Chapter 1009

"So it is an elder before me; please forgive Zhou Zhiruo for being unable to pay her respects."

Though Zhou Zhiruo felt it strange in her heart, she still did her utmost, using her martial intent, to release this thread of sound.

This old man was naturally none other than Chi Laowen, one of the Thirteen Wings of the Great Yuan.

After watching the battle at the back mountain of Yunzhou Shaolin, he had brought Great Yuan experts and quietly infiltrated Yunzhou Shaolin.

Watching Bi Xuan going to Xue Damo Hall to seize the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom was precisely at his instigation.

Now that the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom was gone, he did not care either.

After all, the most important purpose of his coming here was precisely the immortal-grade divine weapon Heaven-Reliant Sword in Zhou Zhiruo's hands.

"Hand it over!"

Chi Laowen, now in control of the entire scene, said to Zhou Zhiruo with a haughty bearing.

How could Zhou Zhiruo be willing to hand over the Heaven-Reliant Sword willingly?

After all, with this immortal-grade Heaven-Reliant Sword, not only would her strength greatly increase, but she also had hope of unraveling the mystery of Heaven-Reliant and Dragon-Slaying.

An ordinary Heaven-Reliant Sword and Dragon-Slaying Saber already contained martial secrets such as the Nine Yin True Scripture.

Then what kind of earth-shattering mystery could an immortal-grade Heaven-Reliant Sword and Dragon-Slaying Saber conceal?

Obtaining such a secret, to what heights could she, Zhou Zhiruo, ascend?

With all these factors, how could she possibly hand over the Heaven-Reliant Sword?

"Senior, it is not that Zhiruo is unwilling; your divine skill is truly formidable.

Right now, apart from my eyeballs being able to move, even my mouth cannot move.

Communicating with you, I can only use my intent as a guide.

If Senior would release me, I will surely present the Heaven-Reliant Sword with both hands."

Zhou Zhiruo once again mobilized her martial intent and spoke thus.

"Why so much trouble? Just give it to me directly."

Chi Laowen's brows furrowed deeply; he was naturally unwilling to release Zhou Zhiruo.

After all, although Zhou Zhiruo was a full major realm below him, this Heaven-Reliant Sword was truly unmatched in sharpness.

Earlier, relying solely on the Heaven-Reliant Sword, Zhou Zhiruo had been able to fight her way out of Yunzhou Shaolin.

She had also successively repelled Watching Bi Xuan and Cao Zhengchun, and had even nearly escaped from Zhu Wushi's hands.

The boost this sword gave to one's strength was truly too terrifying.

How could Chi Laowen be careless!

Immediately twisting his palm, he prepared to take the Heaven-Reliant Sword through the air.

Zhou Zhiruo did not want to lose the Heaven-Reliant Sword just like that, even though her entire body was now enveloped by this inexplicable Yellow Calamity power.

She still strove with all her might to mobilize her true essence throughout her body, trying desperately to hold on.

However, the moment she moved, because she was immersed in the Yellow Calamity power, she was completely exposed to Chi Laowen's perception.

"You Zhou Zhiruo, how dare you resist this seat? Do you truly think this seat will not kill?"

Chi Laowen was greatly enraged, and immediately prepared to raise his palm and kill Zhou Zhiruo.

Although Zhou Zhiruo was incomparably beautiful, a peerless beauty listed on the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking.

By all accounts, Chi Laowen should have been smitten, dazed and infatuated.

But at this moment he carried an important mission on his shoulders, and truly did not dare to be even slightly careless.

Forcing down the regret in his heart, he prepared to destroy the flower with cruel hands.

But just as he had raised his palm and gathered qi, at the moment his palm force was about to be unleashed but had not yet been released.

Behind him, Zhu Wushi also drove his cultivation art with all his might, resisting the Yellow Calamity.

It turned out that although Zhu Wushi was merely a Heavenly Being Realm expert, his true essence reserves had long surpassed those of ordinary experts of this level.

It was because back then, over eight hundred experts of the Bada Sect had prepared together to encircle and suppress the Invincible Urchin.

Yet Zhu Wushi had used the pretense of persuasion to secretly launch a sneak attack on these over eight hundred experts.

