Chapter 1966: The Blazing God Leg with One Hundred Thousand Rules
"Zhang Ruochen actually managed to wound Senior Brother Canglong? Am I seeing things?"
"It's the sword soul. Zhang Ruochen's sword soul is incredibly strong. His cultivation is only at the Rule Grand Heaven realm, yet his sword soul can reach such a level."
"No matter how strong the sword soul is, what of it? Senior Brother Canglong must have been careless just now. From now on, Zhang Ruochen is definitely dead."
"That's right. Senior Brother Canglong is the strongest among those below Great Saint in our Nether God Hall. How could he possibly fail to deal with Zhang Ruochen?"
Seeing Canglong injured, the experts of Nether God Hall were all astonished, but they still had full confidence in Canglong, believing that Zhang Ruochen could not be Canglong's opponent.
Above the evil spirit, Ling Feiyu's eyes flickered with a strange light, her gaze locked onto Zhang Ruochen's sword soul.
Back when they went to the Truth Heaven Domain, Zhang Ruochen had consulted her about the mysteries of the sword soul. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Ruochen's sword soul had already surpassed hers.
As she thought, Zhang Ruochen was indeed a genius of the Sword Dao. In terms of talent in the Sword Dao, let alone the Kunlun Realm, looking across the Heavenly Court Realm and the Hell Realm, it should be hard to find a few stronger than him.
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen could combine the Sword Dao with the Way of Space and Time, making it even more exquisite and powerful, difficult for others to counter.
Take Canglong, for example. He had specifically studied how to deal with Zhang Ruochen's Time Sword Art, but when it came to actual combat, he still suffered a loss.
Ruan Ling's eyes showed a trace of worry, and her heart sank slightly. The direction of this battle was already becoming hard for her to predict.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen did not retract his sword soul. Instead, he continued to use the sword soul to control the sword and execute the Time Sword Art.
The purple divine stone on the hilt of the Abyssal Ancient Sword emitted a faint purple glow. Not only did it make the Abyssal Ancient Sword extremely heavy, but it also mobilized the rules of heaven and earth over a wide range.
This was the second characteristic of the purple divine stone, which Zhang Ruochen had only recently discovered.
Like high-rank sacred arts, monarch-level war weapons, and supreme sacred artifacts, even if one's cultivation had not reached the Dao Domain realm, by using the purple divine stone, one could mobilize the rules of heaven and earth, thereby gaining the ability to fight across levels.
The sword soul moved as fast as flowing light, circling around Canglong, continuously launching attacks.
Every time the Abyssal Ancient Sword swung, a large number of time imprints appeared, branding themselves into the space around Canglong.
Canglong swung the Nether Moon Blade, slashing out one strike after another, blocking the sword soul's attacks.
He had indeed been careless earlier. Now that he was serious, it would not be easy for him to suffer a loss again, even against Zhang Ruochen's unpredictable Time Sword Art.
"There's a flaw."
A sharp light flashed in Canglong's eyes, and he extended his black dragon claw at an astonishing speed.
"Clang."
The black dragon claw grabbed the Abyssal Ancient Sword, immobilizing it.
However, just as Canglong was about to swing the Nether Moon Blade to attack, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly released the Abyssal Ancient Sword and retreated at extreme speed.
The moment he grabbed the Abyssal Ancient Sword, a rather intense feeling of weakness spread throughout his body, nearly causing him to stumble and fall from midair.
"It's the power of time, cutting away my lifespan." Canglong realized instantly, shocked in his heart.
In that instant, he had been stripped of several decades of lifespan, which was why he felt such a strong weakness.
"Swish."
The sword soul did not continue its attack. Instead, it carried the Abyssal Ancient Sword and instantly flew back, merging into Zhang Ruochen's body.
"Finally, I can directly cut away a person's lifespan with sword qi. This is the true power of Huiyue Ruge. Unfortunately, my comprehension of Huiyue Ruge is still insufficient. Forcibly executing it consumes a lot." Zhang Ruochen murmured.
