Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 149 - 144 Repelling the Land Cleaving Realm (3/3)

Chapter 149: Chapter 144 Repelling the Land Cleaving Realm (3/3)

Everyone then realized that Zhou Heng had exchanged a move with the man in black!

Hisss!

To have exchanged a move with a Land Cleaving Realm expert and still not be dead? Not only not dead but also looking energetic and unharmed from head to toe - were they seeing things, or had the world changed?

From the Land Cleaving Realm against the Initial Separation Realm, even a novice in the Land Cleaving would effortlessly crush a peak Third Layer Heaven from the Initial Separation. This was an undeniable truth of the Martial Path, a disparity as wide as that between heaven and earth!

The higher the realm, the greater the disparity, which is why it was said that no amount of lower realm martial artists could overwhelm a higher realm martial artist.

Yet, Zhou Heng had shattered this universally acknowledged iron rule, looking lively and bouncing around as if unharmed - nobody would believe he was seriously injured!

Could it be that the man in black had underestimated his opponent, using only a fraction of his strength? Yes, that must be it, otherwise how could this be explained? It was an immutable truth of the Martial Path!

However, Zhou Heng’s gaze was fixed on Yue Hu. This youngster must be carrying some defensive treasure that could neutralize his lethal strike, for he had not held back.

—Whoever wanted to kill him, he would kill them. Simple!

It was only then that Yue Hu could catch his breath. Touching his neck, his face suddenly turned pale with fright as he roared at Zhou Heng, "Bastard, you dare try to kill me!" He had a Forbidden Artifact on him, a gift from his family, even though he was not the most favored one.

This Forbidden Artifact, crafted by a Heaven-Opening Realm expert, could withstand five fatal attacks. Now that a corner of the restriction was broken, it indicated that one of his lifesaving opportunities had been used up, and that he had just skirted the Edge of Death.

He had almost died! Almost killed by a lowly commoner from a lower-grade country!

Yue Hu’s face turned beet red in an instant. "Uncle Peng, kill him for me! Kill him!" If Zhou Heng was not killed, he would have nightmares!

The man in black did not move and said, "Young Master Seventh, my task is to ensure your safety!"

"If he is killed, I will naturally be safe!" Yue Hu pointed at Zhou Heng, fire shooting from his eyes.

Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Idiot, if your bodyguard dares to step in, you are guaranteed to die!" He was certain that Yue Hu was wearing a Forbidden Artifact, which definitely had a limited number of uses.

The man in black didn’t dare to leave Yue Hu’s side, as he was not confident that he could kill Zhou Heng within a few moves. Therefore, he was extremely cautious.

The surrounding guests finally realized just how monstrous Zhou Heng was to the point of making a Land Cleaving Realm martial artist wary. What kind of terrifying person could intimidate a Land Cleaving Realm expert using only his own strength?

Although the man in black was also considering Yue Hu’s safety, avoiding the rat to save the dishes, it in no way diminished the evaluation of Zhou Heng’s combat power.

This youngster was terrifying!

Zhou Heng casually took a few steps, then fixed his gaze on Liu Yue, saying, "Idiot, it seems you haven’t learned your lesson!"

Liu Yue instinctively stepped back; he clearly understood what had transpired that night. Two Old Ancestors from the Heavenly Star Sect had chosen to support Zhou Heng, which was enough to deter his father from acting rashly!

In such situations, matters between juniors were to be resolved among themselves as long as no lives were lost; the elders wouldn’t interfere. But Liu Yue, accompanying Yue Hu, had not brought any guards—could a Land Cleaving Realm martial artist be commanded easily? The Heavenly Star Sect could not compare to the Yue Family—on his own, he simply could not match Zhou Heng even if he had a hundred more hands!

He moved towards Yue Hu, hoping to use the man in black to intimidate Zhou Heng.

But was he faster than Zhou Heng?

As soon as he moved, Zhou Heng grabbed him by the neck. With the Swift Cloud Radiant Step and his control over momentum, Liu Yue couldn’t block even a single move!

Zhou Heng’s expression darkened as he said, "Idiot, since you haven’t learned your lesson, I’ll make it unforgettable for you!"

Smack!

He kicked upwards, striking Liu Yue in the groin.

"Ahh—" Liu Yue immediately screamed in agony, curling up, hands covering his lower body, his face twisted in extreme pain.

Not just him, every man who saw this scene grimaced uncontrollably, instinctively protecting their own groin.

Blood flowed from beneath Liu Yue, thoroughly shattered—irreparably damaged!

The structure down there was complex, just like a person’s head; once broken, it’s permanently broken. From this moment on, Liu Yue could only be a eunuch.

This youngster fancied women, so Zhou Heng thought why not ruin his manhood and see how he plays then!

"Zhou Heng, you’ve got some nerve!" Yue Hu was nearly mad with rage. Although the victim was not him, Liu Yue was his guest, and all he could do was watch this happen—as if he had been slapped seventeen or eighteen times right across his face!

"Go away!" Zhou Heng waved dismissively, as if shooing a fly.

"You just wait and see!" Yue Hu bellowed, beside himself with anger, and he wanted to leave immediately.

"Wait!" Zhou Heng suddenly called out.

"Haha, thinking of begging for mercy now?" Yue Hu sneered, "Too late, I will definitely crush you—"

"Compensate them!" Zhou Heng interrupted, "You’ve smashed up someone’s place and just walk away? Don’t you know to compensate? What kind of upbringing is that!"

