Chapter 283: Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament Branch (2)
He had indeed not won the battle just now.
But he didn't lose.
This was the first time Zhou Shu felt so aggrieved.
This meat shield, my attacks can't break his defense.?His frustration was beyond words.
The humanoid bear wasn't very strong, and the defense of his black fur was comparable to his Golden Bell Shield Technique.
Neither of them could break the other's defenses. Fighting back and forth was nothing more than a lonely fight.
It looked lively, but it was actually useless.
If this continued, Zhou Shu's endurance might be a little better, and he might be able to win in the end.
But in that case, the results would probably not come out until ten days or half a month later.
Therefore, he and the bear demonic beast tacitly stopped fighting.
Yin Wuyou tugged at the corner of Zhou Shu's clothes and asked softly, "What do we do now?"
"Let's all get some rest today," Zhou Shu said. "The other party won't attack today. General Wushang, check your subordinates' weapons. If any of them are damaged, bring them to me. I'll help you repair them.
"I'm afraid there'll be a nasty fight to hold the camp."
The bear demonic beast alone could stall Zhou Shu. It was impossible for Yin Wuyou, Mei Wushang, and the others to block the charge of the 5,000-strong Demon Realm army.
Zhou Shu felt a headache coming on. Who would have thought that a random Demon Realm army would have a demon expert who was not weaker than him?
He had thought that with his strength, he would at least be able to rest easy.
Now, it seemed that some enemies were tricky to deal with even for him.
He now regretted underestimating his enemy. If he had known earlier, he would have prepared a heaven-grade weapon in advance!
Although he couldn't forge heaven-grade weapons himself, the few weapons he had obtained from Zhu Chuanfeng were still in his residence.
If he had a heaven-grade weapon, he would definitely be able to break through the defense of the bear demonic beast and even kill him.
It was too late to regret now. Even if he upgraded the Great Destroyer Sword to a black-grade weapon now, it was still not enough compared to the monstrous defense of the humanoid bear demonic beast.
He now realized how important a good weapon was.
In the past, he could ignore the grade of his weapon because his opponents were too weak.
If he encountered a tough and powerful opponent like the bear demonic beast, a good weapon would definitely be able to turn the tables.
"They are not my men, Your Highness," Mei said awkwardly. "All of us got separated from the main army and bumped into each other."
Zhou Shu finally understood. Not only were there many people from the Demon Realm, but their strength was also far greater than before.
The Great Xia army had been torn apart.
Mei Wushang and the others had all lost contact with the main army in the battle.
Then they bumped into each other during the battle and formed a temporary troop.
Because Mei Wushang was the strongest and was a fair person, he was temporarily in charge of this troop.
"It's not important," Zhou Shu said indifferently. "Since your cultivation is the highest, these people will be led by you now."
Zhou Shu was Great Xia's King of the South. By saying this, it was equivalent to him giving Mei Wushang's position as commander an official stamp.
"Everyone, I'll be blunt." Zhou Shu swept his gaze across everyone. "The Demon Realm army on the other side is dozens of times larger than ours. We might suffer heavy casualties in this battle."
"Your Highness." A soldier smiled. "Since we've decided to participate in the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, we're already prepared to go into battle and die."
Everyone chorused.
Ordinary people didn't know the truth about the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, but soldiers qualified to participate would be told before they came.
They might not have felt it before, but after fighting the Demon Realm army, they had seen for themselves how ferocious they were.
If these Demon Realm armies attacked Great Xia, Great Xia would definitely become hell on earth.
When the time came, their wives, children, parents, siblings, and friends would all die without a burial place.
This must not happen!
"Everyone, don't worry. If you die in battle, as long as I don't die, I will definitely avenge you," Zhou Shu said.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Everyone spoke in unison.
"I'm only saying this to prepare everyone. The situation might not really be that bad," Zhou Shu said with a smile. "It's not as if we have no chance of winning."
Everyone looked at each other.?Do we have a chance of winning?
Just with these high walls in front of us?
These high walls couldn't withstand the attack of the Demon Realm army at all.
"You don't believe me?" Zhou Shu saw everyone's expressions and smiled. "Deputy Master!
"Tell everyone what this place is."
Shi Songtao stepped forward in a daze. He didn't understand much more than the others.
He didn't know what Zhou Shu meant.
Still, he spoke honestly. "This is the Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament branch…"
"Did you hear that? This is Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament branch. This is my territory!" Zhou Shu said proudly as he placed his hands behind his back. "Anyone who wants to break through this place will have to be capable enough!"
Everyone was skeptical of Zhou Shu's words, but his aura made them feel relieved.
