If Zhang Ruochen was willing, he could, in fact, use the Buddha Qi in the Dragon Ball to help the Sacred Book Talented Maiden purify the Evil Qi of Death in her body.
Only, in doing so, his identity would be exposed.
Once his true identity was known to the Sacred Book Talented Maiden, it would still be a dead end.
What exactly should he do to get out of danger?
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
……
Qi Hong’s attacks were becoming more and more ferocious, cracking the ground continuously. The light of the Cloud Peak Coiled Dragon Formation gradually became dim, as if it would shatter at any moment.
The Sacred Book Talent Maiden looked towards Zhang Ruochen, her two rows of eyelashes curling upwards, revealing a thoughtful expression as she asked, “How many ranks has your spiritual strength reached?”
“Forty-fourth rank.”Zhang Ruochen said.
There was actually nothing to hide, once the Sacred Book Talented Maiden’s cultivation had recovered, it wouldn’t be difficult to see through his spiritual strength.
If he hid it now, if she discovered the truth in the future, it would instead arouse her suspicion.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady was slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting that his attainments in spiritual power were also so high.
Of course, standing at her height, a forty-fourth rank spiritual power was just that.
She said, “Not bad, just one step short of becoming a Spiritual Power Half Saint. Your spiritual power talent is not below your martial talent. In that case, it’s much better!”
“What plans does Lord Saint have?”Zhang Ruochen said.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady stretched out a snow-white hand, and in the palm of her hand, a faint circle of light surged out.
A black chess piece, from the centre of the light, emerged.
It appeared to be just a small chess piece, but it was covered with grains of light.
If one were to use one’s spiritual power to observe, one would realise that those dots of light were like stars suspended in the universe, so dense that it was impossible to count them.
She handed the chess piece to Zhang Ruochen and said, “This chess piece is carved from a piece of holy jade, and within it, it contains 10% of my spiritual energy. If you use it properly, you might possibly be able to kill Qi Hong with the spiritual power in the chess piece.”
“Of course, you have to bear in mind that once the spiritual energy in the chess piece is exhausted, it will be no different from an ordinary chess piece. If we want to live, we must kill Qi Hong completely before that happens.”
Zhang Ruochen picked the chess piece up, only to feel an icy cold power that surged out from it, burrowed into his hand, and was almost connected to his spiritual energy.
In an instant, Zhang Ruochen gave birth to a strange feeling, as if a brand new treasure trove of spiritual energy had been opened.
In the treasure trove, the spiritual energy contained was dozens, if not hundreds, of times more powerful than his spiritual energy.
Now, he was able to mobilise that spiritual energy and turn it to his own use.
The Sacred Book Talented Lady handed that folding fan of hers to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “This is a Spiritual Force Saint Artifact, all you need to do is to inject your Spiritual Force into the fan, and you’ll be able to mobilise the words in the fan and transform them into attacks.”
“No need, that’s your Spiritual Force Saint Artifact, I’m afraid it’s not that easy for outsiders to control. I have a Spiritual Force Artifact that is a bit smoother to use, and the consumption of Spiritual Force is also a bit less.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Thunder Pearl and squeezed it in his hand.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen had a spiritual power magic weapon, the Sacred Book Talented Lady stopped talking and put the folding fan back, then, retreated behind a tombstone in the distance, sat down on her knees, and began to suppress the Death Evil Qi in her body with all her might.
“Boom!”
Qi Hong struck the final blow out, finally breaking through the Cloud Peak Coiled Dragon Formation.
At this moment, Qi Hong, his entire body drenched in blood, with his hair and a rather hideous face, panted and walked towards Zhang Ruochen, dryly laughing, “The formation has already been breached by the old man, why don’t you brat run for your life?”
Zhang Ruochen said indifferently, “Why would I run away? Not only are you seriously injured now, but also, the Saint Qi in your body is over-consumed, how much power can you still exert?”
Qi Hong laughed even louder, staring at Zhang Ruochen as if he was looking at an idiot, and said disdainfully, “Even if I only have my last breath left, it’s just a breeze for me to kill you.”
“Wow!”
Qi Hong rushed out, his body speed as fast as lightning, and punched Zhang Ruochen’s chest.
The powerful fist vigour formed the shape of a gourd that was small in the front and large in the back, spinning non-stop. As long as it struck Zhang Ruochen, it would definitely be able to split his body into pieces.
“Good timing.”
Zhang Ruochen cupped the chess piece in one hand and the Thunder Bead in the other, and ninety-nine bowl-thick thunderbolts coalesced out like ninety-nine electric dragons, completely wrapping him in the centre.
Seeing this scene, Qi Hong’s face changed in shock, saying, “How is it possible ……”
The ninety-nine thunderbolts coalesced into a ball of electricity and attacked towards Qi Hong, instantly shattering the gourd-shaped fist power.
The chaotic lightning power was like a tidal wave that engulfed Qi Hong’s body.
“Sword Two.”
Qi Hong’s hands, together, to above his head.
Immediately, two forces, one yin and one yang, surged out and rapidly rotated around his body, forming a huge Taiji seal.
“Wow!”
With that, Qi Hong shot straight upwards into the air, transforming into a pillar of sword energy and light, surprisingly breaking the lightning and escaping.
“Worthy of being a Sword Cultivator, even after being injured so badly, he can still charge out.”
