Chapter 985: Chapter 1012: It’s Never Been Normal! (Part 2) Chapter 985: Chapter 1012: It’s Never Been Normal! (Part 2) To put a Saint Realm expert into such a befuddled state, Valley Granny and the Great Elder were truly geniuses. However, the Nine Dragons Great Saint was only briefly at a loss before he realized what was happening. Valley Granny and the Great Elder had mistaken Yang Zhen in the midst of the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty for himself, giving rise to a somewhat bemused response.

In the midst of the terrifying heavenly might that filled the air, not to mention Valley Granny and the Great Elder, even the Nine Dragons Great Saint couldn’t sense Yang Zhen’s aura. All he could feel was the fluctuating cultivation of a Celestial Phase practitioner at the Ninth Heavenly Layer, so desperate and strained that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to describe it as barely clinging to life.

Yang Zhen was suffering greatly amidst the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty; that trace of blood qi was truly terrifying–almost a power capable of annihilating everything in existence. If not for the Void Power within Yang Zhen, that blood qi could have easily eradicated him.

But there were no ifs in this world, and Yang Zhen bore Void Power within him. Although he couldn’t control it himself, the blood qi from the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty could sense it. Upon entering his body, it targeted the Void Power directly.

Boom—-!

An earth-shattering roar erupted inside Yang Zhen’s body, a violent surge of energy colliding with a lethargic beast, which merely raised its head to glance at it before disregarding it entirely.

Yang Zhen’s heart skipped a beat as he realized something was amiss!

Such recalcitrant Void Power even disdained that bit of blood qi, completely ignoring it–this was trouble indeed!

Sure enough, the blood qi erupted in fury, rampaging wildly within Yang Zhen like a beast, treating his body as if it was its own home.

It was one thing for it to act like it was at home, but this was far worse–Yang Zhen was in excruciating pain.

Dammit, ever since he had traversed to this world, when had the Sao Saint ever suffered like this?

Yang Zhen gritted his teeth and decided to fully unleash the Dragon Elephant Prison Body. Terrifying blood qi surged wildly, with an even more ferocious momentum than the Heaven and Earth Blood Qi, devouring it!

Devoured!

If anyone were to learn of Yang Zhen’s actions, it would shock even legendary Emperor Realm experts.

Too insane. The Heaven and Earth Blood Qi, feared by many as a symbol of destruction created by the might of heaven and earth, an enemy to all beings, capable of annihilating all life, was being swallowed by Yang Zhen?

This was nearly no different from seeking death!

The next moment, utter chaos erupted within Yang Zhen, as boundless agony engulfed him, and his blood qi became a tumultuous sea lashed by a tempest.

Intense pain surged crazily, and Yang Zhen’s eyes rolled back as he almost lost consciousness.

But Yang Zhen was merciless to others and even more so to himself. With a moment of fierce determination, the Finger of Destruction was frantically activated, pointing straight to his chest. A torrent of heart’s blood spurted forth in an instant.

Yang Zhen’s heart’s blood burst into flames midair, the scorching heat driving away the surrounding Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty; waves of wild power surged, and within the span of a single breath, unleashed a devastating might capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Valley Granny and the Great Elder’s expressions changed dramatically as they stood in midair, their faces flickering with uncertainty.

The Great Elder’s face was livid with rage, and from who knows where, he had procured another sacred sword. Pointing towards the thunderclouds he shouted, “Nine Dragons Saint, cease your futile resistance! The Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty is feared even by the Saint Realm experts; and with your severe injuries, you won’t be able to kill the both of us amidst such punishment.”

Hearing the Great Elder’s words, everyone suddenly realized–was the eruption of the thunder punishment, the overwhelming heavenly might, all caused by the hand of the Nine Dragons Great Saint?

Countless people cried out in shock, staring at the raging thunder punishment in the sky, their faces filled with horror.

“Saint Realm experts are truly deserving of their reputation, to be able to unleash such terrifying power even within the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty.”

“Who says the Nine Dragons Saint is injured? To be able to exert such power while injured is laughable.”

“The Great Elder and Valley Granny of the Great Nether Dynasty want to slay the saint, but they must first face the terrifying Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty. With even the fluctuations of the Nine Dragons Saint’s aura being so intense, how could they withstand it?”

“What a joke, if the Great Elder and Valley Granny were to enter the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty now, they would likely die on the spot. They plan to strike at the Nine Dragons Great Saint when he is close to completing or failing his task; this is their conspiracy.”

