Chapter 765 - 441: Golden-winged Roc

The Golden-winged Roc not only possessed a boundlessly strong physical body, but invoking the Power of Heaven and Earth was as effortless as breathing for it. Every strike carried the power of divine punishment.

Even though the Demon Immortal had not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm after its possession, its strength was already on par with Zou Feng’s. Both were Alien Species within the Golden Core Realm. Of course, having just taken over the body, it couldn’t fully adapt to the Golden-winged Roc’s vessel immediately; the Holy Bird’s Divine Skills went far beyond what was currently displayed.

On the other hand, Zou Feng was still plummeting through the air, entirely powerless to fight back.

Seeing this, the bewitched masses erupted into cheers once again, celebrating that the "Demon" was finally going to be executed. Little did they know, Zou Feng was absolutely thrilled by the relentless strikes of the Golden Thunder.

"Tribulation-Indestructible Body (Unity of Heaven and Man), Progress: 31%... 32%... 33%..."

With almost every strike of the Golden Thunder, his cultivation progress increased by a fraction. It had to be known that this was the Unity of Heaven and Man Realm, where increasing even a single point of progress was extraordinarily difficult under normal circumstances. One could well imagine just how suitable the lightning unleashed by the Golden-winged Roc was for cultivating the Tribulation-Indestructible Body. Compared to those flashy, impractical execution tortures on the Demon-slaying Platform earlier, the effects were vastly superior.

However, Zou Feng didn’t dare drop his guard; he had no intention of letting himself be struck endlessly. Once Red Tiger and the others fully adapted to the body of the Golden-winged Roc, the power of their attacks would definitely skyrocket. By then, it would very likely exceed the current tolerance limit of cultivating the Tribulation-Indestructible Body. If it surpassed the limits of cultivating this Skill, it would naturally no longer be considered cultivation, and he wouldn’t be able to transfer the side effects away. At that point, he feared he really would be zapped until he was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, ready to be eaten with just a sprinkle of salt.

Thus, before long, Zou Feng finally plummeted all the way down, crashing into the ground. Since this was his planned escape route from the start, Zou Feng landed perfectly in front of Yue Ya and Lu Wu.

"Master!"

Yue Ya’s small face turned pale. She didn’t understand why her master, who had just been displaying such mighty power, had suddenly fallen into a disadvantage. She was about to rush toward Zou Feng, but Lu Wu immediately stopped her.

"Are you stupid? Don’t go over there and get yourself killed..."

Before Lu Wu could finish speaking, two differently colored bolts of lightning struck down from above Zou Feng. The silver lightning was like a sharp sword forged from electricity, its cutting power maxed out. The red lightning, upon striking its target, would continue to burn relentlessly, sticking to its target like a festering curse. Coupled with the previous Golden Thunder, which was simply an overwhelming crush of peerless strength... Under this Three-in-One lightning punishment, a normal Golden Core Cultivator would have long been reduced to nothing but a solitary, fragrant Golden Core on the spot.

The fact that differently colored lightning was being fired now clearly meant that Cyan Wolf and Jade Fox hadn’t been idle either. They had separately tapped into the other Divine Skills of the Golden-winged Roc. The longer this battle dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for Zou Feng. Any Cultivator with a bit of discernment could see that if Zou Feng wanted to win, he absolutely could not wait until Red Tiger’s trio completely adapted to the Golden-winged Roc’s body.

Zou Feng was naturally well aware of this. Seeing that his Tribulation-Indestructible Body had already benefited greatly, he didn’t plan on dragging this out any longer.

"Disciple!"

Amidst the bombardment of lightning, Zou Feng reached out a hand toward Yue Ya without looking back. Yue Ya immediately understood. She tossed the Blood Spirit Pill—which she had been treating as a priceless treasure and holding close to her chest—toward Zou Feng. Zou Feng clenched his right hand. The Blood Spirit Pill, which was clearly still dozens of feet away, was instantly caught in his grasp.

He had seen everything there was to see, and the benefits had pretty much been maximized. The Golden-winged Roc was ultimately just acting as a stepping stone for his benefit. He figured that the Three-in-One External Pill he would refine later would surely grant his Path of Rebirth—which had the slowest cultivation progress—a qualitative leap!

Therefore, it was time to form his complete state! Now, he would see exactly what was contained within the Blood Spirit Pill left behind by Zou Er...

The moment the Blood Spirit Pill was caught in his hand, it immediately dissolved, melting incredibly smoothly into Zou Feng’s palm. After all, strictly speaking, it had originally been a part of his own body. Upon successful fusion, Zou Feng’s tiger body shook instantly. A massive amount of information flooded his mind, and all the gains Zou Er had accumulated from three years of adventuring in the wild were completely absorbed by his main body.

