Zhang Ruochen also operated his gong method, controlling the Seal of the Gods and attempting to absorb the divine power between heaven and earth.
However, he found that the divine power around him had already been absorbed by Mu Lingshi, and the Seal of the Gods did not undergo any changes.
Then, he would have no choice but to head to the black volcano at the centre of the magma ocean, where the residual divine power would definitely be more abundant, and there might still be a chance to make an impact to the Fish Dragon Tenth Transformation in one fell swoop.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t hold much hope for the Fish Dragon Tenth Transformation.
Because, he had already refined seven drops of divine blood and reached the limit of his fleshly body, it would be difficult to accommodate more divine energy.
Three days later, Mu Lingshi successfully condensed the Sacred Soul, achieving the Half-Sacred Exalted position in one fell swoop.
When she stepped out of the picture scroll world, her entire body, all of it, radiated a brilliant holy light, every inch of her skin was like holy jade, appearing crystal clear, and her eyes became incomparably deep and filled with infinite wisdom.
Although, Mu Lingshi’s realm was only at the early stage of the First Order Half-Saint, yet, the aura that emanated from her was straight after the Fourth Order Half-Saint.
Once she broke through the Half-Saint realm, she would immediately become a powerhouse amongst the Half-Saints, even more powerful than those Half-Saint Ancestors of the older generation.
Zhang Ruochen was sincerely happy for Mu Lingshi and said, “Congratulations to Senior Sister for completely transcending the mundane and achieving the Half Saint Honour.”
Obviously, Mu Lingshi was also quite elated and laughed, “Haven’t you also reached the peak of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon and can break through to the Half-Saint realm at any time.”
“Me? I still have to consolidate for a while longer.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head slightly and said with a straight face, “Since Senior Sister’s cultivation has already broken through, let’s go to the Black Volcano now.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t propose that she enter the Scroll World or stay on the shores of the magma ocean. Because, he knew very well that Mu Lingshi would definitely not agree.
If he insisted on leaving her behind, he might, instead, brew an unnecessary incident.
Mu Lingshi’s eyes exuded a rippling aura of beauty as she softly mumbled.
In the magma ocean, there were many black reefs spread out, which could just be used as a landing spot for Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingshi.
Zhang Ruochen mobilised the power of space and moved the spatial cracks across the sea surface, hardening a path.
Even though everything was ready, they encountered quite a few risks.
At one point, the magma ocean kicked up a huge wind and wave, swirling up more than ten metres of magma and sweeping towards the two of them.
Luckily, Zhang Ruochen took the initiative to tear the space apart and swallowed that huge wave of magma before the crisis was resolved.
The closer they got to the black volcano, the more pressure the two of them were under, and it took half a day before they finally reached the bottom of the black volcano.
The holy qi in the two people’s bodies was almost consumed, and they couldn’t stop gasping for breath, so they could only take out the holy stone first and absorb the holy qi in it to recover their cultivation.
Only when they had recovered to their full strength did Zhang Ruochen begin to seriously observe the surroundings.
Even if it was only the foot of the volcano, the pressure on Zhang Ruochen’s body was already quite immense, and with every step he took, he had to consume a large amount of holy qi.
If it were any other Fish Dragon Realm Ninth Transformation cultivator, he would probably already be on the ground, unable to move.
“Zhang Ruochen, look, there are two …… people there ……”
Mu Lingshi’s eyes widened as she stretched out a hand, her finger pointing to the position halfway up the mountain.
Zhang Ruochen looked up, his gaze piercing through the layers of ghostly mist, and indeed saw that a sturdy man in armour stood above a jagged boulder halfway up the mountainside.
His height, which reached four metres, and his arms were even thicker than a normal person’s waist, giving off a sense of loftiness with his head in the sky and his feet on the ground.
A very large ghostly aura spread out from beneath his feet, and even though, Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingshi were only standing at the bottom of the mountain, their souls trembled from that ghostly demon king-like aura.
It wasn’t that the two of them didn’t have a strong enough state of mind, soul, or spiritual power, but rather, the other party’s cultivation level was so much higher than theirs that even just a single aura emanating from them was able to seriously injure them.
“It’s too terrifying …… I’ve already awakened my phoenix bloodline and cultivated a holy soul, achieving a half saint venerable position, yet it’s still difficult to resist the aura emanating from him. I’m afraid that only, the legendary Great Saints have such a terrifying aura of power.”
At the corner of Mu Lingshi’s mouth, blood flowed out, and unable to continue to remain standing, he sat down on the ground.
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t much better than Mu Lingshi, even with the guardianship of the Seal of the Gods, cracks appeared in his Martial Soul, and at any moment, he could be torn apart.
“Spatial Domain.”
Zhang Ruochen’s arms lifted, mobilising the power of space and holding up a translucent domain cover with a diameter of three zhang, before he barely managed to ward off that aura.
He said, “This person should be a very powerful Ghost King from the netherworld, if the Blood Moon Ghost King was here, he would definitely be able to recognise the identity of this Ghost King.”
That Ghost King, exuding an aura that was very powerful, however, there were thirty-six golden chains that penetrated his ghostly body and suppressed him to death, which was why he stood still and could not move.
Otherwise, he only needed to wave his arm, and I’m afraid that Zhang Ruochen and Mu Lingshi, would have gone up in smoke.
