Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 444 - 428 Ying Cheng’en Reappears (3/3)

Chapter 444: Chapter 428 Ying Cheng’en Reappears (3/3)

Laugh? Still laughing?

The Moon Shadow Saintess was about to go mad with rage. Her spiritual power was suppressed, and although she possessed the physical defenses of the Nascent Soul Realm, her strength was vastly inferior. How could she possibly match a despicable donkey of the Nascent Soul Third Layer Heaven?

After being kidnapped by that damned donkey, she was forced to serve tea and water like a maid, and had to endure the donkey’s cawing all day, which nearly drove her insane!

That’s why she took the opportunity to escape and came to Zhou Heng to demand answers, which was false, but her true desire was to seek help—to be rid of the effects of that accursed drug and to recover her spiritual power.

Otherwise, why would she ever swallow her pride and seek out Zhou Heng?

She swore she could leave Zhou Heng alone forever, and might even feel grateful and indebted to him; she just begged Zhou Heng to save her from the clutches of the Black Donkey.

That donkey had the power to drive people crazy!

"Quickly get rid of that drug’s effects for me!" pleaded the Moon Shadow Saintess, truly unable to withstand that lowly donkey any longer.

Zhou Heng shook his head and said, "Haven’t you seen? My own spiritual power hasn’t recovered."

"No antidote, so why did you use it?" the Moon Shadow Saintess angrily demanded.

"Blame me? If you hadn’t been so aggressive, would I have had to use such a precious drug on you?" Zhou Heng retorted angrily. If it weren’t for this crazy woman, would he have needed to resort to using Black Snow Powder?

This stuff—he should have saved it for dealing with old monsters like Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate!

When his temper flared, Zhou Heng, without much thought, grabbed the Moon Shadow Saintess and began spanking her. Her demeanor seemed to call for a beating—without giving her one, he felt he couldn’t let it go.

The Moon Shadow Saintess struggled a bit at first, but as if accepting she had been beaten before, being hit a few more times didn’t make much difference, so she soon resigned herself to it. Besides, without her recovered spiritual power, she was no match for Zhou Heng anyway—struggle or not, it was all the same.

Without her resistance, Zhou Heng found no enjoyment in the beating and quickly lost interest, tossing her aside and saying, "The matter between you and the Black Donkey is your own business. When your spiritual power is restored, just kill that lowly donkey. Frankly, I have no objection!"

The Moon Shadow Saintess quickly shook her head. That donkey was unbearable to the core. Could she endure such torment? She said, "Please let me stay here. I will leave on my own once I recover my spiritual power, and I will owe you a favor!"

After saying this, she almost wanted to slap herself. Where in the world did victims offer favors to their oppressors? On top of that, she was somehow owing Zhou Heng a favor—how unjust!

Zhou Heng stroked his chin and asked, "What do I need your favor for?"

Seeing him looking at her intently, Moon Shadow Saintess was startled. Could it be that he fancied her body, wanting her as his wife or concubine, to repay him for a lifetime? How greedy!

Zhou Heng snorted and said, "You think too highly of yourself. With your looks, who would be interested?"

The Moon Shadow Saintess felt an impulse to spit blood. What did he mean by "with your looks"? She was considered the greatest beauty of the Ancient Times, and even now, who could rival her brilliance?

Ying Mengfan might be beautiful, but she didn’t possess the strong aura of an expert like her. This was an air of temperament, irresistible to stronger men. Who wouldn’t want to conquer a peerlessly beautiful and strong woman?

Zhou Heng actually disdained her?

Let him find a woman more beautiful than himself then!

Zhou Heng laughed nonchalantly, thinking if this fierce woman had ever met Huo Tian, she would certainly not dare to be so self-conceited. But he had no interest whatsoever in introducing them.

"I can pay to stay here—that should be fine, right?" the Moon Shadow Saintess said with a dark face. Although humiliated now, it was still better than falling back into the hands of the Black Donkey.

"Pay?" Zhou Heng pondered before replying, "How much can you pay?"

What a scoundrel!

The Moon Shadow Saintess thought to herself. She was a current Heavenly Venerate—held in such high esteem. Everywhere she went, mortals should revere her; her presence alone could bring glory to a family or a faction. Others would welcome her eagerly; there was no reason for her to pay them.

But the Black Donkey was despicable to the bone, making even a Heavenly Venerate like her unable to bear it. She had to endure Zhou Heng’s extortion.

She took out a spirit grass, hailing from the Ancient Times, its medicinal effectiveness still remarkably well preserved, capable of treating extremely serious injuries and exceedingly precious.

Zhou Heng joyfully accepted it and then provided a courtyard for the Moon Shadow Saintess to dwell in until her spiritual power was restored. The rent of one spirit grass could indeed be dubbed the most expensive rent in history.

However, the effects of the Black Snow Powder were persistently long-lasting. After more than ten days, neither Zhou Heng nor the Moon Shadow Saintess showed any signs of recovering their spiritual powers, and the Black Donkey had also come looking for Zhou Heng several times, wanting to reclaim its "property."

Zhou Heng was quite responsible. Since he had taken someone’s rent, he had to fulfill the landlord’s duty, decisively sending the donkey back on its way.

Two more days passed, and at last, Zhou Heng sensed a fluctuation in spiritual power, no longer as stagnant as before. Although not fully restored, the indication of recovery meant the full restoration of spiritual power wasn’t far off.

"Zhou Heng, come out here!" Just at that moment, a thunderous voice resonated above the Zhao Family, booming through the air.

Zhou Heng leapt forward, only to see a purple-clad youth standing with his hands behind his back above the entrance of the Zhao Family’s residence, emitting an indescribable and terrifying aura powerful enough to suppress heaven and earth.