That's right. The person in front of them was Great Xia's King of the South and also Great Qin's side-by-side king.
No one had ever held the position of king of two countries alone before.
The King of the South was an existence that was good at creating miracles.
It was not impossible for a hundred people to defeat five thousand.
If Mei Wushang and the others' initial confidence was based on their confidence in Zhou Shu, then what they saw next gave them true confidence!
Mei Wushang and the others had already experienced several battles before encountering Zhou Shu and the others.
Some of them had ranked weapons, but the standard weapons were already somewhat damaged.
After they took out their weapons, Deputy Master Shi, who didn't seem to have any presence, led them directly to a stone storeroom.
"These are all newly forged standard weapons by His Highness. There are Huben Sabers, Hundred Refinements Ring Pommel Sabers, Horse Slaying Sabers, Spring Embroidered Sabers, Autumn Anatidae Plume Sabers, and even Eight-Sided Han Swords. Pick whatever you like," Shi Songtao said with great dignity.
Standard weapons were not expensive. After all, they were only made of iron, and they had plenty of iron ore in their camp.
And there were miners here, constantly digging.
To be honest, Shi Songtao didn't even take blood silver seriously anymore. There was too much of it here.
Shi Songtao didn't even bother to keep track of the standard weapons.
Mei Wushang's group saw a room full of weapons and a mountain of forging materials.
Looking at the demonic beasts digging in the distance, they were dumbfounded.
In the month we've been here, have we been leading a different life from His Highness?
We were homeless and couldn't even eat a full meal. The casualties were even worse.
As for His Highness, he directly built a camp here and even had demonic beasts mine for him! Only someone like His Highness could do such a thing.
"Help yourself. Don't stand on ceremony. If you think one isn't enough, you can have two," Shi Songtao said generously. "As long as you fight with your lives, there are more than enough weapons.
"Take your pick. Just close the door for me when you're done. I have things to do."
"What are you going to do, Deputy Master Shi? Do you need our help?" Mei Wushang asked.
"You don't have to. You can't help."
Shi Songtao said proudly, "Only I, Deputy Master Shi, can do this.
"I'm going to put a layer of clothing on the high walls of the camp."
A strange light flashed in Shi Songtao's eyes as he said, "Our pavilion master said that this Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament branch has to be a steel city. Otherwise, it will be embarrassing!"
Chapter 284: Entering A Dream Again, Demon Realm's Plan (1)
Mei Wushang and the others seemed to understand a lot of what Shi Songtao was saying.
After choosing their weapons, everyone didn't rest. Instead, they returned to the high wall with great curiosity.
When they arrived, they realized what Shi Songtao had meant by a steel city.
No one knew what steel was, but seeing what Shi Songtao was doing, they could guess.
Shi Songtao's hands were as red as flames. He held an ore between them. In a moment, the ore melted into a fiery red liquid that dripped onto the high wall.
Shi Songtao's hands were like trowels as he smeared the red iron liquid on a stone block.
When the temperature dropped, the iron liquid solidified into iron again. At this moment, it was inseparable from the stone block.
This was what Shi Songtao had said about putting a layer of clothing on the high walls.
It was also what Shi Songtao had been doing recently.
High walls built of stone blocks were no problem for defending against ordinary beasts.
However, their enemies were not ordinary beasts, but powerful demonic beasts.
The claws and teeth of these demonic beasts were comparable to sharp weapons. Ordinary stones couldn't stop them at all.
This was why Zhou Shu and Shi Songtao had thought of putting an iron coat on the walls.
It was mainly because they had discovered that a large portion of the mineral mines in the camp were iron.
Iron was very common outside and was not valuable at all.
There was no value in bringing it out to Great Xia.
Instead of throwing it away, it was better to use it like this.
If the high walls could become indestructible, the people in the camp would be safer when facing the attack of the demonic beasts.
Shi Songtao now had a taste of the Iron Smelting Hands Technique, and he was full of energy when he worked every day.
The only bad thing was that every three days, he had to look for Zhou Shu for him to use his divine ability Unparalleled Benevolence again.
Otherwise, he would forget everything about the Iron Smelting Hands Technique.
Afterward, he had tentatively asked Zhou Shu if he could cultivate the Iron Smelting Hands Technique himself.
Zhou Shu didn't treat him as an outsider and directly told Shi Songtao the cultivation method of the Iron Smelting Hands Technique.
In the end…
In the end, there was no 'then'.
Shi Songtao immediately gave up. The process of cultivating the Iron Smelting Hands Technique was simply unbearable.
