The dragon pearl, soaring up, emitted a bright and dazzling light, like a small golden sun, with a shocking heat that seemed to be able to melt the earth.
As long as the Dragon Pearl was able to strike down the Luang Huan Golden Bell, this area of the sealed city would open. The powerhouses in the 31st city were naturally able to discover that the cultivators from the black market were attacking the Silver Sky Mercenary Group.
Especially the imperial court.
The court of the First Central Empire was abhorrent to the black market, and once they discovered the black market cultivators appearing in the city, they would definitely, at the first opportunity, send their military armies and come to exterminate them.
Seeing that the dragon pearl was about to collide with the Luang Huan golden bell, suddenly, above the dragon pearl, a dry and thin old man wearing a grey robe flew out.
The grey-robed old man seemed to appear out of thin air, incomparably bizarre, as he stepped on the void and ran rapidly, rushing towards the dragon pearl.
A purple crescent moon mark emerged at the centre of his brow.
“Wow!”
A divine power rushed out from the crescent moon seal, transforming into a pillar of light that sent the dragon pearl flying backwards, hitting the ground with a loud boom.
The ground, immediately shook and a huge pit appeared.
The golden flames burned the mud and rocks around the huge pit to melt, turning it into a charred black mirror.
“Someone was actually able to shoot down the Dragon Ball!”
The warriors of the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps, all of their faces changed drastically, as they were able to feel the power of that force just now.
That one grey-robed old man stopped and hung in the void, his body exuding a mountainous aura that condensed into waves of substantial air waves that descended from the sky.
All of the martial artists from the Black Market and the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps were subdued to the point where they fell to their knees.
Only Emperor Yi, the Purple Wind Star Envoy, Silver Moon Linqiao, and a handful of others were still able to remain standing.
Zhang Ruochen immediately called back the Dragon Pearl and held it above his head, continuously pumping his true qi into it, borrowing the power of the Dragon Pearl, and finally, he was able to barely withstand the aura of that one old man.
“YuanYing Old Devil.”
Zhang Ruochen’s face changed as he recognised the grey-robed old man standing in mid-air as the same Black Market Demi-Saint, Yuan Ying, who had rescued Di Yi away from the Tongming River.
The Black Market’s Half-Saint had finally shown up!
Di Yi’s brows furrowed as he clasped his hands and bowed, “Greetings to Elder Yuan Ying.”
“Di Yi, you’ve disappointed the old man, dealing with a mere Silver Sky Mercenary Corps, to think that you would even miss.”Elder Yuan Ying’s voice was somewhat stern.
Although Di Yi was a young lord with a lofty position, he was after all only at the cultivation level of the Heavenly Extreme Realm, and in front of the Half-Saints, he could still only be considered a junior.
This action against the Silver Moon Progenitor was originally a Black Market’s experience for Di Yi and the Seven Deadly Star Envoys. Although, the YuanYing Old Devil was also travelling with them, it was only when they were in danger of their lives that he would step in.
Di Yi didn’t explain too much and said, “Please give me another quarter of an hour, Elder, and I’ll definitely take down Zhang Ruochen and Silvermoon Prosperity.”
“There is no time! The strong men from the Ministry of War, have already arrived, we should leave!”
The Elemental Infant Old Devil coldly stared at Zhang Ruochen and Silver Moon Lincoln and said, “Today, count yourselves lucky.”
“Whew!”
With a wave of his sleeve, a cold hurricane blew in from the eastern sky, sending Zhang Ruochen and the Silver Sky Mercenary Group’s warriors flying.
“Pfft!”
Some of the warriors with lower martial arts cultivation were directly torn apart by the hurricane, turning into pieces of bloody bones.
Zhang Ruochen only felt a heavenly whirlwind, and when he landed on the ground again, the cultivators of the Black Market had all disappeared. On the ground, there were all broken and mutilated corpses.
There were only seventeen Silver Sky Mercenary Corps warriors left alive.
