Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 234 - 226 Safe Escape (2/3)

Chapter 234: Chapter 226 Safe Escape (2/3)

Using spiritual power for long-range attacks, even if one expended tenfold effort, it was very difficult to achieve the power of onefold. Therefore, martial artists of the same realm avoided life-and-death struggles with this method to probe each other. If they found themselves outmatched, they would immediately retreat.

Only when facing opponents at least a whole great realm below oneself would this blast of spiritual power fulfill its intended purpose.

But when martial arts techniques were activated, everything changed!

Martial arts techniques could condense spiritual power, not only preserving its might but significantly enhancing it. The higher the level of the martial arts techniques, the more terrifying their power.

The "Lone Wolf Howl" of the old man in red was a lower-grade Heaven-Level martial arts technique, which he had obtained at great cost from an ancient ruin, capable of increasing his battle power by more than a small realm.

Still, it was an attack from a distance, but the increase in power was at least tenfold, twentyfold, thirtyfold!

Boom!

The Lone Wolf roared, pouncing fiercely towards Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng bellowed, crossing his arms in front of his chest and face, his body ablaze with flames.

Thump!

With a loud sound, Zhou Heng was heavily knocked away, crashing into the stone wall behind him along with the black wolf pouncing on him, entering the wall as if it were made of dried twigs and leaves, as if the hard wall was tofu!

One must know that the cave wall had been baked by the Earth Fire for countless years, its hardness was incomparably frightening. But it met its match in Zhou Heng and the old man in red at that moment.

One had an incredibly sturdy physique, indestructible; the other possessed supreme power. Under the activation of his martial arts technique, he finally unleashed the might worthy of a Spiritual Sea Realm expert, with the cave wall bearing the brunt.

"He should still have a breath left!" said the old man in red coldly. The Earth Fire here was boiling, the environment harsh. Even he did not dare to easily project his Divine Sense, lest he accidentally harm it.

—If one’s Divine Sense were injured, there were hardly any Spirit Pills that could cure it. Forget about breaking through to higher realms in the future, it would be a miracle to maintain one’s current cultivation level without degradation.

"What!"

The old man in red suddenly froze. He heard steady and solid footsteps, as well as that vigorous and powerful heartbeat.

Step! Step! Step!

Thump!

Zhou Heng walked out of the hole he had broken through, throwing a punch as he did so. Amidst the flying stone debris, he stood in front of the old man in red, bathed in blood. Most of his skin and flesh had been blown off in the terrible assault, revealing the purple-golden skeleton underneath.

Despite such a ghastly sight, his eyes were emitting an unprecedented divine light, bright as the brilliant sun in the sky, dazzling beyond compare.

"How is this possible!" the old man in red thought to himself. Under his strike just now, any Mountains and Rivers Realm martial artist would be on their last breath, not to mention the opponent whose physique had reached the Mountains and Rivers Realm but whose spiritual power was far from it!

There was only one conclusion: this kid’s physique far exceeded his expectations!

Such physical strength was almost on par with Mountains and Rivers Realm-level magic artifacts, wasn’t it?

The old man in red’s heart was suddenly flooded with boundless envy. Although he was a Spiritual Sea Realm being, the strongest martial artist below the Nascent Soul Realm, one of the top figures on the Xuanqian Continent, he was well aware that his physical strength could not compare to that of Mountains and Rivers Realm artifacts!

Once martial artists learned to cultivate, their destructive power always greatly exceeded their defensive power!

Otherwise, in battles between the same realm, who could harm one another?

The physical strength of a Spiritual Sea Realm could at most be comparable to Heaven-Opening Realm magic artifacts. Only by setting up a spiritual power defense could one reach the level of Mountains and Rivers Realm or even Spirit Sea Realm! But the cost was a massive consumption of spiritual power, and this had nothing to do with the body’s inherent strength.

Yet, the young fellow before him seemed to have the physical toughness that only a Nascent Soul Realm old ancestor could have, how could others not envy, be jealous, and hate him?

He must be destroyed!

The old man in red’s killing intent surged. He formed another Dharma Seal with both hands, and another black wolf appeared, attacking Zhou Heng.

What if it was comparable to a Mountains and Rivers Realm artifact?

After all, the Mountains and Rivers Realm was just that, as long as he was willing to expend spiritual power, he could always crush and pulverize it!

The disparity between great realms was like that between heaven and earth; it simply couldn’t be bridged by any physique or brute strength!

The black wolf roared, its chilling white teeth a foot long, capable of piercing through an entire body with one bite.

Zhou Heng smirked coldly, his body flickered!

Whoosh, he actually dodged the black wolf’s attack, charging toward the old man in red’s true form.

"Hm?"

The old man in red was shocked. The kid’s speed was too fast! His stepping technique was too bizarre!

The power of martial arts techniques was strong. They could not only bring out the strength that martial artists should have but could also greatly enhance the might. This, however, came at a cost – the range of the impact would be much smaller.

But how swift were the attacks of a Spirit Sea Realm martial artist, and the black wolf was huge. Its massive body nearly filled the entire cave, leaving only a pitifully small gap. To dodge the black wolf’s attack, and squeeze through that narrow gap, was nearly impossible!

—The black wolf was just a form after all; in reality, every part of it was condensed with violent spiritual power, touching it was equal to withstanding the attack of that Lone Wolf Howl!

But Zhou Heng forced his way through!

Exquisite movement technique!

A fiery desire flashed in the old man in red’s eyes. To allow a youth of the Heaven-Opening Realm to display such extreme speed, so strange and mysterious, what a wondrous stepping technique it was!

