Chapter 1105 354: Qi Fortune Protection, Soul Power Curse Killing

This was the Shadow Alliance cashing in on a promise they'd made to them.

So it was of paramount importance.

"Flip."

Zhang Lingfeng pressed the mahjong table and turned over the tiles that appeared on the surface.

As he flipped them, he said, "Gold threes, silver sevens, trashy twos and eights; better to ditch the east three than give up the edge three-dot."

"One-four-seven play it small, three-six-nine play it big; evens can't beat odds, edge melds can't beat middles."

"Paired tiles don't win easy, long edges have to go; if only one's out it's a good wait, two or three seen still ain't that bad."

"With a three you hang a four, with a seven you hook an eight."

"Mahjong is like chess—one careless move and your winning hand turns to泡影."

"If you wanna live long, mahjong every day; if you wanna live longer, let mahjong lend a hand."

Madam Huang listened with great interest, toying with the tiles in her hand.

Especially when Zhang Lingfeng started rattling off those rhymes; she suddenly burst into laughter, her smile blooming like a flower.

To be called a "Madam Immortal," she naturally had extraordinary means, able to bewitch plenty of men until they lost their minds.

That one smile felt like a Witchcraft Divine Technique descending, covering the entire cave dwelling; Time itself seemed to freeze.

Normally, people would be drawn in by Madam Huang's looks and laughter, even sink into them completely.

That was also the moment when Madam Huang would make her move.

The drop of Life Origin Power in Zhang Lingfeng's body trembled more and more violently.

"Buzz!"

Thus, the Soul Power from his fifth transformation suddenly erupted right while Madam Huang was waiting for him to fall into her spell.

Zhang Lingfeng knew Madam Huang's Realm was the same as his—both were Tribulation Crossing Immortals—but she'd been in Cultivation longer than he had, so her Life Mass and Stars were likely stronger than his.

So the best method was to use the Soul Power from his fifth transformation to launch a fatal strike at Madam Huang at the critical moment.

The danger index shot up before his eyes.

Zhang Lingfeng acted without hesitation.

The Soul Power of the fifth transformation burst out in an instant, as if ripping apart Madam Huang's disguise, revealing layer after layer of Power fluctuations, and shot straight for her Divine Soul.

Madam Huang's Divine Soul was like a calm lake into which a boulder had been thrown, raising towering waves.

"Ah!"

Her eyes turned blood-red.

The planet fused with her sprouted countless cracks; it seemed Madam Huang's Divine Soul was the crucial bridge binding together Life, Law, and even the Stars.

As a female Cultivator who put herself at the center of everything, how would Madam Huang ever care whether the Life on the fused Star lived or died?

She only wanted to transfer the damage onto it and kill Zhang Lingfeng at the first possible moment.

"I'll kill you!"

She had no idea where she'd exposed herself.

Zhang Lingfeng had actually attacked her first, and his Soul Power was this terrifying—worlds apart from the intel the Shadow Alliance had provided.

She felt that her own Life Force, Laws, Star Power, and even that single thread of Qi Fortune True Essence were all losing balance in that instant.

Zhang Lingfeng was definitely not a Soul Master whose Soul Power had only undergone the Fourth Transformation.

He was a Soul Master whose Soul Power had undergone the Fifth Transformation.

And the Shadow Alliance had actually sent her to assassinate Zhang Lingfeng.

What a damn joke.

At the critical moment, she endured the agonizing pain and released that Qi Fortune True Essence. This Qi Fortune True Essence was a Power she'd cultivated for many years, painstakingly condensed; it was originally meant to help her step into the Mahayana Realm.

She hadn't expected to burn it up here in front of Zhang Lingfeng.

Bear in mind, Zhang Lingfeng was just a Basic Star Domain Life; he hadn't even come into contact with the full Star Cultivation Method system of the Ancient Moon Sect.

Yet because his Soul Power had undergone the Fifth Transformation and he struck first at her, she'd nearly had her soul scattered.

She poured all her Power into controlling that Qi Fortune True Essence; as long as it touched Zhang Lingfeng's body, even if he didn't die, he'd be crippled.

At the very least, the Life Mass in Zhang Lingfeng's body wouldn't allow him to come out unscathed; it would lessen her own pain and force him to stop unleashing Soul Power.

"Buzz!"

Yet at that moment, an even stronger wave of Qi Fortune surged out from within Zhang Lingfeng.

It came from his Life Origin Power.

Right then, Zhang Lingfeng himself was astonished; he hadn't expected that even with the Soul Power of the Fifth Transformation, he still couldn't shatter Madam Huang's Divine Soul in an instant.

You had to know, this was a close-range sneak attack; even if Madam Huang threw up a defense immediately, an attack by Soul Power against the Divine Soul was something ordinary people simply could not withstand.

