Zhang Ruochen withdrew his holy qi, and with that, the Enlightened Deer Cauldron fell back to the deck.
“Whew.”
Zhang Ruochen only felt as if his body’s strength had been drained out, even though his physical body had already become a saint there was something he couldn’t carry, his legs trembled a little and he had to sit down on his knees, absorbing the dragon qi from the Undead Ancient Ship to recover the consumed strength.?A moment later, Zhang Ruochen regained some strength and stood up again.
“Just by catalysing it for a moment, it actually drained my entire body’s strength, what kind of battle weapon is the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron?”
In Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, there was some joy as well as quite curiosity.
Knowing that Zhang Ruochen had condensed four Saint Sources, and that the breadth of his Qi Sea far exceeded that of other Saints, Xiao Hei said, “Is it that exaggerated that with your cultivation, you could only activate this copper tripod for a moment?”
“If you don’t believe me, try it yourself?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Little Black clenched his teeth in anger and said, “Forget it, this strange tripod can only be activated by you. Even if this Emperor possesses the knowledge of the ancient world and the cultivation of the heavens and the earth, it is certain that there is nothing that can be done to it.”
The crowd all revealed a look of contempt, thinking that Little Black was too capable of boasting.
Huang Yichen said, “With Brother Dust’s current cultivation, although he can only activate the Opening Deer Cauldron for a few moments, with its power, even a single strike can explode with unrivalled power, enough to suppress a strong enemy.”
Qing Mo looked quite excited and said, “Xiao Hei can help Zhang Gongzi activate the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron together, so even if Zhang Gongzi strikes a blow with all his might, he won’t be able to take off his strength.”
Ao Xin Yan stood not far away, pursed her lips tightly and did not speak, but her heart was turned upside down like a river and was shaken tremendously.
“The Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron was the Heaven Sacrificing Ancestral Artifact of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire eight hundred years ago, how did it appear in the hands of the group leader? Moreover, how is it that only the group leader can control it? Could it be that that one rumour is true, and the Group Leader is really the Sacred Ming Imperial Prince?”
Ao Xin Yan was very clear that Zhang Ruochen had spoken the name of the Ancient Cauldron of the Blue Sky without fear because he trusted her. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have known that it was the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron.
Ao Xinyan didn’t directly go to ask, because she believed that when Zhang Ruochen felt it was time to tell her, he would definitely tell her personally.
Just now, the power fluctuations that erupted out of the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron were indeed quite astonishing, yet Zhang Ruochen felt that his control over the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron wasn’t that smooth, and it seemed that it was only stimulating the most superficial power of the origin.
It wasn’t certain that the blood of a direct descendant of the Zhang Clan was really needed to make the Kaiyuan Deer Cauldron explode with the strongest power.
Zhang Ruochen reincorporated the Enlightened Deer Cauldron into his spatial ring, and then, checked the cultivation status of the Sacred Eating Flower.
After being tempered by the Pure Destruction Divine Flame, the refuted Saint Dao power in the Eating Sacred Flower’s body had become very pure, and its cultivation level had risen to the next level.
However, the Sacred Flower Eater entered a dormant state and should be impacting the Upper Realm Saint realm.
“When the Sacred Flower Eater steps into the Upper Realm Saint realm, even if it encounters a Saint of the Earth Thoroughfare Realm, it should be able to spar a few strikes against it.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was very much looking forward to this, because, with his own current cultivation, there was still a considerable gap between him and a Saint at the Earth-Through-Path Realm, and in the event of an encounter, he would only be able to retreat and flee. As long as the Saint Eating Flower broke through to the Upper Realm Saint realm, such a situation, would change a lot.
Next, Zhang Ruochen began to meditate and cultivate, and all of the one hundred and forty-four orifices in his entire body opened up, forming one hundred and forty-four tiny vortexes that crazily absorbed the dragon qi from the Undead Ancient Ship.
