Chapter Seventeen: Forgetting Favors and Betraying Righteousness

  Seeing someone offering help, the four young men all showed a joyful expression, but when they discovered that Zhou Heng's aura had not even reached the Bone Refining Realm, the four of them immediately revealed disappointed expressions.

  Zhou Heng suddenly appeared, flying sword technique unfolded, opening up countless sword shadows, each one like a flying waterfall, and even the sound of the waterfall crashing was faintly audible!

  This shows that his understanding of Fei Pu Jian Fa has reached an extremely high level, almost completely grasping the essence of this sword technique!

  In the midst of a sword's dance, even a golden crowned snake dare not provoke its edge. It coils up its thick and long body, raises its head high, and launches an attack from above.

  Zhou Heng's thoughts unfolded, and although he didn't use the Ling Tian Sword Technique, he naturally used a hint of sword intent to form an invisible pressure on the Golden Crowned Snake. Adding his prediction of the situation and the miraculous Flying Cloud Step, he repeatedly turned danger into safety.

  The four young men all showed shocked expressions at this scene!

  Although there is also an existence that can barely compete with the Golden Crown Snake among them, it's worth noting that Shi Gang is at the 8th layer of Body Refining! This kid is only at the 6th layer of Body Refining, yet he can still achieve this, which is really hard to accept.

  "Divine Sword!"

  "Body method is strange!"

  After the four of them looked at each other in dismay, they immediately came to a conclusion. However, they would never know that Zhou Heng still had an even more heaven-defying battle control ability, which was the key factor for him to be able to fight against a nine-layered demonic beast with his six-layered physique!

  "What shall we do, Brother Shi?" a young man asked Shi Gang.

  Shi Gang furrowed his brow, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Even if we add him to our side, we still can't defeat this Golden Crown Snake! Let's take advantage of the fact that this demon is being entangled by that kid and leave immediately!"

  "Ge Ge, others are lending a helping hand, isn't what we're doing a bit unscrupulous?"

  "Hmph, then stay here and die with this kid!" Shi Gang said coldly.

  "I didn't mean it like that—"

  "We'd rather stay behind and keep our precious lives, then come back when we're stronger to kill this stinky snake and avenge ourselves! Otherwise, dying together here would be meaningless!" Another young man found an excuse for their shame.

  "Not bad, we are Shijiazhuang's future hope, absolutely cannot die here! Let's go!"

  "Gang Ge, that kid's weapon is a divine sword. Isn't it a waste to die with him?" The third youth said reluctantly, his eyes fixed on Frost Sword with greed.

  "Are you a pig?" Shi Gang snorted, "Can a demon beast use a weapon? Just wait for this kid to be eaten by the Golden Crown Snake, then we only need to come back and pick up the treasure sword!"

  "Not bad!"

  The other three people's eyes lit up, and the four of them retreated in unison. Suddenly, they turned around and ran away quickly, disappearing from sight.

  Zhou Heng knew that people's hearts were treacherous, but he still believed that there was a bottom line in everyone's heart. However, the actions of these four people made him stare with his eyes wide open and finally realized that he had overestimated the shamelessness of some people.

  No wonder nobody is willing to be a good person in this world anymore!

  He snorted coldly in his heart, and didn't take it to heart either, because he had never expected help from these people. After they left, he could still display the second style of Ling Tian without any scruples!

  Fight quickly and end quickly!

  After a while, the four of them will definitely come back to check, he must kill the golden crowned snake as soon as possible and leave at the first time, until his state recovers, he will be fearless.

  Ling Tian's Second Style!

  Zhou Heng's body suddenly stiffened, his long sword stretched out flat, and a terrifying aura was instantly emitted from his body, forming a shockwave that fiercely struck the Golden Crowned Snake.

  The golden crown snake's movements were involuntary, its mind shrouded in an indescribably huge pressure!

  The ferocious beast is ruthless; this controlled soul will surely be short-lived!

  Zhou Heng seized this moment, and with a swift motion, his long sword flashed out in a slashing arc!

  Rumbling, the power within him poured out without reservation, the sword body rotated, heaven and earth responded in harmony, countless powers that did not belong to Zhou Heng also gathered on the sword, continuously enhancing the might of this sword.

  The Golden Crowned Snake, after all, was a nine-layered demonic beast. In the instant that the long sword struck its body, it finally reacted, and with a swish, it swung its tail and fiercely lashed out at Zhou Heng.

  Slash!

  Zhou Heng let out a loud roar, and the Frostbite Sword slashed down. The sharp blade, supported by his violent power, broke through the Golden Crowned Snake's scales without stopping, cutting open its tough and compact body, and severing its bones that were even harder than tempered steel!

  Whoosh, a gigantic snake head flew through the air.

  Snake tail incoming!

  Flying Cloud Step!

  Zhou Hengqiang forcibly took a deep breath, his body made an incredible turn in mid-air, swooshing to the left for over ten meters before heavily crashing onto the ground. With a loud "whoa", he violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood as an intense feeling of weakness surged throughout his entire body.

  Ling Tian's second move had exhausted all his strength, and adding the forced use of Fei Yun Step had dealt him a severe blow!

  Now he can't even move a finger!

  This is still his body has experienced a Lingtian second-style impact, and has a certain adaptability, otherwise it will be injured more severely.

  The lifeless body of the Golden Crowned Snake writhes wildly, its tail whipping against the ground like a steel whip, leaving behind a deep gash! If one were to be struck by this, their entire skeleton would instantly shatter into dust!

