Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 325 - 313 Minor Conflict (2/3)

Chapter 325: Chapter 313 Minor Conflict (2/3)

The power of this Demon Bull was so intense it was infuriating; its Divine Intent was far stronger than Sang Qingshan and his two companions!

Mei Yixiang and Han Yulian had said that even if two individuals were both at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, with formed Divine Intents, their strength could still differ as much as heaven and earth. It was indeed true!

Forming Divine Intent was a process. If this process were divided into a hundred steps, then the difference between the first and the hundredth step was as vast as heaven and earth! Characters like Zhao Duotian, Ying Cheng’en, and the Great Water Buffalo were all nearly at the ninety-something steps, while Sang Qingshan and his two companions were at most at the fiftieth step, a huge difference.

Once one reached the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm, without expansion of the Dantian Space, there was no possibility for any growth in Spiritual Power. If two people’s Dantian Spaces were about the same size, then their strengths would be similar.

But with different intensities of Divine Intents, the difference in Battle Power they brought was incomparably huge!

All three of Sang Qingshan’s group were prodigies of their generation, with immense Dantian Spaces. They were basically unbeatable in terms of the level of Spiritual Power, but they fell far short in terms of Divine Intent. Even combined, they were simply overwhelmed by the Great Water Buffalo.

The four of them joining forces could only maintain a stalemate; victory was completely out of the question!

—Unless everyone resorted to their ultimate moves. Sang Qingshan, a scion of a super clan, surely possessed some ultimate abilities of his own. But ultimate moves, being what they are, how could they be used unless it was absolutely necessary?

Although the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo was a high-tier Demon Beast, a treasure all over, it was far less significant than the Three Yang Ancient Land. While the four of them were joining forces, it was only to break through the entrance’s mechanism, so how could they genuinely work together wholeheartedly?

The true combat power naturally had to be reserved for the crucial moment to erupt!

Without using their ultimate moves, the battle naturally became deadlocked. It looked extremely fierce, but no one could gain the upper hand over the other.

Zhou Heng’s eyes flashed fiercely; he was determined to capture this Great Water Buffalo. Not only because of the abundant Life Essence Qi in its body but also its sharp horn on the head, which triggered an intense hunger in his Gold Devouring Clan’s body.

He decided to use the Purple Flame Heavenly Dragon. Since this move was no longer a secret, he didn’t care about using it openly.

Whoosh!

He stepped on the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, dashing like waves, soaring towards the Great Water Buffalo.

"Roar!" The Great Water Buffalo was equally murderous, just as humans coveted its "parts," it too desired the flesh and blood of martial artists! Especially these four, each one bursting with vitality, with three even having formed Divine Intents!

If it could devour these four individuals, it might immediately advance to the Nascent Soul Realm and completely form its Divine Intent!

Seeing Zhou Heng approaching, it was overjoyed, seeing him as a breakthrough point, as its Divine Intent Xuan Niu on its head immediately prepared to roar, unleashing a sky-piercing water column, aiming to pierce right through Zhou Heng’s chest.

Zhou Heng’s eyes glared furiously, and immediately a purple Heavenly Dragon soared from his head, twisting towards the sky, emitting a silent roar.

Boom!

The Xuan Niu Divine Intent on top of the Great Water Buffalo’s head was instantly shattered, breaking into more than a dozen fragments, struggling to recombine, but as soon as they touched each other, they immediately collapsed with a bang, completely unable to take shape!

Whoosh, Zhou Heng charged in, now holding a black Broken Sword in his hand as he slashed towards the neck of the Great Water Buffalo.

The Great Water Buffalo reacted with anger and shock, hurriedly lowering its head, using its horn to charge at Zhou Heng.

Its horn was an extraordinary object capable of breaking all sorts of defenses, and was indestructible, another one of its great weapons. However, as it was part of the head and it had a formed Divine Intent, a powerful being of this level would hardly engage in close combat, so the horn had rarely been used.

Now with Zhou Heng coming right up to it, it was precisely the time for this extraordinary object to shine again!

Bang!

Zhou Heng’s left fist smashed down, striking the horn head-on. Amidst flashing golden light, the entire head of the buffalo skewed to one side, exposing its neck and head!

The Black Sword came slashing down!

In the eyes of the Great Water Buffalo, there flashed a look of sheer horror. It could never have imagined that this mere first-layer Nascent-Soul human youth could possess such incredible strength, and that his fist would be so hard that it could withstand its horn!

Although its Spiritual Wisdom was far from comparable to that of humans, its instincts were extremely keen, and it immediately sensed the terror of the black sword, eliciting a chilling sense of death.

Spurt!

The Black Sword showed no mercy as it slashed down. Despite the Water Buffalo’s massive size, and the sword having only half a blade left, the Sword Qi that shot out was a hundred yards long, effortlessly entering the head and neck of the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo.

The eyes of the Great Water Buffalo dimmed in an instant, slowly closing as blood gushed from its neck. Its Life Fire was furiously stolen by the Black Sword and it died on the spot! As the Life Fire completely extinguished, the body of the Great Water Buffalo shrank rapidly, decreasing by at least tenfold before it stopped. Although it was still enormous, it was much smaller than before.

Hiss!

Sang Qingshan and the others all wore indelible expressions of shock.

Regarding battle power, Zhou Heng was not necessarily much stronger than them; in fact, he was even somewhat inferior. After all, Zhou Heng had not yet formed his Divine Intent. So what if his spiritual power was not weak compared to theirs?

