Chapter 294 - 173: Master Jiang, You’ve Finally Arrived [Subscribe Requested]_2
"It’s you!!"
Upon seeing Zhou Chun’s young and heroic visage, Master Jiang’s complexion changed dramatically as he instantly recognized him.
"You didn’t expect this, did you? That you would one day fall into the hands of Zhou!"
Zhou Chun let out a cold smile on his face, and then he untied the Spirit Beast Pouch on his waist that contained the Fire Divine Jackal and released the Tier-Three Demon Beast.
"A Tier-Three Demon Beast!!"
Watching the Fire Divine Jackal being released by Zhou Chun, the cultivator wearing the wolf mask couldn’t help but exclaim in shock, his eyes filled with fear.
However, Zhou Chun shifted his gaze slightly and said to him, "Fellow Daoist, today’s matter is a personal grudge between Master Jiang and myself, with no intention of involving others. It’s not too late for you to leave now!"
Hearing this, the cultivator in the wolf mask quickly took a stance and said, "Since it’s a private matter between you and Master Jiang, naturally I won’t interfere. I shall take my leave immediately!"
However, as soon as his words fell, Master Jiang spoke in a deep voice, "Do you think he will really let you leave safely and spread the news of my killing by his hand?"
"This..."
The cultivator in the wolf mask’s face changed, and he looked at Zhou Chun full of doubt and surprise.
"If you were being pursued with malicious intent by someone and had the power to fight back, would you casually let someone go?"
Master Jiang’s voice rose again, filling the cultivator in the wolf mask with even more doubt and fear.
His gaze uneasily fell upon the Fire Divine Jackal in front of Zhou Chun, and the more he looked, the more he felt that Master Jiang’s words were making sense.
As he hesitated, Master Jiang had already taken aggressive action.
With a wave of his sleeve, a green Treasure Bead flew out from within, emitting a rich green light that enveloped and protected him.
He then reached into his Storage Pouch and took out a jade box, shattered it directly, and retrieved the treasure from inside.
It was a Talisman Treasure!
"Hurry!"
Master Jiang formed hand seals and cast a spell rapidly, injecting Mana into the Talisman Treasure and swiftly activating it.
The Talisman Treasure shone brightly mid-air, soon transforming into a green and red teapot.
With another surge of Master Jiang’s Mana, a green and red flame burst forth from the teapot’s spout, forming into a green and red Firebird that flew towards Zhou Chun.
Seeing this, the Fire Divine Jackal on the ground didn’t wait for Zhou Chun’s command and immediately roared with anger, spewing out a beam of fiery light towards the green and red Firebird.
Yet the power of a Talisman Treasure is immensely high!
Even though Master Jiang’s Cultivation Level was limited and he couldn’t unleash the full power of the Talisman Treasure, it was not something the Fire Divine Jackal could easily contend with.
The beam of fire it spewed seemed mighty, but the green and red Firebird easily glided through it because of the disparity in quality, even absorbing the power of the fiery beam.
Zhou Chun’s expression also changed slightly at this scene, and he quickly retreated a distance.
Seeing this, Master Jiang immediately shouted at the cultivator in the wolf mask, "I will hold off this Tier-Three Demon Beast, you go and kill him, then both of us can survive!"
"Otherwise, if he kills me, do you think you can escape from the pursuit of a Tier-Three Demon Beast?"
After hearing this and taking another look at the Talisman Treasure, the wolf-faced cultivator’s eyes no longer hesitated.
He immediately shouted, "Alright, let’s take a gamble!"
Before his words even finished, he had already conjured a curved saber Magic Artifact, enveloped in a faint blue light, and flew it towards Zhou Chun with a slash.
Zhou Chun, who had not yet had the chance to refine the Sun Glare Wheel Magic Artifact, could only hastily conjure a move from the "Flying Dragon Snatch" to grab at the saber.
But even though "Flying Dragon Snatch" was of equal quality to the saber Magic Artifact, the disparity between their two levels of Cultivation Level was starkly apparent.
As the two Magic Artifacts collided, Zhou Chun’s side was clearly at a disadvantage, his Magic Artifact sent flying by a single slash.
This made his heart sink, and he couldn’t help but roar in anger, "This is what you asked for!"
Then he slapped his Storage Pouch at his waist and released the Silver Lightning Python Baibai as well.
"Another second-tier lower-ranking Demon Beast!"
The pupil of the cultivator in the wolf mask shrank, not expecting Zhou Chun to have other cards up his sleeve.
However, his eyes quickly hardened, and he immediately reached out to slap his Storage Pouch, summoning another Magic Artifact.
