Defeat! (2/3)

"Go!" Gongyang Taisun shouted. All the azure radiance immediately surged wildly toward Zhou Heng, transforming one by one into all kinds of plants and towering trees, turning the entire arena into a world of green.

Zhou Heng held his right hand level, and the Black Sword gave a light flick.

Shatter!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Wherever the Sword Qi passed, the azure light instantly dimmed. The Black Sword itself brimmed with destructive power, and now that Zhou Heng had drawn inferences from one instance to grasp another application of the Scripture—

Since he knew how to use it, he naturally knew how to break it!

Perhaps his own strength alone would not have been enough, but with the Black Sword added to the mix, he could do it with complete ease!

The sky-filling green light swiftly dissipated entirely. Gongyang Taisun frowned deeply, as though he were a dog biting a hedgehog—utterly unable to get his teeth into it.

Zhou Heng smiled faintly. "Is that all you can do? How boring. I suppose I'll have to end this tedious battle and go collect the wager to count my money!"

"Don't think you've won!" Gongyang Taisun roared. The Cloudpiercer Sword whirled like lightning as he unleashed every supreme technique he possessed. He had originally not intended to use these trump cards; they were meant for opponents like Bing Xinzhu, the other three geniuses of his generation. After all, what genius like them did not keep a few ultimate moves hidden up their sleeves?

But if he did not use them now, he would lose to Zhou Heng!

Defeat? He would never accept defeat!

With a thought, golden light immediately flared from the Black Sword. At last, Zhou Heng applied the runes of the Blood River Scripture to the Black Sword—there were probably only