Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 440 - 424: The Matriarch Attacks (2/3)

Chapter 440: Chapter 424: The Matriarch Attacks (2/3)

Wang Ke saw they were trying to "steal" the food, naturally he wouldn’t let it go easily. He could tolerate anything but not others grabbing his food.

Mo Keyan and the others, fearing Zhou Heng’s strength, naturally couldn’t fall out with Wang Ke. In the end, with dark faces, they had no choice but to sit aside, watching Little Foodie and Black Donkey joyfully peel and deshell seals, lobsters and the like, removing sinews and limbs, busily having the time of their lives.

After being busy for half a day, the fragrance of meat filled the air, and a pot full of nourishing, variety-rich seafood soup was prepared.

It contained three Divine Infant Realm peak Demon Beasts, and their bloodline power was exceptionally strong, making them a rare treasure. After being thoroughly cooked, streaks of radiant light steamed into the air.

Black Donkey and Wang Ke, of course, wolfed it down. Even Ao Kongshan and Mo Keyan all salivated non-stop at this supreme nourishing delicacy, which, while not comparable to the previous Sea-Sky Feast, was nonetheless a rare tonic!

But how could they partake? Should the Sea Clan discover they had partaken in eating the Three Great Generals under the King, it would be strange if they didn’t rise en masse to grind their bones to dust! Not even Ao Kongshan ascending the throne could protect them!

Fortunately, the entire Three Great Generals had perished, and the Little Crown Prince instantly found the qualification to confront the Crown Prince, no longer having to find a place to hide, waiting for Ao Kongshan to truly unleash the bloodline power of the ancient ancestors.

After finishing this grand meal, Mo Keyan and the two others, along with Ao Kongshan, bid farewell to Zhou Heng. They were Sea Clan, so staying on land was not safe. Not everyone was like Zhou Heng, who paid no heed to racial concepts.

Previously, they were forced to come ashore to escape the Crown Prince’s pursuit. Now, with the Crown Prince’s forces greatly weakened, they naturally had nothing to fear.

Little Foodie and Ao Kongshan were reluctant to part. It was easy for children to grow fond of each other. Ao Kongshan earnestly invited Wang Ke to visit the Sea Clan. However, as soon as Wang Ke drooled at the thought of eating seafood, Ao Kongshan beat a hasty retreat, not even bothering to say goodbye, fleeing as if a dog that had lost its home, together with Mo Keyan and the others.

This left Ao Kongshan rather baffled. He wasn’t a stingy person. In the future, sharing seafood delights with Ao Kongshan certainly wouldn’t be a problem. So why did this Little Child seem to wear an expression as if someone had stepped on his tail?

Zhou Heng, accompanied by Wang Ke and Black Donkey, headed back toward Bright Moon Country. He had been away for quite a while this time and wondered if there had been any changes at home. Although he had left behind the Huo Tian to guard the house and many treasures, he still constantly worried.

Once he decided to return, his heart was set on it. After more than ten days of hurrying, he finally arrived back at the Zhao Family.

The reunion with his family, beloved wife, and friends naturally filled everyone with great joy, and Wang Ke got somewhat dizzy, wondering how his master could have so many beautiful wives, dazzling his eyes to the point where he couldn’t remember which was which. He had no choice but to call each woman he met "mistress", which led to Feng Lianqing furiously beating him up before he finally made an effort to remember.

Zhou Heng refined the Life Essence Qi of powerful Sea Clan Martial Artists like Shui Dongliu, and his Spiritual Power accumulation made significant progress.

Although his Dantian Space was frighteningly large, the Shui family brothers had also nearly stepped into the Divinity Transformation Realm, and their Life Essence Qi was naturally immensely strong, elevating Zhou Heng’s Spiritual Power accumulation to the late phase of the Divine Infant Second Layer Heaven.

But there was still a long way to go to break through to the Divine Infant Third Layer Heaven.

