Zhang Ruochen took out the Half-Saint Bone Bead and gave it to Huang Yichen, just in case.
He possessed the Dragon Bead, which had superb defensive capabilities. Although the defence of the Half-Saint Bone Pearl was also powerful, it was dispensable to him.
“The holy sword is on loan to you.”
Huang Yichen reached his hand into his long blue hair and removed the white jade hairpin, handing it to Zhang Ruochen.
“No need, using the Violet Thunder Sword is enough to deal with him.”
Zhang Ruochen acted exceptionally confident and calm, as if he already had a strategy to deal with it.
“Swish!”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King harnessed a cloud of wood-attribute aura and flew through the air, arriving above the heads of Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen. When he saw the corpses of the Greenwood Dharma King and the Evilwood Palace’s crowd of Dharma Masters, a surge of anger erupted from his heart.
“Who the hell are you people? Don’t you know what happens when you go against the Evil Wood Palace?”
Ancestral Heart Dharma King’s voice was infused with magical power, and every word was like a giant thunderclap that shook the aura of the heavens and earth ceaselessly.
Especially Huang Yichen, she only felt pain in her eardrums, as if a divine drum was beating in her ears, causing her whole body’s qi and blood to tumble.
In fact, Huang Yichen’s strength wasn’t weak enough to compete with a martial artist of the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Great Circle, it was only that Ancestral Heart Dharma King’s cultivation was too strong, which was why she was injured by the power of the sound.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the Ancestral Heart Dharma King, who was flying ten feet above the ground, without the slightest bit of fear, and had his own wave of Body Protecting Heavenly Deity to ward off the power of the sound wave. He said, ”With your cultivation level, you are actually able to fly in the air? I see, you have cultivated into a Wood Spirit Treasure Body and are able to harness wood-attribute auras, so even if your cultivation hasn’t reached the Half-Saint realm, you are able to fly off the ground.”
Under normal circumstances, only when one reached the Half-Saint realm could one mobilise Saint Qi and fly through the air.
However, some gifted cultivators who had refined into special physiques could manipulate the aura of heaven and earth and could also fly off the ground.
Both Dharma King Qingmu and Dharma King Zuxin were at the cultivation level of the First Transformation of the Fish Dragon, but Dharma King Zuxin had refined into the Wood Spirit Treasure Body, so his strength, then, far exceeded that of Dharma King Qingmu.
Zhang Ruochen held the Purple Thunder Sword, pulling out a sword flower and pointing it towards the Ancestral Heart Dharma King, saying, “There’s no point in talking more, let’s battle!”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King laughed coldly and said, “Junior, don’t think that just because you killed the Greenwood Dharma King, you will be able to fight with Old Husband. To tell you the truth, with Lao Fu’s strength, to kill the Greenwood Dharma King is just an easy task. To kill you, it’s naturally the same.”
“Root of Heaven and Earth.”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King mobilised wood-attribute aura and gathered it at the tip of the Crystal Divine Staff, pointing it towards the ground, and in an instant, a large, green-coloured tree grew out of the ground.
The trunk, branches, and roots of the large tree grew thicker and thicker, growing into a hundred-metre tall ancient tree.
“Swish swish.”
A single leaf, incomparably sharp, was like a blade leaf, attacking Zhang Ruochen furiously from all directions.
A blood formation with a diameter of nine metres appeared under Zhang Ruochen’s feet, and in the blood formation, nine blood swords, a dragon, and an elephant flew, striking the branches and leaves that flew at him into pieces continuously.
“Boom!”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King swung his crystal staff around, immediately forming a giant wood the thickness of a millstone, which also weighed an unknown number of tens of thousands of kilograms, and struck at Zhang Ruochen.
Explosive sounds rang out as that one giant wood shattered the Blood Formation under Zhang Ruochen’s feet, and the Blood Sword, Blood Dragon, and Blood Elephant completely turned into smoke.