That sword strike just now was him executing Huiyue Ruge, capturing several time imprints, stacking them on top of each other, and striking Canglong while the time imprints had not yet dissipated. It was not using the time imprints already branded on the Abyssal Ancient Sword, which was why it only cut away a few decades of Canglong's lifespan.
But even with such an effect, Zhang Ruochen was very satisfied. It meant that his comprehension of the fifth level of the Time Sword Art had reached a certain realm.
If he could go a step further and cut away a person's lifespan with any random sword qi, his strength would undoubtedly receive a tremendous boost.
From the very beginning, Zhang Ruochen had regarded Canglong as a whetstone, wanting to use him to hone himself and test the results of his cultivation.
Facts proved that although there was some gap between his strength and Canglong's, it was not large. By using the power of time and space, he could completely make up for that gap.
But defeating Canglong would still be extremely difficult.
"Roar."
Canglong let out a beast-like roar. From within his body surged a black sacred light as thick as ink, filling the area a hundred zhang around him. Everything within that range was frozen, including space itself.
"Very good, Zhang Ruochen. You are harder to deal with than I imagined. But from now on, I will not give you any more chances." Canglong said in a deep voice.
An extremely powerful aura emanated from Canglong's body. For thousands of miles around, the wind and clouds changed color. The bright moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the Copper Furnace Plain became pitch black. It felt as if the sky was about to collapse, oppressive to the extreme.
With Canglong at the center, the rules of heaven and earth and the power of heaven and earth continuously converged, forming a huge vortex of power connected to heaven and earth. The scene was extremely terrifying.
The weaker members of Nether God Hall were almost suffocated by the pressure, looking at Canglong with extremely reverent eyes.
"Senior Brother Canglong is completely enraged. Zhang Ruochen is definitely dead." Giant Dragon Spirit Master's eyes showed a hint of a smile.
Nine-Headed Dragon Prince nodded and said, "Since Senior Brother Canglong has already used the Nether Heaven Divine Light, there will be no more suspense in this battle."
"The Nether Heaven Divine Light is a high-rank sacred art created by Master. Although Senior Brother Canglong has not yet mastered it, before coming to the Kunlun Realm, Master infused a force into Senior Brother Canglong's body, allowing him to use the Nether Heaven Divine Light three times. With Senior Brother Canglong's strength, combined with the Nether Heaven Divine Light, even an Immortal Great Saint would be wary."
Hearing this, Zi Feng Saint King immediately showed a smile. Without needing to take action himself, he could see Zhang Ruochen dead, which was indeed a very pleasing thing for him.
He did not doubt what the Nine-Headed Dragon Prince said at all. Using the power of a god, how could Zhang Ruochen possibly have a way out?
Zhang Ruochen's gaze sharpened slightly, clearly feeling immense pressure. In his view, the aura Canglong was emitting now was not much weaker than Bi Yunhai's, definitely reaching the level of an Immortal Great Saint.
Vaguely, he sensed an extremely transcendent power, clearly originating from a god.
"To kill me, the Nether God really doesn't hesitate to use any means, directly passing power to Canglong. These gods of the Heavenly Realm faction really don't seem to like following the rules set by the Heavenly Palace." Zhang Ruochen thought to himself, his eyes turning exceptionally cold.
For a god to directly intervene in a battle between Saint King realm cultivators, this Nether God was really just as bad as the Blazing God.
When he had enough strength in the future, he would definitely kill both the Blazing God and the Nether God.
Above the evil spirit, Ruan Ling sneered, "Canglong has already used his strongest trump card. Zhang Ruochen cannot withstand it. If you don't want to see Zhang Ruochen die, release me immediately. Otherwise, you might not even have the chance to collect his remains."
Ling Feiyu did not pay any attention to Ruan Ling. She just stared intently at Zhang Ruochen. At this moment, Zhang Ruochen was like an invincible war god who never tired, his battle intent high, showing no trace of fear.
