Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword-Chapter 75 - The Strange Sisters

Both asked at the same time, neither daring to be careless in the slightest.

“My name is Gu Zi!” the woman replied, her voice cool yet inexplicably melodious.

After considering for a moment, Zhou Heng said, “My name is Zhou Heng!” His experience had grown from his days in Origin Stone Town, and he could be certain she was not lying, with eyes clear as water.

“You’re not one of Gu Lu’s people?” Gu Zi asked again.

Gu Lu?

Gu Zi?

These two names obviously had some connection.

Zhou Heng shook his head and said, “I don’t know them!”

“Oh!” Gu Zi nodded and sat back down, her figure quickly hidden by the grass.

…She believed him just like that!

Zhou Heng felt like he was going crazy, this woman was too trusting!

Because he could hear Gu Zi’s faint breathing and the thumping of her heart, signs that she was circulating her spiritual power to heal.

To cultivate in the presence of a complete stranger, was she incredibly naive or so powerful she feared nothing?

The latter was not the case!

After some thought, Zhou Heng figured that Gu Zi might be on the same level as Liu Shengjie, but she was currently injured and unstable.

If she could exert the power of the First Layer of Spirit Gathering, that would be impressive; she was certainly no expert.

He had heard Zhu Zhihe say that the more delicate and elegant a woman appeared, the crazier they were, and it seemed true!

——If Zhu Zhihe knew, he would be reduced to tears, because he had meant this about women in bed.

“Roar!” A beastly roar filled the air as a massive tiger with a reddish-yellow coat suddenly appeared, standing ten feet tall and twenty-one feet long, growling lowly at both Zhou Heng and Gu Zi, its eyes brimming with unmistakable bloodlust.

A Second Layer Heaven level Demon Beast!

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but smile; he was just missing the final accumulation before making a breakthrough to the Second Layer Heaven of Spirit Gathering.

It was like stumbling upon a pillow when drowsy; the opportunity had arrived!

“Fiend, taste my sword!”

Man and beast battled, and although a demon beast of the same realm is typically stronger, faced with a freak like Zhou Heng, even a Third Layer Heaven Demon Beast would meet its demise, and this one was quickly pierced through the heart by his sword!

——It had no chance to flee in the face of Swift Cloud Radiant Step.

Zhou Heng sat down cross-legged and immediately set about refining the life essence Qi he had just absorbed.

If even a woman could be so bold, how could he show weakness?

However, the essence Qi from a Second Layer Heaven Demon Beast was only enough for half an hour of refinement for Zhou Heng.

Soon he stood up, estimating that within a day or two, he would be ready to break through to the Second Layer Heaven of Spirit Gathering.

Just then, a ripple of power fluctuated in the grass, and Gu Zi rose up, her ample chest quivering seductively with the movement.

“Thank you,” she said calmly, after glancing at Zhou Heng.

This woman really was strange.

Zhou Heng frowned and said, “Your injuries haven’t fully healed yet!”

“It’s not an injury, it’s poison!” Gu Zi shook her head, correcting Zhou Heng, “I’ve only managed to expel some of the poison so far.

Just now, I’ve recovered to the Medium Period of First Layer Heaven in cultivation level.

It will take at least three more days to fully recover!”

Zhou Heng almost fainted.

Did she think there were no bad people in the world?

Why else would she disclose such private information?

Wasn’t she afraid he might take advantage, kill her, or worse?

“Do you trust me that much?”

Gu Zi regarded Zhou Heng earnestly and nodded, “You have no ill intentions towards me, I can feel it!”

Zhou Heng suddenly felt outdone by her.

And yet she was so serious that for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

“Someone is after me.

It won’t be long before they catch up.

You should leave immediately!” Gu Zi said after a pause.

“I can tell,” Zhou Heng sighed, otherwise why would she have been poisoned?

“Then why aren’t you leaving?” Gu Zi looked at Zhou Heng with those clear eyes, untainted by any impurity, “She is at the Initial Separation Realm.

You’re strong, but not her match!”

Initial Separation Realm?

Then he indeed wasn’t a match!

But how sharp this woman’s vision must be to discern his true battle power.

Zhou Heng felt very strange indeed.

This woman seemed naively ignorant of the ways of the world, yet she also appeared extremely insightful, as if she could see through everything.

She was truly enigmatic.

After all, if she were truly naive to the point of folly, how could she cultivate to the Initial Separation Realm?

“Think you can escape?

It’s already too late!” A sweet voice rang out, and a slender figure soared into view, with a terrifying aura billowing wildly, far surpassing the level of the Spirit Gathering Realm!

Initial Separation Realm!

Is this the person who is hunting down Gu Zi?

Gu Lu?

