At the bottom of the cliff, in a thorny bush that was densely covered with highly poisonous thorns, Zhang Ruochen found Ah Le.
Half of Ah Le’s body was burnt by the flames, a large number of bones in his body were broken, his face was pale and lifeless, just like a dead body.
Zhang Ruochen endured the severe pain on his body, as well as the feeling of emptiness that kept emanating from his body, and dragged Ah Le out of the thorn bushes and laid him flat on the ground.
Princess Rakshasa walked to Zhang Ruochen’s side, stared at the “dead body” on the ground, and said, “The Battlefield of Merit is so cruel, and no one knows which will come first, death or tomorrow. Bury it!”
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head, still gazing at Ah Le.
The Rakshasa Princess did not expect Zhang Ruochen to be so stubborn, and was about to persuade him one more time, when suddenly, sensing something, a soft eek came out of her mouth, and she could not help but begin to carefully observe the “dead body” on the ground.
“How is it possible …… that the body even has both the Qi of life and the Qi of death. The qi of life and death, life and death.”
Princess Rakshasa’s spiritual power was powerful, sensing the strange phenomenon within Ah Le’s body.
Even with her experience, she felt some surprise.
Inside Ah Le’s body, he had already birthed the Taiji Seal of Life and Death, which meant that he could transform the qi of life into the qi of death, as well as transform the qi of death into the qi of life.
As long as his willpower was strong enough, he was immortal.
Unless, he encountered an opponent that was far too powerful than him and directly beat his body into ashes, even the Taiji Life and Death Seal was shattered in order to kill him.
Of course, Ah Le was still only cultivating the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Decree to the seventh revolution, if he were to cultivate it to the eighth, or even the ninth, at that time, even if he were to smash all of his body into pieces, he might not be able to kill him completely.
Gradually, a trace of blood colour returned to Ah Le’s face, and the Life Qi in his body became thicker and thicker, passing through the most dangerous stage.
Zhang Ruochen let out a slight sigh of relief.
The four great experts of the Eight Divisions Realm naturally all noticed the strange changes in Ah Lok’s body, and all of them tsked in wonder.
Crazy Demon sucked in a breath of cool air and thought, ”Zhang Ruochen’s side is really full of talents, a Han Qiu who repairs the Way of Darkness is already quite terrifying. Add to that an immortal cold-blooded swordsman, and a Taikoo ferocious plant, the Sacred Eating Flower. Even if a great world were to pick out the top Saint realm heavenly pride, it would be difficult to fight against them.”
“Amitabha.”
Yuan Mix stepped up to Zhang Ruochen’s side with a smile on his face and said, “The poor monk’s Dharma name is Yuan Mix, for the Eight Part Realm’s Realm Son. I don’t know if you have the time now, do you have time for us to discuss the matter of exchanging merit values together?”
The other party was a Realm Son, so naturally, he could not be slowed down.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Crazy Demon should have already told you the rules for redeeming merit values, right?”
“Of course.”
Yuan Mixer said, “However, isn’t it a bit too much for Cultist Zhang to want to split three merit values? How about, if we all make a friend, how about 20%?”
Since Yuan Mix was willing to follow Crazy Demon to rush over here, and moreover, didn’t directly ambush Zhang Ruochen, it also showed that he was able to withstand Zhang Ruochen’s conditions.
Now, speaking terms with Zhang Ruochen again, in fact, a large part of the reason was to test Zhang Ruochen’s strength.
If Zhang Ruochen was seriously injured, he would definitely not have the strength to do so, and it would be very likely that he would agree to his conditions.
The fact that Crazy Demon and Yuan Mixer and the others had arrived so quickly was actually out of Zhang Ruochen’s expectation, which was why they were caught a bit off guard.
