“Ow!”
A beastly roar came out of Han Axe’s mouth as his true qi travelled through the fifteen meridians in his body, and a powerful force erupted out of his body.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
……
He carried his battle axe in both hands as he took large strides towards Zhang Ruochen, and with every step he took, the battle platform shook slightly.
“Wow!”
An axe slashed out diagonally.
The axe that seemed to be cleaved with brute force carried a dexterous force that sealed off all of Zhang Ruochen’s retreats, leaving no place to dodge.
The realm of the heart!
The axe follows the heart.
Zhang Ruochen’s face remained unchanged, appearing calm and unruffled as he raised his arm, carrying his sword sheath, and blocked horizontally, colliding with the battle axe.
“Boom!”
An ear-splittingly loud sound came out!
A sword and an axe were simultaneously fixed in mid-air.
Zhang Ruochen only held the sword with one hand and blocked Han Axe’s battle axe that came down with both hands.
Seeing this scene, all the martial artists in the entire Yellow Grade Martial Arena were shocked beyond words, no one could have imagined that Zhang Ruochen’s strength was so terrifying.
“Han Axe is a natural divine force that can burst out with the strength of thirty-two oxen without using martial arts. Could it be that the Ninth Prince’s strength is even greater than his?”
Hong Tao stood on the bleachers, gently shook his head and sighed, “It turns out that His Highness the Ninth Prince didn’t use his full strength from the beginning to the end, his cultivation is truly unfathomable, and I wonder if Han Axe can test how strong his cultivation is?”
It was indeed a very shocking scene, earlier, the crowd thought that the Ninth Prince only had a high realm of sword intent, and that was why he was able to defeat those Yellow Extreme Realm Great Circle powerhouses.
No one would have thought that his strength would be so terrifying as well.
With his strength alone, he could fight against Han Axe.
“Kid, strong enough power, eat another axe from Master Han!”
“Mixed One Chop!”
Han Axe’s body catapulted up more than six metres in height, executing a human-grade mid-grade martial skill, raising the axe with both hands and slashing the battle axe down once again.
Executing a human-level intermediate grade martial skill, coupled with the 1,200kg weight of the battle axe, a single chop of the axe erupted with the terrifying power of forty-five oxen.
“Heavenly Heart Sword Bell!”
There was a swish sound.
The Flashing Soul Sword, finally sheathed.
Zhang Ruochen mobilised all the true qi in his body and injected it into the Flash Soul Sword, activating all the four force system inscriptions in the Flash Soul Sword.
The weight of the Flash Soul Sword reached four hundred and fifty-three jin.
The wildly dancing sword qi transformed into an illusory sword bell, wrapping Zhang Ruochen’s body in the centre.
“Boom!”
Han Axe slashed on top of the sword bell, and not only did he fail to break the sword bell apart, he was instead shaken by a powerful force of recoil that sent him flying backwards.
Han Axe only felt that his internal organs were violently trembling, and his entire body’s blood and Qi rolled over, unexpectedly suffering internal injuries.
One had to know that Zhang Ruochen was able to exert the power of thirty-six oxen without using any martial arts techniques. Using the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, he could exert the power of forty-nine oxen.
The Heavenly Heart Sword Technique was not a strength increasing martial skill, it was about the dexterity of the sword and the sharpness of the sword qi.
However, the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique was, after all, a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique, and executing the defensive sword move of the Heavenly Heart Sword Clock still allowed Zhang Ruochen to erupt with forty-nine oxen of power. Coupled with the sword qi counterattack of the Heavenly Heart Sword Bell, it would be strange for Han Axe not to be injured.
“Again!”
Han Axe’s eyes turned blood-red as he stirred up the bloodline of the Fire Lion Leopard within his body, a hint of flame emerging from inside the pores of his skin.
“Han Axe is going crazy!”
“Stimulating the power of the Fire Lion Leopard’s bloodline, his power can explode to a terrifying level of forty-nine oxen.”
The last time Han Axe went berserk, he directly shattered the body of a Huangji Realm Grand Circle martial artist, using his battle axe to cleave that person into a bloody mess.
One must know that an average Huang Polarity Realm Great Perfection martial artist could only explode to twenty-five oxen, and a Great Perfection martial artist who could explode to thirty-six oxen would already be quite impressive.
A power of forty-nine oxen would be even more impressive, and some Yellow Ranking martial artists could not erupt such a terrifying power.
Han Axe would have been able to become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist as well, but during his tenth battle, he encountered a highly ranked Yellow Ranked Martial Artist, and that’s why he hadn’t been able to win ten consecutive battles.
If he had only encountered a weaker Yellow Ranked martial artist during his tenth battle, then he would have been a Yellow Ranked martial artist by now.
It could be said that Han Axe’s strength wasn’t even the slightest bit weaker than a Yellow Ranked martial artist.
“Lol! To actually force Han Axe to go crazy, Zhang Ruochen, you’re still strong enough!” Liu Chengfeng stared at Zhang Ruochen, who kept retreating on the battle stage, with a teasing look in his eyes.
