It was too late to cast a cushioning means, and the Limitless Flag King’s legs collided with the hardened base plate.
“Rumble.”
On the ground, rocks shattered and densely packed stone cracks appeared.
Even with the powerful physical body of the Immeasurable Flag King, after enduring such a strong impact, his legs were numb and his body felt like it was falling apart.
The Infinite Flag King looked up, and above his head, Gu Linfeng, who possessed a pair of golden dragon wings, was also rapidly falling downwards.
“Right now, it’s my only chance to give Gu Linfeng a fatal blow while he hasn’t fallen to the ground.”
The Infinite Flag King endured the pain, and with a stomp of his legs, he leapt tens of feet upwards, injecting all of the holy qi in his body into the Seven Sacred Serpent Spear.
The Seven Saint Serpent Spear increased in size by ten times, transforming into a golden pillar that struck towards the rapidly falling Zhang Ruochen.
The powerful strength jingqi was like waves of water ripples, one layer after another.
“Would it be a little too late to counterattack now?”
On Zhang Ruochen’s body, there was a five-coloured light surging out, forming a Chaotic Qi Cloud.
At the centre of the chaotic qi cloud, Zhang Ruochen flew out in a hurry, holding the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword with both hands, exploding the power of every inch of his body’s muscles as he slashed downwards.
That powerful force sent the Seven Saint Serpent Spear flying.
The powerful sword light slashed down from the Infinite Flag King’s left shoulder, and flew out from where his right ribs were, falling all the way to the ground, leaving a long sword path behind.
Zhang Ruochen steadily landed on the ground, and with a wave of his arm, on the sword, a drop of scarlet blood, flew out.
In the distance, the Seven Sacred Serpent Spear crashed to the ground with a resounding sound, piercing through the earth and leaving behind a huge stone pit.
In midair, the Infinite Flag King’s body, which had neatly split in half, crashed down, landing next to the Seven Saint Serpent Spear.
“Who in the world are you …… you?”
The Immeasurable Flag King’s eyes were hollow, and his lips opened and closed slightly.
“Zhang Ruochen.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at his half-formed body and spoke faintly.
“So …… it was …… you ……”
The Infinite Flag King’s face grew paler and more hideous as he mobilised his last ounce of Saint Qi, actually wanting to explode his Qi Sea.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword trembled and turned into a dark light that flew out, piercing into the Limitless Flag King’s brow qi sea and pinning him to the ground completely.
Zhang Ruochen’s finger lifted and retrieved the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
Afterwards, he walked over to the Immeasurable Flag King’s body and searched through his body, finding nothing precious other than some healing pills and blood pills.
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The world where the First Echelon was located was quite dark, serene, and cold, and it was impossible to see the fingers by extending a pair of voices.
According to the Infinite Flag King, there were many powerful blood beasts surviving in the first gradient. Moreover, the Immortal Blood Clan also had several powerful people that came to the First Gradient. From this, it could be seen that this place must be full of crises and was not that safe.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen did not take out his Spiritual Crystal to illuminate the area, instead, he used his Heavenly Eyes and observed the surroundings.
“Spiritual power is severely suppressed, even with the Heavenly Eyes, I can only see within 500 metres.”
With the explosive power of a Half-Saint level figure’s physical body, in an instant, he could cross five hundred metres and bring down an attack on Zhang Ruochen’s body.
In such an environment, it was best to be cautious.
Zhang Ruochen pulled up the Seven Sacred Serpent Spear and held it in his hand while using the Meteor Invisibility Clothes, wrapping it tightly around his body and completely restraining his body’s aura.
In the vicinity, Zhang Ruochen searched for a quarter of an hour, and not only did he find the Heavenly Demon Seal that had fallen down earlier, but also, a white chess piece.
On the chess piece, it was stained with blood spots.
“This is ……”
Zhang Ruochen pinched the white chess piece in his hand and sensed it carefully, discovering that there was even a trace of Sacred Book Talented Lady’s aura on top of the blood spots.
“The Sacred Book Talented Maiden has indeed fallen to the first echelon, could …… it have died in the belly of a blood beast?”Zhang Ruochen frowned tightly, and his fingers that were pinching the Seven Sacred Serpent Spear were also slightly tightened.
However, he soon realised that there was something odd about the blood spots on top of the pieces, shaped like an arrowhead.
“Could it be that the Sacred Book Talented Lady didn’t die, and deliberately left behind the chess pieces to guide her in the direction she left?”
Zhang Ruochen stood up and glanced in the direction guided by the chess piece.
Coming to the First Echelon had a large part of the reason for it, all for the Sacred Book Talented Maiden, and since there were some clues, even if the possibility was extremely slim, he still had to walk down and give it a try.
“If, indeed, the pieces were really left behind by the Sacred Book Talented Lady, then following the direction she guided, there must be other pieces to be found.”
Zhang Ruochen lifted the Seven Sacred Serpent Spear and rushed out with big strides in the direction that the chess piece had guided him, each step was a distance of more than ten feet.
After travelling roughly ten miles, Zhang Ruochen found another chess piece.
The chess piece was pressed underneath a black ice stone weighing a hundred jin, pointing in another direction.
Finding the second chess piece, Zhang Ruochen actually laughed out loud, “I guessed that the Sacred Book Talented Lady wouldn’t die so easily. On her body, she has many protective treasures that are enough to keep her alive.”
However, near the second piece, there were some claw marks of blood beasts and a large amount of blood, obviously after a fierce battle.
Not only the blood of the blood beasts, but also the blood of the Sacred Book Talent.
