Chapter 1882: Once Again at the Sword Vault
Vvvoos.h.!.+
The Whitesun Arrow blasted out, and turned into a dazzling white beam of light, and caught up to the fleeing Baihuan Shenzi.
Baihuan stopped and looked back. Upon recognizing the arrow clearly, he said to himself. “Why is Lord Whitesun’s arrow in the hands of a human?”
“All greatest mountains rise from the ground.”
Baihuan Shenzi formed a finger technique, and with the gemstone in his hand, pressed against the ground.
Suddenly, the land in front of him shook violently, as one mountains rose one after another.
The mountains were at least a kilometer high, formed out of rocks, and was as hard as iron.
The sound of explosions rang out.
The Whitesun Arrow shot through the mountains, and was closing it onto Baihuan Shenzi, with just inches away from striking him.
Baihuan Shenzi’s figure blurred, and then disappeared.
The Whitesun Arrow hit the ground, leaving a trench tens of miles long on the ground.
WHOOs.h.!.+
Baihuan Shenzi reappeared again, and spread out three pairs of silver wings, while holding a crimson grinding disc in his hand as he appeared above the Whitesun Arrow.
“Come.”
A large number of inscription appeared on the crimson grinding disc, forming a powerful vortex that pulled the Whitesun Arrow.
“Lord Whitesun was the number one G.o.d of War among the Azuresky Clan, and his Azuresky Bow and Whitesun Arrow are both treasures that surpa.s.sed sacred artifact of the tenth radiance. If I can get the arrow, then I could command the Immortal Vampires of the Whitesun Star, and then I will be the king of the Whitesun Star.”
Baihuan Shenzi knew very well the value of the Whitesun Arrow, and so he was very excited and tried to take it away with all his might.
Zhang Ruochen noticed that Baihuan Shenzi was trying to take the Whitesun Arrow, so he mobilized all of his Saint Qi and infused it into the Azuresky Bow, using the connection between the Azuresky Bow and the Whitesun Arrow to retrieve the Whitesun Arrow. The two fought fiercely and one tried to seize it while another tried to retrieve it.
“Big bro, let me help you.”
Xiang Chunan took the metal demon crown, and activated its supreme power. He then lifted his hand, and the demon crown flew out.
A moment later, the metal demon crown flew to the sky above Baihuan Shenzi, and formed a thick demonic cloud and suppressing everything beneath it. The air in the area where Baihuan stood suddenly became denser and denser, as the s.p.a.ce seemed to be frozen.
At the same time, Murong Yue blasted out her Bluelight Blunt Crescent while Xie Chengzi unleashed its Bloodthirst Ring as the two attacked Baihuan Shenzi from two directions.
Baihuan Shenzi looked up, and muttered. “A Supreme Sacred Artifact.”
Immediately afterward, he saw the Bluelight Blunt Crescent, and his eyes sank again. “An Ancient Divine Relic. Who are these cultivators, why do they have so many top-tier combat artifacts with them?”
Baihuan Shenzi gave up taking the Whitesun Arrow, and put his hands together.
Immediately, his body shrank, and finally turned into a light spot, and disappeared.
BOOOMMM!!!
The metal demon crown, the Bluelight Blunt Crescent, the Bloodthirst Ring all bombarded the area one after another and shattered that piece of land. Dust were kicked up into the heavens as the entire area was filled with chaotic energies.
Zhang Ruochen used the Domain of s.p.a.ce to protect him as he rushed to the periphery of the shattered earth. With a swipe of his sleeve, and a rip in the air later, he retrieved the Whitesun Arrow.
“Sure enough, he ran away again.” Zhang Ruochen frowned.
Baihuan Shenzi’s combat power may be weaker than The Blood Wasp Ashuran King, but his skills in illusion conjuration was nothing trivial. It would be much more difficult to kill him than to kill the Blood Wasp Ashuran King.
What was even more troublesome was that Baihuan Shenzi could transform his appearance and body shape, and was unpredictable. If he deliberately planned to a.s.sa.s.sinate a cultivator, then that cultivator will most likely be dead.
“Letting Baihuan Shenzi escape means there will be endless troubles later on. We need to be extremely careful after this.” Murong Yue said worriedly.
