In the inner space of the space-time crystal stone, spending five days in a row, the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword completely absorbed one hundred tenth-order True Martial Treasure Weapons and transformed them into the sword body’s own power.
At this point, the number of basic inscriptions in the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword reached two hundred and ten.
The number of intermediate inscriptions remained at eighteen.
The power of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword was raised to a new height. Of course, with Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation level, he was still far from being able to utilise the full power of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword.
“Absorbing so many battle soldiers, the Sword Spirit of the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword still hasn’t fully awakened. It is estimated that one must wait for the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword to reach the level of a Thousand Stripes Saint Weapon before the Sword Spirit can recover from its trauma.”Zhang Ruochen’s mind thought.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen was in the inner space of the Space-Time Spirit Crystal, cultivating his sword technique.
In his mind, images of the time when he fought Kong Lanyou constantly surfaced.
The simple move “Heavenly Heart Pointing”, in Kong Lan You’s hands, could turn rottenness into magic, as if it was a four-two-thousand-kilogram move, easily defeating Zhang Ruochen.
It was surprising that there would be such a big difference in the power exerted by the same sword technique, when it was performed in the hands of different people.
“I can’t even block one of her moves right now, and within a month, trying to block ten of her moves is definitely a huge challenge. If I succeed, my control of power will definitely be able to reach an unprecedented height.”
Throughout the entire day, Zhang Ruochen had been imitating Kong Lanyou’s stance and the way she used her strength to make her moves, hoping to comprehend something from it.
Just the “Heavenly Heart Pointing” move alone, Zhang Ruochen had performed it no less than a thousand times.
Finally, Zhang Ruochen grasped something marvellous and detected the subtleties in Kong Lan You’s sword technique.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to quiet his mind and experience it carefully, the voice of Xiao Hei rang out from the outside of the Space-Time Crystal Stone, “Zhang Ruochen, the carriage of the Divine Sword Holy Land has already come to the outside of the Martial City Stage Pavilion to pick you up. They said that the three-day period has arrived, and the heir of the Divine Sword Holy Land is ready to fight you in a fair battle at the Heavenly Battle Stage.”
Startled by Xiao Hei’s voice, the arcane feeling in Zhang Ruochen’s mind suddenly, disappeared.
Zhang Ruochen wanted to continue capturing that feeling, but there was no luck.
He sighed and walked out of the inner space.
The heir of the Divine Sword Holy Land should be referring to Lu Flipping Heaven, and Zhang Ruochen did promise to fight him.
“That I would be defeated by Kong Lanyou with a single sword is not only just that my control of power is not subtle enough, but also, my actual combat experience is very insufficient, so it’s just right to take this opportunity to go to the Celestial Battle Stage and battle it out. Perhaps, in the midst of battle, I’ll be able to improve faster.”
After thinking it through, Zhang Ruochen boarded the Divine Sword Holy Land’s carriage and travelled towards the seventh city district’s Martial Market Fighting Arena.
The Martial Market Fighting Arena in the Seventh Urban District was the place where battles were the most intense in the entire Eastern Domain Sacred City, and even in the entire Eastern Domain Divine Soil. This was because of the countless proud sons of heaven that gathered here.
Disciples from various academies and martial schools would enter the Martial Market Fighting Arena at any time to fight. They didn’t just want to become famous in one battle, but they also wanted to sharpen themselves and improve their combat experience and skills by fighting non-stop.
Lu Flipping Tian had already had a great reputation in the Eastern Domain, possessing the Divine Wood Body and having reached the Heavenly Extremity Realm at a young age, there were few people among his peers who could rival him.
In this generation, if it wasn’t for the emergence of such once-in-a-century heaven-defying geniuses as Zhang Ruochen, Bu Qianfan, and Di Yi, with Lu Flipping Tian’s qualifications, he would have shone brightly and become the benchmark of an era.
