Chapter 848: Immortal Sect Guardian

In that brief moment of distraction, the two protected flames flickered twice before completely extinguishing.

Seeing this, the Emperor Fengdu Golem snapped back to its senses and threw its head back in uncontrollable fury, roaring into the sky.

“Who… who is it?!”

Of course, it knew someone was playing tricks in the dark, but it couldn’t detect the culprit’s presence at all. All it could do was stand rooted to the spot in impotent rage.

“It worked?!”

On the other side, the Undying Master, who had been resting in meditation, suddenly snapped his eyes open. He had clearly received some sort of instruction, his expression now a mix of shock and joy. At the same time, Zou Feng and Ma Qianqin also sensed a familiar aura. This aura, naturally, was the signal of the Celestial Dao Cauldron.

“I don’t know why, but the Celestial Dao Cauldron has already detected the location of the Emperor Fengdu Golem ahead of time! While it hasn’t fully awakened, we must quickly destroy it!” The Undying Master stood up, overjoyed.

Just as he finished speaking, the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s spatial teleportation arrived.

Zou Feng, of course, wasn’t surprised by this. He had just tried giving the Emperor Fengdu Golem a side-effect Critical Strike, causing those two flames inflicted with the Poison of Reincarnation to finally extinguish completely. He figured this must have tormented the Emperor Fengdu Golem severely. Suffering heavy blows back-to-back had exposed the Golem’s flaws, making it only natural for the Celestial Dao Cauldron to detect its exact location.

Thus, the Celestial Dao Cauldron immediately initiated a teleportation to send these elite squads, who had already eliminated their respective targets, to fight the Underworld boss ahead of schedule. The teleportation came so suddenly that before they could say another word, Zou Feng was whisked away from the Rebirth Hall alongside the Undying Master and Ma Qianqin.

To be honest, Zou Feng was quite fond of the environment in the Rebirth Hall. After all, the scent of Meng Po Soup in this place greatly helped him fabricate the Reincarnation World. Once he left, it wasn’t as if he would be completely unable to construct it, but it certainly wouldn’t be as convenient as doing it inside the Rebirth Hall.

He thought, “Looking at it this way, I need to figure out a way to concoct the Meng Po Soup myself…”

Teleporting within the Yama Underworld did not take much time. Before Zou Feng even experienced that disorienting sensation, the scenery before him abruptly shifted. At the same time, his ears were filled with massive rumbles and explosions. BOOM! CRASH! Looking up, he saw that fellow sect members who had been teleported earlier were already besieging a colossal stone statue.

In Zou Feng’s eyes, even though he had never seen it before, this stone statue—as the top dog on his list—immediately gave him a sense of familiarity. He knew without asking that this thing was none other than the Emperor Fengdu Golem.

Seeing the Undying Master and Ma Qianqin join the fray without a second word, Zou Feng had no choice but to follow closely behind.

Based on the current situation, the best way for Zou Feng to participate in the group battle would actually be to find a spot to cast spells from afar, continuing to torment the Emperor Fengdu Golem with side effects. However, if he really did that now, he would either be seen as slacking off, or worse, targeted by someone with ulterior motives. So, Zou Feng decided to just honestly engage in melee combat. Anyway, there were plenty of powerful fellow sect members present; there was no reason they couldn’t handle a Golem that could no longer fully awaken.

The subsequent development went exactly as Zou Feng expected.

The partially awakened Emperor Fengdu Golem merely had astonishing defense and a massive health pool, but its attacks were nothing out of the ordinary. At this rate, as long as they whittled away at it long enough, they would sooner or later grind this Golem down into dust.

However, even with its crippled body, this Emperor Fengdu Golem could still withstand the combined assault of so many Immortal Sect experts. Didn’t that mean if it had fully awakened, its strength might have reached the Divinity Transformation Realm? Moreover, it would be a special Divinity Transformation Realm entity with a maximized health pool and an almost impenetrable defense. If they had truly encountered that scenario, would these so-called Immortal Sect elites really be able to hold their ground?

He thought, “They should at least send a Divinity Transformation bigwig to handle this, right?”

Just as these thoughts flashed through Zou Feng’s mind, a fiery red presence streaked across the sky above like a meteor, smashing into the Emperor Fengdu Golem’s head in the blink of an eye. This Critical Strike was far more effective than their prolonged siege, actually forcing a shrill, agonizing howl out of the Golem.

“Guardian Gu is here!”

