After jotting down the Demonic Sutra of Incarceration and the Incarceration of Divine Demon in his mind, Zhang Ruochen turned his attention to the Demonstone Engraving.
In contrast, this Demonstone Engraving was more precious. Not only did it contain the highest inheritance of the Demons, it might also be the core part of an artifact.
“Retrieve!”
Zhang Ruochen mobilized the Power of Dimensions with the wave of his hand as he tried to put away the Demonstone Engraving.
The Path of Dimension was the way of eternity and immensely powerful. Even the Seal Rune could not completely subdue it.
Of course, this was also because of Zhang Ruochen’s notable achievements in the Path of Dimensions. An ordinary Dimensional cultivator could surely not mobilize the Power of Dimensions.
But no matter how hard Zhang Ruochen tried to use the Power of Dimensions, the Demonstone Engraving would not move a bit, as if it was a part of the Celestial Demon Mountain.
“Do I have to crack the Seal Rune first?” He looked at the Seal Rune on the stone base.
He could see from the very beginning that this Seal Rune was the work of a powerful spiritual-power Supreme saint. It was extremely mysterious and difficult to crack.
Using Eye of the Divine Mark, Zhang Ruochen carefully studied the Seal Rune and the Demonstone Engraving. He had come so far to the top of the mountain and would not give up just like that.
Seeing no response from Zhang Ruochen for a long while, Blackie dashed up the stairs, making a hundred steps, and came beside Zhang Ruochen.
“What’s the situation?” Blackie asked.
Zhang Ruochen recalled his Eye of the Divine Mark. “There is a close connection between the Demonstone Engraving and the Seal Rune. If I can take the Demonstone Engraving, the Seal Rune will collapse.”
“How?” Blackie asked quickly.
“It is very simple—use a powerful force to strip it from the stone base,” said Zhang Ruochen softly.
“Easy. Let me handle it. I will slap it off with my wing.”
Blackie took a step forward and was about to flap its wings.
“Let me try. You will protect me by the side,” said Zhang Ruochen.
Blackie had no objection and quickly stepped aside.
Zhang Ruochen exhaled. Taking a step forward, and mobilizing his blood Qi, he grabbed the Demonstone Engraving with both hands and gave it a jerk.
The Demonstone Engraving shifted slightly but had not separated from the stone base. It was way heavier than he thought.
Zhang Ruochen’s expression changed. He spontaneously gathered an even stronger blood Qi, and then a dragon and an elephant appeared beside him, giving him unparalleled strength.
Roar!
He bellowed and a vast amount of blood Qi overcame the Demonstone Engraving in an instant.
Whumpf!
The entire Celestial Demon Mountain shook violently, and a powerful demonic aura swept down the mountain like floodwater and spread in all directions.
There was no holding back for Zhang Ruochen now. He was pushing his physical strength to the limit. It was so powerful that it was enough to uplift an ancient sacred mountain and even a star.
At last, the Demonstone Engraving budged, slowly dislodged from the stone base.
The Seal Rune glowed and tried to stop Zhang Ruochen by exerting a powerful force on the Demonstone Engraving.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes looked stern. He unleashed every bit of his physical strength.
The Demonstone Engraving was lifted, and the Seal Rune went up in flame on its own before vanishing altogether. Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen felt that the Demonstone Engraving in his hands was a thousand times lighter. Holding it was effortless.
Zhang Ruochen smiled. As a thought churned in his mind, he put away the Demonstone Engraving at once.
He had finally gotten the Demonstone Engraving after all the trouble.
“This Celestial Demon Mountain is mine.”
Blackie grinned and unleashed a powerful Saint Qi to envelop the Celestial Demon Mountain.
Saint Qi could be used freely without the suppression of the Seal Run.
The implement spirit of the Celestial Demon Mountain was still dormant. So Blackie encountered zero resistance and took the artifact effortlessly.
“Godd*mn wild owl! Go to hell!”
While Blackie was happy with his collection, a golden ancient cauldron suddenly struck.
Golden light burst out of the golden ancient cauldron, unleashing a mighty Supreme Power that was powerful enough to crush anything, including stars, standing in its path to ashes.
Pow!
The impact sent Blackie flying out before it knew what happened.
Apparently, it was an attack of vengeance from the Jinyang Twin Kings. They wanted to get even for what Blackie had done to them earlier.
The Jinyang Twin Kings quickly performed a mysterious knack. Combining their saint Qi, they formed a giant golden hand several hundred yards across and slapped Zhang Ruochen.
It was a Neverwilt-class higher-level saint technique of the Sunshine Civilization called Broken-Star Palm. When cultivated to the Ultimate phase, it could smash stars into pieces with just a strike.
The Jinyang Twin Kings joined hands and brought out the full potential of Broken-Star Palm. It was so powerful that even the Neverwither Supreme Saints would have to scramble for cover.
There was no way that Zhang Ruochen could dodge now. He had no choice but to mobilize 720,000 Precepts in his body, combined with his vigorous saint Qi, to perform a Dragon-Elephant Prajna Palm Strike.