It was only that he was born at the wrong time, an era where not only were there several Sacred Bodies that had come forth, but there were also people like Zhang Ruochen and Bu Qianfan who were able to cultivate to the Supreme Extreme Realm, and so, his fame was suppressed.
Even so, Lu Flipping Tian’s natural talent was still not to be underestimated, not only had he broken through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Extremity Position, but also, he had refined the Purple Cloud Sinking Incense Wood, causing the Divine Wood Body to reach its peak state.
Before Zhang Ruochen arrived at the Martial Market Fighting Arena, Lu Flipping Tian had already challenged seven Heavenly Ranking martial artists in a row, winning seven out of seven battles.
At this moment, he was in the middle of his eighth battle, and the person he was fighting was named Yi Qu Sheng, a disciple of the Hanging Hollow Sect, ranked at the 5800th position on the 《List of the Heavens》, and with a Military Merit Value of two hundred and eighty-seven thousand points.
The Heavenly Ranking List included martial artists in the entire Kunlun Realm at the Heavenly Extreme Realm, and only Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists who had won ten consecutive matches at the Heavenly Battle Stage, or who had accumulated 10,000 points of military merit value at the Market Realm Battlefield, were qualified to enter the Heavenly Ranking List.
Right now, the number of martial artists included in The Heavenly Ranking reached more than three million seven hundred thousand, all under the age of sixty.
None of the martial artists who were able to enter the top ten thousand were not first-class experts, and almost all of them had a special physique. Moreover, at the Yellow Extremity Realm, Xuan Extremity Realm, and Earth Extremity Realm, they were all definitely very close to the Supreme Extremity Realm as well.
It could be said that each and every one of the martial artists ranked in the top 10,000 of the Heavenly Rankings were one in a million, and after a hundred years, they would be the masters of the Kunlun Realm, and the vast majority of them would be able to become the overlord of a party.
Yi Qu Sheng, who looked to be in his thirties, wore a light blue Confucian shirt, and above his lips, he wore two neat beards, a scribe’s outfit.
This person, at the age of thirty-eight, had reached the Great Circle of the Heavenly Extremity Realm, which was higher than the natural talent of many Sage Sect’s heirs.
However, this year, he was already fifty-eight years old, and he was still at the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle cultivation level.
For twenty whole years, he hadn’t been able to break through the limits of mortals.
Nonetheless, his strength had continued to progress over these twenty years, and he had been ranked in the top ten thousand of the Heavenly Rankings.
Although his realm hadn’t broken the limit of mortal martial artists, the strength that erupted from it had already surpassed that one limit, and was enough to fight against a cultivator of the First Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
“Lu Flipping Sky, you’ve only just broken through to the Heavenly Extremity Realm’s Great Extremity Position and you dare to challenge me, would that be too arrogant?”Yi Qu Sheng held an iron fan, a leisurely and complacent look on his face.
In Yi Qu Sheng’s eyes, Lu Flipping Tian was still too young after all, and even if he won seven out of seven battles, it was nothing great.
When he was at Lu Flipping Tian’s age, how could he not look out of the corner of the world, having won thirty-one consecutive battles in the Martial Market Fighting Arena.
So what?
Right now, he wasn’t still at the Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Circle cultivation level, and hadn’t been able to break through to the Fish Dragon Realm.
The Holy Way is difficult to achieve!
Lu Tiantian stood with his sword crossed, his gaze resolute as he said, ”Yi Qu Sheng, you are already old! After today, I will replace you and become the new 5,800th place on the Heavenly Ranking. Honestly speaking, I have never considered you as an opponent from the beginning to the end. My opponent, someone else, is merely using you for practice.”
“When you are knocked off the Heavenly Battle Platform by me, you won’t say such big words again.”
Yi Qu Sheng was a little annoyed and mobilised his true qi, charging towards Lu Tiantian and striking a palm seal.
“Boom Boom!”
Above the Heavenly Battle Stage, the two experts fiercely exchanged blows.
