Zhang Ruochen was the first to pass through the Eight Directions Clutching Formation, directly rushing towards the direction of the Shengmen
A man who looked to be in his mid-twenties walked through the Shengmen, carrying a heavy blade in his hand, and greeted Zhang Ruochen, “Zhang Ruochen, I’m taking your life by order of the Young Lord.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes slightly condensed as he said, “Can you block it?”
“If I hadn’t broken through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm, I might not be your opponent. As for now, I’m afraid we’re no longer at the same level!” That one man was clearly very confident in his own strength.
Si Xingkong also rushed out of the Eight Directions Clutch Formation and came to Zhang Ruochen’s side, reminding, “Zhang Ruochen, this man is one of the seven greatest experts of the younger generation of the Black Market, the disciple of the Xuan Shadow Sect Leader, Murong Bai Ren. When I take the petals of the Nirvana Fire Spirit Orange and break through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm, I will be the one to deal with him.”
“Si Xingkong, you think, you still have a chance to break through the realm?”
Murong Bainu’s eyes glanced towards the remaining twenty-five early stage Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists and said, “Everyone, listen to the order, anyone who breaks through the Eight Directions Clutch Formation, kill them immediately. Zhang Ruochen, just leave it to me.”
Just a moment ago, Si Xingkong swallowed the medicinal liquid from the petals of the Nirvana Fire Spirit Pappa that had already been refined into his mouth, revolving his gong method and starting to absorb the medicinal power with all his might to impact the Heavenly Extremity Realm.
Zhang Ruochen stood beside Si Xingkong, crossed his sword, and glanced at Murong Bainu, saying, “Murong Bainu, even if you break through the Heavenly Extreme Realm, you’re still not a match for me. Being my enemy is a dead end for you.”
Murong Bai Ren laughed out loud, “Zhang Ruochen, you are too self-righteous! Do you really think that just because you have entered the top 100 of the Earth Ranking, you can not put other geniuses in your eyes? If you’re capable, you’ll receive a slash from me first.”
Murong Bai Ren’s feet shifted horizontally, executing a Spirit Grade Medium Grade martial art, “Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada”, his body rushed forward one step, forming a silhouette, followed by another silhouette three zhang away.
When he took the fifth step, he had already left behind five silhouettes.
And at this moment, he appeared behind Zhang Ruochen and waved his sword to slash diagonally.
Murong Bai Ren was able to be called one of the seven experts of the younger generation of the Black Market, and naturally, he was also a first-rate heavenly pride, and at the Earth Extreme Realm, he possessed the strength to fight against Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists.
After crossing into the Heavenly Extreme Realm, it was even more remarkable.
Even Guo XIII and Jin Ye Yun’s level of strength were far from being his opponent.
It was because of this reason that when he reached the Heavenly Extreme Realm, Murong Bainu’s self-confidence exploded, thinking that he had already ranked amongst the first-class experts, and naturally, he would not place Zhang Ruochen, who only had a cultivation level of the Earthly Extreme Realm, in his eyes.
Zhang Ruochen stood in place, did not turn around at all, and directly struck out with a backhand palm.
Under the catalysing of his true qi, Zhang Ruochen’s arm looked like it had turned into a dragon arm.
“Dragon Elephant Returning to the Field!”
Zhang Ruochen’s palm struck Murong Bainu’s belly, and the palm force surged out with a majestic force.
“His reaction speed is surprisingly so fast, my blade, I guess it will be sent flying by the palm force before it can chop at his body.”
Murong Bai Ren’s face remained unchanged, and he immediately revolved his gong method, mobilising his body’s true qi, and propping up a layer of half a metre thick Body Protecting Heavenly Deity.
Zhang Ruochen struck down with a palm strike, striking out a palm force that was supreme in rigidity and yang, denting Murong Bainen’s Body Protecting Heavenly Deity.
