Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
“No, if these aren’t taken care of, we’ll die from these blood insects in the stone forest.”
Zhang Ruochen stopped abruptly. His legs sank down until his calves had sunk into the ground. The next moment, his body shone with brilliant golden Buddhist light. A bead hovered in the middle of the light.
Roar!
A low dragon’s roar came from the bead. Then the powerful aura of a saint dragon radiated from the bead. It flew out, attacking the huge blood insect.
The stone pillars in the dragon bead’s path all exploded into dust. A long gouge was left on the ground.
With a boom, the dragon bead hit the abdomen of the blood insect, making it cry out. It flew back and was flipped over on the ground. The scales on its abdomen were shattered. Blood flowed out.
But the blood insect quickly flipped over and smacked the dragon bead away with its tail. A long string of stone pillars were shattered.
Such powerful defensive abilities. No wonder it could swallow that Half-Saint Vampire earlier. Zhang Ruochen was shocked inside.
The dragon bead was powerful enough to kill or at least disable a third level Half-Saint. But the blood insect hadn’t gotten very hurt. Instead, it fought back with extreme speed.
Its speed and defense were both at the top level. With the Evil Death Qi that was 100 times thicker than usual blood insects, this huge insect’s abilities were enough to be troublesome for a fourth level Half-Saint.
“Lord Chen, let me help you.”
The Elephant-swallowing Rabbit grew until it was a dozen meters tall. It opened its large mouth and bit down on the blood insect’s tail. It left two deep bite marks.
But the blood insect’s counterattack hurt the Elephant-swallowing Rabbit even more. Various sharp thorns dragged across the rabbit’s stomach, almost ripping it in half.
At the critical moment, Zhang Ruochen used another dragon bead. He hit the blood insect’s head, sending it flying. The blood insect’s head was shattered. Blood flowed out. It was badly hurt.
Of course, the Elephant-swallowing Rabbit’s attack had been critical for Zhang Ruochen to be able to hit the blood insect’s vital part.
Just as they were confronting each other, the mummy secretly came back. He collected his aura and hid behind a stone pillar.
That dragon bead’s aura is very powerful, he thought. It can actually pierce the blood insect king’s scales. This must be a golden dragon’s bead. Judging from this, he’s either the Descendant of Time and Space or someone who has gotten all his treasures.
His eyes were as sharp as a poisonous snake’s. He didn’t attack for now and continued observing to find a better chance. He wanted to make a fatal attack.
More and more blood insects gathered around Zhang Ruochen’s feet. Some even swarmed towards the Elephant-swallowing Rabbit that was lying on the ground. They wanted to eat its flesh.
“Seems like I can’t take care of you guys without using some tactics.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Universe Spiritual Map and placed the Elephant-swallowing Rabbit inside it. Then he added his Holy Qi into it with his fastest speed.
Various time and space inscriptions emerged on the scroll, glowing with golden light. The next moment, a huge golden tree more than 100 feet tall came out of the scroll. It shone brilliantly, purifying all the surrounding Evil Death Qi.
Whoosh!
Zhang Ruochen shook the golden tree and swept it forward, stirring up a huge windstorm. All the blood insects and stone pillars were swept away.
The golden tree had a huge restrictive power against the Evil Death Qi and blood insects. After the blood insects flew back, they exploded and died.
Only the huge blood insect could withstand the golden tree’s power. It transformed into a bloody blur and pounced toward Zhang Ruochen’s neck. It revealed its sharp teeth and bit down. Zhang Ruochen waved the golden tree again. Specks of golden light rained down from the leaves. All the Ghost Qi in the surrounding area was cleared completely.
The huge blood insect was hit by the golden tree. Its body sizzled and flesh flew away. It was broken in half and fell heavily to the ground.
The Divine Sky-connecting Tree is this powerful against Evil Death Qi?
Before attacking, Zhang Ruochen hadn’t realized the golden tree’s power would be so horrifying. A single attack had killed the most powerful blood insect.
At the most critical point of Zhang Ruochen and the blood insect’s last fight, the mummy grasped the chance. He pushed down on the ground. The two strips of white cloth wrapped around his arms dug into the ground and rushed towards Zhang Ruochen.
When Zhang Ruochen defeated the blood insect, the two strips of white cloth burst from the ground. They wrapped around his legs and snaked up, wrapping around his knees and waist.
The white cloth wasn’t made of usual material. It contained a Supreme Saint’s blood.
More specifically, the mummy’s white cloth had once been used to wrap a Supreme Saint’s corpse. It contained very strong saintly power.
Zhang Ruochen had discovered the mummy was hiding nearby long ago, but he had ignored him because of the blood insect. This man acted very decisively and had very critical timing. Zhang Ruochen had to be careful.
“Spatial Move.”
