The entire Demon Sea is cone-shaped, but because the Demon Sea is so vast, its apex, or the bottom of the sea, is not truly a point but an area as large as three hundred zhang.
How to describe this area?
Disgusting!
Yes, only the word disgusting!
Zhou Heng could guarantee he had never seen such a scene before; patches of bright red sludge, not mud but more like decayed flesh, and it slled, oozing pus, with bluish liquid rolling around, emitting a strong stench.
What astonished Zhou Heng was that he could still see the golden grid. But these golden grids covering the cave walls were fractured as they neared the bottom!
That’s right, the entire Demon Sea was full of golden grids, but at the bottom, there was a hole!
The golden grid is the rule of heaven and earth. Rules construct the world, and while they restrict heaven and earth, they also protect this land. It’s like in the Immortal Realm; using power beyond the Bright Immortal would result in being repelled to the Bright Realm, which is the rule’s protection of the world.
But here, the rule is broken!
Within the sludge, Dead Spirits were drilling out one after another, endlessly!
Now, Zhou Heng knew the source of the Dead Spirits; they ca from beyond the protection of the rules! That’s why these things are terrifying, so even the strongest Saints are extrely wary of them and dare not venture deep.
Zhou Heng stood above this sludge, with Divine Light shining around. Within ten zhang of him, all newly erged Dead Spirits dissolved!
But it was limited to within ten zhang; this area was as large as three hundred zhang, and he could only suppress a corner!
Enter this sludgy land to see what lies on the other end?
Zhou Heng dared not!
He could sense that this sludge harbored an incredibly powerful aura of death, toxic to any living being, just as his Milky Way Light could blast Dead Spirits to death!
If he stepped onto this sludge, he would be instantly killed!
At least, not now!
Maybe when he becos a Saint, he might have the qualification to pass through this sludge and see what truly lies beyond, to completely pacify the Demon Sea!
The Dead Spirits erging from elsewhere all avoided Zhou Heng from afar. Although this presence carried a loathed aura of life, the light around him was even more frightening to them, deterring them from approaching at all.
Zhou Heng stayed here for three whole days.
He was observing, and this observation was very aningful.
Because he discovered that the Shadow Dead Spirits erging from here were all Stellar Realm, let alone Black Cave-level; not even a single Cot-level or Milky Way-level was seen!
This proved a previous conjecture of Zhou Heng!
The power of the Shadow Dead Spirits is realized through mutual devouring!
Otherwise, where did those Milky Way Realm, Cot Realm, Black Cave Realm Dead Spirits co from if there were no high-tier Dead Spirits at the source?
Zhou Heng had personally witnessed several Quasi-Black Cave Realm Dead Spirits devour weaker ones to heal injuries and simultaneously grow stronger. He had this conjecture then, which now proved true.
It’s ti to go back!
Soone has to pay the price!
Zhou Heng closed his eyes, the faces of the thirty-eight mbers of the Ninth Squad flashed through his mind one by one. He opened his eyes, filled with a cold light.
Whoosh, he leaped up, flying towards the top of the Demon Sea.
He acted completely unreasonably, without any notice, just ascending at full speed!
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
The Milky Way Light shone brightly, everything it touched, all Dead Spirits dissolved, even the powerful Cot-level, Black Cave-level Dead Spirits avoided him as if he were the Dead Spirit.
Boom!
Eight days later, he shot out of the Demon Sea, the long-missed sunlight shining down, making him feel reborn.
He didn’t argue about directions, just flew towards one, once ashore, finding the 9943 Barracks would be a cinch.
This took him another four days before finally reaching the shore, where Zhou Heng put away the Milky Way as it was no longer needed to intimidate Dead Spirits.
He looked far ahead, making him pause, for this defensive line seed sowhat different from his mory!
Although he was only responsible for defending the ten-thousand-mile line near the 9943 Barracks, he could tell at a glance that this line had just been established and wasn’t completely constructed yet.
"Hey, which barracks are you from, you look unfamiliar!" At this mont, a patrolling Dragon Clan discovered Zhou Heng and imdiately approached him but didn’t show hostility, for there were only two kinds of existence here: Dragon Clan, Dead Spirits!
Dragon Clan was allies, Dead Spirits were enemies!
So simple.
"My na is Zhou Heng, from the 9943 Barracks, lost in the Demon Sea so ti ago, just found the way back, going to report back to the barracks!" Zhou Heng said.
The Dragon Clan soldier rely responded with an "Oh," not particularly shocked because he thought Zhou Heng’s "so ti ago" referred to just a few days, which wasn’t shocking at all.
"The 9943 Barracks are quite a distance from us!" The soldier opened up, chatting with Zhou Heng.
It was then that Zhou Heng learned that not long ago, the Demon Sea had suddenly expanded violently, originally occupying only a third of the Eternal Dragon Star’s size, but now it had expanded to half in one go!
Half, a whole half!
As a result, the original defense line had been devoured by the Demon Sea, and a new defense line had to be rebuilt—the only good news was that no one from the Dragon Clan died during the Demon Sea’s expansion.
