After setting up the spatial teleportation array, Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother with the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon and the Saint Beasts of Ancestral Dragon Mountain, but instead entered a state of cultivation to consolidate the realm that he had elevated by passing through the third Quasi-Saint Tribulation.
What invincibility in the same realm, what dual cultivation of divine and martial arts, was just some advantage amongst his peers.
No matter what time it was, only those whose cultivation realm was deep enough were truly strong.
Currently, Zhang Ruochen was just going all out to cultivate his martial dao to the Saint realm.
Right now, he was only one final step away from becoming a Saint in Martial Dao.
Condensing a Saint Source.
A Saint Source was a crystallisation that was condensed using Saint Phase and Saint Qi, along with one’s own perceptions and knowledge.
Zhang Ruochen had a total of six Saint Phases, which gave him the opportunity to condense six Saint Sources.
“I have the highest attainments in the Dao of the Sword, far surpassing other Saints, so perhaps, I can condense a Sword Dao Saint Source now.”
As long as one Saint Origin was condensed, Zhang Ruochen would be considered to have officially crossed over into the Saint realm, and would be essentially different from a Three-Jacked Quasi-Saint.
Zhang Ruochen also had some impatience, longing for the Martial Dao to become a Saint and raise his cultivation to a whole new level.
“Sword Dao Saint Phase.”
His hands closed together and a soft cry came out of his mouth.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ruochen’s back emitted a piercing black light. Within the light, a huge sword-shaped Saint Phase was revealed.
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen’s hands parted, assuming an embracing posture.
The sword-shaped Saint Phase flew between his hands and gradually became smaller and smaller, and finally, transformed into a small sword on three inches, slowly rotating in his palm.
“Wow…”
In the palms of both hands, all fourteen orifices opened up, gushing out a steady stream of holy qi.
The holy qi was injected into the small sword, causing the body of the sword to become more and more solid, as if it was carved out of black crystal, with dense sword dao rules intertwined within the body of the sword.
“Swish swish.”
With Zhang Ruochen’s body as the centre, an ear-piercing air-breaking sound resounded all around him, much like there were thousands of swords flying around him, however, outsiders could not see the shadows of the swords at all.
Ao Xin Yan, Wine Crazy, and Xiao Hei all retreated to the distance, staring in disbelief at Zhang Ruochen who was condensing his Saint Origin.
Ao Xin Yan exuded a look of envy and awe, saying, ”Is that the Ten Thousand Swords? Team Leader is about to become a Sword Saint?”
Ao Xinyan was also a sword cultivator, and her greatest wish in life was to become a Sword Saint.
At this moment, she was naturally very excited, feeling that she would most likely witness the birth of a young Sword Saint.
At the same time, she also admired and worshipped Zhang Ruochen even more, they were both outstanding people of an era, yet, Zhang Ruochen had already left her far behind.
Xiao Hei shook his head and said, ”The Ten Thousand Swords failed to coalesce, and it’s still just a single sword intent. From this, it can be seen that there is still some gap between Zhang Ruochen and a true Sword Saint.”
“Being able to condense the sword intent of ten thousand swords also means that the group leader will definitely be able to cultivate into a Sword Saint. Right now, it can at least be called a half-step Sword Saint.”Ao Xinyan said.
While Zhang Ruochen was condensing the Sword Dao Sacred Source, a crimson cloud appeared on the surface of the sea, where water and sky met.
The temperature in the air began to become warm.
The ice and snow between the sky and the earth melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, revealing the yellowish-brown land. The water in the Yin Yang Sea also changed from a ghostly blue colour to a reddish red.
Day and night changed, and yin and yang alternated.
“Dawn has arrived!”
By the seashore, the Heaven Devouring Demon Dragon opened its eyes wide and looked towards the vast and boundless Yin Yang Sea, revealing a fervent expression.
The eleven Saint Beasts all stood up as well and came behind the Heaven Devouring Demon Dragon.
“Your Highness, can we start summoning the Undead Ancient Ship now?”The Xuan Hedgehog Saint Beast said.
“Start now.”
The Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon raised a pair of thick arms, all ten fingers pointing towards the sky, closed his eyes, and began to recite an ancient incantation.
