The Wind Bird held the Order of Killing Breaking and stood at the centre of the storm, his body was surrounded by a circle of black air currents in all directions, exuding an aura of cold fury.
His height, three metres, allowed him to look down on Zhang Ruochen and said, “Zhang Ruochen, for you, continuing to live in the world is undoubtedly a form of suffering. Let this king come to send you on your way and end this tragic life of yours.”
Wind Bird raised the Kill Breaking Order once again, and a dense inscription appeared on the ten-odd feet tall token, and vaguely, a humanoid silhouette could be seen, merging with the Kill Breaking Order.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the silhouette on top of the Kill Breaking Order, his eyes filled with coldness as he said in a low voice, “If you want to kill me, I’m afraid you don’t have enough weight.”
“Clang!”
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword let out an ear-piercing chirp as it flew towards Zhang Ruochen, hovering in front of him.
It had already refined the four blood blades and absorbed enough power to regain its level as a Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact.
With that, Zhang Ruochen struck Saint Qi and Sword Intent into the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword in a steady stream. In the body of the sword, a distant voice came out, saying, “Hundreds of years have passed, Zhang …… Zhang Ruochen, how …… did you wake me up?”
That was the communication between the sword spirit and its owner, and outsiders could not hear it at all.
Hearing the familiar voice coming from the Sword Spirit, Zhang Ruochen suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, “Shen Yuan, first meet the battle with me and get through the difficulties in front of you, there are still a lot of things I need to ask you.”
“Just as well, having been asleep for too long, my mind has become quite sluggish, I should indeed have a good battle to restore my peak will.”
In the next moment, the surface of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword’s sword body emitted a dark black splendour that surged out in all directions.
At first, the black splendour of light was only enveloping Zhang Ruochen.
Gradually, the gladiatorial stage, which was a hundred feet in circumference, was also turned into darkness.
From below, looking upwards, one could only see a huge black sphere, as if it was a black hole suspended in mid-air.
Even with the Half-Saint’s Half-Saint’s Eye, one could only vaguely see that thousands of sword qi were actually appearing within the black sphere.
“Zhang Ruochen is seriously injured, he is clearly at the end of his strength, why does he still have the strength to fight?”
“How do I feel …… Zhang Ruochen seems to have become stronger.”
Sword Emptiness stood behind Ten Thousand Trillion, the Holy Sword on his back, trembling violently.
His eyes, revealing a rather shocked expression, said, “It’s not that Zhang Ruochen has become stronger, but rather, that black sword, reaching the level of a Thousand Stripes Saint Artifact, has merged with Zhang Ruochen, forming a state of man-sword unity.”
In the audience, the only one who was present was Sword Emptiness, a true sword cultivator who had already cultivated Sword Three to great perfection, and naturally, he was the most vocal.
Next to him, a Half-Saint of the Ministry of War asked, “How can a person and a sword, become one?”
Jian Kongzi said, “Among sword cultivators, that is one of the means that belongs to the top level. Not only does it require the sword cultivator’s realm to reach the unity of man and sword, but it also requires a holy sword that is at the top of its class in terms of material and sword spirit. The holy sword and its owner must also form a subtle fit before the two can truly become one.”?With a very envious gaze, Jian Kongzi stared at the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword suspended in front of Zhang Ruochen.
For a sword cultivator, the goal of his entire life was to find, or cultivate, a sword like this.
A sword was a sword cultivator’s best friend.
On the fighting stage, Zhang Ruochen and the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword became one, as if there was only a sword left, and as if there was only Zhang Ruochen’s figure left.
The person was also a sword, and the sword was also a person.
“Swish.”
The black sword, transformed into a dark light, flew out.
It wasn’t that Wind Bird hadn’t fought with sword cultivators before, only, but he had never encountered, a situation like the one he was in now.
Wind Bird controlled the Order of Broken Killing and blocked forward.
“Boom.”
A powerful impact surged out from above the sword body.
At the same time, the sword qi from all directions converged over, and collided with the Kill Breaking Order, sending out a large reddish-coloured spark.
The wind bird’s arms made a “popping” sound, and it took three steps back in a row to dissolve the powerful force.
Fortunately, it was a special material that was cast and refined into the Kill Breaking Order.
If it had been a Hundred Stripe Holy Weapon, it would have been destroyed after enduring this sword.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was in mid-air, flying in a circle, and once again swung the sword down, striking at the wind fowl’s neck. The Wind Bird could only strike the Killing Breaking Order again, fending off Zhang Ruochen’s attack.
The situation of this battle was finally reversed as Zhang Ruochen suppressed the Wind Bird.
Wind Bird was naturally quite an accomplished character, even though Zhang Ruochen’s sword strokes, no matter how ferocious and subtle they were, were simply unable to break through his defences.
This person’s cultivation and battle prowess clearly reached the topmost level of a Sixth Order Half-Saint. In the same realm, I’m afraid that only a Saint Body would be able to defeat him.
Only, the wind fowl’s heart, however, was secretly crying out in misery.
The Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was simply too sharp, and every time the sword fell, it would leave a mark on top of the Kill Breaking Order, and I was afraid that it wouldn’t be long before the Kill Breaking Order would be scrapped as well.
Once he lost the Kill Breaking Order, how would he be able to block Zhang Ruochen’s sword moves?
“Pah!”
Zhang Ruochen struck dozens of swords in a row, and the Broken Killing Order finally couldn’t withstand it and cracked out a gap.
