On the way back, Qi Yuan directly used the two second-order talent points to upgrade Firearms Control and Annihilation Bullet to the second-order.
These two abilities had made great contributions when they were still at the first-order. Now that they had been upgraded to the second-order, coupled with the powerful power of Doomsday Strike, even without the special bullets, they could seriously injure or even kill a pinnacle third-order ability user.
As for the last third-order talent point, Qi Yuan was not in a hurry to use it. Instead, he kept it. If it were any other time, Qi Yuan might have used the first third-order talent on Iron Defense, but the situation was special now. The Black Steel Shelter's assessment was about to arrive. One more third-order Iron Defense, one less third-order Iron Defense, didn't make much of a difference. Keeping this third-order talent point could also be used as a trump card. In case of an unexpected situation, it might bring unexpected surprises.
Under the escort of Blazing Angel, Qi Yuan's return trip was very smooth. Just as he was about to leave the blue area, Qi Yuan suddenly felt something. He turned around and looked at the direction of the headless giant statue.
Looking back, all he saw was a gloomy gray sky. There was no shadow of the headless giant statue at all.
It disappeared?
Qi Yuan furrowed his brows.
Although he was already quite a distance away from the headless giant statue, his eyesight was also far stronger than ordinary people. Even if he couldn't see the huge statue clearly, he should be able to see a vague outline.
But the reality was that the headless giant statue seemed to have disappeared into thin air. There was no trace of its existence.
Qi Yuan forcibly resisted the urge to look back. Although the headless giant statue should hide many secrets, for the current him, whether it was a cyclops, a mechanical lifeform, or a faceless one, they were all too far away. They were not existences that he could peek at or come into contact with.
In this time's summit and Sign In, he had already obtained enough rewards. If he continued to be entangled, perhaps only the unknown and the danger would be left.
After stepping into the gray area, the Blazing Angel obediently returned to the energy heart. Qi Yuan used his [Area Detection] and glanced at the Blazing Angel who was soaking her entire body in Asterite energy. While drooling and moaning in pleasure, a thought flashed through his mind.
As his powerful helper and trump card, Seraph would definitely enter God's Sanctuary with him. Although the bug detector could not detect her presence, Qi Yuan was not too sure if Seraph could escape everyone's detection.
After entering the Shelter, would those Tier 4 or higher powerhouses be able to detect her presence?
If the Blazing Angel was discovered, with his strength, he might not be able to protect her. This kind of pure life form was not unique, but it was definitely very rare. Those researchers would definitely not let go of such a mysterious life form like the Blazing Angel.
This could be seen from Tanqiu's behavior. These researchers had always been very curious!
The wilderness was extremely spacious. Just as Qi Yuan crossed more than half of the gray area and was about to reach the Iron Chariots, he suddenly realized that there seemed to be more Wilderness Hunters around him. They were wandering around in the wilderness, as if looking for something.
The appearance of the Ahn 'Qiraj insectoid quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding Wilderness Hunters. Although there were a few ability users in the Iron Chariots who could enslave insectoids, the number of people who could control a Tier 3 insectoid could be counted on one hand.
A Tier 3 insectoid was a powerful Tier 3 combatant. Ahn 'Qiraj, an insectoid that looked powerful, attracted the envious gazes of the few Hunters they met.
Just this insectoid alone was stronger than most of the Hunters in the Iron Chariots!
However, no matter how envious they were, no one dared to cause trouble. Most of the Wilderness Hunters around the Iron Chariots had good eyesight. Even if they were new, they had basically seen Qi Yuan's portrait before.
With the strength of a Tier 2, after the battle record of killing multiple peak Tier 3 Beast Kings spread out, Qi Yuan's name had already spread throughout the surrounding gathering points. This kind of powerful and merciless killing of Pi was an existence that could not be provoked.
Qi Yuan looked around and realized that the wilderness around him was a mess, as if it had been bombarded indiscriminately. Within the traces of the explosion, there were even traces of restless energy.
After seeing a Tier 4 battle, Qi Yuan quickly realized that not long ago, a Tier 4 battle had just taken place here.
As for the two parties involved in the battle … Qi Yuan sensed the remnant energy and quickly locked onto a target — Ling You.
There were remnants of Ling You's energy here. Between the two parties involved in the battle, one of them must be Ling You.
Apart from Ling You, there were actually other Tier 4 combatants here!
