The Black Market’s martial artists, sailing four Red Spider Giant Ships, had already arrived at the outskirts of the Underwater Dragon Palace.
The four Red Spider Giant Ships, all of which were wrapped in the Ship Protector Formation, held up a one hundred and thirty foot long ball of light that pushed the river water out of the way.
Emperor Yi stood at the edge of the battleship with a metal mask on, standing in a dignified manner, his hands pressed on the railing, looking out at the majestic crystal dragon palace in the distance, and within his pupils, a fiery expression surged out.
The Dragon Shelter, was most likely within that dragon palace, once he obtained it, he would have the certainty, to impact to the supreme extreme realm of the Earth Extreme Realm.
In the future, there was even a chance that he would become a Nine Extremities Heavenly Pride, possessing a powerful innate physique that was as powerful as those Ancient Great Emperors.
Ever since he was a child, Di Yi had been gifted.
During the foetal period, he opened the Ninth Grade Martial Dao Seal. When he was born, his entire body emitted ten thousand rays of golden light, and he was unexpectedly an innate Saint Body, shocking the entire family, so he was concluded to be the reincarnation of a Saint.
At that time, he had already been selected as the young master of the Black Market First Grade Hall.
Possessing an Innate Saint Body meant that on the first day of his birth, he was already a Seven Extreme Genius.
Moreover, at the time of his birth, he was already at the cultivation of the Yellow Extremity Realm’s Minor Extremity Position, and his spiritual power had reached the twentieth rank, so it could be said that his starting point was higher than anyone else’s.
Even those great emperors and great saints of the ancient times might not have such innate conditions as him.
It was rumoured in the outside world that he had already reached the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Earth Extreme Realm, but in reality, he was still a hair’s breadth away from the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Earth Extreme Realm.
It was precisely because he wanted to impact the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Earth Extreme Realm that Emperor Yi suppressed his realm and never broke through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
Otherwise, with his natural talent, he would have already crossed over into the Heavenly Extreme Realm.
“I must obtain the Buddha Relic and impact into the Earth Extreme Realm’s Supreme Extreme Realm, invoking the resonance of the gods. What others cannot do, I, Di Yi, will definitely be able to do.”
Emperor Yi’s five fingers pinched, making a “cackling” sound.
At the periphery of the Underwater Dragon Palace, there was an invisible grand formation, any martial artist above the Earth Extreme Realm who approached would instantly be crushed by the power of the formation and turned into a cloud of blood mist.
It was said that the formation was personally laid by the four-winged Earth Dragon 500 years ago, called the “Eight Square Clutch Formation”, which was specially set up to guard the Dragon Palace.
Because of the large amount of treasures left behind by the four-winged Earth Dragon in the Dragon Palace, every year there were countless third-order savage beasts and human Earth Extreme Realm martial artists who broke through the Eight Directions Clutching Formation and entered the area where the Dragon Palace was located, looking for a chance.
Therefore, every year, there were a large number of martial artists and savage beasts that died in the Dragon Palace, turning into a set of white bones.
With just a glance, one could also see skeletons lying on the underwater plaza outside the Dragon Palace, like an underwater Cultivation Ground.
At this moment, on the periphery of the Eight Directions Clutch Formation, the black market’s martial arts experts were forcibly driving each and every Earth Extreme Realm martial artist wearing chains and shackles into the formation.
“That’s the dragon palace of the four-winged Earth Dragon, it’s incredibly dangerous, I’m not going there.”
A white-bearded, white-haired old man said, and even though he had chains tied to his body, he was still stubborn and refused to enter the Eight Directions Clutching Formation.
“Is that so?”
Zhang Tiangui carried a black blade and walked over, sneering coldly, saying, “If you enter the Eight Directions Clutch Formation, you might still be able to live, and you might even have a chance to find treasures in the Dragon Palace and break through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm. However, if you don’t go in, you can only die.”
That one old man stared contemptuously at Zhang Tiangui, snorted coldly and said, “Don’t think that I don’t know what you guys are playing at, don’t you capture us here just because you want us to explore the path and go to our deaths ……”
“Pfft!”
