Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 379 Zhou Chun's Nemesis [Please Subscribe]

In the sky outside Tianyuan Immortal City, two streaks of light, one gold and one silver, were in hot pursuit, attracting the attention of many cultivators along the way.

Unfortunately, the two streaks of light were too fast, and many cultivators couldn't even see the figures inside.

Only those with higher cultivation levels could vaguely make out the figures of the two young men after straining their eyes.

At this moment, amidst the fleeing golden rainbow light ahead, Zhou Chun's expression was solemn, his heart filled with shock.

He hadn't expected that the enemy tracking him was actually a very rare cultivator at the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion realm, skilled in lightning-based techniques.

Moreover, judging from the other party's somewhat youthful appearance, he is probably not very old and may come from a powerful sect.

This is definitely a very formidable and troublesome enemy!

"It seems he's here for the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass. Could the voice of that young man I was bidding against earlier be his?"

"But how did he know my whereabouts? Did Tianyuan Pavilion sell my information to him after the auction?"

Zhou Chun was filled with doubt and uncertainty, and had many questions.

He didn't know how the silver-robed youth knew he possessed the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass, but he knew that a fierce battle was inevitable today.

His "Flowing Golden Rainbow" secret technique was indeed very fast, but it couldn't outrun the silver-robed youth behind him.

The opponent's lightning escape technique was truly formidable, and he also had an advantage in cultivation level, leaving him with absolutely no advantage in speed.

Sure enough, the silver streak of light quickly caught up to Zhou Chun and attacked him from a distance of more than ten miles away.

Boom!

A thunderclap suddenly boomed in the sky, and a silver-white lightning bolt appeared, striking the golden rainbow light in front of it.

The golden rainbow light stopped abruptly upon being struck, revealing Zhou Chun's figure with her hair standing on end.

As a cultivator in the early stage of the Purple Mansion realm, Zhou Chun was not so weak that he couldn't even withstand a single blow from his opponent.

However, the power of lightning magic is indeed formidable, and it even has some effect against him.

This attack not only interrupted his escape technique, but also caused him to experience slight numbness.

He used to frequently have his spirit pets unleash lightning to strike people, and today he finally got to experience being struck by lightning himself!

After stopping his escape, Zhou Chun's body emitted golden light, instantly dispelling the slight numbness. He then raised his hand and used the "Solid as a Golden Mountain" technique to protect himself.

Then he reached out and patted the storage bag at his waist, and the earthen-yellow inkstone magic artifact flew out, swirling above his head and blooming earthen-yellow clouds to form a second layer of protection.

Just as he finished putting on these two protective measures, the silver-robed youth caught up and launched an attack on him without saying a word.

With a rub of his hands, a bolt of silver-white lightning, as thick as an infant's arm, leaped out and pounced towards Zhou Chun like a silver-white lightning dragon.

Under the bombardment of this silvery-white lightning, the cloud-like light shield that Zhou Chun had just set up was instantly blasted open with a large hole, and the golden mountain inside was also blasted and shook.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Chun's noodles trembled, and he secretly groaned inwardly.

His guess has probably come true!

The opponent's lightning magic is so powerful that the cultivation technique they practice must also be a top-tier technique.

The value of this top-tier lightning-based technique far surpasses that of the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Technique" he cultivates.

Unless one is extremely lucky, it is impossible for a major sect with a deep foundation to possess such a powerful technique.

After his attack, the silver-robed youth didn't rush to continue. Instead, he looked at him with disdain and coldly said, "With this little strength, you dare to compete with me, the young master, for the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass with 100,000 spirit coins? You've got some nerve!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Chun frowned and said, "Judging from your supernatural abilities, you shouldn't be from a humble background. If you really want the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass, why aren't you willing to spend even 100,000 spirit coins? Why resort to such despicable means!"

Disciples of major sects are not necessarily upright people, but it is rare to see someone who, after reaching the Purple Mansion stage of cultivation, still becomes a bandit for 100,000 spirit coins.

After all, once one's cultivation reaches the Purple Mansion stage, one becomes a core true disciple in a major sect, and to some extent, one can already represent the sect.

If someone like that becomes a bandit cultivator, and the news leaks out, unless they have a very powerful master or elder protecting them, they will definitely be severely punished.

That's why Zhou Chun had this question.

However, upon hearing this, the silver-robed youth's expression instantly darkened, and he couldn't help but sneer, "Hmph, this young master does want the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass, but I'm not foolish enough to spend 100,000 spirit coins on a single Thousand-Year Spirit Grass!"

His words seemed reasonable and even suggested that he had self-control.

But Zhou Chun immediately understood the whole story.

