Below the robbing clouds, Zhang Ruochen and the Death Knight were both wearing the Ten Sacred Blood Armour, and they violently attacked each other with all their strength, causing the air to tremble and the earth to shake.
The Death God Knight’s cultivation realm was far from Zhang Ruochen’s, and with nine strikes against each other, he threw Zhang Ruochen out.
Just as the Death Knight rushed up, ready to destroy Zhang Ruochen, the seventy-seventh lightning bolt landed and struck him and Zhang Ruochen at the same time.
The power of the robotic thunderbolts was exceptionally ferocious, and even the Death God Knight was knocked to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen took a breath and rushed out from underneath the scorched earth, carrying the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, invoking the Thousand Stripes Destruction Power and slashing down with all his might.
“Rumble.”
The Death Knight stretched out an iron fist and punched out fist seals, parrying the attack of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
Immediately after, the two battled again.
The robberies lightning in the sky above, fell one after another, the seventy-eighth, seventy-ninth, and eightieth ……
Every single calamity thunder that fell would knock Zhang Ruochen and the Death Knight to the ground.
The injuries on both of them were getting heavier and heavier, both of them were spitting out blood, and the swords they swung out and the punches they threw became slower and slower.
Before coming to Tai Yin Ancient City, the Death Knight was already heavily injured, and after being bombarded by the lightning tribulation, the injuries in his body intensified by more than double.
Originally, with his strength, killing a Xuan Huang Realm Saint would be a breeze. Now, even when facing an Upper Realm Saint, it was difficult to fight against.
Seeing that the eighty-first calamity lightning was about to fall, the Death Knight didn’t hesitate and withdrew his spear, fleeing at the fastest possible speed.
Zhang Ruochen did not chase after him.
Because, he was injured even more heavily than the Death God Knight and had been holding on hard, otherwise, he would have already collapsed.
“Rumble.”
The black pressure of the calamity cloud was spinning rapidly, and then, the eighty-first calamity thunderbolt fell down, much like a spear of heaven and earth, striking Zhang Ruochen’s head.
The piece of earth beneath Zhang Ruochen’s feet collapsed in an instant, forming a black, bottomless hole.
The power of the lightning struck the ground, creating high temperatures, and in the surrounding area, all the rocks melted, forming a crimson magma, with a swimming snake-like electric pattern flowing on the surface of the magma.
The life and death calamity, ended!
The sky’s calamity clouds gradually dispersed, and the stars in the sky and the bright moon were revealed, radiating a ray of soft light.
That heaven and earth might disappeared cleanly.
The human cultivators in the Taiyin Ancient City all let out a long sigh of relief.
“Calm has finally been restored, and I wonder if Zhang Ruochen has crossed the Third Paragon Tribulation?”
“It’s hard to say, I didn’t see that at the last moment, even the Death Knights fled and didn’t dare to carry the tribulation thunder hard. Zhang Ruochen was injured so badly, how could he still be alive?”
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Qingfeng Saint transformed into a holy light and landed next to the black bottomless pit, releasing his spiritual power and probing downwards.
No life scent was present.
“Zhang Ruochen failed to survive the Life and Death Tribulation and has died under the Tribulation Thunder.”Sage Qingfeng made this conclusion.
The news travelled out, and all the cultivators in the Taiyin Ancient City sighed.
Some of these young cultivators who viewed Zhang Ruochen as their idol had difficulty accepting this result and felt quite sad, believing that Zhang Ruochen should not have ended up like this.
“Zhang Ruochen possesses supreme natural talent and can wrestle an Upper Realm Saint, how could he not survive the Life and Death Tribulation?”
“The stronger the natural talent, the stronger the life and death tribulation it attracts, it’s only natural that he would die under the tribulation lightning.”
“Historically, there aren’t a handful of human masters who have died under the Life and Death Tribulation.”Many cultivators sighed.
Afterwards, some of these cultivators, using the Transmission Light Talisman, spread the word about what happened tonight.
Whether it was the news of “Zhang Ruochen is Gu Linfeng” or the news of “Zhang Ruochen has fallen”, it would definitely cause a stir in the Kunlun Realm.
