Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 108 - The Quota Dispute

We should spank her as a real punishment!”

“Right, spank her!” Having tasted hardship, Lin Fuxiang immediately raised her hand in agreement.

She harbored no doubts about Zhou Heng’s capabilities; although he couldn’t beat Nangong Yuerong now, she believed there would come a day when he could.

Though An Yumei also had confidence in Zhou Heng, she was not a dreamy young girl like Lin Fuxiang.

A smile was on her face, but her heart was filled with anxiety.

The Nangong Imperial Family was not to be trifled with!

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While the Nangong Clan was not equal to the Heavenly Star Sect, it represented the sect in the secular world and possessed unimaginable strength!

To the Heavenly Star Sect, a mere Black Water Hall was insignificant!

It could even be said that all the sects of the Eight Great Cities combined could barely contend with the Heavenly Star Sect!

Who would dare to battle such a behemoth over a mere novice in the Spirit Gathering Realm?

Nangong Yuerong hadn’t killed Zhou Heng only because she was concerned about An Luochen.

Otherwise, did the Heavenly Star Sect need a reason to kill someone?

Once they entered the relic site of the Dayan Sect, it would be incredibly dangerous— it wouldn’t be strange even for an expert of the Initial Separation Realm to die there.

There, Nangong Yuerong could cleanly get rid of Zhou Heng.

She wanted to advise Zhou Heng against getting involved in this mess, but would Zhou Heng listen to her?

All she could do was be cautious.

With the Nine Mystic Trial Tower for protection, he should be safe!

After thinking it through, she did not voice her concerns but simply sashayed to the door, then turned to give Zhou Heng a coquettish look, and said in a sugary voice, “Little darling, I’m going to take a bath.

Want to peek?”

Lin Fuxiang was nearly furious, but Zhou Heng had already followed An Yumei out, leaving her stamping her feet in frustration.

…

The following day, the contest for slots in the Spirit Gathering Realm began.

This time, there were one hundred and twenty-nine contenders for three slots.

The top ten qualify from the Eight Great Cities plus the loyal followers of the Initial Separation Realm who refused to give up had crossed the hundred mark.

They always decided the opponents by drawing lots, and interestingly, Zhou Heng got a bye in the first round.

It wasn’t particularly surprising—there always has to be a bye when there’s an odd number of players, and Zhou Heng’s battle the previous night with Nangong Yuerong had shown that his strength was indeed worthy of being the top contender in the Spirit Gathering Realm.

The bye in the first round thus wasn’t seen as an unfair advantage.

Even more coincidentally, in the second round with sixty-five people, Zhou Heng still had a bye.

Lucky him.

In the third round with thirty-three contenders, it was yet another bye.

People began to question the fairness of the draw, but further coincidences appeared when, in the fourth round with seventeen people, Zhou Heng continued to have a bye, and in the fifth round with nine people, he still had a bye, advancing to the top five without a fight.

This stroke of luck was indeed infuriating!

The remaining five contenders included Zhou Heng and Jing Tian from Tianhang City, and the other three were from different places, named Tang Jian, Yin Baolong, and Yun Xiangrong—four men and one woman.

Interestingly, both Zhou Heng and Jing Tian were at the early Initial Period of Third Layer Heaven, not like the other three who had reached the peak of Third Layer Heaven, making one marvel at the emergence of such extraordinary talents from the same place and sect!

In the final round of the draw, Zhou Heng’s good luck finally ran out as he drew Jing Tian, while Tang Jian faced Yin Baolong, and Yun Xiangrong had a bye.

To be fair, Yun Xiangrong could not automatically qualify, but had to wait for the losers of the two matches to fight each other, with the winner facing her to claim the final spot.

Zhou Heng would face Jing Tian in a battle that had not taken place in Tianhang City but was realized in the Imperial Capital.

More was uncovered about their past—both were former sect brothers at Nine Spirit Sect and had entered Black Water Hall together.

Initially, it was thought that Jing Tian, with his Ten Star Human Spirit Body, would completely outshine Zhou Heng, but Zhou Heng’s performance turned out to be even more monstrous.

Poor Jing Tian, a genius in his own right, had the misfortune of encountering someone even more monstrous, completely overshadowed by Zhou Heng!

In this final battle, everyone unanimously deemed Zhou Heng the sure winner without a doubt.

Zhou Heng was somewhat excited.

Although he had never fought Jing Tian before, his opponent gave him a rather dangerous sensation—not the pressure of a realm gap when Jing Tian had stepped into the Blood Refinement Realm and he had just entered the Bone Refinement Realm, but a persistent danger.