It was better now. He didn't need to cultivate it and could use it himself. It was just that it was a little troublesome approaching Zhou Shu every now and then.
Shi Songtao admired Zhou Shu more and more. He really didn't know how Zhou Shu had successfully cultivated the Iron Smelting Hands Technique.
In any case, there was no way he could do it.
It was enough to make Mei Wushang and the others look at him with admiration. A proud expression appeared on Shi Songtao's face, and his actions of smelting the ore became even more elegant.
Isn't my Iron Smelting Hands Technique cool?!
There were finally other people here. He was finally no longer the lowest existence in the camp.
This feeling was awesome!
In a stone room in the center of the camp, Zhou Shu sat cross-legged on a stone bed with his palms on his knees.
His expression was unreadable, his expression constantly shifting.
There was a tuft of black hair on his palm!
This was taken from the bear demonic beast's body when he fought with him.
Zhou Shu was hesitating.?Should I enter the dream?
After encountering two humanoid demonic beasts in a row, Zhou Shu had a bad feeling.
According to Meng Bai, there were not many first-rank martial artists among the invaders of the Demon Realm.
But he had already encountered two in a short period of time. There were definitely more than two first-rank martial artists from the Demon Realm.
Otherwise, his luck was off the charts.
If it wasn't a coincidence that all the first-rank martial artists of the Demon Realm were gathered nearby, it could only mean that the invaders of the Demon Realm were stronger than before!
As for how much stronger, he couldn't deduce it yet.
To Zhou Shu, the best way to gather information was to transform into the enemy. Then he would know everything about the enemy.
The Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique was abnormal.
Zhou Shu hesitated because using the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique was not a pleasant feeling.
It was true that when he transformed into another person in his dream, he could sometimes understand a different feeling. Just like the last time, he was clearly a virgin…
But after waking up from the dream, the feeling of separation from reality was something that normal people would never want to experience again.
If it happened too many times, one's mind might even collapse.
Zhou Shu cultivated the Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form and had extremely powerful spiritual strength. He didn't have to worry too much about his mind collapsing.
But the pain of separation was unavoidable.
If it was being someone else in the dream, Zhou Shu wouldn't have hesitated for so long.
But the other party was a demonic beast, even if he was now in human form.
But who knew what his nature was?
If he played some sort of game with a female demonic beast when he entered the dream…
Zhou Shu shuddered at the thought.
In comparison, Zhou Shu felt Yao Buqi was very likely to play such games with female demonic beasts.
And the humanoid bear demonic beast that fought with him today felt a little similar to Wang Xin.
This kind of combat maniac usually didn't get close to women…
Chapter 285: Entering A Dream Again, Demon Realm's Plan (2)
If I enter the dream, I'll be able to find out his weakness. That's the only way to keep this camp.?Zhou Shu gritted his teeth.
Otherwise, even if I can stop him, Mei Wushang and the others will definitely not be able to withstand the impact of an army of five thousand demonic beasts.
I'll risk it. If I don't go to hell, who will!
At most, when he woke up, he would take a few more glances at Yin Wuyou to cleanse his eyes!
Zhou Shu was not an indecisive person. After making his decision, he put aside all his random thoughts.
Holding the fur of the bear demonic beast, he closed his eyes. With a flash of light, the fur in his palm turned into a white light that enveloped his body.
Zhou Shu's breathing gradually became long and indistinct.
In the room next door, Yin Wuyou listened to Zhou Shu's long breathing and lay down on the stone bed in satisfaction. The corners of her lips curled up as she thought of something.
In the white light, Zhou Shu felt his mind shake. The world around him spun, and then he was only left with a bit of clarity.
He transformed into the humanoid bear demonic beast.
Although Zhou Shu had a trace of self-awareness, he didn't have his own thoughts at all.
His thoughts were all based on the subject of his dream.
The only reason that shred of self-consciousness existed was to keep him from sinking completely into it.
He felt very strange. It was as if he knew who he was, but the body he was in also felt like his.
Even though this was his third dream, Zhou Shu still found it difficult to describe this feeling.
The dream scene changed. It was like nothing he had ever seen.
As Zhou Shu had expected, this bear demonic beast was indeed a battle maniac.
Other than cultivating crazily, he spent his days fighting crazily.
A female demonic beast?
Nonexistent.
If Zhou Shu could still have his own thoughts, he would definitely be relieved.
But now, he had already transformed into the humanoid bear demonic beast.
After entering the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, Zhou Shu's various strengths had increased, including the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique.
In the beginning, the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique could only go back to the past one year of the subject he became in his dream.
