Zhang Ruochen wasn’t a dictatorial, impulsive person, it was only because, what the Canglong Army and the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion had done had completely offended him.
Therefore, he had long since sworn in his heart that he would definitely behead the Ten Great Commanders and avenge those who had died.
No matter what happened, it could not change the intention in his heart.
By the time Qin Yutong chased after him to the seventh city domain, Zhang Ruochen had already carried Liao Huacheng’s head and walked out from a magnificent palace courtyard without slowing down.
“As the commanders of the Cang Dragon Army, one after another, fall, it will definitely become harder and harder to get their hands on them again. While the news of Liao Huacheng’s death has not yet spread, tonight, at least one more commander will have to be beheaded.”
Even though he had just killed a Ninth Order Half-Saint, Zhang Ruochen appeared calm as his gaze stared over toward Qin Yutong, revealing an inquiring look.
Qin Yutong was able to tell that Zhang Ruochen hadn’t lost his mind and said, “I do have the whereabouts of another Cang Long Army Commander.”
“Which one?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“The Cold Mountain Flying General, Green Winged Cicada. She is the only female commander, and like Yan Honglie, she is also at the late Ninth Order Half-Saint realm. However, …… in terms of battle power, she is a huge step above Yan Honglie, and ranks third among the top ten commanders.”Qin Yutong said.
“With the same realm, her battle power is much higher than Yan Honglie’s. She should be in possession of some sort of powerful undercard, right?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Zhang Ruochen was not arrogant and cocky, instead, he was a very careful and cautious person.
He was able to kill Yan Honglie with a single sword strike mainly because he had utilized the Scale Sword Technique, which slowed down the flow of time, and only managed to kill her with a single strike when he was taken by surprise.
In terms of true strength, Zhang Ruochen was only a step above Yan Honglie, and did not have an absolute advantage.
Nowadays, rumors were spreading in Sacred Brightness City, and it was rumored that it was Time Successor Zhang Ruochen who had killed the three Canglong Army Commanders. The remaining few commanders would definitely take precautions.
It would not be easy for Zhang Ruochen to use the power of time and space to sneak attack again.
Just now, Zhang Ruochen was able to kill Liao Huacheng, mainly because, Liao Huacheng’s cultivation level wasn’t very high, merely at the early stage of the Ninth Order Half-Saint realm.
Facing an opponent even more powerful than Yan Honglie, Zhang Ruochen had to be cautious.
Qin Yutong said, “The Green Winged Cicada grasps a Thousand Stripe Sacred Artifact called the Ice Spirit Divine Cauldron, which possesses both a powerful defense as well as the ability to erupt with terrifying attacking power. If, however, the Green Winged Cicada utilizes the Ice Spirit Divine Cauldron, it will easily defeat Yan Honglie.”
“To actually have a Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact in his grasp, it would be quite troublesome to try to kill her.”
Zhang Ruochen revealed a contemplative expression, and suddenly, alerted, he immediately grabbed Qin Yutong’s wrist and rolled her into the Meteor Invisibility Vest, wrapping her up.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen utilized the means of spatial shifting and brought Qin Yutong with him, hiding in a dark corner tens of feet away.
“Converge your body’s aura.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were heavy as he whispered in Qin Yutong’s ear.
Qin Yutong’s soft and delicate body, squeezed tightly with Zhang Ruochen, could clearly feel the heat coming from Zhang Ruochen’s body, and instantly, her heartbeat accelerated rapidly.
She was very curious as to what had happened.
“Damn it.”
An angry voice rang out like thunder, shaking the entire Seventh City Region.
In the next moment, a powerful holy might came out from Liao Hua City’s fallen mansion, sweeping in all directions.
In the Seventh City Region, countless cultivators felt terrified and fell to their knees.
Qin Yutong felt that a wave of pain was coming from her back, as if there was a sharp needle piercing her body.
It wasn’t really pain, but the Saint’s Holy Thought that probed through her body.