Zhang Ruochen once again condensed his spiritual energy and silently chanted in his heart, “Earth Destruction Electricity Sea.”
This was a grade two lightning spell, but when it was cast with the help of the spiritual energy in the chess pieces, it exploded with an extremely terrifying power.
The entire sky, completely transformed into an ocean of thunder and lightning, emitting crackling sounds, suppressing Qi Hong to the point where he fell towards the ground in a hurry.
“Boom!”
The powerful lightning power completely wrapped the surrounding graveyard into it, and on the ground, the lightning was writhing like a fiery snake. Some of the lightning, moreover, drilled into the tomb.
Strange to say, there was also something unknown in the tomb, which had absorbed all of the surrounding lightning power.
Zhang Ruochen’s attention was focused on Qi Hong’s body, not daring to be distracted, so he did not notice the changes in those ancient tombs for the time being.
Qi Hong’s entire body was scorched black, lying on the ground.
Even with the Meteor Hidden Body Protector, that strike just now had caused him to suffer an unprecedentedly heavy blow, his skin and flesh became charred, and a trace of electricity was still flowing.
Qi Hong’s face became completely bloody, lying on the ground, his body trembling as he said, ”The old man has already sent a message to the Qi family’s …… saint, and his old man will …… soon arrive here. Lin …… Yue ……, if you dare …… to kill the old man, the Saint of the Qi family, will …… definitely thwart you!.”
“Is that so?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and laughed as he struck out with a palm, striking Qi Hong’s forehead position.
“Boom!”
Qi Hong’s head cracked open with a blood line, and the Qi Sea in the centre of his eyebrows, shattered.
In the sea of qi, a white ball of light flew out, emitting bright holy light as it fled towards the sky.
That was Qi Hong’s Half-Saint’s Light, which not only had the Half-Saint’s Holy Soul, but also contained the Half-Saint’s entire body’s Holy Power.
“How can it be that easy to escape?”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Ruyi Treasure Vase and struck it out into midair, flying above the Half-Saint’s Light.
A mournful scream emanated from the Half-Saint’s Light and shook violently, but it still couldn’t resist the power of the Ruyi Treasure Vase, and was collected into the vase.
Zhang Ruochen had just taken the Ruyi Treasure Vase back into his hands when behind him, the voice of the Sacred Book Talented Lady came, “That’s a spatial treasure?”
Zhang Ruochen capped the treasure bottle with great composure, turned around to stare at her, and nodded, “That’s right.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden was not suspicious, but only said faintly, “To be able to obtain such a treasure, you still have good fortune.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the black chess piece and handed it to her, saying, “The chess piece is returned to you, and the spiritual energy inside it has probably only been consumed by one-fifth.”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden stared towards the chess piece, her beautiful eyes flashed with a strange lustre as she said, “I’ll leave it with you for now, I’m afraid we still have a tough battle ahead of us.”
Zhang Ruochen was not polite and put the chess piece away first, asking, “Have you refined that evil aura yet?”
The Sacred Book Talented Maiden gently pursed her lips and shook her head, “That strand of evil aura is very odd, and it’s impossible to refine it with spiritual power. I’m afraid that we have to return to the Two Element Sect and ask a martial arts saint to take action to be able to refine it.”
“There’s no time to lose, let’s return to the Two Element Sect now.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“There’s no rush.”
A thoughtful look appeared in the eyes of the Sacred Book Talented Lady, then she stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, “I have a question that I have to ask you first.”
“Please ask.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Why did Qi Hong want to kill you?”
Even with the total loss of her cultivation, the Sacred Book Talented Lady’s pair of eyes were filled with a light of wisdom as she carefully stared at Zhang Ruochen’s eyes.
In fact, the Sacred Book Talented Maiden still had some doubts about Zhang Ruochen.
It was only because Zhang Ruochen had saved her and because she had lost all of her cultivation now that she did not directly interrogate Zhang Ruochen. Instead, she switched to a softer way to test Zhang Ruochen from the side.
Zhang Ruochen’s face did not change as he said, ”Because, I have found out something, and the spearhead is pointing directly at Qi Hong, or even the entire Qi family. Qi Hong wanted to silence him, so that’s why he killed me.”
“What did you find out?”The Sacred Book Talented Lady said.
Zhang Ruochen paused before saying, “The Qi Family and the Devil Cult likely have some ulterior relations.”
The Sacred Book Talented Lady’s eyes lit up as she asked, “Is there any evidence?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “If there was solid evidence, I would have already reported it to the sect, so how could I have pursued it privately? It was precisely because I wanted to find out the evidence that I followed Qi Hong all the way into that altar in the Ancient God Mountain. Later, when I was discovered by Qi Hong, I was hunted down by him. Lord Saint, you’re not doubting me, are you?”
“Of course not.”
The Sacred Book Talent Lady gave a shallow smile and said, “In fact, I have also grasped some of the secrets about the Qi Clan, and I know perhaps a little more than you do. This matter, more than you can imagine, is much more complicated. It’s only that the Sword Discussion Conference is just around the corner, and I didn’t want to scare the snakes, so I didn’t investigate it in depth for the time being.”
“Originally, I was prepared to slowly collect evidence after the Sword Discussion Conference, mobilise all aspects of manpower, and set up a net to eliminate them from their roots. Yet, I didn’t expect that they themselves popped up first.”
