Black dragon power like cloudy qi surged out from the two 10th rank True Martial Treasure Artifact grade gloves, forming two black dragon silhouettes with open teeth and claws, and just the claws of those two black dragons alone were seven or eight metres long.
Reaching the Heavenly Extremity Realm, Di Yi’s cultivation had skyrocketed, and it was only until now that he could be considered to have truly utilised the power of the Black Dragon Ghost Claws.
Di Yi’s arms, as if they were turning into two black dragons, soared up from both the left and right directions, crashing into that sword wave.
“Boom!”
The two dragon shadows blocked the sword wave, continuously wearing down the sword qi in the sword wave, and in the end, completely dissolving the sword wave.
The remnants of the power struck above that one underwater hill with a loud bang, leaving two huge claw marks on top of the hill.
If the Golden Dragon’s Saint Soul was still around, this strike from Di Yi would definitely anger the Golden Dragon and suffer extinction.
It was a pity that the Golden Dragon’s Saint Soul had already dispersed, and its power was annihilated with it.
“The four veins come out in unison.”
The true qi in Zhang Ruochen’s sea of qi surged rapidly and flowed to his right arm, rushing to the index, middle, ring, and little fingers of his right hand. The four fingers struck out a sword wave at the same time, and thousands of sword qi flew out with the four sword waves, making swish-swish sounds as they pounced on Emperor Yi.
The four chakras came out in unison, and each chakra was a Spirit Grade Upper Grade martial skill, just like hitting four stunts at the same time.
Di Yi’s hands propped forward, his two fists overlapping together to form a six metre tall dragon patterned light shield, which collided with the four sword waves, immediately emitting an ear-splitting boom.
The four impacts converged, sending Di Yi flying out.
The black robe on Di Yi’s body lifted up in the water and fell back underneath, and a pair of his arms were unexpectedly completely sealed by cold ice.
“Snap!”
As his true qi revolved, the cold ice instantly shattered.
In the palm of his right hand, a hint of stinging pain came from a tiny sword wound that appeared, oozing out blood.
Only that Di Yi was wearing gloves, no one knew that he had been injured in that exchange just now.
“How is it possible? How did Zhang Ruochen suddenly become so powerful? Could it be that Zhang Ruochen has reached the Supreme Extreme Realm of the Earth Extreme Realm? Impossible, impossible, Supreme Extreme Realm, how can one reach it so easily.”
Emperor Yi’s pair of eyes, which were like evil flames, stared at Zhang Ruochen closely, using the Heavenly Demon Eyes as if he wanted to see through Zhang Ruochen.
When he was at the great circle of the Earth Extreme Realm, he had clearly pressed Zhang Ruochen to fight, and even if both of them had broken through to the Heavenly Extreme Realm, he should still be stronger than Zhang Ruochen.
How could he be repelled by Zhang Ruochen with a single move?
Ever since he was a child, it was the first time he had been injured when fighting someone of the same generation.
It seemed that he had to be careful with his response and could not lose in such a small place like the Heavenly Demon Ridge.
Although Emperor Yi was overbearing and arrogant, he was also extremely intelligent, his eyes gradually became serious as he looked at Zhang Ruochen, treating him as an opponent who could sharpen himself.
Those students of the Martial City Academy, seeing the battle just now, had long been shocked beyond words.
They naturally knew of Zhang Ruochen, that was Pavilion Master Lei’s secret disciple, and even the 98th ranked expert on the Earth Ranking. They only knew that Zhang Ruochen was very strong, but they didn’t think that Zhang Ruochen had become so powerful.
Even if the Heavenly Extremity Realm Silver-robed Elder of the Martial City Academic Palace was compared to him, he was still too far behind!
“Senior Brother Zhang is really powerful, he can even fight the young master of the Black Market First Class Hall, how good would it be if I were as powerful as Senior Brother Zhang?” An Inner Palace trainee in his thirties looked at Zhang Ruochen, who stood above the hill, with adoring eyes.
Although he was much older than Zhang Ruochen, he was willing to call Zhang Ruochen Senior Brother. If he could, he would even be willing to worship Zhang Ruochen as his master, praying that Zhang Ruochen would be able to teach him a move or two.
Of course, he also knew that that was impossible.
“It is said that that one young master of the Black Market One Piece Hall once defeated the number one on the Earth Ranking, Bu Qianfan, with three swords. Doesn’t that mean that Senior Brother Zhang already possesses the strength of the number one on the 《Earth Ranking》?”
“Looks like we’re saved!”
……
Most of those dozens of captured students from the Martial City Academy had already known Di Yi’s identity, and originally, when they were captured by the Black Market’s martial artists, they had all despaired, knowing that they weren’t far from death.
Zhang Ruochen’s appearance, however, gave them hope.
“With Lord Young Lord here, even Zhang Ruochen and Si Xingkong can’t save you.”
Yan stared deathly at those students of the Martial City Academy, revealing a sneer.
They actually still hoped that Zhang Ruochen could save them, but they didn’t know that Zhang Ruochen was also a clay Bodhisattva who couldn’t protect himself.
Yan Deadly Life was very clear about how powerful Di Yi was, amongst his generation, there was simply no one who was Di Yi’s opponent. Even if it was a martial arts myth of the older generation, when they encountered Emperor Yi, they could only be crushed.
Even if Zhang Ruochen was as strong as he was, there was still a gap when compared to Emperor Yi.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze looked towards the captured students of the Martial City Palace and his brows tightened.
How could they be saved?
Although Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation had skyrocketed, Di Yi’s strength was not weak, so it was almost impossible to defeat Di Yi in a short period of time.
