About half a day later, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword flew back and fell into Zhang Ruochen’s hands.
The Saint Soldiers on the battlefield had all been refined and absorbed by it, and the number of inscriptions in the body of the sword reached more than thirteen thousand, and the grade of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was upgraded by another large margin.
“Reaching the level of Ten Thousand Inscriptions Saint Weapon, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword’s upgrading degree has indeed become slower.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
One must know that the number of Saint Weapon Warriors on the battlefield was more than a thousand, yet it only caused the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword to increase by more than three thousand inscriptions.
Obviously, after being promoted to a Ten Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact, the inscription patterns within the body of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword became even more advanced, and the amount of Saint Artifacts that would be needed to raise the grade again would become increasingly gigantic.
The roots, vines, and leaves of the Sacred Eating Flower were spread all over this piece of heaven and earth, absorbing the nutrients from the soil and air at full strength, and with every moment, its cultivation realm was rapidly rising.
Another half a day passed.
The cultivation realm of the Saint Eating Flower reached the peak of True Saint.
The degree at which it absorbed the nutrients gradually became slow, and the fruits at the top of the vines seemed to have grown to their limit and did not continue to increase in size.
During this day, Zhang Ruochen naturally cultivated, refining close to 500 more drops of Condensed True Sacred Dew, one step closer to the True Saint realm.
Zhang Ruochen stepped out from the interior of the Space-Time Crystal Stone and came underneath the vines of the Sacred Eating Flower, saying, “Let’s go! Go to the wormhole.”
“Master, give me a few more days to absorb all the nutrients here, and say that I won’t necessarily be able to impact the Supreme Saint realm.”The voice of the Saint Eating Flower came out from the vines.
Zhang Ruochen knew that time was running out and said, “We came to the Ancestral Spirit Realm for conquering and killing, so how can we have so much time to spend on cultivation? Right now, we must go and bring down the wormhole and head to the Giant Whale River Basin immediately.”
The time for the Merit War was three months, and now that more than twenty days had passed, every remaining day seemed precious.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Golden Step Dragon Chariot and boarded it, mobilising his Saint Qi to stir up the soul shadows of nine golden dragons, and then he was rushing towards the direction of the wormhole.
Sitting in the dragon carriage, Zhang Ruochen took out a precious bottle and drank a mouthful of Condensed Truth Holy Dew.
Next, he would have to refine the Condensed Truth Sacred Dew when rushing and the Condensed Truth Sacred Path when fighting, only then would he be able to reach the True Saint realm faster.
The Sacred Eating Flower was very reluctant, but it still followed, a root that was tens of miles long, sticking out from the soil and extending forward quickly, like hundreds of legs and feet running.
Many forces in the Celestial Court Realm were watching Zhang Ruochen’s every move, and they were all surprised to see that he was actually charging towards the wormhole single-handedly.
“Look, Zhang Ruochen is actually heading straight for the wormhole, is he trying to call the shots against the Rakshasa army alone?”
“Although it is said that the Rakshasa below the Marquis have already withdrawn. However, there are six to seven hundred Rakshasa Marquises stationed near the wormhole, so it’s by no means possible for a single person to break through.”
“It’s estimated that he was in a hurry to rush to the Giant Whale River Basin and exchange his merit value, which is why he had to fight to the death.”
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The day before, Zhang Ruochen had fought alone against over a hundred Rakshasa Marquises, killing almost all of them, which was indeed quite strong.
However, going to attack the wormhole was another matter, so no one was optimistic about this battle, and all felt that the best outcome would be for Zhang Ruochen to return in defeat and successfully escape.
The greater likelihood was that there would not even be a chance to escape.
Arriving at the wilderness that was still 500 miles away from the wormhole, Zhang Ruochen looked ahead and saw that the entire heaven and earth were filled with chaotic Saint Force, and the earth was in a state of disrepair.
Yesterday, the Saints of the Blade and Prison Realm and the Rakshasa Clan’s army had exploded in a great battle here, and there were still many mutilated corpses scattered on the ground.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to take the enemy lightly and made the Golden Step Dragon Carriage stop, then, dispersed his spiritual power to probe over.
“The Saints of the Blade and Prison Realm actually broke through eleven layers of defensive formations in a row, they’ve helped me clear up a lot of trouble.”
The Rakshasa Clan had set up many formation inscriptions in this part of the world, making this place as if it had turned into a copper wall, so it was no wonder that the Saints of the Blade and Prison Realm had been killed to the point where they were almost completely wiped out.
There were a large number of crippled formation inscriptions on the ground, and further away, there were complete inscriptions inscribed to block Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power.
“Just how many more layers of defence formations are there? And how many attack formations?”
Zhang Ruochen was not afraid of the Rakshasa Clan’s sea of men tactic, however, the attack formations and the Nine-Nine Great Formations were still able to pose a huge threat to him.
The Rakshasa Clan stationed near the wormhole naturally also discovered Zhang Ruochen, and a figure with a powerful aura manifested behind the defensive formation.
Yesterday, the Third Grade Marquis with a silver lion face, who had escaped from Zhang Ruochen, walked out from the interior of the defensive array, his stout body standing on top of a small hill as he roared out in a deep voice, “Human, did you come to your door to die of your own accord?”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to talk nonsense with him and directly took out the Blue Sky Bow and White Sun Arrow, aiming them at the Silver Man Lion.
The Silver Man-Lion was very clear about the power of the Blue Sky Bow and White Sun Arrow, and cursed “Damn it”, then, hurriedly fled back to the interior of the defensive formation.
“Boom!”
