Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 681 - 658 Scaring Away the Creation Realm (2/3)

It was a clear lesson that when facing an enemy, one must never be distracted—a basic principle that every beginner on the Martial Path should know!

However, maintaining such focus at all times proved to be exceedingly difficult!

The old Golden-faced Man was a perfect example; despite being a being from the Creation Realm, he still got distracted. So something like Bing Xiulan slacking off was really nothing special—after all, it basically came down to Black Donkey’s vicious tongue, which could make even a supremely powerful expert from the Creation Realm unable to help talking back. This was something extraordinary that not just anyone could manage!

Zhou Heng charged in, with his Hundred Ghosts Sword already switched to Black Sword, since the ghost shadows from earlier were mostly shattered. freёnovelkiss.com

Sword Qi was fierce, like an ink-black dragon roaring, piercing through Divine Sense and shaking souls!

"This old man’s Divine Aspect can also be extinguished by you?" the old Golden-faced Man huffed angrily. Experts from the Creation Realm had their own dignity—they could die, but they would never allow themselves to die ignobly at the hands of someone inferior.

His aura suddenly surged, instantly surpassing the Sunshine Realm and even the Sublimation Realm!

Sure to die anyway, he decided to ferociously attack Zhou Heng and then get erased by the restriction rather than die by Zhou’s hand!

Witnessing this scene, the other two experts just sighed. With this attack, Zhou would surely die, body and soul! They weren’t lamenting the loss of a young supreme being, but rather they were annoyed that they could no longer obtain that Immortal Technique!

It was fine though, at least the Heart of Wood remained, and they had one less competitor!

—The blood of another expert from the Creation Realm would surely be enough to suppress the intimidating aura above and allow them to take the Heart of Wood!

The right hand of the old Golden-faced Man thrust forward, aiming a strike at the top of Zhou Heng’s head, driven by the intent to kill. The power of the Creation Realm was unstoppable, utterly crushing everything!

Zhou Heng didn’t even have a chance to react before the hit landed on the top of his head!

Crack!

A crisp sound, but not the scene the two experts had imagined—where Zhou was instantly obliterated. Instead, Golden Light burst from the top of his head, circulating a supreme pressure even more terrifying than that of the Heart of Wood!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The right hand of the old Golden-faced Man instantly shattered, followed by his arm and shoulder, turning into a blood rain as the Golden Light swept over.

Dead!

The eyes of the two experts bugged out!

The script was reversed! It should have been the Golden-faced’s palm strike reducing Zhou to blood rain. How did it turn out this way? Which of them was truly in the Creation Realm?

Zhou Heng himself was drenched in cold sweat; he had nearly died just now.

If it hasn’t been for that palm strike hitting the top of his head, where the first Rune was activated, he wouldn’t have killed the old Golden-faced. Otherwise, no matter where that fierce force struck on his body, he would have likely died!

That was an expert from the Creation Realm after all!

He couldn’t afford to be so reckless in the future!

He warned himself inwardly, noting that trusting his life to luck was absolutely unreliable.

Moreover, the worst part was that he had taken such a huge risk and didn’t even gain a little benefit—if he had used Black Sword to kill the old Golden-faced, he might have even obtained some Life Essence Qi, but now he had ended up busy for nothing!

While he was alerting and blaming himself, he was unaware of the enormous impact his actions had caused on the other two Creation Realm experts!

What was that situation?

The old Golden-faced had unleashed a strike at the level of the Creation Realm, hitting Zhou Heng on the head only to be killed by the shock himself! That was clearly not the power of the restriction nor the intimidation of the Heart of Wood; they could feel clearly that it originated from inside Zhou Heng.

—This young man harbored a terrifying power within him capable of killing gods and buddhas!

The two experts looked at each other and decided to turn around and leave, abandoning all thoughts of Immortal Techniques and the Heart of Wood!

They couldn’t afford to lose a Divine Aspect like this, as it would harm their Cultivation Level, and also affect their ability to compete for the Dragon Transformation Nine Slashes.

Seeing the two Creation Realm experts retreat in dismay, Black Donkey and Bing Xiulan both showed intense shock; they knew Zhou Heng was powerful, but had never imagined he could be this formidable.

But if even a full-force blow from a Creation Realm expert couldn’t kill Zhou Heng and instead got himself killed, who wouldn’t be scared off?

"Future brother-in-law, you now definitely have seventy percent of the qualifications to be my sister’s husband!" Bing Xiulan quickly recovered, smiling coyly at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng sighed and said, "What exactly do you want as a benefit for you to stop considering me as your brother-in-law?"

"How can that be possible? It’s not easy to find someone who might be able to manage my sister, so how can you just give up on that? No way, you definitely must do it!" Bing Xiulan clung to Zhou Heng’s arm, her breast accidentally making contact with him—soft, yet full of elasticity.

This gave Zhou Heng a comfortable, electrified feeling, but he immediately inwardly twitched his face, questioning himself—what was he doing, showing interest in a plain-looking, lazy young girl?

Must be the stress from being away from home too long, he thought. It must be so, otherwise how could he ever lack such taste!

"Future brother-in-law, what are you thinking about?" Bing Xiulan blinked her large eyes.

"Thinking how to dump you!" Zhou Heng said honestly.

