Little Black also sensed that murderous aura, rolled over, stared at Ao Xin Yan, and spat out human words, saying, “Our strong enemy is about to arrive, Troublesome Spirit, you still don’t have time to go.”
“Fat cat, who are you calling a trouble spirit?”Ao Xin Yan glared at Little Black.
Xiao Hei’s eyes rolled over, revealing large swaths of eye whites, and it was as if he was saying, “Who else can I say but you?”
Ao Xin Yan ground her teeth, if she hadn’t also sensed a group of experts rapidly approaching, she would definitely have to clean up this one fat cat first.
Ao Xin Yan walked over towards Zhang Ruochen, pulling out her Dragon Marked Aqua Sword, and said with some guilt, “These people, it should be because of me that they chased after the Wood Essence Market Realm. Team Leader, I’m sorry.”
“You think that even if you don’t spread the news out, they won’t come after you?”Zhang Ruochen said.
As the king of the new generation, Zhang Ruochen’s every move was under the surveillance of all the major forces, and even if Ao Xinyan didn’t spread the news out, those forces that had bad intentions towards Zhang Ruochen would definitely learn of his movements within a very short period of time.
Ao Xin Yan said, “No matter what, this matter has nothing to do with me, Team Leader, I will help you.”
At this time, Zhang Ruochen no longer said anything to allow her to leave, the group of experts were already getting closer and closer, forming a closed circle, even if they wanted to leave, it wasn’t that easy.
Little Black was lying on the ground, a pair of claws, rapidly paddling.
Every time he scratched on the ground, he would leave behind a formation inscription. A trail of inscriptions, intertwined and overlapping with each other, soon formed a circular formation with a diameter of twelve metres.
Ao Xin Yan was dumbfounded as she watched, not thinking that that one fat cat could actually lay out formations.
Moreover, the speed at which it inscribed the inscription was simply astonishingly fast.
“Zhang Ruochen really isn’t an ordinary person, even one of the cats he keeps is so powerful. The formation it carved is very complex and arcane, could it be a fourth-grade formation?”
Ao Xin Yan’s emotions were very complicated, feeling incredulous and recognising a truth once again.
There is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond the people.
Formation masters, in the Kunlun Realm, had always been a group of people with a very honourable status.
Especially those Formation Masters who were able to lay out top-tier formations were respected by countless people, and could even be on par with Half-Saints and Saints.
A martial artist who was able to obtain the aid of a powerful array formation could have his strength doubled, or even multiplied several times.
The Holy Academy also had a formation department, but there were only a handful of freshmen in this term who were able to set up a fourth-grade formation.
If, this one cat, could also lay out a fourth grade formation, wouldn’t it blow those formation geniuses in the Holy Academy out of the water?
Xiao Hei looked at the completed inscription and shook his head and sighed, ”Still too weak, only able to set up a fourth grade formation, the Wind Splitting Rolling Cloud Formation. If I had a few more points of strength, I might be able to set up a fifth grade formation.”
Afterwards, Xiao Hei took out another piece of spirit crystal and carefully buried it into the ground, using an inscription to connect the spirit crystal to the formation.
From the spirit crystals, the energy needed for the formation to function, was provided.
Not long after the formation took shape, two streams of light residual shadow, under the moon, flying rapidly, landed halfway up the mountainside position.
The two residual shadows stopped, and all of a sudden, a man and a woman were formed, two persons.
The male, with a tall and handsome figure, sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, was a handsome and dashing male. The female, with a tall figure and a beautiful face, was a moon god-like beauty.
It was Zuo Quling of the Left Sage Clan, and Xi Yunxi of the Xi Sage Clan.
Xi Yunxi revealed two rows of snow-white white teeth as she stared at Zhang Ruochen, who was standing in the distance, and laughed, “Knowing that we’ve caught up with you, you actually didn’t flee?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “The two of you are the Saints of the first group of the Sword Dao Department, while I am the leader of the first group, why would I run away when I see you?”
Zuo Quling and Xi Yunxi glanced at each other and then, burst into laughter.
Zuo Quling’s smile withdrew, and a cold and vicious look appeared on his face as he said, “Zhang Ruochen, do you think that this is still the Holy Academy? A mere bumpkin from the Heavenly Demon Ridge wants to be our group leader, you have not overestimated yourself.”
Ao Xinyan took a step forward and said, “Zuo Quling, Xi Yunxi, what exactly are you guys doing chasing after the Wood Essence Market Realm?”
Xi Yunxi stared at Ao Xinyan as if she was looking at an idiot and said, “Of course I came here to kill Zhang Ruochen, could there be any other purpose? On the contrary, I have to thank you, if you hadn’t revealed Zhang Ruochen’s whereabouts, we wouldn’t have chased him to the Wood Essence Market Realm so quickly.”
Ao Xin Yan’s face changed as she said, “We are all Saints of the Sacred Academy, how can we kill each other? Could it be that you guys aren’t afraid of being punished by the Sacred Academy?”
“As long as Zhang Ruochen dies in the Wood Essence Market Realm, who knows that it was us who made the move? Of course, since you know about this, then you can also go to hell!”
“Let’s get rid of her first, then clean up Zhang Ruochen.”
Xi Yunxi and Zuo Quling executed their stances at the same time and rushed over, each striking out a palm strike.
“Boom!”
Ao Xin Yan swung her sword and slashed out a circular sword Qi.
Palm power and sword qi collided, and Xi Yunxi and Zuo Quling fell back, landing back in their original positions.
