For Zhao Shengwu to be able to become the Northern Wolf King, his own cultivation was naturally quite strong, enough to be ranked in the top five in the entire Qingli County.
One of his eyes, which landed on Zhang Ruochen’s body, also formed a powerful oppressive force, directly locking Zhang Ruochen’s figure and preventing him from moving.
The scenery around him completely disappeared.
Instead, it was replaced by four walls of wind, surrounding Zhang Ruochen in the centre. At the same time, Zhao Shengwu’s figure became more and more gigantic, as if he was a world-defying god of war, standing in the position above Zhang Ruochen.
“This King has already discovered you, where else do you want to escape to?”
Zhao Shengwu’s voice was like a heavenly thunder that shook the aura of heaven and earth in all directions.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, fixed on the Octagonal Sacred Eye in Zhao Shengyou’s hand, revealed a puzzled expression.
What kind of powerful treasure had the Ministry of Military Affairs refined, not only was Wan Ji able to find him, but even Zhao Shengyou was able to lock him down from amongst the hundreds of Two Element Sect disciples.
In the future, one must be careful.
Of course, even up to this moment, Zhang Ruochen’s face did not have the slightest hint of panic.
The Yuanlong Half-Saint also looked over towards Zhang Ruochen, and when he realised that this outer disciple, facing the eyes of a Half-Saint, could actually remain calm and collected. Instantly, in his heart, a thump rang out.
Could it be that Zhang Ruochen was really lurking among the disciples of the Two Element Sect?One had to know that all those other outer disciples and inner disciples had all fallen to their knees in a large swathe. Even the few Sacred Transmission disciples with powerful cultivation levels all looked quite overwhelmed.
It was precisely because of this that that outer disciple stood in the middle of the crowd that he appeared to stand out from the rest, giving off an extremely extraordinary feeling.
It wasn’t just Yuan Long Half-Saint and Zhao Shengwu, but the eyes of many cultivators in Taiyin Ancient City were also fixed on Zhang Ruochen.
Under the eyes of the crowd, Zhang Ruochen only smiled faintly.
Immediately after, a sword sound rang out.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword flew out and hovered above his palm as he waved his hand and slashed downwards violently.
There was a loud boom.
Zhao Sheng Yu’s eyes, which had condensed into four walls of wind, immediately shattered, turning into a large swathe of energy qi that dissipated into nothingness.
In the next moment, Zhang Ruochen soared up and hung in the air, assuming an even stance with the Yuan Long Half-Saint. His gaze, which appeared extraordinarily sharp, stared over towards Zhao Shengyou and said, “Northern Wolf King, you should also be from the Wan Clan’s lineage, right?”
Zhao Shengou let out a slight sigh of relief and laughed, “Zhang Ruochen, why don’t you continue to disguise yourself as a disciple of the Two Element Sect? You should know that as long as you continue to disguise yourself, the Yuan Long Half-Saint will definitely still shelter you.”
Zhao Shengyou’s backer in the Ministry of War was originally the Wan Family.
Furthermore, Zhao Shengyou had once been a general in Wan Zhaoyi’s military camp, and could be considered Wan Zhaoyi’s direct line. When Wan Zhaoyi sent him a message to capture Zhang Ruochen, Zhao Shengyou was of course obliged to do so.
At the same time, this was also an opportunity to make a mark, and once it was successfully completed, not only would he be able to show his face in front of the Queen, he would also be able to gain Wan Zhaobian’s attention.
If Wan Zhaoyi was able to reward him with a Holy Pill, his cultivation would definitely be able to further advance, and in the future, he would have greater prospects for development.
Without any further explanation, everyone understood that the young man in front of them was undoubtedly the Space-Time Successor Zhang Ruochen.
Those disciples of the Two Elemental Sect were the most shaken, none of them had expected that a young heir figure of the younger generation would be by their side all along.
Instead, it was the Yuan Long Half-Saint who was so angry that he was seething with rage, and his heart was very frantic.
It could be predicted that if today’s incident were to spread out, he would definitely be ridiculed by those old guys from the Two Element Sect again. However, the Yuan Long Half-Saint really couldn’t figure out how on earth Zhang Ruochen had managed to blend in amongst the disciples of the Two Element Sect.
Zhang Ruochen laughed and said, “I have never disguised myself as a disciple of the Two Yi Sect, I just made use of the wormhole of the Two Yi Sect to come to the Central Region, that’s all.”
The corner of Zhao Shengyou’s mouth ticked as he said, “In other words, you and the Two Element Sect are in a collaborative relationship?”?”Nonsense, how could the Two Element Sect be collaborating with that brat?”
The Yuan Long Half-Saint roared harshly, so anxious that he was about to jump to his feet.
If, however, Zhang Ruochen had bitten the bullet and said that he and the Two Element Sect were in a collaborative relationship. The imperial court might not do anything to the Two Elemental Sect, but the first person to suffer bad luck would definitely be the Yuan Long Half-Saint. It was for this reason that the Yuan Long Half-Saint was so furious.
Just then, in Yuan Long Half-Saint’s ears, he heard Zhang Ruochen’s voice transmission, “Help me escape from this place, otherwise, if I am caught by the Ministry of Military Affairs, I will definitely confess you.”
“You dare to threaten this seat?”
The Yuan Long Half-Saint’s eyes widened and he clenched his fists, wanting to rush up and clean up Zhang Ruochen first.
