With Zhang Ruochen’s mental strength, he could completely perceive what was happening a hundred miles away.
It was only that just now, as he was comprehending the Kun Peng Martial Code, he had unknowingly entered a state of deep cultivation, immersing himself fully into the subtleties of martial arts, evolving the martial dao with his martial soul.
It was also because of this reason that he didn’t snap out of it until Huang Yicun escaped in front of him, and his mental energy retreated from the Kun Peng Martial Canon.
“Worthy of being a King Grade Secret Book, just the first layer is so vast and profound.”
Zhang Ruochen exhaled a long breath, feeling as if his Martial Dao had made some more progress.
Just then, Zhang Ruochen sensed a sharp gaze that was staring at him.
Looking towards that eye, his gaze landed right on Huang Yichen’s body, and when he met her eyes, Zhang Ruochen immediately revealed an apologetic smile.
Huang Yichen snorted coldly and said, “Zhang Ruochen, are you deliberately standing idly by, wanting to watch me die in the hands of the indigenous powerhouse, so that you can break the marriage contract as a matter of course?”
Zhang Ruochen was nearby, and with his cultivation, he must have already known that the Evil Wood Palace’s mages were chasing after her, but Zhang Ruochen didn’t immediately go to her rescue, which naturally caused Huang Yichen to be quite infuriated.
Zhang Ruochen sighed, but did not explain, instead, he fixed his gaze on the group of indigenous humans wearing green mage robes that were chasing them from the distance.
That group of natives, which was growing in number, started off with only a dozen or so, and soon gathered more than a hundred people.
They were driving thirteen chariots, driving savage beasts, and holding battle flags, standing just dozens of feet away, not immediately launching an attack.
Obviously, the might of the Demonic Ape had also deterred them, making them not dare to act rashly.
Originally, Huang Yichen was also worried that Zhang Ruochen was not a match for that group of Evil Wood Palace Mages, but after seeing that Zhang Ruochen had actually subdued the Demon Ape, that wave of worry was lessened.
Zhang Ruochen’s current strength was truly unfathomable.
“Master, that’s the Demon Ape from the Black Water Cold Pool, how did it leave the Demon Ape Ridge?”Old Eight said with some shock.
The Black Water Demon Ape, in the entire Five Elements Continent, also had a great ferocious reputation.
“Don’t talk too much, can’t see that the Demon Ape has been subdued.”That one Eldest Senior Brother said solemnly.
“Someone was actually able to subdue the Demon Ape, how terrifying must this person’s strength be?”
Old Eight trembled, his legs shivering uncontrollably.
Qing Mu Dharma King’s eyes shrank, staring towards the young man sitting on the right shoulder of the Demon Ape, his voice hoarse, “My friend, I am the Evil Wood Palace’s Qing Mu Dharma King, and I am in the process of apprehending this woman, so please don’t intervene in this matter, Your Excellency.”
Qing Mu Dharma King wanted to rely on the three words “Evil Wood Palace” to subdue the other party, thus avoiding a vicious battle.
When Venerable Lord Qingmu announced the name of Evil Wood Palace, even those Mages standing behind him slightly straightened their spines, and the look on their faces gained a few more points of pride.
Being the heir of the five great Mage Holy Lands was a remarkable thing in itself.
Zhang Ruochen put the jade book away, stood up, smiled, and said, “You want me to stay out of this matter? Don’t you know that the person you are chasing is none other than my senior sister?”
Huang Yichen rolled his eyes, clearly quite dissatisfied with Zhang Ruochen’s sentence just now.
Elder sister, how could one be more intimate than a fiancée?
Dharma King Qingmu’s eyes turned cold as his mana seeped out from his body, saying, “So you are also an evil demon from outside the domain, since that’s the case, there’s nothing to be said, today, I will get rid of you along with me.”
“Boom!”
Qingmu Dharma King raised his Crystal God Staff and violently struck the ground, and in an instant, on the ground, a bowl-thick vine grew, at first only one metre long, and soon grew to ten metres, twenty metres …… and countless vines, like whips, like chains, attacked at the same time towards Huang Yichen, Zhang Ruochen, and the Devil Ape.
Huang Yichen immediately crossed his holy sword in front of his body, taking a defensive stance.
Zhang Ruochen, however, appeared calm and had no intention of striking.
The Devil Ape roared, stomped his paws, and attacked the Greenwood Dharma King with a punch.
The Greenwood Dharma King waved his Crystal Divine Staff, splitting out thirty-six vines to wrap around the Demonic Ape’s body, like a winding and tumbling green tentacle, quickly wrapping the Demonic Ape in a tightly-knit package.
“Ow!”
On the body of the Demon Ape, an aura of cold ice emanated, spreading out in all directions.
On the ground, the sound of “giggling” and freezing resounded.
Not long after, within a three-mile radius, it was completely sealed by a thick layer of cold ice.
The vast majority of those mages from the Evil Wood Palace were frozen, even their blood and hearts were frozen, and they died.
Only a handful of seventeen people, who had dodged a bullet due to their profound magical power, were also frozen by that wave of cold.
“Boom!”
That one large ball of vines that had wrapped around the Demonic Ape was torn apart by a huge force, turning into a short section of wooden vines that exploded out.
The Devil Ape, rushed out and struck the top of the Greenwood Dharma King’s head with a fist.
The pupils of the Greenwood Dharma King dilated, and he immediately swept his Crystal God Staff across his body, forming a green-coloured guardian barrier five metres in front of him.