The next moment, Zou Feng’s first reaction wasn’t to feel the power after fusing with his clone, but to turn his head and look at Yue Ya. Previously, he had only guessed that she was the disciple Zou Er had taken in. But now, all the details of their previous interactions came rushing back to him like a flood of recovered memories.

No words were needed. In the look of his eyes at that very moment, Yue Ya knew that her master had finally returned!

"Yue Ya!"

"Your disciple is here..."

"Watch closely. I promised you before that once I returned, I would put an end to everything..."

As soon as his voice fell, a terrifying sound of collapsing space echoed all around. With Zou Feng at the center, an incomparably tyrannical, invisible force forcefully blocked the three-colored lightning punishment on the outside.

Zou Yi mainly cultivated the Poison Dao, while Zou Er mainly cultivated the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills. The Holy Lotus Rebirth that Zou Feng had just executed was a manifestation of his Poison Dao Cultivation. And now, the true might of the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills had clearly finally bared its fangs.

It was worth mentioning that even when cultivating the same Ascension Skill, the effects produced by different Cultivators would vary. Red Tiger’s trio was a prime example right now. They had taken the Path of Rebirth to entirely new heights, creating their current Three-in-One state.

As for Zou Feng’s Nine Immortal Ascension Skills, since its core essence was to eliminate and devour the Tribulation Cultivators of the Ninefold Celestial Court, the "Dao" he cultivated using this Skill naturally embodied this grand ambition. To put it plainly, his Dao was immortal slaying!

RUMBLE...

After Zou Feng unleashed his Immortal Technique, the surrounding heaven and earth seemed to cave in, constantly exploding and collapsing. The first to bear the brunt of the impact were the three brothers, who were still attempting to bring down the lightning punishment. And the Array, the "Demon-slaying Platform," which had been buffing them, subsequently underwent an inexplicable change...

In the blink of an eye, at the edge of the Array, countless Celestial Soldiers and Generals with blurred faces appeared in the form of Spirit Bodies, surrounding the three brothers in the middle. These Celestial Soldiers and Generals spoke in unison, chanting words of unknown meaning in perfect synchronization, yet their voices were filled with an intimidating deterrence.

These voices acted like a Brain-Devouring Demon Sound. The three brothers suddenly felt as if countless ants were crawling back and forth inside their brains. Their six arms grabbed onto their three respective heads, but this did nothing to alleviate the agony. They still couldn’t help but howl miserably.

Meanwhile, transparent steps seemed to appear in front of Zou Feng. Unhurriedly, he walked up these steps toward the Demon-slaying Platform where the three brothers were. No, it could no longer be called the Demon-slaying Platform now. It was a veritable Immortal Slaying Stage!

Previously, when Zou Feng said he would turn the Demon-slaying Platform into an Immortal Slaying Stage, it was merely a casual remark, mainly because he was confident in slaying the three Fake Immortals. But now, having fused with the Blood Spirit Pill, the cultivation progress of his Nine Immortal Ascension Skills had skyrocketed, and he had already merged the Nine Skills into one. Therefore, using the Demon-slaying Platform as a foundation and remodeling it into an Immortal Slaying Stage that suited his desires took hardly any effort at all.

"Nine Immortal Ascension Skills (Perfection), Progress: 99%"

Originally, the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills individually displayed the cultivation progress of the Outer Alchemy Dao, the Path of Emotion Severance, and so on. But now that the Blood Spirit Pill had been fused, allowing the Nine Skills to merge together, it only displayed a single name. As for the 99% progress, it seemed as if it was intentionally waiting for Zou Feng to refine the three Fake Immortals in front of him.

As Zou Feng stepped onto the Immortal Slaying Stage step by step, the invisible shackles on the three Fake Immortals tightened with increasingly formidable binding force. No matter how hard they struggled, they could not break free.

Furthermore, the onlooking crowd of Cheyue Country, who had been bewitched and used, surprisingly all revealed a look of clarity in their eyes as they watched this scene. Evidently, they were being influenced by the aura of the Immortal Slaying Stage and were gradually breaking free from their bewitched state. And that misguided hatred they had felt toward Zou Feng shifted entirely onto the three Fake Immortals. The ones they truly should hate—the real culprits behind the tragedy of Cheyue Country—were those three Fake Immortals all along. This blood feud had finally been directed to its rightful target.

"You little brat, bring it on... All these flashy tricks are useless! I have the body of an Ancient Sacred Bird; what can you possibly do to me?" Red Tiger was still screaming hysterically, using it to mask the fear in his heart.

But they indeed believed what they said. As time passed, they were becoming more and more adapted to the body of the Golden-winged Roc. The Brain-Devouring Demon Sound from the surrounding Celestial Soldiers and Generals no longer inflicted the same level of agony it had at the beginning. So it wasn’t a big problem. Just as Zou Feng had been able to withstand the execution of the Demon-slaying Platform earlier, they could withstand this too!