Wind Bird was naturally very unwilling, clearly his cultivation was a huge step above Zhang Ruochen, how could he lose to him?
What’s more, once defeated, it also meant death.
No matter what, he had to put up a fight before the Broken Killing Order was completely shattered.
“Zhang Ruochen, your strength is, indeed, quite astonishing, to the extent that you can force this king to display his last card. However, everything will eventually come to an end.”
“Burning Wood Passage Technique.”
The wind fowl’s body, as if it was a piece of wood, burned, emitting a crackling sound. The original three-metre tall sturdy body quickly became shrivelled, and a moment later, it was so thin that it was as if it was a human-sized bamboo pole.
Burning wood through God method, origin and ancient witch way of a secret art “through God method”.
The Witch Way is even older than the Three Ways of today, and is the cultivation method of the human race in the oldest period of time. Only after the Three Ways flourished did the Sorcerer’s Way gradually withdraw from the stage of history.
In later generations, even if there were Witch Way heirs, or Witch Way secret techniques, there was no one who had set them all together.
The Tongshen Law, could burn a cultivator’s blood, essence, and holy qi, thus erupting into a power that exceeded one’s own by ten times in a very short period of time.
Nowadays, the vast majority of the secret techniques circulating in the Kunlun Realm that stimulated one’s battle power were evolved from the Tongshen Law.
The Wood Burning Passage Technique was one of them.
Casting out such a secret technique had great side effects, not only would one’s vitality be greatly injured, but there was also the risk of the realm falling back. No one would normally use it until it was absolutely necessary.
The power fluctuations on Wind Bird’s body continued to climb, emitting a powerful aura that swept across the entire gladiatorial stage.
“Rumble.”
The Breaking Killing Order fell down, aiming to kill with a single blow.
At this moment, however, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword also erupted with a power that was generally destructive, thousands of inscriptions surfaced, forming a Thousand Stripes Destruction Power.
Zhang Ruochen had no other choice but to use the Thousand Stripes Destruction Power to block this strike.
The Wind Bird was fighting for his life, so how could he not be fighting for his life?
“Poof!”?As the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword swung out, it was like cutting through tofu, splitting the Killing Order Breaker and the Wind Bird’s body, simultaneously, in two.
Crimson blood, from the wind fowl’s waist, surged out.
To the point of death, the wind fowl was also very surprised, and with great difficulty, he stretched out a hand, pointing at Zhang Ruochen, saying: ”You …… you …… even dare to use the ……Thousand Stripes …… to destroy …… and destroy …….”
With a bang, the upper half of the Wind Bird’s body, crashed to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen carried the bloody Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword, propped up his body with the sword, stared at the corpse on the ground, panted heavily, and said, “What makes you so sure that I will definitely not use the Thousand Stripes Destruction Power?”
Having already been forced into a life and death situation, how could one care about that much.
Just as the wind fowl collapsed, everyone present, suffocated.
Some of them felt astonished, others felt puzzled, while some others were revealing a dazed look.
Immediately after, the crowd boiled over, all talking.
“Wind Bird originally had the strength to kill Zhang Ruochen, but it’s just a pity that Zhang Ruochen was dying to fight and pulled his back.”
“The Ministry of Soldiers has fallen two Domain Kings in a row, and both of them are Sixth Order Half-Saints, the loss is too heavy. I also wonder who will strike next?”
“Whoever strikes will be able to easily kill Zhang Ruochen. Zhang Ruochen, who used the Thousand Stripes Destruction Strength, has already exhausted his Saint Qi, and it’s impossible for him to still have the strength to fight again.”
Everyone knew that once Zhang Ruochen used the Thousand Lines Destruction Strength, it meant that he would definitely die on the fighting stage.
However, even if he died, it would still be quite glorious.
After all, he had only come to the Central Domain for less than a month, yet he had already killed several Kings of the Ministry of Soldiers in a row, and even the high-ranking Half-Saints of the Demon Sect, the Black Market, and the Deadly Zen Sect didn’t have how illustrious their battle records were when they fought against the Ministry of Soldiers.
The various Half-Saints of the Ministry of Soldiers could naturally see that Zhang Ruochen nowadays was like a fish on a plate that could only be slaughtered.
“I will go and take Zhang Ruochen’s life.”
“Zhao Lu, your cultivation level is too low, it’s better to let me deal with Zhang Ruochen.”
“You’re also only at the cultivation level of a Third Order Half-Saint, who are you to say that my realm is low?”
……
After some scrambling, Jin Yue King “Tong Dong”, rushed out first and mounted the gladiatorial stage.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen was indeed quite weak, the Saint Qi in his body was almost 80% depleted, and he could only use the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword to hold his body up, so that he didn’t fall down.
However, Zhang Ruochen was not completely powerless to fight back.
Tong Dong’s cultivation level was not too high, and was only at the Third Order Half-Saint realm.
He was naturally quite ecstatic to be able to rush out from amongst all the Military Semi-Saints and snatch the huge military credit for killing Zhang Ruochen.
It was for this reason that he was also rather gullible.
Tong Dong had only just landed on the gladiatorial stage, and before he could stand still, Zhang Ruochen mobilised his spiritual power and struck a three-zero feet long lightning blade that struck his body.
“Snap!”
A muffled sound escaped Tong Dong’s mouth as he flew backwards.
His entire body was densely covered in tiny lightning bolts, and a foot-long blood-red wound was cracked out at the location of his abdomen