Seeing that the layer of Body Protecting Heavenly Deity was about to be broken, Murong Bai Ren immediately blocked across his sword, holding the hilt of the sword with his right hand, pressing his left hand on the blade, and sinking his legs, stepping into the ground with both feet, exploding his entire body’s strength.
“Boom!”
The palm force shattered the protective heavenly deity and collided with the battle sword.
A mountainous force, from the battle sword, surged up Murong Bainu’s arms, shocking Murong Bainu into sliding backwards, leaving a half-metre deep gully on the ground.
“What a powerful palm.”
Murong Bai Ren’s arms trembled in pain as he stared at Zhang Ruochen in shock, an unbelievable look in his eyes.
“I’ve already broken through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, how could I still be repelled by his palm?”
Zhang Ruochen was also a bit surprised, not expecting that the palm he had just struck with all his might would be blocked by him.
“Worthy of being one of the seven experts of the younger generation of the Black Market, he has some skills. If I hadn’t broken through to the Great Perfection of the Earth Extreme Realm, I might not have been able to hold the upper hand when I fought him. However, since my cultivation has reached the Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle, it shouldn’t be difficult to deal with him.”
Zhang Ruochen still stood beside Si Xingkong, escorting him, and did not go after Murong Bainu.
During this period, there were two early stage Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists who tried to make a sneak attack, but they were all repelled by Zhang Ruochen waving his sword back, and no one could come a step closer.
Murong Bai Ren snorted coldly and said, “Zhang Ruochen, you have some skills, it looks like I have to get serious too!”
“I’m also curious to know just how strong you are when you get serious?” Zhang Ruochen appeared subdued and smiled faintly.
“Thousand-foot heavy prison.”
Murong Bainu’s hands closed together, releasing the majestic true qi within his body, triggering the heaven and earth’s visions.
The aura in the water, influenced by Murong Bai Ren’s true qi, all converged towards him, forming a gravity prison that covered a radius of a thousand feet.
In the gravity prison, everyone had to endure ten times gravity, and their speed and strength were greatly suppressed!
The only exception was Murong Bai Ren.
This was because Murong Bai Ren had only just broken through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, so he could only explode ten times the gravity. If Murong Bai Ren’s cultivation broke through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Extreme Realm, he would be able to make the “Thousand Feet Heavy Prison” explode with twenty times the gravity.
If dealing with an ordinary army, Murong Bai Ren didn’t need to do anything, he only needed to cast the “Thousand Fathoms Heavy Prison” to make tens of thousands of troops lose their fighting strength.
For the top geniuses, only when they crossed into the Heavenly Extreme Realm could they be considered to have truly ascended to a new realm of martial arts.
Murong Bainu had opened the Sixth Grade Gravity Divine Martial Seal, and in his true qi, it contained the attribute of gravity.
Therefore, he was so powerful that he could block Zhang Ruochen’s move of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.
“Zhang Ruochen, under ten times gravity, how much more power can you exert?”
Murong Bai Ren laughed out loud, lifting his heavy sword and attacking Zhang Ruochen once again.
Murong Bai Ren was unaffected by anything and his speed was still incredibly fast, breaking through the speed of sound in just an instant.
“Boom!”
An audible explosion rang out.
Murong Bainu rushed to Zhang Ruochen’s face, a fierce smile on his face as he cupped his sword with both hands and pushed it forward, the tip of the sword stabbing at Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
Ten times gravity did have a certain effect on Zhang Ruochen, but Zhang Ruochen cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm in thirty times gravity, so the “Thousand Zhang Heavy Prison” that Murong Bai Ren had unleashed did not have a great effect on Zhang Ruochen.
Murong Bai Ren’s speed was faster than Zhang Ruochen’s, so Zhang Ruochen couldn’t avoid his slash at all and could only receive it.
Zhang Ruochen swung his sword and chopped, the sword in Murong Bai Ren’s hand broke with a sound and fell to the ground.
