Chapter 146: Chapter 146: Swift and Decisive

“You, no, Your…”

Chen Yingyu was startled as she raised her head to look at the figure that seemed to be surrounded by billions of stars, as if she had received some inspiration, “Are you the Ziwei Emperor?!”

It was her “Siming” mask that provided her with this information.

It automatically recognized the “Ziwei” mask.

However, as soon as she uttered these words, an emotion of extreme shock filled Chen Yingyu’s heart.

Being a member of the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, and having once watched the Zhou Tian Star Chart, she naturally knew very well what “Ziwei” meant.

Such a position couldn’t even be called a “Star Officer”, this was the lord of all stars, the Grandmaster of all phenomena, this was the Ziwei Celestial Emperor, the supreme deity.

This was the ruler of all Star Officers in the entire Zhou Tian Star Chart.

How could someone acquire such a “stellar position”?

Too unbelievable.

Was this a new member who had just joined the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer?

A comrade?

Although his cultivation seemed not to be very high, his temperament was certainly not that of an ordinary person.

“By luck, I gained the recognition of the ‘Ziwei’ star position, but I do not dare to call myself Emperor,” Zhou Heng said with a faint smile, stepping forward and adding, “You are infected with ghost qi, I will help you expel it.”

“To expel ghost qi for another requires Celestial Power…” Chen Yingyu thought that Zhou Heng was a newbie in the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer and was not aware of this, so she hastily reminded him.

But before she could finish her sentence, she felt a broad palm press onto her shoulder.

Immediately after, she felt a warm current enter her body, a tingling sensation arose, and she experienced an indescribable comfort.

Chen Yingyu felt as if the tingling current were a warm snake traveling through her body, wherever it went seemed to be illuminated by the warm sun, and it quickly moved to her legs.

It was as if the winter snow met the blazing sun, her legs which had been cold to the bone and immovable, as if frozen, “melted” away immediately after the current passed through.

After a short while, Chen Yingyu felt her legs return to their normal sensation and became movable again.

“How is this possible??” She couldn’t help but widen her eyes, disbelievingly sensing the situation within her body, then raising her head to look at Zhou Heng, gratefully saying, “Thank you, Emperor!”

This was too unbelievable.

The ghost qi inside her body was expelled just like that, seemingly without any effort, as if the ghost qi that had previously taken hold inside her was not ghost qi at all, but merely ordinary cold qi.

Moreover, what shocked Chen Yingyu the most was that this “Ziwei Emperor”, judging by his inner qi, seemed to only be at the peak of Eighth Rank, and yet he expelled the ghost qi so effortlessly.

Too miraculous.

“Don’t thank me yet, we have visitors,” Zhou Heng said as he grabbed Chen Yingyu’s hand to help her up, turned to look outside, and smiled, “Since they’re here, why hide any longer?”

“Visitors?” Chen Yingyu was first stunned, and then her expression changed dramatically, she exclaimed in horror, “No, there are ghost creatures! Emperor, let’s get out of here quickly, there are too many ghost creatures lurking around here, once one discovers us, the rest will follow!”

“No need to panic,” Zhou Heng replied with a calm smile, unhurriedly walking out of the shed and adding, “I’ll count to three, if they don’t show themselves by then, they need not come out at all.”

Chen Yingyu watched the tall, slender figure in the shed, slightly distracted; he was standing in front of her – was he planning to confront the ghost creatures with the strength of an Eighth Rank?

To buy time for her to escape?

This feeling left her somewhat at a loss, as she had always fought alone, whether in the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer or within her own sect.

No one had ever stood in front of her like this to protect her.

“Three!”

Just then, Zhou Heng spoke, going straight to three, and almost at the same moment, he charged out and arrived at the corner of the courtyard.

Boom!

With a punch, he smashed down with horrifying force, causing the ground to tremble immediately. The brick-and-stone pavement formed a deep pit, and a ghost creature that was previously hiding there in stealth was instantly forced to reveal itself.

However, upon revealing itself, the powerful punch along with the innate Power of Pure Yang decimated it swiftly, turning it into countless fragments and igniting golden flames, burning it to ashes in an instant.

It didn’t even have time to let out a scream.

“Congratulations! You have killed a weak enemy ‘Yue Chong’, Fortune Bag [Copper] +1.”

The notification rang out.

Zhou Heng stood up, brushed the dust off his body, and chuckled, “Really lacks vigilance.”

His statement about “counting to three” was actually just a smokescreen he had used.

