Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword

Whoosh!

Zhou Heng hurled a human cannonball, which crashed into Pang Shaolong with a thud. But the gray lights shimmered, forcefully bouncing the human cannonball away. Under the dual force impact, the unfortunate fellow's bones shattered entirely.

"How's that? How's that?" Pang Shaolong laughed heartily, patting his chest. "Got the guts to hit me again! Do you dare? Can you do it?"

"If you don't kill me today, I swear I'll kill you once I get out of here!"

"Not just you, but your family and friends too! Heh heh, you better have a pretty wife, and I'll screw her right in front of you!"

This guy barked like a mad dog, displaying his hooligan nature.

Killing intent flowed in Zhou Heng's eyes. He despised anyone threatening his loved ones; this truly touched his bottom line! In theory, there was no real grudge between the two, merely a conflict that sowed hatred.

The path of the strong is destined to be filled with thorns, blood, and slaughter!

Pang Shaolong's words laid the seeds for his demise. Zhou Heng had no doubt such a boastful rich kid would never understand restraint, much less the offspring of a nouveau riche with a head full of delusions from sudden wealth!

Since he wanted to kill me, there's nothing more to say—gotta eliminate the danger before it blooms.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Zhou Heng sent all of Pang Shaolong's lackeys flying, and in a leap, he arrived in front of Pang Shaolong, throwing a punch. Golden light spilled over, fully activating the Five Elements Rune.

Bang!

The punch struck the gray shield, causing shadow lights to flicker, but it remained unmoved.

This shield could absorb attacks even at the Star King level. Although Zhou Heng was invincible at the Bright Immortal level, he was far from reaching Star King level.

"Hahahaha, how's that? All you can do is stare blankly!" Pang Shaolong laughed. Once activated, this Shadow Light Shield could last a full three days and nights, specifically to fend off jealous attacks after a surge in points.

And with only two days left until teleportation, though this kept him out of the top three, he was sure to enter the top ten thousand.

He was determined to kill Zhou Heng!

"Uncle, let Tiantian do it!" Jiang Zishuang suddenly said after Zhou Heng's repeated ineffective attacks.

"You?"

"Don't forget, Tiantian is an Array Pattern Master!" The little girl said proudly, with her chin raised.

"So, what do you have in mind?" Zhou Heng asked.

"Easy! This is just a low-level Forbidden Artifact, Tiantian can break it effortlessly!" The little girl struggled out of Zhou Heng's arms and began rummaging through her Space Artifact.

Bang! Bang! Bang! One item after another was thrown out, scattered all over the ground.

She's still just a little girl, is she reliable?

Jiang Zishuang rummaged for a while and seemed to find what she was looking for, sticking her little butt up while fiddling on the ground. Nobody knew what she was doing, but in just a few minutes, she jumped up happily, holding a crimson orb.

The orb was as big as an egg, covered with strange engravings, exuding a profound aura.

"This is a Ban-Breaking Sphere, just throw it over!" The little girl tossed the orb to Zhou Heng.

"Ban-Breaking Sphere!" Zhou Heng didn't know what this was, but Qi Yuan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, revealing a shocked expression, "Is this really a Ban-Breaking Sphere?"

"Why don't you throw it and see!" Jiang Zishuang, still a child, puffed her cheeks with displeasure when doubted.

Zhou Heng looked at Qi Yuan and asked, "Brother Qi, what is a Ban-Breaking Sphere?"

"Ban-Breaking Sphere, as the name suggests, is specialized in breaking various Forbidden Artifacts!" Qi Yuan paused, then added, "Different levels of Forbidden Artifacts require different levels of Ban-Breaking Spheres to counter. Of course, a Milky Way-level Ban-Breaking Sphere can break a Stellar Realm Forbidden Artifact, but not vice versa."

He paused again, his expression more surprised, "Dayuan Academy indeed has three branches: the Heavenly Martial Institute, the Heavenly Medicine Institute, and the Heavenly Array Institute, but both Pharmacists and Array Pattern Masters are extremely rare worldwide!"

"Together, the two branches have definitely no more than fifty people!"

"Brother Zhou, where did this child come from?"

Qi Yuan looked at Jiang Zishuang, filled with a sense of rarity and value. The scarcity of Array Pattern Masters made them extremely valuable, and Jiang Zishuang was so young—no, she's not even young, she's so small, yet if she could create items that break Star King-level Forbidden Artifacts, her future is limitless!

"Found her!" Zhou Heng said casually, weighing the crimson orb in his hand and fixing his gaze on Pang Shaolong.

"Hmph, don't think I'm scared easily. Just because you call this thing a Ban-Breaking Sphere doesn't mean I'll believe it?" Pang Shaolong initially showed a hint of panic but quickly regained his bravado.

