It appeared to be a simple claw, but to Zhang Ruochen, it was as if the sky had collapsed and pressed down on him, rendering his entire body unable to move.
“Is this the power of a Half Saint?”
Zhang Ruochen’s Sacred Qi was suppressed by Qi Hong’s Sacred Might, and could not operate in his meridians at all.
The power of spiritual force could be used, but even if he mobilised his spiritual force and used spells, he would definitely not be able to escape from the hands of a Half-Saint. It would be better to temporarily hide the spiritual power cultivation and look for another moment to escape.
Qi Hong landed a claw on Zhang Ruochen’s left shoulder and ripped the Meteor Invisibility Cloth off.
The power contained in that claw broke through Zhang Ruochen’s protective Sacred Deity and sent him flying over ten feet away.
With a bang, Zhang Ruochen’s body smashed through the trunk of an ancient tree and crashed down into a thicket of dead leaves.
In that move just now, Lord Qi Hong was trying to seize the Meteor Invisibility Vest, not trying to kill Zhang Ruochen. Even so, the aftershocks emanating from his hand claws had seriously injured Zhang Ruochen’s.
Zhang Ruochen only felt that his entire body was icy cold, the surface of his skin was covered with a layer of white frost, and he could only tremble on the ground as he froze.
The location of his left shoulder became a bloody mess.
Intense pain travelled through most of Zhang Ruochen’s body. He could clearly perceive that a cold aura, from the wound on his left shoulder, surged into his meridians, freezing the True Qi of his entire body.
Qi Hong held the Meteor Invisibility Vest with a greedy look in his eyes as he kept stroking his palms on it, exclaiming, “Wonderful! It really is quite wonderful! No wonder even with your brat’s cultivation, you were able to escape from that altar, it’s actually because of possessing such a precious treasure.”
The Meteor Invisibility Clothes were also extremely helpful to Half-Saints, and as long as they were put on, Qi Hong was confident that he would be able to escape even if he faced an Upper Saint.
“What exactly are …… you? Why …… did you break into that …… altar?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
Qi Hong glanced towards Lin Yue on the ground and revealed a sneering smile as he said conspiratorially, “Actually, this seat did not know that such a huge altar was built in the Ancient God Mountain. This seat was following behind you to enter the interior of the altar.”
“You …… you followed me?”Zhang Ruochen was slightly surprised.
However, he was soon relieved.
If it was a Half-Saint who wanted to follow him, it would indeed be an easy task.
Only, there were very few Half Saints that would track a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm.
An icy killing aura appeared in Qi Hong’s eyes as he laughed cruelly, ”I’m not trying to track you, but to kill you. You should understand why I want to kill you, right?”
“Just because I defeated Qi Fayu and angered the Qi Family, the Qi Family is going to kill me?”Zhang Ruochen tried.
“The Qi Family? Lol! That’s because, your existence has affected my sect’s plans.”
“What plan?”Zhang Ruochen pursued.
“Of course it’s ……”
Qi Hong sensed that he had let his mouth slip, so he swallowed back his half-said words and laughed, “Trying to lasso this seat’s words? With your little bit of cleverness, you dare to play mind games with a Half Saint, you really don’t know how to write the word death.”
“However, honestly speaking, your skills are indeed not small. This seat had previously thought of sending people from below to kill you, but, in the end, they were all vetoed by me. Do you know why?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Because, none of them could kill me.”
Qi Hong nodded and said, “That’s right. Your strength is really quite powerful, and unless a Half-Saint personally takes action, no one else dispatched would have absolute certainty of killing you.”
“Puffing!”
Zhang Ruochen clenched his teeth and endured that sharp pain on his body as he stood up from the ground with great difficulty.
Qi Hong put the Meteor Invisibility Clothes on his body and saw Zhang Ruochen who stood up, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes as he said, “After enduring this seat’s move ‘Xuan Ice Soul Breaking Claw’, you can actually stand up, your brat is really only at the cultivation level of the Fifth Transformation of the Fish Dragon?”
Zhang Ruochen’s entire body was covered in white frost, and even his bones and muscles had become quite stiff, yet he still tried to straighten his spine and laughed, “If I remember correctly …… the Xuan Ice Soul Breaking Claw is …… a martial skill of the Devil Sect. You are the sword holder of the …… Sword Pavilion, from where did you cultivate …… this martial skill?”
Qi Hong revealed a cold smile, spread his hands and laughed very comfortably, “What’s the harm if you recognise it? Immediately you will become a dead man anyway.”
“Swish!”
Qi Hong took a step forward and performed the “One Step, Thousand Miles” martial art, and in an instant, he appeared in front of Zhang Ruochen’s body, striking his palm at the top of Zhang Ruochen’s head.
Xiao Hei, who was hidden in Zhang Ruochen’s sleeve, grabbed the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram and was about to immediately open the space door leading to the world of scrolls.
However, Zhang Ruochen pressed it back.
Qi Hong was also a rather powerful existence within the Half Saints, and he was afraid that Qi Hong would have already snatched the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram before he and Xiao Hei had entered the Figure Scroll World.
