Zhang Ruochen’s hands grasped forward, using a spatial distortion technique to divert the destructive force generated by that Thoroughground Realm Blood Saint’s self-destruction to another direction.
“That was really ruthless enough to force the Earth Thoroughfare Realm Saint to self-destruct his Saint Origin.”Zhang Ruochen said to himself.
A Thoroughground Realm Saint could already be a Palace Master or a Saint Elder in the Blood God Sect, definitely a first-class big shot.
The Immortal Blood Race had gone so far as to pay such a heavy price in order to break through the Spatial Maze.
The Cang Lan Martial Saint’s injuries had already recovered by sixty to seventy percent, and just at the moment when that Thoroughfare Realm Saint blew himself up, her right hand clenched into the void, and then the holy sword flew out, becoming more than sixty metres and as wide as a door panel, and was inserted in front of her with a loud bang, transforming into a wall of swords.
The mysterious power contained in the Taoist Temple, coupled with the sword wall formed by the giant sword, a two-fold defence, resisted the destructive force, and the Cang Lan Martial Saint and the six female saints stood at the back of the sword wall, and did not suffer any trauma.
“The Spatial Maze Formation has been destroyed, we must flee this place immediately.”
Zhang Ruochen transmitted his voice to Qing Mo, and with that, the two of them transformed into two streams of light, one white and one green, and rushed towards the outside of the Taoist Temple.
“You guys can’t escape.”
At the bottom of the mountain, a cold cry rang out.
Immediately after, a blood cloud that was hundreds of metres long rushed towards the top of the mountain, intercepting Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo’s path.
In the blood cloud, there stood a huge silhouette, three feet tall, and the Saint Might that emanated from him made Zhang Ruochen and Qing Mo feel a little suffocated.
The person standing in the blood cloud was none other than the Wind Destruction Blood Saint, one of the four Heavenly Blood Generals.
Before that Thoroughfare Realm Blood Saint blew up his Saint Source, the Immortal Blood Race’s Saints had all retreated to the bottom of the mountain for fear of suffering the repercussions. Now, they had completely surrounded this elephant-shaped stone mountain and were shrinking their encirclement to charge back up to the top of the mountain.
Qing Mo was scared out of his wits and stared at Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Gongzi, what should we do now?”
“We can only retreat back to the Taoist Temple and co-operate with them, perhaps we can kill our way out.”
Just as he was about to retreat back to the Taoist Temple, Zhang Ruochen’s ears once again resounded with an odd sound, shrill screams, the roar of savage beasts, the cries of women, and the sound of sword hilts colliding ……
Dense black shadows rushed out from the depths of the Taoist Temple, some resembling children, some resembling old men, and some resembling savage beasts, and all of those shadows were projected on the ground, too numerous to count.
“Undead?”
“What in the world is it, why do I feel that they are emitting screams.”
……
This time, even Qing Mo and the female saints saw those shadows, they felt creeped out and hastily dodged, not daring to come into contact with them at all.
“Is that the …… Evil Saint Thought Body?”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
Evil Saint Thought Bodies, neither living nor undead, were cultivated from the Saint Thoughts of Half-Saints and Saints, and were highly offensive.
On the Undead Ancient Ship in the Yin Yang Sea, Zhang Ruochen had seen the Evil Saint Thought Body.
The shadows that rushed out from the depths of the Taoist Temple were very similar to the Evil Holy Thought Body, however, they were too weak and there were too many of them.
Even on top of the Undead Ancient Ship, it was impossible for so many Evil Saint Bodies to be born.
What exactly is it?
“The tremendous commotion caused by that Earth-Through Realm Blood Saint’s self-destruction of his Saint Source seems to have alerted a certain terrifying existence deep within the Taoist Temple.”
Zhang Ruochen vaguely heard a sound of unusual movement coming from the depths of the Taoist Temple.
Immediately after, the foundation of the Dao Guan cracked open with a gap, and a terrifying and overwhelming aura emanated from the ground as if an ancient being was awakening.