Immediately after that, Zhang Ruochen’s palm slapped out, slapping on Murong Bai Ren’s chest, shattering Murong Bai Ren’s Protective Heavenly Deity and sending him flying once again.
“How is it possible ……”
Murong Bai Ren really couldn’t figure out how Zhang Ruochen was still so fast under ten times gravity? The power was still that strong?
Zhang Ruochen did not hold back in the slightest, no longer giving Murong Bainu the chance to counterattack.
Taking two steps forward to chase after him, he cupped the hilt of his sword with both hands, mobilised his entire body’s true qi, and swung his sword to chop.
Although Murong Bai Ren was flying in mid-air and was unable to use his strength, a layer of greenish-coloured light emerged on his body.
“Wow!”
The cyan light coalesced into a four-metre tall bell, guarding him within the body of the bell.
“Boom!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword slashed on top of the great bell, and a layer of ripples immediately surfaced on the surface of the True Qi Great Bell.
A powerful impact force erupted out, crashing that great bell out, carrying Murong Bainu, and impacting on top of the crystal wall of the Dragon Palace.
As the True Qi Great Bell dispersed, Murong Bainu crashed to the ground, and that one broken heavy sword also fell to the ground.
“He has protective treasures on his body.”
Zhang Ruochen rushed up again and swung his sword again, slashing at Murong Bai Ren’s neck.
Murong Bai Ren half-kneeled on the ground and quickly took out a gold-coloured short sword from his sleeve and swung it out upwards, trying to block Zhang Ruochen’s sword.
“With a bang, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword struck the golden short sword, the force pressed down, and the back of the golden short sword directly leaned against Murong Bai Nun’s neck.
Murong Bainu was like being hit by five thunderbolts, his right knee crushed the stone slab, emitting a loud bang, with Murong Bainu’s body as the centre, a big pit with a diameter of seven metres appeared on the ground.
“Rumble!”
A torrential wave of water, under the impact of the true qi, surged out in all directions, shaking the twenty or so early stage Heavenly Extremity Realm experts in the black market to the ground, retreating back and forth.
From this, it could be seen how powerful Zhang Ruochen’s sword power was just now.
Obviously, the golden short sword that Murong Bainu had taken out behind him was of a very high grade, and it didn’t even break after taking the blow from the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
Murong Bainu was still struggling to support himself, his hands gripping the hilt of the blade tightly as he resisted Zhang Ruochen’s battle sword.
If he could not resist, his neck would be chopped off.
Qin Ya stood on top of the battleship, looking out in the direction of the Dragon Palace, and said in her heart, “Zhang Ruochen is really powerful, before he even breaks through the Heavenly Extremity Realm, he is able to overpower Murong Bai Ren, it seems that only by joining forces with the Star Spirit, he can suppress Emperor Yi.”
Right now, what she was most worried about was that Emperor Yi would go on a killing spree in the Dragon Palace, with Emperor Yi’s cultivation, even if Duanmu Starling unlocked the seals in his body, he might not be able to defeat him.
However, if, Zhang Ruochen and Duanmu Starling joined forces, it shouldn’t be difficult to deal with Emperor Yi.
At this moment, Duanmu Starling, Huang Yichen, Chen Xi’er, Chang Qiqi, and the martial practitioners of the Duanmu Clan passed through the Eight Directions Clutching Formation one after the other, arriving at the plaza in front of the Dragon Palace, and joining up with Si Xingkong, who was in the process of impacting the Heaven’s Extreme Realm.
“They are all only at the Earth Extreme Realm cultivation, only ten of us are needed to kill them all. The rest of you, go help Young Master Murong deal with Zhang Ruochen.” An old man who had just broken through the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm said.
The twenty-five Black Market martial artists at the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm were divided into three groups, with five of them, who had the strongest cultivation, being responsible for guarding the Shengmen; ten of them, going forward to kill the Duanmu Clan’s martial artists who had just intruded; and the last ten of them, rushing towards Zhang Ruochen and Murong Baiyun.
