“Wow!”
As Zhang Ruochen’s finger pointed out, the space shattered like glass, tearing open a gap and then, collapsing with a bang.
Looking in through the gap in space, one could only see a chaotic, void, and confusing space.
The space within a radius of dozens of feet completely collapsed, spinning around under the lead of a devouring force, turning into a huge vortex.
In fact, Xu Hai had been wary of Zhang Ruochen’s display of spatial power, only that he hadn’t expected that Zhang Ruochen would actually be able to make the space within an area, completely collapse.
“Definitely can’t be caught in the collapsing space, once you fall in, even a Half-Saint can’t escape death.”
Xu Hai was drenched in cold sweat and was so terrified that he fully operated his true qi and used the power of his Sacred Skin Soft Armour to burst out at an unprecedented speed, narrowly rushing out of the vortex.
Before he had time to be happy, he saw that in front of him, Zhang Ruochen controlled a ten feet long huge ice sword and swung it over.
“Boom!”
The ice sword struck Xu Hai’s body, once again knocking him into the collapsing space.
“No don’t.”
Xu Hai’s arm reached forward, wanting to escape once again.
Only unfortunately, this time, he wasn’t that lucky, and was quickly swallowed up by the collapsing space.
The space regained its calmness, and all sounds and voices, all disappeared.
Zhang Ruochen stood on the surface of the sea, looking at the direction where the space had just collapsed, shook his head, and sighed with some regret, “It’s a pity that a Sacred Skin Soft Armour was lost.”
A treasure like the Sacred Skin Soft Armour could only be possessed by a Sacred Sect, it could be called a priceless treasure that could not be found.
Although he failed to obtain the Sacred Skin Soft Armour, he got rid of Xuxhai, a great enemy, so Zhang Ruochen could spare his hands to fully accumulate military merit value and search for the Xuanwu Inheritance Ground.
Of course, before that, he had to get well from his injuries first.
In the battle with Xu Hai, Zhang Ruochen had suffered extremely heavy internal injuries, which could not be healed in an instant.
Zhang Ruochen sank under the water and took out the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, opening the door of space and entering the inner world of the scroll.
With the aid of the healing elixir, it took seven days in a row before Zhang Ruochen’s injuries were completely healed.
Xiao Hei took a cat step and walked over, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, do you want to cultivate in the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram for a while before going out?”
Zhang Ruochen only thought about it briefly and immediately shook his head, saying, “Cultivating in seclusion can indeed increase my strength a bit, and I can even cultivate into one or two Ghost Grade Martial Skills. A single closed-door cultivation is ultimately unable to reach the supreme extremity of the Heavenly Extremity Realm. Besides, how is non-stop fighting and killing not a form of cultivation?”
“Right! There’s one more person, almost forgot about him!”
Zhang Ruochen stood up and took out the Ruyi Treasure Bottle, releasing Xu Chen who was trapped in the bottle.
“Wow!”
A speck of light flew out of the bottle, and when it landed on the ground, it immediately turned into a pale silhouette.
That silhouette was naturally Xu Chen.
When Xu Chen regained his freedom, he immediately swung his Tiger Hunting Blade and chopped at Zhang Ruochen.
“Kneel down for this Emperor.”Little Black roared.
As if he had been hit hard, Xu Chen’s body spasmed, and with a thud, he knelt on the ground, unable to move his body.
“What’s with this this reasoning.”
Xu Chen clenched his teeth, a vein popping out on his face, no matter how much he resisted, he just couldn’t get up.
Little Black tilted his head and walked over, smiling grimly, “A mere cultivator of the fourth change of the Fish Dragon, coming to this Emperor’s territory, and you still want to resist?”
In the Scroll World, Little Black’s power, which was not sealed, could naturally suppress Xu Chen with ease.
Using his claws, Little Black patted Xu Chen’s shoulder, his long cat whiskers sweeping around Xu Chen’s ears, and laughed, “The Figure Scroll World has been completely stabilised, it’s also time to build a few palaces, caves, and preferably a city, and it just so happens that there’s still a shortage of drudges, so we’ll commandeer you first. Old boy, you don’t have a problem with that, do you? Okay! Since there’s no opinion, tomorrow, we’ll start work.”
Zhang Ruochen saw Xu Chen being subdued by Little Black, shook his head and laughed, then travelled in the direction of the stump of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood.
