Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 481 - 465 Driven into a Corner (1/3)

Chapter 481: Chapter 465 Driven into a Corner (1/3)

(Wishing everyone a happy New Year’s Day. The weather is unpredictable, I caught a cold, I’m feeling uncomfortable all over, and I woke up late.)

Moon Shadow Saintess and the other three newly advanced Heavenly Venerates all felt dizzy, as if they were about to collapse headfirst.

My goodness, Zhou Heng was just like them, a newly advanced Heavenly Venerate. Why was there such a huge gap between them?

They had thought that Zhou Heng’s brilliance had come to an end, but he once again emitted a dazzling light that made them feel utterly inferior, as if their faces were covered in dirt.

Living in the same era as such a freak was simply the tragedy of geniuses!

Although the four individuals, including Moon Shadow Saintess, and could all be called absolute geniuses for advancing to the Divinity Transformation Realm, they paled in comparison to Zhou Heng. They weren’t even qualified to be compared with him!

Even the collective force of the Four Great Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals could only compete with Zhou Heng. What did that mean!

For the first time, Moon Shadow Saintess and Blazing Flame Demon Venerate harbored the thought that perhaps Zhou Heng really could seize the Immortal Fate!

"Die! Die! Die!" The masters of the Four Great Death Places joined forces, scooping up chunks of shattered continents that hadn’t drifted far, and hurled them down at Zhou Heng!

Boom!

That wasn’t just a mountain range, but an entire continent, larger than Cold Blue Country and comparable to places like Bright Moon Country, smashing towards him!

Bang!

Zhou Heng threw a punch, a golden light radiating brilliance between heaven and earth. The continent instantly turned into powder, becoming cosmic dust.

Boom, another continent was slapped over.

The four newly advanced Heavenly Venerates were completely speechless. No wonder the Great Eternal Emperor had nearly shattered Xuanqian Star when he battled with the owners of the Four Great Death Places—their might was undoubtedly tremendous!

If it weren’t for the vast distances between stars, if they fought their way across those distances, a hundred or even a thousand stars would not be enough for them to destroy!

Whoosh!

Zhou Heng forcefully advanced, his golden world colliding with the corrosive poisoned world of Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate. Golden light flourished, evaporating large swaths of ocean, drastically shrinking the Dark Sea World!

This was a battle at the level of deities, where Zhou Heng completely suppressed the Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, countless golden fists emerged from the golden world, furiously striking at Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate.

"Hmph!" The four old creatures hummed simultaneously, each deploying countermeasures. They were all Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, and their battle power was not to be underestimated.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The battle raged on, terrifying beyond description.

From the look of it, Zhou Heng might have a slight upper hand, but he couldn’t completely overwhelm the four old creatures, just like how it was with the Great Eternal Emperor back then—he could win, but he was far from annihilating his enemies.

But Zhou Heng was only at the First Layer Heaven of Divinity Transformation Realm!

What if he advanced to Quasi-Immortal?

"Fellows, now is not the time to hold back. Let’s show our true capabilities!" Flame Fire Heavenly Venerate said, his body wrapped in flames that grew fiercer and fiercer, completely enveloping him, turning him into a complete figure of fire.

Boom!

His already terrifying aura surged unbelievably, as if about to break through a barrier, reaching the pinnacle of the Mortal Realm!

Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal!

Initially, there was only a trend of breakthrough, but now it seemed fully into reality!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Death Heavenly Venerate and the other two also saw their aura skyrocket, as they had no choice. Otherwise, what if Flame Fire Heavenly Venerate, after advancing to Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, seized the Star Core and fled?

One move sets off a reaction across the board, although they were currently united, it didn’t change the fact that they were still competitors!

Pop, pop, pop, the desolate universe seemed to turn into a boiling pot of water, with waves churning and surging.

The owners of the Four Great Death Places frantically increased their power. They had possessed the capability to break through to Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal tens of thousands of years ago, but they dared not, for there was not enough Spiritual Energy to nourish their deities—forcing a breakthrough would be suicidal!

Otherwise, why would they have lost to the Great Eternal Emperor back then?

But now it was different. The Star Core was fully ripe, and seizing it would allow them to absorb and nourish their deities—they could go all out!

Hum!

A terrifying aura swept across thousands of miles. Flame Fire Heavenly Venerate broke through first, his deity emerged above his head, a Fire Tiger roaring to the skies, emitting incomprehensible great might, seemingly capable of subduing a Heavenly Venerate with a single thought!

Following closely, Death Heavenly Venerate and the other two also broke through, each exuding indescribable great might.

Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, the ultimate power of the present age!

"Die!" The four old creatures curled their lips in disdain, each raising a hand to strike Zhou Heng.

Quasi-Immortal Three Tribulations, each tribulation a heaven and earth!

The power of Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals was at least a hundred times stronger than that of Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Four attacks fell, incredibly fast, each striking Zhou Heng.

"Zhou Heng——"

The Moon Shadow Saintess exclaimed in surprise, never expecting that at such a pivotal turn, the four old monsters could still advance a step further, a step that seemed to traverse a Great Trench, leaving nothing but despair!

"He won’t die!" Huo Tian said indifferently, her beautiful eyes sweeping across the pretty face of the Moon Shadow Saintess, "You’ve fallen for him!"

Her tone was affirmative, not interrogative.