Array Pattern Masters are so scarce worldwide, how could he possibly encounter one so coincidentally? Especially a little girl who looks like she only knows how to play in the mud!

It's all just an attempt to throw him off his game.

"Come on, throw it! I'm so scared, so weak!" Pang Shaolong, though flaunting the title of a young master, behaved entirely like a thug because the Pang Family was originally a small gang before they made it big.

Money and power were gained, but habits don't change overnight.

As he spoke, he turned his body and stuck his butt out towards Zhou Heng and the others, intensifying the ridicule.

Swish!

Zhou Heng threw the Ban-Breaking Sphere in his hand, hitting Pang Shaolong's body. A crimson light immediately flashed, enveloping Pang Shaolong instantly like blood.

Buzz, buzz, buzz. The gray shadow on Pang Shaolong's body began to tremble, writhing as if it had life, with increasing intensity, yet the brightness began to dim.

It's working!

It's indeed the Ban-Breaking Sphere!

"No, impossible!" Pang Shaolong exclaimed. How could he be so unlucky to encounter an Array Pattern Master, a person so rare? After looking around in panic, he suddenly took off running.

— Wait around to be beaten up?

He needed to escape while the Forbidden Artifact still had some effect! He fled, sprinting down the path and, after some distance, looked back to see Zhou Heng standing with his hands behind his back, not chasing after him, and couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Bang!

But just as he turned his head, everything went black as a huge fist came smashing towards him, growing larger!

He was dumbfounded, but a punch already landed on his face, sending his body flying, drawing an arc in the sky before crashing to the ground. Pain surged through him, and he thought, how did he take that punch?

Oh no, the Forbidden Artifact's protection is gone!

He looked down, and sure enough, the gray shadow shrouding him had completely vanished!

From a distance, Zhou Heng was walking leisurely over. It was he who had seamlessly intercepted him from the front and punched him back.

What to do? What to do?

Pang Shaolong shouted in his heart. He suddenly looked at Qi Yuan and said, "I am the eldest son of the Pang family. Qi Yuan, if you dare to harm me in the slightest, can you bear the consequences?"

"Pang Shaolong, you started this battle yourself!" Qi Yuan said coldly.

"Just some servants. Even if you beat them up or killed them, so what?" Pang Shaolong said carelessly, "Have him stop immediately, or when I get out, I'll surely mobilize the family to launch a full-scale attack on the Qi family!"

Pa!

A crisp slap swung across, causing Pang Shaolong to spin in place. Only after turning seven or eight times could he barely stabilize himself. His face was burning numb, almost losing sensation.

A sweet taste in his mouth, he opened it unconsciously, spitting out a mouthful of blood with a tooth inside!

He then realized that he had been slapped hard! "You—" he pointed at Zhou Heng, but before he could stretch out his hand, pa, another slap came, hitting the other side of his face.

Pfft!

He spat out a second mouthful of blood, with another tooth in it!

Pa, the third slap, brought out the third mouthful of blood and the third tooth! The slaps came in succession. Pang Shaolong soon ended up with only half his teeth, his mouth full of blood.

He was utterly terrified. Zhou Heng was deliberately drawing out his pain, extracting his teeth one by one instead of all at once, clearly torturing him on purpose! Realizing this did not help but made him even more fearful.

"You're ruthless! You're ruthless!" His face stained with blood, he taunted, "If you're so capable, kill me, hahahaha, do you dare?"

Pa!

Zhou Heng slapped him again, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, and said, "Don't worry, I won't kill you, but I'll make sure you remember today, never to harbor any thoughts of revenge again!"

"Nonsense! You think I'll let you off? Dream on, I'll surely destroy you and your whole family!" Pang Shaolong yelled, this being the only thing he could do—a so-called spiritual victory method.

Zhou Heng's heart surged with killing intent, but this was not a place for murder!

However, as they say, living in agony could be worse than death itself, with many things more painful than death in this world!

Zhou Heng said to Qi Yuan, "Take the little girl aside!"

The scene that would follow was not suitable for Jiang Zishuang to witness, lest she has nightmares at night.

Qi Yuan nodded, took the little girl's hand, and walked a few steps, paused, then turned back again.

"Don't worry, I won't kill him!" Zhou Heng said calmly.

Only then did Qi Yuan continue walking, with Moon Maiden quickly following. She was now filled with dread towards Zhou Heng.

Zhou Heng stared at Pang Shaolong for a while, then smiled and said, "Next, I hope you can keep that mouth of yours as hard as ever!"

"I'm not afraid of you!" Pang Shaolong continued to boast.

"Heh heh!"

"Ah—"

The screams began, like the howl of a ghost. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)