The thirty-six golden chains were composed of a single Buddhist text, emitting an incomparable divine aura.
The other end of the golden chains was connected to the brow of an old monk.
That old monk, sitting cross-legged opposite the armoured Ghost King, wore a plain Buddhist garment, with his hands resting at the position of his knees.
His body, already very dry, blood and moisture as if it had already lost its cost, only a skeleton and a layer of wrinkled skin remained.
I’m afraid that it won’t take long for the old monk to run out of gas and die.
Even so, the old monk was still going all out to suppress the opposite Ghost King. It was also unknown, how long had they been maintaining such a state?
“Who exactly is that monk, to be able to fight with that Ghost King, he is definitely a rather remarkable existence as well.”Mu Lingshi said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “This monk and ghost have been fighting for more than a year at least, although that holy monk has the upper hand right now, however, if the stalemate continues, in at most three or five more days, he will die at the cost of blood loss.”
Mu Lingshi said, “If the holy monk dies, I’m afraid that it will be difficult for us to escape as well. In the Ghost God Valley, those human cultivators who broke in and came in are also bound to die.”
“Who would have expected that two such terrifying existences are fighting here?”
“Go, leave this place immediately.”Zhang Ruochen said very decisively.
Mu Lingshi also nodded and prepared to retreat.
Although, they also wanted to step in and help that Saint Monk, their cultivation levels were too low to intervene in a fight of that level.
Once they intervened in it, it was tantamount to asking for death.
Right at this moment, a very old voice entered Zhang Ruochen’s ears, “Shi Master …… and slow down ……”
Zhang Ruochen stopped and looked around, but did not find any silhouettes. Finally, he revealed a thoughtful expression and stared over towards the old monk halfway up the mountain.
Only to see that the old monk was sitting in place, not moving, nor opening his mouth.
“That’s right, it is indeed the poor monk who is calling you ……”
That voice was very weak, as if it was a candle on fire in the wind that would go out at any time.
Zhang Ruochen let out a slight sigh of relief and asked, “What are your orders, senior?”
In his ears, no response came.
After waiting for roughly an incense stick of time, the voice resounded once again, “The man standing opposite the poor monk is one of the supreme powers of the outer reaches of the netherworld, the Divine Primordial Ghost King, and the ruler of the ghost kings of the netherworld. Right now, the poor monk still has some remaining strength to suppress it. However, Poor Monk’s days are numbered …… After Poor Monk’s death, he will be free from suppression, and at that time, he will surely cause endless calamities to the Kunlun Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen hesitated slightly and said, “Can senior help senior in some way?”
“If it were any other cultivator, even if they came here, they wouldn’t be able to help in any way. However, you are able to control space, but you are able to play some role, and might be able to get rid of the Divine Primordial Ghost King in one fell swoop, and save the Kunlun Realm, from some calamities.”The old voice said.
The cultivation of the old monk, unfathomable, even if he was sitting on the ground and couldn’t move, but his spiritual power and holy soul were incomparably powerful, I’m afraid that everything that happened in the Ghost God Valley simply couldn’t be hidden from his perception.
Then, he naturally knew that Zhang Ruochen was able to mobilise spatial power.
If that man in armour was really the Divine Primordial Ghost King, then, no matter what, he could not be allowed to escape. Once he entered the Kunlun Realm, the disaster he caused would definitely be more terrifying than hundreds of millions of Yin soldiers.
Zhang Ruochen continued to communicate with the old monk and finally understood, what the other party meant.
That old monk, hoped that Zhang Ruochen could mobilise the spatial rift above the magma ocean and go forward to attack the Divine Primordial Ghost King. Although the Divine Primordial Ghost King was powerful, but, right now, he couldn’t move, Zhang Ruochen’s spatial attack tactics could indeed pose some threat to him.
Other than Zhang Ruochen, even if a Saint came, it was probably impossible to change the battle situation.
“Senior Sister Duanmu, do you want to enter the Scroll World first?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Of course, Mu Lingshi knew how dangerous it was to intervene in the battle between the Divine Primordial Ghost King and the old monk, it could be considered as a one-in-nine death.
However, she also knew that Zhang Ruochen had no other choice, if they didn’t take the initiative to deal with the Divine Primordial Ghost King, by the time the Divine Primordial Ghost King got out of the trap, they would be the ones to die.
Mu Lingshi shook her head vigorously and said with a firm gaze, “Fighting together, even if …… we die here, we have no complaints.”
Zhang Ruochen stared Avray at her and no longer continued to force her, after all, if he and the old monk failed to kill the Divine Primordial Ghost King, even if Mu Lingshi hid in the Scroll World, she would still be dead, it would not make any difference at all.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the edge of the volcano, his hands slowly spreading out as he exploded the power within his body, completely.
In the sky above the magma ocean, a spatial crack, all of them slowly approached in the direction of the black volcano.
Standing below the volcano and looking out towards the sea, one could see a shattered heaven and earth, pressing over.
The power was as if it was capable of destroying everything in the world.
On Zhang Ruochen’s forehead, fine beads of sweat emerged, and his arms trembled. Obviously, controlling so many spatial cracks at once was by no means an easy task, and any small mistake could destroy himself inside the shattered space as well.
