Chapter 486: Nine Palaces Inner City

The last person's body was covered with heads that could no longer be described as "many"; they were densely packed, surpassing everyone!!!

Moreover, the heads with long hair and dripping blood, bearing the ferocious expressions of the dead, left a trail of blood with every step, extremely gruesome, showing how terrifying and steadfast this person's mindset is.

All around, not a sparrow stirred.

Even the Gongsun family members in the heavens were stunned; they had never seen so many heads before!

Someone curious stepped forward and instinctively began to count:

"1……3……12……25……68……80……195……296……362, five hundred heads, exactly five hundred heads! This truly sets a record!!"

"Even for the Gongsun family, this is a once-in-a-thousand-years occurrence!"

The curious person muttered quietly, then suddenly exclaimed in fear: "Huh? This, this..."

"What's wrong?" the crowd asked.

The curious one trembled: "He seems to have killed the young masters and misses of the three great families! I saw He Qian's head!"

"This..."

The crowd stared, and sure enough! He Qian, Li Zhu, and Yang Chun's heads hung from that person's neck, swaying back and forth, their faces still bearing the agonized expressions of death!

The Gu family collectively froze!

Third Uncle gaped, then after a long while replied: "Damn! This Xiao Yi... is he really crazy?! How did he manage this!!!"

"Brother!"

Gu Jing followed her mother Xie Lian forward a few steps, her face flushed with astonishment and joy.

"Damn!"

Song Bu Fan's smug and arrogant expression vanished completely.

"Who is this person?" the youth stepping on a blood-red longsword in the sky asked coldly.

Gu family's Third Uncle couldn't help shouting: "He is the son of my Gu family's Second Uncle, Gu Xiao Yi!"

"Are you Gu Xiao Yi?"

The youth stepping on the blood-red longsword landed at a position similar to Heng Xian's.

Heng Xian looked at him: "Yes!"

"How did you do it? Answer truthfully!"

The red-sword youth demanded in a low voice.

Heng Xian calmly replied: "Do we need to ask how to kill someone?"

"Interesting!"

The red-sword youth suddenly struck down from above with a palm, thunder accompanying the blast, wind howling, shaking the surrounding forests with a gust of force!

"You scoundrel! Don't hurt my brother!" Gu Jing shouted in alarm.

"What are you doing?" Xie Lian also moved forward.

The blood-sword youth paid no heed and still swung his palm at Heng Xian.

Heng Xian raised his head, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes, and raised his palm to meet the attack.

"Pa!"

A crisp shockwave rang out in all directions.

Heng Xian stood unmoving.

Meanwhile, the blood-sword youth grunted, flying backward with his sword, landing headfirst in a puddle, a sorry sight.

"Ah this..."

All around fell silent once again.

The Gu family were stunned.

Thousands of people from all directions gasped in unison.

The blood-sword youth is the direct descendant of the prestigious and fearsome Gongsun family, highly cultivated, yet he was just slapped away???

After finally climbing out of the puddle, the blood-sword youth stared at Heng Xian as if seeing a ghost: "No cultivation at all??? Your strength is so immense, so terrifying! What kind of monster are you!"

"Your whole family are monsters!" Heng Xian feigned ignorance and retorted.

He truly had not shown a trace of cultivation, instead letting the Heavenly Hexagram help conceal it completely.

He came to this godforsaken place naturally to rescue the disciples of the Twelve Sects, not merely to show off!

"Hahaha..." the blood-sword youth was not angry but delighted: "Innate divine strength, a once-in-a-thousand-years talent! You deserve the elder's personal visit!"

As his words fell, a figure from the distant inner city stepped through the air and arrived in an instant.

The thousands around immediately dropped to their knees!

Walking on air is a special mark of Origin Elixir masters!

Origin Elixir masters are the pinnacle of existence in the entire Nine Palaces Mountain City; where could you normally see them?

