“Wow.”
A bright bloody light rushed up from the centre of Yueji City, forming a pillar of light that connected heaven and earth.
Even if one stood a hundred miles away, one could see the top of the pillar of light, forming a blood-coloured cloud.
Such a sight could only be seen on the winter solstice every year, when the sacrificial ceremony was underway.
“What the hell are they doing? It’s already this time of the year, and they’re actually sacrificing in Yueji City, do they think that they can invite the True God here?”
Ling Xiansu twirled his beard and laughed softly, thinking that Zhang Ruochen and Han Qiu were too childish, already on the verge of death, they were still pinning their hopes on the body of a nebulous god.
Ignorant! Stupidity!
Ling Xiansu spat out sound waves, her voice travelling into the city, ”Two juniors, it’s useless even if you beg the gods, today, even the gods won’t be able to save you. All savage beasts listen to the order, attack with all your might.”
One incense stick of time later, with a loud boom, Yueji City’s city guard formation was the first to be breached. Another half an incense stick of time passed, and the two defence formations were also breached.
The savage beasts, like a dark tide, poured into Yueji City in an endless stream.
Below the altar, Zhang Ruochen finally broke through the realm after absorbing a large amount of sacrificial power, reaching the Earth Extremity Realm Mid Extremity Position.
Retracting his Martial Soul back into his body, Zhang Ruochen’s body exuded a stern aura, and the bones of his entire body emitted a “cackling” sound.
Han Qiu, who was sitting opposite Zhang Ruochen, emitted a soft white light from her entire body, and was as dignified and beautiful as a pure and flawless fairy.
Every inch of her body was as crystalline as jade, and only in the centre of her eyebrows was a mark in the shape of an ink-black crescent moon coalescing.
If one were to look closely, one would realise that that one crescent-shaped mark was completely different from the aura of her body, giving off an eerie, dark, and icy feeling, devouring all the light sources close by in the surroundings.
“What she has cultivated is actually the ‘Dark Cold Moon Qi Sea’.” Zhang Ruochen stared at Han Qiu, somewhat surprised.
Generally speaking, only when a martial artist cultivated to the Heavenly Extreme Realm would their Qi Sea completely stabilise and form a unique form.
Ninety-nine per cent of the martial artists’ Qi Seas were in the shape of the most common ‘Qi Sea in a Circle’.
Only those martial artists with exceptional talent and special physique could cultivate a unique sea of qi.
Like Han Chu, at the Earth Extreme Realm Grand Circle, he had already cultivated his Qi Sea into shape, and it was also the very rare “Dark Cold Moon Qi Sea”, which could be said to be quite remarkable.
With the formation of the sea of qi, Han Chu’s strength had risen another step.
Han Chu’s pupils flickered with ebony light as he looked at Zhang Ruochen with some gratitude and said: ”Zhang Ruochen, thank you! I feel that the two conflicting forces in my body are no longer as strong as before.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “After absorbing the power of the sacrifice, your martial dao has indeed improved to a certain extent, and if you add the medicinal power of that one Sacred Light Pill, in the short term, you shouldn’t be in any great danger.
If you are able to break through the Heavenly Extremity Realm and reach a higher realm, you will be able to cultivate another technique instead, and I would suggest that you cultivate the Taiji Dao’s Zhenzong Codex, the Taiji Innate Technique.”
“In the Way of Taiji, difficulty and ease form together, length and length form together, height and bottom tilt together, and yin and yang are born together. Cultivating the Taiji Ancestral Feats can dissolve the two conflicting forces in your body, while at the same time making rational use of those two forces, making it the best cultivation technique for you.”
Han Chu asked doubtfully, “Taiji Dao?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, “In the Kunlun Realm, there is the saying of the Three Paths and Nine Streams, ‘The world’s martial arts come out of the Three Paths, and the Nine Streams and Hundreds of Schools are all over the world.’ It means that all the martial arts between the worlds have been passed down from the three paths. With the evolution of martial arts and the expansion of the human race’s territory, countless first-rate forces, second-rate forces …… and ninth-rate forces were gradually formed.”
“The Taiji Dao, is one of the three paths. Taiji Dao, apart from the main altar, has three major branches, which are the Two-Yi Sect, the Four Elephant Sect, and the Eight Trigrams Sect.”
“These three major sects are all first-class forces, with many saints, inherited from the Ancient Era and flourishing from the Middle Ages, and now the disciples of the Taiji Dao have spread all over the world.”
“The Yin Yang Two Yi Sword Formation that we learnt is the top sword formation of the Two Yi Sect.”
“It should be considered a chance for me to pass on the Nine Swords of Yin Yi to you. If you want to learn the Taiji Innate Skill, you can consider worshipping under the Two Yi Sect in the future. I think that those previous Saint Masters of the Two Yi Sect will definitely accept you as a disciple for the sake of the Nine Swords of Yin Yi. Of course, if that day really comes, you must not tell them that the Nine Swords of Yin Yi were passed down to you from me.”
Han Qiu memorised every word Zhang Ruochen said very carefully, almost like a peaceful and quiet student listening to his teacher.
Undeniably, Zhang Ruochen’s insights made Han Chu feel convinced.
Moreover, if it was true as Zhang Ruochen had said that the Two Elemental Sect was a first-class power, what kind of terrifying behemoth was that?
Even the Yuntai Zongfu, which reigned supreme in the 36 counties of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, was only a fourth-rate force, and in front of a first-rate force, it existed like a mole cricket.
Why would Zhang Ruochen know the top sword formation of the Two Yi Sect?
