Chapter 380 - 248: Friendship Face-Breaking Palm (Part 2)

After all, although Teng County’s eyes had cleared, the so-called Immortal Venerable hadn’t emerged from her body as smoke.

Based on past examples of waking those who were bewitched, Zou Feng knew that if the Immortal Venerable’s influence hadn’t reached its most severe stage, it was possible to use physical exorcism to force it from its host.

He just hoped Teng County hadn’t reached that worst-case scenario.

’Otherwise, I can’t hold back anymore...’

That was right. Zou Feng’s seemingly torrential assault had actually focused on the Spiritual Attacks of the Great Universal Hand. He hadn’t truly used much physical force.

Otherwise, Teng County would have long since been blasted to smithereens.

This final, great struggle had at last forced the Immortal Venerable in Teng County’s body to flee, wailing in agony.

It seemed that even when an Immortal Venerable possessed a Martial Artist, the Spiritual Attacks from the Great Universal Hand were still remarkably effective.

Seeing this, Zou Feng certainly wasn’t going to be polite. With an inhale, he sent the Immortal Venerable on its way to nirvana.

Watching the progress bar for his Great Universal Hand tick up a few points, Zou Feng couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction.

He realized that these Immortal Venerables must have different levels of strength.

For instance, after the Refinement of the one in Teng County, the Cultivation progress for his Great Universal Hand had increased by a larger amount.

Among the Immortal Venerables Zou Feng had refined before, some gave a decent boost to his Cultivation progress, while others only nudged it up a little, or sometimes not at all.

With the Refinement complete, Zou Feng finally turned to look at Teng County, feeling content.

She looked as if all her energy had been drained, collapsing to the ground, gasping for breath.

"Are you alright?" Zou Feng asked casually.

Teng County gave a wry smile. "Not really. I feel like I’ve been run over by ten ox carts repeatedly..."

"As long as you’ve broken free from its control, that’s what matters." Zou Feng knelt down and used his own True Qi to soothe Teng County’s muscles and bones.

Throughout the process, Teng County kept her head down, not daring to meet Zou Feng’s gaze.

"Brother Feng, just now... was I really possessed by that... Immortal Venerable..."

Zou Feng cut her off. "No need to explain. I understand. These so-called Immortal Venerables will naturally influence a person until they have Fallen into Demon."

Despite his words, Teng County still couldn’t shake her feeling of embarrassment.

After all, while her recent madness was indeed influenced by those fake Immortal Venerables, a part of those wild ambitions were her own private schemes that would occasionally surface in the dead of night.

For example, she really had fantasized about reigning over the world as an Empress, then taking Zou Feng into her harem to be her one and only Emperor...

After resting for a while, Zou Feng called for Teng County to get up, preparing to continue hunting Immortal Slaves.

Hunting Immortal Slaves was no longer just about advancing his Cultivation Skill’s progress.

Just now, because Teng County was highly suited for cultivating the Glazed Immortal Palace’s Immortal Techniques, her strength had indeed skyrocketed.

She had originally just advanced to the Third Grade, her Realm not yet fully stabilized. But the combat power she had just displayed was likely approaching the Second Grade.

It was only because she ran into an Alien Species like him among Second Grades that she seemed so fragile.

If she had encountered any other Second Grade, they would have likely had to endure a bitter fight to defeat her.

Extrapolating from this, if those Immortal Slaves continued to cultivate while devouring others, it probably wouldn’t be long before they nurtured generations of incredibly difficult monsters.

Especially those who were already powerful to begin with, like Su Qingyu...

’But these First Grade Powerhouses all have extraordinary willpower. Surely they wouldn’t be duped by those fake Immortal Venerables?’

’Then again, it’s hard to say. After all, everyone was involuntarily teleported to this bizarre place. Anything could happen.’

Zou Feng stopped overthinking it. Just as he was about to turn and resume the hunt, a warning flared in his mind!

The feeling was as if a giant sword was suddenly hanging over his head, ready to fall and strike the moment he made the slightest move.

It wasn’t just Zou Feng who felt it. Teng County also trembled, instantly on high alert, with cold sweat beading on her forehead and back.

Taking a deep breath, Zou Feng knew who was standing not far behind him without even needing to look.

His Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force immediately began to circulate at full power. An endless torrent of True Qi surged like ocean waves within his body, resisting the all-pervasive Sword Intent.

At the same time, a massive Fire Lotus slowly materialized above Zou Feng. At its center lay a True Qi Gu Insect, remarkably similar to Xiaolv, its poisonous eyes surveying everything with contempt.

Meanwhile, illusory Fire Lotuses bloomed one after another from Zou Feng’s right hand in a dazzling display.

At the same time, his slightly trembling left hand faintly emitted sounds like the wails of ghosts and howls of wolves...

In truth, ever since advancing to the True Qi Realm, Zou Feng had never unleashed his full combat power like this.

After all, none of the opponents he had faced since entering the True Qi Realm had required him to go all out.

But at this very moment, not going all out was no different from suicide.

After slowly turning around, he saw that Jing Huaisong, the current Sword Saint of the Celestial Essence Sword Sect, was indeed standing there, hands clasped behind his back, a little over a hundred feet away.

’This Sword Saint is quite sinister. If he had launched a sneak attack just now, it would have been a huge problem.’

’But since he didn’t attack immediately, doesn’t that mean he also knows that our common enemy right now is just those Immortal Slaves?’

The more Zou Feng thought about it, the more likely it seemed. As he was sizing up Jing Huaisong, Jing Huaisong was also sizing him and Teng County up.

His expression suggested he was trying to determine if they were possessed by an Immortal Venerable.

To be honest, Jing Huaisong’s appearance alone was not the least bit intimidating.

He had a short, stout build, a large head on a small body, and the plain face of a passerby with chubby cheeks.

It was truly difficult to associate him with the title "Sword Saint."

If not for the aura of invisible swords hanging around him, Teng County would have been tempted to make a few sarcastic comments.

"She and I are normal!"

Zou Feng spoke tentatively. In a place like the Glazed Immortal Palace, he truly didn’t want to fight any First Grade Martial Artists.

After all, that would only benefit the strange entities of the Glazed Immortal Palace.

After another moment of silence, Jing Huaisong nodded slightly and said, "The abnormal ones... save them if you can. If you can’t, kill them!"

Having said this, before Zou Feng could reply, a crisp sound, like a sharp sword being unsheathed, rang out from where Jing Huaisong stood.

Then, just as abruptly as he had appeared, Jing Huaisong vanished.

This Immortal Skill-like teleportation left Teng County speechless with amazement, her mouth agape.

But Zou Feng was more rational. He knew that First Grade Experts had not yet reached the level of Immortals who could use Immortal Techniques. No matter how fast they were, it couldn’t be true teleportation.

’So...’

He looked behind where Jing Huaisong had been standing. There was a sunken ravine.

’Apparently, what looked like a teleportation was just Jing Huaisong diving into that ravine at an extremely high speed...’

’He’s already a top-tier expert, so why does he still feel the need to act so profound and mysterious...?’

’It seems the pressure that comes with the title of Sword Saint, having to maintain the image of an unparalleled powerhouse at all times, is immense.’

Zou Feng, of course, wouldn’t expose him. He quickly signaled for Teng County to slip away.

After all, if they angered Jing Huaisong to the point where he flew into a rage from shame and embarrassment, and then an opportunistic Immortal Venerable took advantage of the opening...

Still, it was a good thing that Jing Huaisong hadn’t been bewitched by an Immortal Venerable and was already on guard against the Glazed Immortal Palace’s attempt at Cultivation Gu.

For now, he was clearly hunting Immortal Slaves everywhere, just like him.

The reason he hadn’t attacked immediately was likely because he saw that he and Teng County were in a normal state.

After they left, Zou Feng checked the List of Gods again, just in case.

Jing Huaisong’s name was not on it.

Even though he had killed several Celestial Essence Sword Sect disciples, Jing Huaisong had never appeared on the list.

Back when he was in the Gang Qi Realm, one could say Jing Huaisong didn’t care about a low-level Poison Cultivator like him.

But now that he had advanced to the Second Grade, it was rather strange that Jing Huaisong still hadn’t shown any killing intent toward him.

’Could it be that a top-tier Sword Cultivator like him has such good self-restraint that he won’t easily get angry at someone who hasn’t provoked him personally?’