Chapter 319.
In this wide courtyard, the black long knife in Zhou An’s hand, righteously pushed ever closer towards the front.
Dense cracks had appeared on the golden coins, and they were gradually expanding as the long knife stabbed into them without any hesitation.
The Money Monarch’s entire body went numb, he could feel that at this moment, Zhou An really wanted to kill him, and could also feel that dangerous odor that kept echoing in this kind of wide courtyard.
He had heard of Zhou An, and knew from Liu Dezhong that Zhou An was an existence that could fell up against the odds.
However, he truly did not expect that the so-called Against the Odds Faltering Up would be so outrageous.
To be able to hit the All Saints realm with the Tongling realm was already considered outrageous.
To be able to hit the Absolute Enlightenment realm, that had really never happened before, and now to be able to touch an ordinary Ascension realm was simply unimaginable.
Although the Money Monarch himself was also clear that this ordinary Ascension Realm of his own was actually a bit of a misnomer.
He purely relied on the accumulation of years, and the real Ascension Realm, there is still some gap, but no matter what, he is also considered to have entered the threshold of the Ascension Realm, right?
After entering this threshold, he was still beaten into this kind of a pussy, and would probably be laughed at ten thousand times when he said it.
Now, if he really gave Money Monarch a chance to choose, he definitely wouldn’t come over, he would choose to slip away first.
The Money Monarch looked at the cracks on the coins, and then put away all the thoughts that he had just had.
“Powerful indeed, I really didn’t think that there would be a top genius like you in this world, but it’s not like I don’t have a backhand.” The Money Monarch sneered.
After living these countless years, although he was lingering, he had finally survived.
After living over, to be honest, he actually still had a lot of underhanded means.
But not to the moment of crisis, is absolutely will not be used, because each means, represents a price, and is unable to bear the cost.
Now to the moment of crisis, also to the time to use.
As for the so-called cost, which was more important than saving one’s life?
Without any hesitation, the Money Monarch propelled the air within his body.
In the next moment, the money that was holding up the black long sword suddenly broke apart, with only that small piece holding up above the tip of the black long sword.
The rest, turned into countless pieces, spreading towards the surroundings.
In the blink of an eye, these shattered pieces of money split into two, two into four, four into eight, and turned into countless fragments that spread across the sky.
Each fragment was connected by golden threads, like a money net that covered the sky.
The Money Monarch was a martial artist in this line of work, and within this line of work, he specialized in this strange weapon.
The money net was his last resort.
That huge money, was kept by him all this time.
And when it shattered at this time, it also meant that his reserves were used up by him.
As long as it stuck to this money net, nothing else, in a matter of moments, it would be cut into countless pieces.
Every golden silk thread was incredibly sharp, and every piece of money was incredibly heavy.
Even if the silk threads couldn’t cut the enemy, after the pieces of money fell, they would still trap the person inside, unable to escape.
At that time, he would then use other means to kill the person trapped inside.
The Money Monarch had figured out today that this person Zhou An must die, and he must not be allowed to live.
Being alive would be a huge and incomparable scourge.
At this moment, the money net was free falling, dropping down towards Zhou An, but Zhou An looked at the money net and did not waver.
He didn’t even want to take out the iron pot, but instead swayed his feet.
In the next moment, the Demonic Shadow Thousand was used by him.
One Zhou An after another appeared in this wide and incomparable courtyard.
The Money Monarch’s eyes widened, only feeling like his three views were about to shatter.
He had seen some experts who were proficient in body techniques, and those experts were also able to transform into virtual shadows, but that was always virtual.
However, in front of him, at this moment, Zhou An, every shadow, was real, and there was no falsehood in it.
“What kind of weird ability is this? I’ve lived for so long, but I’ve never even seen it before?”
When the Money Monarch saw this, his heart was shaken.
“Is it hard to believe that he’s some old monster who has survived until now through some method?”
He could only come to this conclusion because what was happening in front of him was truly unbelievable.
