Chapter 1625: Law-Breaking Divine Thunder, Lifeless Blood Prison
Danling Wang was a Red Flame Peony that had grown for over seventy thousand years, and she had cultivated a physical body for more than nine hundred years.
As she entered the VIP room, she exuded a powerful sacred authority.
Although Danling Wang did not possess Ji Fanxin’s peerless celestial beauty, she was still graceful and enchanting, as beautiful as a banished immortal. Her figure was even more voluptuous than Ji Fanxin’s, her skin as white as jade wax, and even several layers of sacred robes could not conceal the stunning contours of her chest and hips.
At the same time, a heart-stirring fragrance of peonies spread out. A single light breath was enough to stir one’s imagination.
It was true that the Thousand Stamen Realm often produced beauties.
Yin Peng of the Golden Winged Great Peng Clan had arrived with boundless fury, but upon seeing Danling Wang’s peerless elegance, his golden eyes stared straight ahead, as if he were a martial arts fanatic who had cultivated in the deep mountains his whole life and suddenly encountered the world’s finest beauty. Naturally, he was stunned.
Beside Yin Peng, Prince Luonan behaved much more naturally.
As a prince of a super imperial dynasty, Prince Luonan had seen many beautiful women. However, a woman like Danling Wang, with her powerful cultivation and her body as a Red Flame Peony, possessed a temperament that ordinary women could not match.
“Danling Wang, truly the imperial daughter of the Peony Clan. Such beauty and temperament are rare even in the entire Tianluo Imperial Dynasty. If not for the emergence of the Hundred Flowers Fairy Ji Fanxin in the Thousand Stamen Realm, who shines like a bright moon, making the stars pale in comparison, Danling Wang’s fame would have spread far and wide.”
Prince Luonan thought to himself that Danling Wang was actually a worthy pursuit. With her status as the imperial daughter of the Peony Clan and her Saint King-level cultivation, she could help him in many ways.
Most importantly, too many cultivators were pursuing the Hundred Flowers Fairy, and the competition was fierce. Prince Luonan lacked confidence in himself.
Zhang Ruochen sipped his tea while secretly observing Danling Wang. A ripple stirred in his heart. “In the Pleasure Underground Palace, Danling Wang was tortured quite miserably. I didn’t realize then that she was so stunningly beautiful. No wonder the Yin Yang Hall offered a sky-high price of sixty million sacred stones.”
However, Zhang Ruochen had seen many beauties, so he was not as captivated as Yin Peng.
Withdrawing his gaze, Zhang Ruochen subtly glanced at the thin man not far away. He noticed that the man had finally stopped cultivating and opened his gray-black eyes.
For some reason, seeing those eyes made Zhang Ruochen’s heart tighten, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
Why was this happening?
Even when facing a Great Saint, Zhang Ruochen had never felt this way.
Danling Wang’s phoenix eyes had already scanned the four people in the VIP room. Her crystal-clear, rosy lips parted as she said, “Four honored guests have come to the Hundred Flowers Palace. Are you here to purchase cultivation resources or to sell some treasures?”
Prince Luonan stepped forward first, bowing politely. “I am the Third Prince of the Tianluo Imperial Dynasty, Luonan. I pay my respects to Lady Danling. I came to the Hundred Flowers Palace because I heard that the Transformation Jade Pills refined by the Peony Clan are unmatched in the Heavenly Court, so I wish to purchase a bottle.”
Danling Wang chuckled inwardly. The Transformation Jade Pills refined by the Peony Clan were indeed precious, but they were far from being unmatched in the Heavenly Court. She could tell that this Prince Luonan was simply trying to flatter her.
If she had not suffered a great calamity in her life, Danling Wang might have felt a trace of joy. But now, she had no interest in Prince Luonan’s tactics.
Danling Wang smiled and said, “Transformation Jade Pills are top-grade sacred pills, priced at six hundred thousand sacred stones each. A bottle contains ten pills, totaling six million sacred stones. Green Apricot, take Prince Luonan to the Pill Hall to collect the pills.”
A flicker of disappointment passed through Prince Luonan’s eyes. He quickly added, “No rush, no rush. My friend also has important matters to discuss with Lady Danling.”
Danling Wang’s gaze shifted to Yin Peng.
But Yin Peng was still in a daze, completely captivated. Danling Wang found it slightly amusing and directly looked away, turning to Zhang Ruochen. “This honored guest seems unfamiliar.”
Unfamiliar?
When she was rescued from the Pleasure Underground Palace, Zhang Ruochen had been in his current form. However, at that time, Zhang Ruochen wore a mask, and Danling Wang was unconscious.
Zhang Ruochen stood up, about to speak, when he suddenly saw a ferocious expression appear on the thin man’s face behind Danling Wang’s beautiful neck.
A terrifying killing intent condensed into a towering wave of blood, instantly filling the VIP room.
All the cultivators in the room sensed the extreme danger. Even Yin Peng, who had been in a daze, snapped awake in an instant.
The wave of blood and killing intent struck the two female saint attendants behind Danling Wang, causing blood to flow from their seven orifices as they collapsed to the ground.
“Clatter.”
The thin man swung his arm, and a silver lightning bolt shot from his palm.
This lightning bolt had clearly been brewing for a long time, filled with terrifying energy. It tore through layers of blood waves and struck Danling Wang’s back.
