Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
A black shadow rushed toward the Merits Record Wall.
“Not that easy.”
Zhang Ruochen released tremendous sword intent from his body, and he dashed toward that shadow like a trace of sword light.
That shadow was already right beside the Merits Record Wall. He immediately withdrew his hand as he saw the sword light going against him.
Walla!
Hundreds of fierce sword Qi were formed in front of the palm print, forming sword rain.
Boom!
After a blast, all the sword Qi crumbled.
Zhang Ruochen and that black shadow both took a couple steps back before they balanced themselves again. That black shadow was Sword Saint Jiuyou.
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t surprised to see Sword Saint Jiuyou. After all, he was the only sword warrior in Zuling Field that was able to defeat Demonic Sound with one strike.
After becoming a saint king, Sword Saint Jiuyou’s life expectancy surged, and he looked a bit younger than before. His hair turned dark again while freckles disappeared. His face was also less wrinkled, which made him look like a fifty-year-old.
Sword Saint Jiuyou was dazed that Zhang Ruochen managed to ward him off with one strike. “How great it is that Xuanji managed to have an incredible disciple like you. I can’t compare with him on that.”
“Indeed. My master is greater than you,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Sword Saint Jiuyou said, “That only means he’s luckier than me. Unfortunately, I’m better at sword way than him.”
“I don’t think so,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Sword Saint Jiuyou belonged to Black Market while Sword Saint Xuanji belonged to Martial Market Bank. They’d been mortal enemies against each other, and neither of them actually had prevailed, until the Sword Technique Conference.
However, Sword Saint Xuanji was poisoned by Blood Poison of Pluto, so that battle shouldn’t count, yet Sword Saint Jiuyou didn’t know about that and still thought he was stronger than Sword Saint Xuanji.
Sword Saint Jiuyou said, “You’re a proud disciple of Sword Saint Xuanji. I know you don’t want to admit it, but I indeed defeated Xuanji during the conference. You can’t possibly argue against that.”
“You didn’t defeat my master. He defeated himself,” Zhang Ruochen said.
“What do you mean?” Sword Saint Jiuyou asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, “My master was a soft guy in the past. He saved a child from the immortal vampire and cultivated him. Unfortunately, he was poisoned by his disciple right before the battle against you, otherwise, you couldn’t have defeated my master that easily.”
Sword Saint Jiuyou stayed silent for a while, then he laughed. “You just made the story up and blamed someone else for his defeat to defend your master’s honor. It’s such a cheap shot. I’ve been alive for more than five hundred years, so I’ve seen things like this many times. It doesn’t matter what you say, because nothing’s going to change the fact that I’m better at sword way than Xuanji.”
Zhang Ruochen suddenly looked cold and said, “Do you dare accept my challenge since you’re so confident?”
“What do you mean? You want to restore your master’s name?”
Sword Saint Jiuyou loved to flaunt his power, but he was also a deep one. He said that because he wanted to anger Zhang Ruochen.
When someone’s mind was messed up, his power would also decline.
“You’re just a kid who’s not qualified to challenge me.” Sword Saint Jiuyou smiled and raise up his chin.
“I’ll give you the Merits Record Wall if you can defeat me.” Zhang Ruochen’s eyes gleamed fiercely as if he had to fight.
Sword Saint Jiuyou’s eyes blinked, and he said, “Really?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “I swear it, in the name of my master.”
“Okay. I’ll give you a chance to defend your master’s honor.” Sword Saint Jiuyou smiled.
Sword Saint Jiuyou thought that he had angered Zhang Ruochen and made him panic as Zhang Ruochen was willing to offer the Merits Record Wall.
However, the player saw less clearly than the bystander.
Saint Lady kept shaking her head and frowned. She said, “Zhang Ruochen is completely different now.”
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t actually infuriated by Sword Saint Jiuyou. Instead, he had to resort to challenging Sword Saint Jiuyou using the Merits Record Wall as leverage.
Chu Siyuan, Sword Saint Jiuyou and Nine Heavenly Maiden were all powerful beings.
Sword Saint Jiuyou was almost undefeatable in close combat, and Chu Siyuan was extraordinary at distant battle and defense. As for the Nine Heavenly Maidens, they had lots of real treasures like Saint Book Ruzu, the Kitchen Knife of God of Food and the Godly Palace.
These three powers combined were invincible in Zuling Field.
Zhang Ruochen was indeed incredibly strong, yet it was almost impossible for him to defeat them all.
And besides, Zhang Ruochen needed to take care of Mu Lingxi as well.
Zhang Ruochen wasn’t worried about Chu Siyuan and the Nine Heavenly Maidens, but Sword Saint Jiuyou was from the Evil Way, which meant he would do anything to achieve his goal. If Sword Saint Jiuyou attacked Mu Lingxi during the fight, Zhang Ruochen wouldn’t know whether he should save Mu Lingxi or protect the Merits Record Wall.
