Chapter 301: Chapter 21 We Are Different
Commanding the Five Qi, Driving Wind and Thunder!
Compared to the ti when Zhou Heng was barely able to execute the Five Thunder Righteous thod at the Lower Third Rank, the might of the Taoist Formulas he wielded now had increased by far too much.
The mont the Thunder Seal was ford, golden thunder flas sparked all over his body, and his figure standing in the sky could be seen almost across the entire Anhe Prefectural City. His golden radiance was bright, and the thunder intertwined, making it seem as though the Thunder God himself had descended.
At the sa ti, with Zhou Heng at the core, the elental energies of heaven and earth within a hundred yards began to stir; dark clouds quickly gathered, an oppressive mass rolling in to blot out the sun, turning day into night around the Prefectural City Yan in an instant.
Golden thunder lights condensed within the dark clouds, spreading and interweaving like wildly dancing golden snakes.
The purest and most yang Thunder Power unrestrainedly burst forth. The golden light seed to encompass all the Five Elents of the universe, able to carry out “Heavenly Punishnt”.
Boom!
The thunderous roar was enough to deafen, shaking heaven and earth.
Even before the sound of thunder exploded, a three-to-four zhang thick golden thunderbolt had already descended from the sky, striking toward Nie Jin in the backyard of the Prefectural City Yan.
“Mr. Zhou, hold on!” Nie Yu shouted with all his might.
As he did, his True Qi spread out. The elental energy of Green Wood was instantly stimulated, and all the trees within the garden began to grow wildly, turning into towering trees in the blink of an eye.
Trunks and vines interwove, miraculously forming an imnsely large and thick protective barrier, attempting to keep the golden thunder outside.
Green Wood True Energy!
The Myriad Wood Mountain-Protecting Formation!
This was the Formation that Nie Yu had placed within his residence. Activated by his own Green Wood True Energy, it could create an extrely strong defensive barrier, designed to withstand external attacks.
Under normal circumstances, even soone in the True Gang Realm would not be able to break through it.
Boom!
The golden thunder struck the huge tree barrier and imdiately exploded into a sky full of golden light, brilliantly shining and illuminating much of the sky above Anhe Prefectural City.
The tree barrier actually managed to block the thunder for a brief mont.
But it was indeed just a mont.
The thunderous force of the Five Thunder Righteous thod was unmatched, and the Pure Yang True Qi could further enhance its power, coupled with Zhou Heng’s various fundantal attribute bonuses, his strength had far surpassed that of a normal True Gang Realm.
Thus, a mont later, the golden thunderbolt shattered the barrier as easily as tearing through paper, continuing its descent.
Nie Yu’s face turned ashen, blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, but he still did not retreat. He stood in front of Nie Jin, frantically circulating his True Qi.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
A fierce wind began to blow, and the dense energy of Green Wood stirred. All the trees and plants within four hundred yards of the Prefectural City Yan trembled, emitting a faint glow.
Even the sky, already concealed by dark clouds and thunder light, began to shine with an erald light, reflecting off the brilliant thunder. However, it was quickly overwheld by the golden thunder light.
Nevertheless, at this mont, Nie Yu had already gathered a large amount of Green Wood elental energy. Facing the thunder about to strike him down, he threw a mighty punch, like a titan propping up the heavens.
Bang!
The golden thunder struck the green shadow of the fist, releasing a blinding light that burst forth in all directions, seen by half the residents of Anhe Prefectural City.
To ordinary people of Anhe Prefectural City, such a scene was akin to the legendary battles of Immortals, with thunderous booms, towering trees shooting up, and bursts of green light. This had completely surpassed the scope of normal Martial Arts.
To those Martial Artists who had practiced Martial Arts and had so understanding of the Martial Path, the spectacle filled them with awe and trepidation, not daring to even take a breath.
Such earth-shattering anomalies, one didn’t need to think to know that it was Martial Artists of the Middle Third Rank engaging in a fierce battle, attracting vast amounts of elental energy from heaven and earth with every move and attack, utilizing the powers of nature.
Moreover, from the way the phenonon was unfolding, it seed the combatants were not just ordinary mbers of the Middle Third Rank, but likely among the best of the Secret Six Rank; otherwise, it wouldn’t have aroused such a grand spectacle.
At this mont, Sheng Xinrou stood dazedly watching Zhou Heng’s figure suspended in the sky, as well as the scene of him driving wind and thunder, striking giant trees, and shattering the green light.
Her heart was filled with imnse joy, and she couldn’t help but murmur softly, “So powerful, really too powerful! Zhou Heng is truly strong!”
