Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 224 - 216 Retreat (1/3)

Chapter 224: Chapter 216 Retreat (1/3)

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Seeing and hearing Zhou Heng speak with their own eyes and ears, everyone felt like they were about to faint.

—Was this guy not a puppet-like existence, crafted by secret techniques? Otherwise, how could a mere Heaven-Opening Realm combat the Mountains and Rivers Realm with brutal strength? But could a puppet-like being have such rich expressions and talk like a normal person?

However, since even a donkey could talk, it seemed acceptable for this puppet to speak.

The nine Mountains and Rivers Realm experts stopped in their tracks due to the intense shock, but the Ghost-eyed Toad was unaffected and continued to leap forward, crying out as it extended a blood-red tongue towards Black Donkey, long like a whip.

"Stinky toad, is Donkey Master’s butt meant for you to lick?" Black Donkey quickly stood on two legs and scattered his hooves to run, moving at high speed.

Everyone’s faces twitched; this Black Donkey’s mouth was truly too vile!

Zhou Heng snorted coldly, his fist tensed, and he heavily slammed it towards the Ghost-eyed Toad.

Bang!

The blood-colored whip-like tongue was forcefully bent, and the big toad cried out in pain, springing ten meters into the air, its enormous eyes revealing immense anger.

As a Demon Beast, the Ghost-eyed Toad was quite innocent. It had been cultivating in secret at the bottom of the lake without bothering anyone. Yet first it was provoked, then a Black Donkey took the opportunity to steal the Spirit Grass it had guarded for hundreds of years, and now it had been struck harshly, driving it completely into anger.

The Demon Beast roared at the sky, and suddenly opened its mouth wide to inhale, instantly sucking the mist from the sky into its body which made its already large belly even bigger. As its body swelled, its skin also stretched taut.

Being naturally ugly, when its skin stretched tight, it looked even more hideous, causing many people to feel nauseated. But just then, the Ghost-eyed Toad suddenly exhaled sharply, and whoosh whoosh whoosh, countless air blades sprayed out of its mouth, violently shooting towards Zhou Heng and Black Donkey.

"Zhou, how did your strength increase so much?" Black Donkey hid behind Zhou Heng, his front hooves clasped behind his head, and his tail swung leisurely.

"How else would I beat you?" Zhou Heng laughed heartily, displayed the Swift Cloud Radiant Step suddenly appeared behind Black Donkey, and then kicked him right in the butt.

Bang!

Black Donkey hadn’t expected Zhou Heng to be so fast and was immediately hit, heading straight into the barrage of wind blades.

"Zhou, you bastard without an asshole when you have a son!" Black Donkey cried out loudly, his four hooves in motion, creating a bizarre scene. It seemed as though there were invisible steps in the sky, and Black Donkey actually climbed up through the air, escaping the range of the wind blades’ attack.

This Black Donkey truly had some big tricks!

Zhou Heng smiled and leaped forward, launching an attack on the Ghost-eyed Toad.

The Demon Beast was confused by the relationship between Zhou Heng and Black Donkey, unable to figure out what was happening with its limited intelligence! But it didn’t matter, it would just kill them all!

It inhaled once more and spat out endless air blades.

"This is really like a toad yawning!" Black Donkey stepped in small steps as it descended from the sky, charging towards the Ghost-eyed Toad. With a whoosh, a flash of black light, its speed wasn’t as fast as Zhou Heng executing Swift Cloud Radiant Step at full force, but the gap wasn’t much, and in a blink, it was already in front of the Ghost-eyed Toad.

Swoosh, it suddenly reversed its body and kicked out with both hind hooves, but its target wasn’t the Ghost-eyed Toad, but Zhou Heng!

"I knew it, you wretched donkey would play dirty!" Zhou Heng laughed loudly, his right fist still hammered towards the Ghost-eyed Toad, while his left fist blocked Black Donkey.

Bang! Bang!

Two muffled sounds, both the Ghost-eyed Toad and Black Donkey were shaken back, while Zhou Heng also staggered, his face flushing with a wave of red.

After all, this was just brute strength, he hadn’t truly reached the Mountains and Rivers Realm, otherwise, with the vastness of his Dantian Space, he could have easily suppressed any peer expert with a flick of his hand!

"You ungrateful toad, let’s brothers join forces and finish off this kid!" Black Donkey shouted, but unexpectedly, the Ghost-eyed Toad just let out an angry croak and turned to attack it.

This was normal, as Black Donkey had eaten its Moon Spirit Fruit, making it its biggest enemy!

"You ungrateful slimy toad, Donkey Master kindly helped you, and this is how you treat the divine Donkey Master? Donkey Master will bite you to death! Spit, you stinky toad full of poison, Donkey Master is too lazy to bite. The mountains do not turn, the rivers keep flowing, Donkey Master leaves ahead!" Black Donkey screamed and hurriedly fled.

Zhou Heng burst into a hearty laugh, and had already intercepted Black Donkey, throwing a punch.

"Zhou, Donkey Master will spit on your face!" Black Donkey shrieked, and flew backwards crashing into the Ghost-eyed Toad.

The chaotic hostility among the three baffled everyone watching, but the consensus was that Black Donkey was incredibly despicable, universally detested, seemingly dissatisfied unless it made enemies with the whole world.

"Capture Black Donkey!"

Nine Mountains and Rivers Realm experts shouted simultaneously. They were no longer concerned whether Zhou Heng was or wasn’t a puppet, the urgent task was to capture Black Donkey, use its blood for refining medicine. Though the effectiveness would drastically reduce, it could still add a slight edge in breaking through minor realms, especially since they hadn’t reached the Third Layer Heaven of the Mountains and Rivers Realm.

