I Cheated While Cultivating

Shen Jingjing’s spirit was subdued and controlled by Chao Xian.

She regarded Zhou Heng as an enemy.

Backstab!

However, when Zhou Heng saw the other martial artists being manipulated by Chao Xian to block his path, he was already on guard for this situation.

At the slightest sign of Shen Jingjing’s unusual movements, he was already aware.

Zhou Heng shifted slightly to his side, letting Shen Jingjing’s pair of daggers plunge into his luggage.

Clang!

A sound of metal clashing rang out as Shen Jingjing’s daggers seemed to strike something hard, forcefully repelling her.

The luggage was pierced, revealing the handle of the Zhi Zhi Sword within.

Zhou Heng promptly grabbed the hilt and pulled out the sword that was not even at the level of a sharp weapon, simultaneously activating a Sword Talisman.

He swung his sword at Chao Xian!

Hum!

At the instant Zhou Heng’s sword moved, a dull roar came from the void, as if it were trembling.

The elemental energy of the world suddenly boiled over, forming beams of silvery-white brilliance that streaked across the sky, converging on the longsword in Zhou Heng’s hand with incredible speed.

Slaughter!

Arms!

Destruction!

The laws interwove, the might of heaven and earth gathered!

This made the longsword, not even of a sharp weapon’s grade, radiate an extremely dazzling silvery-white light.

So sharp and bright, it daunted onlookers from gazing directly at it.

Clang clang clang!!

All the common metal weapons in Yuyang County City trembled as if drawn by an invisible force, starting to move on their own.

They either collided with one another or jumped around, as if trying to fly out of their sheaths.

Almost every martial artist felt as though their weapons had slipped from their control.

Their surfaces emitted a soft white light, seemingly willing to merge with the silvery-white brilliance that streaked across the sky.

Just for that moment, the area within a hundred paces was enveloped in the sounds of clashing arms.

Moreover, everyone felt as if they were surrounded by countless sharp sword beams, daring not to make the slightest move.

Chao Xian, standing on a high building, saw the smile fade from his face. His relaxed demeanor gave way to astonishment, which then transformed into unparalleled shock, his eyes wide in utter horror.

Clang!!

A sword cry resonated, like the call of a crane echoing through the skies, piercing through all directions.

Chao Xian saw only a streak of silvery-white brilliance flash before his eyes, as a pure white sword qi, over ten zhang long, burst forth from the longsword in Zhou Heng’s hand.

Boom boom boom!

Like the crash of thunder, the sword qi caused the void to burst open with echoing roars, like the sky was collapsing, reaching deep into the hearts of everyone in Yuyang County City, instilling an inexplicable fear.

The abandoned high-rise where Chao Xian stood was enveloped in sword qi and instantly turned to dust.

He himself had no ability to resist.

He was ground to dust by the sword qi interwoven with laws, ceasing to exist.

And after annihilating Chao Xian, the sword qi’s momentum did not stop, shooting straight into the heavens and disappearing in the blink of an eye. Bang!

A moment later, a deafening bang came from above, as the clouds in the high sky dispersed layer by layer, forming a vast circular void.

At that moment, the entire Yuyang County City fell silent; everyone looked up at the sky, mouth agape, stunned to their core.

Interweaving laws, commandeering elemental energy, wielding the might of heaven and earth, employing the force of nature!

This is the power of heaven and earth!

How can human strength possibly withstand it?

But how could Zhou Heng unleash such terrifying sword qi?

At least a Sixth Rank Martial Artist would be needed to wield such power.

He is just a Ninth Rank Warrior, the gap between him and the Sixth Rank is like that between heaven and earth!

How did he do it?

That sword just now woke everyone up from the control of their spirits by Chao Xian.

These people also witnessed the earth-shattering sword qi and felt the incomparable shock.

Too strong!

Everyone’s gaze was now fixed on Zhou Heng.

And then, some people noticed the Zhi Zhi Sword in his hand.

“The Zhi Zhi Sword! That’s the standard sword carried by the outer disciples of Pure Yang Palace!”

“Pure Yang Palace!? So Zhou Heng is a disciple of Pure Yang Palace, could it be that the sword qi just now was a secret treasure given by a senior in his sect?” “Ah!? Zhou Heng is actually not a disciple of a small martial arts hall, but comes from a Martial Dao Sect, my goal is gone.”

“But can an outer disciple really have such a powerful secret treasure? That’s too strong!”

“What do you know, that’s an ancient Taoist Immortal Sect, this is totally normal, okay!”

People burst into discussions.