Currently, he could go back up to three years using the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique.
In other words, Zhou Shu transformed into the bear demonic beast from three years ago.
This bear demonic beast's name should be Yao Qing.
His days in the Demon Realm were almost like that of an ascetic. In a year, he spoke to no more than five people.
Apart from cultivation, it was still cultivation.
Such dream subjects were simple, but they were also a pain in the ass because there was too little information to be gleaned from them.
In the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, there was no day or night. The sky was always bright.
Being here, he could only tell if a day had passed by timing it himself.
According to the time, the white light on Zhou Shu's body was probably restrained at dawn.
His eyes flew open.
Whoosh!
Zhou Shu let out a long breath. Countless scenes flashed through his eyes.
His face contorted for a moment before he gradually regained his composure.
Boom!
Zhou Shu punched the air, as if he wanted to send all his messy feelings out through this punch.
After he vented, his eyes finally regained clarity.
He didn't try to recall the experience of entering the dream. Instead, he sat there and began to circulate the Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form.
In his sea of consciousness, five towering mountains were visualized. Amid the clouds, his consciousness no longer had any distracting thoughts.
After a long time, Zhou Shu opened his eyes again.
This time his expression was calm, his eyes unruffled.
At this moment, he began to recall the dream.
Even though he was prepared, he still felt a strong sense of separation. In his daze, he even felt as though he was Yao Qing.
In his dream, he had transformed into Yao Qing for three years, but the information he had come into contact with was extremely limited.
In the words of later generations, Yao Qing was an otaku. He almost never socialized with others. His daily life was nothing but cultivation.
But it had been three years after all, and Zhou Shu had more or less come into contact with some things in the Demon Realm.
Although their surnames were both Yao, Yao Qing was not related to Yao Buqi by blood.
They weren't even the same kind of demon.
Yao Qing had the bloodline of a bear demon, while Yao Buqi had the bloodline of a deer demon.
In the Demon Realm, those who could transform into human form had high-level bloodlines. This meant that at least one of their parents was a first-rank martial artist.
Only such existences were qualified to use the 'Yao' surname.
Zhou Shu could finally confirm that there were indeed other realms above first-rank martial artist.
In the Demon Realm, such beings were known as great demons!
Yao Qing's parents were both great demons.
However, Yao Qing had not seen his parents once in the past three years.
Therefore, Zhou Shu had no way of inferring how strong great demons were.
In the three years that he had transformed into Yao Qing, the most useful piece of information he had obtained was that there was a great demon in the Demon Realm armies who had descended into this world!
And there were more than a hundred first-rank martial artists like Yao Qing!
Thinking of this, Zhou Shu couldn't help but frown.
If an ordinary human first-rank martial artist encountered Yao Qing, they would probably not be his match.
And Yao Qing was not the strongest among the Demon Realm experts who had descended into this world.
Not to mention the great demons, there were many first-rank Demon Realm experts who were stronger than him.
As far as Zhou Shu knew, there weren't many first-rank martial artists in the teams sent by the ten nations.
At least in Great Xia, including him, there were only seven first-rank martial artists.
In other countries, Great Qin might have more, but in weak countries like Great Liang, there were only a few first-rank martial artists in the entire country. Naturally, there were even fewer sent over.
There were probably a total of less than one hundred first-rank martial artists from all ten nations.
In other words, on the battlefield of the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, the strength of the human race was completely lacking!
Not to mention that there was a great demon. Just the great demon alone could probably suppress all the human experts.
I wonder how Great General Meng and the others are doing.
Please don't get wiped out.
Zhou Shu didn't know how strong the great demon was, nor did he know if he could defeat him. However, he was certain that Meng Bai and the others definitely couldn't defeat him.
If they encountered the great demon, they would probably die.
There's no point in thinking about it.
So what if there's a great demon? If I really encounter him, it's still uncertain who will win!
Although Zhou Shu hadn't even taken down Yao Qing, it didn't mean that he didn't have a trump card.
Moreover, on the battlefield of the Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament, he was getting stronger every moment.
If he went all out, so what if the other party was a great demon?
He would still kill him.
Now, we have to settle Yao Qing's Demon Realm army first.
Zhou Shu pondered.?Get another batch of miners. We have to speed up the mining and the forging.
In order to destroy the Demon Realm army, other than high-end combat power, the combat power of ordinary soldiers has to be improved. At the very least, they have to be equipped with suitable weapons.
At the same cultivation level, human soldiers were inferior to demonic beasts.
After all, demonic beasts had sharp claws and thick skin.
