Thirty-three lofty holy mountains surrounded the Phoenix Nest, they were located on the shores of the Sea of Fire and the Sea of Cold, the mountains were perilous, the formations were dense, and they were filled with all sorts of unknown ferocious dangers.
Each holy mountain was a path to the Phoenix Nest.
At this moment, most of the Saint realm powerhouses of the Shatuo Seven Realms had chosen a path to reach the top of a certain Saint Mountain and were observing Zhang Ruochen and the others’ every move.
At the top of the Vajra Sacred Mountain, there was a group of Saints gathered, more than seventy of them, and the four of them had all reached the half-step Sacred King realm.
They were the top figures of the Tianmu Realm, each one of them strong.
One of them, a half-step Saint King with a panther, stared in the direction of the Cold Sea and snorted coldly, “Zhang Ruochen really knows how to choose his location, with the Underwinter Cold Sea as a retreat, it’s simply an impossible task for us to snatch the Wall of Merit Book.”
“Are we really going to exchange merit values with him? As far as I know, Zhang Ruochen is going to take 30% out of it, his heart is too black.”
“Let’s wait a little longer and make a decision after the Boundary Son and Divine Envoy arrive.”
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At the top of those other holy mountains, there were also a large number of saints gathered, and just like the saints of the Tianmu Realm, they were all in heated discussions.
Some were plotting to suppress Zhang Ruochen and the others and seize the Wall of Merit Book; others were pondering whether or not to go and negotiate with Zhang Ruochen to exchange the Merit Value.
Right at this moment, at the top of one of the holy mountains, a group of saints travelled towards the bottom of the mountain, amounting to more than thirty people.
This group of people came from the Kunlun Realm.
Among them, the ones walking at the front were Wan Zhaoyi, Chu Siyuan, Qing Xiao, and some of the ancient relics from the Barbarian Mysterious Realm, all of whom were first-rate powerhouses amongst the Saints.
Wan Zhaoyi, Chu Siyuan, and Qing Xiao personally ascended the Sycamore Divine Tree and conversed with Zhang Ruochen.
Everyone was an old acquaintance, and with Qing Xiao, a senior brother who had a close relationship with Zhang Ruochen, at the side, the entire process of negotiation appeared to be quite smooth.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Wall of Merit Book and stood it on top of the trunk of the Wutong Divine Tree, and then, one after another, the Saints of the Kunlun Realm went forward to exchange their merit values.
The thirty-odd Saints of the Kunlun Realm were all top-notch powerhouses, and the Merit Value they collected was naturally quite a lot, adding up altogether, making the Kunlun Realm’s Merit Value, increase by more than sixteen million.
Zhang Ruochen shared more than five million merit values from it, causing the Guanghan Realm’s merit value to reach ninety-nine million points, just one step short of breaking a hundred million.
Chu Siyuan’s face, however, was quite ugly as he said, “Zhang Ruochen, how about letting Qiu Yu live?”
Chu Siyuan also disliked what Qiu Yu had done, but, who called him the future Spiritual Root of Heaven and Earth of the Kunlun Realm, and as a famous member of the Ru Dao, he naturally did not wish for Qiu Yu to die in Zhang Ruochen’s hands.
In Chu Siyuan’s opinion, as long as he guided with his heart and helped Qiu Yu refine his heart, in the future, Qiu Yu might not necessarily not be able to become the backbone that held up a great world.
Surprisingly, Zhang Ruochen’s attitude wasn’t that tough as he smiled, ”Since Senior Chu wants to save his life, why don’t you stay and guard his side. Otherwise, in case he angers me one day, it’s not out of the question for him to be directly knocked into the Void Space by me.”
Chu Siyuan naturally understood how significant the Sycamore Divine Tree’s relationship was, and if Qiu Yu was killed by Zhang Ruochen, it would definitely be a huge loss for the Kunlun Realm.
If, on the other hand, he stayed ……
It was not certain that he would really be able to stop Zhang Ruochen at a critical time.
Zhang Ruochen naturally didn’t want to leave behind a meddling old fellow, but rather, he wanted to make use of Chu Siyuan to hold the Rakshasa Princess in check.
As long as Chu Siyuan stayed by Zhang Ruochen’s side, how could the Rakshasa Princess still casually send out spiritual power messages to the outside?
