Chapter 180 - 173: Battle for the Spirit Core (4/5, Requesting Monthly Votes)
Zhou Heng was digging merrily below, while those above found it especially difficult to stop him.
A distance of over a hundred zhang was too great for even someone at the Land Cleaving Realm to leap across, and since the tunnel wasn’t straight, it was impossible to launch a hidden weapon for a sneak attack. To stop Zhou Heng, one would have to go down personally.
But with the depth of the enemy unknown, who would dare to rashly descend?
The tunnel was so narrow, there wasn’t room to move about, and if one met an opponent stronger than oneself, there would be no way to retreat, leading straight to death!
Anyhow, they did not believe that Zhou Heng could so accurately locate the Spirit Core, and someone had already gone to summon the Big Shots of the Open Heaven Realm; it was entirely possible for an expert to deal with Zhou Heng, so there was no need to risk their own lives.
Zhou Heng knew that time was pressing, and he devoted all his strength, pushing his power to the limit while digging through the rock layers.
He soon discovered an awkward problem—the bottom floor of the Nine Mystic Trial Tower was full!
This wasn’t usually an issue; he could just run up and throw it out, but where was the time for that now? He immediately messaged the two women, asking them to help move the rubble and mud from the first floor to the second floor as much as possible.
Poor things, both women were delicate and accustomed to being waited on; now they had to do such heavy labor, which truly aggrieved them.
Since Zhou Heng was in a hurry, both women moved the mud and stones with all their might. Fortunately, the Spirit Stone layers Zhou Heng was excavating were extremely hard, and he wasn’t moving fast; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to keep up.