Chapter 2062: Seven Absolute Kill Gods
The brief battle ended, the sea surface returned to calm, and even the dissipated black mist quickly gathered again.
The sudden appearance of the ghostly ancient ship had now turned around and disappeared into the thick black mist.
"Oh? So you've actually heard of Zhang Ruochen's name? I thought you didn't know anything." Xiao Hei said in a strange tone.
The purple-robed woman's eyes shifted continuously as she carefully examined Zhang Ruochen. Then her expression returned to normal, and she said, "The situation in Yin-Yang Sea is very complicated now. I will first take you to see the Divine Dragon Princess."
"Divine Dragon Princess?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The purple-robed woman no longer looked down on Zhang Ruochen as before. After all, someone who could produce a combat force like Zhang Ruochen's after the Middle Ages was bound to be an extraordinary talent. Therefore, she patiently explained, "The Divine Dragon Princess was originally a princess of the Divine Dragon Half-Human Clan. She caught the appreciation of a great figure who personally guided her. Now, the divine dragon bloodline within her has fully awakened, and her divine dragon body has reached great perfection."
"Ao Xinyan has actually become the Divine Dragon Princess. I knew I wasn't wrong about her. Hehe." Xiao Hei glanced at Zhang Ruochen, looking very smug.
The Devouring Demon Dragon appeared on the warship, staring intently at Zhang Ruochen, and said in a pleading tone, "Zhang Ruochen, all the dragons of Ancestral Dragon Mountain have been captured by the strong ones of the Underworld Clan and the Bone Clan and taken to True Dragon Island. Please, save them."
For the sake of his clan, the Devouring Demon Dragon chose to bow his head, set aside his pride, and ask for help from a former enemy.
The other dragon kings also turned their gazes to Zhang Ruochen, their eyes filled with pleading. As things stood, in their view, only Zhang Ruochen could help them.
Zhang Ruochen shifted his gaze, sweeping over the several dragon kings of Ancestral Dragon Mountain, and finally stopped at the Devouring Demon Dragon. The fact that he would actually ask for help surprised Zhang Ruochen greatly.
"True Dragon Island is a forbidden area in Yin-Yang Sea, the ancestral land of the Divine Dragon Clan. It is by no means easy to attack, and the slightest carelessness could lead to great disaster. Why would the Underworld Clan and the Bone Clan take such a risk?" Zhang Ruochen said with a puzzled expression.
The Devouring Demon Dragon pondered briefly, then shook his head and said, "I'm not sure, but... I vaguely heard a strong one from the Underworld Clan mention something: the World Gate Key. It seems that is their purpose for attacking True Dragon Island."
"World Gate Key? What is that?" Zhang Ruochen became even more confused.
But upon hearing those five words, Xiao Hei's expression changed drastically. "How is that possible? How could the World Gate Key be on True Dragon Island? No, this is serious. Oh heavens, so this is what the Hell Realm is planning. Zhang Ruochen, we might have to fight with our lives this time. We absolutely cannot let them get the World Gate Key."
"Hmm? Why?" Zhang Ruochen said with a strange look.
In his memory, Xiao Hei showing such a serious expression was extremely rare. That "World Gate Key" must be something extraordinary.
"Don't ask for now. Let's go to True Dragon Island first." Xiao Hei said urgently.
The purple-robed woman's spiritual power was evidently extremely strong. She sensed something and said with a grave expression, "A strong one from the Underworld Clan is coming."
As she spoke, her figure quickly faded into the black mist, using the Three-Leaf Nine-Life Flower to make herself completely transparent, merging with the seawater.
"Oh? Hiding pretty fast."
Xiao Hei glanced at the purple-robed woman's hiding spot, showing a look of disdain. Some so-called expert from the Middle Ages—when danger came, the first thing they did was hide. It really made no sense.
The purple-robed woman ignored Xiao Hei, restraining all her aura, not wanting to be detected by the Hell Realm cultivators.
Zhang Ruochen was now a peak-level strong one below the Great Saint realm, naturally carrying a certain authority. He did not immediately flee but instead directed his gaze to the front of the warship.
"Shua! Shua! Shua!"
Three consecutive sounds of tearing air rang out.
