Under the assistance of such a high concentration of spiritual energy, Qin Feng's cultivation speed was astonishing. Qin Feng could feel the power within him surging like a mighty river. At this cultivation speed and with this concentration of spiritual energy, he would soon break through to the late Nascent Soul stage.
If he cultivated step by step, it would take at least several years to advance from the middle Nascent Soul stage to the late Nascent Soul stage, even with ample medicinal pills to aid him. For ordinary disciples of a sect, it might be impossible to reach such a realm in a lifetime, requiring significant fortune to achieve the late Nascent Soul stage.
Yet, he had managed to advance from the middle stage to the late stage in such a short period. This fortune was unprecedented. However, Qin Feng understood that he had paid a great price for this. Firstly, he was unsure if this pearl-shaped treasure had any side effects. Blindly absorbing its energy to accelerate his cultivation might bring about irreparable losses.
If there were any other options, he would not have resorted to such a risky method. But since he had made the decision, he would not regret it. Therefore, Qin Feng accelerated the absorption of energy from the pearls, further increasing the concentration of spiritual energy and speeding up his realm advancement.
Thus, by the time the energy from the two pearl-shaped treasures was completely absorbed by Qin Feng, he had already advanced from the middle Nascent Soul stage to the late Nascent Soul stage, and his overall strength had improved significantly.
However, Qin Feng did not stop. He commanded his Red Alert soldiers to bring two more pearl-shaped treasures and continued to absorb their energy for his cultivation.
Advancing from the late Nascent Soul stage to the Void Refining stage is extremely difficult. This is a realm advancement that requires a much higher concentration of spiritual energy. Although he had cultivated from the middle Nascent Soul stage to the late Nascent Soul stage in a very short time, Qin Feng knew that advancing a realm was not that simple. Whether these pearl-shaped treasures could provide such immense energy was still unknown.
Therefore, he had no reason to slacken. If the energy from these pearl-shaped treasures was insufficient, he would have to continue searching. He had to absorb all the energy from these treasures to know how many more such treasures he would need to reach the Void Refining stage.
His time was limited, and he could not afford to waste a single moment.
Thus, the pearl-shaped treasures were continuously supplied to Qin Feng for his cultivation.
The intense concentration of spiritual energy made all the surrounding monsters feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy. They all fled, as if this steel battleship had become a death zone, and no creature dared to approach.
Qin Feng cultivated while sensing everything around him. His current cultivation environment was extremely safe, with no monsters daring to come near him. Although Qin Feng knew that this situation was somewhat strange and unbelievable, he had no time to ponder it now. As long as he had a safe cultivation environment, it was the best scenario.
As for why the monsters were keeping their distance, he did not want to figure it out at the moment.
Thus, the pearl-shaped treasures were rapidly consumed. At this time, the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding space had reached an entirely new level. This spiritual energy seemed to have transformed from liquid to solid. The intensity of the spiritual energy concentration even made it difficult for the steel battleship to move, as if there was a huge resistance preventing it from advancing.
Qin Feng understood that this was due to the excessive density of spiritual energy, which had formed this peculiar phenomenon.
But he could not concern himself with these matters. All he knew was that his current cultivation speed was like a fish in water. His late Nascent Soul realm was rapidly improving, and he was getting closer and closer to the bottleneck. Once he broke through this bottleneck, he would ascend to a new realm and reach the Void Refining stage. At that time, he would possess sufficient self-preservation capabilities. Combined with his powerful Red Alert army, he could return to the cultivation world to save Ye Shen.
Thus, after an unknown period, as the concentration of spiritual energy increased, the sky suddenly changed color. Subsequently, Qin Feng sensed a dangerous signal emanating from the sky, as if a powerful energy was rushing towards him.
This was an instinctive reaction after he reached the late Nascent Soul stage.
Although his current realm had not yet reached the Void Refining stage, and his precognitive abilities were relatively weak, this sense of crisis was so overwhelming that it interrupted his cultivation speed.
He hurriedly withdrew his hands, which were absorbing the energy from the pearl-shaped treasures, allowing the concentration of spiritual energy around him to gradually return to normal.
Qin Feng had a premonition that this powerful crisis was caused by the sudden increase in spiritual energy concentration. This meant that a powerful monster had targeted him. This sense of crisis was even more dangerous than when the Sect Master of Qing Xuan Sect in the cultivation world had targeted him, as if the moment this power appeared before him, he would surely die.
Therefore, Qin Feng was extremely cautious. He quickly commanded his Red Alert army to take their positions, even recalling the super Red Alert soldiers who were performing tasks underwater back to the battleship. The formation was activated for offense and defense, and they were fully on alert.
As the concentration of spiritual energy around them gradually dissipated, Qin Feng did not know if that terrifying power would find him. However, he could not afford the slightest carelessness and had to remain fully alert, otherwise, he might face great misfortune.
Qin Feng suddenly realized that the side effect of the pearl-shaped treasure might not be poisoning him or reducing his combat power. The true side effect might be attracting the attention of a powerful monster, one that he could not resist.
But since things had come to this point, there was no turning back. He could only wait quietly, while hoping that the terrifying entity could not find him after the spiritual energy concentration dissipated. Otherwise, he would have to fight to the death.
Time passed by, and Qin Feng felt as if every moment was like a year. The fear in his heart grew deeper.
Qin Feng understood that the entity had already targeted him and would not let him go easily.
Indeed, a moment later, the color of the sky changed again. The sky, which had already dispersed its spiritual energy concentration, suddenly became dense again.
The exceptionally strong concentration of spiritual energy surprised even Qin Feng, because the concentration of spiritual energy in the sky had even surpassed the solid state, presenting a form he had never witnessed before. It was not solid, not liquid, nor gas, but rather a black color that devoured everything.
This state was more like a black hole, but Qin Feng knew it was not a black hole. Because if it were a black hole, that piece of space would cease to exist the moment the black hole appeared.
This was a combination of powerful forces, composed of highly condensed spiritual energy, and the consciousness controlling the movement and gathering of this energy.