“He won’t escape.”
Xiang Chunan grunted, as he used his Eye of Clairvoyance and began to look for Baihuan Shenzi’s tracks.
On the other end, Ji Fanxin used a spiritual power technique to tame the Bloodhunch Netherbeast, and stood beautifully on its back, as both of them came to Zhang Ruochen.
s.h.i.+ Ren squeezed his hands tightly, and rushed to the Bloodhunch Netherbeast as he pulled out the Seven Tribulations Saint Suppressant Talisman, saying. “Fairy, this beast have devoured my clansmen, I want to kill it to avenge my people.”
Ji Fanxin wore a veil, and gave out a mysterious, nebulous beauty, as her melodious voice said. “I’ve asked the Bloodhunch Netherbeast earlier, it did not devour your people. In fact, the cultivators of the Zhenyu Clan only fought Baihuan Shenzi for a moment before retreating into the black plains deep within the ancient clan holdings.”
s.h.i.+ Ren was stunned for a moment, before revealing joy on his face. “They must’ve retreated back to the Sword Vault.”
In the depths of the clan holding was a Black Wilderness that was shrouded by dark clouds all year round.
That wilderness was extremely cold, and mortals would have frozen to death within an hour if they were there. However, for such a cold place, it had a lot of active volcanoes, and the areas near the volcanoes were extremely hot.
In this land where fire and ice intertwined, there were countless swords and corpses of sword cultivators buried within it.
Zhang Ruochen came to the outskirts of the Black Wilderness, stopped and did not move on.
Xiang Chunan flew to the edge of one of the volcanoes, and looked into the distance. “I’m pretty sure Baihuan Shenzi had entered the Sword Vault from here. However, the precepts of heavens and earth in the Sword Vault are somewhat special. My Eye of Clairvoyance is being interfered by a mysterious force, and can only see the tracks left by Baihuan Shenzi, but not his real body.”
Zhang Ruochen had been to the Sword Vault before, and naturally knew of the vault’s special environment.
“The precepts of heaven and earth in the Sword Vault is different from other places. This place is filled with many precepts of the path of sword, and the others are all pushed out. When a sword cultivator comes here, their strength will increase by many folds. Anyone who is not a sword cultivator, their strength will be weakened by many times.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Murong Yue said. “Your Highness is a sword cultivator, killing Baihuan Shenzi in the Sword Vault would be easy. How about we pursue him, and get rid of this great foe first?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head gently and said, “If it was just Baihuan Shenzi alone, then he is nothing to be afraid of. I’m worried that there are much more powerful Immortal Vampires that have entered the Sword Vault.”
“Killing Baihuan Shenzi is a secondary matter, the most important thing is that they must not be allowed to release Lord Ming from the Nether Dungeon.”
“Let’s meet with the cultivators of the Zhenyu Clan first, as long as we refine the Blood Suppressant Talismans, it will be much easier to deal with the Immortal Vampires.”
s.h.i.+ Ren agreed with Zhang Ruochen’s decision, nodding and said. “I have a secret method to make contact with my clansmen.”
s.h.i.+ Ren took out a piece of talisman, and cut his index finger, using his saint blood to draw a strange pattern on the talisman.
He then lit the talisman up and burned it into ashes.
“This is the secret method you mentioned?”
Xiang Chunan scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.
s.h.i.+ Ren held his hands on his back, as he smiled and nodded. “Yes, we just need to wait here. The elders of the Zhenyu Clan will come to meet us soon.”
After waiting for about the time an incense stick would burn out, two old man clad in mysterious garbs appeared from the ground not too far away from Zhang Ruochen.
The two elders, upon seeing s.h.i.+ Ren, were both overjoyed as they stepped forward to greet him. “Oh! Young chieftain, is it really you? You are finally back!”
“Elder Xuanfeng, Elder Xuanhai.”
s.h.i.+ Ren’s cultivation had surpa.s.sed both elders, yet he still folded his fists and bowed to them.
Elder Xuanfeng, whom had a black mole at the center of his eyebrows, glanced at Xiang Chunan and the others warily, asking. “Young chieftain, who are these people?”
“Elder Xuanfeng, long time no see.” Zhang Ruochen stepped out.
