Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to talk too much with Liu Chengfeng, lifting the Soul Flash Sword and saying, “After the battle, you’ll naturally know if I’m good or not?”
After watching the previous nine battles, Liu Xifeng actually didn’t underestimate Zhang Ruochen at all, instead, he regarded Zhang Ruochen as a great enemy of the same level.
Liu Xifeng possessed the Fifth Grade Cold Ice Divine Martial Seal and cultivated Cold Ice True Qi in his body. It could be said that his divine gift condition was superior to many martial artists.
Therefore, Liu Xifeng was considered quite powerful in the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Circle, and among his peers, he rarely encountered any rivals. If he hadn’t cultivated hard enough, he would probably have reached the Xuan Extreme Realm long ago.
“Shooting Star Sword Technique!”
The true qi in Liu Xifeng’s body was very thick, and his luck went into his sword, and immediately, the Meteor Sword pinched in his hand emitted a piercing light.
In the body of the sword, five light-based inscriptions were activated by him, releasing a sharp light sword qi.
Throughout the entire battle stage, sword qi shuttled non-stop.
“A fifth rank True Martial Treasure Artifact level battle sword?” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Count on you having some eyesight.”
Liu Xifeng’s gave a cold, craggy smile and said, “Starfire Streaming Glow!”
The person and the sword flew out at the same time, stabbing towards Zhang Ruochen’s heart, the speed was so fast that it was almost like a meteor flying past the battle stage.
A human grade upper grade sword technique, the Meteor Sword Technique.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to take the enemy lightly and mobilised his true qi to flow towards his eyes through the Eye Chakra.
In an instant, his eye power doubled.
When he looked at Liu Xifeng again, the speed of Liu Xifeng’s sword seemed to have become very slow. It wasn’t that Liu Xifeng’s speed had slowed down, but rather, Zhang Ruochen’s ability to observe things with his eyes had risen to another level.
The “Eye Vein” was one of the twenty-seven meridians in his body.
Very few other martial artists were able to open up the Eye Vein.
“Ding!”
Zhang Ruochen stabbed out with his sword, sliding past the edge of Liu Xifeng’s blade and leaving a shallow bloodstain on Liu Xifeng’s neck.
A drop of blood dripped from Zhang Ruochen’s sword blade.
“How can he be faster than me?”
Liu Xifeng touched the sword mark at his neck, a dull cold light appeared in his eyes as he shouted, “Again! Meteor Three Flashes!”
Three sword qi, slashed out at the same time.
In the sword Qi, it carried a strong cold ice aura, causing grains of white frost to appear in the air.
“Heavenly Heart Pointing!”
Zhang Ruochen swung his sword out, splitting the three sword qi at the same time.
The sword Qi did not dissipate and continued to fly towards Liu Xifeng.
Liu Xifeng didn’t dare to go for a hard catch of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, transforming into a phantom and moving out horizontally to the right. Afterwards, he stood on his tiptoes and leapt more than ten metres, once again executing the “Meteor Three Flashes” move. Three sword qi chopped towards Zhang Ruochen’s head.
Liu Chengfeng was able to rank eleventh in the Yellow Ranking, so he was naturally a top-notch powerhouse, a dominant force in the Yellow Extremity Realm, and even if he fought with martial artists who had just entered the Xuan Extremity Realm, he would still be able to resist for a few moves.
In other words, with Liu Xifeng’s combat power, even if he encountered a martial artist at the early Xuanji realm, he still had a chance to escape. Those other martial artists who were at the great circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm would only die when they encountered a Xuan Extreme Realm martial artist.
Zhang Ruochen was much more advanced than Liu Xifeng in the realm of sword intent. However, Zhang Ruochen’s true qi was far from being as thick as Liu Xifeng’s, and he was clearly at a disadvantage when it came to the Martial Realm.
“The amount of True Qi stored in Liu Xifeng’s body is dozens of times greater than mine, if the battle goes on for a long time, it will definitely be unfavourable to me, so I must fight quickly.” Zhang Ruochen said in his heart.
The amount of True Qi stored in Zhang Ruochen’s body was indeed far inferior to Liu Xifeng. However, he had opened up twenty-seven meridians, while Liu Xifeng had only opened up nineteen meridians.
His explosive power was much stronger!
“Battle!”
Zhang Ruochen roared, his feet stepping out in a pace that matched the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique as he stabbed out with a sword that was precisely the move from the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, Heavenly Heart Breaking Plum.
“Lol! To actually perform a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique again, this is a quick battle you want to get rid of? I will not let you have your wish!”
Liu Xifeng saw Zhang Ruochen’s intention and didn’t fight Zhang Ruochen hard, instead, he quickly retreated and distanced himself from Zhang Ruochen.
He knew his own advantage and Zhang Ruochen’s disadvantage, and intended to continue consuming Zhang Ruochen’s True Qi.
Liu Chuan Shen nodded and said, “Multiplying Wind has finally learnt to use tactics, if he can keep fighting like this. The victory is already set.”
Iron Face Text said, “Actually, the Prince has a high natural talent in martial arts, if he can refine his martial arts, his future achievements won’t be below that of the Zhuang Master.”
After about a quarter of an hour, beads of sweat emerged on Zhang Ruochen’s forehead and the backs of his hands, finally revealing his fatigue.
“True Qi is about to run out?” A cold smile appeared on Liu Xifeng’s face.
Suddenly, a fatal break appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s swordsmanship, and it was obvious that he was unable to follow through.
It was at this time.
“Die!”