Jing Tian was certainly not that simple!

On the fourth day, he arrived early at the Beast Fighting Arena, looking forward to what surprises Jing Tian would bring.

Countless spectators were present, not only the participants of the Dayan Conference but also the martial artists from the Imperial Capital, filling every seat.

Zhou Heng felt annoyed that this venue was also owned by Heavenly Treasure Pavilion!

—He was once again making a fortune off us!

There was no nonsense, and the fighting began immediately today, starting with Tang Jian versus Yin Baolong, a grueling battle that ended after half an hour with a slight victory for Tang Jian.

What likely followed was the least suspenseful fight, Zhou Heng versus Jing Tian.

The two entered the Beast Fighting Arena from opposite sides, standing five zhang apart.

“Brother Zhou, we are finally going to fight!” Jing Tian’s lazy eyes sharpened, and his aura instantly became terrifying, like an extraordinary sword unsheathed, releasing an unstoppable murderous intent.

Zhou Heng smiled and said, “Brother Jing, please!”

He and Jing Tian truly had no grievances; towards this man, he felt only a will to fight, not a shred of murderous intent.

“I will give it my all!” Jing Tian said earnestly, his palms shifting, one yin and one yang, creating everything.

“Likewise!” Zhou Heng extended his right fist, which instantly turned golden, shining dazzlingly under the sunlight.

“Please!” Both declared at the same time, then charged at each other.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The fierce battle kicked off immediately, and to everyone’s surprise, Zhou Heng didn’t defeat Jing Tian with a swing of his arm but fought an evenly matched battle!

“What!”

“How can Jing Tian also be so fearsome!”

“…Zhou Heng has already mastered momentum, one punch, one sword strike, all immensely powerful, unbeatable unless one’s strength or rank of martial arts techniques far surpasses his!”

“Wrong, there’s another possibility!”

“Jing Tian has mastered momentum as well!”

Suddenly, everyone was in an uproar.

This was too exaggerated; before this, only about ten people in Cold Blue Country had mastered the Realm of Momentum, each an old monster several hundred years old.

But first came Zhou Heng, then Princess Shuiyue also demonstrated the Realm of Momentum, and now Jing Tian!

What was going on, had the Realm of Momentum suddenly become devalued?

“Who would have thought that such a small Fengyu City would produce two true geniuses!” In a private box at the stands, Nangong Yuerong sat watching, with a beautiful maid standing solemnly behind her.

“Compared to the princess, they’re not even worthy to carry her shoes!” said the maid disdainfully.

Nangong Yuerong smiled lightly, yet shook her head, saying, “The cultivation resources I possess are incomparable to theirs, it’s only natural that my realm is higher, not to mention that these two, one just over nineteen and the other twenty, are younger than me by a few years.”

“What I can’t figure out is how Zhou Heng, albeit possessing a Twin Spirit Body, which is nothing but a Three Star Human Spirit Body, could have advanced so rapidly!

As for Jing Tian, although he is a Ten Star Human Spirit Body, he hasn’t reached the Earth Spirit Body nor should he have such a swift rate of advancement!”

“Yet strangely, both are from Black Water Hall, Nine Spirit Sect; could there be some secret!”

Nangong Yuerong closed her beautiful eyes, tapping the armrest gently with her fingers, murmuring, “Being able to comprehend momentum shows a truly terrifying perception; this Jing Tian might be worth recruiting, as for Zhou Heng…

the moment he enters the relic of Dayan Sect will be the moment of his death!”

She opened her eyes and continued to watch the battle between Zhou Heng and Jing Tian, eager to see just how potent Jing Tian’s potential was.

Boom!

Zhou Heng and Jing Tian exchanged a strike, and both retreated seven or eight zhang before stopping.

“Magic Artifact!” Zhou Heng thought silently.

Jing Tian’s Dantian space was not as large as his, but the pair of fist guards he wore were of quite exceptional quality, effectively bridging their gap in strength.

With equal strength and both in the Realm of Momentum, the outcome would depend on whose martial arts techniques were superior!

Five Elements Lotus Break!

Zhou Heng raised his left hand, and a four-colored lotus immediately spun towards Jing Tian.

The more he respected Jing Tian, the less he would hold back, striving for a truly exhilarating battle between them.

Jing Tian showed an expression of utmost caution, fully aware of the terrifying power of the seemingly beautiful lotus.

“Open!” he shouted, a green light shimmering in front of him forming a large blue-green tree!

Boom!

The four-colored lotus exploded, and amidst a terrible surge of power, the blue-green tree immediately shattered, but Jing Tian behind it remained unharmed, though his face turned a bit pale.