Chapter 682 - 400: All Equipment Gathered
True Monarch Tianyan had never expected to be ambushed by Zou Feng like this.
And judging by his expression, the man clearly didn’t know that such powerful Tribulation Cultivators as "Big Flowery Sedan Chair" and "Elder General on the Stage" were nearby.
The Tribulation Cultivators of the Northern Domain were originally just a band of defeated remnants barely clinging to life, so most disciples of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect subconsciously looked down on them.
True Monarch Tianyan was a typical example. He had come to deal with Zou Feng without ever considering the possibility of Tribulation Cultivators crashing the party.
Furthermore, for Zou Feng to lure in so many Tribulation Cultivators was, in itself, a suicidal act.
And to fall into their hands was a fate far, far worse than dying by his hand...
But Nangong Chu had no more time to be dumbfounded. A bride in a red veil had already burst out of the big flowery sedan chair and was lunging at him, ready to give him a very, very tight "loving hug."
"Hah!"
With a great roar, Nangong Chu’s vertical eye snapped wide open. The azure waves of energy that had been blasting toward Zou Feng began to spin violently, forming a massive tornado in the blink of an eye to shield him.
At the same time, he waved his hand, scattering a handful of bean-like objects.
The moment these beans hit the ground, they grew with the wind, transforming into "Golden-Armored Strongmen" in less than a breath’s time.
These suddenly-materialized Golden-Armored Strongmen were all over ten feet tall. Their steel-like bodies and suffocating presence revealed their true nature as killing machines.
This move made even Zou Feng a little envious.
After all, a quick glance suggested that the strength of these Golden-Armored Strongmen was no less than that of a cultivator at the Early Stage of the Dao Foundation Realm.
Although their Spiritual Wisdom was nowhere near that of a true Dao Foundation Realm cultivator, their fearlessness in the face of death and their expendable nature gave them a huge advantage in close combat and chaotic brawls.
"Kill True Monarch Tianyan! The merit will be immeasurable! Kill—"
Zou Feng, of course, wanted to make the situation as chaotic as possible, so with another furious roar, he fired an Outer Pill Cannon at Nangong Chu.
Using the Outer Pill Cannon as his method of attack also made the aura of his Outer Alchemy Dao denser, making him seem even more like a Celestial General from the Ninefold Celestial Court.
However, after firing the Outer Pill Cannon, while his shouts were full of passion, Zou Feng had already taken several quiet steps back, pulling a number of Tribulation Cultivators in front of him and shielding Su Qingyu behind him.
Su Qingyu couldn’t disguise herself the way Zou Feng could, but as a veteran of the Jianghu who had seen it all, she had already collapsed to the ground, pretending to be too grievously injured to move.
Thus, the scene now looked as if Zou Feng, the Tribulation Cultivator, had just injured a female disciple of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, only to be ambushed by True Monarch Tianyan.
Seeing how convincing Su Qingyu’s acting was—with blood even trickling from the corner of her mouth as she put on a pitiful display of struggling to get up but failing—Zou Feng immediately understood. He let out a string of sinister laughs and lunged to grab her. "You bitch! So what if True Monarch Tianyan is here? He can’t save you!"
While shouting, he lifted Su Qingyu up as easily as grabbing a chick, then made a show of being in a great hurry to leave the battlefield.
Although their little act was full of holes, it didn’t matter because the attention of every Tribulation Cultivator on site was focused on Nangong Chu.
This famous True Disciple was a being with a high chance of advancing to the Nascent Soul realm in the future. If they could kill him, it would indeed be an act of immeasurable merit for the Tribulation Cultivation Sects.
Even setting that aside, True Monarch Tianyan himself was a walking treasure trove in the eyes of the Tribulation Cultivators—a top-grade Great Demon, an exquisite resource!
Therefore, even if they only managed to take a single bite out of him, the trip would be a net gain, even if they were severely injured.
What happened next went even more smoothly than Zou Feng had anticipated. He and Su Qingyu gradually moved away from the battlefield, and not a single Tribulation Cultivator tried to stop them.
As for Nangong Chu, even if he wanted to expose Zou Feng’s true identity, he didn’t have the chance.
It couldn’t be helped. The other small fry were one thing, but the key was that "Big Flowery Sedan Chair" and the "Elder General" had attacks that were far too bizarre. He didn’t dare to be the slightest bit careless and had to focus all his attention on dealing with them.
HUFF—
After a frantic, all-out sprint, Zou Feng finally couldn’t hold on any longer. He set Su Qingyu down and began to catch his breath and rest.
His speed was incredible, and their current location was already far from the din of the battlefield.
"True Monarch Tianyan... he really fell for it this time!" Su Qingyu said, her voice laced with lingering fear.
After all, although Nangong Chu had come to kill Zou Feng, he definitely wouldn’t have left any other witnesses alive afterward.
That’s why Su Qingyu had been certain she was a dead woman just moments ago.
She never imagined Zou Feng had such a way of turning a desperate situation around.
Hearing Su Qingyu’s assessment, Zou Feng shook his head. "He’s bound to suffer a huge loss, but he probably won’t die..."
"No way, he can survive even that!?" Su Qingyu found it hard to believe that Nangong Chu could escape from such a hopeless predicament.
But Zou Feng couldn’t tell Su Qingyu the basis for his judgment.
It was the List of Gods. On it, Nangong Chu’s name had dimmed considerably, but it hadn’t been erased.
It just went to show that the man truly was one of the best among the True Disciples. His strength was on another level.
If it had been Jiang Wanzhao in the same situation, she would have probably been long dead by now.
Seeing that Nangong Chu’s name on the list wasn’t dimming any further, Zou Feng knew the man had already escaped the battlefield and was now fleeing in a sorry state.
’Should I make his escape a little more miserable?’
Zou Feng was considering whether he should hit Nangong Chu with a side-effect Critical Strike to add a few more thorns to his path of escape.
The problem was, the side effects he had currently accumulated weren’t potent enough. The effect would be extremely limited and probably wouldn’t cause Nangong Chu much trouble.