However, he held back.
Because, if Zhang Ruochen really bit the bullet and said that he was in a partnership with him, I’m afraid that even if he had a hundred mouths, he wouldn’t be able to explain it.
What’s more, the Yuan Long Half-Saint had very forcefully injured the Four Great Vajra earlier, which was tantamount to openly opposing the Ministry of Military Affairs. If, however, Zhang Ruochen had not been captured, the Ministry of Military Affairs would not be able to do anything about him without concrete evidence.
However, once Zhang Ruochen was captured, Yuan Long Half-Saint’s charge would be confirmed.
The temper of the Yuan Long Half-Saint was indeed quite fiery, yet he was not a fool and knew very well what to do in his favour.
He endured and endured, and in the end, he had to compromise.
Thus, the Yuanlong Half-Saint’s emotions, gradually became calm, yet he said in a very strong manner, “The Taiyin Ancient City is the territory of the Two Elemental Sect, and whoever at the Half-Saint level dares to fight in the city, will not blame this seat for being impolite to him.”
“Yuan Long Half-Saint, what do you mean?”Zhao Sheng Royal said.
Yuan Long Half-Saint glared at him and said, “If your Ministry of War wants to arrest someone, you can go outside the city to do so. Inside the city, if you and Zhang Ruochen casually dueled a few moves, I’m afraid that thousands of cultivators, innocently and tragically, would die. The Two Eyes Sect will never allow the Taiyin Ancient City, to have such a tragedy.”
Zhao Sheng Yu snorted coldly, “When this seat strikes, there’s no need for a few moves, just a single strike will be enough to take him down.”?With that, Zhao Sheng Yu began to condense his Sacred Qi, and a powerful Half-Sacred Domain spread out quickly, wrapping Zhang Ruochen. In his opinion, Zhang Ruochen had not cultivated a Saint Soul, so even if he was powerful, how strong could he be?
“War God Skill.”
Zhao Sheng Yu’s arms unfolded, and a seventeen feet tall War God’s shadow, manifested and stood behind him.
This was one of the seventy-two techniques of the Ministry of War, and it was extremely powerful, and could be considered the most powerful means of attack under the Sacred Art.
The gigantic War God’s silhouette, along with Zhao Shengyou’s figure, moved, clasping his fists together as he violently struck downwards, attacking Zhang Ruochen.
Zhao Shengyou’s cultivation, reaching the peak of the Fifth Order Half Saint, performed a stance and the power that erupted was simply not something that Zhang Ruochen could withstand.
Zhang Ruochen immediately injected Saint Qi into his feet.
The divine seals on the soles of his feet emerged, transforming into two flames that wrapped his legs, and he executed the Luanfeng Divine Seal Sprint, retreating backwards in a flash to avoid Zhao Shengwu’s attack.
“Rumble.”
The huge shadow of a fist, landing on the ground, shattered the formation in the centre of the square, and the entire earth collapsed downwards, appearing densely packed with cracks.
The sound of a large area collapsing rang out, and the buildings around the square, all of them, were reduced to rubble.
Even though, the Yuanlong Half-Saint had already used his holy qi to shield the disciples of the Two Elemental Sect, there were still quite a number of cultivators who were seriously injured. There were also more than a dozen young martial artists who couldn’t retreat in time and died under Zhao Shengyou’s fists.
“What a fast speed.”Zhao Shengyou was secretly surprised.
Originally, the strike he had just made could have completely injured all the Third Order Half-Saints. However, Zhang Ruochen’s speed that erupted was incredibly fast, exceeding his expectations, so he escaped.
Zhao Shengwu still wanted to attack a second move, but the Yuanlong Half-Saint struck first, releasing the Sacred Soul Domain and confronting him.
“Northern Wolf King, do you really want to destroy Tai Yin Ancient City?”The Yuan Long Half-Saint said in a deep voice.
If it was another city, in order to capture Zhang Ruochen, even if it was destroyed, Zhao Shengwu would have no qualms about it.
The Taiyin Ancient City was different, it was the Two Element Sect’s connecting stronghold to the Central Region, and its importance was in no way inferior to the county town of Qingli County.
Even though Zhao Shengyou was a royal lord of the Ministry of War, he didn’t dare to offend the Two Element Sect too much.
“Where is Zhang Ruochen?”
Just a moment ago, Zhao Shengyou was slightly distracted as he confronted the Yuan Long Half-Saint. When he looked towards Zhang Ruochen again, he realised that Zhang Ruochen had disappeared without a trace.
Thus, Zhao Shengyou hastily took out the Octagonal Sacred Eye and held it above his hands to probe Zhang Ruochen’s trail, only to discover that Zhang Ruochen had already fled Taiyin Ancient City and was flying rapidly in the direction of the Wolf Plains.
“Fleeing for his life is quite fast.”
Zhao Shengyou coldly glared at Yuanlong Half-Saint, if it wasn’t for this old fellow causing trouble, how could Zhang Ruochen have escaped so easily?”Yuan Long Half-Saint, you deliberately let Zhang Ruochen go, in the future, the Ministry of War will definitely slowly settle this score with you.”
After saying that, Zhao Shengwu rode a golden coloured giant wolf and rushed out of Taiyin Ancient City, entering the Wolf Plains and going after Zhang Ruochen.