In order to advance his Cultivation Level, and having not seen his women for many days, Zhou Heng spent every day soaking in bed with them, bordering on wanton debauchery. At first, the women, after a long hiatus, were spirited combatants, but Zhou Heng’s constitution had broken through the Divinity Transformation Realm, which was incredibly powerful, insatiable as if he could never be satisfied!

After more than ten days, even when the women joined forces, they couldn’t keep up, and they had to wave the white flag of truce, even giving him special permission to continue charming other women and to bring a few more gentle wives and concubines back home if he wished.

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but lament the loneliness of an undefeated life, to which of course he received a barrage of eye-rolls from the women.

And just two days later, a powerful surge rippled through, instantly sweeping across the whole of Xuanqian Star—a new Expert had broken through to the Divinity Transformation Realm! Compared to the previous three, however, the surge from this newly ascended Heavenly Venerate was the weakest, at least ten times weaker!

Zhou Heng visited the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to inquire whether they had found any Star Gates or tracks of the Old Swindler. The lack of positive news disappointed him; neither the Star Gates nor the Old Swindler left a single clue, and the identity of this fourth Heavenly Venerate was also unknown.

Although the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was the largest force on the continent, their intelligence network had been greatly compromised in this end-times environment. Regions severely afflicted by natural disasters had no living human beings, so naturally, they had lost any news from there.

As Zhou Heng walked back, he sighed silently. It seemed that the path to bringing everyone to another planet through a Star Gate was not easy to tread. He could only hope to break through and become immortal quickly, using the Nine Mystic Trial Tower to package everyone up to go to the Immortal Realm.

However, the space inside the Nine Mystic Trial Tower was limited, and he couldn’t bring too many people with him.

When poor, one must first ensure their own well-being. Zhou Heng had no solution for this and he wasn’t a saint. Only when he could take good care of his family and loved ones could he afford to think of other people.

The moment he arrived at the Zhao family’s doorstep, he suddenly had the feeling of being watched, like needles on his back, extremely uncomfortable.

He slowly turned around, only to see a slender figure standing on the long street, her skirt fluttering gracefully in the light breeze.

Her hair flowed like clouds and her white dress was like snow. She was more resplendent than peach blossoms yet cold as frost, exuding a full-bodied deathly aura.

Moon Shadow Saintess!

No, it was the Moon Shadow Heavenly Venerate!

The woman had finally come knocking at his door!

Zhou Heng had prepared himself for this. He had had a few minor conflicts with her in the past, each time leaving this female Venerate at a disadvantage, having held, hugged, and touched her. Later on, in Gu Yan’s Bone Palace, he had even seen her completely naked.

For any modest woman, this would be an immense humiliation, let alone the Moon Shadow Saintess?

Having broken through to the Heavenly Venerate Rank and stabilizing her realm, and after sorting out her Sect’s affairs, she naturally needed to hunt down Zhou Heng to seek revenge.

"Humph!" Seeing that Zhou Heng had spotted her, the Moon Shadow Saintess extended her slender hand, which transformed into an enormous, white-as-jade hand that covered the sky and reached for Zhou Heng. This was the true power of the Divinity Transformation Realm, nothing like the half-baked abilities of the three Shui brothers.

Zhou Heng bent his knees slightly, swept his hands back, and then leaped up fiercely!

Boom!

The ground trembled wildly, the spot where he had stood instantly becoming a vast and immense pit, while Zhou Heng, like a meteor piercing the sky, shot upwards with indescribable speed!

This leap was fueled by the full burst of his physical strength!

Bang!

The jade hand in the sky was abruptly punctured with a large opening, and Zhou Heng’s body shot through the air almost unobstructed!

"Hmm?" A flicker of surprise crossed the exquisite face of the Moon Shadow Saintess. She knew her own strength like the back of her hand; although she had not used her full force in that palm strike, it still should not have been something a Martial Artist at the Divine Infant Realm could counter!

In the face of the Divinity Transformation Realm, those in the Divine Infant Realm had no choice but to turn tail and run; standing firm was tantamount to courting death!

