Chapter 609 - 363: External Pill, Spiritual Pill
On the other side, the golden-armored golem, which had been losing ground, was "encouraged" once more. Not only did its body swell by a full size, but it also grew two more arms.
With this, the golden-armored golem regained the initiative and began to suppress the nine Dragons of Evil Qi once more...
"You vile heretic! You think someone like you can break my Celestial Court’s Heaven’s Might Evil-Slaying Array!"
The Celestial General had also been empowered. With his ego swelling, he couldn’t stop himself from launching a verbal assault, which was, in fact, a Spiritual Attack using a "Maxim Edict."
If anyone else had called him a vile heretic, Zou Feng really wouldn’t have argued the point.
But to be called a vile heretic by a bunch of guys from the Ninefold Celestial Court who had long since stopped being human was utterly ridiculous.
So, Zou Feng did scoff out loud. Then he slowly raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
With that snap, four of the Celestial Soldiers within the Heaven’s Might Evil-Slaying Array threw their heads back and coughed up blood. Another four completely lost control of their bowels.
The most severe cases even vomited their internal organs, while their excrement was mixed with large amounts of putrid blood and unidentifiable fragments.
Another ability of the upgraded List of Gods was that Zou Feng could now choose when the side effects would manifest.
Previously, the transference of side effects was completely uncontrollable. Zou Feng himself could never be sure when the transferred side effects would flare up.
But now, the side effects from taking the External Pill earlier, as well as those generated from his continued haphazard cultivation, had all been temporarily accumulated by Zou Feng, held back and waiting to be unleashed.
Only now, after seeing the might of the Heaven’s Might Evil-Slaying Array as he had wished, did Zou Feng allow these side effects to erupt completely.
The reason why eight Celestial Soldiers were afflicted was, naturally, because among the nine people he had originally forced onto the list, Li Chengfeng was already dead.
This sudden turn of events made it impossible to maintain the Heaven’s Might Evil-Slaying Array.
The golden-armored golem’s body froze in place, then dissipated like smoke and dust.
Six Dragons of Evil Qi remained. Although their power was greatly diminished, they were more than enough to kick a man when he’s down.
And so, the once imposing Celestial Soldiers and Generals could only scramble to fend off the attacks of the Dragons of Evil Qi, and soon, their miserable screams filled the air...
When the Dragons of Evil Qi finally scattered, only the Celestial General remained alive in the sky.
Zou Feng used the threads created by his Love That Can Stretch and Contract at Will to pull all the other Celestial Soldiers over to him.
Then, right in front of the Celestial General, he put on a live performance of refining them.
The Celestial General actually still had the strength to fight. After all, even though the Heaven’s Might Evil-Slaying Array had collapsed, his power as a Dao Foundation Realm Middle Stage cultivator was undeniable.
However, seeing Zou Feng actually refining those Celestial Soldiers with a technique that looked disturbingly familiar left the Celestial General completely stunned.
"You... You’re using... the Outer Alchemy Dao!?"
"Impossible! How could an Evil Cultivator from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect possibly learn the Outer Alchemy Dao, one of the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills?"
The Celestial General demanded again and again, his voice filled with disbelief.
Although he was utterly astonished, his questioning was actually a ploy to stall for time, waiting for reinforcements that were rushing over.
In short, he had already lost the confidence to take down Zou Feng on his own.
But he was extremely unwilling to just flee. Moreover, this Evil Cultivator from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect actually knew the Outer Alchemy Dao from the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills. This was a matter that had to be investigated, no matter the cost.
Zou Feng, of course, paid no attention to the Celestial General’s questions. Instead, he focused intently on refining the Celestial Soldiers into External Pills, one by one.
Unfortunately, the eight Celestial Soldiers who had just been hit by the side effects had died too violently, their bodies completely ravaged. As a result, they no longer met the conditions to be refined into External Pills.
Fortunately, there were still five left. Five External Pills were soon in his possession.
As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. After refining the two Fairies before, Zou Feng’s technique had become much more proficient, and his Alchemy speed had increased considerably.
Of course, the one Zou Feng wanted to refine most was the Celestial General right in front of him.
A powerful Dao Foundation Realm Middle Stage Celestial General... if he were refined into an External Pill, his value would surpass all the previous Celestial Soldiers combined.
But he had to make this quick. More reinforcements would likely arrive soon...
And to quickly capture this Celestial General... in the past, Zou Feng knew it would have been very difficult.
