Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 260 - 248: Zhao Duotian’s Demand (3/3)

Chapter 260: Chapter 248: Zhao Duotian’s Demand (3/3)

Zhou Heng’s name was now resounding in the Ying Family as loudly as thunder; it was rare for any member of the Ying Family not to know of him.

He had slain four members of the Ying Family, including one expert from the Mountains and Rivers Realm. When the news reached the Ying Family, even the Spirit Sea Realm elders were shaken, particularly because it involved Han Yiyao!

Strangely, Ying Cheng’en didn’t seem angry. His calm and composed demeanor almost made people think he was a cuckold king. How could he endure this?

This master was not someone to suffer in silence. He had once raped the Family Master’s Wife to death, and while others thought him carried away by lust, only a few high-level members knew it was all because she had inadvertently spoken ill of him.

If a mere insult could drive him to such action, what might he do if he wore a cuckold’s horns?

Ying Cheng’en merely ordered people to search for Han Yiyao. The two had been meant to marry for a long time, but Han Yiyao had always been dragging her feet. This time, it seemed Ying Cheng’en was not willing to wait any longer—he was determined to marry one of the Imperial Capital’s three beauties.

He might be magnanimous, but other members of the Ying Family couldn’t bear it!

Now Ying Cheng’en was the banner of the Ying Family, the star of the future, destined to become a peerless prodigy in the Divine Infant Realm. His perfection could not suffer the slightest desecration—Zhou Heng had to die!

Yet no one had expected Zhou Heng to be so audacious. Knowing the Ying Family was after him, he still dared to come to the Imperial Capital?

Hmph, did he really think the Zhao Family could protect him?

To know that the Imperial Capital had always been the domain of the three great houses, not four! Wasn’t that telling? The Zhao Family did not stand equal to the Ying Family!

"Very well, you delivered yourself to my door!" Ying Haihuang sneered coldly, knowing that Zhou Heng only had Spiritual Power of the Open Heaven Realm but possessed the strength of the Mountains and Rivers Realm and a body comparable to a Mountains and Rivers Realm Magic Artifact.

So what?

He indeed couldn’t subdue Zhou Heng on the spot, but he could capture him and bring him back to the Ying Family to make him suffer excruciating torture until death!

Nothing in this world is indestructible!

How are Divinity Transformation Realm level Magic Artifacts made? Aren’t the toughest materials in the world carved and processed? Since even such materials can be dealt with, what does a body at the level of a Mountains and Rivers Realm Magic Artifact amount to?

Zhou Heng fixed his gaze on Ying Haihuang, clenched his fist, and smiled, "Just you alone want to take me down?"

"Isn’t it enough?" Ying Haihuang struck fiercely, leaping forward and grabbing harshly at Zhou Heng.

He was at the Peak Third Layer Heaven of the Mountains and Rivers Realm; in terms of strength, his was at least three times greater than Zhou Heng’s, and yet he couldn’t take him down? He didn’t need to kill or severely injure Zhou Heng; even just driving him all the way back to the Ying Family with his strength would suffice!

"Not enough!" Zhou Heng swung his fist to meet the attack, and with another loud bang, he was again forced to retreat, admittedly far from a match for a Peak Third Layer Heaven Power in strength.

"Ha ha, how about now?" Ying Haihuang laughed loudly, reaching out again to grab, "Come obediently with this old man back to the Ying Family for your trial!"

"Not so great!" Zhou Heng’s form shifted, and swish, under the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, his speed suddenly surged, instantly moving behind Ying Haihuang where he threw a punch, and a cluster of Purple Flame fiercely blazed up.

He had activated his Bloodline Power. Ying Haihuang’s strength was too great, and only the mutated Purple Flame had the capability to burn the opponent.

"Eh?" Ying Haihuang showed a moment of caution, sensing the killing power of the Purple Flame in Zhou Heng’s hand and immediately let out a fierce shout, as a terrifying power surged from within him.

Bang, Zhou Heng was instantly pushed back.

"Come again!" Zhou Heng maneuvered his form, moving like a phantom, launching a storm-like assault on Ying Haihuang.

Like threading a needle, like mercury spilling on the floor, he would seize any crack to strike!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ying Haihuang responded to the myriad changes unchangingly; his strength far surpassed Zhou Heng’s, needing only a light shake to push him back.

One ever-changing, speedy as blazing lightning, the other like a steadfast pillar amidst a tsunami and crumbling mountains, immovable!

After a hundred moves, they were still at a stalemate where neither could prevail over the other!

Ying Haihuang was furious inside; he had already bragged about taking Zhou Heng down, but now Zhou Heng was pressing him in the fight, embarrassing him immensely. Although he kept a watertight defense, how could this save face?

Besides, was Zhou Heng really just at the Open Heaven Realm? He, a mighty expert at the Peak Third Layer Heaven of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, half a step into the Spirit Sea Realm, was passively receiving hits—this was utterly humiliating!

Amidst his rage, he was even more shocked!

This young man must not be allowed to live!

With the Ying Family’s capabilities, it was very easy to investigate Zhou Heng’s background; he was only twenty years old!

Twenty years old!

Indeed, Ying Cheng’en had reached the Open Heaven Realm at twenty, but in terms of combat power... he absolutely didn’t believe that, at that time, Ying Cheng’en could leave a Peak Third Layer Heaven Mountains and Rivers expert with only the ability to parry!

This youngster was a great enemy of the Ying Family and an external kin of the Zhao Family; he must be eliminated at all costs!

Zhou Heng suddenly stopped, shook his hands, and said, "No more!" He turned his head to look at Zhao Hongcheng and Feng Lianqing, said, "Let’s go, we’re heading back!"

