On the stage of life and death, Feng Zhilin was only briefly disorientated and immediately reacted.
Since he lost his sword, he chose the gun.
He lifted up a nine-foot long iron spear on the fourth level of the weapon rack and resolutely struck out, sweeping his spear horizontally with a whistling sound, slashing diagonally towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen took a step backward and dodged the iron spear, his body so light that it was like a leaf, floating more than ten feet away.
“Wind Chasing Step!”
Feng Zhilin channelled his true qi into his legs and executed a human grade upper grade pace, his legs felt like they were wrapped in a whirlwind as he chased after them.
After chasing Zhang Ruochen five metres away, he stabbed out with another shot.
True Qi surged out from his palm and travelled through the spear shaft to the tip of the spear.
At the tip of the iron spear, a flame emerged, causing the iron spear to burn like a dexterous fire snake flying in the air.
“True Qi actually carries a fiery attribute!” Zhang Ruochen looked at the stabbing lance and gently nodded.
With the strength that Feng Zhilin was displaying right now, he was able to resist at least four ordinary Xuanji Realm Great Extreme Position martial artists at the same time.
Zhang Ruochen shifted one step horizontally, his body was like a phantom shadow as he once again dodged the spear that Feng Zhilin stabbed out with all his strength.
Feng Zhilin was quite annoyed and said, “If you have the ability, don’t dodge and fight me squarely.”
“If you can’t even touch the corner of my clothes, what qualifications do you have to fight me?”
Zhang Ruochen lifted the iron sword in his hand and said indifferently, “Show me all your skills, let me see if you are qualified to make me use my sword.”
“Damn it!”
Feng Zhilin’s mouth let out a long whistle, and strands of red blood qi surged out from his body. The blood qi surged towards the ground, forming a circular blood formation five metres in diameter on the ground.
The blood qi was like a thread of silk, and in the formation, it converged to form a pattern that emitted a faint blood light, wrapping Feng Zhilin in the centre.
Blood qi transformed into a formation.
Only those whose cultivation had reached the Xuanji Realm’s Great Extreme Position could do so.
Moreover, the blood formation that Feng Zhilin had condensed didn’t seem to be a low-grade blood formation, but a medium-grade blood formation.
The higher the grade of the blood formation, the greater the increase in the martial artist’s power.
“Red Flame Divine Game Gun!”
Feng Zhilin swung his lance across his arm, and the flames covering the surface of the lance became even hotter.
This was a Spirit Grade Lower Grade spear martial art, with a total of eight moves, and Feng Zhilin had already fully cultivated it.
“Wow!”
The spear stabbed out, forming a cloud of fire, and in a flash, it stabbed out in front of Zhang Ruochen.
Under the increase of the blood formation, Feng Zhilin’s speed that erupted was surprisingly on par with Zhang Ruochen’s.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes became serious as his five fingers held the iron sword tightly, and a sword slashed out horizontally, striking the tip of the long spear and shattering it away, sealing off all of Feng Zhilin’s next moves.
Afterwards, he quickly stepped forward and stabbed his sword diagonally upwards, stabbing at Feng Zhilin’s right armpit.
Feng Zhilin’s face changed and he immediately turned his lance around, slashing at Zhang Ruochen’s back with the end of his lance.
Zhang Ruochen had just rushed to Feng Zhilin’s front when he felt like he had jumped into a muddy pool, and his speed had obviously slowed down by a large margin. Looking down, he realised that he had actually stepped inside the blood formation, his speed was suppressed by the power of the blood formation.
Right at this moment, the sound of wind came from Zhang Ruochen’s ears, and the end of the lance was hanging above his head, ready to fall in a flash. If he was struck by the lance, even if he didn’t die, he would be seriously injured.
“Heavenly Heart Sword Bell!”
The true qi in Zhang Ruochen’s body completely erupted out, forming the silhouette of a large bell, guarding at the centre of the bell in his body.
The tail of the long spear slashed on top of the sword bell’s silhouette, forming a powerful hedge inside.
“Boom!”
Both of them simultaneously fell backwards, pulling away ten metres once again.
Feng Zhilin stood cross-armed and laughed coldly, saying, “This young master is able to condense a medium blood formation, and the power of the blood formation can boost my strength while suppressing yours. Zhang Ruochen, you’re dead!”
Blood Formation, was quite similar to Spatial Domain, but it was far inferior to Spatial Domain.
The reason why Xuanji Realm Grand Extreme Position martial artists were much stronger than Medium Extreme Position martial artists was because Grand Extreme Position martial artists were able to condense blood formations.
Under the suppression of the power of the Blood Formation, very few Middle Extreme Position martial artists were able to defeat a Grand Extreme Position martial artist.
“Feng Zhilin actually condensed a medium blood formation, it’s truly remarkable, if he can be given a large amount of cultivation resources, he might be able to make the Western Academy have another Xuan Ranked martial artist.” Elder Situ gently twirled his beard, revealing a heartfelt smile.
Elder Xie snorted coldly and said no more.
“It’s finished! Feng Zhilin has condensed a surprisingly medium blood formation, and with the power of a blood formation erupting, he’s enough to resist six or seven martial artists of the same realm! His Highness the Ninth Prince is in trouble!” Liu Xifeng sighed.
“Is a medium blood formation strong?” A new student asked.
Liu Xuanfeng said, “Out of ten Xuanji Realm Great Extreme Position martial artists, only one is able to condense a medium blood formation, do you think it’s strong? If Feng Zhilin opens up enough meridians in his body and cultivates advanced techniques and martial skills, after he reaches the Xuan Extremity Realm Great Extremity, there is even a 10% chance that he will become a Xuan Ranking martial artist.”
No one dared to say that they would definitely be able to become a Xuan Ranked Martial Artist, it just depended on the size of the probability.