Inside the concealment formation, Ao Xin Yan, Xiao Hei, and Wine Crazy were all paying close attention to the Ancestral Dragon Mountain’s Saint Beast. Their gazes were fixed on the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon.
“The Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon is actually proficient in the ancient incantations of the Divine Dragon Clan as well.”Little Black was somewhat surprised.
Ao Xin Yan said, “Even if the Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon doesn’t know the incantations, the Ancestral Dragon Mountain will definitely pass them on to him.”
After a pause, she added, “The Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon would not go to break into the Yin Yang Sea for no reason, it is not certain that it is having the same purpose as you.”
“Same purpose.”
Xiao Hei’s eyes shrunk, and he snorted coldly, “This Emperor is determined to obtain that item, and whoever dares to compete for it will definitely be killed.”
Ao Xin Yan gently shook her head, a worried look appearing in her eyes as she said, “I’m afraid that with just us, it will be difficult to fight against them. Just one Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon is already quite difficult to deal with. Moreover, the Saint Beasts that follow it are all fearsome and powerful characters.”
Although Ao Xin Yan had never seen the Ancestral Dragon Mountain’s Saint Beasts, however, she had heard of some of the Saint Beasts’ formidable names.
She recognised a total of three of the Saint Beasts that followed the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon.
“That old man covered in black spikes should be the Xuan Hedgehog Saint. Its mental strength is at least at the fifty-second rank, and even a Saint of the Xuan Huang realm may not be his opponent. It is said that the number of Saint Beasts that have been killed by it has exceeded ten.”
“That beautiful woman with a life serpent’s tail, called you Snow Chastity Demoness, had already reached the Saint realm five hundred years ago, and was in charge of millions of savage beasts in the Original Kong Mountain Range, definitely an overlord level existence.”
“That bald giant with a height of three zhang, named Mang XIV, in the Mang Ox Beast Clan, ranked fourteenth in terms of battle power, with a special physique, born with godly strength, with extremely high attainments above fist and palm techniques, and in the same realm, he can go hard with the Swift Ancient Remnant Species. Before the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon became a saint, it was always Mang XIV who was secretly guarding him.”
Ao Xin Yan knew that Zhang Ruochen and Xiao Hei’s current strength was enough to call the shots of senior Upper Realm Saints.
However, there was still a considerable gap between them and the Saint realm beings of the Xuan Huang Realm.
It was precisely for this reason that she was a little worried.
If they really had to go toe-to-toe with the Ancestral Dragon Mountain’s powerhouses, they would definitely be wiped out.
“Rumble.”
The calm sea surface lifted up layers of water waves, emitting a deafening sound.
At the very beginning, the water waves were only one or two metres high, gradually, they turned into seven or eight metres high, more than twenty metres high …… In the end, they actually reached hundreds of metres high, forming a wall of water connecting heaven and earth.
From afar, a layer of water waves. It was like a tumbling mountain range.
An ancient ship, from the distance, travelling rapidly over, the hull of the ship is more than ten times higher than the “water wave mountain range”, exudes an ancient and powerful atmosphere.
The form of the ancient ship was very much like a dragon floating on the water surface, with a dragon head, claws, and tail, emitting a silver-coloured light all over its body, making it look incomparably sacred.
With the Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon as their leader, all of the holy beasts of Ancestral Dragon Mountain knelt on the ground and bowed to the silver-coloured undead ancient ship.
The sky and seawater turned silver, enveloped in a circle of divine light.
The wine madman’s mouth grew wide, his eyes glowing as he said, ”There really is an ancient ship, and moreover, it’s so sacred. It can’t really be a ship refined from the corpse of a divine dragon, right? It is said that the flesh of a god will never decay, and I wonder if the blood and flesh of a divine dragon can still be eaten?”
Ao Xin Yan had long been kneeling on the ground, when she heard the words of the wine madman, she was startled and coldly glared at him, saying, “Don’t talk nonsense, be careful that the remnants of the Divine Dragon will hear your words and rain down punishment on us.”
Xiao Hei said, “That’s right, that undead ancient ship is just too unbelievable, saying that it may not really be the corpse of a divine dragon. It’s better for us not to talk nonsense, lest we provoke the remnant soul of the divine dragon. Even if it’s just a thought of the divine dragon, it would be easy to exterminate us.”