Zhang Ruochen also didn’t know how many sinister characters he had dealt with, so how could he not see Yuan Mixer’s thoughts, and then, let out a smile, “The Saint of the Kunlun Realm, who exchanged Merit Values with me, has already shared 30% with me. If the Saint of the Eight Realms only gives 20%, once the news gets out, what should the Saint of the Kunlun Realm think?”
Princess Rakshasa smiled cheekily and said, “We, the Great Demon Ten Realms, should we only give 10%?”
Yuan Mix’s face slightly stared, and he pondered for a moment before revealing a smile again, “Since Scholar Zhang has a hard time, the poor monk is not in a position to force the issue. Just follow the 30% rule and co-operate once first.”
With that, Yuan Chong, Golden Winged Leopard, and Zhentian Tiger took out the Rakshasa blood and remnants of souls from their bodies one after another, and all of them were put inside a single precious bottle.
Looking at the Rakshasa blood and remnant souls on the ground, Princess Rakshasa’s jade finger hidden in her sleeve was slightly pinched much tighter, and some coldness arose in her heart.
However, she hid it extremely well and did not show it.
It was only after Zhang Ruochen received 30% of the Rakshasa blood and residual soul that he took out the wall of merit books and stood them at the bottom of the cliff.
At that moment, the eyes of the Golden-winged Leopard and the Zhentian Tiger both became a little scorching, a powerful Saint Force brewing within their bodies, wanting to immediately make a move to snatch it.
As he took out the Wall of Merit Book, Zhang Ruochen also took out a Saint Sword and cupped it in his hand.
It was a Divine Spirit Battle Weapon given by the Moon God.
The few people present, all of whom were top-notch powerhouses, were naturally able to sense that the holy sword contained a divine power.
Both the Golden-winged Leopard and Zhentian Tiger were startled and hastily withdrew their holy power, unable to help but fall backwards as they roared out, ”How did you come to be in possession of a Divine Spirit Battle Weapon? Isn’t it impossible to slacken such a battle weapon and enter the Ancestral Spirit Realm?”
Even Princess Rakshasa’s pupils shrank violently, not expecting Zhang Ruochen to have such a terrifying card.
Once the divine power within the Divine Spirit Battle Weapon was invoked, in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, it would simply be invincible. Even if there were more Rakshasa Marquises to attack him, they would probably be killed by him in return.
In the presence, only Yuan Mix was still able to maintain his composure, as he knew that all of the God Ambassadors of the Shadrachian Seven Realms had a Divine Spirit War Weapon in their grasp.
“Zhang Ruochen actually exposed all of his Divine Spirit Battle Weapons, so it seems that he really is a bit underpowered. However, with the power of the Divine Spirit Battle Weapon, if we go and grab the Wall of Merit Book now, we will definitely be killed by him. Hold back a little longer.”Yuan Mix secretly said.
Yuan Mix took the lead and walked forward to the bottom of the Merit Book Wall, opened all the treasure bottles, and exchanged 3.2 million Merit Values.
Following that, the Golden-winged Leopard and the Zhentian Tiger walked over one after the other and redeemed eight hundred thousand merit values and one million two hundred thousand merit values respectively.
The total amount of merit collected by the Eight Divisions Realm in the Saint Merit War reached 92 million, still ranking third.
Zhang Ruochen, on the other hand, received two million two hundred thousand merit values, bringing the total number of merit in the Guanghan Realm, to ninety-five million.
Yuan Mix put his hands together and smiled kindly, “Since the first cooperation went so well, next, Crazy Demon will definitely bring more and more Saints of the Eight Divisions Realm to exchange for merit values.”
“Happy co-operation.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Yuan Mix’s gaze, stared over towards Princess Rakshasa, revealing a look of desire to speak, and finally, said, “Your Highness, the Demon Princess, may I borrow a step to speak?”
In Princess Rakshasa’s starry eyes, a smile appeared, “Good!”
Yuan Mix and Princess Rakshasa travelled towards the bottom of the Holy Mountain, followed by Crazy Demon, Golden Winged Leopard, and Zhentian Tiger.
