Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

Chapter 561: Chapter 292: The Relics of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator [Subscribe Requested]

In the valley.

Zhou Mingde’s face also turned pale with shock and he hurriedly yelled a warning to Zhou Chun to be careful when he saw Ruan Hongzhuang suddenly lunge at him.

But Ruan Hongzhuang’s move was so sudden and she was less than twenty feet from Zhou Chun, so almost as soon as he shouted, she was already at Zhou Chun’s side.

In such a situation, a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator going against a cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment could certainly be described as easily capturing prey.

That was precisely what Ruan Hongzhuang thought.

Upon coming out, she saw Zhou Chun approaching and was struck by the idea of taking him hostage.

Previously, in the Underground Mausoleum, she had been forced by circumstances to agree to Zhou Mingde’s proposal to work together against the Green-Faced Zombie.

However, with the example of Shen Borong in mind, she did not believe that Zhou Mingde would truly share the riches acquired from the mausoleum’s exploration.

Thus, once they were above ground, as she watched Zhou Chun approach, the idea of taking him hostage flashed through her mind.

Considering how Zhou Mingde adamantly refused Shen Borong’s earlier suggestion to send down the three juniors to help, it was quite evident that Zhou Mingde had a special concern for his junior, Zhou Chun.

If she could use Zhou Chun as a hostage, she wouldn’t only avoid Zhou Mingde betraying her, but she might also be able to force out some of his gains.

However, she planned well and chose a good moment to strike, but she completely overlooked whether she was truly able to capture Zhou Chun.

All her hopes were predicated on the assumption that she could capture Zhou Chun in an instant.

But in reality, she failed to capture Zhou Chun!

At that moment, seeing Ruan Hongzhuang suddenly pounce toward him, Zhou Chun’s face turned white with shock, and he was terrified.

But his reaction was incredibly quick, and he spat out a golden rainbow at the oncoming Ruan Hongzhuang, while his body swiftly retreated backward.

Zhou Chun had never spent much effort on other secret techniques, focusing solely on cultivating the “Flowing Light Golden Rainbow.”

After years of diligent practice, he had mastered this technique to a profound level, making it as readily available as the “Golden Cauldron Profound Light.”

The power of the “Flowing Light Golden Rainbow” was also many times stronger than when he had first begun its practice.

Ruan Hongzhuang, having made a spur-of-the-moment decision to capture Zhou Chun, hadn’t anticipated failing against a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator with her Purple Mansion Phase cultivation level.

By the time her Divine Sense detected the power of the golden rainbow and realized something was amiss, it was already too late for her to change her approach.

As the golden rainbow flashed, the protective barrier raised by Ruan Hongzhuang was instantly filled with cracks, and her forward momentum was stopped by a powerful blast.

Although that halt was brief and she quickly launched another fiery red spiritual light toward Zhou Chun, it was that moment of pause that caused her to completely lose the chance to capture him!

Under Zhou Mingde’s command, the Fire Divine Jackal rushed to Zhou Chun’s side in an instant and blocked her attack.

Seeing this, Ruan Hongzhuang immediately turned to escape without hesitation, filled with regret.

When she had made her move, she had already instructed her junior to open a Formation passage for her to escape through the Formation Flags.

But another miscalculation occurred.

The Formation passage opened by her junior dispersed as soon as it appeared.

The person who thwarted her escape was none other than the junior of Shen Borong!

Clearly, the Formation provided by Shen Borong was not as straightforward as he had claimed.

In reality, the true control over the Formation still rested in the hands of his junior.

“Shen Shiming, what have you done?” Ruan Hongzhuang, faced with a blocked retreat, turned to Shen Borong’s junior with a face filled with shocked anger.

Confronting her angry questioning, Shen Borong’s junior also looked at her with a similarly shocked and angry expression, saying, “Junior here would like to ask Senior Ruan what you plan to do?”

“Where is my grand uncle? What were Senior’s intentions with your move against Taoist Friend Zhou? Why do you now wish to leave by yourself?”

It turns out he had been warned by Shen Borong that unless Shen himself instructed him, he should interrupt anyone attempting to use the Formation passage to escape.

Moreover, even without Shen Borong’s warning, based on Ruan Hongzhuang’s recent actions, he would have done the same.

After all, the Green-Faced Zombie that followed them was clearly very powerful, and Ruan Hongzhuang, a Purple Mansion Phase Cultivator, was trying to escape alone – which of course, he disagreed with.

What he didn’t anticipate at all was that his grand uncle Shen Borong had already died!

And what he had just done was to seal Ruan Hongzhuang’s fate!

Ruan Hongzhuang immediately burst out in fury, “You fool! Instead of stopping the one who actually killed Taoist Friend Shen, you come after me. How could Taoist Friend Shen have such a foolish junior?”

“What did you say? My grand uncle, he’s dead!” Shen Shiming was taken aback, turning his gaze towards Zhou Mingde with a face full of shock.

But Zhou Mingde wasted no words and directly launched his magic artifact at him.

At the same time, the Green-Faced Zombie also pounced towards Zhou Mingde, who was nearest and most vulnerable.

This chaotic battle was a dizzying swirl of rapid changes.

But the outcome came quickly.

Facing Zhou Mingde’s attack, Shen Shiming had no power to resist and was killed in a single strike.