He had to retreat.

On the surface, it looked like he had the upper hand, but that was due to the Swift Cloud Radiant Step’s rapid speed. Yet running this movement technique was also a tremendous drain on his own Spiritual Power. If he couldn’t defeat his opponent after such a long time, continuing the fight would cost him the advantage in speed!

By then, if he didn’t hide in the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, he would indeed be forced by Ying Haihuang to go to the Ying Family.

It’s like how mortals can’t do anything to a large rock, but they can lever it along the way!

Ying Haihuang couldn’t help but clench his fists, consumed by a heaven-burning rage, he really couldn’t do anything to Zhou Heng! Unless he was willing to risk the Ying Family and the Zhao Family openly going to war, he absolutely couldn’t lay a finger on Zhao Hongcheng!

At least, Zhou Heng was not officially part of the Zhao Family on the surface, but Zhao Hongcheng was a different story.

That wild girl?

Ying Haihuang’s eyes turned icy, certain that there was no such person in the Zhao Family, which meant she must be with Zhou Heng!

Capturing her, to threaten Zhou Heng!

With that thought, Ying Haihuang didn’t hesitate at all and immediately leapt into action, reaching out to grab Feng Lianqing.

"Roar!" With a bellow, Little Cute Bear instantly grew larger and swung a huge bear paw at Ying Haihuang’s head.

What!

Ying Haihuang only felt the sky darken as a massive bear paw came crashing down on him.

Boom!

He vanished from his spot, and dust filled the air. After a while, a figure burst from the ground, Ying Haihuang looking utterly livid, a rage born from desperation tinted his face.

What a misfortunate year!

Though he was at the peak of Third Layer Heaven, that Demon Beast was no inferior foe, and with inherent brutal strength, competing in power with a Demon Beast of the same realm was not only about bravery but also required a significant amount of stupidity!

—Everyone knows not to contest strength with a Demon Beast but to overcome them with Martial Arts Techniques!

His fists clenched, his body trembling, today he had definitely lost face!

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but sigh, wondering if his life would be quieter if that wild girl ended up taken by the Ying Family.

"Hey hey hey, stingy dummy, your gaze isn’t pure at all!" Feng Lianqing cheerfully counted her Spirit Tickets, recognizing after all these days that this stuff was even more valuable than gold and silver.

With Ying Haihuang no longer in pursuit, no one else dared to block their way any more, merely watching them go further and further.

...

Along the way, Zhao Hongcheng was both excited and fearful.

Excited because Ying Chuchen had finally been severely dealt with, wondering how he will show his face in public again! But fearful because today they had truly offended the Ying Family deeply, and if the old ancestor of the Ying Family made a move, it would truly be like heaven falling!

"Think about the good side, at least Bai Feifei won’t look at Ying Chuchen ever again!" Zhou Heng patted his shoulder, the young man reminding him of the four from Black Water Hall, wondering how they were faring now.

Zhao Hongcheng immediately hung his head, saying, "I never thought that Bai Feifei had already broken through to the Heaven-Opening Realm! In vain we four contested endlessly, trying to claim the title of the top genius, only to be frogs in a well and a joke in the eyes of others!"

He looked up at Zhou Heng and said, "Only Brother Heng is truly worthy of Princess Feifei!"

Zhou Heng shook his head, wondering why he was suddenly the target? Admittedly, Bai Feifei was indeed a peerless beauty, on par with Han Yiyao and Mei Yixiang, but he wasn’t someone to pursue every beautiful woman he saw.

The only woman he had actively pursued was Han Yiyao, not because she was exceptionally beautiful, but because of a strange attraction!

Looking back now, it must have been the mutual attraction of the Golden Sun Grass King and the Mysterious Yin Physique. Solo Yin does not grow, solo Yang does not thrive, which is a principle of the great laws of heaven and earth, truly unrelated to whether Zhou Heng was lascivious or not.

During their conversation, the three of them returned to the Zhao Family.

"Young Master Heng, the Family Head wishes to see you!" Ling Baidong immediately came to pass the message.

Given such a major incident, it was normal for Zhao Duotian to want to see him.

"Brother Heng, take it easy!" Zhao Hongcheng whispered, recognizing that although Zhao Duotian was the pillar of the Zhao Family and an idol worshiped by all Zhao family members, Zhou Heng, being about the same age, could resonate more easily.

Zhou Heng nodded and followed Ling Baidong to a scenic courtyard.

"Leave us!" Zhao Duotian, standing with his back to them, didn’t turn around at the sound of their entrance but merely gestured with his hand for Ling Baidong to leave.

"Yes, Family Master!" Ling Baidong promptly bowed respectfully, retreated out of the courtyard, and closed the gate behind him. Although he was a Mountains and Rivers expert, his reverence for Zhao Duotian was so deep that he felt it sacrilegious even to turn his back on him.

Zhao Duotian still didn’t turn around, nor did he speak, causing the atmosphere to suddenly grow cold.

This was an intangible pressure; as a supreme expert who was almost stepping into the Nascent Soul Realm, even his silhouette exuded tremendous pressure, subconsciously causing one’s breath to catch.

Zhou Heng, however, felt no impatience. Zhao Duotian was an excellent subject for his contemplation now.

As for how to create Deities within the body, he still had no clue up to now, which was no longer just a matter of self-awareness but involved the formation of heaven and earth, the vastness of the universe.

With Zhao Duotian’s Deities gradually taking form, this was simply the best demonstration for him.

"Within three years, I want you to surpass Ying Cheng’en!" Zhao Duotian suddenly spoke.