Even in the era of the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, where geniuses came and went, there was no one this outrageous.
Zhou An didn’t care what he thought as he slowly raised his long black blade.
Subsequently, as he made this action, the ten thousand demonic shadows, similarly raised the long black knives in their hands.
Above the tip of each blade, all of them were pointing straight up to the sky, and an endless amount of ebony-blue colored blade light, each shadow coupled with Zhou An’s movements, blossomed above the tips of the blades.
And not only that, behind each shadow, there were twenty meter tall Holy Spirit Evil Demon Bodies, filling up the entire area.
Each Holy Spirit Evil Demon Body, too, swung out an auburn-colored blade light.
When the azure-colored blade light emerged, the text incantations on it also began to flash, and all sorts of bonuses reached their peak at this moment.
The ebony-blue blade light collided with the money net, and in just the blink of an eye, the money net turned into endless ashes.
Zhou An shook his head indifferently, “You don’t even have the qualifications to let me out of the pot, you don’t deserve to die on my pot.”
As the words fell, Zhou An’s figure flashed, bringing out countless more demonic shadows, and the person had already arrived in front of the Money Monarch.
The Money Monarch only felt his sweaty hairs explode and his body was covered in ice.
He raised his right hand, and on top of his right hand, it was covered with densely-packed money, converging into two pairs of gloves.
Clang!
A sound of gold and iron clanking came out as the Money Monarch held Zhou An’s long black blade.
But the next moment, the countless thousands of demonic shadows similarly handed out their long knives.
Each blade, stuck in each of the Money Monarch’s weak spots.
“Ah!”
The Money Monarch shouted out, tilting his head back and roaring, only to feel intense pain coming from him, making him incomparably uncomfortable.
On his body, as the long black blade passed through, the tip of the blade penetrated through his body, bringing out a splash of blood.
Zhou An stretched out his hand and pinched the Money Monarch’s neck, faintly saying, “It hurts, doesn’t it?”
The Money Monarch couldn’t even cry out at this point, as Zhou An’s thumb, pressed on his throat, was gradually increasing its strength.
The pain came, and the sense of death was even more surging.
The Money Monarch wanted to struggle, but every time he struggled for a minute, he felt the numbness from the wounds on his body gradually deepen.
And this numbness is still gradually spreading, so that he can not help but tremble.
The Money Monarch trembled and said, “You also know how to use poison!”
Zhou An lifted the Money Monarch up, letting his feet dangle in the air and smiled, “Poison is something that I still use very well, so now it’s time for me to give you a choice.”
The Money Monarch’s eyes widened and his voice had shaken to a violent level, “What choice do you …… you want to give me?”
Zhou An’s left hand flipped down, choking the Money Monarch’s neck and flinging it to the ground with force.
The ground, was thrown out of a large pit.
The land around the Money Monarch’s body was cracked from the fall.
After Zhou An did this, he raised his foot and stepped on the Money Monarch’s face, rubbing it hard.
The Money Monarch’s head, stepped on by Zhou An into the dirt, with only half of it exposed.
On his face, a look of indignation appeared, but other than indignation, he was powerless to resist at all.
Zhou An said with a smirk, “I hate it when people give me choices, because in this world, I’m the only one who gives others choices, now you have two choices, one is to die, and the other is to give a frank explanation, how you choose, it’s up to you.”
After saying that, Zhou An’s hand that was lifting the black long knife upside down loosened, and the black long knife fell freely, sticking in the land that was less than two fingers away from the money gentleman’s face.
The black long knife with its chilling light shimmered, and under the moonlight, it seemed like an ice-cold killing machine.
The Money Monarch turned his head, trembling slightly.
Especially after feeling the wind of the black long knife falling down, the trembling became even more violent.
He was afraid of death, he was really afraid of death, if he wasn’t afraid of death, he wouldn’t have survived until now.
