"Chu Feng, doesn't the Great Emperor Slaying Demon's soul body contain combat power?"
"Is he really just going to watch? He won't actually help you?"
Egg Egg asked.
"Senior Great Emperor Slaying Demon's remnant soul was formed by a formation. If he were going to help, he should have helped already."
"Even if there's some kind of trigger mechanism, it might only activate after I've been seriously injured."
"But I can't be sure — it's entirely possible that even if I'm gravely wounded, he still won't react."
When it came to the Great Emperor Slaying Demon's soul body, Chu Feng simply couldn't say for certain.
"In that case, capturing Zhao Feng alive is going to be quite difficult, isn't it?"
"That's exactly why this Queen should step in. I can capture him alive," Egg Egg said.
"No need."
"What I just did might have looked like I was provoking him."
"But I also deliberately made it seem like I wanted to fight Zhao Feng head-on — to use the opportunity to capture him and leverage his identity to escape."
"I wanted to give them the feeling that I've been backed into a corner."
"Because I've noticed that while the Prison Sect has many Heavenly God Realm cultivators, none of them possess particularly overwhelming combat strength."
"Most likely they've only just broken through, and used some special method to do so, making their cultivation unstable."
"The Seven Realms Sacred Palace's Heavenly Dragon Spirit World Master is the same way."
"But even though their individual strength isn't all that impressive, there are simply too many of them."
"The Demon-Slaying Sword's power isn't weak, but fighting so many head-on wouldn't be easy."
"Even if I used my martial skills, my advantage wouldn't be all that great."
"That's precisely why I haven't been using any martial skills up until now."
"I want them to think I'm nothing special."
"When that time comes, I'll launch a surprise attack — they won't be able to react in time, and Zhao Feng won't have any chance to escape."
Chu Feng said to Egg Egg.
Chu Feng had not been fighting at full strength from the very beginning. He hadn't even used a single martial skill.
The impression he gave was that while he could barely hold his own against a swarm of Heavenly God Realm opponents, it was a tremendous struggle.
This was one of Chu Feng's trademark tactics.
Show weakness first, then unleash the killing blow.
Of course, there was one critical element to this strategy.
The "showing weakness" part had to be done from an unassailable position.
If you showed weakness and actually got defeated, it was game over.
"This Chu Feng doesn't seem capable of using martial skills."
"He really can't — looks like that's the downside of borrowing the Demon-Slaying Sword."
"Take a closer look. He's drenched in sweat and gasping for breath — he looks like his stamina is about to run out. Wielding that Demon-Slaying Sword must be incredibly draining."
"Indeed, it doesn't look like he can hold out much longer."
"As long as we keep him surrounded and don't give him a chance to flee, he'll fall before long."
"Good — this time, we'll kill him right here."
At the same time, the Prison Sect's forces were exchanging quiet words among themselves, analyzing Chu Feng's condition.
And their analysis played right into Chu Feng's hands.
Chu Feng had been carefully observing their reactions the entire time. Once he sensed that they believed victory was already in their grasp — that they had relaxed their vigilance compared to the start — he struck without hesitation.
"Divine Might Void Domain, Heavenly Dao Suppression!!!"
In an instant, Chu Feng unleashed two consecutive Triple-Stage Divine prohibitions.
Everyone's combat power plummeted, as both of these martial techniques shared the same effect — weakening the enemy's strength.
Immediately after, golden light erupted around Chu Feng once more. He unleashed two more Triple-Stage Divine prohibitions in rapid succession.
They were the Ye Immortal Clan's Heavenly Dao Body Shield and the Heavenly Dao Movement Technique.
The Heavenly Dao Body Shield increased combat power and defense, while the Heavenly Dao Movement Technique boosted speed.
In that instant, Chu Feng surged toward Zhao Feng like a phantom.
The sudden shift happened so fast that no one could react.
Along the way, every person who tried to block his path was cut clean in half by the Demon-Slaying Sword.
In the span of a heartbeat, he had reached Zhao Feng.
Zhao Feng desperately tried to counterattack, but his strikes were utterly meaningless against Chu Feng in his current state.
After closing the distance, Chu Feng did not swing the Demon-Slaying Sword at him. Instead, he landed a vicious kick square in the center of Zhao Feng's chest.
The kick sent blood streaming from Zhao Feng's nose and mouth. His face twisted in agony, and he let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered.
A single kick — and Zhao Feng's combat power was completely stripped away.
Chu Feng had done this deliberately. To help Feng Ling reclaim her bloodline, he could not completely destroy Zhao Feng's soul.
But merely injuring his physical body would be pointless — so he had to gravely wound Zhao Feng's soul instead.
That kick appeared to target the body, but in truth, it was the damage to Zhao Feng's soul that truly robbed him of his fighting ability.