# Chapter 2376: Frenzied Attack
"Forget it, finding a way out as quickly as possible is the top priority."
Zhang Ruochen had not found the White Pale Blood Soil, and he also suppressed the urge to immediately fuse with the Earth Way Sacred Intent.
Trapped inside the stone coffin for who knew how many days, had the Heaven Hunting Battle ended?
It shouldn't have.
If the Heaven Hunting Battle had already concluded, the gods of the Undying Blood Clan and the Yama Clan would certainly have come to the planet's core to rescue him and Yan Zhexian.
As for Yan Zhexian's belly, Zhang Ruochen couldn't tell whether it had grown to that size because Blood Shadow Divine Mother had infused her dying divine power and essence into it, or if it had already been gestating for several months. In any case, seeing her belly made his heart anxious.
When he had entered the planet's core space, the Undying Blood Clan indeed held an absolute advantage, making it almost impossible for them to lose.
But the Yama Clan would never willingly hand over the first-place position to them. They would surely launch a fierce counterattack, using every means available, stopping at nothing. The later stages of the Heaven Hunting Battle would only become more brutal.
He had to return to the battlefield immediately.
Zhang Ruochen began trying various methods to open the stone coffin.
In the corner, Yan Zhexian gradually calmed down from her tumultuous emotions.
When she had first woken up, her mind had been a chaotic mess. Then she discovered she was pregnant. After that, both she and Zhang Ruochen had successively wanted to kill the fetus in her womb. Throughout it all, she had been in an unprecedented state of extreme emotion.
Now that she had calmed down, she quickly understood many things.
First, she had been deceived by Zhang Ruochen.
That guy had never actually intended to kill the fetus in her womb. If he had wanted to, he would have already acted while she was unconscious.
Damn it!
That damned Zhang Ruochen!
"He probably wanted to use this method to continue pretending to be cold-blooded and ruthless. Also, he was testing me, trying to find out if I would no longer kill the fetus in my womb."
Yan Zhexian closed her eyes, growing angrier the more she thought about it.
She was angry at herself for priding herself on being exceptionally intelligent, yet being completely toyed with by Zhang Ruochen. Especially the fact that she had shown weakness just now—she had actually begged Zhang Ruochen and even cried.
It was too humiliating!
Even more humiliating than when she had been captured by Zhang Ruochen on the Yama Clan's home planet star and he had taken liberties with her.
Second, she understood another thing: she and Zhang Ruochen had not engaged in any intimate relations between man and woman.
Because she sensed Zhang Ruochen's blood inside her body.
She was different from Zhang Ruochen. She was born with a Five Elements Xuanhuang Body. Blood Shadow Divine Mother's divine power and essence had not significantly altered her constitution.
Her constitution had already reached its peak and could not be further changed.
So, Yan Zhexian knew that she had Zhang Ruochen's blood inside her, but Zhang Ruochen did not know that he had her blood inside him.
At that time, they had not been kissing each other; rather, they had been sucking each other's blood.
But now that she was pregnant, who would believe that she and Zhang Ruochen were innocent?
Besides…
Yan Zhexian looked down at the robe she was wearing, which belonged to Zhang Ruochen. Beneath the robe, she wore nothing at all. She let out a long sigh. Could she and Zhang Ruochen really still be considered innocent?
Throughout the entire Hell Realm, no one would believe it.
"The fetus in my womb was conceived from Blood Shadow Divine Mother's divine power and essence, which she cultivated for who knows how many years. Yet it also absorbed the blood of both Zhang Ruochen and me. It's impossible to sever ties with Zhang Ruochen. Fate, oh fate, why must it entangle me with Zhang Ruochen?" Thinking this, Yan Zhexian sighed again.
Yan Zhexian looked at Zhang Ruochen in the distance, recalling their few brief encounters.
In terms of talent and intelligence, Zhang Ruochen was undoubtedly among the top of his generation.
In terms of appearance, Zhang Ruochen was a first-rate handsome man.
In terms of family background, the Blood Absolute Clan was ancient and powerful, and Xue Jue War God was a figure admired and worshipped by all cultivators in the Hell Realm.
Zhang Ruochen's personal qualities seemed flawless, possessing a fatal attraction for any woman. Yet why did she find Zhang Ruochen so hard to tolerate?
After thinking for a long time, Yan Zhexian found her answer.
The most fundamental reason was not that Zhang Ruochen had taken liberties with her. After all, at that time, Zhang Ruochen had only been trying to escape alive from the Yama Clan's home planet star, not deliberately trying to humiliate her or take advantage of her.
The most fundamental reason was that she had disliked Zhang Ruochen from the very beginning.
Because Zhang Ruochen had been a cultivator from the Heavenly Court Realm, yet he had betrayed the Heavenly Court and defected to the Hell Realm. He had even personally killed close friends like Man Jian Great Saint.
There were also many cultivators who said that Zhang Ruochen was a spy sent by the Heavenly Court to the Hell Realm.
Yan Zhexian disliked both types of people.
