That one battleship was a hundred feet long, cast and refined in metaphysical iron, powered by spirit crystals that catalysed formations to power the battleship, and was more massive than even the Red Spider Giant Ship of the Black Market.
On the warship, there were hundreds of martial artists, wearing greenish-blue martial arts robes with the word “Duanmu” embroidered on top of them, all of them in high spirits, with eyes like torches, obviously all of them were martial arts experts.
All of them were Duanmu Clan’s disciples?
Looking at that warship, Zhang Ruochen’s heart was filled with doubts, the Duanmu Family’s power was not in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, so how could they gather so many experts to rush to the Death River Section in a short period of time?
Even the top sects of the Heavenly Demon Ridge, the Yuntai Sect and the Taiqing Palace, would be hard pressed to do so within a short period of time.
At this moment, the martial artists of the Duanmu Family Lord carried the unconscious Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi onto the battleship as ordered by Duanmu Xingling.
Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen followed suit and boarded the battleship, arriving at a silent place, and seeing that no one was around, Zhang Ruochen used a sound wave transmission to inquire, “Senior Sister Huang, after leaving the City of Death, how did you meet Senior Sister Duanmu’s aunt?”
Huang Yichen stared at Zhang Ruochen with some suspicion, not knowing why Zhang Ruochen whispered his voice, but still said, “When we left the City of Death, the five of us split into two groups to escape, Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi in one group, and me, Chen Xi’er, and Xingling in another. On our way to escape, we came across Miss Qin, and it was she who stepped in to save us. What? You wouldn’t even suspect Star Spirit, would you?”
“I’m just casually asking.” Zhang Ruochen said thoughtfully.
Huang Yichen said, “Starling was personally sent into the Martial City Academy Palace by a Half-Saint of the Duanmu Clan, so if she has a problem, would the higher-ups of the Martial City Academy Palace not be aware of it?”
“Perhaps!” Zhang Ruochen said.
On the battleship, there were accompanying physicians who were also said to be medical masters from the Duanmu Family.
Under the medical treatment of that one medical master, Chang Qi Qi and Si Xingkong’s injuries quickly healed a large portion of their injuries and woke up from their coma.
In the middle of the cabin, Chang Qi Qi looked a little sad, just like a dead wife, and said, “Even though we escaped, the pot was lost, and I don’t know if it’s still alive?”
That one rabbit, although it was very edible, was very spiritual and pleasing to the eye. When the pot was lost, Chang Qiqi was really sad.
Footsteps sounded, and Zhang Ruochen walked in from outside, smiling, “Who said Pot Pot is missing?”
The large crimson red rabbit, with a pair of ears erected, stumbled behind Zhang Ruochen, holding a piece of spirit meat in its hand, which it was gnawing on with vigour.
Every now and then, it even raised its head and looked over towards Chang Qi Qi, blinking its eyes.
Ever since eating the two pieces of spirit meat from the Black Wind Python, the pot’s cultivation level, it seemed to have risen quite a bit.
Just now, Zhang Ruochen gave it another piece of spirit meat, and after it swallowed it, it was surprised that it was no longer frozen in its body by the spirit meat’s cold aura, and instead, it ate it with relish.
“Nabe!”
Seeing that one rabbit, Chang Qiqi immediately executed a fierce tiger pounce and pounced on Pot Pot, stroking the rabbit fur on Pot Pot’s body and laughing out loud, “Senior Brother Zhang, how come Pot Pot Pot is with you?”
Earlier, Pot Pot had been staying inside the Space-Time Crystal Stone until it arrived at the Duanmu Clan’s battleship and was temporarily safe, and only then did Zhang Ruochen release it.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to reveal the secrets of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, so he said, “You ask it!”
“Ask it? It’s not like it can speak.” Chang Qi Qi said.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “The pot is highly intelligent, if you teach it more, it will definitely be able to learn to speak.”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want Chang Qi Qi to continue asking, so he immediately changed the subject and said, “In the Death River section, I obtained a spiritual medicine that can enhance your cultivation, so it’s just right that I want to share it with you.”
Si Xingkong and Chang Qiqi already knew that Zhang Ruochen possessed a spatial ring, so Zhang Ruochen didn’t have anything to hide, and from within the spatial ring, he took out two petals of the Nirvana Fire Spirit Pappa and handed them both over.
Si Xingkong, who had seen a lot of things, just took a deep sniff and said in surprise, ”These are the petals of the Nirvana Fire Spiritual Pappa, moreover, they are both at least a thousand years old. Such a treasure is extremely rare in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, Senior Brother Zhang is indeed someone with great luck, even finding such a treasure.”
“A thousand year old …… elixir ……”
Chang Qi Qi’s mouth was wide open in astonishment and surprise.
In the Heavenly Demon Ridge, if there was a thousand year old spirit medicine out there, even the Martial City Academy Palace, the Yuntai Zongfu, and the Taiqing Palace, such top powers, would have to fight tooth and nail to snatch it.
Zhang Ruochen had only come to the Death River section to walk around and picked a spirit medicine of this level.
What was this if not great luck?
Chang Qi Qi said, “If I refine this petal, my cultivation level, I should be able to immediately break through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm!”
“It will definitely work.”
Si Xingkong thought for a moment and put away the piece of Spiritual Sorrento petal, saying, “I think that we can first refine the Spiritual Sorrento petal into a medicinal liquid and take it with us. It won’t be too late to break through the Heavenly Extreme Realm when we enter the Underwater Dragon Palace.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “That’s right! The condition for entering the Underwater Dragon Palace is that one must have a cultivation level below the Heavenly Extreme Realm, yet a martial artist can break through the realm after entering the Dragon Palace.”
