Just as Qing Chibai was dodging the fragments of the battle sword, Zhang Ruochen charged towards Qing Chibai instead of retreating.
“Dragon Image Shadow!”
The fourth move of the Dragon Image Palm, even though it was a Spirit Grade Lower Grade martial skill, the power that erupted from it was comparable to a Spirit Grade Middle Grade martial skill.
Zhang Ruochen’s body seemed to split into two, charging towards Qing Chi Bai from both the left and right directions. The figure on the left struck the Dragon Claw Hand, while the figure on the right struck the Elephant Palm Seal.
Not good!
When Qing Chi Bai saw the charging Zhang Ruochen, his face changed and he had to use all of his true qi to make a hasty move, squeezing his five fingers into double fists and striking out at the same time.
“Boom!”
The fists and palms collided together.
Zhang Ruochen was executing the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, but Qing Chibai was hastily striking out to fend it off, so naturally, he couldn’t block Zhang Ruochen’s palm.
Under the impact of the powerful palm force, Qing Chi Bai spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body flew backwards, falling towards the bottom of the temple.
Golden Phoenix Wan was more than eighty metres high, if Qing Chibai had not been injured, he could naturally perform the Flat Steps of the Green Clouds stance and fall to the ground peacefully.
But now, not only was he injured, but he was also unable to perform his stance at all.
Once he fell, he would definitely fall into serious injuries, and might even die from the fall.
In order to defeat Qing Chibai, Zhang Ruochen was struck by two sword pieces and was also injured. However, he still immediately jumped down to the top of the temple, wanting to save Qing Chibai. After all, Zhang Ruochen didn’t hate Qing Chi Bai, instead, he felt that Qing Chi Bai was a strong opponent.
At the last moment, Zhang Ruochen grabbed Qing Chibai’s sleeve, causing Qing Chibai’s descent to slow down.
A few moments later, there was a loud “piercing sound”.
The sleeve shattered.
“Plop!”
Qing Chi Bai crashed into the pool water, splashing over six metres high.
Zhang Ruochen landed on the surface of the water and stepped on a wooden branch under his feet, looking at a sleeve in his hand and then towards the water.
At the end of the day, Zhang Ruochen had already helped him remove quite a bit of the force of the fall, and there was the cushion of the pool water. He should be fine, right?
It wasn’t just Zhang Ruochen, those other young geniuses were also very nervous. If Qing Chibai was killed by the fall, it would be a real joke once it was spread out.
Of course, the crowd also admired Zhang Ruochen, who had clearly defeated Qing Chi Bai, yet he still carried his injuries to save Qing Chi Bai. Such broad-mindedness was very admirable.
Those who were still quite looking down on Zhang Ruochen earlier had also changed their concepts at this moment.
“Wow!”
Suddenly, Qing Chi Bai flew up from the water not far away from Zhang Ruochen, only three metres away from him, and shouted, “I haven’t lost yet!”
“Swoosh!”
Between Qing Chi Bai’s two fingers, there was a piece of chilly broken sword, his true qi revolved and with a flick of his fingertips, the broken sword flew towards Zhang Ruochen.
That piece of broken sword was exactly the tip of the sword that, earlier, Qing Chi Bai had broken with his own hands.
At that time, he had thrown the tip of the sword into the pool, and at this moment, he had picked it up from the pool and used it as a concealed weapon.
At such a close distance, it was impossible to even dodge.
Zhang Ruochen could only try to avoid the vitals.
“Pfft!”
The tip of the half-foot long sword pierced through Zhang Ruochen’s chest, and blood gushed out from his body like a stream.
Qing Chi Bai landed on the surface of the water with his head cloaked in hair, tilting his head back and letting out a long laugh, “Haha! I am the number one strongest of the younger generation, Zhang Ruochen, do you still have the strength to fight?”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Qing Chibai with complicated eyes, a hint of determination appeared in his gaze as he clenched his teeth, his hands unfolded, and the blood qi in his body, gushed out from his wounds.