At this instant, Zhang Ruochen’s sweaty hairs stood up and his vest went cold.
All the Blood Saints of the Immortal Blood Clan combined were not as intimidating as the aura coming out from the bottom of the Taoist Temple. Qing Mo was so frightened that his legs went soft, and his teeth made dejected sounds.
“Could …… it be that an evil god has come out?”
The six female saints were also so frightened that their faces turned pale and they couldn’t take a step, and their gazes, one after another, looked towards the Canglan Martial Saint, curious to know if the Martial Saint Lord had a strategy to deal with it?
The Cang Lan Martial Saint’s face was also ugly, yet he was still quite calm.
Now, it was clear that he could not return to the Taoist Temple and could only look for another way out.
Zhang Ruochen looked towards the top of the mountain that was higher than the Taoist Temple, where the clouds and mists were dense, and vaguely, one could see patches of ancient buildings in the clouds and mists, emitting a divine light.
“Continue climbing.”
Zhang Ruochen suppressed the fear in his heart with his strong willpower, releasing his spiritual power and condensing a piece of thunderbolt, he rolled up Qing Mo, who was a little stunned by the fright, and transformed into a ray of lightning, rushing towards the top of a higher mountain.
The Cang Lan Martial Saint stretched out one of his left hands and struck out a long river of holy qi, wrapping around the six female saints as he rushed out, following closely behind Zhang Ruochen.
“Rumble.”
The foundation of the Taoist Temple shattered completely, cracking open a ten foot wide gully.
A deadly aura, gushing out from the ground, rushed all the way up to the heights, causing the entire dome of the sky to be shrouded in a grey, deadly aura.
Zhang Ruochen stared back and his heart skipped a beat.
“That power is …… Death Evil Qi.”
It wasn’t the first time Zhang Ruochen had seen Death Evil Qi, a long time ago, during his training in the Xuanwu Ruins Realm, he had already seen the power of Death Evil Qi.
In the Xuanwu Ruins Realm, a Pillar of the Sinful Sea that contained Death Evil Qi had nailed a Green Flame Xuanwu that had reached the Saint King realm.
The Death Evil Qi that gushed out from the bottom of the Taoist Temple’s ground was exactly the same as the Death Evil Qi contained on the Pillar of the Sinful Sea.
Now that the Death Evil Qi had reappeared, how could Zhang Ruochen not be surprised?
Those Blood Saints rushed up from the bottom of the mountain, and just as they came into contact with the Death Evil Qi, they immediately let out terrified cries.
A death aura penetrated into their blood and holy qi, and their skin immediately turned black and began to rot. Not only was the Death Evil Qi destroying their physical bodies, it was also affecting their sanity as their eyes became bloodthirsty, tyrannical, and crazy, completely losing their minds.
Zhu Qingyi seemed to be aware of the dreadfulness of the Death Evil Qi, her eyes widened, revealing a horrified expression as she said in a deep voice, “Immediately retreat to the bottom of the mountain, don’t come into contact with the Death Evil Qi.””Wow–”
A black ball of light flew out from underneath the Taoist Temple’s ground and hovered in midair.
All the saints in the mountain, including Zhang Ruochen and the Canglan Martial Saint, could feel the terrifying aura emanating from the black ball of light.
Tens of thousands of black shadows, all seemingly manipulated by the black ball of light, rushed in two directions.
One batch of them, rushed towards the top of the mountain, chasing after Zhang Ruochen, the Cang Lan Martial Saint and the others. The other batch rushed towards the bottom of the mountain, chasing after the Blood Saint of the Immortal Blood Race.
The black shadows were extremely fast, and moreover, they carried a deathly evil aura on their bodies.
One of the Blood Saints, who was caught up by hundreds of black shadows, was like suffering from the suppression of hundreds of mountains as he collapsed to the ground, letting out mournful screams.
A moment later, that Blood Saint turned into a puddle of black pus and blood.
