“Zhang Ruochen, with your strength alone, you also want to fight against the Sacred Sect Valves, floating weeds shaking a big tree, you don’t know what you’re doing.”
Xu Qing’s hands were behind his back, dignified and powerful as he stared at Zhang Ruochen below and snorted coldly.
Xu Qing, Zuo Feng Bone, Shen Yuntong, and the heir to the Hei Sacred Sect Valve, the four of them stood on top of the fiftieth step of the Heavenly Staircase, each one of them exuding a scorching holy light, their auras overpowering, as if they were the four kings of the youths.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t change his colour as he stood up again, wiping the blood from the corners of his mouth, his body stood straight, and the strength of his entire body, in a split second, completely condensed into the Sea of Qi.
“Puffing!”
The first ten thousand drops of true essence, coalesced successfully.
Ten thousand drops of true essence, suspended in the sea of qi, exuded a turquoise-coloured light, and two by two, they collided with each other.
The amount of true essence gradually became less.
The volume of each drop of true essence, continuously grew larger.
At the end of the day, in the sea of qi, there were only two clusters of true essence left. Each mass was the size of a round pearl, radiant with light, rotating around each other, and the distance between them was constantly drawing closer.
“Boom!”
The two balls of true essence collided together and coalesced into a pigeon egg sized ball of liquid true essence.
Just as the True Element ball coalesced into shape, Zhang Ruochen’s pores all over his body opened completely, crazily absorbing the spiritual qi between heaven and earth.
“Hohoho!”
Above the Pilgrimage Heavenly Staircase, strands of spiritual qi converged towards Zhang Ruochen, transforming into a gigantic spiritual qi vortex, forcing the heirs of the four great sects to retreat, fearing that they would be caught in the vortex.
“What’s the situation? Zhang Ruochen is actually going to break through his realm on top of the Pilgrimage Heavenly Stairs?”
Xu Qing’s face stared as he said, “We can’t let him break through the realm, strike together.”
After saying this, Xu Qing struck out first, once again inspiring the Blazing Feather Wings, his entire body was wrapped in flames, like a huge golden fireball, crushing towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Wuji Sacred Hand.”
The Hei Sacred Sect’s heir mobilised her true qi and raised one of her left hands, her arm completely sanctified, every inch of her skin radiating a light brighter than the blazing sun.
Inside her body, holy blood awakened, and although she had only cultivated one holy hand and failed to cultivate a holy body, the power of that one holy hand was extremely powerful, allowing her to strike out ten times her own strength.
A palm struck out, and in the air, loud sounds of wind and thunder resounded.
The power of the palm, like a wild wind and waves, impacted towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Hegemony Saint Fist Technique.”
When Shen Yuntong received the inheritance of the Hegemony Saint, his blood felt like it was boiling all over his body, and his body continued to expand as his body emitted “crackling and popping” sounds.
A moment later, he transformed into a five-metre tall giant, and in his nostrils, he exhaled two tubes of white gas.
On the surface of his body, a muscle like a steel bar protruded. A pair of fists, as big as facepans, contained infinite power.
The blood of the Hegemonic Saint was reviving, and although it hadn’t transformed into a Saint Body, it could be considered a Half Saint Body.
The only one who had not yet made a move was Zuo Feng Bone, who was wearing an alchemist’s robe, still standing on the sidelines and watching, but also secretly condensing his power, as if he was ready to strike a spiritual attack at any time, giving Zhang Ruochen a fatal blow.
At the bottom of the Pilgrimage Heavenly Stairs, all of those trainees were stunned and dumbfounded, the strengths displayed by the heirs of the Sage Clan were all too powerful, each one of them was like a heavenly god descending from the heavens.
“With their strength, any one of them is a dragon and phoenix amongst men, and they have even joined forces to deal with a single Zhang Ruochen. I see that any one of them has the strength to fight against Zhang Ruochen.”
“What do you know? Zhang Ruochen is at the critical moment of breaking through the realm, if he breaks through the barrier, he is going to enter a brand new realm and cross another step. Xu Qing and the others certainly can’t let Zhang Ruochen succeed, otherwise, even if the three of them join forces, they are afraid that they won’t be able to suppress Zhang Ruochen.”