Cutting off the connection between the Rakshasa Princess and the Rakshasa Clan, then, even if the Rakshasa Clan’s camp had undergone a huge change, it was expected that the Rakshasa Princess would still be unaware of it.
This was what truly held the Rakshasa Princess in check!
When the Rakshasa Princess heard that Zhang Ruochen intended to leave Chu Siyuan behind, she frowned and said in a low voice, “Aren’t you afraid that he will take away the Wall of Merit?”
Zhang Ruochen said nonchalantly, “Measuring him doesn’t have that ability.”
Hearing this, Chu Siyuan was so furious that his head stood on end as he roared, “Good you, Zhang Ruochen, how dare you belittle old me like that. I’m not leaving yet today, don’t ever regret it, beware that I can take away the wall of merit books at any time. Hmph!”
Zhang Ruochen knew Chu Siyuan’s character very well, so he deliberately said that to provoke him.
Obviously, Zhang Ruochen’s strategy was successful.
Just as Wan Zhaoyi and Qing Xiao, among others, were preparing to leave.
“Rumble.”
Between the heavens and the earth, the air shook violently.
At the top of one of the holy mountains, a vast fluctuation of the Holy Dao surged out, and a huge white ball of light rose up and blasted down in the direction of the Wutong Divine Tree.
It was a hammer-shaped Ten Thousand Grain Sacred Artifact that surfaced with two layers of holy qi light waves, and it actually exploded with Second Yew Perfection power.
Before the holy dao strength that exploded from above the hammer-shaped Ten Thousand Ripples Saint Artifact could even fall, the Underwinter Cold Sea below was pressed downwards and concave, and a piercingly cold aura was pushed into the distance.
In the first instance, Zhang Ruochen struck the Buddha Emperor’s Relic, mobilising the Saint Qi within his body and pouring it in in a steady stream.
“Wow…”
Ah Le, Princess Bai Li, Demonic Voice, Han Qiu, and Princess Rakshasa all shot out as well, striking a pillar of holy qi light and injecting it into the Buddha Emperor’s Sherri Son.
The origin power in the relic exploded out, transforming into a golden Buddha shadow that stretched out a large hand and slapped towards the hammer-shaped Ten Thousand Lines Sacred Artifact.
“Boom.”
That dark purple giant hammer fell into a disadvantage in the confrontation with the Buddha Emperor’s Sharpshooter, and was thrown out, crashing into the halfway point of a holy mountain.
A pillar of light surged out of that holy mountain, and the mountain shook violently, even with the guardianship of formation inscriptions, a large portion of it still collapsed.
At the top of the Wujin Sacred Mountain, Fang Yi, Dongliu Swordfather, and the other twelve top experts of the Saint realm, dull sounds came out of their mouths as they simultaneously took several steps backwards.
Those twelve top experts of the Saint realm, whose Saint Qi in their bodies was depleted, hurriedly sat on the ground and began to revolve their gong methods to recover their Saint Qi.
The holy qi in Fang Yi and Dongliu Sword Sovereign’s bodies was also depleted by a large portion, and after retrieving the hammer-shaped Ten Thousand Stripes Sacred Artifact, a feeling of weakness spread throughout their bodies, and they had to temporarily stop and did not continue to move to attack.
The Second Flare Perfection power of the Ten Thousand Lines Sacred Qi, although powerful, however, the consumption of Sacred Qi was also quite astonishing, and an ordinary Saint King might not be able to support it.
Zhang Ruochen retrieved his Sheridan and gazed towards the top of the Ugin Sacred Mountain.
“It must be the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm, why don’t we go and slaughter them first, so that they don’t keep making trouble on the side.”Han Chu said in a cold voice.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Our priority is to collect merit values, there’s no need to cause trouble.”
Next, Zhang Ruochen began to set up spatial maze formations, specifically to counter the attacks from the Blade Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm.
This time, Zhang Ruochen took three whole days to set up the Spatial Maze Formation, covering an area of three miles in circumference, so that even if the Ten Thousand Lines Sacred Artifact exploded with the power of the Second Flare Perfection, it would never be able to blast the formation apart in a short period of time.
Over the past three days, saints from the Kunlun Realm, the Guanghan Realm, and the Great Demon Ten Realms had been arriving in a steady stream to redeem their merit values. The data above the wall of merit books was refreshing all the time.
