218: Chapter 218 He Was Also a Sword Cultivator

Zhou Xinghe let out a light cough. "Perhaps."

You Ye rolled his aged eyes. "Since you have mastered the Time Authority, you should know how alluring its power is. Therefore, this time, I must obtain it no matter what."

Zhou Xinghe's voice was weathered. "My authority is meant to protect the world behind me."

You Ye's voice suddenly grew hurried. "What protection? What responsibility? Those are just high-sounding, pretty words! You obtained time, so of course you would say that, but I haven't. I simply crave the power to subvert everything."

Zhou Xinghe's eyes were calm. "You don't understand."

You Ye's voice was cold. "I don't understand? I climbed step by step from weakness to the king rank, and you say I don't understand…"

Zhou Xinghe's voice was very soft. "That's enough."

Xiang Chen suddenly took a step forward. "Heh, a dying man should just stay properly in his coffin…"

Zhou Xinghe lightly leaned on his walking stick.

Cyan-blue clock patterns silently emerged beneath his feet.

The intricate and ancient runes stopped right at that moment, and time froze along with them.

The wind stopped.

The flying dust and flowing blood all eerily hovered in mid-air, forming a three-dimensional, motionless relief.

"So there is a Divine Oracle involved."

Zhou Xinghe looked at the three king-ranked individuals above who were still able to move, and spoke calmly.

Between the eyebrows of those three demon kings was a scarlet-gold mark, exuding a sacred and solemn aura.

Zhou Xinghe continued, "Pity, it's just a decree; it cannot resist time."

With that,

the movements of the three demon kings gradually slowed down, just like sloths.

Zhou Xinghe stepped on the void, ascending step by step.

Massive amounts of sword qi roared out from his surroundings.

Having wielded the Time Authority for too long, many people had forgotten that the old man surnamed Zhou was also a grandmaster of the sword path!

Xiang Chen's face was filled with shock. "Why hasn't Xuanshen made a move yet!?"

His temperament had always been impatient; feeling enveloped by death at this moment, he shouted out loud.

Zong Yuan's snake pupils constricted. "He clearly said he would make a move!"

As the strongest member of the Heavenly Winged Demon Dragon Clan and also the wielder of the authority's Divine Oracle, Xuanshen held a lofty status.

They had also spent a great deal of effort to get the other party to act, yet they couldn't see his shadow at this moment.

The sun and moon in You Ye's pupils rotated. "Don't you understand yet? Xuanshen did say he would make a move, but he didn't say when he would make a move!"

The mark between their eyebrows came from the Divine Oracle: "The Law of Time cannot be imposed upon my body."

At first, You Ye thought it was just a means to guarantee the lives of the three of them, but at this moment he suddenly realized the shrewdness of that old demon.

Zong Yuan reacted. "You mean that old thing Xuanshen wants to use our hands to consume Zhou Xinghe's remaining time?"

Xiang Chen cursed loudly, "Son of a bitch old thief!"

To think there could be such a vicious old demon; no matter what, they could be considered the backbone of the Demon Clan, yet they were just abandoned like this by him?

The sun and moon in You Ye's eyes flowed. "Within the talent of the Sun and Moon Demon Gods, there is a portion of the ability regarding 'speed and slowness'. I will open up a domain."

With that,

the sun and moon inside You Ye's pupils actually drifted out, rotating around him like a breathtakingly beautiful track of stars.

It was also at this time that, within the domain shrouded by the sun and moon, his movements returned to normal.

This was also thanks to the power of the Divine Oracle between his eyebrows; if not for it, he would probably have been directly frozen by the Time Authority, unable to even turn his thoughts.

Yet the more it was like this, the more You Ye's heart bled.

Because this was precisely Xuanshen's scheme—Xuanshen simply hoped that the three of them could consume Zhou Xinghe's time to the maximum extent.

You Ye said, "I will help you recover your movements, and you will unleash your spells to attack."

This sun and moon domain of his consumed a huge amount of his origin source and could no longer support the use of other spells.

This was the most reasonable tactical arrangement at present.

The sun and moon domain enlarged bit by bit, enveloping both Xiang Chen and Zong Yuan inside.

Knowing the urgency of the moment, Xiang Chen and Zong Yuan hurriedly nodded. "Brother You Ye still has more tricks up his sleeve. We'll fight him to the death."

Zhou Xinghe brought his thumbs together and pointed at that sun and moon domain.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Pure white sword qi danced wildly like dragons and snakes, charging forward and stirring up a current of storm qi, filled with a sense of bleakness and slaughter.

Zong Yuan's snake scale shield protected his left side, while Xiang Chen's elephant armor protected his right side.

Even so, they still felt immense pressure.

Xiang Chen was puzzled. "We have temporarily resisted the power of his authority, why is he still so strong?"

You Ye said in a deep voice, "The number one martial artist in Huaxia for the past two hundred years, do you really think he relies solely on authority?"

Zhou Xinghe raised his wrist.

Every single strand of his sword qi was even more formidable than the "Sword Saint Cui Ping's sword qi" used by Shen Xingchen as a trump card.

And such sword qi was so abundant that the old man could never use it all up!

The tsunami-like pure white sword qi coiled around that sun and moon domain like pythons.

Xiang Chen grew anxious. "We won't last long like this!"

You Ye's tone also became irritable. "Then why aren't you pulling out your family's signature skill?"

The tusks shed by Xiang Chen's Dark Iron Giant Elephant Clan after growing to the king rank were top-tier treasures coveted by other kings.

Speaking of offensive methods, the Snake Demons, Dragon Demons, and Sun and Moon Demon Gods of the three major clans were naturally more domineering.

But when it came to defense, no one could surpass the Dark Iron Giant Elephant Clan.

Xiang Chen gritted his teeth. "Fine, fine, fine!"

Now was the time to risk their lives; no matter how precious the tusks were, he had to part with them.

With a loud roar, pitch-black tusks flew out from within his body.

The entire body of the tusks was inscribed with profound runes, which would light up with a faint glow along the ridges of the teeth, forming a honeycomb-like shield around them.

This time, it actually managed to block the torrent of pure white sword qi.

Just as the three demon kings breathed a sigh of relief,

a trace of an imperceptible smile appeared at the corner of Zhou Xinghe's mouth.

He spread his palm open, then abruptly clenched it into a fist.

"Raise the sword!"

The torrent of sword qi, originally as thick as pythons, gathered together once more, forming a giant sword that propped up the heavens.

The tip of the sword exuded an incomparably sharp and terrifying aura.

Swish!

This sword thrust down.

Even the shield constructed by the tusks began to show cracks.

With a loud bang,

the tusk shield shattered, and the sun and moon domain collapsed.

Countless strands of sword qi dispersed once more, tearing towards the three demon kings like countless locusts.

Zong Yuan and the other two were filled with terror.

In their wildest dreams, they never expected that even combining the power of the three of them could not stop the old man surnamed Zhou.

Just how strong was this old man who spanned two centuries!?

Right at this moment,

"Heh, Mr. Zhou truly lives up to his name as the backbone of the human race!"

An untimely laugh shattered the frozen time.

That was a human figure dressed in a black brocade robe with dragon horns growing from his head.

Although his hair was completely white, it was meticulously groomed. One could tell he seemed to have a bit of mysophobia; his clothes and appearance were immaculate.

Zhou Xinghe raised his murky eyes to look over.

He was not surprised by the appearance of this fiend.

Xuanshen!