Chapter 791 - 454: Emergency Rescue

Normally, Jiang Wanzhao had always been operating with a main force of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect. In such a team, there would certainly be a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator overseeing things. Yet under these circumstances, Gongyang Wuji still dared to target her; his audacity was truly beyond the ordinary. He was entirely relying on his immense fortune to do whatever he pleased.

With the Holy Lotus advancing at full speed overnight, a desolate land of jagged, bizarre rocks with virtually no plant life appeared ahead. These strange rocks were not only grotesque in shape but also gargantuan, stretching into the distance like a scattered array of small mountains.

After the Holy Lotus sailed into this area, Zou Feng clearly noticed signs of a recent fierce battle. Numerous craters scarred the ground, and the dust and smoke had yet to scatter. Zhao Feixiong deduced with certainty that a large number of fellow disciples from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had recently arrived here and fallen into an ambush by Tribulation Cultivators. He even noticed that the arrangement of these bizarre rocks was not natural; someone had tampered with them, subtly turning the area into an Illusion Array designed to trap enemies.

Zou Feng, however, had no mind to investigate why a team from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect would venture so deep into this obviously abnormal place. He only wanted to find Jiang Wanzhao as quickly as possible to prevent Gongyang Wuji from getting to her first. After all, if Gongyang Wuji actually succeeded in capturing Jiang Wanzhao alive, what that bastard would do next wouldn’t just be as simple as using her to threaten him. He would definitely use every extreme method to ruin Zou Feng’s Dao heart and torment Jiang Wanzhao until she was unrecognizable.

But this was also an excellent opportunity for Zou Feng to catch Gongyang Wuji. Once he killed Gongyang Wuji as planned, Zou Feng was confident that the sheer impact of the man’s monstrous fortune would allow him to immediately achieve Nascent Soul Formation on the spot, officially stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm.

There was a reason for Zou Feng’s urgency. According to the anomalies displayed on the List of Gods, Marquis Gongyang had likely completed his layout and would soon appear in person to strike at him. Therefore, he had to advance to the Nascent Soul Realm as quickly as possible, draw down the terrifying Celestial Tribulation, and completely eliminate Marquis Gongyang, this massive hidden danger.

"Junior Brother Zou, the spatial fluctuations ahead are becoming increasingly unstable," Zhao Feixiong suddenly warned from the side.

Zou Feng stopped his train of thought and looked up. Sure enough, numerous spatial rifts were gradually materializing in the distance. Because these rifts appeared highly unstable, their violent fluctuations had spawned spatial storms. These spatial storms were like miniature black holes, devouring everything in their vicinity.

Seeing this, Zou Feng finally understood why Gongyang Wuji had chosen to cause trouble here. In such a perilous place, even a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator would have to be constantly on guard to avoid being sucked into those spatial storms. However, Gongyang Wuji, with his overflowing fortune, could largely ignore this Celestial Calamity.

Zou Feng decisively bypassed this extremely dangerous zone. After advancing a little further, the cacophony of magical combat and fighting gradually reached their ears. Not far away, many fellow disciples from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect were locked in a fierce battle with Tribulation Cultivators. These Tribulation Cultivators formed a mixed unit hailing from the Ninefold Celestial Court, the Yama Underworld, and the Dubhe Divine Domain.

As for the disciples of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, although they had decent numbers, for some reason, they lacked any exceptionally strong pillars to anchor their forces. Not to mention the absence of a Nascent Soul Realm heavyweight leading the team, there were hardly any cultivators at the Golden Core Realm Late Stage. This resulted in the cultivators of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, who theoretically should have held the advantage in a frontal clash, clearly falling to a disadvantage. If things continued like this, they would suffer heavy casualties before long, and it was hard to say how many would ultimately escape.

Seeing this, Zou Feng decisively intervened. Since the battlefield was too chaotic, he first sent Zhu Caiwei out to draw enemy fire and probe whether the opposing side had a Nascent Soul Realm expert overseeing things. Meanwhile, he and Zhao Feixiong quietly slipped into the fray, planning to execute a sweeping harvest while the Tribulation Cultivators’ attention was fixed on Zhu Caiwei.

As expected, the moment Zhu Caiwei appeared, a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator immediately emerged from the enemy ranks. Judging by her attire and aura, she was likely a Meng Po from the Yama Underworld. Meng Po wasn’t a name, but rather a position within the Yama Underworld. A Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator in the Underworld didn’t just have the option of becoming a King Yan; the role of Meng Po was also available.