The Death Knight and Saint Yasha had not fled far away, and were also paying attention to Zhang Ruochen’s life and death.
Saint Yasha’s spiritual power shrouded the sky above Taiyin Ancient City and did not spot Zhang Ruochen’s aura, then, withdrawing his spiritual power, a smile appeared on his old face and said, “Zhang Ruochen should have already fallen, and we can be considered to have completed our mission.”
“Zhang Ruochen has already died?”The Death Knight said.
“Even the Qingfeng Saint of the Two Yi Sect has confirmed this matter, there shouldn’t be any mistake.”Saint Yasha said.
The Death Knight, however, shook his head and said, “No, no, even if Zhang Ruochen was beaten to ashes by the lightning of the calamity, his Sinking Abyss Sword and the Ten Saints’ Blood Armour will not disappear into thin air.”
The smile on Saint Yasha’s face became frozen, then, nodded, “That makes sense.”
“Zhang Ruochen definitely didn’t die, it should be that Qingfeng Saint from the Two Element Sect who is deliberately helping him conceal the truth. He wants to use this opportunity to escape from his golden shell, escape from the vision of the major forces, and hide in the shadows.”The Death Knight said.
“Right now, I’ll communicate with the Immortal God Temple, and I should be able to project the truth about Zhang Ruochen’s life and death.”
Saint Yasha took out the bronze disc and injected it into his spiritual power, using the bronze disc as a medium to communicate with the Immortal God’s Hall.
Not long after, Saint Ya She received a response from the Immortal God’s Palace, “Zhang Ruochen is not dead and has reached the Eastern Domain.”
“It should be just now that Zhang Ruochen went to the Eastern Domain through the spatial wormhole in the Tai Yin Ancient City. Go, go to the Eastern Domain and behead him.”The Death Knight said.
“Wait a minute.”
Saint Yasha then added, “Another piece of news has also come from the Immortal God Hall, they have sent out three more Death Knights to head directly to the Eastern Domain to suppress Zhang Ruochen, so as to prevent him from growing up and becoming the Immortal Blood Clan’s archenemy.”
“Sending out three more Death God Knights …… Is the Immortal Divine Hall doubting our abilities?”
Feeling rather annoyed, the Death God Knights tightly clenched their two fists, and between their fingers, crackling and popping sounds emanated.
It had to be said that this siege against Zhang Ruochen was indeed quite a failure, not only did he lose three Upper Realm Saints, but also, he allowed Zhang Ruochen to successfully cross the Life and Death Tribulation to further his cultivation.
Both Saint Yasha and the Death Knight could feel the anger of the Immortal God’s Palace, if, indeed, the other three Death Knights were allowed to kill Zhang Ruochen first, then, their return to the Immortal God’s Palace would surely be met with severe punishment.
“We must rush before the other three Death God Knights and destroy Zhang Ruochen first.”Saint Yasha said.
The protective formation of the Taiyin Ancient City had already been opened, so even if the Ya She Sage and the Death Knights were no longer as powerful as they were in cultivation, they would not be able to break in and enter the city.
Thus, they couldn’t use the spatial wormhole of Taiyin Ancient City and could only head elsewhere, taking other spatial wormholes to chase towards the Eastern Domain.
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Eastern Domain, Two Elemental Sect.
Zhang Ruochen had survived the third Paramount Saint Tribulation, and was indeed quite seriously injured, and until now, his face was a little pale, and his body was filled with a sense of weakness and emaciation.
At this moment, he and the Buried Moon Sword Saint, one of the Three Great Sword Saints of the Eastern Region, were sitting opposite each other, drinking a kind of healing medicinal tea.
Although it was medicinal tea, it was fragrant and did not have an unpleasant medicinal odour.
Saint Qingfeng carried a holy sword on his back and stood not far away.
Zhang Ruochen looked over towards the Green Peak Saint and smiled leisurely, “Why doesn’t Senior Green Peak come over to drink tea together?”
A look of shame appeared on Saint Qingfeng’s face as he said, “The poor Taoist is guilty of a crime, so I don’t dare to sit on an equal footing with the Sect Leader and the Sword Saint, so I’ll just stand here.”
