Chapter 820: Gladly Accepting the Congratulatory Gifts!

Chapter 820: Chapter 469: Gladly Accepting the Congratulatory Gifts!

Seeing Gongyang Marquis continuing to suffer, Zou Feng naturally didn’t sit idly by. The Power of Cause and Effect—or rather, the poison of Cause and Effect—was so dense it felt tangible, wrapping Gongyang Marquis layer by layer.

Previously, when Zou Feng unleashed his Domain Expansion, it was terrifying enough but still carried a sense of deliberate artificiality. Now that he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, this deliberateness had vanished without a trace. His Poison Domain began to possess a sense of seamless perfection, making its presence here feel entirely natural. Infused with the Power of Cause and Effect, the Poison Domain was already showing signs of evolving into a Small Thousand World.

Moments later, Golden Lotuses began to bloom incessantly from the thick poisonous mist, tightly surrounding Gongyang Marquis. Hemmed in by these Golden Lotuses, a trace of bewilderment crept onto his agonized face. He was supposed to have made a dominant appearance today to harvest the ripened fruit.

How did it turn out like this?! Not only was the fruit impossible to harvest, but he was also likely to lose his own life in the process. The sheer contrast made Gongyang Marquis wonder if he was trapped in a nightmare.

However, possessing a resolute will, Gongyang Marquis quickly snapped out of his brief bewilderment and accepted reality. Given his current abysmal condition, taking down Zou Feng was practically impossible. He needed to leave immediately while the “rebellious son” in his stomach had yet to be born.

Otherwise… Gongyang Marquis already had a vague premonition that once the entity in his belly came into the world, the ensuing trouble would be entirely unbearable. He harbored no delusions that this “rebellious son” would feel any gratitude for being brought into existence; the moment it emerged, it would absolutely commit patricide without hesitation. Even before being fully born, its strength was already somewhat unfathomable to Gongyang Marquis. If it was truly born, who knew what catastrophic power it would unleash?!

As these thoughts raced through his mind, Gongyang Marquis forced himself to cast a Skill, causing his body to gradually blur and distort.

“Trying to escape?!” Zou Feng sneered continuously. The Techniques in his hands shifted at lightning speed before he finally bellowed, “Holy Lotus… Delivery!”

It wasn’t Holy Lotus Rebirth, but a makeshift move he devised on the fly—Holy Lotus Delivery.

Zou Feng knew perfectly well that he was merely a rookie who had just broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Engaging in Magical Combat against an old monster at the Nascent Soul Great Perfection like Gongyang Marquis was simply asking for humiliation. After all, Gongyang Marquis’s current power wasn’t solely his own; the Glazed Immortal Palace hovering behind him was also continuously supplying him with an extremely formidable surge of energy.

Therefore, relying on Magical Combat was a lost cause. To completely take down Gongyang Marquis, his efforts had to be focused on the Child of Celestial Tribulation. To put it bluntly, he needed to force the Child of Celestial Tribulation to be born as quickly as possible.

This monster, nurtured by an unconventional Celestial Tribulation, was Gongyang Marquis’s true bane and the key to breaking the stalemate. At this moment, all the Golden Lotuses exerted their power simultaneously, effectively creating an ideal “hotbed” for the birth of the Child of Celestial Tribulation—or perhaps, an ideal “stage” for its grand debut.

Zou Feng was confident that upon sensing this suitable Illusion Realm, the Child of Celestial Tribulation would grow even more impatient to enter the world. Hence, the move was aptly named Holy Lotus Delivery.

As soon as this move was executed, Gongyang Marquis immediately sensed impending doom. “You… you little bastard, you wouldn’t dare… AHHHH!”

Before he could finish his curse, his swollen belly suddenly erupted with a brilliant golden light. An instant later, a pair of tiny, glowing hands radiating an extremely eerie aura forcefully tore through his flesh from the inside out.

The excruciating agony Gongyang Marquis endured as a humanoid Celestial Calamity crawled its way out of his stomach was simply unimaginable. Naturally, the Escape Technique he had been casting to flee the area was violently interrupted.

“HEE HEE HEE…”

A chilling, sinister cackle echoed from the mouth of the Child of Celestial Tribulation. The next moment, it completely scrambled out of the gory opening.

This Child of Celestial Tribulation, which had cost Gongyang Marquis half his life to birth, surprisingly resembled a miniature version of the Marquis himself. However, its eyes brimmed with hostility. Fierce and malicious, it looked as though it despised the very sight of the world and wished to destroy everything in existence.

And its very first target for destruction was its “birth father,” Gongyang Marquis.

In a flash, the Child of Celestial Tribulation pounced onto Gongyang Marquis’s neck as if it had teleported, frantically tearing and biting at his flesh. In his severely weakened state, Gongyang Marquis was completely unable to dodge and suffered a solid, vicious bite.

An intense surge of mortal peril instantly swept through his entire body. Would he… would he truly perish here?!

“You rebellious spawn!!” he roared. “How dare you?!”

With a furious bellow, Gongyang Marquis slammed both fists ruthlessly into the Child of Celestial Tribulation’s body.

This was no ordinary physical strike; it was Gongyang Marquis’s ultimate technique—the Heaven-Shaking Hammer! He had long since fused his arms with an abundance of hammer-shaped Magical Treasures, so this downward smash truly possessed enough might to shake the heavens.

Unfortunately, the sheer physical toll of childbirth had been too severe, leaving the power of his hammer strikes nowhere near their peak.

“SKREEEEE!”

Pained by the crushing blow, the Child of Celestial Tribulation let out a series of piercing screeches. However, the pain only made it infinitely more ferocious. Arcs of Golden Thunder began to continuously explode around its small body.

This Golden Thunder was the very same Celestial Tribulation that Zou Feng had just endured. Though its destructive power was somewhat diminished, the blasts were still potent enough to make Gongyang Marquis wail in agony.

Thus, the “father” and “son” became locked in a desperate, brutal slaughter, rendering the scene exceptionally gruesome.

However, while it appeared to be a brutal father-son duel on the surface, Zou Feng was by no means an idle spectator. From the shadows, he exerted considerable effort, employing various subtle methods to assist the Child of Celestial Tribulation in its patricidal endeavor. The psychological pressure he layered on was especially effective, driving Gongyang Marquis ever deeper into the abyss of despair.

Zou Feng’s mocking voice rang out from the sidelines.

“Gongyang Marquis, you plotted against me this entire time. Did you genuinely believe I remained utterly oblivious?

“When it comes to Cultivation Gu, you’re nothing but a naive greenhorn compared to me!

“You arrogantly assumed you were raising me as a Human Gu, but in reality, I was the one raising you as a Gu…”