That figure hovered above Heng Xian, revealing an elder with white-and-gray hair, looking down, first glancing at the corpses littering the ground, then fixing his gaze on Heng Xian: "Did you kill all of these?"

Heng Xian answered truthfully: "Some I killed, some I snatched!"

"Quite interesting!" the elder laughed loudly, waving his hand heavily: "The heads have been recorded; this time you're first, come with me!"

He turned and departed first.

Heng Xian removed the heads from his body and lifted his foot to follow.

Sun Bufan appeared from somewhere, grabbing Heng Xian: "Damn! What are you doing? So impressive, you're making everyone else look bad!"

Heng Xian spat: "Everything is to save people; why all the nonsense?"

"Impressive! You went straight to the extreme!" Sun Bufan gave a thumbs-up, then pondered and added: "I've noticed something strange!"

"What is it?" Heng Xian asked curiously.

Sun Bufan lowered his voice: "Not a single person from the Flower Pavilion has shown up; what scheme are they plotting? Where are the Twelve Sects' fellow disciples? You must be careful!"

Heng Xian slapped him: "Don't rush!"

"Let's go!" That Yuan Dan elder saw Heng Xian still not moving, suddenly turned back, waved his sleeve, scooped up Heng Xian and rushed toward the inner city.

The cold wind was biting, the mountains and forests shifted, and in the distance a city gradually appeared, its construction scale enormous, seeming more restrained and noble!

Heng Xian sensed the cultivation of the Primordial Dan old man carrying him, and found that although the man was at the Yuan Dan Initial Realm, his realm was unstable, his breath strained, and even while carrying a person in flight he could barely keep his balance.

Such Primordial Dan cultivators are just taking pills to get there!

If the Nine Palaces Mountain City were all like this, it would be easy to deal with!

Just as he was thinking, they had already arrived above that city.

This should be the inner city.

Seeing the city up close, it was even more magnificent and meticulous, yet it seemed to be suppressed by some great formation, and a terrifying pressure could be faintly felt.

The Primordial Dan old man brought him down into a small courtyard.

The courtyard was quite ordinary, just a standard three‑section small courtyard, but the rockery, flowing water, stone‑slab paths and so on were planned with exquisite care.

"You've come?"

A vicissitudinous voice suddenly came from inside the house.

"Here I am!" the Primordial Dan old man replied.

He then pulled Heng Xian into the house.

Heng Xian glanced up at the hall—there were many people!

Not only were there a group of elders and old ladies, but also the two top young experts from Northern Cang Sea whom he had met before—Ye Zimei, Wu Gongzi, and the Miss Gongsun Lieren of the Gongsun family!

The crowd stared at him with scrutiny and curiosity!

Several waves of heavy pressure and divine sense swept over him without restraint.

Heng Xian remained silent in response.

Regarding the Heavenly Hexagram, he was very confident!

Indeed! The crowd's divine sense swept around and around, then finally withdrew.

A square‑faced old man stroked his beard and laughed, "You truly have no cultivation at all!"

Another old lady coldly said, "Did he really kill over five hundred people, and even slaughter those three brats from the Yang and He families?"

The old man who had brought Heng Xian nodded and said, "Absolutely certain! Five hundred bloody heads—just the sight is shocking!"

"Hah!" The crowd exchanged glances, and an old lady looked at Heng Xian and asked, "How great is your strength at most?"

Heng Xian thought for a moment and replied, "One million catties!"

That is a conservative estimate of his strength!

Before breaking through to Primordial Dan, his strength could already reach six to seven hundred thousand catties; after breaking through, it was eight to nine hundred thousand, and these days his strength has been growing, reaching about one million catties.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the crowd couldn't help but chuckle, obviously thinking he was bragging.

Gongsun Lieren said coldly, "With such strength, there are hundreds of body cultivators at the Qi Hai Realm outside doing work—how does your strength compare to theirs?"

(End of chapter)