The stronger the spiritual power, the more mysterious and unpredictable abilities could be unlocked as well, some of which were even more terrifying than holy arts.
Erasing and collecting a cultivator’s memories wasn’t too difficult for a forty-ninth ranked spiritual power Half-Saint.
“Princess Baili is an ancient relic species, capable of hiding some of her memories deep within her blood. Moreover, although her spiritual power is far inferior to yours, her willpower is quite firm, and once she becomes a Saint, it is said that she will not necessarily recover her memories.”Little Black reminded.
“No harm done.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to control Princess Bai Li, merely intending to use her to hold the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon in check, even if, in the future, she regained her memories, it wouldn’t be much of a problem.
Princess Baili’s eyes regained their lustre, and her eyes were clear as she carefully surveyed Zhang Ruochen and Xiao Hei, revealing a curious expression as she said, “Who are you guys, and why are you staying with this princess?
Zhang Ruochen and Little Black glanced at each other.
Sure enough, Princess Baili still had some memories hidden deep within her blood and had not been taken away by Zhang Ruochen. At least, she still knew that she was a princess.
Little Black was very excited and walked over, rubbing his two paws together as he laughed, “You are this Emperor’s consort, called Imperial Princess Bai Li.”
As he spoke, Little Black stretched out his claws and went to hold Princess Bai Li’s jade hand.
Princess Bai Li was first a bit bewildered, and then, immediately after, grabbed Little Black’s claw.
While Little Black was gloating, an icy cold power came out from Princess Bai Li’s hand, freezing its entire body into ice.
Immediately after that, Princess Bai Li’s arm swung, throwing Little Black out.
Princess Baili was a Swift Ancient Legacy Seed, and even if her cultivation was sealed, her physical strength was still quite terrifying. She flung her arm with all her might and directly flung Little Black into the sky, turning into a black dot and disappearing.
Even Zhang Ruochen was somewhat stunned.
What the hell?
“A smelly cat that dares to call itself an emperor, isn’t it a generation higher than this princess?”
Princess Baili pouted her little mouth, not like a fairy with a light temperament, but more like a bratty little princess.
Since she had lost her memories, she was still intelligent and recognised Xiao Hei’s lies.
Zhang Ruochen looked into the sky and could not see Little Black’s figure at all, I’m afraid that it would not be able to return for a while.
The white-haired old man and the white-haired old woman had already awakened, only that Da Sikong had placed a Vajra Lock Seal on their bodies, sealing their physical bodies and cultivation.
At this moment, there were circles of golden light chains that bound their hands and tied them into a human stick.
“Your Highness, don’t worry about us, hurry and escape, the three human cultivators are all top-notch powerhouses, you’re no match for them.”The white-haired old woman said anxiously.
Princess Baili stretched out a jade finger and pointed at herself, saying blankly, “Are you guys talking about me? Why am I running away? And who are you guys?”
The white-haired old man and the white-haired old woman’s faces changed, sensing that Princess Baili’s state was very wrong.
The white-haired old woman’s face became a bit hideous as she roared, “Zhang Ruochen, what are you doing to Her Highness?”
Zhang Ruochen was calm as he walked over to the white-haired old woman and the white-haired old man and said, “My target is the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon, not Princess Baili. As long as you guys can honestly co-operate with me, I can guarantee that Princess Bai Li won’t have any worries about her life.”
“You ……”
The white-haired old woman wanted to say something else, but was stopped by the white-haired old man.
The white-haired old man saw the situation clearly, with their current state, they were simply unable to negotiate with Zhang Ruochen.
Secondly, since Zhang Ruochen was still willing to communicate with them, it meant that they would not die for the time being.
“I hope the Time Transmitter is a true gentleman who keeps his promises.”The white-haired old man said.
“Huh!”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen sensed something and raised his head to look up at the star pattern in the sky.
While observing, he walked up a sand dune with higher ground.
At this moment, it was dawn, and in the eastern sky, the light of the Changgeng Star was rapidly becoming dim, but around it, a dark red star appeared.
“Wow–”
More than ten meteors in a row, passed through the starry sky where the Long Geng Star was located, and flew towards the north.
“The Changgeng Star has lost its lustre, and the east, where the sun should have risen, is blood red. Such an astrological sign represents …… hell without light ……”
Zhang Ruochen’s face was ugly as he let out a long sigh.
Dasikong scratched his scalp, very curious, and asked, “Senior Uncle, what does Hell Without Light mean?”
The Second Sikong immediately said, “Eldest Senior Brother, the so-called Hell Without Light is an astrological sign that represents an evil omen, and at the same time, it corresponds to a great event that is happening in this world. The Long Geng Star obviously represents the Winning Sand City.”
“What does the Changgeng Star becoming dim represent?”Da Si Kong asked.
The Second Sikong also sighed and said, “It is very likely that …… Winning Sand City has fallen.”?”What exactly does hell without light mean?”Da Si Kong was still not somewhat confused.
“The territory comes to be dark and lightless. Or rather, many living beings have died and can no longer see the light. From this, it can be deduced that battles must have broken out between the human race and the various races of savage beasts in the Winning Sand City, and the killings there must have been quite ferocious, with rivers of blood flowing and mountains of corpses.”
Dasikong once again asked, “It’s just a starry sky, why is it that you and Senior Uncle can tell so much, and my cultivation is no weaker than yours, yet I can’t see anything?”
Er Sikong folded his hands and stopped explaining, reciting scriptures out of his mouth as if he was overtaking the dead in the distance.