And yet Madam Huang not only withstood it, she could still release Qi Fortune True Essence and try to kill him while she was at it.

That showed just how terrifying Madam Huang was.

No wonder when she appeared, Tian Mingyue had been flattered and frightened, and left of her own accord. It seemed Madam Huang's status in the Ancient Moon Sect was about the same as Yan Jingchu's.

Both were first-rate prodigies.

No surprise there.

Anyone who dared confidently come to kill him and was sure they'd succeed—how could their strength possibly be weak?

Unfortunately, what Madam Huang and the Shadow Alliance couldn't imagine was that Zhang Lingfeng's secrets went far beyond his Soul Power's Fifth Transformation.

Zhang Lingfeng possessed a drop of Life Origin Power; that was something beyond the wildest guesses of Madam Huang or the Shadow Alliance.

That wave of Qi Fortune True Essence hadn't even touched Zhang Lingfeng's body before it was blocked by the Qi Fortune released from him.

In a sense, Zhang Lingfeng's Qi Fortune Ability far surpassed the amount Madam Huang had accumulated over the years.

It not only exerted a crushing pressure, it also generated a powerful devouring force, causing Madam Huang's Qi Fortune True Essence to be completely burned through in an instant.

Unseen, the Life Origin Power inside Zhang Lingfeng gleamed with a new luster.

As if its Power had been enhanced.

"You!"

Madam Huang was stunned.

The balance of Power within her collapsed in an instant; the defenses she'd formed were shattered in a heartbeat. Zhang Lingfeng's Soul Power swept straight in, tearing her Divine Soul to shreds, and then her physical body disintegrated along with it.

In that instant, the Life Force in Madam Huang's body poured out.

Zhang Lingfeng used his own Soul Power to wrap it up and began trying to refine it. Although he'd yet to master the entire Star Cultivation Method of the Ancient Moon Sect—

As a Soul Master whose Soul Power had undergone the Fifth Transformation and who commanded Life Origin, refining this Life Force from Madam Huang wasn't a difficult task for him.

With the cave dwelling protected by the Array, Zhang Lingfeng could ensure that none of his actions would be detected by others.

Because of that, Madam Huang's Life Force was refined by him completely.

A portion of that Power was transferred into the Black Water Star Realm and absorbed by the Black Water Star Domain Life; the Black Water Star Domain Life Mass also increased at that very moment.

The Life Mass from a Tribulation Crossing Immortal was enough to push the Life Mass of the Black Water Star Realm past 20.0.

It ultimately reached 23.1, a full increase of 4.0.

"I'm perfectly attuned to the Black Water Star Domain Life and have gained a hundred years of their Qi Fortune, so when they absorb the Life Force I give, they do it much faster.

The Speed at which I raise the Black Water Star Domain Life Mass will surpass that of other Cultivators.

This is the advantage of a Guardian acknowledged by Life.

Of course, this is also linked to my Soul Power's Fifth Transformation and my command of Life Origin Power; otherwise, I couldn't possibly inject Madam Huang's Life Force into the Black Water Star Realm within just a few breaths."

Zhang Lingfeng sighed inwardly.

He clearly understood that the ability to devour Madam Huang's Life Force in an instant and raise the Black Water Star Domain Life Mass was critically tied to his Soul Power's transformation and that drop of Life Origin Power.

This was something his former self could never have done.

Previously, he'd also devoured other Life forms, but because of his lack of Techniques, back when he was still in an Intermediate Star Realm, every injection of Life into the Black Water Star Realm had been extremely difficult.

Now with the Soul Power of the Fifth Transformation,

plus the aid of the Life Origin Power in his body, his connection with the Black Water Star Domain Life had reached a state of perfect attunement. The Life Force he absorbed could be fed back to the Black Water Star Domain Life in an instant, rapidly increasing the Black Water Star Domain Life Mass.

It was as fast as pumping up his Coasting Along Value.

This discovery thrilled him.

He couldn't help feeling excited inside. If the Life Mass of the Black Water Star Realm broke through 30.0, then the Laws and Life from the Black Water Star Realm would undergo a transformation; at that point, even if he hadn't stepped into the Mahayana Realm yet, with a complete Intermediate Star Realm in his possession, he'd still be the strongest existence in the Tribulation Crossing Stage.

"Who exactly wants me dead?"

"Ma Fei's father, Ma Ning'Er?"

"He's from the Otherworld—how could he possibly incite disciples of the Ancient Moon Sect to kill me?"

"There's something off about this Madam Huang's identity."

"Who is she really?"

Zhang Lingfeng pondered hard.

He didn't have many enemies in the Intermediate Star Realm.

The ones who absolutely had to get rid of him, aside from the Shen Family, were Ma Ning'Er.

"The Shen Family!"

He immediately thought of Shen Junsong.

Everything became clear in that instant.