The dense blood qi, around Zhang Ruochen’s body, condensed into nine blood swords, with the tips of the swords pointing downwards and the hilts pointing upwards, rotating rapidly around Zhang Ruochen.
Qing Chi Bai looked at Zhang Ruochen who was standing opposite him, his face changed and he immediately mobilised his true qi to perform a defensive type of martial art.
“Swish!”
The nine blood swords, combined together, coalesced into one.
Zhang Ruochen’s finger, pointed forwards.
That one blood sword, like a blood aura, rushed out, destroying Qing Chi Bai’s true qi with a devastating force.
“Pfft!”
The blood sword pierced through Qing Chi Bai’s body, and the powerful impact sent Qing Chi Bai flying dozens of metres away, his body crashing into the top of a fake mountain on the shore.
With a bang, Qing Chi Bai’s hands covered his bloodied abdomen and fell from the fake mountain, directly fainting.
Everyone did not expect to find such a turn of events, it was simply thrilling, but in the end, it was Zhang Ruochen who won.
Especially in the end, Zhang Ruochen had actually used his blood qi to condense nine blood swords, and in just one move, he had defeated Qing Chi Bai with a sweeping force.
If he had used this move at the very beginning, I’m afraid that Qing Chi Bai would have already lost.
“Blood condensing nine swords. Such a bloodline is rare even since ancient times, making it impossible not to admire it.” Tuoba Lin Su said.
Chen Tianshu said, “Zhang Ruochen should have not wanted to reveal his bottom move in the beginning, however, he did not expect that Qing Chi Bai, who had always been open and honest, would end up making a sneak attack on him. Therefore, Zhang Ruochen actually ended up striking with anger and didn’t think that much at all before he executed the Nine Swords Flying Together.”
At this moment, everyone in Golden Phoenix Wan could not calm down, their hearts were still very excited, especially Zhang Ruochen’s final strike, which was simply too stunning.
Once the nine swords came out, who could stop them?
Even Qing Chibai was defeated, so Zhang Ruochen was naturally the well-deserved number one in the Sword Discussion Conference.
Zhang Ruochen displayed such a natural talent that even the Thirteenth County Lord, who had previously hated him, was stunned speechless.
Zhang Ruochen revolved his true qi and shook out the broken sword in his body.
With a clang, the bloody broken sword, fell to the ground.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen sealed the blood veins at the wound and took another healing pill.
After his injuries stabilised, Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Qing Chibai, who was being carried away, and gently shook his head with a few disappointments in his eyes.
Without a word, Zhang Ruochen travelled towards the outside of Golden Phoenix Wan.
“Brother Zhang, you can’t leave yet!” Chen Tianshu walked up to Zhang Ruochen’s body, glanced in the direction of the Thirteenth County Lord, and said in a low voice, “You are now the number one in the Sword Discussion Conference, and you must marry the Thirteenth County Lord.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I didn’t participate in the Sword Discourse Conference to marry the Thirteenth County Lord.”
Chen Tianshu smiled bitterly, “No matter what the reason is, yet you have become the number one in the Sword Discourse Conference. If you don’t marry the Thirteenth County Lord, it would be like not giving face to the Thousand Water County Kingdom’s royal family. If the Thousand Water County’s royal family loses face, then will they let you live well? At that time, not to mention you, I’m afraid that the entire Yunwu County Kingdom will be annihilated in one night.”
Chen Tianshu’s words had just finished.
“Boom!”
The sky resounded with a loud bang, and a purple formation pattern appeared in the void two hundred metres above the ground.
As the purple formation patterns flickered, an exquisite pavilion appeared in the void, suspended in mid-air, as if it was a palace inhabited by immortals.
The Thousand Water County King and the Ten Great Ministers of Power, who wore golden robes, all stood on top of the Flying Pavilion, overlooking the bottom. A strong martial aura covered the entire royal palace.
The geniuses and juniors below didn’t realise until now that the bigwigs of the Thousand Water County Kingdom had been paying attention to the Sword Argument Conference all along.
