Chapter 9 : Chaos Devour
Tang Feng was just coming out of the cave when he sensed two energies approaching. He smirked and just sped up to the cave entrance.
Lin Zhang and the first elder of the Celestial Pavilion Sect stood hovering right above the cave, waiting for Tang Feng to come out.
"Fellow Taoist, this is our Celestial Pavilion Sect territory, you can't just barge in without any invitation," Tao Shen, the first elder of the Celestial Pavilion Sect said, his attire flowing in the wind, his long white hair and beard tell tales of his endless experiences and wisdom, and his eyes radiant in the glimmer of the morning sun.
After his announcement of their arrival, there was no response from inside the cave, so he cast a glance at Lin Zhang.
"Are you sure the intruder's still inside?" he asked in a subtle tone that hinted at his ability to remain calm.
Lin Zhang walked forward to reply, "Reply to first elder, the intruder was trapped in the Myriad Cloud Array, so I took the opportunity to escape and come to report immediately."
Tao Shen looked back at the entrance and thought, 'That would mean he's still stuck there and hasn't breached the treasury yet.' Although Tao Shen thought it was highly possible that Tang Feng was still trapped in the Myriad Cloud Array, he still couldn't shake off the feeling he was having.
"What is the strength of this Taoist, do you know?" he asked again in his subtle voice.
"Report to first elder, disciple does not know. But I know that senior is definitely not simple. I and my brothers fought with him together but he defeated us all with one blow. I was only able to escape with my life, but the others were killed on the spot," Lin Zhang explained.
Tao Shen's calm demeanor was shaken up a bit when he heard this—for one person to eliminate five people in the Chi Emperor realm... This person is definitely not simple.
"Let's just hope he's a friend rather than foe," Tao Shen said.
"I didn't expect to see an elder of the Celestial Pavilion Sect coming to greet me in person," Tang Feng said when he was approaching them. He stopped flying and landed, walking slowly with a calm expression, indicating he wasn't afraid of anything.
By the time he had come out of the cave, Tao Shen was shocked to his very core when he saw who it was.
"You!! You're not dead? How the hell are you still alive?!" he asked furiously.
Lin Zhang, who stood behind the elder, was confused. Tang Feng, who was obviously just as surprised as he was, decided to play dumb to find out what he meant.
"What do you mean how am I still alive? Can a dead person stand before you?" he said.
"Don't play dumb with me! I'm very sure I ended your miserable dog life, so how the hell are you still alive?!" Tao Shen shouted.
The last few words echoed in Tang Feng's ear.
"What did you just say?" Tang Feng said in a low but audible tone, finally understanding what was coming out of Tao Shen's mouth.
Tang Feng raised one of his legs and stomped it on the floor, causing the ground beneath him to break, his aura leaking out, and his hair alternating between red and white.
But Tang Feng wasn't even listening.
'Su Yan, from now on, I want you to follow all the orders I will give you,' Tang Feng said, his voice coarse, indicating he was suppressing his rage.
Su Yan didn't want to push it any further so she just said,
Tao Shen, who was standing above Tang Feng, watched what was going on with his eyeballs shaking violently in their sockets.
"You... How did you get to Nascent Soul Realm? Are you not a mortal?" he asked.
Tang Feng said nothing but just took slow steps, each dealing a devastating earthquake to the earth around him. He recalled earlier when he asked Su Yan what would happen to the techniques that were fused together.
'Su Yan, are there any other techniques I can fuse?' he asked, still walking slowly.
"Silent Step," he said slowly.
When he finished chanting his technique name, time stopped and lightning surrounded Tang Feng as he took a running stance, his hair, which was alternating, finally turned purple, his eyes the same.
"A dead man does not need to know this," he said, but Tao Shen couldn't hear him because time was frozen.
Tang Feng began running, destroying the ground as he took off. In just a moment, he appeared behind Tao Shen, sliced Lin Zhang into two, and turned his palm upside down, slowly touching Tao Shen on his back.
He returned to his initial position and snapped his fingers, resuming time.
Tao Shen stood like nothing was wrong, but he was still surprised by the current form Tang Feng took, as Tang Feng didn't disable his form.
Just then, Lin Zhang split into two, and Tao Shen, who was about to attack Tang Feng, felt a heavy palm on his back, causing a huge force to shatter his meridians, causing him to cough out blood and fall to the ground.
Tang Feng slowly walked to him, lightning emanating from the ground with each step.
"What... are you?" Tao Shen asked, spitting out more blood.
Tang Feng snapped his fingers, and an immense pressure fell on Tao Shen.
"I don't answer questions of a dead man," he said, and knelt down before Tao Shen, raising his hand and placing it on his head.
"What do you want to do?" Tao Shen asked but received nothing but two words uttered in slow motion:
"Chaos Devour."
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