But that guy’s Purple Flame Heavenly Dragon was truly terrifying, capable of utterly shattering an opponent’s Divine Intent with a single roar. How were others supposed to compete with that?

Their families and sects, tracing their roots to Ancient Times, each boasted legends of the Great Eternal Emperor. And looking at Zhou Heng, they felt as though they were beholding a young Great Emperor revealing terrifying potential.

To be born in the same era as such a person was the tragedy of any prodigy, destined to be overshadowed and dimmed!

The three had different expressions. A hidden murderous intent flickered in Yang Zhan’s eyes, Sang Qingshan showed an appreciative smile, while the Ice Phoenix Lady was more complex, her beautiful eyes fluttering as if weighing gains and losses.

Zhou Heng sat with closed eyes, not moving, with the Black Sword now stored in his Dantian Space, releasing a ceaseless stream of power, rapidly bolstering his accumulation of spiritual power. He had already practiced dividing his attention during his breakthrough to the Heaven-Opening Realm. Hence, it was a small feat for him to fight while simultaneously refining the power from the Black Sword.

"Brother Zhou is truly extraordinary!" Sang Qingshan was the first to regain his composure, giving Zhou Heng a fist salute and a smile before his gaze turned to the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo, flashing with ardor.

A Demon Beast that had formed Divine Intent! Such a Demon Core, if refined, could greatly accelerate the formation of their own Divine Intent!

Once Divine Intent was formed, it would be stable and never degrade, and then one would naturally not fear being completely shattered by Zhou Heng’s Purple Flame Heavenly Dragon in a single roar, rendering it useless.

"According to our earlier agreement, I’ll just take the horns!" Yang Zhan’s figure did not move, but with a thought, the water currents surged like a saw, moving toward the Great Water Buffalo’s horns to sever them.

This was the advantage of a Domain; as long as it was within the coverage of one’s Divine Sense, it was like having countless tentacles, moving at will.

Boom!

Zhou Heng threw a punch, and the surging water currents driven by Yang Zhan instantly scattered.

"Zhou Heng, what is the meaning of this? We already agreed that the horns were mine!" Yang Zhan’s eyes flared with anger. He desired the Demon Core as well, but he was cultivating a Secret Technique that required extremely precious metals, and the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo’s horns were just the thing.

That’s why he gave up competing for the Demon Core.

Glancing at him from the corner of his eye, Zhou said, "Those were your own words; when did I agree? Unfortunately, I only want the horns as well!"

"Zhou Heng, are you intentionally opposing me?" Yang Zhan’s gaze was sharp, filled with immense anger.

Zhou Heng laughed heartily, saying, "This Demon Bull was slaughtered by me; it isn’t too much to pick my spoils of battle first, right?"

No sooner had he spoken than both Sang Qingshan and the Ice Phoenix Lady nodded slightly.

Although they each had their own trump cards, whether those would be enough to kill the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo remained uncertain. Regardless of their own ability to kill it, Zhou Heng’s deed of killing the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo was a fact, and while they also played a role in restraining it, Zhou Heng’s contribution was undoubtedly the largest.

He was simply asking to select battle spoils first, and he wasn’t even aiming for the most valuable Demon Core, making his request by no means excessive.

Yang Zhan took a deep breath and said, "Zhou Heng, this item is of no use to you. I’ll compensate you with 100,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones, so stop competing with me for it!" With that, he moved closer to the Green-Eyed Water Buffalo and attempted to cut the horns himself!

But just as he reached out, a golden fist slammed towards him like a meteor streaking across the sky, brilliant and terrifying. The force of the attack compelled him to defend.

Boom!

Waves surged violently, and if one observed from above the lake, they would see waves shooting up a hundred feet high.

"Zhou Heng!" Yang Zhan bellowed in rage, his eyes almost shooting fire. In his view, he had been extremely humble in his approach and had even offered 100,000 middle-grade Spirit Stones as compensation, displaying his sincerity.

This was just unreasonable!

Zhou Heng’s expression was cold as he said, "Yang Zhan, you’re merely talking to yourself, when did I ever agree? In that case, I’ll offer two hundred Spirit Stones for your father, two hundred for your grandfather, and two hundred for your great-grandfather. Send them over to be my doorkeeper tomorrow!"

Yang Zhan’s face turned from white to red, his fists clenched so tightly that they cracked and popped.

Even Sang Qingshan and the Ice Phoenix Lady felt a pang of sympathy for Yang Zhan, while the Black Donkey was privately nodding, thinking that Zhou had truly picked up a few of its tricks. However, if such words had come from the Black Donkey, they would be more unspeakable references to the women in Yang Zhan’s family line.

"Are you courting death, Zhou Heng?" Yang Zhan’s face was an ashen blue. Their conflict was personal, but Zhou Heng had pointedly targeted his ancestors three generations back, which was nothing less than a provocation to the entire Yang family!

Zhou Heng roared with laughter, "Don’t try to scare me with the Yang family! I’m bound to have trouble with your grown-ups sooner or later since I’ve beaten you, so why should I be courteous? Stop the nonsense. If you have the skill, take the item from my hands, or else shut your mouth!"

If you beat the young, the old will come! Either don’t provoke them from the start, or if you do, there’s no point in holding back when you can’t stand being trifled with. Why endure?

Yang Zhan’s face grew redder, but in the end, he held himself back and did not make a move. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, I invite you to vote with your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)