The corpse of the blood beast had long since transformed into a body of white bones, more than ten metres long, with each bone as thick as Zhang Ruochen’s thigh.
Obviously, some other blood beast had passed by this place and ate the blood and flesh of the dead blood beast.
The situation didn’t seem to be that optimistic.
“The bloodstains should have been left behind a month ago, and the Sacred Book Talented Maiden must have been extremely injured.”
Zhang Ruochen continued to pursue on, exercising his body speed to the extreme, only wanting to find the Sacred Book Talented Lady as fast as possible, rather than finding a corpse, or white bones.
Next, every ten miles, Zhang Ruochen would find a piece.
The route that the Sacred Book Talented Maiden was travelling was not a straight line, it seemed to be fleeing all the way.
Zhang Ruochen had encountered a blood beast on his way after the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
That blood beast, a Cloud Gold Beast, was over a hundred metres tall, lying on the ground like a small mountain.
Only, the original golden scales turned blood red. Every time it exhaled a breath, a hurricane would form, blowing the ground away.
Zhang Ruochen wore the Meteor Invisibility Clothes, which was why he didn’t startle it.
Once it was awakened, even if Zhang Ruochen’s physical body was strong, he might not be able to escape.
Zhang Ruochen found twenty-one pieces in a row and finally, gradually approached the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
Because, the bloodstains on top of the twenty-first chess piece were still quite fresh and should have been left only yesterday.
On the ground, one could even see very clear footprints, with bloodstains on every step, making one feel shocked.
How strong must the willpower of the Sacred Book Talent Girl be to be able to hold on for such a long time without collapsing?
Searching forwards, Zhang Ruochen soon saw the corpse of a Red Tiger Beast, and behind that corpse, there was a subtle sound of breathing coming from it, thus showing that the Sacred Book Talented Girl was clearly still alive.
When the Sacred Book Talented Maiden heard the sound of footsteps coming from the direction behind her, there was both some joy and some hidden worries in her heart.
The person coming forward, was he coming to save her, or was he coming to kill her?
In the next moment, the person had appeared in front of her, a young man holding a Seven Saint Serpent Spear.
The Seven Saint Serpent Spear was not the sacred weapon of the Blood God Sect’s divine son, Mei Lanzhu, so how could it have fallen into this person’s hands?
Could it be that he was someone from the Blood God Sect?
At this moment, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden was too badly injured and could only curl up on the ground, gently trembling in the cold, like an injured little sparrow abandoned in the middle of the icy sky and snow.
If the other party wanted to kill her, she wouldn’t even have a chance to resist.
That young man, however, did not kill her, but instead took off the jacket he was wearing and draped it over her body, wrapping it around her delicate injured body.
Afterwards, he took out a healing elixir and placed it into her lips.
With warm eyes, the young man stared at her and said, “You’re seriously injured, don’t speak, I’ll help you heal your injuries.”
Very familiar eyes.
However, at this moment, the Sacred Book Talented Girl was dazed and unable to recall exactly where she had seen those eyes.
Immediately after, a large, warm and soft hand held her small, cold hand and injected a stream of holy qi into it.
The Holy Book Talented Girl’s injuries gradually recovered.
That pair of pitch-black eyes also gradually became bright, gazing carefully at the young man beside her, finally remembering where she had seen his eyes before.
Her heart, beating a little fast.
Unbelievably, the scene that had been fantasised in her mind was actually happening in front of her eyes.
Was it him?
Sacred Book Talent’s lips, slightly open, smiled to herself: ”Am …… I dreaming? Or …… actually …… am I dead?”
Zhang Ruochen looked into her eyes and said, “If I had found you a little later, presumably, you would have really died.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth slightly upturned, as if she was enjoying that wonderful feeling at this moment, not daring to open her eyes. Once she opened her eyes, perhaps, everything would disappear.
“Are you Zhang Ruochen?”
After a long time, she finally managed to ask, wanting to know if the guess in her heart was correct.
She was of course very happy that someone had come to save her. However, if the person who came to save her was Zhang Ruochen, then the meaning would be completely different.
Thus, the Holy Book Talented Lady was very nervous at this moment, her shell teeth tightly biting her lower lip, and her eyes, too, looked straight at the unfamiliar man beside her with a look of expectation.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t answer her and stopped continuing to infuse Saint Qi into her palms as he stood up and gazed over in one of the directions.
Immediately after, he grasped the Seven Saint Serpent Spear tightly and said, ”Come out! What’s the point of continuing to hide in the dark?”
In the darkness, the laughter of the Second Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan resounded, “We aren’t hiding, we’re just one step later than you.”
“Wow…”
A fist-sized fire-attribute spirit crystal flew out, illuminating the surrounding darkness, creating a dim area.
The figures of four Immortal Blood Clansmen approached Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Lady from four different directions.
“It’s the Immortal Blood Clan ……”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden revealed a wary expression as she tried to stand up, but she was too weak to move the lower half of her body at all.
“You recuperate from your injuries first, just leave it to me.”Zhang Ruochen stared at her with a determined gaze.
That gaze was filled with confidence.
As if she were a little girl, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden gently nodded her head. For some reason, knowing that the current situation, was quite dangerous, she was enjoying this feeling as if she had eaten honey, her heart was sweet and warm.
The eyes of the Second Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan were fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body as he said, “Someone from the Blood God Cult?”
“That’s right.”Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
The Second Prince of the Immortal Blood Clan said, “Someone from the Blood God Cult also wants to obtain the Blood Clan Secret Scroll? It’s just a pity that your cultivation is too weak, even if you find the Sacred Script Talented Lady first, you’ll just be one more corpse.”
