The crisis was getting closer and closer, and the icy cold and piercing killing aura, coming from behind, was like a sharp needle piercing into the skin, causing the nerves in the body to twitch rapidly.
That was a killing machine that came from death, making people despair, and in the next moment, it seemed that they would fly away in ashes, completely disappearing from this world.
Who could be calm in the face of death?
The Immortal Orchid King was only thirty feet away from Zhang Ruochen, and the blood qi emanating from his body condensed into the form of dozens of skeletons, emitting a “rattling” sound.
At this moment, the Immortal Orchid King was like the God of Death in hell, able to control the life and death of Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Girl.
Zhang Ruochen’s forehead was covered with bean-sized beads of sweat as his legs sank, and with a sound, both feet directly stepped under the rocks.
He stabilised his stance, twisted his body violently, mobilised the Qi of Space, and waved his hand backwards.
The space within a radius of tens of feet shook violently.
Immediately after, a spatial crack that was more than ten metres long tore open out of thin air and flew out, striking at the Immortal Orchid King who was in hot pursuit.
The rules of heaven and earth in the first echelon were indeed completely different from the ground.
However, the rules of space had not changed, and Zhang Ruochen could still utilise spatial power at will.
It was because of the “spatial power” card that Zhang Ruochen had the power to fight even in the face of a Saint.
Seeing the spatial cracks coming at him, Immortal Orchid King was secretly shocked and immediately moved out.
Spatial power was one of the originating forces of a world, it was simply not something that could be resisted by the Saint Qi cultivated by a cultivator, it could only be dodged.
Immortal Orchid King’s speed was very fast, and the spatial cracks could not help him at all.
Of course, in that instant just now, Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Maiden rushed another hundred feet away, almost disappearing at the end of his line of sight.
“The rules of heaven and earth here actually didn’t suppress Zhang Ruochen’s spatial power, something’s not good.”
Immortal Orchid King’s face, became very serious as he finally began to look squarely at Zhang Ruochen, not daring to underestimate him.
Zhang Ruochen, who was able to execute spatial means, was definitely a huge threat. Even at his realm, he did not have full certainty of taking Zhang Ruochen down.
One fled and chased for a thousand miles.
This world, was still cold and dark, however, right in the depths of that darkness, there was a powerful Holy Beast aura emanating out, giving off an inexplicable sense of panic.
It was finally getting closer and closer to the location where the Cloud Gold Beast was sleeping.
The Cloud Gold Beast slowly moved, its huge body, gradually stood up as if it was a dark red mountain moving, its head was hideous, its body was jagged, and the ancient aura emanating from its body made people guess that it had already lived for at least a thousand years as well.
The lifespan of a savage beast was several times, even ten times longer than that of a human. Even the Immortal Blood Clan could not compare to them.
Obviously, the Cloud Gold Beast had already spotted the four beings that were rapidly approaching, and a harsh roar came out of its mouth, creating a strong, fishy wind that blew hundreds of thousands of kilograms of boulders.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden stared towards the Cloud Gold Beast not far away, able to feel the appalling savage aura, and said, “Zhang Ruochen, that Cloud Gold Beast, which has already crossed over into the Saint realm, can open mountains and break rivers, it’s not something we can mess with.”
“I understand, but, we have no other choice.”
Zhang Ruochen continued to charge towards the Cloud Gold Beast, getting closer and closer to each other, only ten miles away, and still getting closer.
Compared to the Cloud Gold Beast’s body, Zhang Ruochen’s body, which was only the size of a grain of rice, was no different from an ant on the ground.
The wind force spat out by the Cloud Gold Beast seemed to be able to blow him and the Sacred Book Talented Lady away.
The Xian Lan King and the Second Prince, who were chasing closely behind, naturally saw the awakened Cloud Gold Beast.
“Imperial Uncle, the aura emanating from that blood beast is quite terrifying, I’m afraid that if we continue to chase after it, we will end up with Zhang Ruochen.”
The second prince’s heart was trembling violently, his legs couldn’t help but tremble as he didn’t dare to approach the past.
“Zhang Ruochen deliberately lured us to this place because he wanted to borrow the power of that blood beast to bluff us back. Although that blood beast is very strong, however, this king is not afraid of it.”The Immortal Orchid King was still strong, without a trace of fear.
Beings that were able to become saints had already incarnated as the masters of heaven and earth, their minds were very firm, their wills were very strong, and as long as they had the power to fight, they would also definitely not be scared back by other Saint realm beings.
Obviously, that Cloud Gold Beast was not enough to scare off the Immortal Orchid King.
Nine miles, eight miles, seven miles ……
Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Maiden had already rushed underneath the Cloud Gold Beast, and one could clearly see the dustpan-sized scales on the belly of the Cloud Gold Beast, as well as the claws that were so hard that they were as if they were divine iron.
It was feared that if one claw fell, it would be able to crush a thousand-metre-high mountain.
At this moment, even Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Maiden duo had been tensed to the extreme because, if they were not careful, they would die under the claws of the Golden Cloud Beast and turn into withered bones.
The five claws of the Golden Cloud Beast simultaneously emitted a cloud of blood mist and swung, causing the airflow to become quite chaotic and emitting a “whimpering” sound.
Two of the claws struck at Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Lady.
The other three claws attacked the Xian Lan King and the Second Prince at the back.
The dark red claws, which were more than ten times larger than Zhang Ruochen’s body, had not even landed yet, and had already sunk the earth beneath Zhang Ruochen’s feet.