He had come to find Zhou An, also because he felt that he was able to crush and kill Zhou An in seconds, and after killing him, he would leave as soon as possible, that was why he had personally come over to find him.
But he was really afraid.
Afraid that Zhou An would come down with a knife and cut off his own head.
Because he had also heard Liu Dezhong say that in Zhou An’s hands, being able to leave a whole body was considered the best.
In particular, Zhou An’s aunt who was highly powerful was bragged to an extremely high level in the Jianghu.
That was because the aunt had not turned into ashes in Zhou An’s hands, but had only been cut into equal fifty-six parts.
That was something to be proud of as well.
Therefore, in order to stay alive at this moment, the Money Monarch did not dare to hide anything from him.
The Money Monarch was stepped on in the dirt by Zhou An, only half of his mouth could move, but he still said loudly, “I’ll say it, I’ll say it all, I’ll say whatever you want to know.”
When those words were finished, before Zhou An could ask, he saw several figures, descending from the sky.
Eunuch Wei led the way, followed by several eunuchs from the palace, falling from the sky.
These eunuchs, all of them were top-notch experts, and all of them were Eunuch Wei’s close confidants, personally trained by Eunuch Wei after he switched to the eunuch profession.
The fight between Zhou An and the Money Monarch naturally drew attention, especially the twenty meter tall Holy Spirit Evil Demon Body, it would be a lie not to draw attention to it, so Eunuch Wei rushed over first.
“What happened?” Eunuch Wei looked at the Money Monarch who was stepped on by Zhou An, tucked his hands into his sleeves, and raised his eyebrows, “Pseudo Ascended Heavens Realm?”
“What is the Pseudo Ascension Realm?” Zhou An sniffed and asked.
Eunuch Wei replied, “It is the Ascended Heavens realm that has been reached after a long period of time, although it is also considered the Ascended Heavens realm, it is looked down upon because this kind of purely does this just to live and extend their lifespan.”
Saying that, Eunuch Wei came in front of this Money Monarch and also felt the sense of age on the Money Monarch’s body.
“Hehe, this person has lived quite a long life, but it seems like he doesn’t have much longevity left.” Eunuch Wei was slightly curious.
The Money Monarch looked at Eunuch Wei and his body shook even faster.
He was truly surprised that Eunuch Wei had such a powerful aura on him.
Although Eunuch Wei kept his hands tucked into his sleeves as if he was an ordinary old man, only he could see what a terrifying air was behind Eunuch Wei.
“An old man from the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms.” Zhou An let go of his foot, and in passing, he used the face of the Money Monarch and wiped the mud on the bottom of his foot, “Came over to find trouble with me, and then I caught him, and he became like this.”
Eunuch Wei showed an interested look in his eyes, “There are still remnants of the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, interesting, really interesting, when I was young, I used to think that if I was born in the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, and was able to meet those masters for a while, how refreshing it would be.”
Between the two of them, another figure descended from the sky.
The Chief Secretary carried the Cold Ice Blazing Fire Gun, dragging the tip of the gun on the ground, and came before Zhou An.
After Zhou An had told Zhou An what had happened again, in detail, the Chief Secretary swept a glance at the Money Monarch.
“Leave it to me, after entering the Zhen Gui Si, if he doesn’t want to talk, he’ll have to.”
Zhou An was happy to be free, nodding his head and agreeing, “I’ll go over with you guys.”
It was now late at night, and Zhou An was curious as to where the Money Gentleman had come from and what secrets he was carrying.
The Chief Minister and Eunuch Wei glanced at each other, then nodded and led the way in front.
Zhou An didn’t make a fuss either, and holding Black Jade, he followed behind the two, rushing towards the location of the Zhen Gui Division.
Since the territory had already been divided, then this place also belonged within the boundaries of the Great Chu Kingdom, so there was also the Zhen Gui Division established here.
And since there were still some disturbances here that hadn’t been calmed down, the Chief Division would stay here for the time being to lead the operations here first.
