Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 652 - 085 Ancestor Thunder Nine Swords

Nine Origin Heavenly City, Main Peak of Heavenly Beauty Ancient Land.

"This brat is finally locked up, and it’s for a year, not just a month this time. Maybe he can endure one day, three days, or even ten days, but a year? Ha, it’d be a miracle if he could get out!"

Xiao Qiuchen said with pleasure.

At this Main Peak, seven cultivators were gathered together at the moment.

"Heavenly Beauty Ancient Land, I’ve heard ancient strange objects have appeared there, and there might be powerful Ancient Essence Blood Soul Stones emerging. This little bastard won’t have the chance to attend this time, otherwise, we’d really have to worry about him."

Fang Yuting said with a light sigh, her voice cold.

"Pah."

She Te swept his indifferent and disdainful gaze across this group of five, feeling full of contempt.

When Hou Chen was arrogant before, each one of them hid in their cultivation chambers, too scared to come out, fearing to be treated to a "big meal." Now that Hou Chen was in, they suddenly became extra arrogant, seemingly intent on proving that they had merely been dedicated to their arduous cultivation and did not deign to get involved in such matters.

After fighting Hou Chen, She Te had understood what despair was, what it meant to be overwhelmingly invincible. As a genius himself, he felt the incomprehensibly vast disparity between them, such that even if he was treated to a big meal, becoming the butt of many jokes, he didn’t feel too ashamed.

Even Hu Zhichun was slain, even Pang Wanchuan of the Heavenly Capital’s top five was made to flee. Although She Te had some strength, he could only be considered second-tier in the Heavenly Capital, far from the first-tier standard. It was normal for him to be disciplined.

Those who fall behind will be beaten, the weak will be trampled; She Te was well accustomed to this reality since his cultivation began, he didn’t find it too hard to bear.

However, She Te didn’t expect to hear such boastful talk from these people who had come to discuss Dao with Feng Xi. His disdain was self-evident.

Moreover, these people probably didn’t know that Feng Xi now regarded Hou Chen as her forbidden fruit, and here they were, mocking and deriding him to her face, which was utterly ignorant and ridiculous.

Thinking this, She Te couldn’t help but glance at Feng Xi, and sure enough, he saw her with a cold expression, as if someone owed her a million Soul Crystals.

"True Man Feng Xi, do you think there are any remarkable people left in Zhou Yan’s faction now? We could join forces for the trip to the Heavenly Beauty Ancient Land—" the woman called ’Fang Yuting’ said with continuous giggling.

She hadn’t realized that Feng Xi’s expression was off.

"No need, I plan to go it alone for the trip to the Heavenly Beauty Ancient Land. I don’t intend to team up with anyone else."

Feng Xi replied coldly, then without saying more, stated straightforwardly, "I apologize, but I’ve just had an inspiration and I need to return to my Main Peak to close off and seek Enlightenment. Farewell."

"I won’t be staying long either, and I hope the rest of you have a pleasant talk," She Te said with a sly smile and promptly left as well.

He and Feng Xi left at the same time, showing no consideration for the feelings of the others.

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"What rubbish, losers, they are so afraid of Zhou Yan’s people! Weren’t they saying that aside from Hou Chen, there was no one else powerful in Zhou Yan’s faction? This She Te must have been so scared by the beating that he’s lost his nerve. He may look the part, but who knew he was such a coward."

Fang Yuting said irritably.

"These people, they’re not of our kind. I invited them to give face, never really intending to have them join our core group. All right, let’s stop paying attention to these two losers and continue," Xiao Qiuchen said with a confident smile, unconcerned.

"Qiuchen, do you have any good ideas?" inquired a handsome young man by Fang Yuting’s side.

"I do have some ideas, rather good ones, but I still plan to test Zhou Yan’s faction to see how strong they really are before deciding my next step. For this time, we’ll pick someone who’s very low-profile and of the lowest Realm to test the waters, pretending to be unaware and then provoking a conflict to see the situation. Initially, this was not necessary, but this time, with people like Feng Xi, She Te, and even Wan Chuan having suffered, it won’t hurt to be more cautious," Xiao Qiuchen pondered aloud.

His words were comfortably received and seemed completely acceptable.

"I wonder who Brother Qiuchen plans to test?" Fang Yuting asked, her eyes filled with anticipation. Her beautiful gaze remained fixed on Xiao Qiuchen’s face, and she suddenly seemed to realize just how charming he was, how much he attracted her.

Somewhere in her heart, she felt... suddenly very eager to find out whether Xiao Qiuchen was also exceptional in *that* regard and could satisfy her.

Thus, when she spoke, her tone had changed somewhat.

The three young men beside Fang Yuting seemed to have sensed something, and they all became aware.

"I have understood their capabilities, among these people, Zhou Xian has always been arrogant, and Li Cangsheng is even more overbearing... I’ve come to realize that arrogance and overbearingness mean they have some pride in their abilities, just like Hou Chen, which is evident, so I won’t choose these two for testing.

Jia Yongheng is said to be the fabled Body of Destiny, encountering him will surely bring bad luck to someone, his reputation is already immense; that Li Wuxian, called ’the Mysterious’, appears extremely formidable, with eyes sharp as swords, and he’s not young, bearing an ancient aura, probably not easy to offend... As for Feng Lingzhu, Li Qimeng, Zhou Ying, Zhou Qianqian and others, these are women, it wouldn’t be right for me to make a move against them. Therefore, it leaves only one person to test, Zhou Gucheng, who is silent and looks dejected."