Space shook violently, and intense dark power and curse aura spread out, causing the entire sky and earth to instantly darken.
Terrifying dark force surged forth, as if the source of darkness had been opened, threatening to envelop the entire Yin-Yang Sea.
"Such a strong power fluctuation—even stronger than the combined force of those hundreds of Hell Realm Saint Kings from earlier." Zhang Ruochen murmured, becoming alert.
In the black clouds, three figures slowly emerged, each with a different form, all wrapped in pure dark power, like three peerless evil gods.
The power fluctuations emanating from their bodies caused the surrounding sky and earth to turn into whirlpools.
"Hmm? Zhang Ruochen, it's actually you." The one who spoke was the Hell Realm cultivator standing on the left.
This person had a ferocious face, with only one eye on his face, plus a gaping bloody mouth. His head was covered in scales, yet two very soft tentacles protruded from it.
Most notably, he had four thick arms, with bulging muscles, like four flood dragons.
His name was "Ye Ming You Tian."
With Zhang Ruochen's current fame, whether in the Heavenly Court Realm or the Hell Realm, any cultivator with some knowledge would recognize him.
And the stronger one was, the more they paid attention to Zhang Ruochen's situation.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen was also observing the three strong ones who had appeared, not yet making a rash move.
These three were clearly all from the Underworld Clan. Tens of millions of sacred dao rules surfaced on their bodies, those rules forming a web-like heaven and earth.
The one in the middle was relatively thin, with a very sharp nose like an eagle's beak, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's. On his back was a pair of pitch-black wings, condensing powerful dark force.
This person had no name. Whether in the Hell Realm or the Heavenly Court Realm, cultivators all called him "Si Bu Xiu."
The one on the right was a woman, tall with an alluring figure and exquisite features, almost perfect. Unfortunately, she had a cold face, and her eyes were extremely indifferent, showing no emotion.
Most noticeable was the long scorpion tail behind her, dark gold in color, with faint curse marks on it. Just looking at it sent chills down one's spine.
If stung by this scorpion tail, no one would fare well.
This woman also had no name, called "Xue Se Lian Yi."
"The Seven Absolute Kill Gods of the Underworld Hall actually have three appearing here: Ye Ming You Tian, Si Bu Xiu, and Xue Se Lian Yi."
After recognizing these three, Zhang Ruochen's expression finally changed somewhat.
The Underworld Clan, as one of the Upper Three Clans of the Hell Realm, produced countless geniuses and strong ones.
Among those below the Great Saint realm, there were seven cultivators who could make the cultivators of the Heavenly Court Myriad Realms tremble with fear. They were known as the Seven Absolute Kill Gods of the Underworld Hall. Each had reached the Lin Dao realm, and each had a record of defeating or killing an Undying Great Saint.
More importantly, they excelled at combined attack techniques and could form the Seven Absolute Kill Formation. When they joined forces, they were invincible under heaven. Even Yan Wushen, known as the number one expert of the Hell Realm, would likely have to retreat if he encountered all seven of them at once.
The Seven Absolute Kill Gods always acted together. Since Ye Ming You Tian, Si Bu Xiu, and Xue Se Lian Yi appeared here, it meant the other four must have also arrived in Yin-Yang Sea.
"What exactly is the World Gate Key? Why have even the Seven Absolute Kill Gods of the Underworld Hall come? Have the Three Emperors and Twelve Venerables of the Bone Clan also come?" Zhang Ruochen transmitted his voice to Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei coughed lightly and said, "I told you, that thing is of great importance. It's possible that the Underworld Clan and the Bone Clan have come out in full force."
Feeling the terrifying aura emanating from the three Hell Realm strong ones, the Devouring Demon Dragon and the several dragon kings couldn't help but tremble. The gap was too great. A single look from them could kill them.
"Zhang Ruochen, since you've delivered yourself to us, don't blame anyone."
Si Bu Xiu, with four arms, grinned.
As he spoke, four war blades gleaming with cold light flew out from his body, and his four hands each grasped one.
These four war blades were all extraordinary, each being a Monarch Sacred Artifact, incredibly sharp. Even a small world could probably be split open by them.
"Four Seasons Blades: Four Blades Manifest Four Seasons, All Seasons End in Death."
