novelraw Chapter 664: The Battle 200,000 Years Ago!
Chapter 664: The Battle 200,000 Years Ago!
In Zhao Feng's eyes, Qin Heng showed not the slightest sign of a martial artist's presence. He seemed to be just an ordinary person.
Such an ordinary person, when faced with a Half-step Grandmaster like him, was nothing more than an ant, completely incapable of the slightest resistance!!
Doomed to die, without a doubt!
"Blame only your proximity to those you should not have approached!" Zhao Feng's eyes flickered with a murderous glint, his nails brimming with a cold gleam sharp enough to penetrate metal in an instant.
He felt as if he could already see his fingers piercing Qin Heng's neck, flesh scattering, blood spurting, his head possibly even rolling away!!
Indeed, it was a splendid scene!!
Zhao Feng was exceptionally bloodthirsty and cared little for secular laws, daring to kill someone in broad daylight, in public.
Xue Qinan was stunned. In disbelief, she watched Zhao Feng. She had never imagined that he would attack Qin Heng—a mere Half-Step Transcendence daring to strike someone believed to be an equal to the Semi-Saints of the Martial Dao at the Innate peak!
Courting death!!
Nie Rongrong and Shi Yiguang were also shocked, their mouths agape.
One had to admire the courage of this man from the Human Clan!!
They had seen fools before, but never one quite this foolish!!
"Die!!" Zhao Feng roared, a boundless sense of pleasure welling up inside him.
Exhilarating! Yes! Pure exhilaration!!
Every time Zhao Feng killed, he experienced an extreme exhilaration that, for him, surpassed even sexual pleasure.
As his attack was about to land on Qin Heng, Zhao Feng leisurely and self-assuredly glanced at Xue Qinan, Nie Rongrong, and Shi Yiguang. He wanted to see their panicked and terrified expressions.
However, he found something unexpected. Neither Xue Qinan, Nie Rongrong, nor Shi Yiguang showed any fear or despair. Instead, they looked as if they were watching a fool.
Yes! Their expressions were indeed like those of someone watching a fool!
How could this be? Don't they care at all about this kid being killed by me? Zhao Feng found it very strange, then scoffed inwardly, Then I'll just make this kid's death even more miserable. I'll rip his head off myself!!
As the thought crossed his mind, Zhao Feng redirected his palm strike towards Qin Heng's head. But when his palm was about three centimeters away from Qin Heng—
Suddenly!
Intense pain surged through him!
CRACK!!
The sound of breaking bones rang out. Zhao Feng felt as if he had recklessly crashed into an ancient Divine Mountain. His entire right hand was instantly crippled, mangled into a pulp of flesh by the rebounding force!
BOOM!
Subsequently, a tremendous force overwhelmed him. Zhao Feng was thrown into the air like a tattered doll. Only then did he see the expression on Qin Heng's face!
Mocking!
Scornful!
As if he were looking at an ant!
Damn it! He's clearly just an ordinary person, how could this be possible!? Zhao Feng stared at Qin Heng in disbelief, then at his own hand, now a mess of pulp, shocked to his core.
Protective True Qi! That must definitely be Protective True Qi! But even the Protective True Qi of a Grandmaster of Transcendence shouldn't be this terrifying. Could it be... could he be a Half-step Innate!?
BOOM!
Zhao Feng crashed to the ground, spewing blood, his face deathly pale. He could feel his internal organs shattering and immense damage to his limbs and bones.
"Half-step Innate! You're actually a Half-step Innate!!" He looked at Qin Heng with unparalleled shock. He had never dreamed that the person he'd dismissed as ordinary was actually a Martial Dao powerhouse who could easily crush him.
"Still not dead?" Qin Heng was somewhat surprised. He said, "There's a strange Demonic Qi in your body. Did Zhao Yuyang give it to you?"