With the exception of the Sword Path, Palm Path was Zhang Ruochen’s highest attainment. This was a matter of course since he had first cultivated Dragon-Elephant Prajna Palm Strike, which was also the first high-level saint technique he cultivated.
There was an earth-shattering roar as a dragon and an elephant flew out of Zhang Ruochen’s palms, carrying with them hundreds of thousands of times of destructive power to greet the incoming giant golden hand.
Pow!
The dragon and elephant clashed with the giant golden hand, and they all shattered at once. The ensuing destructive force spread in all directions.
After the golden giant hand shattered, a golden wave swept toward Zhang Ruochen, forcing him several steps back.
Zhang Ruochen stabilized himself and tried his best to suppress his surging blood Qi while staring dead at the Jinyang Twin Kings.
“Huh?”
The Jinyang Twin Kings’ hearts skipped a beat. They did not expect that Zhang Ruochen could take their Broken-Star Palm.
The Jinyang Twin Kings beckoned and recalled the golden ancient cauldron before injecting their saint Qi into it.
They could not wait any longer. They wanted to use the golden ancient cauldron to perform the most powerful strike ever to kill Zhang Ruochen.
At this time, the seven reverends of the Bone Clan had all retreated to the sidelines and quietly watched the fight between the two sides. They did not look like they were going to intervene any time soon.
It was better for Zhang Ruochen and the Jinyang Twin Kings to kill each other while they took advantage of the situation.
Roar!
Just as the Jinyang Twin Kings were about to cast out the golden ancient cauldron, a violent roar shook the entire hidden dimension.
Swish!
Everyone in the hidden dimension looked in the direction of the roar.
The Jinyang Twin Kings’ faces changed with a shock look in their eyes.
They thought Blackie would die, or at least permanently disabled, after getting hit by the most powerful strike ever of the golden ancient cauldron. It shocked them to see Blackie walk away unscathed.
Not only that, Blackie’s body grew as large as a thousand yards, almost the size of the Blackdemon Mountain.
Its crimson body, coupled with the massive head of an owl, looked absolutely strange.
“You have really pissed me off! No one gets away!” A murderous light flashed in Blackie’s eyes.
Blackie looked like a revived prehistoric ferocious beast right now, its body giving out vicious energy.
Sensing the murderous intent, the Jinyang Twin Kings felt uneasy, their hairs standing on end.
Zhang Ruochen’s expression changed. He was seeing Blackie in this form for the first time.
Especially the horrifying aura radiating from Blackie; it frightened him.
Blackie was usually flaky. But by the looks of it, it was not just a show but really determined to fight the Jinyang Twin Kings.
“Blackie has never really fought an actual battle since it found its true form. I wonder how much strength Blackie has recovered now.” Zhang Ruochen secretly thought to himself.
Right at this moment, Blackie made its move. It spread its wings that were thousands of yards wide, blocking off the sky as if a cloud hangs down from above.
Swish!
Dozens of array flags flew out in all directions.
Under Blackie’s control, these array flags released an enormous number of mysterious array inscriptions, sealing the entire hidden dimension, as if it would want all those cultivators of the Sunshine civilization and the Bone Clan to stay.
Since Blackie had made his move, Zhang Ruochen would not want to sit by idly. He cast out the Zangshan Demonic Mirror and communicated with the implement spirit with the churn of his mind.
The Zangshan Demonic Mirror expanded to a hundred yards across. With millions of supreme inscriptions covering the mirror, it formed many towering demonic mountains around Zhang Ruochen.
Before this, when Zhang Ruochen was still in a retreat, the Zangshan Demonic Mirror had been also slowly recovering, and its strength was far higher now.
The Zangshan Demonic Mirror was originally a top-grade Supreme Artifact, having survived many rounds of Yuanhui Tribulation. But it later suffered a catastrophe and was damaged badly.
Now that the implement spirit had become one with its body. The Zangshan Demonic Mirror was constantly recovering with its strength increasing day by day.
“Are you all trying to trap us too by sealing the entire dimension? If so, I will have to kill you all.”
The Eight-Armed Reverend hissed, his body exuding a powerful murderous intent.
At first, the seven reverends of the Bone Clan just wanted to stand on the sidelines, but now it seemed that they could no longer stay out of it.
“Jinyang Twin Kings, you two handle Zhang Ruochen and leave this wild owl to us,” shouted the Eight-armed Reverend.
The seven reverends of the Bone Clan struck out their iron stick at Blackie.
“A bunch of rotten bones. Watch how I crush you all into pieces.” Blackie sneered.
While speaking, Blackie flapped a wing and struck sideways as if it was swinging a sword.
Pow!
The iron stick was blocked, and no matter how much Supreme Power it unleashed, it could not hurt Blackie a bit.
“How is this possible?”
The seven reverends of the Bone Clan were quietly shocked.
