Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 603 - 580: Thunder Claps Continuously, Blood Rain Falls from the Sky (2/3)
Chapter 603: Chapter 580: Thunder Claps Continuously, Blood Rain Falls from the Sky (2/3)
"Enough talk, just bleed already!" Zhou Heng, although accustomed to Black Donkey’s shameless behavior, was in the middle of queuing for an age test and did not want to stay there and become a spectacle for onlookers.
"Pah, do you think you’re slaughtering a pig?" Black Donkey glared at Zhou Heng and then gingerly took out a small knife and gently scratched its hoof. The skin wasn’t even cut, but it had already begun to scrunch its face and wail miserably, just like slaughtering a pig.
After much difficulty, a drop of fresh blood was squeezed out. Black Donkey, looking as if it had lost its ancestors, said to Zhou, "Zhou, my vitality is greatly damaged, hurry up and give me some pills to eat!"
"Do you want a Blood Transforming Pill?" Zhou Heng glared back.
Black Donkey, although not knowing what a Blood Transforming Pill was, could tell by the name that it was nothing good. It shook its head like a rattle-drum, being shameless and not caring if it would be made fun of.
The people around were all holding back their laughter, wanting to laugh but when they thought of Zhou Heng being a Three Stars Pharmacist, how could they dare to laugh openly? As the saying goes, hit the dog but watch the owner, and although Black Donkey wasn’t much, Zhou Heng was truly impressive!
And not someone they could afford to offend!
Tu Gang dropped the fresh blood into a jade bottle, gently shook it, and the bottle immediately emitted a soft green light.
"One thousand three hundred years old!" he announced immediately.
Although Black Donkey had existed for eighty-nine thousand years, it had also slept in the Temporal Origin Liquid for almost the same duration, and during that time its life was essentially paused, hence the age of one thousand three hundred years as calculated.
"Donkey, you’re so old!" Zhou Heng exclaimed immediately.
"Pah, I am in the prime of life, where am I old?" Black Donkey retorted, unwilling to accept.
"Alright, step aside, it’s my turn!" Zhou Heng stepped forward, took out the Black Sword and cut his finger—with the Black Sword cooperating with his power, it could easily cut through his skin; using any ordinary weapon would simply shatter it.
He squeezed out a drop of fresh blood, which was immediately collected by Tu Gang into the jade bottle.
He had previously squeezed out a drop of blood, but that was used to make his identity plaque. Immortals’ fresh blood was precious, containing their essence and vitality, and each drop could be used for refining medicine. Although losing a drop wouldn’t cause significant damage, losing even a little was still a loss.
However, compared to the opportunities in the Starwind Trial, the loss of this drop of blood was insignificant.
Tu Gang shook the jade bottle and soon a pale white light flickered.
"Ah!" "Hiss!"
Exclamations erupted from all around.
Most of those present had participated in the Starwind Trial several times and were naturally very familiar with this age test. A green light represented the age bracket of one thousand to three thousand years, determined by the intensity of the color.
Generally speaking, this could be accurate to within a hundred years. With ages as high as five thousand or ten thousand, an error of a few decades was not a big deal.
White light, however, represented an age of less than five hundred—the lowest age bracket!
Zhou Heng... was at most not over five hundred years old!
Although everyone could sense his exuberantly vigorous vitality and knew he was terrifyingly young, a person less than five hundred years old had already reached the Moonlight Sovereign, possessed Eleven Wheels Moon, and was even a Three Stars Pharmacist!
How could all these splendid titles possibly adorn a youth under five hundred years old?
Was there really such a monstrous being in the world?
"Less than a hundred years old!" Tu Gang said with a trembling voice, his skin quivering, overwhelmed with excitement!
He didn’t care about Zhou Heng’s accomplishments in the Martial Path; knowing that Zhou Heng had at least the standard of a Three Stars Pharmacist was enough! Attaining such achievements before the age of a hundred—if he wasn’t the reincarnation of a Medicine Venerate, who else in the world could accomplish such a formidable feat?
"Impossible!"
"Could there be a mistake?"
The crowd exclaimed in surprise. Although everyone knew Zhou Heng as a Three Stars Pharmacist who was not to be offended, accomplishing so much before a hundred years old was just too astonishing!
It was simply unbelievable!
But they only dared to murmur quietly to themselves, for who would dare to expose it even if Tu Gang was helping Zhou Heng cheat? Moreover, it was evident from his incredibly youthful vitality that Zhou Heng was indeed very young.
Even if he was over a hundred years old, he was definitely below five hundred, and even if the issue blew up, it likely wouldn’t draw reprimand from Juexian City!
Zhou Heng walked to the side with a smile, now only Huo Tian was left.
"Hand me the Black Sword!" Huo Tian said to Zhou Heng.
She had been silent throughout and now that she spoke, her voice immediately caused everyone to feel as if they were in a dizzy dream, feeling that although the woman was not astonishingly beautiful, her voice was incredibly enchanting, inciting a sense of awe and a willing submission to give everything up.
All those who carried swords unconsciously reached either into their Dantian Space or pulled from their waists or backs, extending their hands foolishly toward Huo Tian.
It took at least ten seconds for them to snap out of it, and they all changed color dramatically!
It was enchanting music!
If Huo Tian had directly told them to commit suicide just then... would they have obliged?
