The power of the Thunder Bead was unable to kill the Fire Cloud Wolf, but it slowed it down slightly.
With this split second of time, Zhang Ruochen took out a battle map.
Under the urging of his True Qi, the inscriptions in the battle map lit up and ten Purple Horned Beasts rushed out while the Fire Cloud Wolf pounced over.
The battle power of each Purple Horned Beast was comparable to that of an Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial artist.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Ruochen immediately drew back and rushed into the formation to escape back to Yueji City.
Zhang Ruochen had just rushed into the formation when a loud boom rang out behind him, and the entire City Protector Formation shook violently.
Just a moment ago, the Fire Cloud Wolf had crushed those ten Purple Horned Beasts and caught up with Zhang Ruochen, striking Zhang Ruochen with a claw, only narrowly missing Zhang Ruochen’s back, but fortunately, its claw was blocked by the City Protecting Formation. Otherwise, Zhang Ruochen would definitely have been seriously injured.
“What a powerful Fire Cloud Wolf, ten Purple Horned Beasts, but it only blocked it for two breaths.”
Zhang Ruochen exhaustedly climbed up from the ground and looked at the Battle Diagram in his hand, realising that the light on the Battle Diagram had dimmed a bit.
The power of the Battle Diagram would diminish every time it was used.
If Zhang Ruochen catalysed the Purple Horned Beast Diagram again now, he would only be able to release ten Purple Horned Beasts of the Earth Extremity Realm’s Minor Extremity Position. The third time he catalysed it, it was estimated that he would only be able to release ten Purple Horned Beasts at the early Earth Extremity Realm.
After taking one of the healing pills, Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed towards the altar in the centre of the city and took out all the savage beasts from the two storage bracelets and one storage ring and placed them on top of the altar.
A total of twenty-seven barbarian beast corpses were piled up into a small mountain of bloody corpses.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen went to the city and collected all those Barbarian Birds that had been shot down by the formation.
One hundred and seventy-eight barbarian bird corpses were also placed on top of the altar by Zhang Ruochen.
“The number of Barbarian Beasts and Barbarian Birds is still a bit low, we must go and hunt some more.”
Zhang Ruochen sat down on the bottom of the altar and began to nurse his injuries, spending roughly half an hour to recover fifty percent of his injuries.
Stopping to nurse his wounds, Zhang Ruochen carried the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and once again rushed out of the City Protector Formation and continued to go hunting savage beasts.
Unlike earlier, Zhang Ruochen didn’t intentionally try to go hard against those fourth-ranked savage beasts, instead, he could avoid those fourth-ranked savage beasts and only went to hunt the lower-ranked savage beasts.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen struck a Thunder Bead out, releasing electricity that killed more than a dozen first rank savage beasts, their bodies scorched black and falling down in a large swathe.
Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed over and collected the barbarian beast corpses into his storage ring.
Just as the fourth-ranked savage beast “Lion Headed Bull King” rushed over, Zhang Ruochen had already fled back to Yueji City first.
Placing the savage beast on top of the altar, Zhang Ruochen sneaked out of the city from another direction to continue hunting savage beasts.
“What is that brat Zhang Ruochen up to, does he think that the speed at which he hunts savage beasts can catch up with the speed at which I summon savage beasts?” Ling Xiansu stared downwards in some confusion, very puzzled by Zhang Ruochen’s move.
Ling Xiansu was absolutely unable to think that Zhang Ruochen was trying to hunt down savage beasts in preparation for opening the sacrificial ceremony in Yueji City.
Every time Zhang Ruochen rushed out of the city, Ling Xiansu immediately ordered the fourth-ranked savage beasts to kill him.
However, Zhang Ruochen was quite cunning and hid near the city walls every time, only hitting the Thunder Beads, or the Battle Diagrams, hunting down one batch of Barbarian Beasts after another and collecting the storage bracelets.
Until the evening, the corpses of four hundred and seventy-seven barbarian beasts had been piled up on top of the altar, forming a mountain of blood-red corpses.
“The blood of the savage beasts, together with the blood of the tens of thousands of human martial artists in Yueji City, should be able to open the Gate of the Human God and complete the sacrificial ceremony.” Zhang Ruochen said excitedly.
In the Kunlun Realm, generally speaking, only the winter solstice was the best time for the sacrifice.
It was said that on the winter solstice, the Divine Realm and the Kunlun Realm were closest to each other, so the Gate of Man and God was most likely to be opened.
Even just a small sacrifice in a village could open the Gate of Man and God.
However, once the winter solstice had passed, it would be very difficult to open the Gate of the Human God, and only by using a hundred times the amount of blood qi could one open the Gate of the Human God and complete the sacrificial ritual.
Outside the city, the attacks of those savage beasts, became even more violent, the walls of some of them had crashed into pieces, and the light of the city protection formation, became weaker and weaker.
A hundred miles away from Yueji City, there was a small mountain.
On top of the mountain, there were two figures standing.
The one at the head of them looked to be in his early twenties, with sword brows and eagle eyes, a straight nose, and a torch-like gaze, giving off a handsome and majestic feeling.
This person was none other than the number one heavenly pride of the 36 counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, Zhang Tiangui.
Among the Cloud Terrace Sect House’s inner house disciples, the third ranked character, Lu Qiankun, stared in the direction of Yueji City with some anxiety, saying, “Eldest Senior Brother, Yueji City’s city guard formation is about to shatter, so is it not time for us to make our move?”
