Extra Gains

"Time Deceleration—so powerful!"

Wu Jiuxin could hardly believe it.

The last time Zhou Zheng had acted in secret, and the three Native Transcendents had been defeated too quickly, so Wu Jiuxin had not reacted at all.

But now, he recognized the profound mystery Zhou Zheng was using.

The Time Deceleration Profound Mystery—and it seemed to be far more than merely at the Myriad Realms level. Time Deceleration True Meaning was a Second-grade True Meaning. When had a Second-grade True Meaning Transcendent appeared in the world?

Even throughout the entire history of the Yu Huang World, the number of Second-grade True Meaning Transcendents that had appeared could be counted on one hand.

Just who were these three unfamiliar Transcendents?

At that moment, Wu Jiuxin became somewhat alarmed and suspicious.

"You three deal with that Molten Transcendent. Leave the other one to me!" Zhou Zheng said. The next moment, he drew his sword and flew out.

Hearing this, Wu Jiuxin came back to his senses.

Though his heart was filled with doubts, he knew this was not the time to overthink things. No matter what, Zhou Zheng and the others had indeed saved him earlier.

Whoosh!

Mo Zitong charged forward in an instant, and Wu Jiuxin followed directly after seeing this.

With Zhou Zheng personally taking action, the rate of Time Deceleration immediately dropped to around twenty times. Even so, the two Saint-level Transcendents were still incomparably slow.

"Despicable Yu Huang Clan members, die for me!!"

The mountain-sized Native Transcendent roared as he swung his fist, smashing viciously toward Zhou Zheng.

This blow carried the Mountain Profound Mystery, with a feeling of crushing everything beneath it.

However, this Mountain Profound Mystery was still far from condensing True Meaning, so it was nothing to Zhou Zheng.

Whoosh!

Wind Thunder flashed around Zhou Zheng's body, and he instantly arrived behind the Native Transcendent.

"Ha!"

Zhou Zheng gave a soft shout and swung his sword down.

This strike carried an enormous amount of heaven-and-earth power, forming a giant sword that cleaved a huge wound into the back of the mountain-sized Transcendent.

However, to Zhou Zheng's surprise, the wound healed the instant it appeared.

"It's useless. You can't hurt me!" The mountain-sized Native Transcendent roared again, then swung a backhanded punch down at him.

Zhou Zheng easily dodged again. At the same time, he understood that this Native Transcendent likely possessed a talent similar to the Immortal Body—or perhaps it was simply the Immortal Body talent.

A little troublesome!

As Zhou Zheng pondered, he immediately slashed out with another sword.

This strike did not appear as fierce as the previous one, but when the giant sword condensed from a vast amount of heaven-and-earth power touched that Transcendent Lifeform's body, countless particles on the surface of his body shattered at once.

As these particles broke apart, they produced countless micro-particles that invaded deep into the Transcendent Lifeform's body from every angle.

Whoosh!

The wound on that Transcendent Lifeform still healed quickly, but its speed was far slower than before.

At the same time, he could feel some of the structures within his body being rapidly destroyed. A great deal of his life force was being consumed to restore those structures.

The Immortal Body mainly relied on abundant life force.

As long as one's life force remained, even the gravest injuries could heal in the blink of an eye. But once that life force was exhausted, the Immortal Body would be gone as well.

Thus, as this Native Transcendent felt his life force being consumed in enormous quantities, panic began to rise in his heart.

"Despicable Yu Huang Clan members, damn you!" The Native Transcendent swung his enormous fists, frantically trying to attack Zhou Zheng. Unfortunately, faced with the vast difference in speed, he could not even touch Zhou Zheng's shadow.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Zhou Zheng slashed down again and again, rapidly draining the native's life force.

Before long, the Native Transcendent's life force had been completely exhausted.

Bang!

The mountain-like figure collapsed, but Zhou Zheng did not kill him.

Their mission this time was to collect the corpses of Special Lifeforms. According to the intelligence Zhou Zheng had obtained from the Temporal Temple, one had to avoid Slaughter when carrying out such collection missions.

That was because Slaughter could provoke a vendetta that would not end until one side died, greatly affecting the mission.

Of course, when Slaughter was necessary, there was no need to hold back.

The current situation clearly belonged to the former case. Zhou Zheng had completely overwhelmed this Native Transcendent, so there was no need to kill him.

Whoosh!

Zhou Zheng landed atop the Native Transcendent and used the power of wind to search him from head to toe.

Very quickly, Zhou Zheng found a Storage Treasure on the Transcendent.

"It really does contain the body of that Special Lifeform!" Zhou Zheng nodded in satisfaction. Soon after, a hint of surprise appeared on his face.

"So much Origin Stone—there must be around five hundred jin, right?"

Zhou Zheng sensed the pile of Origin Stone within the Storage Treasure with his mind, then accepted it without hesitation.

Origin Stone was also considered hard currency in the Temporal Temple. Without discounts, one Time-Space Point could only be exchanged for one jin of Origin Stone.

Five hundred jin of Origin Stone was absolutely a massive unexpected windfall.

Whoosh!

Zhou Zheng rose into the air again and looked toward the battlefield not far away.

There, Feng Zhuhong and the other two were still entangled with that Native Transcendent. The other party seemed to possess a talent related to lava, spreading endless molten rock outward to form a domain.

Even though his speed had become incomparably slow under the effects of Time Deceleration, Mo Zitong and the others could not do anything to him for the moment.

Without hesitation, Zhou Zheng went all out again, raising the rate of Time Deceleration from twenty times to thirty times in one go.

At once, the already slow Native Transcendent became much slower still. Even the flow of the magma domain he had summoned slowed along with him.

After a while, that Native Transcendent finally could no longer hold on and was subdued by the three of them together.

However, Feng Zhuhong and the others had no intention of killing this Native Transcendent either.

They had actually carried out far more missions than Zhou Zheng. Naturally, they understood the principles Zhou Zheng understood even more clearly.

During missions, if there was no need to kill, it was best not to kill. Otherwise, it was too easy to trigger unpredictable consequences.

"Captain, this is that Native Transcendent's Storage Treasure!" Mo Zitong handed a ring-shaped treasure to Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng swept his consciousness through it and discovered that, aside from part of that Special Lifeform's body, it also contained several hundred jin of Origin Stone.

However, Zhou Zheng did not intend to keep these several hundred jin of Origin Stone for himself. Although his Time Acceleration had played the greatest role in subduing this Saint-level Transcendent, Mo Zitong and Feng Zhuhong had contributed as well, so it was only right to give them a share.

As for Herk, who had provided the intelligence, since he was not here, then so be it.

However, Zhou Zheng did not intend to divide this Origin Stone immediately. Instead, he temporarily put away the Storage Treasure. After all, Wu Jiuxin was still there. Dividing the Origin Stone in front of him without giving him any would not look good.

"Captain, what do we do next?" Mo Zitong asked.

"Let's take a look in their lair. We might find some extra gains!" Zhou Zheng said without hesitation.

PS: My gastroenteritis flared up, and I kept having to go to the bathroom, so this was a little late...