“Wow.”
As the second layer of the Sherri Son’s seal was unsealed, a golden Buddhist light emerged from Zhang Ruochen’s body.
One by one, Buddhist patterns, Brahma characters, and scriptures flew out of the Sherri Son, rising and leaping up, and with a buzzing sound, coalesced into the silhouette of a gigantic golden Buddha that was a hundred feet tall.
Zhang Ruochen stood motionless on the surface of the sea and slowly raised his right arm up.
That golden Buddha silhouette, also stretched out a large hand, keeping in sync with Zhang Ruochen’s movements, and grabbed the tail of the Ursus Jiao King, fending off the Ursus Jiao King’s attack.
“Boom!”
He grabbed the Ursus Jiao King’s tail and suppressed the Ursus Jiao King to death, and with a fling of his arm, a powerful force erupted, dragging the Ursus Jiao King’s body and throwing it away, straight into the clouds as if it was going to be flung out of the sky.
Zhang Ruochen’s entire body was filled with power, not to mention flinging the Ursus Skeleton Jiao King, as long as he was willing, it seemed that he could lift a huge mountain with his bare hands.
When the Golden Dragon had first handed over the Sharps to Zhang Ruochen, it had set four layers of seals, and by unlocking the first three layers, one could gain three times the power in a short period of time.
Unlocking the first layer of seals, one could obtain power comparable to that of a Fish Dragon Realm cultivator in a short period of time.
Unlocking the second layer of seals, one could, within a short period of time, erupt with power comparable to that of a Half-Saint.
Unlocking the third layer of seals could, within a short period of time, exert a power comparable to that of a Saint.
At the Heavenly Extremity Realm, Zhang Ruochen could only unlock the first layer of seals. Breaking through to the Fish Dragon Realm, he was finally able to unlock the second layer of the Sherpa’s seal, and within an hour, he possessed the power of a Half Saint level.
A Half Saint was a goal that hundreds of millions of martial artists throughout the Kunlun Realm pursued, a realm that they could only dream of. However, the martial artists who were able to reach the Half-Saint realm were only a handful.
Zhang Ruochen was only in his early twenties, yet he was able to possess the power of a Half Saint level within an hour.
This was a rare opportunity, and it might be possible to make use of this opportunity to give Zhang Ruochen a whole new understanding of the Saint Dao.
Comparing a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm to an ant.
Compare a half-saint to a human.
Then, for an ant to cultivate into a human, it was naturally as difficult as climbing up to heaven.
However, if that ant was given the opportunity to become a human for an hour, then it would develop a completely new understanding of the human worldview and human power.
When it turned back into an ant, it would understand how to struggle and work hard next, and would be able to take many fewer detours than other ants, leading to the path of the Half-Saint.
The Zhang Ruochen at this moment was that one ant.
The next hour was not just about seizing the Xuanwu Sacred Source, but also about carefully experiencing the power of a Half-Saint.
The Wrecked Jiao King had never expected that Zhang Ruochen’s power would suddenly become so terrifying.
Its body, in mid-air, kept struggling and swinging, and it had just stabilised itself, wanting to launch a counter-attack at Zhang Ruochen.
However, it realised that on the surface of the sea, where was there any trace of Zhang Ruochen?
That one human brat, where did he go?
“No need to look, it’s above your head.”
Zhang Ruochen stood above the King of Ursus Jiao, lifted the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, and raised it above his head.
“Wow!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword swung down, expanding into a huge sword more than ten feet long under the stimulation of the inscription pattern, slashing the body of the Wool Skeleton Jiao King.
“Plop!”
The body of the Wool Skeleton Jiao King split into two, breaking into two pieces.
In the body of the Jiao, blood flowed out as if it was a waterfall.
The two pieces of the Jiao’s body fell vertically into the sea, splashing large waves of water. One of the two pieces of jiao carcasses smashed on top of a small island, directly sinking that small island.
Zhang Ruochen’s arm retracted, and on his sword, a large amount of blood was flung out.
Afterwards, he flew hundreds of metres above the sea, pushing his speed to the extreme and chasing after the Golden Brilliant King.
The Golden Brilliant King had not completely subdued the Iron Pillar and wanted to return to the Yellow Royal Island to continue refining it, which was why he ignored Zhang Ruochen and left him to the Crow Wrecking Jiao King.
However, the Golden Brilliant King had only been flying for a short while when he noticed that the connection between him and the Wreckless Jiao King had suddenly disappeared.
“How could this happen?”
The Golden Brilliant King stopped, turned around, and looked in the direction behind him.
The Wool Skeleton Jiao King had been controlled by him using the Beast Mastering Inscription and had become his warbeast.
There were only two situations where the connection between the master and the warbeast, would be broken.
Firstly, the Wrecked Jiao King had taken the initiative to refine the Beast Harnessing Inscription, breaking away from his control.
Second, the Wreckless Jiao King had been killed.
King Jin Huang was more willing to believe that it was the former scenario, after all, the Wreckless Jiao King was a sixth-ranked savage beast with a battle strength comparable to that of a Half-Saint, and in the Xuanwu Ruins Realm, who would be able to kill him at such a fast speed?
Just as the Golden Brilliant King wanted to return and go forward to check what had happened.
In the distant heavens, a vast sound of the Buddhist Dao came from the sky, as if ten thousand Buddhas were chanting. A wisp of sound waves, travelling between the clouds and seawater, rotated around the Golden Brilliant King.
The black evil aura emanating from the Golden Brilliant King slightly touched the sound waves and immediately dissipated with a “giggling” sound.
“Could it be that a Buddhist holy monk has come to the Xuanwu Market Realm?”
