# Chapter 1863: The Powerful Li Ruohan
The Great Saint Corpse King was unable to break free from the Rain Silk Divine Sword, and it seemed the sacred artifacts unleashed by the four elders of Heavenly Beginning Civilization were about to strike it.
"Boom."
The Great Saint Corpse King actually lifted off the ground, charging toward Heavenly Beginning Fairy.
Corpse Qi surged from within the Great Saint Corpse King's body, transforming into a black corpse cloud that was extremely viscous, corroding everything between heaven and earth. As the corpse cloud flew, the entire region trembled, frightening several Saint realm cultivators near Heavenly Beginning Fairy so badly they nearly lost their souls.
"Fairy, be careful."
Lion Green God Son and Imperial Ancestor Crown Prince acted almost simultaneously, striking out with a semicircular battle axe and a talisman respectively.
The battle axe was heavier than a mountain, weighing who knows how many tens of thousands of jin. Combined with Lion Green God Son's arm strength, the impact force it unleashed was undeniably powerful. However, before the battle axe could cleave into the Great Saint Corpse King, it was deflected by the corpse Qi, unable to harm it in the slightest.
The talisman struck out by Imperial Ancestor Crown Prince exploded before the Great Saint Corpse King, transforming into a blaze of scorching heavenly fire.
That heavenly fire was of extremely high grade, capable of burning to death a Nine-Step Saint King.
Yet, the heavenly fire couldn't even burn through the corpse Qi surrounding the Great Saint Corpse King.
The yin-cold corpse Qi seemed capable of extinguishing all flames in the world.
Li Miaohan summoned the Waterfall Meteor Sword, intending to assist Heavenly Beginning Fairy, but Zhang Ruochen stopped her, saying, "Don't get involved. If they can't even deal with a single corpse king, how can they possibly surround and kill the Blood Bee Shura King?"
Li Miaohan said, "But that's a corpse king formed from a dead Great Saint."
"So what? The Great Saint is already dead. Now, it's just a corpse king." Zhang Ruochen said.
With Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation and the means at his disposal, he wouldn't even be afraid of that corpse king, let alone Heavenly Beginning Fairy, who had experts surrounding her. Dealing with it wouldn't be too difficult.
Back at the Sealing God Platform, when Heavenly Beginning Fairy was only at the Seven-Step Saint King realm, she dared to fight Great Saint evil beings.
Let alone now?
"Red Sun Divine River Diagram."
Heavenly Beginning Fairy remained composed and unhurried. Her left hand, as clear and smooth as solidified fat, raised, and a scroll appeared in her palm.
The scroll unfurled.
A divine river dozens of miles long, along with a crimson sun, manifested.
The light of the red sun illuminated the entire War Soul Star. Even standing a thousand miles away from War Soul Star, one could see that dazzling red light.
The Red Sun Divine River Diagram was a supreme treasure of Heavenly Beginning Civilization. The number of inscription patterns contained within exceeded one hundred thousand, making it a top-tier battle treasure below the level of a Supreme Sacred Artifact.
"Boom."
The red sun collided with the Great Saint Corpse King.
The Great Saint Corpse King was knocked backward, some of its corpse Qi dispersing, and it let out a long howl.
Immediately after, Heavenly Beginning Fairy's finger traced a path, and the dozens-of-miles-long divine river, like a water dragon, wound its way over, coiled around the Great Saint Corpse King, and pulled it into the scroll.
"Move."
The four elders activated their sacred artifacts to the extreme, all of them striking into the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, landing on the Great Saint Corpse King, causing it to emit ear-splitting roars.
Even with an undying sacred body, as long as the force was powerful enough, it could still be breached.
The Butcher's large cleaver was a Great Saint ancient artifact, containing the power of a Great Saint within. When fully activated and slashed into the scroll, it left a blade mark on the Great Saint Corpse King's neck.
The surrounding cultivators were all astonished.
"Heavenly Beginning Fairy and the four elders coordinate so perfectly! With the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, even fighting the Blood Bee Shura King alone might not put them at a disadvantage."
