# Chapter 2307: Thousand Questions Realm Heavenly Slave
Darkness Descending was a high-rank sacred art sword technique created by fusing the Sword Dao and the Path of Darkness.
The sword technique was eerie, formless and shadowless, and carried terrifying corrosive properties.
For other Hundred Shackles Great Perfection Great Saints, this was an unbreakable killing technique; in just one or two exchanges, life and death could be decided.
Not being able to see the sword was the greatest danger.
However, Zhang Ruochen possessed the Heart of Truth and had released his Space Domain, allowing him to clearly perceive the trajectory of Que Fei's sword marks.
"Boom."
The skull head at the tip of the Ghost Head Whip accurately struck the Dark Sword in Que Fei's hand, layers of dark light spreading outward like ripples on water.
With a crack, the Ghost Head Whip shattered the Dark Sword and shot straight toward Que Fei's head.
His head and hands, not covered by the Dark God Armor, were Que Fei's greatest weakness.
"Darkness Descending has no effect on him at all... Right, it must be the Space Domain. No matter how my sword changes, it's always within space, impossible to hide from Zhang Ruochen's spatial perception."
Que Fei's neural reaction speed was incredibly fast. He leaned his body backward and kicked the Ghost Head Whip.
At the same time, he mobilized dark force, condensing a Dark Sword in his hand once more, and stabbed it like lightning toward Zhang Ruochen's heart.
"Bang bang."
Both of their speeds were extremely fast, their sword techniques highly accomplished. In an instant, they exchanged over a hundred strikes, locked in a fierce battle.
Que Fei not only used dark force but also employed illusion techniques he was very skilled in. Therefore, even with the Heart of Truth and Space Domain assisting him, Zhang Ruochen fought with great difficulty, not daring to relax for a moment.
When top-tier experts clashed, even a slight mistake could cost them their lives.
Yuan Fei Great Saint and Bore, piloting the "Virtual-Real Scroll," caught up and arrived at the nearby starry sky, watching the two fiercely fighting figures in the distance. Even with their cultivation and eyesight, they found it dazzling, only able to see interwoven golden and black figures.
The speed was too fast; they couldn't intervene.
"Their speed is much faster than mine. Only by using forbidden arts could I match their speed." Yuan Fei Great Saint frowned, his expression solemn.
Using forbidden arts came at a cost—either consuming lifespan or entering a long period of weakness afterward.
In short, unless absolutely necessary, no cultivator would use forbidden arts to forcibly increase their speed.
White Jade Mad Lion said, "Zhang Ruochen's speed has become even faster. Even with my Hundred Shackles Great Perfection cultivation, I can barely see their techniques. If I were in the midst of that battle, I wonder if I could survive five moves?"
"This isn't Zhang Ruochen's full speed," Bore said.
Everyone's gaze turned to her.
Bore spoke slowly, "Don't forget, Zhang Ruochen is severely injured. The speed he can unleash is certainly greatly reduced. That's the first point."
"Second, can't you sense that Zhang Ruochen hasn't used the Way of Time at all? If he mobilized time power, his speed would be even faster than now."
White Jade Mad Lion was puzzled, "Why isn't he using time power?"
"It should be because he detected our aura. So he's holding back, ready to respond if we launch a sneak attack," Bore speculated.
The "Virtual-Real Scroll" could indeed completely hide their aura.
However, when flying at full speed, fluctuations would leak out, affecting space to some extent.
As a space controller, how could Zhang Ruochen not sense it?
They had pushed the "Virtual-Real Scroll" to full speed to catch up as quickly as possible.
"Their figures are constantly shifting, and the dark force is affecting my perception—I can't lock on." Da Sen Luo Huang wanted to use his hidden arrow technique, but after raising the Ice Wood Divine Bow for a long time, he couldn't find a suitable opportunity.
Bore said, "Yuan Fei Great Saint, your spiritual power is the strongest. Send a message to Que Fei, telling him to separate from Zhang Ruochen. We'll activate the supreme sacred artifact and kill Zhang Ruochen."
"I think it's not a bad thing for Que Fei to continue fighting Zhang Ruochen."
Huo Mei Yin Ji seemed intent on contradicting Bore, a smile on her pretty face as she said this.
"What do you mean?" White Jade Mad Lion asked curiously.
Huo Mei Yin Ji was quite confident in her judgment, lightly resting her chin on her jade finger, "We've all seen how severe Zhang Ruochen's injuries are. Although he's defeated several Hundred Shackles Great Perfection Great Saints in succession, his injuries must have worsened."
"As long as Que Fei can entangle him for a while, once a large amount of his sacred blood drains away, he'll collapse on his own without us needing to act."
White Jade Mad Lion said, "What if something unexpected happens? I think Bore's strategy is safer."
Huo Mei Yin Ji glanced at the silent Bore, pursed her lips, and smiled, "Since we're already exposed, we can come out of the 'Virtual-Real Scroll' and surround Zhang Ruochen with our true bodies, putting pressure on him. This way, Que Fei will have an even greater advantage, and Zhang Ruochen won't dare use his full strength."
"You want to grind Zhang Ruochen to death here?"
Da Sen Luo Huang laughed coldly, feeling that Huo Mei Yin Ji's strategy was clever. They shouldn't let Zhang Ruochen die too easily; they should make him sink step by step into despair, struggling painfully at the edge of death.
Bore said, "What if something unexpected happens? Who will take responsibility?"
