Yue Linchong’s heart was pierced through, and even if he used his true qi to seal his blood veins, blood still kept gushing out of his chest, quickly dyeing his robes blood red.
“You …… even if you ask me for the …… Three Leaf …… Sacred Qi Grass, I… …also definitely will …… give it to you …… you ……” Yue Linchong was in great pain, his palms pressed against his chest, his face became more and more miserable.
Lu Han took out a white silk cloth and dried the blood on the sword, and on her clear face, a sneer appeared, saying, “Yue Lin Chong, you are too cute to be stupid! Do you really think I will look at you? Among the men who have pursued me, at least five of them are all better and stronger than you.”
“Pfft!”
Yue Linchong spat out blood from his mouth, his eyes staring straight up as he died completely.
It was not known whether he died of anger, or whether he bled out and died?
Lu Han removed the bag on his back and brought together the Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses in the two bags, a total of ninety-eight plants, emitting a circle of milky-white light.
Just by smelling the medicinal fragrance emanating from the Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grass, the speed of the true qi in Lu Han’s body accelerated by a few points. A delighted smile appeared on her beautiful face, “By refining all of these Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses, my cultivation will definitely skyrocket, and even if I enter the Inner Palace, I’ll be able to immediately become a strong player in the Inner Palace.”
A voice, sounded behind Lu Han.
“I can see that he truly loves you, why did you kill him?”
“Who?”
Lu Han’s heart was startled and he immediately turned around, placing his sword across his body in a defensive stance.
Zhang Ruochen stepped out from behind the blood-red boulder and stared at Lu Huan, saying, “Are all women’s hearts really that ruthless? All so good at disguise? To be able to kill even those who love her?”
Zhang Ruochen seemed to see Princess Chi Yao’s shadow in Lu Huan.
Of course, there was no comparison between Lu Han and Princess Chi Yao at all, the two were too far apart.
When Lu Han saw that it was Zhang Ruochen, her original somewhat tense expression gradually relaxed. In her opinion, Zhang Ruochen was only a freshman even if he was powerful, and could not threaten her at all.
Lu Han snorted coldly and said, “Zhang Ruochen, even if I kill Yue Linchong, it seems that it is none of your business. If you were hiding, perhaps I wouldn’t have been able to find you, but since you came out of your own accord, then you can go to hell!”
Lu Han unfolded a speed-type martial skill, her slender body transformed into a series of residual shadows, and in an instant, she rushed in front of Zhang Ruochen, stabbing her sword towards Zhang Ruochen’s brow.
Zhang Ruochen stood still, his feet shifted slightly and his body directly moved five steps across, dodging Lu Han’s sword very easily.
Lu Han was slightly stunned, and before he had time to react, suddenly, a silhouette flashed before his eyes.
Zhang Ruochen appeared in front of Lu Han and struck her chest with a palm strike.
“Dragon Elephant Returning to the Field!”
Feeling the palm wind that spread across her face, Lu Han’s face changed, and it was too late to dodge, so she could only place her battle sword across her chest to ward off the palm imprint that Zhang Ruochen struck over.
“Boom!”
Lu Han flew out backwards more than ten metres away, her body was like a falling leaf blown away by the wind.
When she landed on the ground, she kept falling backwards, leaving a deep footprint with every step she took on the ground.
Her chest was in huge pain, all her organs felt as if they had been shocked, and the blood in her body was churning and her true qi was in disarray.
“Only one day has passed, how did he become so much stronger?”
A day ago, when Lu Han exchanged blows with Zhang Ruochen, he was still able to suppress Zhang Ruochen to a certain extent. But now, after only exchanging just one move, he was almost seriously injured by him.
In particular, Zhang Ruochen’s speed was unbelievably fast.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t give Lu Han a chance to catch his breath at all, exploding his fastest speed and rushing to Lu Han’s body, the strength of his entire body’s muscles and bones mobilised as he struck with another palm strike.
“Blood Qi Condensation!”
Lu Han immediately stimulated the power of her bloodline, a medium blood formation with a diameter of five metres appeared underneath her, and the silhouettes of a three-headed blood bird and a blood sword coalesced behind her, converging to form a vision of blood qi.
Lu Han’s power climbed rapidly, increasing by about double.
The reaction speed, too, became much faster.
Her mobilised the silhouettes of the three-headed blood bird behind her and stormed towards Zhang Ruochen, resisting his palm force.
“Break!”
Zhang Ruochen’s palm shattered the three-headed blood bird’s silhouette, turning it into strands of scattered blood Qi.
A wind-breaking sound rang out as Lu Han executed a Spirit Grade Lower Grade Sword Technique and chopped at Zhang Ruochen’s neck.
Zhang Ruochen took a step backward and very skilfully dodged Lu Han’s sword move.
“Blood Qi Condensation Formation!”
Zhang Ruochen also stimulated the power of his bloodline, and with a boom, his feet shook violently, and a nine-metre-diameter blood formation presented itself, spinning rapidly and swirling, reeling Lu Han into the blood formation.
“This is …… this is a Saint level blood formation ……”
Lu Han finally understood why Zhang Ruochen was so powerful, it turned out that he was actually able to condense a Saint Grade Blood Formation, only those who possessed the talent to become a Saint had such a powerful bloodline.
In the Saint Grade Blood Formation, Lu Han was completely suppressed by Zhang Ruochen and had no power to fight back at all.
After just three strokes, Zhang Ruochen struck Lu Han’s right shoulder with a palm strike.
“Boom!”
The powerful palm force shattered Lu Han’s right shoulder bone, and a mouthful of blood spat out from her mouth as she flew backwards and crashed to the ground.
