The strength of a fifth-order savage beast was equivalent to a human Fish Dragon Realm cultivator.
Even if it was just the weakest fifth rank savage beast, after killing it, a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist would be able to gain a thousand points of military merit value.
Without waiting for the next day, that night, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen sailed their ships towards the central waters of the Xixuan Sea.
Thick black clouds blocked the bright moon, and the entire heaven and earth looked like it was covered by a layer of black cloth, making it impossible to reach out and see.
On the surface of the sea, a cold, fierce wind blew, and the strong winds caused huge waves. The ship, at times, was lifted up by the water waves, reaching dozens of metres in the air; at times, it sank into the bottom of the waves, as if it was going to rush into the bottom of the sea.
Huang Yichen released her protective Heavenly Deity, hugged her sword, and relied on the ship’s pole, that stunning face revealing a look of gravity.
Her pair of blue eyes stared at the pitch-black seawater as she said, “No wonder no one dares to enter the depths of the Xixuan Sea, just the natural environment in the middle of the sea is already so harsh that martial artists below the Heavenly Extremity Realm would not be able to survive when they come here.”
Zhang Ruochen stood straight on the deck, his eyes closed as he mobilised the true qi in his body to stabilise the balance of the ship.
“Coaxing!”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen’s ears twitched as he heard a low, odd cry, coming from under the water.
Moreover, that sound, was getting closer and closer, and it seemed like there was a behemoth that was rapidly rushing over in the direction of the ship.
“Clang!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword on Zhang Ruochen’s back also detected the dangerous aura and trembled violently, emitting a piercing sword sound.
“With a swish, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword left its sheath and flew out, dragging out a long sword light, transforming into a light shuttle and rushing into the seawater.
The next moment.
“Rumble!”
A giant python with a reddish colour all over its body rushed out from the water, opening its bloody mouth and letting out a deafening roar, causing the wind and waves on the sea to become even more violent.
Its body was as thick as a millstone, and when it stood upright and revealed half of its body, it was more than a hundred metres long, and every scale on its entire body was the size of a bushel, emitting a crimson light, as if it were a Lin Armour made of red gold.
On the body of the giant python, there was a bloody hole, which was a sword wound left by the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword striking through its body.
“Swoosh!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword spun around on the surface of the sea and flew back, landing in Zhang Ruochen’s hand.
Holding the sword in one hand, Zhang Ruochen looked at the behemoth, his gaze fixed on the position of its head.
Only to see that at the top of the python’s head, a flame-like crown of flesh grew, like a magic lamp in the darkness, illuminating the surrounding sea somewhat dimly and reddishly, with the seawater below and the clouds in the sky looking like the colour of blood.
It wasn’t a giant python, it was a Red Jiao.
Zhang Ruochen’s face, became a bit sullen as he said to Huang Yichen, ”Before I came to the Xuanwu Market Realm, I had read a book, which recorded that a kind of indigenous savage beast called the Red Cloud Python Jiao survived in the Western Xuan Sea. Their intelligence is comparable to that of humans, capable of casting clouds and rain, making waves, and is a fifth-order medium savage beast. Even the weakest Red Cloud Python Jiao is comparable to a Fish Dragon Third Transformation cultivator. Later on, you have to be more careful.”
Huang Yichen pulled his sword out and cupped it in his hand, his entire body’s true qi fully mobilised, ready to meet the battle at any time.
That one Red Cloud Python Jiao straightened its body, its voice booming as it said, “Extraterrestrial human, since, you know that the Xixuan Sea is the territory of our Red Cloud Python Jiao clan, you actually dare to barge in. Isn’t this intentionally seeking death?”
After saying this, the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s body bent down, extending a huge red-coloured claw and slapping it towards the ship.
If it was another Market Realm warrior squad on the ship, the Red Cloud Python Jiao would definitely be able to kill them all with a single claw strike.
It was a pity that this Red Cloud Python Jiao was unlucky and encountered Zhang Ruochen.
As it struck down with a claw, a golden dragon scale surfaced on the surface of Zhang Ruochen’s body, sprouting a pair of dragon wings as he dashed up and struck out a Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, meeting that single Jiao Claw head on.
“Elephant Power Nine Stacks.”
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s body was like an ant compared to the Red Cloud Python Jiao.
However, the power that erupted from his all-out palm strike was stronger than the Red Cloud Python Jiao, lifting it off the ground.
Zhang Ruochen rode on his victory, holding the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and bursting out the power of a Saint Artifact as he swung his sword out, striking the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s neck.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was so sharp that even though the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s Lin Armour was hard, it was still difficult to resist. That layer of hard scales was pierced through in just an instant, gushing out blood.
“Wow!”
The Red Cloud Python Jiao’s body snapped into two.
With a loud bang, the huge headless Jiao body collapsed and fell into the sea, blood gushing out in a steady stream.
Zhang Ruochen held the huge jiao head with one hand and landed on top of the ship, taking out the Ruyi Treasure Vase and tossing it to Huang Yichen, saying, “Senior sister, collect the jiao blood.”
Huang Yichen received the Ruyi Treasure Vase, her toes tiptoed on the deck, and her slender, soft, and long body flew up, landing on top of the corpse of that one Red Cloud Python Jiao on the surface of the sea, and began to collect the Jiao blood.
Jiao blood, although not as good as dragon blood, was still a very precious body refining treasure medicine, and many Saint Sectors were willing to pay a high price for it.
Zhang Ruochen placed the huge jiao head on top of the deck and said to himself, “This one Red Cloud Python Jiao is almost equivalent to the strength of a Fish Dragon’s Third Transformation, killing it should earn 100,000 points of Military Merit Value.”
