Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 272 - 260 Battle with Ying Dongyun (3/3)

Chapter 272: Chapter 260 Battle with Ying Dongyun (3/3)

Ying Dongyun’s gaze widened menacingly, and the aura of the Mountains and Rivers Realm burst forth, instantly silencing the crowd below. Being swept by his gaze felt like being stared at by a venomous snake, causing hair to stand on end and cold sweat to break out.

"Coward!" Ying Dongyun said coldly.

He was determined to restore the Ying Family’s face, naturally belittling Zhou Heng in every way possible.

"Zhou, how can you tolerate this?" Feng Lianqing rubbed her hands together, now a little money grubber, thinking of nothing but Zhou Heng quickly defeating Ying Dongyun to claim first place and get the reward immediately.

Zhou Heng gave her an ear of grain and said, "Don’t come up with random nicknames!"

Feng Lianqing stuck out her tongue at him; she knew she was no match for this guy, but it didn’t matter, by acting cuter with Zhao Kexin, someone would naturally teach this boy a lesson for her.

Zhou Heng was in no hurry to get on the stage. This struggle for heaven competition lasted a total of ten days, and it was only the eighth day now. There were still two days until the end, and he didn’t want to go up there and play the monkey for everyone for two days.

He returned to the Zhao Family, and Feng Lianqing naturally grabbed him with a puffed-up air, not letting go.

"Wild girl, even if I went up to fight now, I’d have to wait two days to get the reward. What’s the rush?" He explained to Feng Lianqing, who was driving him crazy.

"Why?" Feng Lianqing’s big eyes widened in bafflement.

"There’s no why, that’s just the rule!"

"What rule?" Feng Lianqing asked blankly.

Zhou Heng felt a sense of frustration, lifted her, and threw her out of the house: "Come find me the day after tomorrow!"

He stayed at the Zhao Family quietly for two days, polishing his Domain Path, and enlightenment formed in his heart, as if a door to supreme light was about to open before him, just a little bit shy.

Unfortunately, two days were indeed too short.

On the third day, the final day of the struggle for heaven competition, Zhou Heng was woken up early by Feng Lianqing, who dragged him all the way to the stage.

Today was the last day, but the number of spectators had actually decreased.

Since the afternoon of the day before yesterday, no one had dared to challenge Ying Dongyun, and the stage had become like a solo crosstalk performance for Ying Dongyun—a stage where he spewed gibberish all day long. Who would want to listen to a Da Han rant for a whole day?

The reason some people still came was that they wanted to see if anyone from the Zhao Family would make a move in the end!

This sudden emergence of a powerful member from the Ying Family caught the illustrious families of the Imperial Capital by surprise. No one had expected the Ying Family to have such a fearsome clansman, with such brutal strength and physique, he was definitely an unrivaled existence in his realm!

The abrupt show of strength from the Ying Family put pressure on the other noble families. Why had this super noble family suddenly played a trump card?

Although Ying Dongyun was arrogant, he did have the capital to be so. Aside from Zhao Duotian and Ying Cheng’en, which expert under a hundred years could suppress him? Ying Cheng’en would naturally not take action, so everyone anticipated whether Zhao Duotian would appear.

Of course, this was highly unlikely, which was why very few had come to watch the battle today—as a matter of fact, whether there would be a battle at all was still a question.

"It’s the last day already, Zhou Heng, you little beast, how long are you planning to hide?" Ying Dongyun sneered, his eyes sweeping around as he searched earnestly among the crowd for his target, believing Zhou Heng would definitely come.

"Has no one ever told you that you have a foul mouth?" a cold voice rang out, and the crowd instantly parted like flowing water, revealing the figure of a young man, tall and slender, not particularly burly but exuding an aura that could suppress heaven and earth.

"Zhou Heng!"

"It’s really Zhou Heng!"

"Does he really want to confront Ying Dongyun?"

"Isn’t this just asking for humiliation?"

Sudden murmurs rose from the crowd. After the event at the Beast Fighting Arena, Zhou Heng’s name had become one of the most talked-about in the Imperial Capital recently. No one expected him to actually show up today.

"Hahaha, you do have some guts after all. Then come up here and fight!" Ying Dongyun said with a sinister snarl.

Zhou Heng smiled faintly, stepped up the stairs onto the stage, standing far away and facing Ying Dongyun.

"Your courage is commendable, but I have to say, you are really an idiot!" Ying Dongyun curled his lips, "Even Zhao Duotian chose to be a shrinking turtle, and yet you, boy, dare to come out. You truly do not know whether to live or die!"

"Bastard!"

Several angry shouts suddenly came from below—it was the Zhao Family’s disciples. People would always come to watch the commotion. Zhao Duotian was the soul of the Zhao Family, revered like a god by every member. Hearing Ying Dongyun’s insulting words, they wanted to rush up and fight to the death.

Zhou Heng’s face darkened with anger, and he shouted, "Shut up!"

The sound waves were like knives, accompanied by his Mountains and Rivers Realm level of mighty aura. With a thunderous shout, Ying Dongyun involuntarily stiffened, nearly fainting on the spot.

The fierce man paused for a moment, then immediately showed a look of annoyed embarrassment!

He, a mighty Mountains and Rivers Realm expert, on the verge of entering the Spirit Sea Realm, had been halted by the shout of an Open Heaven Realm ant!

"Pff!"

Laughter erupted from below as they watched a fierce brute looking dumbfounded, which was quite amusing.

"Good boy!" Ying Dongyun snorted coldly, extending his fist. His fist suddenly sprouted three silver thorns, emitting a captivating and icy gleam.

