Tan Zhongli’s body, suffering from suppression, was buried into the yellow sand.
“Boom.”
A flash of silver light.
Tan Zhongli rushed out from underneath the desert, coughing out a trace of blood from its mouth. It was covered in mud and sand, looking particularly wretched.
In the distance, Wan Huayu gave a quick glance towards the battlefield between Zhang Ruochen and Tan Zhongli, revealing a surprised expression as she secretly said, “Gu Linfeng’s cultivation seems to have risen by a large margin. With his cultivation speed, I’m afraid that it won’t be long before he becomes the top overlord of the Green Dragon Market Realm.”
Wan Huayu had fought with Tan Zhongli, and knew how powerful he was.
If they were to fight alone, even she did not have the certainty of winning.
In the direction of Winning Sand City, Shangguan Xianyan’s gaze, locked onto Zhang Ruochen’s body, felt a tremendous pressure.
“His strength, is he already able to compete with a powerhouse of that level?”
Shangguan Xianyan didn’t know Tan Zhongli’s identity, yet she was able to tell that Tan Zhongli’s cultivation had already reached the peak of a Ninth Order Half-Saint.
Observing the battle power that Tan Zhongli had erupted, it was feared that he was already able to compete with a powerhouse who had passed through a Quasi-Saint Tribulation.
Originally, Shangguan Xianyan had thought that the gap between herself and Gu Linfeng wasn’t that big, and that she had a chance to surpass him, but now it seemed that the heights Gu Linfeng had reached had already left her out of reach.
“That Immortal Blood Race powerhouse shouldn’t have used his true power yet, otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for Gu Linfeng to gain the upper hand.”
Immediately afterward, Wei Longxing let out another cold laugh, “Gu Linfeng dared to offend a strong member of the Undying Blood Clan when he was fighting with the Barbarian **, I’m afraid it won’t be an easy task if he wants to live through today.”
Among the alliance formed by the Blood God Sect, Shangguan Family, and Cai Family, there were some high-ranking people who very much hoped that Gu Linfeng would die in the belly of a savage beast or be drained of his blood by the Immortal Blood Clan.
Those cultivators of the Blood God Sect who were in the Fish Dragon Realm and Half-Saint Realm, however, were quite agitated. Some of these cultivators were even cheering on His Highness the Divine Son from afar.
Tan Zhongli licked the blood on top of his lips, revealing a hideous expression as he laughed, “With your current battle strength, it’s already enough for me to use my true power.”
“Is that so? I would love to see just how strong your true power is?”
Zhang Ruochen appeared calm, anyway, the Heavenly Dao rules on the periphery of the seven-colored clouds had yet to dissipate, so it was just right to test his current power with the help of this battle with Tan Zhongli.
“Returning Sword.”
Tan Zhongli’s hands lifted up, and a silver-colored battle knife flew out from within his torso at the position of his chest.
He casually waved the battle blade around, and immediately thousands of blade shadows emerged, forming a blade domain.
“This king’s Returning Blade is a demonic blade forged by one of my clan’s ancestors, using his eight silver wings, with indestructible power that can cut through even a holy weapon with a single slash.”
The aura on Tan Zhongli’s body became extraordinary, giving off an overbearing, sharp, and demonic feeling.
There was a swish sound.
In the next moment, Tan Zhongli’s figure, disappeared from its original spot, transforming into a silver aura as he rushed to Zhang Ruochen’s body and slashed horizontally.
Zhang Ruochen did not dodge and once again sent a hand seal out.
“Wow…”
Originally, there was only one blade shadow, but it suddenly split into eight, forming eight layers of sharp blade light.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed and he let out a light eep, immediately striking his right palm out again, forming a second hand seal.
There was a violent collision, and immediately afterward, the two separated once again.
Zhang Ruochen’s left hand, which was wearing the Seven Killing Fist Gloves, collided with the Returning Yuan Blade and was not injured, but only felt slightly sore and numb.
However, on his right hand, a blood scar appeared, penetrating deep below the flesh and blood, enabling him to see the bone.
The Returning Yuan Blade was indeed sharp, and even though, Zhang Ruochen’s palm’s seven orifices were all sanctified, he still couldn’t defend against it.