Once Han Axe went mad, even he might not be able to win, let alone Zhang Ruochen.
Once defeated in the hands of Han Axe, it was not as simple as defeat, but one word, death.
“Wow!”
Before the battle axe could slash down, Zhang Ruochen could clearly feel a heat wave pounding on his face. He didn’t clash with Han Axe and unfolded his pace, retreating backwards.
If it was a hard fight, Zhang Ruochen’s strength was not inferior to Han Axe.
However, Zhang Ruochen didn’t just want to win against Han Axe, he also had to prepare for the 10th battle against the Yellow Ranked Martial Artist, so he definitely couldn’t expend too much of his true qi and physical strength right now.
As Han Axe kept chopping out his battle axe, Zhang Ruochen kept retreating and dodging, each time narrowly escaping. One dared not imagine what would happen if he was struck by the chops.
The Ninth County Lord standing under the stage was very worried, it was too dangerous, why didn’t Ninth Brother admit defeat? Why doesn’t the ninth brother admit defeat? If he fights with Han Axe, does he still need a chance to win?
In the beginning, Han Axe had indeed been occupying the top, with a powerful aura, completely suppressing Zhang Ruochen.
However, gradually, Han Axe’s strength began to weaken, the speed of swinging the battle axe began to slow down, and the flame on his body became thinner and thinner.
“Han Axe’s true qi has been depleted too much, I’m afraid he’s going to lose! This Ninth Prince is a talent, with high natural talent!” Liu Chuan Shen said.
Upon hearing the news that Zhang Ruochen had won eight matches in a row, Liu Chuan Shen immediately rushed to the yellow ranked martial arts arena, wanting to see just how strong this Ninth Prince was?
Beside Liu Chuan Shen stood a scribe with an iron mask, his voice was a bit hoarse as he said, “If this Ninth Prince is able to grow up, it could be a match with that Seventh Prince.”
“Eh?”
Liu Chuan Shen glanced towards that iron masked scribe and said, “What does mister mean?”
The iron-faced scribe said, “If the Yunwu County Kingdom only produces a seventh prince, ten years from now, I’m afraid that the martial arts market money mills, the black market, and the Inscription Guild, all of them will have to listen to the management of the official forces. In the Yunwu County Kingdom, there is no one who can fight against the Seventh Prince ten years from now.”
“However, if there is someone amongst the royal family who can hold the Seventh Prince in check, it would be a different situation.”
Hearing these words, Liu Chuan Shen nodded slightly, revealing a thoughtful expression as he said, “It seems that we, the Wu City Money Bank, can still help him out when necessary. It would be the best situation if the two princes could fight to the death.”
“Compared to that one seventh prince with amazing talent, this ninth prince is still too weak. We only need to support him slightly behind the scenes, whether or not he can make it depends on this Ninth Prince’s own potential.”
The iron faced scribe smiled faintly and said, “Within three moves, Han Axe will definitely lose.”
As soon as the Iron Masked Scribe’s words fell, Han Axe was knocked off the battle stage by Zhang Ruochen’s palm.
Ninth match, win!
Another win, and now only the final battle was missing.
As long as he was able to win the final battle, he would be able to write his name into the Yellow List and become the twenty-eighth Yellow List martial artist of the Yunwu County Kingdom.
Of course, in the final battle, Zhang Ruochen’s opponent would also be a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist.
“Too strong! The Ninth Prince is only sixteen years old and he’s about to become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist?”
“It is said that when the Seventh Prince became a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist, the Yunwu County King ordered an amnesty.”
“Let’s all guess which Yellow Ranked Martial Artist will step in to stop the Ninth Prince’s record of ten consecutive victories?”
……
The entire Yellow Ranked Martial Arts Palace was once again abuzz, and even those martial artists who were watching the battle at the Xuan Ranked Martial Arts Palace had made a special effort to come and witness the birth of a new Yellow Ranked Martial Artist.
The important moment of impacting a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist was so rare that it might not occur even once in half a month.
“Ninth Brother, you must succeed!” The Ninth County Lord also did not expect Zhang Ruochen to be so powerful that he was actually able to defeat Han Axe. Now, her confidence in Zhang Ruochen increased greatly.
Shan Xiangling’s beautiful eyes flickered as she stared tightly at Zhang Ruochen standing on the battle stage, “With the same Yellow Extreme Realm Great Extreme Position cultivation, he’s too much stronger than me. He should be able to become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist!”
“Rubbish! It seems like it still needs this gongzi to personally take action.”
Liu Chengfeng walked down from the bleachers and ascended the battle platform step by step, his eyes staring sharply at Zhang Ruochen as he said, “Ninth Prince, you’ve already fought nine matches. How much True Qi do you have left now?”
“More than enough to deal with you.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Liu Xifeng grinned slightly and said, “Ninth Prince, you are indeed a wunderkind, if you had cultivated to the Great Circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm, perhaps this prince would really lose to you. However, with your current cultivation, not yet!”
Liu Xifeng was ranked eleventh on the Yellow Ranking List, and was considered a very powerful one amongst all the Yellow Ranking List martial artists.
