The Green Flame Xuanwu was one of the three descendants of the Divine Beast Xuanwu, and although it was not as powerful as the true Divine Beast Xuanwu, in the eyes of an ordinary person, it was still a rather formidable beast of the world.
The Green Flame Xuanwu at the bottom of the Blood Spring Trench had still been dead for many years, but, inside its carapace, it was still burning with a blazing green flame.
The further one went towards the abdomen, the more vigorous the green flame became and the higher the temperature.
Zhang Ruochen held up a spatial domain with a diameter of three zhang, blocking the green-coloured Xuanwu flames from the outside of the domain.
It took him a quarter of an hour to pass through the layers of obstruction and arrive at the abdomen of the Green Flame Xuanwu.
Only to see, a rusty and thick iron pillar, penetrating through the body of the Green Flame Xuanwu, stood in the centre of the abdomen, emitting a wisp of deathly evil qi like ink.
In the midst of the black deathly aura, there sat a burly man in golden armour. He was two metres tall and looked to be in his forties, with distinct features, a hard temperament, and a foot-long green beard on his chin.
At his waist, he was wearing a Ministry of War token.
Obviously, he was also a Market Realm warrior.
On this person’s body, the aura that emanated from him was terrifying, and seemed to be quite a bit stronger than even the Wreckage Jiao King. From this, it could be seen that he was definitely a Half Saint.
Of the human cultivators in the entire Xixuan Sea, only the Golden Brilliant King, had reached the Half-Saint realm.
In this way, his identity, too, came to light.
Zhang Ruochen had already confirmed his identity just by glancing towards him?and said, “The Golden Brilliant King has indeed reached the bottom of the Blood Spring Sea Trench a long time ago.”
A point of light surfaced at the centre of the Golden Brilliant King’s brow.
Through that single point of light, it was visible to see that deep within his brow, in the middle of his Qi Sea, there seemed to be a green-coloured star that emitted a powerful Saint Qi pressure.
Zhang Ruochen was careful and just took a step forward.
“Wow.”
Immediately, the cyan star at the centre of the Golden Brilliant King’s brow emitted a circle of ripples and impacted towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen felt an invisible pressure that suddenly, surged over from the direction of the Golden Brilliant King and acted on his body. That feeling was like being subjected to ten times gravity.
When Zhang Ruochen took the second step, that pressure increased another notch, comparable to twenty times gravity acting on his body.
Zhang Ruochen took nine steps in a row, and the pressure on his body was close to a hundred times gravity.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes stared tightly at the light spot at the centre of the Golden Brilliant King’s brow, secretly saying, ”Although the Golden Brilliant King’s cultivation is powerful, after all, it’s still only at the Half-Saint realm, and it’s impossible for him to possess such a powerful Saint Might. That cyan star in the Qi Sea at his brow is definitely Xuanwu’s Saint Source. Only by obtaining the Saint Source could he become so powerful.”
Half-Saints were able to make their martial souls, grow into Saint Souls.
When a Saint Soul was angry, it could erupt with Saintly Might, causing cultivators close to Half-Saints to uncontrollably develop a sense of awe.
However, half saints were still a step away from true saints. The power of Saint Might also had a certain limit.
Only when a Saint Source was condensed could one be considered a true Saint.
A Saint’s Saintly Might was even more powerful.
When a Saint was angry, just that single emotion could invoke some of the Saint Laws between heaven and earth, shocking all living beings and causing them to all kneel on the ground.
Just as Zhang Ruochen walked close to the Golden Brilliant King, suddenly, the Golden Brilliant King opened his eyes and glared at Zhang Ruochen.
Inside his two eyes, there were no pupils as, even the whites of his eyes turned black, as if they were two black holes, emitting a strong aura of death.
“Not good, the Golden Brilliant King has been controlled by Tie Zhu’s Evil Qi of Death, controlling his body and turning into an Evil Half Saint.”Zhang Ruochen’s face changed as he quickly retreated backwards.
