“Gimme!”
The electric shuttle condensed from the Wind and Thunder Finger struck Luo Shi’s left shoulder, sending the muscles in his shoulder flying.
His shoulder, neck, and armpit instantly became a bloody mess, revealing white shoulder bones.
“Impressive.”
Luo Shi endured the pain and turned to flee.
There was no way around it, the strength of the other party, far exceeded his prediction, and the strength of his spiritual power had most likely reached the forty-fourth rank. Just by using a level one spell, he had already injured him.
If he were to cast a level two spell, or a level three spell, I’m afraid he wouldn’t even have a chance to escape.
Today, he had already made a mistake in decision making, and it was impossible for him to still have a chance to assassinate the other party. He could only flee back and wait until he had recovered from his injuries before coming back to assassinate.
How could Zhang Ruochen let Luo Shi escape so easily?
Luo Shi’s Qi Convergence Technique and hiding techniques were both very powerful, and if Zhang Ruochen did not unleash his Spatial Domain, it would be very difficult for him to be detected.
If he was allowed to leave alive, when he ambushed him next time, he would definitely be more careful and cautious, and Zhang Ruochen might not have the good fortune he had this time.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen had to take advantage of his injuries and get rid of him as a precautionary measure.
For Luo Shi to be able to become a top assassin, speed of stance and speed of attack were his specialities, if he were to flee for his life and use his stance with all his might, even an expert of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon might not be able to catch up with him.
In other words, Luo Shi possessed the ability to escape from a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation cultivator.
Zhang Ruochen couldn’t catch up with his speed even if he executed the Running Thunder Technique at full strength.
It was only that Luo Shi had suffered a considerable amount of injuries and seemed unable to use that mysterious means of concealment, so Zhang Ruochen, with his powerful spiritual power, locked him down and followed closely behind him.
Eventually, Zhang Ruochen chased him to the outside of a manor on the outskirts of the city of Qingyun County and stopped, glancing towards the manor’s gate without rushing in.
Zhang Ruochen found bloodstains on the ground, then, raising his head to glance at the plaque above, he said, “Red Willow Villa.”
It had to be said that this manor had an eerie atmosphere everywhere, looking from the outside in, it was pitch black, not a single silhouette could be seen, and it was quiet to the point of being somewhat surprising.
A large manor, there must be formations laid out, and once caught inside, it would be quite dangerous.
To enter?
Or not to enter?
In Zhang Ruochen’s chest, two very different forces, one cold and one hot, came from him, as if he was carrying a ball of cold ice and a ball of flame inside his clothes.
“The Treasure Seeking Compass actually has a sense, could it be that there are holy stones inside the manor?”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Treasure Seeking Compass and held it in his palm, only to see that in the centre of the compass, a white and a black stream of air rushed up, forming a one-meter-diameter Taiji Seal, above his palm, slowly rotating.
The strong reaction of the Treasure Seeking Compass made Zhang Ruochen even more certain that inside the manor, there was definitely a Sacred Stone.
“Since I’ve already come outside the manor, even if it’s dangerous, I’m going to break in and see it.”
Zhang Ruochen was so bold that even though he knew that there would most likely be an ambush inside the manor, he was still prepared to enter and break in.
People, always have curiosity.
After storing the Treasure Seeking Compass into his spatial ring, Zhang Ruochen ascended the stone stairs and stood below the gate, reaching forward to push it.
With a creak, the gate slowly opened.
Inside the manor, it was empty and terribly quiet.
Between the trees, houses, rockeries, and pavilions, there was a wisp of white mist floating, giving off a shadowy feeling, as if it had been deserted for a long time.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen stopped and laughed, saying, “This level of illusions can’t be hidden from my Heavenly Eyes, is there a point?”
“Worthy of being a Spiritual Power Master, somewhat interesting.”
A demonic woman’s voice echoed in the air.
Just now, everything Zhang Ruochen saw was actually an artificially created illusion.
The other party unlocked the illusion, and the white mist in the air, gradually dissipated, like a white veil being lifted, instantly revealing the original face of the mountain villa.
Inside the mountain villa, it was brightly lit.
There were Evil Dao martial artists on all sides, wearing evil smiles and holding True Martial Treasures, surrounding Zhang Ruochen.
In the distance, there were even two hundred black-robed men in battle armour, holding arrows and crossbows, all pointing their crossbows at Zhang Ruochen. As long as they flicked their fingers, crossbows and arrows would immediately be shot out from the sky.
There were dozens of cultivators from the Fish Dragon Realm alone.
For a manor to be able to gather such a large number of strong cultivators, it was simply comparable to the entire strength of a fourth-rate sect.
Zhang Ruochen, however, remained unperturbed as his gaze swept round and stared at Luo Shi, who had fled earlier.
At this moment, Luo Shi was standing in the upper position, his eyes filled with a cold and sharp light, and he was squeezing the hilt of his sword with one hand to support his body.
From this, it could be seen that in the previous battle, he had indeed been injured quite badly. Afterwards, he was chased all the way by Zhang Ruochen, delaying the best time to heal his injuries, and suddenly his injuries were compounded.
Beside Luo Shi, there was another expert.
This person, named Ji Ghost, looked quite young, only in his thirties, and was the heir of a Half-Saint from the Black Market.
Ji Ghost sized up Zhang Ruochen, revealing a cold and craggy smile as he said, “Luo Shi, with this person, he was able to beat you to the point where you fled in defeat with serious injuries?”
Luo Shi coldly said, “Ji Ghost, you’d better not underestimate him, the strength of this person’s spiritual power has likely reached the forty-fourth rank.”
“Forty-fourth rank mental strength, how is that possible?”