The gorgeous buildings that the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps had once constructed were all in ruins. Those mercenary fighters were dead, injured, and only seventeen fighters with strong cultivation had survived, which could be considered a heavy loss.
Of course, the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps still had many mercenary warriors out on missions, and the warriors lost today were almost equivalent to 30% of the entire mercenary corps’ combat strength.
“They actually escaped!”
Zhang Ruochen squeezed his ten fingers tightly with some regret, if he had been able to kill one or two Star Ambassadors, it would have truly caused the Black Market to feel a meaty pain.
Cultivating one Star Envoy would cost more resources than cultivating a hundred Liuli Knights.
“I clearly saw the Black Market’s Demi-Saints appear just now, so how did they all suddenly disappear again?”Tu Ling carried her sword in the shape of a spirit snake and took a deep breath, her legs still trembling.
Even for an expert of The Heavenly Ranking like her, in front of a half-saint, one would still tremble and still feel incomparable fear.
“It should be the Half-Saint sitting in the thirty-first city that sensed the Silver Sky Mercenary Group’s movement and rushed over, that’s why the Yuan Ying Old Devil had to take the people from the Black Market and flee immediately.”Zhang Ruochen’s heart guessed so.
In the centre of Zhang Ruochen’s eyebrows, a Heavenly Eye emerged and looked at the sky above his head.
He saw two Half-Saint auras, transformed into two pillars of light, fighting while rushing out of the Thirty-First City, and were rapidly moving far away.
The thirty-first city, a city where mercenaries gathered, was not only full of experts, but also full of conflicts and killings, so it was normal for the court to send a Half Saint to sit in the city.
It was just that I didn’t know if that one Half-Saint would be able to keep the Elder Infant Demon?
“Rumble!”
Not long after, a group of soldiers in heavy black armour, riding tall savage beasts, rushed outside the Silver Sky Mercenary Group and surrounded all the intersections of the surrounding streets and alleys.
At the same time, a general clad in a red cloak, riding a fourth-ranked barbarian beast grade barbarian elephant, entered the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps’ martial arts field and exchanged words with Silver Moon Prosperity.
“Silver Moon Regiment Master, the City Lord has asked Mordecai to come and tell you that the Yuan Ying Old Demon has fled with the Black Market’s experts. I am now leading the city guards to start clearing out the black market’s hidden lines placed around the Silver Moon Mercenary Corps.”
Hearing this sentence, Zhang Ruochen sighed.
The Elder Yuan Ying Demon and Emperor Yi, indeed, had escaped again.
Under the Sherri Son’s enchantment, Zhang Ruochen gained great power for a short period of time. However, when he put the Sherri Sons away, a sense of weakness emanated from the marrow of his bones.
That was the side effect that arose from using the Sherri Seed.
Zhang Ruochen took the Dragon Pearl back into his body, no longer listening to the conversation between Silver Moon Lingkong and that one general, sat down on the ground, and began to run his gongfu, toning and healing.
As the true qi flowed throughout his body, gradually, Zhang Ruochen dissolved that wave of weakness.
When Zhang Ruochen reopened his eyes, the city guards of the Thirty-first City, had already withdrawn, capturing a large number of the Black Market’s hidden lines that had been placed around the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps.
Emperor Yi had dared to personally come to the Thirty-first City to deal with the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps, so of course, he had already set it up for a long time.
Each and every one of the hidden lines was one of his pawns.
The city guards had pulled out these dark lines, and had also caused the Black Market to lose a lot of money. In the future, the Black Market’s control in the 31st City would drop by a large margin.
“Zhang Ruochen, thank you for your help, if it wasn’t for you, the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps would definitely be in trouble. In the future, if you are in need, you only need to send someone to pass a message to the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps, even if it means going up a mountain of daggers or down to the sea of fire, Silver Moon LinKong will definitely rush to help.”
