Hearing the sounds of the battle just now, Young Sovereign Ling Quan immediately rushed over, and when he saw Zhang Ruochen transformed into Marquis of the Sacred Arrow, he called out, “Marquis of the Sacred Arrow, where is Zhang Ruochen?”
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly bowed and said in a rough voice, “Reporting to Young Sovereign, Zhang Ruochen’s strength is terrifyingly powerful, and my subordinate was unable to stop him.”
Young Lord Spirit Quan carried his arms behind his back, a fierce light appearing in the pupils of his eyes as he said, “With Zhang Ruochen’s strength, it’s true that you’re no match for him either. If you want to kill him, you still have to have this Young Sovereign personally take action.”
“That’s natural, with Young Sovereign’s strength, dealing with a mere Zhang Ruochen isn’t a piece of cake.”Zhang Ruochen followed and chimed in.
Young Monarch Ling Quan nodded and said, “Zhang Ruochen was able to perform spatial shift and now that he has escaped, it seems that it is impossible to catch up with him again. That’s fine, let’s go and pay our respects to Her Highness the Princess first, Her Highness should have instructions for the next step.”
“Her Highness the Princess? Could it be the legendary Rakshasa Princess?”
Zhang Ruochen’s face remained unchanged, but in his heart, there were huge waves of anticipation, but he also had to be more careful and cautious.
Following Ling Quan Young Monarch, he walked out of the Bipolar Swamp and entered the dense forest of spatial disarray.
“Could it be that we are going to the Rakshasa Clan’s camp?”
Zhang Ruochen released his spiritual power and was able to detect that there were a large number of inscriptions laid out both under the ground and in mid-air. Some of the inscriptions existed before, while others had just been burnt on not long ago.
If one did not know the safe route, once a Saint broke into this area, they would surely die.
Not long after, an ancient fortress appeared in front of them.
The old fort should have an extremely long history, many places had collapsed and were piled up with rocks. A hundred feet away from the ancient castle, Zhang Ruochen was able to see a large number of Rakshasa Marquises, some of them devouring the blood and flesh of Saints, some of them meditating and cultivating, and some of them patrolling.
For the Rakshasa Clan, the fastest way to cultivate was to swallow the blood and flesh of living beings, and their own innate physique and cultivation techniques were able to transform the blood qi and holy power contained in the blood and flesh into their own power.
The higher the quality of the blood and flesh they swallowed, the faster their cultivation would grow.
This was also the reason why Yuan Mix was divided and eaten by them.
“The Rakshasa cultivators gathered near the ancient fortress are all at least at the level of Fourth Marquis, moreover, there are a large number of them, if they all kill out, can the Saints of the Shatuo Seven Realms hold them back?”Zhang Ruochen’s heart was secretly shocked.
The strength of a Fourth Grade Marquis was comparable to a True Saint.
The ones guarding the gates of the ancient fortress were four Second Grade Marquises, two Martial Dao Saints whose cultivation had reached the peak of Supreme Sainthood, along with two Rakshasa Females whose spiritual power had reached the peak of the forty-fourth rank.
“Greetings to the Young Lord.”
“Greetings to Marquis Saint Arrow.”
Seeing such great figures as the Spirit Quan Young Sovereign and the Sacred Arrow Marquis, they naturally didn’t dare to check their identities and directly released them.
In the centre area of the ancient fortress, there was a shattered hall, a stone pillar was thicker than a millstone, and a stone statue were all radiating a divine aura, Zhang Ruochen and Young Monarch Ling Quan walked in the hall, their bodies appearing extraordinarily small.
At this moment, a large number of First Grade Marquises of the Rakshasa Clan were gathered in the grand hall, each one of them radiating an incomparably strong Evil Shastra aura, their blood aura so powerful that they were like divine dragons, giant elephants, and unicorns, causing one to feel palpitations in one’s heart.
