NOVEL FROG Chapter 133 – Predators Clash. Absolute Despair.
After registering, Zhengfu Chao and the others went up the mountain in a low-key way, entering the Yin-Yang Balance Mountain.
To avoid suspicion, Zhengfu Chao pretended to have a Three Yang Sun Body and Golden Core Cultivation, enough to deceive almost everyone while not overly suspicious, giving a legitimate reason to enter the Sect. On the other hand, Shao Rong kept her Soul Formation Realm cultivation since it wasn't suspicious but hid her physique. The others disguised as low-end physiques and healed their Virgin Qi to make it more authentic and avoid unnecessary confrontations.
At least, within the next few weeks, it would be difficult for the other predator to pinpoint him since he wasn't the only Three Yang Sun Body in the Sect.
Of course, having their Virgin Qi did attract flies. But when they understood they were under Shao Rong's protection, who was the daughter of the Peak Master and a Soul Formation Realm expert, they temporarily gave up on any funny ideas.
Unfortunately, the big boss himself also had funny ideas.
"Shao Rong, my daughter. Since you hate Wei Zemin, how about your father arrange a better Dao Partner? I know a young and promising man on Dual Cultivation Mountain, Long Chun, who is now a Peak Master before turning 200! He even has the Six Yang Indomitable Body, and you won't lose out." Shao Long, who was pleased with his daughter advancing so quickly under unfavorable conditions, suggested.
To him, marrying his daughter to a young and talented Peak Master was much better than to the wastrel son of a Peak Master.
"I'll think about it. I'm heading to the Sutra Pavilion to take some techniques." Shao Rong dismissively said and left.
"Hah... Oh well, give her a year or two. She would come around." Shao Long shook his head and comforted himself.
Unfortunately, he didn't know that she thought Long Chun was unworthy trash to her right now. How could he be worthy in front of her husband or the current her? Shao Long would agree if he knew she had the Heavenly Yin Yang True Body.
Several hours later, Zhengfu Chao visited his teacher and received the Techniques relevant to himself.
As the daughter of a Peak Master, Shao Rong had full access to the Sutra Pavilion of her Yin Yang Balance Mountain. And since Zhengfu Chao was practicing well-known techniques, getting him the 5th to 7th chapters was too easy. After all, these were techniques, not resources. What could he possibly do with those techniques? Cultivate a few months and surpass the Sect Master?
Unfortunately, they encountered such a freak.
However, Zhengfu Chao and the other women didn't cultivate or even dual cultivate. Instead, they secluded themselves and started practicing techniques they acquired. If they cultivated Qi, it would attract too much attention to themselves.
To guard against the unknown predator, Zhengfu Chao trained his Soul Pavilion first, wanting to raise it as high as possible. One could theoretically practice this technique up to the 9th floor while they are Qi Refining juniors. But because it was too challenging, they split it into nine floors. However, Zhengfu Chao couldn't care less about this, going against all norms.
Within the first week, he already completed the 5th floor! After a month, he completed the 6th floor! After three months, he completed the 7th floor!
If others knew it, they would be horrified!
However, during these three months, it seemed like the predator had locked on him already. He didn't know what Peak Master Long Chun, the one he learned was likely the predator, did, but Zhengfu Chao knew that he had a compulsory mission to leave the mountain and head to the Mystic Forest to hunt Monsters. Shao Rong tried to protest, but even Shao Long was helpless. It was Sect Issued, and even he, as a Peak Master, couldn't object.
If he only had his Soul Formation Realm Cultivation and was alone, this was likely enough to be his death sentence. Luckily, he also had a trump card.
"Let's see who has the better trump card." Zhengfu Chao maliciously grinned.
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Several days later-
Long Chun secretly sent a Qi Clone to monitor Zhengfu Chao leaving the Sect.
He studied the new arrivals and narrowed it to Shao Rong and her group. After further deduction and gathering information from her region, he deduced that Zhengfu Chao popped up out of nowhere. Also, the system stated the other party was male and had the Nine Yang True Body or better, so there was no doubt it was Zhengfu Chao, a male. Within the first month, he already determined his target. Also, through bits of information, he determined that Zhengfu Chao only cultivated for two months before coming to the Sect, but he couldn't determine his realm. But even the Golden Core Realm he showed was enough to startle him!
Two months to reach the Golden Core Realm?! Long Chun had a chill down his spine. It took him two years to achieve the Golden Core Realm, and that was through cheats!
"As expected of the Nine Yang True Body. Even his external level is monstrous. If I didn't know better, I would be naive enough to think that was all he had. I have to overestimate him. Nascent Soul Realm? No, too low. Soul Formation. With real strength at the Void Amalgamation Realm and can burst out at the Body Integration Realm when desperate. Yes, I should assume this. It would be a tough fight, and I would need to expend all my trump cards, but I must kill him!" Long Chun's eyes turned chilly, looking at his empty SP. He used everything he had to buy one-time-use power-ups and last-resort trump cards on the Body Integration Level.
