Chapter 1328: Longing
When An grasped the scepter, a triple crown faintly appeared above his head.
The upper, middle, and lower tiers of that triple crown were each forged from different materials, set with gems, gold, and silver, and radiated majesty. At the same time, a red carpet unfurled beneath An's feet, extending toward Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng was hardly naive enough to think the carpet was there to welcome him. He moved again at once, avoiding the carpet rolling toward him before charging straight at An. Before the triple crown above An's head could fully solidify, he had already brought his blade down in a clean, decisive slash.
An raised his scepter to meet it. This time, Hidden Sheath failed to sever the weapon in his hand. Blade and scepter collided with a crisp metallic ring.
The scepter in An's hand was clearly also a game item, and likely one of considerable quality, or it could not have blocked Hidden Sheath.
But that had only been Zhang Heng's first strike. Having seized the initiative, he had no reason to surrender it after a single blow. Just as An raised his scepter to counterattack, Zhang Heng's second slash had already arrived. An could only hold the scepter across his chest and block again, but before he could make another move, Zhang Heng's third strike came...
An had no choice but to focus completely on defusing Zhang Heng's assault.
Although several attempts to counterattack afterward failed, there was not much anxiety on his face.
Indeed, given his identity and standing in the Sumerian pantheon, being suppressed by a human was somewhat humiliating. But An had seen exceptional mortals before, such as the man named Gilgamesh.
Back then, to deal with him, the goddess Aruru had created a wild warrior named Enkidu.