Qin Heng's Protective True Qi was incredibly powerful. A Half-Step Transcendence like Zhao Feng, attacking with lethal intent, should have instantly turned to ash. Yet, the moment Zhao Feng was repelled, a bizarre Demonic Qi had emerged, weakening some of the rebounding force.
This type of Demonic Qi seems related to slaughter, and its essence isn't low. It's at least a higher grade than the Soul Possession Demon I encountered before. I estimate it's at the True Demon level.
Qin Heng recalled the sensation of shattering that Demonic Qi and made his judgment.
In the Nine Nether Demon Realm, demons are categorized into Lesser Demons, True Demons, and Great Demons based on the purity of their Demonic Qi. Within the same Cultivation Realm, a higher purity grade of Demonic Qi means stronger power, even granting an overwhelming advantage.
"Demonic Qi!?" Shi Yiguang, hearing this, showed extreme shock and asked Qin Heng, "Did you just say there was Demonic Qi in this person's body? What kind of Demonic Qi?"
"Nine Nether Evil Qi," Qin Heng glanced at her and said, "The Mount Tu inheritance is ancient; it seems you also know about the Nine Nether Demon Realm?"
"Impossible! How could Nine Nether Evil Qi appear in the human world?!" Shi Yiguang's face turned ashen as she spoke in disbelief. "Mount Tu has records stating that 200,000 years ago, the Nine Nether Demon Realm invaded the Central Heavenly Domain! A world-shaking war then erupted. Many Saint Emperors and Deities participated, and even Great Emperors emerged. That war nearly shattered that period of ancient history, obliterating many records, leaving future generations with only fragments. It is only known that in the end, the Central Heavenly Domain paid a great price to seal and suppress the passage from the Nine Nether Demon Realm to the human world. This completely separated the demon realm from the human world. How could Nine Nether Evil Qi possibly appear in the human world now?!"
Her expression was one of extreme terror, as if she had heard something incredibly horrifying. To her, the appearance of Nine Nether Evil Qi was as ominous as a sign of the world's end.
Nie Rongrong and Xue Qinan, on the other hand, were utterly confused; they knew nothing about Nine Nether Evil Qi. Nie Rongrong was young and playful and hadn't paid attention to ancient historical texts. Xue Qinan's organization, Myth, had a shallow foundation and thus lacked records on this topic.
"Sister, is the Nine Nether Demon Realm very dreadful?" Nie Rongrong asked curiously. At only 1,200 years old, she was still quite young, rather playful, and didn't know much about such things.
"Two hundred thousand years ago, during the war to seal the demons, my Mount Tu lineage lost a Saint Emperor and eight Deities!" Shi Yiguang's expression was gravely serious as she said, "Grandfather told me this himself!"
"What!?"
"A Saint Emperor and eight Deities?!"
Nie Rongrong and Xue Qinan both cried out in alarm. The numbers Shi Yiguang mentioned were truly staggering!
Saint Emperor!
Deities!
Even during the Ancient Era, these were world-dominating, supremely powerful beings!
In a great war 200,000 years ago, the Mount Tu lineage alone lost one Saint Emperor and eight Deities?!
My heavens! How utterly tragic was that!? They could scarcely imagine!!
"The war to seal the demons 200,000 years ago?" Qin Heng's eyes narrowed slightly. The Flowing Moon Sword he had obtained in Yu State had also been destroyed in that war. A Holy Weapon of the emperor path was left crippled, reduced to only the level of a Saint.
"Let's go. We'll see where that Demonic Qi comes from," Qin Heng said to the three women. "No need for wild guesses. Once we find Zhao Yuyang, we'll know everything."
"Hahaha! Boy, you actually dare to seek out Young Master Yuyang? You're courting death! Tired of living, are you?!" Zhao Feng burst into laughter, looking at Qin Heng as if he were a fool, sneering continuously. "You have no idea how powerful Young Master Yuyang is! Do you think that being a Half-step Innate means you can do whatever you want? I'm telling you, in front of Young Master Yuyang, your paltry strength is trash—less than an ant! Haha!!"