Chapter 533: Chapter 533

"Hahaha, many thanks to Fellow Daoist Beigong for helping to refine the Moon Toad True Blood. I, Zhou, am deeply grateful!"

In mid-air, Zhouyang held Beigong Bai Feng’s white Jade Toad and the "Moon Toad True Blood," which she valued as her life, with both hands, laughing heartily, full of pride and delight.

Seeing this scene and hearing his arrogant, gleeful laughter, Beigong Bai Feng was trembling with rage, her heart icy cold!

She stared at Zhouyang with eyes full of hatred and shrieked, "Impossible! How could you survive the Moon Shadow Ice Toad’s True Blood Divine Techniques? Even a normal Ninth-Layer Golden Core Cultivator would have perished from being struck by those techniques. How could someone with merely First-Layer Golden Core cultivation survive that attack?"

This was what perplexed her the most.

Even though that attack’s power was dispersed by targeting three people at once, it should have been utterly impossible for Zhouyang, a mere First-Layer Golden Core cultivator, to withstand.

It was the Lifebound Divine Techniques of the Tier Seven True Spirit "Taiyin Moon Toad," and although it was cast by the Tier Five Demon Beast "Moon Shadow Ice Toad," its power couldn’t compare with the true body of "Taiyin Moon Toad." However, its essence remained the Lifebound Divine Techniques of the Tier Seven True Spirit.

Even she, Beigong Bai Feng, an Eighth-Layer Golden Core cultivator who practiced Ice Element Techniques, was highly resistant to ice attacks.

Without preparing appropriate defensive measures ahead of time, even if she were to take such an attack, the Taiyin Cold Qi contained within would surely injure her meridians, perhaps even severely enough to crack her Golden Core!

Her confusion and horror even surpassed her hatred toward Zhouyang for taking away her cherished white Jade Toad and "Moon Toad True Blood."

"Hmph, you dare bring that up!"

Zhouyang’s smile vanished, his eyes turned icy as he gazed coldly at Beigong Bai Feng, shouting in a frigid tone, "You vile woman! We helped you wholeheartedly to deal with the Moon Shadow Ice Toad, yet you schemed to use that beast to kill us. Truly, you deserve death!"

Like Beigong Bai Feng couldn’t understand how he survived the Moon Shadow Ice Toad’s ultimate move, Zhouyang also felt lucky to have barely lived.

When struck by that silver-white Moon Blade’s extreme cold power and turned into a silver ice sculpture, he almost froze to death by the terrifying Taiyin Cold Qi.

However, in the crucial moment, the Qianyang Treasure Pearl within him suddenly activated due to the extreme cold’s stimulus, invoking the Qianyang True Flame to expel the cold from his body.

Meanwhile, at the lake’s bottom, he helped the likewise frozen Jiang Fengxian and deliberately waited for Beigong Bai Feng to slay the Moon Shadow Ice Toad and extract the Moon Toad True Blood.

One could say that if it hadn’t been for his fortuitous fate and his mastery of the Qianyang True Flame to counter the Taiyin Cold Qi, even if he had the Jade Talisman gifted by Lu Xuanji containing the Profound Sun Purple Sky Divine Thunder, he would surely have died!

So hearing Beigong Bai Feng’s incredulous exclamations now, one can only imagine the depth of his anger.

"Hmph, you claim you helped me voluntarily? How laughable!"

"If not driven by greed to covet treasures that belong to me, why would I need to plot against you?"

"But I didn’t expect you to survive the Moon Shadow Ice Toad’s ultimate move!"

Beigong Bai Feng sneered repeatedly at Zhouyang, eyes filled with hatred.

"Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are ownerless; whoever acquires them becomes their owner. You merely discovered the Moon Shadow Ice Toad and Ice Crystal Snow Lotus before us, yet you dare claim they’re yours, truly the most laughable thing!"

"Brother Zhou, stop wasting words on her; let’s kill her to avenge her treachery!"

The blue lake water rippled as the soaking wet Jiang Fengxian flew out. This Fairy, as beautiful as an aquatic goddess, glared coldly at Beigong Bai Feng with a face full of killing intent.

Aside from the previous encounter with the Wood Demon, she hadn’t suffered such a big setback in a long time. Were it not for Zhouyang’s presence, even if she were to survive by luck, that extreme cold Taiyin Cold Qi would have damaged her Golden Core and meridians, eliminating any hope to one day reach the Nascent Soul Stage!

Such a grudge made Jiang Fengxian hate Beigong Bai Feng with a burning desire not to leave her alive for another moment!

Upon hearing Jiang Fengxian’s words, the words Zhouyang intended to speak halted abruptly, replaced by a simple "Alright." Read complete versıon only at NovelHub(.)net

Then, surging with magical power, he suppressed and stored away the white Jade Toad and Moon Toad True Blood into a Storage Ring, and summoned the Heaven-shaking Copper Gong and Soul Capturing Treasure Pearl artifacts.

Knowing they wouldn’t have much effect against the Moon Shadow Ice Toad, Zhouyang hadn’t deployed these artifacts before.

