# Chapter 1152: Peerless Ghost King
The ghost shadow was quite tall, with a single horn and fangs. Blood Moon Ghost King stood on its palm, her entire body radiating holy white light, with only the blood-red crescent moon mark on her forehead appearing exceptionally eerie.
Blood Moon Ghost King brought her hands together, using ghost fire to refine the sacred soul of Withered Swallow Martial Saint into a snow-white pill. She held it between two fingers and brought it to her lips.
"Chi chi."
Light and darkness alternated within Blood Moon Ghost King's body as sacred qi and ghost qi intertwined with each other. Gradually, the crescent moon mark on her forehead became even more vividly red and seemed to drip with blood.
Including Demon Ran Princess Consort, all the martial saints of Azure Dragon Dynasty felt their scalps go numb and their backs turn cold. No matter how powerful their cultivation and mental state were, their legs couldn't help but tremble.
Withered Swallow Martial Saint was an old-generation Nine-Dragon Martial Saint with extremely powerful cultivation, yet he had been killed without anyone noticing, his sacred soul even extracted from his body and refined into a soul pill.
Just how terrifying was that Ghost King's cultivation?
"Run... run... hurry and run..."
Demon Ran Princess Consort's full, voluptuous chest heaved violently. She let out a sharp cry, then rode nine black dragon shadows, fleeing toward the starry sky at top speed.
"How infuriating. Why didn't Zhang Ruochen invite this Ghost King out when we were outside Azure Dragon Ruins Realm?"
At this moment, Demon Ran Princess Consort was filled with regret. If she had known that Bright Sect had such a terrifying Ghost King, she would never have dared to provoke Zhang Ruochen no matter what.
"Definitely a Ghost King more powerful than an Upper Realm Saint."
The other four Nine-Dragon Martial Saints turned pale with fright. Sensing the terrifying baleful aura surging from Blood Moon Ghost King's body, each of them used their fastest escape techniques to flee.
"Come back."
Blood Moon Ghost King let out a light shout, spitting a demonic sound from her mouth.
The four Nine-Dragon Martial Saints had already rushed halfway into the air, about to escape from this planet. But upon hearing the demonic sound, their sacred souls suffered severe damage. A heart-wrenching, splitting dizziness struck their minds, causing them to lose control of the sacred qi within their bodies and fall from midair.
Demon Ran Princess Consort was also attacked by the demonic sound. However, she had already flown far away and had a deeper cultivation. Her body only fell a short distance before quickly stopping.
"So formidable."
Cold sweat broke out on Demon Ran Princess Consort's forehead, her face as pale as paper.
Demon Ran Princess Consort's cultivation was already quite powerful, yet she was still frightened into using a sacred edict. Borrowing the power of the sacred edict, she fled at an even faster speed.
The four Nine-Dragon Martial Saints who fell to the ground were all bleeding from their seven orifices, looking quite miserable. However, they were not Lower Realm Saints after all; their physical bodies and martial souls were quite powerful, so they weren't shaken to death by the demonic sound.
"Everyone, we can't escape anymore. We might as well fight her to the death. Perhaps we can carve out a path of survival." Wang Shizu climbed out of the large pit, covered in bloodstains, yet his battle intent was boiling.
The other three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints were also people of firm will. Knowing they couldn't escape, they decided to fight to the death.
"Heavenly Dragon Spirit-Connecting Method."
Wang Shizu struck himself nine times on his body, activating a secret technique to stimulate his own combat power.
The Heavenly Dragon Spirit-Connecting Method, along with various spirit-connecting methods circulating in Kunlun Realm, all originated from ancient shamanic paths. They were forbidden secret techniques that could burn blood qi, essence qi, and sacred qi within the body, explosively unleashing power ten times beyond one's normal limit in a short period.
The other three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints also activated the Heavenly Dragon Spirit-Connecting Method. Their auras grew increasingly intense. The blood within their bodies surged like great rivers, producing a rumbling sound.
The four Nine-Dragon Martial Saints were already extraordinary and saintly great beings. Using forbidden secret techniques naturally made them even more terrifying, like four primordial giant beasts capable of swallowing heaven and devouring the earth.
Blood Moon Ghost King appeared quite calm. Barefoot, she stepped on a long bridge of ghost mist, walking toward the four Nine-Dragon Martial Saints like a moonlight fairy.
"Heaven-Burning Seal."
A thin, small-framed martial saint threw his hands up, sending out a huge fireball.
Within the fireball was wrapped an iron seal at the Thousand-Mark Sacred Artifact level. All the inscription patterns emerged, radiating scorching power.
Blood Moon Ghost King struck back with a backhand slap. Her palm was as crystalline as divine jade, sending the so-called Heaven-Burning Seal flying backward.
The thin martial saint was greatly startled. He quickly retreated backward, dodging the Heaven-Burning Seal that had been sent flying back.
Before he could steady himself, Blood Moon Ghost King had already appeared before him, striking down at the top of his head.
"No..."
The thin martial saint couldn't block Blood Moon Ghost King's attack.
With a bang, Blood Moon Ghost King's palm drove his head down into his abdomen. A pillar of blood spurted from the position of his neck.
Blood Moon Ghost King tapped her finger on his body, extracting his sacred soul. Using ghost fire, she once again refined a soul pill.
The other three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints took this opportunity to attack, all using their strongest techniques.
Blood Moon Ghost King refined the soul pill with one hand while using the other to simultaneously engage the three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints in combat.
By the time she successfully refined the soul pill, the other three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints had all been suppressed and pinned to the ground.
