"Looking for death!"
Voices full of ridicule came out from the shadows, not taking Zhou Heng's knife seriously at all.
A mere ninth grade martial artist's blade.
It was too weak!
However, the moment Zhou Heng's sword made contact with the "sword" sticking out of the shadow, the dark spikes that came out of the shadow were actually pierced through on the spot like tofu!
"You are using the martial art "Lone Nine Sword's Broken Sword Style" [Eight] against the enemy, perfectly neutralizing the enemy Feng You's attack, proficiency +15."
It really was the same Feng You from earlier that escaped!
Zhou Heng's eyes narrowed while he flicked his blade to the side!
Stab!
The sword is turning into a sword!
This section of pitch-black spikes was immediately cut off.
"How is that possible!?"
A voice full of incredulity came from the shadows, incomparably shocked.
The perception of the ghosts was very strong, able to accurately determine Zhou Heng's Qi and blood level.
Beginning ninth grade!
Just a little inner energy!
Normally, a martial artist in this situation would not have been able to do such damage to him.
What's going on!
"Where's the impossibility!"
Zhou Heng faintly said, waving his hand to slash out another twelve slashes in a row.
All of them hit the shadows on the ground.
Agility +1!
The effect of such a basic attribute addition was truly terrifying.
It was simply impossible for a normal ninth-grade martial artist to have such a blade speed.
It was not easy for even an eight-rank martial artist to do so.
But Zhou Heng did just that easily, cutting out twelve swords in the blink of an eye, cutting out a whole set of "Twelve Paths of Splitting Mountains"!
Boom!
Boom!!!
Zhou Heng's blade carried an extremely terrifying power, and every blade that fell not only had an edge that cut out, but also a terrifying power that was as if the Rex had opened a mountain, weighing down on that shadow!
This caused the originally smooth road surface to burst open immediately, the ground within a radius of one zhang was like being plowed, the masonry was all split, split everywhere, covered with knife marks, and many places had been split into powder!
Power +2!
Such terrifying power, coupled with Zhou Heng's special attribute of +1 to the Yin Spirit Special Attack, directly shook the ghost creature, Feng You, out of its shadow state.
This ghost that was out of its shadow state gathered into a human form, and it was precisely the appearance of Shopkeeper Qian.
Feng You was Shopkeeper Qian!
Or the ghost that possessed Master Qian!
However, Feng You, who was knocked out of his shadow state, did not panic, and the expression on his face became ecstatic instead, his eyes staring at Zhou Heng, his mouth watering.
��"Hahaha! The Supreme Yang Spirit! You're actually the Supreme Yang Spirit, no wonder you were able to shatter my shadow with that strange secret technique before! Great, great!
"Boy! You're mine!"
It laughed maniacally as it pounced on Zhou Heng, its hands joined into knives, not knowing what martial skill it was performing, and an extremely cold air suddenly erupted from its body.
Hoo-hoo!
The wind whistled, and on Feng You's palms actually ignited pitch-black cold flames, his two fleshy palms actually seemed like two pitch-black flaming longswords, beheading over to Zhou Heng!
Clank!
Zhou Heng raised his swords to parry, only to feel pain in his tiger's mouth, the steel swords in his palm trembled violently, emitting a piercing sound of grief, he felt that he was now parrying not a pair of fleshy palms, but two giant swords weighing several thousand pounds!
If it wasn't for the base attribute of "Power +2", he even suspected that he would have been blown away the moment he made contact with this pair of flesh palms.
What terrifying strength!
If an ordinary Ninth Grade martial artist were to face such an attack-...
It's like a bruise or a death sentence!
However, thanks to the special attack on the Yin Spirit this point, the Feng You who was held back by Zhou Heng's knife was not well received.
The pitch-black flame on its palm extinguished the moment it touched the blade, and while the terrifying force did hit the blade, it also sliced off ten of his fingers.
However, such an injury was completely negligible for a ghost creature.
After discovering that he had not succeeded in his strike, Feng You immediately drew back and distanced himself from Zhou Heng, shaking his hands lightly, and his ten fingers grew back out.