Zhang Ruochen’s body suddenly disappeared from within the white cloth. When he reappeared, he was above the mummy. The golden tree swept out and struck down.
The mummy had witnessed the golden tree’s power. Thus, he immediately retracted the white cloth. Wrapping the cloth around his arms, he hit upward with both hands.
At that time, the cloth on his body shone faintly. A three-meter-tall black figure appeared. It was like a powerful war god and it combined with the mummy’s aura.
Is it the apparition of some Supreme Saint?
Seeing the black figure, Zhang Ruochen’s heart jumped. He felt like the figure could kill him with its eyes.
The black shadow crashed against the golden tree, creating an extremely powerful energy shockwave. All the surrounding stone pillars were swept away. The place became empty.
The mummy slid backwards. His domineering aura still remained. There were no injuries anywhere on his body.
Wielding the golden tree, Zhang Ruochen returned to the ground. His landing created various cracks on the ground.
Once again, they were equal.
Just then, a palm-sized black inscription flew from the air and printed on the mummy’s chest.
“Break.”
Immediately afterward, the inscription glowed brilliantly. It broke apart, sending the mummy back. He fell hundreds of feet away.
He stood up again and patted the dust on his body. Glancing into the stone forest, fear showed in his eyes. “Mind your own business,” he muttered as if to himself.
With that, he transformed into a gust of eerie wind. With shocking speed, he disappeared from Zhang Ruochen’s sight in a blink.
“Such speed,” Zhang Ruochen said.
Even if he activated the Shooting Star Invisibility Cloak to its full power, Zhang Ruochen still couldn’t reach that speed. Of course, the mummy couldn’t use this speed at any time. Otherwise, not many could take his attacks in a fight.
Zhang Ruochen looked in the direction that the inscription had come from. He saw a tall and thin figure clad in a yellow robe come out of the stone forest.
The man’s eyes were also on Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen smiled. “Shi Ren.”
It was Shi Ren, the rune master who had fought alongside Zhang Ruochen when he’d first entered the netherworld.
Shi Ren’s expression was still serious. “Zhang Ruochen, you’re too slow. I already arrived five days ago.”
“Some things happened along the way that delayed me. Do you know who that was?”
Zhang Ruochen retracted his Holy Qi. The golden tree instantly transformed into runes that slipped back into the Universe Spiritual Map, disappearing.
“That is Yin Xuanji, a talent from the Ancient Necromancer Race,” Shi Ren said. “Because he entered a Supreme Saint’s tomb and escaped successfully, he became the hottest heir of the race. Apparently, he received a great opportunity in the tomb. Anyway, he’s a powerful figure. He’s not average.”
The Ancient Necromancer Race was one of most mysterious ancient races of Kunlun’s Field. At their height, they’d had emperors and rivaled the Immortal Vampires.
In the earlier fight, Yin Xuanji hadn’t released battle corpses. He’d only used his own power. It was evident that he hadn’t used his full power.
Zhang Ruochen was quite shocked. “How come Brother Shi is so familiar with the Ancient Necromancer Race?” he asked curiously.
“Because I also come from an ancient race. I should be…”
Shi Ren wanted to say something, but in the end, he stopped talking. Then he continued, “Earlier, we attacked together, so we created some pressure for Yin Xuanji. That’s why he left immediately. However, he’s created some battle corpses that are very terrifying. They’re even stronger than his own power. If he summons them later, it’ll definitely be a great threat. We should leave now.”
Zhang Ruochen had some knowledge about the Ancient Necromancer Race too. “Apparently, the Necromancers and Ancient Ghost Cultivation Race are connected. Since the heir of the Necromancers appeared in Ghost God Valley, the heir of the Ghost Cultivation Race should be nearby too.”
“Indeed,” Shi Ren said. “The princess of the Ghost Cultivation Race is Yin Xuanji’s fiancée. She’s already entered Ghost God Valley. I saw her once and almost died by her hands.”
Soon after Zhang Ruochen and Shi Ren left, bells rang in the stone forest.
Yin Xuanji reappeared in the previous battlefield. He shook the golden bell in his hands softly. There were three Half-Saint battle corpses behind him. The three Half-Saint battle corpses—a golden corpse, a dragon corpse, and a war god corpse with three heads and six arms—all emanated powerful auras.
“Escaped pretty fast, huh.”
Yin Xuanji huffed coldly. Fire rose up in his dark eyes.
A wispy feminine voice sounded from the stone forest as if coming out from nowhere, “Are you sure he was the Descendant of Time and Space?”
“It should be him. I saw him use the Spatial Move with my own eyes,” Yin Xuanji said in a low voice. “He stole my Shenwan Fruit. I’ll make him pay heavily sooner or later.”
Then Yin Xuanji flew onto the dragon corpse’s back. He left the area with the other two battle corpses.