Those dragon qi entered the body, some were absorbed by the Pure Destruction Divine Flame, some were absorbed by the Red Sun Holy Conformity in the chest position, and a portion was converted into holy qi and stored in the Qi Sea.
The Red Sun Holy Match given to Zhang Ruochen by the Supreme Elder had been absorbing the holy qi in his body ever since it was integrated into his body. However, the Red Sun Saint Compatibility was like a bottomless pit, no matter how much Saint Qi flowed into it, it could not make it saturated.
Although, the Red Sun Saint Match could burst out with Saint King level attack power, but, absorbing Saint Qi like this without any end still made Zhang Ruochen feel quite depressed.
If, the holy qi that flowed into the Red Sun Sacred Compatibility was stored in the Qi Sea, how could Zhang Ruochen be off his game after activating the Open Deer Cauldron for just a few moments?
Right now, Zhang Ruochen could only hope that the Red Sun Sacred Compatibility would reach saturation as soon as possible, in which case, he would have another powerful card.
It was unknown how long had passed before a sword sound rang out.
“Clang.”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword refined all of the Saint Weapons and emitted a black light that flew towards Zhang Ruochen, rotating around Zhang Ruochen’s body and forming thousands of sword qi.
Even if it was just a single sword Qi, it was very much like a real Saint Sword, emitting a daunting power.
Zhang Ruochen stopped absorbing the Dragon Qi and reached out into the void, grabbing the hilt of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
Immediately, the sky full of sword qi and black light all flew into the body of the sword, leaving only a huge black sword, plain and simple, yet full of power.
Zhang Ruochen stroked the body of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and smiled faintly, “Eight thousand two hundred and thirty-six inscriptions, it’s not that far off from the Monstrous Heavenly Sword.”
The Monstrous Heavenly Sword, ranked twenty-seventh in the Thousand Lineage Sacred Artifact Spectrum, had a total of eight thousand nine hundred and eighty-nine inscriptions.?It wasn’t that the higher the number of inscriptions, the higher the ranking on top of the Thousand Patterns Sacred Artifact Spectrum, there was also the material of the sword, the grade of the inscriptions, and some other additional powers to consider.
It was precisely because the material and grade of the inscriptions of the Heavenly Sword were extremely high that it ranked very high on the Thousand Patterns Sacred Artifact Spectrum. Although it was only a Thousand Inscription Saint Artifact, it was able to explode with the power of a Ten Thousand Inscription Saint Artifact grade.
The number of inscriptions in the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was already very close to that of the Monstrous Heavenly Sword, only that the grade of the inscriptions in the sword was a bit worse.
In addition, the quality of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword’s refining equipment was the Creation Iron, which was not comparable to the Monstrous Heavenly Sword.
Therefore, at this stage, the power of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was comparable to that of the Heavenly Sword, and it was enough to be ranked in the top fifty on the Thousand Wrinkles Sacred Artifact Spectrum.
Of course the most powerful force of the Monstrous Heavenly Sword was not the sword itself, but its ability to combine the power of the successive generations of ancestors of the Monstrous Heavenly Sword lineage and converge them into a single person.
This point was the most terrifying aspect of the Monstrous Heavenly Sword.
While the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword had not been promoted to become a Ten Thousand Lines Sacred Artifact, Zhang Ruochen was not disappointed because, with the power of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword now, it was already quite considerable.
In the Kunlun Realm, there were an unknown number of sects that wanted to obtain a Ten Thousand Lines Saint Artifact. However, the clans that possessed a Ten Thousand Lines Sacred Artifact were few and far between, and every one of them was an overlord on one side.
The power of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword right now wasn’t much weaker than a Ten Thousand Lines Sacred Artifact, and it was enough to make many large sects red in the eyes.
The Undead Ancient Ship sailed so fast that even if Zhang Ruochen flew with all his might, he couldn’t catch up with it.
