Zhou Qiucheng represents the court and stands in opposition to the Yellow Heaven Dao. Now that the Yellow Heaven Dao controls Jinling City, Zhou Qiucheng has long been displeased, but due to the injuries caused by the Innate Water God, he has been hesitant to decisively restore order.
However, after consuming two Eight-Treasure Heart-lock Pills and undergoing prolonged cultivation, Zhou Qiucheng’s power has started to gradually recover.
"To stop external trouble, one must first secure internal peace. Now that the date for the discourse with Chen Sanliang is near, cleaning up Jinling City first wouldn’t be a bad idea."
"The winner shall kill all, and the loser shall leave. That sounds fair. Although you cannot leave this Treasure Tower nor Jinling City, we have brought the Great Virtuous Master’s talisman. If you fall, we won’t hesitate to seal you, so don’t blame us for being merciless," Gu Mingyue smiled at Zhou Qiucheng and then said to Zhao Lie beside him:
"I’ll hold this old man back. You go into the academy and find Zhang Chen."
After speaking, Gu Mingyue struck out with a palm, attacking Zhou Qiucheng first. The mighty palm forced Zhou Qiucheng to focus and respond.
He didn’t need to defeat Zhou Qiucheng; merely delaying him for several breaths would be enough for Zhao Lie to find Zhang Chen.
"Excuse my rudeness, Dean Zhou!" Zhao Lie smiled lightly, intending to bypass Zhou Qiucheng and head into the academy.
"Daring to act wantonly in the academy, deserving of death ten thousand times over!" Zhou Qiucheng coldly reprimanded, and in the next moment, his figure transformed as the distant Treasure Tower flew into the air, merging into Zhou Qiucheng’s body. Subsequently, Zhou Qiucheng’s Qi Mechanism surged, and every movement emitted a powerful suppressive force, not only stifling Gu Mingyue’s Divine Techniques but causing them to dissipate automatically within three feet of Zhou Qiucheng. He even had the energy to block Zhao Lie.
Zhou Qiucheng truly wasn’t lying; he had the ability to protect Chongzheng Academy.
Truly worthy of competing with the Innate Water God. Although his power hadn’t reached the Twelfth Tier, the uniqueness of the Law of Suppression granted him immunity to all laws, facing Eleventh Tier experts while remaining unbeatable.
Zhou Qiucheng struck Zhao Lie with a palm, and upon its impact, the Law of Void changed, a suppressive force circulating, surprisingly suppressing the Divine Techniques on Zhao Lie, separating his Star God Authority from his body. Shorn of the Star God Authority’s favor, he was merely a Ninth Tier Incense Divine Spirit, facing Zhou Qiucheng’s strike, even a casual one, and given the vast difference between the Tenth and Eleventh Tiers, it was absolutely irresistible.
Zhou Qiucheng struck out with a palm; it seemed simple but contained the power to suppress all techniques, severing the connection between Zhao Lie and the Po Jun Star, easily forcing Zhao Lie back.
"He actually can suppress my connection with the natal star; I am no match for him!" Zhao Lie’s eyes were filled with apprehension as he quickly distanced himself from Zhou Qiucheng, standing afar and spoke to Gu Mingyue.
"No matter, even without the favor of the stars, you are a Ninth Tier deity; no one in the Yellow Heaven Dao can block your path," Gu Mingyue’s voice was steady: "I’ll hold him back!"
In the next moment, Gu Mingyue mobilized the power of laws, transforming the clouds in the sky into a waterfall, surging toward Gu Mingyue, swirling around to form a dragon. The dragon roared to the sky, connecting Heaven and Earth, overwhelmingly pressing down with thunderous power on Zhou Qiucheng.
In the distant forest, Zhang Chen gazed remotely at the battle at the foot of the mountain, revealing a thoughtful look: "Zhou Qiucheng is indeed formidable, especially in the state of man and tower as one, unexpectedly strong, possessing the power to suppress all techniques. But he can’t easily take down Gu Mingyue in a short time. They are both Eleventh Tier experts, and neither has a definite advantage over the other. Although Gu Mingyue might be no match, he can still manage to restrain Zhou Qiucheng for a while."
He quietly observed the battle at the mountain’s base, witnessing the Star Lord of Po Jun, Zhao Lie, repeatedly attempting to breach Zhou Qiucheng’s blockade to charge into the academy, only to be effortlessly repelled by Zhou Qiucheng each time, leaving Zhao Lie with no opportunity.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Lie changed color with fury: "These Eleventh Tier fellows are truly monstrous, each one a freak."
Witnessing his multiple failed attempts to break through, Zhao Lie’s expression grew increasingly sullen: "Zhou Qiucheng, you truly refuse the toast only to drink the penalty. If that’s the case, don’t blame me for my ruthless methods. Do you think the Star God appointed by my Yellow Heaven Dao is so simple?"
As he finished speaking, Zhao Lie’s body flickered with starlight; he conjured a mantra, beckoning toward the sky. In the next moment, a terrifying whirlwind appeared spontaneously, punching through the clouds as a star, spanning ten kilometers in size, descended from the cosmos, engulfed in flames.
"Do you know about the extinction of dinosaurs? It was a ten-kilometer diameter asteroid that struck the earth!"