After all, he had just now not used any martial arts, merely channeling his inner qi to deliver a powerful punch.

If he didn’t use a little trick, he might not have succeeded.

Besides, counting to three starts from three, isn’t that common knowledge?

This ghost creature has no culture.

“Just now, just now that was a Seventh Rank ghost creature… I’ve seen it before.” Chen Yingyu was stunned, her delicate and beautiful face beneath the mask filled with astonishment, “You, you used just one punch??”

She even began to doubt her life, wondering if she had experienced a hallucination just then?

That was a ghost creature!

Moreover, it was a Seventh Rank ghost creature; under normal circumstances, only a Third Rank Celestial Man would have the ability to utterly exterminate it.

Even for someone from the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer, they had to beat it to the point of no resistance before they could deploy Taoist formulas and draw on the power of the Zhou Tian’s stars to exterminate it.

But what happened just now??

Without using Taoist formulas, without drawing on the power of the Zhou Tian stars, just by smashing with a fist, a Seventh Rank ghost creature was directly turned into ash!

What’s more absurd is this person was only at the Eighth Rank of the Martial Path.

This, how is this possible??!

Could this be the miraculous aspect of the Ziwei Emperor’s star position?

It must be too powerful!!

Chen Yingyu couldn’t help but inwardly exclaim in amazement at Zhou Heng, her gaze completely fixated on him, almost completely mesmerized.

“Let’s go,” Zhou Heng turned and said to Chen Yingyu.

“Ah?” Chen Yingyu came back to her senses, still full of confusion, tilting her head and muttering in bewilderment, “Go where?”

“Just wandering around,” Zhou Heng said with a smile.

…

In the underground grotto beneath Ansong County City.

The figure in the archaic armor who sat on the central throne suddenly stood up, the ghostly blue flames on his body suddenly surged, and he said solemnly, “Yue Chong is dead.”

The dozen or so other battle-ready figures wearing tattered armor instantly emanated layers of ghostly blue flames, seemingly quite shaken by this news.

Apart from these dozen “people,” there were other ordinary ghost creatures in the grotto, mostly at the Eighth and Ninth Grades, totaling twenty to thirty in number.

Upon hearing the man’s words, their faces too revealed expressions of utter shock.

“This, this, General Yue Chong was comparable to a Seventh Rank Warrior, and he had the ability to conceal himself and escape detection, how could he die?”

“Could it be, could it be that a Celestial Man has come?”

“Is it possible that the Zhou Tian Boundary Officer dispatched a Celestial Man to rescue Siming??”

These little ghost creatures were not very brave; hearing this news, they all inevitably started to fear, extremely worried.

“Shut up!”

The man on the central throne shouted sharply, then opened his mouth to suck in, immediately swallowing the ten little ghosts who had been the loudest, crunching and grinding them to pieces and swallowing them down.

“He has a Pure Yang Body, I have already sensed that delicious aroma!!” The man grinned, a little ghost’s head falling from his mouth, “Once I eat him, I will instantly return to my prime! Hahahaha!!”

“Great King is mighty!!”

“Great King’s divine power!!”

The grotto immediately resonated with voices of praise, all from the remaining little ghosts shouting.

They all did not want to die.

As for those dozen or so closest to the throne, they stayed silent, heads bowed, standing there as if everything happening around them had nothing to do with them.

Boom!!

Just at that moment, the grotto suddenly collapsed, a loud bang rang out, and then dazzling golden light pierced through the dust and debris, shining through.

Several Ninth Grade little ghosts were illuminated by this golden light and spontaneously combusted, turning to ash in the blink of an eye; the Eighth Grade ghosts also hurriedly covered their eyes, but their skin was still scorched severely, and they screamed out in pain.

Only those dozen core ghost creatures in tattered armor seemed to be unaffected, standing there and slowly turning their heads to look towards the source of the golden light.

Whoosh!

A sudden whirlwind arose, scattering the dust raised by the collapse of the grotto, and a figure donning an imperial mask and wearing a luxurious purple robe, with a majestic demeanor, slowly walked in.

Layer upon layer of golden light emerged from him, like a blazing golden flame containing an incredibly intense Power of Pure Yang.

It was Zhou Heng.

Chen Yingyu stood behind him, still shaken.

Zhou Heng looked around and finally set his gaze on the figure in the central seat, then opened both palms, operating the Innate Pure Yang Inner Qi, and lightning suddenly flashed!

“Evil spirits of darkness, perish!!”