She finally understood why Zhang Ruochen was so nervous, so it turned out that he had sensed a Saint in advance that a Saint was rushing over.
Qin Yutong immediately used a Qi Convergence Technique to collect the aura of her body, to the extreme.
“Ta da.”
At this moment, a slight sound of footsteps came from tens of feet away, getting closer and closer to the two of them.
Qin Yutong was nervous to the extreme, and her ten slender jade fingers couldn’t help but grip Ruochen’s shoulders.
Once discovered by the Saint, the two of them, tonight, would die without a burial place.
Not far away, a deep and thick voice rang out, giving off a cold and unfeeling feeling, “The residual breath, suddenly cut off, the means of the Time and Space Transmitter, it really is a bit bizarre. Humph!”
Afterwards, the terrifying Saint Might, quickly disappeared.
That Saint, had already left.
Zhang Ruochen and Qin Yutong remained hidden inside the Meteor Invisibility Suit, not venturing out, and waited for half an hour before carefully leaving the Seventh City Region.
Only after confirming that they had reached a safe place did Zhang Ruochen release Qin Yutong from the Meteor Invisibility Vest.
Zhang Ruochen’s demeanor was calm and collected, appearing calm, and did not develop a squirming demeanor just because he had been in close contact with the beautiful and seductive Dancing Fairy.
Qin Yutong was wearing a veil, so she couldn’t see the expression on her face, and only gently exhaled a breath as she said, “Listening to his voice, he should be the Canglong Army’s Army Master.”
“Have you seen him before?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Qin Yutong gently nodded her head and softly said, “I once went to the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion to offer a dance and met him once, memorizing his voice. How did Your Excellency detect in advance that the Lord of the Canglong Army had rushed over?”
Zhang Ruochen carried his hands on his back as he flew to the top of a taller building, looking out over the city area at his feet and watching the lights of the ten thousand homes as he said, “The cultivation of Saints is indeed very powerful, and it is precisely because they are so powerful that they also find it difficult to hide themselves.”
“For example, Empress Chi Yao, her cultivation is number one in the world, and it is precisely because of this that she just left the Central Imperial City, and the news instantly spread throughout the Kunlun Realm, and it is simply impossible for her to leave as quietly as an ordinary cultivator.”
“The same is true for Saint level figures.”
“Only, Saints are far inferior to the Empress, and their every move can’t cause a fluctuation as powerful as the Empress’. Moreover, they are also able to hide the aura on their bodies to a certain extent, and only cultivators whose spiritual strength, surpasses theirs, can detect their movements.”
Qin Yutong was very intelligent and quickly understood Zhang Ruochen’s meaning, saying, “The Canglong Army Lord’s spiritual strength is not as strong as that of Your Excellency’s, therefore, His Excellency knows every move he makes.”
“Within a hundred miles, I am able to gain insight into his every move. Beyond a hundred miles, the spiritual power perception will become very weak, and at most, I can only perceive his approximate movements.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “If I didn’t have the advantage of spiritual power, how would I dare to go on a killing spree in Sacred Bright City?”
Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual strength, which reached the forty-eighth rank, surpassed the vast majority of Saints.
Unless, the Heavenly King of the Sky personally collected his aura, hid in the shadows, and ambushed Zhang Ruochen, he would have a chance of success.
Otherwise, when other Saints arrived a hundred miles away, Zhang Ruochen would have already sensed the danger and immediately hide or vanish.
Of course, with the status of Ling Xiao Heavenly King, it was impossible to ambush a junior at the Half Saint realm no matter what.
Zhang Ruochen was most worried about encountering a Spiritual Force Saint.
The number of Spiritual Force Saints was quite rare, less than a tenth of the number of Martial Dao Saints.
Furthermore, most of the Spiritual Force Saints belonged to the Inscription Guild and the Ru Dao, belonging to the Grandmaster level and the Ru Saint level, and valued their reputation quite highly, making it even more unlikely that they would go and ambush a junior at the Half Saint realm.
