Chapter 751: Scheming Against Each Other, Who Is Conning Whom?

Chapter 751: Chapter 736: Scheming Against Each Other, Who Is Conning Whom?

As he watched them, Jun Tianyu noticed a huge difference in Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun compared to how they had been at the Stone Gate.

Back at the Stone Gate, the two brothers were already quite exhausted and had suffered minor injuries from their prolonged battle with Ren Xudong and his partner.

That was why he had chosen to ambush them the moment the Stone Gate opened.

He had even used the Heart-Shattering Five Extremes Palm to grievously wound them.

But now, after several exchanges, Jun Tianyu realized they had been plotting against him as well… Everything they had shown before was an act!

Where were the signs of serious injury on Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun now?

Not only were their spirits and strength at their peak, but they had also absorbed most of the Dark Energy in this Hungry Ghost Dao. In their clashes so far, Jun Tianyu hadn’t gained the slightest advantage!

“Heh heh heh!” Zuo Feng cackled. “My brother and I feigned weakness to deal with Ren Xudong and his partner. Who knew that instead of catching a small fish, we’d hook a big one!”

“A treacherous schemer like you? How could we not be on guard?”

As he spoke, Zuo Feng reached behind his back and pulled out a pale, cyan object that looked like a scale, flashing it at Jun Tianyu…

Zuo Feng flashed the scale-like object at Jun Tianyu again and said, “A Heart-Protecting Mirror forged from the Demon Realm’s Spirit Absorption Stones. I’m sure Brother Jun has heard of it.”

“Your Heart-Shattering Five Extremes Palm is astonishingly powerful, but after penetrating my Armor, at most only eighty percent of its power remained. When that struck this Heart-Protecting Mirror, sixty percent of that remaining power was absorbed. After accounting for what our Protective Gang Qi blocked, less than twenty percent of the force actually entered our bodies!”

At that moment, Zuo Yun, on the other side, chimed in, “And as for that remaining twenty percent, we’ve already completely purged it by borrowing the surging Dark Energy here in the Hungry Ghost Dao… Were you, Jun, still waiting for half an hour to pass for the energy of the Heart-Shattering Five Extremes Palm to detonate inside us, so you could seize the opportunity to kill us both on the spot?”

“My deepest apologies, but we brothers are not as foolish as you imagined.”

“You were plotting against us, but weren’t we plotting against you as well? Hahahaha!”

“So that’s how it is.” Jun Tianyu gave a bitter smile. “To be honest, I never once underestimated you two. If I hadn’t been deceived by your performance into thinking you were already injured, I really wouldn’t have chosen you.”

“Compared to you two with your Combined Attack Technique, Ren Xudong and his partner were actually more suitable targets for me.”

“However, I’m also quite curious. Even if my Power is diminished in this Hungry Ghost Dao while yours is greatly amplified, that alone shouldn’t be enough to deal with me, right?”

At this, Jun Tianyu tilted his head up slightly, a proud smile on his face. “If I wish to leave, forget you two. Even if all those from the Demon God Hall back at the Stone Gate attacked me together, who could possibly stop me?”

“Is that so?” Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun smirked in unison.

Zuo Feng slowly ran a finger over the heavy hammer in his hand. The hammer suddenly erupted in raging flames, its shape changing drastically!

In just a short moment, the terrifying heavy hammer had transformed into a pair of pitch-black claws!

Zuo Feng scoffed and slipped the two pitch-black claws onto his hands.

Instantly, Zuo Feng’s already sinister aura skyrocketed, becoming a veritable Demon’s Tyranny!

“Hm?”

Feeling the change in Zuo Feng’s aura, Jun Tianyu’s gaze sharpened.

Immediately, he saw Zuo Yun on the other side do the same, transforming the Giant Axe in his hands into a pair of claws and putting them on!

The moment this pair of pitch-black claws was on their hands, all the Dark Energy within the Hungry Ghost Dao began to converge on the two of them!

To be more precise, it was converging on their claws!

Wretched ghostly shrieks echoed through the air as numerous Ghosts were also pulled from thin air toward them!

“The legendary ‘Netherworld Demon Claw,’ which can absorb a massive amount of Dark Energy in a short time for an explosive burst! Are you two planning to use the power of the entire Hungry Ghost Dao to obliterate me? Aren’t you afraid of the backlash from using such an utterly evil object? Afraid of your souls scattering?”

Seeing the legendary and notorious Netherworld Ghost Claw of the Demon Dao, Jun Tianyu’s expression finally changed!

Legend said it was a demonic blade forged with the power of an ancient Divine Demon.

It contained, to some degree, the power of an ancient Divine Demon—something no ordinary expert from the Human Realm could ever hope to handle!

And now, two pairs of Netherworld Demon Claws had appeared at once!

Zuo Feng spoke with extreme confidence, “The effort my brother and I have put into our Cultivation is beyond your imagination. Many years ago, we began to study the Combined Attack Technique, and at the same time, we searched for the most suitable Divine Weapon for us… one that could maximize our power.”

“Finally, under the guidance of Lord Taotie, we paid a great price to obtain these two pairs of Netherworld Demon Claws. Then we spent three thousand years cultivating a Combined Attack Technique called ‘Abi Ghost Gate Dao’!”