The Thousand Water County King’s body radiated a golden light, giving off a powerful oppressive force. He was in an extremely good mood as he stared at Zhang Ruochen, who was standing below, and said, ”The world today is truly full of geniuses and a thriving atmosphere. Zhang Ruochen, you defeated the number one heavenly pride of the Thousand Water County Kingdom, Qing Chi Bai, this king is quite optimistic about you. When do you plan to marry the Thirteenth County Lord?”
A genius like Zhang Ruochen was definitely capable of growing into a supreme powerhouse in the future, and the Thousand Water County King naturally refused to let him go, and had to take him in as one of his own.
Zhang Ruochen naturally wouldn’t marry the Thirteenth County Lord, however, he absolutely couldn’t say such words, if he did, he would definitely offend the Thousand Water County King.
Not only would it harm him, but it would also harm his loved ones.
Zhang Ruochen stood straight, slightly arching his hand at the Thousand Water County King above him, and calmly said, “Truth be told, I have a considerable misunderstanding with the Thirteenth County Lord, and the Thirteenth County Lord can’t look at me, so I’m afraid …… it may not be appropriate if they are really married.”
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen added, “Since County King has been paying attention to the Sword Discussion Conference, he should also understand that I did not want to participate in the Sword Discussion, but I was only forced to do so. In fact, the purpose of my coming to the Sword Discussion Conference is not to marry the Thirteenth County Lord, but rather, I would like to request an audience with the County King, in the hope that the County King would be able to send reinforcements to aid the Yunwu County Kingdom. If the County King is able to aid the Yunwu County Kingdom, I will definitely be grateful.”
Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Minister Ning’s heart cried out, “This son is going to anger the County King!”
Shangshu Ning knew better than anyone else that the County King of Thousand Waters didn’t want to know the purpose of coming to Zhang Ruochen’s participation in the Sword Discussion Conference, the County King of Thousand Waters only wanted to take Zhang Ruochen as his son-in-law, and pull this supreme genius, into the royal family.
No matter what the reason was, Zhang Ruochen was looking for death if he refused the County King of Thousand Waters.
A genius that could not be used for one’s own purposes, then the best way to deal with it was to kill the genius in advance.
The County King of Thousand Waters appeared very calm, not seeing any difference on his face as he smiled, ”This king has heard Minister Ning mention the current predicament of the Yunwu County Kingdom, and he is also very able to understand your feelings. As long as you marry the Thirteenth County Lord, then you will be the prince consort of the Thousand Water County Kingdom. At that time, the Four Directions County Kingdom will naturally not dare to attack the Yunwu County Kingdom again. What do you think?”
The Thousand Water County King seemed to be speaking very calmly, but only the Ten Powerful Ministers knew that the Thousand Water County King was giving Zhang Ruochen one last chance to live.
Zhang Ruochen was naturally quite aware of the consequences of rejecting the County King of Thousand Waters and felt a great deal of pressure. He could care less about his own life, but he could not care less about the lives of his loved ones.
Zhang Ruochen glanced in the direction of the Thirteenth County Lord again and shook his head, if he promised the Thousand Water County King to marry the Thirteenth County Lord, he would be going against his own heart.
Just as Zhang Ruochen made his decision and prepared to answer.
“Wow-”
Huang Yichen flew down from the third floor of the Golden Phoenix Wan’s hall, her long, precious blue hair flying like a waterfall, her figure slender, her skin as white as snow, and she had a face that was as beautiful as a country’s. She walked towards Zhang Ruochen and faintly smiled at him.
Afterwards, Huang Yichen stared at the Thousand Waters County King who stood above her and said, ”Father, in fact, the misfortunes of the Yunwu County Kingdom are all because of my daughter. That one Prince Huo Xing of the Four Direction County Kingdom was not killed by Zhang Ruochen, but died in my hands. Therefore, the plight of the Yunwu County Kingdom, Father, you must aid!”
Seeing Huang Yicun appear, everyone present was stunned.
A thought surfaced in their minds, could it be that County Lord Smoky Dust had also taken a liking to Zhang Ruochen and wanted to steal her sister’s son-in-law?
County Mistress Smoky Dust had always been very strong, so it wasn’t impossible that this was a possibility.
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