Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 411 - 395: Multiple Suppressions (3/3)

Chapter 411: Chapter 395: Multiple Suppressions (3/3)

Everyone thought Zhou Heng was being suppressed by Li Gang, but the shock in Heavenly Venerate Wuji’s heart was even more intense.

He had underestimated Zhou Heng before; this young man’s Dantian Space was not just a hundred times that of a typical Nascent Soul Realm, but at least five hundred times, allowing him to still fight Li Gang evenly despite having his power suppressed a hundredfold!

He had to increase the pressure again, further limiting Zhou Heng’s power, before Li Gang gradually gained the upper hand.

But that was the limit. To suppress Zhou Heng’s power even further, he would have to make obvious movements, rather than silently as it was now, known only to him, Li Gang, and Zhou Heng.

Li Gang certainly wouldn’t say anything, and it was useless for Zhou Heng to say anything; others would just think he was a sore loser!

Fortunately, Li Gang now had a clear advantage. They would salvage their pride today and kill this young fellow another day to eliminate future troubles!

"Hahaha, Zhou Heng, that’s all you’ve got. You are not even a match for me with just one hand!" Li Gang felt exhilarating relief, even more thrilling than having a grand time with a woman.

It wasn’t enough!

He wanted to slap this young man’s face until it swelled more than a pig’s head. Not only that, but he also wanted to break every single bone in his opponent’s body, making Zhou Heng vividly remember today’s humiliation!

"Is that so?" Zhou Heng said with a faint smile, stretching out his left hand and executing an extremely mysterious palm technique!

Overturning Heaven Palm!

How could there be such a terrifying palm technique!

Li Gang felt his soul sink, the world before him turning pitch black as if he was in endless darkness. A giant hand, like a star, pressed down on him, causing his Divine Intent to falter, utterly clueless on how to defend!

The Nascent Soul Old Ancestor was impressive, but could he contend against a star?

Bang!

A loud noise erupted and the ground within about a hundred yards around Li Gang collapsed, boom, boom, boom. This crater also extended in all directions, sinking at least ten miles of ground by more than thirty feet, creating a massive pit!

The waters of the Poisonous Vast Sea backflooded, and lower Realm Martial Artists hurriedly scattered, fleeing far away. This was enough to instantly poison a martial artist of even the Heaven-Opening Realm to death! Those of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, though they wouldn’t die immediately, wouldn’t dare stay inside either.

"Ah—" With a roar, Li Gang burst forth into the sky, his face filled with rage. He had clearly had an absolute advantage—how had he suddenly been slapped into the ground by Zhou Heng?

It was too embarrassing!

He had to regain his face.

"Young Master Li, you are truly generous, sparing your opponent again!" Zhou Heng stepped in the Swift Cloud Radiant Step; even though he didn’t use its full speed, his movements were so elusive that Li Gang couldn’t lock on to him at all.

"Generous your sister!"

Li Gang was furious inside. He wanted to tear Zhou Heng into pieces—how could he possibly spare him? Knowing that Zhou was taunting him, he became even angrier and used the Heavenly Venerate Wuji’s Martial Arts Techniques.

The Deities appeared as a flare of fire. He roared incessantly, and the divine flames danced fiercely, transforming Li Gang’s entire being into a ball of flame, emitting an intense heat that could melt anything.

He was the biological son of a Heavenly Venerate with very pure and strong Bloodline Power. Even if his innate talents weren’t top-notch, he still made rapid advances relying solely on his Bloodline Power. However, his path was completely led by Heavenly Venerate Wuji; his achievement was entirely dependent on him, and he would never have breakthroughs on his own.

Even so, the power of this flame was not to be underestimated, honed personally by Heavenly Venerate Wuji, possessing a trace of a Heavenly Venerate’s might!

"Who would have thought Heavenly Venerate Wuji was also a Fire Cultivator!"

"The Eternal Great Emperor once dominated the world and subdued thousands of races with the Purple Flame Heavenly Dragon, reigning supreme among the Fire Cultivators!"

"It seems predestined by fate that the contest between the new and old kings would happen in such a manner!"

"With both individuals’ realms being similar and their Deities presumably not too different, who is stronger and who is weaker will all depend on whose Bloodline Power is stronger!"

A group of Nascent Soul and Divine Infant Realm Old Ancestors were discussing. Before one’s own Realm surpasses the ancestral Bloodline, the purer and stronger the Bloodline Power, the greater one’s Battle Power naturally!

Zhou Heng, pretending to be utterly shocked, said, "Young Master Li, you just got serious. That doesn’t fit the demeanor of a Heavenly Venerate’s son!"

While speaking, he also summoned his Deity, a golden figure circulating billions of divine glimmers within the Divine Fetus, matching his movements as he struck with another Overturning Heaven Palm.

Boom!

Li Gang disappeared again.

Though he had transformed into a Fire Person, fluctuating between tangible and intangible, the Overturning Heaven Palm was an Immortal Technique. Even if Zhou Heng couldn’t unleash its full power, it was more than enough to suppress a Martial Artist of the same Realm.

—Could Bloodline Power of a Heavenly Venerate even compare to an Immortal Technique?

Everyone around was watching with odd fascination.

"Zhou Heng is clearly a descendant of the Eternal Great Emperor; how come his Deity isn’t Purple Flame?"

"Exactly, the Deity of the Eternal Great Emperor in the past was a mass of Purple Flame, capable of burning through heaven and earth, respected by all!"

"Strange, why hasn’t Zhou Heng chosen Purple Flame as his deity?"

