On the school ground, Zhang Ruochen and Situ Linjiang battled even more fiercely, sword shadows and gun shadows colliding with each other, emitting an ear-shattering roar.
“Boom!”
Situ Linjiang held his spear with both hands and shot at the ground, shattering the stone slabs into rubble, and with a wave of his spear, all those rubbles flew over towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Boom Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen swung his sword and chopped out.
Those broken rocks, all of them turned into stone powder.
Right at this moment, Situ Linjiang stabbed out with his spear, piercing through the stone powder and stabbing at Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
Just when Situ Linjiang thought that he was winning, suddenly, his eyes flashed, a sword shadow flashed past his eyes at great speed, and he could only see a green coloured sword light.
Immediately after, he felt a pain in his wrist, and the ebony black lance flew out of his hand.
Zhang Ruochen’s sword just now had left a shallow bloodstain on his wrist, just short of severing his right hand.
“I’m not defeated yet!”
As the lance flew out, Situ Linjiang only lost his concentration for a mere moment before he immediately surged towards Zhang Ruochen, striking his fist at Zhang Ruochen’s face.
He wanted to bounce back!
“Still want to fight?”
Zhang Ruochen held his sword in one hand and formed a palm in the other, his body collapsing into an arch as he charged forward, executing the first palm of the Dragon Elephant Palm, “Barbarian Elephant Chasing the Ground”. A palm strike erupted with the strength of sixteen oxen.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen’s arm shook, and the Aqua Sword emitted a sharp sword sound, stabbing out like a white rainbow, forming seven sword shadows.
Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, Heavenly Heart Breaking Plum!
The palm and sword techniques were combined together and executed at the same time.
It was as if Zhang Ruochen had split into two, his left hand and right hand not affecting each other, launching attacks at the same time.
The combat power, immediately doubled.
“Boom!”
Situ Linjiang’s fist collided with Zhang Ruochen’s palm imprint. He was a bit surprised to find that Zhang Ruochen’s palm power was very strong and could actually be separated from him.
He had to know that he had erupted the power of sixteen oxen, could Zhang Ruochen also erupt such a terrifying power?
There was no time for Situ Linjiang to think more, Zhang Ruochen’s sword stabbed over again.
“Wow!”
The sharp sword Qi stabbed past Situ Linjiang’s neck, leaving a scarlet sword mark.
Zhang Ruochen sometimes used his palm and sometimes his sword, forcing Situ Linjiang to keep retreating.
Situ Linjiang had never seen anyone who was able to completely separate his left hand from his right hand, completely unaffected. It was almost as if he was fighting two Zhang Ruochen at the same time, and the battle became increasingly passive.
Before long, there were two more sword wounds on his body.
“I’m defeated!”
Situ Linjiang took the initiative to admit defeat, not intending to fight any longer.
Zhang Ruochen immediately stopped his steps and withdrew the sword he was about to thrust out, intending to leave the school ground.
Situ Linjiang said, “I want to know, how did you manage to use two minds at once? One hand with the palm and one hand with the sword.”
Zhang Ruochen turned around, stared at Situ Linjiang, and said, “When your spiritual power is strong to a certain extent, not to mention using two minds at once, you can even do three minds at once and four minds at once.”
“Martial artists also need to cultivate their spiritual power?” Situ Linjiang said in disbelief.
“If you are willing to cultivate, you can naturally choose to do so. If you are unwilling to cultivate, you can also not cultivate. How you choose is all in your own hands.” Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
In the Kunlun Realm, only Weapon Refiners, Alchemists, Beast Royalists, and so on, repaired spiritual power.
This was because, only when one’s spiritual power was strong could they carve out inscriptions and refine True Martial Treasure Weapons and Elixirs. At the same time, only by carving inscriptions into the bodies of savage beasts could they be tamed and turned into mounts and warbeasts.
Because of that, it was too wasteful of time to cultivate martial arts. Generally speaking, martial artists wouldn’t deliberately cultivate spiritual power.
In fact, with the increase in martial cultivation, the strength of a martial artist’s spiritual power would also increase, only that the rate of increase was quite slow.
If they didn’t deliberately cultivate their spiritual power, a martial artist would only be able to reach the level of two minds at once if they cultivated to the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
In Zhang Ruochen’s previous life, he was cultivating his spiritual power while cultivating martial arts. Moreover, the strength of the spiritual power had reached a very high level.
When he was reborn inside this body, although he had lost all his cultivation, his spiritual power was preserved.
With Zhang Ruochen’s current strength of spiritual power, not to mention using two minds at once, even if it was three minds at once, he would still be able to do it.
When Situ Linjiang took the initiative to admit defeat, outside the school ground, the sound of the phallic snail and war drums immediately resounded, announcing that this year’s End of Year Examination had officially ended.
The top five winners of this year’s End of Year Examination, from the first to the fifth place, were Zhang Ruochen, Situ Linjiang, Xue Kai, the Fifth Prince, and Lin Mishan.
