The cold ice melted, and all martial artists whose martial cultivation had reached the Heavenly Extreme Realm slowly awoke.
They leapt up from the water and stood on top of a piece of floating ice.
Their bodies, still a little stiff, their whole body’s blood qi was not in order, and only their true qi was recovering by a thread, allowing their bodies to gradually become warm.
The earlier wave of cold qi was too terrifying, freezing their blood and every muscle tissue in their entire body. If it wasn’t for a surge of holy power that dissolved the cold aura, they feared that they would have frozen to death.
As for those martial artists below the Heavenly Extreme Realm, although they had also lifted the ice seal, they were traumatised by the cold qi in their flesh and were still unconscious.
Seeing that one palace-suited beautiful woman who had suddenly arrived, the pupil of the YuanYing Elder shrank, revealing a hint of a strange colour. He made a decisive move, his five fingers pinched into a claw shape and probed towards Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
At the tips of the five fingers, a long, sharp, white claw grew, incomparably sharp and transmitting an intimidating cold aura.
While the speed of the YuanYing Elder was fast, the speed of that one palace-suited beauty was even faster.
She stood a hundred feet away, a hint of a cold and craggy look in her eyes, the index finger of her right hand pointed forwards, and with a swish sound, the Holy Sword on her back left its sheath and flew out, transforming into a stream of light that flew towards the YuanYing Elder.
“Wow!”
The light emanating from the Saint Sword was like a lightning meteor, emitting ear-piercing wind-breaking sounds that caused the aura of the heavens and earth to shake violently.
Even the YuanYing Elder didn’t dare to touch that sword, and had to retract his claws and give up attacking Zhang Ruochen, moving to the side to dodge the Holy Sword’s attack.
Although the YuanYing Elder dodged, Di Yi was not so lucky.
“Poof!”
The Holy Sword, hovering above her head, spilled down grains of light, reflecting her in an exceptionally holy and dignified manner.
Di Yi’s face was white, trembling as he grabbed the arm of the YuanYing Elder, his lips shivering nonstop as he said, “Elder …… Elder, help me …… recapture the heart of the Half-Saint……”
Elder YuanYing’s face was as heavy as iron, as if he was facing a great enemy, he looked at the palace-suited beauty standing on the opposite side, shook his head, and suddenly, burst out, “Let’s go.”
The opponent was very strong, and the YuanYing Elder was somewhat intimidated.
With a roll of his sleeves, he rolled Emperor Yi and the Seven Deadly Star Envoy in a layer of holy light, soared up, and flew into that black cloud above the dome of the sky.
“Still want to escape?”
That one palace-suited beauty’s eyebrows frowned, a hint of disdain appearing in her eyes as she struck out her holy sword once more.
“Wow…”
The Holy Sword, transformed into a white light, as if it was a white rainbow, rushed up into the clouds and struck at the YuanYing Elder who was trying to escape.
Standing on top of the black clouds, the YuanYing Elder turned around with an open heart, and the purple crescent moon mark in the centre of his brow emerged, transforming into a huge purple moon that chopped towards the holy sword.
“Rumble!”
There was a loud bang.
The Holy Sword pierced through that round of purple crescent moon imprint with a destructive force, seemingly able to pierce through everything in the world, and continued to fly over, piercing through the YuanYing Elder’s abdomen.
“Pfft!”
The YuanYing Elder’s body was knocked out by the Saint Sword, and the black robe on his body was churned into pieces of cloth butterflies by the sword qi, revealing a close-fitting silver armour.
At this moment, the silver armour was also pierced by the holy sword, leaving a bloody hole.
A drop of holy blood flowed out from the wound.
Immediately using holy qi to seal the wound in his abdomen, the Elder of the Firstborn cast a secret technique and brought Emperor Yi and the Seven Deadly Star Envoys to fly away in a hurry, disappearing into the sky.
The patch of black clouds in the sky dissipated, revealing a clear, washable sky with a blazing sun like a furnace.
“Wow!”
That holy sword, with a streak of bloody light, flew back from the sky and flew back into its scabbard.
On the Tong Ming River, all the martial artists all felt shocked to the core, looking at that one palace-suited beauty with both reverence and awe.
“Greetings to the Half-Saint.”
A silver-robed elder from the Martial City Academy was the first to half-kneel to the ground and salute that one palace-suited beauty.
Kneeling and saluting to a Half-Saint was not something to be ashamed of.
What’s more, that one palace-suited beauty was so powerful that she had injured the YuanYing Old Devil with just a single sword strike and, moreover, saved their lives.
It was even more worthy of kneeling down and worshipping.
Afterwards, those martial artists rushed over and all knelt on the ground, saying in unison, “Many thanks to Lord Half-Saint for saving their lives.”
“Get up!”
That one palace-suited beauty looked very cold and arrogant, even her voice carried a chill.
The Palace Master of the Martial City Palace of Learning, Chen Ying, stepped on the water and came, walked to the body of that one palace-suited beauty, her eyes revealed a few shocked colours, said, “Liuli, you …… are not trapped in the Underworld Saint Ruins, the family sent many people to save you, but they all came back to no avail, I thought that you had been……”
That one palace-suited beautiful woman, named Chen Liuli, was Chen Ying’s own sister, and also Huang Yichen’s biological mother.
