Chapter 1811 - Under Mount Wanwu (1/2)

When the lightning finally subsided, s.h.i.+ Kai dragged himself out of the cliff.

His body of rock was charred, still billowing with smoke.

If it had not been for the protection from the Saint King’s inscription, s.h.i.+ Kai would have died in the sea of lightning earlier.

“You truly are the most talented figure in the entire Celestial Court. You have achieved such attainment in the Path of Truth’s cultivation. However, if not for the Precept of Truth, you wouldn’t have defeated me with your raw combat strength.”

“The Path of Truth is also part of my strength,” said Zhang Ruochen.

s.h.i.+ Kai felt embarra.s.sed for losing to a Six-step Saint King. He was extremely indignant. “Tell me your name. I will surely come back for a rematch when I attain Nine-step Saint Kinghood.”

“You won’t have the chance.”

Zhang Ruochen summoned his Ancient Abyssal Blade, on which Sword Way Xuangang condensed.

“Defeating me is one thing, but killing me is another. You still have a long way to go.”

As soon as his voice trailed off, he sank into the ground and his body became one with the earth. His shadow and scent had disappeared without a trace.

All Stone Clan beings were capable of earth-tunneling, which was a sacred technique to blend one’s body with the soil, wiping off any trace of existence, including scent, to escape to several hundred miles away in an instant.

It was because of this that killing the Stone-Clan beings in this land was next to impossible.

“Conflagration of Heaven and Earth Formation!”

Zhang Ruochen sent out all eighteen flags and planted them within a one-hundred-and fifty-mile radius to form an array.

Heaven and earth within this boundary would be locked down.

Following immediately, he released the Spatial Domain to locate s.h.i.+ Kai.

The Earth-tunneling Sacred Technique of the Stone Clan could evade the spiritual power and Heaven’s Eye. But inside this confined dimension, he would somehow or other leave some clues behind.

Boom!

The Ancient Abyssal Blade shooting out from Zhang Ruochen’s hand turned into a black light column and drove into the ground.

A loud cry was immediately heard coming from underground.

s.h.i.+ Kai burst out of the ground, apparently injured. But he could not have cared less in a time like this. All he wanted was to run toward the edge of the array.

Zhang Ruochen retrieved his Ancient Abyssal Blade. “He is all yours. Don’t let him get away.”

“Got it, my lord.”

The Saint Devourer lunged out from Zhang Ruochen’s back. It turned into Moyin, and before long, caught up with s.h.i.+ Kai.

Dozens of lightning-discharging vines flew out of Moyin’s hands and curled around s.h.i.+ Kai to immobilize him. Following immediately, sharp roots grew around s.h.i.+ Kai’s body and used him as nutrients.

Zhang Ruochen entered the mine. He was careful to avoid the ancient inscriptions as he headed underground.

Inside the mine, the air was glowing with saint Qi.

On the ancient stone walls were different sparkling mineral rocks, most of which were spirit crystals.

The mine was large, very much like an underground meridian. Even after traveling several hundred miles, Zhang Ruochen had still not reached the end. Someone had mined this vein a long time ago. It was divided into dozens of mining sections with a complex structure. As powerful as Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power was, he nearly got lost inside.

In one section of the vein, it was all sacred jades.

It was here that Zhang Ruochen found signs of life: The Sacred-Jade Elves.

He did not disturb but went around them.

Another few hours had pa.s.sed when he finally reached the center of the mine where all veins converged. Streams of air of different properties met here and intertwined to form a den of tens of miles across.

Each stream of air behaved like a river, flowing into and out of the den.

On the edge of this confluence of thousand veins, Zhang Ruochen discovered a large amount of spiritual Qi crystal, the G.o.dstone, an item in the wish list of every cultivator of the Path.

All the sacred stones formed into a stalact.i.te-like, tall stone column. Some of the G.o.dstones were inlaid in the mineral rocks, forming a crystal wall flowing with light.

Zhang Ruochen was seeing so many natural G.o.dstones for the first time in his life.

But he did not mine them in the first instant. Instead, his attention was on the confluence of the thousand veins. He lunged into confluence by performing a Dimensional s.h.i.+ft.

Once inside, he immediately sensed hints of spiritual Qi of heaven and earth. Delighted, he quickly moved toward the center of the confluence.

Sure enough, the spot was filled with spiritual Qi of heaven and earth. There were dozens of light spots blinking in the spiritual Qi, and each light spot contained incredibly powerful waves of energy.

Those were the G.o.dstones.

His hands were shaking as he wanted to harvest those G.o.dstones.

He then discovered that those G.o.dstones had not materialized. Most of them were still in gaseous form. Inside a dozen light spots, however, liquid-form G.o.dstones had formed.

There was only one light spot that had solidified into a G.o.dstone.

He took the one and only solid-state G.o.dstone in his hand, carefully studying it before tucking it in his clothes.

He was half-excited and half-disappointed when he emerged from the mine to meet up with Jin Fanxin and the Saint Devourer.

“How were things going? Did you get anything?” asked Ji Fanxin in her mind.

Zhang Ruochen nodded and looked at Moyin.

Moyin had devoured s.h.i.+ Kai; her cultivation base had gotten a slight boost. “May I help you, my lord?” she asked when she saw Zhang Ruochen looking at her.