At the same time, the ten fingers that had just been chopped off all turned into shadows and traveled across the ground to its feet, blending back into its shadow.
���"Kind of interesting." Feng You looked at Zhou Heng with a teasing face and smiled, "Some spoilers are coming, so I'll leave first! Zhou Heng, remember, you'll be mine sooner or later, hahahaha!"
Boom!!!
Zhou Heng sliced through another slice of blade light, but it didn't work.
At this point, Feng You had already turned into a shadow once again, swimming to the dark side of the wall at a very fast speed, ready to escape.
"Monster rest!"
Just at this time, a stern shout came from high up in the sky, followed by a huge ball of fire falling from the sky!
This bright light and blazing heat caused Zhou Heng's demeanor to change slightly, and he was busy leaping onto a tall building not far away.
Boom!
An incomparably loud roar exploded, and Zhou Heng felt the ground beneath him tremble violently.
After the fireball hit the ground, it instantly transformed into a sturdy flame snake, chasing after Feng You's escape direction.
This one flame long snake ran and danced, its crimson light illuminating the night and reflecting the fire in Zhou Heng's eyes.
A moment later the flames dissipated, and there were still charred black marks on this road and the walls on both sides that had been scorched by the flames.
Such a horrifying scene left Zhou Heng stunned and tongue-tied.
This was fucking martial arts too!
It's practically a spell, all right!
Then he suddenly had a feeling in his heart and looked up, and was seeing a figure suspended in the air.
Flying through the sky!
Sixth grade martial arts!
This person in the sky also noticed Zhou Heng.
It landed down.
It was actually the steward Wang who was beside Liu Changsheng earlier.
He was actually a Sixth Grade expert.
"Mr. Zhou, you just fought with that monster?" Steward Wang landed next to Zhou Heng, his face still indignant, and said: "That monster is very strange, I just used a secret technique to lower the flames! It's surprising that he couldn't even burn to death."
The six grades of martial arts are usually the dividing line between the inherited and the unheralded secrets of the great clans and families, and are therefore called the "secret six grades".
And because martial arts from the sixth grade already possessed the power to control the greatness of nature and mobilize the energy of heaven and earth as if it were a legendary immortal spell, it was also often called a secret art.
"The fire that was just there at the Yuelai Inn was a secret technique performed by Steward Wang?" Zhou Heng's eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Prince Zhou rest assured, earlier I was casting spells to chase after them outside the inn, and there were no casualties in the inn." Steward Wang saw Zhou Heng's concern and explained.
"So that's it." Zhou Heng breathed a sigh of relief and inquired, "Then what happened? Why did Steward Wang have an encounter with that... that monster?"
From the way Steward Wang had acted just now, he should be unaware of the existence of ghosts, so Zhou Heng referred to the monster as a ghost by proxy.
"This monster has the audacity to attack my young master." Steward Wang's face darkened as he said, "Although he is the appearance of Qian Budo, he is by no means the original Qian Budo, and I had previously put him Beaten to death three times, but each time he came back from the dead, it's too evil."
"Mr. Willow was attacked by this monster? How is he now?" Zhou Heng was startled at the news.
What was this ghost thing trying to do?
Why did they even attack Liu Chang Sheng, purely for revenge?
Or is there an ulterior motive?
"Young Master has a protective talisman, he's only slightly injured." Steward Wang said in a deep voice, "However, this monster's methods are really odd, with his seventh grade level, he was actually able to turn his entire body into a shadow and blinded my perception so that I was completely unaware that he was sneaking in.
"As far as I know no other martial art in the world can have such an effect, is it some hidden power that is unknown?"
Because it wasn't even human ah, and that weird ability wasn't necessarily martial... Zhou Heng was almost certain in his heart that Steward Wang should indeed be unaware of the existence of ghosts.
This made him feel a little surprised.
A six-ranked expert from a top sect like the Five Elements Sect was actually unaware of the existence of ghosts.
