Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword

"Hahaha, what a fool, these two Stone Statue Clan members have both reached the Comet Realm. Each of them has absorbed an unknown amount of the Essence of Stone, weighing who knows how much; how could you possibly move them!" The Fire Divine Furnace laughed.

Zhou Heng gritted his teeth in hatred, this annoying furnace clearly knew this but didn't say anything beforehand, obviously just to watch him make a fool of himself!

But it's no wonder those who came before didn't take these two Stone Pigs. It's not that they didn't want to, but they simply couldn't!

If this weren't the ancient tomb of Thundercloud Emperor, everyone would surely take their time studying, since even if these two weren't from the Stone Statue Clan, any Comet Realm corpse would be of great use.

But now things are different, the "treasure" of Thundercloud Emperor is right in front, waiting for everyone to explore!

The Nine Black Cave Kings feast on meat; can't they also drink a bit of soup?

"Zhou, why are you staring at those two pigs; are flowers growing on them?" said another thing innately annoying.

Zhou Heng glanced at the Black Donkey and said, "There's Essence Stone Origin Liquid here; it must be something good. I need to ask the other annoying one how to extract it!"

"Treasure!" The Black Donkey's eyes immediately sparkled, but the next moment it got angry and bit towards Zhou Heng, "Who are you calling annoying?"

"Yes, where am I annoying?" said the Fire Divine Furnace, very dissatisfied.

"Cut the nonsense, quickly tell me how to extract the Essence Stone Origin Liquid!" Zhou Heng didn't give the Fire Divine Furnace a good face; this guy is hopelessly annoying and becomes complacent as soon as treated well.

Sure enough, once Zhou Heng's momentum suppressed it, the Fire Divine Furnace cowered, saying, "Actually, it's very simple; you have that Black Sword which can directly break their defenses."

Zhou Heng was a bit skeptical because the bodies of these two Stone Statue Clan members are comparable to black hole-level defenses. He fears he might have to unleash the Sky-soaring Nine Forms to cut through! Though his recovering speed of Spiritual Power is fast now, it still takes over an hour, with at least ten minutes of significant weakness during the process. Being in such a perilous place and ending up in that state is utterly unwise.

"Don't worry, after the Stone Statue Clan members die, their bodies remain hard but lose their toughness. with that sword, you can definitely cut through easily!" the Fire Divine Furnace added.

Zhou Heng nodded, thinking there was no harm in trying anyway.

He took out the Black Sword and slashed it across one of the Stone Pigs. Indeed, stone powder trickled down, and a sword mark appeared immediately.

It wasn't as easy as the Fire Divine Furnace made it out to be, but it was far from as difficult as Zhou Heng initially thought.

It took half an hour before Zhou Heng managed to open the chest of the first Stone Pig.

The structure of life nurtured by this world is entirely different from that of humans. Inside the abdomen, there are no lungs, kidneys, or similar organs, but only a heart that has long ceased beating. Yet, this thing doesn't resemble a heart at all but is an exquisitely beautiful crystal.

It was semi-transparent, revealing a flow of milky-white liquid inside with a faint, refreshing fragrance, pleasant to the senses.

"Such a good thing! Such a good thing!" The Black Donkey drooled, its eyes wide and fixated, unable to look away.

"Just eat it directly?" Zhou Heng asked the Fire Divine Furnace.

"Do you want to boil it and make a bowl of soup?" the Fire Divine Furnace sneered, ever annoying whenever it gets the chance.

Zhou Heng ignored it and left the first Stone Pig's Essence Stone Origin Liquid for the Black Donkey. Unexpectedly, the Black Donkey didn't consume it immediately, leaving Zhou Heng a bit touched. Was this donkey planning to share it with him?

"Hurry and cut open that Stone Pig too. I want to compare which one has more; the more one will be mine!" The Black Donkey's words immediately exposed its true nature.

Zhou Heng almost fell, hating himself for being so naive and gullible to believe this annoying donkey!

Another half hour passed before he opened the second Stone Pig and took out the second Crystal Heart.

The Black Donkey kept comparing, unable to decide, getting so tangled up it almost pulled all its hair out. In the end, it shamelessly said, "Zhou, give them all to me!"

"Scram!" Zhou Heng kicked the Black Donkey away, casually grabbing a Crystal Heart, gently squeezing its fragile shell, and swallowing the liquid inside.

There was no sensation of heat throughout his body or overflow of Spiritual Power, but Zhou Heng knew these Spiritual Liquids had formed three drops of essence. Each drop, when activated, could temporarily grant him the Stone Statue Clan's physique, matching the defense of that previous Stone Pig.

Such defense was enough to guarantee his survival when facing any Comet Realm expert!

Unfortunately, there were only three drops!

On the realm level, there was no difference between the two Stone Pigs. The Black Donkey also formed three drops of essence, which would undoubtedly be life-saving!

After all, during these times, Comet Realm experts roam freely, and black hole-level experts rarely appear—unless it's this kind of situation. Usually, they scarcely have time for a stroll, and the number of black hole-level experts is already pitifully low. Even as mighty as the Daqin Empire has only five.

"Let's go, let's check out the hall too!"

Zhou Heng, the Black Donkey, and Little Fire entered the palace. By that time, more than an hour had passed since the first person entered the palace, yet everyone was still lingering within the first hall.

This was practically an armory!

Filled with Treasure Artifacts!