Who had the guts to actually fight Ling You near the Iron Chariots?
Wasn't this the same as slapping the Black Steel Shelter's face!
Qi Yuan called over a Wilderness Hunter who was wandering around nearby. After carefully asking, only then did he find out that today, two major events actually happened in the Black Steel Shelter.
One of them was this great battle!
There were a few Hunters who were passing by, and they just happened to witness a portion of this great battle. Ling You, with her own strength, forcefully killed a powerful ability user, and even hung his corpse on the walls of the Iron Chariots.
Even though the corpse was already completely charred black, its original appearance impossible to see, the Wilderness Hunters who witnessed that battle all confirmed with one voice that the enemy Ling You killed was a Tier 4 ability user.
Even though many people didn't believe it, thinking that this was just a rumor, the traces left behind by Ling You and Xu Yue's battle couldn't be faked. After seeing the battle traces, many people began to believe that this battle's strength far exceeded that of a Tier 3 peak.
An existence stronger than a Tier 3 peak was naturally a Tier 4!
And to be able to kill a Tier 4 ability user in a direct confrontation, it could only be another Tier 4 ability user.
From then on, the news that Ling You had already stepped into Tier 4 spread like wildfire.
The other major event was that the Iron Chariots' Black Gold Commerce was completely uprooted by Ling You.
As a commerce that had occupied the Iron Chariots for many years, Black Gold Commerce's strength wasn't weak, even having two Tier 3 peak overseeing it. However, under Ling You's suppression, the entire Black Gold Commerce was still suppressed with iron blood. Apart from those employees, not a single core member of Black Gold Commerce was left alive, all of them turned into corpses.
According to the rumors that leaked out from Futu Commerce, the reason why Black Gold Commerce was destroyed was because they colluded with the remnants of the Xu family, intending to seize the position of leader of the Iron Chariots. That was why Ling You turned around and destroyed them.
When he heard these two pieces of news, Qi Yuan quickly grasped the key information from these half-truths.
Futu Commerce was a spy of the Xu family. After the Xu family fell, if they wanted to continue living, the only way was to hide. Even if there was something wrong with their brains, there was no way they would scheme against Ling You and seize control of the Iron Chariots.
Black Gold Commerce was uprooted. There was only one possibility, and that was that their true identity was exposed, and Ling You had something on them. That was why they were so tragically annihilated.
As for that Tier 4 killed by Ling You, if there was no accident, it must be someone from the Xu family.
However, Qi Yuan was a little surprised that Ling You could kill a Tier 4.
Although he had seen Ling You go all out with his own eyes and knew that she was strong, defeating a Tier 4 and killing a Tier 4 were two completely different levels of strength. Since Ling You could kill a Tier 4 in a head-on confrontation, her strength was likely much stronger than he had guessed.
After resolving the trouble in Red Copper Valley, Qi Yuan originally planned to find an opportunity to extort Black Gold Commerce again. However, he didn't expect that Ling You would be so decisive. He had only gone out for a stroll, and not only was Black Gold Commerce uprooted, even a Tier 4 was killed.
This also caused his plan of making a fortune to fail.
A Great Killing Pi that could kill a Tier 4 in a head-on confrontation, and destroy a Blazing Angel, he could only say that he couldn't afford to offend her!
Just as Qi Yuan was about to leave, a graceful figure in green suddenly appeared in front of him. Qi Yuan controlled the Ahn 'Qiraj Insect to stop.
Qinglei!
Qi Yuan looked at the green figure in front of him in surprise. Although Qinglei didn't show any hostility, he still felt a kind of oppressive aura. Even the Blazing Angel hiding in the energy heart felt a threat from the outside world, and was ready to attack at any time.
Although Qinglei was strong in the past, and had the strength to fight a Peak Tier 3 in a head-on confrontation, no matter what, she wouldn't give him such a heavy sense of oppression.
For Qinglei to be able to give him such a strong sense of oppression, it meant that she had already stepped into the Tier 4.
I just went out for a stroll, and now I'm only a pseudo Tier 3. Why are all these Tier 4 appearing one after another, not giving me a chance to show off at all!
Qi Yuan silently complained in his heart.
"Can we talk? It won't take up too much of your time." Qinglei suddenly said softly.
Qi Yuan looked at her and nodded.
"Where do you want to talk? Here or at the Iron Chariots?"
