Zheng Zetian took a moment to recover. He had lost some cultivation tonight, but fortunately, there was still time. Since he couldn't go to Empty Star to perform Moon Worship, he would visit another Revered Heavenly Demon shrine in the Tai Su Realm.
So he left the fortress alone and found an altar in the nearby hills, built by Ink Bamboo Mountain cultivators. It featured a Revered Heavenly Demon statue molded from earth and clay, with thunder deities.
But just then, a flying knife shot silently out of the woods, slashing straight at Zheng Zetian's neck!
A black lotus instantly bloomed around Zheng Zetian's neck. It met the flying knife with a strike, and a soft chink rang out as the blade was knocked into the trees' shade.
They got here so fast...
Zheng Zetian darted away in an instant, wrapping himself in green grass lightning as he charged into the woods. At the same time, he raised a hand and sent out a bolt of lightning. Boom! It struck the flying knife, making the blade shudder violently. A muffled groan came from the shadows on the other side.
Zheng Zetian immediately swept out a lightning whip, lashing it across the woods with a crackle. It snapped a swath of trees and plants as he turned and pursued his opponent.
The cultivator hiding in the dark was caught off guard. He'd never imagined that a lightning cultivator could strike so quickly! He'd clearly made the first move with his ambush, yet before he could even form his second hand seal, Zheng Zetian had already thrown three or four attacks at him, leaving him trapped with nowhere to go!
But the cultivator was remarkably decisive. When he saw that he couldn't take Zheng Zetian down in one move, he immediately fled,