The entire palace housed three hundred and sixty stone tables, and each table had a Treasure Artifact on it. However, the tables were imbued with restrictions, making them difficult to unseal!

Someone recognized the origins of several Treasure Artifacts among them, all at the Stellar Realm level. By inference, these should all be Stellar Realm level Treasure Artifacts here.

Treasure Artifacts of the Stellar Realm level may seem valueless to Comet Realm and Milky Way Realm martial artists, but one must realize that Treasure Artifacts are inherently scarce, and every person who came here has their family. Their clans certainly have no shortage of Stellar Realm martial artists!

These Stellar-level Treasure Artifacts are still quite significant.

Therefore, many Comet-level warriors are painstakingly unraveling the restrictions! Even if they don't need these Treasure Artifacts themselves, they can definitely sell them, resulting in a rather astounding fortune, and they'll certainly be in demand.

However, many Comet-level warriors have given up since they haven't been able to unlock the restrictions for a long time. Firstly, not everyone excels at unravelling restrictions, and secondly, this is just the first palace. There are eleven more to go, and what treasures might be hidden in the ones to come?

With such thoughts, over seventy percent of people began to leave, passing through a side door towards the second palace.

The main door remained tightly shut, and there were still two stone statues at the entrance. However, this time they weren't Stone Pigs, but rather two Stone Dogs.

With the previous lessons learned, everyone knew that once they walked over to push the door, these two Stone Statue Dogs would be activated, sparking a great battle.

Previously, all Comet-level warriors joined forces and, after paying a considerable price, managed to obliterate two Stone Pigs. Now, with two Stone Dogs appearing, who would dare act rashly? They had to gather enough people to fight upfront.

"Woof!" At this moment, Little Fire darted out.

The little creature saw the two Stone Dogs resembling itself, and immediately felt competitive, scurrying beneath the two stone statues and lifting a leg to urinate on each.

"No—" Everyone clutched their heads and let out a wail, each with eyes gleaming coldly, wishing to vent their anger by killing Little Fire.

Crack, crack, crack!

The two Stone Statue Dogs started moving, swiftly awakening from their long slumber.

They opened their eyes, all focused on Little Fire, full of murderous intent.

How dare anyone urinate on them?

"Little Fire, come back!" Zhou Heng had already dashed out; although Little Fire is a Heaven-Earth Divine Beast, it is currently only at the Milky Way Realm, with defensive power dominant only within that realm. Facing Comet-level offensive power would inevitably suffer!

Little Fire was clever this time, turning around and running, wagging its tail as it fled.

"Donkey!" Zhou Heng charged and shouted at the Black Donkey simultaneously.

The Black Donkey and Zhou Heng had already developed a seamless cooperation, immediately standing upright, swinging its hooves, the Inhibitory Runes at the ready.

With two flashes of green light, both Stone Statue Dogs were restrained, experiencing a moment of sluggishness. At this moment, Zhou Heng had already attacked!

Sky-soaring Nine Forms!

The Black Sword emerged, transforming an entire universe, murderous aura stirring the Ninth Heaven!

Puff!

The Black Sword slashed the neck of one Stone Statue Dog, barely cutting about three inches deep, completely missing Zhou Heng's expected scene of chopping off a dog's head with one strike!

The defensive power was indeed astonishingly robust. Even after Zhou Heng unleashed all the power of over a hundred Milky Ways at once and combined with the sharpness of the Black Sword, he still hadn't managed to slay one!

"Roar—" Both Stone Statue Dogs let out a low growl simultaneously, utterly enraged. Awakened for the first time in billions of years, they were injured by a mere Milky Way Emperor!

The injured Stone Statue Dog immediately lunged at Zhou Heng, while the other one targeted the other people nearby.

In their consciousness, everyone who broke into the ancient tomb must be obliterated!

Bam!

The injured Stone Statue Dog had already knocked Zhou Heng down, going for Zhou Heng's neck with one bite. Using its Comet-level strength, Zhou Heng was utterly powerless to resist, its fierce teeth had already bitten Zhou Heng's neck. However, as it bit down hard, its teeth encountered something exceedingly tough, unable to break through!

It looked down, seeing Zhou Heng somehow entirely covered in a layer of gray, as if his whole body had turned into rock!

This was a defense of the same level, even of the same nature as itself!

The injured Stone Statue Dog couldn't help but be stunned. Zhou Heng seized the chance to escape, springing up proudly with the Brutal Strength of five thousand Stars.

Essence Stone Origin Liquid!

At the most perilous moment, Zhou Heng activated a drop of Essence Stone Origin Liquid within, acquiring the defensive ability of the Stone Statue Clan!

The Star Vortex spun furiously, madly absorbing Spiritual Energy for him, rapidly restoring the depleted Spiritual Power.

And to this point, everyone was still immensely shocked, not snap out of it.

Zhou Heng slashed one Stone Dog with a sword! And the Stone Dog, trying to bite back, failed to injure this fellow!

Dazed! Brains weren't functioning!

Whose Realm is actually higher here?

But soon everyone had no time to dwell on that, because the other Stone Dog had already launched a frenzied attack at them.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The injured Stone Statue Dog continued to madly bite at Zhou Heng. Due to unrecovered Spiritual Power, Zhou Heng couldn't evade, but his defensive power was entirely unimpaired by the opponent's. For the attack-deficient, defense-strong Stone Statue Clan, this was an immense disaster! (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, feel free to head over to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes, monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)