Wanting to collect Huang Shenyi’s corpse was by no means an easy task.
Because, Zhang Ruochen was still standing on top of the battle platform.
Would Zhang Ruochen stand by and watch as they took away the bodies of the Sacred Sword and Huang Shenyi?
When Di Yi smiled at Zhang Ruochen, he walked over to the other direction of the battle platform, and with a giggling sound, he pulled Huang Shenyi’s matching sword, up from the ground.
This matching sword was also a Saint Weapon.
Earlier, when Zhang Ruochen and Huang Shenyi fought, this Saint Sword, was knocked down from the Heavenly Battle Platform and inserted inside the stone slab.
A Saint Weapon, whether it was for that power, was a rare treasure, and of course, Emperor Yi wanted to retrieve it.
However, this was only one of them, the other six, were still on top of the battle platform.
Who could take back the six holy swords from the mouth of a tiger?
A knight in glazed bone armour, holding a dragon bone spear, rushed up to the Heavenly Grade Battle Platform with great strides, his voice rough, saying, “I have been ordered by the Young Lord to come and collect the remains and relics of the Yellow God Star Envoy, so I hope that Sir Zhang can make it convenient.”
After saying this, that one of the glazed knights, walked over towards the corpse of the Yellow God’s Isolate.
It had to be said that Di Yi had always done things without a drop of water, clearly being a member of the evil path, yet he still tried to occupy the heights of morality.
Emperor Yi had already made it very clear that he was only sending people to collect the remains and relics, not to seize the treasures.
If, however, Zhang Ruochen obstructed from it, he would be disrespecting the dead.
If one was a pedantic person, one might actually watch as Emperor Yi sent people to collect the sacred artefacts and relics away.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “Since the Yellow God Star Envoy lost to me, then everything of his is my trophy. Are you guys trying to rob in the open?”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen’s foot stomped on the ground, sending a powerful stream of true qi into the ground, shaking the six holy swords into flight.
“Wow.”
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen’s arm swung out and struck out a stream of true qi, forming a wave that rolled up the six golden-coloured holy swords.
Each sword was shrinking rapidly, and when they landed in Zhang Ruochen’s palm, they had become only three inches long, like six sword-shaped golden leaves.
That one glazed knight, coldly grunted, and no longer fudged with Zhang Ruochen.
His arm spun, and the Dragon Bone Spear in his hand, spun rapidly.
At the tip of the spear, a crimson flame surged out, forming a spiral shaped light shuttle that stabbed at Zhang Ruochen’s palm, wanting to retrieve the six holy swords.
Daring to ascend the battle stage and confront Zhang Ruochen for the position of Yellow God Star Envoy, this person’s strength was, of course, quite strong.
When he was in the Heavenly Extremity Realm, he was a top expert, once reaching the top 10,000 of the Heavenly Ranking.
Now, he had already broken the limits of mortals and had impacted the first change of the Fish Dragon, the “Innate Fetal Breath”, and his strength had risen by an unknown number of times compared to before.
In terms of combat power, at this moment, he was even more powerful than Huang Shenyi, who was in the great circle of the Heavenly Extreme Realm. After all, he was already one great realm higher.
“To actually dare to barge within three feet of me, are you really not afraid of my sword?”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes turned cold as he stepped on his footsteps and rushed forwards, quickly drawing his sword and swinging it out with a swish.
Right at the moment when he swung out his sword, Zhang Ruochen captured a time mark and incorporated it into his sword technique, executing the Shakeless Trace.
“Poof!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, transforming into a ray of light, slashed at the neck of that one glazed knight, piercing through the glazed bone armour and decapitating his head to the ground.
Fresh blood, like a water column, gushed down from his neck, colouring half of the battle platform into blood red.
In the air, the smell of blood filled the air.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was disdainful and rueful as he glanced downwards towards those Evil Dao martial practitioners from the Black Market and said, “Whoever dares to ascend the Heavenly Battle Stage, I’ll take it as if he’s challenging me, and will never show any mercy.”
Although, killing was forbidden in the Chaotic Boundary Mountain, the Heavenly Level Battle Platform was the only exception.
Zhang Ruochen had to establish his authority, and he had to deter those evil martial artists in the Black Market with decisive means, otherwise, there would only be a steady stream of people ascending to the battle platform to compete for the remains and relics of the Huang Shenyi.
Even if Zhang Ruochen was as strong as he was, there was still a time when he would run out of true Qi.
Therefore, only by killing them to the point of fear would they be afraid and not dare to ascend the battle platform.
“Zhang Ruochen, don’t be arrogant, I, Bishui City, have come to meet you.”
Bishui City stood up from the observation platform, his arms spread out, and from the palm of each of his two hands, a stream of true qi surged out, forming a pair of true qi feathers, as if it was a large bird, and landed on top of the Heavenly Grade Battle Platform.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Bishui City, which was standing on the opposite side, and said, ”Bishui City? Third on the Heaven Ranking, Bishui City?”
“That’s right, it’s none other than me.”
Bishui City’s hands were clasped in front of his chest as he coldly and arrogantly said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “As far as I know, you don’t seem to be a martial artist from the Black Market.”
Bishui City glanced towards Empyrean One below the battle stage and said, “Empyrean One said that one could be the new generation of Yellow God Star Envoys if they retrieved the Yellow God Isolate’s body and relics, yet there was no stipulation that that person had to be a martial artist from the Black Market. Empyrean One, if I want to be the new generation of Yellow God Star Envoys, I should be able to do it, right?”
Emperor Yi let out a big smile and said, “Of course it’s fine, it’s quite welcome. For Mr Bi to choose to defect to our Black Market is a wise move that is admirable. However, Zhang Ruochen is very strong and not very good to deal with, so you should be careful.”
