The lifeboat had not been used for a long time, and its engine was completely broken. The two of them could only paddle forward by hand.
"If only Feng Rui were here."
Feng Rui's Creation ability worked on any metal machinery. For now, the two of them had no choice but to row toward Mount of Demons.
Yu Jing carried the enormous black-haired cocoon on his shoulder, carefully securing it in the center of the lifeboat with plants.
Once Axuan woke up, she would complete the final step of her advancement.
Since rowing was a long-term physical effort, the two conserved their strength by rowing at a steady pace with only ordinary force.
During the long process of rowing, Ye Feng grew curious about Axuan's condition as she advanced.
Ye Feng usually did not talk much, but he was still quite interested in improving his strength.
"Yu Jing, your ghost is breaking through the A-rank barrier?"
"Yes... I remember that the ghost inside you, Ye Feng, is a rather rare and unusual existence, right?"
"Yes. A special variant among demons. It has just reached A-rank."
Mabhas the Exile was a demon exiled from Hell, a rare demon who could be called a one-of-a-kind existence.
Ye Feng was simply low-key and had never revealed Mabhas's secrets.
Even in his infancy, Mabhas possessed an absurdly powerful S-rank support ability—Mastery of All: increasing the speed at which he mastered any techniques, weapons, languages, and various kinds of knowledge. This could change as his abilities improved.
What was even more baffling was that Mabhas had faced almost no bottlenecks between E-rank and A-rank. He had not undergone the most important stage for a ghost, the Personality Maturation Stage, nor had he awakened any personality skill. The academy uniform's ability assessment still stated, "Personal ability