"Rascal, how dare you! Are you attempting to destroy Jinling City?" Zhou Qiucheng, witnessing the meteor falling from beyond the heavens, was filled with horror and rage.
Although Zhou Qiucheng was an Eleventh Tier expert skilled in suppressive techniques, he lacked the ability to move mountains and invert seas. Such a star, ten kilometers in diameter, involved what kind of concept? A fourth-tier city crashing down with enormous impact from space, aren’t you afraid?
Deathly afraid!
Despite being an Eleventh Tier expert, Zhou Qiucheng specialized in certain arts, encountering the descending meteor without a proper countermeasure, forced to watch helplessly as it fell, destined to annihilate Jinling City.
"You are insane!" Even Gu Mingyue, entangled with Zhou Qiucheng, changed color drastically, eyeing with disbelief: "The crucial figure might still be hiding within Chongzheng Academy. If Chengyu is crushed dead by you, do you think the Great Virtuous Master will spare you?"
"Haha, I’m not crazy, I just want to see whether our Dean Zhou intends to rescue the citizens of Jinling City or continue to protect the people inside the academy. His Eleventh Tier Treasure Tower is incredibly sturdy and can encompass the power of Heaven and Earth. If he uses the Heaven and Earth power of the tower to push up against it, there’s still a chance to save the citizens of Jinling City."
As he spoke, Zhao Lie walked towards Chongzheng Academy with a blank expression, while Zhou Qiucheng glanced at Zhao Lie and indeed did not continue to stop him. Instead, his form transformed into a Treasure Tower, resembling the Exquisite Tower, which swiftly enlarged to a thousand feet high in the blink of an eye, soaring up to smash into the asteroid falling from the sky.
Inside Chongzheng Academy, piercing screams echoed through the skies, as countless scholars looked at the asteroid descending from the stars with a hint of terror in their eyes.
Hide?
How to hide?
Where to hide?
The asteroid’s impact would turn a thousand miles into ruins, can you fly out a thousand miles in an instant?
Even if you have the Earth Escape Technique, hiding inside a mountain, the violent shaking would still crush you at a glance.
"We’re doomed, has the Yellow Heaven Dao gone mad? Destroying Jinling City will definitely sever all ties with the Great Victory Royal Family. The two sides will fight to the death without rest, the Great Victory Royal Family will stop at nothing to eradicate Yellow Heaven Dao." Zhou Zhen looked at the falling asteroid in the sky and felt his legs weaken.
Beside him, Jiang Nan’s heart was pounding wildly, with disbelief in his eyes: "It’s over! We’re doomed! My great vengeance hasn’t been fulfilled, is it today that it all ends here?"
A sense of unwillingness, accompanied by intense resentment, surged into Jiang Nan’s heart.
Meanwhile, in Jinling City, countless citizens have already sensed the anomalies in the atmosphere. As the asteroid raced through the sky, powerful sound waves crossed the void, accompanied by fierce astral wind, it was already advancing towards Jinling City. The city was engulfed in turbulent astral wind!
"Run quickly!"
"Help!"
"Will someone save me?"
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Numerous citizens at this moment fell to their knees on the streets in despair, blindly seeking cover and shelter.
Meanwhile, Huang Chao, sitting in the courtyard, also raised his head, looking at the asteroid falling from the sky, his face suddenly turning green: "Damn it, Zhao Lie, this bastard, has he gone crazy? Actually summoning an asteroid to crash into Jinling City, does he intend to perish with everyone?"
At that moment, Huang Chao cursed with despair in his voice: "Damn lunatic, a complete madman! Yellow Heaven Dao, what kind of lunacy!"
While cursing, Huang Chao quickly crawled under the stone table. Although knowing it was useless, it was still better than doing nothing and foolishly waiting for the asteroid to crash down.
As all of Jinling City fell into despair, Zhang Chen, from afar, saw Zhou Qiucheng rising into the sky and couldn’t help but sigh softly: "Without the Divine Techniques of Moving Stars and Changing Constellations, without the skill of Taking Stars and Picking the Moon, Zhou Qiucheng chose to use the Exquisite Tower’s form to withstand the meteorite—it’s truly a burden on him."
Zhang Chen sighed softly, his voice filled with emotion. After a brief contemplation, he decided he couldn’t stand idly by.
Even if Zhou Qiucheng shattered the asteroid, the explosive aftermath and the stone fragments’ impact couldn’t be withstood by Jinling City. The assault of countless fragments would leave Jinling City devastated and irrevocably lost.
Zhang Chen had to act. The Celestial Measuring Ruler slipped from his sleeve, then he looked at the asteroid swiftly crashing through the clouds. With a gentle point in the void using the ruler, the void twisted, and a flame the size of a basketball disappeared into the twisted void. In the next moment, the rapidly flying asteroid twisted, suddenly enveloped by a layer of golden-yellow flame that burst with infinite brilliance, illuminating the thousand-mile radius, and the temperature of the air rose by dozens of degrees. The asteroid persisted for just a single breath within the flame before it directly disintegrated into ashes.
The asteroid, composed of stone, was actually burned to ashes by the overwhelming power of flames—an utterly terrifying scene.
Even Zhang Chen was momentarily stunned by this scene, never expecting the power of Sun True Flame to be so overwhelming.