Now, facing Beigong Bai Feng, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, these artifacts were just perfect.

Beigong Bai Feng had fought the Moon Shadow Ice Toad for a long time and expended a great deal of magical power hosting the Moon Toad True Blood refining ceremony, not fully restored to her prime.

Yet she showed no intention of avoiding Zhouyang and Jiang Fengxian’s aggressive advance in the slightest.

Neither the white jade toad nor the "Moon Toad True Blood" was something she could abandon.

So even though she knew Zhouyang could survive the mystical attack from the "Moon Shadow Ice Toad," indicating his strength far exceeded his cultivation realm, she could only choose to fight first.

She also had her own confidence, believing that even if she could not ultimately defeat the combined forces of Zhouyang and Jiang Fengxian, escaping with her life would not be too difficult.

Moreover, following the principle of striking first, she had already initiated her attack as Zhouyang was in the process of summoning his Magical Artifact.

She formed a seal with her hands and pointed at Zhouyang, sending a wave of extremely cold blue icy light shooting out from her fingertips, sweeping towards Zhouyang’s head.

The blue icy light turned the lake below into blue ice at an alarming speed and crystallized the air into frost and snow, filling the sky with hovering blue snowflakes.

However, facing this assault, Zhouyang remained unperturbed, bringing his hands together. Instantly, golden flames began to rise from his body, burning fiercely.

The blue icy light collided with the golden flames, causing the flames to sway slightly before dissipating like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.

"Such overpowering Supreme Yang True Flame!"

"Is this why you survived the mystical attack from the ’Moon Shadow Ice Toad’? Truly enviable!"

Beigong Bai Feng watched with a sullen face, finally understanding the answer that had always eluded her.

"An attack deserves a counterattack; witch, take this!"

Zhouyang shouted as he warded off Beigong Bai Feng’s Cold Ice Divine Techniques. With a hand gesture, the golden flames on his body split, and a golden flame dragon shot towards Beigong Bai Feng.

Meanwhile, the booming sound of a copper gong suddenly echoed across the Ice Lake.

In that instant, Beigong Bai Feng, who intended to dodge the golden flame dragon, felt a sudden sting in her chest and abruptly halted.

Her expression changed as she hurriedly swung her sleeve to summon a white ribbon Magical Artifact to protect herself, but feeling unsafe, she infused more magical power into a jade pendant around her waist, releasing a protective shield of white icy light around her.

Just as she completed all this, the golden flame dragon crashed into the defensive circle formed by her white ribbon Magical Artifact, exploding with a roar.

Golden waves of fire surged over the Ice Lake, and only after a while did Beigong Bai Feng’s figure burst forth from the flames.

At this point, her white ribbon Magical Artifact was mostly consumed by the flames, and the white icy light protective shield was reduced to a thin layer, leaving her in a disheveled state.

But before she could plan a counterattack, a crisp bell sound suddenly echoed in her ears. Following the sound, she saw a quaint cyan bell shaking continuously under Jiang Fengxian’s control, sending waves of cyan sound waves towards her.

Having rich experience in magical combat, she knew that one must never let unfamiliar Qimen Spiritual Artifact attacks land during a duel, as attacks from instruments like bells, chimes, and mirrors could not be defended against by ordinary means.

Fortunately, she had an Artifact on her person to deal with such a situation.

By a thought, a silver light flew from underneath her blue dress, transforming into a silver circle with nine silver bells attached, resembling a waist belt.

She infused magical power into the silver circle, causing the silver bells to jingle pleasantly, releasing rippling waves of silver sound.

Jiang Fengxian’s Chaos Soul Bell was disrupted by this silver circlet, rendering it ineffective, and even Zhouyang’s Heaven-shaking Copper Gong lost its effectiveness, no longer posing a threat to Beigong Bai Feng.

However, just as Beigong Bai Feng thought all was well, a beam of golden light pierced through the icy light protective shield and landed on her.

Immediately, the relaxed look in her eyes vanished, her gaze turning hazy.

Just then, Jiang Fengxian’s yellow Suppressing Ruler Spiritual Artifact and a Cyan-Gold Flying Sword struck the dazed Beigong Bai Feng simultaneously.

At that moment, just as the Cyan-Gold Flying Sword was about to slice through Beigong Bai Feng, a white light flashed from her sleeve, transforming into a white snake several feet long, intercepting the sword. It turned out to be an Exotic Spirit Snake she had raised.

Although this Exotic Spirit Snake loyally protected its master, its power was at best comparable to a Tier Four Top Grade Demon Beast. The unexpected interception had already cost it its life, leaving it powerless to stop the yellow Suppressing Ruler Spiritual Artifact.

The yellow Suppressing Ruler Spiritual Artifact, bathed in a yellow spiritual light, struck down swiftly, shattering the thin layer of icy light protective shield on Beigong Bai Feng’s body and hitting her beautiful head directly, smashing it to pieces instantly, killing her beyond any hope of recovery!