Chapter 876 - 496: Who Doesn’t Have a Divine Artifact?

"Those two... forget it..."

"Actually, most of these Supreme Elders have lived in comfort for too long. They basically spend all their time in secluded Cultivation enjoying a life of ease, and haven’t participated in conquering the Outer Realm for a long time."

"If we hadn’t made up our minds to wipe out the Tribulation Cultivators and face the great tribulation this time, they might not have even come out of seclusion..." Wang Yu shrugged.

Although Wang Yu’s words made some sense, Zou Feng wouldn’t completely believe them.

After all, given the Supreme Elders’ high Realm, the things they could perceive were definitely deeper and further than what Wang Yu could see.

How could their worries be completely baseless?

But since Xu Xiongda could become the Vice Sect Leader of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, he absolutely couldn’t just be a brainless brute.

So the core issue still lay in the Heaven-Flipping Seal’s Time Reversal.

To put it bluntly, without the Heaven-Flipping Seal’s Time Reversal, Xu Xiongda would nine times out of ten defeat Gongyang Yunlan.

But after a Time Reversal, even if Xu Xiongda solely won by having overwhelmingly strong stats, Gongyang Yunlan would likely still be able to rely on the experience of her previous defeat to find a countermeasure...

To prevent Xu Xiongda from suffering an unexpected failure during the "rematch" following a reversal, if Zou Feng was going to use his side effect Critical Strike, it would be best to do so after the rematch had begun.

If he used the side effect Critical Strike during the first encounter, ensuring Gongyang Yunlan’s defeat wouldn’t be a problem, but she would definitely realize she had fallen into someone else’s trap.

After the Time Reversal, knowing that a mysterious force was interfering, there likely wouldn’t even be a rematch. Gongyang Yunlan would probably just slip away directly...

But if he used the side effect Critical Strike during the rematch, she would naturally have no way out.

Then the question arose: how could he know whether the Heaven-Flipping Seal had used Time Reversal?

Take this very moment for example; could time have already been reversed?

After all, according to Lin Mu, following a Time Reversal, apart from those protected by the Heaven-Flipping Seal, no one else would retain memories of the previous timeline.

As for how to judge whether they had already experienced a Time Reversal, Zou Feng found it to be quite a headache.

His troubled expression naturally caught Wang Yu’s attention.

"Say... are you stressing over how to tell if time has already been reversed?"

Zou Feng replied without turning his head, "Exactly. Aren’t you concerned?"

Wang Yu shook his head. "For an ordinary Cultivator, since the relevant memories would be erased, they naturally wouldn’t know if time had been reversed. But we are Nascent Soul Cultivators, and we knew in advance that the Heaven-Flipping Seal possessed this kind of ability...

"In my opinion, whether time has been reversed or not, we should more or less be able to notice some clues, right?"

Although Wang Yu hadn’t experienced any Time Reversal himself, looking at him, it seemed he really was confident he could spot anomalies.

His words reminded Zou Feng of something.

The best way to find signs that time had already been reversed was actually to carefully observe Gongyang Yunlan’s every move.

During the battle, if this woman could constantly predict what Xu Xiongda was going to do next, that would be equivalent to exposing a flaw.

But the problem was that Gongyang Yunlan definitely knew this too. With her Realm and strength, she absolutely wouldn’t expose such a flaw so easily.

After all, predicting the future in combat wasn’t anything rare for a Divinity Transformation Realm Great Cultivator who had Cultivated Inference Skills.

They couldn’t infer from that alone that the Heaven-Flipping Seal had used Time Reversal.

Perhaps to confuse the people from the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, Gongyang Yunlan might even intentionally expose some fake flaws to make them think time had already been reversed...

Thinking of this, Zou Feng immediately felt quite helpless.

To put it bluntly, Wang Yu’s suggestion to rely on careful observation wasn’t reliable at all.

With all this second-guessing, who the hell could figure out what level of mind games Gongyang Yunlan was playing on...

However... his List of Gods shouldn’t be inferior to the Heaven-Flipping Seal!

Countering a Divine Artifact with a Divine Artifact was the best method!

"Elder Wang, quick, teach me any simple, easy-to-learn Skill!" Zou Feng already had a plan in mind.

This sudden request naturally left Wang Yu completely baffled.

"What are you doing? This is a peak showdown, shouldn’t you focus on appreciating the fight?"