As a Tier 4, Qinglei being able to use such a tone to ask him was already giving him a lot of face. He couldn't go too far. Facing an existence stronger than himself, maintaining enough humility was one of the rules to survive.
If Qinglei wanted to do something to him, just relying on a Blazing Angel might not be able to stop her.
"Ling You is at the Iron Chariots. She wouldn't want me to step into the Iron Chariots, and I don't want to be hung on the city wall by her." Qinglei said calmly.
Was she admitting that she couldn't beat Ling You?
Qi Yuan was a little surprised. Qinglei's frankness was undoubtedly a show of goodwill. Agreeing also confirmed his guess that Ling You's strength might not be as simple as a Tier 4.
Qi Yuan looked around and found a few Wilderness Hunters in the surroundings. Although they didn't dare to rashly approach, a few reckless fellows were still looking back and forth at Qinglei's body with covetous eyes.
Qinglei's appearance and figure were indeed very attractive to most Wilderness Hunters. If Qinglei was just an ordinary low-level ability user, she might have already become a Hunter's plaything at this moment.
But now … Qi Yuan secretly shook his head. The Tier 4 Qinglei wasn't a woman that ordinary people could touch. Although she had the appearance of a mermaid, she was definitely a big shark on the inside. Especially after going through with the scumbag Zhui, this shark would become even more sensitive. If anyone wanted to touch her, they would probably be crushed into pieces by her.
"Let's go to a quieter place." Qi Yuan said.
Qinglei nodded. As a Tier 4, she didn't want to be stared at with such passionate eyes.
Qi Yuan rode on the Ahn 'Qiraj Beetle. After the two of them left together, the Wilderness Hunters reluctantly withdrew their gazes.
"This woman is really the best!" Someone said, still unsatisfied.
"Don't think about it. This woman has already hugged the thighs of The Abyss. You have no chance!" Someone said regretfully.
"Speaking of which, has anyone seen this woman before?
I don't think I've ever seen her before. "
"You haven't seen her before because you haven't seen her glory days!" An old Hunter with a somewhat weathered face exhaled a smoke ring and said faintly.
"You know her?" The rest of the Hunters immediately surrounded him.
"Her name is Qinglei. She used to be a famous person in Ghost Town. Ten years ago, she had the strength of a Tier 3 Pinnacle. Unfortunately, there was an accident later on and she disappeared for many years."
Tier 3 Pinnacle!
The Hunters inhaled a breath of cold air at the same time.
In the gathering place, a Tier 3 Pinnacle could basically do whatever they wanted. Such a beautiful woman actually had the strength of a Tier 3 Pinnacle ten years ago!
"She's Qinglei?
I've only heard of this name. This is the first time I've seen her in person. I heard that she was heavily injured by the Magic Puppet in the old city and almost died. I didn't expect her to still be alive! "
"Why are the people of Ghost Town looking for The Abyss?" Someone asked doubtfully.
"I heard that during the battle of the old city, the Iron Chariots and Ghost Town had a huge battle. The Abyss killed many people on the other side and even killed two of their Tier 3 Pinnacle. The relationship between the two sides is very tense now."
"Could this Qinglei want to challenge The Abyss to a battle and get back at Ghost Town?"
A few of the hunters began to whisper amongst themselves.
Women and powerhouses were topics that would never go out of style in the Wilderness.
Hearing the discussion around him, the old Hunter didn't say anything else. He just stared blankly in the direction that the two left in. He let out a long breath and quietly put the bug detector back into his pocket.
While Qi Yuan and Qinglei were talking, he quietly pressed the button on the bug detector. Qinglei, who was already at the pinnacle of Tier 3 ten years ago, didn't show up on the screen. This made him a little confused.
The bug detector could show most existences below Tier 3. Unless the strength of the energy level exceeded its limit, there was no reason for Qinglei to disappear from the bug detector.
Could it be that Qinglei was already Tier 4?
If she really was Tier 4, then how strong was The Abyss?
Although the bug detector showed that The Abyss was Tier 2, Qinglei's attitude towards The Abyss wasn't like how a Tier 4 would treat a Tier 2. Instead, it gave off the feeling that Qinglei was at a disadvantage.
The old hunter had a vague feeling that Abyss, which was shown as a rank-3 on the bug beast detector, might not be weaker than Qing Lei in terms of ability.
In the Wilderness, strength was everything. Only the strong would be respected by the strong!