"They can suppress even a Great Saint Corpse King, let alone the Blood Bee Shura King."
"Have you ever seen the Blood Bee Shura King? His strength might be even more terrifying than the Great Saint Corpse King."
Apart from that Great Saint Corpse King, the other corpse kings were shattered into pieces by Xian Gongming.
It must be said, Xian Gongming's strength was indeed formidable. It was only because the enemy was the Blood Bee Shura King that he had appeared so cowardly earlier.
While all the cultivators were fixated on the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, Zhang Ruochen gazed toward the Sea of Everlasting Blossoms, then stepped forward and walked over.
"Zhang... big brother, it's dangerous there." Li Miaohan said.
"It's fine."
The heavenly eye on Zhang Ruochen's brow manifested as he observed the flower sea, searching carefully.
Suddenly, a peculiar sacred dao fluctuation caught his attention.
That fluctuation came from beneath an eighty-thousand-year-old Everlasting Blossom. As Zhang Ruochen drew closer, the fluctuation grew stronger.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was three steps away from that Everlasting Blossom, with a whoosh, a civet cat burst out from underground, like a green light, landing a hundred zhang away.
The civet cat emitted a medicinal fragrance. Its fur was green, very much like plant leaves.
Li Miaohan, following behind Zhang Ruochen, was slightly startled. "What kind of creature is that?"
"A beast-form sacred medicine." Zhang Ruochen said.
That civet cat bared its sharp teeth, glaring fiercely at Zhang Ruochen.
"Watch out for spiritual power attacks."
Zhang Ruochen warned Li Miaohan, then pressed his five fingers forward, striking out six Illusory Pearl in succession, arranging them into a hexagonal formation before him. They spun rapidly, blocking most of the spiritual power surging from the civet cat's eyes.
"Waterfall Meteor."
Li Miaohan's Waterfall Meteor Sword flew out, transforming into over a thousand silver small swords, raining down to attack the civet cat.
The green leaves on the civet cat's body flew out, clashing with the silver small swords in a series of explosive sounds.
Zhang Ruochen snorted lightly, condensing a finger sword.
"Pfft."
The civet cat was struck by the finger sword, letting out a sharp cat cry as a bloody gash appeared on its abdomen.
A sacred medicine actually bleeds?
Its gaze grew even more ferocious. It fixed its eyes on the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, its cat eyes turning golden as powerful spiritual power surged forth.
Within the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, the Great Saint Corpse King let out a long roar.
Suddenly, the Great Saint Corpse King erupted with unprecedented power. With one slash of its blade, it split the divine river, burst out of the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, and charged toward the civet cat.
Clearly, it was that civet cat-shaped sacred medicine controlling the Great Saint Corpse King.
Zhang Ruochen's gaze slanted backward.
He saw the Great Saint Corpse King's long blade dragging a hundred-zhang-long blade light, cleaving straight down at Zhang Ruochen's head.
Anyone could see that Zhang Ruochen was currently resisting the civet cat's spiritual power attack. How could he possibly divert his attention to block the Great Saint Corpse King's assault?
Xian Gongming and Yun Gongming from Imperial Ancestor Crown Prince's camp could have stepped in to block the Great Saint Corpse King, but they chose to stand by and watch coldly.
Among them, Xian Gongming's eyes even showed a gloating expression, hoping to see the Great Saint Corpse King cleave Zhang Ruochen in two with one slash.
The Dao Domain realm elder under Lion Green God Son wanted to act, but Lion Green God Son stopped him, shaking his head.
Black Phoenix looked toward Qu Shan Old Mother, speaking in a pleading tone, "Master's sister."
Qu Shan Old Mother remained unmoved, her gaze fixed on Zhang Ruochen. "You're still too young, lacking experience. That cripple is not as simple as he appears on the surface."
Sure enough, just as Qu Shan Old Mother's words fell, a Bagua turtle shell pattern imprint appeared on Zhang Ruochen's back, releasing vast supreme power that clashed with the long blade struck by the Great Saint Corpse King.
