# Chapter 1933: Seizing the Divine Corpse
"They fled quite quickly. I wonder how things are going for Junior Brother Zhang," Zhen Yuan murmured, casting his gaze toward the direction of Life and Death Cliff.
He still needed to remain stationed outside Life and Death Cliff to prevent cultivators at the Threshold Approach Realm level from entering the bottom of the cliff. This was a promise he had made to Zhang Ruochen, and naturally, he intended to keep it.
Allowing Zhang Ruochen to owe him a favor—this was something he was quite willing to do.
At the bottom of Life and Death Cliff, the battle was exceptionally fierce. Powerful experts from various factions coveted the divine corpse and divine stones, yet they were blocked by the battle formation formed by five hundred Rakshasa Clan dukes, unable to approach at all.
After a fierce round of combat, not only had the experts from various factions failed to break through the battle formation formed by the five hundred Rakshasa Clan dukes, but they had also suffered heavy casualties. Even a Heaven-Connecting Realm expert had been severely wounded.
Among the Ten Clans of Hell, the Rakshasa Clan's battle formations were the most renowned. Whoever encountered them would find them a headache.
Especially on large battlefields, where thousands upon thousands of Rakshasa Clan cultivators formed massive battle formations—they were even more terrifying.
Inside the giant serpent's mouth, the Spear Demon, along with thirty-five Rakshasa Clan princes, had set up the Heaven-Destroying Extinction Formation, trapping Zhang Ruochen and his four companions within the formation.
"I found it."
A gleam of light flashed in Ji Fanxin's eyes.
Immediately, she transmitted the flaw she had discovered to Zhang Ruochen using her spiritual power.
The corners of Zhang Ruochen's mouth lifted slightly. He waved his hand and unleashed the Mountain-Hiding Demon Mirror.
A thick bolt of black lightning struck down, hitting the mirror's surface precisely.
The Mountain-Hiding Demon Mirror displayed its extraordinary ability, reflecting the black lightning back with even greater power.
"Boom."
The rebounded black lightning struck the weak point of the Heaven-Destroying Extinction Formation, tearing a gap open in it.
Seizing this opportunity, the nine dragon souls pulled the Golden Step Dragon Carriage and instantly shot out through the gap in the formation.
The Spear Demon was not flustered. The Heaven-Destroying Extinction Formation changed in an instant. The thirty-six Rakshasa Clan princes merged into one, forming a giant a hundred zhang tall, nearly filling the serpent's mouth.
To be precise, it wasn't that the thirty-six Rakshasa Clan princes had physically merged, but rather that their power was completely combined. Using evil-aura energy, they had condensed into a giant. The thirty-six Rakshasa Clan princes were all inside the giant, protected by it.
On either side of the giant's head were two strange vortexes, within which lightning roamed, as if dragons coiled inside.
"Boom."
A bolt of black lightning flew out from one vortex, striking toward the Golden Step Dragon Carriage.
The Eight Dragon Umbrella rotated, blocking in front of the Golden Step Dragon Carriage and intercepting the lightning bolt.
In comparison, the Eight Dragon Umbrella was undoubtedly better at defense than the Golden Step Dragon Carriage.
"Die."
The Spear Demon's voice rang out. The giant swung a Monarch Sacred Artifact-level long spear, thrusting it at extreme speed toward the Eight Dragon Umbrella.
Zhang Ruochen did not use the Eight Dragon Umbrella to clash head-on. Instead, he deployed the Mountain-Hiding Demon Mirror to block the spear.
Although the Eight Dragon Umbrella's grade was already very close to that of a Monarch Sacred Artifact, its internal inscription patterns had not yet transformed into king-level inscriptions, nor had it undergone tribulation. Clashing head-on with a Monarch Sacred Artifact could easily result in damage.
If such a top-tier Ten-Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifact were damaged, repairing it would be a very troublesome matter.
While using the Mountain-Hiding Demon Mirror to block the spear, Zhang Ruochen summoned the Azure Heaven Pagoda. Strands of supreme power emerged as it charged straight toward the giant.