"I, I, I——" The Moon Shadow Saintess stammered, a strong sense of embarrassment overwhelming her, her pretty face flushed red, her mind buzzed loudly, void of any other thought, and for the moment she even forgot to care whether Zhou Heng was dead or alive.

"Fairy, is Zhou Heng really all right?" Blazing Flame Demon Venerate asked. His relationship with Zhou Heng was now a matter of life and death. How could he not care? Although Huo Tian was one Great Realm below him, he didn’t dare to underestimate this woman, feeling an inexplicable fear that kept him from getting too close to her unbelievably beautiful presence.

"It’s Empress, Madam!" Huo Tian glared at him, sometimes retaining her haughty character from when she first awoke.

Blazing Flame Demon Venerate was utterly exasperated; he was the emperor of the Heavenly Demon Dynasty and a Divinity Transformation Realm Heavenly Venerate himself. Asking him to call another woman ’Empress, Madam’ was unbearable!

Boom!

Just then, a loud explosion burst out from the battlefield, finally dissolving his awkward predicament, drawing him and the Moon Shadow Saintess to focus their attention there.

Zhou Heng stood proud, his aura undiminished, his body unharmed.

The physical constitution of a Divinity Transformation Realm Magic Artifact, not any force in the Mortal Realm could damage!

He smiled slightly, his face expressing either provocation or mockery.

"What, what!" The masters of the Four Great Death Places were so shocked they almost dropped their jaws.

How could this be!

All four of them had reached the level of Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, achieving the strongest state allowed by the Mortal Realm. To unleash a full-force strike and not even scratch the opponent, was there no justice left?

Dammit, was there no justice left?

Even in the days of confronting the Eternal Great Emperor and enduring suppression by this emperor, these four old monsters had never felt as shocked and dejected as they did now because back then they hadn’t played their final card, opting for temporary tolerance!

But now, having played their final card and still not being able to injure even a single hair on Zhou Heng, the blow was immensely profound.

The Moon Shadow Saintess and the Four newly emerged Heavenly Venerates looked at each other, thinking that finally, someone else had tasted their frustration—when fighting over the emerging Divinity Transformation Realm Magic Artifact at Seven Lush Mountains, they had also jointly attacked Zhou Heng.

That guy was simply a human-shaped Divinity Transformation Realm Magic Artifact!

Now others tasted their bitterness too!

"This kid has a strong physique, immune to blunt force; use poison and flames to corrode and melt him!" The four old monsters, with rich experience, quickly identified Zhou Heng’s weakness.

Their four Domains opened once more, enveloping Zhou Heng in an attempt to refine him as they would a Magic Artifact!

Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, possessing such capability!

"Too presumptuous!" Zhou Heng sneered, slapping his hands, as if causing a swath of stars to fall.

Immortal Technique, Overturning Heaven Palm!

"What!" The four old monsters were shocked numerous times today as the palm shadows, like stars, relentlessly suppressed them, causing them to spew blood continuously.

Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, so what? Although it carried the name ’immortal’, they were not truly immortals!

Zhou Heng stood with his hands behind his back, his garment fluttering in the strong wind, exuding an unmatched dominating aura.

"You, why did you hide your strength!" All four old monsters looked at Zhou Heng, their faces filled with puzzlement. If Zhou Heng had used such palm techniques from the start, they might not even have had the time to reach Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal!

Zhou Heng smiled slightly and said, "Firstly, I took you as practice, for worthy opponents are rare."

Pff!

The four old monsters felt an urge to vomit blood. Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, the strongest existence in the Mortal Realm! Yet in Zhou Heng’s eyes, they were merely suitable for practice, was this not utter contempt!

"Secondly, if I had used it right from the start, would you still have stayed to fight desperately?" Zhou Heng said grimly.

Nobody is a fool, knowingly walking into death!

Thus, if these four old monsters had realized from the start that even achieving Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal wouldn’t allow them to defeat Zhou Heng, why would they have persisted? Although they would eventually fall back to Divine Infant Realm, they wouldn’t die immediately.

But now it was different, they had forcefully broken through to Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal. If they failed to snatch the Star Core to nourish the deities, they had only a dead end!

"What a ruthless kid!" the four old monsters scoffed simultaneously.

"Kid, you think our methods stop here?" Death Heavenly Venerate said, the deity raven above his head magnifying infinitely, transforming into a massive creature as large as Xuanqian Star.

"The three of you, this kid has pushed us too far, shall we truly cooperate to seize the Star Core? I swear by my honor, if I deceive any of you in the slightest, I will forever be barred from becoming an Immortal!" Poisonous Vast Heavenly Venerate said, a black Skull Head magnifying in an instant to nearly the same size as the raven.

"Correct, the Star Core is a convergence of a star’s energy, sufficient for the four of us to reach Immortality simultaneously. I too swear, true cooperation or forever barred from Immortality!" Thunder Light Heavenly Venerate said, as a purple leopard above his head suddenly enlarged.

"I pledge the same!" Flame Fire Heavenly Venerate spoke last, his Fire Tiger transforming into the fourth cosmic-level creature.

Facing desperation, the masters of the Four Great Death Places were ready for a desperate counterattack.

Zhou Heng smiled faintly and flicked his right hand, now holding a crimson long sword.

It was the Hundred Ghosts Sword. (To be continued. If you like this novel, feel free to support the author by visiting our website at qidian.com and casting your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)