Steady Cultivation: Starting With the Perk “Work Hard, Rest Hard” - Chapter 461: An Easy Kill
Beneath the giant tree, a winged tiger with two wings was resting, seemingly the guardian of the giant tree.
Su Yuan stroked his chin, observing the winged tiger in the distance.
Suddenly, he looked at Dao Venerable Jiemeng with confusion.
“How did you determine that the opponent is a fourth-stage Dao Lord?” Su Yuan asked.
“Me?” Dao Venerable Jiemeng shook his head. “This is my first time here too. This is what Cihang and the others told me!”
He turned to look at Cihang and the others, only to suddenly realize that the three of them—Cihang, Wuzhuang, and Zhushan—had already distanced themselves from the two of them at some unknown point.
Dao Venerable Jiemeng immediately sensed something was wrong.
“It seems this was a plan to lure us here!”
Su Yuan looked towards the winged tiger again.
But he saw that the winged tiger had already vanished.
Around them, three winged tigers surrounded the two men.
Cihang and the others stood in the distance, watching them calmly.
“It’s a trap! How is this possible? Have these Dao Lords actually cooperated with the Chaos Phantoms?” Dao Venerable Jiemeng’s expression turned grim.
“To be precise, they should have been controlled!” Su Yuan saw through the truth.
“You are clever!”
One of the winged tigers grinned.
“But your luck isn’t so good, running into us, the Flying Tiger Brothers!”
Dao Venerable Jiemeng used the Wish Dao Principle to deduce their cultivation stages, and his face instantly darkened. “It’s over. They are all fifth-stage Dao Lords!”
“Fifth-stage Dao Lords?” Su Yuan shook his head.
It seemed they hadn’t obtained the true Chaos Dominator inheritance. The fifth and sixth Dao Principles were best mastered simultaneously;
otherwise, breaking through would be exceptionally difficult.
“It’s true!” Dao Venerable Jiemeng thought Su Yuan hadn’t seen it.
“Haha, yes, it’s true!” the winged tiger laughed. “You might as well give up resisting. I won’t kill you. As long as you’re willing to have a slave Dao Mark branded on your bodies, I’ll give you a chance to live!”
Su Yuan said in surprise, “The Enslavement Dao Principle? I didn’t expect you to have mastered such a special Dao Principle!”
Being able to enslave Dao Lords meant this Dao Principle was absolutely not simple!
He shook his head and said, “You wanting to enslave me? You’re still not qualified!”
The winged tiger sneered.
In the distance, Dao Lord Cihang said, “Master, the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign is a fourth-stage Dao Lord, and he broke through only a short time ago!”
Su Yuan glanced at him, then looked back at the winged tiger. “I happen to lack a mount. If you are willing to submit to me instead, I will grant you a chance to live!”
One of the winged tigers immediately said, “Big Brother, just finish them off. Why waste words?”
However, the leading winged tiger hesitated. He didn’t attack, sensing a trace of unease, vaguely detecting something amiss.
“Are you absolutely certain he only has the strength of the fourth stage?”
The winged tiger asked Cihang and the others.
“We are certain. We can detect all instances of Dao Principle mastery within the Chaos. All Dao Principles that have shown fluctuations have been confirmed as claimed. The Seven Stars Dao Sovereign can only have mastered four Dao Principles!” Dao Lord Cihang responded.
“I can vouch for that, Master!” Dao Lord Wuzhuang from behind said.
Another, Dao Lord Zhushan, also confirmed.
The words of the three reassured the winged tiger.
“Attack! Finish them!”
The three winged tigers immediately released three Dao Principle Domains, firmly pinning the two men in place.
Dao Venerable Jiemeng’s heart had completely sunk. He had already tried every possible escape route. Spatial teleportation was restricted, the Time Dao Principle was obstructed. He found he could no longer escape!
Dao Venerable Jiemeng said anxiously, “Seven Stars Dao Sovereign, do you have a plan? If not, the two of us should split up and flee separately. Maybe we still have a chance to escape! Or call for reinforcements from others. Let’s buy some time!”
Su Yuan shook his head. “There’s no need to flee. Calling for reinforcements isn’t necessary either. There isn’t enough time for them to get here.”
Dao Venerable Jiemeng sighed. It seemed the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign had also resigned himself to fate!
He instantly felt three terrifying attacks already rushing towards them. The dreadful intensity of the Dao Principles filled Dao Venerable Jiemeng with despair.
However, the moment the attacks were about to hit them.
A gentle domain enveloped the two men, forming a defensive shield that stood before the attacks.
The three Dao Principle attacks landed on the shield and were absorbed by it as naturally as sunlight.
The three winged tigers were immediately stunned.
Su Yuan and Dao Venerable Jiemeng remained completely unscathed, not even suffering the slightest bit of damage.
“Damn it, the intel from these three idiots is wrong!”
The winged tiger immediately realized the problem.
He wanted to flee without hesitation. They had hooked a giant shark while fishing.
“Can you escape? I wasted so many words with you, not out of boredom!”
Just as the winged tigers wanted to flee, they were shocked to discover that a grand array had already been deployed around them!
Six Dao Artifacts hovered in the air, setting up a super array that trapped the three tigers along with Cihang and the other two!
Su Yuan raised his hand. A Causality Bow materialized in his grasp. He pinched the bowstring with two fingers, and a Causality Arrow condensed into form.
“The causality between you and me can now decide life and death!”
“Causality Arrow, fly!”
Su Yuan released his fingers. A Causality Arrow shot out, instantly splitting into six!
Six arrows shot towards the six individuals.
Cihang and the other two were the first to be caught by the Causality Arrows. The moment they were hit, their bodies melted away like ice and snow, disappearing without a trace.
The three winged tigers immediately resorted to a desperate measure, severing their limbs to save their lives. Their bodies crumbled apart on their own, while their true forms had already vanished from the array.
But the Causality Arrows also disappeared into thin air.
From the distance, three agonized screams rang out.
Su Yuan turned to look. Above the giant tree, three fruits exploded open. The three giant tigers reappeared, each struck by an arrow. The terrifying power of causality immediately began decomposing their Dao Principle Origin Essence and destroying their bodies.
Under Dao Venerable Jiemeng’s disbelieving gaze, all three tigers perished.
Only three piles of materials containing rare resources and three storage rings remained on the ground, which Su Yuan casually scooped up.
Dao Venerable Jiemeng stared dumbfounded. “Th-this… it’s over just like that?”
Only then did he understand the real reason behind the Seven Stars Dao Sovereign’s statement about reinforcements not having enough time. Indeed, the reinforcements wouldn’t make it in time because the enemies had already been wiped out!
Su Yuan checked the storage rings. To his astonishment, they contained a massive number of giant tree fruits. The sheer quantity was staggering!
A full seventy thousand-plus fruits!
These Chaos Phantoms had no possibility of further improvement. They weren’t true living beings, so they couldn’t use the giant tree fruits. Who would have thought they still retained the habit of hoarding treasures? This had certainly benefited him.
He collected them without showing any expression, then pointed at the fruits on the giant tree and said, “As for these fruits, I’ll give you three as a gift. A share for those who witness it.”
