Long Zaitian's plan was meticulously devised. In order to avoid exposing himself and tarnishing his status as Grandmaster, he devised a sophisticated assassination scheme.
Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
Since Fairy Yun Shang left, Chu Feng and Zhou Quan have been feeling listless all day long, as if they have lost their backbone and become lazy and indifferent, their minds blank, eating and sleeping all the time.
The shopkeeper noticed the changes in the two gentlemen, but although he didn't understand why, due to his awkward position and to avoid getting into trouble, he suppressed his curiosity and pretended not to notice.
"Another invitation? Are we that sought after? They're always sending us invitations."
Zhou Quan lay sprawled on the sofa like a salted fish.
"Let's go back to the villa. We can't escape those crazy people here," Chu Feng said helplessly.
" Fengzi, we can't keep going like this, we have to set a new goal. A tycoon once said in an interview that to go far, you have to have a clear goal, like earning a hundred million first. Let's not set a specific number of hundred million first, let's just become powerful, become famous globally, find a girl who's not quite as beautiful as a fairy to marry, have a child, and that'll be enough for our lives..."
Chu Feng was speechless upon hearing this.
However, Zhou Quan is right; they should at least become famous globally.
He never had the chance before, but now he wants to be famous! Famous throughout the world, renowned far and wide.
In this way, the Array Master Crash Course Textbook given by the fairy and the Breathing Technique given by the Yellow Ox will not have been in vain.
After leaving Treasure Gathering Pavilion, Chu Feng and Zhou Quan took a side path and, relying on their excellent awareness and counter-surveillance skills, shook off many of their spies.
However, they couldn't shake off the renowned figure in Luo Cheng, Grandmaster Long Zaitian.
Long Zaitian was originally Shackle Realm expert, and his spiritual power was exceptionally high. Furthermore, under Xiao Tian's unique modification, his spiritual power was even stronger than before, making it easy for him to track Chu Feng and Zhou Quan.
Chu Feng and Zhou Quan sped towards their villa, their minds filled with mixed thoughts, each with different plans and perspectives on the future.
Long Zaitian was following them from a distance. He hesitated, wondering whether to wait until the two arrived at the villa before taking care of Chu Feng, or to eliminate Chu Feng on the way.
Rumble!
The sky was dark, with thunder and lightning. Long Zaitian looked up and realized that it was going to rain.
Suddenly, he felt his heart pound with excitement, a surge of intense joy welling up inside him.
Long Zaitian was completely baffled; what on earth was going on?
However, Long Zaitian didn't care much; the thunder and impending rain were actually helping him.
" Chu Feng, you're lucky to have been struck by lightning and killed. Such an unexpected death will go unnoticed by anyone, and no one will suspect it was me."
Long Zaitian couldn't help but laugh. Killing people by striking them with lightning was a method he had never used before.
In an instant, he turned right, accelerated, and overtook!
A moment later.
Chu Feng and Zhou Quan frowned. They saw a figure with an extraordinary aura, like a grandmaster, blocking their way, seemingly waiting for them.
Now that the rain has started to fall, and the downpour is about to intensify, the master figure is slowly practicing Tai Chi Chuan with his eyes closed.
" Fengzi, be careful," Zhou Quan whispered a warning.
"Let's go take a look."
In the Kamui Dimension, Xiao Tian witnessed Long Zaitian intercepting Zhou Quan and Chu Feng, and he saw through Long Zaitian's actions and plans throughout the entire process.
"Interesting. So you want to summon lightning to kill Chu Feng? Tsk tsk tsk, Chu Feng, whether you can survive depends on fate. Will I replace you and save the Eternal Chaos Realm, or will you rely on yourself? You'd better prove yourself."
Chu Feng and Zhou Quan quickly arrived at a place less than a hundred meters away from Long Zaitian, where they stopped.
"Old sir, a thunderstorm is coming, and you're still practicing your boxing here?"
Long Zaitian practiced Tai Chi Chuan, he slowly opened his bright eyes. Just as his eyes opened and closed, lightning flashed across the dark sky, making his eyes shine even brighter and his gaze more stern.
"Young man, I've been waiting for you."
"Wait for me?" Chu Feng couldn't help but laugh.
Zhou Quan became even more vigilant.
" Fengzi, we need to be careful of this guy, he's up to no good."
"It's alright. With this old man's skill level, he can't kill us instantly," Chu Feng said in a low voice.
Long Zaitian, with his exceptional hearing, naturally overheard Chu Feng's whispers.
He couldn't help but laugh.
"Young man, who said I was going to kill you? I have no grudge against you, why would I kill you?"
Chu Feng smiled and said, "Senior, if I'm not mistaken, you are the renowned Grandmaster Long of Luo Cheng, aren't you?"
Zhou Quan, standing to the side, felt a chill run down his spine and became wary.
Long Zaitian wasn't surprised that his identity had been discovered, and couldn't help but laugh, "That's right, I am the Grandmaster Long that people are talking about, Long Zaitian."
" Grandmaster Long, you haven't come here to avenge your good disciple, have you?"
"Not so." Long Zaitian shook his head and said with a faint smile, "In a contest between young people, losing is losing, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm not here to see you, Zhou Quan, but Chu Feng."
Zhou Quan's expression changed, and he felt a little annoyed. This old guy was even discriminating against people.
" Grandmaster Long, what do you want? Stop your nonsense and just say what you want to say."
