Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 164 - 061: The Zhou Family, All are Worthless!

Chapter 164: Chapter 061: The Zhou Family, All are Worthless!

Heaven and Earth trembled inexplicably, and after the light barrier shattered, the channel to the underground was directly revealed.

Zhou Yan took a step ahead and entered the channel.

Pan Yuming followed closely behind.

At this moment, Zhou Yan’s gaze landed on the walls surrounding the channel.

There were sword marks on the walls, and within those marks, bolts of Thunder Light flickered.

This aura from the Thunder Light gave Zhou Yan a very familiar feeling.

He concentrated his gaze and soon his eyes sharpened, a touch of surprise arising in his heart.

"Quick!"

Zhou Yan’s tone was somewhat excited, then he immediately increased his speed, proceeding forward.

Although Pan Yuming didn’t understand why, he knew that there was a tremendous opportunity beneath the ground, and thus he swiftly picked up his pace, doing his best to keep up with Zhou Yan’s strides.

...

"Ji Taiyuan, don’t go too far. We were the first to discover this place. I had only left for a moment, and you could have taken the treasure, but now you even want to silence us by killing?!" a harsh yet pleasant female voice rebuked.

The voice was clearly suppressing strong anger, but it seemed due to some apprehension, she did not fully burst out in rage.

Yet her words already carried a whiff of fury.

"So what if it’s excessive? Submit, and you shall all have a way to live, becoming sword spirits for our Ji Family’s Famous Swords, enslaved for generations to come. If you do not submit, then—death!"

A nefarious voice spoke, its tone slightly languid.

This was a young man dressed in pitch-black Spirit Armor, wielding a Short Sword.

His complexion was very pale, almost as snow white.

Yet as he spoke, a smile remained on his face—a smile that gave him a sinister charm that was unmistakably deadly.

"Qianqian, don’t bother with him. We may not be able to touch him, but he also can’t do anything to us; otherwise, with his nature, he would have acted already!" said a woman in green, walking up to the speaking woman’s side and patting her shoulder, her tone very calm.

"Li Qimeng, you’ve taken three of my swords and your Sword Spirit is shattered. That you’re still not dead is truly miraculous.

However, had it not been for the previous mutation beneath the ground, you would already have become a sword spirit!" the black-clothed man sneered, continuing, "But to think that you losers could find fortune here is downright delusional!

Enough, the reason I spoke to you before was that I needed time to recover from the Soul Shock caused by the underground mutation. However, during the process of our pointless chatter, my injuries have fully healed. Now, it’s time for you to die!"

The black-clothed man offered some explanation, then, he truly made a move.

Against the backdrop of his black Spirit Armor, his snow-white face appeared ghostly pale and somewhat chilling.

In his sickly body, suddenly burst forth a brilliant radiance that seemed to snatch the sun and the moon from the sky; this radiance even formed enigmatic Tao Rules that surrounded him.

"This... Breaking through to the Fourth Layer?! No, impossible!"

The woman named ’Qianqian’ saw this radiance and her complexion paled further, unable to suppress an aghast exclamation.

As her shout echoed, a surge of energy like a torrential flood, carrying a formidable Sword Intent, suddenly emerged.

Subsequently, this energy coalesced between Heaven and Earth, creating a terrifyingly severe giant serpent Sword Spirit!

A Sword Soul Realm practitioner, breaking through the Fourth Layer, was comparable to a Supreme Strongman of the Sword Spirit Realm!

With this sword unleashed, the faces of Zhou Qianqian and Li Qimeng immediately turned noticeably despondent.

But, just at that moment, a streak of Thunder Light suddenly struck into the heart of the Sword Spirit serpent, which began to struggle violently, while a figure, swift as light, suddenly appeared in front of Zhou Qianqian.

This person, with a stern and icy countenance.

His eyes held an unfathomable coldness; his body continuously flickered with Thunder Light!

And his expression, just as frigid.

"Step back."

He spoke, his words economical, uttering just two.

But behind him, although Li Qimeng still appeared puzzled, Zhou Qianqian’s eyes shone with excited surprise as she said, "Zhou Gucheng, you, you’ve progressed again! Have you now reached the Sword Soul Realm?"

Her voice carried disbelief but was filled with immense joy.

In this place, where the passage of time was unknown, loneliness was her constant companion, amidst killing, bloodshed, dying, and skeletons. This was how each day was spent.

Seeing a fellow genius from her family here, Zhou Qianqian’s heart naturally surged with excitement.

And now, Zhou Gucheng, who had been weaker than herself, had actually reached the Sword Soul Realm... What a remarkable talent!

Such talent...

Thinking of this, Zhou Qianqian couldn’t help but think of Zhou Yan.

Originally, she thought Zhou Gucheng was already outstanding, but when it came to Zhou Yan, some of the praise she had for Zhou Gucheng she found hard to express.

The geniuses born in this era were lucky because it was another grand period.

But at the same time, it was also a tragedy, because there would often appear even more talented individuals. Just like in the Zhou Family, herself, Zhou Gucheng, Zhou Ying, and others were all extremely incredible geniuses.

But...

When compared to Zhou Yan, they all seemed to be nothing.

