It was worth mentioning that the Devouring Rabbit and Devil Ape had both broken through to the Half-Saint realm after refining the Half-Saint Light.
Regarding this, Zhang Ruochen was not surprised at all.
After all, the two of them had been staying in the Tutelary World all this time, and had already had ten times the time to use for cultivation. Moreover, there were countless spiritual medicines in the Tulip World, so if they casually swallowed them, even a pig should have achieved a great deal.
After Xiao Hei finished burning the inscription, he used a stream of holy qi to wrap the half-saint corpse and punch it into the Red Copper Cauldron to start refining it.
Zhang Ruochen smiled, “You’re refining a legion of Half-Saint Battle Corpses?”
Little Black glanced towards Zhang Ruochen and said, “This Emperor now has a total of one hundred and forty-four Half-Saint corpses, if, all of them were refined into battle corpses, they could form four battle corpse legions, thirty-six for each legion.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “Using Xuanwu Sacred Blood to refine the battle corpses, it should be a bit more powerful than normal battle corpses?”
Little Black nodded and said, “The thirty-four battle corpses that this Emperor refined at the very beginning were all just ordinary battle corpses, and their combat power was probably just equivalent to a cultivator at the early stage of a first-stage Half-Saint.”
“Later, this Emperor then used Xuanwu Saint Blood and refined them once. As a result, the battle corpses that were refined had combat power comparable to a cultivator in the middle of the first stage of Half-Saint, and some of the powerful ones were even able to fight against a cultivator at the peak of the first stage of Half-Saint. As for defence, it’s even more terrifying, capable of being compared to a Second Order Half-Saint.”
The same Half-Saint corpses were definitely very different.
For example, the corpse of a First Order Half-Saint and the corpse of a Ninth Order Half-Saint were themselves two levels of physique. After refining them into battle corpses, the battle power that erupted from them naturally had a certain degree of difference.
Zhang Ruochen was also slightly shocked and said, “There’s such a huge gap?”
“This Emperor was also quite surprised, that’s why, he planned to be a bit extravagant and use Xuanwu Sacred Blood to refine the battle corpses.”Little Black laughed, “I was afraid that you would be heartbroken.”
One must know that every drop of Xuanwu Sacred Blood was also worth a lot of money. Refining a battle corpse, however, required a large amount of Xuanwu Saint Blood. Most likely, refining one hundred and forty-four Half-Saint corpses, into war corpses, would consume a large portion of the Saint Blood.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t feel any heartache, knowing that it was one hundred and forty-four Half-Saint Battle Corpses, a huge battle force, enough to be used to sweep away a Saint Sect.
Of course, the prerequisite was that the Saint of that Saint Sect didn’t make a move, otherwise, even more war corpses wouldn’t be able to stop a Saint.
Little Black added, ”If there is enough time, this Emperor also intends to use the shells of the Green Flame Xuanwu to refine an armour for all of them. Preferably, then give them each a Saint Armour. In this way, only then can they be, invincible and sweep away everything.”
“One hundred and forty-four Saint Weapons? Do you think that Saint Weapons are all cabbages? Even the treasury of a medieval family is unlikely to have so many Saint Weapons. Unless ……”
The smile on Zhang Ruochen’s face withdrew and he fell into silence.
“Unless what?”Little Black asked.
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and said, “Nothing.”
Just a moment ago, Zhang Ruochen thought of the national treasury of the Sacred Brightness Central Empire. In the national treasury, there were a large number of divine weapons stored, and even Saint Weapons were in abundance, being the wealth that the Zhang Family had accumulated since ancient times.
It was a pity that all the wealth in the treasury had probably already fallen into Chi Yao’s hands. What was the point of mentioning it now?
Zhang Ruochen asked, “How long will it take you to refine all the battle corpses?”
“It will take at least three months.”
Little Black stretched out his three claws and said in a serious manner.
Zhang Ruochen’s brows furrowed as he said, “Three months in the Scroll World is nine days in the outside world. Nine days is enough time for many things to happen. How about this! You refine the battle corpses in the Tulip World, and I’ll go to the Ghost God Valley to explore for a while.”
Mu Lingshi sat on top of a rock not far away, holding a copy of the Deadly Zen Buddhist Dharma, reading it intently and also researching the method of controlling the battle corpse.
Hearing Zhang Ruochen’s words, Mu Lingshi closed the scroll and stood up, saying, “I’ll go with you to the Ghost God Valley.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and shook his head, saying, “Senior Sister Duanmu, you’d better study the Deadly Zen Buddhist Dharma first, even though it’s an evil cultivation technique, it has a lot of redeeming qualities, and it will surely be very beneficial to your cultivation.”
“Are you thinking that my cultivation is too low and will hold you back? Hehe, want to battle?”
Mu Lingshi’s hands closed, and then, a channel of holy qi, surged out from between her palms and flew towards the thirty-six Half-Saint Battle Corpses.
On the bodies of the thirty-six Half Saint Battle Corpses, dense inscriptions emerged, presenting thirty-six gigantic Xuanwu shadows that were perched behind her.
Each of the Half Saint War Corpses was like a battle formation.
When the thirty-six Half-Saint War Corpses were combined, it was an even bigger battle formation, and Mu Lingshi was the eye of the battle formation, completely integrating the power of the thirty-six Half-Saint War Corpses into herself.
In an instant, the aura that erupted from Mu Lingshi’s body was enough to be compared to a third-order Half Saint.
A powerful and solemn battle aura swept across hundreds of miles in a radius, causing the heavens and earth to change colour, and even the aura of the heavens and earth shook violently.