With their level of strength, when they joined hands to spur the iron stick, even the immortal saint body of the Neverwither Supreme Saint might not withstand their assault.
Could it be that Blackie’s body was stronger than an immortal saint body?
“Is this what you all have got? That’s too crappy.” Blackie had a disdainful look on its face.
An extremely powerful force burst out of Blackie’s body and blew the iron stick out and away.
The next moment, Blackie opened its mouth and spat out a monstrous divine fire to engulf the seven reverends of the Bone Clan.
As a phoenix, Blackie was good at the Path of Fire. The Eternal Fire that it had mastered had not only a strong regenerative ability but also a terrifying power of destruction that could burn everything.
On the other side, the Jinyang Twin Kings had also launched an attack on Zhang Ruochen. They drove the golden ancient cauldron in full power and unleashed an extreme heat energy.
Zhang Ruochen cast out the Zangshan Demonic Mirror to clash with the golden ancient cauldron.
At the same time, he wielded the Ancient Abyssal Blade and charged at the Jinyang Twin Kings.
The shadow of a River of Time that flowed slowly appeared out of thin air. Zhang Ruochen swung the sword and picked up the Marks of Time from the River of Time effortlessly.
With the help of the shadow of the River of Time, performing a Sword of Time became so much easier.
After several rounds of retreats, Zhang Ruochen’s Moon Sword had attained the Ultimate phase. One strike of the Sword of Time, even just scraped by its sword Qi, could slash off a decade of a cultivator’s life.
Even the top Saint King cultivators could lose their strength and life if they were exposed to this sword Qi continuously.
As strong as the Jinyang Twin Kings were, they felt a little overwhelmed by Zhang Ruochen’s Sword of Time.
Especially when Zhang Ruochen could perform Dimensional Shift during the battle, in which he could move unpredictably, which was really hard to defend against.
While Zhang Ruochen and the Jinyang Twin Kings were brutally battling each other, Blackie borrowed the power of the array to suppress the seven reverends of the Bone Clan.
A powerful dimensional force appeared and formed into a sharp edge.
“Dimensional Slash!”
The seven reverends of the Bone Clan were fast. They parried with their iron sticks. But their defense was still defeated in an instant.
Bwoom!
Just then, the hidden dimension shook violently, and became extremely unstable, as if it was on the verge of collapse.
A massive, dimensional rift formed and tore apart the array that Blackie had laid out.
Blackie acted at once, retrieving the dozens of array flags with no hesitation.
It did not want to lose these array flags it had worked so hard to make.
“Even if this dimension is about to collapse, no one gets away. I will kill you all,” shouted Blackie.
Bwoom!
Powerful energy erupted from Blackie.
Swish!
Blackie’s speed had increased tremendously. It moved in a flash, fading into a light and came beside a reverend of the Bone Clan.
Before the reverend of the Bone Clan knew it, Blackie struck down its blade-like wing like a lightning bolt.
Its wing was unstoppable. The strike smashed the skull of the reverend instantly.
Following that, a destructive force poured into the reverend’s bones and crushed his saint soul.
A reverend of the Bone Clan with the bone of the Supreme Saint died just like that.
“How—how is this possible?”
The remaining six reverends of the Bone Clan were all shocked.
Each of the twelve reverends of the Bone Clan was an extremely powerful pre-Supreme Saint being. Even a powerful being like Yan Wushen could not possibly kill any of them with just one strike.
Ignoring the Supreme Artifact, smashing the bones of the Supreme Saint, and killing a top cultivator—was this something a Saint King cultivator could achieve?
“What monster is it? Absolutely powerful. We are not its match. We have got to make a run for it.”
“That can’t be a Saint King-level power. It is more like a Supreme Saint. It must be so.”
Facing Blackie who had gone berserk, the remaining six reverends of the Bone Clan felt disheartened. They suspected Blackie was a Supreme Saint who sneaked into the Battlefield of Merits of the Kunlun Realm. Otherwise, it could not be so powerful.
The difference in strength was too great. They would be completely wiped out if they continued to fight.
“Stop running!”
Blackie shouted, flapping its wings as it chased after a reverend of the Bone Clan.
“Here goes nothing!”
Seeing Blackie about to catch up with him, the reverend stopped, spun around, and cast out a sacrificed a black sacred seal.
This sacred seal was a Regal-class weapon. Nearly 300,000 Regal-class inscriptions appeared as the reverend powered the seal with full strength. It expanded as huge as a mountain as it crushed toward Blackie.
“Capture!”
With its mouth open, Blackie unleashed a powerful suction force.
Before the Bone reverend knew it, Blackie had swallowed the sacred seal.
Blackie then struck down its wings like a pair of incredibly sharp blades.
The Bone reverend parried with both his hands, trying to stop the attack.
Crack!
The bones of his hands and his skull shattered at once.
“I-I can’t believe this!”
Fear consumed the Bone reverend before his consciousness was annihilated.
Two Bone reverends died in the blink of an eye. They did not stand a chance in front of the mad Blackie.