In the Martial Market Fighting Arena, cries rang out one after another. There were close to twelve thousand martial artists sitting on top of the ring-shaped battle platform, observing the battle between Lu Tiantian and Yi Qu Sheng.
When Lu Xuan saw Zhang Ruochen who walked in, she immediately rushed down from the viewing platform and took Zhang Ruochen’s arm.
“Zhang Ruochen, you’re finally here! My brother is a battle madman who couldn’t wait and went to the battle stage first to challenge the various ‘Heavenly Ranking’ martial artists. Before you arrived, he had already defeated seven of them.”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the top of the Heaven Ranking Battle Stage and said, “Your brother’s strength has improved greatly. I remember that he used to be ranked after 300,000th place on the Heaven Ranking List. Now, he actually dares to challenge Yi Qu Sheng, who is ranked in the top 10,000 of the Heaven Ranking.”
Lu Xuan laughed and said, “With my brother’s current strength, it’s definitely not difficult to win against Yi Qu Sheng. Of course, it’s also thanks to the Purple Cloud Sunken Incense Wood you gave him. After refining the Purple Cloud Sunken Incense Wood, his Divine Wood Body reached its peak state. According to the Patriarch, my brother’s current physique is enough to fight against the Saint Body.”
Zhang Ruochen carefully observed the battle on top of the Heavenly Battle Stage and couldn’t help but nod his head in admiration, “Their strengths are all formidable, their martial skills are exquisite, their moves are smooth, and they’ve almost utilised the extreme power of a mortal martial artist, under the Fish Dragon Realm, there are very few people who are their opponents.”
If they did not use the power of their martial souls, with Zhang Ruochen’s current strength, he was not absolutely sure of defeating Lu Flipping Heaven.
Furthermore, Zhang Ruochen was able to sense that Lu Flipping Tian also had hidden means, and he did not use his full strength when he fought Yi Qu Sheng.
Zhang Ruochen was able to absorb the Half-Saint’s Light and raise his Martial Soul to the level of the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon.
With the power of the Divine Sword Holy Land, he was also surely able to find the Half-Saint’s Light to enhance Lu Flipping Tian’s martial soul. Even if Lu Flipping Tian’s martial soul didn’t reach the terrifying level of the Sixth Transformation of the Fish Dragon, it definitely couldn’t be any lower.
For the first time, Zhang Ruochen felt that fighting against Lu Flipping Tian would probably be a vicious battle, and it would definitely not be that easy to defeat him.
When Zhang Ruochen sat down on the viewing platform, suddenly, he saw a familiar petite figure. She was wearing a turquoise garment, with a white jade belt wrapped around her slender waist, outlining her concave and convex figure.
It was none other than Duanmu Xingling.
Duanmu Xingling was seated right behind Zhang Ruochen, and that teenage girl’s face, which always wore a charming and playful smile, laughed, “Zhang Ruochen, when I heard that you’re going to fight with the Divine Sword Holy Land’s heir, I came to the Martial Market Fighting Arena early in the morning, and I’ve already been waiting for you for a long time.”
Ever since he learnt of Duanmu Xingling’s true identity, Zhang Ruochen’s relationship with her had become somewhat distant, no longer as close as before.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Duanmu Xingling and smiled, “Senior Sister Duanmu, long time no see.”
Duanmu Xingling’s red lips hooked and the corners of her eyes tilted upwards as she said with some grudges, “We both live in the Martial City Stage Hall, yet you’ve never taken the initiative to come and find me, so of course it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you.”
“I knew that after you learnt of my true identity, our relationship would never return to the way it was before.”
Her last sentence, using sound wave transmission, could only be heard by Zhang Ruochen alone.
Afterwards, she took a deep breath and said somewhat self-deprecatingly, “Prepare for the next battle at ease, don’t pay any attention to me, I’ve just been a bit rambunctious lately. Lu Flipping Sky is a formidable opponent, you must not take it lightly. If you defeat him, I will give you a type of Five Elements Spiritual Treasure.”
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