Saying this, the Undying Master immediately stopped attacking, adopting a posture ready to watch a good show. Turning back and noticing Zou Feng’s utterly clueless expression regarding the newcomer, the Undying Master whispered, “This is our Immortal Sect’s Right Protector, Gu Zhaoyue!”

To be a Guardian in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect meant her abilities were beyond question; this woman was undoubtedly a Divinity Transformation Realm powerhouse. It was exactly as expected. No matter how overconfident the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was, they surely wouldn’t expect a bunch of Nascent Soul Realm disciples to casually handle the Emperor Fengdu Golem.

Zou Feng wondered why this Guardian Gu had arrived so late if she had been assigned to deal with the Emperor Fengdu Golem here. He figured it probably wasn’t intentional, but rather because she couldn’t break away from whatever she was doing earlier. In any case, now that the Right Protector was here, Zou Feng no longer needed to worry about the rest. All he had to do next was join the others, enjoy the show, and admire the Right Protector’s divine might.

Dragging its crippled body, the Emperor Fengdu Golem had already been severely tormented. Now, suffering a vicious beating from Gu Zhaoyue, it clearly had no chance of turning the tables. Its originally hollow, lifeless eyes were already filled with rage and despair.

Not long after, accompanied by a deafening crash, the Golem collapsed heavily to the ground. Even after falling, it remained extremely unwilling to yield, still struggling to crawl back up. But after several attempts, it was ultimately futile.

Right at that moment, its line of sight happened to lock onto Zou Feng, who was watching the spectacle.

The stare down lasted for several breaths. For some unknown reason, as if it had suddenly realized something, the Golem kept its gaze fixed dead upon him. It didn’t even bother trying to get back up anymore; instead, with an expression of unbridled fury, it reached out, wanting to crush Zou Feng in its grasp.

With the Golem suddenly going berserk in his direction, Zou Feng was naturally startled. At the same time, he found it rather suspicious.

Logically speaking, so many people had just been attacking it, and his own damage output clearly wasn’t that high. Why on earth was this guy showing such an expression of deep-seated hatred exclusively toward him? Could it actually be that it realized he was the culprit who prevented it from resurrecting in its complete form?

That sounded a bit far-fetched, but the more Zou Feng thought about it, the more it seemed to be the only explanation that made sense. Of course, the Emperor Fengdu Golem didn’t necessarily know that he possessed a Divine Object like the List of Gods; it probably just discerned that its malfunction was linked to him. After all, if it had resurrected in its complete form, this thing would have been an entity of the Divinity Transformation Realm. Coupled with the fact that this was its home turf, it wasn’t surprising that it could deduce some clues.

The mastery of a mighty figure at the Divinity Transformation Realm over the Power of Reincarnation was definitely far superior to a half-baked novice like him. It was entirely possible that it traced the Poison of Reincarnation backward and discovered he was the one pulling the strings…

Fortunately, even if it really knew something now, it was already too late.

However, in the very last moments before its complete demise, the Emperor Fengdu Golem still managed to disgust him one last time. After all, suddenly developing an inexplicable enmity toward him while ignoring Gu Zhaoyue and everyone else was inherently unreasonable behavior. He figured that afterward, he would inevitably be interrogated by the higher-ups of the Immortal Sect again…

Sure enough, all his fellow sect members, including Right Protector Gu Zhaoyue, were now casting curious glances his way.

But this curiosity didn’t last long, as Gu Zhaoyue hadn’t forgotten to deliver the final blow to the Emperor Fengdu Golem. With another series of deafening explosions, BOOM BOOM BOOM, the Golem’s massive body entirely shattered amid skies choked with dust and smoke, quickly reducing to a pile of rubble.

“All of you, fall back quickly! Distance yourselves from this place and wait for the Celestial Dao Cauldron’s teleportation!”

Gu Zhaoyue’s voice transmitted clearly into everyone’s ears. Through the billowing dust, Zou Feng saw that Gu Zhaoyue was now clutching a Talisman overflowing with flowing light in her hand, her expression one of someone facing a formidable foe.

He thought, “There’s an even stronger enemy?!”

The moment the Golem fell, Gu Zhaoyue showed not the slightest hint of relief, but instead prepared herself even more sternly. This indicated she had known all along that an even more troublesome entity was coming. The fact that she ordered everyone else present to retreat immediately was proof enough of just how terrifying the impending threat would be.

Realizing this, how could Zou Feng dare to harbor any unnecessary curiosity? He decisively obeyed and fell back, having zero interest in finding out what exactly was about to rear its head.

Yet, even though Zou Feng retreated immediately, a wave of malevolence that made his head spin still washed over him without any warning…