Holding two silver flying daggers in her hands, Xujiali clasped her hands in front of her chest and stood playfully at the side, a smile like watching a good show on her rather pretty face.
She was quite confident in Xu Qing’s strength, after refining the Golden Divine Chi, Xu Qing’s cultivation had skyrocketed, and had already left Zhang Ruochen far behind.
There was almost no suspense in this battle.
She only hoped that after Xu Qing killed Zhang Ruochen, she would be in a good mood and give her a little bit of the Golden Divine Chi as well.
However, he didn’t want to hear Xu Qing’s words, but Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head and said, “I’m not going to fight with you.”
Xu Qing revealed a look of “I had expected it”, with his current cultivation level, how could Zhang Ruochen still dare to fight?
Zhang Ruochen’s hand patted the Demon Ape’s head and said, “Demon Ape, go get rid of him!”
Against Xu Qing, Zhang Ruochen didn’t even bother to do it himself.
“What? Sending a savage beast to fight me?”
Xu Qing’s face stiffened, not expecting Zhang Ruochen to be arrogant to such an extent.
“Ow!”
The Devil Ape raised its head, opened its bloody mouth, and let out a long whistle.
A huge savage beast Qi surged out from the Demonic Ape’s body as if it was a tidal wave, surging out in all directions.
Earlier, the Devil Ape had not erupted in power, and although its aura was powerful, it did not cause Xu Qing to take it to heart.
It wasn’t until this moment that Xu Qing was shocked by that surge of power.
This wasn’t a fourth-rank savage beast at all, it was a fifth-rank savage beast.
Both Xu Jiali and Xu Qing’s faces changed drastically as they immediately fell backwards, how could they not figure out how Zhang Ruochen was able to subdue such a powerful savage beast?
“Run away, that’s a fifth rank savage beast, it’s not something we can resist.”
A hideous look appeared on Xu Qing’s face as he turned his head and stared fiercely at Zhang Ruochen, how could this be? Zhang Ruochen wasn’t a Beast Master, how could he have a fifth rank savage beast as his mount?
He thought that he could eat Zhang Ruochen, but he didn’t expect that he would be chased by Zhang Ruochen’s mount before he could even make a move to escape.
Although their cultivation was very powerful, in front of the Demon Ape, they were still not enough.
Within moments, the Demonic Ape caught up with Xu Jia Li, and with a huge black fist, it struck down towards Xu Jia Li’s head.
“Boom!”
The necklace Xu Jiali wore around her neck was a protective treasure, and under the urging of her true qi, it emitted a silver-coloured light, forming a spherical shroud of true qi as she tried to defend herself against the demonic ape’s attack.
There was a bang.
In just an instant, the true qi shield was broken.
The Demon Ape’s fist, which was the size of a water tank, landed solidly on Xu Jia Li’s body, directly turning her into a mass of bloody mud, with broken bones flying about.
Even if it was a beautiful Heaven’s Pride girl, in the face of absolute power, it would be hard to escape death, as if it was ceramic, unbeatable.
Seeing Xu Jiali die without a body, Xu Qing’s heart trembled as he immediately catalysed his true qi with all his might, exercising his body speed to the extreme.
“Boom!”
The Devil Ape stomped on the ground with both feet and shot up like a cannonball, instantly catching up with Xu Qing and slapping him downwards.
Xu Qing’s teeth clenched as he took out a Half-Saint Bone Bead and injected his True Qi into it.
“Wow…”
On the surface of the bone bead, strands of inscriptions surfaced, bursting out a white, piercing light, forming a ten-metre tall Half-Saint silhouette that wrapped him in the centre.
The devil ape’s palm struck the top of the half-saint’s shadow, the half-saint’s shadow immediately appeared a circle of ripples, recoiled the palm force back, shocking the devil ape to retreat back.
Being the heir of a Saint Sect, the protective treasures possessed by Xu Qing were clearly more than one level more powerful than Xu Jia Li’s.
It was impossible for an ordinary Fish Dragon Realm cultivator to break through Xu Qing’s defences.
That one Half-Saint Bone Bead was a pigeon egg sized bead that was finally condensed from an entire Half-Saint’s skeleton after nearly a year of tempering.
A Half Saint’s skeleton was already incredibly hard and contained some of the holy power.
The hardness of the Half-Saint Bone Bead was even comparable to a Saint Artifact.
There was also a formation master who had engraved defensive inscriptions on top of the Half Saint Bone Bead, so the defensive power was naturally very impressive.
Of course, every time the Half-Saint Bone Bead was used, it would consume a large amount of True Qi. Even with Xu Qing’s profound cultivation, he would only be able to activate it ten times at most before the true qi in his body would be exhausted.
“Ow!”
The Devil Ape pounded his chest with both of his palms, emitting a loud thumping sound, and then, it attacked Xu Qing once again.
With a pair of huge fists, it continuously struck at Xu Qing, the power that erupted from it was simply wild to the extreme.
Even with the defence of the Half-Saint Bone Bead, Xu Qing was still being knocked back continuously, like a leaf being subjected to the onslaught of a gale, ready to be torn apart at any moment.
“This devil ape is so terrifyingly powerful, even if I have the Half-Saint Bone Bead, I probably won’t be able to block it for long. Moreover, it’s incredibly fast, so even if I wanted to escape, I wouldn’t be able to. What should I do?”
Xu Qing had never imagined that he would be in such a desperate situation in the Five Elements Market Realm.
If he had known, he should have acted together with Nie Wenlong.
Nie Wenlong was the one that the Three Blades Half-Saint had sought out as a 《List of Heaven》 expert, ranked 6,547th on the 《List of Heaven》, even more powerful than Xu Qing, having once killed a cultivator of the First Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
A 《Tian List》 martial artist was a powerhouse that stood at the peak of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
Although the average 《List of Heaven》 martial artist was far from being a match for a Fish Dragon Realm cultivator.
