Chapter 566 - 342: One Thousand Years of Death
The fee to challenge Lu Guanghua’s Spiritual Energy Realm Mind Body was among the lowest for any True Disciple.
While this was partly because Lu Guanghua ranked among the weakest of the True Disciples, there was an even more important reason...
Lu Guanghua himself had already fallen.
When this happened, the challenge fee was immediately lowered.
After all, no matter the reason, dead is dead.
Whether he failed to live up to his Talent or his Talent had simply reached its limit, it was all the same in the end.
With a low rating, the challenge fee naturally wouldn’t be high.
However, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. He was a True Inheritor, after all, so the fee was still a steep one thousand Immortal Fate points.
Since Zou Feng’s own Mind Body was still constantly earning him points, he spent the one thousand Immortal Fate without a second thought.
In short, to get his mindset right and establish his Dao Foundation as soon as possible, he was willing to spend hundreds of thousands of Immortal Fate points, let alone a few tens of thousands.
After confirming his challenge against the Mind Body from Lu Guanghua’s time in the Spiritual Energy Realm, Zou Feng was quickly transported to an Alternate Space resembling a Sword Tomb.
Across from him, a Mind Body with an appearance and aura almost identical to Lu Guanghua’s was expressionlessly raising a hand, preparing to form Sword Formulas...
’To be honest, the oppressive aura from this Mind Body isn’t even as strong as Lu Guanghua’s Outer Body Incarnation was.’
’But since I’m already here, I might as well test his mettle from back when he was in the Spiritual Energy Realm...’
About the time it would take to eat a meal, Zou Feng emerged from the glowing portal, lost in thought.
’In that fight, Lu Guanghua’s Spiritual Energy Realm Mind Body was definitely something.’
’But not much. I’d say it wasn’t weak, but it still wasn’t as strong as I expected.’
As for the outcome, it took a bit of effort, but he ultimately secured victory using his Three Dragons Power form.
’It seems not all True Disciples were incomprehensibly powerful back in their Spiritual Energy Realm days.’
’Of course, this also has to do with a Mind Body’s strength being only about seventy percent of the original’s.’
At this thought, Zou Feng’s confidence soared. He decided to rest briefly before going to challenge Liu Chenyu’s Mind Body.
He glanced back at the portal to the Alternate Space housing his own Mind Body and saw that the line outside had somehow grown even longer.
Apparently, Xiao Weiyang—who had previously come in disguise to challenge Zou Feng’s Mind Body—had accidentally revealed his identity. This meant that a master ranked twelfth on the Ascension Rankings couldn’t even defeat Zou Feng’s Mind Body.
Word of this naturally spread like wildfire.
As a result, an increasing number of disciples, drawn by his growing reputation, came to challenge Zou Feng’s Mind Body.
Seeing this, Zou Feng couldn’t help but worry if his Mind Body could withstand the strain of such high-intensity "customer service"...
The situation felt absurd. He was standing right there, yet these people were all single-mindedly queuing up to fight his Mind Body.
It was worth noting that Chen Ang, clearly not one to give up, was back in line again.
He had the air of someone who wouldn’t rest until he defeated Zou Feng’s Mind Body.
’His spirit of unyielding persistence in the face of adversity was certainly commendable.’
’Looks like the three thousand Immortal Fate points I thought I’d wasted will be fully recovered soon. I might even turn a profit.’
Once he had rested, Zou Feng checked his Token. None of the top ten were willing to spar with him.
Shaking his head in resignation, he walked toward the glowing portal once more.
This time, there was no need for deliberation. He directly chose to challenge Liu Chenyu, the one who had handed him a humiliating defeat.
He was determined to see just how powerful this prodigy—who had earned the title "Vile Empress" with her dual cultivation Replenishing Skill—could have been during her time in the Spiritual Energy Realm...
"What? The challenge fee is ten thousand Immortal Fate!?"
Zou Feng had expected Liu Chenyu’s challenge fee to be high, but he hadn’t anticipated it would be this outrageous.
Liu Chenyu must have set the price to the highest possible tier herself.
True Disciples had long since outgrown the need for this bit of extra income from their Mind Bodies. They would rather everyone find the price too steep and abandon the challenge.
Fortunately, Zou Feng wasn’t short on points at the moment. After a brief moment of shock, he resolutely chose to pay.
’Ten thousand Immortal Fate to regain my confidence is actually a bargain.’
In the blink of an eye, Zou Feng found himself near a scenic waterfall.
Beneath the waterfall, Liu Chenyu’s Mind Body, dressed in revealing attire, was playfully frolicking by herself.
’This scene doesn’t look like a prelude to a battle at all. It’s more like she’s trying to seduce her challenger into a session of replenishment.’
But Zou Feng had been down this road before. He knew full well that this was Liu Chenyu’s Mind Body, already employing a highly advanced Charm Technique.
Seeing this, Zou Feng didn’t hesitate for a second. He pressed his palms together and silently chanted a Technique.
The giant, monstrous insect that was Xiaolv’s avatar slowly emerged from behind Zou Feng.
Simultaneously, a viscous, pitch-black "canopy" spread rapidly outward from Zou Feng, like sludge. It was clearly about to transform this beautiful landscape into a sunless Poison Domain.
Against Liu Chenyu, Zou Feng didn’t dare to be the least bit careless. He immediately unleashed his Poison Domain, regardless of the cost.
And he wasn’t finished. He didn’t bother with a probing attack like the Evil King’s Blazing Poison Dragon Wave. Instead, he directly empowered himself with the Three Dragons Power, creating a sky full of afterimages as he executed the Evil King’s Hell-Quelling Strike.
Yet this deadly move only caused Liu Chenyu’s Mind Body to let out a peal of clear, bell-like laughter.
RUUUMBLE—
Countless blasts of Palm Force rained down as the Poison Domain erupted. A viscous, pitch-black toxic mist spiraled rapidly as it converged on Liu Chenyu.
Amid the deafening blasts, the entire waterfall was instantly obliterated.
The river water below was first corrupted into a black, toxic brew before it, too, rapidly evaporated.