Han Yiyao sheathed her sword and stood. For her, the already consumed Moon Spirit Fruit was of no further use, even if Black Donkey’s blood was used for refining medicine she wasn’t interested, as her intelligence made breaking through minor realms hardly a challenge.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Zhou Heng’s fists flew in succession, hammering towards Tiger Granny Zhang and her nine cohorts, forcefully pushing back these nine Mountains and Rivers Realm experts while he too backed up more than ten steps but was completely unharmed.

His physique had already reached the Mountains and Rivers Realm, entirely becoming a human-shaped Mountains and Rivers Realm Magic Artifact. To harm him, at least a Spirit Sea Realm level Magic Artifact would be needed!

Those mere dynasty nobilities, with the Mountains and Rivers Realm being their strongest old ancestor, where could they get a Spirit Sea Realm Magic Artifact?

"Boy, don’t court death!" the elder in green clothes coldly said, this boy merely possessed the brute strength of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, nothing to be afraid of!

What’s the essence of a Martial Artist?

Spiritual Power!

Martial Arts Techniques can only be executed with Spiritual Power; relying solely on brute strength limits the extent of one’s power.

"Hmph, old hag, and that man in floral clothes acting all delicate, you bullied me before, and now it’s time to settle the score!" Zhou Heng pointed at Tiger Granny Zhang and the man in purple, completely disregarding the man in green as if he was nothing.

What, did he just call himself delicate?

The man in purple was suddenly furious. Purple was a color of dignity; how did it become floral? He yelled angrily, with his right fist pulsing, he hurled it towards Zhou Heng. Enveloped by Spiritual Power, his punch could shatter even a mountain!

Tiger Granny Zhang was also uncontrollably furious, since this boy wasn’t a puppet, he must have been deliberately mocking her before, even damaging her precious Magic Artifact! She had to let this anger out!

She brandished her cane, swinging it down towards Zhou Heng’s head—she did not believe that Zhou’s head could be that hard.

The man in green, completely ignored by Zhou Heng, was also furiously angry. He flipped his palms, transforming them into two pitch-black hands, the centers of the palms exhibiting a sinister red hue, emitting a malevolent Evil Force.

They all knew that Zhou Heng only had Brutal Strength and his Spiritual Power was still stuck at the Open Heaven Realm, so naturally his defensive power wasn’t very strong. Martial Arts Techniques could easily penetrate his defense, causing him grave bodily harm!

Quack!

The Ghost-eyed Toad also seized the opportunity to attack, spewing out a stream of venom, the stench almost noticeable from ten miles away!

In just a moment, Zhou Heng was surrounded by enemies.

Zhou Heng did not move or dodge; thud, thud, thud, three attacks along with a stream of venom all landed squarely on him.

Done for, why did the boy space out at such a critical time?

Hit simultaneously by four Mountains and Rivers Realm attacks, he might not die but definitely be crippled!

Under the watchful eyes of many, Zhou Heng instead flashed a smile at Tiger Granny Zhang and the man in purple, then he threw both fists simultaneously!

With such closeness, how could they possibly evade?

Thump, thump, both were struck in the face, screaming as they staggered backward, one hand covering noses from which blood could be seen trickling down.

These two were severely injured, but what about Zhou?

Perfectly hearty and vigorous!

If one were to say that he was injured in such a condition, then people would rather die than believe it!

Sheesh, his physical defensive power is just too terrifying!

By now, everyone naturally understood Zhou Heng’s strategy, which was to intentionally use himself as a target to lure others into attacking, endure it with his incredibly tough physique, and then counterattack when they least expect it!

Only someone with a physical constitution as sturdy as a Magic Artifact could employ such a tactic; anyone else would have been severely injured by now, let alone counterattack!

The other six Mountains and Rivers Realm experts were a step too slow, but seeing such a result, they were all shocked and halted in their tracks!

With such defensive power, even if they joined forces, could they really break through?

Thinking it over, since the Moon Spirit Fruit had already been eaten, and even if they took that contemptible donkey for Refining Medicine, the effect would be minimal. Perhaps it was better to just let it go!

After all, their mission here was to find a Peerless Magical Instrument!

If they could get their hands on it, heh, even if Zhou Heng’s physique was comparable to a Spirit Sea Realm Magic Artifact, it would shatter with a single blow!

Why waste more time here?

Since their alliance was only loosely formed, with this thought in mind, the six of them turned around and walked away.

Quack! Quack!

The Ghost-eyed Toad, being a Demon Beast, had lower intelligence than humans but had a much superior knack for sensing danger. Even its most powerful venom attack couldn’t harm that human, so why continue fighting?

It fled even faster than the six Mountains and Rivers Realm experts!

Zhou Heng did not pursue; he bore no personal grudge against the Ghost-eyed Toad. Although humans and Demon Beasts were natural enemies, and it was ordinary for one to kill the other, he still had two old debts to settle.

"Your Honor—" the man in green said somewhat awkwardly.

"Beat it!" Zhou Heng coldly said, his face chill with disdain for those who wouldn’t take a hint until he turned frosty.

The man in green’s face showed a flash of anger. He was a person whose words carried great weight in his family, in the whole country, revered by everyone. But now, he was being rebuked like a dog by someone from a lower Realm!

If it were someone else, even if at the same Mountains and Rivers Realm, he would have charged forward in a raging confrontation!

But Zhou Heng was no normal human.

His physique, comparable to a Mountains and Rivers Realm Magic Artifact, meant that fighting against him would just be a waste of energy, and if he happened to counter with a blow... he didn’t possess such a strong physique!

Forget it!

He would get his revenge after they found the Peerless Magical Instrument!

The man in green roared to the sky, releasing the frustration in his heart, his figure ascended, disappearing instantly, but his thunderous roar still echoed continuously. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit qidian.com to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)