Chapter 1195 - 1195 Your Information Is Outdated, That Weakness Is Gone (1)
1195 Your Information Is Outdated, That Weakness Is Gone (1)
Cao Chenyang’s face was ferocious, and his eyes were full of joy.
Seeing this, Zhou Shu was puzzled.
He looked at Cao Chenyang and said indifferently, “Cao Chenyang, I’m very curious. There doesn’t seem to be any deep hatred between us. Why do you want me to die so badly?”
No matter how he thought about it, he couldn’t think of any hatred between him and Cao Chenyang.
Back then, his interaction with Cao Chenyang had always been relatively pleasant, and Cao Chenyang’s personality was also mature and steady.
Zhou Shu had never thought that Cao Chenyang would hate him so much.
Looking at Cao Chenyang’s expression, Zhou Shu really felt that he wished he could pull out his tendons and bones…
“Hmph, you know what you’ve done!” Cao Chenyang said coldly. “Hurry up and attack!”
He glared at the other Grotto-Heaven Masters. “We’ve already fallen out. Do you think Zhou Shu will let you off? Let me tell you. This person is a hypocrite. By appearing here today, all of you have offended him. If you don’t kill him now, all of you will die!”
“Cao Chenyang, are you sure Zhou Shu relied on a divine ability to unleash ten times his combat strength to kill Grotto-Heaven Masters?” a Grotto-Heaven Master said.
Zhou Shu smiled. “I can tell you that this divine ability is called Total Annihilation.”
“Total Annihilation?” All the Grotto-Heaven Masters frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.
Cao Chenyang might be telling the truth, but Zhou Shu was too calm.
Logically speaking, shouldn’t he be flustered when someone pointed out his fatal weakness?
Shouldn’t he be thinking of a way to escape now?
But why was he so calm?
Was he really not afraid of others attacking his weakness?
No, it was definitely not that he wasn’t afraid of death!
The hearts of the Grotto-Heaven Masters skipped a beat.
Zhou Shu continued, “Once Total Annihilation is used, it can allow the user to erupt with ten times or even a hundred times their strength. It will last for two hours. After two hours, the user will fall into a weakened state, and all their strength will disappear. It will take twenty-four hours for them to recover.”
Zhou Shu looked at Cao Chenyang with a faint smile. “Prince Cao, am I right?”
Cao Chenyang frowned. What Zhou Shu said matched what he had secretly observed back then. What does he mean? Is he trying to make peace?
“You—” Cao Chenyang was about to speak when a Grotto-Heaven Master stood out.
“King Zhou, I have no intention of going against you. As long as you promise that you will never attack my Ji Xuan Grotto-Heaven, I won’t participate in today’s matter,” the Ji Xuan Grotto-Heaven Master said loudly.
“Me too!” Beside him, another Grotto-Heaven Master said loudly.
“King Zhou, rather than fighting to the death with us, why don’t we have an agreement? As long as you agree not to attack our Grotto-Heavens, we don’t necessarily have to kill you.”
The Grotto-Heaven Masters spoke one after another.
Cao Chenyang shouted angrily, “You’re asking a tiger for its skin! Zhou Shu won’t keep his word to you!”
Although he was extremely angry, he wasn’t confident in dealing with Zhou Shu alone.
“Are you threatening me?” He smiled faintly.
The Ji Xuan Grotto-Heaven Master shook his head. “It’s not a threat. We’re just discussing it with you. King Zhou, we already know your weakness. It’s not that we’re boasting, but there are so many of us. If you want to live, you will have to use your divine ability Total Annihilation.
“In two hours, I’m afraid we won’t be the only ones here. At that time, you’ll be like a fish on the chopping board and be at the mercy of others.
“Our proposal is beneficial to both of us.”
“You have a point. I really can’t kill all of you in two hours.” Zhou Shu nodded in agreement.
“Therefore, peace talks are a choice that benefits both of us,” the Ji Xuan Grotto-Heaven Master continued.
Zhou Shu shook his head and continued, “But you’re mistaken about something. I have the divine ability Total Annihilation, but you can’t force me to use it!”
There was something Zhou Shu didn’t say. With his current strength, Total Annihilation was already somewhat useless.
Even if he used it, he wouldn’t be able to unleash several times his combat strength. Coupled with its negative aftereffect, Zhou Shu no longer chose to use it.
The weakness of Total Annihilation wasn’t Zhou Shu’s weakness.
Cao Chenyang thought that Zhou Shu’s spiritual essence cultivation had yet to reach the Grotto-Heaven realm and that he had relied on Total Annihilation to kill Tang Lan and Shang Qiuzi. This could only mean that his information was outdated.
More than a hundred years ago, when Zhou Shu fought with experts, he had indeed relied on Total Annihilation most of the time.
At the time, Cao Chenyang was right when he said that his weakness was Total Annihilation.
But after returning from ancient times, although Zhou Shu’s spiritual essence cultivation was not at the Grotto-Heaven realm, it was because he didn’t want to take the path of the Grotto-Heaven realm.
His Eight-Nine Arcane Art and the Heavenly Emperor Jade Book did not specialize in cultivating spiritual essence.
They were all different Martial Daos from spiritual essence cultivation.
Zhou Shu’s true strength was no longer weaker than a Grotto-Heaven Master’s.
He had relied on his true strength to kill Tang Lan and Shang Qiuzi, not the strength unleashed by Total Annihilation.