Liu Chengfeng seized the opportunity and jumped ahead of Zhang Ruochen, taking the initiative to attack, stabbing his sword towards Zhang Ruochen’s heart position.
Not only did he want to defeat Zhang Ruochen, he wanted Zhang Ruochen to die.
Just as he stabbed out his sword, suddenly, a hint of a smile appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, as if he was saying, “You finally fell for it!”
“Wow!”
Zhang Ruochen’s body shortened and slid out forwards, stabbing his sword at Liu Xifeng’s abdomen.
How could Liu Xifeng expect that Zhang Ruochen actually had the strength to change his stance?
In his haste, Liu Xifeng forcefully twisted his arm and sliced his battle sword downwards horizontally.
“Boom!”
The two battle swords clashed together, and a vibrating, immense force travelled to Zhang Ruochen and Liu Xifeng’s arms at the same time.
The two battle swords, at the same time, flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s and Liu Xifeng’s hands and landed on the battle platform.
Just after the war swords were shaken away, Zhang Ruochen immediately mobilised the little remaining true qi in his body, running through the 27 meridians in his body, and exploded his full strength to strike out with a palm strike.
“Barbarian Elephant Chi Earth!”
The power of forty-nine oxen erupted out!
“Poof!”
Liu Chengfeng was struck in the abdomen, spitting blood from his mouth as he flew backwards more than ten metres away and fell heavily underneath the battle platform. Because he was too heavily injured, he fainted the moment he landed on the battle platform.
Liu Chuan Shen gently shook his head and said to a servant beside him, ”Ai! It’s still too impulsive, carry the gongzi down to nurse his injuries!”
After saying this, Liu Chuan Shen turned around and walked out of the Yellow Grade Martial Combat Palace.
“Boom!”
Deafening cheers rang out from the Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace.
A Yellow Ranked Martial Artist was born!
Afterwards, one of the deacons of the Martial Arts Palace delivered a black iron plate and a reward of one hundred spirit crystals to Zhang Ruochen.
“Congratulations to His Highness the Ninth Prince for becoming the twenty-eighth Yellow Ranking Martial Artist of the Yunwu County Kingdom, and His Highness the Ninth Prince is ranked eleventh above the Yellow Ranking.” That one deacon said.
With Zhang Ruochen’s performance in the martial arts arena today, the Yellow Ranked Martial Arts Palace made a comprehensive evaluation of his strength before finally ranking him.
That one deacon handed the piece of black iron plate into Zhang Ruochen’s hand and said, “This piece of Yellow Ranking Iron Order represents the Martial Market Money Bank’s recognition of His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince’s strength, and it is also a symbol of the Yellow Ranking martial artist’s identity.”
Zhang Ruochen received the piece of black iron ridge, on which were printed the ten characters, “Yunwu County Kingdom, Yellow Ranking Eleven, Zhang Ruochen.”
That one deacon handed one hundred spirit crystals to Zhang Ruochen and said, “Winning ten matches in a row in the Yellow Ranked Martial Arts Palace rewards one hundred spirit crystals worth one hundred thousand silver coins.”
“If Your Highness the Ninth Prince’s cultivation improves, he can continue to fight in the Yellow Grade Martial Combat Palace. If he is able to win another ten matches in a row, the reward will be one million silver coins.”
That one deacon added, “Of course, if His Highness the Ninth Prince comes back to fight in the Yellow Grade Martial Combat Palace, all those he encounters will be Yellow Ranked martial artists. In other words, only by defeating ten Yellow Ranked Martial Artists in a row will you be able to obtain the reward of one million silver coins.”
“Yunwu County Kingdom, since the founding of the country, no one has ever managed to win ten Yellow List martial artists in a row. Even His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, who is extremely gifted, only won nine matches in a row back then, which is the highest record of the Yunwu County Kingdom.”
Zhang Ruochen put away both the Yellow Ranked Iron Order and one hundred Spirit Crystals and said, “I will definitely come back to the Yellow Extreme Martial Arts Palace again!”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen walked off the battle stage and headed in the direction of the Nine County Lords and Shan Xiangling.
The Ninth County Lord was very excited and like a fragrant wind, she directly pounced towards Zhang Ruochen. She stretched out her two soft, snow-white arms and wrapped Zhang Ruochen’s neck in a hug, kissing Zhang Ruochen on the cheek, her beautiful eyes flashing as she excitedly said, “Ninth Brother, you’re too powerful! A Yellow Ranked Martial Artist! Even Han Axe and Liu Xifeng were defeated by you! I’ve already caused people to spread the news back to the royal palace, and Auntie Lin and Father will definitely be quite happy.”
After all, the Ninth County Mistress was already sixteen years old and very materialistic, a pair of large and soft boobs/chests then pressed against Zhang Ruochen’s chest, rubbing against it non-stop, making Zhang Ruochen quite embarrassed and could only move his gaze away.
The Ninth County Lord loosened her arms around Zhang Ruochen and said, “Ninth Brother, since you have become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist, you can go to the Barbarian God Pool to cultivate once more, it really makes me envious!”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Being able to go to the Barbarian God Pool for a second time to cultivate?”
“Of course! However, it’s only possible if you become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist!” The Nine County Lord said.
“Good! As soon as I go to the Qingxuan Pavilion to buy a refining furnace, I will immediately go to the Barbarian God Pool.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was overjoyed as he secretly said that if he could enter the Barbarian God Pool for a second time to cultivate, he would definitely be able to absorb more blood essence power.
At that time, the physique would be able to improve by a large margin again, and when he impacted the Grand Circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm, he would have the chance to open up thirty-six meridians, and be even more powerful than in his previous life.