Zhou Heng focused his eyes and saw that the woman was only about twenty-four or twenty-five, stunningly beautiful, and looked almost exactly like Gu Zi!

Just looking at both women’s faces, it was indeed hard to tell who was who, but if you could see their whole body, then anyone who wasn’t blind could differentiate between them—their heights were quite similar, but the sizes of their chests were completely different.

Gu Lu’s chest was flat, the slight curve there hardly worth mentioning.

These two women were definitely twin sisters!

“You arrived three minutes faster than I expected!” Gu Zi said calmly, pointing at Zhou Heng, “He’s just an unrelated person, let him go!”

“Humph, who are you to decide who’s unrelated?

I just want to kill him!” Gu Lu revealed a sweet smile, her voice delightful yet chilling with the harsh words she spoke.

“Stop being unreasonable!” Gu Zi rebuked coldly.

“Gu Zi, you can’t even protect yourself, yet you’re still worrying about your little lover’s life and death?” Gu Lu said sweetly, the characters of the sisters were completely opposite, one cold and the other hot, and ironically, it was the hot-tempered one who was the devil, “Don’t worry, after all, we’re sisters, I’ll bury you together!”

“Don’t bother, I don’t plan to die just yet!” Zhou Heng interjected.

“Whether you wish it or not doesn’t matter, the key point is I want you dead, and no one can save you!” Gu Lu smiled sweetly at Zhou Heng.

“We’ll see about that!” Zhou Heng’s figure moved rapidly, unfolding the Swift Cloud Radiant Step with a stride he was beside Gu Zi, scooping her up in his arms, and pushing forward with all his strength.

Once the Swift Cloud Radiant Step was fully exerted, it could increase speed by a hundredfold!

Whoosh, Zhou Heng instantly became a small black dot.

“Damn it!” Gu Lu let out an angry roar, her face still sporting a smile, looking incredibly eerie, “You can’t escape!”

She immediately gave chase.

One has to admit, the Initial Separation Realm, whether it was strength or speed, completely crushed the Spirit Gathering Realm!

But even so, it couldn’t compare to the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, and even with Gu Lu giving her all, she could only watch helplessly as Zhou Heng carrying Gu Zi vanished from her sight.

She lost them!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

She furiously punched and chopped, the power of the Initial Separation Realm was terrifyingly immense, and with each strike, a deep pit two zhang wide formed on the ground, destroying the towering trees around it completely.

…

Zhou Heng ran with all his might; with his current accumulated spiritual power, he could only sustain for about ten minutes, and soon he felt the depletion of his spiritual power.

Buzz, the Black Sword in his Dantian suddenly vibrated, pointing in a certain direction.

Zhou Heng was taken aback; he originally thought that after advancing to the Spirit Gathering Realm the Black Sword would lose its “treasure-seeking” function, but it had unexpectedly reacted again.

He immediately changed direction and dashed towards where the Black Sword pointed.

An indescribably bizarre sensation came over him, and Zhou Heng felt his form falter; he and Gu Zi suddenly disappeared from their original location as if something had swallowed them whole.

Boom!

Zhou Heng completely exhausted, tumbled to the ground, while Gu Zi, however, flipped her body and landed steadily, taking in her surroundings.

After crossing the river, demolishing the bridge, huh?

Not even helping him up!

Zhou Heng also stood up; there was no time to care about such trivialities now.

His gaze swept over the area, and he saw a colossal ruin, with broken beams and columns everywhere, overgrown weeds, desolation all around.

Could there be treasures here?

“What place is this?” Zhou Heng frowned, the surroundings still had green trees and grass, but he felt as if he was no longer in the place they had been before.

“We passed through a formation and entered a hidden space!” Gu Zi said calmly, appearing emotionless, not displaying any reaction even when her twin sister came hunting her down.

Ruins!

Zhou Heng’s heart stirred.

The history on the Xuanqian Continent was simply too long, and many powerful forces had vanished in the river of history, their former residences now called ruins.

Most ruins contained treasures, of course, they were also filled with dangers, as there are no free lunches in the world.

He sat down cross-legged, desperately inhaling spiritual energy to replenish his spent spiritual power, while Gu Zi walked carefully among the ruins, no longer naive as she had appeared before.

After a full two hours, Zhou Heng finally regained his strength, he walked over to Gu Zi and asked, “Did you discover anything mysterious?”

“Nothing, these are all ordinary buildings, but there’s a complete structure ahead, we might find something there!” Gu Zi said evenly, showing no sign of anxiety.

Zhou Heng believed if it had been Lin Fuxiang, she would either be excited with a flushed face or anxious, stomping her feet and nagging him to look for a way out.

What a strange woman!

This wasn’t the first time he had such a thought.

He said, “Why does your sister or twin want to kill you?”