Which was why Zhang Ruochen had already made up a plan to deal with Sword Saint Jiuyou the second he showed up.
If he could take Sword Saint Jiuyou out of the picture, it would be much easier for him to deal with Chu Siyuan and the Nine Heavenly Maidens.
Chu Siyuan then said, “Let’s seize the Merits Record Wall, then you guys can fight one-to-one.”
Zhang Ruochen flew to the top of the Merits Record Wall and said, “Senior Chu, you’re the master of Painting Way, respect your reputation at least. Are you really going to team up to fight me? What if you lose?”
Chu Siyuan was known for caring too much about his reputation, so this move would always work on him.
Hearing what Zhang Ruochen said, Chu Siyuan blushed. He tried to trash talk back, but he suppressed it in the end.
Sword Saint Jiuyou sneered and said, “I think what Sect Leader Chu said makes sense. We should seize the Merits Record Wall first.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “Didn’t you say how magnificent your sword techniques are, Senior Jiuyou? Where did all your confidence go all of a sudden? You can get the Merits Record Wall if you can defeat me.”
Sword Saint Jiuyou didn’t know how to respond because he also valued his reputation. There was no reason for him to show his compromise in front of a disciple of Sword Saint Xuanji.
Sword Saint Jiuyou frowned and said, “The Merits Record Wall is different. I’m confident I can defeat you, but what if something accidental happens? I don’t want to drag Kunlun’s Field down because of my recklessness.”
“Do you really think you can definitely seize the Merits Record Wall if you team up?” Zhang Ruochen said.
“Of course,” Chu Siyuan said, after pondering for a while.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and shook his head. He took out a saint sword from his space ring and said, “I originally wanted to spare your life, but now, I have to use my trump card to kill you all. To tell you the truth, there’s a trace of godly power in this saint sword, and I’m the only who can use it. Once I trigger it, nobody can stop it.”
Chu Siyuan released a trace of mind power to inspect the saint sword, and he immediately retracted it after detecting the terrific force inside the sword. “Are you bluffing, Zhang Ruochen? Based on the rules of the Saints Merits Battle, competitors are not allowed to carry weapons like this into Zuling Field.”
The Saint Lady said, “Every priest from the Shatuo Seven Fields is allowed to carry a godly spirits weapon. He wasn’t bluffing.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Are you the priest of Kunlun’s Field?”
Saint Lady took out an heir stamp and said, “The godly power of her majesty is inside this heir stamp.”
Zhang Ruochen sensed a familiar force in the heir stamp… And it was Huang Yanchen.
It seemed that Huang Yanchen had indeed gone missing, otherwise Chi Yao wouldn’t have given her heir stamp to the Saint Lady as a godly spirits weapon.
Zhang Ruochen was dazed. He looked cold and said, “If I use my godly spirits weapon to kill Jiuyou and Chu Siyuan, you can’t stop me even if you have one too.”
“But I can kill you with it… Why do we have to do that to ourselves?” The Saint Lady squeezed that sentence out with her eyes closed.
They were facing a choice of life or death for the Merits Record Wall and the survival of the two worlds.
“Perhaps we’ll all die if we go into a full battle, and someone else might benefit from it. I reckon I’ll fight Zhang Ruoche myself to decide who gets the Merits Record Wall,” Sword Saint Jiuyou said.
Zhang Ruochen was relieved, as he didn’t really want to fight the Saint Lady and the others to death.
“If I lose, I’ll give the Merits Record Wall to Kunlun’s Field, but if you lose, shouldn’t you give me something as well, Senior Jiuyou?” Zhang Ruochen started to negotiate.
Sword Saint Jiuyou snorted and said, “Everyone knows you have countless valuables, which are desired even by supreme saints. Do you really think I have something you want?”
“I want that purple godly stone of Lord Lingquan,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Sword Saint Jiuyou couldn’t be more confident in himself. He wasn’t just a saint king, but had also completed sword eight. He was sure that there was no way he would be defeated by Zhang Ruochen who just became an absolute saint.
It was a fight he would definitely win!
“Okay! I can do that.”
Sword Saint Jiuyou flew to above the Merits Record Wall and stood right across from Zhang Ruochen. The forces coming out of their bodies became stronger and stronger, forming saint Qi swords in the space around them.
Zhang Ruochen was under a lot of pressure for this fight. He needed to keep the Merits Record Wall and defend the name of his master. Sword Saint Jiuyou was terrifically powerful, and he was able to form Sword Way Xuangang.
How powerful was one’s Sword Way Xuangang after they became a saint king?