"What could go wrong?"
Although Huo Mei Yin Ji's tone was calm, there was a hint of rivalry in her eyes. She continued, "To kill Zhang Ruochen, this time-space controller, we need an expert like Que Fei who excels in speed to entangle him. If Que Fei retreats, Zhang Ruochen could use time and space power to escape, and we might not be able to stop him."
Bore fell silent, saying no more.
"Whoosh whoosh."
Da Sen Luo Huang, Huo Mei Yin Ji, and White Jade Mad Lion flew out of the "Virtual-Real Scroll" one after another, appearing at three other positions around the battle circle of Zhang Ruochen and Que Fei.
Because of her lower cultivation, Bore stayed in the "Virtual-Real Scroll" with Yuan Fei Great Saint.
Yuan Fei Great Saint said, "Your Highness is still worried about that Thousand Questions Realm Heavenly Slave?"
Bore nodded.
"I think what Huo Mei Yin Ji said makes some sense. If there really was a Thousand Questions Realm Heavenly Slave hiding nearby, they wouldn't have watched twelve Hundred Shackles Heavenly Slaves be killed without acting. They would have struck long ago," Yuan Fei Great Saint said.
Suddenly.
Bore's eyes widened, "Not good, White Jade Mad Lion is in danger."
A thousand miles away.
A purple meteor, silent and soundless, crashed toward White Jade Mad Lion.
The purple meteor was over two thousand meters long, irregular in shape, with a metallic luster, much harder than ordinary rocky asteroids.
White Jade Mad Lion was a Hundred Shackles Great Perfection Great Saint with extremely strong perception. Of course, he detected the incoming purple meteor and immediately transformed into his Emperor Sacred Jade Lion form.
His lion body was even larger than the purple meteor, sacred light illuminating the starry sky for ten thousand miles.
"Roar!"
White Jade Mad Lion let out a long roar, raising a sharp jade claw to strike at the purple meteor.
Logically, with his cultivation, even a planet two thousand miles in diameter could be shattered, let alone a small meteor over two thousand meters.
But as soon as the jade claw swung out, it shattered into pieces, flying away as fragments of Emperor Sacred Jade.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
White Jade Mad Lion was struck three times in succession, each time a large part of his body breaking apart.
In the end, more than half of his lion body was shattered, leaving only a head and a small portion of his torso intact, flying toward a nebula.
After suffering such heavy damage, his sacred soul and consciousness had likely been shattered.
Cultivators watching this scene through the Myriad Realm Divine Eye projection were all shocked, unclear about what had happened.
White Jade Mad Lion's body was made of Emperor Sacred Jade—how incredibly hard it was. How could a small meteor shatter it into pieces?
"Who is it?"
Yuan Fei Great Saint immediately mobilized all his power to activate the "Virtual-Real Scroll."
"Rustle—"
Eight thousand characters flew out of the scroll, each containing supreme power, sometimes virtual, sometimes real, speeding toward the purple meteor to suppress it.
A ripple of space appeared around the purple meteor, and then it vanished.
"How is it space power? Could it be Zhang Ruochen's hidden technique... No, Zhang Ruochen is fighting Que Fei; how could he have the spare strength to ambush White Jade Mad Lion?"
Yuan Fei Great Saint released his spiritual power, covering an area ten thousand miles around, searching for the vanished purple meteor.
The opponent had easily shattered White Jade Mad Lion's body into pieces—definitely a terrifying existence.
Bore said, "Space controllers are rare, but Great Saints who cultivate the Way of Space are not few. The one who attacked White Jade Mad Lion is not Zhang Ruochen—it's a Heavenly Slave, a Thousand Questions Realm Heavenly Slave."
"That meteor wasn't a meteor; it was Meteor Armor."
Yuan Fei Great Saint was stunned, "Meteor Armor? As far as I know, Meteor Armor was forged by the Meteor Divine Temple, one of the twenty-four temples of the Shura Clan, a hundred thousand years ago. Sixteen sets were made. Only seven sets remain today."
"No..."
"Since they're wearing Meteor Armor, they should be a Great Saint of the Meteor Divine Temple. How could they be a Heavenly Slave?"
Bore's pupils were filled with dense fate rules as she searched for traces of the purple meteor, "It's simple—because the Meteor Divine Temple doesn't have such a powerful cultivator."
"As far as I know, among the five Thousand Questions Realm Heavenly Slaves, one happens to be a traitor from the Meteor Divine Temple, named Zuo Mu Shengjun, with cultivation at the Thousand Questions Realm Middle Stage."
"So I boldly speculate that Zuo Mu Shengjun killed the leader of the Meteor Divine Temple, took his Meteor Armor, and has been hiding nearby all along."
"Que Fei disguised himself as an Elf Clan Saint King, but he was probably seen through by Zuo Mu Shengjun. He saw through our plan long ago but held back, waiting for us to make a mistake."
Yuan Fei Great Saint's expression changed repeatedly, "I should have thought of it. Among the Heavenly Slaves, there are not only Great Saints from the Heavenly Court side. Moreover, even if they're all Heavenly Court Heavenly Slaves, on the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, they wouldn't care about other Heavenly Slaves' lives, as long as they can survive themselves. White Jade Mad Lion was ruined by Huo Mei Yin Ji... Not good, the purple meteor has appeared again!"
With a faint spatial fluctuation, the purple meteor appeared again, hovering above Huo Mei Yin Ji's head.