Chapter 228: Chapter 172: Three-in-One (2)

At the same time, the “child’s” muscles bulged. Although his height didn’t increase much, the sheer mass of muscle made his body swell to nearly three times its original size.

And this clearly wasn’t just useless bulk. His Body Skill was as agile as a monkey’s, and he darted about like a mischievous child trying to wrestle with Zou Feng.

The surrounding crowd was now, of course, screaming and scattering in every direction.

Tian Yun immediately blended into the crowd as well.

But in reality, the scene looked rather comical.

An old man was relentlessly throwing griddle cakes at Zou Feng, while a giggling child kept trying to pounce on him.

If not for the surging Gang Qi and swirling poisonous smoke, the scene would have looked like a complete farce.

Zou Feng calmly handled their attacks, focusing primarily on evasion.

He was trying to buy as much time as possible for Tian Yun.

He didn’t immediately enter “State Two.” After all, a Big Move like that had the disadvantage of a very short duration.

Even now that he had broken through to the Fifth Grade, Zou Feng estimated he would only be a “three-minute True Man.”

With the situation still unclear, he naturally had to keep an ace up his sleeve.

“You died such a miserable death—”

The “Filial Piety Girl” also began her assault, throwing her head back and letting out a shriek so shrill it set one’s teeth on edge.

Hit so suddenly by the scream, Zou Feng felt as if his head had been struck by a heavy club, and he nearly stumbled and fell.

Clearly, the woman was using a sonic-type Cultivation Skill, and its power was in no way inferior to Zou Feng’s own Enchanting Heart and Soul Stealing Technique.

The three Evil Cultivator assassins had thus formed a Three-in-One Array of Ultimate Destruction, their coordination seamless.

The “child” engaged Zou Feng in close-quarters combat, the “old man” attacked from range with his griddle cake projectiles, and the “Filial Piety Girl” acted as support, constantly applying debuffs to Zou Feng.

These three also happened to correspond to the three new names Zou Feng had seen earlier on the List of Gods: Ji Zhixian, Xiao Fan, and Du Changjin.

Whereas Zou Feng could have handled just two of them with ease, the addition of the “Filial Piety Girl” made the situation start to look grim.

To be fair, this Three-in-One combination they had formed was even more difficult to deal with than if three Fifth Grade experts had simply teamed up for a direct confrontation with Zou Feng.

However, Zou Feng saw that Tian Yun had fled far enough. His objective of stalling for time had been achieved, so now, it was time to get serious.

The next moment, the muscular child’s speed surged again. He somehow circled behind Zou Feng and lunged with a savage grin.

Just as he was about to land on Zou Feng’s back, his body came to a bizarre halt in mid-air, as if he’d been hit by a Stabilizing Spell.

But the muscular child quickly realized what had happened. He had been caught by a transparent Gang Qi Spider Web.

More strands of the Gang Qi Spider Web were continuously wrapping around him; it wouldn’t be long before he was trussed up like a mummy.

While Zou Feng had only been dodging, his hands hadn’t been idle. He had already prepared this large, flexible Gang Qi net.

However, he was well aware that this could only buy him some time and couldn’t truly trap the muscular child.

The Cultivation Skill this muscular child practiced was an extremely potent Body Refining Evil Skill, its might nearly on par with the Tribulation-Indestructible Body.

Of course, it still likely couldn’t compare to Zou Feng’s toughness after entering “State Two.”

But for now, it was enough to simply delay the muscular child for a moment.

The next instant, Zou Feng stomped his right foot hard, unleashing a terrifying shriek as he shot like a cannonball toward the “Filial Piety Girl.”

It’s common sense not to waste damage on the tank first in a team fight.

Besides, Zou Feng had been observing all three assassins.

The griddle-cake old man, while being the “marksman” who should typically be killed first, had an impressive Body Skill, based on Zou Feng’s earlier observations. He wouldn’t be an easy kill.

Not to mention, if he went after the old man first, the Filial Piety Girl could interfere with her sonic attacks even more freely, preventing him from unleashing his full power.

In short, a support like the Filial Piety Girl, if not killed first, would be a deadly nuisance in a team fight.

Therefore, Zou Feng decided to take out the “Filial Piety Girl” first, no matter what.

As he charged, Zou Feng unhesitatingly activated “State Two,” his entire body instantly glowing like a red-hot branding iron.

However, a Fifth Grade Evil Cultivator like the “Filial Piety Girl” naturally wouldn’t have only cultivated a sonic-type Cultivation Skill; she was by no means helpless in close combat.

