On Xu Hai’s body, there was only one Sacred Artifact, which was one of the supreme treasures of the Xu Sacred Sect Clan, specifically used to deal with Zhang Ruochen. This one Saint Weapon, naturally, could not be rewarded to Xu Konglin and Xu Chen.
However, Zhang Ruochen had quite a few Saint Weapons on his body.
As long as Zhang Ruochen was killed, wouldn’t those Saint Artifacts still belong to the Xu Sacred Sect Valves?
At that time, it wouldn’t be a big deal for Xu Hai even if he rewarded a Saint Weapon out.
The two Fish Dragon Realm cultivators standing behind Xu Hai, Xu Konglin and Xu Chen, heard the words “Sacred Artifacts”, and their eyes immediately became fiery.
Although Xu Konglin and Xu Chen were the elders of the Xu Sheng Sect, with profound cultivation, high status, and great power in the Sect, the battle weapons they used were still only eleventh-ranked True Martial Artifacts.
An eleventh rank True Martial Treasure Weapon was indeed already considered a remarkable battle weapon, worth over a million Spirit Crystals, and if it was taken out, it could also cause countless Fish Dragon Realm martial artists to loot it.
However, how could an eleventh rank True Martial Treasure Weapon be compared to a Sacred Weapon?
An ordinary Fish Dragon Realm cultivator who grasped a Sacred Artifact would be able to cross one realm to kill his enemy, and even cross two realms to defeat his opponent.
If they were able to obtain a Sacred Artifact, their strength would definitely be able to rise to a whole new level, and they would have a greater say in the Xu Sheng Sect Valve’s Council of Elders in the future.
Even if it was just for a Saint Artifact, Zhang Ruochen must be slaughtered!
“Swish!”
“Swish!”
Xu Konglin and Xu Chen jumped off the ship and landed on the surface of the water, attacking Zhang Ruochen from both the left and right directions at the same time.
Xu Konglin was at the cultivation level of Fish Dragon Third Transformation, however, his strength, which had already reached the peak of Fish Dragon Third Transformation, was more than twice as powerful as Xu Qianling, who had previously died at the hands of Zhang Ruochen.
In the Xu Sheng Sect Clan’s internal competition, Xu Konglin had once beaten Xu Qianling to the point of vomiting blood after using only seven moves.
With the same Fish Dragon Third Transformation cultivation, Xu Konglin and Xu Qianling were simply not on the same level.
The other Elder, Xu Chen, his cultivation was even more terrifying, having already broken through the third transformation of the Fish Dragon, “Bone Refining and Jade Transformation”, and reached the fourth transformation of the Fish Dragon, “Yin Massage Sacred Vein”.
The fourth transformation of the Fish Dragon and the third transformation of the Fish Dragon appeared to be only one realm apart, however, the strength of the two was a hundred thousand miles apart.
Even if Xu Konglin and Xu Qianling were to join hands to attack, Xu Chen would be able to finish them off within three moves with only one move.
The strengths of Xu Chen and Xu Konglin were one strong and one weak, so the two of them adopted the tactic of attacking and disturbing each other.
The powerful Xu Chen fought Zhang Ruochen head on, while the slightly weaker Xu Konglin stood at a distance, hitting flying daggers and attacking Zhang Ruochen.
Xu Chen’s strength was, indeed, quite powerful, and even though Zhang Ruochen had a martial soul to add to his strength, he was suppressed to the point where he fell completely underneath, and could only keep retreating backwards, not daring to clash with Xu Chen at all.
Xu Chen was already in his seventies, a figure of the older generation of the Xu Sheng Sect Valve, and when he was young, he was also a genius of not-so-weak strength.
He wielded an eleventh rank True Martial Treasure Artifact grade Cracking Tiger Blade, his blade technique had already reached the point of pure perfection, weighing three thousand kilograms, cupped in his hand, a casual strike could erupt with the power of opening cliffs and cracking monuments.
Xu Chen’s long hair flew and his strength was boundless as he crushed Zhang Ruochen head on.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
Each slash that fell contained a bone piercing cold aura.
By the time he slashed his ninth blade, the sea in a radius of tens of miles had been completely frozen by the cold air, turning into a thick ice surface.
“Zhang Ruochen, the old man has already opened up the Yin Massage Holy Vein, which can transform the true qi in his body into holy qi, making the martial skills that are performed to be the most powerful, how can you fight with the old man? Quickly admit defeat! You no longer have any chance!”Xu Chen laughed coldly.
A blade chopped over, and the cold, sharp blade energy flew past Zhang Ruochen’s neck, chopping off a strand of hair.
Just a hair’s breadth away, that blade would have severed Zhang Ruochen’s neck.
Zhang Ruochen’s feet stomped, and his body retreated backward sharply, landing five miles away, stopping slightly to stabilise himself, and was about to build up his strength to counterattack.
“Swish!”
In the distance, Xu Konglin saw the opportunity and held a one-foot long bronze flying dagger between his index and middle fingers, striking out and striking Zhang Ruochen’s vest.
The bronze flying dagger, a sixth rank True Martial Treasure Artifact, was activated by Xu Konglin’s true qi, and the inscriptions in the flying dagger were activated, emitting a cloud of flames two metres in diameter.
The flying dagger spun rapidly, flying at four times the speed of sound, trailing a long flaming tail.
During its flight, the flying dagger shook the air to the point that it trembled violently, emitting a loud sound like a heavenly thunderclap.
Of course, the speed of the flying dagger was much faster than the speed of the sound. When the sound rang out, the flying dagger had already pierced through the protective heavenly deity and reached Zhang Ruochen’s vest, and was about to pierce through Zhang Ruochen’s body.
As if Zhang Ruochen had eyes behind his back, he swung his sword with a backhand and chopped over, colliding with the flying dagger.
