Hearing Huang Yichen’s words, Zhang Ruochen was slightly shaken.
Could it be that …… the battle just now had revealed a break, causing her to already begin to be suspicious?
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to continue looking at Huang Yichen’s eyes, and immediately turned around, looking rather indifferent as he looked towards the Book Scroll World not far away.
Only to see that in the World of Books and Scrolls, the battle between Bu Qianfan and the Head Rat was very intense, and it was precisely a hard fight.
“Bu Qianfan’s cultivation speed, how come it’s so fast, it’s actually already reached the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation?”
Zhang Ruochen was quite surprised, he simply did not expect that Bu Qianfan’s cultivation speed actually surpassed his.
Although, Zhang Ruochen had come to the Two Yi Sect and had spent the vast majority of his time on comprehending the Sword Dao, he was in possession of the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, and his cultivation speed was simply not comparable to that of other cultivators.
Mu Lingshi’s cultivation was able to surpass him, that was because, her cultivation, was already above Zhang Ruochen’s, and furthermore, with the Holy Source, she had also refined a drop of Divine Blood.
Even so, she had only reached the Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation, which was still one realm lower than Bu Qianfan.
Apart from Bu Qianfan, Huang Yichen’s ability to cultivate to the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation also made Zhang Ruochen feel quite surprised. It was also unknown how much suffering she had endured to reach her current achievement.
“Roar!”
The aura on Bu Qianfan’s body was very sharp, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became, and with every punch, a soul shadow flew out, as if he had punched out a thousand armies, shattering the words in the world of the scrolls, shattering them to pieces.
The first rat was also worthy of being a species of ancient relics, releasing its own phantom, enough to be as huge as a mountain, a wisp of demonic qi flowed around the phantom, colliding with Bu Qianfan’s fists continuously.
The strength of the two seemed to be in between, and for a while, I was afraid that it would be difficult to distinguish a winner.
In the end, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, fixed on Ah Le who was not far away, a faint smile appeared on his face.
If one were to say that Bu Qianfan being able to cultivate to the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon still only made Zhang Ruochen feel surprised.
Then, for Ah Le to be able to reach the Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation and still be able to stand opposite him was what truly made Zhang Ruochen feel quite amazed.
Who would have thought that the teenager who had almost turned into an invalid back then would now be able to achieve such a high level of success?
There was really some desire to drink with him and listen to him talk about his experiences over the years, chatting about the past of swords and blood.
Earlier, Ah Le was able to help Huang Yichen, from which it could be seen that this cold-blooded Life Snatching Swordsman actually had feelings, and had not forgotten the kindness that Zhang Ruochen had shown him back then just because his own cultivation had become powerful.
In the beginning, Ah Le had joined the Hellmouth Sect and became the most outstanding assassin in the sect.
Later on, the Hellmouth Sect had offended the young master of the Black Market’s One Piece Hall, Emperor Yi, and had to join “Duanmu Ya”, the chief helmsman of the Heavenly Demon Ridge Demon Sect at that time, who was also Mu Lingshi’s aunt.
If Zhang Ruochen’s guess was correct, it was likely that it was Duanmu Ya, or Mu Lingxi, who had recommended Ah Le to enter the Demon Sect’s General Altar.
Ah Le’s sword was known as “Life Snatching”, even Ouyang Huan did not have full certainty that he would be able to block his strongest killing sword.
Once he couldn’t block it, he could only die.
Ouyang Huan had never fought with Ah Lok before, even if he had 99% certainty of defeating Ah Lok, he would never gamble.
Because, that would be gambling with his life.
“If you want to climb the Book Mountain, you must first pass me.”Ah Le said expressionlessly.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Fine!”
“But, your sword, it’s already broken.”Ah Le said.
Zhang Ruochen, however, looked indifferent and said, “My sword, has never been broken, the key is that you have to have the strength to be able to force me to use my sword.”
Ah Le’s expression, remained the same, still looking so bland, but there was a stern aura that emanated from his body.
On Zhang Ruochen’s face, there was always a smile, yet there was also an aura that coalesced out and climbed up, going toe-to-toe with Ah Le.
Mu Lingshi knew that Zhang Ruochen had been seriously injured, and also knew how terrifying Ah Le’s sword was, thus, was very worried.
She wanted to stop this battle and hurriedly stared at Ah Le, saying, “Ah Le ……”
Zhang Ruochen and Ah Le were so close that if they were to strike their swords, it would only take a split second to decapitate each other’s heads.
The two of them, therefore, remained in the most sensitive state.
However, Mu Lingshi’s voice broke the balance between Ah Le and Zhang Ruochen in an instant.
“Swish!”
In a flash of lightning, Ah Le’s wrist moved and a sword stabbed out, so fast that the sword shadow could not be seen at all.