Involuntarily, Ling Feiyu's emotions became much calmer. No matter how strong Canglong was, she believed that Zhang Ruochen would not lose.
With a thought, Zhang Ruochen put away many treasures, including the Flowing Light Merit Armor.
Seeing this, everyone could not help but show puzzled expressions, not knowing what he intended to do.
"It's time to unlock the first seal."
Zhang Ruochen murmured, letting his sacred qi surge wildly into his left leg.
Instantly, his left leg turned crimson red, and an extremely scorching aura spread out.
One after another, crimson red rules emerged from his left leg, appearing extremely thick. A full one hundred thousand of them, releasing a majestic divine might.
During his previous seclusion, Zhang Ruochen had successfully refined all one hundred thousand divine rules contained in the Blazing God Leg. This also meant that he could finally unlock the first seal that the Moon God had placed on the Blazing God Leg.
According to the Moon God, once the first seal was unlocked, the power unleashed by the Blazing God Leg would be so great that even an Immortal Saint Body might not be able to withstand it.
"Hmm? This power..."
Feeling the majestic divine might emanating from the Blazing God Leg, Canglong's expression changed instantly.
Without any hesitation, Canglong immediately sent the thick, ink-like black sacred light flying, carrying the vast might of heaven and earth, sweeping toward Zhang Ruochen.
No matter what other trump cards Zhang Ruochen had, he would definitely not be able to withstand his Nether Heaven Divine Light, after all, this Nether Heaven Divine Light contained the power of the Nether God.
Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen's gaze became exceptionally sharp, and an extremely fierce and domineering aura emanated from his body.
"Crack."
The first seal that the Moon God had placed in the Blazing God Leg shattered, like a volcanic eruption. An extremely vast and scorching divine power surged forth from the Blazing God Leg.
"Blazing God Leg."
Zhang Ruochen raised his left leg and swept it out.
This time, he did not execute Divine Step Nine Heavens, because after unlocking the first seal, the power released by the Blazing God Leg was too terrifying. He simply could not control it as he pleased.
An overwhelming and vast divine power surged out wildly. Space trembled violently, and dense cracks appeared.
"Boom, rumble."
The earth shattered, rapidly sinking downward, like a great earthquake.
A crimson fire cloud swept across the sky. The brilliant firelight almost turned night into day. Even ten thousand miles away, one could clearly see the flickering firelight, as if a star had fallen from beyond the heavens.
In an instant, the temperature of the entire Copper Furnace Plain rose sharply. The thick snow on the ground instantly melted and then quickly evaporated.
"Boom."
Facing the power of the Blazing God Leg, the Nether Heaven Divine Light appeared very fragile. It was instantly annihilated, unable to block the violent power of the Blazing God Leg at all.
"No."
The experts of Nether God Hall and Zi Feng Saint King all let out terrified and unwilling roars, wanting to flee, but it was already too late.
In the blink of an eye, they were all engulfed by the crimson fire cloud, and no more sounds were heard.
Canglong, bearing the brunt of the attack, naturally needed no further mention. He was also engulfed by the crimson fire cloud, but he did not die. Instead, he struggled to resist.
The Flowing Light Merit Armor bloomed with brilliant silver light. One after another, merit inscriptions emerged, forming a powerful protective barrier to block the power of the Blazing God Leg.
"Bang."
The protective barrier formed by the Flowing Light Merit Armor shattered. The scorching and violent divine power directly struck Canglong's body.
The divine inscriptions that the Nether God had engraved on Canglong's body appeared, deflecting most of the divine power.
"Pfft."
Canglong was sent flying backward, blood gushing from his mouth.
Even with the protection of the Flowing Light Merit Armor and the divine inscriptions, Canglong was still severely injured. His five viscera and six organs were shattered, and his physical body was on the verge of collapse.
"Flee."
Without any hesitation, Canglong immediately activated the Flowing Light Merit Armor, erupting at a thousand times the speed of sound, turning into a rainbow light and fleeing toward the horizon.