Xue Jingtian used his hand as a sword, forming an arc and chopping towards Zhang Shaochu’s neck.
Suddenly, a sharp sound was emitted from the sky as a sword light flew in, emitting a brilliant sword aura, and flew down from above Xue Jingtian’s right arm.
“Giggle!”
An arm was severed by the sword aura and fell to the ground.
Crimson blood gushed out from Xue Jingtian’s arm, and at the same time, a powerful sword qi, from the wound, surged into his body, continuously destroying his meridians and blood vessels.
“Who? Who the hell is it?”
Xue Jingtian endured the severe pain and looked at the dimly lit night sky, shouting in a stern voice.
He sealed the meridians at the location of his right shoulder with his true qi to prevent the loss of blood. However, that surge of sword qi just instantly broke through his true qi and surged towards his heart and sea of qi.
Zhang Shaochu was also startled by that sword that suddenly flew out, however, he was not alarmed, but instead, he was overjoyed.
He recognised that broken sword, it was Ninth Brother’s sword.
“Ninth brother is back, ninth brother is back, haha!”
Zhang Shaochu laughed crazily, looking at Xue Jingtian with mocking eyes, as if he was saying, “Didn’t you say that Ninth Brother was dead? But, he’s back now! He has returned!
Those martial arts experts of the black market, all of them tensed up, lifting up their battle swords, their bodies leaning together, as if they were on guard against the winds and grasses in the surroundings.
Xue Jingtian shook his head and said, “Impossible, absolutely impossible, the Ninth Prince has already been killed by the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Master, it’s impossible for him to still be alive.”
What kind of character was the Young Lord of the Black Market One Piece Hall?
For Xue Jingtian, that was a big shot that he could only look up to, and with just a single word, he could make the Yunwu County King go up in smoke.
How could Zhang Ruochen possibly escape from the hands of the Black Market One Piece Hall’s Young Lord?
Right at this moment, a voice sounded behind Xue Jingtian.
“State Master, how do you know that I have been killed by the Young Lord of the Black Market One Piece Hall?”
Hearing that voice, Xue Jingtian’s body shook and his face changed dramatically as he slowly turned around.
A handsome young man was standing just five paces away, a broken sword cupped in his hand, and a pair of clear, slightly cold eyes were staring at him.
“Zhang …… Ruochen …… why aren’t you dead?”
Xue Jingtian’s heart twitched slightly, his face pale, and he didn’t know whether it was because he had lost too much blood or because he had been shocked.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Do you want me to die very much?”
Xue Jingtian clenched his teeth, his eyes chilled with killing intent as he secretly gathered his true qi.
Although he knew that Zhang Ruochen was very strong, but right now, he and Zhang Ruochen were still in an undying situation, so why not risk his life to fight, and maybe even turn the situation around.
“Wow!”
Xue Jingtian suddenly struck out with a palm strike, striking at Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
Zhang Ruochen backhanded his hand and grabbed it, just in an instant, he clasped Xue Jingtian’s wrist, his fingers were like iron pincers, directly embedding into his flesh and blood, causing Xue Jingtian’s face to distort in pain and his body to convulse.
Drops of blood flowed out from Xue Jingtian’s wrist.
Zhang Ruochen’s fingers looked like they were going to pinch his wrist through.
“Zhang …… Zhang Ruochen …… you ……,” Xue Jingtian said miserably.
Zhang Shaochu immediately rushed up, his heart filled with joy and anger, saying, “Ninth brother, kill this bast*rd, father was killed by him.”
Zhang Ruochen secretly sighed, it seemed that he was still late in coming back, what should have happened, had already happened.
“Zhang Ruochen, I am now a member of the Black Market, if you dare to touch me, the experts of the Black Market will definitely cut you into a thousand pieces.”Xue Jingtian said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Using the Black Market to scare me? If the Black Market could kill me, I wouldn’t have appeared here.”
“Rubbing click!”
Zhang Ruochen transported his true qi to his five fingers and exerted force, his palm was wrapped in a ball of cyan light, and with a fierce twist, Xue Jingtian’s arm instantly turned into a twisted twist.
The bones of his arm were all broken.
“Ah ……”
Xue Jingtian let out a pig-killing scream as his legs went limp and he knelt on the ground, wailing unceasingly.
“Xue Jing Tian, die!”
Zhang Shaochu went crazy and pounced on him, his fists fell like rain, hitting Xue Jingtian who kept wailing, rolling and crawling on the ground.
“Ninth Prince, Fourth Prince …… you can’t …… do this …… to me…. save me ……”
“Pah! Snap!”
The bones in his body, he didn’t know how many of them were broken, even his face was dented and his head was almost shattered into bloody mud.
Xue Jingtian was finally beaten to death alive.
“Boom Boom!”
Zhang Shaochu’s fists still didn’t stop and still kept landing on Xue Jingtian’s body, crazily venting the hatred and anger in his heart.
Only in the end, when Zhang Ruochen forcefully pulled him away, did he fall on his knees, hugging Zhang Ruochen’s feet and bawling his eyes out, heartbrokenly saying, “Ninth Brother, Father King is dead, Mother Consort is dead, Elder Duke is dead, Uncle Wan is also dead, Big Brother is dead, Second Brother is dead ……, everyone has been killed, can you be sure toavenge them.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart sank, he had already guessed that if Zhang Tianwei returned to Yunwu County Kingdom, the royal family would definitely undergo a big change, but he had not thought that the situation would be even worse than he had expected.
