Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 191 - 184 Metallic People Formation (5/5)

Chapter 191: Chapter 184 Metallic People Formation (5/5)

Land Cleaving Third Layer Heaven!

Zhou Heng was already sitting upright, absorbing the Spiritual Energy around him, stabilizing his realm. His face carried a majestic serenity, and his once bloodied right hand had already healed completely—his skin was as white as snow, radiating a lustrous glow. His fingers were long and strong, and his palms were broad, giving a reassuring presence to those who beheld him.

Xiao Huoshui and Orchid Concubine had personally witnessed this man’s breakthrough into the Land Cleaving Third Layer Heaven. They were so amazed that their mouths hung open, overwhelmed with shock.

They had long known that Zhou Heng’s cultivation level was advancing rapidly, but witnessing the result directly and watching the entire process were entirely different matters.

Three days!

In merely three days, Zhou Heng had broken through from the Medium Period of the Second Layer Heaven of Land Cleaving into the Third Layer Heaven! If one could say that strength accumulation could be achieved quickly, what about the understanding of the realm? This was a process of comprehending the natural laws of the universe, which simply could not be achieved overnight!

Yet there was such a genius, a freak of nature, who used the living proof to shatter legends and create a miracle.

Zhou Heng remained calm and unalarmed, as advancing into the Land Cleaving Third Layer Heaven seemed to him merely a matter of course. While he was happy, he would not let his joy take complete hold of him.

He continued to refine the remaining snake blood.

Two days later, his stomach had returned to normal, and his strength accumulation had reached the Medium Period of the Third Layer Heaven!

This snake blood had elevated his strength accumulation by one whole minor realm! And he possessed a Dantian that was eighty times that of an ordinary Martial Artist at the Land Cleaving Realm, which meant, this could allow eighty ordinary Martial Artists of the Land Cleaving Realm to advance once!

Zhou Heng opened his eyes, a fierce flash of light bursting forth like a startled swan, but it quickly vanished.

All three of his Bloodline Powers had significantly improved, especially the Dragon’s Power, which had reached the Nine Stars of the Heavenly Star Body, just one step away from perfection!

...

After keeping the two women occupied for most of the day, Zhou Heng finally felt satisfied and stealthily left the Treasure Pagoda, whoosh, the Black Sword, as if sensing him, flew out from a corner and he caught it in his hand.

Hmm?

Zhou Heng was slightly startled as he raised the Black Sword to observe it, seeing a rippling pattern flowing along the blade, as if containing fresh blood within, rolling and surging as if it had come to life.

He slashed with the sword again, swish, a sword stroke fell, and the flesh of the Black Serpent seemed like mere paper-mache, easily sliced open by him, revealing the sky outside.

Decay!

Zhou Heng carefully examined the Black Serpent’s body. This Demon Beast had naturally long been dead, but its body was indeed like rotten wood, emanating a decaying whiteness, crumbling into dust at a mere touch, bearing none of the texture expected of Demon Beast flesh.

He used the sword to completely peel open the body of the Black Serpent, revealing that there was not a single drop of fresh blood inside, hardly better than a dried corpse.

This was the work of the Black Sword!

This object inherently possessed the function of sucking out Life Essence Qi, and having been placed inside the body of the Black Serpent for five days, it had sucked the life out of this Demon Beast—although it had already been 90% dead!

Zhou Heng stored the Black Sword within his body, but this time the Black Sword did not return any energy to him, remaining silent without any movement.

The reason for the long duration?

Zhou Heng pondered but didn’t dwell on it. Possibly the Black Sword was broken, but it also had an innate instinct for "self-healing." Since the master did not extract the power from it, it digested it itself.

Five days was a long time; who knows where the Zhao Family Old Ancestor and his party of four had reached!

Zhou Heng set off in hot pursuit. Based on his gains so far, he was indeed satisfied with his journey, but if there were greater rewards to be reaped, he naturally wouldn’t push them away.

Moving upwards along the stairs, he entered the third floor.

Another massive space, though not as vast as the medicine garden, was visible at a glance. This was a square filled with rows of Metallic People statues.

The front few rows of Metallic People had already been knocked to the ground, but many more stood upright. The Zhao Family Old Ancestor and his group stood near the entrance, their faces barely concealing their urgency.

Sensing Zhou Heng’s arrival, all four Old Ancestors looked towards him, their eyes brimming with murderous intent.

"Die!" The Zhao Family Old Ancestor and the Lu Family Old Ancestor joined forces, lunging forward, four great hands formed of Spiritual Power covered the skies, pressing down on him fiercely.

The Eight-Colored Lotus appeared, and the Nine Nether Ice Heaven Jue was executed!