"Boom."
A bolt of black lightning flew out from the other vortex on the giant's head, striking the Azure Heaven Pagoda and causing it to stop spinning.
"Whoosh."
Zhang Ruochen appeared out of thin air behind the giant's head. The Abyssal Ancient Sword thrust out with incredible speed. A sharp sword aura condensed at the sword tip, seemingly capable of cutting through all things.
"Crackle."
The Abyssal Ancient Sword pierced into the giant's head, but only penetrated two inches before it could go no further.
One of the giant's arms shot back, trying to grab Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen reacted extremely quickly. He instantly pulled out the Abyssal Ancient Sword, then performed a Spatial Displacement, returning to the front of the Golden Step Dragon Carriage.
"As expected of a battle formation formed by thirty-six Rakshasa Clan princes. Truly difficult to deal with—almost flawless."
Zhang Ruochen couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
In his estimation, the power of this battle formation might be able to contend with an Immortal Great Saint. Below the Great Saint realm, there should be few who could forcibly break through it.
"Let's go. Get out first."
Immediately, Zhang Ruochen drove the Golden Step Dragon Carriage and rushed out of the serpent's mouth.
The battle formation formed by the thirty-six Rakshasa Clan princes was indeed difficult to deal with, but what about the five hundred Rakshasa Clan dukes outside?
Moreover, staying inside the serpent's mouth would inevitably make it hard to maneuver freely. It would be more convenient outside. If any unexpected situation arose, they could retreat calmly.
"Rumble."
The nine dragon souls pulled the Golden Step Dragon Carriage, charging out at extreme speed.
"Boom."
Two Rakshasa Clan dukes were struck head-on and instantly exploded into two clouds of blood mist.
As a result, the battle formation formed by the five hundred Rakshasa Clan dukes collapsed, allowing the other experts from various factions to charge in.
In an instant, dozens of Rakshasa Clan dukes were attacked and killed on the spot.
Fortunately, the remaining Rakshasa Clan dukes reacted quickly. Three hundred and sixty of them formed a Heaven-Circling Conforming Formation, while another eighty-one formed a Nine-Nine Returning to One Formation.
The remaining few Rakshasa Clan dukes hid within the Heaven-Circling Conforming Formation.
Too many experts had charged in. If they were isolated, they would immediately become targets.
The Rakshasa Clan stabilized their position and immediately launched a counterattack. In the blink of an eye, they killed nearly a hundred experts.
"Zhang Ruochen, your life is mine!"
The Spear Demon roared, controlling the battle formation as the giant walked out of the serpent's mouth.
A massive amount of evil-aura energy condensed into a war spear, which was hurled at a thousand times the speed of sound, thrusting toward Zhang Ruochen.
At such speed, Zhang Ruochen had no time to dodge. He could only hold the Abyssal Ancient Sword horizontally in front of him.
"Clang."
The war spear struck the blade of the Abyssal Ancient Sword. An incredibly terrifying force transmitted through the sword to Zhang Ruochen's arms.
With the power carried by the war spear, even a high-rank Ten-Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifact might be directly destroyed.
The Abyssal Ancient Sword was made of a special material, so it suffered no damage.
"Boom."
Zhang Ruochen's arms shook violently. Great Saint-level dragon souls and elephant souls manifested, resisting the terrifying force transmitted by the war spear.
After retreating more than ten steps, Zhang Ruochen finally stabilized himself, completely dissipating all the power carried by the war spear.
"He actually blocked it!" The Spear Demon was extremely surprised.
He had thought that even if this strike couldn't kill Zhang Ruochen, it would at least severely wound him. But to his surprise, Zhang Ruochen had withstood the attack without showing any signs of injury.
Zhang Ruochen casually stretched his arms, his figure flickering as he regrouped with the others.
That strike just now was indeed terrifying. If his physical body hadn't been tempered to the level below a Great Saint, and if his arms hadn't been refined with Great Saint-level dragon souls and elephant souls, it would have been very dangerous.