Zhang Ruochen said, “When your spiritual strength is able to reach the forty-ninth rank, getting closer and closer to becoming a Saint, you will naturally be able to understand the world’s events by observing the stars. This is known as the Stargazing Technique!”
Not far away, Princess Baili’s large eyes revealed a curious expression, full of interest in the mysterious and unpredictable Stargazing Art.
She immediately walked over to Zhang Ruochen and did not fear him, instead, she grabbed one of his arms as if she was a little girl and said joyfully, “Will you teach me the Stargazing Art?”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows carried a worried look, ignoring Princess Baili and instead said to Da Sikong and Er Sikong, “You guys stay behind and wait for Xiao Hei, I must rush to Winning Sand City immediately.”
Zhang Ruochen did not expect that those human cultivators in Winning Sand City would be so indolent and start a war with the savage beasts so soon, catching him a little off guard.
What exactly was the battle situation over there?
Is there really no light in hell?
Had he known that they were going to start the war tonight, Zhang Ruochen wouldn’t have delayed here for so long.
“No.”
Er Sikong immediately stopped Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Senior Uncle, the astrological sign of Hell Without Light has already manifested, indicating that everything has become settled and no one can possibly change the ending. Going to Winning Sand City now is undoubtedly acting against the heavens and will only result in death. No one can fight against the heavens.”?Da Sikong also advised, saying, “They actually dared to go hard against the barbarian beast community, purely seeking death. Why do we need to get involved?”
“Don’t worry, I’m just going to take a look.”?Zhang Ruochen stopped waiting and used his Sacred Qi to involve Princess Baili, the white-haired old man, and the white-haired old woman, and then, using a Spatial Grand Shift, he disappeared into thin air.
This trip was dangerous, and Zhang Ruochen decided to go alone.
Even though the astral phase had already appeared, Zhang Ruochen was still fearless, and by going to have a look, he might be able to do what he could.
In the end, he was not a cold-blooded person.
When he arrived outside of Winning Sand City, he saw a scene like hell on earth. The earth was full of shattered cracks, and those cracks were at least tens of miles long, clearly the damage caused by the Thousand Stripe Destruction Power.
In the air, a cold wind blew with a pungent smell of blood.
At a glance, there were all corpses, both human cultivators and huge savage beasts, it was impossible to count them.
Between the corpses, there was black smoke, burning war fire.
There was no longer the sound of killing, and it appeared peaceful.
On the battlefield, Zhang Ruochen saw the corpses of some more familiar cultivators.
The Cai Clan’s Grand Master, Cai Jin, possessed a cultivation at the Quasi-Saint level, and had originally come to the Green Dragon Market Realm in search of the chance to become a Saint.
At this moment, he had turned into a half-dead body, collapsed in a pool of blood, perhaps because the blood in his body had drained out, that old face had turned quite pale and quite hideous.
Chi Yutang, one of the four princes of the Lingxiao Heavenly King’s Mansion, had also died. A large portion of his head had been bitten off by a certain savage beast, and his internal organs had also been eaten, leaving him with nothing but a bloody, empty shell.
Zhang Ruochen discovered the scent of the 13th disciple of the Sea Underworld Venerable King, Lan Night, and quickly found his corpse.
It was a piece of scorched earth that was a hundred feet in circumference, the earth was sunken downwards, and in the dirt, there were red electric flames surging.
At the centre of that scorched earth was Blue Night’s corpse, which had turned into a pile of broken bones.
“Blue Night is dead, is Ji Shui still alive?”
Zhang Ruochen chanted to himself, but in the end, he just shook his head and unfolded his stance to fly in the direction of Winning Sand City.
Sure enough, Winning Sand City had already been breached, and a large portion of the lofty city wall had collapsed, with only a portion of the remnants of the wall still still towering over it.
In the city, there was still a faint roar ringing out, and the battle between the human race and the barbarian beasts’ various races didn’t seem to be completely over.
On top of the wrecked wall, there were hundreds of human cultivators hanging, all of them were pierced through their bodies and nailed to the top of the wall by a black iron spike.
Some of the human cultivators had bled into the blood and died, while others were wailing and struggling.
The picture was quite tragic, as blood continued to flow down from the top of the wall, pooling together and turning a depression below the wall, into a pool of blood.
Wan Huayu and the Shangguan Family’s pair of beautiful twins, Shangguan Linglong and Shangguan Nihong, were also nailed on top of the wrecked wall.
Shangguan Nihong was already dead, and her corpse had become very cold and stiff.
Shangguan Linglong was still alive, but she was already dying, there was an iron spike that pierced through her neck and nailed her to the top of the wrecked wall, her whole body was coloured red by the blood gushing out from her neck.
Wan Huayu was also still alive, an iron spike pierced through her abdomen, pinning her right above the city gate, the Fire Phoenix Battle Armour on her body had become dim, the only thing that was still pinched in her hand into a crimson battle sword, which she did not let go of.
Broken and desolate.
Winning Sand City was still very lofty, yet it gave off an eerie feeling, much like coming to some ghost city in hell.
Zhang Ruochen stepped on the bloody sand on the ground, crossed the battlefield littered with dead bodies, and walked towards Winning Sand City step by step, as the cold wind blew his robes into folds, making “plopping” sounds.
A large number of savage beasts were gathered below and above the city walls of Winning Sand City.
They had stayed behind to guard the city gates, and at this moment, they naturally saw the human man who was slowly walking towards Winning Sand City.
