Chapter 772 - 445: An Old Friend’s Betrayal?

The occasional "gifts" from the Outer Realm gave the Ninefold Celestial Court and the Yama Underworld quite a bit of breathing room. But naturally, such gifts were not easy to claim. Aside from having to fight these Outer Realm monsters to the death, even if they won smoothly and used the monsters as resources, it was equally easy to run into problems from "consuming" them.

It was no wonder that the Tribulation Cultivators of the Celestial Court and the Underworld had become increasingly deranged after being driven into the Northern Domain. The dubious "food" safety definitely played a major role.

As Zou Feng casually killed the Outer Realm monster, not a single person among the rest felt surprised. Having followed Zou Feng all this way, everyone, including Yue Ya, had formed a consensus regarding his actions—it was just par for the course, nothing to gawk at.

Zhu Caiwei, however, was eager to give it a try, wanting to test the mettle and taste of these monsters. After all, judging by the state of that spatial rift, if they waited a little longer, more bat monsters would likely scurry out.

Tilting his head slightly, Zou Feng could see that Zhu Caiwei was ready to strike. So, he raised his hand again, shooting out a Golden Lotus that perfectly jammed the entrance of the spatial rift. This was tantamount to placing a temporary seal on it.

"Some things are better left uneaten," Zou Feng said calmly. He immediately turned the bow of the ship, giving the spatial rift a wide berth.

Although he didn’t name names, everyone knew that this was directed at Zhu Caiwei. After all, her performance had been exceptionally active and domineering whenever they encountered enemies recently. While her fighting style didn’t seem as unfathomable as Zou Feng’s, it was cruelly terrifying and brimming with primal wildness. To put it bluntly, Zhu Caiwei was like a jumping spider, lunging at her opponents with absolute frenzy, always ready to showcase various techniques for tearing them apart with her bare hands. Once the brutal slaughter was complete, she would use Devouring techniques to suck her targets dry into mummified corpses.

Yue Ya had seen her fair share of the cruel methods employed by Tribulation Cultivators, but her eyes would still occasionally reveal a hint of fear when looking at Zhu Caiwei. And at these moments, sensing Yue Ya’s gaze, Zhu Caiwei would immediately turn her head and flash a toothy grin with an utterly deranged expression. That smile gave Yue Ya nightmares at night.

Now, Zhu Caiwei naturally wouldn’t raise any objections to Zou Feng’s decision to seal the spatial rift and detour around it. But after turning her head away, she still pouted.

After the Holy Lotus changed course, it sailed on for a while. Then, a massive lake with water as clear as a mirror, stretching as far as the eye could see, appeared before them. Right now, they had only just crossed the "border" and theoretically hadn’t ventured deep into the Northern Domain. As for the map near the border, Zou Feng had long since memorized it like the back of his hand.

The lake that suddenly appeared before them was obviously a part of Yu Long Lake. Considering it could nurture so many members of the Dragon Race and Demon Race, its sheer scale could easily be imagined.

Gazing at Yu Long Lake, Zou Feng couldn’t help but feel a wave of emotion. The reason the Celestial Hearing Tower had fallen was entirely because the Demon Race of Yu Long Lake had turned traitor, coordinating with the Tribulation Cultivation Forces from the inside. To this day, Zou Feng couldn’t understand it. A wise bird chooses a good tree to nest in, so why would Luo Gang and the other demons defect to the Tribulation Cultivators?

Although the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was overbearing, they hadn’t excessively exploited these demons. On the contrary, dealing with Tribulation Cultivators was tantamount to dancing with the devil—far more perilous. In all likelihood, after all their efforts, they would end up being swallowed whole, bones and all.

After lamenting this, Zou Feng suddenly thought of Zhao Feixiong, who, like him, used to be Jiang Wanzhao’s right-hand man and possessed the potential of a True Inheritor.

When the rebellion broke out, Zhao Feixiong didn’t choose to quickly flee the Celestial Hearing Tower alongside him. Instead, after shooting him a resolute glance, he charged without hesitation toward the location of his and Luo Zhenzhen’s bridal chamber.

He had not been heard from since.

When those in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect who were familiar with him learned of the situation, they all assumed that Zhao Feixiong had likely turned traitor and joined the Tribulation Cultivator Camp. Zou Feng thought the same. He didn’t know Zhao Feixiong very well. He only knew that the guy was a hopeless lolicon, but he was otherwise fairly normal and showed no inclination toward becoming a Tribulation Cultivator.

At the time, when Zhao Feixiong realized his pursuit of Jiang Wanzhao was hopeless, he decisively shifted his affections, transferring that perverted love onto Luo Zhenzhen. They had originally been on the verge of consummating their marriage, making him a veritable Dragon Knight. Who would have expected the Dragon Race to rebel... Such a situation was no different from pulling one’s pants down, only to discover that one’s dream goddess was packing a bigger package than they were.

But even so, was it really worth throwing away everything from his past to join the Tribulation Cultivator Camp and make an enemy of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect? Based on his previous understanding, Zhao Feixiong shouldn’t be that irrational, right?

At this thought, Zou Feng’s heart stirred, and he couldn’t help but open the List of Gods again.

Back then, because he and Jiang Wanzhao had joined forces to kill Luo Gang, his daughter, Luo Zhenzhen, had immediately been added to the List. She had even charged out of the Celestial Hearing Tower, wishing she could devour his flesh alive.

However, during Zou Feng’s subsequent escape, his continuous gluttonous consumption caused his strength to surge, and he broke through to the Golden Core Realm. An enemy of Luo Zhenzhen’s caliber was no longer of any concern to him. Luo Zhenzhen had completely lost the qualifications to be a top-tier threat on the List; she barely even qualified as a bottom-tier nuisance.

As more and more people were added, a Dao Foundation Realm nuisance like Luo Zhenzhen was quickly drowned out amidst the names, and Zou Feng cared less and less about her.

But as he checked it now, Zou Feng discovered that Luo Zhenzhen’s name was nowhere to be found on the List.

Hm!?

Although he didn’t care about her anymore, Zou Feng certainly didn’t remember specifically singling her out to kill her off with side effects. Yet her name had vanished. Had she been killed by someone else?