A black silhouette, like lightning, **** went out and rushed towards the Book of Merit wall.
“I’m afraid it’s not that easy to want to seize the Book of Merits wall.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes sank, then powerful sword intent erupted from his body as his body transformed into a sword light and rushed towards that black shadow.
That black shadow had already reached the side of the Book of Merits wall, and seeing the flying sword light, the palm that had already been stretched out was quickly retracted and slapped out.
“Wow.”?Hundreds of stern sword qi coalesced out in front of the palm print, turning into a rain of swords.
“Boom.”?After a loud bang, all the sword qi collapsed.
Zhang Ruochen and that black shadow simultaneously flew backwards for several feet before they landed on the ground again. The true face of that black shadow was also finally revealed, and it was none other than the Nine Spectres Sword Saint.
Seeing the old face of the Nine Spectres Sword Saint, Zhang Ruochen wasn’t surprised, after all, he was probably the only sword cultivator in the Ancestral Spirit Realm who was able to repel the Demonic Sound with a single sword strike.
After breaking through to the Saint King realm, the Nine Spectres Sword Saint’s lifespan had increased greatly and he had become a little younger, the white hair on his head had turned back into black hair, the age spots on his skin had disappeared, the wrinkles on his face had decreased, and he looked like he was in his fifties.
Surprisingly forced back by Zhang Ruochen’s sword, a strange look flashed across the Nine Spectres Sword Saint’s eyes as he said, “Xuan Gui was able to receive such an outstanding disciple like you, I’m not as good as him.”
“There is indeed some gap between you and your master.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint said, “It only means that his luck is better than mine, but unfortunately, he is inferior to me when it comes to the Dao of the Sword.”
“Not necessarily!”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Nine Peeps Sword Saint and the Xuan Gui Sword Saint belonged to the Black Market and the Martial Market Money Bank, and had always been arch rivals, with neither being able to defeat the other until that one life and death duel at the Sword Discussion Conference, where the winners and losers were separated.
However, before that battle, the Xuan Gui Sword Saint was poisoned by the Underworld King’s blood poison, and the outcome of the battle naturally did not count.
Only, the Nine Spectres Sword Saint did not know this and had always felt that he was more powerful than the Xuan Gui Sword Saint.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint said, “As the favoured disciple of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint, I know that you are very reluctant to admit this, but unfortunately, at the Sword Discussion Conference, Xuan Gui did lose to Lao Fu, and there’s nothing to refute this point.”?”Senior did not lose to you, but to himself.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“What do you mean?”Jiuyue Sword Saint asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Master Teacher’s heart is not that ruthless, so back then, he saved a small child of the Immortal Blood Race, and even took him as his disciple and raised him to adulthood. Unfortunately, on the eve of his duel with you, he was assassinated by that disciple. Otherwise, did you think that you would be able to defeat your master so easily?”
The Nine Sephiroth Sword Saint was silent for a moment, and then, laughed out loud, “In order to defend your master’s honour, as a disciple, you casually made up a story to justify his defeat, and shifted all the blame onto another person’s shoulders. Such a tactic is too lowly, the old man has lived for more than five hundred years and has seen too many of them. No matter how much you talk about it, it doesn’t change the fact that old me is just more powerful than Xuan Gui, and his attainments in the Dao of the Sword are just even more superior than his.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, became a little cold and chilly as he said, “Since Senior Jiuyue is so confident, would you dare to accept the challenge of the late generation?”
“What for? Trying to right your master’s name?”
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint wasn’t a flamboyant person, but, was a very calculating person, in fact, uttering those words was to provoke Zhang Ruochen.
Once a person’s mind was in turmoil, their battle power would naturally drop.
“What is the status of an old man, how could he casually agree to a junior’s challenge?”The Nine Pale Sword Saint sneered and raised his chin in an arrogant stance.
“If you can defeat me, I will surrender the Wall of Merit Book to you.”Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were ablaze with fury, as if he was not going to stop until he fought.