Elder Xuanfeng saw Zhang Ruochen, and immediately recognized him, as he exclaimed in surprise. “Zhang Ruochen.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said. “For one of the six great Swordbearers of the Zhenyu Clan to appear in the Sword Vault, I’m sure Elder Xuanfeng don’t have to be that surprised?”
Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation base was unlike before, and even if Elder Xuanfeng had lived in seclusion in within the Zhenyu Clan’s holdings, he would have heard the news, and dared not regard Zhang Ruochen as a mere junior.
Standing before Zhang Ruochen, the two elders even felt a little nervous, and a lot of pressure.
s.h.i.+ Ren said. “Please don’t be suspicious, dear elders. They are all friends of mine and Zhang Ruochen. Naturally, they are also friends of the Zhenyu Clan.”
“Young chieftain, you may not know, the Immortal Vampires are proficient with the art of transformation, and can hide among the cultivator we know, and that is impossible to guard against. Not too long ago, a top-tier Immortal Vampire elite had tried to sneak into the Zhenyu Clan, and if not for the patriarch seeing through his guise in advance, the entire Zhenyu Clan would have been annihilated.” Elder Xuanhai said with lingering fear.
s.h.i.+ Ren said. “That top powerhouse of the Immortal Vampires have been repelled by us.”
“How can that be?”
Elder Xuanfeng and Elder Xuanhai exclaimed at the same time.
Immediately afterward, Elder Xuanfeng said, “I have seen that Immortal Vampire’s moves with my own eye. It is almost the level of unpredictable. Even when compared the Azuresky Blood Emperor of yore, he is not much weaker.”
“But he had indeed been defeated by Zhang Ruochen,” s.h.i.+ Ren said.
Upon hearing this, Elder Xuanfeng and Elder Xuanhai looked at each other, with an ecstatic expression in their eyes.
To them, Baihuan Shenzi’s existence was like a nightmare. The entire Zhenyu Clan could not do anything to him, so they could only retreat back into the Sword Vault. Zhang Ruochen’s ability to defeat him, was naturally a happy event, for them who were worried and fearful.
Elder Xuanfeng and Elder Xuanhai looked at Zhang Ruochen again. Their eyes became awed and respectful as they both bowed to him. “We beseech you, Swordbearer, to protect the Zhenyu Clan.”
“Please, don’t be so polite, elders, take us to meet the patriarch!”
Zhang Ruochen raised his hand, and the two elders stood up straight again.
The Sword Vault Palace was not just a palace, but also a very powerful sacred artifact.
The patriarch of the Zhenyu Clan, s.h.i.+ Qiankun, had used the Sword Vault Palace to take away all members of the Zhenyu Clan, and flew into the Sword Vault to hide. It was only through this that they avoid being annihilated by Baihuan Shenzi.
The Sword Tomb Palace.
The cultivators of Zhenyu Clan stood on the right, headed by s.h.i.+ Qiankun.
Zhang Ruochen, Ji Fanxin, Xiang Chunan… and the others all were seated on the left side of the palace.
Zhang Ruochen took out the imprint of the Saint-King Blood Suppressant Talisman and handed it to s.h.i.+ Qiankun. “With this talisman, the Zhenyu Clan should be able to resolve this crisis.”
Zhang Ruochen had once asked s.h.i.+ Qiankun to refine Demi-Saint and Saint-level Blood Suppressant Talismans, so s.h.i.+ Qiankun was no stranger to them.
After receiving the pattern, s.h.i.+ Qiankun studied it carefully and his eyes brightened.
However, a moment later, s.h.i.+ Qiankun frowned deeply, saying, “The Saint-King level Blood Suppressant Talisman would definitely work against an Immortal Vampire of the Seven-Step Saint King and below, however it will not be as effective against anyone that is above that.”
Xiang Chunan boldly said, “If one is not enough, then we’ll throw ten, or dozens together.”
s.h.i.+ Qiankun shook his head. “Even if dozens of Saint-King level Blood Suppressant Talismans were to be deployed at the same time. It can only suppress a Eight-step Saint King Immortal Vampire, but against a Nine-step Saint King one, it will not have much effect. Unless there is a higher-level talisman.”