“Boom!”
The cyan-coloured barrier was shattered by the Demonic Ape’s punch.
The Greenwood Dharma King flew backward, his pale face, becoming unusually white.
“Quickly set up a combined attack spell formation.”
With a command from the Greenwood Dharma King, sixteen Dharma Masters from the Evil Wood Palace immediately rushed up, moved their feet, and formed a circle, standing in the sixteen directions of the Greenwood Dharma King.
“Boom!”
The sixteen people simultaneously inserted their Crystal God Staffs into the ground, and under the urging of their mana, the sixteen Crystal God Staffs transformed into sixteen formation pillars, each charging up a cyan-coloured pillar of light.
The sixteen pillars of light, towards the Dharma King of the Greenwood in the centre, converged.
The aura on the body of the Greenwood Dharma King continued to climb, and under the impact of a powerful force, the ground under his feet shattered and opened up, forming an odd pattern.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he said to Huang Yichen, “Borrow the Sacred Sword.”
Zhang Ruochen’s two fingers gently shook, and the white Saint Sword, which was originally pinched in Huang Yichen’s hand, flew out of his hand and flew towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Swish!”
Zhang Ruochen released his Martial Soul, and instantly, the aura of heaven and earth transformed into a huge vortex that converged towards the Holy Sword.
The water attribute aura, in particular, surged the fastest and continuously injected itself into the Saint Sword.
A holy power surged out from the sword.
The Holy Sword was in Zhang Ruochen’s hands, and the power that erupted from it was unknown how many times more powerful than if Huang Yichen had grasped the Holy Sword.
“Break!”
Zhang Ruochen controlled the Saint Sword and rushed out, striking the surface of the Combined Attack Spell Formation set up by Dharma King Qing Mu and the sixteen Dharma Masters.
The Combined Attack Spell Formation, which had yet to be fully formed, was struck by the Saint Sword and immediately split into pieces.
“Swish swish!”
A sword qi, flying out from the tip of the holy sword, pierced through the bodies of the seven mages.
They flew out backwards and fell into a pool of blood.
The other nine mages, who were also more or less traumatised by the sword qi, fled in all directions in a sorry state.
They were all at the cultivation level of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, so they were powerful and naturally fled quite quickly, and in the blink of an eye, they had fled hundreds of metres away.
“Trying to escape.”
Huang Yichen immediately chased after one of them, and in a single breath of time, he caught up with that person and slapped his palm down.
“Slap!”
Her palm, striking the top of that person’s head, shattered the skull open.
She then went after another person, and only just caught up to that person’s back when a sword light flew past her first, piercing through that person’s vest.
With a plop, the man flopped forwards and collapsed on the ground, revealing a bowl-sized bloody hole in his back.
“Wow!”
The Holy Sword spun around in midair and flew back into Zhang Ruochen’s hand.
Just a moment ago, Zhang Ruochen had killed eight people in a row and accumulated more than a hundred points of Military Merit Value just by standing still and using the Imperial Sword Technique.
Moreover, since he was using his Martial Spirit to mobilise the aura of the heavens and earth for his own use, he had only consumed thirty percent of his True Essence even when he used the Sacred Sword.
“Worthy of being a Saint Sword, the power that erupts from it is surprisingly so powerful.”
Zhang Ruochen gently stroked the white jade-like sword body with his finger and waved his sword, and the holy sword immediately let out a joyful chirp.
Having reached the Sword Mind, Zhang Ruochen could create an affinity with any sword in the world, and was even able to communicate with the sword and become a best friend.
“What a profound sword dao realm, how wonderful it would be if I could also reach Sword Heart Understanding.”
Huang Yichen had already refined the Sword Heart Pill, and was still a long way away from Sword Heart Passage.
Staring at Zhang Ruochen, who was holding the Holy Sword, Huang Yichen’s heart unexpectedly gave birth to a few moments of admiration, Zhang Ruochen’s natural talent was indeed much higher than hers, giving her a feeling that it was difficult to catch up.
In the other direction, the Devil Ape and the Greenwood Dharma King were still continuing to fight, having already turned a hundred miles, creating a huge noise.
Obviously, the Devil Ape was much more powerful than the Greenwood Dharma King, forcing the Greenwood Dharma King to keep retreating.
“That one young man’s strength is too strong, with just a single sword, he broke through the Combined Attack Formation, if he and the Demonic Ape join forces, I will surely die.”
In the heart of the Greenwood Dharma King, he thought so.
Although, the Greenwood Dharma King was far from being a match for the Demon Ape, he was after all a Mage King and had some cards, so it wasn’t difficult for him to escape.
But now, he was not only facing a Demon Ape as simple as that.
There was also a Zhang Ruochen, standing not far away, staring intently at him. It was almost impossible for him to escape.
“It seems like we can only ask the Evil Wood Palace for help.”
The Greenwood Dharma King backed up sharply, took out a purple scroll and struck it into midair.
Under the urging of the mana, the purple scroll opened up, condensing wood-attribute aura, and with a clattering sound, it rushed up a pillar of light that pierced through the clouds like it was able to rush beyond the Nine Heavens.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, staring at that one purple scroll, felt a most original wood attribute power.
Could it be that that one scroll was refined from one of the five spiritual treasures, the Purple Cloud Sinking Scented Wood?
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to seize it, with a bang, the purple scroll burst, turning into a purple mist that dissipated into the air.
The pillar of light, connecting the ground and the sky, could be clearly seen even when standing thousands of miles away.
