Chapter 1210: Chapter 1210: The Falling Snow

The golden hammer shadows in front of Zen belonged to a mysterious hammer technique with thousands of years of history behind it.

As the moments passed by, more and more golden hammer shadows appeared out of nowhere, making it impossible for anyone to tell if they were real or fake. It was, without a doubt, not an easy feat to break them.

Hopeless as it might seem, Zen had no intention of breaking through them. He was more inclined to employing the brute force to fight back. And that was the most efficient method rather than taking a sneaky way out.

It was widely-known that Norton's strength was extraordinary. Everyone presumed that no warriors sharing the same level as him could match up to him just with brute force. Even for the city lord herself that Norton had served for years, she was certainly stronger than Norton, but her brute strength was not up to par with that of him. Therefore, to fight Norton in this way only meant giving in to a resounding defeat!

Zen, on the other hand, would not be put at a disadvantage, since he had the power of dragon scales and the divine weapon body. Even a powerful warrior, who had a much higher cultivation level than him, would be in a vulnerable state, let alone those warriors who were also at the same level as him.

These strapping attributes of Norton made Zen not to retreat a single step. Instead, he shifted towards Norton.

“You have some nerve! I'll kill you in an instant!”

Norton growled under his breath as he watched Zen rushing towards him instead of running away. Bracing himself, he then poured all his strength into his arms. Moments after, the Soul Sea in his body began to stir up monstrous waves as his immense power spread out, ready for a kill. He was like a god of strength, summoning all the golden hammer shadows to descend upon Zen!

In contrast, for a split second, Zen had also activated the power of up to ten thousand dragon scales!

The supreme power within his body was like a chaotic tidal wave as it surged forth. Although the hammer shadows were like a myriad of blossoming flowers that dazzled his eyes, making it hard for him to figure out whether they were real or fake, Zen did not plan to resist the hammer blows. His main target was Norton.

“Whoosh!”

Seemingly like in a fashion of throwing caution to the wind, Zen's body movement suddenly gathered momentum as he formed a Barging Fist with one hand. It only looked like a random punch, but the power contained within it far exceeded anyone's imagination!

From Norton's point of view, Zen was nothing but someone putting his life on the line in this kind of battle.

Norton laughed heartily as his right hand made a grasping motion, making the golden hammer shadows that crowded the sky quickly reduced by half. He fully knew that Zen was extraordinary based on their previous encounter, where he hit him hard with his hammers. In his anticipation to block Zen's attack, he positioned a large golden hammer on his chest. The Barging Fist that Zen swiftly set in motion looked starkly simple, but Norton was deathly afraid that he would play tricks on him. He didn't want to die together with Zen.

What if they both perished side by side? Then half of his and Zen's Illusion Points would be left in this place. Chances were that they would be taken away by some other meddlesome warriors. And in the worst-case scenario, he would receive a terrible scolding from his young master!

Norton might look reckless, but on the contrary, he was meticulous. He carefully withdrew one of the enormous golden hammers and transformed the other one immediately into an army of hammer shadows. Aiming them directly towards Zen, he entertained the notion that this hammer strike was going to smash Zen's head into pieces!

Anyone could say that Norton had made the most accurate judgment in a heartbeat.

However, no matter how accurate and flawless his judgment was, it was still rendered useless under the suppression of Zen's absolute strength!

When Zen's punch landed on Norton's defensive golden hammer, the latter immediately understood something.

The force behind Zen's punch was barely strong, and even Zen's entire aura had been engulfed and concealed by Norton, but when his Barging Fist had come in contact with the golden hammer, Norton could only feel an overwhelming force emanating from it!

And like a ripple-effect, the force of his fist hit the golden hammer, and the golden hammer subsequently hit Norton's chest.

“Crack!”

A loud cracking sound soon reverberated!

The circular golden hammer was punctured up in the middle by Zen! Zen's Barging Fist did not stop there. It slid through the crack and hit Norton's chest. řÅ𝐍ŏBʧ

“Clang!”

Just as Zen's fist was about to land on Norton's chest, another loud sound rang out!

Zen's gaze flickered when he heard this sound, but he secretly sighed in his heart, noting that Norton had a precious treasure to defend himself!

A defensive treasure that could support the power of ten thousand dragon scales was at least a first-rank divine weapon. However, even if a precious treasure protected his chest, Norton would still be heavily injured, and that was inevitable. The precious treasure could only mitigate the injuries he would sustain. Unless it was a supreme divine weapon, it could not completely defend him against the attack.

Zen was more worried about Norton possessing a golden pill. It was clear as day that all his previous undertakings would go down the drain if Norton happened to attempt to squish a golden pill and kill himself.

