"What country are you from?" Qin Feng muttered.
The man had dark skin, not fair. He was parched, his lips cracked. Wearing a headscarf, he seemed accustomed to the attire.
The man on the ground trembled, raising his head warily to face the iron figure in the sky.
"Never mind. He's not from Eagle Country, Sakura Country, or Kimchi Country. Finding resources is more important."
The new map had just loaded, and many resources remained unclaimed. Why waste time causing trouble when he could claim some resources instead?
Qin Feng let the man go and continued flying toward the marked location.
**Apuqiu of Afghanistan**: May the spirits protect me! I just saw a flying iron man!!!
Not far away, a message appeared in the National Battlefield chat. Qin Feng glanced at it and grinned.
"So that guy was Apuqiu's buddy from Afghanistan."
That same guy had bought a Tang Dao from him earlier. Speaking of Tang Daos, Qin Feng had spent the entire night crafting them. He still had a few left in stock, and trade requests kept coming in.
During the second wave of attacks, not everyone had weapons, which led to heavy losses among the defenders.
Now that he had time to manufacture, Qin Feng kept his stock high and lowered his prices slightly.
A Tang Dao could be bought for around 40 Mystic Iron.
After all, the other guardians weren't fools. With three days left until the next assault, they'd rather search for their own resources if the prices were too high.
**Kangaroo Country - Albert**: Iron Man? A flying Iron Man? You're kidding me.
**Poor Country - Apuqiu**: Believe me! I swear to the Great Cook!
**Sakura Country - Meichuan Ku**: He's probably talking about Dragon Country's Qin Feng. Be careful, that guy's cunning and treacherous. He'll kill you and steal your stuff!
**Eagle Country - George**: That's right, we've been burned before. Everyone watch out for this bandit! Also, who wants water? How are you going to explore without water? Planning to die of thirst in the desert?!
**Rotten Country - Smith**: Ally, your water is too expensive. Can you lower the price?
**Eagle Country - George**: No way! Buy it or don't. Isn't it worth a few coins to get water and find resources? You might even strike it rich!
**Kimchi Country - Park Jeonghwan**: Dragon Country has an Iron Man? If I meet him, I'll turn his Iron Man into scrap! He doesn't know the power of my black belt in Taekwondo!
**Poor Country - Apuqiu**: Oh, it's Brother Qin Feng! What an honor to meet you. I'm eternally grateful for the Tang Dao you sold me at such a bargain for self-defense. May the Steam God bless you.
Qin Feng glanced at their chat log and chuckled.
"Eagle Country never changes, always stabbing its allies in the back."
As for the ranting Kimchi Country, Qin Feng completely ignored them.
As they spoke, they arrived at Jarvis's marked location.
But upon landing, there was no sign of anyone.
"Jarvis, where are you?"
More accurately, *where had Jarvis maneuvered the Mark 3 to?*
Jarvis's voice came through his earpiece.
"Sir, the map shows the Mark 3's position. I've discovered a lake guarded by a nest of monsters."
Qin Feng's eyes lit up.
"Jarvis, you've earned your stripes today!"
First the corpse-raising grounds, now fresh water—this was perfect!
"Thank you, sir. There are three Gluttonous Beasts at the marker. They are likely guarding the resources here."
Jarvis added.
"Alright!" Qin Feng flew toward the marker with renewed vigor.
Resource nodes were always guarded by monsters of varying scale.
The rarer and more valuable the resources, the larger and more formidable the guardian monsters.
The Gluttonous Beasts were D-Rank monsters, but there were only three of them.
The lake should be small in scale, Qin Feng guessed.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived near the marked location.
Landing, he spotted Mark 3 stealthily clinging to a cliffside.
Qin Feng walked over with a rhythmic *tata-tata*.
Approaching Mark 3, he looked up.
Below was a shallow canyon, about twenty meters down from his position.
Three Gluttonous Beasts lay snoring on the ground. The middle one was slightly larger.
"That's the one!"
Qin Feng was certain the head monster was the middle Gluttonous Beast. Whoever killed it would claim the lake and its resources!
"Jarvis, good work."
If Jarvis had fired a cannonball earlier, those resources would have been wasted.
The guardian monster of a resource point must be defeated by the guardian themselves for the corresponding resource point to be bound to the guardian's nation.
"Scan the surroundings. I'll take them down."
Qin Feng commanded.
"Yes, sir."
He drew his Tang Dao and channeled Spirit Qi into it.
The blade glowed with a faint blue light, as if coated in a barely visible, translucent substance.
"Is this... Qi?"
Last night, Qin Feng tried out the cultivation technique he'd acquired. Though he didn't have much Spirit Qi stored in his dantian, enough to unleash powerful blasts like Uncle Jiu or Sister Bao'er, he could at least temporarily enhance his Tang Dao for combat.
(Uncle Jiu: My technique is called Palm Thunder!)
(Sister Bao'er: That idiot Xu Si named my technique "Mid-Out"—Continuous Mid-Out! She also has one similar called "One Shot Through the Soul." They're not called "blasts"!)
During their previous reconnaissance mission at a D-Rank resource point in Eagle Country, George and David had been overwhelmed by ten Gluttonous Beasts. Without Spirit Qi enhancement, their E-grade Tang Dao proved somewhat inadequate against the D-Rank creatures.
"Perfect, I'll test it out this time and see what it feels like with Spirit Qi enhancement."
It was precisely because of these factors that Qin Feng proceeded with such caution.
He slowly levitated into the air, twirling his long blade twice. "Perfectly balanced!" he exclaimed.
"Wow wow wow! Boss Qin Feng has found another resource point—and it's fresh water this time!"
"My husband is so handsome! So amazing! The way he slowly floats into the air with his long blade, he looks like a god!"
"Wow, Qin Feng's Tang Dao is glowing! Look, quick!"
"It's Spirit Qi! It must be Spirit Qi! Qin Feng is from Dragon Country and got the *Qi Cultivation Manual* as a battlefield reward."
"Holy shit, can Spirit Qi be used like this? I've already achieved Qi Inflow, but it feels completely useless!"
"Maybe there's not enough Spirit Qi? Didn't Dragon Country's Spirit Qi rewards just double?"
"You idiot! Uncle Jiu said when he first arrived at the National Battlefield that the Spirit Qi there was unimaginably abundant. Blue Star is in the Era of Dharma Decline. Even if our Spirit Qi doubled, it's still the Era of Dharma Decline!"
"So... does that mean Dragon Country's Spirit Qi needs to increase several more times?"
"Stop your whining! Qin Feng is making his move!"
"..."
Qin Feng silently flew above the three Gluttonous Beasts, then abruptly inverted himself, unleashing a downward-striking blade technique from the heavens!
His descent accelerated, bringing him closer and closer to the beasts.
**Battlefield Notification: Congratulations to Dragon Country guardian Qin Feng for discovering an E-grade resource point: 1000 acres of freshwater lake.
He hadn't even fallen halfway when the battlefield notification triggered.
"Holy shit!"
Qin Feng couldn't help but swear.
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