Having made his decision, Zhang Ruochen immediately set off and rushed to the Divine Sword Holy Land.
The Divine Sword Holy Land, which was also located in the Golden Rainbow Continent of the Eastern Sacred City, was separated from the Seventh Urban District by a long distance, however, with Zhang Ruochen’s current speed, it only took half a day before he arrived outside the mountain gate of the Divine Sword Holy Land.
Each of the eighteen spiritual mountains had steep mountains, many cliffs and walls, and many deep valleys and secret mansions built into them.
Standing at the bottom of the mountain, he looked towards the holy land.
The mountains were surrounded by white mist, and the spiritual qi was vast, as if it was the secluded place of the immortals.
It was not the first time Zhang Ruochen had come to the Divine Sword Sacred Land, and the disciples guarding the mountain gate had long received instructions from above that when they saw Zhang Ruochen, they must treat him with courtesy and treat him as a guest.
“Sir Zhang, please wait here for a few moments first, I will now report to the Foreign Affairs Elders in the Holy Land.”A disciple wearing a dazzling black robe cupped his fists and bowed to Zhang Ruochen before immediately rushing towards the top of the Spirit Mountain.
A moment later, a young girl’s laughter rang out, gradually becoming clearer from far away.
Lu Xuan stepped on the ground with her toes as if she was travelling on the wind, and soon appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s line of sight, calling out from afar, “Zhang Ruochen, you can be considered to have come to the Divine Sword Sacred Ground again, my brother has been waiting for you for many days.”
As Lu Xuan approached, a faint fragrant breeze came to the face.
Afterwards, Lu Flipping Sky descended from the sky and landed on the ground with a loud bang, standing upright opposite Zhang Ruochen with a cold and arrogant gaze, filled with battle intent.
In his hand, he cupped a long sword inlaid with golden silk patterns, four feet long, with a wide and thick body, and even without injecting true qi, it exuded a piercing golden light, it was actually a eleventh rank True Martial Treasure Artifact grade battle sword.
“Zhang Ruochen, draw your sword!”
Lu Flipping Sky held the hilt of the sword in his hand, and with a backhand turn, the tip of the sword struck the ground with an explosive sound.
In doing so, he had performed a starting move called “Landing on the Ground”.
Zhang Ruochen was a bit surprised and asked curiously, “Brother Lu, have I offended you in any way?”
Lu Tiantian did not say anything.
Lu Xuan stood by the side, her beautiful eyes dripping as she laughed, “My brother is unconvinced in his heart, that’s why he challenged you.”
Zhang Ruochen became even more puzzled and said, “Why is he unconvinced?”
With a quirky look, Lu Xuan sighed, “The female Sacred Script Talent in his heart evaluated you as one of the six kings of the new generation. He, on the other hand, who is known as the ‘Little Bully of Tumbling Heaven and Earth, who fights all over the Eastern Region’, but was ignored by the Sacred Book Talented Lady, and was not ranked amongst the freshmen kings, must be very jealous in his heart, must be very upset, and must want to find someone to prove his strength.”
Lu Flipping Sky glared at Lu Xuan, his heart even more displeased.
Lu Xuan was clearly his own sister, yet she was always withdrawing from him and helping outsiders. Was there such a dear sister?
Zhang Ruochen revealed a thoughtful expression and said, ”Why challenge me? Why not challenge Bu Qianfan and Emperor Yi?”
Lu Xuan laughed out loud again and said, “My brother has already been to the military camp and fought with Bu Qianfan once, the two of them fought for a day and a night, and in the end, it was a no contest.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “In that case, Brother Lu’s strength is indeed extraordinary, enough to be on par with a Freshman King. The Sacred Book Talented Lady didn’t rank you among the Freshman Kings, perhaps because she doesn’t understand your true strength.”
Lu Flipping Sky’s face, became a little unnatural.
“Haha!”
Lu Xuan laughed her head off and said, “Zhang Ruochen, you don’t know that at that time, my brother was at the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Middle Extremity Cultivation, while Bu Qianfan had only just broken through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Small Extremity Cultivation. The two actually only fought to a draw, I even felt ashamed for him.”
