A tall and thin grey-robed old man walked out from the wind and snow, with a high nose, deep eyes, and grey-white hair that parted in the middle and hung down from the top of his head to the ground.
Around his body, a violent wind flowed, emitting a “swish-swish” wind cracking sound.
If one were to look closely, one would find that the grey-robed old man did not have legs, and the bottom of his robe was empty, relying on a force of wind to hold him up three feet off the ground.
This person’s control of the wind has reached the realm of the gods.
Han Qiu climbed out from inside the sunken pit, gasping for air, with dozens of bloody wounds all over his body, but all of them were not fatal, just superficial wounds.
“Swish!”
The white jade ancient sword that had fallen ten feet away flew back into her hands.
Han Qiu stood with her sword crossed, her beautiful eyes containing a murderous aura as she said in a deep voice, “Uncle Huo, are you trying to kill me?”
The grey-robed old man was an elder of the Yuntai Zongfu and a member of the Sifang County King’s Clan named Huo Jingcheng, with a cultivation at the early stage of the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
When he was at the Earth Extreme Realm, Huo Jingcheng was a second best genius who could fight across two realms.
After breaking through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, his legs were ruined and his lower meridians were severed, resulting in a loss of qi and blood flow in his entire body and a decrease in his strength.
However, with his strength, he could still easily fight across realms.
A cruel smile appeared in Huo Jing Cheng’s eyes as he said, ”For the sake of Sifang County Kingdom, you and Zhang Ruochen must die. Chu’er, I’m sorry, Senior Uncle can’t do anything about it.”
“Zhang Ruochen? Who is Zhang Ruochen?” Han Chu revealed a surprised look.
Huo Jingcheng snorted coldly and said, “Don’t play dumb in front of me, today, if you guys don’t hand over that one account book. I will make you all beg for your lives and beg for your deaths.”
Han Chu said, “I’m curious, the Yuntai Zongfu treats your Sifang County Kingdom well, so why are you still cooperating with the black market in secret?”
Huo Jingcheng snorted coldly, “Treat us well? More than half of the resources, finances, and manpower of the Yuntai Zongfu are solicited from the nine counties of Lingxi. We, the Four Direction Counties, send a large amount of cultivation resources and silver coins to the Yuntai Zongfu every year, what exactly have we received? When we co-operate with the black market, it’s at least an equal deal and we can get huge benefits.”
Han Chu was annoyed, “If it wasn’t for the Yuntai Zongfu, would you be able to cultivate to the Heavenly Extremity Realm and become a top martial arts powerhouse? If it wasn’t for the Yuntai Zongfu fending off the savage beasts at the Heavenly Demon Ridge, I’m afraid that the entire Sifang County would’ve already been ravaged by a wave of beasts, destroying civilisations and turning into a barbaric wasteland once again.”
“Cut the crap, who exactly does the account book belong to?” Huo Jingcheng said.
Han Chu said, “No matter who it’s on, it’s impossible to hand it over to you.”
“Shoo!”
A gust of wind swept by, Huo Jingcheng’s speed reached the speed of sound, and as he flew, the entire aura of heaven and earth shook.
If one were to look from afar, one would only see that Huo Jingcheng was originally standing more than ten zhang away, and in almost just an instant, Huo Jingcheng arrived in front of Han Qiu, stretching out his two iron-hook-like fingers, wanting to strangle Han Qiu’s neck.
“Doo turn Qiankun.”
The true qi in Han Chu’s body surged out like a tidal wave, and every inch of her skin looked like it had turned into divine jade, crystal clear, and erupted with a light as intense as the blazing sun.
With a swish, she suddenly leapt above Huo Jingcheng’s head and struck down with a palm.
When Huo Jingcheng’s hand claw struck the air and felt the fluctuation of true qi, he immediately raised his head and looked towards the sky, his five fingers pinched into a fist and struck the sky with a single punch, shouting, “Cloud Tiger Collapsing Mountain Fist!”
“Boom!”