Norton was thrown backward by the compelling brute force. He knew he was seriously injured as he could feel the immense pressure still lingering in his internal organs. It also shook his inner world, causing his Soul Sea to collapse!

At this point, Norton wasn't thinking about protecting his own life, but he was in dire need of keeping his young master's Illusion Points!

He could be resurrected if he lost his life, but if Zen took his Illusion Points, then what he would face was probably the young master's harsh punishment!

For this reason, the moment Norton was sent flying backward, a golden pill abruptly appeared in his hand!

But before his palm could touch the golden pill, he heard a sneer!

With his quick-thinking, coupled with his agile movement, Zen had managed to get close to Norton. He had anticipated that Norton would put the golden pill in to use. But Norton's sudden attempt to smash it turned futile as a sudden streak of blue light flashed!

Shock engulfed him as Norton felt a numbing dull ache at his right hand!

His hand had been cut off in an instant by Zen's Thunder Wind Divine Sword as Zen flew high into the air with the golden pill in his hand.

Zen's movements were neat and swift. His body flashed as he snatched the golden pill out of Norton's severed hand. Then with a tumble, his knee was pressed against Norton's chest, while he aimed the edge of his sword at him.

“My young master won't...”

“Puff!”

Zen didn't let Norton finish his words. If they stayed somewhere else, he would have listened to what he was about to say.

This city was mysteriously strange in an odd way. And he was kind of afraid that the Illusion Points would suddenly fly away. Thus he thought he should kill Norton first. He just intended to get Norton's Illusion Points, not wanting them to take off in the air.

Until now, Zen still couldn't fathom why the Illusion Points would automatically fly out after the warrior in the blue clothes died.

And as soon as Norton died, before he was brought back to the city to revive, he was slowly wrapped up by a red light dot, while at the same time, a large number of Illusion Points exploded. As expected of him, Norton had much more Illusion Points than the warrior in the blue clothes.

A crowd of yellow dots of light burst out from Norton's body and flew towards Zen. Witnessing all this, Zen let out a sigh of relief. He thought that there was someone who could influence the rules of the Illusion Battlefield! It seemed he was wrong now.

Back on the city walls, after the warriors had keenly observed the whole scene, most of them were filled with envy and pity.

They envied Zen because he possessed such strength. Not only did he succeed in resisting Norton, but he even killed him in one blow and obtained so many Illusion Points!

The reason they felt pity for Zen was that they knew very well what kind of miserable thing would happen to him after this.

In the past, when the city lord was attempting to take control of the city, series of revolts from many warriors had happened. Some of them were more powerful than Norton and the others, while some had even killed Norton a few times.

But in the end, they were slaughtered time and time again by the city lord! No one would be able to escape her wrath!

Now, not only did those warriors have few Illusion Points, but leaving the main city was seriously tough and tricky for them!

If they happened to succeed in getting out of the city alive, they would be hunted down by the city lord and her subordinates without recourse! This city lord had a superb ability to move at an insanely high speed. Thus, no Soul Sea Realm warrior could get rid of her without that much difficulty.

From the way they looked and weighed this, Zen's life would have a grim ending!

“After Norton dies, the city lord would come over!”

“This guy doesn't leave yet. If he runs away now, he would be able to escape the city lord's attack!”

“This warrior must be a warrior who came from another city and is not aware of the city lord's strength!”

What they all didn't know was that Zen had no plan of leaving this place at all. He was targeting the infamous city lord.

Those several subordinates of this city lord had already got a lot of Illusion Points, so to speak, the number of Illusion Points accumulated by this city lord might be significantly huge! Thinking about this, how could Zen possibly be willing to leave?

Since Zen had killed two of her men, the city lord, who was so overbearing, would probably come to attack him very soon. And this was all Zen wanted.

Zen stood still outside the city. His gaze focused solely on the golden pill in his hand.

This golden pill was most likely a supreme treasure, since its power was so terrifying. Fortunately, this was good for one-time use! Still, if a warrior released the golden pill in the face of an enemy, it would have a miraculous effect!

But this golden pill needed to be crushed before it could be activated. Could it be that this golden pill could only be used to commit suicide?

While he was keen at observing the golden pellet, Zen suddenly felt that it was heating up. He could tell that there was a formidable power surging within. Sensing that it would explode, he almost reflexively tossed the golden pellet far away!

“Puff!”

After the golden pellet hovered over one hundred feet in the air, a dense mass of blood-red lightning was emitted from it!

Zen was stunned by encountering this scene. If it weren't for his quick reaction, he probably would've been caught up in the lightning as well!

Zen felt a chill coming from behind him. When he turned his head, he saw a woman. She was dressed in purple clothes, and slowly making her way towards him, with snow falling silently and trailing behind her.