“Could it be that …… Zhang Ruochen is the disciple of a certain great figure from the Two Yi Sect? That should be the case, otherwise, how could a prince of an inferior county be proficient in the Yin Yang Two Yi Sword Formation?”
Zhang Ruochen looked at Han Qiu’s eyes and reminded, “I hope you won’t tell anyone about the secret I’m carrying.”
“Don’t worry! No one will say anything, even my father, I will never reveal half a word. After all,…… you saved me and helped me suppress the two conflicting forces in my body, enabling me to step into a higher realm of martial arts.”
Han Qiu smiled, “Moreover, after this cultivation, I feel that my strength has improved again, although I haven’t broken through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, it shouldn’t be difficult to fight across four realms anymore.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Four extremes now?”
“It should be about the same!”
Han Chu was very pleased in his heart and said, “Zhang Tiangui is the Four Extreme Genius, known as the first genius of the Heavenly Demon Ridge’s thirty-six counties, I feel that my strength is no longer below him.”
“Congratulations!” Zhang Ruochen said.
Han Qiu blinked, her snowy teeth lightly biting her lips as she revealed a world-turning smile, “I’m even more curious, how many great geniuses have you reached?”
“It’s not like I’ve been to the Nine Jedi Palace, so how do I know how many Jedi geniuses I’ve reached? Besides, the so-called Three Jedi Geniuses and Four Jedi Geniuses don’t have much significance at all, and only young people who love to make a splash like these titles.”
Two sharp colours suddenly appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as he said, “Not good, Yueji City has been breached. The real battle is finally about to begin!”
He immediately stood up and his true qi surged out furiously.
Han Qiu’s body was full of battle spirit as he drew out his white jade ancient sword, revealing a heroic aura as he said, “We’ve both had breakthroughs in our cultivation, so it shouldn’t be difficult to kill our way out.”
“Battle!”
Zhang Ruochen lifted the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and swung it, slashing out a white sword qi more than ten metres long, splitting the altar in half.
A third-stage savage beast, the Golden Lizard Beetle, which had climbed onto the altar, directly turned into two pieces under the sword Qi’s attack and fell off the altar.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen rushed out from the altar, executing the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow, transforming into nine residual shadows and rushing out tens of metres away.
“Pfft!”
“Poof!”
When he stopped, nine corpses of savage beasts appeared on the ground.
With every step, he was able to decapitate a savage beast.
Han Qiu also rushed out from underneath the altar and stabbed out with a sword across the air, forming a pillar of light shaped sword qi that pierced through the bodies of two savage beasts at the same time.
“Boom!”
A fourth-ranked barbarian beast, the Green Winged Blood Python, came out from, its entire body covered in palm-sized scales, its body up to a hundred metres long, waving its snake tail and lashing out at Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen’s toes stood on tiptoe and soared up more than twenty metres, dodging the Green Winged Blood Python’s attack.
The Green Winged Blood Python’s true qi flowed throughout its entire body as it stared at Zhang Ruochen, its mouth spitting out a mouthful of green-coloured cold air.
“Giggle!”
Within a radius of 100 metres, all the buildings, all the savage beasts, were all frozen.
With a snap, Zhang Ruochen broke through the ice and flew out, his body spinning as he chopped his sword at the neck of the Green Winged Blood Python.
The Green Winged Blood Python’s head retracted, dodging the sword and spitting out another mouthful of cold air.
This time, Zhang Ruochen no longer dodged and stretched out his left arm, directly striking out a palm, striking out a piece of Spirit Flame True Qi, which collided with that breath of cold air.
“Puffing!”
The two forces continuously cancelled out.
When the Green Winged Blood Python’s True Qi was insufficient and stopped spewing out cold Qi, Zhang Ruochen seized the opportunity and chopped over with his sword.
“Heavenly Heart Full Moon!”
The battle sword passed through the neck of the Green Winged Blood Python and slashed across, leaving behind a long sword shadow.
“Boom!”
The body of the Green Winged Blood Python landed heavily on the ground.
“After the breakthrough in cultivation, it’s really much easier to deal with a fourth-rank inferior savage beast.”
Zhang Ruochen charged into the group of barbarian beasts once again and continued to fight, preparing to kill a bloody path and escape from Yueji City.
“Ga!”
A huge black eagle with a divine dragon’s head swooped down from the sky like a black cloud, its body tens of metres long, carrying a reckless aura as it pressed down on top of Zhang Ruochen’s head.
The fourth-stage barbarian bird, the Dragon Eagle, could be called the overlord in the sky.
Its pair of claws were incomparably sharp, like dragon claws!
Zhang Ruochen’s body flashed and moved out horizontally, dodging the claws of the Dragon Wing.
“Splat!”
The claws of the Dragonwing grabbed the ground, and the stone slabs were like tofu, instantly turning into pieces. On the ground, a huge claw mark was revealed.
Ling Xiansu stared coldly at the battlefield below and said, “Actually dodging the Dragon Eagle’s attack, this brat’s strength seems to have risen quite a bit!”
The Dragon Eagle was the most powerful battle beast he had summoned, so he had enough confidence in it.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t fight the Dragon Eagle, instead, he charged towards Ling Xiansu.
“A Beast Master is indeed very powerful in controlling savage beasts, however, his own strength may not necessarily be as strong, as long as he is able to kill Ling Xiansu, the crisis in front of him will naturally be solved.”
Zhang Ruochen stomped his legs, soaring up into the air and rushed towards Ling Xiansu, his sword stabbing over like a meteor.