The advantage of human soldiers was that they had weapons. This way, they could fight demonic beasts.
Zhou Shu was almost certain that the casualties of Meng Bai's army wouldn't be too small now. Without a sufficient supply of weapons, their strength would be greatly affected.
Demon Realm, if you want to occupy this place, save it. With me around, you're destined to be miners.
Yao Qing's weakness flashed through his mind.
If not for the fact that he didn't want to kill Yao Qing directly, he wouldn't have needed to go through so much trouble to enter the dream. Although Yao Qing's skin was thick, if he really wanted to kill him, he had other methods.
At the very least, Yao Qing would definitely not be able to withstand his divine sense attack!
He kept Yao Qing for the same purpose as Yao Buqi.
After entering the dream, Yao Qing's weakness was his second gain!
Chapter 286: I Will Never Be a Slave. Zhou Shu's Threats and Promises (1)
Zhou Shu had endured the pain of using the Zhuang Zhou Butterfly Dream Technique to enter a dream as Yao Qing.
His purpose was to find Yao Qing's weakness in order to capture him alive.
Otherwise, even if he used all his methods, he might not be able to kill Yao Qing.
Fortunately, his efforts had not been in vain.
When Zhou Shu walked out of the room, he saw Shi Songtao still busy with the walls.
Shi Songtao couldn't fight directly on the battlefield, but he had his strengths when it came to other things.
After all, he was a famous forging genius of Great Xia back then. His reputation was not undeserved.
He didn't rest for a moment throughout the night. He kept putting on layers of clothes on the walls of the camp.
With such effort, the effect was obvious.
The side of the camp facing the Demon Realm army was almost completely covered in a thick layer of iron.
Even demonic beasts couldn't tear open this wall at once.
At the very least, two moves…
Zhou Shu patted Shi Songtao on the shoulder in appreciation, then walked straight up the wall.
Mei Wushang and the others were up early, readying their defenses on the walls.
They were ready to fight!
Zhou Shu smiled at everyone. "Everyone has worked hard."
"Your Highness, we await your orders!" Mei Wushang said solemnly.
"Don't be so nervous yet. It won't start anytime soon."
He kicked the trussed Yao Buqi.
Yao Buqi had been shocked by Zhou Shu's Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form the day before, and his head was still a little dizzy.
It had to be said that demonic beasts were powerful mostly because of their physical bodies. Their mental strength was not much stronger than human martial artists of the same level. In fact, it was weaker.
Zhou Shu, who cultivated the Visualization of the Five Mountains' True Form, had far more spiritual strength than most martial artists.
Under his attack, most first-rank martial artists couldn't withstand it.
Yao Buqi was already considered powerful since he didn't die on the spot or become a fool.
"Yao Buqi, come with me." Zhou Shu grabbed Yao Buqi.
"Aren't these the reinforcements you invited? We'll see if they can save you."
As Zhou Shu spoke, he jumped off the wall with Yao Buqi in one hand.
Although Yin Wuyou, Mei Wushang, and the others were a little worried about Zhou Shu, they also knew that with his strength, it was useless for them to follow him if he really encountered any danger.
The best thing for them to do was to guard the camp.
This time, Zhou Shu didn't use his divine ability Unstoppable For a Thousand Miles. Instead, he used the Riding on Cloud and Wind Technique. A moment later, he arrived a few kilometers away from the Huaxia Pavilion's Ten Nations Martial Arts Tournament branch.
Then he stopped.
"Yao Qing, do you have the guts to come out and meet me?" Zhou Shu said.
He didn't shout, but his voice carried far enough that it was audible even from dozens of kilometers away.
"Why wouldn't I?"
With a loud bang, a black shadow shot into the sky from the temporary camp of the Demon Realm army.
The black shadow shot into the sky like a cannonball and landed in Zhou Shu's direction.
Boom!
Yao Qing's figure descended from the sky and smashed into the ground.
The ground rumbled and caved in for hundreds of feet.
Zhou Shu's expression didn't change. He looked at Yao Qing, who was a few meters away, and a disdainful smile appeared on his lips.
Yao Qing's pupils constricted when he saw Yao Buqi in Zhou Shu's hand.
"You are strong, human. Release Yao Buqi, and I will spare your life and allow you to be my slave," Yao Qing said coldly. "This is your only chance to live. Otherwise, you will die with those humans!"
"Do I have to thank you for giving me the chance to live?" Zhou Shu mocked.
Yao Qing didn't seem to realize that Zhou Shu was mocking him.
"That won't be necessary. Your skills have won me over. You earned it."
"Haha…" Zhou Shu laughed. "Yao Qing, you're really too naive.