Among the hundreds of black shadows, there was one more shadow with a powerful aura, which was practically identical to the figure of that Blood Saint.
Seeing this scene, even the ferocious and bloodthirsty Blood Saint felt creeped out and fled even faster.
“What exactly was released from the underground of the Daoist Temple?”
“It’s too terrifying! Could it be that by killing one person, it will cast one more shadow?”
……
It was really too bizarre, the unknown being that escaped from the ground seemed to be in possession of tens of thousands of shadows. For every person it killed, it would have one more shadow.
Zhang Ruochen and Canglan Martial Saint’s foreheads were also breaking out in cold sweat as they desperately fled, not wanting to follow in that Blood Saint’s footsteps.
However, those black shadows were chasing them closer and closer, and they were about to surround them.
The Cang Lan Martial Saint’s pupils emitted fire, and there were two phoenix imprints surfacing in her pupils as she bit her finger to break it and flung it behind her, and drops of holy blood flew out from the broken mouth.
“Puffing.”Each drop of holy blood transformed into a ball of flame, which was shaped as if it were a phoenix feather.
A large swath of flaming feathers flew out and collided with the black shadow chasing after it, actually burning the black shadow into a wisp of black smoke that dissipated into the air.
“The blood of a true phoenix.”
Zhang Ruochen revealed a strange expression, clearly not expecting that the Canglan Martial Saint possessed such a powerful physique.
Only when the True Phoenix Body was cultivated to a great completion could the blood within the body be converted into True Phoenix Blood. The flame Qi contained in the phoenix blood was capable of incinerating and refining all the Yin and Evil in the world, making it one of the most precious bloods.
The True Phoenix’s Body and the True Phoenix’s Body were both powerful physiques that could be compared to the True Dragon’s Body.
“No wonder her battle power ranks first amongst the Nine Heavenly Xuan Girls.”Zhang Ruochen said in his heart.
The Canglan Martial Saint kept spilling his blood out to block the black shadows chasing after him, and finally, their group reached the top of the mountain and rushed into a green-coloured temple.
The sacred light emanating from the green-coloured temple blocked the black shadows, making it impossible for them to break in.
Zhang Ruochen and Cang Lan Martial Saint both exhaled a long breath, both of their faces were very pale as they looked at each other, both of them letting out a chuckle, it wasn’t easy to be able to escape.
“Just now, I heard you utter the four words Death Evil Qi, could it be that you know what the hell it was that rushed out from underneath the Taoist Temple?”Canglan Martial Saint asked.
Zhang Ruochen was really a bit tired and directly sat down on the ground, saying, “In the past, I did have some contact with the Evil Qi of Death, and I didn’t understand it very well. I can only say that it was most likely a force that came from outside the domain.”
“A force from outside the domain?”
The Canglan Martial Saint was somewhat astonished, her full chest, deeply heaving as she hurriedly asked again, “Which Market Realm is it?”
Zhang Ruochen fell into silence, recalling the Sinister Sea Demon Pillar that he had seen in the Xuanwu Market Realm. A Market Realm, even if it was a superior Market Realm, could not possibly refine a battle weapon that terrifying.
Could it be that there really was a world as powerful as the Kunlun Realm in the vast universe, and furthermore, the beings of that world had already come to the Kunlun Realm?
Canglan Martial Saint was not a foolish person, seeing Zhang Ruochen’s silence, he also made some guesses, sucked in a breath of cold air, and muttered to himself, “Could it be that the rumours are true, and that the Immortal Machine Sect was really wiped out by a force from outside the domain?”
Zhang Ruochen’s face sank into a deep concentration as he walked to a higher position in the green-coloured hall, releasing his Heavenly Eyes and looking downwards towards the Taoist Temple, carefully observing the black ball of light suspended in mid-air.
Inside the black ball of light, it looked like it was wrapped around a long, white stone ……
No, it wasn’t a stone.
It was a bone, a finger’s phalanx.