The others were also dumbstruck, watching the brilliance flickering between heaven and earth, feeling shocked and amazed.
Was this the power of the Middle Third Rank?
Let alone ordinary folk, even the strongest among those of the Lower Third Rank would likely not be able to intervene in such a battle, right?
No wonder they say that the level of the Middle Third Rank is a completely different world; the gap was simply too vast.
However, why would such a high-level battle break out at the Prefectural City Yan?
What’s going on here?
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Bang!
In the end, Nie Yu’s fist was unable to hold back the Five Thunder Righteous thod unleashed by Zhou Heng. With a loud noise, the green force of the punch was completely suppressed by the golden light.
Facing the overwhelming power of Zhou Heng, even a seasoned practitioner like Nie Yu, who had been in the True Energy Realm for many years, was rendered utterly powerless, even with the support of a Formation, there was nothing he could do.
Bang!
The lower half of Nie Yu’s body was pressed into the ground by the powerful impact, and his spirit, energy, and essence plumted in an instant, leaving him imnsely weakened.
Clearly, he was severely injured.
But this golden thunder did not attack Nie Yu, instead bending in the air to continue its strike towards Nie Jin behind him, lighting up her now sowhat twisted face with its dazzling golden light.
Facing her father, who was slamd into severe injury by thunder before her eyes, not only did she lack any sign of guilt, but a hint of mockery also appeared in her eyes, her lips curled into a cold smile.
“Idiot!” Nie Jin said disdainfully, as she lightly shifted, allowing a shadowy figure to erge from her body and directly collide with the incoming golden thunder.
It was an avatar.
Though her Honghua Seven-Petals Body was not yet fully matured, she had already refined five avatars. Zhou Heng had destroyed two previously, and now three remained.
However, it did not take long before only two remained.
The golden thunder light exploded upon hitting Nie Jin’s apparition, with lightning and fire scattering in all directions.
Instantly, the entire Prefectural estate was engulfed in flas, and even Nie Yu himself could not escape. Already severely injured, he took another hit from the lightning fire, which further aggravated his wounds.
However, Nie Jin managed to use this opportunity to escape unscathed from all the impacts and lightning fire. She even looked up provocatively at Zhou Heng in the sky and sneered, “So what if you know Taoist Formulas?”
Before her words had faded…
Boom!
Another bolt of thunder struck, but this ti it was like a peerless Divine Sword composed of purple lightning that descended from the ninth heaven, purging all evil spirits and ghostly entities!
“From the nine heavens, transform into divine thunder!
“Brilliance Heavenly Power, guided by the sword!”
In fact, as soon as the lightning of the Five Thunder Righteous thod was blocked by the giant tree barrier, Zhou Heng had already started casting another Taoist Formula.
Divine Sword Thunder Control!
Ghosts are cunning and hard to kill, a fact he had never forgotten.
The Five Thunder Righteous thod was at best an appetizer, especially since it was cast with bare hands. This Divine Sword Thunder Control was different; it was cast using the Treasure Soldier Purple Lightning Flying Sword.
Moreover, the True Qi of Pure Yang and the Power of Thunder both had extrely strong restraining effects on ghostly entities. The power had far exceeded normal standards. Ghostly entities below Sect Fifth Rank had no chance of resisting.
Indeed, faced with such an attack, Nie Jin didn’t even have the chance to defend herself and was instantly blasted into ashes and debris.
“Congratulations! You have killed the unremarkable ghost entity ‘Honghua’, Fortune Bag [Copper] 3.”
The reward notification sounded.
Clearly, the girl known as Nie Jin had died during the mont her body had been completely controlled by the ghost entity “Honghua”.
“Ah Jin!”
Nie Yu let out a cry of despair.
He had already been severely injured while defending against the Five Thunder Righteous thod, and then he took another hit from the lightning fire. Now barely hanging onto life, upon witnessing Nie Jin turning into ashes, his vision darkened as he was about to faint.
“You cannot faint just yet.” Zhou Heng said sternly, imdiately casting the Resurrection Spell to forcefully awaken Nie Yu’s spirit. Descending from the sky, he spoke in a deep voice, “Lord Nie, don’t you think you owe an explanation for this matter?”
“Zhou Heng, you killed my daughter, and you still want to explain sothing to you?!” Nie Yu roared in anger and grief, staring at Zhou Heng with furious eyes and gritted his teeth, “You might as well kill too. After all, you are a successor of Pure Yang Palace, and the Imperial Court won’t hold you accountable!”
Bang!