A few moments later, the Sacred Mountain of the Bone Phoenix became unusually quiet, and Zhang Ruochen could no longer hold on any longer, and with a wow sound, a mouthful of blood was spat out from his mouth as his body trembled, his entire body’s meridians tying up, and he slowly sat on the ground.
Earlier, fighting with the Bone Phoenix had already resulted in extremely serious injuries.
The battle with Autumn Rain had caused the injuries to deteriorate further.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen should have immediately convalesced his injuries a long time ago, but, in order to suppress the four experts of the Eight Sect Realm, he had to continue to support them, and in doing so, the injuries within his body had deteriorated to the extreme.
Autumn Rain, who was bound by the Binding Saint Lock, let out a cold laugh, ”Obviously, the injuries on your body are already incomparably serious, but you are still holding on, now you are suffering from a backlash, right? In your current state, I’m afraid it’s incredibly difficult to even move a finger.”
Despite being bound, Qiu Yu struggled to stand up and laughed, “Today, it is destined that I am the one who will have the last laugh.”
Qiu Yu was unable to mobilise his Saint Qi, however, the strength of his physical body was still very strong, and his fingers reached out from the gap of the Binding Saint Lock, grabbing out the iron sword of Ah Le as he took one step at a time towards Zhang Ruochen.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes and spat out two words from his mouth, “Lingxi.”
Space shook slightly, and Mu Lingshi walked out from the interior of the space crystal stone, just in time to see Qiu Yu’s sword stabbing at Zhang Ruochen’s vest, and then her face changed slightly as she blasted over with a palm strike.
“Boom.”
A muffled sound came out of Qiu Yu’s mouth as he threw himself away.
The iron sword in his hand also fell to the ground with a “clang” sound.
“I’m not willing …… just a little bit short …… I can turn defeat into victory ……”
Out of Qiu Yu’s mouth, came the sound of a furious roar.
Mu Lingshi spent an extremely short amount of time observing the surroundings and roughly understood the current situation.
Ah Le and Zhang Ruochen were both seriously injured, making it difficult for them to move.
Where were the others?
“How could this be, what exactly happened?”Mu Lingshi asked.
Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground, motionless, and used his spiritual power to send out a message, “Watch over Qiu Yu, don’t let him escape. I’ll tell you more when I stabilise my injuries.”
“Good.”
Mu Lingshi grasped that iron sword of Ah Le with one hand, while the other hand grasped the Fengbei Shield, carefully watching out for the surroundings. There was no doubt that Zhang Ruochen and Ah Le’s lives and safety now depended on her to guard them.
Autumn Rain lay on the ground, a bitter look on her face as she said in a pleading tone, ”Lingxi, even if we are not married, we were at least once engaged. Please let me go, once Zhang Ruochen stabilises his injuries, he will definitely kill me.”
Mu Lingshi coldly said, “The one who was engaged to you was my father, not me.”
“But, I am your fiancé after all, are you willing to watch me be killed by Zhang Ruochen?”
Seeing that Mu Lingshi was not moved by this, Qiu Yu added, “Have you already forgotten that in the Green Dragon Ruins Realm, I once saved your life. Now, I am begging you to let me live, is it that hard? I don’t believe that the woman I love the most is actually a despicable person who is gracious and ungrateful.”
The cold colour in Mu Lingshi’s eyes faded a bit, revealing a struggling look as she said, “You don’t have to provoke me with provocation, that kindness, I have never forgotten. To ask me to let you go, that’s impossible. However, I will plead with Zhang Ruochen and leave you a way out.”
“How ruthless is Zhang Ruochen, how could he let me live? Ling Xi, if you don’t let me go, it’s like killing me with your own hands. You didn’t kill Qiu Yu, but Qiu Yu died because of you. How does your conscience rest?”Autumn Rain said eagerly.