In the next moment, when the sword shadow appeared, the iron sword had already pierced through Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
Only, Zhang Ruochen’s body, however, gradually faded and turned into a wisp of white smoke.
It turned out that when Ah Lok had struck the sword, Zhang Ruochen had already displayed extreme speed and moved out horizontally. Ah Lok’s sword merely pierced through his shadow.
With a twist of his wrist, Ah Lok backhanded another sword, stabbing behind him, striking Zhang Ruochen’s heart once again.
What seemed like a very ordinary sword contained endless subtleties.
Only a Half-Saint level character could see clearly that Ah Lok’s sword, ten sword shadows appeared in a row, connecting into a string, and finally overlapping together again.
It was only that the speed of the sword was so fast that an ordinary person wouldn’t be able to see it at all.
But with this sword, Ah Lok struck empty once again, failing to touch Zhang Ruochen’s body.
“To actually be able to dodge two of Ah Lok’s swords in a row, Lin Yue’s speed, it’s actually so fast?”Snake Two’s eyes widened, looking quite surprised.
She knew very well that to be able to dodge one of Ah Lok’s swords was to already be quite a remarkable figure.
Ouyang Huan’s gaze, which had been fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body, said, “It’s not just that he’s fast, but more importantly, Lin Yue’s judgement is amazing. Every time, he was able to anticipate the orientation of Ah Le’s sword in advance, and thus, was able to move out of the way first.”
“Unforeseen? Last time, when Lin Yue fought me, he didn’t have such an ability at all.”Snake Two said.
Ouyang Huan shook his head and said, “It’s not being unforeseen, it’s just that Lin Yue’s combat experience is quite rich, and his eyesight and judgement are far beyond the ordinary, that’s why he was able to do this.”
“Without hundreds of years of battle experience, hundreds of years of experience, and hundreds of years of knowledge of the Dao of the Sword, it’s simply possible to do this. What secret is hidden in Lin Yue’s body?”
Of course, Ouyang Huan could not have thought that Zhang Ruochen had absorbed the knowledge and memories of a Half-Saint, and thus, had such precise judgement when fighting.
“Wouldn’t it be, that Ah Le can’t help Lin Yue at all? Do you want me to step in and help him?”Snake Two said.
Ouyang Huan smiled faintly, “Although Lin Yue is very calm and doesn’t miss any cracks, yet, Ah Le has means that are enough to force Lin Yue to reveal his cracks. Don’t be in a hurry, wait a little longer, I want to see, what other cards does Lin Yue have?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Your sword can’t even touch the corner of my coat.”
Suddenly, Ah Le stopped, the rest of his eyes stared towards Zhang Ruochen, crossed his sword, closed his eyes, and began to run the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Resolve.
Immediately, within his body, a qi of life and death surged out, both white anger and black death qi.
The two forces, intertwined and twisted together, rushed into the iron sword, causing it to tremble violently.
“Life and death are infernal.”
A field of death sword qi, manifested.
Thousands and thousands of sword qi flew out from the domain, stabbing at Zhang Ruochen in a steady stream.
Zhang Ruochen kept retreating, a look of shock appeared in his eyes as he said in his heart, “He has actually cultivated the Qi of Life and Death, wouldn’t it be, that he has already cultivated the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Determination, to the fifth revolution?”
The technique that Ah Le cultivated, the Nine Revolutions Life and Death Decree, was passed on to him by Zhang Ruochen.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen would be very clear about the characteristics of this kind of gong method.
To be able to successfully cultivate the fourth turn, then, Ah Le had definitely experienced more than simply five times of life and death, perhaps, more than fifty times.
“Swish swish.”
The sword qi, like a huge torrent with a powerful deathly aura, surged over from all directions, completely wrapping Zhang Ruochen’s body.
No matter how fast Zhang Ruochen was, he was unable to avoid the sword Qi.
At the same time, Ah Le transformed into a light shuttle and stabbed out with a sword that broke through the air, striking Zhang Ruochen’s heart for the third time.
Seeing this scene, Mu Lingshi and Huang Yichen both clenched their thoughts, their heartbeats pausing for a moment as they prepared to rush up and stop Ah Le.
Only Zhang Ruochen was the only one, yet he still appeared quite calm as he said, “Your strength is, indeed, very strong and worthy of my sword.”
Afterwards, he took out the Void Sword, squeezed it in his hand, and waved the sword, and a huge sword qi flew out, shattering all the sword qi.
“With a bang, the Death Sword Qi Domain, too, shattered.
A shocking colour also appeared in Ah Lok’s eyes, and he immediately crossed his sword to block, colliding with that sword Qi, and his body flew backwards, landing halfway up the mountain before he could stabilise himself.
Zhang Ruochen stretched out his Meteor Invisibility Clothes and held the Void Sword, standing suspended in the air on top of the steep steps, looking down at the bottom and staring at Ah Lok, saying, “As it turns out, you can’t block me.”
