Miracle Farmer with Special Abilities-Chapter 643 - 0: Battle Against the Golden Core Peak_1
Everyone was completely dumbfounded, their faces etched with utter disbelief.
Such an outcome was something none of them had anticipated.
Even Zhou Tianyu, Zhang Hangkui, and Master Xueyin hadn’t foreseen it; their eyes were nearly popping out of their sockets.
Zhang Bin’s combat power far exceeded their estimations. He had easily killed a Golden Core Mid-Stage assassin with a single sword strike.
The speed, the power to penetrate armor, and the angle of the attack—it was virtually flawless.
This was not something a Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator should be capable of.
However, Zhang Bin had indeed just recently cultivated to the Initial Stage of Golden Core. Just a few days ago, he was still a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Liquid Phase. He had been elevated to the Initial Stage of Golden Core by a senior of the Taiqing Sect using a Great Divine Power.
His realm was inherently unstable, so by all rights, his combat power should have been weaker than that of an average Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator.
But he had killed a Golden Core Mid-Stage assassin with a single strike. And this was an assassin—battle-hardened and formidable in combat.
This event completely overturned the rules of cultivation and shattered their understanding of it.
The assassins from the Black Bell Organization were also profoundly shocked, with disbelief written all over their faces and terror filling their eyes. They realized that if any of them had faced that sword strike from Zhang Bin, their fate would have been the same—to be pierced through the forehead and turned into a corpse.
How could he be so powerful? Why is his combat power so different from a regular Golden Core Early Stage Cultivator?
The Holy Mother of Black Bell was quivering with rage. She had thought that with S97 being a whole realm above Zhang Bin, capturing him would be as easy as catching a turtle in a jar. Little did she expect S97 to be the one killed by Zhang Bin instead. It was a vicious slap to her face, leaving it burning with pain.
After all, she was merely toying with these experts from China, like a cat playing with mice. She had never imagined that someone from her side would die here. This was supposed to be a terrifying trap she had laid, capable of annihilating any formidable existence.
The five Nascent Soul Level female assassins were also extremely shocked. An even more intense fire burned in their eyes as they fixated on Zhang Bin, unable to look away. Their interest in him was now even greater. They were adamant about capturing him alive to be their male pet, certain it would bring extraordinary pleasure and bliss.
"Good! A clean kill!"
"Brother Bin is mighty!"
"The Black Bell Assassins are pushovers!"
The cultivators from China finally snapped out of their stupor and began to shout excitedly, their faces ablaze with fervor and ecstasy.
Zhang Bin was indeed no ordinary youth. Not only did he possess mighty weapons, but his combat power was also terrifying.
Even Master Xueyin and Zhang Xue shouted in excitement.
Only Han Chun’er, standing beside Zhang Hangkui, looked utterly displeased, her eyes emitting an icy light. It was clear she wished Zhang Bin would die that very instant.
"Hahaha..." Zhang Bin also burst into laughter, his face filled with scorn. "Everyone, that so-called Heaven-Defying Divine Skill you cultivate is riddled with flaws. Your True Qi isn’t even the product of your own hard work. Your combat power is pathetic, and you stand no chance against a cultivator from China at the same level. In fact, we can defeat and kill you even if you’re several realms higher. You may be numerous, but your strength is far inferior to ours. If you don’t believe me, bring out a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator. I’ll kill him in one move too."
His words were arrogant and brash to the extreme.
However, they were effective at shaking the assassins’ morale. He was planting a seed of fear in their hearts, ensuring they wouldn’t be able to unleash their full power in the battle to come. It was indeed an excellent tactic to diminish the enemy’s strength while boosting his own side’s morale.
The Holy Mother of Black Bell’s expression changed slightly. For the first time, she felt how difficult it was to deal with this 21-year-old youth. He wasn’t just physically formidable but also incredibly sharp-witted, as cunning as a fox.
At that moment, she truly wanted to issue the kill order and annihilate all the cultivators from China. But she forced herself to hold back, as the consequences would be dire. Even if she succeeded, a seed of doubt would be planted in her assassins’ hearts—the belief that they were far inferior to Chinese cultivators of the same realm. This would be detrimental to their future cultivation.
Therefore, a master had to be sent out to defeat Zhang Bin thoroughly, to crush him in an overwhelming fashion.
"Red Leaf, you go. Defeat him as quickly as possible, whether he lives or dies is of no concern," the Holy Mother of Black Bell commanded, her voice dripping with murderous intent.
At this moment, she truly wanted Zhang Bin dead. Otherwise, she would have ordered him to be captured alive.
"Yes, Holy Mother."
A sweet, coquettish voice rang out as a young woman wearing a red mask stepped forward, her presence accompanied by a bewitching fragrance.
She appeared to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, tall and seductive, with skin fairer than snow and hair as dark as clouds. She wore a white practice garb, on which a peculiar red leaf was embroidered. Although her face was hidden by the mask, Zhang Bin was one hundred percent certain that this woman was beautiful.
Perhaps she was a supreme genius who had never even served as an assassin before.
He considered her a supreme genius because her current realm was already the Golden Core Realm Peak. The oppression and momentum she exuded were terrifying, far surpassing his own.
The Holy Mother of Black Bell was quite cunning. Hearing Zhang Bin openly challenge a Golden Core Late Stage assassin, she inferred that he possessed the strength to face a Golden Core Late Stage cultivator. Although she couldn’t fathom how Zhang Bin had the ability to defeat an enemy two stages above him, she was not foolish enough to send a Golden Core Late Stage assassin to fight him. Dispatching a master like Red Leaf, who had cultivated to the Golden Core Realm Peak, was the only way she could be confident of victory.
Moreover, Red Leaf was no ordinary Golden Core Peak cultivator; her combat power was exceptionally powerful. She was one of the supreme geniuses of the Black Bell Assassin Organization, and her talent was no less than that of any fairy. The only reason she had not yet reached the Nascent Soul Realm was that she had started her cultivation relatively late.
Red Leaf was also an orphan, having joined Black Bell at the age of ten. Now seventeen, she had reached the Golden Core Realm Peak in just seven years. Such talent could only be described as exceptional.
"Shameless! Sending a Golden Core Peak Realm cultivator against someone at the Initial Stage of Golden Core!"
"Assassins are truly assassins, they have no decency!"
"Send out someone from the Golden Core Late Stage!"
The cultivators from China all began to clamor in protest.
"Set up the defensive great formation and prepare to defend," Zhang Bin secretly transmitted a message to Master Xueyin, who immediately and discreetly passed on his command.
Cultivators from China were masters of formations. When it came to defensive power, they were unrivaled in the entire world.
In fact, they had already formed a Seven Stars Big Dipper Great Array. Now, they were naturally on even higher alert. They estimated that Zhang Bin would soon retreat, and they needed to be ready to defend. After all, their enemies were too numerous and too powerful. With no way to escape, they could only rely on their defenses to eliminate their foes and minimize their own casualties.
