Chapter 668 - 393: Superconducting Poison Magnet Cannon
Jiang Wanzhao, as expected, still hadn’t managed to escape her pursuers.
At this moment, she was being besieged by at least two Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivators.
After all, strictly speaking, for Jiang Wanzhao to have held on this long after the Celestial Hearing Tower was breached was already quite impressive.
She and Yu Lingxiao were definitely the Tribulation Cultivators’ primary targets, with the most resources dedicated to hunting them down.
Fortunately, thanks to Zou Feng’s unbelievably exceptional performance back then, the two of them had joined forces to kill Luo Gang, the Dragon King of Yu Long Lake, taking out one Golden Core Realm Demon Cultivator early on. Otherwise, the situation would have been even more perilous.
Seeing Zou Feng, who should have been making a quick getaway, suddenly freeze and stare blankly at the dark clouds, Su Qingyu quickly realized what was wrong.
After all, she had seen Jiang Wanzhao in action before, so she figured it out as well.
"You’ve got a crazy idea, don’t you?" Su Qingyu could, of course, tell what Zou Feng was thinking.
Zou Feng nodded. "If I don’t make a move, she will surely die here!"
As his power had increased dramatically, Zou Feng’s discernment was on a completely different level. He could now see many of the intricacies even in a battle between Golden Core Realm Cultivators.
Thus, after his brief observation, Zou Feng could easily tell that Jiang Wanzhao was a spent force.
The two Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivators hunting her were only wary of a final, desperate counterattack, so they were simply wearing her down instead of rushing to finish her off.
This also showed that throughout the chase, the two of them had come to respect Jiang Wanzhao’s strength, fearing that a single careless mistake would allow her to take one of them down with her.
Fortunately, this very caution gave Jiang Wanzhao—and by extension, Zou Feng—a significant opportunity...
"Are you sure? Those are two Golden Core Realm cultivators!" Su Qingyu naturally didn’t want Zou Feng to put himself in danger.
’He was too powerful a patron to lose. She was quite comfortable relying on him and wanted to keep it that way.’
Zou Feng turned back, looked into Su Qingyu’s eyes, and said, "If it were you, I’d save you too..."
Su Qingyu was suddenly at a loss for words. After all, even she had to admit that Jiang Wanzhao had treated Zou Feng very well.
Besides, Zou Feng’s decision wasn’t born of blind arrogance. With his current strength, he could actually make a difference.
"Those two Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivators aren’t coordinating well. They’re both scheming, hoping the other will fight Senior Sister Jiang until they’re both battered and bruised, leaving them to swoop in and reap the rewards!"
"So our chances are actually quite good, as long as we can seriously injure one of them first..."
If he knew it was a hopeless endeavor, Zou Feng wouldn’t be so foolish. But since he was fairly confident, his conscience wouldn’t allow him to simply walk away without trying.
His analysis complete, Zou Feng turned to Su Qingyu. "Palace Master, you should probably leave first. If something goes wrong, it’ll be easier for me to escape on my own!"
To his surprise, Su Qingyu shook her head without a hint of hesitation. "As I am now, I might actually be able to help. Besides, we’ve already succeeded together once, haven’t we?"
Zou Feng could see that while Su Qingyu’s desire to stay was partly because they were close Fellow Daoists who knew each other well, it was also because she had gotten a taste of the rewards from their success in trapping and killing Zi Caiyi.
’If they succeeded again, not only would her reliance on Zou Feng’s powerful backing be even more justified, but she would also immediately get to share in the spoils.’
In the current situation, although there were two Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivators, Jiang Wanzhao could still hold out for a little while longer. If she and Zou Feng attacked together...
Seeing that Su Qingyu had made up her mind, Zou Feng didn’t waste time being polite. "Alright," he said. "Then I’ll have to ask you to act as my Guardian, Palace Master!"
"Guardian?"
"That’s right. It would be extremely unwise to charge directly into a battle between Golden Core Realm Cultivators. It’s safer to launch a sneak attack from a distance..."
With that said, Zou Feng took out and swallowed two External Pills, then slowly assumed a stance.
Unleashing the power of two External Pills at once was his current limit. Any more would be a waste.
But a doubled Outer Pill Cannon alone, from such a great distance, was clearly not enough to cause substantial damage to a Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivator.
He had to keep stacking other techniques on top of it...
Unfortunately, his strongest Divine Skill at the moment—the stored side-effect Critical Strike—was useless, as the two Golden Core Realm Tribulation Cultivators weren’t on his list. He had the power but no way to unleash it.
Furthermore, he had already given the most potent stored side effects from the Refinement of Zi Caiyi to Tang Ze and Qi Siyun as rewards, so he didn’t have any decent stock left at the moment.
Fortunately, he had plenty of time to prepare, and Zou Feng still had many other methods at his disposal.
For example, there was the Crimson Poison Needle, which he hadn’t used in a long time due to its long wind-up.
This move was on a completely different level now. Plus, it could be fused with a derivative Skill—the Quantitative Tribulation Killing Needle.
Speaking of which, although he had mastered the Cultivation of the Quantitative Tribulation Killing Needle Skill long ago, he rarely had a chance to use it.
This was because Zou Feng had so many techniques that when fighting enemies head-on, he always used whatever was most convenient.
The current situation, however, was perfect for using this kind of move.
The Outer Pill Cannon, stacked with the Crimson Poison Needle and the Quantitative Tribulation Killing Needle.
But that wasn’t all. He would also infuse it with the Abyssal Vortex Prison-Suppressing Force and the Silent Extinction Poison Flame.
At the same time, Zou Feng activated the Nine Dragon Power, maxing out all his bodily functions.
In truth, unleashing a max-power Big Move like this, which stacked numerous Skills, was extremely dangerous for the caster.
After all, one couldn’t just carelessly stack so many of their own Skills together. The risk of backlash was incredibly high.
However, this attempt at stacking Skills and Cultivation Skills was also considered a form of Cultivation, which meant Zou Feng didn’t have to bear any of the accompanying side effects.