"I told you yesterday. If you don't leave, you'll end up like Yao Buqi."
"Do you think I'm as useless as Yao Buqi?" Yao Qing snorted.
Yao Buqi was furious and cursed, "Yao Qing, you bastard! What right do you have to criticize me? You are neither human nor demon. You're the trash!"
"You're courting death!" Yao Qing's expression turned extremely ugly. The killing intent on his body seemed to materialize in an instant, and a faint red gas condensed around his body.
When Zhou Shu saw Yao Qing's appearance, his smile widened.?As expected!
Everyone in the Demon Realm said that Yao Qing was the son of two great demons, but in the three years that he had been in the dream, Zhou Shu had accidentally learned that Yao Qing was not the son of two great demons!
He was actually the mix of a human and a demon!
Zhou Shu didn't know why there were humans in the Demon Realm, nor did he know which of Yao Qing's parents was human.
But he knew that Yao Qing's mixed-blood identity was his greatest weakness.
The reason why he knew about Yao Qing's weakness was that in the dream, Yao Buqi had quarreled with Yao Qing and blurted it out.
At the time, Yao Qing had almost killed Yao Buqi.
Zhou Shu had brought Yao Buqi over this time because he wanted Yao Buqi to say it again.
Chapter 287: I Will Never Be a Slave. Zhou Shu's Threats and Promises (2)
Sure enough, in two sentences, Yao Buqi said what he wanted him to say.
Yao Qing's eyes turned crimson. With a clang, he grabbed a long saber from somewhere.
He stared at Yao Buqi, his eyes filled with killing intent.
"Am I wrong? Who in our demon race knows how to use weapons? Only a human demon like you knows how to use weapons!" Yao Buqi shouted. "We have claws and teeth. We don't need weapons like humans!"
"Are you courting death?!" Yao Qing shouted, and the light in his eyes shot out more than a foot.
He took a step forward and slashed at Yao Buqi.
The dazzling saber beam crossed dozens of feet and landed on Yao Buqi's head.
With his spiritual essence sealed, there was no way for him to dodge.
Panic flashed in his eyes. Yao Qing really wanted to kill him!
Boom!
There was an explosion, and Yao Buqi suddenly disappeared.
The saber beam landed heavily on the ground, creating a deep crack.
Zhou Shu had pulled Yao Buqi aside at the last moment.
"Yao Qing, so what if you're a human-demon hybrid. What's the big deal?" Zhou Shu said with a faint smile. "If the demons can't accept you, you can come to us. We definitely won't discriminate against you.
"You use a saber, but to be honest, your saber technique is too lousy. It's completely unsightly. Come to us, and I'll teach you a supreme saber technique."
Just now, it was Yao Qing recruiting Zhou Shu. Now, it was Zhou Shu recruiting Yao Qing.
Except one was a threat, and the other was a lure.
"Don't even think about shaking my resolve, human," Yao Qing said coldly.
He glanced at Yao Buqi. "Yao Buqi, you leaked the secrets of our demon race at will. According to the rules of the Demon Realm, you deserve to die.
"Sinner, I don't need to save you anymore. You can die with this human."
Yao Qing roared, and the saber in his hand suddenly erupted with a dazzling light. A thousand-foot-long saber beam slashed at Zhou Shu.
Surprise flashed across Zhou Shu's eyes. The saber in Yao Qing's hand was actually a heaven-grade weapon!
Heaven-grade weapons could only be forged by human Grand Craftsmen.
And for heaven-grade weapons whose owners died in battle, someone would usually take them away instead of leaving them to demons.
Where did Yao Qing's heaven-grade weapon come from?
Demons didn't use weapons. They didn't have forgers!
Zhou Shu didn't hesitate at all.
His saber flashed from his waist and slashed at an empty space in the air.
Seeing Zhou Shu's actions, Yao Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.?What does this human mean by slashing in the air?
Before this thought could flash through his mind, Zhou Shu's saber was already above his saber beam.
It felt as if Zhou Shu had placed the saber there, and the saber light he had slashed out had collided with Zhou Shu's saber. Coincidentally, it had collided with the weakest part of the saber beam.
There was a crack as the blade shattered.
Yao Qing took half a step back, his pupils constricting.
When they fought yesterday, he knew that this human's saber technique was very brilliant. If he hadn't broken his saber, he wouldn't have fought him hand-to-hand.
Unexpectedly, his saber technique was even more brilliant than he had imagined. He seemed to know his saber technique like the back of his hand!
Yao Qing refused to believe it. He executed his saber technique and attacked Zhou Shu again.
