Chapter 661 - 389: Xuanwu Poison Domain
Even if they successfully trapped the Immortal Official, there was no guarantee that other powerful Tribulation Cultivators wouldn’t barge in before they could wear her down.
If a few White Impermanences, Golden Celestial Generals, or even Judges and Immortal Officials happened to be nearby, detected the anomaly here, and came to interfere...
If that really happened, all their efforts would go down the drain.
Moreover, whether they could even escape afterward would become a huge problem.
But you can’t plan for every contingency. Some risks just have to be taken.
Zou Feng shrugged. "There’s no time to find a better place. I can feel that person getting closer and closer..."
"Then let’s start. I’m going all in. I’ll join you in this madness just this once!"
Zou Feng wanted to retort, ’As if you haven’t done your fair share of crazy things before?’ but he held his tongue in the end.
Then, the two of them froze, their eyes meeting. In their minds, background music automatically began to play.
Zou Feng took the lead, shaking out a golden Lotus. Then, he stomped his foot and, with a slide step, immediately broke into a non-stop awkward dance.
Not to be outdone, Su Qingyu floated into mid-air. With a series of complex spins and leaps, she showcased her exquisite leg techniques.
This time, because they were creating the "Xuanwu Poison Domain," the power they used in their awkward dance was completely different from before.
Every time Zou Feng performed the Shaking Flower Hand, he was certain to produce a Golden Lotus.
As for Su Qingyu’s Shaking Flower Foot, it would conjure phantoms of various poisonous insects.
Once formed, these insect phantoms would fly to surround the Golden Lotuses and likewise dance wildly.
In short, anyone within this Poison Domain affected by the poison would have to dance uncontrollably.
The two of them had a Dance Battle like this for a long time, until the entire hillside was enveloped in a faint mist that occasionally shimmered with golden light.
The "Xuanwu Poison Domain," which they had exerted all their power to create, was now complete.
The actual effect was even better than Zou Feng had anticipated.
Within the entire Poison Domain, besides him and Su Qingyu, there were no other living creatures.
All the creatures that had originally lived here, whether they were insects, rats, or rabbits, had already danced themselves to death, burning out their lives in the dance.
After the Xuanwu Poison Domain was formed, the two of them were also thoroughly exhausted, both panting for breath.
After landing, Su Qingyu staggered and nearly lost her footing.
They had truly poured everything they had into that last dance.
"That should do it. Let’s rest up. We’ll have to dance again later..." As he spoke, Zou Feng went over and injected several streams of poison into Su Qingyu to help her recover.
As for himself, he continued refining the Dragon Poison to replenish his energy.
It was worth noting that previously, refining the Golden Core Realm Wolf Poison and Dragon Poison had been extremely difficult for Zou Feng. Even with the side effects transferred away, his progress was still very slow.
This was, of course, due to his insufficient strength.
But now that Zou Feng had advanced to the Dao Foundation Realm Late Stage, the effect of refining and absorbing these two poisons was naturally different.
The poison he injected into Su Qingyu was one that Zou Feng had already fully refined, the kind she could absorb without too much strain.
And after absorbing these Golden Core Realm poisons, Su Qingyu perked right back up in just a few breaths’ time.
Her previous fatigue vanished without a trace, and she suddenly felt like she could keep dancing for three days and three nights.
But for now, she had to hold back. She had to wait for the Immortal Official to arrive before starting the show.
After helping Su Qingyu, Zou Feng immediately sat down cross-legged and began to mix the Wolf Poison and Dragon Poison, refining them simultaneously.
The reason he chose to refine this more difficult Mixed Poison was, naturally, because he wanted to obtain a stronger side effect.
The upgraded List of Gods no longer needed to transfer the side effects in real-time. Instead, it could store a portion of them and release them all at once in a Burst when needed.
The side effect Critical Strike he had unleashed before had injured the two Judges, thereby shattering the Illusion Realm they had created together.
This had already amply proven just how potent the effect of a Critical Strike was when using stored-up side effects.
Therefore, Zou Feng was naturally going to go even bigger this time, mixing the two Golden Core Realm demon poisons together to make the side effects boil over.
Next, Zou Feng and Su Qingyu made their final preparations, just waiting for the Immortal Official to arrive and join the dance.