“It actually just left a blood scar? I’m afraid that the strength of his palm can already be compared to that of a Lower Realm Saint.”
Although Tan Zhongli was surprised, he didn’t show it on his face, instead taking a victorious stance, he said, “Still not using the Ten Saint Blood Armor?”
“Why is it necessary to use the Ten Saint Blood Armor to deal with you?”
Zhang Ruochen operated the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture, forcing out the blade qi that had surged into the wound, and the wound in his palm, healed quickly.
Tan Zhongli’s eyes sank as he said, “Since this is the case, this king can only utilize his Saint Art to end the battle early.”
“Returning Sword.”
The silver-colored battle sword made an arc.
Immediately afterward, a layer of silver-colored wall of light, presented itself and pushed outwards, transforming into a ball of light with a diameter of ten feet.
Wisps of blood qi, flying around the silver-colored battle sword, added a bit of eerie power.
“You’ve also made great progress, and have already cultivated that Saint Art to a great completion?”Zhang Ruochen said.
In Winning Sand City, when Tan Zhongli used his fists and struck this holy art, he could only explode twenty-seven times the attack power.
At this moment, as Tan Zhongli stood there with his battle sword in hand, the aura that erupted out was a great deal more powerful than at that time.
It should have already been a great success of the Saint Art.
“You’re not the only one who has progressed.”
Tan Zhongli swung his saber and erupted with thirty-two times the power of his attack, the shadow of the saber becoming tens of meters long as it struck at the top of Zhang Ruochen’s head.
“Seven Orifices Blood Underworld Palm.”
Zhang Ruochen’s palm lifted up, and behind his body, a nine feet tall blood-red silhouette slowly stood up, releasing a vast, destructive aura.
On that silhouette’s back, there were twelve wings, and just the aura it emitted suppressed Tan Zhongli’s power to a certain extent.
“That’s Lord …… Pluto ……?”
Tan Zhongli’s aura gave out slightly, and even the strength of the blade he slashed out was not as sharp as it was just now.
Zhang Ruochen slapped his palm over, erupting with forty times the power of his attack, directly sending Tan Zhongli flying out sideways.
Immediately afterward, Zhang Ruochen struck a second blow, continuing to erupt with forty times the attack power, striking Tan Zhongli’s body and knocking him into the ground once again.
Tan Zhongli bled from all seven holes as he rushed out from the ground, roaring, “Even I can’t attract Lord Hades’ aura, what makes you able to?”
“Because, you’re too weak.”?Zhang Ruochen slapped out another palm, and a huge blood qi handprint emerged.
“Returning Yuan Slash.”
Tan Zhongli slashed out, exploding the power of the Saint Art, to the extreme.
To be able to cultivate a Saint Art to its great completion at the Half-Saint realm, Tan Zhongli was definitely a man amongst men.
However, Tan Zhongli’s blade aura only resisted for a mere two breaths of time before it could not withstand the power of the palm struck by Zhang Ruochen, spitting out blood from his mouth and crashing to the ground.
The blood-red handprint slapped down, leaving a large handprint pit over fifty meters long in the desert.
The savage beasts around the large pit were all slapped to death.
“So powerful, a powerhouse comparable to a Quasi-Saint was unable to escape his grasp, suffering suppression one after another.”
Feng Wanli’s eyes were quite grave, at this moment, finally treating Gu Linfeng as a powerhouse on the same level as him, not daring to belittle him anymore.
The other Immortal Blood Clans had also discovered Tan Zhongli’s crisis, but were unable to go to his rescue, as they were being frantically attacked by a Beast King and over a hundred sixth-rank savage beasts.
Tan Zhongli’s vitality was very tenacious, and he climbed out of the large handprint pit, unfurled his four silver wings, and fled into the distance.
“Gu Linfeng, when this king passes the first Quasi-Saint Tribulation, I will definitely let you die without a burial place.”Tan Zhongli said spitefully.
“You think you can still leave today?”Zhang Ruochen said.
With a cultivation level like Tan Zhongli’s, it was already difficult to be killed.
In Winning Sand City, Wan Huayu, the purple-clothed old man, Huang Yichen, and Zhang Ruochen, the four great masters together, had not been able to kill him.
