Chapter 248

It is said that five hundred years ago, a warlord named Ying Shuntian emerged from Zhizhou, styling himself the "Demon Emperor," and once spent vast sums and immense effort to construct the City of Life and Death Chess.

Subsequently, he played a game of "Life and Death Chess" within the City of Life and Death Chess against a contemporary master whose mastery of both the Dao of Chess and the Dao of the Sword surpassed his own—the Chess Saint and Sword Ancestor.

The final outcome remains unknown to outsiders.

It is only that from that moment on, both vanished without a trace, their fates of life or death unclear.

Could this be the plot of "The Demon Sword and the Chess of Life and Death"?

"Descendants of the Arrow God? Just like the Tong clan from 'Water Moon Cave,' possessing ancient bloodlines and backgrounds?"

Some immediately decided to send someone to Zhizhou to investigate whether a person named Dugu Jian Yin exists.

If he truly exists, it would be best to make him a friend; at the very least, he must not become an enemy.

After all, according to Jiang Sishui, this figure is the ultimate big shot in the drama!

His power can be imagined.

【"Heaven-Punishing Nine Arrows" were interfered with by Hou Yi, scattering across the mortal world without unleashing any power.】

The Jade Emperor, fearing the terrifying power of the Evil Arrow, made a curse with the gods: whoever gathers the "Heaven-Punishing Nine Arrows" in the future, being one with a "heart to slay Heaven," shall first suffer Heaven's Punishment!

The name "Heaven-Punishing" thus originated.

"Heaven-Punishing... Heaven-Punishing... truly lives up to its name, even Heaven itself must fear it."

As a divine weapon that nearly destroyed Tiangong, "Heaven-Punishing" undoubtedly deserves this title.

【"Heaven-Punishing" is the only consumable divine weapon among the Ten Great Divine Weapons, vanishing once used.】

Its nine arrows each possess different supernatural abilities; its killing power and destructive force rank firmly among the top three of the Ten Great Divine Weapons.

If the nine arrows are unleashed together, their supernatural abilities stacking and coordinating, they would even surpass "Heaven Crystal" and "Tiger Soul," claiming the first throne!

Such a divine object could naturally never simply exit the stage of history.

After failing to attack Heaven, it was successively wielded by three people.

"What? A consumable divine weapon that vanishes once used?!"

The women were stunned.

It is actually one-time use; this restriction is far too great.

However, the greater the restriction, the more terrifying it becomes.

Only through such a rise and fall can it stand alongside the other nine Great Divine Weapons.

【The first was the Sect Master of the Western Region Divine Arrow Gate.】

【This person first obtained the "Bow of Heaven-Punishing," then, after enduring thousands of hardships, gathered the "Heaven-Punishing Nine Arrows."】

【However, this person was arrogant and unrestrained; to prove his invincibility, he actually drew an arrow and shot himself!】

【As if fulfilling the curse of "destined to be punished by Heaven," the entire Divine Arrow Gate was instantly obliterated, and the Sect Master himself vanished without a trace.】

【When he reappeared, the Sect Master had lost his sanity, acting mad and insane, while claiming to be a "God."】

【This is the "First Arrow of Heaven-Punishing"; its supernatural ability is unknown.】

275 Heavenly Demons, terrifying indeed.

The women: "..."

No, what is wrong with this Sect Master of the Divine Arrow Gate? Is he mentally ill?

After obtaining the "Bow of Heaven-Punishing," since he expended great effort to gather the "Heaven-Punishing Nine Arrows," it proves he definitely knew the past of "Heaven-Punishing."

Yet under such circumstances, he still dared to draw an arrow and shoot himself!

Even countless experts of Tiangong nearly failed to stop it; how did he dare?

This is no longer simple arrogance; he has lost his mind!

Only a madman would do such a thing.

Or did he think that since he faced only a single evil arrow, not all nine arrows unleashed together, there would be no problem?

What this "God" was thinking, the women could not know, but the disciples of the Divine Arrow Gate undoubtedly suffered great misfortune, falling victim to an undeserved calamity.

【The second was the Sect Master.】

【The Sect Master originated from the Western Region Great Luo Sha Sect and was the strongest among all past Sect Masters.】

【He studied archery under a disciple of the Divine Arrow Gate—the Western Region Arrow Old Man.】

【Seeing the Sect Master's extraordinary talent, the Arrow Old Man taught him the supreme archery technique of forgetting both self and object—the "Shot Without Heart"—and further gifted him "Heaven-Punishing."】

【This was certainly not because the Arrow Old Man wished harm upon his disciple; rather, the Sect Master bore the fate of the "Twenty-Seven Great Calamities"!】

【Being a person destined to die, what fear was there of Heaven's Punishment?】

【At that time, the Sect Master was sixteen years old.】

"Twenty-Seven Great Calamities? Does it mean death is certain at twenty-seven?"

