Destroying Qi Hong’s doppelganger, Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed into the Medieval Ruins behind him, right now, the only way to escape Qi Hong’s pursuit was to take this path.
Entering the Middle Ancient Ruins might be a nine deaths.
However, facing Qi Hong, it was ten deaths.
The more he rushed towards the depths of the Medieval Ruins, the more Zhang Ruochen realised that this place was indeed quite bizarre. Not only was there no aura fluctuation, but there was also an invisible force that enveloped his body, surprisingly causing his sense of hearing and vision to rapidly decline. Including his body, it also gradually became numb.
Even Little Black, stood up with his tail and ears, obviously quite nervous.
“What’s going on?”
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen stopped and took the Void Sword out of his spatial ring, squeezing it in his hand.
“Clang!”
The Void Sword was surprisingly trembling gently, and on the surface of the sword’s body, light constantly surfaced.
Zhang Ruochen sensed that inside the Void Sword, there seemed to be a life slowly awakening, and every flicker of the sword’s light was like a heart beating.
“Is the sword spirit of the Void Sword about to awaken?”
Zhang Ruochen was a little surprised, why would the sword spirit of the Void Sword show fluctuations of awakening at this time?
The Void Sword was Empress Thousand Bones’ sword, and it was even a supreme holy weapon. If, the sword spirit fully awakened, the sword’s power would be restored with it.
How powerful would the supreme holy weapon have to be?
Little Black was even more excited than Zhang Ruochen, and the hairs on his entire body stood up as he said, ”There is something odd! In other places, the Void Sword didn’t have any reaction, so why would it flicker with sword light when it entered this Medieval Ruin? Could it be that its owner, is inside this Medieval Ruin?”
“The owner of the Void Sword, the Thousand Bones Empress?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Even supreme Great Saints only have a lifespan of three thousand years. The Thousand Bone Empress is, after all, a powerhouse from the Middle Ages, and even if her cultivation level was higher, it would be impossible for her to live until now.”
Cultivating into the realm of a great saint, in the Kunlun Realm, one would be able to seal emperors and empresses.
The Nine Emperors and Three Empresses from eight hundred years ago were all at the Great Sage realm as well.
Only, after Empress Chi Yao ascended to the throne, even if there was truly a world-unrivalled person who had cultivated to the Great Sage realm, she could no longer be crowned emperor and empress. In the entire Kunlun Realm, there could only be one emperor, her.
Xiao Hei’s emotions were very excited, oblivious to the fact that they were being hunted down, saying, ”Of course a Great Sage cannot live from the Middle Ages to the present day, but Empress Thousand Bones can, because, she once killed a god. Even if it’s the current number one person in the Kunlun Realm, Empress Chi Yao, is she able to kill a god?”
“If the Thousand Bones Empress was still alive, how could her sword, have been left behind?”Zhang Ruochen shook his head and continued to walk forward, only, becoming more cautious.
Little Black was speechless and sighed.
Zhang Ruochen said, “However, Yuan Long Half-Saint once said that he found the Void Sword inside a medieval relic. Perhaps, the Middle Ancient Ruins he was talking about is here.”
Xiao Hei’s eyes lit up as he immediately raised his head and said, “If, the Void Sword was found here, then it means that the Thousand Bones Empress must have come here, and it is also very likely …… that she still hasn’t left.”
Xiao Hei transformed into a black shadow and quickly rushed forward.
“This one cat, why does it get so excited when it hears the name ‘Thousand Bone Empress’?”
Zhang Ruochen thought back carefully and realised that some of the things Little Black did were indeed quite abnormal.
For example, it was quite intimate with Cold Snow, who also had the Thousand Bones Physique, and was obedient to her. Moreover, it had personally brought Cold Snow to the Complete Sacrifice Ceremony and helped Cold Snow obtain the technique that the Thousand Bone Empress cultivated, the Perishing Nerve.