Zou Feng casually found an excuse. "Tch, I keep dwelling on the issue of Time Reversal and I’m feeling agitated...

"I have this habit—whenever I feel agitated, I can’t help but want to Cultivate some minor Skills. Hurry up and teach me!"

It was completely normal for those who Cultivated Evil Skills and Evil Techniques to have strange quirks. Seeing that Zou Feng was truly in a hurry, Wang Yu didn’t ask any more questions.

He immediately condensed a strand of Divine Thought and tossed it to Zou Feng.

Zou Feng accepted the Divine Thought at once.

The next moment, a Cultivation method for a new Skill appeared in his sea of consciousness.

Since Zou Feng had specified he just wanted to Cultivate a simple minor Skill, the Skill Wang Yu transmitted was indeed just a "little plaything" that a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator could master at a glance.

The Soul-Attracting Technique. If an opponent’s Yang Qi wasn’t vigorous enough, it could completely extract their soul.

This Skill was almost impossible to use in actual combat; it was only useful against Low Tier Cultivators.

Moreover, after extracting the opponent’s soul, it still required supplementary methods like the Soul Refining Technique, or Magical Treasures like the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, to have any substantial effect.

In short, for Zou Feng, it was utterly useless.

But Zou Feng still immediately began to Cultivate according to the method.

As for the conditions required to Cultivate this Skill...

He currently held the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand; using it to Cultivate the Soul-Attracting Technique was a complete waste of its potential.

Furthermore, with Zou Feng’s current Realm, Cultivating this kind of Skill—which even a petty Spiritual Energy Realm Cultivator could practice—was as simple as doing basic arithmetic.

Thus, in less than ten breaths of time, the Cultivation progress appeared on the List of Gods.

"Soul-Attracting Technique (Minor Success), Progress: 7%"

Reaching Minor Success right after starting Cultivation was something even Zou Feng hadn’t anticipated. He could only sigh in admiration that he truly lived up to being an Evil Genius.

But in reality, this had a lot to do with him holding the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand.

Zou Feng estimated that even if he stopped Cultivating right now, under the influence of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, this Skill could probably elevate itself to the Great Success stage on its own.

And the Cultivation progress on the List of Gods was absolutely permanent once validated.

Therefore, all he needed to do next was occasionally check the progress of this Skill...

Just as Zou Feng began Cultivating the Soul-Attracting Technique, ten miles away at the decisive battleground, Gongyang Yunlan finally made a slow appearance.

The reigning Empress of the Dubhe Divine Domain first ascended into the air from the Imperial City, striking a thoroughly imposing figure in the sky. She then arrived at the decisive battleground with teleportation-like speed, facing Xu Xiongda from a distance.

Gongyang Yunlan had no intention of interfering with the Immortal Sect’s observation of the battlefield, allowing everyone on the Fallen God to see her appearance clearly through the void projection.

Having finally laid eyes on this Empress, everyone aboard the Fallen God immediately burst into fervent discussion.

The reason for such discussion was naturally Gongyang Yunlan’s appearance—she possessed distinctly masculine features.

Those who favored this type would be absolutely smitten.

Those who didn’t would find it somewhat hard to accept.

However, judging by Xu Xiongda’s expression at this moment, it was obvious that he favored this type.

Moreover, he was incredibly satisfied. After staring at Gongyang Yunlan for a moment, he couldn’t help but start clapping.

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!" After saying it three times, Xu Xiongda let out a hearty laugh, then nodded and said, "Congratulations, you’ve passed. You are qualified to bear a big, chubby son for me!"

Was this something the Vice Sect Leader of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect should be saying right before a decisive battle with the leader of an enemy faction...?

Zou Feng suddenly realized that these so-called pure Body Cultivators seemed to have some sort of obsession with having children with other powerhouses. The Nascent Soul Realm Ma Qianqin was like this, and Xu Xiongda, who was already in the Divinity Transformation Realm, was exactly the same.

He wondered, "Could it be that the purer a Body Cultivator is, the harder it is for them to have offspring? Do they have to pin their hopes on the other party being a powerhouse of the same caliber, and be highly compatible in certain aspects as well?"

Faced with such a frivolous provocation, Gongyang Yunlan remained expressionless. Only after Xu Xiongda finished his clamoring did she speak in an icy tone, "Are these your only last words?"