Strong first-class marquises, such as, Yang Qi, Qian Yu, and Xian Jie Hou, all stood in the front position. The weaker they were, the further away they stood.
Zhang Ruochen walked into the main hall and was also secretly surprised, the number of First Class Marquises of the Rakshasa Clan was far beyond his expectations, there were close to a hundred of them.
It was feared that just these First Grade Marquises killing out would be able to sweep away the Saints of the Shadrachian Seven Realms.
Moreover, these were only the First Grade Marquises gathered in the great hall, and it was feared that there were even more First Grade Marquises in the ninety-nine holy mountains, and even on top of the Ancestral Spirit Realm’s four great family fragments.
“How is it possible that the …… Rakshasa Clan is so powerful?”
Zhang Ruochen suppressed the shock in his heart and made himself act as calm and collected as possible.
One had to know that amongst the Saints of the Guanghan Realm, there were only five figures who could contend with a First Class Marquis, even if they were added together. Even in the mighty Great Demon Ten Directions Realm, it was feared that there would not be more than thirty characters who could contend with a First Class Marquis.
A great world with the topmost geniuses seemed to be simply not enough in the eyes of the Rakshasa Clan.
Of course, that was because Zhang Ruochen didn’t know that the Rakshasa Princess had deployed three million Marquises from the Giant Pagoda Planet to the Ancestral Spirit Realm just to exterminate the Saints of the Shatuo Seven Realms.
Even if a First Grade Marquis was a strong one in ten thousand, a large number of them could be picked out from the army of three million Marquis.
Upon seeing the number of First Grade Marquises in the hall, Zhang Ruochen had already guessed the purpose of the Rakshasa Clan, and the worries that had been in his heart were finally confirmed.
The Rakshasa Clan had already laid a heavenly net, yet the Saints of the Seven Realms of Shatuo were still fighting with each other and competing for merit values, Zhang Ruochen felt incredibly ridiculous all of a sudden.
Regardless of which Great World they were in, Saints were the backbone and a symbol of whether a Great World was prosperous or not.
When a Saint in a Great World was exterminated, that Great World would be even more wounded and might not be able to recover even after a thousand years of recuperation.
Right now, the more than one million Saint Masters of the Shatuo Seven Realms were already hanging on by a thread.
So far, the only person who had noticed this was Zhang Ruochen.
Those cultivators from the Celestial Court Realm, through the battlefield mirrors, saw Zhang Ruochen walking into into the grand hall, some were relieved, while some were still hanging on to their hearts, worrying that Zhang Ruochen would have his identity recognised and would not be able to walk out of the grand hall alive.
“Zhang Ruochen should have realised Princess Rakshasa’s plan, next, let’s see how he will react?”
“Zhang Ruochen’s art of change is very powerful, since he was able to fool Young Lord Ling Quan, he should be able to fool Princess Rakshasa as well.”
“So far, amongst the entire Shatuo Seven Realms, the only person who is able to arm wrestle with the Rakshasa Princess is Zhang Ruochen. Right now, he is also the only hope of all the Saints in the entire Shatuo Seven Realms.”
“This Saint Merit Battle, in the battle against the Rakshasa Princess, if Zhang Ruochen is able to make half of the Saints survive, it would be enough to make a name for himself in the Heavenly Court Realm.”
“Half? That’s impossible, as long as the entire army isn’t wiped out, it’s a victory.”
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The moment Zhang Ruochen stepped into the grand hall, many of the bigwigs in the Celestial Court Realm designated him as Princess Rakshasa’s opponent.
To be able to become Princess Rakshasa’s opponent and to be recognised as such was quite a remarkable thing in itself.
The Rakshasa Princess stood at the very top of the grand hall, her delicate body, enveloped by a thick Evil Shakra Qi, was like a blood mist rolling over, making it impossible to see her true appearance.
Just by seeing a silhouette, Zhang Ruochen felt incomparably familiar.
