Thus, before long, Qin Feng arrived at a place where spiritual energy gathered at level seven. It was a cave, clearly a secret realm. It wasn't a teleportation array, meaning Qin Feng couldn't use the array's characteristics to refresh his experience and treasures here.
However, Qin Feng didn't plan to use the teleportation array to refresh experience and treasures anyway. He lacked the confidence to win. Currently, there was only one monster in the secret realm, whereas the teleportation array had a group of monsters. That would pose a greater risk. Finding a monster within a secret realm to test if his remote-controlled mechs could handle it was the wisest choice.
Therefore, Qin Feng immediately gathered his remote-controlled mech, along with the red and blue mechs, and entered the cave. He wanted to test if his mechs' capabilities could defeat the monster within the cave, while also ensuring these mechs wouldn't be damaged. With his absolute defense, a level seven monster couldn't break through.
As he walked into this secret realm, Qin Feng sensed the monster deep within the cave. It was still a mech-type monster, but its power was even greater. The powerful strength emanating from its mech far surpassed that of his remote-controlled mech and the red and blue mechs. Even if these mechs combined their strength, they wouldn't match the mech monster in the level seven spiritual energy gathering place.
They didn't even possess half of its strength. Yet, even so, Qin Feng had to try. Although his mechs' overall strength was inferior to the opponent's, they could cooperate, potentially compensating for the gap in their strength. As they reached the halfway point, the level seven monster deep within the cave sensed their threat. It had already stood up, gathering its mech's power, preparing to launch an attack.
From this, Qin Feng could infer that the monsters in the level seven spiritual energy gathering place had more acute judgment. Although the capabilities of these mechs didn't fully capture the opponent's attention, it could sense their presence and the power of their coordinated efforts. Therefore, the opponent didn't underestimate them but chose to take them seriously, not giving them any chance.
If Qin Feng brought these mechs closer to the opponent, they might have won easily in close-quarters combat. But this monster was different. It sensed their threat and had already prepared its attack stance, having no intention of letting them get close. It wouldn't give them a chance to cooperate. In the narrow cave, this would put them at a disadvantage. They wouldn't be able to significantly boost their combat power through mutual cooperation because the passage was too narrow for their various artillery shells to unleash their full potential and coordinate to increase combat power.
Through the monster's actions, Qin Feng realized that a complete victory was impossible. If such monsters were located in the teleportation array, and there were a group of them, dealing with them would be quite tricky. Without his assistance, these remote-controlled mechs would be no match for the opponent; they would suffer a crushing defeat, with no hope of winning.
If that were the case, he wouldn't be able to continue refreshing his experience and treasures. Reaching level 1000 seemed to have become an impossible dream. However, Qin Feng didn't intend to give up hope. He still wanted to see what rewards defeating this monster in the level seven spiritual energy gathering place would bring. If the rewards were substantial, it would be worth taking a little risk.
Therefore, Qin Feng continued to command his remote-controlled mech to move deeper into the cave, while cautiously remaining vigilant, ready to deploy his perfect defense at any moment to block the opponent's artillery shells. With his current strength, the artillery shells fired by the monster in the level seven spiritual energy gathering place couldn't penetrate his perfect defense. He could engage in close combat with the opponent calmly and defeat them through the cooperation of his mechs. Qin Feng was confident in this regard. What he lacked confidence in was how his remote-controlled mechs would fight without his assistance.
As Qin Feng pondered, the mech deep within the cave had already powered up its energy to a certain extent. An artillery shell was fired from its muzzle, speeding towards Qin Feng.
Sensing that the opponent had made the first move and feeling the power contained within this artillery shell, Qin Feng dared not be careless. Although this shell wasn't the monster's full strength, it was still more powerful than the full-force strike of a monster in the level six spiritual energy gathering place. If this shell exploded, all his remote-controlled mechs would be completely incapacitated, reduced to scrap metal.
This was something Qin Feng didn't want to see. So, he directly drew his peerless good sword and unleashed his perfect defense. A faint golden light enveloped Qin Feng's body as the artillery shell whistled towards him.
With a deafening roar.
Qin Feng stood his ground, unmoved. The immense power unleashed by the artillery shell was completely absorbed by the surrounding mountains. This shell instantly expanded the cave by more than ten meters, and some fragile areas even allowed light to penetrate. This was enough to demonstrate the shell's power and the mountain's stability. Causing such significant damage with just one shell, creating minute holes in the mountain within the secret realm, was something other-level monsters couldn't achieve.
One must know that secret realms, as the habitats of monsters, possessed a peculiar energy that could reinforce the mountain structure, making it almost impossible to pierce from within. Yet, the explosion of this artillery shell created an effect that almost pierced the entire mountain, sufficiently proving the shell's power. Qin Feng had also tried to break through cave walls in other caves to escape, but he encountered unimaginably strong resistance. If his cultivation hadn't suddenly advanced to the Mahayana stage at that time, he might have died in that battle.
Therefore, Qin Feng had a new assessment of the sturdiness of the caves within secret realms. However, in the face of this monster's powerful artillery shell, the mountain seemed fragile. This was also related to the opponent's level; after all, it was a monster in a level seven spiritual energy gathering place, possessing such immense power was understandable. But now, Qin Feng faced a dilemma: how to use his remote-controlled mechs to defeat this monster in the level seven spiritual energy gathering place. Without his protection, his mechs were already completely damaged. Even with his protection, it would be very difficult to defeat the monster in the cave relying solely on the mechs' power. If there was no perfect plan to defeat the monster, he wouldn't be able to use teleportation arrays of the same level to refresh his experience and treasures. In that case, his goal of reaching level 1000 would take a very long time.