Their palms, cut open by the sword qi, left a long bloodstain.
“With your strength, fighting me, you’re all still far from it, and you want to kill the group leader?”Ao Xin Yan said.
“Is that so?”Xi Yunxi laughed.
“Swish swish!”
In the jungle, a silhouette of eighteen people leapt out. Each of them was at the Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Circle cultivation level, surrounding Zhang Ruochen, Little Black, and Ao Xinyan in the centre.
These eighteen people were handpicked from the three great Saint Sectors, and all of them were experts.
They weren’t Heaven Ranking martial artists, however, their strength wasn’t much weaker than Heaven Ranking martial artists.
Even if Ao Xin Yan was conceited, she wouldn’t dare to say that she could withstand the siege of eighteen Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial artists.
Xi Yunxi revolved her true qi and flowed it round her palm, and the bloodstains on her palm healed automatically. She said, “So what if you’re strong? Can you block the combined blows of eighteen Heavenly Extremity Realm Grand Circle martial artists?”
Ao Xinyan took two steps back and retreated back to the Wind Splitting and Rolling Cloud Formation set up by Xiao Hei and stood beside Zhang Ruochen as she asked in a low voice, “Let’s join forces and kill our way out of the siege.”
Zhang Ruochen gently shook his head, instead fixing his gaze in another direction, saying, “Pei Ji, since you’ve arrived, why don’t you show yourself?”
“Ta-da!”
Pei Ji slowly walked out from the forest, still looking sickly, and said, “Zhang Ruochen, I’ve always wondered why you didn’t stay in the Sacred Courtyard and had to run to the Wood Essence Market Realm? Don’t you know that this is no different from seeking death?”
“I came to the Wood Essence Ruin Realm, so I naturally have my purpose. Besides, it’s impossible for me to hide in the Sacred Courtyard for the rest of my life, I always need to come out and take a walk to see the outside world.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Seeing Pei Ji appear, Ao Xin Yan was not as relaxed as Zhang Ruochen, and her face bristled and turned very pale.
Even if she was facing eighteen Heavenly Extremity Realm Great Perfection experts, as long as she and Zhang Ruochen teamed up, there was still a chance of escaping. However, Pei Ji’s appearance was like the God of Death, cutting off all their hopes of survival.
Forty-first on the Heavenly Ranking, the Bloody-Handed Butcher.
This name, this ranking, was something that Pei Ji had fought out with battle after battle, with hard power.
How many people under the Fish Dragon Realm could still be calm and collected when they encountered Pei Ji?
Ao Xin Yan clenched her lips and said, ”It’s all because I leaked the news that they chased me to the Wood Essence Market Realm. Team Leader, you go first, I’ll stop them.”
After saying this, Ao Xin Yan injected her true qi into the Dragon Marked Aqua Sword, stimulating the inscription of this holy sword and rushed out.
“Bishui Yellow Spring.”
A sword technique of the lower grade of the Ghost Grade, the Bi Falling Sword Technique.
Invoked by the sword aura, the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth transformed into a wave of water that flew along with the battle sword, striking precisely at Pei Ji.
“Unconscionable.”
Pei Ji shook his head as his true qi surged out from his sea of qi and flowed towards his right arm, rushing out of his pores and forming a circle of flame in the shape of a thread.
“Inferno Beast Strength!”
As Pei Ji pushed his palm out, a loud roar of a savage beast resounded through his arm.
It was as if, inside his arm, a giant beast was sealed.
With a palm strike, the palm force condensed into an Inferno Beast silhouette, like a hurricane of flames, and it impacted towards Ao Xin Yan.
“Boom!”
The sword qi condensed by the Bijou Sword Technique was crushed by the Inferno Beast’s shadow in a split second.
Ao Xin Yan immediately injected her true qi into the glazed crystal stone on her wrist. An inscription emanated from above the glazed crystal stone, transforming into a light shield that wrapped her body.
The shadow of the Inferno Beast crashed into the light shield, sending Ao Xin Yan flying and falling more than ten feet away.
Ao Xin Yan’s eyes were filled with a look of horror, Pei Ji’s strength was too terrifying, if she hadn’t stimulated the guarding power of her protective treasures in time, I’m afraid that in that move just now, she would have to be heavily injured.
This was the battle power of the forty-first expert of the Heavenly Ranking?
Pei Ji’s strength not only stunned Ao Xin Yan, but also made Zhang Ruochen a little surprised.
Pei Ji withdrew his palm and put it behind his back, as if everything was under control, saying, “You don’t have any chance of escaping, Zhang Ruochen, if you hand over the Dragon Pearl to me, I can give you a painful death.”
With Pei Ji’s cultivation, there was actually no need for him to take orders from Xu Hai.
The reason why he had rushed so aggressively to the Wood Essence Market Realm to deal with Zhang Ruochen was still for the Dragon Pearl.
If he obtained the Dragon Pearl, Pei Ji’s strength would definitely increase greatly, and even if he impacted the top ten of The Heavenly Ranking, it wouldn’t be a difficult task. Moreover, with the help of the Dragon Pearl, it would also become much easier to break through the Fish Dragon Realm.
“It’s for the Dragon Pearl again.”Zhang Ruochen smiled.
Zuo Quling stood behind Pei Ji and said in a cold voice, “Zhang Ruochen, if you are sensible, you should hand over the Dragon Pearl immediately.”
“The Dragon Pearl is on me, if you want it, come and get it with your real skills.”Zhang Ruochen said.
Zuo Quling laughed, “In that case, I’ll let you see my true ability.”