The man she liked should not only have high talent but also be a heroic figure who stood tall between heaven and earth, valuing loyalty and righteousness, a righteous and upright strong one who would not easily change his beliefs and stance, and certainly not a sinister and despicable villain.
In the previous eon, Xue Jue War God and Huang Tian had been the peerless dual talents of their era.
Yet Yan Zhexian only worshipped Xue Jue War God, while she held Huang Tian in great contempt.
If Zhang Ruochen were still in the Heavenly Court now, even if the two of them were enemies, Yan Zhexian would still be filled with infinite expectations and admiration for him. It might even be possible for her to fall in love with him.
She was precisely that kind of willful and romantically inclined woman, longing for her husband to be flawless.
From the very beginning, she had harbored prejudice and disgust toward Zhang Ruochen.
"The fetus in my womb belongs only to me. Zhang Ruochen can forget about having any connection with her. Once the Heaven Hunting Battle ends, I'll return to the Yama Clan, give birth to her, and never marry any man in this life."
"Right now, I need to hold Zhang Ruochen back and prevent him from returning to the Heaven Hunting Battlefield. Without Zhang Ruochen, the Undying Blood Clan can never be a match for the Yama Clan."
Yan Zhexian stood up and walked toward Zhang Ruochen. "Still can't open the stone coffin?"
"Mm."
Zhang Ruochen had tried every method, but the coffin lid remained motionless.
There were no divine patterns or mechanisms inside the stone coffin either.
They were completely trapped here!
Yan Zhexian felt a surge of joy inside but kept her expression calm. "Why don't we just stay here? Once the Heaven Hunting Battle ends, the gods will naturally come to rescue us. How about we talk?"
"Talk about what?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Yan Zhexian said, "Our relationship is now so close, yet we know so little about each other. Should we continue to remain distant? Perhaps we could try to understand each other more deeply."
"Is that necessary?"
Zhang Ruochen was well aware that Yan Zhexian wanted to hold him back and prevent him from leaving.
Yan Zhexian said, "I've heard many things about you. You broke through the tenth layer of the Truth Sea. You had two children with Empress Chi Yao of the Kunlun Realm. You are a highly valued envoy of the Moon God. You have fought Yan Wushen three times. You once single-handedly battled the saint realm warriors of the entire Hell Realm… and so on. You are one of the most legendary cultivators of this eon."
"But why did you join the Hell Realm? Don't you have a deep-seated hatred for the Hell Realm? Don't you hate the Undying Blood Clan the most?"
"Have you ever thought about the disappointment of the cultivators who once admired and looked up to you? Have you thought about the pain of the gods who once nurtured you? Although you were ostracized and suppressed by many cultivators in the Heavenly Court, you still had many friends who supported you, who shared hardships with you, and many gods who protected you."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Are you sure you want to have a proper talk with me?"
"I just want to know, have you truly abandoned your beliefs and betrayed your friends, or are you a spy sent by the Heavenly Court?" Yan Zhexian asked.
Zhang Ruochen said, "In your eyes, are these the only two possibilities?"
Yan Zhexian frowned. "Is there a third possibility?"
"Many things, you will never understand. Because with your noble status, you can act entirely according to your own will, choose your own future, choose what you like, and kick away what you don't like. But there are countless living beings in this world who have no choice."
Having said this, Zhang Ruochen continued studying ways to open the stone coffin.
...
At the beginning of the battlefield's opening, all the spiritual power great saints that the Undying Blood Clan had dispatched to gather intelligence on the other nine clans had returned.
Now, on the Undying Blood Clan's home planet star, there were a total of three hundred and twenty-four participating cultivators. Among them, one hundred and seventy-two were nine-step saint kings. Even though they had consumed Mysterious Extreme Sacred Fruits and numerous heavenly materials and earthly treasures at the grand banquet, their realms still had not broken through.
Of the remaining one hundred and fifty-two great saints, nearly a hundred were talisman masters and formation masters.
Yu Huang, who was stationed on the home planet star, had been under tremendous pressure recently.
The Undying Blood Clan's points were constantly being deducted. She knew that it must be because those great saints carrying clansmen had been found out by the Yama Clan. All the clansmen had been killed.
Zhang Ruochen had guessed correctly. Yan Huangtu had already formed an alliance with the Pink Skeleton.
Only the Fate Way of the three Fate Divine Maidens could so accurately deduce the hiding positions of the Undying Blood Clan's great saints.
"The Yama Clan will definitely come to attack the home planet star. Why hasn't Zhang Ruochen returned from underground yet? I hope nothing has gone wrong."
Yu Huang was deeply worried and wanted to immediately go underground, but thinking that she had no way to oppose Blood Shadow Ghost Seed, she ultimately restrained herself.
Wind Queen had not returned yet, which surely meant she had met with misfortune. Now, the Undying Blood Clan's home planet star was entirely supported by her alone.
She had sent cultivators to the Seventh Dark Star, wanting to have Dao Yu Huang lead the Undying Blood Clan's great saint army back to defend the home planet star. But she had already sent three great saints, and none of them had returned.
It was the last day of the Heaven Hunting Battle, and Yu Huang's unease was growing stronger.
