Before leaving the stone forest, Zhang Ruochen took all of the dead bloodworms, including the bloodworm king, into the Tutelary World and handed them over to the severely injured Swallowing Elephant Rabbit.
If it were to refine all of these blood worms, it would definitely be able to raise its cultivation level, once again, by a large margin, and have a chance to break through to the Second Stage Half-Saint.
Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren didn’t leave the stone forest too far away, but, instead, hid in an edge location of the stone forest.
Around them, eight talismans were suspended, forming a talisman formation that concealed their forms.
Standing in the talisman formation, Zhang Ruochen looked towards Yin Xuan Ji on the back of the dragon corpse in the distance and sucked in a breath of cool air, saying, ”What a powerful corpse aura… That dragon corpse, if it were still alive, I’m afraid it would already be close to the Saint realm. Even if it turns into a battle corpse, the attack power that explodes out must be quite astonishing. The Deadly Zen Buddhism of the Deadly Zen Sect has some similarities with the secret art of corpse catching.”
Shi Ren said, “The Deadly Zen Buddhism was originally derived from the Corpse Catching Secret Art, and it was integrated into formations and Buddhism. Compared to the corpse-catching secret art, the Deadly Zen Buddhism has both advantages and disadvantages.”
“It is said that the war corpses refined by the Corpse Catching Ancient Clan are able to absorb the heaven and earth’s aura and the essence of the sun and moon on their own to enhance their cultivation.”
“The war corpses refined by the Deadly Zen Sect, however, must go through refining after refining, and with each refining, the power of the war corpses can only be raised by one step.”
Yin Xuanji and the dragon corpse, were already far away, disappearing into the dense ghostly mist.
Zhang Ruochen looked over towards Shi Ren and asked, “You entered the Ghost God Valley first, did you find anything?”
Shi Ren stared Avray at Zhang Ruochen and hesitated for a moment before saying, “Before I answer your question, can I ask you a question first?”
“Please speak.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Have you already defected to the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect?”Shi Ren said.
Zhang Ruochen obviously did not expect Shi Ren to ask such a question.
From this, it could also be seen that Shi Ren was suspicious of Zhang Ruochen and did not fully trust him. After all, Zhang Ruochen had once stayed with the Demon Sect’s Sacred Maiden and Chief Rat, anyone would have such doubts.
“If I say that I have nothing to do with the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect at all, would you believe me?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Shi Ren said, “I believe that a disciple of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint would not tell such a lowly lie.”
“You’ve met his old man?”Zhang Ruochen’s expression moved.
Shi Ren nodded and said, “The Xuan Gui Sword Saint has some affinity with my clan, if you obtain the Monstrous Sword and inherit his mantle, you will naturally understand what I mean in the future. Let’s go, I’ll take you to a place.”
Shi Ren’s sleeve waved and put away the eight talismans, then, walked out first.
Zhang Ruochen stared Avray at Shi Ren, revealing a thoughtful expression.
In the Ghost God Valley, not only was there a powerful force that suppressed cultivators, but also, there were some powerful ghost formations.
The stone forest from earlier was a maze formation, and cultivators below the level of Half Saints would only die if they intruded into it.
The deeper they travelled into the Ghost God Valley, the pressure above their heads, the greater it became, and even with the strength of Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren’s fleshly bodies, they had to operate their Saint Qi in order to withstand that force.
On the ground, there were dense piles of white bones, both human and savage beast bones. It was also unknown how many living beings had died in the Ghost God Valley.
Shi Ren was already quite familiar with this area and led Zhang Ruochen through the area to the edge of a black cliff. Zhang Ruochen looked downwards, only to see that, the bottom of the cliff was pitch-black, with ghostly mists churning, so deep that he couldn’t see the bottom.
Zhang Ruochen squatted down and used his fingers to gently stroke the stones of the cliff wall, and was quite surprised, ”What a powerful sword intent, this cliff, it should have been made by a certain supreme power, with a single sword chop. Could it be the …… ancient battlefield that the Thousand Bones Empress left behind when she fought with the gods?”
Shi Ren cautiously guarded his surroundings and said, “I am also guessing the same thing, because, that pressure from the underworld, here, has reached a new high. Only a god’s battlefield would make people even after 100,000 years, feel a great pressure. The power that is suppressing us is most likely the divine might that has survived for a hundred thousand years. The closer we are to the divine corpse, that divine might, the stronger it will be.”
“Have you been down there yet?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“No.”
Shi Ren shook his head and said frankly, “Even at the edge of the cliff, that pressure has a huge impact on me. Once I jumped off the cliff, with my cultivation level, I reckon that I wouldn’t be able to climb back up at all.”
“One should indeed be more careful.”?Zhang Ruochen released Cold Snow, Xiao Hei, Mu Lingshi, and the Divine Demon Mouse in the Scroll World, all of whom appeared at the edge of the cliff together.
Xiao Hei carried a pair of claws on his back and studied the edge of the cliff, his eyes dribbling, and after a long time, he swore, “The power of a god does indeed remain in this place, there is no need to wait any longer, let’s go down now, the god’s corpse is bound to be at the bottom of the cliff.”?
Zhang Ruochen, however, appeared to be a little more cautious and did not make an immediate decision, but, instead, fixed his gaze towards Cold Snow and asked, “Well?”
If someone’s life was all pinched in his hands, no step, no mistake could be made.