Many cast envious and jealous glances at Zhou Heng. Pure Yang Palace, even if just an outer disciple, was enough to make countless ordinary people in the martial world envious.

“So, young master, you are a disciple from Pure Yang Palace.” Shen Jingjing had also regained her senses, and she felt amazed by Zhou Heng’s identity before quickly apologizing, “I’m sorry, just now, I was bewildered, I…”

“No need for apologies, it was Chao Xian’s fault.” Zhou Heng didn’t say much else, quickly taking out two taels of gold from his bag, holding them in his hand.

Boom!

Rumbling thunder exploded in his palm, streaks of golden arcs appeared out of nowhere, coiling around his hands, and the most staunch and yang aura spread, as if he was gripping thunder in his hands.

The Geng Metal Sword Energy Technique was indeed powerful, capable of slashing Chao Xian into dust in an instant.

If it were a human, they would certainly be dead beyond deader, but Chao Xian was different.

He was a ghost!

To be precise, a person who had been possessed by a ghost, completely controlling the human body!

Undying and indestructible!

Zhou Heng still vividly remembered Yu Shang’s terrifying recovery abilities.

Although the current extent of Chao Xian’s destruction far surpassed that of Yu Shang’s at the time, not even a trace of his body could be seen, Zhou Heng still suspected he might recover.

The existence of ghostly beings was too strange.

And he also didn’t receive any kill notification, which means there’s a high probability that Chao Xian was still alive.

He must be ready.

However, Zhou Heng’s display of Taoist formulas stunned the people around even more.

On the martial world, there were very few who understood the Taoist formulas.

In the eyes of most, only Middle Third Rank individuals could command thunder and control the natural forces of heaven and earth.

At the Lower Third Rank stage, it was simply impossible to achieve such feats.

But now, Zhou Heng was clearly only a Ninth Rank Warrior, yet he was already manipulating thunder!

This immediately caused them to feel as if their worldviews were shattering, and their foundational beliefs were exploding.

It was truly something you only see once in a long time!

The people around looked at Zhou Heng with frozen gazes, blankly watching the thunder light coiling in his hands.

What kind of technique is this?

Is this martial arts?

Thunder, damn, can a Ninth Rank Warrior really do this?

Is the martial arts I’ve been training fake??

Many people started to doubt their life choices.

Zhou Heng, a Ninth Rank Warrior, displayed strength and techniques that far exceeded their understanding and imagination of this level of power.

It’s too exaggerated!

Could this be a disciple of the Taoist Immortal Sect?

“Young Master Zhou, what is this?” Shen Jingjing was also full of doubts and astonishment. She was shocked by Zhou Heng’s abilities but also wondered why he still seemed to be on high alert.

Chao Xian is already dead, isn’t he?

No matter how powerful he was, he was only a Seventh Rank at his peak.

Facing that earth-shattering Sword Qi, it was impossible for him to have survived, right?

Could there be other enemies?

Hoo hoo hoo!

Just at that moment, a chilly wind suddenly arose.

The sky, which was still in twilight, quickly darkened as if night had fallen into a deep, silent abyss.

At the place slashed by the Geng Metal Sword Energy Technique, a mass of purple-black smoke suddenly surged.

It churned and writhed, as if something was breeding inside.

This scene was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people; except for Zhou Heng, everyone else stared dumbfounded at everything unfolding, completely clueless about the current situation.

Boom!

At that moment, thunder tore through the sky.

Zhou Heng raised his hands, letting the lightning in his palms burst forth, turning into two thick columns of golden thunder that struck unerringly onto the mass of purple-black fog.

“AhhhhH”

From within came a shrill and angry scream. The two bolts of lightning shattered the purple-black smoke, interrupting Chao Xian’s resurrection in progress.

However, this scream only spread to cause an extremely severe mental storm, knocking out all the Ninth Rank Warriors and ordinary people within a hundred zhang on the spot.

Even some people with weaker physiques bled from their seven orifices, their life or death unknown.

Even Eighth Rank Warriors felt dizzy and unsteady.

Even those who managed to barely stay conscious still experienced confusion and a loss of reasoning.

Shen Jingjing collapsed directly onto the ground, hands covering her head, enduring the pain.

She had already endured the impact of Chao Xian’s gaze before and had been mentally confused; her spirit was already weak. Now having undergone this shock and still remaining conscious, she was doing quite well.

The scream carried an extremely strong mental impact and the ability to corrupt.

Terrifying!

Ghosts are too overpowering against ordinary Martial Artists, or rather, humans.