The eyes of the Nine Spectres Sword Saint lit up as he said, “Is that true?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I can make an oath on my master’s honour.”
“Good. Since you want to right Xuan Gui’s name, I’ll give you a chance.”The Nine Spectres Sword Saint laughed.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint thought that he had angered Zhang Ruochen and had also caused Zhang Ruochen to be so disoriented that he had even taken out the Wall of Merit Book as a wager, so naturally, there was a sense of joy in his heart that his treacherous plan had succeeded.
However, the authorities were confused and the onlookers were clear.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden stood on the sidelines, but she frowned straight away, and in the end, sighed softly, “Zhang Ruochen is not what he used to be.”
Was Zhang Ruochen really so enraged by the Nine Spectres Sword Saint that he lost his temper?
In fact, it was not the case.
Zhang Ruochen also had no choice but to challenge the Nine Spectres Sword Saint, and taking out the Book of Merits Wall as a bet was even more of a desperate move.
One must know that none of the Chu Siyuan, the Nine Spectres Sword Saint, and the Nine Heavens Xuan Maiden present were weak.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint’s melee attack power is invincible, Chu Siyuan’s melee attack power and defence power is also first class powerful, and the Nine Heavenly Xuan Nü possesses many supreme treasures, such as the Confucian Ancestor’s Sacred Book, the God Eater’s Chopper, and the Divine Temple ……
Such three forces, in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, were simply an unrivalled configuration.
Even if Zhang Ruochen was strong, it would be as difficult as heaven to overcome their siege with the power of one person.
What’s more, Zhang Ruochen had to be distracted from taking care of Mu Lingshi.
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t worried about Chu Siyuan and the Nine Heavenly Xuan Maiden, but, the Nine Pale Sword Saint was an evil character who could do anything to achieve his goal, in case the Nine Pale Sword Saint struck out at Mu Lingshi during the battle. Should Zhang Ruochen save Mu Lingshi or guard the Wall of Merit Book?
Therefore, right at the moment the Nine Spectres Sword Saint appeared, Zhang Ruochen had already formulated a battle plan.
The first thing was to lure the Nine Spectres Sword Saint into a duel with him, as long as the Nine Spectres Sword Saint was resolved, the remaining Chu Siyuan and the Nine Heavenly Xuan Maiden would be much easier to deal with.
Chu Siyuan also reacted and said, “Let’s strike together and seize the Wall of Merit Book first, it’s not too late for the two of you to duel.”
Zhang Ruochen’s figure, transforming into a stream of light, flew down to the top of the Book of Merits wall and stood with his sword crossed as he said, “Senior Chu is a Painting Dao Grandmaster, so please pay attention to your reputation. With your esteemed status, how dare you want to use the many to bully the few and the big to bully the small, it’s fine if you win, but where will your face be if you lose?”
Chu Siyuan’s Achilles’ heel was “love of face and reputation”, using this trick against him could be said to be tried and tested.
As expected, upon hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Chu Siyuan’s face reddened, wanting to say a shameless and cruel word, but ultimately stifled it.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint also came back to his senses and let out a cold laugh, “Old me thinks that Patriarch Chu has a point, and that we should indeed seize the Wall of Merit Book first.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Just now, didn’t Senior Nine Spectres claim how superior his sword Dao was, why is he suddenly so unsure of himself? As long as Senior defeats me, won’t he be able to obtain the Wall of Merit Book.”
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint didn’t know how to reply, after all, he was also a person who wanted to save face, and having been so strong earlier, it didn’t make sense that in front of one of Xuan Gui’s disciples, he would actually show a lack of confidence.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint frowned straight away and said, ”The wall of the Book of Merits is of great importance, although I have a ten percent certainty that I can defeat you, but what if there are accidents? Old me doesn’t want to be a sinner in the Kunlun Realm yet.”
“You guys think that you have a ten percent certainty of taking away the Wall of Merit Book as long as you strike together?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Of course.”
