Everyone present had witnessed how strong Huang Shenyi was.
Even someone as strong as Xun Long had only forced Huang Shenyi back one step, and ultimately lost to Huang Shenyi.
Originally, he thought that with Zhang Ruochen’s strength, he wouldn’t be able to block a single move from Huang Shenyi.
However, he did not expect that Zhang Ruochen’s strength was so powerful that he stood still and was able to injure Huang Shenyi just with the power of the Sword Dao.
Someone sighed, “It can truly be said that there is a mountain of strength, and a mountain is still higher than a mountain.”
On the viewing platform, both Duanmu Xingling and Huang Yichen breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Duanmu Xingling’s five slender jade fingers gently touched her pointed chin, her round eyes revealing a few strange looks, “Zhang Ruochen’s strength has actually reached such a level, no wonder he is acting so confident.”
If it was in the past, Duanmu Xingling was very confident that she would definitely be able to defeat Zhang Ruochen only by unleashing her sealed power.
However, now, she felt that even if she unlocked the seal and exploded her full strength, it was likely that she would not be a match for Zhang Ruochen.
“He’s surprisingly this strong,” Orange Moon Star Envoy was a little lost in thought, staring at Zhang Ruochen in amazement.
Half a month ago, Zhang Ruochen’s strength was a bit weaker than even Pei Ji.
In just half a month’s time, he had reached a height that rivalled Huang Shenyi.
Zhang Ruochen claimed that he was going to the Wood Essence Market Realm to do a great thing, could it be that it was precisely because of that one great thing that his strength had skyrocketed?
The Orange Moon Star Envoy’s emotions were quite complicated.
The stronger Zhang Ruochen was, the harder it would be for her to escape. Right now, the Orange Moon Star Envoy could only hope that just now, Huang Shenyi had only been gullible, and that was why he had been repelled.
Huang Shenyi had obtained the Xuanwu’s inheritance, so he could definitely reverse the battle.
The sixth in the Heavenly Ranking, Zhuang Tingtian, revealed a look of awe and said, ”At the Heavenly Extremity Realm, he has reached the middle stage of Sword Mind Understanding, Zhang Ruochen deserves to be a Sword Dao wizard. Anyone amongst his contemporaries who competes with him in a sword match would probably not be able to escape defeat. For Huang Shenyi to be able to battle him in the current situation is already quite good.”
Xun Long snorted coldly and said, “This Buddha Emperor’s heir is indeed unrivalled in his attainments in the Dao of the Sword. However, Huang Shenyi’s strength is not only manifested above the sword dao.”
“Where Huang Shenyi is truly powerful is his talent in formations. Coupled with Xuanwu’s inheritance, Huang Shenyi is practically flawless.”
“Even if the Buddha Emperor’s heir’s sword dao was superior, would it be able to break through Xuanwu’s defences?”
Zhuang Tingtian also nodded and said, “If, Huang Shenyi didn’t have Xuanwu’s inheritance, he would have lost today’s battle. Since he has Xuanwu’s inheritance, he is already in an undefeatable position, his chances of winning, at least 80%.”
On the battle stage.
Huang Shenyi put away his contempt, and with a pair of eyes, he stared at Zhang Ruochen tightly, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, it seems that I have truly underestimated you, with the strength that you have displayed, it can already make me get serious about fighting you.”
“Oh! Your strength, too, is not bad. However, your heart, however, is a bit worse than Emperor Yi’s… Today, I’m afraid that you will lose.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Huang Shenyi hated it when people compared him to Di Yi, and in his heart, a nameless fire arose.
Huang Shenyi’s left palm, pushed forward, and in the centre of his palm, a black hole presented itself.
If someone were to look closely, they would realise that around the black hole, there was a wisp of wind energy swirling and flowing.
“Swish! Swish!”
A series of six three-foot long golden swords, from their palms, flew out and hung in the void, surrounding Zhang Ruochen in the centre, forming a sword formation.
“Xuanwu God Execution Sword Formation.”
From Huang Shenyi’s palm, six channels of true qi flew out, hitting each of the six golden swords.
The six golden swords were all saint artefacts, and under the urging of the true qi, on the surface of the swords, an inscription pattern emerged.
All the inscription patterns flew out, intertwining with each other like a spider’s web and converging together to form the silhouette of a gigantic Xuanwu.
Looking from afar, the image seen was like a huge Xuanwu, lying on top of the Heaven Grade Battle Platform, its huge body completely pressing the platform underneath.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen was also being pressed underneath the Xuanwu’s silhouette.
“Huang Shenyi actually has six Saint Weapon grade golden swords, so it seems that he has truly obtained Xuanwu’s inheritance. I also wonder, apart from the six holy swords, what other unimaginable treasures did he obtain?”
“Originally, Huang Shenyi’s attainments in formations were extremely high, and now, with the help of the six holy swords, his battle prowess is even higher. Zhang Ruochen won’t be able to turn any waves even if his sword dao is even more brilliant!”
Even some Half-Saint clans only had one Saint Weapon as a clan-suppressing treasure.
Huang Shenyi, however, had taken out six holy swords in a row, which indeed made people both envious and jealous, and at the same time, somewhat fearful. For Huang Shenyi who possessed so many Saint Weapons, who else would not be able to be his opponent in the same realm?
Under the suppression of the Xuanwu Shadow, Zhang Ruochen’s body trembled violently, as if a huge iron mountain had pressed down on him, and it was as if the bones in his entire body were going to be crushed.
“Zhang Ruochen, if you can force me to use the Xuanwu God Execution Sword Formation, even if you die on top of the battle stage, it is already quite remarkable.”Huang Shenyi laughed coldly, his face becoming hideous.
