Chapter 247: Chapter 246: Pretty Girl's Confusion
After swiftly leaving the battlefield through the streets and alleyways, Asura landed in a corner and stopped.
"I\'m leaving. You should quickly clean these clothes to avoid leaving a scent, then head back to the academy as soon as possible," he whispered to Pretty Girl.
"Wait," Pretty Girl grabbed his sleeve, "don\'t leave just yet. I have something to ask you."
"What is it?" Asura was slightly taken aback.
"How did you know it was going to burst out of the carriage from that side?" Pretty Girl asked with confusion. The three giant bolts were shot in one direction, and there was no preparation on the other side of the carriage. This was highly unusual. Could that also be predicted?
And she didn\'t understand how those bolts had passed through her spatial seal. That area\'s space was clearly distorted, and any object entering that zone would be affected.
"Also, did you use space power to seal it afterwards? Otherwise, how come it didn\'t have any capacity to dodge? And that final blow, why did it suddenly start bleeding without moving?"
Asura chuckled lightly, "Isn\'t the result what you wanted? Alright, I\'m off. Safety first. The first creed of an assassin is to make a quick escape. We\'ll talk next time." With that, he had already leapt up and left swiftly, not giving Pretty Girl a chance to continue her queries.
Pretty Girl stood in place with a slight frown, quickly removing the black clothes, revealing the dress underneath and transforming in an instant.
The next moment, a figure stepped out from the shadows, saying, "He must have sensed me. That\'s why he hurried off. This person is really formidable."
Looking at the figure beside her, with a face veiled and seemingly cloaked in nothingness, Pretty Girl asked, "Is he really deity level?"
"Hard to say, I can\'t make a clear judgment either. But he is willing to help you like this, his goals align with ours. I have asked Zhang Haoxuan, and Zhang Haoxuan said that he too is not entirely clear about Asura\'s origins, but one thing is certain, he is a friend, not a foe."
Pretty Girl\'s eyebrows knitted slightly, "Can I really trust him?"
"Just now, during the assassination of the Flash Leopard King, he used both time and space powers at the same time. Just that alone is something I have never seen in my life. Even among the great monsters of the Demon Emperor rank, none possess these two abilities simultaneously. Not to mention that powerful hidden weapon. The most terrifying part is, I suspect he has manipulated luck. This is also why your spatial seal couldn\'t stop those bolts. To have luck, time, and space, all three powers combined, is just too frightening."
"Luck? Celestial Fox Transformation? This… this can\'t be possible… Could he be that person from the Redemption Academy..." Pretty Girl\'s pupils dilated.
"No, it\'s not him. That kid from Redemption Academy is far from his level, with a much lower cultivation base, and the physique is also different. Alright, let\'s head back as well. The city is about to be in upheaval again soon."
"Will this affect it?" Pretty Girl asked in a low voice.
"That\'s not for us to worry about. In a way, we have actually helped it," came the reply.
"Hmm."
Their figures flickered, and the two quickly distanced themselves.
Asura entered the Jiali Mountain Range once again. Every time he entered the Jiali Mountain Range, he felt a sense of security. The Luck that clung to him was always there until he no longer had the slightest premonition of danger, and only then did he stop, rapidly shedding his disguise.
After a series of crackling sounds from his bones, his body shrank slightly, and removing his mask, he reverted to his original appearance.
He let out a breath, and a faint smile appeared on his face.
After breaking through to the Seventh Stage of cultivation, things indeed became different. If he hadn\'t reached the Seventh Stage today, it would have been unrealistic to kill the Flash Leopard King just like that. After all, that was a peak Ninth-Stage expert.
His plan was actually very simple—to set up a killing trap on the necessary path. He had constructed the large crossbows and extra-long bolts overnight. Not all the bolts could be made of Black Gold, only the tips were made of it. The rest were wooden, which is why they shattered. But that was unimportant.
The Luck augmented by the Fifth-Stage Celestial Fox Transformation had massively increased the power of his Zhuge magic crossbow, leaving even Eighth-Stage experts no chance of avoiding serious injuries.
He had modified the Zhuge magic crossbow to enhance its attack power at the cost of increased size. A total of three Zhuge magic crossbows fired simultaneously, and what they carried was no longer a single magic array but a double magic array. They possessed both the power of the Heavenly Fox Transformation and the Golden Peng Transformation.
The swiftness and sharpness of the Golden Peng Transformation and the deepened Luck of the Heavenly Fox Transformation were unstoppable, even by a spatial seal.
As for why those three gigantic bolts chose that direction, it was Tang San\'s direct choice. After the boost from the Heavenly Fox Transformation\'s Luck, fate would guide the Flash Leopard King to burst out from that location, a subconscious act on its part.
Moreover, Tang San painstakingly imbued the giant bolts with multiple types of powers. Golden Peng Transformation, Heavenly Fox Transformation, and Time Variation Seal.
The stasis of the Time Variation Seal, plus the stasis he cast by appearing above the bolts through Space Teleportation, doubled the effect. Even a Ninth-Stage peak expert would be frozen for an instant, unable to escape. All the more so since he also implemented a spatial seal, taking over from Pretty Girl.
With so many forms of control, topped off by the spiritual impact of Purple Demon Eyes, the Flash Leopard King, with its formidable bloodline power, had absolutely no chance to retaliate under the successive controls.
The Flash Leopard Clan wasn\'t adept at defense; there was no possibility of survival.
The surprise attack could be described as perfect. The kill was executed in the shortest amount of time. It was also the first time Tang San had used his abilities consecutively after reaching the Seventh-Stage Cultivation base.
It was precisely the Seventh-Stage state that allowed him to release multiple Demon God Transformations at once, enabling his Zhuge magic crossbow to be augmented with various Demon God Transformation Abilities. It was also because of the Seventh Stage that the support of the soul core and Spiritual Core allowed him to sustain the activation of all these powers without being overwhelmed.
Defeating an enemy two and a half stages higher was definitely something to take pride in. Although he and Pretty Girl were not ordinary Seventh-Stagers, the Seventh Stage was still the Seventh Stage! Killing a peak Ninth-Stage expert while at the Seventh Stage. Even if someone pointed out that this was done by Pretty Girl, it\'s unlikely anyone would believe it. Moreover, they had simultaneously killed four Eighth-Stage Flash Leopard Monsters, not to mention those pulling the cart.
Aside from the marks left by the bolts, which could be seen as a flaw letting the Monsters identify that it was the same group that killed the Diamond Bear, there were no other imperfections in their plan.
Tang San had dismantled the gigantic crossbow and swiftly put it away for future use. With this gadget, unless faced with the terrifying defenses of the Elephant Clan, it was almost impossible for anyone below deity level to block its attack.
Tang San indeed felt the presence of others lurking in the shadows, but it didn\'t threaten him. With the judgment of the Spirit Rhinoceros Eye, he wasn\'t panicked and vaguely understood that it must have been the backup Pretty Girl had arranged. This wasn\'t the first time he had felt it. Therefore, he quickly left after the assassination to avoid getting entangled with them.