The Heart Art Buddhist Master wore a clean white Buddhist garment and looked to be in his mid-twenties, with a clear brow and unusually handsome appearance.
Such a monk, even if he didn’t have top level cultivation and natural talent, it was expected that he would be able to charm countless heavenly maidens with his outstanding appearance.
With the five fingers of his right hand, he pinched them into Buddha seals, controlling the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice, and struck towards the Ghost King’s Grand Formation once more.
There was a loud boom.
The Ghost King Grand Formation could not withstand the power of the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice and shattered by a large portion as a tombstone rose up from the ground and was thrown out;a formation inscription, snapped apart.
The Heart Art Buddhist Master did not immediately rush into the passageway, still standing in the dark black lake water, his arm retracted, taking back the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice and draping it back over his body.
His pair of eyes, which were very bright, as if he was able to see through all the sins in the world, said, “Scholar Zhang, the Deadly Zen Sect has never had any grievances or enmity with you, so why did you kill Garakong?”
Zhang Ruochen walked out from the shattered Ghost King Formation and stood at the edge of the stone wall, staring at the opposite Mind Trick Buddhist Master.
Even though, the other party was a legendary supreme human being from a hundred years ago, he still acted calmly and said, “If I don’t kill him, he will kill me, I simply have no choice.”
Behind the Heart Art Buddhist Master, there was a circle of golden Buddhist light that slowly surrounded him, reflecting him as incomparably holy, almost no different from the legendary Lohan, Bodhisattva, and Buddha.
“In that case, the poor monk will give you a choice.”
Without slowing down or rushing, the Heart Art Buddhist Master said, “You can choose, hand back the Garakong to the Poor Monk, and then, follow the Poor Monk to the Deadly Zen Sect to atone for your sins.”
“Of course, you can also choose to follow the poor monk to the Ghost God Valley, do one thing for the poor monk, and after doing that one thing, it will also count as you atoning for your sins. Two paths, how do you choose?”
The people of the Deadly Zen Sect were actually going to the Ghost God Valley as well.
What exactly were they going to do?
Hearing the words of the Mindfulness Buddhist Master, Zhang Ruochen’s heart gave birth to many questions, however, he did not ask them. Even if he asked, the other party would definitely not tell him the answer, so why make a fool of himself.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “The two paths you gave are both asking me to tie my hands. Right?”
The Mind Trick Buddhist Master nodded and added, “Actually, there is a third path.”
“Oh?”
The Heart Art Buddhist Master said, “Doesn’t killing someone require paying for their life?”
“So, having you kill me is my third path?”
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “I’m curious about one thing, you should have killed quite a few people, don’t you need to pay for your life?”
Without any thought, the Heart Art Buddhist Master calmly said, “Of course, I also need to pay for my life. However, there are not many people who can take my life. Do you still have doubts?”
“No more!”Zhang Ruochen shook his head.
“Then, your choice is?”
“The choice you gave is too harsh, I don’t want to choose.”
Zhang Ruochen moved a step to the left, giving way.
Immediately, a black ghostly mist surged out from the interior of the passageway, stopping at Zhang Ruochen’s right side and condensing into the form of the Blood Moon Ghost King.
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s injuries had already recovered for the most part, and on her ghostly body, the aura emanating from her was quite cold. As Zhang Ruochen stood beside her, he felt as if the Saint Qi in his body had been frozen into a solid state, completely unable to operate.
“The strength of a Ghost King is truly terrifying.”Zhang Ruochen said in his heart.
If, at this moment, Zhang Ruochen were to face off with the Blood Moon Ghost King, he would probably be suppressed by her without even having the chance to strike.
At the sight of the Blood Moon Ghost King, the eyes of the Mindfulness Buddhist Master became a little sharper as he said, “Scholar Zhang, you should be clear that the Blood Moon Ghost King can’t protect you, so why do you need to co-operate with her?”
“Your words, they are not too full.”
In the centre of the Blood Moon Ghost King’s brow, the mark of a blood moon emerged, and the long hair on his head, completely fluttered as he charged forward and stood opposite the Heart Art Buddhist Master.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, before he could react, the Blood Moon Ghost King and the Heart Art Buddhist Master had already clashed with each other.
An incomparably powerful aftershock, impacted over, emitting a whistling sound, surging towards Zhang Ruochen.
If, by the aftermath wave hit his body, not to mention Zhang Ruochen, even if he was a seventh rank Half Saint or above, it was expected that he would die without a whole body.
Luckily, Zhang Ruochen had prepared himself and immediately executed Spatial Shift to retreat back to the tattered Ghost King Formation.
At this moment, Little Black had already activated the wrecked formation, enveloping it and Zhang Ruochen, inside the formation inscription, against the aftermath of the battle.
“Rumble!”
A series of rumbling sounds resounded at the bottom of the Blood Lake.
The Heart Art Buddhist Master clearly intended to have a quick battle and did not want to continue to tangle with the Blood Moon Ghost King, so he sent the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice, striking out once again.
In the blood lake, it was as if there were tens of thousands of “stars” suspended, and the holy qi emanating from the “stars” boiled this huge lake.
Each star was a Buddhist artefact.
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s face, which became very ugly, immediately exploded backwards until it reached the top of the Ghost King’s Grand Formation, and glanced downwards, saying, “Zhang Ruochen, where is the Void Sword?”
Zhang Ruochen had already borrowed the Void Sword from Cold Snow a long time ago, cupping it in his hand and striking it upwards.
With that, the Void Sword transformed into a white light and shot up into the sky.