For so reason, there hadn’t been a single Dead Spirit appearing in the past few days!
The reason for this, naturally, no one knew, not even Zhou Heng himself, making it an unsolved mystery, destined to remain for ages.
And Zhou Heng finally learned how long he had been in the Demon Sea—nine months!
After thanking the person, he headed towards the 9943 Barracks.
Seven days later, he arrived outside a brand new barracks.
This is the 9943 Barracks!
Zhou Heng, expressionless, walked in with big strides.
"Stop—huh!" At the entrance of the barracks, two spear-wielding soldiers instinctively stopped Zhou Heng, but when they saw his face, they were stunned, "Zhou, Zhou Heng!"
These two guys had actually sparred with Zhou Heng during the Dragon Temple’s martial competition, but what their nas were... Zhou Heng paid no attention and didn’t rember at all.
"I’m back!" Zhou Heng said calmly, then took a deep breath and called out loudly, "Zhou Heng of the ninth squad, reporting back!"
Ninth squad! Zhou Heng! Returning!
The sound roared across the 9943 Barracks like thunder.
Swish, swish, swish, suddenly, the entire barracks was in an uproar, with tens of thousands of people rushing out at the sa ti.
"Zhou, Zhou Heng!"
"He’s actually still alive!"
"Oh heavens, to survive the Tide of Death, he must have been blessed by the Ancestral Dragon Lord! No, just the Old Ancestor alone isn’t enough, surely even the Second Ancestor is blessing him!"
Everyone showed an expression of shock, for there had never been a team that could have anyone survive after falling into the Tide of Death! Zhou Heng had created a miracle!
"I knew this bastard wouldn’t die!" Tou Lan was first delighted, then wore a bitter face, "Oh no, I still owe him over ten thousand Dragon Coins, better sneak off first!"
Shui Yuqi’s beautiful eyes sparkled, shining even more brilliantly—of course, this kind of brilliance could only be appreciated by the Dragon Clan; anyway, Zhou Heng got nauseated just seeing that huge dragon head.
"How is he still not dead?" Yan Lindong clenched his fists, his claws piercing his skin, yet he seed not to feel it. He had painstakingly set up this trap to kill Zhou Heng, but why did the rest of the ninth squad die, and Zhou Heng alone survived?
"Very good, very good!" Ni Anbei stepped forward, embracing Zhou Heng tightly when reaching him, then patted his shoulder, saying, "It’s good to be alive!"
Zhou Heng’s expression was cold, "Who released that erroneous information back then?"
Ni Anbei’s expression stiffened, a sharpness flashed in his eyes, but he forced a smile, pulling Zhou Heng’s arm and using Divine Sense to transmit, "That should be a big shot in the Military Departnt, and I currently don’t have access! But rest assured, I’ll definitely give you and the ninth squad justice!"
Entering the Military Departnt requires at least a Black Cave-level cultivation, whether it’s Spiritual Power or physique—indeed, physique is even more valued because that’s the Dragon Clan’s root! Of course, if Spiritual Power advances to Black Cave Realm, after the Ancestral Pond’s baptism, the physique would surely break through to the Black Cave Realm as well, but the reverse isn’t necessarily true.
—As long as the bloodline limit is unlocked, the physique is fine, but Spiritual Power needs comprehension.
Ni Anbei was already at Quasi-Black Cave Realm, not far from breaking through.
Zhou Heng said indifferently, "I’m the only mber of the ninth squad now, I’ll take care of this revenge myself!"
Since Ni Anbei also didn’t know who passed down the wrong information, Zhou Heng would personally root out the mastermind and then kill them!
Ni Anbei was sowhat displeased, feeling Zhou Heng was overstepping.
Even if he had to risk it all to possibly expose the big shot behind it, what could Zhou Heng do with his level of strength—huh, Cot Realm! Cot Realm at the level of Spiritual Power!
This guy had advanced to Cot Realm after disappearing for nine months!
But thinking about it, Zhou Heng had already reached the peak of Milky Way Realm, who knows how long he had lingered at that level, so taking this step at any point wouldn’t be surprising.
Furthermore, the battlefield is full of life-and-death pressure, which is the best place for a breakthrough.
Let him cool down for a few days first, taking down such a big shot isn’t about courage alone!
"You should rest for now, stabilize your Realm; there are many things I need to ask you!" Ni Anbei said, the ninth squad was certainly ambushed by Dead Spirits with total annihilation, but how did Zhou Heng escape alive?
Zhou Heng did not oppose further, moving silently into the barracks, naturally receiving a new tent arranged for him.
He also understood that revenge couldn’t be fueled by re passion and courage, he needed a strong background or formidable strength, otherwise even if he were told who the mastermind was, what could he do?
Military Departnt leaders were at least Black Cave-level, and they, being of the Dragon Clan, would not fear his Milky Way’s Divine Light!
The high-profile entry was just Zhou Heng’s way of sending a signal, creating panic for the person behind it, causing them to lay another plot against him. As the saying goes, "the more one says, the more one reveals," and the more they act, the more clues will naturally surface!
Thus, the hidden mastermind will reveal themselves. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote for recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.)
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