"Indeed, it’s strange. If he had chosen Purple Flame as his deity, perhaps he could have become the second Great Eternal Emperor! But by abandoning Purple Flame as his deity, he won’t be able to maximize the bloodline of the Purple Flame Heavenly Dragon and recreate the emperor’s prestige of the past!"

"This kid is really a fool!"

Hearing these conversations, Black Donkey spat disdainfully and muttered, "What do these idiots know? If Zhou had chosen Purple Flame as his deity, his achievements would have been limited to the height of the Great Eternal Emperor, never able to surpass it!"

"Only by firmly believing in one’s own invincibility can one find one’s own path! Although it’s unclear whether this path is broad or narrow or if it can lead to the pinnacle!"

Bang!

Li Gang burst up from the ground once more, his black hair disheveled and his face more livid than ever! He shouted, "Zhou Heng, I will tear you to pieces!" He couldn’t stand it anymore!

He transformed into a blaze, and with a thought, the surrounding area became a sea of fire, evaporating all the poisonous water cleanly.

"Young Master Li, why are you getting serious now? You promised me three hundred more moves!" Zhou Heng feigned "shock and horror," while dodging with Swift Cloud Radiant Step, "Young Master Li, you must show some righteousness!"

Screw your righteousness!

Li Gang knew Zhou Heng was infuriating him, but he couldn’t hold back his anger; the kid was too infuriating. Roaring in anger, he transformed into a blaze and enveloped Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng delivered another Overturning Heaven Palm, leaving Li Gang powerless to retaliate and suppressed him back into the deep pit once again, everything unfolding smoothly as if in a scripted play.

This son of Heavenly Venerate quickly rose to expectations and leaped back into the fray, but with each appearance, he looked more battered than before, his flame-transformed face swollen mightily, his eyes bloodshot with fury.

Li Wujie’s brow furrowed; he had already weakened Zhou Heng’s power to below that of Li Gang, yet Li Gang not only failed to triumph but was repeatedly defeated, which was an embarrassment!

He had ascended to Heavenly Venerate and had not yet shown his power, but his face was being ruined by his son first, leaving him in an unbearable position!

This battle, he absolutely couldn’t lose!

Li Wujie’s right hand trembled, and a dark red energy sphere formed in his palm but was immediately compacted by him into a minuscule particle, eventually making it undetectable even by a Divine Infant Realm divine sense. With a light flick of his finger, the particle whizzed through the air and entered Li Gang’s body directly.

Zhou Heng struck another palm, and the wave of energy surged past, hitting nothing!

It wasn’t that Li Gang had dodged using movement technique, but rather his entire body had truly become a flame, and Zhou Heng’s palm force passed right through, hitting nothing at all.

This ability to vaporize the body is available to Martial Artists in the Spirit Gathering Realm, and it’s easy to counter; one only needs spiritual power not weaker than the opponent’s, then a strike carrying spiritual power can directly hit the target.

After all, be it fire or poisonous water, it exists materially and is not truly air or nothingness. Striking the fire or poisonous water is equivalent to hitting the body, it’s just that the body’s transformation lessens the impact.

But Li Gang had truly become nothingness; his flame had form but no substance, striking it was like hitting air!

How is that possible?

"Hahaha!" Li Gang, invigorated by Li Wujie’s transmitted message, pursued Zhou Heng aggressively, "Boy, come on! Come on! Hit me again!"

Zhou Heng frowned slightly, his figure bouncing as he unfolded Swift Cloud Radiant Step, experiencing no pressure on the defensive. He glanced at Li Wujie, and although he had no proof, he was certain it must be Li Wujie’s doing!

Only a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate could have such a heaven-defying method!

This old man is really shameless, not only suppressing his spiritual power but also enhancing Li Gang’s capabilities! Black Donkey is mean, but openly so, while this old man is secretly despicable, the utmost in shamelessness!

What to do?

Zhou Heng’s figure flashed; his realm was not equal to the Divinity Transformation Realm, so naturally, he couldn’t solve a Heavenly Venerate’s method.

Unless, he was willing to use either the Black Sword or the Hundred Ghosts Sword, those Immortal Artifacts would undoubtedly strike Li Gang directly, once again putting Zhou Heng in a position to suppress Li Wujie in terms of level.

Speaking of which, although Li Gang was the fighter in the arena, in reality, he was merely a puppet, entirely a game between Zhou Heng and Li Wujie!

Zhou Heng made his decision immediately; both the Black Sword and the Hundred Ghosts Sword were impossible to use, as that would be like directly handing them over to Li Wujie!

So, just let Li Gang be arrogant?

Suddenly, an idea came to Zhou Heng; he remembered another "Immortal Object" that he had obtained from the blood lake in the Wind Howl Forest, which had once belonged to Gu Yan of Sunshine Second Layer Heaven—an Immortal Bone!

The Immortal Bone could surely break the Divinity Transformation Realm’s method, and although it was an Immortal Bone, it bore no runes, only containing terrifying power in its marrow. If released, it might even be able to strike down a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate!

--Even the Nine Mystic Trial Tower was almost shattered by that terrifying energy; what difficulty would there be in erasing a Divinity Transformation Realm?

Hehe, if Li Wujie truly shamelessly made his move to snatch it, then it could perhaps fatally trap this first Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate of Xuanqian Continent in tens of thousands of years.

That’s the way to do it!

Zhou Heng’s thoughts moved; he retrieved the Immortal Bone from the Nine Mystic Trial Tower, holding it like a Dog Beating Staff in his hand.

Seeing this scene, everyone’s faces became strange. (To be continued. If you like this work, we invite you to come to qidian.com to vote for recommended posts, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)