Chapter 1500: 1500: Rational Tactics
The attack using the talisman treasure was, of course, under the instructions from the Yin Spirit Big Boss, not the Puppet Beast.
Now, the Spirit Beast Bag containing the Soul Stone was hidden in the chest of the white fox, but its thick fur covered the Spirit Beast Bag as well as the pink sachet.
After the last battle, the Big Boss was also unwilling to be wielded by Feng Jun; firstly, it was unsafe, and secondly, it was not conducive to Feng Jun's deployment.
The patience and combat experience of the Yin Spirit Big Boss were not inferior to that of Master Hanpo. While Hanpo was waiting for an opportunity, was it not the same for him?
After landing a hit, the white fox brushed off Hanpo's attack and charged towards Master Lingbing.
Seeing this, Master Hanpo was truly infuriated, but what was really frustrating was that the Prohibition Breaking Talisman could only be used personally and not on others.
Just as he was about to rush forward, he sensed a slight space fluctuation not far away.
As soon as the figure appeared, he recognized this detestable guy—none other than Feng Jun!
Without thinking, he flicked his hand and cast an Ice Seal spell with tremendous power. Although he wasn't sure if Feng Jun still had a Paralysis Talisman, he clearly understood that capturing Feng Jun, the owner, would neutralize the threat of the Demon Beast.
While casting the Ice Seal spell, he was also blocking Feng Jun's advance towards Lingbing—given the white fox's attack power, it might not easily break Lingbing's defense for a while, but Feng Jun's attack power was so bizarre that he could instantly kill Yang Zhikun, who possessed countless treasures.
This Ice Seal spell had been brewing within Hanpo for a long time, covering an incredibly vast area of several dozen miles, and it was indeed effective.
Then he saw the frozen object—it was unexpectedly…the white fox?
In an instant, he understood Feng Jun's plan, "Shape Shifting Shadow Talisman?"
The Shape Shifting Shadow Talisman is a relatively rare talisman because its production is difficult, and its function is somewhat gimmicky, so the supply and demand for it are not strong. However, there is one sect that particularly likes to use it, the Crimson Phoenix Sect.
How to show deep sisterly affection? Helping to fight is a basic operation; can't you defeat the enemy? No worries, I'll take over!
What to do if you can't retreat from intense combat? Simple, use the Shape Shifting Shadow Talisman.
During the battle near the Ten Directions Platform Market, it was Xia Nichang of the Crimson Phoenix Sect who used a Shape Shifting Shadow Talisman, teamed up with Master Guyue, scared away the Da Meng Executor, and then counter-killed Master Qianshang.
Of course, such an achievement was mainly due to the strategy discussed by Xia Taishang and Master Guyue.
If it weren't for a pre-determined strategy, let's not even mention whether the cooperation between the two would be so tacit, just the fact that the Shape Shifting Shadow Talisman is a set of two. If Guyue hadn't carried the supplementary talisman on him, no matter how innovative Xia Nichang's idea was, it wouldn't be feasible.
The victory in this battle was extremely beautiful. After returning to White Pebble Beach, when talking about the course of this battle, Xia Taishang was quite proud of his design, so Feng Jun knew about it.
After learning of this matter, Feng Jun looked for Qu Jianlei to buy this talisman, and Master Xiaomeng directly gave him two sets.
At this moment, having replaced the white fox, where did he go? Of course, he was facing Master Lingbing.
Feng Jun was not present at the scene earlier; he was three hundred miles away inside the Aura Concealment Array, observing the situation here through an aerial drone. When he discovered Master Lingbing was immobilized, he directly teleported here via a pre-set "footprint."
Realms where real masters battle are usually vast and highly variable. When pre-setting the battlefield, Feng Jun could not locate the footprint at the most suitable location, but being approximately close was sufficient.
He hoped his arrival would attract the opponent's attention. After all, in the ever-changing battlefield, many responses have become instinctual. Sure enough, upon seeing him, Master Hanpo pounced without any hesitation.
What followed was naturally as expected. Upon realizing he was being calculated, Hanpo turned around without thinking and rushed towards Feng Jun—he sensed that Lingbing was in danger!
However, just as he turned, Feng Jun had already lunged in front of Master Lingbing, reached out a hand, and the two of them vanished without a trace.
"Bastard!" Hanpo shouted angrily, his eyes nearly popping out. He had already lost his sense of Master Lingbing—it seemed she had fallen.
Just two words had left his mouth when there was a loud "bang" behind him. It was the white fox breaking through the thick layer of Profound Ice and coming out.
It's over… Hanpo felt a trace of bitterness rising in his heart. In fact, freezing the white fox wasn't necessarily a mistake, after all, this Demon Beast was Feng Jun's strongest combat strength, and would Feng Jun himself dare to directly take one of his attacks?
So the best choice he should have made was to decisively continue targeting the white fox after finding it frozen, sealing it with ice several times, then using Delay Talismans and the like to suppress the opponent, and then attempt to either confine or kill it.
But he was concerned about Master Lingbing instead, diverting his attention, which resulted in missing the momentum to secure victory.