Zhang Ruochen was able to tell that Mu Lingshi was still struggling quite a bit to control the thirty-six battle corpses, and on her forehead, tiny beads of sweat continued to emerge. However, she was still endeavouring to persevere in order to prove her strength.
To be able to initially take control of the Deadly Zen Buddhist Dharma in such a short period of time, it could be seen that Mu Lingshi’s enlightenment was definitely quite heaven-defying, even when compared to the Nine Great Realm Sons.
Only, after only holding on for three breaths of time, Mu Lingshi could no longer hold on and lost control of the thirty-six Half-Saint Battle Corpses.
“What an abomination.”
Mu Lingshi looked very unwilling and stomped her foot vigorously.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Senior Sister Duanmu, this time I’m going out, I’m merely going to explore the Ghost God Valley first, and I won’t rashly intrude into it. By the time I have explored clearly, you should also have the Deadly Zen Buddhist Dharma fully under your control, and at that time, I will definitely take you into the Ghost God Valley together.”
Mu Lingshi blinked her eyes and said, “Really?”
“Never go back on my word.”Zhang Ruochen’s gaze was very serious.
Anyone who saw his gaze would also definitely not doubt his words.
“Alright!”
Mu Lingshi stretched out a slender finger and tapped Zhang Ruochen’s chest, pouting her lips as she threatened, “If you dare to lie to me and leave the netherworld, I’ll go and tell Sister Dust so that she can clean you up.”
Zhang Ruochen just smiled faintly and did not take her threat to heart.
Zhang Ruochen entered the interior of the Green Flame Xuanwu’s body and ingested the Death Evil Qi in it, refining six black Evil Beads.
The power of the Evil Qi of Death could be considered quite terrifying, and at that time, even the Sacred Book Talented Maiden had been struck and almost died at the hands of a Half-Saint.
Zhang Ruochen had refined the six Death Evil Qi Beads just in case.
It might not be of much use against the undead of the netherworld. However, when encountering an invincible human cultivator, or a savage beast, it could be of great use and might be able to save a life.
Zhang Ruochen kept the six Death Evil Qi Beads, carefully, and asked Little Black, “I asked you to keep an eye on the Blood Moon Ghost King, do you know, where is she now?”
“This ……”
Little Black was slightly stunned, and finally, raising his head, his eyes darted around and said, “Forgot!”
On Zhang Ruochen’s forehead, a black line immediately emerged, wanting to beat this one fat cat up, just when he felt that he was serious about his work, he would immediately do something unreliable.
“There’s no rush, anyway, it’s in the Scroll World, even if her cultivation is high, she can’t turn over any big waves.”Xiao Hei appeared confident, patting his stomach with his paw, he said without slowing down, “Let this Emperor probe, what bearing is she in right now?”
Xiao Hei’s closed eyes, meditated for a moment, and said, “The bearing she is in at the moment should be …… the location of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood.”
“What? Not good.”
Zhang Ruochen’s face changed slightly, and he immediately executed his Body Technique and rushed over to the direction of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood.
He wasn’t worried that the Blood Moon Ghost King would chop off the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood. After all, even though the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood was only a new seedling, it wasn’t something that could be chopped off with her cultivation.
What Zhang Ruochen was truly worried about was the remains of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint.
After all, in the remains, there were still some remnants of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s Saint Soul, who knew if the Blood Moon Ghost King would extract the remnants of the Soul and use them to enhance her cultivation?
Only when Zhang Ruochen arrived next to the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s remains and did not see the Blood Moon Ghost King did he breathe a slight sigh of relief.
“Little Black is too unreliable when it comes to doing things, we must carefully preserve the remains of our Master’s body first.”
Zhang Ruochen was planning to take his master’s remains and put them into his spatial ring, but he had only just squatted down when he was surprised to find that the sword wound on the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s chest had healed.
How could the wound of a dead body heal automatically?
“How is it possible?”
Zhang Ruochen felt his scalp tingle and his heartbeat, which had at least doubled in speed, immediately reached out a hand and pressed it on top of the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s wrist.
It was still very cold and devoid of any life.
“A dead corpse’s wound can’t possibly heal for no reason.”
Zhang Ruochen sat down on the ground and sparked the Eye of Divine Seal, finally observing some strange sights that could not be seen with the naked eye.
In the surrounding space, there were actually two strands of life qi that flowed over from two different directions and continuously surged into the Xuan Gui Sword Saint’s brow.
The two strands of life qi came from the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood and the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin.
The Heaven Receiving Divine Wood had already given birth to intelligence, and the birth of the Qi of Life was a very normal thing, so there was nothing to be surprised about. When the Qi of Life that was born from the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood was thick enough to a certain degree, it would turn into a liquid state, and eventually, transform into a new Spring of Life.
What really surprised Zhang Ruochen was the Sun and Moon Crystal Coffin, how could it also release the Qi of Life?
Zhang Ruochen immediately walked over towards the Sun Moon Crystal Coffin and gently stroked his palm on top of the coffin’s wall, and then, casting the Eye of Divine Seal, he looked into the coffin.
“Wow…”
The Eye of Divine Seal was even more miraculous than the Eye of Heaven, penetrating through the walls of the coffin and staring at the female corpse in the coffin, and instantly, Zhang Ruochen saw another incomparably astonishing scene.
“Blood Moon Ghost King.”Zhang Ruochen exclaimed in shock.
The female corpse in the coffin was actually the Blood Moon Ghost King.
No, to be exact, it should be a female corpse that looked exactly like the Blood Moon Ghost King.
Only, between the Blood Moon Ghost King and her, one was deathly, while the other was full of the aura of life, it was truly odd to the extreme.
