The White Sun Arrow was suppressed underneath the cross shield, trembling and making “clanking” sounds, but it was unable to break free.
The cross shield was cast using white boulders, one horizontal and one vertical, forming a seven feet tall cross that stood on the ground.
On top of the cross shield, there was a dark red blood spot, and it was unknown what powerful beings’ blood had been stained on it, and it still had not worn off.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was fixed on the blood spots.
Instantly, a vast and voluminous sea of blood appeared before his eyes. In the sea of blood, a vortex was formed, as if it was trying to pull his Saint Soul and Spirit into it.
“Buzz.”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s body shook, and in the sea of qi, a flame that was suddenly bright and dark released a brilliant light that surged out from his pupils.
Zhang Ruochen exhaled a long breath, and then, averting his gaze from looking at the Cross Shield, he said, “What a powerful battle weapon, I’m afraid that it has been passed down from an extremely long time ago.”
The power fluctuations emanating from above the Cross Shield were both sacred and bizarre.
In the sky, the crown prince of the Qi Heavenly Clan, Qi Sheng, flew out from inside the blood-red door of light with a blood cloud under his feet.
The blood cloud was quite vast, with one layer stacking on top of the other, obscuring this part of the sky and earth.
Prince Qi Tian stood above the blood cloud, and looking upwards from the ground, one could only see a huge shadow with six wings, much like a real body descending.
In the clouds, Prince Qi Tian’s voice came out, ”Not long ago, I encountered a formidable opponent and fought for two days and three nights, so I came a little late. Timeless Transmitter, I’ve kept you waiting!”
Prince Qi Tian was ranked number one in the Half-Saint Outer Ranking, and his battle power was definitely above that of Prince Devil Sky, and it was unknown what kind of being could have sustained a battle with him for two days and three nights?
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the six shadows cast by the three pairs of large wings, revealing an expression of gravity.
Before an Immortal Blood Clan became a Saint, the number of fleshy wings on their backs did not grow, as many pairs as they were when they were born, and as many pairs as they are now.
Entering the Saint realm, as their cultivation gradually deepened, the blood qi in their bodies became more and more vigorous before they could break through the shackles of their fleshly bodies and grow more blood wings.
The vast majority of Immortal Blood Race, before the Saint realm, only had one pair of flesh wings. Only when their physique was strong to a perverted degree would they possess two pairs of flesh wings.
Among the legends, only the Underworld King, at birth, possessed three pairs of flesh wings.
As for the Blood Queen and Blood Devil from 800 years ago, Zhang Ruochen rarely saw any records about them, and thus, did not know how many pairs of flesh wings they possessed before they became saints.
Prince Qi Tian actually grew three pairs of flesh wings, seeing this scene, Zhang Ruochen still felt quite surprised.
However, Zhang Ruochen was fearless, so what if Prince Qi Tian was able to compare to the Hades King in his youth?
The Space-Time Transmitter was not afraid of any opponent.
“Want to fight?”
The aura on Zhang Ruochen’s body climbed up and he swung the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword in his hand, and instantly, a Sword Qi Domain condensed out.?At the centre of the Sword Qi Domain, a sword pillar shot straight up into the sky, breaking apart the blood clouds and connecting the earth and the sky.
Some Half-Saints from the Qingtian Tribe rushed to this area and knelt on the ground in unison, saying, “Pray for Prince Qi Tian to kill Zhang Ruochen and avenge our Crown Prince and Crown Princess.”
“I beg Prince Qi Tian to behead Zhang Ruochen and avenge our Crown Prince and Crown Princess.”
……
Prince Qi Tian was not moved by this and stared at Zhang Ruochen’s body, saying, “You and I will have a battle, but it is not now. The Spirit of the World will be coming out soon, and I believe you don’t want to waste any more of your strength fighting me. Once we go to war, it will only be cheaper for a few others. Right?”
In the Green Dragon Market Realm, Zhang Ruochen and Prince Qi Tian were indeed already at the peak, but they were not invincible.
There were at least two strong people that Zhang Ruochen knew of alone that could contend with them.
One was Autumn Rain, who was number one on the Half-Saint List.
The other was the Heaven’s Destiny Emperor who had re-lived his second life, the former Corpse Emperor.
On top of that, the Demonic Heavenly Prince, the Standing Monk, the Snowless Night, and the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon were all first-rate powerhouses, and their strength was only half a step weaker than that of a Super Tier 1 powerhouse.
Moreover, it was not known if they had some powerful undercards, and once they used some extraordinary means, even a Super Tier 1 powerhouse might not be able to securely win against them.
Now that it was already the most critical moment, in case Ruochen and Prince Qi Tian were defeated in a battle, it would indeed be cheaper for the others.
It had to be said that Prince Qi Tian was also a rather calm character, even though his own sister died under Zhang Ruochen’s sword, he was still able to maintain his sanity.
It was people like this that were the most terrifying.
In the end, Crown Prince Qi Tian and Crown Prince Devil Heaven led the Immortal Blood Race’s cultivators and left the land.
A moment later, with a rumbling sound, the Cross Shield flew away from the ground, erupting into a heaven-turning power fluctuation, flying into the clouds, and landing on Prince Qi Tian’s back.
The Cross Shield also weighed an unknown number of ten thousand jin, and when he pressed down on Prince Qi Tian’s body, even with his cultivation, his body sank downwards.
The Devil Heavenly Crown Prince, the Yellow Heavenly Imperial Daughter, the Pure Heavenly Crown Prince, and the crown princes of the other two clans of the Immortal Blood Clan all rushed over and gathered with the Qi Heavenly Crown Prince.
This time, seven of the heirs of the ten major clans of the Immortal Blood Clan had rushed over to the Green Dragon Market Realm.