Such a mistake should not have occurred in someone at his age and level of Golden Core cultivation, but truthfully, he hadn't witnessed the sight of his own Golden Core counterpart perishing in front of him for centuries. Seeing Yue Wu die today had already thrown him off balance.
When he found out Lingbing might have fallen too, it was understandable that he lost his composure amid the chaos.
But, after all, he was a seasoned Golden Core. Despite the oversight, the next moment, he gathered his mental faculties and cast three Delay Talismans consecutively—talismans he had acquired from the Ten Directions Platform.
Every Golden Core Level Delay Talisman was extremely valuable; he unleashed three at once, fully committing himself—if they couldn't hold you back, I would admit defeat!
He had long wanted to use the Delay Talisman, but just now, Master Lingbing was darting everywhere, and the White Fox followed him, making it impossible for him to accurately grasp the direction to release the talisman.
Moreover, he was very worried that Master Lingbing might appear within the delayed range—that would be disastrous.
Now, he need not worry about harming friendly forces and could act without hesitation.
The White Fox just emerged from the Ice Seal, a bit sluggish for a moment, and unexpectedly got hit by two Delay Talismans—these two talismans weren't meant to continuously attack, but sent out in tandem to block angles, ironically, they were in overlapping areas.
The Delay Talisman has a stacking effect, but it's not simply one plus one equals two or more than two; it's more like one plus one equals about one point five.
Seeing the White Fox hit by the talisman, Master Hanpo raised his hand and sent out two more Delay Talismans. This stacking effect became even more unbearable, but when four were added together, the effect exceeded one point eight.
The White Fox's body was solid and could take a beating, but under these circumstances, its body slowed significantly.
Master Hanpo slapped his Storage Bag, took out an axe-like artifact called Mountain Chopper, one strike could cut off the mountain a thousand miles around, flattening the entire mountain.
However, this item also has a weakness; its activation time is quite lengthy—after all, such power can't not have some preparation; it's not very scientific otherwise.
Therefore, using this thing in battle is really like a chicken rib, Master Hanpo had no opportunity to use it last time.
Of course, to say there was no opportunity at all was incorrect, but ultimately, it was too forced. He wanted to capture Feng Jun alive, but Feng Jun was too agile to catch. It was likely he would chop Yue Qing into two halves instead, but… why chop Yue Qing?
Also, chopping Yue Qing into two halves was just a possibility, do you really think people don't have trump cards?
This time, he truly intended to slay the demon beast.
However, just at the moment of his charging, he sensed Feng Jun's presence, the guy had actually raced over two hundred miles away.
As for the aura of Master Lingbing, he truly couldn't sense it, probably… it was just that?
To say he didn't hate is false, but he didn't want to manage one and lose another, so the Mountain Chopper grew bigger. In the end, the blade expanded to over ten yards large, then actively spun, spinning faster and faster.
In the end, the Mountain Chopper transformed into a circular disk over ten yards in diameter, and fiercely slashed down on the White Fox.
The feeling was kind of like the déjà vu of a grinding wheel cutting angle iron.
"Screech~" The White Fox let out a miserable long cry, just from the sound, you knew it was enduring immense pain, followed closely by a spray of blood.
If someone had seen it open its fur, like Qu Jianlei or so, they would certainly know this thing was merely a Puppet Beast, without even having blood, its current performance was most likely an act.
But for Master Hanpo, his eyes lit up, "Oh, there's action? Die for me!"
He increased the Spiritual Energy output to the Mountain Chopper.
However, the White Fox obviously wasn't enjoying this feeling either; amidst the screeching, its fox body "shook," and its size suddenly grew from over ten yards tall to more than twenty yards.
Because of the size increase, the wounds caused by Mountain Chopper also grew a bit bigger.
You could clearly see its right shoulder was cut into by Mountain Chopper, diagonally slicing into most of the chest cavity, blood splattered everywhere, occasionally even revealing chunks of flesh bursting out, all these nondescript flesh pieces gave off a "soon to die" appearance.
But as its body size increased, the wounds' healing speed noticeably escalated, now the Mountain Chopper was somewhat unable to cut through, even possibly retreating.
Master Hanpo was reluctant to give up, knowing that the Mountain Chopper had a usage limit, with only seven use opportunities—such powerful artifacts can't be used unlimitedly; that wouldn't conform to the Heavenly Dao.
Hanpo's Mountain Chopper was obtained from his master, after acquiring it, it had only four usage chances left; he'd used it once before, plus this time, only two chances remained.
So while he increased the spiritual energy output, he strengthened his attacks on the White Fox, not considering Feng Jun at all.
At a time like this, distraction meant death, but he wanted to live, wanted to turn the tables, therefore, the thing in front needed to be killed.
Of course, he couldn't ignore Feng Jun.
Actually, he was very puzzled why Feng Jun could escape over two hundred miles in an instant and block Master Lingbing's aura.
Could it be, this guy was a Golden Core all along, pretending to be weak to catch the strong, intentionally suppressing his aura to the Nascent Soul stage?
This possibility objectively existed, but… it was illogical—what reason did he have to do this?
In the next moment, Hanpo sharply discovered, Feng Jun's aura disappeared again.
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