Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 243 - 233 Killing Ying Luotian (3/3)

Chapter 243: Chapter 233 Killing Ying Luotian (3/3)

The entire audience was shocked. Who could have expected such an outcome beforehand?

Everyone looked at Zhou Heng as if he were a monster. Could this kid still be human? In just three months, merely three months, he had already become capable of blasting through the Mountains and Rivers Realm!

Xiao Huoshui watched from behind, her pretty face lit up with an aura of pride, filled with unsurpassed pride!

Watching Zhou Heng step by step towards the summit, the sense of achievement she felt was even stronger than when she herself had broken through to the Land Cleaving Realm!

Ying Luotian was an expert of the Mountains and Rivers Realm after all. He circulated his spiritual power to heal his injuries, unable to hide the shock in his eyes.

The previous intelligence was not wrong; this youngster did indeed have only the First Layer Heaven of the Open Heaven Realm, but his brutal strength had reached the Mountains and Rivers Realm, no less powerful than his own, and his physique was terrifyingly robust!

How could there be such a freak in the world?

He flicked his left hand, and three sharp bone spurs suddenly grew out from his fist like a steel trident. This was the bloodline power of the Ying Family, the three bone spurs were silver-white and carried an aura of nobility.

"Blood battle in all directions, I sprinkle my blood across the sky!" Ying Luotian roared as he wiped the fresh blood from his right hand onto the bone spurs. The power of the bloodline was inherited through the blood, and receiving a direct feed of blood would undoubtedly make it even more powerful.

"Kill!"

He swung his left fist, the three bone spurs tearing through the air, forming tiny spatial rifts as they swept towards Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng did not dodge or evade, letting the other party bombard him!

As the bone spurs attacked, under everyone’s gaze, the three bone spurs, shockingly, couldn’t pierce into Zhou Heng’s body. Instead, they bent tremendously, as if using silver needles to stab an iron plate, deforming amidst the push and pull!

What!

This was the Ying Family’s bloodline power, possessing divine skills capable of penetrating all defenses! Yet it could not break through the body of a junior from the Open Heaven Realm—how could this be possible!

Ying Luotian’s eyes were about to pop out of his head!

He had even sprinkled his blood on the bone spurs, no doubt bringing the strength of the spurs to their limit, but still they could not pierce through Zhou Heng’s defenses!

This this this this this!

It’s said that the Ying Family’s bloodline power specializes in breaking defenses, but it also depends on the kind of defense! Surely a minor warrior of the Spirit Gathering Realm couldn’t break through a Nascent Soul Realm old ancestor’s defense, right?

But what was Zhou Heng’s cultivation level, and what was Ying Luotian’s!

How could this be! Unacceptable!

Zhou Heng snorted coldly and threw another punch at Ying Luotian.

This kid is a monster, not someone to be met with force!

Although Ying Luotian was extremely unwilling, after suffering twice, if he still didn’t have this bit of self-awareness, he would be an absolute fool! He immediately sprang back with a forceful step.

For high-tier martial artists, there wasn’t really any difference between retreating and advancing.

His speed was unimaginably fast.

Bang!

But no sooner had his body taken off than he saw an iron fist smashing towards his face!

The Realm of Momentum, impossible to dodge!

He was struck by a heavy punch, and a crisp sound rang in his ears while his vision blurred!

The bridge of his nose was broken, and blood spurted wildly as his face contorted into a grimace of pain.

Hiss!

Even Ling Baidong showed a strong look of shock—this speed... was so fast that even he felt inferior!

That punch just now, if Ying Luotian had chosen to block it firmly, he might have fared better! But to try to outpace Zhou Heng, that was just playing to his own weakness and asking for trouble!

Ying Luotian was struck by a shocking thought. This youngster was faster than him, could match him in brute strength, and his body was as tough as a Mountains and Rivers Realm magic artifact. How was he supposed to deal with such an opponent?

Couldn’t beat him, couldn’t escape!

He had never encountered such an embarrassing dilemma, caught between a rock and a hard place.

Zhou Heng reached out again towards Ying Luotian’s neck.

"How dare you!" Ying Luotian roared in rage, reaching for one’s neck? What a humiliation! He was an old ancestor of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, an absolute overlord in the dynasty, yet this youngster dared to treat him so!

"What’s there not to dare, what even are you!" Zhou Heng snorted coldly.

Bang!

Ying Luotian struck out to block, and in fact, his strength was not weaker than Zhou Heng’s. Although he wasn’t as tough, as a Mountains and Rivers Realm martial artist, wouldn’t he know how to borrow momentum and deflect power? Zhou Heng had mastered the Realm of Momentum, didn’t he have it, too?

Mastering the Realm of Momentum was a prerequisite for breaking through to the Mountains and Rivers Realm, even though mastery did not necessarily mean one could break through.

As long as he didn’t clash head-on with Zhou Heng, he didn’t have to worry about being injured by him.

"Junior, you can’t do anything to me!" Ying Luotian said coldly, laughing. Yet to think that he, a majestic Mountains and Rivers Realm expert, would take pride in not being injured by a junior of the Open Heaven Realm. What a pity!

"Young Master Heng, let’s stop here," Ling Baidong also tried to mediate from the sidelines. "The Family Head will surely seek justice for you!" Zhou Heng’s performance had already been impressive enough—what more could they ask of him?

Did they really expect him to kill Ying Luotian on the spot?

Setting aside whether Zhou Heng had the strength to do so, even if he did, it shouldn’t happen. The Zhao Family was currently in the stage of building strength and it was inadvisable to offend the Ying Family—Zhao Duotian would soon break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and then the Zhao Family would fear nothing!