"Hehe, keep dreaming!"

Black Donkey sneaked over quietly, its donkey mouth wide open, and bit towards the Heart of Wood in Zhou Heng’s hand.

Crack, it bit the air, only to see that the Heart of Wood had already been transferred to Zhou Heng’s right hand.

"Zhou, hurry up and give the treasure back to me!" The despicable donkey unleashed the Five Wheels Sunshine and charged at Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng shook his head secretly. If it weren’t for the blood rain from the Golden-Faced’s death that had landed on the Heart of Wood and completed the blood sacrifice, removing the terrifying pressure from it, just this charge from Black Donkey would have been enough to shatter it.

"I want to eat! Eat! Eat!" Black Donkey’s eyes shone, saliva dripping.

"If you eat even the smallest bit now, it will directly shatter you!" Zhou Heng warned. The blood sacrifice only removed the Creation Emperor-level pressure from the Heart of Wood, but this thing was the essence of a Blue Star Tree, containing boundless energy!

"What should I do then?" Black Donkey blinked its eyes.

"Mix it cold!" Zhou Heng said offhandedly, but was actually communicating with the Fire Divine Furnace in his Dantian, asking the opinion of this true Alchemy Master.

"Easy, bring me some Frost Spirit Spring Water, and I can refine a Wood Spirit Pill, making its effects milder so that even those in the Sunshine Realm can consume it!" The Fire Divine Furnace surely had a solution.

"...Last time we couldn’t even find the Bone Dissolving Grass, and now you’re talking about Frost Spirit Spring Water, where do you expect me to find that?"

The Fire Divine Furnace chuckled, saying, "I only do alchemy, where to get the materials is none of my business! Okay, if you don’t have Exotic Fire, don’t bother me while I’m resting. I’m going to sleep!"

It said it would sleep and immediately started snoring.

Zhou Heng put away the Heart of Wood, ignoring Black Donkey’s eager and hopeful eyes because if he left this thing with this unprincipled donkey, it would definitely steal it for itself, and the consequence would be death for the donkey!

"Let’s go!"

The two and the donkey followed a spiderweb-like tunnel out and hadn’t walked far when they felt the temperature around them rising rapidly!

Just like during the Starwind Trial in Nine Beasts Valley, when the Ice Frost Giant Ape died, the temperature in the fourth canyon began to rise immediately, and here the change started with the removal of the Heart of Wood.

Strange, this blue crystal-like thing wasn’t cold at all, how could it cause such a frigid scene?

Yet, the fact that the temperature was rising was undeniable. Icicles were melting, turning the whole cave into a karst cave, the water deep enough to cover the knees. Luckily, Zhou Heng, Black Donkey, and Bing Xiulan were all Immortals. Water Walk was a piece of cake for them, so they simply walked over the water’s surface and left.

Half a day later, they emerged from the cave, by which time the Ice Field outside had also melted nearly by half, turning into a muddy land.

"Hey, look!" Bing Xiulan suddenly shouted.

Zhou Heng and Black Donkey turned around, only to see that the small hill they had entered had also changed drastically, revealing half a treetop!

"I get it now; we just entered the body of that Blue Star Tree!" Black Donkey suddenly stomped its hoof but didn’t expect the half-melted ice layer it trod on to withstand such a blow, immediately causing a splash as it fell in.

Bing Xiulan burst out laughing, and Zhou Heng couldn’t help but grin; this despicable donkey really had bad luck, even drinking water would get it choked.

Earlier, it was half the corpse of a Rock Person; now, they had seen a Tree Person’s corpse. That great battle from years ago not only had many Creation Emperors participating but also saw many fall!

They hadn’t even reached the Imperial Dragon Hall and already found two!

Moreover, this was just a corner of the entire continent. Who knows, maybe other areas had fallen Creation Emperors too?

They continued onward and as the Ice Field vanished, their speed naturally increased greatly. Seven days later, a vast palace reaching up to the heavens appeared in front of them!

"That must be the Imperial Dragon Hall!" Black Donkey and Bing Xiulan called out simultaneously, having finally arrived here after much hardship.

"It’s so beautiful!" Bing Xiulan blinked her beautiful eyes. The palace was majestic and magnificent; with jade tiles and jade bricks shining bright clear light in this dark world, it looked like a exquisite ornament, filled with beauty.

"Chasing myths that run us ragged, let’s hurry, we’re not close to Imperial Dragon Hall at all!" Zhou Heng said.

Although the Imperial Dragon Hall was in sight, the hall was too vast, making it visible from a great distance. However, when they actually arrived in front of the palace, it was another three days later.

Getting closer, the grand hall was even more impressive, making them wonder how human effort could have possibly built such a feat.

Their direction was wrong, facing a colossal wall, Crimson Gold in color, impenetrable, and with the gravity too intense for even Zhou Heng to fly, ruling out the possibility of climbing over the wall.

They could only walk around the palace, and half a day later, they finally arrived at the main entrance.

Two large crimson doors blocked their way!

Not just theirs, but many people were equally blocked by these two doors!

These two doors... were definitely "big" doors, pulling up thousands of feet tall and at least three thousand feet in breadth, making everyone feel minuscule standing beneath them. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it and donate monthly tickets at qidian.com; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)