Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 432 - 416: Three Great Generals under the King (3/3)

Chapter 432: Chapter 416: Three Great Generals under the King (3/3)

Training under extremely heavy gravity refined the spiritual power within one’s body to a purer form, thus unleashing greater power.

Two martial artists of the same realm and with Dantian spaces of identical size theoretically possess similar strength. However, if one’s spiritual power is purer, the force they unleash in an instant when launching an attack is definitely stronger!

This could easily determine the outcome of a battle!

If only Wang Ke’s realm weren’t so low, Zhou Heng would have liked to throw him out to toughen up properly!

Black Donkey was sticking out his tongue like a criminal on the execution ground, looking dejected and lifeless in the eyes.

This donkey’s laziness and cheekiness were indeed unparalleled in the world!

After a long while, they passed through the lengthy corridor and entered a massive space, which must be the head of the giant puppet, naturally a vast area.

Everyone looked around. This place seemed to be a warehouse, divided into countless small compartments, and one couldn’t see the end at a glance.

Black Donkey perked up, hurried to the front of one compartment, and banged open the door, then dragged out three metallic people, each about the size of an average human.

"These are the other puppets of the Puppet Sect from yesteryears, not as powerful as that King Level puppet, but they are numerous in quantity, which is a considerable force in itself if they could be operated!"

Clang, clang, clang, everyone started to open the compartments, each containing similarly sized puppets, but since they weren’t activated, their specific levels were unknown.

However, although the specific realms of the inactive puppets were not visible, one could judge from the materials used that most of them were of the Heaven-Opening Realm, fewer of the Mountains and Rivers Realm, and even fewer of the Nascent Soul and Spirit Sea Realms.

Indeed, they must have used most of the precious materials to manufacture the Puppet King outside, leaving little leftover material. Moreover, maintaining the operation of that Puppet King consumed a lot of spirit stones, leaving none spare to operate these smaller models.

The reputation and strength of the Puppet Sect undoubtedly reached its peak after creating that King Level puppet, but sadly, it was the extensive consumption of spirit stones to sustain the Puppet King that eventually led to the downfall of this ancient powerhouse.

Though Black Donkey was greedy for money, these puppets were all money burners, and puppets of the Heaven-Opening Realm did not impress him much and naturally he quickly lost interest, yawning boredly on the side.

The three great generals of the Sea Clan were very happy. The struggle for the throne needed high-tier battle power and loads of low-level cannon fodder. If they could form a puppet army, they would have more confidence in confronting the Crown Prince.

They all took action, but their space artifacts were not very large and soon filled up, although they had only taken a very small portion of the puppets here.

"I’m afraid the entire Puppet Sect from those times stayed in this King Level puppet. So many ’soldiers’ couldn’t possibly be stored in space artifacts, and it would be too costly in spirit stones to activate them."

Black Donkey sighed and said, "All of these are waste!"

"Maybe there are some high-tier puppets, but those wouldn’t be placed together with these cheap items!" Zhou Heng said.

"Exactly!" Black Donkey got excited again, "The Puppet Sect was famed across the continent for manipulating puppets long before they built that King Level puppet outside. They must have manufactured countless powerful puppets to help them traverse the world!"

"Those would surely be for the core disciples to use!"

"Let’s go, let’s go, let’s check other places quickly!"

Black Donkey turned and ran, with Zhou Heng quickly following suit. Although the three great experts of the Sea Clan were salivating over the remaining puppets, they lacked enough space artifacts to carry them and had to reluctantly turn and chase after Zhou Heng and Black Donkey.

"Donkey, wait!" Zhou Heng suddenly said.

"It’s urgent, I can’t wait!" Black Donkey’s eyes turned into two passionate hearts, unable to calm down.

"If you don’t want to die, you’d better stay behind me, though I’d gladly burn incense at your grave!" Zhou Heng laughed.

"You crow’s mouth!" Black Donkey barked angrily but knew Zhou Heng wouldn’t take its life lightly as a joke. It immediately retreated behind Zhou Heng, whispering, "Are there enemies here?"

"We have guests!" Zhou Heng said, eyes fixed ahead.

"Hmm?" The Lobster Man paused slightly. His strength was only second to Zhou Heng, and his perception ability was naturally sharper than Black Donkey and the others.

After a while, Black Donkey and the others became alert. In this area of extraordinarily high gravity, their perception range had also greatly decreased, but now they could see a large group of people approaching from ahead.

—All were oddly shaped seafood creatures, including Seahorse Men, Octopus People, and Walrus Men, a motley crew.

"Underlings of the Crown Prince!" the three great experts of the Sea Clan said simultaneously, all looking at the three people at the forefront. Fear was evident on their faces as they trembled, "Shui Dongliu, Shui Qianjun, Shui Yuanning, the Three Great Generals under the King!"

Black Donkey laughed loudly, saying, "Aren’t you three also great generals? What is there to fear?"

The Lobster People couldn’t help but smile bitterly. How could they compare to the renowned Three Great Generals under the King? The area of the sea actually far exceeds that of the land, and the population of the Sea Clan is in no way less than that of the surface races, even surpassing them!