Ying Cheng’en!

A Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate!

Zhou Heng stared at the man who should have been Zhao Duotian’s sworn enemy, feeling in his heart a surge of ’as expected’ emotion. Although Ying Cheng’en had advanced to the Divinity Transformation Realm, his aura was far too inferior compared to the Moon Shadow Saintess!

Let alone the Moon Shadow Saintess, even Li Wuji paled in comparison. If Zhou Heng’s physical strength was considered the weakest among the Heavenly Venerates, then Ying Cheng’en’s Spiritual Power was arguably the weakest at the Divinity Transformation level.

Of course, even the weakest Divinity Transformation Realm is still a Heavenly Venerate, capable of suppressing a Divine Infant Realm with a single hand, standing as the strongest battle power in the Mortal Realm!

"Ying Cheng’en, have you finally stopped hiding like a scared turtle?" Zhou Heng shouted while standing his ground, his Spiritual Power too weak to support him flying.

Ying Cheng’en’s gaze turned cold, "How would you know my ambitions of the sky? Now that I have advanced to the Divinity Transformation Realm, possessing the strongest power of our times, what about you?"

"I may not know how you advanced to the Divinity Transformation Realm, but seeing how weak your aura is, I can guess you used some crooked methods!" Zhou Heng shook his head, "The path of the Martial Arts must be solid step by step; shortcut takers like you are destined to have limited achievement!"

"Hahaha, what of it? It’s enough to crush you!" Ying Cheng’en sneered, "How would you know the profoundness of my Cultivation Technique? As long as I continue Refining——hey, my strength can keep increasing endlessly!"

Zhou Heng clenched his fist with a smile, "If that is the case, then bring it on for a fight!"

It seemed that the destruction of the Ying Family had indeed dealt a considerable blow to Ying Cheng’en, prompting him to take shortcuts without laying a solid foundation before breaking through to the Divinity Transformation Realm, all just to seek revenge against Zhou Heng.

This must be a thorn in his heart; if he can’t remove Zhou Heng, this might very well be his lifelong peak, never dreaming of Becoming Immortal.

"There’s no need to hurry, not only will you die today, but so will everyone else here!" Ying Cheng’en said coldly, as one of only four Heavenly Venerates on Xuanqian Star, he had the right to make such a claim!

If the other three Heavenly Venerates did not intervene, who could stop him?

——Like the masters of the Four Great Death Places who belong to semi-invalids, they possess terrifying battle Power when they erupt, yet those aren’t their regular strength.

Unfortunately, Ying Cheng’en didn’t know that not only Zhou Heng was a physically Heavenly Venerate, but there was also a genuine Divinity Transformation Realm inside the house, and even a Huo Tian that had scared away the Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate!

This was an absolute hornet’s nest, far more terrifying than the Four Great Death Places!

Has this guy not thrown himself into the pit?

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but laugh, his figure flashed as he ran towards the outskirts of the city, "Ying Cheng’en, let’s fight in a more spacious place!"

"Trying to run?" Ying Cheng’en didn’t care whether Zhou Heng was trying to lure him away from the city to buy time for the Zhao Family to escape. He had already dispatched Heaven’s Grace Sect’s experts to surround the city so that not even a fly could escape!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, both of their speeds were incredibly fast, but with Zhou Heng’s Spiritual Power not yet recovered and unable to use Swift Cloud Radiant Step, he certainly could not outpace Ying Cheng’en, and after racing a thousand li, he was caught up by the latter.

"Die!" Ying Cheng’en’s face filled with killing intent as he struck towards Zhou Heng’s back with a palm, from which surged countless golden Bone Spurs that gave off a sense of divinity and nobility.

Upon advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm, one received the recognition of the great Dao of heaven and earth and naturally conformed to the Heavenly Dao, the epitome of nobility.

Zhou Heng roared mightily, turning around and sending out a right punch gleaming with a golden light.

Boom!

As fist and palm collided, the Bone Spurs were instantly crushed, and the resulting shockwave forced Zhou Heng and Ying Cheng’en back hundreds of zhang, carving a deep ravine under their feet.

The Bloodline Power of the Ying Family, although tailored to break all kinds of defenses, paled against Zhou Heng’s incredibly sturdy body, which couldn’t be classified as just defense anymore—you need to breach the defense to hurt the body, right? But Zhou Heng’s body itself was the defense; how could it be breached then?

"What!" Ying Cheng’en showed an utterly shocked expression, Zhou Heng managed to block his strike?

Not only did he block it, but he wasn’t at a disadvantage at all! Not only was he not at a disadvantage, but he was even not weaker than Ying Cheng’en in terms of strength!

He had taken shortcuts, leading to a mediocre level of Spiritual Power, but even so, he was still in the Divinity Transformation Realm. Apart from Heavenly Venerates, who else could rival him? Zhou Heng being evenly matched with him in strength, didn’t that indicate he was also a Heavenly Venerate?

Impossible, he had felt no sensation of anyone breaking through to the Heavenly Venerate Rank——wait, a month ago there indeed was a faint ripple like that, but it was so weak that he had thought it was someone failing to advance to the Divinity Transformation Realm. Could it have been Zhou Heng?

Yet, during their clash, he had sensed no fluctuations of power or Spiritual Power from Zhou Heng; only pure Brutal Strength!

A body cultivated to enlightenment, an unorthodox Heavenly Venerate?

Ying Cheng’en couldn’t help but be astonished; this meant Zhou Heng could still "break through" to the Divinity Transformation Realm once more. When his level of Spiritual Power also stepped into the Heavenly Venerate Rank, who in the world could still be Zhou Heng’s opponent?

He must eliminate him quickly!

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