After leaving Dragonfire Island, the Undead Ancient Ship didn’t know how many days it had sailed on the Yin Yang Sea, and on the surface of the sea, there was finally a change again.
Even during the day, the temperature of the sea water was no longer so hot, and the weather was getting colder and colder.
Xiao Hei was the most excited and climbed to the highest position of the silver-coloured Undead Ancient Ship and said, ”It won’t be long until we reach the Yin Eye of the Yin Yang Sea, the Abandoned Deep Sea. Everyone hurry up and get ready, what follows will be extremely dangerous.”
Ao Xin Yan broke through to the Saint realm and mastered the Boundary Son Seal, her strength increased greatly while her fear of the Yin Yang Sea also diminished a bit. She asked, “What do you mean? What do we need to prepare for?”
Xiao Hei said, “The Undead Ancient Ship will stop at the edge of the Forsaken Deep Sea, and we can only continue to move forward with our own strength, so everyone must be mentally prepared. The next road will be a life of nine deaths, if there is anyone who doesn’t dare to enter the Forsaken Deep Sea, they can stay on top of the Undead Ancient Ship.”
“Having come this far, no matter how dangerous the front is, we must continue on.”
Huang Yichen’s gaze was firm, without a trace of timidity.
Ao Xinyan glanced towards Huang Yichen and said, “Even she dares to venture into the Forsaken Deep Sea, so naturally, I’m even more determined to go.”
Huang Yichen smiled faintly and didn’t argue with Ao Xinyan, only that smile was tinged with some disdain.
The sky gradually became dim, and the cold air became heavier and heavier.
It wasn’t that it was naturally dark, but rather, it had entered a bizarre sea, and the entire sea looked like it had been in darkness all year round, unable to see the sunlight.
In the end, the entire heaven and earth became dark, with only a few stars left hanging in the sky, emitting a faint glow.
Zhang Ruochen would observe the sky every once in a while, memorising the positions of the stars as a way of confirming the orientation.
The sailing speed of the Undead Ancient City became slower and slower, and in the end, it came to a complete stop.
The seawater in this area of the sea was quite icy cold, even if a Saint were to dip into the seawater, his body would freeze and become numb, and the flow of Saint Qi in his body would become quite slow.
In the sky, the cold wind howled, a wind force that was as sharp as a blade.
“How do we go now?”
Ao Xin Yan looked towards Zhang Ruochen, asking for his opinion.
“You guys stay on the ship first, I’m going to try the wind force in mid-air.”
Zhang Ruochen inspired the Ten Sacred Blood Armour, and a pair of golden dragon wings unfolded on his back as he shot up into the sky and flew off into the distance.
However, only after flying out a few ten miles away, Zhang Ruochen turned back, his face a little pale as he stood on the ship without saying a word, only clasping his hands into a circle and mobilising his holy qi to flow through his holy veins.
Only after a long time did Zhang Ruochen suppress the injuries in his body and reopen his eyes, not waiting for Huang Yichen and Ao Xinyan to ask, he said, “It’s the Xuan Yin Big Dipper Wind. The higher you fly, the more terrifying the astral wind becomes, just now I attempted to fly a hundred metres high, but I was struck by a humanoid astral wind, if I wasn’t wearing the Ten Sacred Blood Armour, the consequences would have been unimaginable.”
“The legendary humanoid astral wind?”
The crowd present all sucked in a breath of cold air.
The skies above the Forsaken Deep Sea were inevitably too dangerous, and it was simply unrealistic to want to break into it by flying.
Qing Mo stood outside the edge of the Undead Ancient Ship, pointing at the sea in the distance, and let out a freaky exclamation, “Look guys, there’s an iceberg there.”
Zhang Ruochen looked over in the direction of Qing Mo’s finger and indeed saw a two hundred metre tall iceberg suspended over the sea.
“That’s …….”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed, revealing a look of surprise. Only to see that there was a silhouette inside that iceberg.
Someone was frozen inside the iceberg?