In front of the powerful palm force, Huo Jingcheng’s legs were struck and sunk into the ground, the ground cracked out a ripple and the true qi shook out in all directions.
Huo Jingcheng let out a fierce laugh, “This is the Supreme Sacred Qiankun Gong? Unfortunately, you are still too young.”
“Boom!”
Huo Jingcheng’s body sinks directly into the ground, and on the ground, only a deep hole is left behind.
Han Qiu retracted her palm imprint and landed on the ground, staring at that one hole, when suddenly, a fluctuation of true qi came from behind her.
Her face changed, and she was about to turn around when she felt a strong fist force coming from behind her.
Huo Jingcheng rushed out from the ground behind her and punched out, striking Han Chu’s back.
Han Qiu immediately injected her true qi into the jade bead on her wrist, and the inscriptions in the bead rushed out, coalescing into a two-metre-long light shield behind her back.
“With a bang, Huo Jingcheng punched the light shield, creating a ripple of true qi.
The force of the punch was blocked by the light shield, and Han Qiu only flew forward and was not injured.
“Protective jade bead!”
Huo Jingcheng smiled coldly, “Let’s see how many punches you can block?”
Huo Jingcheng rushed up again, a wind blade converging on top of his fist as he punched out again.
Han Qiu’s heart was very anxious, with her cultivation, it was impossible for her to be a match for Huo Jingcheng.
Although she had attained the “Three Perfections and a Half”, the difference between the Earthly Extreme Realm’s Great Perfection and the Heavenly Extreme Realm’s early stage was a difference of three realms.
She was able to fight against an average early stage Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist, but she was definitely no match for someone as powerful as Huo Jingcheng.
While fending off Huo Jingcheng’s attack, Han Qiu looked in Zhang Ruochen’s direction.
It was only at this moment that she realised that the place where Zhang Ruochen had fallen just now had long since disappeared.
“Could …… he have already escaped?” Han Qiu was very speechless and was quite angry in her heart, although we were not very familiar with each other, but she had after all helped him once in the black market.
Unexpectedly, this guy was so unrighteous, leaving her alone and escaping alone!
What to do now?
“My Protective Jade Bead, which can only help me withstand three attacks, has already been used once and can still be used twice. But with Huo Jingcheng’s strength, even if I use all of my Supreme Qiankun Technique and Darkness Domain, there’s no way I can be a match for him, and I don’t even have a chance to escape.”
“Boom!”
After exchanging seven moves with Huo Jingcheng, Han Qiu was once again forced to use the Body Protecting Jade Bead once more.
Knowing that Zhang Ruochen had already escaped, Han Chu also immediately unfolded his stance and performed his fastest speed, darting into the distance.
Huo Jingcheng’s speed had reached the speed of sound, and a moment later, he caught up with her, a sinister laugh escaping from his mouth, “Chu’er, hand over the account book and the Supreme Qiankun Technique, and senior uncle can consider sparing your life.”
“You’re dreaming.”
Han Chu thought for a moment and added, “You only think about chasing me, aren’t you worried that the account book is on another person’s body?”
“Lol lol!” Huo Jingcheng laughed, “Do you really think that I’m the only one who came to intercept you? There’s no way that brat Zhang Ruochen can escape.”
Han Chu’s heart jumped as he thought, “He keeps talking about Zhang Ruochen, could it be that that one mysterious teenager isn’t Chen Ruo, but rather Zhang Ruochen, the Ninth Prince of Yunwu County Kingdom? Or perhaps, Zhang Ruochen is Chen Ruo?”
Before Han Chu could think more, Huo Jing Cheng had already launched another attack.
As a last resort, Han Chu could only activate his Darkness Domain in the hope of blocking Huo Jingcheng.
Her dark attribute physique had always been her secret, but now, she couldn’t care less, and it was important to save her life first.
On the other hand, on the other end, after Zhang Ruochen was sent flying by the wind blades struck by Huo Jingcheng, the Ice Fire Qilin Armour on his body was broken and tattered, and a battle armour of the Sixth Order True Martial Treasure Grade was destroyed like this.