The White Sun Arrow almost chased after the Silver Man Lion’s buttocks and crashed into the void, and immediately, a layer of defensive formation appeared, appearing to be a layer of semi-transparent light wall, with a chain floating above the light wall.
With a rumble, the chains on the wall of light shook violently, forming a vortex and blocking the White Sun Arrow.
“Fleeing quite quickly.”
Zhang Ruochen put his hand out and retrieved the White Sun Arrow.
With this arrow, Zhang Ruochen didn’t just want to shoot the Silver Man Lion, he also wanted to test the strength of the defensive formation.
Inside the defensive formation, those Marquises of the Rakshasa Clan, it was the first time they had seen the Silver Man-Lion in such a state of distress and fear, and they were all a bit unable to hold back their laughter.
The Silver Man-Lion felt very humiliated, and with a pair of silver-coloured pupils, a hint of flame emerged as he roared, “Kill him.”
Fifty feet above the ground in mid-air, a single inscription pattern emerged, and in the air, coalesced into an attack grand formation.
Affected by the attack grand formation, in the next moment, the entire sky burned and turned crimson. At the centre of the attack grand formation, a figure as tall as three hundred feet was condensed, with wings on its back, like a Rakshasa Demon God.
“Wow…”
From the mouth of that Rakshasa Demon God, a red-golden fireball was spat out and blasted in the direction where Zhang Ruochen was.
The high temperature contained on the fireball made even the Sacred Eating Flower unable to withstand it, and its leaves burned, only to hastily shrink its body to try to avoid being attacked by the formation.
Zhang Ruochen stood up, the Saint Qi in his body revolving rapidly as he grabbed his hands towards the void.
“Space Distortion.”
The fireball that was falling straight down immediately shifted its direction and landed several miles away.
“Rumble.”
The earth shook violently, and then, there was a layer of golden waves of fire that surged out in all directions, extending all the way to five hundred miles away.
The entire world, it was as if it had turned into a sea of fire.
“Dead?”
All of the Rakshasa Marquises all stared tightly at the sea of fire, when suddenly, nine golden dragons, pulling a holy cart, rushed out from the sea of fire, and at a hundred times the sound, they rushed towards the defensive array.
The Silver Man Lion clenched his teeth and said, ”Looking for death, can the defensive grand formation be broken by the power of your single strike? Continue to use the Attack Grand Formation, no matter what, we must suppress this person.”
The eyes of the Rakshasa Demon God standing at the centre of the Attack Grand Formation opened and flew out two pillars of flaming light, striking at the Golden Step Dragon Chariot.
Zhang Ruochen stood on top of the Golden Step Dragon Chariot and went all out to mobilise the spatial power as he slashed his finger towards the front and silently chanted, “Break it open for me.”
“Wow.”
Space was torn out in a huge opening, more than three hundred metres long and fifty metres wide, and flew towards the front, breaking through the defensive array.
Immediately after, the Golden Step Dragon Chariot rushed in.
Immediately after, a large chorus of miserable screams rang out as a single Rakshasa Marquis was knocked backwards and flew out, they were unable to block the dragon carriage at all. Some of these Rakshasa Marquises were even crushed into bloody mud and broken corpses, killing them directly.
The roots of the Sacred Eating Flower wrapped around the top of the Golden Step Dragon Carriage, while the vines flew out.
“Pfft.”
The vines were sharper than spears, piercing through the holy body of a Fifth Grade Marquis, followed by a rush towards another Rakshasa Marquis.
The Sacred Eating Flower specialised in selecting strong people like the Sixth Grade Marquis, Fifth Grade Marquis, and Fourth Grade Marquis, and for every one it killed, it dragged the holy corpse back and used its roots to suck the holy blood and holy power from the holy corpse.
Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Eating Flower teamed up to kill the Rakshasa Marquises, and in a matter of moments, dozens of Marquises were killed.
“It’s never been the case that only we, the Rakshasa Clan, devour other living beings, and no other living being can suck on us.”
The Silver Man Lion roared, taking out an iron whip at the level of a Ten Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact, stirring up the consummate power of the iron whip, and lashing out towards the Sacred Flower Eater.
The Sacred Eater Flower was obviously also aware of the danger, and its own power completely exploded out as countless threads of lightning light surged out, wrapping around the vines and leaves, and also lashed towards the Silver Man Lion.
“Rumble.”
The vines and the iron whip collided together, and a chaotic holy power, poured out in all directions.
Soon, the Sacred Flower Eater and the Iron Whip entwined, pitted against each other, and fought to a standstill.
The Sacred Flower Eater resided in Zhang Ruochen’s body, and the two were inextricably linked, thus, Zhang Ruochen could clearly feel that the Sacred Flower Eater was in a bad situation. The consummate power that exploded from the iron whip had already injured it, and moreover, the injury was still worsening.
Zhang Ruochen leapt, jumping up from above the Golden Step Dragon Chariot, and as he flew in mid-air, he summoned the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, grasped it in his hand, and slashed it down towards the Silver Man-Lion.
The powerful sword qi transformed into a waterfall of sword light over a thousand metres long, dropping downwards.
The Silver Man Lion’s face changed, and he hastily withdrew his iron whip, his wrist quickly twitching, and then, the iron whip became thicker and thicker, like a circling steel dragon, trying to block Zhang Ruochen’s attack.
“Rumble.”
How terrifying was the power bursting out from the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, directly cutting through that Ten Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact level iron whip, and with a single stroke of the sword, the Silver Man Lion’s Sacred Body was cleaved into two halves, and flew out in both the left and right directions.
Crimson blood splattered all over Zhang Ruochen.
With Zhang Ruochen’s current battle power, and with the invulnerability of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, an ordinary Supreme Saint would not be able to block a single stroke of his sword under full power.