A 10% chance, although very low, was already very good. At least he had a chance to make an impact, other martial artists didn’t even have a chance.
Everyone was worried for Zhang Ruochen and did not want him to lose the battle. Once he lost, Liu Xifeng would definitely not let him live.
“Medium Blood Formation, not bad!” Zhang Ruochen nodded gently.
If Zhang Ruochen had unleashed his Spatial Domain, he would naturally be able to counter-suppress Feng Zhilin and defeat him with ease.
However, Zhang Ruochen did not want to use the power of the Spatial Domain.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was surprisingly fearless, Feng Zhilin let out a cold snort from his mouth and attacked once again. This time, he must pierce Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
“Giggle!”
As Feng Zhilin’s spear stabbed out, the air burned up, emitting “crackling and popping” popping sounds.
Zhang Ruochen did not dodge, and just as the spear stabbed within three metres of him, the flames on the spear reflected his face in red.
“Heavenly Heart Full Moon!”
The fourth move of the Heavenly Heart Sword Technique!
Zhang Ruochen’s arm swung and his lance drew a circle in the void, leaving behind thirty-six white sword shadows. The thirty-six white sword shadows formed a circle, like a white bright moon being held in his hands.
“Wow!”
The thirty-six sword shadows flew out at the same time.
Feng Zhilin hurriedly switched from attack to defence, constantly waving his lance and shattering the sword Qi.
However, there were still seven sword qi that flew out in front of him, four of which struck his body, while the other three brushed past the surface of his skin, leaving only three shallow blood marks.
“Boom boom!”
Feng Zhilin’s clothes had four holes punched out by the sword qi, and beneath the holes, a piece of metal scale was revealed. It turned out that he was wearing armour inside his clothes, blocking the four sword qi just now.
However, the power of those four sword qi just now was very strong, and even though it was blocked by the armour, it still shook Feng Zhilin to the point that his blood churned and he suffered some minor injuries.
“What a powerful sword, if Feng Zhilin hadn’t worn the armour, he would have been seriously injured just now even if he didn’t die.”
“Zhang Ruochen is only that young, how is his sword skill so brilliant?”
……
Elder Xie’s eyes narrowed, and suddenly, a look of great joy appeared on his face as he said, “The sword follows the heart at the high level of the realm!”
When the other few elders heard Elder Xie’s words, they also came to a sudden realisation that yes, the sword technique that Zhang Ruochen had just executed had indeed reached the Sword Follows the Heart High Stage realm.
It was too shocking!
One must know that all of the elders in their group were also at the Sword Following Heart Walking High Stage realm, and none of them had reached the peak of Sword Following Heart Walking.
Duanmu Xingling was also quite surprised and found it unbelievable, saying, “His attainments in swordsmanship are surprisingly so terrifying, once he breaks through the great circle of the Xuan Extreme Realm, he will surely become a Xuan Ranking martial artiste and his ranking on the Xuan Ranking is bound to be not low.”
She had only known that Zhang Ruochen had high attainments above palm techniques, but she hadn’t thought that Zhang Ruochen’s attainments in sword techniques were even higher.
“With such high attainments in swordsmanship, it looks like Zhang Ruochen is sure to win!” A faint smile hung on Duanmu Xingling’s face as she gently glanced towards Huang Yichen and said, “Sister Dust, towards a genius like Zhang Ruochen, you shouldn’t be able to kill him, right?”
Huang Yichen was also slightly moved, at Zhang Ruochen’s age, to be able to cultivate to the Sword Follows the Heart high level realm, he was indeed incredibly gifted.
“So what if the natural talent is high? The character is too poor.” Huang Yichen thought about Duanmu Xingling and stared, saying, “You wouldn’t want me to accept him, would you?”
Duanmu Xingling laughed, “After all, you’ve already had that kind of thing, if you don’t accept him, what else can you do?”
“Hmph! Even if I spare him from death, there’s no way I’ll accept him.” Huang Yichen said.
“Sister Dust, this is what you said, if in the future, I accidentally fall for him and snatch him away, you can’t blame me!” Duanmu Xingling’s pair of large eyes curved slightly, curving like two crescent moons.
Huang Yichen stared carefully at Duanmu Xingling, his mind speculating on the meaning of that sentence Duanmu Xingling had just said, saying, “You wouldn’t really have a crush on him, would you?”
Duanmu Xingling held out her towering puffy peaks as she stared at Zhang Ruochen standing on the life and death stage and laughed, “He is namely young, handsome, with such a high natural talent, and he is also a prince, I simply can’t find any shortcomings from his body. It would be entirely possible for me to accidentally fall in love with him!”
Huang Yichen was a little displeased and said, “Your age is even two years older than him, right?”
“There’s no way to be sisters!” Duanmu Xingling glared at Huang Yichen with some resentment, saying, “It seems that you still can’t let me have it.”
Huang Yichen also stared at Zhang Ruochen, no mood swings could be seen on her stunningly beautiful face as she said meaningfully, “Starling, do you think it’s not possible for him to become a Saint again?”
“Saint?”
Duanmu Xingling’s eyes also became serious as she nodded and said, “Saints have already transcended the realm of martial artists and crossed over into another state of life. There isn’t even a single Saint in the entire thirty-six counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge. Although his natural talent is very high, it is almost impossible to become a Saint as well.”
After a pause, Duanmu Xingling added, “However, I feel that if he is able to maintain his current state of cultivation and continue until he reaches the Heavenly Extremity Realm, he still has a chance to become a Half Saint.”
“Half Saint! Is it possible for him?” Huang Yichen’s beautiful eyes carried a complicated look, always feeling that she couldn’t see through Zhang Ruochen.
This teenager, although his cultivation was not as good as hers right now, the potential he displayed was mind-blowing.