Tan Zhongli naturally didn’t believe that Zhang Ruochen had the power to kill him, he just sneered and continued to fly deeper into the desert.
Zhang Ruochen’s arm flung out and struck the Mirror of Life and Death, suspending it in mid-air and inspiring a Thousand Lines Destruction Power.
The Life and Death Mirror immediately spun around, releasing a power that made even the Beast King feel fearful.
“Wow!”
A pillar of light flew out and struck Tan Zhongli’s body, directly shattering the lower half of his body into a bloody mist.
“No …… you dare to utilize the Thousand Stripes Destruction Power ……”
From Tan Zhongli’s mouth, a mournful, miserable scream escaped.
His upper body, still still flying, but the Mirror of Life and Death absorbed the blood qi from his body, continuously.
A few moments later, Tan Zhongli turned into a dried corpse, falling down from mid-air into a ball of powder.
The Returning Blade, possessing an extremely intelligent artifact spirit, gradually shrunk in size, becoming only the size of a palm, taking on the form of a piece of silver wings, flowing with light, much like it was cast from pure silver.
With a flash of silver-colored light, the Returning Yuan Blade pierced through the bodies of dozens of savage beasts in a row and flew into the hands of an Undying Blood Race old man.
That old man from the Immortal Blood Clan glanced coldly at Zhang Ruochen and let out a vicious sentence, “Blood God Cult Divine Son, this amount of revenge, the Qi Tian Clan will remember it!”
Zhang Ruochen glanced toward that old man and merely revealed a faint smile, then, withdrew the Mirror of Life and Death.
“Breaking through to the Sixth Order Semi-Saint, hitting a single Thousand Stripe Destruction Power still consumes 40% of your Saint Qi. Striking two Thousand Stripes Destruction Power should be the limit.”
Zhang Ruochen ran his gong methods to recover his Saint Qi while charging in the direction of the seven-colored clouds.
“Rather a powerful human.”?
The Fire Golden Crow Beast King’s gaze, fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body, revealed a cold intent in its gaze.
It took out the ox-horn skull and held it in the palm of its hand as it began to gather its power, preparing to subdue Zhang Ruochen first, so as to avoid any mishaps during the fight for the Sacred Source Spirit Spring.
Xiao Hei sensed the Fire Golden Crow Beast King’s intentions, and his two rounded cat eyes revealed a smile as he immediately gave a command to a Sixth Order Upper Grade Savage Beast.
That Sixth Order Upper Grade Savage Beast rose up into the sky and pounced towards the Fire Golden Crow Beast King.
At first, the Fire Golden Crow Beast King didn’t care until the sixth-ranked superior savage beast rushed to within twenty feet of him, and only then did he realize that it wasn’t good.
“Still not retreating back?”The Fire Golden Crow Beast King chided.
Not only did that Sixth Order Upper Class Savage Beast not listen to his order, it instead exploded its own Qi Sea, creating a destructive force that surged out in all directions.
“Rumble!”
A circular aperture of energy quickly spread outwards.
The destructive power formed by a savage beast that was comparable to a Ninth Order Half-Saint’s self-destructing sea of qi could be imagined how terrifying it was?
The Fire Golden Crow Beast King was the closest and transformed into a fiery light that flew out and crashed into the inside of the cliff wall of the earth crack.
All the feathers on the surface of its body fell off, and its blood dyed the sky red, it was extremely injured.
Fortunately, at the last critical moment, the Fire Golden Crow Beast King used the ox-horn skull to block a huge portion of the force.
Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
“Actually didn’t die.”
Xiao Hei detected the Fire Golden Crow Beast King’s life breath and shook his chubby head, letting out a long sigh from his mouth, feeling quite disappointed.
It was only close to finishing off a Beast King, a dirty trick like this, the first time would have the best effect, using it for the second time, those Beast Kings would be on guard, and it would be hard to have another chance of success.
“Quickly look, the thunder and lightning on the periphery of the seven-colored clouds have all disappeared!”An alarmed voice sounded.
That Sixth Order Upper Class Savage Beast had exploded its Qi Sea, forming a destructive power qi that actually broke open the Heavenly Dao rules on the periphery of the seven-colored cloud cluster, revealing the Sacred Source Spirit Spring at the center of the cloud cluster.