The Great Demon Ten Directions Realm was still ranked first, with the total number of merit values, reaching 200 million.
The Guanghan Realm’s merit value reached 160 million, ranking second.
The Kunlun Realm’s merit value, on the other hand, reached ninety-four million, ranking third.
The other four worlds, because they hadn’t exchanged merit values with Zhang Ruochen, the figures hadn’t changed.
On the fourth day, under the leadership of Crazy Demon, there were finally saints from the Eight Sectors Realm, who came to exchange merit values.
On the sixth day, Tiam Realm’s Realm Son, with over a hundred Saints, came to the shore of the Cold Sea and met with Zhang Ruochen for the second time, and the two finally reached a consensus.
During these days, the Blade Prison Realm and the Violet Mansion Realm moved to attack several more times, yet they failed to break through the Spatial Maze at all.
On the tenth day, the Blade and Prison Realm and the Purple Mansion Realm organised close to a thousand top-level Saints to charge down from the top of the Uljin Sacred Mountain and attack towards the Sycamore Divine Tree.
Unfortunately, by the time they reached the shores of the Cold Sea, Zhang Ruochen and the others had already retreated to the depths of the Cold Sea.
The two sides confronted each other for a day and a night, and in the end, the other five worlds simultaneously exerted pressure on the Blade Prison Realm and the Violet Mansion Realm before they were forced to retreat, and then Zhang Ruochen and the others harnessed the Sycamore Divine Tree and returned to the shores of the Cold Sea.
During this period of time, Zhang Ruochen had actually left the matter of exchanging merit values to Ah Le and Han Qiu, while he spent the vast majority of the time in the inner space of the Space Crystal Stone, refining the Condensed Truth Sacred Dew all the time.
Time passed quickly, unknowingly it had already been half a month, and there were only three days left until the end of the Saint Merit War.
Zhang Ruochen had refined 20,000 drops of Condensed Truth Sacred Dew, and the vast majority of the more than 300 Sacred Dao Rules in his Qi Sea had been condensed to the level of “True to Extreme”, with only the Time Rule and the Space Rule still one step short.
As long as the time and space rules were also condensed to the level of “Most True to the Ultimate”, he would officially break through to the Supreme Saint realm.
“After refining such a huge amount of Condensed Truth Sacred Dew, the Time Rule and Space Rule haven’t changed at all. Could it be that using the Condensed Truth Holy Dew is simply unable to make the Time Rule and Space Rule reach the level of Supreme Truth and Extremity?”
Since there was no master to guide him, Zhang Ruochen had to slowly figure it out on his own, and there was no doubt that doing so would definitely lead to many detours.
Instead of continuing to condense the Condensed Truth Holy Dew, Zhang Ruochen stepped out of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, intending to calm himself down and think carefully before impacting the Supreme Saint realm.
Even if he didn’t break through to the Supreme Saint realm, Zhang Ruochen was still confident in himself, and in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, there weren’t many people who were his rivals anymore.
Zhang Ruochen came to the bottom of the Book of Merits wall and looked at the rankings on the wall.
First place: the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm, 390 million merit values.
Second place: the Broad Cold Realm, three hundred and eighty million merit values.
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At the bottom of the list was the Blade Prison Realm, while the Violet Mansion Realm was in the penultimate place.
“The Great Demon Ten Directions Realm is indeed very powerful, even if it has to share 30% with me, it’s surprising that it’s still ranked first. However, the gap between the Guanghan Realm and the Great Demon Ten Directions Realm is already very small, at most three more days will be enough to cross over.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart thought so, and then, his gaze glanced over in the direction where Princess Rakshasa was.
Strange to say, this Rakshasa Princess was quite composed, and even though she was unable to send out news to the outside world, she surprisingly did not have a trace of anxiety or eagerness.
The Rakshasa Princess was sitting on top of a branch of the Sycamore Divine Tree, her hands were placed on top of her knees, she was cultivating with her eyes closed, her ebony black length was like a willow branch, moving with the wind, the whole person appeared to be extraordinarily agile and ethereal.
“She cultivates the Spatial Way and has reached the Supreme Sage realm, it would be good to go and ask her for some advice.”Zhang Ruochen secretly said.