Ji Ghost’s expression, became serious, not daring to underestimate Zhang Ruochen anymore.
A forty-fourth rank Spiritual Strength Master, if he had cultivated a fourth rank spell. Then, under the Half-Saints, he would be second only to the Saint Body of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, so who would dare to underestimate him?
Ji Ghost did not believe Luo Shi’s words, if the man wearing a mask in front of him was really a Spiritual Power Master with a Spiritual Power Strength of forty-fourth rank, would Luo Shi still be able to escape alive to the Green Willow Villa?
Ji Ghost bowed slightly and bowed to the Red Lust Star Envoy, who was sitting at the top, “Lord Star Envoy, let me go and try his strength.”
The Red Lust Star Envoy sat at the top position, holding a two-metre long crystal holy staff. At the top of the holy staff, there was a fist-sized red holy stone embedded.
The red holy stone emitted a wisp of holy qi that entwined the crystal holy staff, making the staff appear extraordinarily divine.
The Red Lust Star Envoy could be described as a naturally sexy creature, just by casually sitting there, all of the Evil Dao cultivators present were tempted to death, itching to throw their heads and blood heat for her.
Who wouldn’t want to perform in front of such a beauty?
Not to mention that this one beauty was also the towering Red Lust Star Envoy.
Only Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, however, was fixed on the red holy stone at the top of the crystal holy staff, and he secretly said in his heart, ”The red holy stone at the top of the holy staff, if it were to be split, it could be divided into at least three holy stones. The aura sensed by the Treasure Seeking Compass should be it.”
Zhang Ruochen could see that the Crystal Sacred Staff in the Red Desire Star Envoy’s hands was a remarkable Spiritual Power Artifact.
Only a Spiritual Power Master could activate a Spiritual Power Manifestation.
A Spiritual Power Master who had mastered a mana weapon and a Spiritual Power Master who had not mastered a mana weapon were two completely different concepts.
When a Spiritual Power Master used a magic weapon, it could increase the speed of condensing spiritual power, increase the power of spells, and drastically increase the strength of a Spiritual Power Master.
In terms of martial talent, the Red Desire Star Envoy could only be considered to be at a medium level amongst the seven Star Envoys. However, in terms of spiritual power talent, the remaining six Star Ambassadors combined were no match for her.
Previously, the reason why she cultivated martial arts was because, before the strength of spiritual power reached the fortieth rank, spiritual power cultivators did not possess any attacking ability, and were merely a little bit stronger than ordinary people.
After her spiritual strength exceeded the fortieth rank, she had begun to major in spiritual strength and illusion arts, and only occasionally would she cultivate martial arts.
Nowadays, her spiritual power, which had already reached the forty-second rank, was only one step away from the forty-third rank.
Now, the Illusion Saint had also given her a Half-Saint Grade Holy Staff, rewarding her, with her current strength, even if she fought with Emperor Yi, she would still have the power to fight.
Red Lust Star Envoy gently lifted her slender and slender **, which was both sexy and elegant, and stared towards Ji Ghost, charmingly saying, “You have to be careful, this person is able to see through my illusion, and even if he hasn’t reached the forty-fourth rank, his spiritual power has definitely reached the peak of the forty-third rank.”
“Star Envoy don’t worry, Red Willow Villa is our territory, even if he has great ability, how much of a wave can he turn up?”Ji Ghost laughed and said.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was still fixed on the Crystal Sacred Staff in the Red Lust Star Envoy’s hand, revealing a look of awe, wanting very much to possess such a spiritual power artefact as well.
“Red Desire Star Envoy’s Crystal Sacred Staff, if it were in an auction house, it would at least fetch a sky-high price of 100 million Spiritual Crystals. If, I also possessed a Crystal Saint Staff, it would definitely be able to raise my strength, by a large margin.”Zhang Ruochen’s heart secretly said.
Only, Zhang Ruochen did not want to snatch the Crystal Saint Staff of the Red Desire Star Envoy.
After all, the Crystal Sacred Staff was too precious, and if, Zhang Ruochen took it away, he would surely provoke the Red Desire Star Envoy’s protector out.
The Red Desire Star Envoy already possessed the ability to compete with Emperor Yi for the Young Master of the Black Market One Piece Hall, and the Dao Protector behind her was most likely at the Half-Saint level.
If it was just a small fight, even if a slice of Evil Dao martial practitioners died, the Half-Saint would probably not intervene in it.
However, if Zhang Ruochen snatched the Crystal Sacred Staff, the Half-Saint would definitely show up.
Although Zhang Ruochen was not afraid of Half-Saints, he did not want to actively provoke a Half-Saint because of a Crystal Sacred Staff.
Seeing the infatuation and awe in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, Ji Ghost thought that Zhang Ruochen was mesmerised by the Red Desire Star Envoy’s beauty, and in his heart, he couldn’t help but despise Zhang Ruochen a few more points.
“Toad wants to eat swan meat, how can you covet the Red Lust Star Envoy?” he said.
Ji Ghost walked down the steps and stood opposite Zhang Ruochen, saying in a deep voice, “Your Excellency has great guts, actually daring to hunt down and kill our Black Market’s people.”
“He wants to kill me, why can’t I kill him?”Zhang Ruochen said.
“It’s only natural for the Black Market to kill people, but if you want to kill someone from the Black Market, you have to weigh your own weight first. Lol! Unmask your face and let me see who you really are?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “Just by virtue of you, you deserve to know my identity?”
“Hmph! Arrogant person!”
Ji Ghost was very annoyed, and his five fingers couldn’t help but squeeze tightly. No matter what, he was also a Half-Saint Successor, his cultivation had already reached the Fish Dragon Seventh Transformation, even in the Black Market One Piece Hall, no one dared to belittle him like this.