It was a blue treasure vase, engraved with a black snake on its body, emitting an aura that was also a top-tier second-grade!
The cultivator with the wolf mask spurred his mana, and from the blue treasure vase emerged a stream of black fog, which instantly transformed into a black serpent lunging at Zhou Chun.
Facing an attack launched by a top-tier second-grade Magic Artifact, Zhou Chun dared not underestimate it.
Although he did not know what Divine Skills the Black Fog Serpent possessed, he still had the Silver Lightning Python, Baibai, directly bombard it with attacks.
Boom!
With a clap of thunder, silver-white lightning bolts struck down one after another, all landing on the Black Fog Serpent.
But this triple consecutive lightning strike, which could obliterate an average cultivator at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, surprisingly failed to completely destroy the Black Fog Serpent!
Originally, its body had been made ghostly and nearly dispersed by the lightning strikes.
However, as the blue treasure vase in the sky spun around, a surge of fresh power entered the serpent’s body out of thin air, instantly making its form solidify considerably, continuing its flight towards Zhou Chun.
This change caused Zhou Chun’s expression to shift, and he quickly stimulated the "Golden Cauldron Profound Light" turning it into a sword of golden light, slashing towards the Black Fog Serpent.
Yet the Black Fog Serpent, like flowing water, no matter how many times it was severed by the golden light sword, could swiftly reconverge, only suffering a slight loss of power.
On the contrary, it was Zhou Chun’s own side that appeared to be expending more energy.
While his attention was focused on the Black Fog Serpent, the cultivator with the wolf mask had already managed to break through the "Flying Dragon Snatch" and slashed his curved blade Artifact towards Zhou Chun.
Zhou Chun could only concentrate on defense, allowing the Silver Lightning Python, Baibai, to continue its electric attacks on the Black Fog Serpent, ensuring that such a peculiar creature could not get close to him.
Bang!
Accompanied by a loud explosion, the earthy yellow spirit light Protective Barrier set up by Zhou Chun’s Artifact was instantly shattered by the slash of the curved blade Artifact.
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The "Earth Origin Command" Artifact bestowed upon him by Zhou Mingde might cope with an attack from a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, but it was utterly insufficient against the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with the wolf mask.
Luckily, Zhou Chun still had the even more powerful "Golden Cauldron Profound Light."
He was surrounded by golden light, like a golden barrier, shielding his entire body.
The gloomy blue curved blade struck the barrier and only managed to press several inches into it before being repelled away.
Such a powerful Body Protection Spell indeed took the cultivator with the wolf mask by surprise.
"Is it a Combat Technique you have cultivated?"
Muttering to himself, he immediately injected mana into the exhausted curved blade Artifact, continuing to wield the Artifact to slash at Zhou Chun.
But now, Zhou Chun had already reactivated the downed "Flying Dragon Snatch" to confront the curved blade Artifact.
Seeing that no quick victory was achievable, the cultivator with the wolf mask also became somewhat impatient.
He continued wielding both Artifacts to attack Zhou Chun while lifting his hand to form incantations, and with a spit, he ejected a wad of black water.
Then, pointing his finger at Zhou Chun, the globule of black water turned into a water arrow and shot towards Zhou Chun. Nôv(el)B\\jnn
Zhou Chun also noticed the actions of the cultivator with the wolf mask but was too distracted to fully divert his attention, so he could only barely swing his hands, stimulating two strands of the long-unused "Xinjin Sword Qi" towards the black water arrow.
But the outcome was predictable; this secret technique used by cultivators even at the Qi Refinement Realm was evidently far less potent than the skills deployed by a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The two strands of white-gold Sword Qi were easily shattered by the black water arrow, which then unstoppably hit Zhou Chun’s external Body Protection Barrier.
Bang!
The black water arrow struck the "Golden Cauldron Profound Light" Barrier, instantly exploding into a mass of black liquid, sticking tenaciously to the barrier.
Then, the brightness of the golden barrier rapidly dimmed and faded as if struck by a heavy blow.
In Zhou Chun’s perception, those black liquids were like concentrated sulfuric acid, swiftly corroding his Profound Light Barrier.
Faced with such corrosion, he had no other immediate solution but to force his mana vigorously, stimulating the "Golden Cauldron Profound Light" in resistance, hoping to drain its power.
However, the wolf mask cultivator’s tactics did not stop there.
Seeing that Zhou Chun’s strength was completely restrained by his Artifacts and secret techniques, he immediately slapped his Storage Pouch at his waist and took out two mid-grade second-level Talismans, activating them without hesitation.