The Meng Po who appeared now looked extremely young with luminously pale skin, but her eyes were completely devoid of life, radiating a deathly gloom. The moment she appeared, she instantly swept Zhu Caiwei into her Domain, and the two of them vanished together. This was a common occurrence in magical combat between Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators; their strikes often involved clashing head-on with the Domain spaces they had created.

Because Zhu Caiwei had only recently stepped into the Nascent Soul Realm, she hadn’t yet had the time to forge her own exclusive spatial Domain. However, since she had been cultivated by Zou Feng, holding her ground against Meng Po’s Domain for a short period shouldn’t be much of a problem for her. And with Zhu Caiwei tying down Meng Po, the current battle no longer held any suspense for Zou Feng. Both he and Zhao Feixiong were existences who could walk unhindered through the Golden Core Realm.

There was nothing left to say—let the massacre bloom!

Zou Feng formed a Dharma Seal with his hands and sat steadily on the Lotus Platform, causing Golden Lotuses to bloom across the brutally grim battlefield. Only, with every Golden Lotus that bloomed, a Tribulation Cultivator would scream miserably and explode on the spot, their bursting blood splattering outward like a blossoming crimson flower.

With Zou Feng and Zhao Feixiong joining the fray, it didn’t take long for the Tribulation Cultivators to be forced into a steady retreat, suffering heavy casualties. Realizing that the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had received powerful reinforcements and that they had almost no capacity to resist, a panicked rout became inevitable. Thus, aside from the Death Warriors of the Dubhe Divine Domain, the Tribulation Cultivators from the Ninefold Celestial Court and the Yama Underworld essentially couldn’t hold on any longer, fleeing in all directions in abject misery. Naturally, the Death Warriors of the Dubhe Divine Domain didn’t meet a good end either; the consequence of their stubborn resistance was merely being subjected to Zou Feng’s Unrivaled Grass Cutting.

Before long, the Tribulation Cultivators had either fled or died. Leaving aside Zhu Caiwei’s situation—the outcome of which was still unknown—the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had achieved a sweeping victory.

Following that, several Golden Core Realm fellow disciples flew over to Zou Feng and Zhao Feixiong, offering their heartfelt gratitude for their timely arrival. They constantly flattered Zou Feng for the strength he had just displayed, making it glaringly obvious that they wanted to curry favor with this existence who was guaranteed to be promoted to a legacy disciple in the near future. Zou Feng, however, didn’t have time to exchange pleasantries with them right now. He quickly interrupted them to ask about Jiang Wanzhao’s whereabouts.

"Senior Sister Jiang? Yes, we saw her. She was one of the leaders of this team to begin with. Just a moment ago, she and two other senior brothers went off in pursuit of Gongyang Wuji to kill him!"

Zou Feng’s eyes sharpened. "Gongyang Wuji?"

"Yes, Senior Sister Jiang had been tracking that beast all along and finally managed to discover his whereabouts..."

At the mention of Gongyang Wuji, every fellow disciple of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect present gnashed their teeth, their expressions filled with deep-seated hatred and revulsion. It couldn’t be helped. Gongyang Wuji had committed far too many sins in the Northern Domain, yet they had been utterly unable to do anything about him for the longest time. He had inflicted lasting psychological trauma on many cultivators. As a result, many disciples of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect who believed their strength was sufficient wanted to be the first to slay the beast.

Killing Gongyang Wuji wouldn’t just mean eliminating a major scourge for the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect; more importantly, it came with an explosion of benefits. Leaving aside the Immortal Sect’s bounty, the sheer prospect of slaying a Child of Fortune and devouring his fortune was an absolute, overwhelming temptation.

Jiang Wanzhao had always been highly competitive. When Zou Feng had caught up to her in terms of cultivation Realm previously, she might not have shown anything on the surface, but she had already secretly started to compete with him in her heart. If an opportunity to kill Gongyang Wuji presented itself, she naturally wouldn’t want to miss it for anything in the world. Needless to say, Gongyang Wuji was exploiting this exact point. It was glaringly obvious that his current layout was a scheme to capture Jiang Wanzhao.

Therefore, being discovered or having his whereabouts leaked was nothing more than Gongyang Wuji’s deliberate ploy... In short, Jiang Wanzhao had already essentially swallowed the bait that Gongyang Wuji had laid out. Fortunately, it hadn’t been long since she went to pursue Gongyang Wuji. Even if she had walked right into a trap, with her strength, she would surely be able to hold out for a while...