The sword in her hand also flew out of her hand and fell to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen’s arm swung in the air, and the sword on the ground flew up and fell into Zhang Ruochen’s hands. He pointed the sword at Lu Han’s neck and said, “To a woman like you, who has a delicate face but doesn’t know how to cherish it, she deserves to die.”
Lu Han lay on the ground, a look of fear in her eyes as she begged, “Zhang Ruochen, please don’t kill me, I’ll do anything you want me to do? I can be your woman, your slave, as long as you spare me.”
A trace of coldness emanated from Lu Han’s eyes as she quickly took out a Thunder Bead and threw it towards Zhang Ruochen.
At the same time, she slapped her palm on the ground and her body slid backward three metres away, flipping up from the ground and fleeing into the distance.
Looking at the Thunder Bead thrown by Lu Huan, Zhang Ruochen did not panic in the slightest, his five fingers twitched and the sword in his hand formed a circle, using his true qi to wrap the Thunder Bead and fling it tens of feet away.
“Boom!”
The Thunder Bead smashed open in the air in front of Lu Huan, emitting a streak of electric light, creating a powerful impact that shook Lu Huan backward and sent him flying back, once again falling to Zhang Ruochen’s feet.
“Pfft!”
Without any hesitation, Zhang Ruochen stabbed his sword at Lu Huan’s brow, leaving a red sword mark on her brow as a drop of scarlet blood flowed out of her skin.
Lu Huan’s body stood still, losing the breath of life and turning into a beautiful dead corpse.
With that sword just now, Zhang Ruochen used his sword qi and pierced through Lu Han’s mind.
What appeared to be only a small red dot had actually shattered Lu Han’s soul.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the slender and sharp sword in his hand and gently nodded, “Fifth rank True Martial Treasure Weapon, it can be sold at a good price.”
After storing the sword into his spatial ring, Zhang Ruochen went to fetch the two bundles on Lu Huan’s back, which not only contained the ninety-eight plants of the Three Leafed Sacred Qi Grass, but also the elixirs and some life-preserving treasures that Lu Huan and Yue Linchong had brought with them into the Red Hollow Mystic Mansion.
He put all those treasures and pills into his spatial ring, and then slowly counted them later.
The ninety-eight Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses, Zhang Ruochen kept them all in jade containers.
“With these Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses, there’s a greater chance to impact the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Xuan Extreme Realm!”
Zhang Ruochen raised his head and glanced towards the Ghost Mist Mountain, only to see that there were also many Three Leaf Sacred Qi Grasses growing on the cliffs of the mountainside, even more than at the foot of the mountain.
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head, breaking the greed in his heart, and muttered to himself, “It’s better not to take the risk, there’s no need to put your life on the line.”
The Ghost Mist Mountain was too dangerous, even if an Earth Extreme Realm martial artist went in, very few would be able to walk out alive.
To get such a rich harvest at the foot of the mountain was already very good.
Zhang Ruochen was about to leave when suddenly, he felt that something was missing?
Stopping his footsteps and carefully looking towards the ground, he was shocked to find that Lu Han’s body was missing!
Zhang Ruochen clearly remembered Lu Han’s corpse, lying on the ground less than ten metres away from him, how could it have disappeared for no reason?
“Even if it’s a martial artist of the Earth Extreme Realm, it’s impossible to steal the corpse without a sound at such a close distance.”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen felt a cold wind blowing behind him and was about to slap his palm towards his back. A cold jade hand pinched his neck, preventing him from moving.
“Don’t move!”
A hoarse voice sounded behind Zhang Ruochen.
The person behind him was ice-cold all over, emitting an extreme coldness that froze the cold sweat on Zhang Ruochen’s back into ice crystals, and Zhang Ruochen felt like his blood was about to freeze.
Zhang Ruochen endeavoured to maintain his composure without turning his head and said, “Who are you?”
“Me? Who am …… I am …… who am I?” That one voice looked a bit bewildered.
Although that one voice was a bit hoarse, Zhang Ruochen still felt that it was a bit familiar and somewhat similar to Lu Han’s voice.
The one hand that was choking Zhang Ruochen’s neck suddenly loosened, and that one took two steps backward, muttering to himself in a bewildered manner, “Who am I? Who am I ……”
Seeing that she let go, Zhang Ruochen rushed out forwards in a hurry, pulling away from her by a distance of more than ten feet, and turned around to look back.
The one who had grabbed his neck just now was indeed Lu Han, or Lu Han’s corpse to be exact.
“How did this happen? How did she come alive? Impossible, I clearly used my sword qi and shattered her soul.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Lu Han, who was standing in the distance, and suddenly, realised that something was wrong.
Above Lu Han’s head, there was actually a golden halo.
The golden halo exuded a powerful holy power and a chilling aura that knitted a thick layer of cold ice on the ground in a radius of tens of metres, forcing Zhang Ruochen to get no closer.
“That’s the Half-Saint’s Light, how did it appear above Lu Han’s head?” Zhang Ruochen’s face became very grave as he thought of a possibility.
A martial artist of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, who used true qi to nourish their soul, could cultivate their soul into a Martial Soul.
Half Saints, who could use holy power, could nurture their martial souls into Saint Souls.
After a Half-Saint fell, the Saint Soul would dissipate with him. However, there were also a very few Saint Souls that did not dissipate due to some special reasons, turning into Half-Saint light and wandering in the graveyard.
“Ghost Mist Mountain is the place where the Golden Cloud Half-Saint fell, could it be that the Golden Cloud Half-Saint’s Saintly Soul transformed into Half-Saintly Light and entered Lu Han’s corpse by chance?”
Zhang Ruochen felt some remorse, had he known that he should have chopped off Lu Han’s neck with his sword, he wouldn’t have created such a terrifying monster.
That’s right, Lu Han was a monster that was neither a human nor a corpse at this moment, and no one knew what would happen in the next moment?