Zhang Tiangui swung his sword over and chopped off the head of that one old man.
In an instant, the surrounding waters turned completely blood-coloured.
The powerful water pressure crushed the old man’s body, and with a bang, it burst into pieces of broken flesh.
“Stubborn character, there is only one way to die.”
Zhang Tiangui gently touched the knife in his hand and looked over towards those Earth Extreme Realm martial artists who had been captured by the black market, a cruel smile appearing on his face.
Those prisoners with Earth Extreme Realm cultivation, although they were very reluctant to be driven by the black market, they were all trembling with fear when they saw this scene.
Without the need for Zhang Tiangui to continue threatening them, they all took a step and rushed towards the Eight Direction Clutch Formation.
Instead of dying in Zhang Tiangui’s hands, it would be better to enter the formation and go for a fight, maybe they could really find rare treasures and break through the shackles of the Earthly Extreme Realm, becoming a myth in the martial path.
Emperor Yi stood on top of the Red Spider Giant Ship, the corners of his mouth revealed a hint of a smile as he said, ”Zhang Tiangui is a talented person with talent, means, and strategies, this person is worth reusing. It is said that he is also Zhang Ruochen’s own brother, so it is just right to train him to deal with Zhang Ruochen.”
The Red Desire Star Envoy stood behind Emperor Yi and said, “I’m afraid Zhang Tiangui is not a match for Zhang Ruochen.”
Emperor Yi shook his head and said, “Relying on Zhang Tiangui’s strength alone, he is naturally not a match for Zhang Ruochen. However, if there is strong support from our Black Market, Zhang Tian Gui will become a powerful weapon against Zhang Ruochen.”
“What Young Lord said is very true.”
Although the Red Desire Star Envoy said so on his lips, he did not think so in his heart, at least Di Yi did not know at all that Zhang Ruochen had already cultivated a Martial Soul and had reached the Sword Mind Realm.
If Emperor Yi knew this, I’m afraid that he would no longer underestimate Zhang Ruochen.
The Red Desire Star Envoy had his own plans, so he didn’t tell him Zhang Ruochen’s secret at all.
“Wow!”
In the distance, an orange-coloured shadow flew in rapidly.
In the water, without the aid of any external objects, she surprisingly erupted at the speed of sound as well.
In just a split second, that orange silhouette boarded the Red Spider Giant Ship and stood behind Di Yi, surprisingly, it was a beautiful woman wearing orange clothes.
Her face was veiled, her figure was tall, her temperament elegant, and her body was as if it didn’t have any weight, directly floating in mid-air three feet off the ground as she slightly bowed to Di Yi and said, “Greetings to Young Lord.”
“Orange Moon Star Envoy, did your six Star Envoys strike at the same time to kill the Three Clawed Dragon Jiao?” Emperor Yi asked.
The masked woman in orange clothes was the sixth ranked Star Envoy of the Seven Deadly Star Envoys, the Orange Moon Star Envoy, whose martial arts cultivation was even higher than that of the Red Desire Star Envoy.
The Orange Moon Star Envoy’s voice was ethereal and soft as she said, “The strength of the Three Clawed Dragon Jiao is quite formidable, and our six Star Envoys can only barely suppress it when they join forces.”
“The damnable Three-clawed Dragon Jiao caused our Black Market to lose close to half of its experts.” Emperor Yi clenched his fists, anger showing in his eyes.
The Orange Moon Star Envoy continued, “Just now, the Purple Wind Star Envoy detected a large number of experts rushing to the Underwater Dragon Palace, and was worried about the Young Lord’s safety, so he asked me to rush back first to protect the Young Lord’s safety.”
“A large number of experts? It should be the people from the Martial Market Money Bank and the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect who have arrived!”
Emperor Yi took a deep breath and said, “It seems that in order to find the life door into the Dragon Palace as soon as possible, we have to enter the Underwater Dragon Palace before the Martial City Money Bank and the Moon Worshipping Demon Sect.”