The silver-coloured Undead Ancient Ship, which was getting closer and closer to the land, emitted an aura that was even more powerful.
The Wine Crazy Man also seemed to be shocked by the aura emanating from the ancient ship, closing his mouth and not babbling any more.
The Heaven Swallowing Devil Dragon and the Ancestral Dragon Mountain’s Saint Beast quickly boarded the Undead Ancient Ship, and then, the huge ship, again, broke through a wave of water hundreds of metres high, sailing towards the pale sea and disappearing into the water.
“If the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon is looking for the same thing as us, then it is imperative to immediately chase after him, and definitely not let him take that kind of thing away first.”
Xiao Hei looked over towards Zhang Ruochen, revealing an anxious expression as he secretly said, “Zhang Ruochen, you must hurry up and condense the Sacred Origin, we must set off as soon as possible.”
Only at dawn and dusk could the Undead Ancient Ship be summoned.
Once one missed the dawn, one would only have to wait until dusk to depart, a full day behind the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon.
A lot could happen in a day.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s body was wrapped up by thousands of sword shadows, like a sphere with a diameter of tens of feet.
No one knew, right now, what kind of state he was in.
Nor did he know, what step had he reached with the Sword Dao Saint Origin he had condensed?
Xiao Hei stared with a pair of eyes wide open, clenched his teeth, frantic with urgency, and said to Ao Xin Yan, “Girl, you go summon the Undead Ancient Ship right now, no matter what, we have to set off at dawn today.”
“But …… the group leader is still cultivating.”Ao Xin Yan said.
“We can’t care about that much now, if we summon the Undead Ancient Ship and he hasn’t condensed his Saint Origin yet, then we’ll just carry him on board.”Xiao Hei was truly anxious, worried that the Divine Dragon Sun Moon Chaos Tower would be taken by the Heaven Swallowing Demon Dragon.
Xiao Hei was kind to Ao Xin Yan and had passed on more than one ancient secret art to her, so Ao Xin Yan still respected Xiao Hei’s decision quite a bit.
She walked out of the concealment formation and came to the seashore, stretching out her two snow-white slender arms and reciting an ancient incantation from her mouth.
Not long after, a black cloud appeared in the sky, with dense lightning travelling through it.
“Rumble.”
On the surface of the sea, water waves hundreds of metres high were once again raised.
The waves swept across the sky and the ground with a great sound.
An ancient ship of the undead, sailing out from amongst the black clouds, was shaped much like a gigantic skeleton, exuding an intimidating evil aura.
Right at the moment it appeared, Ao Xin Yan, Wine Crazy, and Xiao Hei all felt a coolness invade their bodies and couldn’t help but tremble.
The Undead Ancient Ship summoned by the Heaven Devouring Demon Dragon emitted silver light, carrying a divine splendour. The Undead Ancient Boat summoned by Ao Xin Yan was the opposite, simply like a death boat from hell.
The hairs on Little Black’s body all stood up and said in astonishment, “What is the situation? How can this Emperor see that ship is full of human and savage beast corpses and bones, and there seem to be thousands of ghosts walking above the deck.”
Ao Xin Yan naturally also looked at the horrifying sight on the Undead Ancient Ship, and her face turned a little pale as she said, “I’ve said long ago that every Undead Ancient Ship on the Sea of Yin and Yang is different, with some being relatively safe and others being extremely dangerous. Obviously, the one we summoned is a ghost ship full of evil spirits and corpses and bones, and cannot be taken at all. We can choose to depart at dusk, and at that time, summon another Undead Ancient Ship. How?”
Xiao Hei acted as if he couldn’t hear Ao Xin Yan’s words, instead staring in the direction behind him, saying, “I’m afraid there’s no way for us to wait until dusk, there’s a strong enemy catching up!”
An earth dragon, more than a hundred metres long, rushed towards the seashore at a rapid pace, and with every step it took, it would step on the earth and shake it violently.
On the back of the earth dragon stood three silhouettes.
Among them, the silhouette standing at the very front, holding a black spear and standing straight, wearing the Ten Sacred Blood Armour, was none other than the Death Knight of the Undying Divine Hall.