The young geniuses who finished in the top five, in addition to being able to go to the Barbarian God Pool for one cultivation session, would also receive additional rewards.
Zhang Ruochen’s reward was a Grade 6 True Martial Artifact grade battle armour called the “Ice and Fire Kirin Armour”, which was said to have been refined from the scales of the legendary King of Barbarian Beasts, the Kirin, and was very precious and had amazing defensive power.
At the same grade, armour was much more valuable than a battle weapon.
It could be said that the value of a sixth grade True Martial Treasure Artifact grade armour was definitely comparable to a seventh grade True Martial Treasure Artifact grade battle soldier.
“This Ice Fire Qilin Armour must be worth at least a million silver coins, comparable to a scroll of a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Martial Skill. Even for the royal family of the Yunwu County Kingdom, such a treasure is probably not much! The reward for the first place in the end of the year examination is so generous?” Zhang Ruochen was very surprised and glanced towards the Yunwu County King who was standing above him.
Immediately, he understood.
One must know that he was the son and heir of the Yunwu County King, and even if the Ice Fire Qilin Armour was rewarded to him, the Ice Fire Qilin Armour would still be a treasure of the royal family.
If it were to be Situ Linjiang who won the first place, the reward he received would definitely not be a treasure of the level of the Ice Fire Qilin Armour.
Moreover, by rewarding Zhang Ruochen with the Ice Fire Qilin Armour, the Yunwu County King was probably trying to make up for what he owed him over the years.
The Ice Fire Kirin Armour was actually an armour that was worn on the body and could only cover the upper half of the body. When Zhang Ruochen injected his true qi into the armour, the Ice Fire Kirin Armour immediately emitted two colours, ghostly blue and crimson, exuding the power of cold ice and fiery flames.
“Hmph!”
Seeing Zhang Ruochen put the Ice and Fire Qilin Armour on his body, the Queen, who was sitting above him, had a cold and sullen look on her face, and a hint of killing intent flashed in her eyes.
She stood up, flung her sleeves, and turned to leave, leaving behind only a cold and arrogant back.
At this moment, both the Fifth Prince and the Sixth Prince stared at Zhang Ruochen with envy and jealousy.
The Fifth Prince’s heart was secretly hateful as he laughed, ”So what if he shows cultivation talent? The higher the talent, the faster you die. Just wait and see! The Queen Mother won’t let him grow up!”
“Even if his talent is high, he’s still too far behind compared to Seventh Brother. LMAO! Even the woman he likes has to marry the seventh brother as a side consort, what’s there to be proud of?” The Sixth Prince laughed coldly.
In fact, they were only jealous of Zhang Ruochen. Because of jealousy, hatred arose.
……
Barbarian God Pool, one of the most precious treasures of the royal clan.
The successive generations of the King Clan’s powerhouses had spent hundreds of years capturing tens of thousands of barbarian beasts, bringing the blood of the barbarian beasts together and turning it into a huge pool of blood. This pool of blood was the Barbarian God Pool.
Only the most outstanding geniuses could enter the Barbarian God Pool to cultivate.
The Barbarian God Pool was located below the Shrine of the Emperors.
Every year when a sacrificial ceremony was held at the Shrine of All Emperors and savage beasts were slaughtered, the blood of those savage beasts would flow directly into the Savage God Pool, replenishing the Savage God Pool with fresh blood.
It was because, the Barbarian God Pool was integrated into the sacrificial blood, so the Barbarian God Pool was also born with a mysterious power. Junior martial artists who entered the Barbarian God Pool to cultivate could absorb the blood essence in the Barbarian God Pool to strengthen their martial bodies and help them open up more tendons.
The stronger the talent, the more benefits the martial artist would receive.
Zhang Ruochen, Situ Linjiang, Xue Kai, the Fifth Prince, and Lin Mishan, led by the State Master, arrived at the Shrine of the Emperors.
“When you enter the Shrine of the Emperors, you must bow to the successive great emperors and emperors of the Kunlun Realm to show your respect for the sages. In particular, the Great Mighty Great Virtue Female Saint Emperor! Lord Empress Chi Yao! Commanding the world, mighty in all directions! Forever youthful, immortal!”
The State Master prayed aloud while kneeling and bowing with great devotion.
“Lord Empress Chi Yao! Ruling over the world, and being mighty in the eight directions! Forever youthful and immortal!”
Afterwards, Situ Linjiang, Xue Kai, the Fifth Prince, and Lin Mishan also prayed aloud, following suit as they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the stone statue of Empress Chi Yao.
Only Zhang Ruochen was the only one who remained standing there, unmoving, without a trace of respect in his eyes, only an intense fire of hatred.
”Chi Yao, you wait, the day when my cultivation is complete is the day I go to meet you.”
Eight hundred years! You shouldn’t know that the person you killed eight hundred years ago has come back to life!