Huang Yichen sat cross-legged underneath the new sapling of the Heaven Receiving Divine Tree, the thick Xuanwu Qi wrapping her up, a powerful aura emanating vaguely from her body.
Huang Yichen had already been cultivating for a month and a half in the Scroll World, and with the aid of the Xuanwu Qi, her cultivation, naturally, had skyrocketed, and had already reached the back rank of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Circle, and was only one step away from the Fish Dragon Realm.
Huang Yichen did not immediately take the Fish Dragon Pill to impact the Fish Dragon Realm, but instead, she followed Zhang Ruochen out of the Scroll World, preparing to practice in the Xuanwu Market Realm for a period of time first to stabilise her current realm.
Together, the two of them walked out of the Space Gate and returned to the surface of the water, heading towards the central waters of the Western Xuan Sea.
“What a strong blood aura.”
Not long after, Zhang Ruochen’s nose, gently sniffing, smelled a bloody odour.
Rushing along with that smell of blood, in the distance, a small ship appeared, floating on the surface of the water.
Zhang Ruochen made a leap in the air and landed on the ship, and when he saw the tragic situation on the ship, in his heart, a strong anger arose.
All of the Market Realm warriors on this one ship, Zhang Ruochen knew them, and although he was not familiar with them, he respected them greatly and treated them as friends at first sight.
However
At this moment, all nine Market Realm warriors on the ship had died tragically, with none of them alive.
In particular, the junior captain, Nie Nanfei, had died a rather miserable death, with ten fingers chopped off, the eyeballs of both eyes gouged out, his abdomen cut open by a sharp blade, and even his heart ripped out and thrown aside.
Nie Nanfei was an elder and a veteran that Zhang Ruochen respected greatly, but how could he not expect that he would end up like this?
Seeing the state of their death, one could guess that they must have suffered brutal torture before dying.
Huang Yichen boarded the ship a little later than Zhang Ruochen, and seeing the scene in front of him, he couldn’t help but frown, saying, “Could it be that the natives of the Xuanwu Market Realm killed them?”
Zhang Ruochen clenched his fists tightly and shook his head as he said in a cold voice, “No, it was the Evil Dao Martial Artists from the Black Market, their scent is still lingering on the ship. They must have sensed my aura on the ship, so that’s why they used poisonous means to force these Market Realm warriors.”
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s fist struck the top of the ship’s pole, leaving an indentation.
An ice-cold murderous aura emanated from him as he said in a deep voice, “Green-robed Star Envoy, I swear, I will definitely seek to get this debt back from you.”
Huang Yichen had never seen Zhang Ruochen so angry before, gently pursing his lips, he advised in a low voice, “Zhang Ruochen, I know that you are very angry and blaming yourself, but I still have to remind you not to be overwhelmed by anger. The Green-robed Star Envoy, Yin Wu Chang, and Iron Maiden, any one of them is a long established expert with an extremely high status in the Evil Dao. With our current strength, fighting them would be striking a stone with an egg.”
Zhang Ruochen’s five fingers slowly unfolded as he exhaled a long breath, gradually regaining his composure, saying, “I understand, before I break through to the Fish Dragon Realm, I won’t be foolish enough to go against them.”
“Fish Dragon Realm!”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes looked off into the distance, clenching his teeth, filled with endless longing.
Only by breaking through the Fish Dragon Realm would one be considered to have truly transcended the Martial Dao and broken the limits of mortals.
Who wouldn’t want to reach that kind of realm?
In his previous life, Zhang Ruochen had not reached the Fish Dragon Realm, so he did not know the subtleties of that realm. It was precisely because he hadn’t reached that realm that he looked forward to it all the more.
Of course, in between, he also had to go ahead and impact the Supreme Extreme Realm.
The Heavenly Extreme Realm’s Supreme Extreme Realm might be difficult for others, but it might not necessarily be difficult for him.
Sailing this one vessel, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen arrived at a relatively remote island.
On the island, the two of them dug out grave pits and buried the nine Market Realm warriors.
Huang Yichen asked curiously, “Why don’t we bring them back to the Yellow Imperial Island base, in which case, the Ministry of Military Affairs will definitely give their families a pension. Wouldn’t that be better?”
Zhang Ruochen covered the last shovelful of soil and shook his head, saying, “If we bring them back to the Yellow Imperial Island Base, the people from the Ministry of Military Affairs will be able to tell at a glance that they weren’t killed by the natives, and instead, they’ll suspect that it’s us who killed them.”
