Chapter 39: Gu Feng's Shock (1)
Editor: Atlas Studios
He was stalling for time!
When Gu Feng had asked about the origin of the Dharma artifact in his hand, Wang Ping had wanted to give him a smug answer to keep him guessing. However, before he said anything, he suddenly realized Gu Feng's true intentions.
This made him secretly vigilant. Without another word, he immediately waved his hand and poured Dharma power into the "Heaven and Earth Shell" in his left hand, summoning Xiao Feng.
Roar—
Coming out of the "Heaven and Earth Shell," Xiao Feng habitually raised its head and let out a wolf howl.
Only then did it look toward Gu Feng coldly, its eyes were filled with viciousness. Clearly, it already knew what his mission was.
The sight of Wang Ping conjuring a wolf out of thin air caused Gu Feng's eyes to widen.
"You… this… you…"
Gu Feng was dumbstruck as he pointed at Wang Ping, and then at Xiao Feng, who had a fierce look in its eyes. He felt an inexplicable shock in his heart.
Xiao Feng's wolf howl had already sufficiently proved that it was a true demon wolf, not a water illusion avatar created by Wang Ping's "Illusory Body Technique."
Where did Wang Ping obtain this demon wolf as his spirit pet?
And how did he bring this demon wolf along with him without anyone knowing?
This time, Gu Feng was truly stunned. He really wanted to know the reason and was no longer trying to lure Wang Ping into talking to him to stall for time and wait for Zhao Jing to dispel the foreign energy in his body and rejoin the battle.
Unfortunately, Wang Ping had no intention of paying attention to him.
"Xiao Feng, be careful of that Dharma artifact in his hand. You absolutely must not approach within 60m of him!"
Wang Ping shouted at Xiao Feng in a low voice. He extended his finger and gestured a few times at Xiao Feng. Then, he grabbed a spiritual talisman that was being sealed with the "Rippling Water Barrier" spell with his two fingers and activated it. A barrier that emitted blue light appeared around his body.
Previously, in order to prevent the Dharma magic's fluctuations from being sensed by Gu Feng and Zhao Jing, he didn't dare to use the defensive magic technique "Rippling Water Barrier" in advance.
Now that he had made his move, Gu Feng definitely wouldn't stand by and watch him cast the technique. As a result, he still used the talisman without hesitation, even though he felt a bit of heartache over its loss.
With the "Rippling Water Barrier" protecting him, Wang Ping instantly felt much safer.
Gu Feng was only at the seventh level of Qi Refinement and was still within the middle-stage Qi Refinement cultivator category. It was impossible for the former to instantly kill him after breaking through the barrier.
Furthermore, he still had another spiritual talisman that was sealed with the "Rippling Water Barrier" spell. After this barrier was broken, he could immediately release another spell to protect himself.
At the same time, after receiving Wang Ping's instructions, Xiao Feng immediately opened its mouth and spat out a wind blade spell at Gu Feng.
It was only a low-grade tier-1 demon beast but with its almost instantaneous innate spells, its combat power was far stronger than any cultivator of the same tier on Golden Pearl Island.
Even if Wang Ping's cultivation had already reached the middle stage of the Qi Refinement realm, he would at most be able to fight it to a draw without using the Meteor Fire-Snake Dart. It would be very difficult to kill it.
Gu Feng also had the "Rippling Water Barrier" protecting his body, so Xiao Feng's wind blades would not be able to harm him. At most, they would only wear down a portion of the power of this defensive spell.
However, he did not dare to be careless.
Putting aside the fact that Wang Ping had a Dharma artifact in his possession, in addition to the demon wolf Xiao Feng, he already had the ability to fight against Gu Feng who was not in his top form. Even Wang Ping's ability to whip up a living wolf out of thin air just now was enough to attract his full attention.
Gu Feng held his long awl Dharma artifact tightly in his hand and charged at Wang Ping, all the while resisting Xiao Feng's wind blades.
At the same time, he shouted at Wang Ping. "Brother Wang, don't make a move. We can sit down and have a good talk. There is no enmity between us, we have no need to fight to the death!"
His words sounded pleasing to the ear. If Wang Ping were a young lad in his twenties who had just started out, he might have been fooled by him.
Unfortunately, although Wang Ping was young, he had already seen the dangers and evils of this world. In addition, he had already seen Gu Feng's true colors before.
As a result, after hearing Gu Feng's words, not only did Wang Ping not have any intention of stopping to talk but he even quickly retreated to extend the distance between them, not giving him any chance to get closer.
As long as he did not allow Gu Feng to get within sixty feet of him, Wang Ping would not have to worry too much about Gu Feng's long awl Dharma artifact.
After all, if the Dharma artifact wasn't within the range of Gu Feng's divine sense, it would be difficult for him to immediately withdraw it.
Just like how he was currently unable to retrieve the Meteor Fire-Snake Dart that was within Zhao Jing's body.
Fortunately, Gu Feng's leg was injured, and his movements were not as swift as when he was at his peak. Otherwise, with the advantage of his cultivation level, Wang Ping really could not outrun him.
However, Wang Ping soon witnessed the power of Gu Feng's other side.
After chasing Wang Ping for a few seconds and realizing that he could not catch up to him, he formed a hand seal with one hand while still hot on Wang Ping's heels. In a few gestures, he used the "Water Arrow" to attack Wang Ping.
With his decades of cultivation, he could already almost instant cast this simple low-grade tier-1 spell.
Of course, the water arrows could not injure Wang Ping, who had the "Rippling Water Barrier" protecting him, but it would wear down the strength of his barrier. At the same time, the impact of the water arrows on his barrier would also hinder his movements.
"Rascal, do you really think that you can deal with me just because I'm injured? No matter how badly injured a tiger is, it's not something that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can bully!"
Gu Feng let out a low roar, his expression was sinister as he finally revealed his true self.
He was basically confirmed that Wang Ping had no other killer moves other than the tricks he had already used.
Since that was the case, there was no need for him to pretend anymore.
Purely based on the tricks that Wang Ping had displayed, he was completely no match for Gu Feng.
"Xiao Feng, go kill that Zhao first!"
Wang Ping had no intention of paying attention to Gu Feng. He quickly adjusted his battle plan and had Xiao Feng, who was harassing Gu Feng with wind blades, go and kill Zhao Jing first.
He had also found out that Gu Feng's injuries had a huge impact on his mobility. For the time being, there was no way he could catch up to him.
In that case, he might not need to use his trump card, the offensive spiritual talisman.
After all, using a spiritual talisman that could release the "Explosive Fireball" spell to kill an injured Gu Feng was actually quite wasteful.
Xiao Feng was very smart. After hearing Wang Ping's words and seeing his hand gesture, he immediately ran toward Zhao Jing, who was still trying his best to heal.
Gu Feng's expression changed upon seeing this.
He had chased after Wang Ping, with the intention to drive Wang Ping away and buy time for Zhao Jing.
Now that Wang Ping was doing this, he was in a dilemma.
"Brat, you're courting death!"
Gu Feng clenched his teeth and hardened his gaze. He quickly decided to continue chasing after Wang Ping, not caring about Zhao Jing.
With the death of Zhao Jing, perhaps it would be very troublesome if he were to encounter demon beasts attacking the ship on the way back.
However, being able to capture Wang Ping and learn the secret of him conjuring a wolf and keeping all the benefits on Heaven Heart Island for himself was clearly more rewarding.
To him, this was not too difficult of a choice.
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