Yue Hu was so angry that his whole body trembled. He had just realized that not only was Zhou Heng’s battle power astonishing, his skill in verbal injury was also not shallow at all!

This restaurant was destroyed, yet how could Zhou Heng talk so righteously about it?

"I won’t pay!" If Yue Hu could swallow this, he wouldn’t deserve to be the seventh young master of the Yue Family. Forget a single restaurant, even if he tore down the entire Imperial Capital, would Nangong Hong dare to ask him for compensation?

"What Bright Moon Country’s young master, he is just a penniless guy!" Zhou Heng kicked the wailing Liu Yue, "Stop that ghost-like wailing. Don’t you know it makes people uncomfortable?"

"Who says I’m a penniless guy, I have plenty of money!" Yue Hu pulled out a bunch of Spirit Tickets, waving them around.

"Then bring it on!" Zhou Heng’s figure dashed forward, and an eight-colored lotus quietly formed and pressed towards Yue Hu.

"Seventh young master, be careful!" A man in black urgently shouted, blocking in front of Yue Hu, and with a push of his palm, it transformed into a giant azure hand that grasped towards the eight-colored lotus. He was forced to use this kind of long-range, energy-consuming attack, otherwise, a close-range explosion would harm not only him but Yue Hu behind him could not endure it!

If used a few times, the power of the Forbidden Artifact would be exhausted, what then?

Whiz, whiz, whiz, one lotus after another bloomed, wildly rushing towards Yue Hu.

The man in black was extremely vexed!

He had never imagined that one day he would be forced into such a situation by a junior at the Initial Separation Realm. It wasn’t that he didn’t know that capturing Zhou Heng could resolve all troubles, but Zhou Heng’s movement technique was damn too fast, and its variations were profound. He couldn’t capture it at all, let alone capture Zhou Heng.

Not sparing any spiritual power, he pushed out palm after palm, transforming into azure hands to block the eight-colored lotus, but this was only a temporary solution, and his spiritual power consumption rate was alarmingly fast, he couldn’t hold on much longer!

"Let’s go!" The man in black made a split-second decision, scooping up Yue Hu and running!

Seeing this, the crowd immediately let out exclamations of surprise—Zhou Heng had actually forced a Land Cleaving Realm expert to retreat!

A minor warrior from the Initial Separation Realm had actually made a Land Cleaving Realm retreat!

This was damn inspiring!

"Thinking of running? You haven’t paid yet; eating without paying is wrong!" Zhou Heng executed the Swift Cloud Radiant Step and instantaneously intercepted the man in black, eight-colored lotus reappearing—the only Peerless Technique he currently possessed that could confront a Land Cleaving Realm head-on.

—Sky-soaring Nine Forms not included, that move would cripple him halfway and was a desperate measure that either led to success or death.

Bang!

The man in black, with no other options, could only put out another azure hand to block, causing a power ripple that made nearby people repeatedly step back. Even the residual force was enough to instantly kill a martial artist in the Spirit Gathering Realm.

Moving left, dodging right, the man in black just thought of throwing Zhou Heng off, but he was horrified to find that Zhou Heng’s speed was always a bit faster than his!

Hiss!

The spectators had thought the sight of a Land Cleaving Realm being driven away by an Initial Separation Realm was shocking enough, but they hadn’t expected a turn of events so absurd that the Land Cleaving Realm couldn’t even escape!

Some couldn’t help but laugh, but after laughing, they were even more shocked!

Was Zhou Heng really at the Initial Separation Realm?

"Enough, we’re willing to pay!" The man in black finally stopped his meaningless attempts to break out, his expression dark as he looked at Zhou Heng.

"Shopkeeper, come over and do the calculations!" Zhou Heng called out.

It took a while before a middle-aged man in his forties came out, trembling. Although he was also at the Initial Separation Realm, both the man in black and Zhou Heng could easily take his life.

He would rather rebuild from scratch than get involved with these two calamities!

"One, one hundred Lower Grade Spirit Stones," he stated a very small amount.

"Shopkeeper, no good deed goes unpunished, you don’t have to be polite with them!" Zhou Heng smiled, "Let me do the math! So many ingredients in the restaurant all wasted, let’s reluctantly call it one hundred thousand Spirit Stones, then the collapse injured so many people, reluctantly another hundred thousand, and also distress compensation, appetite disruption fee, reluctantly another hundred thousand, that’s fifty million Lower Grade Spirit Stones!"

"Added up that’s clearly only three hundred thousand, even accounting ten hundred thousand for distress and appetite disruption each would only be four hundred thousand!" Yue Hu couldn’t help but shout, that many Spirit Stones wasn’t a small amount!

Zhou Heng glared at him, saying, "Are you suggesting I miscalculated? Do I look like a fool like you?"

Unreasonable! Unreasonable!

Yue Hu was so furious his hair stood on end. Earlier, it had always been him who was unreasonable, but experiencing it himself now, he knew how frustrating this taste was!

"Fifty million it is then!" The man in black spoke solemnly, forcefully suppressing his seemingly burning rage, "Seventh young master, give me all the Spirit Tickets you have on you!"

The two of them scrambled and scraped together, but only had three hundred thousand Spirit Tickets combined.

Zhou Heng took them over, sighed, and said, "A pauper is a pauper, stop pretending to be wealthy! Get lost, don’t let me see you again! And don’t forget this piece of trash!"

He kicked Liu Yue over to the feet of the man in black.

The man in black deeply looked at Zhou Heng once more, leaped up, and this time without Zhou Heng’s interference, he instantly disappeared.(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)