Moreover, the Sea Clan is a completely unified kingdom, relatively more united, and since the ocean world is different from the land, it was less affected by the Martial Path Apocalypse thousands of years ago, making the experts there stronger than those on land.

The so-called Three Great Generals under the King are three Divine Infant Realm experts who are not of the royal bloodline, all Elephant Fish people, and furthermore, they are three brothers with aligned intentions. Their combined attack power is even stronger!

It is said that their individual combat abilities were not inferior to Ao Guanglong, who had just broken through to the Divinity Transformation Realm, and together, even Ao Guanglong in his Divine Infant Realm was no match for them, truly being the mainstay of the Sea Clan!

The reason the Crown Prince could stand out was precisely because he had the full support of these three generals. As for the reason, it’s quite simple: the three generals are the Crown Prince’s maternal uncles!

Although the Lobster People were also at the Divine Infant Realm, just like they were powerless before Zhou Heng, they were similarly no match for the Three Great Generals, and the gap was not a small one.

Now that the Three Great Generals under the King had all arrived, this represented an immense deterrence. Under their notorious reputation, even Divine Infant Realm experts like the Lobster People could not help but feel a chill in their hearts!

"Mo Keyan, you privately opened the treasury and stole a large amount of precious treasures; it is a capital offense! Kneel down and accept your death now!" Shui Donglu held a huge trident in his hand, his eyes were cold with an imperial aura flowing around him.

The three brothers were all capable of competing with the Sea Clan Emperor, Ao Guanglong, except that Ao Guanglong had advanced a step earlier, but with their talents, taking the last step was not a difficult task at all!

In fact, they had already set half a foot into the Divinity Transformation Realm!

The Lobster People trembled, first out of fear of the opponent’s fierce reputation, and secondly because stealing from the national treasury was indeed a grave crime. If the Little Crown Prince could rise powerfully and overthrow the Crown Prince, then this matter could be easily smoothed over; however, the key issue now was that the Little Crown Prince had absolutely no room for growth, while the Three Great Generals had already arrived in pursuit!

"How, how did you know we were here?" Mo Keyan trembled as he spoke.

"Humph, did you think you were the only ones who had seen that map?" Shui Qianjun interjected, staring intensely. His divine light was dazzling, causing the Fishman and Snake Man on this side to have their legs go weak, hardly able to stand steadily anymore.

"Where is the Little Crown Prince?" Shui Dongliu demanded, his domineering aura overflowing, causing the Fishman and Snake Man to become disordered in their qi, and simultaneously spewing a mouthful of blood.

If a battle were to erupt now, Mo Keyan’s side would be instantly annihilated!

Zhou Heng stepped forward, spreading his right hand, saying, "I’m truly sorry, I also partook in that medicinal meal!"

"Filthy human!" Shui Qianjun immediately showed a look of disgust. He also held a trident in his hand, which he swung a few times before thrusting from afar, instantly forming an ice spike that stabbed towards Zhou Heng’s neck.

Zhou Heng frowned, his opponent was so ruthless right from the start, these lords really were used to running rampant, thinking this was still in the Sea Clan where they could act wantonly? He clenched his right fist, and with a ting, the ice spike instantly shattered into pieces and fell.

"What comes around goes around!" He retaliated with a punch in the flow, his punch turning into a blaze of flame, striking back at Shui Qianjun.

"Break!" Shui Qianjun countered the blaze with his trident. Bang! His whole body shuddered, his posture unchanged, but he was forced back by a powerful force, leaving two deep grooves on the ground.

Only after retreating thirty feet did the force finally dissipate completely!

The Shui family three brothers all showed stunned expressions.

Although Shui Qianjun didn’t suffer much in that hit, he was definitely at a disadvantage. Because Zhou Heng attacked across the air, while Shui Qianjun had to use a magic artifact to meet it, and still could not match Zhou Heng’s power, which showed how terrifying the power of this seemingly young man was!

But stunned as they were, they showed not a hint of fear. After all, the power of a martial artist is crucial but does not represent complete combat power. Being the Three Great Generals under the King, each of them possessed overwhelming power even within their own realms!

Moreover, there were three of them, and their combined strength could boost their power several times over, even enabling them to barely contend with their current king, Ao Guanglong at the Divinity Transformation Realm level!

"Who might you be?" Shui Donglu asked with a grave voice, no longer daring to underestimate this inappropriately young expert.

Zhou Heng gave a faint smile, saying, "A chance encounter requires no names!"

"Sir, this is a family matter of our Sea Clan, irrelevant to you, please step aside!" Shui Qianjun said, as a true expert naturally commands enough respect; Zhou Heng had proven with his own strength that he indeed deserved the Three Great Generals to show some courtesy.

"Step aside?" Zhou Heng chuckled softly, "You brazenly attacked me, yet you ask me to step aside?"

"Zhou, don’t do me any favors, flatten him!" Black Donkey’s eyes gleamed as he stared at the trident held by the three brothers from the Shui family; those were all Divine Infant Realm magic artifacts! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)