  Zhou Heng could only pray that the snake's tail wouldn't whip towards him, as he unfolded the Moon Shadow Heart Technique to recover his mobility as much as possible.

  His luck wasn't bad, the golden crowned snake lost its head, and in its death throes it thrashed about without any accuracy, only with a long, drawn-out hiss, it took nearly ten minutes to calm down, and greenish blood flowed all over the ground.

  Zhou Heng seized the time to recover his strength, he knew that the four members of the Shi family would definitely come back.

  One minute, two minutes... ten minutes... fifteen minutes!

  Zhou Heng stood up, although he had only recovered 20% of his strength, but he couldn't drag on anymore.

  Frosty sword slashes down, the Golden Crowned Snake's body is slowly being cut open. Zhou Heng panted heavily, if his strength was insufficient, even a divine weapon would find it difficult to break through the demon beast's tough skin and flesh.

  He didn't know where the snake gall was, so he could only break it from head to tail, and after cutting open three meters, he finally found the golden crown snake's gall, which was only half the size of a fist, with a uniform emerald green color.

  Any part of the demon beast is tough enough, and this snake gallbladder is also very elastic. Even if you squeeze it with your fingers, it will only deform without showing any signs of cracking. Zhou Heng safely stored the snake gallbladder in his body, and then pulled out the snake tooth, which was also a valuable item that could be sold for a high price, but it couldn't compare to the value of the snake gallbladder.

  Just as he was about to skin it, a sense of unease crept over him, as if a stone had been thrown into the calm lake, stirring up countless ripples. He immediately turned his head towards the source of the unease and saw that the four members of the Shi family were just emerging from the woods.

  In the imagination of Shi Jia's four people, Zhou Heng should have been swallowed alive by the Golden Crown Snake by now, and they only need to come and pick up the treasure sword that fell from their opponent. But the scene in front of them stunned them all!

  The Golden Crowned Snake is dead!

  How is this possible!

  When they saw Zhou Heng's extremely cold gaze, the first thought of the four people was to escape, to escape far, far away!

  "Hmph, the end of the strong crossbow!" Shi Gang immediately sneered, looking at Zhou Heng, his mouth slightly hooked up, "Put down the sword in your hand, leave behind what you got from the Golden Crown Snake, and I can spare your life!"

  Reminded by him, the other three members of the Shi family suddenly realized that Zhou Heng only had a six-layer body refinement, and being able to kill the Golden Crowned Snake was unbelievable, but it was definitely not an ability he should possess, and he must have paid a terrible price!

  This kid is just barely holding on; otherwise, how could he remain so calm in the face of these four ungrateful and disloyal people?

  Bah, they are not ungrateful, no one asked this little brat for help!

  Zhou Heng smiled faintly, getting angry over such a trivial matter? Not worth it! He raised his Frostbite Sword and said, "I've already saved your lives once, and I was the one who killed the Golden Crowned Snake alone, why should I give it to you?"

  "Without us having consumed half of the demon beast's power earlier, could you have killed it?" Shi Gang sneered, "Don't think about delaying time to recover, with a 6th layer cultivator killing a 9th layer demon beast, it's absolutely not something that can be done in an instant!"

  "Brother Gang, why don't we just kill him?" someone asked in a low voice. If they let this little brat leave alive, wouldn't that expose their evil deeds?

  "You fool, this kid can kill the Golden Crowned Snake, who knows how terrifying he will be when he fights for his life, you want to die then go ahead!" Another person also scolded in a low voice.

  Shi Gang sneered, he naturally wasn't letting Zhou Heng leave out of kindness. Since he had made his move, he wouldn't show any mercy. If not for the fact that Zhou Heng still had some hidden cards, he definitely wouldn't let go of a genius who could kill a Bone Refining Realm demonic beast at the sixth layer of Body Tempering!

  Inherently cruel and shameless!

  Zhou Hengsen smiled, shook the long sword in his hand, and swept the four people who were pressing step by step with a cold gaze. He said resolutely: "I swear here that I will definitely kill you four. If I break this oath, I am no better than pigs and dogs!"

  The four of them changed color in an instant, they could hear the undisguised killing intent from Zhou Heng's words! For some reason, this made their whole body feel cold!

  "In that case, you shall stay here!" Shi Gang's figure suddenly leapt up, his hand wielding the green blade slashing out, sending out a cold gleam.

  "Go die with a clean neck!" Zhou Heng didn't defend himself, but instead unfolded his Flying Cloud Step and swiftly rose up. His body fluttered and turned several times before easily escaping from the four men's encirclement, instantly disappearing into the distance over a hundred meters away.

  Shi Gang just started chasing, he was a master of the Bone Refining Realm, and his speed was absolutely faster than Zhou Heng's. However, as soon as his body pounced out, he saw that Zhou Heng, who had clearly been running forward, suddenly made a strange turn!

  When he stopped and turned around, Zhou Heng had already run more than a hundred meters away and swiftly entered the forest.

  It's basically hopeless!

  "What should we do, Gege?"

  "Get a hold of Golden Crown Snake, let's return to the family! With this Golden Crown Snake, we'll definitely be able to suppress Stone Green Peak this time!"

  "Yes!"

  The other three all responded with a sound, their faces revealing an excited expression. Shi Qingfeng was another genius of the Shi family, his talent even higher than that of Shi Gang. The next head of the Shi family would basically be born between these two people. As followers of Shi Gang, they naturally hoped that Shi Gang could suppress Shi Qingfeng by a head.

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