Therefore, the likelihood of the Ling Xiao Heavenly King’s Mansion being able to invite a Spiritual Saint was actually not high.
What’s more, they didn’t know, who Zhang Ruochen’s next target would be, so even if they invited a Spiritual Power Saint, the probability of trying to capture Zhang Ruochen was quite low.
After listening to Zhang Ruochen’s explanation, Qin Yutong finally understood, revealing an elegant smile, “With Your Excellency’s tactics, the Ten Great Commanders of the Canglong Army must be in dire straits.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “It’s not that simple, the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion will most likely invite the powerhouses on top of the Semi-Saint List and the Semi-Saint Outer List to deal with me. Furthermore, the three strongest commanders among the ten commanders of the Canglong Army all possess quite terrifying strengths, and are not that easy to deal with.”
Inviting the powerhouses above the Half-Saint List and the Half-Saint Outer List was definitely easier than inviting a Spiritual Saint.
It was likely that the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion would make such a choice, and it wasn’t certain that it was already contacting one of the powerhouses on the list.
“What do we do next?”Qin Yutong asked.
A cold light flashed through Zhang Ruochen’s pupils as he said, “We’ll go and assassinate the Green Winged Cicada now, however, you’ll have to help me.”
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen took out the Thousand Lines Sacred Artifact “Mirror of Life and Death”, handed it to Qin Yutong, and instructed, “The Green Winged Cicada will surely be prepared, and the Canglong Army and the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion might have made some arrangements, so I can’t guess what kind of dangers I’ll encounter. At the critical moment, you can activate the Mirror of Life and Death and strike the Thousand Stripes Destruction Power to help me.”
Qin Yutong received the Mirror of Life and Death and spent only half an hour to master it skillfully.
Immediately afterward, the two of them unfolded their stances and disappeared into the pitch-black night.
The Canglong Army’s camp was established outside of Sacred Brightness City.
However, there were Governor’s Mansions set up in each of the city’s domains.
For each Governor’s Mansion, the resident soldiers were roughly around three thousand, and they were responsible for managing the order within the city domains.
In recent days, all the commanders of the Canglong Army had been deployed back to the city to search for the murderers of Cold Eagle and Yan Honglie.
The Green Winged Cicada was sitting in the Twenty-Fourth City Region’s Governor’s Mansion, and on top of that, there were four other high-level Half-Saints that followed her around.
In the Governor’s Mansion, it was tightly defended and had opened a protective formation, so even if a Saint realm giant wanted to break in and enter, it wouldn’t be an easy task.
The Green Winged Cicada was a woman in her thirties, wearing a cold iron armor, her appearance was not ugly, and it could be seen that when she was young, she must have been extremely beautiful.
However, she didn’t care very much about her appearance and rarely spent any effort on it, thus, her skin was very rough and somewhat waxy.
“I don’t know who has such a great hatred for Zhang Ruochen, to say that he is the Sacred Brightness Crown Prince from 800 years ago is complete nonsense.”
The Green Winged Cicada sneered, not believing the rumors outside at all.
Beside him, a high-ranking Half-Saint said, “The Ministry of Military Affairs has long investigated Zhang Ruochen in detail and knows his details like the back of their hand.”
Right at this moment, footsteps sounded, and a sergeant rushed over quickly, half-kneeling in front of the Green Winged Cicada, saying, “Reporting to Lord Commander, the Army Master sent two messengers to deliver the news that Commander Liao had fallen, telling Lord Commander to be careful and watch out for Zhang Ruochen, as he might encounter an assassination tonight.”
“Just now, the Military Lord has already sent a message to remind me, why did he send two messengers …… again Not good.”
The Green Winged Cicada’s eyes shrunk as a cold light shone all over his body, and he immediately stretched out both of his hands, forming two hand seals with lightning speed, and slapping at the half-kneeling sergeant.