Zhang Ruochen immediately swung his Violet Thunder Sword and slashed straight down, cutting the giant wood, but he was still shaken by that powerful impact, sending him flying back and landing twenty feet away.
“What a powerful force, if I didn’t use the power of my Martial Soul, I definitely wouldn’t be able to block him for ten moves.”
Zhang Ruochen only felt his arm aching, his tiger’s mouth was torn by that force, and blood continuously dripped out.
“So it’s nothing more than that.”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King laughed coldly, with a little more contempt in his heart as he stamped his feet on the ground and chased after Zhang Ruochen.
Wherever his feet stepped through, a metallic-coloured vine would rush out from the dirt, transforming into a battle whip and lashing out at Zhang Ruochen.
“Splat!”
The battle whip, as it lashed in the air, instantly sent out a large shower of sparks.
If it were to whip on a person’s body, one could imagine how much trauma it would cause.
“Hundred weapons, the whip technique specialises in breaking sword techniques, boy, where else do you want to escape to?”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King controlled eighteen battle whips and simultaneously lashed at Zhang Ruochen, blocking all of Zhang Ruochen’s retreats, and no matter which direction he dodged in, he would be struck by the whips.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen chopped off three battle whips in a row, but he didn’t dodge them after all.
Only two snapping sounds could be heard as two of the battle whips, striking his chest, pierced through the protective heavenly deity.
Zhang Ruochen threw himself away and was about to fall into the river, when suddenly, a stream of true qi transformed into wind power, exhaling from the pores of his body, gently holding his body in place.
His body, like a leaf, landed lightly on the surface of the river, and his toes made a point on the water surface, extending a circle of ripples.
Zhang Ruochen looked towards his chest, only to see that the specially refined silver-coloured martial robe on his body had been pierced through by the Battle Whip, leaving behind two whip marks, and the skin underneath could be clearly seen.
However, with the Dragon Pearl protecting his body, Zhang Ruochen was not injured.
“Haha! Kid, suffer death!”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King took advantage of the situation and jumped up, rushing towards Zhang Ruochen who was standing on the surface of the water, wanting to deal a fatal blow to Zhang Ruochen.
He did not know that the reason why Zhang Ruochen did not use the power of his Martial Soul was because he wanted to lure him here.
Seeing the Ancestral Heart Dharma King who was flying over, the corner of Zhang Ruochen’s mouth slightly hooked as he began to mobilise his spiritual power.
“Boom!”
Just when the Ancestral Heart Dharma King was halfway through his flight, the water below him suddenly surged with a huge bubble that exploded, and the Demonic Ape rushed out of the water in a hurry, striking the Ancestral Heart Dharma King’s chest with a single punch.
“Puh!”
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King spat out blood from his mouth, and half of the bones in his entire body broke with a clicking sound.
The power of the Devil Ape, how powerful it was, one punch sent the Ancestral Heart Dharma King flying two hundred metres into the sky above.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen, who was standing on the surface of the water, had already mobilised his spiritual power completely, extending a finger and pointing it towards the sky.
A purple thunderbolt, like an electric dragon, flew across the sky and struck the body of the Ancestral Heart Dharma King.
“Boom!”
In an instant, the lightning struck the body of the Ancestral Heart Dharma King and pierced through.
The Ancestral Heart Dharma King burned up like a lantern, and when it landed on the ground, it had already been transformed into a burning piece of charred black flesh and blood.
“Ow!”
The Devil Ape stood on the bank of the great river and roared explosively, shaking the entire surface of the river and causing the water to tumble.
Zhang Ruochen’s arm reached out and caught that one Crystal God Staff that fell from mid-air, and with the luck of his hands, he snapped the Crystal God Staff into two with a bang.
Within this one Crystal God Staff, there was indeed a small section of Purple Cloud Sunken Incense Wood as well, weighing roughly half a kilogram.
Putting away the Purple Cloud Sunken Incense Wood, Zhang Ruochen stepped on the waves and returned to the shore, joining up with Huang Yichen.