Moreover, even if they escaped into the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram, it would still be tantamount to hiding in a dead end.
Even if Qi Hong could not refine it, could he not present the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram to the Qi Family’s Family Head?
With the depths of a medieval family like the Qi Family, it would definitely not be difficult to refine the Qian Kun Divine Wood Diagram.
At that time, Zhang Ruochen would still be dead.
“Don’t you want to know what secrets that altar actually has? To tell you the truth, I came to the Two Element Sect to investigate it.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Qi Hong’s palm, stopped at once, and he said in an imposing manner, “Speak! What exactly is going on with that altar? And which side are you on?”
“Is this your negotiating attitude?”Zhang Ruochen laughed.
Qi Hong’s gaze sank, and he was about to give Zhang Ruochen a taste of his own medicine, however, he glanced behind him in the direction and detected someone chasing in that direction.
“For the time being, I’ll let you live a little longer first, then I’ll slowly clean you up later.”
Grabbing Zhang Ruochen, Qi Hong stimulated the power of the Meteor Invisibility Clothes, and with that, he disappeared in place, rushing out of the Qui Mist Forest with a speed that was as fast as it could be, and flew out towards the mountain gate of the Two Yi Sect.
About half an hour later, Qi Hong led Zhang Ruochen, far away from the Two Element Sect’s sphere of influence, to a desolate hill, where he temporarily stopped.
With the speed of a Half-Saint, within half an hour, it was enough to cross a distant territory.
“What a precious garment, it doubled my speed, with its assistance, I’m afraid that even Saints won’t be able to help me.”Qi Hong gently stroked the Meteor Invisibility Cloth and loved it even more.
Afterwards, he threw Zhang Ruochen onto the ground, the smile on his face tightening as he said, “Speak! What secret is hidden in that altar?”
Zhang Ruochen just smiled and did not reply.
Qi Hong also smiled, rather grimly, and said, “Kid, are you going to take the initiative to say it? Or will you let this seat perform some extreme means and personally dig out the secrets in your mind?”
In half an hour’s time, Zhang Ruochen had already operated the Nine Heavenly Bright Emperor Scripture and dissolved a large portion of the cold Qi in his body.
However, Zhang Ruochen still pretended to be unable to move, stalling for time while saying breathlessly, “Fine, it’s fine to tell you. However, why are you so far away? Do you want to know the secret of that altar or not?”
“It’s best not to play tricks, there’s no use at all.”Qi Hong coldly said.
A mere cultivator of the Fish Dragon Realm, even if he bounced around any more, how much of a wave could he make?
Qi Hong didn’t feel in the slightest that Zhang Ruochen could threaten him, and thus, walked over with confidence, stopping only three steps away from Zhang Ruochen.
“Why are you so scared? Don’t you dare to walk a little closer?”Zhang Ruochen said.
In Qi Hong’s hand, he condensed a three-foot long ice sword and said, “If I come any closer, I will chop off your head and use the Soul Searching Mysterious Technique to search for your previous memories from your Martial Soul, and that kind of tactic is nothing short of excruciatingly painful. Are you sure you want me to come closer forward?”
Zhang Ruochen snorted coldly and sat up from the ground, obediently moving a little closer to Qi Hong again as he said, “It’s fine to tell you that, in fact, the altar on the Ancient Divine Mountain was ordered to be built by Empress Chi Yao. It’s not just the Two Eyes Sect that has it, in the other four domains of the Kunlun Realm, the major market realms, there are also the same altars built.”
Qi Hong was obviously captivated by Zhang Ruochen’s words, revealing an astonished expression, and he couldn’t help but take a step forwards, hastily asking, “Why did Empress Chi Yao build these altars?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Qi Hong’s feet, revealing a smirk on his face as he said, “That’s because ……”
Just halfway through his words, he took out a black pill from his sleeve and threw it towards Qi Hong.
“Boom!”
The black Dan Pill burst apart, forming a black evil aura that enveloped Qi Hong’s body.
Even though, Qi Hong exerted the Holy Light Domain, he couldn’t defend himself at all, and any skin that was stained by the black evil aura was immediately corroded.
“What is it?”Qi Hong was somewhat alarmed.
The black evil Qi, which contained a very terrifying power of death, easily penetrated the skin and entered the blood veins and meridians, and began to devour his life force.
That black evil qi was the evil qi of death within the Green Flame Xuanwu.
The Green Flame Xuanwu had been suppressed at the bottom of the sea by the Pillar of the Sinful Sea for 100,000 years, and inside its holy blood, it was naturally tainted with the Pillar of the Sinful Sea’s Evil Qi of Death.
When Zhang Ruochen was refining the Xuanwu’s holy blood, he also separated the Death Evil Qi in the holy blood and gave it to Xiao Hei to refine into a Dan Pill, which he was preparing to use to deal with a strong enemy at the Half Saint level.
Of course, Half-Saints were extremely fast, and when they discovered danger, they would immediately flee far away.
If Zhang Ruochen hadn’t deliberately shown his enemy weakness and lured Qi Hong to his side, it was unlikely that he would have been able to injure him even if he possessed the Dan Pill refined from Death Evil Qi.