Grandmaster Long stared at Chu Feng and smiled, "Young man, do you believe I'm facing a bloody disaster?"
Chu Feng laughed, and Zhou Quan couldn't help but swear.
" Grandmaster Long, I think you, Grandmaster Insect, should just fight if you want to. Stop dragging your feet like a woman, no, even more indecisive than a woman. At least some women are much more decisive than you."
"Thank you for the reminder, senior. If there's nothing else, we'll take our leave."
Long Zaitian smiled, closed his eyes, and continued practicing Tai Chi Chuan in the rain.
Chu Feng and Zhou Quan were extremely vigilant. They took a detour, keeping a close eye on Long Zaitian, who was ready to strike at any moment, and quickly left.
Chu Feng didn't notice that there was an extra thing in his pocket.
A very small Lightning-Attracting Needle.
Long Zaitian used his powerful mental perception to observe Chu Feng and Zhou Quan leaving, and stopped practicing Tai Chi Chuan.
"Now, we just have to wait for the right opportunity." He looked up at the terrible sky, his eyes full of anticipation.
Rumble!
Thunder rumbled and lightning struck, reducing a large tree on a street in Luo Cheng to ashes.
Yes! It's fly ash!
The lightning strikes during storms on Blue Star today are far more powerful than those of the past.
In the past, lightning at most split trees and blasted through the earth; only a small portion of the area experienced very intense lightning strikes.
Now, even the most basic lightning strikes are terrifyingly powerful, filled with pure natural decaying energy, possessing the power of all phenomena.
Zhou Quan stared at the villa so close at hand, listening to the thunder in his ears. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the street in the distance, which had been shattered by lightning. He felt a chill run down his spine.
" Fengzi! You really can't walk around outside during thunderstorms like this. I estimate that lightning bolt just now was equivalent to a strike from the Shackle Realm cultivator. Even a thick-skinned King Level creature wouldn't fare well if it took that hit."
Chu Feng glanced over and nodded slightly. The world still seemed so unfamiliar, mysterious, and powerful to him.
"After the rain stops, we'll gather some supplies and leave Luo Cheng. This isn't a place we should linger; it's detrimental to our cultivation, and it's too slow."
"That's true. Although the food and drink are good, and the sleep is good, it really is true what they say: 'The pleasures of the heart are the grave of heroes.'"
Just as Chu Feng was about to continue speaking, he suddenly felt a pang of fear, as if some danger was about to befall him.
After becoming Evolver, Chu Feng had great faith in his sense of danger and his seventh sense.
Chu Feng couldn't help but look up, and his expression changed drastically. He saw a flash of lightning in the sky, and Lightning Dragon descended.
"Fatty! Get away from me!"
"Damn it! You Fengzi, what are you doing!" Zhou Quan didn't even have time to react before Chu Feng kicked him in the butt, sending him flying over a hundred meters. If he weren't a Miaomei -King Level being with a superhuman physique, he would probably have had his buttocks ripped open and be covered in excrement by now.
boom!
As Zhou Quan flew backward, he turned his head and was immediately stunned. He didn't even notice how he had come to a stop by skidding and scraping the ground with his face to the side. All he could see was Chu Feng being struck by lightning.
" Fengzi!"
Zhou Quan cried out in grief.
"What a terrible thing! You Fengzi! I told you to stop doing such wicked things, but you wouldn't listen. Now you've been struck by lightning!"
Zhou Quan's face turned grim, and he quickly ran over to check on the situation.
After the lightning struck Chu Feng, its power shattered the ground, cracking it open and creating a terrifyingly large crater.
" Fengzi!"
Zhou Quan couldn't help but shudder at the thought of the lightning that had previously reduced trees to ashes.
Far away, amidst the rain, Long Zaitian laughed as he saw Chu Feng struck by lightning.
Even if he doesn't die, he'll be crippled.
Long Zaitian took out an antique mobile phone with a black SIM card inside. It was the kind that only supported making calls and was also waterproof.
"Location... Go finish off the enemy. If you succeed, an apartment in the commercial street outside the wealthy district is yours."
Somewhere, a middle-aged man in a suit smiled.
"Understood, it's a pleasure working with you."
"A commercial apartment! These apartments are worth hundreds of millions now, and they're the kind you can't even buy. This is a big deal. At least I won't have to live in a remote place anymore."
At this moment, inside the Kamui Dimension, Xiao Tian observed Chu Feng, who had been struck by lightning.
Chu Feng, that guy, really lives up to his protagonist's halo; he actually survived.
However, Chu Feng was in a terrible state, his body charred black and emitting smoke, barely breathing. When Zhou Quan discovered him, he was completely dumbfounded.
" Fengzi!"
Zhou Quan wept bitterly.
"You Fengzi, don't die!"
Zhou Quan carried the exhausted Chu Feng on his back and ran wildly towards the villa.
"Good heavens! That speed is almost the speed of sound! Chu Feng is so badly injured right now, and he's still running that fast. Isn't this just accelerating Chu Feng's life bar?"
Xiao Tian was delighted; he was just worried that Chu Feng wasn't dead, and now Zhou Quan was there to help.
"Eh."
But thinking about it carefully, the days spent with Chu Feng and Zhou Quan were actually quite pleasant.
" Fengzi! Don't blame me, but who told you your identity is so terrifying? The Eternal Chaos Realm can't rely on you alone. I don't trust your background."
Xiao Tian murmured, his words growing increasingly cold.