Chu Siyuan held his tongue for half a day before he finally managed to utter these two words.?Zhang Ruochen laughed and shook his head as he took out a Saint Sword from his spatial ring and said, “Originally, I wanted to let you all live, but since you are so ungrateful, I can only use my last card to kill all of you. To tell you the truth, this holy sword contains a force of a deity, I can only use it but not control it, once I invoke it, the consequences are unimaginable.”
Chu Siyuan released his spiritual power and probed towards that Saint Sword, and indeed, he detected a terrifying force, so he hastily fell backward and pulled away a long distance, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, who are you scaring? According to the rules of the Saints’ Merit Battle, participants simply cannot carry such a weapon into the Ancestral Spirit Realm.”
The voice of the Sacred Book Talent Maiden resounded, “Every God Envoy of the Shadrach Seven Realms can carry a Divine Spirit War Weapon into the Ancestral Spirit Realm, so Zhang Ruochen isn’t scaring us.”
Zhang Ruochen slightly side-eyed and said, “You’re a Divine Envoy of the Kunlun Realm?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden took out a Boundary Seal and held it in the palm of her hand, saying, “The Empress’s divine power is added to the interior of this Boundary Seal.”
Zhang Ruochen detected a familiar aura on top of that Boundary Son Seal that came from …… Huang Yichen.
It seemed that Huang Yicun had truly disappeared, otherwise Chi Yao wouldn’t have given her Boundary Seal, as a Divine Spirit Battle Weapon, to the Sacred Book Talented Lady to hold.
Zhang Ruochen’s face became a little unnatural, his eyes incomparably sunken and cold as he said, “If I use my Divine Spirit Battle Weapon and behead Jiuyue and Chu Siyuan, you won’t be able to stop me even if you have a Divine Spirit Battle Weapon.”?”However, I was able to use it to kill you …… Why did I have to go this far.”The Sacred Book Talent Maiden closed her eyes and uttered this sentence with difficulty.
In order to fight for the wall of the Book of Merits, for the survival of the two great worlds, it ultimately pushed them to the edge of life and death decisions again.
“If we really have to fight to the death, I’m afraid that in the end, everyone will die here, and it may not be who picks up the slack in the end. Since that’s the case, it’s better for me to battle Zhang Ruochen to decide where the Wall of Merit Book belongs.”The Nine Spectres Sword Saint said.
Zhang Ruochen let out a slight sigh of relief, deep down in his heart, he actually didn’t want to fight with the Sacred Book Talented Maiden to the point of no return.
“I lost and surrendered the Wall of the Book of Merits to the Kunlun Realm. However, Senior Jiuyue, if you lost, shouldn’t you give me something as well?”Zhang Ruochen began to negotiate.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint snorted coldly, “Who in the world doesn’t know that you, Zhang Ruochen, have so many treasures on your body that even the Great Saints are eyeing them, and you still look at what’s on the body of an old man?”
“I want that purple divine stone of Young Lord Spirit Quan.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint was naturally confident in himself, not only was he at the Saint King level of cultivation, but he had also cultivated all eight of his swords to great perfection, would he lose to a Zhang Ruochen who had just broken through to the Supreme Saint realm?
This was a battle that was bound to be won!
“Alright, old me promises you.”
The Nine Spectres Sword Saint finally made a long leap and also flew to the top of the Book of Merits wall, confronting Zhang Ruochen as the aura that erupted from their bodies grew stronger and stronger, and in the space around them, a holy qi sword automatically condensed.
In this battle, the pressure Zhang Ruochen was under was not small, not only did he have to preserve the Book of Merits Wall, but he also had to right the wrongs of his master. On the other hand, the strength of the Nine Pale Sword Saint was not weak, but instead was frighteningly powerful, especially since he had been able to condense the Sword Dao Xuan Gang.
After reaching the Saint King realm, just how powerful was the Nine Spectres Sword Saint’s Sword Dao Xuan Gang?