In the Taiyin Ancient City, the Death Knights had killed the disciples of the Two Element Sect on a large scale, yet the Qingfeng Saint had not stepped in to stop them due to fear in his heart.
The Qingfeng Saint knew in his heart that he would definitely be punished by the sect, thus, he had been tensing his nerves, not daring to drink tea and talk about things as calmly as Zhang Ruochen and the Buried Moon Sword Saint.
The big shot that the Two Element Sect had sent to Taiyin Ancient City was the Buried Moon Sword Saint, one of the Three Great Sword Saints of the Eastern Region.
Before Zhang Ruochen crossed the Life and Death Tribulation, the Burying Moon Sword Saint had already rushed to Taiyin Ancient City, but had never shown up. It wasn’t until Zhang Ruochen had finished his life and death tribulation that the Moon Burying Sword Saint took the severely injured and dying man away from the ground and came to the Two Element Sect through a spatial wormhole.
At the same time, the Moon Burying Sword Saint instructed the Qingfeng Saint to release the news that Zhang Ruochen had died under the Thunder Tribulation, thus helping Zhang Ruochen to escape from his golden shell and avoid being besieged by enemies from all walks of life.
Zhang Ruochen had many questions in his mind and looked towards the Burying Moon Sword Saint sitting across from him, and in the end, he still asked, “Senior is curious, since Senior has already arrived at Taiyin Ancient City, why didn’t he make a move to kill the Death Knights of the Immortal God Temple and the Silver-robed Elder?”
The Sword Saint of the Buried Moon smiled faintly, “Your hand holds the Five Tribulation Holy Suppressor Talisman, and the Death God Knight’s also holds a similar treasure. If the old man makes a move …… No, to be exact, as long as he shows up, the Death God Knight will also be sure to use that kind of treasure to kill the old man in the first place.”
“An offensive treasure that is even more powerful than the Five-Jack Sacred Suppression Talisman?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“That’s right.”
Zhang Ruochen remained puzzled and said, “But why didn’t the Death Knight use that kind of treasure to kill me?”
The Buried Moon Sword Saint said, “Because, that kind of treasure is fused with the Death Knight’s flesh and blood, once that kind of treasure is activated, the Death Knight himself will die.”
Zhang Ruochen understood!
It wasn’t that the Death Knight didn’t want to use that kind of treasure, but, rather, the Death Knight didn’t think that it was necessary to use that kind of treasure to deal with one Zhang Ruochen.
However, using that kind of treasure to kill a Sword Saint was a sure thing.
“Wouldn’t that kind of treasure be just as terrifying as blowing up your own Qi Sea and Sacred Source?”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Buried Moon Sword Saint shook his head and said, “To kill an ordinary Death God Knight, the old man can completely break his Qi Sea before he explodes his Qi Sea. It is also possible to sever his consciousness before he explodes his holy source.”
“However, that kind of treasure is different. Even if the Death Knight’s Qi Sea is shattered and he loses his consciousness, as long as he enters the state of death, the destructive power will immediately burst out.”
Zhang Ruochen frowned and said, “In other words, even if you kill the Death God Knight, it’s useless and you will still die with him?”
“That’s right.”The Buried Moon Sword Saint let out a light sigh.
Zhang Ruochen said, “If one encounters a Death God Knight, wouldn’t one be bound to die?”
“Otherwise, why would they be called Death Knights?”
The Burying Moon Sword Saint’s words changed and laughed, “Perhaps it is only you who can kill a Death God Knight and retreat in one piece.”
“Me?”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Buried Moon Sword Saint said, “As long as you rip through space and knock the Death Knight into the void space, then even if that kind of treasure on the Death Knight bursts out, it won’t be able to help you.”
Zhang Ruochen let out a laugh, “The premise is that the Death Knight thought he had the ability to kill me and didn’t use that kind of treasure out in the first place. Otherwise, I would only be dead.”
The Buried Moon Sword Saint gazed at Zhang Ruochen for a moment and asked, “Not only are you the Blood God Sect’s Sectmaster, Gu Linfeng, but you are also Lin Yue, a disciple of the Two Yi Sect, right?”
