The entire heaven and earth was like a hot red furnace, the grass and trees on the ground were instantly turned into flying ash.
On the back of the Red Blazing Crow King stood an old man wearing golden robes, holding a golden staff, with a three-foot-long blood-coloured beard hanging down from his chin, his eyes’ orbits Avray sunken, and his whole body exuding a hidden hostility.
On top of that, on the Red Blazing Crow King’s back, there was the corpse of a young man.
“The murderer who killed the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, Lin Yue, a disciple of the Two Elemental Sect, has already been killed by the old man and brought back to resume his duties.”Afterwards, the golden-robed old man’s eyes stared over towards Zhang Ruochen, revealing a gloomy expression as he said hoarsely, “Young Lord, you seem to have encountered some trouble?”
“King of Blood Crows, you’ve come back at the right time, come and guess who the person standing opposite you is?”Di laughed.
The golden-robed old man was one of the most powerful powerhouses under Di Yi, the Blood Crow King, and his status was even a bit higher than the Ice Demon.
While Ice Demon was an ice-type spiritual power master, the Blood Crow King was a beast master.
Whether the Phantom Blue Star Envoy died at the hands of a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist from the Two Element Sect or was killed by the Red Desire Star Envoy, an explanation had to be given to the Black Market’s top brass as well.
That was why Emperor Yi had dispatched the Blood Crow King to kill Lin Yue, preparing to bring Lin Yue’s corpse, back to the Evil Emperor City, and hand it over to the higher-ups of the Black Market.
Emperor Yi had precisely calculated that the Blood Crow King was about to return, which was why, when he used the holy decree to escape, he chose to flee in the direction of the Falling God Mountain Range.
After all, Qing Yun County was too far away from Evil Emperor City, so even with the holy decree, it was impossible to escape back.
On the contrary, fleeing in the direction of the Falling God Mountain Range, as long as the Blood Crow King rushed back, with his strength, he would be enough to suppress Zhang Ruochen.
Hearing Emperor Yi’s words, the Blood Raven King gave birth to a curious expression, his eyes narrowed, and a vertical eye emerged from his brow, forming a heavenly eye light that rushed out, trying to see through the mask on Zhang Ruochen’s face.
Unfortunately, the mask had a powerful spiritual force on it, blocking the power of the Heavenly Eye and bouncing it back.
The Blood Raven King put away his Heavenly Eye and let out a light eep, “What a powerful spiritual power, it should have reached the 44th rank, could it be that this person is that one of the Red Willow Villa’s Great Protectors?”
Emperor Yi shook his head and laughed, “The Great Protector is indeed the Great Protector, however, he has another identity, that one, however, is far too powerful than the Great Protector. Ever heard of a Time and Space Transmitter?”
The Blood Crow King’s pupils emitted an intense blood light, revealing a hint of shock as he said, “Isn’t the Time and Space Transmitter already dead is it actually a fraudulent death?”
“Whether it was a fraudulent death or not, wouldn’t we be able to know the result by uncovering the mask on his face?”Di Yi said.
Regarding Zhang Ruochen’s true identity, the Blood Crow King also looked forward to it and immediately began to rub his fists together, revealing a look of eagerness to try.
If, indeed, the Timeless Transmitter was not dead, it might unveil a heavenly secret.
Zhang Ruochen stared towards the corpse on the Red Blazing Crow King’s back and recognised it as actually being that one young disciple of the Two Element Sect, Lin Yue.
Back then, when Zhang Ruochen handed over the corpse of the Phantom Blue Star Envoy to him, it was indeed a good thing for someone like him who was greedy for fame and fortune, not only would he be able to use it to become famous, but he would also be able to use it to obtain abundant cultivation resources.
As long as he returned to the Two Element Sect, even if the forces of the black market were strong, they couldn’t do anything about him.
But I didn’t expect, has passed so long, he actually hasn’t returned to the Two Element Sect, died in the hands of the black market’s evil experts also deserved to die.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to be famous, it is just too stupid.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t know that after Lin Yue obtained the holy decree on the Phantom Blue Star Envoy, he thought that no one could kill him, so he was naturally emboldened.
Only, Lin Yue encountered the Blood Crow King, and the difference in their cultivation was so great that before he could stimulate the holy power in the holy decree, he was already killed by the Blood Crow King.
In short, in a word, if you don’t make a mistake, you won’t die.
Emperor Yi clasped his hands in front of his chest, revealing a teasing look as he said, “Zhang Ruochen, you didn’t manage to kill me, and now the one who dies will be you.”
Not only was the Blood Crow King’s mental strength at the high forty-fourth rank, he was also a powerful Beast Master who could harness thousands of Red Blazing Crows.
With the power of one person, he was able to annihilate an elite army of 100,000, and even if five cultivators of the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon joined forces, they might not be his match.
Thus, Emperor Yi naturally had enough reasons to believe that the Blood Crow King would be able to suppress Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and smiled faintly as his gaze also looked towards the sky.
“Swoosh!”
Above the dark dome of the sky, a holy light flashed like a stream of light and swooped down, transforming into a slender silhouette that landed beside Zhang Ruochen.
It was none other than the Holy Maiden of the Devil Sect, Mu Lingshi.
Mu Lingshi put away the holy decree in her hand, and the holy light on her body, gradually dispersed, revealing her shapely figure as she stood side by side with Zhang Ruochen.
To be able to become the Holy Maiden of the Devil Sect, Mu Lingshi’s body, naturally, also carried the Holy Decree.