Everyone looked as pale as death, considering the most terrifying possibility—that even if Huo Tian told them to go die, they might not resist!
What kind of bewitching technique had this woman cultivated to directly influence Divine Sense!
If Huo Tian had been alone, they would definitely have attacked in a group, either to capture Huo Tian for their own use or to kill her outright and eradicate this disaster in advance!
Unfortunately, Huo Tian was with Zhou Heng!
Nobody could afford to provoke a Three Stars Pharmacist!
Fortunately, that was the case, otherwise if they had attacked Huo Tian, it would have been pure suicide! Their fear of Zhou Heng actually saved their lives.
Zhou Heng handed the Black Sword to Huo Tian, feeling somewhat puzzled. Could it be that the Peerless Heavenly Maiden was as tough-skinned and fleshed as he was, that only the Black Sword could penetrate her? But considering her delicate, tender skin, those proud and rounded breasts, those plump, round buttocks... No, his thoughts were straying!
Huo Tian grasped the Black Sword with her right hand, placed her left hand in front of her chest, and extended a slender jade finger. The Black Sword touched it, and gently slid across, immediately causing a stream of fresh blood to burst forth!
Zhou Heng immediately felt a pang in his heart. Although he knew that it wasn’t much of an injury, the sight of the woman he loved bleeding still made him unbearable, more painful than if the blade was cutting into his own heart.
Clang!
A startling thunderclap suddenly sounded, clang, clang, clang, one after another, echoing throughout the entire Forty-Nine Immortal City. Every landmass trembled as if it would shatter under the endless pressure.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
This thunderclap pierced the heart, even Immortals who could close off their five senses could not ignore the thunder that directly resonated in their Sea of Consciousness!
Splat! Splat! Splat!
Everyone vomited blood profusely, without a single exception, turning the entire hall into a bloody amusement park. Their blood spurted out as if it cost them nothing, unstoppable no matter how hard they tried to suppress it!
Not just them, the entire Wild Horse City, the entire Xihai City, everyone in the Forty-Nine Immortal City was no exception!
All were vomiting blood, and a kind of indescribable sorrow rose in their hearts as if they had committed some heinous crime, willing to die to atone for their sins!
What’s going on!
Why is this happening?
Could this be a punishment from the heavens?
Not everyone was vomiting blood; there were two exceptions, one was Huo Tian; the other was Zhou Heng.
Zhou Heng didn’t need to think twice; all these occurrences were certainly because of Huo Tian!
This Peerless Heavenly Maiden nearly drained the entire Xuanqian Star dry when she was cultivating in the Mortal Realm. A single Rune shattered the existence of at least a Creation King, her very being represented an extreme in the world!
For her to bleed was for the heavens and earth to rage, and for everyone else to vomit blood in response!
She shed a drop of blood, but others were spewing out blood by the liters!
Impressive!
If the disciple was already this powerful, how formidable must the former master of the Black Sword have been? What sort of being could be an enemy, even capable of annihilating him?
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The startling thunder continued for forty-nine strikes before ceasing abruptly. Everyone stopped vomiting blood at the same time, but that oppressive sensation still lingered in their minds, hard to dispel.
Swish!
Red rain fell from the sky, as if the heavens themselves wept blood, heightening the already oppressive atmosphere to its extreme.
"Forty-nine thunderclaps!"
"Blood rain from the heavens!"
"This is an ominous sign!"
In every corner of the Immortal City, such sighs could be heard, and how about those Big Shots from the Juexian City? They, too, vomited blood under the thunderclaps until their robes were stained red, vitality greatly damaged.
"The annals of immortals record that nearly a million years ago, when the Immortal Realm was on the verge of collapse, there were continuous thunderclaps and blood rain too!"
"Could it be... another catastrophe is about to come?"
"Could it be that demon has come again?"
"With blood rain pouring down, it could be that person returning!"
"Deploy the Heaven’s Patrol, thoroughly investigate this matter!"
"So many events lately, we still haven’t found the one with the Twenty-One Wheels Moon, and now there are strange occurrences in the heavens and earth; let’s hope we can stop it in time!"
The blood rain continued for a full half hour before stopping. The weather cleared, the sun shone brightly, as if nothing had happened.
The oppressive feeling that had wrapped around everyone’s hearts finally dissipated; they looked at each other in bewilderment, none of them knowing what had just happened—why they had vomited blood, why thunder had suddenly sounded, why blood rain had suddenly fallen.
The only two who remained unharmed were Zhou Heng and Huo Tian, but to say that the two of them had anything to do with such celestial and terrestrial changes was something they would never believe, even if they were killed.
A Moonlight Sovereign and a Moonlight King, mere small fry among the heavens and earth, how could either of them cause such grief to the heavens and earth?
Perhaps they had some Treasure on their persons that could protect them! —If they had known that even the Big Shots of the Juexian City couldn’t escape the blood-vomiting calamity, they would never have thought so again!
"Tu Gang, continue!" Zhou Heng had already taken Huo Tian’s drop of blood, holding it in Void Control, and what surprised him was that this drop of blood had no weight!
This was incredible!
Not to mention Immortals, even after advancing to Half-Step Immortal, their blood would become heavier than mountains, and once it left the body, a single drop could easily crush a Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist to death!
Huo Tian had already stepped into the Moonlight King level; logically, her blood should not be so light! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