Zhang Tiangui put his hands behind his back and gently shook his head, saying, “There’s no rush, wait a little longer.”
“Why?” Lu Qiankun was very puzzled.
The corner of Zhang Tiangui’s mouth hooked slightly as he smiled, “It’s not the right time yet.”
Lu Qiankun was an honest person and naturally did not understand Zhang Tiangui’s scheming.
To save someone, it was definitely necessary to save them, the key was how to save them? When to save?
Han Qiu wasn’t dangerous enough right now, striking out to save her at this time wouldn’t maximise the benefits.
Only when she was in the most dangerous time, the most helpless time, Zhang Tian Gui suddenly appeared, it would make her more grateful and touched.
When dealing with women, there were some tactics to be used, otherwise how would they be submissive?
How could an idiot like Lu Qiankun understand his good intentions?
This was a chance to get Han Chu’s heart, so how could Zhang Tian Gui let go of such a heavenly opportunity?
“Zhang Ruochen seems to be in Yueji City as well, it’s just as well, by the way, he will be done with as well, keeping him is always a scourge.” Zhang Tiangui appeared very calm, looking faintly at the distant Yueji City, a confident light appearing in his eyes.
He would continue to wait until the best time to strike.
The battle in Yueji City was very tragic, as Han Qiu activated one of the attack formations, and he didn’t know how many savage beasts and savage birds he had killed.
After another half an hour, the energy of the five attack formations was completely exhausted.
In the entire Yueji City, there were only two defence formations and a city protection formation left. It was only a matter of time before the formations were breached.
Han Qiu stood on top of the city wall, looking at the endless stream of savage beasts used to finally felt a little powerless and said urgently, ”Zhang Ruochen, what should we do now? The reinforcements from the Martial City Palace and the Yuntai Zongfu haven’t arrived, and the defence formation can also support for at most one more incense stick of time.”
“We can only put up a fight! If we can break through the realm, we might be able to kill our way out.”
Zhang Ruochen walked into the stone door below the altar and came to the edge of the Divine Pool, reciting a sacrificial text as he remembered. He pressed his hands on top of the stone wall, and the Spirit Flame True Qi in his body surged out from his palms, gradually spreading out to cover the entire altar.
“Sacrificial Ritual, open it!”
“Rumble!”
The huge altar, began to slowly rotate.
A pillar of blood-red light rushed up from the centre of the altar, shattering the clouds in the sky, as if it had rushed into the vast universe.
The sky, turned blood red.
In the centre of that blood-red colour, it was as if a door had been opened, and the door was chaotic, descending a rain of light, showering down on Yueji City.
Zhang Ruochen sat on the ground and began to communicate with his soul vein.
A pillar of light rushed out from the top of his head and condensed into a soul shadow that looked exactly like Zhang Ruochen.
That one soul shadow, flew out and hovered in the sky above the Divine Pool, and began to absorb the sacrificial power that was free in the air.
Han Chu stood on the side, wondering what exactly Zhang Ruochen was doing.
When the martial soul rushed out from Zhang Ruochen’s body, she was finally shocked, the expression on her face was completely stagnant, as if she was petrified, and her lips grew into an “o” shape.
“He …… cultivated a martial soul ……”
Even for the Martial Myths of the Heavenly Extreme Realm, very few people were able to cultivate a Martial Soul, Zhang Ruochen was only at the Earthly Extreme Realm, yet he had already cultivated his Martial Soul.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen’s martial soul was incomparably sacred, like the silhouette of a god, causing Han Qiu to feel the urge to kneel down and worship.
The martial soul that was hovering over the Divine Pool glanced at Han Chu and actually spoke, ”What are you still standing there for, come over immediately and sit in front of me, I will send a portion of the power of sacrifice into your body. With the help of the power of sacrifice, it might be able to ease the two forces in your body and dissolve the crisis you encountered in your cultivation.”
Han Qiu felt the oppressive power coming from Zhang Ruochen’s Martial Spirit, as if she was receiving the will of a god, and reverently walked to Zhang Ruochen’s side.
She sat cross-legged opposite Zhang Ruochen and slowly raised a pair of snow-white jade arms, docking them with Zhang Ruochen’s hands.
“Boom!”
Just after making contact with Zhang Ruochen’s hands, Han Qiu had a feeling of electric shock.
A wild surge of sacrificial power surged into her body from her right hand, rushing into her meridians and surging towards the Qi Sea.
Under the impact of that surge of sacrificial power, she felt like a floating leaf in the ocean, her body could be torn apart by that force at any moment.
“Don’t panic, calm your heart and mind, run the Supreme Sacred Qiankun Technique and try to absorb that wave of sacrificial power.”
Just as Han Chu was terrified, Zhang Ruochen’s voice was like a sacred heavenly sound that travelled into her mind.
Gradually, Han Chu regained her composure, closed her eyes, and began to operate the gong method as Zhang Ruochen commanded.
The power of sacrifice, which was the most sacred power and the strongest power of inclusiveness, after entering her meridians, it began to run around her entire body, completing a large circumference, and then finally surged back to Zhang Ruochen’s body meridians from her left palm.
So on and so forth, the power of the sacrifice, completing one great circumference after another within her body.
The meridians slowly absorbed that force, and her martial realm was rising step by step.
In the sea of qi, the hedge between the Dark True Qi and the Supreme Sacred Qiankun True Qi became weaker and weaker, as if they were about to merge together.
The two types of true qi, forming a black and white flow of true qi, ran through the meridians along with the power of sacrifice.