“The Evil Wood Palace lost two Mage Kings in a row, and it definitely won’t let up. It is said that the Evil Wood Palace’s Palace Master is an extremely powerful character, definitely more than just the Fish Dragon First Transformation realm, we’d better leave this place quickly.”Huang Yichen said with some concern.
Both the Greenwood Dharma King and the Ancestral Heart Dharma King were only at the Fish Dragon First Transformation realm, so their strength wasn’t too strong.
Of course, the Ancestral Heart Dharma King had cultivated into the Wood Spirit Treasure Body, so even if he fought with cultivators of the Fish Dragon Second and Third Transformations, he wouldn’t be at a disadvantage.
The reason why Zhang Ruochen was able to kill him was also because he and the Demonic Ape had sneak attacked him first before he was able to succeed in one fell swoop.
If not, Zhang Ruochen might not have been able to leave him behind even if he used the power of his Martial Soul and then teamed up with the Demonic Ape.
That Palace Master of the Evil Wood Palace was by no means as simple as the cultivation level of the First Change of Fish and Dragon, and moreover, had definitely cultivated into the Wood Spirit Treasure Body as well.
One realm higher was an exponential difference.
Even if the Evil Wood Palace’s Palace Master was only at the cultivation level of Fish Dragon Second Transformation, it was not something that Zhang Ruochen could resist right now.
A wise light appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as he said, ”It’s true that we don’t need to fight hard against the Evil Wood Palace’s Palace Master, however, the Evil Wood Palace’s Purple Cloud Sunken Fragrance Wood must be seized. I have an idea in my mind that I can try.”
“What idea?”Huang Yichen said.
Zhang Ruochen revealed a hint of a smile and took out the two Crystal God Staffs that were broken off by the Greenwood Dharma King and the Ancestral Heart Dharma King and said, “As long as we lure the Evil Wood Palace’s Palace Master, out of the Evil Wood Palace, and make a move to transfer the tiger away from the mountain, wouldn’t we have a chance to seize the Purple Cloud Sunken Fragrant Wood?”
Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen sat on the shoulders of the Devil Ape and arrived at a city 500 miles away from the Evil Wood Palace, Wind Spirit City.
The indigenous strongmen in Wind Spirit City, who had reached the cultivation level of Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle or above, were almost killed cleanly by the talented students of the Martial City Palace.
After losing these strongmen, the entire Wind Spirit City turned into a chaotic city, losing the rule of law, order, and morality, and murder and arson could be seen everywhere.
Of course, there were also some people who lived quite comfortably, like earth emperors, eating the best meat, drinking the best wine, and hugging the most beautiful women.
For example, Chang Qi Qi and Si Xingkong.
When Zhang Ruochen was at the City Lord’s Mansion and saw Chang Qi Qi and Si Xingkong, the two of them were living a life of paper and gold.
Beside Chang Qi Qi, there was a large group of servants surrounding him, moreover, the vast majority of them were young and beautiful women, some of them were sitting in his arms offering kisses and laughing playfully; some of them were kneeling on his left and right sides, constantly sending glasses of wine over to them; and there were also some women with excellent figures dancing in sexy coloured clothes.
Si Xingkong was sitting on the other side, with thirty-six huge wine vats placed around him, savouring all kinds of fine wines with indescribable enjoyment.
Being strong, no one dared to disrespect them or provoke them.
“Boom!”
The Devil Ape punched the gate of the City Lord’s Mansion and sent it flying, just like two large pieces of iron, landing in front of Chang Qi Qi with a loud clanging sound, causing those beautiful women surrounding Chang Qi Qi to scream in fear.
“What person?”
From Chang Qi Qi’s body, a powerful true qi emanated, sending those women flying out, and with his hand pressing on the hilt of his sword, he stood up boldly.
With his hands behind his back, Zhang Ruochen walked in from outside the main door and laughed, “You two, you really know how to enjoy yourselves, are you planning to stay in the Five Elements Market Realm for the rest of your lives?”