Only Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists would understand how difficult it was to break through realms, and that every realm was a barrier. Even the mid and late stages of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, which were the easiest to break through, required a great deal of time to accumulate.
Just as Xu Qing’s attack was about to land on Zhang Ruochen’s body ……
A radiant green-coloured true qi glow emanated from Zhang Ruochen’s body.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s arms stretched out, and the tendons and bones of his entire body seemed to be connected as one, and two true qi flying dragon silhouettes surfaced as they slapped out at the same time.
Xu Qing also struck out his double palms, but his palms had only just come into contact with Zhang Ruochen when he felt an incomparably powerful force coming from his arms, and his body flew backwards uncontrollably.
When Xu Qing landed on the ground, he only felt that his arms were completely unconscious and his entire body was soft, as if his soul was detached from his body.
Not good.
Xu Qing hastily mobilised his true qi, surging out from the sea of qi, through the meridians and flowing throughout his body.
With the nourishment of the true qi, the body gradually regained consciousness, and a sharp pain came from all the limbs and bones. Obviously, that hard touch just now caused his body to suffer a heavy blow.
“How did he …… suddenly become so powerful, could it be that his realm has really broken through?”
Xu Qing’s face changed as he felt the pressure increase in vain.
Was Zhang Ruochen after his realm breakthrough still something that the few of them could deal with?
Zhang Ruochen had indeed crossed into the late stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, and without waiting for him to continue digesting the powerful force brought about by the realm breakthrough, Shen Yuntong and the Hei Sacred Sect Valve’s heir had already attacked.
The heir of the Hei Sacred Sect Valve struck a holy hand, and as her fingers turned, countless hand shadows appeared in the void.
Each hand seemed to carry mountains of holy power, both unpredictable and infinitely powerful.
“Wow!”
In the centre of Zhang Ruochen’s brow, a Heavenly Eye emerged, precisely seeing that one real hand of hers.
As a result, Zhang Ruochen’s right hand, snapping forward, grabbed the Hei Sacred Gate Valve Heir’s wrist, clasped her meridians, and dragged it forward.
The Xi Sacred Gate Valve Heir’s face changed as her body flew out towards Zhang Ruochen uncontrollably.
Zhang Ruochen grabbed her wrist, his five fingers almost piercing into the flesh and blood of his wrist, and with a quick swing of his arm, he lifted her body and fiercely slammed it on top of the Heavenly Stairs.
“Boom!”
The body of the Hei Sacred Sect Valve Heir hit hard against the heavenly ladder, the sound of bones breaking resounded within her body, and a low, miserable scream came out of her mouth.
She lay on the ground, unable to move, her body trembling as blood flowed from the corners of her mouth.
Zhang Ruochen let go of her hand and took a step forward, meeting Shen Yuntong head on.
At this moment, Shen Yuntong’s body was five metres tall, resembling a man and a beast, with huge bones and fists that were like hammers, each punch looked like it was capable of opening mountains and cracking the ground.
“Boom Boom!”
The sound of a dragon’s roar resounded within Zhang Ruochen’s body as he continuously struck out his palms, dueling hard with Shen Yuntong.
Shen Yuntong himself was born with divine strength, and after receiving the Hegemony Saint Inheritance, his strength was even more terrifying.
In the same realm, no one had ever been able to block one of his punches.
Right now, Zhang Ruochen was one realm lower than him, yet he completely suppressed him in terms of power, beating him back constantly.
Even Zhang Ruochen didn’t notice that as he kept on striking out his palms, his hands had turned into golden dragon claws, growing a piece of dragon scale.
Moreover, those golden dragon scales were continuously spreading to his shoulders, head, chest, abdomen, and legs, and a moment later, Zhang Ruochen’s body unexpectedly transformed into a golden dragon that was more than ten feet long.
“Ow!”
A stone-cold dragon roar rang out, and even the Pilgrimage Heavenly Stairs seemed to vibrate.
In the holy hall, all of those half saints were shocked beyond measure, and one of them stood up boldly and blurted out, “That’s the …… legendary Divine Dragon Transformation ……”
Only a human martial artist who had refined a Saint level dragon pearl would be able to perform this mastery.
