Chapter Fifty-Nine: Light Screen

  Zhou Heng's gaze swept over, and he saw that the black shadow was a strange and peculiar wild beast, somewhat like a leopard, but with only three legs. One tail was longer than its body, with a curved hook at the tip, emitting a cold glow.

  The beast was also covered in red fur all over its body, and it pounced on Zhou Heng, one of its claws swiping towards his neck, while its long tail whipped back at Lin Feng like a whip.

  It has to be said that this beast was quite ferocious and actually launched an attack on both Zhou Heng and the other person at the same time.

  Zhou Heng hummed softly, his black sword sweeping out in a mysterious arc of light.

  Puff, this beast was instantly cut in two by Zhou Heng, without any suspense.

  This is natural, a mere Tier 12 demonic beast is no match for a cultivator in the Gathering Spirit Realm. Even if the beast's physical body is incredibly strong, it would be useless - besides, after entering the Gathering Spirit Realm, physical strength can't compare to spiritual power, and the gap between same-tiered demonic beasts and cultivators isn't as large as it was in the Refining Body Realm.

  "Aren't you hungry? There's roasted meat to eat!" Zhou Heng pointed at the beast carcass on the ground.

  Lin Fengxiang hastily shook her neck and said, "What a joke! This disgusting thing will make me unable to eat for half a year if I swallow it!"

  "There's no way, let's just leave!" Zhou Heng actually wasn't interested in this thing either. Anyway, a cultivator in the Gathering Spirit Realm wouldn't be affected in battle even if they didn't eat for three or four days, and a cultivator in the Refining Blood Realm wouldn't starve to death even if they didn't eat for three or four days. Lin Fengxiang was just throwing a tantrum like a spoiled rich girl.

  "How can there be living things here?" He was more concerned about this strange place, without flowers or grass, what do the monsters here feed on?

  Not far ahead, another roar, and a monster with three legs jumped out of the mud. As expected, it was beheaded by Zhou Heng's sword.

  All the way forward, these monsters kept emerging one after another. After walking for two or three more hours, Lin Fengxiang stopped and refused to go any further, insisting that she needed a rest.

  Zhou Heng glanced at the distant milky white light shield, still incredibly far away, and nodded. After all, it wasn't something that could be reached in a short period of time, so he might as well rest properly. Besides, Hei Jian had absorbed a lot of power, which was just right for him to "digest" now.

  He sheathed the black sword into his dantian, and immediately a large amount of energy was released. He hastily circulated the Moon Shadow Heart Technique, continuously absorbing and refining the energy into his own spiritual power reserves.

  The Refining Body Realm transforms the food that is eaten into True Yuan Force, while the Gathering Spirit Realm communicates with the true heaven and earth through the Dan Tian world, absorbing the spiritual energy of this world to gradually form a small world within oneself.

  These are two completely different processes, but one thing is the same, the process of absorbing spiritual energy is also the most time-consuming.

  Hei Jian directly skipped this step, and for every person or beast he killed, it was equivalent to accumulating a Yuan Dan, of course, the effect depends on the cultivation level of the person or beast being killed.

  If they were all like Jinteng Yi's Lingjing realm strongmen, then it could be said that the Super聚元Dan was already formed.

  However, the demonic beasts in the Refining Body Realm can't be compared to those in the Gathering Spirit Realm, let alone the third heaven of the Gathering Spirit Realm. Zhou Heng had already refined all the power released by the Black Sword in less than half an hour, but his cultivation had only increased slightly.

  Of course, if Zhou Heng were to cultivate himself, it would be impossible in just one or two months!

  "Miserable ghost, I'm so hungry!" Lin Fengxiang said pitifully.

  Zhou Heng stretched out his hand and said, "It seems there's still some meat left!"

  "You're the only one who wants to eat pig's trotters!" Lin Xiangxiang slapped his hand back, actually she was also pretending to be ill. Neither of them had brought any food with them - even if they had, it would have been ruined by now after swimming underwater.

  Zhou Heng smiled slightly and chatted with Lin Fuxiang for a while. After that, both of them felt a bit drowsy and fell asleep one after another.

  Lin Fangxiang slept soundly, but Zhou Heng remained extremely vigilant. In this unfamiliar environment, he didn't dare to truly fall asleep, only allowing his body to get a little rest.

  Anyway, as long as he reaches the Gathering Spirit Realm, it doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep for a few days.

  The sky here is not bright, but there is no night either. It's always that crimson-colored sky, making people completely lose their sense of time.

  After Lin Fengxiang had rested enough, the two continued to move forward. The further they went, the more intense the bloody aura floating in the air became, almost forming a mist-like substance.

  It wasn't until half a day later that they finally arrived in front of the milky white light shield, but they were unable to penetrate this layer of light shield to see the situation inside.

  Lin Fengxiang wanted to push him away, but was pulled back by Zhou Heng, almost falling over, and scolded: "You little brat, do you want to kill me?"

  "You're really bold, you don't even know what this thing is and yet you dare to touch it with your hands. Aren't you afraid that there's potent poison on it that will rot your hands?" Zhou Heng sighed, he was now truly regretting bringing this young lady along.

  Lin Fengxiang's face turned red, and she fiercely stared at Zhou Heng for a moment before turning her back to him and squatting down to draw circles on the ground. She had long since given up trying to be Zhou Heng's match, so she could only resort to this tactic of spiritual victory, imagining herself trampling over Zhou Heng.