It was True Miao Little Daoist, hidden within Zhang Ruochen's sacred robe, using the Purple Gold Bagua Mirror to unleash an attack.
Combining the sacred dao power of both Zhang Ruochen and True Miao Little Daoist, along with the Purple Gold Bagua Mirror, they managed to block that strike from the Great Saint Corpse King.
"The Great Saint Corpse King was severely injured in the Red Sun Divine River Diagram, its power greatly weakened. Seizing this opportunity, we can eliminate it."
This thought flashed through Zhang Ruochen's mind. He grabbed Li Miaohan's wrist and, like lightning, explosively retreated backward, moving outside the civet cat's spiritual power attack range.
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen soared into the air like lightning, striking a punch at the Great Saint Corpse King's chest.
"Soul Severed Long River."
This punch was the tenth form of Luo Water Fist Art.
"Boom."
The powerful fist force, combined with the sevenfold attack power stacked by Truth Rule, actually sent the Great Saint Corpse King flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground, shaking the earth.
"Ghost and God Come to Ferry."
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen, like a divine dragon swinging its tail, plunged straight down from midair, striking the eighteenth form of Luo Water Fist Art.
Not only did a "gurgling" water flow sound appear around his body, but also a ghost and a god—two massive, mountain-like phantom figures—coalesced, following the fist technique as they smashed downward.
"Boom."
At the Great Saint Corpse King's landing site, rolling dust and dirt kicked up, and massive ground fissures spread into the distance.
Gasps of cold air sounded throughout the area.
It was truly terrifying. Li Ruohan was actually suppressing the Great Saint Corpse King and beating it.
Was his strength really this formidable?
In truth, they didn't know that the Great Saint Corpse King had not only been injured in the Red Sun Divine River Diagram. When it slashed open the scroll with one blade, it had consumed most of its corpse Qi, entering a brief period of weakness.
Zhang Ruochen had precisely identified this and took the initiative to attack it, not giving it a chance to recover.
The four elders of Heavenly Beginning Civilization were all astonished, their gazes fixed on Heavenly Beginning Fairy, as if asking why Zhang Ruochen was so proficient in Heavenly River Divine Fist.
They all felt that Heavenly Beginning Fairy had taught the Heavenly River Divine Fist to Zhang Ruochen.
How could the Heavenly River Divine Fist be passed on to an outsider?
Xian Gongming was quite resentful. "Damn Li Ruohan, he actually possesses a Supreme Sacred Artifact."
In truth, Xian Gongming never felt he was weaker than Zhang Ruochen. In a real fight, he was sure he could win. But Zhang Ruochen's explosive combat power at this moment, combined with the empowerment of a Supreme Sacred Artifact, left Xian Gongming completely without confidence.
If it were a life-and-death battle, his chances of winning were less than thirty percent.
Seeing the situation was unfavorable, the civet cat wanted to recall the Great Saint Corpse King and flee.
But Heavenly Beginning Fairy had already struck the Red Sun Divine River Diagram out, suspending it above the civet cat's head, rapidly suppressing it.
"Meow."
The civet cat was swept away by the divine river and imprisoned within the scroll.
On the other side, Zhang Ruochen used Luo Water Fist Art, his fists falling like raindrops, dispersing all the corpse Qi within the Great Saint Corpse King's body.
Those corpse Qi were silently absorbed by the Yi Emperor Bone Staff.
With the corpse Qi exhausted, the Great Saint Corpse King's body lay in the pit, no longer able to move.
What left Zhang Ruochen somewhat speechless was that the fist imprints he had struck left no marks on the Great Saint Corpse King's body.
In other words, with Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation, without using a Supreme Sacred Artifact or space power, even if a Great Saint stood still, he couldn't harm it.
An undying sacred body could not be breached by beings below the Great Saint level.
However, according to legend, Qing Jin, ranked first on the Saint King Merit Ranking, had once severely wounded a Great Saint. Yan Wushen, the number one expert among Hell Realm's Saint Kings, had even killed a Great Saint.
How did they accomplish that?
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(Chapter End)