Seeing Zhou Heng actually prepared to withstand the attack from two Great Realm Old Ancestors, both the Ren Family Old Ancestor and Zhang Family Old Ancestor showed expressions of surprise, but more so, they sneered. They all had descendants who had died due to Zhou Heng, and naturally, they were very eager to see Zhou Heng’s downfall.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three people clashed fiercely, and the terrifying power suddenly whirled around, but the space here was extremely stable, and the fluctuations of the Heaven-Opening Realm level of power didn’t turn it upside down.

Zhou Heng’s body shook violently, retreating seven steps, with a trickle of fresh blood leaking from the corner of his mouth.

How could he not be injured by clashing head-on with two Old Ancestors from the Heaven-Opening Third Layer Heaven with only a Land Cleaving Third Layer Heaven Cultivation Level? Any other Martial Artist at the Land Cleaving Third Layer Heaven would have been crushed to death long ago!

Hiss!

Seeing that Zhou Heng had only suffered minor injuries, all four Heaven-Opening Realm Old Ancestors showed an extremely surprised expression at the same time.

Although Zhou Heng had outmaneuvered them before, it had only been because of his astonishingly fast movement technique! But now... this kid’s power had barely reached the Heaven-Opening Realm level, which was too much for them to accept!

What a monster!

All four people and eight eyes were tightly fixed on Zhou Heng, as if trying to see something extraordinary.

"Land Cleaving Third Layer Heaven!"

"How is that possible! He was just at Land Cleaving Second Layer Heaven five days ago!"

"Did he find some miraculous lucky encounter in the herb garden?"

"Dammit, such an against-the-heavens lucky encounter actually fell into this kid’s lap!"

The four exchanged thoughts with each other, each filled with immense envy. Clearly they had entered the herb garden before Zhou Heng, but all the benefits had seemingly been reaped by him alone, while they had been fruitlessly toiling away for five days. How could their hearts be balanced?

Zhou Heng wiped the fresh blood from his mouth and sighed inwardly. His battle power was now sufficient to confront someone from the Heaven-Opening First Layer Heaven face-to-face, but these four before him were all from the Heaven-Opening Third Layer Heaven!

The suppression of the higher realm was no mere talk.

This barrier was not easy to overcome, but once surpassed, it marked a qualitative leap!

"Want to fight, I’ll accompany to the end!" Zhou Heng declared loudly, indeed possessing such confidence.

The four Heaven-Opening Realm Old Ancestors looked at each other, all feeling an indescribable frustration. But considering Zhou Heng’s incredibly fast speed, what could they truly do?

Fight? Fighting until next year wouldn’t yield a result!

They were not without their special moves, but none of them were willing to use them at this time. They had to wait until the Spirit Sea Realm inheritance appeared to play their ace in the hole.

"Hmph!" They all snorted coldly, tacitly acknowledging Zhou Heng’s qualifications to stand on equal footing with them.

Such is the world of Martial Artists, where strength determines everything!

Zhou Heng smiled nonchalantly, completely unconcerned about the attitudes of the four, his gaze fixed only on the metal statues in the plaza. He was sure that these objects were what had stopped the advance of the four Heaven-Opening Realm Elders.

Were these inanimate objects really so formidable?

He did not make a rash move, instead looking towards the Zhao Family Old Ancestor and the other three—they had been studying for five days and must have gained some understanding, after all, they were old devils who had lived for hundreds of years.

"Everyone, let’s make another attempt!" said the Ren Family Old Ancestor softly, hinting at the significant benefits of standing out as a woman, for men would partially concede face to her, especially since she was also quite attractive.

"Kid, everyone give it their all, how about we cooperate until we see an unparalleled inheritance?" the Zhao Family Old Ancestor spoke with a stern face to Zhou Heng.

Although they were a hundred times reluctant to cooperate with Zhou Heng, they had been trying for five days without a glimpse of hope for proceeding, thus they could only pinch their noses and seek Zhou Heng’s cooperation, realizing that more people equaled more strength, and Zhou Heng had already earned this qualification.

"What’s the difficulty here?" Zhou Heng asked.

"Once you enter the plaza, these metallic statues start to operate automatically, the deeper in, the more formidable the metallic statues, eventually reaching the battle power of the Mountains and Rivers Realm!" Zhang Family Old Ancestor replied.

"There’s also an extremely strong gravitational force in the plaza that makes it impossible to leap or fly high; one must push through!" the Ren Family Old Ancestor added, her true age elusive, but the charm of a mature woman was fully present.

"We’ve only ever managed three-quarters of the distance, but the Mountain and Rivers Realm metallic statues are simply invincible!"

Zhou Heng nodded, "Let’s give it a try then!"

The five advanced together, but each maintained a distance from the others, as no one could truly trust anyone else with their backs.

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