“Little Black was sealed by the Sacred Monk of Sumeru 100,000 years ago, which happened to be in the same era as the Thousand Bone Empress. I’m afraid that it really does have some relationship with the Thousand Bone Empress.”Zhang Ruochen stroked his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.
“Swish!”
Suddenly, a sound of breaking wind came from behind.
Zhang Ruochen thought that it was Qi Hong who had chased after him, so, without thinking, he immediately dashed forward.
After rushing out hundreds of feet in a hurry, Zhang Ruochen stopped and turned around only to realise that there was nothing behind him, “Could it be that it wasn’t Qi Hong?”
If it was Qi Hong, I’m afraid that he would have already caught up with him.
However, since it wasn’t Qi Hong, could it be that there were other living things inside this medieval relic?
Feeling some chills on his back, Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and released his spiritual power completely, catching up with Little Black and grabbing its tail as he said in a deep voice, “Don’t run around, I’ve noticed that inside this relic, there seem to be unknown creatures. If we encounter them, it might be even more dangerous than encountering Qi Hong.”
Xiao Hei seemed to be aware of it as well, so he asked, “Then what should we do?”
Zhang Ruochen carefully observed his surroundings and saw that there was a stone forest in front of him, so his eyes narrowed and he said, “Let’s hide in the stone forest first.”
In that distance, there was indeed an endless forest of boulders.
However, when Zhang Ruochen walked closer, only then did he see that it was no stone forest, but a complete graveyard, and standing on the ground was a block of tall tombstones.
Those tombstones, which were more than ten feet high, had been severely weathered because of the time that had passed, and the words on them were already blurred.
On one of the tombstones, there was blood stained, and below it, there were three human bones piled up. On top of the bones, a five-coloured glazed precious light emanated, appearing crystal clear, like glazed gems carved into bones.
Obviously, when the three were alive, they had all cultivated into a glazed treasure body, and had at least the cultivation of the ninth change of the fish and dragon, and might even have reached the half saint realm.
“How did they die here?”
Zhang Ruochen examined the three skeletons on the ground, but found that there were no injuries on the skeletons.
Little Black licked his lips and said, “This place is a bit eerie, I’m afraid it’s a place of death, it’s better for us to leave as soon as possible.”
“The more dangerous the place is, the more Qi Hongcai dares not intrude.”Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the tomb forest and said, “Aren’t you very knowledgeable about formations, why don’t you set up a large formation first?”
“Right! It’s just the right time to set up a formation before Qi Hong catches up. At that time, this Emperor will be able to make use of the formation and slowly pack him up.”Little Black laughed.
Zhang Ruochen put the three Sacred Stones and a large amount of Spirit Crystals on his body into a spatial ring and handed it over to Little Black.
Xiao Hei took the spatial ring, rubbed his two paws together, and rushed in towards the tomb forest, going two hundred feet deeper into the tomb forest before stopping, preparing to set up a Level 6 formation that was specially designed to deal with Half-Saints.
Zhang Ruochen began to study the Void Sword.
When he came to this part of the tomb forest, the flickering frequency of the Void Sword had obviously sped up a lot.
“The Void Sword must have sensed something to cause such a change. Could it be that the Thousand Bone Empress …… was buried in one of the tombs here?”
Zhang Ruochen furrowed his brows and looked at the surrounding graves. It was really hard to imagine that a legendary great figure was actually buried nearby.
If, however, the news of the Thousand Bone Empress’s grave coming out was spread, the sensation caused would definitely be quite astonishing.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen sensed danger and immediately turned around.
In the direction behind him, two hundreds of thousands of jin heavy tombstones flew up from the ground and quickly crashed towards him.
“Rumble!”
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the Void Sword and swung it forwards, and the sword energy that erupted split the two tombstones into pieces.
Qi Hong took a step forward and let out a cold snort as he said, “It’s quite a quick reaction, but it’s useless. Even if you escape into this Medieval Ruins, you will still die.”