Zhou Heng swept his sleeve and sent Nie Yu flying into a house that was ablaze with flas. The already shaky house imdiately collapsed, burying Nie Yu beneath it.
However, such an impact was nothing to Nie Yu, who was already at Secret Sixth Rank and whose body had been nourished by True Qi over the years. It did not cause any further injury, only adding to his embarrassnt.
“Aaaaagh!”
With a furious roar, Nie Yu burst out from the burning ruins, kicking up a blaze of sparks. Dragging his dying body and mustering all his strength to circulate his True Qi, he swung his fist towards Zhou Heng.
Just at that mont, the Purple Lightning Flying Sword in the sky split into multiple sword shadows, all of which fell around Nie Yu, sealing off all his movents.
Normally under such circumstances, Nie Yu should have been completely immobilized, with any movent bringing him closer to death.
But inexplicably, fearlessly of death, he continued to charge toward the sword shadows as if he had completely lost concern for his own life, resolved to control his destiny.
“Actually seeking death?!”
Zhou Heng let out a cold snort, raised his hand and pointed, and the sword shadows imdiately dissipated, causing Nie Yu to lunge into emptiness. At the sa ti, he ford a hand seal and his True Qi solidified into a golden rope, tying up Nie Yu so he was unable to move.
However, after this struggle, Nie Yu, who was already at death’s door, could hardly hold on any longer. Zhou Heng then used Longevity True Energy to cast the Gentle Rain Spell, temporarily alleviating Nie Yu’s injuries.
“Why save , why don’t you just let die?!” Nie Yu glared at Zhou Heng with fury surging to the heavens, his eyes nearly blood-red as if his sanity had been completely obscured by hatred.
“Nie Yu, as the lord of a prefecture, don’t tell you don’t know how your daughter actually died!” Zhou Heng slowly walked up to Nie Yu and said gravely, “Can’t you face the truth?”
As the lord of the prefecture, Nie Yu was aware of the existence of evil spirits, and he had long known that his daughter, Nie Jin, was possessed by one. He had even helped her conceal the matter of capturing people for her sustenance.
“No! No! Even if she was possessed by an evil spirit, it was only temporary. I could still communicate with her; there was still hope!” Nie Yu shook his head desperately, saying, “She wasn’t completely dead; it was you, it was you who killed her!”
“When her true self appeared in front of , her pupils turned black, and her body surged with ghostly energy, Nie Jin was already dead.” Zhou Heng spoke indifferently, “The prestigious lord of a prefecture, a Secret Sixth Rank Innate, deluding yourself like this?”
“Ahhhh!” Nie Yu cried out in anguish, tears streaming down his face, “Why, why is this happening? Ah Jin shouldn’t have such a fate!
“She is my only daughter. I treasured her like a jewel, listened to her call father from her first mumbles to her clear voice, watched her grow bit by bit into a young lady—
“Why, why was she possessed by evil spirits, why did she adopt the ways of the Honghua Palace witches, why did she have to die so tragically, why, why?!”
He vented near madly, almost delirious with grief.
Zhou Heng stood by quietly watching, and after he had vented his frustration, he finally spoke, “Is this why you shielded her, even helped her to capture people for her sustenance?
“Those victims had daughters as well, wives, parents, loved ones. Have you ever thought of them? Is this what the lord of a prefecture should do?”
“Heh, lord of a prefecture? I’m just a father to a daughter!” Nie Yu turned to glower at Zhou Heng, suddenly scoffed and said, “Zhou Heng, you can stand there and question now, fine!
“But let ask you, if one day, soone you hold dear is eroded by an evil spirit, possessed, their body taken over, what would you do, would you kill them with your own hands? Huh?!”
“…” Zhou Heng fell slightly silent upon this question and after a long while finally responded earnestly, “I would do everything in my power to help them escape this predicant.”
“Hahahaha!!” Nie Yu suddenly burst into laughter as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, then looked at Zhou Heng with mockery, “It seems you’re just like then. I also thought of doing all I could to help Ah Jin escape her plight. What right do you have to stand there and question ?!”
“No, we are not the sa,” Zhou Heng replied calmly, shaking his head, “You think you can help your daughter escape her predicant, but that’s an illusion. You’re an accomplice; you lack the ability, whereas I have it.”
Just kill the person possessed by the evil spirit along with the spirit, and then use a Resurrection Card.
I’m sorry, we really are different.
I have cheats, you don’t.
“You?!” Nie Yu was imdiately left speechless with anger.
“Stop your complaints.” Zhou Heng squatted down, looked at Nie Yu and said gravely, “How exactly did Nie Jin co to be possessed by an evil spirit?”
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