Not only did the Golden Brilliant King take in the Xuanwu Sacred Source and put it into his Qi Sea. At the same time, he even tried to collect that one evil iron pillar.
That one iron pillar was indeed an extraordinary battle weapon, only that the evil aura of death contained on top of the iron pillar was quite terrifying, and it was simply not something that the Golden Brilliant King could suppress.
It was because of this reason that the Golden Brilliant King was instead controlled by the iron pillar and lost himself.
“Wow.”
Inside the Golden Brilliant King’s two black eyes, two icy cold pillars of light shot out like black lightning, striking at Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
Zhang Ruochen could not avoid it, so he could only unfold the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, injecting his True Qi into the scroll and blocking it forward.
The inscriptions on the picture scroll, quickly emerged, emitting a ray of white haze, and collided with the two black pillars of light, colliding together.
“Puff!”
Zhang Ruochen slid back five feet before regaining his footing.
The two pillars of light that shot out from inside the Golden Brilliant King’s eyes, on the other hand, were gradually purified by the white light on the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram, turning into grains of black light points that dissipated into the water.
The Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram possessed the special power to suppress evil qi, and back then, the Blood Spirit King had been suppressed by it once.
The Golden Brilliant King was slightly taken aback and said, “Junior, seeing as you still have some skills, this King advises you to leave this place quickly, or else, I’m afraid your life will be in jeopardy if this King strikes again.”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram with one hand and carried the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword with the other as he walked forward once again, saying, “King Gold Brilliant, the one who should leave this place is you, not me. You have already had your heart invaded by the evil qi of death in the iron pillars without realising it, and if you continue to collect the iron pillars, I’m afraid that you will become an evil slave of the iron pillars.”
The Golden Brilliant King let out a loud laugh and said with great confidence, “This king has been training in the Market Realm Battlefield for a hundred years, I don’t know how many life and death bloody battles I’ve gone through, my mind is as firm as iron, how can the evil power of just a single iron pillar affect this king?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “If you had a mirror in front of you, perhaps you would be able to see how hideous and terrifying you look right now.”
After saying that, Zhang Ruochen’s finger, pointed forwards.
“Wow!”
At the tip of his finger, a halo of light, gradually dispersed and condensed into a circular mirror of spiritual light, which hovered in front of the Golden Brilliant King.
When the Golden Brilliant King saw himself in the mirror, immediately, a look of trepidation appeared in his eyes.
The person on the surface of the realm, his entire body was wrapped in a black evil aura, his eyes were so black that he could not see his pupils, and the meridians on his face were all protruding, as if he was a stern ghost.
King Jin Huang shook his head vigorously, unable to accept himself in the mirror, his voice hoarse as he yelled, “No it’s not me it’s not me”
“This king is the king of the army on the battlefields of the Market Realm, winning a hundred battles, how could he have his body invaded by a mere death evil Qi? It’s you, it must be you, junior, you dare to tease this king? After this king refines this one iron pillar, he will definitely break you into pieces.”
“Boo!”
Zhang Ruochen’s finger retracted, and the mirror of spiritual light immediately dissipated.
Zhang Ruochen once again took a step forward and said, “King Gold Brilliant, I am one of the Market Realm Warriors, and you are the commander of the Market Realm Warriors. Yet, you want to kill me. This shows that your heart, which has been corrupted by the evil aura on the iron pillar, is becoming murderous.”
The Golden Brilliant King was quite agitated, his teeth clenched and the killing intent on his body became even more intense.
The Golden Brilliant King’s face twisted a little as he said in a cold voice, “Woolly Wreck Jiao King, go and kill this one junior for this king.”
Wreckless Jiao King?
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was startled, and he secretly operated his true qi and was alert.
Only to see that the Golden Brilliant King’s arm was stretched forward, and a crimson Jiao shadow flew out from his sleeve.
“Roar!”
The three-foot-long Red Cloud Python Jiao flew in a circle around the iron pillar, emitting crimson light from its body, forming a bright ball of light.