But, the top 10,000 ranked 《List of Heaven》 martial artists almost always had the strength to fight with Fish Dragon First Transformation cultivators, and could even kill some weak Fish Dragon First Transformation cultivators.
It was worth mentioning that the Heavenly Ranking List covered the entire Kunlun Realm. As long as a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist in the Kunlun Realm could accumulate enough 10,000 points of merit value, they would be able to enter The Heavenly Ranking.
Right now, there were over a million Heavenly Ranking martial artists in total.
The Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists who were able to enter the top ten thousand positions had accumulated at least one hundred thousand points of military merit value.
The Three Blades Half-Saint had dispatched Nie Wenlong to enter the Five Elements Ruins Realm ahead of schedule, so that he could assist Xu Qing and get rid of Zhang Ruochen.
It was useless even if Xu Qing regretted it, Nie Wenlong was currently in the Evil Wood Palace, and it was impossible for him to rush to his rescue.
“Boom Boom!”
As time passed, under the Demonic Ape’s attack, the True Qi in Xu Qing’s body was heavily depleted, and the Half-Saint Bone Bead’s defence was also rapidly weakening.
Xu Qing’s heart was anxious as he called out, “Zhang Ruochen, if you’re a man, fight me fairly, what kind of skill is it to send a savage beast to deal with me?”
Zhang Ruochen said solemnly, “If you can’t even defeat one of my savage beasts, what qualifications do you have to fight me?”
Xu Qing was so angry that he spat out blood.
The Half-Saint’s virtual shadow, had begun to crack.
Xu Qing said urgently, “Zhang Ruochen, first make that one savage beast Demonic Ape stop, I have something important to tell you about your fiancée, Huang Yichen.”
Zhang Ruochen’s face stared as he waved his hand slightly, signalling the devil ape to stop.
The Devil Ape revealed a pair of large, bloodshot eyes and roared sternly at Xu Qing, almost blowing him away. The bloody breath that came out of its mouth made Xu Qing feel so uncomfortable that he almost vomited.
In the end, the Demonic Ape stopped its attack and took two steps backward, standing behind Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Speak!”
Xu Qing took a long breath and stared at the demonic ape with some horror, saying, “I can only tell you if you let me go first.”
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen’s feet shifted, turning into a stream of light as he rushed to Xucheng, grabbing Xucheng’s neck and lifting him up.
“Eh …… you ……”
Zhang Ruochen’s two fingers, which were like iron pliers, clasped Xu Qing’s windpipe, and with just a slight force, he could pinch the windpipe and burst it.
“Speak!”
Zhang Ruochen said in a deep voice.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen released a powerful spiritual force, impacting Xu Qing’s martial soul with a mountainous wave of spiritual will, suppressing Xu Qing’s entire body as he trembled in fear.
Only then did Xu Qing truly feel the gap between himself and Zhang Ruochen, it was a chasm, even if he had cultivated to the great circle of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, it was estimated that he would not be a match for Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen’s powerful spiritual power shattered Xu Qing’s firm heart of martial arts, causing timidity and fear to arise in Xu Qing’s heart.
Xu Qing trembled and said, ”I said …… I said that yesterday, the Evil Wood Palace’s intelligence organisation discovered Huang Yichen’s trail and dispatched experts to capture her. Today, the reason why I came here was actually to receive them, and didn’t expect to meet you.”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows furrowed as he said, “Evil Wood Palace? How did you end up working with the Evil Wood Palace?”
Xu Qing said, “It wasn’t me who contacted the Evil Wood Palace, but Nie Wenlong. Nie Wenlong contacted the Evil Wood Palace on behalf of our Xu Sheng Sect Clan, and, promised the Evil Wood Palace that in the future, when the Xu Sheng Sect Clan takes over the Five Elements Ruins Realm, it will allow the Evil Wood Palace to manage the Five Elements Ruins Realm on its behalf. In the future, all of the other four major mage sanctuaries in the Five Elemental Ruins Realm will all go up in smoke.”
Generally speaking, capturing a lower-class Ruins Realm was something that could be handed over to a Sage Sect to take over.
Only the Medium Ruins Realm and the Upper Ruins Realm were the ones that had to be directly managed by the court.
If the Xu Sage Sect Valves fought with all their might, they did have a chance to seize control of the Five Elements Ruins Realm.
Zhang Ruochen said, “And who is Nie Wenlong?”
Xu Qing hesitated for a moment, but finally said, “Nie Wenlong is a Saint of the Holy Academy, one term above us, and at the same time, he is also a 《Tian Ranking》 martial artiste, who was ordered by the Old Ancestor to infiltrate the Five Elements Ruins Realm and take your life. Zhang Ruochen, I have told you everything, can you let me go now?”
Zhang Ruochen pondered for a moment, raised his head, stared at Xu Qing, and said, “I never said I would let you go.”
“Ka!”
Zhang Ruochen’s fingers closed and pinched off Xu Qing’s windpipe.
This was followed by another palm slash, breaking Xu Qing’s cervical vertebrae.
With a bang, Xu Qing fell to the ground and turned into a dead body.
For someone like Xu Qing who wanted to cause him death by all means, Zhang Ruochen would never be merciful.
“Since Xu Qing is waiting here, it means that the expert sent by the Evil Wood Palace to capture Huang Smoke Dust will definitely pass through this place. Since that’s the case, I’ll wait for them here.”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Xu Qing’s corpse, squatted down, moved the five fingers of Xu Qing’s right hand, and took out the Half-Saint Bone Bead.