Bishui City laughed coldly and said, “I am wearing the Bishui Holy Armour, even if Zhang Ruochen’s sword technique is no matter how brilliant it is, it will still be in vain if he cannot break through my defences. When his sword technique is rendered useless, how can he still fight me?”
In Bishui City’s view, Zhang Ruochen only had the most powerful sword technique.
As long as Zhang Ruochen’s sword, could not break his armour, then it would not be difficult for him to defeat Zhang Ruochen.
If he defeated Zhang Ruochen, not only would he be able to become the number one in the Heavenly Ranking and gain 12,410,000 military merit points, he would also become the Yellow God Star Envoy of the Black Market.
How could he, Bishui City, miss out on such a good thing that could kill three birds with one stone?
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Bishui City, only to see that, indeed, Bishui City’s body was wrapped in a turquoise armour, as if a piece of jasper crystal had been inlaid on the surface of his body, covering his entire body without a single gap.
The Aqua Sacred Armour, a Sacred Artifact grade battle armour, was forged from 9,999 pieces of thousand year old tortoise bones, with rather complex inscriptions carved inside. Not only did it possess a powerful defence, but also, it had a certain attacking ability.
Saint artifact grade battle armour was even more precious and rare than a Saint artifact grade sword.
At the same level of Saint Weapon, Saint Armour was ten times more expensive than a Saint Sword.
It was because he was wearing a Sacred Armour that Bishui City did not put Zhang Ruochen in his eyes, thinking that he was already invincible.
Bishui City said, “Zhang Ruochen, if I were you, I should obediently hand over the six holy swords and the remains of the Yellow Divine Isolate, and I would be spared from having to come and get them myself.”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “You are too confident in yourself! However, your strength, however, is still a long way off. Without the Aqua Sacred Armour, you probably wouldn’t have ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking.”
“You dare to underestimate me?”
Aqua City was quite annoyed, his hands clenched into fists.
Ever since he was a child, others had always looked up to him and praised him, and no one had ever dared to underestimate him like this.
Zhang Ruochen said, “I’m not underestimating you, I’m just being honest. In fact, to defeat you, I can even dispense with my sword.”
“Zhang Ruochen, you dare to insult me, I will tear you into pieces.”
Bishui City took three steps forward in a row, and in just an instant, it rushed in front of Zhang Ruochen.
On the surface of the Bishui Sacred Armour, a piercing green light emerged, and under the urging of the true qi, the nails of Bishui City’s ten fingers continued to elongate, transforming into razor-sharp claws.
Both claws struck out at the same time, pulling out towards Zhang Ruochen’s heart, followed by a huge force surging out of his arms, tearing them to the left and right.
His dual claws, however, grabbed an empty space.
“Behind you.”
Zhang Ruochen stood behind Bishui Cheng and struck out a move called “Elephant Power Nine Stacks”, erupting twelve times its strength and striking Bishui Cheng’s vest.
“Boom!”
Bishui Cheng flew out, face down, buttocks up, and fell to the bottom of the battle stage like a dog’s sh*t.
The entire Martial Market Fighting Arena was filled with a burst of jeers.
“What an insouciance, what kind of character is Zhang Ruochen, Bi Shui Cheng actually thought that he could defeat Zhang Ruochen by putting on a piece of Saint Armour?”Zhuang Tingtian shook his head and laughed.
Xun Long coldly said, “My ranking on the Heavenly Ranking is actually behind him, it’s embarrassing to even think about it.”
Zhuang Tingtian said, “With Brother Xun’s current strength, it’s enough to rank in the top three of the Heavenly Ranking.”
Xun Long proudly said, “After the death of Huang Shenyi, only Brother Zhuang and Zhang Ruochen are worthy of being my rivals in the world today.”
Zhuang Tingtian shook his head and stretched out a finger, pointing in the direction of Di Yi, saying, “See that one man wearing a mask? This man, named Di Yi, is the young master of the Black Market’s One Piece Hall, and he is less than eighteen years old. However, his strength is unfathomable. Although, he had once lost to Zhang Ruochen by a difference of half a move. However, his natural talent is not below Zhang Ruochen”
“Brother Zhuang, look, Bishui City has mounted the battle stage again. Haha! What a fool.”
Xun Long had no interest in Di Yi, in his eyes, only Zhang Ruochen was considered an opponent.
Xun Long laughed and added, “The Bishui Sect, once was also the hegemon of the Southern Domain, giving birth to more than a dozen Saints, it’s just a pity that it’s now fallen. I thought that the birth of a genius like Bishui City would revitalise the clan again, but I didn’t think that it would be such goods.”
On the battle stage.
Bishui City roared, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, just now, I was only slightly careless before I was defeated by you. This time, it’s unlikely that you’ll have a chance… My Aqua Sacred Armour isn’t just powerful in terms of defence, but also in terms of attack. If you try hitting me with another palm, the power of the Saint Armour’s counterattack will be able to shatter your palm.”
Zhang Ruochen’s brows were furrowed, he really didn’t understand a bit, with Bishui City’s intelligence, how could he survive until now? How could he become the third in the Heavenly Ranking?
Zhang Ruochen lost interest in him and didn’t want to continue fighting with him at all, and said with some regret, “Bishui City, you’ve relied too much on the Bishui Sacred Armour, and you’ve already gone astray a long time ago. On the path of martial arts, it is the self that is cultivated, battle weapons and armour are ultimately just things outside the body. If you can’t understand this, even if your talent is high, it’s impossible for you to become a Saint.”