The wind blades, on Zhang Ruochen’s body, left a trail of blood, causing him to suffer some minor injuries as well.
As he was about to stand up and join forces with Han Qiu to deal with Huo Jingcheng, suddenly, a pair of metal claws reached out from the ground and grabbed his arms.
“What is it?”
Suddenly, a powerful force came from above that pair of metal claws, directly dragging Zhang Ruochen to a depth of more than ten metres under the ground.
It was pitch black in front of his eyes as mud and rocks sealed Zhang Ruochen’s mouth, nose, eyes and ears, and it was as if he was going to be dragged into the abyss by that pair of metal hand claws.
“Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword immediately flew out and chopped towards that pair of metal hand claws.
Just as the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword chopped out, the metal hand claws that had originally grabbed Zhang Ruochen’s arms suddenly disappeared again.
Regaining his freedom, Zhang Ruochen’s legs stomped and he was immediately about to rush out of the ground, intending to return to the surface.
Right at this moment, a powerful power fluctuation came from above, rushing straight to the top of his head, as if it was going to shatter his skull. Zhang Ruochen also struck out a palm force to ward off that force.
“Boom!”
Under the impact of that surge of power, Zhang Ruochen once again fell into the ground and was buried deeper into the ground.
Standing at the bottom of the ground, a woman’s laughter came from above, “Kid, if you don’t hand over the account book, you’ll be waiting to be buried alive at the bottom of the ground.”
Another martial dao expert!
With Zhang Ruochen’s current martial arts cultivation, even if he stayed underground for a day, he would never suffocate and die.
“I’m afraid you’re not that capable if you want to bury me alive.”
Zhang Ruochen stood at the bottom of the ground, which was more than ten metres deep, and released his Spatial Domain, expanding it outwards.
The space around his body became bigger and bigger, and a moment later, with a loud bang, the spatial domain broke through the ground.
Zhang Ruochen stood inside the spatial domain and flew up into the sky, landing on the ground.
Not far away, there stood an ugly woman in her fifties, with a stout figure, dark skin, and legs thicker than a bucket, carrying two metal chains in her hands, with a pair of metal hand claws attached to the other end of the chains.
Earlier, it was that pair of metal hand claws that dragged Zhang Ruochen into the ground.
That one ugly woman couldn’t see the spatial domain at all, so, in her heart, she was very surprised and said, “What martial skill did you just use?”
“A martial skill that you will never learn.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “Are you also a martial artist from the Four Directions County Kingdom?”
“I am the Zhenling County Lord of the Four Directions County Kingdom.” That one ugly woman who was as strong as a buffalo said proudly.
“For a County Lord of a County Kingdom to be able to look like you, it’s really admirable.” Zhang Ruochen said.
The County Lord of Zhen Ling was irritated by Zhang Ruochen and instantly became infuriated, a pair of thick arms swung violently, and the pair of metal claws once again flew towards Zhang Ruochen.
It had to be said that this Zhen Ling County Lord’s martial cultivation was indeed quite powerful, and it was estimated that it was no longer simply at the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm.
The two metal hand claws continuously attacked Zhang Ruochen, performing a claw technique that formed thirty-six claw prints, completely wrapping Zhang Ruochen in the claw prints.
Zhang Ruochen’s sword skill attainment was extremely high, and his defence was airtight, so the two metal claws couldn’t touch his body at all.
County Lord Zhen Ling also seemed to be able to see that Zhang Ruochen’s attainments in swordsmanship were very high, and if they were to compete in dexterity martial arts, even she would most likely not be Zhang Ruochen’s opponent.
Therefore, she changed her strategy and used a savage fighting style to crush Zhang Ruochen with pure strength.
Retracting that pair of metal arms, County Lord Zhen Ling’s hands pounded on her chest, emitting a sound like metal clashing as a long whine escaped from her mouth, “Vajra Savage Beast Body.”
