“Not good, we’ve encountered a swarm of Jiao.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at the surface of the sea, his face becoming very cold and solemn.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword sensed the danger and kept on trembling, emitting sword chirps.
The Xixuan Sea was the territory of the Red Cloud Python Jiao, so it didn’t take any guessing to know that it must be that one dead Red Cloud Python Jiao, which gave off a blood aura that drew the Jiao swarm in.
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen was still lamenting that it was impossible to find thirty Red Cloud Python Jiao, but he didn’t realise that only a few moments past, he was surrounded by a swarm of Jiao.
If it was two or three Red Cloud Python Jiao, Zhang Ruochen would still be able to cope.
But encountering dozens of Red Cloud Python Jiao, not to mention Zhang Ruochen, even if it was a strong person of the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation or above, he would probably have to flee immediately.
Huang Yichen also sensed the aura of danger and looked towards Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Go back to the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram first!”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “You go into the Tutelary World first, I have the Dragon Pearl protecting my body and am proficient in spatial shifting, so I have no problem defending myself.”
“Wow.”
The Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, flew out from Zhang Ruochen’s brow and hovered in mid-air.
Above the diagram, a spatial gate emerged.
Huang Yichen knew that with her strength, even if she encountered one of the weakest Red Cloud Python Jiao, she would definitely be defeated, and if she stayed, she wouldn’t be able to help Zhang Ruochen at all, and instead, she would distract him.
Therefore, in the first instance, she entered the Gate of Space and returned to the Figure Scroll World.
Zhang Ruochen did not enter the Figure Scroll World, after all, he had come to the Xuanwu Ruins Realm for training, and even more so, he was impacting the Supreme Extreme Realm, so how could he hide when he encountered danger?
There were times when one had to rise to the occasion, and he would definitely not hide in the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram until he had no choice.
Zhang Ruochen pinched the scroll of the diagram and wrapped the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram around his body.
The Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram was not just a scroll, it could be used as a defensive treasure, and as long as it was wrapped around his body, it could even withstand the attack of a Saint Weapon.
The next moment.
“Ow!”
A huge crimson shadow emerged on the surface of the sea, revealing two eyes as big as lanterns, with a scarlet ‘devil lamp’ on its head.
That Red Cloud Python Jiao was right next to the ship, bending down and staring at Zhang Ruochen on the ship.
Its eyes were only ten feet away from Zhang Ruochen, revealing a large, hideous mouth that emitted a strong blood aura, and its voice said in a deep, cold tone, “Extraterrestrial human, was that Red Cloud Python Jiao killed by you?”
Zhang Ruochen calmly stood on the deck, looking at this Red Cloud Python Jiao in front of him from a close distance, and said, “That’s right.”
Zhang Ruochen’s body, which was not as big as one of the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s eyeballs, appeared very small, but his appeared quite calm, without a trace of fear.
Also a Red Cloud Python Jiao, this one had a much thicker body and emitted a much stronger aura.
Its cultivation level was almost equivalent to a human cultivator of the Fish Dragon Fifth Transformation.
If one were to kill it, it would be enough to gain 300,000 military merit points.
Of course, with Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation level, even if he used the power of time and space, it would not be an easy task to kill it.
The Red Cloud Python Jiao was combative in nature and had infinite strength, able to call the wind and rain and overturn rivers, it wasn’t as easy to deal with as a Tree Man.
“Daring to kill the Red Cloud Python Jiao in the Xixuan Sea, you are looking for death.”
That Red Cloud Python Jiao, with an angry whistle, struck down with a claw.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dare to clash with it and immediately executed Spatial Shift, appearing thirty feet away and hovering above the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s head.
“Boom!”
The claws of the Red Cloud Python Jiao broke that thirty-odd metre long ship into pieces, and with a rumble, the ship’s pole, armour, and cabins all sank to the bottom of the sea.
Noticing that Zhang Ruochen had disappeared, the Red Cloud Python Jiao was surprised for a moment.
“Die!”
Zhang Ruochen used his entire body’s strength, gathered it into his arms, and swung out downwards, striking at the crimson flesh crown on the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s head.
That was the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s weak point, as well as its life point.
As long as it pierced through the flesh crown, its combat power would drop by at least half.
Zhang Ruochen’s sword speed was fast, but the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s reaction speed was even faster. Before Zhang Ruochen’s sword fell, a jiao tail lashed over and struck Zhang Ruochen’s body, sending him flying.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen’s body was wrapped in the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram and protected by the Dragon Pearl, otherwise, enduring the full force of the Red Cloud Python Jiao of the Fifth Transformation of the Fish and Dragon, he would have to shed a layer of skin even if he didn’t die.