This ironclad rule had passed down through the ages in the Xuanqian Continent, yet Zhou Heng had shattered it. Truly a... monster!

The Moon Shadow Saintess, whose intent was to seek vengeance, naturally would not simply give up. Immediately, with a thought, a rosy cloud rose beneath her lotus feet, and she soared upwards, swiftly chasing after Zhou Heng.

In midair, where one cannot leverage off anything, brute physical strength nearly becomes useless, relying only on Spiritual Power to stay aloft. Zhou Heng’s initial leap was incredibly powerful, but once that force dwindled, his speed slowed down.

Unless he activated the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, there was no way he could rival the speed of someone in the Divinity Transformation Realm.

However, his leap into the sky was not out of cowardice, but to avoid starting a battle near the Zhao Family, lest the aftermath of the fight destroy it—even though they were protected by a Formation, could it truly withstand the force of an attack from the Divinity Transformation Realm?

"Zhou Heng, surrender without resistance, and I won’t kill you. But you cannot escape a life of sin!" This time, the Moon Shadow Saintess did not wear a mask, but her lovely face was wrapped in mist, impossible to discern by anyone who was not at the level of the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Although Zhou Heng’s strength was only at the level of brute force within the Divinity Transformation Realm, he was still a Heavenly Venerate and could clearly see that the woman’s face was flushed with a tinge of both shame and annoyance.

Thinking back to what he had previously touched and seen, Zhou Heng felt a subtle stirring in his heart. The first generation Saintess of the East Spirit Immortal Pond was a peerless beauty, her appearance not in the least bit inferior to Ying Mengfan’s, and her demeanor even more elegant, noble, and cold!

Such a supreme woman easily aroused a man’s impulse to dominate her thoroughly.

The thought of turning a lofty Fairy into a wanton woman was enough to set the blood racing.

Zhou Heng laughed heartily, "In my dictionary, there is no such thing as surrendering without a fight! If you want to battle, then let’s battle. What is there to fear!"

"You’re courting death!" The Moon Shadow Saintess snorted coldly and reached out with her jade hand once more, going all out this time, vowing to take down Zhou Heng in a single strike and teach this detestable boy a lesson!

Zhou Heng fearlessly shot out his right fist, glowing with golden Divine Radiance.

Bang!

Fist and hand collided, creating a blinding, bright light in the sky as if two meteors had smashed into each other. The shockwaves rippled outward, and even high above in the clouds, they sent massive tremors to the ground below, like a giant tornado sweeping through, felling entire forests and inversing the flow of rivers dozens of feet upstream.

In the past, when the Great Eternal Emperor fought the masters of the Four Great Death Places, the Xuanqian Star nearly collapsed. Zhou Heng and the Moon Shadow Saintess certainly had not reached the heights of these Supreme Experts, yet the destructive power of the Divinity Transformation Realm could not be underestimated.

Whoosh, Zhou Heng was flung away by the tremendous force. His brute strength had reached the level of an ordinary Divinity Transformation Realm, but how could a genius like the Moon Shadow Saintess be considered a mere ordinary Heavenly Venerate?

Her strength was at least a hundred times, if not hundreds of times, greater than Zhou Heng’s!

Yet all she could do was send Zhou Heng flying. As for injuring him, it would be useless even if she increased her strength by a thousand times; there was no pure force in the Mortal Realm that could threaten Zhou Heng.

The Moon Shadow Saintess’s brows furrowed immediately—she had never seen or heard of such a terrifying degree of bodily strength!

Even during the golden age of Martial Path in Ancient Times, were there any such freaks?

Absolutely not!

She refused to believe this was Zhou Heng’s defensive capability in a normal state. It had to be that only after fully powering up could he barely reach this level, and it surely couldn’t last for a long duration!

It had to be this way!

Continue the assault, attack until this despicable little brat can’t keep up anymore! (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please vote with your recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)