A moment later, the Red Cloud Python Jiao’s body swelled up and coalesced into a humanoid shape as it flew out of the ball of light, landed on the ground, and knelt down on one knee in front of the Golden Brilliant King, “Greetings to my master.”
Surprisingly, it was really the Wreckage Jiao King.
Earlier, when Zhang Ruochen was impacting the Fish Dragon Realm in the Scroll World, the Wrecked Jiao King had rushed into the Xuanwu’s abdomen, and originally, he had wanted to seize the Xuanwu Sacred Source from King Jinhuang’s body.
Unfortunately, after obtaining the Xuanwu Sacred Source, King Jinhuang’s cultivation increased greatly, and he counter-suppressed King Wrecking Jiao.
Moreover, the Golden Brilliant King also used a Beast Mastering Inscription to penetrate into the body of the Ursus Skeleton Jiao King, accepting it as his mount.
Zhang Ruochen carefully surveyed the Ursus Jiao King and found that the Ursus Jiao King’s breath was disorganised and its eyes were dark and ebony, clearly suffering from serious injuries.
Moreover, above the eyeballs of the Wreckage Jiao King, there were strands of Beast Harnessing Inscriptions flowing, and it was obvious that it had been controlled by the Golden Brilliant King and had become one of the Golden Brilliant King’s warbeasts.
Zhang Ruochen probably guessed what was going on as he gazed towards the Golden Brilliant King and said, ”Golden Brilliant King, I came here not to fight with you, but to exchange the Xuanwu Sacred Source with you. I can use the Dragon Pearl and exchange it with you.”
Having broken through to the Fish Dragon Realm, Zhang Ruochen was already able to call the Dragon Pearl out of his body.
“What are you, worthy of negotiating with this king?”
The Golden Brilliant King had no intention of exchanging with Zhang Ruochen at all, instead, he revealed a sneer and laughed, “King of the Wreckage Jiao, kill him for this king. The Dragon Pearl on his body will belong to you from now on.”
The eyes of the Wreckless Jiao King lit up, revealing a greedy expression.
It was of the Jiao Clan, so if it could swallow the dragon pearl, it might be able to turn off into a rank seven savage beast in one fell swoop in the future and transform into a Jiao Dragon.
“Many thanks master, Wreckage will definitely do his best to kill this son.”
The Woolly Wreck Jiao King bowed to the Golden Brilliant King, and then, he took out his Flaming War Hammer and took a step towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen gently shook it, knowing that the Golden Brilliant King had been completely corrupted by the Iron Pillar, turning into an evil demon, and there was no longer any way to negotiate with him.
Nowadays, he could only take it by force.
Zhang Ruochen slowly raised the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and said, “King of the Wreckage Jiao, you’ve already suffered serious injuries, and at the bottom of the sea, you’re no match for me, so I advise you to back away immediately.”
“Haha! Human boy, aren’t you also heavily injured? You don’t really think that with the help of the seawater’s water pressure, you can defeat this king? To tell you the truth, even if this king is suppressed by the water pressure of the seawater, he is still the king of the Jiao Clan after all, while you are just a mole cricket.”The Wrecked Jiao King laughed.
Even with the suppression of the environment, the Wrecked Jiao King was still very confident in his own strength, and simply didn’t believe that he would lose to a human junior.
As time was running out, Zhang Ruochen no longer continued to talk nonsense with the Wreckless Jiao King, stepping and changing his form nine times in a row, appearing in front of the Wreckless Jiao King, waving his sword and slashing out twelve sword qi.
Breaking through to the Fish Dragon Realm, Zhang Ruochen’s true qi became even thicker, and with his powerful martial soul that was comparable to that of a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation cultivator, he could mobilise heaven and earth auras on a large scale.
In this way, he was able to activate more inscriptions in the sword body, allowing the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword to erupt with even greater power.
The power exerted by a holy weapon, in the hands of a Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artist and a Fish Dragon Realm cultivator, was naturally vastly different.
“Boom boom!”
Twelve sword qi, each of which was more than ten zhang long, took on a circular arc shape and knocked the Ursus Jiao King backwards.