“We have kept both the Abi Ghost Gate Dao and the Netherworld Demon Claws hidden. Anyone who has seen them has had their soul scattered and no longer exists in this world.”

“This time, we originally intended to deal with Ren Xudong and Zheng Tianfeng, but you walked right into our trap… The moment your palm struck our backs, your death was sealed! Jun Tianyu, accept your fate!”

Following Zuo Feng’s furious roar, the entire Hungry Ghost Dao seemed to tremble. The void rippled like the surface of water!

A monstrous black flame suddenly erupted, forming a circle that trapped the three of them inside!

“The Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier? Impossible!”

“With the abilities of you two, how could you possibly set up a Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier in this Hungry Ghost Dao in such a short time?”

Jun Tianyu’s face fell. His body flashed, and in an instant, streaks of Spirit Light covered him as he donned a suit of Silver Armor.

At the same time, a slender Longsword appeared in his hand.

Without another word, Jun Tianyu shot back a hundred meters, spun around, and swung his sword!

A Heaven-Piercing Sword Qi streaked across the sky, instantly slashing down upon the raging Black Flame!

“CLANG!”

The moment the Sword Qi met the Black Flame, the sound of clashing metal rang out.

The Black Flame Barrier merely wavered slightly before returning to normal!

Just as Jun Tianyu was about to try again, a streak of fire and a streak of blue light swept toward him from both sides, forcing him to parry and abandon his attack on the Barrier!

“It’s useless. Even if you focus all your power on a single point of this barrier, it would take you at least two or three hours to break it with brute force! But do you really think we’ll give you the chance to leisurely break the Array?” Zuo Feng sneered as he closed in on Jun Tianyu.

Zuo Yun said smugly, “Of course we don’t have the ability to set up the Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier in such a short time. This barrier was created by two great lords at our request and was inscribed upon the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele long ago!”

“Why do you think we were making small talk with you? It was to buy time to activate the Array within the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele!”

“This time, let’s see you try to escape!”

As they spoke, from the center of the Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier, a colossal Ancient Stele, glowing faintly and wreathed in Black Flame, slowly rose from the ground. The Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier grew stronger still!

Through the raging Black Flame, one could vaguely see that the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele was ten zhang tall, like a Qingtian pillar that held up the sky!

It was carved with ancient-looking Demon Patterns, and its aura was utterly terrifying!

The moment the Ancient Stele emerged from the ground, the Black Flame upon it surged dozens of zhang high, completely connecting with the Black Flame Barrier in the sky and forming a single, unified whole!

Just like that, Jun Tianyu was trapped inside!

“You two… have hidden your true strength well. I am truly impressed!”

Jun Tianyu glanced at the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Stele, his eyes narrowing as a sharp light flashed within them again!

And in the time it took to speak, the pitch-black claws on Zuo Feng’s and Zuo Yun’s hands had already gathered a terrifying amount of Energy!

Done with the chatter, they attacked Jun Tianyu from both sides simultaneously. A monstrous Demonic Qi, like two Evil Dragons, roared toward Jun Tianyu, sealing off his every retreat!

As the monstrous Demonic Qi erupted, a tyrannical demonic might filled every inch of space within the barrier, its power shaking the heavens!

The space enclosed by the Ten Thousand Demons Black Flame Barrier was far too small for experts at the Emperor Martial Realm Late Stage.

Fighting in such a constrained area, with no ability to fly high, Jun Tianyu had become like a turtle in a jar, with little room to even dodge!

‘Fighting in a place like this… they’re trying to force me into a head-on clash!’

Startled, Jun Tianyu reacted without thinking, his body sliding forward.

However, the two Evil Dragons simply changed direction, pursuing him without any loss of speed!

“If that’s the case, then let me see just what kind of ghostly tricks this ‘Abi Ghost Gate Dao’ of yours really holds!”

Jun Tianyu knew full well that this move utilized the Netherworld Demon Claws to gather the power of the entire Hungry Ghost Dao and was not to be taken lightly.

But his skill was as great as his courage, and he was now thoroughly provoked!

His body spun like a whirlwind. Jun Tianyu furiously channeled his Profound Skill, his Longsword dancing rapidly, creating streaks of dazzling sword light in the dim Hungry Ghost Dao as thunder, wind, and fire erupted all at once!

“Sword like wind, Qi like clouds, thunder and fire to shatter the dragon’s cry!”

Just as Jun Tianyu’s sword light formed and soared toward the sky…

The two charging Evil Dragons suddenly twisted and intertwined with each other!

They formed a single, even larger and more powerful Black Dragon!

The moment this Black Dragon formed, it struck like a cobra, its head lunging forward at more than double its previous speed to bite down on the Sword Qi Jun Tianyu had unleashed!

The twins, Zuo Feng and Zuo Yun, usually played the fool, but in reality, they were devious and cunning.

This move had also been planned from the start, a vicious trap laid for Jun Tianyu!

Their attacks, completely controlled by their Divine Thought, merged into a single strike at the precise moment Jun Tianyu launched his own attack!

It was just as they had said: anyone who had seen the Abi Ghost Gate Dao and the Netherworld Demon Claws had already had their soul scattered!

A Combined Attack Technique!

Its power could pierce the heavens!

And by combining at the very last moment, it was impossible to defend against!

Even someone as brilliant as Jun Tianyu had fallen for it in a moment of carelessness!