I'm afraid this wasn't just something that the Zhoutian Patrol Division could do.
Unless this organization was already secretly controlling the world.
The top brass of the Five Elements Sect must have cooperated as well.
Only by concealing it from top to bottom on all fronts would it be possible to achieve this level of effectiveness.
��� But why would it be necessary to conceal it to this extent?
If ghosts are known to the public, what is the great evil?
"Strange, there was quite a bit of noise when I cast the secret technique, why didn't anyone what to come out and check?" Steward Wang looked around and suddenly felt a little strange.
"It is indeed a little strange." Zhou Heng also noticed this.
"I was the one who blocked the perceptions of the nearby people with a secret technique." A calm voice was heard, and then a middle-aged man dressed in a mysterious official robe and a black hat stepped into the air.
It was Huang Tong Prefecture's Prefecture Master Wu Zongshan, who was also a Sixth Grade expert.
"Greeting the House Master." Zhou Heng arched his hands in salute.
"Five Elements Sect Wang Lang, meet the House Master." Steward Wang also arched his hands slightly.
"I have arranged for Meng Xing to handle the aftermath of the incident." Wu Zongshan cocked his head slightly and said, "The two of you need not worry."
"How will that monster be dealt with?" Wang Lang frowned, "Such an evil creature can't be kept."
"I have already invited a master, I will exterminate that monster myself, just don't worry Steward Wang." Wu Zongshan smiled, "You two don't need to worry about it jumping out to attack again, please return home first, I will send someone to inform you if there is any business."
"Then I'll take my leave." Zhou Heng nodded his head, then turned around and left.
It seemed that this House Master should have asked for help from the Zhou Tian Patrol Boundary Division, and since there were professionals coming over, there was no need for him to interfere.
I wonder if it was Cheng Jiangjian who came this time?
If it was her it would be a good time to ask about the talisman and the Supreme Yang Spirit.
Well, she still has to return the three thousand taels of silver.
It was a bit painful to think about.
After Zhou Heng left.
Wang Lang inquired to Wu Zongshan, "The nobleman the House Master invited is from the Zhou Heaven Patrol Division?"
"That's right." This Huang Tong House Master did not conceal anything, nodding and smiling, "It seems that Steward Wang is knowledgeable."
"Just heard about it." Wang Lang smiled, "The members of the Zhou Heaven Patrol Division are codenamed after ancient star gods, all of them wear masks and act in a secretive manner with special methods.
"They are said to be good at solving all kinds of evil things, and that monster from Fang fits the word 'evil' perfectly.
"In addition, I have an order from my clan.
"In the event of an encounter with the Zhoutian Boundary Patrol Division, we shall be at its disposal as long as its members are in need.
"The party is confirming this matter with the House Master.
"I'll take my leave. If there is an order, please inform the House Master."
With that, this Sixth Grade Martial Artist leapt into the sky and disappeared into the middle of the vast night.
As Wu Zongshan watched Wang Lang's departing back, his appearance became heavy.
The Five Elements Sect was the top sect in the world, with more than one celestial within its sect!
It was surprising that it would give such an order to the experts within the sect.
This meant that other sects at the same level might follow suit, meaning that the authority of the Sunday Patrol Division was further expanded.
It likewise meant that-.
The threat of ghosts and evil creatures is probably greater than ever before too!
With this in mind, he couldn't help but look in the direction that Zhou Heng had left.
.....
Meanwhile.
Zhou Heng is on his way home.
He had originally planned to go see Yu He, but when he thought that the ghosts might have been attracted to him, and having confirmed that Yu He's side was safe, he temporarily cancelled the plan.
The night was quiet and the streets were deserted.
As Zhou Heng was walking, he suddenly felt as if the light of the silver moon in the sky had been covered by something, and then he saw a silhouette slowly floating down from the moonlight.
She was wearing a white mask with a gold stripe on it, which made her look like a rich man's face, and she landed in front of Zhou Heng.
A soft and pleasant voice then came out.
"Duke Zhou, may I be a guest at your home again?"