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s finger, grabbing towards the void, pinched the hilt of the Void Sword.
Right at the moment when he grasped the Void Sword, even at the Blood Moon Ghost King’s realm, a look of excitement appeared in his eyes.
Legend had it that the Thousand Bones Empress used the divine weapon to kill the gods.
“Wow!”
As, the Blood Moon Ghost King poured the ghost qi within his body into the Void Sword in a steady stream.
On the body of the sword, an inscription pattern quickly emerged.
Immediately after, a powerful sword qi transformed into a pillar of light that broke through the surface of the lake, connecting all the way to the dome of the sky.
At this moment, the undead within a radius of ten thousand miles could clearly see, in the blood lake, the rising pillar of sword qi light, frightening them so much that they immediately hid in their graves.
“Boom!”
The Void Sword and the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice collided together, creating a powerful energy shock.
If, that wave of energy, impacted towards the tattered Ghost King Formation, I’m afraid that it would only take an instant to shatter the formation.
Only, the power of the Void Sword was clearly more powerful than the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice, causing the impacting force emanating from the battle to completely fall to one side.
With just a single stroke, the Void Sword shattered over a hundred Buddhist artefacts on the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice, turning them into pieces of scrap metal that crashed down.
A muffled sound came out of the Heart Art Buddhist Master’s mouth as he flew backwards.
“What a powerful void sword, today, the poor monk has seen it all!”
The Heart Art Buddhist Master stared towards the opposite Blood Moon Ghost King, and then, retrieving the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice, he turned into a golden Buddhist light, rushed out of the Blood Lake, and flew towards the sky.
In the end, the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice was only a defensive holy object, but the Void Sword was an attacking holy weapon, between the two, naturally, there was still a certain gap.
Without the sacred artefact, no one could block the Void Sword.
The speed of the Mindfulness Buddhist Master was astonishingly fast, and in just the blink of an eye, it had already disappeared into the sky.
Having tasted the mighty power of the Void Sword for the first time, the Blood Moon Ghost King was at a time of complacency, so how could he let the Mind Trick Buddhist Master go so easily?
“Where to escape?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King stood on the surface of the lake and struck the Void Sword out.
The light emanating from the Void Sword illuminated the dark netherworld as if it were day, turning into a light shuttle that chased after the Heart Art Buddhist Master and struck forward.
“Poof!”
Even with the Ten Thousand Treasures Surplice resisting, the Mind Trick Buddhist Master still suffered severe trauma and spat out a mouthful of holy blood.
However, withstanding this strike, the Mind Trick Buddhist Master finally managed to escape and did not die under the Void Sword.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen and Little Black, too, had flown into the Blood Lake and stood on the shore.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, looking out into the sky, sighed softly and said, “Worthy of being a Southern Mind Technique, the Void Sword surprisingly didn’t manage to kill him either.”
One of Zhang Ruochen’s purposes in lending the Void Sword to the Blood Moon Ghost King was also to borrow her hand to get rid of the Heart Art Buddhist Master, a great enemy.
It was a pity that the Heart Art Buddhist Master’s cultivation was too deep and he had survived after all.
“Actually escaped?”
The Blood Moon Ghost King was also quite disappointed as a cold snort escaped from his mouth.
Of course, even if the Heart Art Buddhist Master escaped, it didn’t matter, at least she had obtained the Void Sword. With the power of the Void Sword, her status in the netherworld would definitely climb by a large margin.
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s gaze stared towards Zhang Ruochen by the lake, a sneer appearing in his eyes as he muttered to himself, “If I want to obtain the Void Sword, I still have to clean him up first.”
The Blood Moon Ghost King’s arm swung out, mobilising his ghost energy, wanting to re-collect the Void Sword that was hundreds of miles away.
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed as he took out the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram, stirring up the power of the scroll, opening a gate of space, and commanded to Cold Snow in the world of the scroll, “Do it.”
Standing next to the door of space-time, Cold Snow immediately communicated with the sword spirit of the Void Sword and put the Void Sword back, pinching it in her right hand.
On the surface of the Blood Lake, the Blood Moon Ghost King was however slightly surprised.
The Void Sword had clearly flown back, but it had shifted its direction and fell into the hands of a little girl. How could this happen?
“Go.”
Zhang Ruochen, Little Black, and Cold Snow, rushed into the Space Gate as fast as they could.
“Damn human brat, leave the Void Sword behind, you will never think of escaping from this king’s presence.”
Seeing that the Space Gate was about to close, the Blood Moon Ghost King didn’t think much about it and turned into a residual shadow, chasing after Zhang Ruochen as he rushed into the Space Gate.
If, it was possible to give the Blood Moon Ghost King a little more time, she would definitely have discovered that there was a picture scroll on the ground by the lake. Only, the picture scroll was wrapped by the Meteor Invisibility Clothes, so that it was not easy to be detected.
It was a pity that the Blood Moon Ghost King wanted the Void Sword so badly that he was afraid that Zhang Ruochen and Cold Snow would escape, which was why he immediately rushed into the Space Gate.
It could be said that Zhang Ruochen had already dug a hole for her when he lent her the Void Sword, and, moreover, used her to help repel the Mind Trick Buddhist Master.
As the saying goes, “If you want to take something, you must first give it”, this was the truth.
The Void Sword was a bait, fishing for the big fish that was the Blood Moon Ghost King.
As long as she was introduced into the Scroll World, next, she would only be at Zhang Ruochen’s mercy.
Obviously, Zhang Ruochen had succeeded in this adventure!