Chang Qi Qi also nodded, if he could break through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm in one fell swoop, by then, his strength would skyrocket and he would become a true myth of martial arts.
If the martial artists from the black market still dared to chase after him, they would directly slap each other to death.
In the Heavenly Demon Ridge, there were a lot of Earth Extreme Realm martial artists, but there were far fewer Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists, and every one of them was a party hegemon, a martial arts master, and possessed an extremely high martial arts status.
The Heavenly Extremity Realm was truly something that people longed for.
Next, Zhang Ruochen took out the other three petals of the Nirvana Fire Spirit Oblong, and gave them to Huang Yichen, Duanmu Xingling, and Qin Ya in sections.
After all, it was Qin Ya who had made a move to repel the Red Desire Star Envoy, and it was only Zhang Ruochen’s three men who were able to get out of danger so easily.
This favour, naturally, had to be returned.
After obtaining the petals of the Nirvana Fire Spirit Oblong, Qin Ya’s eyes narrowed as she put them away and said, “Zhang Ruochen, listening to what Duanmu Star Spirit said, you guys are going to enter the Dragon Palace under the water, and fight with the martial practitioners of the Black Market, to fight for the Dragon Sheltering Shield in the Dragon Palace. How much certainty do you have?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Not sure.”
Qin Ya smiled and said, “Actually, we, the Duanmu Clan, can help you guys out.”
“Oh?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Qin Ya continued, “The black market has gathered more than a thousand martial arts experts who have reached the great circle of the Earthly Extreme Realm, and Emperor Yi will surely give them elixirs to break through their realms, and once they enter the Underwater Dragon Palace, at least dozens of them, will be able to break through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm.”
“This is a rather terrifying force, although your cultivation is very high, you may not be able to withstand their combined attack formation.”
“This time, we, the Duanmu Clan, have brought a total of two hundred and eighty Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial artists. Because of the time storage, we could only gather so many people. Although in terms of numbers, they are far inferior to the black market, yet they are quite loyal.”
“When necessary, they can use their lives to open up the path forward for you and the Star Spirit.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled faintly, “Boss Lady, are they really martial artists from the Duanmu Clan?”
“Of course.”
Qin Ya’s face remained unchanged as she smiled faintly.
“Alright! Having a martial artist from your Duanmu Clan to help you is indeed a considerable force.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Only after Zhang Ruochen had left did Duanmu Xingling walk out and walk beside Qin Ya, sighing, “Auntie, you’re using him.”
Qin Ya said, “You think Zhang Ruochen doesn’t know that I’m using him? He’s already suspicious of us, and if I’m using him, why wouldn’t he be using us to deal with the black market martial artists?”
“He already knows?”
Duanmu Xingling’s brows furrowed as she felt some trepidation, for some reason, she was very worried that because of her deception, it would lead to her and Zhang Ruochen turning into enemies.
Qin Ya said solemnly, “Xing Ling, you are the Holy Maiden of the Divine Sect, you should learn to hide your emotions. Otherwise, you will be in danger of killing yourself if you continue to lurk in the Martial City School Palace. You should always tell yourself that you and Zhang Ruochen are enemies. Otherwise, when you meet in life and death in the future, the one who dies will definitely be you.”
“Perhaps!” Duanmu Xingling said.
Qin Ya gently shook her head and sighed, knowing that Duanmu Xingling had not listened to her words at all.
The Duanmu Clan’s warship, travelled to the central area of the Death River section, and a strong smell of blood drifted in with it.
On the surface of the water, floating on the surface were white bones of humans, as well as the corpses of a large number of savage beasts.
The originally black river water turned a blood-red colour.
Among them, there are also the wreckage of some battleships that were damaged, and the poles, canvas, and wooden boards …… are all floating on the water.
Through Zhang Ruochen’s observation, there were at least two Red Spider Giant Ships that were damaged here, and hundreds of Earth Extreme Realm Great Perfection martial artists were buried in the water, leaving behind only mangled skeletons.
“The Three-clawed Dragon Jiao is worthy of being the overlord of the Death River Section, causing heavy damage to the Black Market. It seems that sending the Silver Light Shark to inform the Three-clawed Dragon Jiao was a correct move.” Zhang Ruochen’s heart murmured.
Speaking of the Silver Light Shark, Zhang Ruochen realised that the martial soul of the Silver Light Shark in the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram had already dissipated, indicating that the Silver Light Shark was dead.
“The Silver Light Shark was already severely injured, and its martial soul is hosted here with me, so its strength is greatly reduced. Once Jin Chuan discovers the Silverlight Shark’s reality, he won’t be able to escape anymore and will definitely be able to decimate the Silverlight Shark.”
The death of the Silver Light Shark had no effect on Zhang Ruochen.
Although the Silver Light Shark’s strength was very strong, however, once Zhang Ruochen broke through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, the Silver Light Shark’s effect on him would become minimal.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen was not far from the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
“It’s truly terrifying, with so many top experts dying, the martial arts world of the Heavenly Demon Ridge will surely undergo a huge tremor.” Si Xingkong said.
When the crowd saw the sight before them, they were all stunned and felt shocked.
“Having the black market help us clean up the savage beasts has saved us a lot of trouble.”
With Qin Ya’s command, the battleship activated the Ship Protector Formation.
A halo of light emerged, forming a white light shield that wrapped the battleship airtight.
The battleship, sinking downwards, finally entering the water completely, continued to travel in the direction of the underwater dragon palace, getting closer and closer to the dragon palace, and one could already vaguely make out the shadow of the Red Spider Giant Ship in front of them.