Growing from the grassroots, he learned to be ruthless, extremely ruthless. When an enemy comes, show no mercy, KILL! KILL! KILL!
Furthermore-
"Once I kill him, these paltry points wouldn't matter. I can make up for my losses hundreds of times! No, countless times over! A billion points, many physiques, and new system functions! It is an immortal opportunity worth risking my life for." Long Chun greedily thought.
With time racing against him, Long Chun used his connections and lovers to pull strings and get Zhengfu Chao to do a compulsory mission outside the Sect. Since there was a rule in the Sect that forced disciples to complete compulsory missions once every so often, he managed to do it within another month. The last month was preparation time for the mission.
During this time, he restrained himself from going over and killing him. "It's just three months. He can't grow too powerful. Keep calm..."
He, someone with a cheat system, took over 150 to reach his current Void Amalgamation Realm. Even with the other party's talent, it is unreasonable to become too powerful within three months. He was confident he trapped the other party in a death trap. It was especially so since the other party hadn't advanced his cultivation level yet.
"But I heard the two new Saint Sons of the Heavenly Jade and Blue Phoenix Sects broke through last month to the Body Integration Realm. Why am I thinking about them? Am I overthinking things?" Long Chun frowned, uncertain.
He had a vague suspicion it wasn't that simple, but he forcefully dismissed it. "No, impossible. They can't be related, right? That's two whole Cultivation Realms above the Soul Formation Realm. That would be too ridiculous. It defies the heavens too much!"
Letting go of his thoughts, he stealthily slipped out of the Sect and followed Zhengfu Chao to the Mystic Forest.
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Zhengfu Chao traveled alone in the Mystic Forest, casually killing monsters while bidding his time.
Sure enough, after half a day, he looked up to the sky and saw an incredibly handsome figure floating there, coldly staring at him with murderous intentions.
Without saying any nonsense, Long Chun pointed his middle finger, sending a ray that could eliminate any regular Soul Formation Realm expert.
"No stupid monologue, hah? As expected from a protagonist, he is ruthless enough." Zhengfu Chao thought and punched back.
BOOM!!!
A massive shockwave spread, startling the low-level monsters and cultivators, sending many flying or coughing blood.
"What's going on?!"
"Why are they fighting here?!"
"The strongest existence here is a Nascent Soul Realm Monster!"
"Why is a Void Amalgamation Realm expert attacking like this?!"
"RUN YOU FOOLS!! RUN!!!"
Everyone was horrified and ran in all eight directions, and Long Chun's frown deepened as he looked at the aftermath of the clash.
Evenly matched.
He sensed Zhengfu Chao's Realm in that clash and determined he was at the dual Qi and Body Forging cultivator at the peak of the Soul Formation Realm. Along with his physique and technique at the Great Completion Realm, he could fight toe-to-toe with Long Chun, who also had a solid foundation and techniques and practiced the Nine Yang Set.
"I have the higher cultivation, but his Qi is more powerful than mine thanks to his physique. His body is also likely as strong or even stronger than mine. Deserving of the Nine Yang True Body." Long Chun coldly thought and didn't hesitate to use the Body Integration Empowerment Talisman.
Suddenly, he felt his Qi empowered, breaking the rules and reaching the Body Integration Realm! He was now many times more powerful!
"Nice trick." Zhengfu Chao squinted his eyes.
"Don't pretend with me, monster. You know as well as I do that one of us dies this day." Long Chun snarled as he pulled out his Treasure Sword given by the system, a Body Integration Yang-Based Sword. "DIE!" He screamed and swung his sword, sending a robust Sword Qi at Zhengfu Chao.
"Hmph." Zhengfu Chao sniffed and activated all his last-resort powers.
He burned his body, he burned his potential, and he burned his soul. Furthermore, a silver banner appeared behind his back. And then, he swung a punch again.
BOOM!!!!!
An explosion hundreds of times more potent than before occurred, wiping out anyone unfortunate enough to not evacuate yet.
Long Chun grimaced again when he saw the man on the ground, still defiant. He grew into a 5m tall giant, his muscles robust and menacing, steam swirling around him like armor, and his every breath like an enraged dragon. A mighty banner flapped with the wind, making Long Chun uncomfortable. Long Chun could sense multiple last-resort techniques, enough to kill anyone after they were over. And yet, he was enduring it like nothing, calmly looking at him with a battle-hungry grin.
"HAHAHA! Perfect! I wanted to test my strength, and now I have a guinea pig! Let's fight, little piggy!" Zhengfu Chao let out a wild laugh, sonic waves booming in Long Chun's ears.
"Monster! As expected, I must use everything I have." Long Chun gritted his teeth and started using all his talismans.
Soul Locking Talisman. Effect: Lock on the target's soul, making it unable to escape.