Zhang Tian Gui was a member of the royal clan no matter what, how could he be so ruthless?
Moreover, what worried Zhang Ruochen the most was his mother ……
Even the Yunwu County King had been killed, how could his mother, who was just an ordinary person, be spared?
An inexplicable grief and anger arose in Zhang Ruochen’s heart, and the ten fingers of his hands couldn’t help but pinch tightly as an anger rose from his heart.
Suddenly, a powerful aura erupted from Zhang Ruochen’s body, forming a violent gale that blew the dozens of Black Market martial artists away.
“Death to all of them.”
Zhang Ruochen’s arm swung out, condensing a huge palm of true qi and slapping it towards the sky.
“Boom! Boom ……”
With a series of explosions, the bodies of those dozens of Black Market martial artists were crushed by the power of the true qi palm and turned into a cloud of blood mist. In each cloud of blood mist, a tattered corpse crashed down, its head and abdomen exploding, leaving only a bloody skeleton.
“Zhang Tiangui!”
Zhang Ruochen yelled up to the sky, his voice was like thunder, resounding to a hundred miles away.
Although, Zhang Ruochen had spent a very short time with Concubine Lin, he had felt a mother’s love and affection from her, and he truly regarded Concubine Lin as his mother.
As for County King Yunwu, although Zhang Ruochen was quite dissatisfied with him and had never called him “Father”, Zhang Ruochen could feel County King Yunwu’s love and care for him, and made amends for him.
Zhang Ruochen’s image of County King Yunwu was also changing.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had planned to make a trip back to the Yunwu County Kingdom after travelling to the Underwater Dragon Palace, handing over some cultivation secrets and Semi-Sacred Intentions to the Yunwu County King to help the royal clan’s martial practitioners improve their strength.
No one had expected that Zhang Tiangui would actually be so ruthless, not only did he kill his father and brother, but he even annihilated the entire royal clan.
As Zhang Ruochen listened to Zhang Shaochu speak about one incident that happened in the royal city, one of Zhang Tiangui’s sins, his face grew colder and colder, and the killing intent in his heart was stronger than ever.
Zhang Shaochu said, ”According to one of the guards who escaped from the palace, he personally saw Zhang Tiangui smash his father’s head with one punch. Moreover, Xue Jingtian previously said …… that Zhang Tiangui is his …… son, born to him and the queen.”
“What?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“At that time, Xue Jingtian thought that I was bound to die, so that’s why he told the truth, it shouldn’t be false. With his status, he wouldn’t be able to lie to a person who is about to die.”Zhang Shaochu said.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes revealed an intense murderous aura as he said, “Zhang Tiangui …… dammit …… However, this matter, however, absolutely cannot be leaked out.”
Zhang Shaochu understood what Zhang Ruochen meant, after all, this matter was not honourable in the first place, once it was leaked out, the Yunwu County King would surely be reduced to the laughing stock of martial artists in the world.
He knew that Zhang Ruochen was upholding the dignity of Yunwu County King.
Perhaps, this was the only thing they could still do to help the Yunwu County King besides taking revenge.
“Ninth brother, Zhang Tiangui has many black market experts by his side, and a few of them are very powerful, definitely Heavenly Extreme Realm Martial Myths, should we report to the Academy Palace, and let the elders of the Academy Palace make a decision for us?”Zhang Shaochu said.
“One’s own vengeance, of course, one should avenge it oneself.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Shaochu looked at the severely injured sergeants, then looked at Zhang Ruochen and said, “But with just a few of us, even if we return to the King City, it’s impossible to kill Zhang Tiangui.”
Zhang Ruochen gently patted Zhang Shaochu’s shoulder and said, “Fourth brother, you and those few sergeants have been injured, so stay and heal your wounds! Just leave the matter of revenge …… to me.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen was filled with thoughts and travelled in the direction of the King City with an indescribably heavy heart.
Zhang Shaochu chased after him and called out, “Ninth Brother, wait for me, even if you take revenge, count me in. Moreover, if you kill Zhang Tiangui, you will have to bear the infamy of fratricide. You have a great future ahead of you, don’t do this, let me do this kind of thing that carries a bad name, let me do it …… Let me do it ……”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t look back and travelled all the way forward, seemingly walking slowly, but with a step of ten feet, Zhang Shaochu couldn’t catch up at all.
Before long, Zhang Ruochen disappeared into the hazy night, leaving behind only a straight and firm back.
The next morning, Zhang Ruochen finally arrived at the bottom of the city of King City, lifting his head and glancing towards the towering city wall.
The cold mist from last night had soaked through his shoes and robes, and even the top of that broken sword was covered in a layer of white frost.
“Master Dust, we’ve already reached the bottom of the city, why aren’t you still saying a word?”The pot revealed a big, round, fat face and stopped in front of Zhang Ruochen, asking in a very puzzled manner.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t say a word, his eyes covered in blood as he carried a sword and continued to walk towards the city gates.
“What kind of person?”
The soldiers guarding the city, who saw Zhang Ruochen coming with a sword from afar, immediately rushed out and surrounded Zhang Ruochen in the centre.
“If you don’t want to die, get lost.”
Zhang Ruochen, with his long hair draped over his head, did not stop, but only said in an ice-cold voice.