It was too fast!
Even with her cultivation at the Fourth Step Saint King realm, Danling Wang had no time to react. She could only do her best to activate the defensive power of the five sacred robes she wore.
“Bang, bang.”
The five sacred robes were pierced one after another, turning to dust.
A bowl-sized bloody hole appeared on Danling Wang’s back. The electric light sent her flying forward, crashing into Zhang Ruochen. More precisely, she crashed into Zhang Ruochen’s shadow.
Because, the moment before Danling Wang collided with him, Zhang Ruochen had already burst into motion, dodging to the right.
The thin man was clearly an assassin targeting Danling Wang, and his strength was monstrous. How could Zhang Ruochen dare to catch her?
If he caught her, it would throw him off balance. If the thin man launched a second attack immediately, Zhang Ruochen would have no way to defend himself.
The best strategy was to dodge.
After dodging, Zhang Ruochen threw a punch, striking the wall of the VIP room heavily.
If he could break through the VIP room and let the outside world know that an assassin was trying to kill Danling Wang, the experts in the Hundred Flowers Palace would rush over as quickly as possible. The crisis here would naturally be resolved.
“Boom.”
Zhang Ruochen’s punch was like a stone sinking into the sea, only creating ripples on the wall.
The entire VIP room seemed to turn into a sealed box, with a layer of blood-red light covering the floor, ceiling, and all four walls.
Zhang Ruochen did not use a spatial rift to attack the wall, as he had not yet figured out what method the thin man had used to seal the VIP room.
If the blood-red light could block the spatial rift’s attack, using it now would only expose his trump card.
On the other side, Danling Wang’s delicate body slammed into the wall with a bang and fell heavily to the ground.
Her face was pale, her long hair disheveled, and she stared in shock at the thin man. “Law-Breaking Divine Thunder… Lifeless Blood Prison… Which assassin king of the Heavenly Killing Organization are you?”
The thin man stood up, a hint of surprise in his eyes. “Wearing five sacred robes with astonishing defensive power, even my Law-Breaking Divine Thunder, which I condensed for half a month, couldn’t kill you in one strike. It seems you were prepared, knowing you might be assassinated.”
The bloody hole on Danling Wang’s back emitted specks of sacred light as the wound healed rapidly.
In an instant, the wound completely disappeared, leaving not even a scar. Beneath her tattered sacred robes, her alluring, crystal-clear jade-like back was still visible.
Although her external injuries had healed, only Danling Wang knew how severe her internal injuries were.
At this moment, she could barely use thirty percent of her full strength. This was a bitter pill to swallow. The assassin king opposite her was so powerful that even at her peak, she might not be able to handle him. As for now…
Danling Wang’s beautiful eyes turned to Yin Peng and Prince Luonan, hoping to join forces with them to deal with the thin man.
Prince Luonan was secretly delighted. Such an opportunity to play the hero and save the beauty had fallen into his lap. Perhaps he could use this to win her heart.
“How dare you break into the Hundred Flowers Palace to assassinate the imperial daughter of the Peony Clan? You have quite the nerve. I have long despised you assassins of the Heavenly Killing Organization. Since you’re here today, don’t think about leaving.”
Prince Luonan’s voice was deep and resonant. He activated a set of ten-thousand-mark sacred armor, covering his entire body. A powerful sacred aura erupted, and faint roars of a hundred beasts could be heard.
Yin Peng also looked like he wanted to protect Danling Wang. Golden wings sprouted from his back, shielding her behind him. A primordial beast-like aura surged from his body, giving him an air of swallowing mountains and rivers.
Prince Luonan was at the Second Step Saint King realm, while Yin Peng was slightly stronger, seemingly at the peak of the Second Step Saint King.
Of course, given their statuses, they must have cultivated divine techniques and sacred scriptures. Their bloodlines were also powerful. In actual combat, their strength would far exceed that of an ordinary Second Step Saint King.
Zhang Ruochen, however, was not optimistic about them. The thin man had easily severely injured Danling Wang, indicating his cultivation was unfathomably deep. He would not be easy to deal with.
Prince Luonan glanced coldly at Zhang Ruochen. “With your Half-Step Saint King cultivation, you’re useless here. Stay out of the way and try to break the Lifeless Blood Prison.”
Danling Wang also had no expectations of Zhang Ruochen. After all, he was only a Half-Step Saint King. In a battle of this level, he would be of no help. Moreover, when she was ambushed and sent flying, he had dodged instead of catching her.
The VIP room was very small, but a battle at the Saint King level was about to erupt. In such an environment, even if Danling Wang, Prince Luonan, and Yin Peng were strong, they could not fully unleash their power. Even working together would not be very effective.
For an assassin king, however, this was the perfect environment for killing.
In truth, Zhang Ruochen did not want to get involved, lest he be dragged down and lose his life.
So, he retreated to a corner. First, he took out a Seven-Level Pagoda Talisman and stuck it to his chest for emergencies. Then, he summoned the Yi Emperor Bone Staff and the Abyssal Ancient Sword, hiding them in his left and right sleeves.
This was his first encounter with a Saint King-level assassin, and one from the ancient Heavenly Killing Organization at that.
Assassins trained by the Heavenly Killing Organization were undoubtedly terrifying; otherwise, they would not have such a fearsome reputation. Zhang Ruochen had to treat this with caution, extreme caution.
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