Si Bu Xiu swung the four war blades in his hands. Dark power surged, frantically pouring into the blades, activating all the king-level inscriptions within them, which appeared in the sky around him.
The scenes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, like four great worlds, emerged and floated around his body.
Spring: vibrant life, all flowers blooming.
Summer: scorching sun, glaciers melting.
Autumn: yellow leaves covering mountains, all things withering.
Winter: white snow covering everything, freezing a world.
These four great worlds were all condensed from the rules Si Bu Xiu had cultivated, representing his attainments in the sacred dao.
"Somewhat not like the sword dao. This Si Bu Xiu's cultivation of the sacred dao doesn't only represent destruction but also the power of life. This shows that his understanding of life and death has reached a very high level, not inferior to a Great Saint." Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
Four blade beams glowing with dark light slashed out. Each blade overlapped with the world's phantom, sharp and fierce, as if capable of destroying a world and cutting down all living beings.
Facing a powerful opponent like Zhang Ruochen, Si Bu Xiu held nothing back, going all out from the start.
Zhang Ruochen did not dare to underestimate his opponent either. With a thought, the Abyssal Ancient Sword flew out from his Divine Light Qi Sea, and he grabbed it.
The Abyssal Ancient Sword traced a strange trajectory, slashing out a peerless sharpness.
Where the sharpness passed, space immediately split open into a long crack, and violent space force spilled out from within.
"Boom."
The sword light instantly shattered the four world phantoms. Although it became very weak, it still continued to slash toward Si Bu Xiu.
After twenty-four years of seclusion, Zhang Ruochen's attainments in the sword dao had reached a new level. Holding the long sword, he instantly transformed into a peerless Sword Emperor, each strike an invincible sword technique.
The sword techniques could even merge with space power, unleashing even stronger force.
Additionally, in these twenty-four years, the Abyssal Ancient Sword had absorbed and refined a large number of sacred artifacts, reaching the extreme of the Ten-Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifact, containing 129,599 inscriptions within, just one short of the boundary of a Monarch Sacred Artifact.
Of course, this was no easy task. It required undergoing the baptism of heavenly tribulation, allowing the inscriptions within to undergo transformation.
If it passed, it would become a Monarch Sacred Artifact. If it failed, it would be destroyed.
Even a very skilled artifact dao earth master would find it extremely difficult to successfully refine a Monarch Sacred Artifact.
Top-tier Monarch Sacred Artifacts were coveted even by Great Saints.
Zhang Ruochen temporarily had no intention of letting the Abyssal Ancient Sword undergo heavenly tribulation. It wasn't that he feared it wouldn't pass, but he wanted the sword to accumulate more strength, which would be more beneficial for its future growth.
With the current grade of the Abyssal Ancient Sword, plus the enhancement of the purple divine stone, its power was already not inferior to an ordinary Monarch Sacred Artifact.
"Bang."
Si Bu Xiu swung his blade, easily blocking the sword light that had reached him.
"No wonder so many famous experts have fallen at your hands. The man of a god indeed cannot be underestimated." Si Bu Xiu grinned, then his eyes darkened. "Second Brother, Seventh Sister, let's attack together and take him down."
Hearing this, Ye Ming You Tian and Xue Se Lian Yi immediately moved.
The Seven Absolute Kill Gods had once received an important inheritance from the Underworld Hall, each taking one-seventh. It was said that by making good use of this inheritance, all seven could become gods together.
That was why the seven could form the Seven Absolute Kill Formation and be invincible under heaven.
Of course, even with only three of them, the combat power they could unleash when joining forces was still extraordinary.
A pitch-black long spear appeared in Ye Ming You Tian's hand. Golden secret patterns were engraved on the spear shaft, faintly visible, as if they had life.
"Hua—"
With Xue Se Lian Yi as the center, circles of blood-red ripples spread out, extending hundreds of miles.
The power fluctuations emanating from the three experts rose step by step. At their center, a three-petaled Underworld Lotus appeared. It was this lotus that combined the three's power, causing their three forces to resonate, as if they had merged into one.
"Zhang Ruochen, this is not good!" Xiao Hei's expression turned serious.