Afterwards, he had used the Heaven-Plundering Art to completely absorb the Wu Gong, true essence, and cultivation of these over eight hundred experts for his own use.

After that, he had framed the Invincible Urchin for the tragic deaths of these over eight hundred experts.

Then, borrowing the awe-inspiring heavenly might and the will of His Majesty, he carried out the heavenly mandate to punish the Invincible Urchin.

With the lifelong cultivation of these eight hundred experts, he was barely a match for the Invincible Urchin.

And by a twist of fate, he had used a scheme to force the Invincible Urchin into the Heavenly Prison, causing that peerless master to die trapped within the Heavenly Prison.

After that battle, Zhu Wushi had deliberately concealed his true strength.

He had never once used the cultivation and Wu Gong of these eight hundred experts.

On the surface, he only used the Heaven-Plundering Art as he moved through the court and the realm.

In truth, at critical moments, he would employ the power of these eight hundred experts.

But over so many years, everything had gone smoothly.

After dealing with the Invincible Urchin, he was already the foremost expert of this world.

Therefore, there was no longer any crisis worthy of him employing this power.

At this moment, under the oppressive might of the Yellow Calamity, Zhu Wushi could not move and had become meat on someone else's chopping block.

He had always been a person whose wisdom was firmly in hand, controlling everything.

How could he endure his current situation?

Without caring about anything else, he directly employed this forbidden power.

Once this power emerged, it was indeed vast and mighty.

Combined with Zhu Wushi's own cultivation, it truly shook a thread of the Yellow Calamity's power.

"Eh? You old fellow can actually break through my Yellow Calamity?"

At this, General Chilaowen was utterly astonished, even forgetting his self-styled 'this seat' form of address.

After all, the Yellow Calamity was a gift bestowed by the Heavenly Dao.

Setting aside someone like Zhu Wushi, whose cultivation differed in level, even opponents of the same rank, or even those stronger than him, General Chilaowen—

once the Yellow Calamity was deployed, could still achieve victory through surprise.

It could be said that the Yellow Calamity had become General Chilaowen's greatest trump card.

It was also one of the assets that allowed him to stand atop the Heavenly Dao Combat Power Heaven List.

Yet now Zhu Wushi could shake the Yellow Calamity—though only by a hair's breadth—it still made General Chilaowen pause in surprise.

At this moment, Zhu Wushi had also gathered his full strength, and could not help but respond with his martial intent,

"You barbarian, once I break free of these bonds, that will be your day of death."

Though General Chilaowen had disguised himself, the bearing of a Yuan man still showed through in the end.

As a Prince of the Great Ming, Zhu Wushi was exceptionally experienced and saw at a glance that this man was no Central Plains native.

At this moment, Zhu Wushi once again gathered the power of eight hundred experts and launched another assault on the Yellow Calamity.

This time, compared to the last, it was even more unstoppable.

Though the Yellow Calamity was strange, General Chilaowen had also been careless this time and had not driven it with full force.

Thus, this assault actually caused the Yellow Calamity's power to gradually reveal a flaw.

"Well done, Zhu Tie Dan—since you seek death, then you can hardly blame me."

General Chilaowen had originally only intended to take the Heaven's Reliance Sword and be done.

Whether it was Zhu Wushi or Zhou Zhiruo, he had not intended to kill either.

But Zhu Wushi now exerted his full strength to assault the Yellow Calamity, even tearing open a flaw.

That instantly cost General Chilaowen some face.

How could he still leave Zhu Wushi alive? The palm strike he had originally prepared to deliver to Zhou Zhiruo, he instead turned back and struck at Zhu Wushi.

"Well struck!"

Zhu Wushi shouted in his heart; seeing the palm strike coming, he felt not the slightest fear.

Instead, taking advantage of the flaw that had appeared in the Yellow Calamity, he rapidly mobilized his true essence together with that vast, tangled power.

Merging them into one, he suddenly raised his palm and struck back.

Though General Chilaowen's palm strike was only delivered casually,

he was, after all, a supreme great master of the Mythical Realm, and a powerhouse on the Heavenly Dao Gold List.