“With a bang, the flying dagger broke into two and flew out, falling into the water.
Because the flying dagger had flames on it, it fell into the water and boiled the surrounding seawater.
“Swish!”
Xu Konglin’s fingers quickly flicked and immediately struck the second flying dagger, the third, and the fourth, each flying dagger flew out at four times the speed of sound, striking at the major vitals of Zhang Ruochen’s entire body.
Zhang Ruochen’s sword skill was so superior that those flying daggers could not injure him at all, however, they caused him no small amount of disturbance, and he was simply unable to concentrate on dealing with the even more powerful Xuchen’s attacks.
When an expert dueled against an expert, one could never be distracted, and with a slight slip, one could be doomed.
One must know that Zhang Ruochen’s opponent was Xu Chen of the Fish Dragon Fourth Transformation, who was already a top tier expert, causing Zhang Ruochen to feel tremendous pressure.
By attacking from afar, Xu Konglin was deliberately distracting Zhang Ruochen and creating an opportunity for Xu Chen to kill Zhang Ruochen.
It could be said that both Xu Konglin and Xu Chen were very clever and worked together seamlessly.
Zhang Ruochen adopted a relatively conservative tactic, preparing to get rid of the weaker Xu Konglin first before slowly dealing with the stronger Xu Chen.
Zhang Ruochen no longer paid any attention to Xu Chen and executed the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow’s stance, fuelling his speed to the extreme as he rushed in the direction of Xu Konglin.
“Trying to kill me?”
The corner of Xu Konglin’s mouth hooked, revealing a sneer.
He did not engage Zhang Ruochen head on, quickly turning around and immediately rushing off into the distance, always keeping a distance of ten feet from Zhang Ruochen.
He only needed to interfere with Zhang Ruochen anyway, so why bother to fight Zhang Ruochen? In the event that Zhang Ruochen executed a sword dao stance, Shakeless, he might not be able to block it.
The stance that Xu Konglin executed was the Xuxing Sage Clan’s masterstroke, the Kun Peng Dual Flying Wings.
The Kun Peng Dual Flying Wings was a Ghost Grade Lower Grade martial skill.
Only when a cultivator reached the Fish Dragon Realm could he cultivate a Ghost Grade Body Technique Martial Skill, because, only the True Qi stored in the body of a Fish Dragon Realm cultivator could support the consumption of a Ghost Grade Body Technique Martial Skill.
Therefore, even though Zhang Ruochen had already reached the peak of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, he could still only execute a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Body Martial Skill.
Xu Konglin injected a steady stream of true qi into the meridians on his back, and with a wow sound, on his back, the silhouette of a pair of gigantic Kun Peng wings emerged, and his stance speed immediately increased by several times, leaving Zhang Ruochen far behind.
Xu Konglin flew past the sea surface, and below him, he left behind a deep water path that split the sea water into two halves.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen getting farther and farther away from him, Xu Konglin’s mood was very unrestrained, feeling like a cat teasing a mouse, playing Zhang Ruochen in the palm of his hand.
Xu Konglin paused slightly and laughed, ”Zhang Ruochen, even if your sword technique is no matter how brilliant, you can only threaten me within three zhang. It’s just a pity that you can’t even come close to me within three zhang, I cultivate a Ghost Grade Lower Grade Body Martial Technique while you cultivate only a Spirit Grade Upper Grade Body Martial Technique, there’s no comparison at all, your speed is far too different from mine.”
“Really?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Xu Konglin grinned and said playfully, “Don’t struggle, as far as I’m concerned, you’re just like a turtle in a jar, if you take the initiative to admit defeat now, you might still be able to keep a whole body.”
Zhang Ruochen’s face was calm and did not get angry.
He quickly chased after him and soon reached a position twenty feet away from Xu Konglin. Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen secretly operated his True Qi and injected it into the Dragon Locking Chain on his wrist.
On the surface of the Dragon Locking Chain, it emitted a thin filament of electric light, which flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s wrist and turned into a huge bowl-thick iron cable, which was on the surface of the sea, spinning ceaselessly as it flew towards Xu Konglin in the distance.
“This is the Orange Moon Star Envoy’s Saint Weapon Dragon Chain.”
Xu Konglin’s face changed, and he once again executed the Kun Peng Dual Flying Wings body martial art, soaring up and wanting to vanish.
However, it was too late!
“Wow!”
The Dragon Locking Chain wrapped around Xukonglin’s waist in a circle, and a streak of electric light, rushing out from the chain like a blade, struck into Xukonglin’s body, emitting a crackling sound.
Zhang Ruochen controlled the Dragon Locking Chain, and with a shake of his arm, he threw Xukonglin into a spinning flight.
A miserable scream escaped from Xu Konglin’s mouth.
A moment later, his entire body was scorched black by the electric fire power of the Dragon Locking Chain, his clothes and hair turning into black pieces, his skin cracking, and blood continuously flowing out. It was as if the entire person had been thrown into a furnace and roasted on top of it, with wisps of black smoke coming out of his body.
“Pfft!”
Under Zhang Ruochen’s control, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword flew out and pierced through Xu Konglin’s body, leaving a huge bloody hole where his chest was.
Blood, unceasingly from inside the hole, flowed out.
There was an elder of the Fish Dragon Realm who died under Zhang Ruochen’s sword.
Xu Chen chased after him, and seeing this scene, an old face, became completely distorted as he roared out in cold anger, “Kid, looking for death.”
He jumped up, gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, and swung the Split Tiger Sword, slashing down towards Zhang Ruochen.
“Good timing!”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes revealed a smile-like expression as he took the Ruyi Treasure Vase out of his storage ring and held it in his hand, his whole body’s true qi pouring into the vase in a steady stream.