Yet Zhou Heng was unaffected, continuing to take out gold from his bundle and using Taoist formulas to execute Palm Thunder, releasing a thunderbolt one after another.

Thanks to the dream training experience he had before, now his use of Palm Thunder was extremely smooth, almost instant.

There was even a seamless connection between the two bolts of lightning, ensuring the purple -black fog was continuously battered by the thunder.

Chao Xian had no chance of resurrection.

This was undoubtedly the best method to exterminate ghosts.

But it was too costly.

It pained Zhou Heng’s heart.

In just a short while, six taels of gold had been spent, and his entire fortune was only around a dozen taels.

“Ahhhh! Ahhhh!!”

The screams of Chao Xian became more and more harrowing and piercing, yet the mental attacks they carried were diminishing.

This meant that if things continued this way, Chao Xian would soon be completely eradicated.

It must be said that ghosts are indeed very difficult to eliminate.

Previously, Yu Shang and Feng You, although roughly at the same level, were easier to destroy because neither had fully completed their possessions or controlled the bodies for an extended period.

But a ghost like Chao Xian, who had completely finished the possession, genuinely controlled the body for more than a decade, and had Seventh Rank peak strength, was different.

Its property of deathlessness had become extremely potent.

Using only Eighth Rank Palm Thunder for the attack was still somewhat challenging.

However, Zhou Heng was now able to slowly grind his opponent to death with one thunder after another.

About ten Palm Thunders should be enough to truly destroy him.

By that time, Zhou Heng’s inner qi would also be nearly depleted, which was just about right.

But at this moment, the purple-black mist that had been continually split and dispersed by the Palm Thunder suddenly began to boil, violently surging all over.

As if drawn by some invisible force, it split into two parts; a large portion rose and surged towards the desolate area south of the city.

“What’s going on?” Zhou Heng’s expression was one of astonishment as he had just released a Palm Thunder that had utterly wiped out Chao Xian, who had been struggling until now.

“Congratulations! You have killed the undoubtedly doomed opponent Chao Xian, Fortune Bag [Gold] +1.”

The reward notification sounded.

But Zhou Heng felt no joy in his heart because he sensed an even greater crisis might be coming.

The split purple-black mist fell like a meteor, crashing heavily onto the desolate land to the south of the city, causing the majority of Yuyang County City to shake.

Immediately after, an even more intense purple-black light soared to the sky.

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire Yuyang County City,

making the already dark sky even more sinister and eerie.

“Could it be that there’s a problem with Xuan Yang’s seal?” Zhou Heng had a very bad premonition in his heart.

He had previously speculated that beneath that barren area to the south of the city, Xuan Yang’s main body might be sealed.

And Xuan Yang was very likely an old ghost who had lived from the era of the Heavenly Sun Battle, or even earlier.

An old monster who had lived for more than three thousand years!

If such an old monster were to break free from the seal, Zhou Heng felt that it would be difficult for anyone below the Celestial Man to cope.

“What to do?” Zhou Heng’s brow was tightly furrowed as he considered whether to use the Peak Card.

But he suddenly noticed that along with the purple-black light, there seemed to be other colors flying out.

He quickly concentrated and looked.

There were two streaks of bright silver light like stars, cutting through the darkness and gloom, shining with the power of light.

Zhou Heng looked towards those two bright silver streaks and immediately recognized them as the Taoist power triggered by Cheng Jianjian when she had previously cast spells to kill ghosts.

People from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer?

But this only made Zhou Heng’s mood even heavier.

The two streaks of light swiftly moved away from the purple-black light, reaching the sky above Yuyang County City.

It was clear that there were two figures within the light.

From their silhouettes, they appeared to be two women, both wearing masks with facial expressions.

One had a mask like a wealthy person from the stage, and the other simply had a large ” □” character on it.

They likely represented different meanings and statuses.

Zhou Heng recognized one of them.

It was Cheng Jianjian.

Had she been without a trace before because she had been reinforcing the seal at the wasteland south of the city, to continue sealing Xuan Yang?

The woman beside her was actually carrying her as they flew through the sky!

Was this a Sixth Rank expert?

For a time, numerous thoughts flashed through Zhou Heng’s mind,

and in the time it took for those thoughts to pass, Cheng Jianjian and that Sixth Rank expert had already broken through the purple-black mist and flew into the airspace above the city.

Immediately, they shouted out loud:

“Everyone in the city must leave quickly!

“A great calamity is about to descend upon this place, a great calamity is about to descend!

“Leave quickly, leave quickly!

“Once the calamity arrives, anyone below the Fourth Rank will undoubtedly die!”

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