As soon as this place was stabilized, new people would come over.
It wasn’t long before Zhou An, Eunuch Wei and the others, arrived at where the Zhen Gui Division was located.
The d茅cor inside was no different from that of the Great Chu Kingdom, and Zhou An was also the Sijing of the Zhen Gui Division, so it was convenient for him to be here, and he was also very familiar with the place.
The cell head responsible for the punishment within the dungeon was ready at this time.
After seeing the Money Monarch, he dragged the Money Monarch’s legs and just dragged them all the way to a cell.
It didn’t take long for the screams to come out.
While Zhou An and Eunuch Wei, as well as the Chief Secretary, the three of them sat down in front of a table in the cell, on which wine and good food had already been prepared.
A few people ate and drank while listening to the screams in the cell, but also felt that it was not bad.
This kind of screaming sound, than those singing girls playing the pipa blowing jade xiao sound, are much better to listen to.
After about an incense stick of time, the cell head dragged the feet of the money gentleman and walked out from inside, carrying a piece of paper in his hand.
Zhou An put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile, “Asked out so quickly?”
The cell head nodded, “This person is not a hardened person, his bones are too soft, and before the Zhen Gui Si’s penalties could be used for a few, he confessed to all of them.”
Saying that, the cell head handed this piece of paper to the table, and walked to the inner room, leaving the place to Zhou An and the others.
The Money Monarch collapsed on the ground, his body twitching every now and then, his face a color of despair.
Only he knew exactly what horrors he had experienced inside that cell.
This was considered a horrible punishment inside the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms.
Zhou An didn’t bother with him, instead, he propped the piece of paper open, and the two of them, Eunuch Wei and the Chief Secretary, carefully read it.
When they finished reading the content, Zhou An was the only one with an expression that was rather odd.
What was written on the paper, was that during the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, there was a part of the people, who opened up a space alone to hide, and hid the key outside, which could never be opened from the inside.
As for the specific location, after the change of time, as well as a variety of geographical changes, even if it is mentioned, do not know where it is.
But there is a question here as to how the Money Monarch came out.
Very outrageous!
The Money Monarch said that he was fished out by a fishing rod.
When he was fished out, in an unknown space, the fishhook suddenly unhooked, so he landed outside.
“A fishing rod can also catch this thing?” Eunuch Wei stroked his chin and said, “Which expert from the Miscellaneous Sect is this again?”
The Chief Minister similarly nodded his head and said, “The world is a big place, and there are some experts who are hidden, and it is true that they can’t be found if they don’t show themselves.”
Only Zhou An’s face, grew more and more odd.
He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have caught something while casting one day, but when he pulled it out, there was nothing on the hook.
Zhou An guessed at that time that it should be that the level of the skill Trick Fishing was too low.
After all, it was only level five, so it was normal for the hook to come off.
Now it seemed as if it was really him fishing.
However, this thing can fish people out, it is a bit outrageous.
Zhou An thought of this and coughed gently, “If I’m not wrong, the expert you guys are talking about should be me.”
When these words were finished, Eunuch Wei and the Chief Secretary turned their heads in unison and looked at him with an exaggerated look.
Zhou An helplessly said, “Fishing, and Shi Xi Yuan learned, which man doesn’t love fishing?”
In his previous life, those old fishing brothers, Zhou An was the one who felt the most outrageous.
He felt that he threw a rod every day, in fact, can only be considered a novice.
Of course, this kind of novice protection period was lengthened accordingly.
Let’s say fishing out the Money Monarch, this kind of outrageous thing, belonged to the novice protection period, right?
After the Money Monarch lying on the ground heard Zhou Wan’s words, he violently turned his head and looked at Zhou An with a surprised look.
He suddenly felt that this behavior of his today was really a bit of a death wish.
After being fished out by Zhou An and then going to find Zhou An, what was this if not a death wish?