“Spatial Shift.”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Lady’s bodies disappeared from under the Cloud Gold Beast’s claws as if they were passing through an invisible curtain of water.
In the next moment, the two of them appeared at the back of the Cloud Gold Beast, and their figures flashed a few times, quickly disappearing into the darkness.
“Zhang Ruochen, you can’t escape.”
Immortal Orchid King continuously let out angry roars, wanting to repel the Cloud Gold Beast and go after the fleeing Zhang Ruochen and the Sacred Book Talented Girl.
However, the Cloud Gold Beast was even more furious than him, striking out with a force that completely suppressed the Immortal Orchid King, making it impossible for him to get away.
A few moments later, Zhang Ruochen, with the Sacred Book Talented Girl in tow, had already reached dozens of miles away.
Behind them, the sounds of the battle between the Immortal Orchid King and the Cloud Gold Beast were still going on continuously, beating the earth and causing it to tremble, and any ordinary cultivator who approached the past would only die.
“Sacred Realm beings are truly terrifying, even if their cultivation is suppressed a hundred times, that powerful battle force still makes Half-Saints feel despair.”
Zhang Ruochen was covered in beads of sweat, soaking his robes.
Just now, it was just too thrilling, once one was caught in the battle circle, it was truly hard to know whether one would live or die.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden also breathed a sigh of relief, pursed her lips, and said, “That’s not necessarily true, every one of those stunning figures on the Semi-Sacred Ranking is capable of fighting against Sacred Realm beings. With your physique and qualifications, you will definitely be able to ascend the 『Half Saint List』 in the future as well.”
The entire “Half-Saint List”, which only had one hundred slots, not only included the human Half-Saints of the Kunlun Realm, but also, the ancient relics of the Barbarian Mysterious Realm, the descendants of Divine Beasts, as well as Half-Saint beings born from the thousands of market realms outside of the Kunlun Realm.
In fact, the human Half-Saints of the Kunlun Realm only occupied one-third of the slots on the Half-Saint List. The rest of the slots were almost all occupied by the various races of savage beasts.
From this, it could be seen that each and every one of the beings who had made it to the Half-Saint List was a rather remarkable existence.
It wasn’t the first time Zhang Ruochen had heard of the Half-Saint List, so naturally, he was still a little curious and asked, ”It is said that the Half-Saint List was compiled by you. How vast and boundless is the Kunlun Realm, and the thousands of Market Realms are spread all over the Universe, impossible to count. How did you come to know the information of so many Half-Saint level beings?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden did not answer Zhang Ruochen’s question, but only smiled lightly, “This world, indeed, is vast and endless, and the more you know, the more you feel very small. In fact, the ranking of the Half-Saint List is not absolutely accurate, there are still many unknowns no longer on top of the list.”
Zhang Ruochen always felt that there was a deep meaning in her words, and she seemed to know many secrets that ordinary people could not access.
However, since she was unwilling to say it, Zhang Ruochen did not continue to ask.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden raised her streaming eyes and looked at Zhang Ruochen’s resolute features as she added, “In fact, the compilation of the Semi-Sacred Ranking isn’t just for the purpose of setting a ranking, there’s also a deeper purpose. Before long, you will understand.”
Zhang Ruochen brought the Sacred Book Talented Girl and kept running away for more than 10,000 miles, arriving at a region where the terrain was quite steep and rugged.
In some places, there were black cliffs towering ten thousand feet high, with complex rules of heaven and earth wrapping the cliffs, making it difficult for even Half-Saints to climb.
There were places that went deep into the ground, shaped like a gully, where only darkness could be seen, seemingly capable of devouring a cultivator’s Saint Soul, making it intimidating.
“The rules of heaven and earth here suppress the cultivation of a cultivator to less than one-two-thousandth of a percent, if I didn’t have a powerful physical body and just relied on my holy qi, the destructive power that erupted from it would probably be no match for the Heaven’s Extreme Realm martial artists on the ground.”
Zhang Ruochen retracted the Saint Qi floating in his palm back into his body and muttered to himself, “Could it be that we have to reach the entrance of the second gradient?”
Zhang Ruochen stopped at the edge of a canyon and did not continue forward, rather worried about encountering even more terrifying perils.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady took the Blood Pill to replenish her blood qi, and her strength gradually recovered.
She stood beside Zhang Ruochen, her slender and supple figure like a weak willow, and lightly opened her shell teeth as she asked, “What does the second gradient mean?”
Even with the learning of the Sacred Book Talented Maiden, she knew very little about the world beneath the Endless Abyss.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen told her everything he knew, including the “Three Gradients of the Endless Abyss” and the “Secret of the Blood Beasts”.
After listening, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden fell into deep thought and said, “It’s impossible for a Savage Beast to come to the bottom of the Endless Abyss for no reason, and it’s also impossible for it to transform into a Blood Beast for no reason. I feel that the first and second gradients, I’m afraid, are hiding a rather shocking secret.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I think so too, only that there isn’t much evidence yet. The Infinite Flag King said that the savage beasts are the ones that absorb the blood qi left behind after the blood before shedding into blood beasts. If, he didn’t lie to me, then where exactly is the blood qi left behind by the Blood Queen?”
Zhang Ruochen realised that the Sacred Book Talented Lady was staring at him with straight eyes, making him feel quite uncomfortable and queried, “Miss Nalan, what’s wrong with you?”
