The power of Zhang Ruochen’s sword had almost transcended the realm of martial arts and reached another realm.
A stream of air, pressed backward by the sword aura, formed a pike shaped wave of air, bubbling with ruddy flames.
Hua Qingye let out a light eep as he closed his five fingers and condensed a ball of true qi, blocking the sword that Zhang Ruochen had stabbed over.
With a twist of his arm, he dispersed the power condensed on the sword, and at the same time, another palm struck towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen’s legs stomped and jumped up, dodging Hua Qingye’s power.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen retreated far away in a hurry and landed on top of a hall.
At the same time, he struck the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword out and stood dozens of feet away, using the Imperial Sword Art to continuously launch attacks at Hua Qing Ye.
Zhang Ruochen knew very well that he would not be able to do well at all if he fought Hua Qing Ye at close range, as his speed was far inferior to Hua Qing Ye’s, and he could only use the power of the Sword Mind to stand far away and attack.
On top of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, it contained heaven and earth aura, and each sword possessed tremendous power, even if it was just the sword qi that escaped, it still left a terrifying sword mark in the King’s Palace.
Zhang Ruochen and Hua Qingye’s exchange of blows had shattered the rich and magnificent royal palace into a thousand holes.
“Zhang Ruochen was actually able to fight Hua Qing Ye? How is this …… how is this possible ……”
Zhang Tiangui was no longer just shocked, he was even a little desperate.
Zhang Ruochen was like a bottomless pit, no one knew how deep he was, the more powerful martial artists he met, the more power he displayed.
“So what if you’re at the realm of Sword Mind, boy, you’re still far from it.”
Hua Qingye roared, sending the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword flying out with a palm strike, flying up from above the palace city, rushing to Zhang Ruochen’s head, and stomping down.
Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled and immediately raised his arms, gathering the strength of every muscle and bone in his entire body as he struck his palms upwards.
The martial soul that stood behind Zhang Ruochen also made the same posture as Zhang Ruochen and struck both palms into the air.
Using the naked eye that couldn’t even be seen, strands of aura gushed out from the ground, fusing together with the martial soul, causing the strength of the martial soul to gradually climb up, transforming into a giant.
“Rumble!”
As Hua Qingye’s foot fell, the top of the palace cracked and Zhang Ruochen crashed down.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen only felt that above his head, it was like a huge mountain was suppressing him, and in his vision, the entire heaven and earth seemed to shake violently.
When he recovered, he realised that almost all of his body below the waist was plunged into the ground, and his entire body felt like it was falling apart, aching.
In the entire grand hall, the ground was all shattered, the walls collapsed, the tiles broke down, and even that one copper pillar was shaking as if it was about to fall down.
“Cluck!”
Hua Qing Ye stepped on the broken tiles and walked up to Zhang Ruochen, that one single arm was wrapped in true qi, condensing an icy cold aura, and his five fingers were like sharp iron claws.
He stared coldly at Zhang Ruochen and said, “Kid, you are indeed very powerful, much more powerful than all those geniuses and men in the legends, you actually exchanged eleven moves with me with a cultivation at the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen said in a cold voice while secretly gathering his strength, “You think too highly of me!”
Hua Qing Ye said, “Your Martial Soul is quite powerful, much more powerful than even Lao Fu’s Martial Soul, it is only because your cultivation was too weak that you lost to Lao Fu. If you were able to break through to the middle stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm and then display the power of your martial soul, I’m afraid that within a hundred moves, it would be very difficult for even old me to defeat you. What secrets are you hiding in your body? If you tell me, I might be able to spare your life.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “There is no secret in my body.”
Hua Qing Ye’s face sank as he said, “If you don’t have any secrets, can you cultivate into the Sword Heart Tongming, if you don’t have any secrets can you possess such a powerful martial soul? Kid, it’s best to be honest in front of the old man, don’t eat the wine without honouring it.”
To possess such terrifying strength at the early stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm had completely exceeded Hua Qing Ye’s knowledge.
Zhang Ruochen’s body definitely had a huge secret.
It had been twenty years since Hua Qingye had broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm, and although his cultivation was constantly refining, there was no sign of him breaking through to the Fish Dragon Second Transformation.
He knew that his potential had already been exhausted, and it would be impossible for him to make any further progress in this life, unless …… he could encounter a great chance.
Obviously, the chance was right in front of him, right in Zhang Ruochen’s body.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Alright! If you really want to know, it’s not like I can’t tell you, but I have a condition.”
“What condition?”
Hua Qingye’s heart was overjoyed as a burning light appeared in his old eyes, and he couldn’t help but take a step forward.
“Swoosh!”
Right at this moment, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword flew in from outside the hall, transforming into a stream of light and stabbing at Hua Qing Ye’s vest.
Hua Qing Ye’s reaction speed was astonishingly fast, and in just a split second, he immediately sidestepped and stretched out two fingers, pinning the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword kept trembling and emitting sword chirps, but it was simply unable to break free from Hua Qing Ye’s two fingers.
