Outside the palace gate, a layer of mysterious power permeated the area, and those other cultivators, who couldn’t hear the dialogue between Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen, didn’t know what was going on?
“Why did Zhang Ruochen vomit blood? Could it be that the Empress injured him through space?”
“Are you stupid? The Empress is a great god, and with just a single thought, she can make Zhang Ruochen’s godly form be destroyed, so once she strikes, how could it be as simple as just injuring him?”
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The crowd was murmuring, all of them were quite curious as to what exactly Huang Yichen had said to Zhang Ruochen, how could it make even a Saint realm powerhouse spit out blood?
At the very top of the Zi Wei Palace, divine clouds cascaded over one another, and in the midst of those seven-coloured divine clouds was the Heavenly Pool.
The Heavenly Pool was thirty miles long, nineteen feet deep, and was a ghostly blue colour.
At the centre of the Heavenly Pond was the Yuanchu Sacred Temple, the residence of Empress Chi Yao.
At this moment, all of the Nine Heavenly Mysteries were standing outside the Yuanchu Sacred Temple, located on the banks of the Heavenly Pool, as if they were nine goddesses who did not eat earthly flames, standing above the Nine Heavens, with a pair of divine eyes looking down at the earth below, staring at Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen.
They didn’t know exactly what was going on, but they knew that Zhang Ruochen was too heartless today, daring to offend a god, and they were afraid that he would die for sure.
The Cang Lan Martial Saint was wearing the Phoenix Flame Armour, with flames burning all over his body, the expression on his face kept changing, and finally, as if he had made a major decision, he turned around, knelt down towards the Yuanchu Sacred Temple, and raised his voice, ”Empress, Zhang Ruochen is not a great traitor, at the Immortal Machine Mountain, he had stepped in to save his subordinates and the six Female Saints, and killed no less than ten Blood Saints of the Undying Blood Clan, which is considered to be a great feat of the world!, enough to atone for all the faults. I beg the Empress to spare his life.”
Outside the Yuanchu Sacred Hall, there was silence as everyone stared at the Canglan Martial Saint with pitying eyes. At this time, she dared to plead for Zhang Ruochen, could she not see the danger?
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden was much calmer than the Cang Lan Martial Saint, and was very clear that the conflict between Zhang Ruochen and the Empress was not at all about Zhang Ruochen committing any mistakes, but rather, it was about some other grudge.
Thus, even if Zhang Ruochen made more achievements, as long as the Empress wanted to kill him, she would still kill him.
Although, she understood this in her heart, she still felt heartache when she saw Zhang Ruochen spitting blood from his mouth.
“Dang!”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden knelt on the ground.
Seeing this scene, the Xuan Maidens all revealed a look of surprise, clearly not expecting that the extremely intelligent Sacred Book Talented Maiden would also have moments when she lost her mind.
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden was silent for a moment, in the process of sorting out her words, and after a long time, she said, “Your Majesty, Zhang Ruochen is a meritorious member of the Human Race, he cannot be killed.”
“For one, Zhang Ruochen broke into the netherworld, experienced nine deaths, brought back the stone talisman of the Thousand Bone Empress, subdued the river of corpses, sealed the passageway of the netherworld, and prevented hundreds of millions of undead ghosts and demons from coming to the Kunlun Realm, which is a great merit for saving the world’s living beings. If we kill him, we will surely incur the criticism of the world.”
“Secondly, in the Green Dragon Market Realm, Zhang Ruochen not only saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of Human Race elites, but also, he beat the barbarian beasts clans into submission, causing the Human Race’s reputation to be greatly shaken, making him a great hero of a clan. Looking at history, no deity of any clan would kill a clan’s majestic hero.”
“Thirdly, when the Empress was not in the Imperial City, the Immortal Blood Clan slaughtered the world, treating humans as food and animals, Zhang Ruochen not only offered the Blood Clan Secret Scrolls, but also fought the Immortal Blood Clan in a desperate bloodbath, killing countless of their enemies, which can be considered as a feat in the world. Killing him …… the world is unconvincing!”
The other few Xuan Maidens, all of them were moved and felt that the Sacred Book Talented Lady was too bold, on the surface, she was talking about Zhang Ruochen’s merits, but anyone with a few bits of wisdom could hear that she was using the people of the world to coerce the Empress.
The Empress was a god, the only god in the Kunlun Realm, so how was threatening her different from seeking death?
“Dang.”
Qing Mo’s appearance and figure had changed greatly, yet she still looked delicate and somewhat timid, yet, for some reason she still knelt on the ground. Only, she did not say a word, not knowing what to say.
She was the Myriad Hand Goddess among the Nine Heavenly Mysteries.
In the Yuanchu Sacred Temple, the Empress’ voice finally resounded, ”This Emperor doesn’t care to kill a mole cricket, but if a mole cricket wants to commit a crime from below, how can this Emperor tolerate him? Since you all want to kneel, just keep kneeling!”
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The tears of blood in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes disappeared and his eyes gradually became stern as he stepped forward step by step and said in a cold voice, “Get out of the way, I want to see Chi Yao, I want to ask her face to face.”
Huang Yichen stood outside the vermilion palace gate, shook his head and said, “Go back, you won’t be able to see her.”
Every word Zhang Ruochen uttered carried killing intent, saying, “Those who stand in my way, die.”
“The Zi Wei Palace is not a place that you can just barge in whenever you want.”
Inside the palace gate, a tall silhouette was revealed, holding a long unicorn lance, the iron boots on his feet stepping on the ground with a resounding sound.
Gradually, the appearance of Chi Banzai, was revealed, and he walked all the way to the front of Huang Smoke Dust.