Silver Moon LinKong walked to the opposite side of Zhang Ruochen, lowered her proud head, clasped her hands, and bowed to Zhang Ruochen.
She, the wound at the location of her lower abdomen, had completely healed, leaving no scars on her snow-white skin.
Of course, the external wounds, although they were no longer visible. But the internal wounds, however, could not be healed in an instant.
Even if she had cultivated the Liuli Treasure Body, it would take at least three days to recover to her peak state. Of course, it was precisely because she had cultivated the Liuli Treasure Body that she was able to survive such a serious injury.
If it was a different person, she would have been afraid that she would have already broken.
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly said, ”There is no need for you to be polite, Silvermoon Regiment Master, Emperor Yi is not only your enemy, but also mine. In the future, we will have many more opportunities to co-operate.”
This time, although he had used the power of the first layer of the Sheridan Seal, he had also gotten rid of the Blood Spirit King, and moreover, he had made the acquaintance of such a powerful person like Silvermoon Lincoln.
Overall, the gains outweighed the losses.
Emperor Yi had the Seven Deadly Star Envoys and the Glazed Knights by his side, and Zhang Ruochen had so many friends by his side as well, but there were few people who could stand up to the Seven Deadly Star Envoys.
Getting Silver Moon LinKong as an ally, in the future, when fighting with Emperor Yi, Zhang Ruochen would no longer be so lonely.
Silver Moon Lincoln said, “This time, because of you, Emperor Yi’s action failed. He definitely won’t let this go and will definitely send experts to deal with you again. How about this! For the next half a month, Nie Honglou will protect you until you formally enter the Holy Academy and become a Saint.”
After half a month, Zhang Ruochen would be able to formally enter the Sacred Courtyard to cultivate, and even if the Black Market was stronger, it wouldn’t dare to go to the Sacred Courtyard to kill people.
Nie Honglou was the deputy leader of the Silver Sky Mercenary Corps, and he was even a strong Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation, and alone, he could fight against two Liuli Knight Leaders, so it was evident that he was strong.
With him by his side to protect him, as long as he didn’t encounter experts of the level of the Violet Wind Star Envoy and Silver Moon Lincoln, Zhang Ruochen wouldn’t be in any danger.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t just save Silver Moon LinKong, he also saved Nie HongLou, who was of course very grateful to Zhang Ruochen, and he didn’t have any objections when he heard Silver Moon LinKong’s arrangement.
After resting for the night, Zhang Ruochen and Nie Honglou recuperated their injuries.
Early the next morning, they walked out of the 31st City and returned to the 7th City District.
Just after returning to the Seventh Urban District, Zhang Ruochen met the Divine Sword Holy Land’s Foreign Affairs Elder, Lu Youcai.
Lu You Cai’s body was bloated, wearing a gorgeous Dazzling Black Gold Armour, holding a round belly, squinting with a pair of eyes, and had already waited at the Martial Market Stage Hall.
He sat on top of a jade eunuch chair, and when he saw Zhang Ruochen walk in, he immediately stood up and laughed, “Elder brother Zhang, the matter that you entrusted to my brother has come to a head!”
“So soon!”Zhang Ruochen’s face revealed a joyful expression.
Lu Youcai glanced towards Nie Honglou beside Zhang Ruochen, revealing a hint of a different colour, and said, “This, I believe, is the mercenary expert that Elder Brother Zhang went to the Thirty-First City to hire, the one who is the Vice Regiment Leader of the Silver Sky Mercenary Regiment.”
“Nie Honglou.”Nie Honglou said.
Lu Youcai nodded, no longer looking at Nie Honglou, and got back to the point, saying, “Yesterday, Elder Brother Zhang asked me to help him in the Seventh City District, to purchase a mansion. Today, there is someone who wants to transfer a mansion that a Half-Saint used to live in at a low price of just 100 million spirit crystals. Elder brother Zhang, do you want to take a look? The owner of that one Half-Saint’s former residence is a former sage, and she is eager to meet you as well.”