The Golden Brilliant King was on alert, his palms pressed on top of the iron pillars, ready to meet the battle at any time…
“Wow!”
In the sky, a golden Buddha cloud emerged, forming a Buddha shadow that was a hundred feet tall, looking down on the Golden Brilliant King below.
Zhang Ruochen stood in the palm of that Buddha Shadow, the skin on his body reflected in gold by the Buddha Cloud, giving off a surging and vast aura.
“It’s you?”
The Golden Brilliant King glanced upwards and sensed the power fluctuations on Zhang Ruochen’s body, and immediately revealed a surprised expression as he said in awe, “Interesting, really interesting, you have such a treasure on your body, it should be the power of the Buddha Emperor’s relics, right? If I can swallow the relics, why would I worry about not being able to reach the Saint realm?”
It wasn’t a secret that Zhang Ruochen was an heir of the Buddha Emperor, and of course, the Golden Brilliant King knew about it.
Zhang Ruochen’s voice was vast, like the sound of a Buddha, “King Golden Brilliant, you’re too greedy, you already have the Xuanwu Saint Source and you still want the Buddha Emperor’s relic, you’re not afraid that you won’t be able to withstand the two conflicting forces and end up bursting into flames.”
“Haha!”
Golden Brilliant King laughed out loud, “The Xuanwu Sacred Source and the Buddha Emperor’s Relic are both supreme holy relics, so why can’t we have both? Zhang Ruochen, the fact that you were able to kill the Ursus Jiao King shows that you still have a few skills. Leave the Buddha Emperor Relic and this king will let you go.”
“You are dreaming.”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Golden Brilliant King held the iron pillar in his hand, and the long hair on his head, rushed up backwards.
Wisps of black, ink-like death aura flowed around his body, forming a swirling evil cloud.
From afar, the golden and black clouds almost hedged together, turning the entire sea half golden and half black.
Zhang Ruochen was pressed for time and stopped talking to the Golden Brilliant King and attacked first.
“Shakura Sword Technique.”
With the first sword out of the gate, he directly performed a mastery.
It would naturally be best if he could subdue the Golden Brilliant King with just one move.
With a “swish” sound, Zhang Ruochen leapt in the void, performed a spatial shift, and appeared in front of the Golden Brilliant King.
He incorporated a Time Seal into his sword move and stabbed the Golden Brilliant King’s brow with a devastating momentum.
The Golden Brilliant King was also worthy of being a Market Realm Commander who had survived ten thousand battles, and was quite experienced in battle, seeing that the tip of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was only an inch away from the centre of his brow.
The Golden Brilliant King’s arm moved, and a disc-thick iron pillar flew horizontally, striking the body of the sword and deflecting the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
The Golden Brilliant King stepped back sharply, his fingers touched on his forehead, and when he brought it to his eyes, his fingertips were full of blood.
Zhang Ruochen’s sword just now had broken through his fleshly body’s defences, leaving a two-inch long bloodstain on his forehead.
“Worthy of being a man of the Sacred Academy, not only is he able to manipulate space, he can actually mobilise the power of time as well, this king has underestimated you.”
The Golden Brilliant King took a deep breath and inhaled the evil Qi of death emanating from the iron pillar into his body in a steady stream.
His body, as if it was being dyed, turned completely black, and a layer of metallic light flowed on his skin, as if it had become the same material as that one iron pillar.
This was the sign that he, was about to become an evil slave of the iron pillar.
Once he became an Evil Slave, the Golden Brilliant King would lose all consciousness and completely turn into an Iron Pillar’s vassal and puppet.
“Die!”
The Golden Brilliant King mobilised the holy qi in his body, transported it to his palms, and struck it into the iron pillar.
The iron pillar gradually turned thicker and emerged with an evil tattoo, one end sinking into the water and the other going straight into the clouds, transforming into an evil pillar that stood on top of the sky.
If one looked closely, one would see that there were grey and black dead soul shadows that flew out from the top of the pillar.
The temperature in the air suddenly chilled.
All of a sudden, the gloomy wind gusted, the sky was dark, and the sea in a hundred-mile radius was as if it had turned into a hell on earth.
Zhang Ruochen had never seen such a terrifying Evil Weapon before. The power emitted from it was as if it was capable of piercing through the heavens and the earth, and even the Ancient Sword of the Sinking Abyss began to tremble unceasingly, emitting “clang clang clang” sword sounds.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen could clearly sense that the Golden Brilliant King had not exerted its full power. If its power were to fully explode, it would be unimaginable.
What kind of evil weapon was it?
“Wow!”
The iron pillar swayed a bit, forming a watery wave-like power force that blasted towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen quickly gathered his strength, gripped his sword with both hands, and slashed forwards.
With a “bang” sound, the sword qi that Zhang Ruochen slashed out was shattered by the wave of evil qi in a split second.
The invisible evil Qi swooped towards Zhang Ruochen.
In an instant, the scene in front of Zhang Ruochen’s eyes all disappeared, and those evil qi formed illusions and transformed into hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers and soldiers, emitting whistling noises as they descended from the sky and rushed towards him as if they wanted to devour him.
The Heart of Sword Intent in Zhang Ruochen’s brow operated rapidly.
He gripped his sword with both hands and swung it across.
A sword shadow instantly flew out from the sword, forming a wall of swords that hovered in the void and flew forward.
“Boom!”
All the sword shadows, in an instant, all shattered.
A huge evil force struck Zhang Ruochen’s body, piercing through the Buddha’s light on Zhang Ruochen’s body and sending him flying backwards, landing several miles away.