“Such shamelessness! Only the likes of the Great Nether Dynasty would stoop to this, taking advantage of someone’s peril… Perhaps Yang Zhen would do the same.”

No matter how the crowd cursed in anger, none dared to openly voice their frustrations. It was one thing to watch; who would dare to intervene at this moment?

Powerless, the crowd watched as the violent thunder punishment grew more terrifying by the moment, while the Great Elder and Valley Granny stood to the side, spouting sarcasm to disturb the Nine Dragons Great Saint’s composure–their intentions deserved death!

Within the Shangyuan Sect, a group of people looked at the Nine Dragons Great Saint with odd expressions on their faces, all of them showing incredulous looks.

However, the face of the Nine Dragons Great Saint betrayed no change in emotion, merely glancing briefly at the Great Elder and Valley Granny in midair before shifting his gaze back to the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty above.

Clearly, the Nine Dragons Great Saint did not regard the Great Elder and Valley Granny as significant, a temperament that moved everyone present.

“It appears that I truly misjudged, this young man Yang Zhen, what exactly did he do inside, to be able to unleash such power? The way his blood qi is surging, it just doesn’t seem like something a Practitioner in the Celestial Phase of the Ninth Heavenly Layer could release.”

As he spoke, the Nine Dragons Great Saint’s face showed a hint of amusement. He looked at the Great Elder and Valley Granny with a playful gaze, muttering to himself, “I wonder what their expressions will be once they find out that it wasn’t me inside, but rather this young man Yang Zhen.”

Lu Chenghui and the others simultaneously wore strange expressions, wanting to speak but hesitating.

The Nine Dragons Great Saint smiled and said, “Rest assured, Yang Zhen is no longer in life-threatening danger.”

No longer in life-threatening danger?

Cheers erupted from the crowd, their faces all alight with excitement, especially Han Yan’er, who let out a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

When the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty appeared, the terror Han Yan’er felt in her heart was unimaginable to anyone present. The scale of the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty was beyond what she could bear. If Yang Zhen had not been there, Han Yan’er truly did not know what she would have done.

Han Yan’er looked at the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty with a complex expression, worry written all over her face.

Hua Youyue stepped forward, took Han Yan’er’s hand, and said softly, “Don’t worry, he will be fine.”

After a moment of contemplation, Han Yan’er said, “It’s all my fault. If I had transferred the Chaos Qi to Yang Zhen at that time, maybe we wouldn’t be in this situation today.”

Hua Youyue smiled upon hearing this and was about to offer words of comfort when the Nine Dragons Great Saint interrupted with a smile, “You don’t need to blame yourself, this incident is not only not a misfortune for Yang Zhen, but rather a blessing in disguise.”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, asking in surprise, “Why is that?”

The Nine Dragons Great Saint took a deep breath and said, “Although I don’t know why, I’ve always had a feeling that if Yang Zhen were to refine the Chaos Qi, the heavenly punishment he would face may be even more terrifying than the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty. It is rather strange, what kind of fate does he have?”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, their faces all displaying bizarre expressions.

Especially the trio of that rascally cat, Hua Youyue, and Han Yan’er, all they had on their faces was a wry smile.

It seemed… that the heavenly punishment Yang Zhen faced had never been normal.

At this moment, the terrifying thunder punishment in midair began to slowly dissipate. Amidst the churning dark clouds, they turned out to be a facade without any lethality, and they were rapidly vanishing.

A staggering figure appeared in midair, too blurred to identify clearly, but everyone could sense that this person seemed to be extremely weak.

The Great Elder and Valley Granny burst into laughter, brandishing their swords as they rushed into the clouds, shouting loudly, “Nine Dragons Saint, today we shall take your life… Who are you?”

“You’re not the Nine Dragons Saint, who… who exactly are you?”

With a drastic change in their expressions, everyone around White Cloud Mountain was dumbfounded.

Could it be that the person inside wasn’t the Nine Dragons Great Saint?

If it wasn’t the Nine Dragons Great Saint, then who was it?

Who could endure for such a long time within the Nine Heavens Thunder Penalty?

Instantly, countless people swallowed hard, looking at the Great Elder and Valley Granny with a mix of mockery and pity.

That’s when a languid voice echoed through the clouds: “Damn, haven’t seen you two for just a few days and you don’t recognize the Sao Saint anymore?”

Yang Zhen!

It was actually Yang Zhen!