Zhou Heng’s eyes hardened; he had experienced the Ying Family’s Bloodline Power before. It was a marvel—a resonance formed by condensing the Spiritual Energy of metal in the space with Spiritual Power, materializing into form.

But these three silver thorns sprouting from Ying Dongyun’s body... were actually growing out of him!

No wonder he always felt a metallic scent coming from the opponent; so that was it, this fierce character indeed had metal inside his body!

With this thought, Zhou Heng’s spirit suddenly opened up. Since his body could produce Silver Thorns, perhaps his bones were also made of metal? Otherwise, the mere three Silver Thorns wouldn’t have been enough to instill such a strong "metallic feeling" in Zhou Heng.

Could Ying Dongyun’s ability to step into the Mountains and Rivers Realm at such a young age, even being just one step away from breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, be related to the actual metal within his body?

If that was indeed the case, had the Ying Family discovered a completely new path for cultivation?

Zhou Heng’s curiosity was suddenly piqued. He raised his right hand and said, "I’ll use just one hand!"

"How audacious!" Ying Dongyun bellowed, leaping forward and swiping his right hand towards Zhou Heng, the chilling glint from the three Silver Thorns struck fear into the hearts of onlookers.

He knew that Zhou Heng’s spiritual power realm was only at the Heaven-Opening Realm, but his physical strength had reached the Mountains and Rivers Realm, so he didn’t hold back and used his ultimate move from the start—the Ying Family’s Bloodline Power was known for breaking all sorts of defenses, and he too was at the Mountains and Rivers Realm, albeit a very special one!

His Silver Thorns could blast through the defenses of the Mountains and Rivers Realm!

He was determined to kill Zhou Heng!

He dashed like lightning, reaching Zhou Heng in an incredible speed and thrust out his Silver Thorns.

Snap!

Zhou Heng reacted, grabbing Ying Dongyun’s wrist in one swift motion. Strong and steady, Ying Dongyun’s charging figure came to an abrupt halt.

For a moment, the entire place was dead silent.

"Way to go, Zhou! Beat him to a pulp!" Feng Lianqing’s shout suddenly rang out.

It was then that the crowd began to react.

What was happening? Zhou Heng had actually blocked that strike!

No, no, that wasn’t right, he didn’t just block it, he casually captured his opponent’s wrist! But that could only be done by a crushing level of strength!

Crushing?

Since when could a Martial Artist of the Heaven-Opening Realm crush someone from the Mountains and Rivers Realm?

"Hey!" Ying Dongyun roared, waving his left hand, clang clang clang, three more Silver Thorns appeared, stabbing viciously at Zhou Heng’s ribs.

Zhou Heng’s right hand shook, and Ying Dongyun was suddenly tossed into the air. Zhou Heng’s right hand clenched and he struck out.

Bang!

Blood sprayed as Ying Dongyun’s abdomen was punched through, leaving a hole the size of a child’s head, and his body slid across the arena, carving a groove in the hard stone surface a foot deep.

Zhou Heng stood with his fist withdrawn and said indifferently, "All that arrogance, and yet so easily broken!"

Easily broken?

The crowd felt somewhat unjust on Ying Dongyun’s behalf. The man had the cultivation level of the Peak Third Layer Heaven of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, with brutal strength and a robust physique, supposed to be invincible among his peers, yet astonishingly, Zhou Heng had beaten him with a single move!

To be a genius born in the same era as Zhao Duotian and Ying Cheng’en was sad, destined to be overshadowed by their brilliance. But unexpectedly, there was now a monster who was in no way inferior, completely suffocating the younger generation!

"Boy, you’ve angered me!" Ying Dongyun climbed up, the gaping hole in his abdomen rapidly healing. His eyes turned pitch black in an instant, devoid of irises and sclera, striking a chill into the hearts of those who saw.

Clang!

A three-foot-long Silver Thorn emerged from his spine, shining with silver light yet traced with a mysterious black line.

Clang!

Another Silver Thorn emerged, and then another and another! In rapid succession, Ying Dongyun sprouted eighteen Silver Thorns from his back, looking like a hedgehog.

Despite how comical this looked, not a single person on the scene could laugh.

Everyone knew that once Bloodline Power was in play, Martial Artists could become quite bizarre, but Ying Dongyun’s appearance had exceeded the realm of bizarre and entered that of a monster!

A living, breathing monster!

Zhou Heng’s eyes sparkled with even more curiosity. These eighteen Silver Thorns were all made of real metal, hidden inside Ying Dongyun’s body the whole time, not formed by condensing the gold-type spiritual energy from the environment after activating his Bloodline Power!

"Die!"

Ying Dongyun roared, and his whole body shot towards Zhou Heng, curling up and forming into a sphere, with the eighteen Silver Thorns forming a metallic wheel rolling towards Zhou Heng.

How could this be countered?

The Ying Family’s Bloodline Power was known precisely for its ability to break through all defenses, and Ying Dongyun was especially unique, his Silver Thorns could even blast through magic artifacts of the same realm!

This was always an invincible spear!

Zhou Heng coldly smiled, his right hand opened and an Eight-Colored Lotus appeared in an instant, swatting towards Ying Dongyun.

Ever since his physique initially broke through to the Mountains and Rivers Realm, Zhou Heng hadn’t used Martial Arts Techniques to fight for a while, but as his spiritual cultivation level broke through to the Mountains and Rivers Realm, his strongest battle power was still his various Martial Arts Techniques.

Whoosh, the Eight-Colored Lotus spun, facing Ying Dongyun head-on.

"My Ying Family’s Bloodline cannot be destroyed or blocked!" Ying Dongyun shouted loudly, without dodging or evading, and his eighteen Silver Thorns spun towards the Eight-Colored Lotus. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)