“It’s only been over a month, why did the Ninth Prince come to the Yellow Ranked Martial Palace again? Could it be that he wants to challenge ten Yellow Ranked Martial Artists?”
“Unlikely!”
“It’s only been such a short period of time that has passed, even if his cultivation has risen, it won’t have risen too much.”
“No one from Yunwu County Kingdom has ever been able to win ten Yellow Ranked martial artists in a row, it’s too difficult, even the Seventh Prince back then didn’t do it.”
……
Every Yellow Ranked Martial Artist had the strength to fight against ten Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle Martial Artists at the same time.
Some weaker Yellow Ranked Martial Artists, even if they couldn’t defeat ten Yellow Extreme Realm Great Perfection Martial Artists at the same time, at least they had the ability to escape under the siege of ten Yellow Extreme Realm Great Perfection Martial Artists.
Therefore, trying to defeat a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist was definitely not an easy task.
Just like that one Life Snatching Swordsman, Ah Lok, seemed to be able to kill a Yellow Ranked martial artist with one sword. However, he definitely couldn’t do ten swords to kill ten Yellow Ranked martial artists.
“If the Ninth Prince has already broken through to the Great Circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm, as long as he doesn’t encounter those old guys in the top five of the Yellow Ranking List, it still shouldn’t be too difficult to win five matches!”
“Just wait and see! Since the Ninth Prince dares to come to the Yellow Ranked Martial Combat Palace, he must have no small amount of certainty.”
……
“Ninth Prince, you’ve finally come to the Yellow Grade Martial Combat Palace again! Last time, it was only because you were lucky that you managed to beat me. This time, you’re not that lucky!”
There was a cold colour in Liu Chengfeng’s eyes as he was the first to walk towards the battle stage.
Zhang Ruochen stared at Liu Xifeng who stood opposite him and said, “You want to be the first to challenge me?”
“Of course, are you afraid of losing the first battle?” Liu Xifeng said.
“Fine!”
Zhang Ruochen gently nodded and extended a hand, making an invitation gesture towards Liu Xifeng.
Liu Xifeng stared at the sword in Zhang Ruochen’s other hand and said, “Fighting me, you don’t use a sword?”
“There is no need to use the sword yet.” Zhang Ruochen said.
“How dare you belittle this gongzi, you will pay the price for your arrogance.” Liu Xifeng was very annoyed and felt that Zhang Ruochen was deliberately humiliating him.
One must know that in the battle a month ago, if it wasn’t for his error in judgement, he wouldn’t have lost to Zhang Ruochen at all.
He wanted to regain his lost face, in the same place.
“Starflame Streaming Glow!”
Liu Chengfeng directly executed the human grade top grade martial art “Shooting Star Sword Technique”, stabbing out with his sword, the air around the blade of the sword made a “snapping” sound.
Compared to a month ago, Liu Xifeng’s attainment in swordsmanship had improved again.
The Meteor Sword Technique that he executed was even more subtle, even more flowing, and even emitted a piercing sword sound.
Zhang Ruochen was as steady as Mount Taishan as he raised his arm and extended two fingers, directly clamping the Meteor Sword in Liu Xifeng’s hand.
“Boom!”
The fingers flicked.
A powerful concussive force travelled from the sword to Liu Xifeng’s arm.
“Snap!”
A sound of bones breaking rang out.
Liu Xifeng’s tiger’s head shattered, the bones in his arm broke, and the sword in his hand, with a clang, fell to the ground.
“How did you …… your cultivation become so much stronger?” Liu Xifeng retreated backward seven steps in a row, half of his body was numb from the shock, it felt as if he was simply struck by a heavy hammer, and it was difficult to move his fingers even if he wanted to.
Zhang Ruochen had defeated him with just two fingers.
Zhang Ruochen withdrew his two fingers and blandly said, “You are no longer my opponent!”
Defeating Liu Xifeng with two fingers, Zhang Ruochen was naturally astonished by his skills.
Even an early Xuanji Realm martial artiste would not be able to defeat Liu Xifeng so easily.
“It’s getting more and more interesting!” Lin Chenyu sat up slightly straighter and stared at Zhang Ruochen standing on the battle stage, the smile on his face intensifying.
The next six battles that challenged Zhang Ruochen were six Yellow Ranked martial artists.
The twenty-fourth ranked on the Yellow Ranking, Hua Shu.
The nineteenth ranked on the Yellow Ranking, Huo Yi.
Ranked 13th in the yellow list, Wang Linsheng.
Ranked 27th in the yellow list, Wang Qing.
Ranked ninth in the yellow list, Zhang Genshu.
Without exception, all of them were defeated in Zhang Ruochen’s hands. All of them were defeated in one move, and no one was able to force Zhang Ruochen to use a second move.
Among them, the most powerful Yellow Ranking martial artist was the ninth ranked Zhang Gen Shu, who could burst out with the power of fifty-two oxen, yet he was still slapped out by Zhang Ruochen and knocked off the battle stage.
“Defeating seven Yellow Ranked Martial Artists in a row, and all of them with a single move, is also too terrifying!”
“Only a month or so has passed, what terrifying level has the Ninth Prince’s cultivation reached?”
“A martial arts prodigy really can’t be viewed with common sense.”
In the yellow ranked martial arts arena, a feverish murmur rang out, finding it rather unbelievable.
Those young and beautiful noble ladies even had beautiful eyes, staring with admiration at Zhang Ruochen who stood upright on the battle stage.
“The Ninth Prince is too handsome! If I can marry him and be his prince consort, even if I live ten years less, I would be willing.” A beautiful young girl of cardamom age stared at Zhang Ruochen obsessively, with a look of springtime.
“What kind of heavenly figure is His Highness the Ninth Prince, how could he possibly look at you?”