Presumably, the other party couldn't produce that many spirit coins for some reason, and was indeed in great need of the Thousand-Year Thunder Light Grass like him, which is why he had the intention to kill and rob the treasure after bidding for the Thousand-Year Thunder Light Grass.

He then looked at the silver-robed youth with a solemn expression and said, "If you truly desire the Thousand-Year Thunderlight Grass, I am not unwilling to give it to you. However, could you please tell me how you knew that I possessed it?"

Unexpectedly, the silver-robed youth sneered upon hearing this, saying, "What a joke! If this young master has taken a fancy to something, he can take it himself. Why should I need you to deliver it?"

After saying that, he raised his hand and patted his storage bag, summoning a silver-white spear magic weapon.

"go!"

The silver-robed youth let out a low shout, and silver-white arcs of electricity surged from his silver-white spear, shooting towards Zhou Chun like a bolt of silver-white lightning.

But Zhou Chun was not someone to be trifled with, and she kept a close eye on his actions.

The moment the silver-white spear appeared, Zhou Chun also summoned the golden longsword magic weapon.

The two magical artifacts collided just a few dozen feet in front of Zhou Chun. Zhou Chun's golden longsword was blasted away in an instant, showing that he was no match for them.

"A high-grade, third-tier magic weapon!"

With a change in expression, Zhou Chun hurriedly channeled his magic power into the earthen-yellow inkstone artifact, releasing an even richer yellow glow to protect himself.

After deflecting the golden knife, the silver spear surged with silver-white lightning and instantly accelerated, shooting towards Zhou Chun once more.

In an instant, Zhou Chun felt a jolt to his soul, as if struck by lightning, as the two layers of protection he had put up were shattered by the silver spear.

Fortunately, at the last moment he activated the "Golden Cauldron Mystic Light" to set up a third layer of protection, which blasted away the silver spear that had exhausted its strength.

"Oh, he's still alive?"

A look of surprise flashed across the silver-robed youth's face, followed by a cold smile. He immediately formed a hand seal, and the silver spear, imbued with his magic power, shot towards Zhou Chundong once more.

If one attack fails, then attack a few more times.

He didn't believe Zhou Chun could be so lucky every time!

Having experienced the power of that silver spear firsthand, Zhou Chun dared not let his opponent try again.

While hastily urging the golden longsword magic weapon that had been blasted away earlier to slash at the spear, he decisively raised his hand, patted the storage bag at his waist, took out a jade box, and smashed it to pieces without hesitation.

Inside the shattered jade box, Zhou Chun grabbed a talisman gleaming with a hazy yellow light and immediately activated it by infusing it with his magic power.

As the magic talisman was activated, a spiritual armor formed from earth-yellow spiritual light quickly donned Zhou Chun's body, protecting his entire body.

At this moment, the silver spear once again knocked away the golden longsword, pierced through the earth-yellow protective shield, and landed on Zhou Chun.

But this time, the luminous armor steadily blocked the attack of the silver spear.

Taking advantage of the silver spear being blocked, Zhou Chun immediately launched a counterattack.

He first made a hand seal, and a dragon's roar resounded from within his body. His hands immediately transformed into dragon claws, and patches of blue-gold dragon scales emerged on his skin. A single dragon horn also grew on his head.

After opening his Purple Mansion, Zhou Chun had already cultivated the second-level peak of the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique," and easily broke through to the third level, entering the top-tier realm.

At this moment, as soon as he unleashed this secret technique, his physical body was instantly strengthened to the point of being comparable to a third-tier demon beast, and the defensive power of the dragon scales on his body was no less than that of a low-grade third-tier defensive armor.

He could even control air currents to fly without using magic, and even cast some first and second-tier wind magic spells that he had never learned.

It can be said that it was only after reaching the third level that the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique" truly began to demonstrate the power of its top-level secret arts.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chun took off the spirit beast pouch from his waist and flicked it. Two streams of insects, one golden and one red, surged out of the pouch and quickly formed two clouds of insects above his head.

Then he quickly formed a hand seal with both hands and unleashed a burst of golden spiritual light at the golden cloud of insects.

Instantly, the golden swarm of insects rapidly split in the air. A portion of it fell swiftly towards him, and inside the spiritual armor, it clung to the cyan-gold dragon scales, transforming into a golden insect armor to protect him. The rest split into five golden insect spears.

"go!"

Zhou Chun raised his hand and pointed at the silver-robed youth, and five golden insect spears shot towards him.

At the same time, Zhou Chun thought for a moment, and from the crimson cloud of insects, thousands of needles shot out simultaneously, forming a rain of crimson scorpion stingers that shot towards the silver-robed youth.

This change caused the silver-robed youth's expression to shift, and he hurriedly paused his attack to focus on defense.