Back then, when the Green Clothed Star Envoy had used the Sacred Purpose to escape, Mu Lingshi was perfectly capable of using the Sacred Purpose to hunt her down as well, only that the power of the Sacred Purpose would be one point less if it was used once. The Star Envoy in Green Clothes was the enemy of the Star Envoy in Red Desire, but not Mu Lingshi’s enemy, so naturally, he did not need to waste the holy power in the holy decree for the sake of the Star Envoy in Green Clothes.
This time was different, Mu Lingshi was using the power of the Sacred Decree for Zhang Ruochen’s sake, and hurriedly chased after him, wanting to help Zhang Ruochen and get rid of Emperor Yi once and for all.
“Another one to send to death.”The Blood Crow King smiled coldly.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the Blood Crow King without the slightest change in his expression and said indifferently, “Is that so?”
As he spoke, Zhang Ruochen took out a fist-sized black iron ball from inside his spatial ring, mobilised his true qi, and prodded the inscription in the iron ball.
The black iron ball instantly rotated rapidly, and within it, a “crackling” sound was emitted, quickly changing into a three-metre-tall Alchemy Warrior.
With a flick of Zhang Ruochen’s finger, a holy stone flew out from between his fingers and landed into the groove on the chest of the Weapon Refining Warrior.
“Wow!”
The holy stone in the groove rotated rapidly.
The holy qi in the holy stone was released, activating the inscriptions within the Refiner Warrior, and instantly, a powerful aura of strength erupted from the Refiner Warrior’s body, and two green flames surfaced from a pair of empty eye sockets.
“Refiner Warrior.”
The Blood Crow King revealed a surprised expression, clearly not expecting that Zhang Ruochen had such a card.
It was true that he was very strong, and he wouldn’t put even a Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation powerhouse in his eyes, but facing a Weapon Refining Warrior still gave him a bit of a headache.
In Emperor Yi’s mind, he had another thought, “Only someone from the imperial court can possess a Weapon Refining Warrior… Could it be that Zhang Ruochen’s being killed was a lie, and being secretly taken in by the imperial court was the real thing?”
Emperor Yi rather suspected that Zhang Ruochen had joined the court’s secret organisation, and that was why the court framed his death on the Jiuyue Sword Saint.
Only Mu Lingshi was the only one who nodded indistinctly, finally understanding why Zhang Ruochen had purchased the Sacred Stone, so it was because, he had a Refining Warrior in his body.
Only by using the Sacred Stone could the Weapon Refining Warrior, explode with the most powerful force.
Mu Lingshi laughed, saying, “Emperor Yi, it seems that even with the help of the Blood Crow King, it is difficult for you to escape death.”
Emperor Yi snorted coldly and said, “Since you have the Alchemy Warriors, today, this Young Lord will not fight with you. King Blood Crow stop them, I’ll go first.”
Now that Emperor Yi had grasped Zhang Ruochen’s secret, he naturally didn’t want to fight with Zhang Ruochen, and as long as he was able to escape from this place, he would immediately have to spread the news that Zhang Ruochen wasn’t dead.
At that time, there would naturally be many people to deal with Zhang Ruochen, and there was no need for him to personally take action.
The Blood Crow King released his spiritual power and sent out a strange kind of sound wave from his mouth.
Driven by the sound wave, the Red Incandescent Crows that filled the sky let out ear-piercing cries as if they were a ball of fire, frantically attacking Zhang Ruochen, Mu Lingshi, and the Refiner Warriors.
Even the weakest Red Incandescent Crow was comparable to the strength of an Earth Extremity Realm Great Circle. What’s more, there were also some Red Incandescent Crows that had reached the level of Fourth Order Savage Beasts, whose strength was comparable to that of a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist.
Thousands of Red Incandescent Crows, attacked over at the same time, directly drowning Zhang Ruochen, Mu Lingshi, and the Refining Warrior completely.
“Zhang Ruochen, the next time we meet, I’m afraid that our grudge will only be truly ended. It’s just that I don’t know if you’ll still be able to escape the Eastern Region Evil Lands this time?”
Emperor Yi laughed aloud as he once again took out the holy decree and was about to mobilise his true qi to stimulate the holy power in the decree.
Right at this moment, above his head, suddenly, a powerful suction force came, like a vortex, pulling his body.
“What’s that?”
Emperor Yi raised his head and glanced upwards, the smile on his face becoming completely frozen, followed by a panicked expression.
Only to see that there was a palm-sized Ruyi vase suspended above his head.
That powerful pulling force was coming from the mouth of the Ruyi Treasure Vase, as if it was trying to take him in.
Zhang Ruochen had already used Spatial Shift a long time ago and rushed out of the Red Blazing Crow flock, standing just ten feet away from Emperor Yi, striking out pillars of True Qi to control the Ruyi Treasure Vase.
“Emperor Yi, I told you that you won’t be able to escape today. When I get rid of the Blood Crow King, I’ll come and settle the score with you. Collect!”
“No.”
A strong unwillingness appeared on Emperor Yi’s face as he immediately mobilised the Saint Qi in his body, wanting to cast the “Heartless Black Hole” Dharma Phase again.
Unfortunately, Zhang Ruochen struck the Ruyi Treasure Vase first, and before he could cast the Dharma Phase, his feet flew off the ground.
With a swoosh, Emperor Yi’s body gradually became smaller and smaller, and was collected by Zhang Ruochen into the Ruyi Treasure Vase.