The women were shocked and suspicious in their hearts.

Such mysterious fate involves realms so complex that even though they are Heavenly Beings or even Demi-Gods, what they do not understand remains unknown.

Mantuo Shanzhuang.

Hou Jian blinked, divine radiance flowing within her blue pupils.

Is the curse of the Rain Clan, "those who make wishes to the Wuzun can only live three years," the same kind of fate as this "Twenty-Seven Great Calamities"?

【To test its power and simultaneously eliminate a great calamity from the Western Region, the Sect Master traveled alone to the nest of the mythical beast "One-Eyed Flying Demon" wielding "Heaven-Punishing."】

【These "One-Eyed Flying Demons" numbered in the tens of thousands; for thousands of years they could not be eradicated, bringing disaster to the human world.】

【After arriving at the nest, the Sect Master released a single arrow using the "Shot Without Heart," accurately hitting the leader of the "One-Eyed Flying Demons."】

【The arrow subsequently exploded with boundless flames spreading outward; the entire race of "One-Eyed Flying Demons" was utterly extinguished within the flames.】

【This is the "Second Arrow of Heaven-Punishing"; its supernatural ability is fire.】

"One arrow slays ten thousand demons?"

The women were not surprised by this result.

When the "Nine Arrows of Heavenly Punishment" were unleashed together, no power erupted; solely the arrow wind generated by their rapid flight was enough to obliterate countless heavenly soldiers and generals, body and spirit.

Thus, a single "Arrow of Heavenly Punishment" destroying an entire clan was only to be expected.

As for why the Sect Master of the Divine Arrow Gate did not die?

That was certainly because he was too strong!

Thinking about it, a ruthless character daring to withstand the "Arrow of Heavenly Punishment" was indeed arrogant, but he must have had the capital for such arrogance.

【Two years later, the Great Luo Sha Sect was invaded by a powerful enemy, Mie Mie Guishen】

【At that time, the Sect Master's supreme technique was not yet complete; to permanently eliminate the threat, he was forced to use "Heavenly Punishment" and shoot another arrow】

【However, this arrow was an ambush, which did not match the Sect Master's upright and open character, so it failed to achieve the "Arrow of Unintentional Intent"; furthermore, Mie Mie Guishen's deep blood feud made his will to survive abnormally strong, unleashing infinite potential】

【Therefore, this arrow failed to leave the powerful enemy】

【But Mie Mie Guishen was left with an arrow wound, unable to see sunlight ever again, while his cultivation plummeted by half】

【This was the "Third Arrow of Heavenly Punishment"; its ability is unknown, suspected to be extreme heat】

Another ambush!

However, since Mie Mie Guishen was an enemy of the Great Luo Sha Sect and the Sect Master was the master of the Great Luo Sha Sect, with the two sides in opposition, there was nothing more to say.

Just as the Jade Emperor ambushed Luo Sha.

【Afterwards, the Sect Master's supreme technique was fully realized, becoming nearly invincible; eight years later, he brought "Heavenly Punishment" to the Central Lands and challenged the number one expert of the Central Lands—the Profound Heaven Evil Emperor!】

【The cause was that the Sect Master's great-great-grandfather had fought the Evil Emperor a hundred years ago, resulting in defeat in fewer than thirty moves; thus, his dying words declared the Evil Emperor the strongest among the experts of the Central Lands】

【After the Evil Emperor was reborn, the Sect Master naturally longed to fight him before the "Twenty-Seven Great Calamities" arrived】

【And this great battle between the two sides also gave birth to a Demon Weapon!】

"Demon Weapon? What is a Demon Weapon? What is its relationship to the Heavenly God Weapons? How do the two compare?"

Seeing a new term emerge, the women began to guess one after another.

Since ancient times, gods and demons have been opposed; could this Demon Weapon be a treasure of the same rank as the Heavenly God Weapons?!

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【It is said that when the Heavenly Demon was trapped in the "Heavenly Net", he spat out ten Demon Pearls】

【Hoping that someone from the Evil Path would borrow the power of the Demon Pearls from the outside to break the "Heavenly Net" and help him escape】

【These ten Demon Pearls each contain extremely evil power of the Heavenly Demon; as long as they are fused with various negative emotions and corresponding material substances by special methods, ten Demon Weapons capable of rivaling the ten Heavenly God Weapons can be derived!】

【At that time, the Evil Emperor had two Demon Pearls in his possession】

Ten Demon Weapons!

Indeed, they exist in opposition to the ten Heavenly God Weapons!