“Not only is His Highness the Ninth Prince good-looking and gifted, but also, he is always polite and courteous, treating every opponent with great politeness. For a man of genius like him who is not proud and arrogant, even if I stay by his side as a maid, I would still be willing.”
When Lin Mishan heard the murmurs of those noble ladies, she became very unhappy in her heart and said in a cold voice, “Ah Le, it’s your turn to make a move!”
“Yes!”
Ah Le carried his iron sword with a very determined look in his eyes and was about to mount the battle platform to challenge Zhang Ruochen.
However, a grey silhouette quickly swept past him and ascended the battle platform first.
It was an old man in his sixties, looking rather dry and thin, his face full of wrinkles, but his hair was even darker than a young man’s, and his entire body looked energetic, his eyes shining.
With a smile on his face, the old man stared at Ah Le, who was standing at the bottom of the battle stage, and said, “Hehehe! Little fellow, you stay down below first, let the old man meet His Highness the Ninth Prince first.”
He then fixed his gaze towards Zhang Ruochen and said, “Old me, Shui Wenxin, has come to learn about the superior moves of His Highness, the Ninth Prince. Your Highness, the Ninth Prince, facing me, I wonder if I will use my sword?”
After the old man announced his name, a cry of surprise rang out from below.
“Third on the Yellow List, Shui Wenshin, he’s actually in the royal city.”
“Shui Wenshin had already become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist forty years ago. At that time, it was also considered a genius. Unfortunately, he was met with cynicism and was backstabbed by a Xuanji realm martial artist and suffered a secret injury, causing him to be unable to break through to the Xuanji realm for the rest of his life.”
“If he didn’t have a secret injury, with his talent, he would probably have already been a strong player at the Earth Extreme Realm.”
“This is something to watch! If the Ninth Prince wants to defeat him, it probably won’t be an easy task!”
“It’s said that Shui Wenshin once defeated a martial artist at the early Xuanji Realm, his strength is very strong.”
“The top five of the Yellow List, all of them have the strength of the early Xuanji Realm. Those two perverts in the first and second Yellow Rankings have also killed mid Xuanji Realm martial artists. However, it was only when the two of them joined forces that they killed that one mid Xuan Extreme Realm martial artist.”
Zhang Ruochen stared at Shui Wenxin who was standing opposite him and also revealed a solemn expression.
An old man like Shui Wenshin who had been cultivating at the Great Circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm for decades must have cultivated a lot of martial techniques with endless means, which were not comparable to those young martial artists at all.
Ranking third on the Yellow Ranking List was proof of his strength.
Zhang Ruochen said, “What kind of weapon is senior using?”
“Haha! Old me never uses weapons, hands and feet are the best weapons.” Shui Wenxin laughed.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “Since that’s the case, then the latecomer doesn’t use weapons either. Let’s just compare fists and feet!”
Shui Wenshin’s eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a few appreciative gazes as he said, “Ninth Prince, don’t be arrogant, the old me has been drinking the blood of savage beasts for many years and refining my body with elixirs, so even though I’m at the Great Circle of the Yellow Extremity Realm, I’m already able to erupt with the strength of seventy-two oxen. In the Yellow Extreme Realm, compared to punches and kicks, no one can catch three punches from Lao Fu, even those two people who are number one and number two on the Yellow Ranking can’t catch them.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “It doesn’t matter, I am much younger than senior, my strength may not be inferior to senior.”
“Alright! Since that’s the case, then you have to be careful!”
Shui Wenxin’s arms lifted up, transporting his true qi to his ten fingers and fiercely pinched them, the joints of his entire body emitting a “cackling” sound.
“Boom!”
With a fierce step on the ground, he struck Zhang Ruochen’s face with a fist.
The force of Shui Wenshin’s punch was surprisingly stiff and fierce to the core, not at all like a punch thrown by an old man.
Zhang Ruochen followed with a palm strike, colliding with the punch thrown by Shui Wenshin.
Shui Wenshin retreated six steps in a row, but Zhang Ruochen did not move at all.
“That punch I just threw had at least fifty-six oxen of power, but he actually caught it lightly and knocked me back instead, no wonder he dares to compete with me in fisticuffs. If he were to use his full strength, he would probably be able to burst out with more than seventy oxen of power.”
Shui Wenshin was slightly secretly shocked for a moment before striking out again.
He didn’t fight Zhang Ruochen with brute force and used a different kind of fist technique.
Human Grade Middle Grade Martial Skill, Chaotic Cloud Fist.
With one punch, six fist shadows appeared.
When ten punches were thrown in a row, sixty fist shadows appeared.
“Amazing, his attainment in boxing has actually reached the Sui Xin High Grade.” Zhang Ruochen could tell Shui Wenshin’s martial attainments at a glance.
Generally speaking, only a strong person of the Earth Extreme Realm could cultivate to the Fist Follows the Heart High Stage.
In other words, if Shui Wenshin hadn’t been backstabbed back then, he would have definitely reached the cultivation level of the Earth Extreme Realm or even higher by now.
Zhang Ruochen had to deal with it carefully, continuously striking out palm techniques, and dozens of palm shadows appeared in front of his body as well, pressing back the punches that Shui Wenshin had struck out.
“Boom Boom Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s power was on top of Shui Wenshin’s, knocking Shui Wenshin back non-stop and gradually gaining the upper hand.
“Awesome! At a young age, your power is even stronger than old me, if you can catch this move from old me, then the number one position in the Yellow Ranking will be yours!”
Obviously, Shui Wenshin was very confident in his next move.
This move, which he had never used before, belonged to the life preserving moves in the bottom of the box. Once it was launched, even the one who was number one on the Yellow Ranking would definitely not be able to catch it.
