Chapter 552: Chapter 551 Gloomy
"Sparring? Fine! But we’ll have to wait a few more days, I’ve got some very important matters to handle!"
"You..."
Zhang Haoyu’s eyes narrowed slightly, his expression growing a shade darker.
"Let’s go!"
Zhang Haoyu turned around and, with his two lackeys in tow, headed down a different path.
...
Liu Zheng watched the trio’s fading silhouettes and couldn’t help but shake his head slightly.
"It seems my luck is truly poor, having just set foot in Skywolf City and already I’ve managed to provoke a wastrel disciple of this place!"
"However... such pampered young masters are the most difficult and easiest to deal with at the same time!"
"No matter what, I will not be scared!"
After that, Liu Zheng entered a tavern.
The tavern was Liu Zheng’s property.
Although it was just an ordinary tavern, whenever Liu Zheng went out to buy things, he always headed straight to this tavern, because he had no resources left on him to sustain his cultivation.
...
Outside Skywolf City.
There was a massive rock which towered a hundred meters high, the most conspicuous structure in Skywolf City!
Above the rock floated a bright, full moon.
Under the moonlight’s embrace, the giant rock seemed to emit a gentle glow.
At the base of the rock lay a vast, undulating prairie!
The prairie, under the illumination of the moonlight, shimmered with a verdant luster, appearing very beautiful.
And at the edge of the prairie stood a forest with towering ancient trees!
Within the forest, some beasts growled lowly.
The beasts here were fiercer than those within Skywolf City and possessed tremendous strength!
However, Liu Zheng didn’t care about these things.
Because his soul had reached the level of the Divine Emperor, making his sensitivity to danger far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Thus, despite the numerous dangers, Liu Zheng could still survive unscathed.
Atop the rock stood an old man.
He was dressed in white robes, holding a folding fan in his hand and donning a playful smile at the corner of his mouth.
This man was none other than an ancestor of the Zhang Family, Zhang Tiancheng.
Zhang Tiancheng’s gaze locked onto the prairie below and murmured, "Liu Zheng, oh Liu Zheng, you are a candidate of exceptional talent who I have my eye on, but I never expected you to be a cultivator at the Martial Apprentice Realm!"
...
"Look, doesn’t that look like an ancient castle over there?"
Suddenly, an exclamation rang out and reached everyone’s ears.
Soon after, a group of cultivators rushed towards the ancient castle.
The strength of these cultivators was mostly at the martial master level.
However, some among them were particularly fast!
They were Disciples sent by the major families for training!
But on this prairie, there were many fearsome beasts, and for them to snatch treasures from the jaws of these beasts would be very difficult.
"Liu Zheng, shall we check out that ancient castle?" Chen Xue suggested.
"Mm!" Liu Zheng responded.
Then, Liu Zheng followed Chen Xue to the base of the castle!
In Liu Zheng’s vision, at the base of the castle, there were two guards on watch.
However, upon seeing Liu Zheng, scorn was apparent in the guards’ eyes.
In their view, the idea that a youth at the Martial Apprentice Realm could enter the castle was utterly absurd!
"Scram!" one of the guards barked loudly.
"On what grounds are you telling me to scram? I’m a new Disciple, don’t you know to show me some respect?"
Hearing the guard’s words, anger filled Liu Zheng’s face!
"Scram!" the guard shouted coldly again.
Deep in his eyes, however, was a look of disdain and contempt.
To him, the young man before him was an idiot, even if he were a genius!
"You!"
Liu Zheng was utterly infuriated by the word, and with a loud shout, he charged towards the two men.
His fist transformed into a golden ape, carrying with it a fearsome gale, and he struck hard at the two guards.
The guards had never anticipated that Liu Zheng would be so presumptuous as to provoke them actively.
Watching Liu Zheng’s move, the two guards sneered and likewise swung their long knives fiercely to meet the attack.
Bang!
Two muffled sounds!
The long knives in the hands of the guards clashed instantly with the golden fists.
Suddenly, a violent surge of energy swept out wildly.
To their shock, Liu Zheng’s fists had actually shattered the weapons of the two guards.
The faces of the guards turned pale in an instant!
"Incredible! His body is so powerful!"
"How is this possible? My weapon is a mid-grade Spiritual Artifact!"
...
Liu Zheng paid no heed to these guards and continued to charge forward.
However, the two guards were well-prepared.
They both used evasion techniques, quickly dodging Liu Zheng’s attacks.
After avoiding Liu Zheng’s assaults, a serious expression appeared on their faces.
This young man actually possessed strength comparable to a martial king!
His physical prowess was unbelievably supernatural!
"Hmph!"
Liu Zheng let out a cold snort and continued his pursuit.
At this moment, the two guards had already surrounded Liu Zheng.
"Kid, if you know what’s good for you, get lost! Otherwise, we won’t mind cutting you down!" one guard said.
Liu Zheng’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and he scanned the surroundings, saying, "I’d like to see how you’ll cut me down!"
Then, Liu Zheng threw another punch, landing it squarely on the chests of the two guards.
Splat!
The two men spat blood and tumbled backward!
"So strong! This Liu Zheng is truly extraordinary!" a guard stated.
"Be careful!" the other one warned.
Afterward, the two guards lunged at Liu Zheng once more.
Their figures shot toward Liu Zheng like cannonballs.
Seeing this, Liu Zheng sneered coldly.
"Hmph! Courting death!"
With a snort, Liu Zheng suddenly leaped up, landing directly onto an ancient tree.
Then, with a graceful touch on the branches, he landed nimbly on the ground.
After that, he looked down at the two men below.
"Heh heh!"
At this sight, the two guards burst into laughter.
This young man was surely too arrogant!
So what if he was a martial king?
What did it matter if he had strength comparable to a martial emperor?
Did he think that no demon beasts roamed this grassland?
As the two sneered, Liu Zheng started moving.
Whoosh!
Liu Zheng’s figure flickered through the void.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared behind one of them.
"Scram!"
Liu Zheng shouted deeply.
The man’s body suddenly froze in midair as if turned to stone, motionless in its place!
Then, a column of blood gushed out in the air!
"Ahh!!!"
Following that, the man screamed and fell heavily to the ground, twitched a few times, then lay motionless!
"What!?"
Seeing this, shock covered the face of the other guard.
A look of horror crossed his expression.
That move was too eerie!
Liu Zheng’s action seemed almost like instant teleportation!