“Now, all you need to do is obediently answer this seat’s questions, and perhaps this seat will give you a quick and easy death.”
Zhang Ruochen held the Void Sword in his hand, took a step back, and laughed, “Aren’t you proficient in the Soul Searching Mysteries, so why bother with more words? Wouldn’t it be more convenient to just grab me and search my memories?”
Qi Hong didn’t reply, just gave a cold smile.
“If I guessed correctly, you don’t know any Soul Searching Secret Art at all, right?”Zhang Ruochen said very calmly.
“Since you have to provoke this seat, this seat will fulfil you.”
An evil light appeared in Qi Hong’s eyes as he pinched his five fingers into the shape of a claw and poked it forward, immediately condensing a giant claw of evil Qi that was more than ten metres long, wanting to capture Zhang Ruochen.
Just as Zhang Ruochen condensed his sword Qi and prepared to fight to the death.
From the distance, a “Dao” character flew in.
The word “Dao” was as big as a millstone and carried a huge holy qi, which knocked the evil claws that Qi Hong had unleashed into thin air.
The word “Dao” rotated around in mid-air, exuding a powerful holy might, and printed towards Qi Hong again.
“This is ……”
Seeing the word “Dao”, Qi Hong’s face changed violently, and he immediately executed a Ghost Grade Martial Skill, Open Cloud Palm.
Gathering Holy Qi from his entire body, Qi Hong’s double palms, simultaneously struck forward. With both palms as the centre, a circular palm force wave was formed, sending dozens of tombstones in the surrounding area, all of which were sent flying.
The power of the word “Dao”, however, was even stronger, instantly breaking through the palm imprints and imprinting on Qi Hong’s body.
“Pfft!”
In Qi Hong’s mouth, he spat out a mouthful of blood and half-kneeled on the ground.
“What a powerful tactic, just one word, and it injured a Half Saint.”
Zhang Ruochen was quite surprised, and then he looked into the distance, only to see that a white holy light, breaking through the black clouds in the Medieval Ruins, flew in from the distance and landed on the top of a tombstone, condensing into a slender figure.
Every inch of the Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s skin exuded a white divine light, and she wore a spotless white robe, in the manner of a woman dressed as a man.
Even so, it was difficult to conceal, her overwhelmingly beautiful face, every curve on her body was quite perfect, her willow waist was very slender, and her legs were straight and slender.
“Wow!”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady unfolded the folding fan in her hand, and instantly, that one character, “Dao”, once again flew up and transformed into a fly-sized black text that landed on top of the folding fan.
Qi Hong hurriedly climbed up from the ground, covered his blood drenched chest, pretended to be very confused, and said: ”Lord Talented Lady, that boy Lin Yue is very problematic, he is a spy sent by other forces to the Two Yi Sect. Old me killing him is just trying to clean up the door. Why are you trying to stop me?”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady gently pursed her red lips, her eyelashes gently blinking as she laughed, “Half-Saint Qi Hong, I chased you all the way here from the Heaven and Earth Sacrificial Platform on the Ancient Divine Mountain, following the scent you left behind. Don’t tell me that the person who broke into the Heaven and Earth Sacrificial Platform wasn’t you?”
Qi Hong’s eyes sank, he didn’t expect that the Holy Book Talented Lady’s spiritual power would be so powerful, when he left the Ancient God Mountain, he had already been very careful to erase the scent on his body, yet he was still detected by her with a hint of traces.
What should we do now?
Sacred book talented girl is spiritual power into saint, his cultivation even if in the enhancement of ten times, also can not block her a finger. Could it be that he could only sit and wait for death?
Qi Hong was of course quite unwilling, suddenly, he thought of the Evil Qi of Death that he had forced out of his body earlier, suddenly, the plan came to his mind, once again staring at the Sacred Book Talented Woman, the corner of his mouth could not help but reveal a vicious smile.