Zhang Ruochen took out the short golden blade, his fingers resting on the back of the blade, and handed it to Si Xingkong, saying, “Eldest Senior Brother, this is a 10th rank True Martial Treasure Weapon, and it is now under your control. Apart from me, your cultivation is the strongest, and only you will be able to utilise its most powerful might.”
Si Xingkong took the short golden blade and injected his True Qi into the short blade.
In an instant, a three feet tall golden pillar of light shot up, forming an arc of the blade and completely reflecting the surrounding waters in gold.
“Good blade.”
Si Xingkong said, “Senior Brother Zhang, what do you want me to do?”
Zhang Ruochen immediately used the Sound Shuttle to transmit his voice, assigning tasks to each of Si Xingkong, Chang Qiqi, Chen Xi’er, Huang Yichen, and Duanmu Xingling.
Si Xingkong nodded, his eyes becoming more and more determined as he said, “With the help of this blade, we will be able to break the formation.”
In the Yunwu County Kingdom, a Ninth Order True Martial Treasure would be able to become a state-supporting battle weapon.
The power of a tenth rank True Martial Treasure Weapon would naturally be even more impressive.
“Reaching the Heavenly Extremity Realm, I’m considered to have crossed over into the ranks of Martial Myths, and I’ve long wanted to kill those black market martial artists.”
Chang Qi Qi licked his lips with his tongue, pulled up his sleeves, and took out a piece of jade for the Combined Attack Formation.
Chang Qi Qi, Si Xingkong, Chen Xi’er, and Duanmu Xingling, the four of them joined forces to set up a formation and rushed towards the bottom of the hill.
The task that Zhang Ruochen had set for the four of them was to use the Combined Attack Formation and the Golden Knife to break through the Thousand Knives Star Luo Formation set up by the Black Market martial artists.
Seeing the four of them, Si Xingkong, setting up a combined attack formation and killing from the hill, Yan Deadly’s eyes sank as he said, “They actually dared to make the first move, since that’s the case, let’s just kill all of these captured students of the Martial City Academy.”
The dozen or so Black Market martial artists standing at the back simultaneously raised their battle blades, about to swing them down.
Right at this moment, Zhang Ruochen quietly unleashed the power of Spatial Condensation, causing the bodies of those ten or so Black Market martial artists to become stiff, and the entire world seemed to be frozen.
They stood there motionless in the position of raising their swords.
Yan Deadly didn’t even know what was happening and chided, “What are you guys doing, why aren’t you swinging your swords and chopping down?”
Empyrean stood at a distance and glanced towards the dozen or so Black Market martial artists, feeling the fluctuations of power if any on their bodies, revealing a thoughtful expression as he glanced towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen just gave a faint smile to Di Yi and gently nodded, revealing a mysterious smile.
“Hmph!”
Emperor Yi punched out with one palm, creating a wild surge of true qi flow that cracked the power of spatial solidification.
Although Emperor Yi didn’t know exactly what martial skill Zhang Ruochen had used, he secretly took precautions in his heart, warning himself that if he fought with Zhang Ruochen, he must be careful that Zhang Ruochen also used the same move he had just used.
Di Yi increasingly felt that Zhang Ruochen was a good opponent, and if he were to defeat Zhang Ruochen, he could further consolidate his undefeated martial arts heart.
If he was able to subdue Zhang Ruochen or refine him into his shadow, his strength would be doubled.
“Swoosh!”
Huang Yichen performed the Wind-Resisting Flying Dragon Shadow stance, a huge true qi dragon shadow wrapped her up and rushed down the hill at a speed like lightning streams, going forward to save the others.
Just as the dozen or so Black Market martial artists were about to swing their swords down again ……
“Swish!”
With a flash of sword light, a bright sword line appeared and flew horizontally across, cutting two black market martial artists in two, killing them on the spot.
In the water, only a bright red was left behind.
Knowing that Huang Yichen’s current martial cultivation was at the middle stage of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, and that she was a Four Extremity Genius, with her current strength, dealing with Earth Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial practitioners was as easy as slicing vegetables.
In just a short time of one breath, those more than ten black market martial artists all died under her sword, leaving only mutilated corpses and bloody water.
“If you want to save the people, pass me first.”
Yan Deadly lifted up a seventh-order True Martial Treasure Artifact-grade Nine-Ringed Battle Sword, and with a single step, she carried the hilt of the blade with both hands and chopped towards Huang Yichen.
“Cracking Cloud Blade.”
Yan Deadly Life’s body was tall, his blade technique was domineering and ferocious in power, as if a giant was lifting his blade to open up a mountain, his aura was amazing.
Compared to Yan Deadly Life, Huang Yichen was incomparably petite, not even as tall as Yan Deadly Life’s shoulders, and it seemed that a slap from Yan Deadly Life could shatter her.
In the face of Yan Deadly’s ferocious blade, Huang Yichen only slightly shifted her body sideways and easily avoided it.
Yan Deadly’s slash struck empty, leaving a deep slash mark under the water, forming a one metre wide gully.
“She actually dodged my full strength slash ……”
Yan Deadly Life’s expression was stunned and slightly surprised, his speed slowing down slightly by half a beat.
It was during this half a beat that Huang Yichen stabbed out a sword, striking at Yan Deadly Life’s brow.
Within Yan Deadly Life’s pupils, a ghostly blue sword light appeared, the sword light getting brighter and brighter, finally covering his pupils completely.
“Pfft!”
The tip of the sword, pierced through Yan Deadly Life’s brow, leaving a trail of blood.
Afterwards, Huang Yicun quickly retracted his sword and killed another black market martial artist.
Yan Deadly Life stood still, his body stiffening, the wound on his brow gushing out a thread of blood to merge with the river water.
A wave of water surged past, Yan Deadly Life’s body floated up, and then, slowly fell to the bottom of the water, that pair of eyes still bulging open, somewhat dead.
