Chapter 1783 - The Fool and the Butcher (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
A series of powerful Saint-Path forces erupted and flooded Lin Manor entirely, stopping only at the edge of the manor as they were blocked by a light screen.
Most of the people in Lin Manor were so badly affected by the surging auras that their noses and ears bled, and they fainted on the ground.
Lin Chenyu noticed Zhang Ruochen’s figure. While there was some initial elation and trembling, all of that turned into a long sigh. “Cousin… you… you should not… have come back…”
In Lin Chenyu’s opinion, those black-robed cultivators were like incarnations of demon kings or celestial generals, and Zhang Ruochen was literally walking into a trap by coming back.
“I had to come back and visit.”
A halo of Saint Qi appeared around Zhang Ruochen’s body and soon covered Lin Chenyu, Lin Lingshan, as well as the rest. It helped them to resist the aura that was coming from all of the present Saints. Immediately after, he took out a low-grade sacred pill and tossed it to Lin Lingshan so that she could give it to the clan elder.
Whoos.h.!.+
In the air, a circuit began to take shape.
A thin man in black walked out from the center of the circuit and sneered, “Zhang Ruochen, you have finally shown yourself!”
“With your cultivation level, you should not be hoping for me to show up,” Zhang Ruochen said indifferently.
“There are three Nine-Step Saint Kings and more than ten Seven-step Saint Kings in our realm who are within the borders of Yunwu Commandery. I have already pa.s.sed on the news to them, and they will rush over soon enough,” the man in the black robe said.
Zhang Ruochen responded, “To think that Ruiya Realm would send so many powerful folks just to come after me.”
He could detect an aura similar to that of w.a.n.g Xu and w.a.n.g Tian from the man in black, hence he determined that the cultivators were from the Ruiya Realm.
“If you have some self-awareness and do not want to cause the deaths of the mortals in this manor, you better surrender now,” the man in black said.
Whooosh…
Zhang Ruochen could not be bothered to say more to him. The Saint Qi halo around his body multiplied and expanded outward, one circle after another. As many as a hundred and eight rings enveloped the entire manor.
Such a devastating Saint-Path Power shocked all of the martial artists and cultivators in Yunwu Royal City.
Up in the air, the expression of the black-robed man suddenly changed, and he said, “Zhang Ruochen, do you really want to fight? Even if we are not your match with our cultivation level, once the fighting starts, the ensuing destruction will be enough to wipe out every human in Yunwu Royal City.”
The man in black knew that Zhang Ruochen would be cautious about acting in the city. That was why he dared to appear and talk to Zhang Ruochen.
“Dealing with you lot is just a matter of flicking my fingers,” Zhang Ruochen said nonchalantly.
The Saint Devourer rushed out from behind Zhang Ruochen and deployed over a dozen vines at the speed of lightning, impaling more than a dozen black-robed cultivators before starting to absorb them.
“Haha.”
Moyin’s alluring laughter echoed throughout Lin Manor.
The man in black used all of his might to break free from the Saint Devourer’s vines in midair, and he was frightened to the point that his face turned pale. Zhang Ruochen’s strength turned out to be far beyond his initial estimation, so he quickly flew out of Lin Manor.
The man knew that it would be difficult for him to escape Zhang Ruochen’s grasp, so he uttered a threat, “Zhang Ruochen, you better not force my hand. Would you believe me if I told you that I was sending the entire populace of the royal city to death with me?”
Boom!!
Following a dragon’s roar, the clouds above the royal city roiled as a ma.s.sive dragon claw descended from the sky and struck the man, crus.h.i.+ng him into a cloud of blood.
Back in Lin Manor, Zhang Ruochen retracted his palm, which contained a Sainthood source, and said impa.s.sively, “No.”
He then walked back into the hall.
“He is still a Three-Step Saint King and should not be wasted!”
The Saint Devourer popped out of Zhang Ruochen’s back and turned into Moyin as she summoned a vine, on which dense leaves grew. She started to collect the blood and soul fragments that the man in black left behind after he died.
After the battle at Xumi Dojo, the Saint Devourer had devoured a large number of Heavenly Realm Saint Kings and reached the peak of the Six-Step Saint King rank. She was just one step away from being a Seven-step Saint King.
Now, she naturally wanted to absorb more nutrients and break through the Seven-step Saint King realm as soon as possible.
Zhang Ruochen moved next to the scorched spiritual-power Saint King and placed his hand on her back as he said, “You do not need to pretend to be dead before me. Tell me, does Youshen want me killed? Who is your leader? Did you take the people in the palace?”
The spiritual-power Saint King slowly raised her head and said with a grin, “Zhang Ruochen, you won’t have long to live. Once news of your appearance in Yunwu Commandery spreads, those who want to kill you will swarm this place.”
“Since you refuse to tell me, I can only use special methods to obtain the information I want.” Following a pause, Zhang Ruochen spoke again. “You are not the only one who can use Soul Search.”
The female Saint King’s expression changed right then, and she wanted to rouse her spiritual power to destroy her own Saint Heart.
“You still want to blow yourself up when I am already in front of you?”
Zhang Ruochen released his own spiritual power and his peak, Level 58 spiritual power immediately suppressed the female Saint King’s spiritual will, stopping her from blowing herself up.
Then, Zhang Ruochen pressed his palm against the top of her head.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Ruochen killed the Saint King and limped out of the ancestral hall, tossing her body to the Saint Devourer.
Zhang Ruochen’s face was rather grim as he started to think.