But Zhang Ruochen was fearless. "This is a rare opportunity. It's time to test the legendary Seven Absolute Kill Gods."
Ye Ming You Tian flapped his wings, rapidly approaching Zhang Ruochen. The long spear in his hand stabbed out like lightning. Before the spear arrived, an unstoppable terrifying force had already locked onto Zhang Ruochen.
"Take this blade."
Si Bu Xiu roared, and one of his war blades flew out of his hand.
"Puff."
The long spear and the war blade successively pierced through Zhang Ruochen's body.
However, the next moment, this "Zhang Ruochen" dissipated, merely an afterimage.
Zhang Ruochen's true body appeared a hundred zhang away, directly attacking Xue Se Lian Yi.
Facing three of the Seven Absolute Kill Gods at once, even Zhang Ruochen was under tremendous pressure. The best strategy was undoubtedly to eliminate one of them first.
"Even in Yin-Yang Sea, you can still perform space displacement. No wonder you dare to fight us."
Xue Se Lian Yi's eyes were indifferent. Seeing Zhang Ruochen attack, she showed no fear.
Mountain-like poisonous mist was released from her slender body, enveloping Zhang Ruochen. Though she had ice-like skin and jade-like bones, she contained the poison to kill saints, deadly to any man.
The poisonous mist surging from Xue Se Lian Yi's body was extremely terrifying, even subtly eroding space, making it somewhat unstable.
Zhang Ruochen's brow furrowed slightly, and his figure paused.
Taking advantage of Zhang Ruochen's hesitation, Xue Se Lian Yi's scorpion tail cut through the void, dragging a beautiful arc as it slashed toward his neck. Its speed was so fast it seemed to use no time at all, arriving in an instant.
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About fifty thousand li from this location on Yin-Yang Sea, a massive ship was sailing. Standing at the stern, one couldn't see the bow.
The three divine cloth sails on the ship were nearly ten thousand meters tall, looking from afar like three ancient mountains.
A white-robed woman with bright eyes and white teeth, dressed in men's clothing and holding a folding fan, sat at the bow of the ship. Before her were various expensive wines and delicate wine cups.
Although dressed in men's clothing, she still wore makeup: slender willow eyebrows, curved eyelashes, red lips, giving off an indescribable charm.
Beside her stood a group of elders from the Thousand Star Civilization.
The entire ship was densely packed with Saint King-level cultivators of the Thousand Star Civilization, truly a gathering of experts. Of course, it was precisely because of so many experts by her side that the Thousand Star Heavenly Daughter could be so relaxed while entering the extremely dangerous Yin-Yang Sea.
Suddenly, a strong power fluctuation came from afar. Other cultivators might not sense it, but the Thousand Star Heavenly Daughter immediately raised her eyebrows, her Origin Divine Eyes looking in the direction from which the power fluctuation came.
As if she could see the scene tens of thousands of li away, a surprised expression appeared on the Thousand Star Heavenly Daughter's face. She smiled and said, "With such a big thing happening, I said Zhang Ruochen would definitely come to Yin-Yang Sea. Do you believe me now?"
Across from the Thousand Star Heavenly Daughter sat three men and one woman, each with an extraordinary background.
The three men came from three ancient civilizations, all being Heavenly Sons. As for the woman, she was a dragon girl from the Heavenly Dragon Realm, one of the top ten strong realms of the Heavenly Court, and the Linglong Fairy on the "Nine Immortal Beauties Chart."
One of the Heavenly Sons, with golden hair and an extremely handsome face, also looked in the direction of the power fluctuation. A golden sun mark appeared on his brow, illuminating this sea area in gold.
This person was the Heavenly Son of the Blazing Sun Civilization. After seeing the battle scene tens of thousands of li away, he shook his head and smiled. "Zhang Ruochen shouldn't have come to Yin-Yang Sea."
"Why?" someone asked.
The Blazing Sun Heavenly Son said, "If he hadn't come, he could at least live a while longer. After all, those two heaven-defying guys from Paradise Realm can't spare the time to deal with him for now. But now that he's encountered the Seven Absolute Kill Gods of the Underworld Hall, where is his way out? Sigh, this young war god of the Kunlun Realm is probably going to fall on Yin-Yang Sea."
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