Seven years ago, Chen Liuli travelled with someone to the Underworld Saint Ruins to look for the legendary Underworld King Bell, but lost contact as a result. Both the Chen Clan and the Thousand Waters County King had sent a large number of experts into the Underworld Sacred Ruins to search and rescue her, but to no avail, instead, a large number of experts died tragically in the Underworld Sacred Ruins.
Everyone thought that she had been killed. Half a year later, the search and rescue was stopped.
No one expected that after seven years, she had actually returned!
Huang Yichen stood beside Chen Liuli’s body, staring at the palace-suited beauty in front of her, tears couldn’t help but flow out of one pair of eyes, and pounced into Chen Liuli’s embrace, sobbing: ”Mother, you …… you’ve finally returned ……All these years …… you were away …… from …… me ……”
Her voice whimpered and sobbed.
Chen Liuli’s pair of cold and chilly eyes, revealed a hint of softness, gently hugged Huang Yichen, patted her shoulder, and bitterly said, “Yichen, I remember, when I left, you were still just a teenage girl, I didn’t think that, seven years have passed, and you’ve already grown up to be so tall. Over these years, you have been following your uncle and have caused a lot of trouble for your uncle. Since I’ve returned, come back to the Chen family with me!”
Huang Yichen nodded and said in a low voice, “Before going to the Chen Family, I want Mother to meet someone first.”
“Who?”Chen Liuli said.
Huang Yichen’s heart was slightly shy, and a pair of treasure blue beautiful eyes looked towards the crowd, as if looking for someone?
However, after searching for half a day, she did not find the person she was looking for.
How could this be?
“Where did Zhang Ruochen go?”Huang Yichen said.
Only at this moment did the crowd realise that Zhang Ruochen was nowhere to be found.
Huang Yichen’s face changed, a little anxious, saying, “Could it be that he was captured by the old Yuan Ying Demon?”
Chen Ying shook his head and said, “No, I saw very clearly earlier, the Elemental Infant Old Devil only took away Emperor Yi and the Seven Deadly Star Envoys, and he was still injured and fled, there was no possibility of him going and returning.”
Chen Xi’er said, “Cousin, after the Elemental Infant Old Devil fled, I saw Zhang Ruochen leave, seemingly in a hurry.”
“He left?”
Huang Yichen’s eyebrows frowned, and he was a little exasperated in his heart.
The future Mother-in-Law had stepped in to save him, but he actually left without saying a word without even saying a word of thanks, it was too impolite. Wasn’t he afraid of leaving a bad impression on his mother-in-law?
Why did Zhang Ruochen leave in such a hurry? Where exactly did he go?
……
Yunwu County Kingdom, Royal Palace.
The Yunwu County King was sitting on top of a gilt throne and was reviewing his medals.
On the golden desk, there was a small purple-gold tripod. In the cauldron, a wisp of purple smoke emanated, carrying a scent that cleared the mind.
“Ta da!”
The Queen Mother walked in with a flourish, came to Yunwu County King’s side, and laughed, “Great King, Gui’er is back, do you want to see him?”
As she spoke, the Queen stretched out a slender jade hand, opened the small purple and gold tripod, and added a piece of incense bone, into the tripod.
The incense tripods of ordinary people burned the bones of savage beasts, and only the royal family was qualified to use the bones of the Fragrant Fox as fuel. The bones of the fragrant fox not only contained a fascinating fragrance, but also, when inhaled by martial artists for a long period of time, it could also enhance their mental strength.
The Yunwu County King gently sniffed and looked towards the purple and gold incense tripod and smiled, ”What a strong fragrance, it’s at least a third grade incense bone. Queen, where did you buy such a good thing?”
A trace of colour flashed in the Queen’s eyes as she laughed, “My concubine has been living in the deep palace for a long time, so how could I have the opportunity to obtain an incense bone of this quality? It wasn’t Gui’er, from the Yuntai Zongfu, who brought it back to honour you.”
Yunwu County King gently nodded and said, “You just said that Gui’er came back, don’t quickly ask him to come in, there have been some days without seeing him, and I don’t know if his cultivation has reached the Heavenly Extremity …… realm …… now!”
Suddenly, Yunwu County King slightly dizziness for a moment, a piece of disorientation in front of his eyes, efforts to shake his head, said, “What is going on, today why suddenly feel very tired?”
Footsteps sounded.
Zhang Tiangui walked in from outside, in the middle of the hall, leaving behind a long reflection. He coldly said, “That’s because the incense bone that was just placed into the tripod has been soaking in poisonous water for half a year. Father, you have been poisoned by the Blood Shadow.”
“Father, you have been poisoned by the Blood Shadow.”
“Father, you have been poisoned by the Blood Shadow.”
……
Yunwu County King’s brain was barren, Zhang Tiangui’s voice constantly ringing in his ears as his eyes became increasingly dim.
The Queen standing beside the Yunwu County King, the soft colour on her face instantly disappeared, instead revealing a cold colour.
She suddenly struck out with a palm strike to the top of Yunwu County King’s head.
“Boom!”
Fresh blood, which slowly flowed out from the top of Yunwu County King’s head, flowed over the corners of his eyes and lips, and dripped down to the ground.
Yunwu County King jolted awake, his eyes widened, revealing a look of disbelief, staring tightly at the Queen who stood opposite him, gritting his teeth, saying, “Queen, you …… why?”
