speed, he had not used much energy either.
Jiang Fu's Qi-Blood Value was now seventy, right at the threshold of a Quasi-Martial Artist.
His endurance and stamina also surpassed those of ordinary people.
Jiang Fu wiped away the tears and snot the icy wind had blown onto his face.
Then he crouched down, found a relatively concealed spot, and slipped inside.
This was already the true Wilderness Area.
Although it was only the outskirts, dangerous Mutated Beasts could still appear at any time.
The next instant,
the Fruit Knife that had been multiplied by ten in various ways floated out from his sleeve.
It hovered beside Jiang Fu.
"Multiply Quantity by Ten, duration: two hours!"
The next moment,
ten Fruit Knives, gleaming with icy light, floated before Jiang Fu.
Jiang Fu stirred his Spirit Power.
The ten Fruit Knives shot off in ten different directions.
They patrolled back and forth within a radius of one hundred meters.
"This works!"
Jiang Fu instantly felt reassured.
With his current Spirit Power, controlling ten Fruit Knives at once was more than easy.
Then,
Jiang Fu calmed his mind.
He released his Spirit Power and began searching for traces of Red-tailed Rats.
Red-tailed Rats were small Mutated Beasts.
They were similar in size to northern rats from his previous life.
They were among the most numerous and widely distributed Mutated Beasts in the Wilderness Area.
The only valuable part of their bodies was their crimson-red tails.
The Martial Artist Guild offered two hundred Xia Coins per tail.
Red-tailed Rats were extremely fast and skilled at hiding.
Moreover, they spent most of their time underground.
So few Martial Artists were willing to waste time specifically hunting Red-tailed Rats.
"One Red-tailed Rat can produce a hundred tails, worth twenty thousand Xia Coins!"
"If I can catch fifteen Red-tailed Rats, I'll be able to buy a Vitality Pill from the hospital."
With that thought,
Jiang Fu focused even harder.
For now, he had no intention of immediately venturing deep into the Wilderness Area.
Jiang Fu knew his own limits. He was only a rookie right now.
His experience was practically nonexistent.
Recklessly entering the depths of the Wilderness Area was simply courting death.
Fortunately,
according to the information he had found online,
Red-tailed Rats could be found at the border between the Blank Zone and the Wilderness Area.
"Hm?"
"Someone's coming!"
Suddenly,
Jiang Fu frowned slightly.
From the direction of the Blank Zone behind him,
seven Martial Artists abruptly entered the range covered by his Spirit Power.
The seven wore matching camouflage Combat Suits.
They carried blades that gleamed with cold light.
Seeing them head straight in his direction,
Jiang Fu muttered, "Trouble."
With that thought,
he recalled the ten Fruit Knives hovering around him.
He intended to change locations.
But the next instant,
their conversation entered the range of his Spirit Power.
"Guys, take him alive!"
"Break his arms and legs first!"
"After we force the Spiritual Fruit's whereabouts out of him, break his neck!"
Zhao Dapeng's voice was low, filled with chilling killing intent.
The instant he finished speaking,
all seven accelerated at once.
They charged toward where Jiang Fu was hiding.
Jiang Fu frowned. "Spiritual Fruit? They came looking for a Spiritual Fruit?"
Spiritual Fruit?!
He suddenly remembered the conversation between Guo Fangdong and Old Wu.
"Fuck, they're coming for me!"
Feeling the dangerous aura radiating from the seven men,
"Run!"
With the double enhancement of tenfold neural reaction speed and tenfold speed,
Jiang Fu's body directly transformed into an afterimage.
He vanished from the spot.
Even if these seven were not Old Wu, they were in the same group as him!
They were the people Guo Fangdong had found to deal with him!
Jiang Fu did not think that a rookie like him, who had barely stepped into the world of Martial Artists,
could stand against seven battle-hardened Martial Artists who killed without batting an eye.
And their speed was extremely fast.
It was nearly equal to his speed after being multiplied by ten.
Almost the very next second after Jiang Fu left his hiding spot,
seven figures landed there.
"Fuck! This kid's reaction is fast!"
"Chase him!"
The seven did not hesitate either.
They too turned into seven afterimages.
They chased after Jiang Fu.
These seven were genuine Martial Artists.
Their explosive power far exceeded Jiang Fu's.
In almost an instant,
they closed the distance between themselves and Jiang Fu.
Meanwhile,
Jiang Fu's mind had completely calmed down.
After being bedridden for three years,
what Jiang Fu lacked least was calmness and patience.
And with his neural reaction speed multiplied by ten,
Jiang Fu's thoughts became increasingly clear.
His Spirit Power swept over Zhao Dapeng, who was running fastest.
A cold smile curved across his lips.
"Multiply Left Leg by Ten, duration: zero point one seconds!"