"We have to take down this kid and force the information out of him!"

"Kid, do you really think you can stand against me?" the Old Man in Red snorted coldly, stretching out his right hand and grabbing towards Zhou Heng with a simple yet effective gesture.

Realm of Momentum!

Anyone who reached the Spirit Sea Realm, who wasn’t a genius gifted by the heavens, mastering momentum was not at all surprising.

Zhou Heng’s body shifted again, narrowly dodging the palm strike, only the extreme speed of the Swift Cloud Radiant Step could allow him to do so! Whoosh, he appeared behind the Old Man in Red and threw a punch!

Boom!

He hit the Old Man in Red hard, but a flash of black light ricocheted him forcefully back, and with a "wah" Zhou Heng spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which instantly evaporated due to the high temperature.

"Little--" The Old Man in Red sneered coldly, just as he spat out a word, his expression suddenly changed. Shreds of fabric fluttered about, the rear of his clothes where he had been punched came apart, falling like butterflies, igniting and turning to ash in the humid air instantaneously.

Without even touching it, he knew that there must be a fist-sized hole in the back of his clothes, and not only that... it wasn’t as simple as tearing through the fabric, his back felt a burning, tingling pain!

The Old Man in Red couldn’t help but release his Divine Sense for a sweep, and indeed found a charred fist mark on his back!

Him, a Spiritual Sea Realm Expert, had been injured by a mere Heaven-Opening Realm junior!

Although it was just a minor injury, an injury was still an injury, undeniable!

What an astonishing kid!

Zhou Heng clenched his fists, and the Purple Flame blazed; that he could slightly injure a Spiritual Sea Realm expert was naturally due to the power of the variant Purple Flame, otherwise, even if he hammered away at the Old Man in Red, what would it matter? With only the Brutal Strength of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, how could he have hurt an expert of the Spirit Sea Realm?

"The Spirit Sea Realm is nothing special!" he said contemptuously.

The Old Man in Red was nearly driven mad with rage. This damn kid landed just one punch on him, merely scratching his skin, and now he’s acting so full of himself, as if he had become an Old Ancestor of the Nascent Soul Realm?

But he was at a loss for words to rebut, the other was just at the Heaven-Opening Realm! To be able to "injure" a Spirit Sea Realm expert while at the Heaven-Opening Realm, what face did he have for rebuttal?

"Kid, lie down for this old man!" The Old Man in Red lunged forward, taking Zhou Heng seriously now and not daring to underestimate him. While covering the entire cave with Spiritual Power, he reached out both hands to grab Zhou Heng.

The true might of the Spirit Sea Realm finally revealed itself without a doubt!

The entire cave was filled with a terrifying Spiritual Power, making Zhou Heng feel as if he were submerged in a viscous bog, where even attempting to move slightly expended all of his strength!

Zhou Heng laughed loudly, slapped a Void Shattering Talisman onto himself, and instantly regarded the layer of Spiritual Power as nothingness. Whoosh, his figure leaped towards the cave entrance, and with a boom, an ascending current lifted him, accelerating his movement.

"Old guy, I’m not going to play with you anymore!"

"Bastard!" The Old Man in Red couldn’t contain his fury. He had fully prepared himself, as though he was all set for a romantic encounter only to be told that it was her inconvenient days.

This kid had punched him, which was a huge humiliation for him. If he couldn’t kill this youngster, it would become a lifelong stain!

"Don’t think you can escape!" He gave chase immediately.

Zhou Heng was lifted by the ascending current, stepped on the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, borrowed strength from the airflow, changing directions in the sky, and rushed towards the battle group of the Black Donkey, Han Yiyao, and the Mao Family’s five Mountains and Rivers Realm.

"Your pillar has been defeated by me; do you still want to die?" Zhou Heng arrived with overwhelming strength, his fists blazing fiercely.

What!

Elder Hao defeated by this kid? Impossible!

But how was this kid bouncing around, bursting through? If he hadn’t defeated Elder Hao, how could he have possibly escaped the cave?

Because of the great worry in their hearts, they couldn’t help but retreat. If what Zhou Heng said was true, then for him to kill the five of them was as easy as turning over his hand!

"Let’s go!" Zhou Heng shouted, and with a hop, he was the first to take to the air.

Black Donkey and Han Yiyao, realizing that when five people had emerged from the cave, it was a trap; bound by the love knot, although desiring to escape, they had not acted upon it.

Now that Zhou Heng was here, naturally, there was no point in continuing the fight.

Whoosh, whoosh, the man and donkey following closely behind Zhou Heng, with a spring in their step, were naturally taken to the ground by a lifting current.

"Damn kid!" The Old Man in Red was just a step too slow, allowing Zhou Heng and the donkey enough time to escape.

It wasn’t just about three less human hearts; if these three escaped, their plans would be entirely exposed to the world, and they could only retreat! And now, although they had killed many, they were still far from their goal!

Those five idiots couldn’t even bother to put up a slight resistance!

Whoosh!

Such a powerful lifting current could even toss huge boulders like small hills, breaking through the lake’s surface into the sky! Zhou Heng and company were accelerated by the current, ascending hundreds of feet in an instant, their speed ever increasing.

Boom! Boom!

Just a few seconds later, they crashed into the layer of water.

To the common person, such a collision was enough to shatter them into hundreds of pieces of flesh, but they were undeterred, unfolding their Spiritual Power as a shield, withstanding the initial violent impact – thereafter, the water naturally dissipated their momentum.

After all, they were light, and inertia was limited. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)