“What a fast reaction speed, what a terrifying strength.”
Zhang Ruochen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, knowing that that one Red Cloud Python Jiao was not to be messed with, so he performed his body technique and charged towards another Red Cloud Python Jiao with a relatively weaker aura.
In this area of the sea, there were dozens of Red Cloud Python Jiao gathered, and their strengths, naturally, varied from strong to weak.
Among them, there were a few Red Cloud Python Jiao that only had the cultivation level of Fish Dragon Third Transformation, and Zhang Ruochen set his main target on them.
A single Red Cloud Python Jiao of the Fish Dragon Third Transformation was equivalent to 100,000 military merit points.
“Shakeless.”
Zhang Ruochen flew above the head of an Ichthyosaur Third Transformation Red Cloud Python Jiao, merged into the Time Seal, performed the Shakura Sword Technique, and stabbed over at great speed.
“Pfft!”
His body, along with the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, pierced through the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s head and flew over, leaving behind a huge bloody hole four feet in diameter.
White brain water, and red blood, simultaneously gushed out from the blood hole.
“One hundred thousand military merit values to hand.”
Zhang Ruochen was in danger, his entire body was covered in blood, yet he was incomparably excited, and the battle intent in his heart surged even more.
Subsequently, Zhang Ruochen made use of Spatial Shift and Braking Sword Technique to score successive victories, consecutively killing two Fish Dragon Third Transformation Red Cloud Python Jiao, accumulating another 200,000 points of Military Merit Value.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to continue his strikes, suddenly, above the dome of the sky, a streak of purple electric light surged out, like thick electric dragons travelling through the dark clouds, faintly emitting a muffled and dull sound of thunder.
A monster with a jiao body and a human head was flying in the clouds and was manipulating the lightning.
Its cultivation was very powerful, comparable to a cultivator of the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, and it had a hideous old human head that was connected to the neck of the jiao, and its Avray concave eyes revealed a cold and sharp ferocious light.
Zhang Ruochen had long known that some extremely intelligent savage beast clans that had reached the level of a sixth-stage savage beast would be able to cultivate some mysterious ancient techniques and take on human form.
That Red Cloud Python Jiao, even though it was only a fifth rank savage beast, was actually able to morph a head into a half-human, half-jiao form, which was really a bit astonishing.
Under the control of that Red Cloud Python Jiao, dense lightning, like a waterfall, surged down from the sky and struck towards Zhang Ruochen.
All those other Red Cloud Python Jiao also launched attacks at the same time, some spitting out wind blades from their mouths, some spitting out flames from their mouths, and some spitting out ice blades from their mouths!
Zhang Ruochen kept executing Spatial Shift and dodging quickly, yet more than a dozen attacks still landed on his body, and his neck, legs, and arms were struck with bloody flesh and blood, and every inch of his body’s skin became charred and black.
“Extraterrestrial human, where are you going to escape to?”
That one human-headed, jiao-bodied being rushed out from the clouds, stretching out a flame-like claw, and in the claw, pinching a giant purple hammer, violently striking down at Zhang Ruochen’s head.
The giant hammer, which was more than ten metres long, was square in shape, and the surface of the hammer body was imprinted with an auger pattern, emitting the light of hundreds of thunderbolts.
Zhang Ruochen gave birth to a suffocating feeling, the hairs on his entire body stood up, as if the sky was about to collapse and the ground was about to sink.
“Wow!”
The light of the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram flickered, the door of space opened, and with a quick leap, Zhang Ruochen jumped in, disappearing into the world of the diagram.
“Rumble!”
The giant hammer fell and struck the surface of the sea.
A powerful wave of energy, centred on the giant hammer, emanated out, forming a layer of water waves connecting the clouds and sky.
Three of the Red Cloud Python Jiao were shaken by that wave of power and flew up from the water. There were also some Red Cloud Python Jiao that were hit by the aftermath of the giant hammer, and their scales cracked, suffering some minor injuries.
Just the aftershocks alone were so powerful, so it could be seen how terrifying the destructive power of that strike just now was.
“Has it gone up in smoke?”
The human-headed, jiao-bodied being, carrying a giant hammer, hovered in the void, his eyes shooting out two columns of light, carefully observing the sea below where the water waves were churning.