For martial artists who impacted The Heavenly Ranking, the stronger the strength of the indigenous beings they killed, the more military merit value they would obtain.
Of course, the algorithm of military merit value for martial artists who impacted The Heavenly Ranking was very different from the algorithm of military merit value for other Market Realm warriors.
Generally speaking, a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist who was able to kill a Fish Dragon Third Transformation being was already very close to the limit of human power. Once he succeeded, he could obtain 100,000 points of military merit value.
Killing an indigenous being of the fourth transformation of the fish dragon could earn 200,000 points of military merit value.
Killing an indigenous being of the Fish Dragon’s fifth transformation could earn three hundred thousand points of military merit value.
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In the Heaven’s Extreme Realm, almost all of the living beings who were able to kill the third transformation of the Fish Dragon Realm were one in a million heavenly prides. Only those in the top fifty of The Heavenly Rankings could do so.
But why, after killing an indigenous being of the fourth change of the Fish Dragon, could one only obtain 200,000 points of military merit value? It was merely double the military merit value of killing an indigenous being of the third transformation of the Fish Dragon.
That was because the essence of the Heavenly Extreme Realm Supreme Extreme Realm was “sacrifice”.
Every time you kill an indigenous spirit, you are offering sacrifices to the gods, and only when the number of sacrifices reaches the requirements of the gods, can you attract the resonance of the gods and reach the Supreme Extreme Realm.
Of course, if a martial artist wanted to impact the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Supreme Extremity Realm, he or she could completely pick only the indigenous beings of the Fish Dragon Third Transformation, kill them, and quickly accumulate military merit value.
However, this was the Market Realm Battlefield, and the situation was volatile, it wasn’t that if you wanted to kill only the Indigenous Spirits of the Third Transformation of the Fish Dragon, you would only encounter Indigenous Spirits of the Third Transformation of the Fish Dragon, if you were a little bit careless, you could encounter Indigenous Spirits of the Seventh Transformation of the Fish Dragon or above, or even Indigenous Spirits at the level of a Demi-Holy Spirit.
To reach the supreme extremity of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, one would definitely have to slaughter all living beings, kill thousands of indigenous powerhouses, and sacrifice their blood to the gods before having an extremely slim chance of success.
Zhang Ruochen was quite clear that the obstacles to the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Supreme Extremity Realm did not only come from the indigenous beings, but also from the human forces of the Kunlun Realm.
Those other humans would definitely not allow him to reach the Supreme Extreme Realm. As he approached the Supreme Extreme Realm, many people would definitely strike and come to intercept him.
Retracting his thousands of thoughts, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was fixed on the flesh crown on top of the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s head.
That one flesh crown, radiating a scarlet red light, looked like an ancient lamp with demonic power from afar.
From close up, one realised that this flesh crown was huge, with a diameter of four feet long, like a three-leafed red flower, appearing crystal clear, as if it was a work of art carved out of blood jade.
This crown of flesh was known as the “Red Crown Blood Ganoderma”.
Its importance was even greater than the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s brain.
A large part of the reason why the Red Cloud Python Jiao was so intelligent and could speak human language was because of this meat crown.
After taking it, martial artists could enhance their mental strength.
Huang Yichen had already collected the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s blood, scales, and spiritual flesh and returned back to the top of the ship.
Zhang Ruochen hurriedly said, “Senior Sister Smoky Dust, if you take the ‘Red Crown Flesh Ganoderma’ and take it, it should be able to make your spiritual power, break through to the 30th rank.”
Zhang Ruochen was able to tell that Huang Yichen’s spiritual power was only at the twenty-eighth rank right now.
Huang Yichen’s eyes, looked towards the one flesh crown on the head of the Jiao and said, “The Red Crown Flesh Ganoderma is a Spiritual Pill to enhance your Spiritual Power, you should need it even more than I do.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and laughed, ”My spiritual power, has already reached the 42nd rank, a mere Red Crown Flesh Ganoderma cannot raise my spiritual power by much at all. This Red Crowned Meat Ganoderma should be much more helpful to you.”
Zhang Ruochen had already projected that if he wanted to raise his spiritual power to the forty-third rank, he would need to swallow at least thirty Red Crown Meat Ganoderma of this rank.
In other words, he would also need to kill at least thirty Red Cloud Python Jiao of the Third Transformation of the Fish Dragon before his spiritual power could be raised by one rank.
In the vast ocean, how easy was it to find thirty Red Cloud Python Jiao?
Huang Yichen nodded, no longer refusing, and said, “Alright! The Red Crown Flesh Ganoderma is mine, and the Jiao Bead will be yours.”
Huang Yichen took out a fist-sized blood-red bead and handed it to Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen’s finger, only just touched the Jiao Bead, and he felt a huge power emanating from inside the bead.
On the body of the Python Jiao, the entire body was a spiritual medicine.
The Red Crowned Flesh Ganoderma could enhance spiritual energy, and the Jiao Bead was able to strengthen the body and enhance cultivation.
Zhang Ruochen was now at the middle stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle, and refining the Jiao Bead would likely allow him to reach the latter stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle in one fell swoop, allowing his strength to go even further.
“Coax!”
Zhang Ruochen was about to put the Jiao Bead away when suddenly, his arm stopped slightly, his face changed, and as he listened carefully, he could only hear that strange sound from earlier coming from the water again.
The cry of the Jiao.
Moreover, this time, the cry of the Jiao was even denser and louder, coming from all directions.
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