At this moment, the Rakshasa Princess, obviously quite furious, chided, ”Have you guys listened to this princess’s words or not? Before you break through the deepest boundary area of the Phoenix Nest, you cannot deal with Zhang Ruochen, and even more so, you cannot appear in front of him.”
Surprised to hear his name, Zhang Ruochen felt a little surprised.
Although it was the first time he heard the voice of the Rakshasa Princess and that voice was incomparably unfamiliar, Zhang Ruochen had a familiar feeling.
The two conflicting feelings were surprisingly present at the same time.
“There’s a problem, there’s definitely a problem with this Rakshasa Princess.”Zhang Ruochen gazed at the Rakshasa Princess above him, trying to find out why.
The Spirit Quan Young Monarch stood at the frontmost position with some disdain, saying, “With the mighty strength of our Rakshasa Clan, we still can’t break through the deepest boundary area of the Phoenix Nest? Why do we need to use Zhang Ruochen’s power?”
Immortal Marquis followed and chimed in, saying, “That’s right. Even if we can’t break it, Your Highness can still deploy a Saint King level figure to come over. Why should we be constrained by a human male …… son ……”
Princess Rakshasa’s eyes became stern, glaring so much that the Immortal Marquis didn’t dare to continue speaking, only to immediately shut his mouth.
The atmosphere in the great hall became somewhat heavy.
Yang Qi stood out to ease the atmosphere and laughed, ”How wise is Her Highness the Princess, what you guys can think of, how could Her Highness not think of it? Your Highness the Princess deployed three million Marquises from the Giant Tower Star, it should already be the limit of what the Heavenly Court Realm can tolerate. If they were to directly dispatch Saint King level powerhouses to the Ancestral Spirit Realm, how could the Celestial Court Realm sit back and do nothing? They would definitely dispatch Saint Kings as well, and that would only cause the situation to become more and more out of control. I’m afraid that before the Phoenix Nest’s boundary is broken, the Ancestral Spirit Realm will already be completely destroyed.”
“You all must know that Her Highness’s purpose is to exterminate the Saints of the Shatuo Seven Realms, along with seizing that treasure in the Phoenix Nest.”
“The bigger the matter becomes, the more vigilant the Heavenly Court Realm will become, and when the time comes, it won’t be half as beneficial to us.”
Every piece of information heard in the grand hall made Zhang Ruochen’s heart skip a beat.
Three million Marquises?
Zhang Ruochen was not only surprised, he also felt puzzled.
How could the Heavenly Court Realm let so many Rakshasa Marquises enter the Ancestral Spirit Realm? It was just as well that it didn’t send a large army to intercept them, but why didn’t it end the Saint Merit War in advance or notify the Saints who were on the warpath?
Could it be that those bigwigs in the Heavenly Court Realm actually thought that the Saints of the Shatuo Seven Realms would be able to fight against three million Rakshasa Marquises?
No wonder the Moon God had once said that a great world could only rely on itself if it wanted to survive, and to get the full help of the Heavenly Court Realm was only possible unless you had a great deal of value. And there were times when such value could be sacrificed.
Young Lord Ling Quan looked at Zhang Ruochen with displeasure, and naturally, he was unconvinced in his heart as he asked, ”Your Highness, in the Phoenix Nest, what kind of extraordinary treasure is there that must be taken? I don’t believe that the inheritance of the Ice and Fire Phoenix is that important in your eyes. Or …… Your Highness the Princess is actually unable to kill that human man.”
Another powerful First Class Marquis, said, “My subordinate is also curious to know the reason. Right now, more than half of the Saints of the Shatuo Seven Realms have already gathered at the Ninety-Nine Sacred Mountains, so it is the perfect time to surround and kill them. If we wait any longer, my subordinate is worried that there will be changes.”
Princess Rakshasa’s clear and cold voice rang out, spreading throughout the great hall, “Since you all want to know, this princess will tell you.