A saint king descended from the sky, walked in quickly, and bowed. "Reporting to Yu Huang, six formation earth masters and one talisman earth master from the Yama Clan, along with over a hundred great saint formation masters and talisman masters, have appeared above the home planet star."
"They've come indeed! The Yama Clan actually has six earth masters. Truly terrifying."
Yu Huang felt some panic inside, but she kept her emotions and expression under control. She had to remain calm and composed. Even if they had six formation earth masters, they couldn't break through the formation she had arranged within a single day.
Another nine-step saint king burst in and reported in panic, "Fifty-two great saint formation masters from the Bone Clan have appeared outside the home planet star. There are also three hundred-shackle realm great perfection great saints protecting them."
Yu Huang asked, "Have Yan Huangtu and the Pink Skeleton appeared?"
The nine-step saint king shook his head.
"Bad news! Several hundred great saints from the Bone Clan have appeared above the home planet star." Another cultivator came in to report.
"Boom, rumble, rumble."
The sky above erupted with earth-shattering sounds, and the entire planet trembled.
In the starry sky, countless small planets and massive cosmic rocks flew in a sky-covering, earth-burying manner toward the blood-red Undying Blood Clan home planet star. They were blocked by the formation's light membrane, erupting with brilliant light like fireworks.
The entire home planet star seemed to have been set ablaze.
Meteors streaked across the sky one after another, and the sounds of impacts came without end.
The cultivators on the home planet star saw the sky being struck with dense ripples. The sounds were deafening. Even with their cultivation levels, they felt as if doomsday had arrived.
Once the planet-protecting grand formation was breached, how could they, with just these cultivators, withstand the cultivators of the Yama Clan and the Bone Clan?
"Why hasn't Cousin Ruochen returned yet? Without him to take command, how can we fight against such a powerful enemy?" Xue Ningxiao bit her lip, wanting to immediately go underground.
Other Undying Blood Clan cultivators were also worried. "Why hasn't Dao Yu Huang led the Undying Blood Clan army back to defend?"
"It's already the last day. Even without Zhang Ruochen and the Undying Blood Clan's great saint army, we must fight to the death to hold our ground."
"Yan Huangtu and the Pink Skeleton haven't appeared yet. Once they use their supreme sacred artifacts, our planet-protecting grand formation might not even hold out for a day."
...
Blood Demon swaggered into the city lord's mansion.
While all the Undying Blood Clan cultivators were panicked and anxious, he remained calm and composed, relaxed and at ease. This ease was not like Yu Huang's pretense; he was truly fearless.
Yu Huang was about to leave the city lord's mansion to take command of the attack formation and launch a counterattack.
Blood Demon blocked her path. "Blood Qi hasn't returned."
A very inexplicable statement!
Yu Huang was in a hurry and had no time to listen to Blood Demon's nonsense. She tried to go around him.
Blood Demon blocked her again. "Blood Qi was one of the leaders of the intelligence group, and he knows the coordinates of the space teleportation array on the home planet star. Don't you think it's a big problem that he hasn't returned?"
Yu Huang's heart tightened. She realized something was wrong, but quickly shook her head. "Impossible. Blood Qi would never betray the Undying Blood Clan."
"Of course he wouldn't betray the Undying Blood Clan, but someone could strip away part of his memories. If I'm not mistaken, Blood Qi has either been killed or has already been kicked out of the Heaven Hunting Battlefield," Blood Demon said.
Yu Huang shouted, "Xue Ningxiao, immediately go destroy the space teleportation array."
Outside the hall, Xue Ningxiao was stunned.
Destroy the teleportation array?
How would Dao Yu Huang and the Undying Blood Clan's great saint army return?
Blood Demon chuckled. "Girl, don't listen to her. Destroying the space teleportation array is only a last resort. Once Yan Huangtu's teleportation fails, he will directly go to attack the formation outside the home planet star. How long can your formation hold them off? Right now, there are seven formation earth masters and two supreme sacred artifacts outside the planet."
Yu Huang said, "What do you suggest we do?"
"First step, move this space teleportation array up there."
Blood Demon pointed his finger upward.
Yu Huang's heart stirred. "You mean, place the teleportation array within the home planet star's attack formation?"
"Haha, no wonder Zhang Ruochen values you so much. It seems it's not just because he's interested in your body. You're not too stupid. That's right. Place the teleportation array within the attack formation. At the moment Yan Huangtu and the others are about to descend, activate the formation and give them a good beating first," Blood Demon said.
Yu Huang said, "But doing so will also destroy the teleportation array!"
"That's fine. There's another teleportation array on the home planet star. Zhang Ruochen has had me watching it all along. Besides the two of us, no other cultivator knows its spatial coordinates. Of course, Shi Shenghua, who is with Dao Yu Huang, also knows."
Then Blood Demon added, "If the first step fails to severely wound the Yama Clan and the Bone Clan, then we'll have to activate the second step."
"What is the second step?" Yu Huang asked.
Blood Demon pointed his finger toward the ground. "The strongest defense and the most terrifying attack of the Undying Blood Clan's home planet star have never been in the sky, but underground."