Restraining Talisman. Effect: Restrains the target, making them unable to move or escape.
Soul Annihilation Attack Talisman. Effect: Sends a Soul Attack to eradicate the target's soul.
Sword Ray Talisman x10. Effect: Sends a sword ray at the target.
Multiple Last Resort Techniques and Pills. Effect: Burn the body, potential, and soul for increased power.
Miracle Healing Pills. Effect: Heals the body, healing every injury except the soul.
Long Chun went all out from the beginning, not giving the opponent more chances. If he could endure this, he would kowtow and call him Grandpa!
BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!!BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!! BOOM!!!!!
Zhengfu Chao was suddenly bombarded by attacks, from physical to the soul. Zhengfu Chao's 7th-floor pagoda guarded his soul from the attack, only minorly damaging him, while he used his techniques and strength to punch the sword rays, making them explode. However, he also felt restrained and couldn't move freely, and his soul was locked on.
And looking at Long Chun, his powering up was completed. His aura skyrocketed again, barely reaching the level of Tribulation Transcendence.
The handsome man was gone, replaced by a 3m tall burly man, rage flowing through him as he endured the pain of his last resort techniques.
"DIE!!!" He bellowed and swung his sword, creating a mighty sword beam that could split mountains.
Zhengfu Chao fearlessly looked at the powerful beam that would snuff out his existence and sighed.
"I can't endure that. Shit. And here I thought I could enjoy myself. I leave the rest to you two."
Suddenly, two figures appeared in front of him.
BOOM!!!!!!!!
"WHAT WAS THAT?!!" Long Chun's pupils shrank. He could barely sense two figures rushing in front of his sword beam. He couldn't even make their appearance from how fast they were.
Before the dust could clear-
WOOSH!!! WOOSH!!!
"!!!!" Long Chun felt his life was in danger and used his 10-second invulnerability talisman without hesitation.
BOOM!!!!!!!!
BOOM!!!!!!!!
Two attacks that rivaled the one who used just now hit an impenetrable barrier, sending Long Chun flying. If it hit him, he would die instantly. At the same time, he glimpsed at the two figures attacking him and was horrified.
Two 8m tall giants at the Mid-Body Integration Realm, exuding potent Yang energy, having robust bodies, and using Last Resort Techniques similar to Zhengfu Chao, with two silver banners behind them, oozing a restraining aura against him. Although they looked somewhat different, he deduced their identities, horror on his face.
"Jian Wushuang! Shangtian Lianmin! You are both his allies?!" He exclaimed, his mind in disarray.
He only thought they were somehow related, but he couldn't imagine they were clones.
"He is our brother(Main Body)." Jian Wushuang said.
"How can we abandon him(The Main Body)?" Shangtian Lianmin added.
Long Chun suddenly felt regret. He regretted not listening to his instincts and killing Zhengfu Chao in the first month. Unfortunately, he was too late. The enemy was defying the heavens. He also had mighty allies. It was impossible to win.
Thinking of this, Long Chun smiled bitterly and took out a Teleportation Talisman. It could teleport him randomly somewhere a billion li away, buying him enough time to escape.
[Entering emergency state. Going dormant to avoid detection.]
The system also cooperated. Long Chun now had to run and hide like a fugitive, far away from this freak! Only by living another day will he survive.
"I will repay this humiliation a thousand-fold!" Long Chun viciously cursed and activated the talisman.
And-
Nothing. He blankly stared at the disintegrating talisman.
[Detected Mortal Limit spatial interruption. Cannot teleport.]
"... What did you do?" Long Chun asked them.
"We already guessed you would try to escape."
"So we used spatial powers to block our surroundings. At least, within 100,000 li, you can't teleport."
The two giants spoke, and Long Chun felt absolute despair for the first time.
"P-Please, Spare- MMmph!!!"
Long Chun's head got grabbed by a gigantic palm exerting massive force.
"You had your chance for peace negotiations, but you botched it the moment you attacked. Die." Jian Wushuang clenched his hand.
The only thing protecting Long Chun was the invulnerability period. He will soon die, crushed like a bug.
"System, HELP!"
[It has been an honor to be with you, Host. Goodbye.] The system said with a sad feminine voice.
"NOOOO!!!!"
CRUNCH* SPLAT*
Long Chun's body spasmed, his head crushed to a pulp. It wasn't just an attack on the body but also the spirit. He died. Only reincarnation could allow him a second chance.
Yet, he couldn't reincarnate anymore.
Zhengfu Chao turned off his powers, arrived before Long Chun's body, and started absorbing him, body and soul. It disintegrated Long Chun's soul, gathering the energy and assimilating it into the artifact.
As Long Chun's System said, he was soul-raped to the highest order, receiving an absolute, final death.
Long Chun, a promising transmigrator, was eliminated, and his system became the spoils of the victor.