Only then did the three martial saints clearly realize just how enormous the gap was between themselves and Blood Moon Ghost King. The fact that they had even thought of killing her was truly laughable.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Her cultivation has increased by a large margin. Has she already crossed the third ghost tribulation?"
Blood Moon Ghost King swallowed the soul pill into her mouth, appearing very elegant, as if tasting a pastry. No one could imagine that it was a saint's sacred soul.
Then, she fixed her gaze on the three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints on the ground. A glint of fiery light appeared in her eyes, and she couldn't help licking her lips, as if looking at the most delicious food.
Seeing Blood Moon Ghost King's gaze, the hearts of the three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints all skipped a beat. A chill spread from their heads to their feet.
"We did not become saints easily, Ghost King, great one. Please spare our lives." One of the Nine-Dragon Martial Saints said in a trembling voice.
In the face of death, even saints found it difficult to face it calmly. They had to lower their posture and beg the other party, hoping to exchange for a chance to live.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Blood Moon Ghost King was quite merciless. She crushed forward, and the sacred bodies of the three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints exploded, turning into three clouds of blood mist. Only their sacred sources and some hard sacred bones fell to the ground.
Blood Moon Ghost King opened and closed her five fingers, gathering the sacred souls of the three Nine-Dragon Martial Saints into her palm. Soon, she refined them into three more soul pills.
Since she needed time to refine the two soul pills she had consumed earlier, Blood Moon Ghost King didn't continue taking soul pills. Instead, she put them away.
Blood Moon Ghost King looked toward Zhang Ruochen and said, "That princess consort used a sacred edict of a Tongtian Realm Saint. Her speed is not inferior to mine. I can no longer catch up to her. As for the other Eight-Dragon Martial Saints, do they need to be dealt with?"
The various Eight-Dragon Martial Saints of Azure Dragon Dynasty were also fleeing for their lives. However, their escape speed wasn't fast. If Blood Moon Ghost King pursued at full speed, she could still kill some of them.
"Forget it. After Azure Dragon Dynasty's destruction, they are already people without a home. There's no need to exterminate them completely." Zhang Ruochen said.
Zhang Ruochen had taken the world spirit of Azure Dragon Ruins Realm, which wasn't exactly a glorious matter. If he now exterminated them completely, that would be going too far.
Besides, even if those Eight-Dragon Martial Saints escaped, they wouldn't pose much of a threat to Zhang Ruochen. With Zhang Ruochen's cultivation speed, he would soon leave them far behind.
Why would a powerful dragon bother with a snake or eel?
Blood Moon Ghost King didn't ask any further questions. She returned to the Scroll World to continue her cultivation.
"Blood Moon Ghost King's cultivation is truly terrifying, enough to rival the few on the 'Heroes Ode.' What method did you use back then to trick her into staying by your side?" Huang Yanchen blinked her eyes, asking curiously.
"It definitely wasn't a handsome man strategy." Zhang Ruochen said half-jokingly.
Zhang Ruochen retrieved the five sacred sources of the five Nine-Dragon Martial Saints. At the same time, he sent out the Abyssal Ancient Sword, letting it refine the war weapons left behind by the five Nine-Dragon Martial Saints.
The five sacred sources all emitted holy sacred light, as bright and dazzling as stars. Inside the sacred sources, each had a dragon-shaped soul shadow, appearing vivid and lifelike.
"Five sacred sources. I can give them to those indigenous human half-saints in the Scroll World to refine and absorb. Perhaps I can create five saints out of them."
Zhang Ruochen knew that White Li Princess and Xiao Hei had already taken quite a few indigenous human half-saints into the Scroll World. They could be fully recruited into Bright Sect.
"Zhang Ruochen, you must leave the five sacred sources for me. I'm about to become a saint soon and need a large amount of nourishment."
Shi Shenghua rushed over, directly extending five roots to demand the sacred sources from Zhang Ruochen.
After Shi Shenghua absorbed the essence qi and blood qi of that Eight-Dragon Martial Saint, its fruit finally ripened, emitting brilliant silver light and an enticing fragrance.
As long as it settled for a while longer, refining the "virtual body" within its fruit to achieve the unity of virtual and real, it could truly step into the saint realm.
Of course, even now, Shi Shenghua was quite powerful, capable of slaughtering Lower Realm Saints.
Zhang Ruochen frowned and said, "The nourishment you need to become a saint is too much, ten times more than others."
"As long as I become a saint, the combat power I possess will also far exceed other saints. Crossing realms to kill enemies won't be difficult." Shi Shenghua said.
"In that case, I can't give you the sacred sources even more." Zhang Ruochen said.
With Shi Shenghua's current strength, it already surpassed Zhang Ruochen.
If he let it become a saint, Zhang Ruochen would most likely be unable to suppress it and would suffer its backlash.
Shi Shenghua's voice was very childish, yet carried a fierce aura. "Aren't you afraid that I'll turn against you right now? Eat you, my master?"
"You can try and see if I can suppress you." After a pause, Zhang Ruochen added another sentence: "I'm actually quite interested in that fruit you've produced. I wonder what it tastes like?"
If it were another master, Shi Shenghua would have already made a move and devoured them.
However, Zhang Ruochen was different. He made it feel wary, not daring to act rashly.
Shi Shenghua fell into silence. In the end, it chose to compromise and didn't make a move, returning to Zhang Ruochen's body.
It had to be said, Shi Shenghua was indeed a double-edged sword. Used well, it could double Zhang Ruochen's combat power. Used poorly, it would hurt himself.
"I must quickly refine the sacred pill qi within my body and raise my cultivation realm. Otherwise, Shi Shenghua will become my greatest threat." Zhang Ruochen thought to himself. (To be continued.)