Cold Snow held the Void Sword and communicated with the Sword Spirit, then nodded to Zhang Ruochen and said, “The direction that the Sword Spirit is guiding us to, is also at the bottom of the cliff.”?
When Mu Lingshi and the Divine Demon Mouse appeared, Shi Ren retreated to the distance, revealing a guarded demeanour.
Although, he trusted Zhang Ruochen, he did not trust the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect’s demonic cultivators.
Suddenly, Shi Ren’s gaze, glancing in the direction behind him, warned, “Zhang Ruochen, the Immortal Blood Race’s powerhouses, are rushing this way.”
Zhang Ruochen turned around and stared in the direction behind him.
Only to see that, with Feng Han as their leader, six Immortal Blood Race’s Half-Saints were like six blood clouds, and in a flash, they appeared at the edge of the cliff.
In the past few days of entering the Ghost God Valley, the Immortal Blood Race had suffered heavy losses, and the more than ten Half-Saints who had entered the valley together had either disappeared or died tragically, leaving only the six of them alive.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen, a cold look appeared in Feng Han’s eyes, “Senior brother, I really didn’t expect that you were one step ahead of me.”?”A narrow road between enemies.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t have any good feelings towards Feng Han, and immediately took out the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and cupped it in his right hand, a Sword Qi Domain spread out in all directions, ready to fight Feng Han to the death at any time.
At the same time, Xiao Hei, Cold Snow, Mu Lingshi, Divine Demon Mouse, Shi Ren, all of them entered the battle state.
From behind Feng Han, the Shun Tian Half-Saint stepped out and gave a cold smile, “How dare a group of you juniors act recklessly in front of the Sixth Prince, do you believe that the old man alone, can suppress them all?”
A very strong blood-devouring aura gushed out from the Shun Tian Half-Saint’s mouth, like a great river rushing forward, pounding over in the direction of the cliff.
Every word was like a thunderous sound that shook the eardrums of everyone present.
According to Zhang Ruochen’s judgement, the cultivation of the Shun Tian Half-Saint had definitely reached above the Fifth Order Half-Saint, and even if all of them, all of them, were added together, they would not have any chance of winning.
This was the strongest person in Feng Han’s group, and even in the Immortal Blood Clan, he had a notable reputation.
Just as the power of the Shun Tian Half-Saint, erupted out, Zhang Ruochen keenly noticed that in the direction of the cliff, tiny cracks appeared in space.
“It should be that great battle from the Middle Ages that shattered the space here, and even though it has been repaired after 100,000 years, it is still quite fragile and simply cannot withstand too much power.”
The power of a god was capable of shattering space.
It was precisely this that made the space here, rather fragile.
Comparing the space in the outside world, to a block of iron, the space here was like a piece of paper, and a battle at the Half Saint level would be able to tear it apart.
A cultivator of the fourth rank Half-Saint or above would be able to make the space crack even by just exuding his breath.
In Zhang Ruochen’s mind, he thought of a strategy to deal with it, and with fear deliberately showing on his face, he hurriedly shouted, “Everyone, retreat, this person’s cultivation is not something we can fight against.”
Seeing Zhang Ruochen’s terrified appearance, Feng Han’s bitterness of the last few days was swept away as he laughed softly, “Senior brother, you also understand the taste of despair now, don’t you? Why don’t you jump off the cliff first and help us scout the way.”
Another Immortal Blood Race’s Half-Saint also revealed a sneer and said, “That’s right, you guys don’t stand a chance at all, and you will definitely die today.”
“Zhang Ruochen, if you jump off the cliff and test the dangers for our Immortal Blood Clan, even if you die, we will take care of the rest for you and won’t drive them to extinction. Especially, that big and little beauty.”
The remaining several Immortal Blood Race’s Half-Saints also laughed out loud, their gazes, with a teasing expression, staring at Mu Lingshi and Cold Snow’s bodies, revealing a lustful light.
When Mu Lingshi saw the eyes of those Immortal Blood Race Half-Saints, they revealed a look of disgust, and she was tempted to strike out and gouge out their eyes.
However, the cultivation of the Shun Tian Half-Saint was too strong, and just the power jing qi that emanated from her suppressed her to the point that she suffered some internal injuries, and the meridians in her entire body looked like they were about to split open.
Step by step, the Shun Tian Half-Saint pressed forward, forcing Zhang Ruochen and the others to the edge of the cliff.
However, other than Zhang Ruochen, no one at all noticed the cracks that appeared in the space at the edge of the cliff, growing in number.
Mu Lingshi retreated to Zhang Ruochen’s side, her pair of beautiful eyes lifted up, staring at him with affection, saying, “Jumping down together, even if we die, to be able to die with you, I feel no regrets in this life.”
As she spoke, she stretched out a pair of small, soft and boneless hands and clasped them together with Zhang Ruochen’s palms, a resolute look in her eyes.
“Wanting to die together, I’m afraid it’s not that easy.”
The Shun Tian Half-Saint laughed coldly as he leapt up, his arm stretched forwards, emerging with five streaks of lightning, and his five fingers grasped towards Mu Lingshi.
“Boom!”
Being impacted by the power of the Shun Tian Half-Saint, the space at the edge of the cliff finally shattered and opened, forming dozens of huge spatial cracks.
Inside the spatial cracks, a powerful devouring force was shaped, transforming into dozens of gigantic whirlpools, pulling all the surrounding matter and energy.