After all, the difficulty of killing someone versus capturing them alive were worlds apart.
Fortunately, his haphazardly learned Outer Pill Immortal-Refining Dao was more than just a method for turning Celestial Soldiers and Generals into Elixirs...
The next moment, Zou Feng took out two of the freshly refined External Pills and held them in his hand.
He silently activated a Technique while pointing his index finger at the Celestial General, mimicking a pistol.
One of the External Pills in his hand melted rapidly, its pure power gathering at the tip of Zou Feng’s finger.
The Celestial General had seen Zou Feng’s strange movements and had already prepared to defend or dodge. However, Zou Feng’s index finger seemed to generate an abnormal power he couldn’t comprehend, locking onto him completely.
’No matter how I try to escape,’ he felt, ’it seems I can’t evade this attack...’
External Pills weren’t just for Refinement and absorption; they could also be used as "ammunition" to fire an "External Pill Cannon."
Or, as it could be called, a "Spiritual Pill."
A moment later, the Celestial General, drenched in cold sweat, mustered all his strength and finally broke free from the paralyzing sensation. With a furious roar, he turned to flee at top speed.
He was wise enough not to try and take the hit head-on.
However, the instant he moved, Zou Feng felt it and fired.
PING—
This shot from the External Pill Cannon was unbelievably fast, far beyond any ranged attack a typical Dao Foundation Realm cultivator could produce.
What the Celestial General found most incomprehensible was that the shot was completely untraceable!
It was as if the moment a flash erupted from Zou Feng’s finger, an invisible force had already appeared right in front of him.
Just as he had sensed earlier, it was completely unavoidable.
Fortunately, the Celestial General had been prepared. As he was about to flee, he had already activated his Immortal Gang Thunder Armor Technique.
He could only brace himself and take it!
"AAAAAH—"
BOOM!!
Amidst his hysterical roar, the Celestial General unleashed all his defenses, pushing the Immortal Gang Thunder Armor Technique to its absolute limit.
Amidst the violent explosion, accompanied by an excruciating pain that felt like his entire body was being torn apart, he ultimately managed to withstand it.
However, before he even had a chance to feel relieved, another "PING" rang in his ears.
’Another one!?’
Realizing this, the nearly-exhausted Celestial General could only let a look of utter despair wash over his face.
After the sound of another explosion, the Celestial General fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string, spiraling downwards.
Zou Feng blew away the lingering smoke from the tip of his finger, then unhurriedly activated Love That Can Stretch and Contract at Will to pull the Celestial General over.
Two shots from the External Pill Cannon were indeed enough to strip a Dao Foundation Realm Middle Stage Celestial General of his ability to resist.
’This move is powerful, but consuming an External Pill for it is a bit of a waste.’
In a way, Zou Feng was giving them a taste of their own medicine.
After all, many of the so-called Immortal Skills of the Ninefold Celestial Court were moves that involved sacrificing oneself to strengthen an array or another Celestial General.
And Zou Feng’s External Pill Cannon was similar—it sacrificed Celestial Soldiers, allowing the essence of Magical Power condensed from their refinement to burst forth in one final, brilliant flash.
A moment later, Zou Feng had the dying Celestial General in his grasp.
He naturally wasn’t going to stick around any longer. It was time to run.
In the distance, several distinctly more powerful auras were approaching at high speed.
On this little hunting trip, Zou Feng felt he had made out like a bandit.
Now, all he had to do was refine the Celestial General in his hand, and his Outer Pill Immortal-Refining Dao would most likely break through to the Great Success Realm!
Since his harvest was already so bountiful, it was best not to get too greedy.
This time, however, Zou Feng didn’t dare to stop somewhere and perform his Alchemy slowly.
After all, the commotion he’d just caused was huge—even a Dao Foundation Realm Middle Stage Celestial General had met with a sudden, bizarre fate. The nearby Tribulation Cultivators from the Ninefold Celestial Court would definitely be taking this matter extremely seriously. He didn’t even need to think to know how difficult the search parties and the experts sent as reinforcements would be to deal with.
Therefore, Zou Feng decided to simply refine the Celestial General while on the run.
Although this would affect his Alchemy efficiency, the advantage was that it was much safer.
Unexpectedly, just as Zou Feng was about to begin the Refinement, his Token vibrated.
It was a message from Su Qingyu.
"Things are bad. Return at once!"