Chapter 532: Make a Choice! Take a Gamble?
When Dong Zhantian contacted Fire Burning Valley.
At the entrance of the Xu Family estate.
Wu Ruicheng, Qiu Shenghai, and others dared not make a sound. Their nerves were tightly wound, and they watched Shen Feng with cautious eyes. Every bone in their bodies seemed to tremble, and their hearts felt as if they were viciously grasped by a claw. They didn't dare to harbor a single thought of resistance in their minds. Someone who could easily deal with Golden Core experts was not someone they could confront.
Shen Feng had no intention of making a move.
He thought that the people from Fire Burning Valley would not let things go so easily. Since he had to wait here for a day, he might as well take care of some more trouble.
His cultivation was now at the peak of the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment. The more people that came, the more energy he would be able to absorb.
Shen Feng looked at Wu Ruicheng, Qiu Shenghai, and the others, and said, "You may also inform the people from Thunder Sound Hall and Heavenly Medicine Sect to come here. Tell the Xus that I will wait here for one day."
"Before that happens, everyone is to stay put. Those who wish to leave without permission are free to try."
As his words fell.
Shen Feng removed the seal on the mouth of the Annihilation Furnace and summoned the Limitless Emperor Flame and Nine Nether Azure Flame, temporarily withdrawing them into his Dantian.
Being forcibly retracted into the Dantian by Shen Feng, the Limitless Emperor Flame and Nine Nether Azure Flame were very dissatisfied. The ultimate flames flickered ceaselessly within his Dantian.
Shen Feng used spiritual energy to soothe these two little fellows, resealed the mouth of the Annihilation Furnace, then shrunk the furnace to the size of a palm before placing it into his storage ring.
He temporarily stopped the Limitless Emperor Flame and Nine Nether Azure Flame from absorbing the might within the Immortal Realm fire stones. That was because he intended to try to break through to the Golden Core Stage next. During his breakthrough, he did not want to be disturbed. With the current Limitless Emperor Flame and Nine Nether Azure Flame, he felt confident enough to handle some trouble.
After completing these tasks and greeting Xu Huifang and the others, he then sat cross-legged on the ground.
There was now a cluster of Immortal Realm Fire on his forehead, which had emerged too hastily from the Annihilation Furnace to be carefully sensed before.
After closing his eyes.
Shen Feng began to sense it meticulously, feeling the cluster of Immortal Realm Fire stabilized above his divine soul, providing a certain level of protection.
Withdrawing his sensing.
The recently absorbed Duan Hongnian was a middle-stage Golden Core expert, and Dong Zhantian's puppet, though forcefully elevated to Golden Core Stage, still had the cultivation of the Golden Core Stage nonetheless.
Merging the energy of these two people completely into his body should be sufficient for him to break through the peak of the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment and genuinely enter the Golden Core Stage.
The Emperor King Jue started circulating within his body, as he began to integrate the energy of Duan Hongnian and the puppet.
Those present saw Shen Feng enter a cultivation state, yet still, no one dared to make any significant movements.
Xu Nansheng, Xu Huifang, and Xu Ziyi whispered among themselves. After all, today was Old Master Xu's funeral, and his body had not yet been taken for cremation.
Originally, Xu Nansheng and the others planned to leave after kowtowing, but now so many unexpected events had occurred.
The man was already dead; it was best to bury him and rest in peace sooner.
Therefore.
Xu Nansheng and Xu Ziyi had Xu Nanzhou take Old Master Xu to be cremated first, as they did not feel at ease with Shen Feng entering a cultivation state here, so they chose to stand aside and wait.
Xu Nanzhou couldn't dare to refuse Xu Nansheng and the others; he immediately arranged for someone to prepare to send off Old Master Xu's body, while Xu Guanyao was here looking after Xu Xiujie, who had lost an arm.
Seeing Shen Feng with his eyes closed, Wu Ruicheng pondered for a moment and then gradually calmed down somewhat. He said to Xu Guanyao, "Give me your phone to use."
Xu Guanyao was slightly startled. Could it be that Wu Ruicheng was really planning to contact the Thunder Sound Hall?
Nevertheless, he handed over the phone from his pocket to Wu Ruicheng.
The others present were drawn to the commotion here, and many people's gazes gathered around.
With the phone in hand, Wu Ruicheng's fingers trembled as he pressed the numbers one by one.
Every time he pressed a number, his heart felt as if it was being hammered.
As the last digit of a phone number was about to be pressed, his heart nearly stopped, and from the corner of his eye, he occasionally glanced at Shen Feng's location.
When he pushed the dial button, and the call connected, he slowly exhaled a breath, did Shen Feng really let them contact reinforcements on their own?
Standing not far behind Shen Feng, Wu Xingliang said to Song Tianhao, "Are we really allowing them to call for help? Shouldn't we stop them?"
Song Tianhao nodded and said, "Brother Wu, you must believe in Senior Shen. If he's letting them call for reinforcements, then he's definitely not afraid of them."
"Since Senior Shen allowed them to call for reinforcements, he surely doesn't fear them."
Wu Xingliang did indeed admire Shen Feng's fighting power, but among these Sects from thousands of years ago, there surely were experts at the Peak of Golden Core, Half-step Nascent Soul, or even true Nascent Soul Stage, and these were the real powers within those ancient Sects.
However, after hearing Song Tianhao's words, Wu Xingliang could only nod his head; to tell the truth, after witnessing Senior Shen's miraculous streak of victories, he truly wanted to see just how strong Senior Shen's limits were.
The nervous Qiu Shenghai and Yan Yulei saw a glimmer of hope in their eyes when they witnessed Wu Ruicheng successfully make the call.
Qiu Shenghai also took out his phone right away and started contacting the people from the Heavenly Medicine Sect.
Yin Mengwei had long been sitting on the ground, listless and spiritless. Seeing Wu Ruicheng and Qiu Shenghai successively contacting the Thunder Sound Hall and the Heavenly Medicine Sect, a ruthless look flashed in her eyes.
Her master, Gong Lengmei, had died at Shen Feng's hand, she was toyed with every day by a puppet, and the trash in her eyes had suddenly become lofty and untouchable.
She could not tolerate all of this, she attributed everything to Shen Feng, especially after he killed Duan Hongnian and the others without even glancing at her, treating her as if she were air.
With her head lowered, Yin Mengwei's face became hideously twisted as she screamed furiously inside her head, "Shen Feng, those who bring disaster on themselves beg for it! The Fire Burning Valley, Thunder Sound Hall, and Heavenly Medicine Sect, these powerful Sects from thousands of years ago, have a depth you cannot fathom. Good, I want to watch you crawl like a dead dog, you trash will always be even lower than me."
Just as Yin Mengwei was internally screaming at the top of her lungs,
Shen Feng, sitting cross-legged on the ground, furrowed his brows tighter and tighter.
As he completely integrated the energy from Duan Hongnian and the others into his body, Shen Feng indeed touched the threshold of a breakthrough.
But, he felt two pathways emerging within his body; if he chose the left pathway, he could be sure this led to the advancement to Golden Core; if he chose the right pathway, however, he didn't know where it might lead.
To encounter this kind of dilemma at the peak of the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment?
Should he choose the certain pathway to Golden Core Stage, or the unknown pathway?
Should he take the gamble?