“Secondly, as long as they don’t return to the base for a long period of time, the Ministry of War will naturally count their names and count them as having died in battle on the Market Realm Battlefield, in which case, their families will still be able to receive a pension.”
Huang Yichen nodded, and had to sink to admit that Zhang Ruochen had indeed considered things more comprehensively than her.
Zhang Ruochen said thoughtfully, “Our current position, which is at least three thousand miles from the base of Huang Yu Island, has already entered a relatively dangerous sea. Further ahead, we should be entering the middle of the Xixuan Sea.”
“Why are we going to the depths of the Xixuan Sea? Didn’t you say that it’s quite dangerous there, and even if a Half-Saint goes in, he might fall.”Huang Yichen said.
Zhang Ruochen had completely calmed down and suppressed the anger in his heart as he analysed, “Huang Shenyi has come to the Xuanwu Ruins Realm twice, and, both times, he came to the base of Huang Yu Island. With Huang Shenyi’s cultivation, he is definitely unable to travel to the Xuan Continent or the Martial Continent, and it is also impossible for him to travel to other seas. Therefore, at most, he can only train in the Xixuan Sea.”
Huang Yichen’s eyes lit up as he said, “You mean that the Xuanwu Inheritance Land, too, could only possibly be in the Xixuan Sea?”
“That should be the case.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “If the Xuanwu Inheritance Ground was in the sea not far away from Huangwu Island, it would definitely have been discovered a long time ago. Therefore, the Xuanwu Inheritance Land must be in the depths of the Xixuan Sea, where it is so dangerous that no one dares to go there. It is precisely because of this that it is filled with endless opportunities.”
“If I can analyse it, those other cultivators who want to search for the Xuanwu Inheritance Ground will surely think of it as well. If I’m not wrong, the Green-robed Star Envoy, Yin Wu Chang, Iron Maiden, and those other Fish Dragon Realm cultivators are probably already going to the depths of the Western Xuan Sea first.”
Huang Yichen said, “Shall we set off now?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “No! Even if we go now, we won’t be able to compete with those Fish Dragon Realm experts. Besides, if the Xuanwu Inheritance Land was that easy to find, I’m afraid that it would have already been discovered, and it wouldn’t have been Huang Shenyi’s turn. Therefore, there’s no need for us to rush over there now. Right now, our first and foremost matter is to raise our cultivation.”
Huang Yichen said, “We can first train in the waters surrounding the Western Xuan Sea, and when we break through to the Fish Dragon Realm, it won’t be too late to search for the Xuanwu Inheritance Land.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded.
For the next four days, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen had been active in the waters surrounding the Western Xuan Sea.
Zhang Ruochen hunted and killed a total of eighty-six fourth-ranked savage beasts, accumulating two thousand three hundred and seventy-two military merit points.
Huang Yichen had killed thirteen fourth rank savage beasts, accumulating four hundred and twelve points of military merit value.
Of course, Huang Yichen didn’t have many chances to put up a fight, most of the time, she was helping Zhang Ruochen clean up the battlefield, for example, collecting the spirit meat inside the savage beasts, the savage beasts’ leather armour, and the savage beasts’ blood.
Fourth rank barbarian beasts, their entire bodies were treasures, and bringing them back to the Chaotic Ten Thousand Realms Mountain could be exchanged for a large amount of spirit crystals.
Huang Yichen’s natural talent was not as good as Zhang Ruochen’s, but after all, she had refined dragon’s blood and Xuanwu Qi, and had taken a large number of genius treasures, and with her current cultivation of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle Late Stage, her own strength was already enough to enter the top 1,000 of the Heavenly Ranking.
After a round of training, there was still hope that her strength would go even further.
Only, Huang Yichen knew that Zhang Ruochen needed the Military Merit Value to impact the Supreme Extreme Realm even more, so that’s why she seldom made a move and left all those savage beasts to Zhang Ruochen.
“Merely hunting fourth-ranked indigenous savage beasts and wanting to accumulate enough thirty million points of military merit value is simply impossible. Starting tomorrow, let’s head to the centre of the Xixuan Sea and hunt the fifth rank savage beasts.”Zhang Ruochen made a decision and said so.
Huang Yichen naturally didn’t have any opinions, in fact, she also wanted to fight with fifth-order savage beasts, only in the midst of danger