  It's good that I didn't laugh out loud this time, or else I would have been ridiculed by Zhou Heng again.

  Zhou Heng swung his fist through the air, striking the light screen. With his current cultivation level, his empty-handed force could easily crush a martial artist or demon beast at the peak of the 12th layer of the Refining Body stage into a meat patty.

  Boom!

  A dull thud, the light screen remained still, without even a ripple.

  Zhou Heng didn't believe in evil, and with a loud whooshing sound, he threw over ten punches, but they were all like a mud cow entering the sea, without any movement or noise.

  "Hey, little ghost, aren't you full yet? You've lost all your strength!" Lin Fengxiang teased from the side, seeing Zhou Heng eating, she naturally regained her vitality.

  Zhou Heng ignored her and stretched out his hand towards the light screen.

  "Hey, didn't you say not to touch?" Lin Fengxiang said from the side.

  "That's you, I'm more powerful than you, of course I can touch!" Zhou Heng replied casually.

  The fragrance of the forest is so good that it makes her jump with joy, but in fact, Zhou Heng is much more powerful than her.

  "You stinky brat, one day I'll surpass you and trample you underfoot, you despicable guy!" she secretly vowed.

  This light shield is made of unknown materials and is extremely solid!

  Zhou Heng muttered to himself, if this light curtain was only the size of a room, it wouldn't be a big deal, but now it's as big as a high mountain, what kind of brush stroke can achieve this?

  I can only use the Black Sword now!

  Zhou Heng will pin his hopes on the Black Sword, this divine sword that can easily cut even Frostbite Sword into seven or eight pieces. With one slash, it can cleave Golden Tengyi, who has cultivated for three lifetimes and reached the peak of the Gathering Spirit Realm, into two halves. It is unknown whether anyone can continue its miraculous legend.

  "Fall back!" He summoned the black sword, but didn't immediately slash down. Instead, he turned his head to Lin Fengxiang and said:

  "What's up?"

  "I don't know, maybe it will rebound or something, in any case, retreating a bit is safer!" Zhou Hengzheng said calmly.

  Lin Fengxiang's heart sweetened, thinking that this guy wasn't all bad after all, and still knew how to care about her. Since that was the case, when she surpassed this stinky little brat in the future, she would kick him a few times less.

  This young lady is still very reasonable!

  Zhou Heng didn't know what she was thinking, but with a flash of his eyes, he swung out the Black Sword.

  A flash of dim light, no earth-shattering impact as expected, the black sword sliced into it like cutting through tofu, all the way to the hilt!

  Buzz!

  The light screen shook, like ripples on water, and parted in front of Zhou Heng to reveal a passageway just large enough for one person to enter. However, it was only about 3 meters deep, and the milky white light curtain still blocked the way forward.

  "Huh, it's actually been cut off by you!" Lin Fengxiang immediately became spirited. "This sword is really sharp! You little ghost, I'll give you the Frost Chilling Sword, why don't you give me this sword instead? It's already broken anyway, and I won't look down on it!"

  "No way!" Zhou Heng stared at the cracked light screen, only to see countless rays of light flowing from both sides, slowly repairing the light curtain.

  The speed was not fast, and it took about ten minutes to fully repair, but the entire light curtain was seamless, and there was no sign that a large hole had been cut out.

  "Can this thing repair itself?" Lin Xiangxiang's beautiful eyes widened in excitement.

  Ten minutes is enough!

  "Are you staying here or coming in with me?" Zhou Heng said calmly, "I don't know what's inside either, it might be extremely dangerous, think carefully for yourself!"

  "Of course we're going in!" Lin Xiang didn't think twice, "How can a martial artist lack courage! This place is so mysterious, who knows what kind of extraordinary opportunity might be hidden inside!"

  She had one more thing to say, which was that after obtaining this great opportunity and cultivating the unparalleled divine skill, she would severely punish Zhou Heng.

  "What a great opportunity!" Zhou Heng smiled, hoping that there would indeed be a great opportunity and not another cheap donkey being dug up.

  He slashed with one sword, and the light screen was opened again. Zhou Heng walked in, and Lin Fengxiang hurriedly followed behind him. With a few swift cuts of his black sword, the layers of light screens in front were torn open, and the two quickly advanced forward.

  After walking for about five minutes, Zhou Heng made another sword move, and the scenery in front of him suddenly changed, revealing a new world.

  I passed through the light screen.

  This is a mountain forest, with crimson vines all over the mountains and fields, like a giant beast crouching down, with a ferocious air.

  "I think our goal should be the place in the middle!" Zhou Heng pointed and gestured remotely.

  "What are you waiting for? Hurry up!" Lin Xiang urged, "I'm starving to death, quickly find the great opportunity and then leave this place to have a good meal!"

  Does she think that treasures can be picked up simply by bending down?

  Zhou Heng had a feeling of being unable to laugh or cry, this woman was really too used to being the young lady, completely lacking even a bit of crisis awareness.

  But his goal is indeed ahead!

  "Go!" He was full of heroic spirit, a warrior who had lost his adventurous spirit was equivalent to losing the courage to advance.

  The two of them walked into the blood-colored vines, and after two hours, they had already ventured deep into this strange forest, where everywhere was covered with blood-red vines, without a single speck of other colors in sight.

  When they came under a huge rock, Lin Xiang wanted to rest for a while, so the two of them stopped and took a short break.

  "Save... me..." Just then, a low cry for help came from under the big rock!