The heirs of the other three clans were a bit older than them and had already reached the Saint realm long ago, so they naturally lost the opportunity to enter the Green Dragon Market Realm.
The Yellow Sky Emperoress asked, ”With Big Brother Qi Sheng’s cultivation, along with our assistance, we have every chance to kill Zhang Ruochen. Why didn’t Big Brother Qi Sheng make a move?”
The Yellow Heavenly Imperial Daughter had been shot by Zhang Ruochen and suffered a very serious injury, thus, she also resented Zhang Ruochen quite a bit.
“Not killing Zhang Ruochen will lead to endless troubles.”The Devil Heavenly Prince said with a serious expression.
The Devil Heavenly Prince was also curious as to why Prince Qi Tian chose to avoid a fight, with his strength, coupled with the God-Extinguishing Cross Shield, he should be a bit more powerful than Zhang Ruochen.
“You guys think I don’t want to kill him?”
Prince Pure Heaven shook his head and paused before adding, “In the Green Dragon Market Realm, no one can kill Zhang Ruochen.”
Immediately after, Prince Pure Heaven said, “That’s right, in the Green Dragon Ruins Realm, Zhang Ruochen occupies the right place and time, and can use spatial means freely.”
Prince Qi Tian said, “It’s not just about occupying the heavenly time and place, Zhang Ruochen’s own battle power is also very powerful. In fact, …… he and I have already fought once.”
The people present were all stunned.
Already fought once?
Prince Qi Tian explained to them, saying, “Earlier, when I struck the God Exterminating Cross Shield to suppress the White Sun Arrow, I invoked the power of the God Exterminating Cross Shield, wanting to hit him hard by surprise. It was a pity that Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation and willpower were both quite strong, destroying that power and failing to injure him.”
Hearing Prince Qi Tian’s words, the several princes and royal daughters present all sucked in a breath of cool air.
They were very clear about the origin of the God-Extinguishing Cross Shield, having an incomparably long history, and there had once been a deity who had been crucified on it.
The divine blood on the Cross Shield hadn’t worn off to this day.
“Through this encounter, I have also roughly figured out the strength of his power and weakness. Even if I were to go all out and strike, if I wanted to defeat him, I would have to wait until three hundred moves later, and that’s still if he doesn’t use time and space. If he were to use his time and space power, the number of victories and defeats would really be hard to say.”Prince Qi Tian said.
The Yellow Heavenly Empress’s face turned a little pale as she said, “Zhang Ruochen is surprisingly already powerful to such an extent, if we let him continue to grow, won’t he turn into the second Sumeru Saint Monk?”
Prince Pure Heaven sighed, “Zhang Ruochen has only just broken through to the Ninth Order Half-Saint, his realm is still unstable, moreover, having gone through successive battles, he must have consumed a large amount of holy qi, this time is the best time to kill him.”
“Not necessarily.”
Prince Qi Tian added, “According to my guess, Zhang Ruochen should have reached the Supreme Extreme Realm four times in the Fourth Realm of the Martial Dao, laying a solid foundation, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to possess such a powerful fighting force. If that’s the case, his Qi Sea would be much more expansive than normal people, and even after a series of great battles, his Holy Qi wouldn’t be depleted.”
“Four times at the Supreme Extreme Realm, wouldn’t that be the same as Big Brother Qi Sheng?”The Yellow Heavenly Empress stared with a pair of wide eyes, her heart even more astonished.
All along, Qi Sheng’s achievements had only allowed them to look up to him, causing them to despair, and it was simply unimaginable that there was actually someone else who could be as terrifying as Qi Sheng.
Prince Qi Tian had indeed reached the Supreme Extreme Realm four times.
Human cultivators had to go to the Market Realm Battlefield and accumulate military achievements by killing indigenous cultivators and sacrificing to the gods in order to invoke the resonance of the gods, thus reaching the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
However, some of the mysterious ancient clans of the Kunlun Realm had mastered other ancient sacrificial methods that could also invoke the resonance of the gods without having to travel to the Market Realm Battlefield.
The several Crown Princes and Royal Daughters of the Immortal Blood Race were in a heavy mood, feeling somewhat depressed.
Prince Qi Tian said, “Besides Zhang Ruochen’s own strength being very strong, in fact, there is another reason.”
“What reason?”
The Devil Heavenly Prince’s expression twitched as he said, “Could it be related to that formidable opponent you encountered?”
Prince Qi Tian nodded and said, “That was a human whose strength was not below mine, I fought with him for two days and three nights, and not only did I fail to defeat him, but instead, I suffered some injuries myself.”
“That human’s use of martial skills has simply reached the peak of excellence, unable to be described in words, anyway, it is far beyond me. If it wasn’t for the fact that his realm had indeed not reached the Saint realm, I would have somewhat suspected that it was a human great emperor who had suppressed his realm.”
Thinking of that human, Prince Qi Tian felt his heart palpitating.
However, the other party’s physique wasn’t considered powerful, far inferior to him and Zhang Ruochen, and there were some issues with his condition. Plus, Prince Qi Tian had many advantages with the God-Destroying Cross Shield in his grasp, and only then did he fight that human to a draw.
It was because the Human Race had sprung up such a terrifying existence that made Prince Qi Tian throw in the towel and didn’t dare to go all out to fight Zhang Ruochen.
If Zhang Ruochen had joined forces with that person, Prince Qi Tian would definitely not be able to stop him.
However, Prince Qi Tian did not realise that the human he had encountered was the Heavenly Fate Emperor who had re-lived his second life and had a not-so-small grudge against Zhang Ruochen, making it almost unlikely that they would join forces.