"Boom."
The ground suddenly split open. Countless giant vines grew out, entangling and lashing at the giant formed by the thirty-six Rakshasa Clan princes.
Having left the serpent's mouth, Ji Fanxin could use her spiritual power techniques more freely, and their power became even greater.
Tens of thousands of vines grew out, instantly engulfing the giant. Even if the vines were cut, they could immediately regrow, seemingly endless.
Not only that, but many flower buds grew on the vines, blooming one after another, releasing a strange floral fragrance.
This fragrance was highly unusual, containing a deadly poison. Even a Saint King might die if they inhaled some.
The giant had indeed been condensed perfectly, but it was by no means flawless. The fragrance penetrated everywhere, enough to cause some trouble.
"I'll hold off this battle formation. You go collect the divine corpse," Ji Fanxin said.
Zhang Ruochen nodded and immediately took action.
They had come for the divine stones and the divine corpse. There was no need to fight the Rakshasa Clan to the death.
As long as they obtained the divine stones and the divine corpse, they could retreat safely.
Standing before the serpent's head, Zhang Ruochen opened the Qiankun Realm.
The divine corpse was too massive. Only the Qiankun Realm could accommodate it.
The Qiankun Realm released an extremely powerful suction force, enveloping the serpent's head, trying to pull the divine corpse out of the rock.
"Hmm?"
Zhang Ruochen's expression changed.
He had fully activated the Qiankun Realm, but it had no effect at all. The serpent corpse remained motionless, as if fused with the entire earth.
"Zhang Ruochen, you're wasting your effort. If you want to collect the divine corpse, you'll have to rely on me."
At this moment, the evil spirit's voice suddenly came from within the Qiankun Realm.
Zhang Ruochen asked, "What do you mean?"
"I have already devoured the divine thought evil body and know how to control the divine corpse. For me, this divine corpse is the most perfect vessel," the evil spirit said with a hoarse laugh.
Hearing this, a smile appeared on Zhang Ruochen's face. "Then what are you waiting for?"
Immediately, the evil spirit abandoned its current Great Saint corpse body, flew out of the Qiankun Realm, and instantly entered the divine corpse.
With a better vessel available, it naturally no longer clung to the Great Saint corpse.
With the evil spirit handling the collection of the divine corpse, Zhang Ruochen no longer concerned himself with it. Instead, he activated the Azure Heaven Pagoda and smashed it toward the Nine-Nine Returning to One Formation formed by the eighty-one Rakshasa Clan dukes.
The Heaven-Destroying Extinction Formation was hard to deal with, so it was better to pick a softer target.
"Boom."
Struck by the Azure Heaven Pagoda, the Nine-Nine Returning to One Formation collapsed.
All eighty-one Rakshasa Clan dukes were injured, many spitting blood.
"None of you are getting away!"
Xiang Chunan's battle intent surged. He quickly struck out with the Metal Demon Crown.
At the same time, he stepped forward and charged out. Vast demonic energy surged around him as he punched toward a second-rank duke.
Feng Yan and Pei Yutian did not stand idly by either. They charged out together with Xiang Chunan. Without the support of the battle formation, these Rakshasa Clan dukes posed no threat to them.
Although the group of Rakshasa Clan dukes reacted very quickly, less than a third managed to escape into the Heaven-Circling Conforming Formation. The rest were all killed by Xiang Chunan and the other two.
But when the Heaven-Circling Conforming Formation tried to attack them, Zhang Ruochen stood in front, using the Eight Dragon Umbrella to block all the attacks.
"All Heavens Dragon-Elephant."
Zhang Ruochen shook his arms and executed the twelfth palm of the Dragon-Elephant Prajna Palm.
A vast amount of yang energy surged from his body. Hundreds of thousands of palm path rules condensed, and truth rules were also mobilized.
"Boom."
A dragon and an elephant flew out, colossal in size, seemingly illuminating all heavens. Even above Life and Death Cliff, the astonishing phenomenon could be clearly seen.