It would be better to stay honestly, and then look for the space they opened up in the first place, release all those people, and then plan the later things together.
Now, I blame myself for being too arrogant, relying on my years to reach a kind of pseudo Heaven Ascension realm, I was so arrogant that I wanted to establish a wave of great achievements before releasing those companions.
Now, instead of making a great achievement, he had gotten himself killed.
Eunuch Wei and the Chief Minister glanced at each other, but their faces were extremely calm.
For others to have such an ability, they might feel surprised, but for Zhou An to have such an ability, the two of them were not surprised at all.
After all, this was Zhou An.
This was something that had happened to Zhou An, and anything more outrageous was considered normal.
“It seems that there is still a lot of trouble to follow.” Eunuch Wei fell into deep thought, “I didn’t expect those people from the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms to have survived through the endless years, perhaps our future enemies may be more than just bizarre.”
Those people of the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms, each and every one of them is a good hand in each, except for this Money Gentleman who is not worthy of his name, most of the other people, are killed in blood and fire.
These people, not to mention other things, just that kind of combat experience, it is fierce.
“This is something that has to be communicated.” The Chief Minister rubbed his hand against the body of the Cold Ice Blazing Fire Gun and said, “Not only Your Majesty, but also Emperor Yun Qi of the Great Yue Country, all of them have to say something about it, after all, after destroying the Barbarian Country, we have to make preparations for all of these things as well.”
If it hadn’t been known in advance, there might not have been any problem.
But now that it was known, one had to be prepared for everything.
Even at a top level like theirs today, a lion fighting a rabbit was still going to use its full strength.
Afterward, Zhou An discussed with Eunuch Wei and the others, and Eunuch Wei and the Chief Secretary left, intending to inform the top of these matters.
As for the Money Gentleman, he was also taken away by them.
Under the leadership of two peak Ascending Heavenly Realms, a Pseudo Ascending Heavenly Realm wouldn’t be able to make any waves at all.
As for Zhou An, he did not follow along, he still had to go back now.
There were a bit too many things to do, after all, he was close to the All Saints Realm, already.
Nowadays, thanks to the enhancement of all the skills, plus the boost from reading ten thousand scrolls, he was already able to fight and kill the Pseudo Ascension Realm.
He was now looking forward to the fact that if he reached the All Saints realm, perhaps an ordinary Ascended Heavens realm wouldn’t be able to make any waves in front of him.
Therefore, Zhou An now, really wanted to turn a deaf ear to everything outside the window and liver up his skills first.
After leaving the Zhen Gui Si, Zhou An took the black jade and went all the way back to his home.
At the moment, the courtyard was in a state of disrepair, traces left behind after the battle just now.
Zhou An planned to call the people from the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, to come over and repair it, so he would just make do with this for tonight.
Taking Black Jade with him, the two of them came to the pond at the back and jumped in together.
Zhou An leaned against the edge of the puddle, resting his hand on it, while his other hand, wrapped around Black Jade, and fell into deep thought.
“It seems that the use of storing proficiency needs to be changed.”
Zhou An did not have a liver skill first now, but was thinking that he could perhaps operate both ways.
While livering Xingfengzhuang, he would then use the stored proficiency on Guile Fishing, and by the time Xingfengzhuang reached a qualitative change, Guile Fishing could also be upgraded to a certain level.
And the Guile Fishing after it was upgraded would be good in case it allowed one to catch more things.
Zhou An now, had a brand new idea.
Perhaps cracking the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms would not be that difficult for him.
Of course, it all depended on whether there were any attributes he wanted after Trick Fishing had reached a qualitative change.
Let’s say, the attribute of Directional Casting Rod.
If this was really possible, and Zhou An wanted to really be able to directionally go fishing for the locations where the remnants of the Battle of the Hundred Kingdoms were hiding, and even catch people, perhaps things would move towards a more interesting place.
“It will definitely be fun to wait until that space opens up and is empty.” Zhou Xin thought to himself.