He made a hand seal, and silver lightning erupted from his body. He vanished from his spot in a flash.

When it reappeared, it was already hundreds of feet away in mid-air.

This caused all five insect spears and thousands of flying needles to miss their mark.

However, the insect spear is easy to deal with. With just a thought from Zhou Chun, he can quickly change direction and relock onto the target.

Only the scorpion stingers, once fired, could no longer be controlled and fell to the ground, exhausted.

After creating space to cast spells again, the silver-robed youth immediately raised his hand and patted the storage bag at his waist, summoning a silver-white war drum artifact.

He rubbed his hands together, and a bolt of silver-white lightning shot out and landed on the silver-white war drum artifact.

Then, with a loud "thud," the war drums boomed through the air.

The sound of the drums was as awe-inspiring as thunder, containing a terrifying sonic attack.

Even Zhou Chun, after using the "Dragon Transformation Secret Technique," was startled upon hearing the drumbeat, momentarily lost in thought, and his heart pounded with each beat, causing him to feel irritable and suffocated.

Because of this momentary lapse in concentration, both of Zhou Chun's magical artifacts lost contact for a split second. The golden sword was violently knocked away by the silver spear, and cracks appeared on its blade, indicating that it was already quite damaged.

But the two types of demonic insects suffered the most!

The "Mysterious Armored Golden Feathers" fared somewhat better. Having been subjected to Zhou Chun's "Insect Spear Technique," their resistance had already increased significantly. Under the thunderous sound, their insect spears were simply shattered, and they transformed back into individual demonic insects, resulting in minimal casualties.

But those "Flying Fire Scorpions" are in trouble!

The "Flying Fire Scorpion" was already much weaker than the "Mysterious Armor Golden Feather" in terms of physique. At this moment, as soon as the thunder sounded, those "Flying Fire Scorpions" that had not yet entered their mature state immediately crackled like popping beans and were instantly shattered into clouds of blood mist.

"Damn it! Is this guy some kind of nemesis of mine?!"

Zhou Chun snapped out of his daze and, upon seeing the miserable state of his two demonic insects, his expression instantly turned incredibly grim.

Since his debut, he has never encountered such a formidable opponent of the same level.

In just a few moves since they started fighting, almost all of his techniques have been countered by his opponent.

In terms of escape techniques, he was completely outmatched by his opponent; his insect-repelling techniques were also completely countered; and he couldn't even compete with his opponent in terms of magical artifacts.

What was once an invincible technique during the Foundation Establishment stage is now utterly useless.

The silver-robed youth, however, had regained his confident demeanor, looking at Zhou Chun with a smug smile and saying, "Hahaha, kid, show me what other tricks you have up your sleeve! Don't say I didn't give you a chance!"

That smug look made Zhou Chun's anger flare up.

He couldn't even remember the last time he had been so humiliated in front of a cultivator of the same realm.

The silver-robed youth didn't look much older than him, and although his cultivation was a small realm higher, his aura suggested he had only recently broken through.

Normally, even if he was outmatched, he shouldn't have performed this badly.

Unfortunately, today his methods were either countered by his opponent, or his magical artifacts were inferior to his opponent's. He was truly being completely outmaneuvered!

This actually reveals the shortcomings of Zhou Chun and even the Zhou family.

When Zhou Chun was establishing his foundation, the Zhou family was able to provide him with the best magical artifacts, which helped him quickly cultivate his spirit pet to the second tier.

However, once he opened his Purple Mansion, the Zhou family's resources would no longer be sufficient to provide him with the most suitable high-grade third-tier magic weapon to help him cultivate his spirit pet to the third tier.

Without the advantages of magical artifacts and spirit pets, and facing enemies who cultivate top-tier techniques just like him and whose attributes even counter his own, Zhou Chun, who was once considered invincible in the Foundation Establishment stage, now feels as powerless as his former opponents.

"I only regret that I haven't mastered that secret technique yet, otherwise I would definitely teach this bastard a lesson today!"

Zhou Chun harbored resentment and immediately considered retreating.

He had only recently opened his Purple Mansion, and neither his secret techniques nor his acquisition of magical artifacts had kept pace with his cultivation level.

If he were to encounter an ordinary early or mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivator, he could still put up a fight by relying on his superior cultivation techniques and insect-repelling skills. However, someone like the silver-robed youth, who clearly came from a prestigious sect, was someone he couldn't compare to at his current level.

With this thought in mind, Zhou Chun's eyes hardened, and he immediately ordered the surviving "Mysterious Armor Golden Feather" demonic insects to swarm towards the silver-robed youth.

Then, he raised his paw and patted the storage bag at his waist, taking out a third-grade high-quality attack talisman and throwing it at the silver-robed youth.

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(End of this chapter)