So when she saw Zou Feng charging at her, the Filial Piety Girl showed no fear.

Instead, she snatched up the rolled-up straw mat in front of her and began to retreat toward the muscular child.

Unfortunately for her, she had underestimated Zou Feng’s “True Man” state and his Drunken Immortal Moon Chasing Step, which had reached the Peak Realm.

Seeing the Filial Piety Girl trying to escape, Zou Feng, still in mid-air, suddenly kicked off the air again, executing the “Moon Stepping Technique.”

Instantly, Zou Feng’s already breakneck speed surged again. With a SWOOSH, he was right in the “Filial Piety Girl’s” face.

This development completely caught the “Filial Piety Girl” by surprise.

Staring at the handsome, demonic face radiating intense heat as it closed in, the Filial Piety Girl’s own face went pale. She shoved the straw mat in her hands forward with all her might.

A swarm of winged, shelled, poisonous insects immediately burst out from within the straw mat.

Seizing the opportunity, the Filial Piety Girl shot backward once more.

However, Zou Feng’s Moon Stepping Technique was just getting started.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Amidst a series of terrifying sonic booms, Zou Feng rapidly changed directions in mid-air.

The dense swarm of flying insects couldn’t stop him.

In fact, the sonic booms from each of his steps blasted the closest insects from the sky, sending them fluttering down like withered leaves.

It all happened too quickly. After the seventh boom from his Moon Stepping Technique, Zou Feng had already appeared behind the “Filial Piety Girl.”

The Filial Piety Girl’s backward retreat now looked as though she were actively throwing herself into Zou Feng’s enthusiastic embrace.

“Welcome, welcome!”

Zou Feng grinned, spread his arms, and promptly wrapped her in a tight hug.

While holding her, Zou Feng’s palms and fingers flew, roaming all over the “Filial Piety Girl’s” body.

The Poison Force from his Five Poison Fire Lotus Skill flooded into the “Filial Piety Girl’s” body without reservation.

But the “Filial Piety Girl” was a Fifth Grade Expert, after all. She circulated her Gang Qi to resist with all her might, preventing the “Poison Force” from completely penetrating her system for the time being.

But that was irrelevant. Zou Feng’s arms squeezed tighter and tighter. Even if the Poison Force couldn’t take effect immediately, the sheer brute strength of his hold was enough to make the “Filial Piety Girl” scream in agony.

“Help—me—MMPH!!”

The Filial Piety Girl quickly realized she couldn’t break free from Zou Feng and could only scream hoarsely to her companions for help.

Of course, though it was a cry for help, the scream itself was also an immensely powerful Sonic Attack.

Zou Feng was prepared for this. Before her Sonic Attack could unleash its full power, he brutally shoved his fist into her open mouth.

The “Filial Piety Girl’s” sonic cry was cut off abruptly, reduced to choked, agonized whimpers.

Meanwhile, the griddle-cake old man was already speeding over. Since Zou Feng was holding the “Filial Piety Girl,” the old man could no longer use his griddle cakes for ranged attacks.

As for the muscular child trapped by the Gang Qi Spider Web, he let out a great roar, erupting with red Gang Qi and instantly tearing the net to shreds.

After breaking free, the muscular child’s expression was finally as ferocious as a monster’s, with no trace of his previous child-like demeanor remaining.

A moment later, he let out a bizarre cry and charged toward Zou Feng, his speed a notch faster than even the griddle-cake old man’s.

The “Filial Piety Girl” could still hold on for a little while. At this rate, the other two might actually manage to save her.

Unexpectedly, just as the muscular child was about to reach Zou Feng, a “Gang Qi Ball” the size of a watermelon shot out from behind a tree and slammed violently into his body.

This Gang Qi Ball was none other than Tian Yun’s ultimate technique—Split Gang Burst.

The longer the Gang Qi was gathered and compressed, the more its power would exponentially increase.

Its drawback was that in a real battle, an opponent would never let you charge it up and would certainly interfere.

However, as far as the three assassins were concerned, Tian Yun had long since fled.

In fact, they had read Zou Feng’s lips during his earlier conversation with Tian Yun and knew of his arrangement.

But their target was Zou Feng, so the three of them hadn’t cared about Tian Yun’s escape.

For Tian Yun to suddenly reappear now was completely unexpected.

Of course, Tian Yun’s return wasn’t an act of willfulness that went against Zou Feng’s instructions.

Rather, this had been Zou Feng’s arrangement all along.

Earlier, when he was holding Tian Yun, although he had verbally told her to flee, the words he had traced on her shoulder with his finger were: “Wait for an opportunity.”

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