He immediately mobilised his spiritual energy and merged it into the black holy sword in his hand. Afterwards, using the holy sword as a pen, he carved formation inscriptions on the outer edges of the sword formation.
As the formation inscriptions became more and more complicated, the power of the sword formation continued to climb.
The shadow of the Xuanwu became more and more solid, just like a real Xuanwu that had travelled through time and space from the ancient Mangwu period to the top of the battle platform, giving people an oppressive and suffocating feeling.
Even the crowd on the battle stage could feel the pressure that came over them, making their legs tremble.
At the top of the Heavenly Ranking Stone Monument, Sacred Book Talented Lady’s eyes sank as she said, “In the face of the Xuanwu God-Exorcising Sword Formation, Zhang Ruochen is actually still not admitting defeat?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden wasn’t looking down on Zhang Ruochen, instead, she was quite favourable to Zhang Ruochen, and had already recorded Zhang Ruochen’s name on top of the scroll long ago.
That’s why she didn’t want a genius like Zhang Ruochen to die on the battle stage.
If you can admit defeat, why must you insist?
There was no need to worry about the green hills.
The Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit laughed, “Zhang Ruochen’s character seems to be easygoing, but in reality, in his heart, he is quite proud, so how could he possibly admit defeat?”
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden sighed, “It’s just a pity that the Xuanwu Divine Execution Sword Formation is too powerful for a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist to resist. Could it be that one can only watch him die inside the sword formation?”
“That may not be the case.”The Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit said.
The Holy Book Talented Lady’s expression moved as she said, “Could it be that Senior knows that Zhang Ruochen has other cards?”
The Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit shook its head and said, “I can’t see through him either, it’s like there’s a layer of fog on his body that covers up all his secrets.”
“There are still things in the world that seniors cannot see through?”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady gently pursed her lips and smiled, not thinking that the Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit couldn’t see through Zhang Ruochen, only that the Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit didn’t want to tell her Zhang Ruochen’s secrets.
After all, the Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit, was the forefather of the Martial Market Money Bank.
Zhang Ruochen, on the other hand, was one of the most outstanding geniuses of the younger generation of the Martial City Money Vault. It was only natural that the Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit was unwilling to tell her Zhang Ruochen’s secret.
The Heavenly Ranking Artifact Spirit just laughed, “Girl, you are too smart. However, there is a saying that smartness can be mistaken for cleverness. I indeed can’t see through Zhang Ruochen, there’s no need to lie to you. It is precisely because I can’t see through it that I don’t believe that he would die inside the Xuanwu God Executing Sword Formation.”
The Sacred Book Talented Woman said noncommittally, “Senior doesn’t want to say more, so is it okay if junior doesn’t ask? As long as Zhang Ruochen didn’t die inside the Xuanwu God Executing Sword Formation, I will definitely go to meet him and personally find out the secrets in his body. Senior, you should believe that I have this ability.”
Right at this moment, a soft eep escaped from the mouth of the Sacred Book Talented Maiden as she looked downwards towards the celestial level battle platform, “What is he doing?”
At the centre of the Xuanwu God Execution Sword Formation, Zhang Ruochen slowly moved, stepping on his footsteps and moving his feet gently. Both arms also began to move, slowly striking out a palm seal.
In such a moment of crisis, he was actually practising his palm technique, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, in the middle of the Xuanwu God Executing Sword Formation.
As the speed of his palms became faster and faster, in his heart, that one dragon pearl, rapidly rotated. On the surface of the dragon pearl, it emitted eye-catching golden light.
“The greater the pressure, the more the power of the dragon pearl can be stimulated.”
When Zhang Ruochen struck the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm for the seventh time, suddenly, a deafening dragon roar resounded from within him.
“Divine Dragon Transformation!”
On the surface of Zhang Ruochen’s skin, a golden scale emerged, his arms and legs transformed into dragon claws, and his entire body transformed into a golden dragon more than ten feet long.
With a “bang” sound, the golden dragon crashed through the Xuanwu Shadow, circled around the Heavenly Ranking Platform, and struck a golden claw, striking at the top of Huang Shenyi’s head.
Inside Huang Shenyi’s pupils, that one golden dragon claw kept enlarging, reflecting his pupils, completely, into gold.
“Not good!”
Huang Shenyi’s reaction speed was extremely fast, and he hastily took a step to the left.
Even so, the golden dragon claw, still brushed past his right shoulder.
Only hearing, with a snap, the bones of Huang Shenyi’s right shoulder turned into powder, and half of his body lost consciousness.
Huang Shenyi flew out diagonally and rolled on the ground in a terrible state, his mouth full of blood, and even that black holy sword was thrown out of his hand and inserted in the lower part of the battle stage.
However, without any hesitation, he immediately rolled over and rushed into the Xuanwu God Execution Sword Formation.
“Ow!”
The golden dragon, riding on his victory, once again flew over, striking at the Xuanwu God Executing Sword Formation with a claw.
Huang Shenyi clenched his teeth, releasing his entire body’s true qi completely and catalysing the six holy swords.
The six holy swords, rotated rapidly.
Under the traction of the formation inscription, that one Xuanwu silhouette actually came to life and fought with the golden dragon.
“Zhang Ruochen, it’s not that easy for you to defeat me. Even if you execute the Divine Dragon Transformation, I will still slaughter this dragon of yours.”
Huang Shenyi’s face was pale, and from the pores all over his body, droplets of blood gushed out as his body looked like it was about to burst open.
Obviously, to control the Xuanwu God Execution Sword Formation, he was also under immense pressure.
“Die for me.”
Huang Shenyi’s arm lifted up, and in an instant, the six holy swords, combined together, turned into a giant sword that hung in mid-air, chopping at the neck of that one golden dragon.