The difference between the Nascent Soul Realm and the Spirit Sea Realm might be only one level, but that single step was like a great trench; crossing it would see one’s battle power soar by tens of millions of times!

This was the difference between a Demi Immortal and mortals!

The onlookers watching the fight nodded in agreement, deeply acknowledging that Zhou Heng had already performed terrifyingly well.

"I’m going to kill someone, and nobody can stop me!" Zhou Heng was even more assertive, showing no intention of backing down.

"Hmph, I’d like to see what you can do!" Ying Luotian was furious, feeling threatened by a member of a younger generation despite being a powerful Mountains and Rivers Realm expert.

Zhou Heng’s fists condensed, and boom—Purple Flame blazed.

Ying Luotian glanced over and sneered, "You think this kind of mediocre bloodline power will do any good?"

Bloodline powers are categorized into heaven, earth, and human ranks, but one must understand that some bloodlines, no matter how rich, cannot break through the heaven or earth level constraints; it’s innately determined. Just like an upper grade earth level martial skill, no matter how much you study it, you could at most only increase your combat power by one minor realm.

The Ying Family’s bloodline power was naturally of a very high rank, capable of reaching the Heavenly Spirit Body level at most. Across the entire continent, there were not many capable of combating the Ying Family’s bloodline power, all with prestigious names—some no weaker than the Ying Family, some even stronger.

But one thing was for sure, among them, there was certainly no bloodline power like this purple flame.

"Then have a try!" Zhou Heng punched out.

He was faster than Ying Luotian, and once in Realm of Momentum, Ying Luotian could only parry and had no chance to dodge.

"Ice Entangling Hand!" Ying Luotian danced his hands around, channeling Gentle Strength to neutralize Zhou Heng’s Brutal Strength—this was the best countermeasure. "Ah—" He suddenly let out a scream, withdrawing his hands too late as wisps of smoke rose, giving off the smell of singed flesh.

The temperature of the Purple Flame was outrageously high; even covering his hands in Spiritual Power did nothing!

He lifted his hands and saw that both were charred, the bones turned black, and in places the finger bones had even fused together from the intense heat, showing just how terrifyingly hot it was.

How could this be!

This insignificant bloodline power was actually so formidable that it could melt the bones of a Mountains and Rivers Realm expert!

Ying Luotian finally showed intense fear; Zhou Heng truly had the ability to kill him, and he was making it happen!

"Zhou Heng, if you kill me, you’ll become the mortal enemy of the Ying Family!" He shouted angrily, retreating, but competing in speed with Zhou Heng was simply unrealistic.

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but sneer, "If I don’t kill you, will the Ying Family let me go?"

Ying Luotian was rendered speechless. Indeed, he should not have uttered such undignified words, but how many can truly remain calm and unruffled when their life is in danger?

"Young Master Heng, we should not deepen our enmity with the Ying Family too much!" Ling Baidong advised from the side as well.

He was willing to fight the Ying Family to the death for Zhou Heng, as that was Zhao Duotian’s command—to bring Zhou Heng back safe and sound. But as long as Zhou Heng was unharmed, he would not openly confront the Ying Family, for currently, the Ying Family’s power was definitely greater.

Both morally and logically, now was not the time to burn bridges with the Ying Family!

Smack!

Zhou Heng had already seized Ying Luotian, lifting him by the neck like holding a dead dog. His eyes solemn, he glanced at Ling Baidong but said nothing.

When his gaze swept over, for a moment, Ling Baidong felt as if he was being watched by Zhao Duotian himself—the majesty, the presence, made him want to kneel and worship the other as a deity, offering everything including his life!

To break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, you must form your own deity in the Dantian—I am the heaven, I am the earth, I am the deity! Someone like him, whose faith had faltered, had lost the qualifications to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm!

This was why, in the entire human empire, only about two hundred martial artists had formed their own deities, rising to become Half-Step Immortals above all living beings!

In this world, there were too many powerful forces. In the face of nature or overwhelmingly superior experts, how many could steadfastly hold on to their beliefs, firmly convinced they can face anything?

Ling Baidong was shocked, but his heart then surged with fervor!

Indeed, the Zhao Family was blessed by heaven, producing two outstanding talents with exceptional abilities: Zhao Duotian and Zhou Heng. Together, once Zhou Heng matured, the Zhao Family would sweep across the world and become renowned in all nine heavens!

"You can’t kill me; I’m a core member of the Ying Family. If you kill me, the entire Ying Family will hunt you down! The world is vast, but you will have nowhere to hide!" Ying Luotian roared with his last breath.

"I just insist on killing you!" Zhou Heng brandished the Black Sword and slashed!

Splotch, a spray of blood soared, and Ying Luotian’s limbs trembled fiercely then quickly stilled, hanging limply and thoroughly dead.

This young man was truly too ruthless!

Ying Bingfeng, Ying Huoxin, Ying Mingyuan, and Ying Luotian—four members of the Ying Family had already perished at his hand, making him perhaps the most vicious person to have ever slain so many members of the Ying Family!

Now his feud with the Ying Family was indeed irreconcilable!

Despite the Zhao Family’s support, the crowd still felt that Zhou Heng stood no chance. No matter how exceptional Zhao Duotian was, the Nascent Soul Realm symbolized the existence of a deity—a being who had, in essence, transcended the realm of mortals to become a half deity!

How could a mortal contend with an Immortal?

Under the complex gazes of the crowd, Zhou Heng took Lu Chenfu away and floated off. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to QiDian [qidian.com] to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)