Ding Ding Dang Dang!
With a few crisp sounds, Zhou Shu slashed left and right. It didn't seem like he was actually slashing anything.
But each slash interrupted Yao Qing's attacks.
This made Yao Qing very uncomfortable, and he almost suffered internal injuries.
He took half a step back and stared at Zhou Shu.
Is my saber technique really so unsightly?
Is it true that he can teach me a supreme saber technique?
With his cultivation level, he should be a person of great status in the human race. A person of such status shouldn't spout nonsense.
Yao Qing's expression kept changing.
Zhou Shu was in no hurry. He stood there with a calm expression.
When he entered the dream, Zhou Shu knew that Yao Qing had a deep obsession with becoming stronger.
This might be because of his identity as a half-demon or because he had been provoked.
The reason wasn't that important.
Zhou Shu only needed to know what could shake his will.
"With your abilities, without external help, you can forget about defeating Yao Wudi for the rest of your life."
Zhou Shu mentioned a name.
Yao Qing's pupils contracted, and a cold killing intent began to circle his body.
The iron-like black hairs also grew from his pores.
His breathing became heavy and thunderous.
SNAP—
Zhou Shu even heard cracking sounds coming from Yao Qing's limbs.
He glared at Zhou Shu as if he wanted to eat him alive.
"How did you find out?" Yao Qing said coldly and glanced at Yao Buqi.
Right now, his killing intent toward Yao Buqi was so strong that it was almost uncontrollable.
This bastard actually revealed such a thing to the humans!
How loathsome!
Zhou Shu smiled and didn't answer Yao Qing's question. Instead, he said, "If you want to defeat Yao Wudi, you only have this one chance in your life.
"Think carefully about whether you want to take this opportunity or not."
Zhou Shu sheathed his saber and placed his hands behind his back, looking proud.
Yao Qing's face alternated between green and purple. He gritted his teeth and roared, "I, Yao Qing, will never be a slave!"
Zhou Shu smiled.
Saying something like this meant he was wavering.
Otherwise, he would have berated him or even attacked him. This would have been a normal reaction.
Now, his words were more like to himself.
"You don't need to be a slave," Zhou Shu said indifferently, "You can ask Yao Buqi if he's a slave now."
"I'm not!" Yao Buqi roared angrily. How could he be a human's slave?
If this spread to the Demon Realm, would he still be able to face others in the future?
Zhou Shu was amused.?The demons of the Demon Realm are really cute. How are they so cooperative?
"You heard him," Zhou Shu said. "Yao Buqi is my hostage. He didn't become a slave, and naturally, I won't make you a slave either."
Yao Qing breathed heavily and said coldly, "What do you want?"
"Simple." Zhou Shu smiled. "There are countless minerals in this continuous mountain. Take your underlings to mine and bring the minerals here.
"Exchanging minerals for a saber technique is fair enough."
"Hmph, there's no need to exchange. If I take you down, I can still interrogate you to reveal your saber technique." Yao Qing snorted coldly, and his aura soared again.
Before he could attack, he suddenly let out a shocking scream. Then he hugged his head and retreated dozens of feet.
As he retreated, he attacked forward frantically, as if afraid that someone was pursuing him.
But Zhou Shu, who was opposite him, had his hands behind his back and had no intention of attacking.
Yao Qing's eyes were full of horror. He had no idea what was happening.
But the tingling in his brain told him that what had just happened wasn't a fantasy.
"Yao Qing, you have to be clear about one thing. I'm making a deal with you because you have half the bloodline of the human race. Otherwise, Yao Buqi is your example." Zhou Shu clasped his hands behind his back calmly.
"If you really think I can't do anything to you, then you're wrong.
"It won't be difficult for me to kill you."
Zhou Shu's voice turned cold. "I'm giving you a chance now, but if you want to do this the hard way, I'll just spend some effort to kill all of you.
"If not for the fact that you're half human, you and Yao Buqi would be no different to me.
"Don't doubt my strength. You don't want to see me prove my strength. Everyone who has seen my true strength is already dead."
Chapter 288: It Would Be a Pity To Destroy The Great Destroyer Sword (1)
Zhou Shu's confidence really intimidated Yao Qing.
He frowned and stared at Zhou Shu with a solemn expression.
This human, whose spiritual essence cultivation was clearly only at the third rank of the Martial Dao, was a mystery to him.
Yao Qing could still vaguely feel pain all over his body from the battle yesterday.
This human's body was even stronger than that of demons!
It went against everything he knew about humans.