In the distance, one hundred and twenty prisoners of the Earthly Extreme Realm broke into the Eight Directions Clutch Formation under the forceful expulsion of the black market experts.
After entering the formation, those Earth Extreme Realm prisoners, desperately rushed in the direction of the Dragon Palace.
It was unknown who had touched one of the inscriptions in the formation.
“Boom!”
A purple electric light erupted from the formation.
The electric light, in the water, kept travelling.
At once, in the formation, a miserable scream rang out.
There were close to twenty people, who were pierced through by the electric light and died in the formation. There were also dozens of people, who suffered some injuries, but they were not serious.
Although it was said that the Eight Directions Clutching Formation was mainly targeted at martial artists above the Earth Extreme Realm. However, if a martial artist of the Earth Extreme Realm touched some of the inscriptions in the formation, it would also activate the formation and a terrifying formation attack would appear.
Passing through the Eight Directions Clutch Formation, those Earth Extreme Realm prisoners thought that they were already safe, and just let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, in the water, a huge whirlpool appeared and swept more than a dozen prisoners into the whirlpool.
“Help ……”
“Save ……”
……
When the vortex dispersed, the dozen or so prisoners with Earth Extreme Realm cultivation all turned into bloody mud and broken bones.
Those remaining Earth Extreme Realm prisoners, seeing this scene, were all terrified, and no one knew how terrifyingly menacing the next moment would be.
All of them desperately rushed towards one of the portals of the Dragon Palace, wanting to enter the Dragon Palace, search for treasures, and impact to the Heavenly Extreme Realm. As long as they were able to reach the Heavenly Extreme Realm, their strength would skyrocket, and at that time, they would naturally have more chances of surviving.
The Dragon Palace was very huge, moreover, there were thousands of doors on the surface, each of which was an entrance, but the huge majority of them were dead doors.
It was said that there were 3,750 doors in the Dragon Palace, and only eight of them were life doors. The other doors are all dead doors.
Once you enter a dead door, even if your cultivation is high, you are still dead.
After only a quarter of an hour, all of the Earth Extreme Realm martial artists who had gone to break into the Dragon Palace, all of them died, and none of them survived.
Emperor Yi frowned and ordered, “Release the second batch.”
This time, when he came to the underwater Dragon Palace, Emperor Yi had made sufficient preparations, not only bringing a large number of Black Market experts, but also capturing hundreds of Earth Extreme Realm prisoners.
It was with the intention of using the lives of these Earth Extreme Realm prisoners to pave the way for him to find the entrance to the Shengmen.
It could be imagined that after this incident, the Heavenly Demon Ridge martial arts world would definitely be greatly injured due to the fall of a large number of martial arts experts.
Every time, the black market would drive one hundred and twenty Earth Extreme Realm martial artists forward to break into the Dragon Palace.
The previous three batches of martial artists were all wiped out, none of them survived.
It wasn’t until the fourth batch that someone finally discovered the door to life and entered the Dragon Palace, charging towards its hinterland and disappearing into a black mist of water.
“The life gate has appeared!”
“Everyone rush, enter the Dragon Palace, and look for the Spirit Quenching that breaks through the realm.”
……
Those other martial artists, seeing the door to life, were all ecstatic and rushed over.
“The door of life has appeared, black market martial artists follow me into the Dragon Palace to search for the dragon relic.”
Emperor Yi let out a long whistle and rushed straight out, leaving behind a path of water, and almost in just an instant, he rushed through the Eight Directions Clutching Formation and entered the Shengmen, rushing to the hinterland of the Dragon Palace.
“Everyone quickly follow, in a quarter of an hour, the three thousand seven hundred and fifty doors of the Dragon Palace will move their positions again. We must rush to enter the Dragon Palace before, the Sheng Gate shifts its position.”
Zhang Tiangui also revealed an ecstatic expression, the pupils of his eyes flashing with a strange lustre. To him, this was also a chance, and a chance to surpass Zhang Ruochen again.