Lu Tiantian chortled, “What do you know? Bu Qianfan has reached the supreme extreme realm of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and was originally one realm more than normal people. Therefore, that battle between me and him can only be considered a same realm encounter.”
“Cut!”
Lu Xuan wasn’t afraid of Lu Tiantian in the slightest and continued to tear down the stage, saying, “Bu Qianfan was able to cultivate to the Yellow Extreme Realm’s Supreme Extreme Realm, that’s because of his high talent, deep perseverance, the ability to suffer and the willingness to bleed, that’s why he was able to have one more realm than others. Any way you put it, that’s also the reward after hard work.”
“Brother, it’s not that I’m undermining you, there’s really a huge gap between you and Bu Qianfan, at least you wouldn’t have been able to cultivate a Supreme Extreme Realm.”
Lu Tiantian tightly squeezed his ten fingers, making a cackling sound as he tried to hold back his anger, saying, “You think the Supreme Extreme Realm is so easy to cultivate? I was only a thread away from the Supreme Extreme Realm at the Yellow Extreme Realm, Xuan Extreme Realm, and Earth Extreme Realm.”
“A thread of difference, after all, is a difference.”Lu Xuan said.
Lu Tiantian said, “I have already broken through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm’s Great Extreme Position, and if I were to fight again, within ten moves, I would be able to defeat Bu Qianfan.”
Lu Xuan said, “You are progressing, and so are others. As far as I know, some time ago, all the major Sage Sect Valves were vying for the right to manage the Five Elements Market Realm. In the end, the Step Sage Sect won the fight and became the master of the Five Elements Ruins Realm.”
“It is said that the Bu Sacred Sect Valve obtained several types of Five Elemental Origin Spiritual Treasures in the Five Elemental Ruins Realm. If Bu Qianfan refined the Origin Spirit Treasure, his martial cultivation would definitely increase a lot as well, and he might have already refined some sort of Treasure Body.”
Zhang Ruochen really couldn’t stand their two siblings’ bickering for a bit and said, “Brother Lu, Miss Lu, I still have important matters to pay my respects to the Divine Sword Holy Land’s Foreign Affairs Elder, so I’ll take my leave.”
“Swish!”
Lu Faulty moved out horizontally and stood in front of Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, today, you must fight me, don’t even think of making excuses to leave.”
Zhang Ruochen frowned and said, “Must we fight?”
“Of course.”Lu Flipping Sky said.
Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment and said, “Since it has to be a battle, of course I’m happy to accompany you, however, it’s not now. The time and place must be chosen by me.”
Lu Tiantian was also quick, saying, “You tell me.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Three days later, in the Seventh City District, the Celestial Battle Stage of the Martial Market Chambers, we will have a fair and just duel in front of all the martial artists in the world.”
Lu Tiantian finally understood Zhang Ruochen’s intentions and laughed, “When I didn’t break through the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Great Extremity Position, I accumulated seventy-four thousand eight hundred points of Military Merit Values in the Heavenly Ranking List, after being ranked at the three hundred thousandth position. If you are able to defeat me at the Heavenly Battle Stage, you will be able to replace my ranking and at the same time reach seventy-four thousand eight hundred points of military merit value. Is this your aim?”
“That’s right.”
Zhang Ruochen said frankly, “If I didn’t have a purpose, why would I waste my effort to fight with you?”
“Good! I’m very much looking forward to defeating you on top of the Heavenly Battle Stage, so this battle is settled!”Lu Tiantian said.
Killing enemies in the Market Realm Battlefield and accumulating military merit values wasn’t the only way to be able to enter The Heavenly Ranking.
Any Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist who won ten matches in a row at the Heavenly Extremity Battle Stage in the Martial Market Chambers would be able to earn ten thousand points of military merit value and become a 《Heavenly Ranking》 martial artist.
Of course, a lower ranked 《Tian List》 martial artist could also challenge a higher ranked 《Tian List》 martial artist at the Heavenly Rank Battle Stage, and as long as they won, they would be able to replace their opponent’s ranking and military merit value.