Zhou Yan...

"Zhou Yan, where are you now? How are you doing? You mustn’t have any accidents! A large part of the Zhou Family’s hope rests upon you..."

With these thoughts, she murmured in her heart.

But she obediently backed away.

Her thoughts were but a momentary flash.

At this moment, as soon as she stepped back, Zhou Gucheng had already clashed fiercely with Ji Taiyuan.

"Merely at Sword Soul First Layer Heaven, yet you dare to be arrogant, die!"

Ji Taiyuan let out a cold shout, and another Sword Soul appeared.

This time, there was no sword, but directly a mutant beast rushed out from his glabella.

It was a cruel and venomous snake Sword Soul. The giant snake had huge eyes, like two bronze bells, which looked extremely frightening.

The snake, a hundred meters in size, seemed like a small mountain, and its venomous gaze, when fixated on someone, seemed as if it could stare them to death.

After the appearance of the snake, it spewed out a puff of black air, the gas roiled, and instantly, even the Void was corroded, tearing open wounds that looked somewhat shocking.

Zhou Gucheng snorted coldly, and suddenly a purple Thunder Light flew out from the top of his head!

This purple Thunder Light was unusual; within it, there seemed to be a Buddha seated in meditation.

This Buddha, like a baby’s form, with eyes closed, gently chanting, waves of vast sounds suddenly became manifest.

The Buddha within the purple Thunder Light didn’t move, but as the Thunder Light soared to the skies, the black air between Heaven and Earth seemed to be purified all of a sudden, disappearing so completely that it was somewhat inexplicable.

"Eh? Not bad, just what I needed to replenish!"

After the black air disappeared, the giant snake Sword Soul seemed much weaker, and Zhou Qianqian and Li Qimeng instantly sighed in relief.

But just then, following a sentence from Ji Taiyuan, the vanished black air reappeared and in one fell swoop enveloped the soaring Thunder Light, and next, a light burst from Ji Taiyuan’s body, followed by another Sword Soul that appeared like a mouse!

This mouse-like mutant beast, only ten meters in size, seemed as though it could devour all of Heaven and Earth! As soon as it appeared, it rushed into the beam of light, and then with a bite, without any surprise, bit off the head of the Buddha-like phantom!

The scene occurred very swiftly, and even with Zhou Gucheng’s abilities, he was caught off guard in an instant, and after a muffled grunt, he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Zhou Gucheng’s complexion paled, his aura suddenly dropping a great deal; he staggered backward a few steps, his eyes filled with a trace of horror!

That attack seemed to have really hurt him.

It was also at this moment, both Li Qimeng and Zhou Qianqian couldn’t help but exclaim in shock—"Dual Sword Souls!"

However, by the time they voiced their shock, Zhou Gucheng had already been wounded.

The scene happened so quickly that Zhou Gucheng couldn’t react in time.

"Not bad, it is indeed Dual Sword Souls! Perhaps you thought that the Ji Family only has one with Dual Sword Souls, hahaha, dying under the Dual Sword Souls, you can die without regrets!"

Ji Taiyuan laughed heartily, very pleased with the exclamations of shock from Li Qimeng and Zhou Qianqian.

It seemed as though he particularly enjoyed hearing the sounds of desperation from others. He felt that the last struggling cries of those he was about to kill were so pleasing to the ear.

Hearing Ji Taiyuan’s words, even the usually cold Zhou Gucheng’s gaze gained a bit of gravity.

He possessed the Ancestor Thunder Sword Body, innately close to Thunder Light and capable of great progress. But this time, although he had achieved Sword Soul, it was only the basic Single Sword Soul!

Even the control and battle with the Sword Soul, he didn’t understand.

As for forming Dual Sword Souls, after condensing a Sword Soul, he profoundly understood how terrifying Dual Sword Souls must be!

At that moment, forgetting the gap in realms, if the opponent had only a Single Sword Soul, even if their Combat Power broke through four layers, he believed he would stand a chance.

But Dual Sword Souls... That wasn’t a gap within the same Realm.

"You members of the Zhou Family, every one of you is trash, yet dare to oppose our Ji Family? Zhou Yan, even more so, is a lowly-born bastard, a mongrel! And he dares to compare himself to my elder brother?! Heh, indeed, ignorance is bliss!

I, Ji Taiyuan, entered here with no other purpose—my only goal is to kill all of you lowlifes from the Zhou Family and the Li Family, to capture your souls, and refine them into Sword Spirits, to serve as puppets for my elder brother for eternity!"

Ji Taiyuan laughed arrogantly, reveling in the results of pushing people to the brink of collapse.

Previously, voiding all of Li Qimeng’s Cultivation and then slowly torturing her was his intention, only that as soon as he had voided Li Qimeng’s Cultivation, there was an anomaly from underground that mysteriously harmed his Soul, forcing him to recuperate.

When he was about to kill Li Qimeng, Zhou Qianqian of the Zhou Family suddenly rushed out, recklessly trying to save her.

Now, Zhou Qianqian had come, and with her, another decent genius from the Zhou Family, which made him very expectant. Who else would come now?

If more come, then kill them all together, to avoid the trouble of looking everywhere for them!