Moreover, in the short exchange just now, Yao Qing could tell that this human's saber technique attainments were far above his.
As for how far above, he couldn't tell.
Now, he even suspected that this person's spiritual essence cultivation was not at the third rank at all!
It was impossible for a third-rank martial artist to be so strong.
Even so, Yao Qing didn't believe that Zhou Shu could easily kill them!
Yao Qing was confident in himself. Ever since he was old enough, he had never slacked off for a day.
There might not be anyone in the entire demon race who was more diligent than him.
He didn't train so hard to admit defeat so easily.
In that case, how would he ever defeat Yao Wudi?
Yao Qing's eyes suddenly lit up.
Zhou Shu was sizing up Yao Qing when he suddenly noticed that the hesitation in his eyes had disappeared. In its place was determination.
He felt a twinge of regret.
Yao Qing was half-human and half-demon. Zhou Shu was very interested in his origins.
But after entering the dream for three years, Yao Qing was very secretive about this matter, and the information Zhou Shu could obtain was really limited.
He had wanted to break through the defenses in Yao Qing's heart step by step and then find an opportunity to take him in.
Now, it seemed this was impossible.
Yao Qing was extraordinarily determined.
Thinking about it, it made sense. After decades of bitter cultivation, how could it be so easy to subdue a person who didn't give in to alcohol, women, and money?
"I won't do it the hard way or the easy way." Yao Qing held his long saber, his eyes filled with battle intent as he stared at Zhou Shu.
"Come and kill me if you can!
"If I can't even defeat you, what right do I have to defeat Yao Wudi!"
Boom—
A ball of light exploded from Yao Qing's body. An astonishing aura spread out from him like a whirlwind.
With a roar, all the trees and rocks within a thousand feet were destroyed.
"Come on!" Yao Qing shouted.
"Since you have a death wish, I'll grant you your wish!" Zhou Shu said calmly.
He took a step forward as his body started glowing gold.
He took another step, and a monstrous aura surged into the sky.
Another step, and he was in front of Yao Qing.
The Great Destroyer Sword behind him shot out.
At the same time, the new Spring Embroidered Saber at his waist also turned into a white light and attacked Yao Qing like a dragon.
Since words didn't work, he would beat him into submission!
Zhou Shu immediately attacked him.
Astounding Heavenly Eighteen Swords, Heavenly Saber Art.
His saber and sword moved at the same time.
This was the first time Zhou Shu had attacked using both a saber and sword in battle. Yao Qing should feel honored.
Boom—
Yao Qing's eyes were filled with sword light and saber beam. He felt as if he had become a small boat in a boundless storm and could be shattered by the huge waves at any moment.
He hadn't felt this powerless and small in years.
Yao Qing bit the tip of his tongue and shocked himself sober. He let out a shocking roar and slashed out with the saber in his hand.
The powerful impact sent Yao Buqi flying hundreds of feet away.
He got to his feet, spat the silt out of his mouth, and spat twice more.
Fortunately, Yao Buqi was a demon. Otherwise, with his spiritual essence sealed, he would be severely injured by the aftershock of the battle between the two experts.
Yao Buqi looked at the battle not far away. Suddenly, his eyes lit up.?That person is fighting with Yao Qing. Wouldn't I be able to escape?
He glanced toward the human camp. His men were still there as miners.
But it didn't matter. As long as he returned to the demon race's base camp, he could easily gather another group of subordinates.
He turned back to the demon camp.
There was a demon army of 5,000 there. As long as he escaped there, no matter how strong this human was, he wouldn't dare to attack the demon army head-on.
Yao Buqi sneered in his heart.?Human, oh, human, you've made the wrong choice bringing me here to provoke Yao Qing.
As long as I escape to the camp, I can still carry on my plan!
If Yao Qing isn't enough, I'll find a few more people!
Yao Buqi thought about it and started walking.
He had just taken a step when a saber beam suddenly descended from the sky.
Half a Spring Embroidered Saber flew in front of him and stabbed into the ground.
Yao Buqi was stunned. He stiffened, not daring to move.
What kind of freak is he? How can he be distracted by me while fighting Yao Qing?
Yao Buqi cursed in his heart. His spiritual essence had been sealed. Even if demons' bodies were strong, they couldn't withstand the attacks of an expert.
"Stay put, or I don't mind sending you on your way early." Zhou Shu's voice was cold.
"How dare you be distracted while fighting me? You're courting death!" Yao Qing roared.
The aura on his body became violent again. He held his saber with both hands and kept slashing.
In terms of saber techniques, Yao Qing couldn't compare to this human, but he wasn't attacking for nothing!