Zou Feng wasn’t worried that the Immortal Official wouldn’t fall for it.
After all, under normal circumstances, it was utterly ridiculous for two Dao Foundation Realm cultivators, even with perfect preparations, to try and trap and kill a Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivator.
There was almost no difference between this and being kicked in the head by a donkey—it was actively courting death.
In reality, if Zou Feng didn’t have this side effect Critical Strike up his sleeve, he really might not have dared to be so bold.
As for Su Qingyu, she had no idea that Zou Feng’s greatest trump card was a method she couldn’t comprehend, the side effect Critical Strike. Her willingness to help cause trouble was simply a matter of her going all out to join Zou Feng in his "madness."
"By the way... after we pull this off, will you have a shot at reaching the Golden Core?" Su Qingyu turned to look at Zou Feng, her interest piqued.
"Even if we don’t pull this off, I’ll definitely be able to build my Golden Core. It would just take a lot longer..." Zou Feng replied honestly.
"If that’s the case, why take such a huge risk?"
Zou Feng smiled faintly. "Delays breed trouble. Besides, the risk for this job really isn’t that big!"
After creating the Xuanwu Poison Domain he had envisioned, and factoring in the side effect Critical Strike from the Mixed Poison, Zou Feng’s confidence surged.
Now, he wasn’t so much concerned about the Immortal Official’s strength as he was worried about other Tribulation Cultivators showing up to ruin things.
This seemingly casual conversation made the way Su Qingyu looked at Zou Feng change noticeably again.
Although she had long known there were benefits to following Zou Feng, she never expected his ambitions were on a completely different level from her own.
Just from the tone in which Zou Feng had said "definitely be able to build my Golden Core," she knew he didn’t even care about becoming a True Disciple of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.
’Is he setting his sights on... becoming the Leader of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect?’
’It seems this backer is far more powerful than I ever imagined...’
As she thought about all this, Su Qingyu suddenly felt a stir of excitement, but now was not the time for conversation, so she could only suppress it for the time being.
While waiting for the fish to take the bait, Zou Feng appeared to be chatting idly with Su Qingyu, but secretly, he was accumulating side effects the entire time.
The power of the side effects from the Mixed Poison of two Golden Core Realm Demon Race members was truly outrageous.
Although Zou Feng couldn’t sense the specific effects, he gradually got the feeling that his body had become a volcano being constantly stuffed with dynamite. Once detonated, it would be absolutely cataclysmic.
The thought that such a terrifying stockpile was about to be received in full by the Immortal Official made Zou Feng inexplicably excited...
In less than an hour, seven-colored auspicious clouds appeared in the distant sky. The anticipated fish had finally swum into the vicinity.
Zicaiyi, an Immortal Official of the Ninefold Celestial Court, floated down, her face full of resentment.
She was furious. After all, Zou Feng had used Xiaolv to make a fool of her earlier.
Being played by a mere Dao Foundation Realm Cultivator’s tricks had filled her with vicious intent for this hunt.
’Once I capture this person, I’ll wring his very soul dry!’
Hm?
Looking from afar, Zicaiyi naturally noticed the anomaly below.
’This is... a Poison Domain?’
She could, of course, sense that the "Great Nourishing External Pill" who had tricked her was right inside this Poison Domain, having chosen not to flee any further.
’Did he finally run out of steam? With no other tricks left, is he just clutching at straws, hoping to use this Poison Domain to stall me?’
In fact, the fact that Zou Feng had managed to evade her for this long before being caught had already far exceeded Zicaiyi’s initial expectations.
’For a reckless brat at the Dao Foundation Realm to accomplish so much is truly praiseworthy.’
’And even now, when the kid has clearly exhausted himself and has to stop and rest, he hasn’t given up resisting. Instead, he’s struggled to create this decent-looking Poison Domain to obstruct me...’
In short, Zicaiyi could figure out her prey’s plan, but she simply couldn’t comprehend the logic behind it.
’No way. He doesn’t really think this meager Poison Domain can stall me, does he?’
’Does this kid really plan to stall me inside the Poison Domain, buy himself some time to rest, and then take the opportunity to keep running!?’
’Tsk, tsk, tsk... He’s so naive I almost feel sorry for him...’