"Eh? If you hadn’t mentioned it, I wouldn’t have noticed, this Zhou Gucheng, merely around the Fourth Sword Void Transformation realm and seems to have signs of regressing, can be considered as having an unstable foundation. After attacking him, we can pretend it was not the force of Young Master Zhou Yan that we were aware of. Even though Hou Chen is defying the heavens, not everyone is like that."

Fang Yuting’s eyes suddenly sparkled with a bright luster, and she agreed deeply.

"Right, I also have some skepticism, Zhou Yan might be very powerful, Hou Chen is powerful, but if I pick the weakest one, I don’t believe they can beat me! Deep down, I just can’t believe it, I just want to claim some interest for my brother Wan Chuan."

Xiao Qiuchen spoke with a strong battle intent.

"Exactly, I don’t believe they are all powerful, this Zhou Gucheng is silent and taciturn, always touching his sword while watching others fight, but he can’t show any prowess, how strong can he be? Qiuchen, go ahead, we support you!"

"Right, we support you!"

The three young men in white robes beside Fang Yuting expressed their positions one after another.

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The lone peak stood like a sword, the Heavenly Dao like a slaughtering force.

"If my combat power cannot near ten, then I am not even comparable to the disciples of the young master... Then it’s time to cut myself down again! No matter how high the realm, if the combat power is not enough, it’s still trash, a disgrace to the young master."

"If it was me instead of Hou Chen this time, it’s very likely I would be beaten to vomiting blood, disgraced! I am definitely no match for Pang Wanchuan, even if I were to use the Vitality Sword Dao and Ancestor Thunder Divine Light, there’d be little chance, at most only managing to hold my ground for a short time. But others have more foundation than me..."

"The young master said the physical body he helped me cultivate combined the merits and characteristics of the Thunderflame Sword Body and Emperor Qi Sword Body, and I myself am an Ancestor Thunder Sword Body, why am I still so weak, with combat power just barely over nine? Chenchen can approach ten, I’ve cut myself down eight times, fallen from realm eight times, and still, my combat power is just barely over nine... Am I destined to be a waste?"

"No, if eight times isn’t enough, then cut nine! If nine times isn’t enough, then cut ten! Even if the realm falls completely, the combat power must be raised. Because in further cultivation, it will become a pipe dream to improve combat power! After the Void Nine Battle Line, I have to face the five decays of heaven and man, combat power will decrease further, there will be no more increases. If I don’t work hard now, there will be no more chances."

Zhou Gucheng murmured to himself in his heart.

Then, his gaze turned resolute and cold, emanating his soul, carrying endless Ancestor Thunder Divine Light, he fiercely delivered a slash at his own soul and realm.

"Puchi—"

The soul shattered, the realm cracked, retreating a layer.

But suddenly, a supreme law immediately descended.

After the ninth self-cut, it inadvertently touched the supreme rule of the Ancestor Thunder Sword Body, completing a transformation that broke and then rebuilt!

In that moment, as if enlightened, Zhou Gucheng’s realm reversed upward, aiming to step into the Sword Void Fifth Transformation in one fell swoop, and at the same time, his combat power, after the Supreme Nine Slashes, suddenly achieved a dam-breaking breakthrough.

"Boom crack—"

As if the shackles within his body were freed, suddenly, the energy of heaven and earth poured in like a flood. Zhou Gucheng felt as if he suddenly opened many eyes, the field of vision of this stretch of heaven and earth, suddenly became vastly wide.

"No wonder... you can’t face Sword Tribulation without combat power breaking nine near ten, because the sixth sense was obscured! Combat power near ten, after breaking through the Nine Prohibition, sixth sense leaps, truly able to see all around and listen in every direction, and this sensing power, is like suddenly increasing a thousand times, no wonder..."

Zhou Gucheng had an epiphany, finally understanding where the huge chasm between combat power just over nine and combat power nearing ten came from.

If combat power just over nine is the height of a mountain peak, then combat power nearing ten is the height of the universe’s sky dome.

And when one stands on top of the sky dome, looking down upon the mountain peaks, one would feel that they are indeed minuscule.

"This is a Tao—intangible and incommunicable by words, yet it has provided me with a whole new direction. Moreover, this ninth time I cut myself down, I have unlocked the ultimate inheritance of Ancestral Thunder Sword Dao—the Ancestor Thunder Nine Swords. It seems that the soul of the old Ancestor from Zhou Family, whose spiritual wisdom I annihilated, his true Sword Dao is this Ancestor Thunder Nine Swords! This Tao, if I cultivate, can directly transfer thousands of years of his cultivated achievements to me, like a memory inheritance. He had actually cultivated this Sword Dao to the pinnacle of perfection, but having been devoured and killed by me, he was unwilling to yield such achievements and thus sealed it. Now, having unlocked the chains of the sixth sense of heaven and earth, the seal is about to break as well."

"As long as I keep becoming familiar with, cultivate this Ancestor Thunder Nine Swords, then the perfect level comprehension of the Sword Ancestor, will all belong to me! This truly is a tremendous opportunity!"

Zhou Gucheng murmured to himself.

He could finally be confident that, with the Ancestor Thunder Nine Swords, he could eventually combine the Ancestor Thunder Sword Body with the physical body featuring the traits of the Emperor Qi Sword Body and Thunderflame Sword Body, transforming the physical body to be even stronger, pushing his strength to its limits.

In doing so, he would become a powerful, invincible figure like Hou Chen, bringing glory to Young Master Zhou Yan’s faction!

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