Immediately after that, Bei Gong Lan, Xue Wuyi, Standing Monk, Ouyang Huan, Age Cold, Gai Tianjiao, and on top of that, there was also a silhouette that was all wrapped up in black robes that stepped out with them.
The Nine Great Realm Sons lined up and stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, each one of them was a human pride that was hard to come by in ten thousand years, with a powerful aura emanating from their bodies.
The silhouette wrapped in black robes, with a very slender figure, holding a black staff, could only be seen as a woman, but no one had ever seen her true appearance, and was the most mysterious of the Nine Great Realm Sons, and everyone called her “Mystic Shadow”.
Each of the Nine Great Realm Sons could be invincible in any other era, and could lead the way, and each of them had created their own legends, and could cross several realms to kill their enemies, and even though Zhang Ruochen’s popularity had somewhat overpowered them, they were still the legends of the Human Race.
Normally, it was not easy to meet a single realm, but today, they appeared at the same time, naturally causing a huge stir in the Central Imperial City.
“Amitabha Buddha! Scholar Zhang, Master has no intention of killing anyone today, as long as you don’t step into the palace gates of the Zi Wei Palace, the poor monk can keep you alive.”Monk Lidi said.
Gai Tianjiao’s body was covered in muscles, full of masculinity, but, staring at Zhang Ruochen, he was very torn, saying, “What are you up to? What kind of enmity or hatred is there? Hurry up and leave the Imperial City, I don’t want to fight with you.”
Bei Gong Lan’s eyes were also a bit complicated as he said, “Hurry up and leave, don’t force us to fight.”
“Those who block me, die.”
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s heart was filled with nothing but a murderous intent without any other thoughts as his arm moved and the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword emitted an ear-piercing sword sound.
Subsequently, ten thousand feet of holy light erupted within his body, and a multi-coloured cloud condensed above his head as his feet stomped on the ground, transforming into a stream of light as he rushed straight towards the palace gates of the Zi Wei Palace.
The nine great Realm Sons struck at the same time, except for Ouyang Huan and Huang Yicun, all of them struck out Realm Son Seals.
The seven Realm Son Seals were like seven jade mountains, releasing an imperial aura as they each condensed a gigantic empress figure and suppressed it towards Zhang Ruochen.
Seeing Chi Yao’s figure manifest, the anger in Zhang Ruochen’s chest grew even more to the extreme as he waved his sword and dragged out a long river of sword qi.
“Rumble.”
All seven Empress figures shattered, and the seven Realm Sons flew out backwards at the same time, crashing into the top of the palace walls and, subsequently, falling downwards.
This was a destructive force, and with Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation, how could they resist?
Chi Banzai half-kneeled on the ground, covering his chest, staring at Zhang Ruochen in shock, saying, “So strong.”
“Wow…”
Right at this moment, at the very top of the Zi Wei Palace, in the Yuanchu Sacred Hall at the centre of the Heavenly Pond, nine seven-coloured divine lights flew out, descending from the sky and falling into each of the nine Realm Sons’ bodies.
The cultivation of the nine Realm Sons climbed rapidly, and in an instant, each of them reached a level not weaker than Zhang Ruochen.
Hail Chi reared up and disappeared from the spot, and when he reappeared, he was already standing in front of Zhang Ruochen, the long Qilin lance in his hand sweeping across.
“Roar.”
A tens of feet Kirin silhouette appeared above the long lance, emitting a deafening roar as it pounced over with teeth and claws.
Zhang Ruochen did not stop and directly charged forward with his physical body, holding his sword in his right hand while his left hand was cupped into a fist seal, colliding with the sweeping Qilin long lance.
“Rumble.”
An arm that actually blocked the Qilin long lance.
Hail Chi was secretly shocked and was about to retreat, but he saw that Zhang Ruochen had already swung his sword down towards his head, and it was too late to retreat, so he could only try to avoid his head.
“Plop.”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword chopped down from Ji Wanwan’s right shoulder, severing his collarbone and four ribs, and only stopped when it reached deep into his chest.
It wasn’t that Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to chop Chi Wan Banzai in half, but, Bei Gong Lan came out with his sword and blocked Zhang Ruochen’s sword momentum.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes flinched as he glared at Bei Gong Lan in the lower right, directly abandoning his grasp and squeezing of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, he unfolded his palm, the seven orifices in his palm opened up, condensing a cloud of blood, and blasted it down as fast as he could.
Bei Gong Lan’s face changed, and he hastily withdrew his Saint Sword and counterattacked, stabbing Zhang Ruochen’s palm with the tip of his sword.
Even so, it failed to force Zhang Ruochen back.
Zhang Ruochen’s palm, which was pierced through by the Saint Sword in her hand, was bleeding, yet he seemed to be completely unaware of the pain, and he even slapped down the sword body with undiminished might.
“You ……”
Bei Gong Lan did not expect that Zhang Ruochen was also so ruthless towards himself.
With a rumbling sound, with this palm, Zhang Ruochen slapped Bei Gong Lan into the ground, causing her to trip on the ground bleeding from her seven orifices, unable to get up again.
Zhang Ruochen raised a tattered palm and struck the top of Chi Banzai’s head, causing half of his head to shatter and fly out backwards, setting it directly on top of the city wall, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
Zhang Ruochen was expressionless as he continued forward.
“Clang.”
The sound of a sword rang out.
Xue Wuyi’s figure appeared in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body without a sound, and before his figure appeared, a dazzlingly bright holy sword was the first to appear, with thousands of sword qi converging at a single point.
Before the person arrived, the sword had already arrived first.