Zhang Ruochen sighed in his heart, Hua Qingye’s martial arts cultivation was too high and his reaction speed was too fast, he secretly mobilised his sword intent to control the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, but even he did not succeed in his sneak attack.
With this situation, even if he were to cast a spatial rift, it would probably be very difficult to injure this old fellow.
What should I do now, should I really unseal the first layer of the Sherpa’s seal?
“Wanting to sneak attack the old man, boy, you are still too young! When old me sneak attacked someone back then, your father was still breastfeeding.”
Hua Qing Ye’s fingers twirled, pinching the hilt of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, taking a look at it, he sighed in admiration, “A good sword, it should have been a Holy Sword, it’s a pity that it’s already broken, and can only be regarded as a Ninth Order True Martial Treasure Weapon now. Zhang Ruochen, I will give you one last chance, if you still refuse to speak, I will have no choice but to use this broken sword to slice the flesh and blood of your body piece by piece and slowly find the answer.”
“If you do that, there is no way you can find the secrets on my body.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “It’s still the same as just now, if you promise me a condition, I can tell you why I am able to possess such a powerful martial soul. And …… it should be an opportunity for you as well.”
“Say it!”
Hua Qingye got careful, worried that Zhang Ruochen would make another sneak attack.
Zhang Ruochen said, “My condition is that you have to help me kill Zhang Tiangui.”
“Kill Zhang Tiangui ……”
Hua Qing Ye stared at Zhang Ruochen and suddenly, laughed out loud, his eyes sank as he said, “Kid, you want to take advantage of old me? Do you think that old me is someone who can be fooled so easily?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “If you think I’m cheating you, there’s nothing you can do about it. However, you have to think clearly, I have now fallen into your hands, you need to raise one hand to kill me, I have no reason to play games with you. Moreover, with my natural talent, I still have a long way to go in the future, if I can survive, why would I choose to die?”
Hua Qing Ye said, “Zhang Tian Gui is now the red man beside the young master of the Black Market One Piece Hall, if I kill him, won’t I be going against the entire Black Market?”
“The young master of the Black Market’s One Piece Hall? Emperor Yi? Don’t you know that he has already had his demonic heart dug out by me, suffered a severe injury, and escaped from the Heavenly Demon Ridge, so maybe he’s already dead halfway there by now.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Impossible, how powerful is Emperor Yi, how could he be seriously injured by you?”Hua Qingye said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “If I hadn’t defeated Di Yi, how could I have left Tong Ming River and appeared here? Besides, with the strength I just displayed, is it true that I am not stronger than Emperor Yi?”
Hua Qing Ye was slightly stunned, and his heart said, “Right, this brat Zhang Ruochen is indeed so powerful and perverted that if Emperor Yi were to fight him, he would have no possibility of winning.
All along, Hua Qing Ye’s mind had been instilled with the notion that Di Yi was the most powerful Heaven’s Pride among his peers, and that no one could possibly be a match for Di Yi. That was why Zhang Ruochen’s power was overlooked.
When he reacted, he realised that with the strength that Zhang Ruochen had just displayed, not to mention Emperor One, even if it was ten Emperors combined, they would not be a match for Zhang Ruochen.
The secret in Zhang Ruochen’s body was a fatal temptation to Hua Qingye.
If he was able to obtain that one secret, then he would be able to ascend to heaven in one step, and in the future, he could even hope to impact the Half Saints, no longer needing to look at Emperor Yi’s face to do his work.
Hua Qing Ye’s one arm was chopped off by the Violet Wind Star Envoy, so he had always harboured a grudge against Emperor Yi and the Seven Fiends Star Envoy, only that his strength was far inferior to the Violet Wind Star Envoy’s, and that was why he could only tolerate it, and he also had to grovel in front of that one junior of Emperor Yi, living like a dog.
Now, since Zhang Ruochen had already severely injured Emperor Yi, and Emperor Yi had most likely left the Heavenly Demon Ridge, the last trace of concern in Hua Qingye’s heart was gone.
Zhang Tiangui, who had lost the shelter of Emperor One, was not even dog farts in Hua Qingye’s eyes. Hua Qing Ye only needed a casual move to crush him to death.
Of course, Hua Qing Ye didn’t completely believe Zhang Ruochen’s words, a gloomy smile appeared in his gaze as he said, “Zhang Ruochen, if you dare to tease old me, you should know what will happen, right?”
“Of course I understand.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Right at this moment, Zhang Tiangui walked in quickly from outside, seeing Zhang Ruochen who was slapped into the ground, his heart was overjoyed as he said flatteringly, “Elder Hua is worthy of being a Fish Dragon Realm Grandmaster, Zhang Ruochen is just a bedbug that can be crushed to death with your old man’s hand in front of him.”
Hua Qing Ye gently turned his head and stared at Zhang Tian Gui, a bizarre smile appearing above that somewhat hideous old face.