With a body of flesh and blood, he transformed into the body of a divine dragon.
“Strike together, we must suppress Zhang Ruochen.”
Xu Qing reacted from his initial shock and attacked Zhang Ruochen once again, unleashing his overwhelming mastery, throwing out eighty-one punches in a row, as if he had transformed into eighty-one silhouettes and threw punches at the same time.
The Hei Sacred Clan’s heir also rolled over and struck the top of the heavenly ladder with her palm, which immediately cracked and splattered countless amounts of blood.
As she operated her gong method, the blood on her palm, burned.
“Wow!”
On her arm, on her fingers, and in the palm of her hand, a white inscription appeared, like a white thread pattern that surged out from her arm and filled her entire body.
What she had executed was a secret technique, and by using this secret technique, she could mobilise the power of her holy hands, spreading her entire body, and within a short period of time, she erupted with power at the level of a holy body.
In other words, she was now a pseudo Saint Body.
Shen Yuntong also had a mastery, and at this moment, he also cast it out and attacked Zhang Ruochen.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen transform into a golden dragon, Zuo Feng Bone, who had been standing on the sidelines, also began to strike.
He was a Spiritual Power Master, so instead of attacking Zhang Ruochen directly, he slowly raised an arm and pointed towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Wow!”
The spiritual qi of the heaven and earth shook for a moment and immediately transformed into a wisp of flame, converging into a ball of fire that hovered in the void.
Those embers, like the lights of ten thousand homes, were dotted with stars that coalesced with each other to form a huge fire phoenix that stretched out its two sharp claws and attacked the golden dragon that Zhang Ruochen had transformed into.
Standing at the bottom of the heavenly ladder and looking upwards, one could only see a golden dragon and a fire phoenix battling it out, emitting rumbling and vibrating sounds.
At the same time, the giant that Shen Yuntong had transformed into, holding a giant axe condensed by true qi, was also slashing the golden dragon.
The Hei Sheng Sect’s heir, suspended in the void as if she was a Nine Heavenly Xuan Maiden, struck out a pillar of light from her fingertips, striking at the golden dragon’s body.
The mastery that Xu Qing had unleashed transformed into eighty-one silhouettes, completely wrapping the golden dragon in the centre, some striking out fist techniques, some striking out palm techniques, and some unleashing sword techniques.
The four great masters, each displaying their abilities, fought with a golden dragon.
“Boom Boom!”
The golden dragon kept striking out claw marks and flew round in the void, and the heirs of the four great sects, all of them spat blood from their mouths and flew backwards.
“Wow!”
That one golden dragon let out a long whistle and turned into a golden aura, falling back down to the heavenly ladder and condensing into a human figure.
It resumed its human form.
Zhang Ruochen took two deep breaths and looked at his hands with some astonishment, surprisingly …… executing the Divine Dragon Transformation, even he himself found it unbelievable.
One must know that the Divine Dragon Transformation was a Ghost Grade Upper Grade martial skill.
Even if a martial artist had refined the Dragon Pearl, he still had to cultivate this martial skill in order to transform into a dragon.
However, Zhang Ruochen had never cultivated the Divine Dragon Transformation before he directly transformed into a golden dragon during the battle, beating all the heirs of the four Saint Sects to the ground.
What in the world was going on?
“I just fought with the heir of the Shen Sage Clan and used the ‘Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm’, could it be that this set of palms is related to the Divine Dragon Transformation, and so, when I performed the palms, I unintentionally stimulated some sort of power, and that’s why I transformed into a dragon?”
In fact, Zhang Ruochen’s guess was not wrong, because, the Divine Dragon Transformation, this martial skill, was a martial skill created by a Saint, who had learnt from the ninth palm of the Dragon Elephant Like Palm, ‘Born Scale and Transformed Dragon’.
Therefore, the Divine Dragon Transformation and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm actually had some common origins.
When fighting, Zhang Ruochen had a very small probability of activating the power of the Divine Dragon Transformation. As for how small that probability was, it was unknown, perhaps one in a hundred, perhaps one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand.
