Chapter 2391: Han Jue
The Great Saints of the Undying Blood Clan and the Rakshasa Clan had all gathered on the seventh dark star, surrounding the dark space teleportation array arranged by Yan Wushen.
Luo stood alone in the array, occasionally crouching down to gently touch the array patterns on the ground with her fingers.
Suddenly, she curled her lips into a smile and said, "I knew it. Yan Wushen wouldn't leave this array here for no reason. He's finally starting to show his true colors, revealing his schemes everywhere."
The array patterns on the ground had been tampered with by Yan Wushen.
If the Great Saints of the Rakshasa Clan and Undying Blood Clan were too impatient and entered the array to teleport directly, the result would be the array shattering, space collapsing, and all the Great Saints of the Undying Blood Clan and Rakshasa Clan falling into the void space, eliminated from the competition.
Luo was also a space controller with extremely high spatial mastery, and she repaired the problematic array patterns one by one.
Blade Prison Emperor walked toward Luo as she emerged from the array and asked, "How is it? Repairs complete?"
Luo nodded.
Blade Prison Emperor and a large group of Undying Blood Clan cultivators, unable to wait any longer, filed into the array.
No one knew how the battle situation on their home star had developed; they could only rush back as quickly as possible. Every Great Saint's heart was filled with urgency.
Luo thought for a moment and finally spoke, "I have something to say, though I'm not sure if I should."
Gu Chenzi clasped his hands in a salute and said, "Princess, are you suggesting that it's too late for us to return to our home star now, and instead, we should attack the Yama Clan's home star to kill their clansmen?"
Luo said, "Exactly."
Gu Chenzi shook his head. "The Yama Clan's clansmen have surely been carried along by their Great Saints; they wouldn't leave them on the home star."
Luo shook her head. "First, it's impossible to take all clansmen out of the home star. Second, for the Yama Clan's clansmen, no place is safer than their home star. After all, Empress Feng's mastery of the Path of Fate is profound enough to deduce their hiding spots."
"Perhaps many clansmen have been taken away by Yama Clan Great Saints, but there must still be a considerable number left on the home star."
"Third, I happen to know the coordinates of a space teleportation array on the Yama Clan's home star."
Gu Chenzi's expression shifted repeatedly before he finally made a decision. "Please, Princess, teleport me alone to the Yama Clan's home star."
"You alone?" Luo was slightly surprised.
Gu Chenzi smiled. "It's better for me to take the risk alone than to bring a large group of cultivators. Besides, I'm just going to scout and see the true situation on the Yama Clan's home star."
Mo Yin and Da Sen Luo Huang walked over. "We'll go to the Yama Clan's home star too."
Luo said, "The Yama Clan's strong members have all left; there won't be much danger on the home star. With the three of you, it should be more than enough."
Blade Prison Emperor led several hundred Undying Blood Clan Great Saints, teleporting away first.
Then, Mo Yin, Da Sen Luo Huang, and Gu Chenzi were teleported to the Yama Clan's home star.
Luo Sheng Tian, deep in thought, said, "Who do you think will win in the end, the Undying Blood Clan or the Yama Clan?"
"Actually, it all depends on Zhang Ruochen alone. As long as he can withstand the siege and hold out until the end of the Heaven Hunting Battle, the Undying Blood Clan will likely be the top clan among the ten." Luo said.
Luo Sheng Tian was astonished. "Doesn't it depend on who kills Chi Di?"
Luo shook her head. "Neither Zhang Ruochen nor Yan Wushen will let the other kill Chi Di easily. That makes Chi Di very safe. If no variables appear, Chi Di will probably die by Que's sword."
Luo Sheng Tian said, "Que? Why do you think Que will go after Chi Di?"
"With Que's combat power far surpassing other cultivators, his presence on the Heaven Hunting Battlefield must have a purpose. If his opponent weren't Que, why would the Destiny Temple let an anomaly like him, who could break the balance among the ten clans, enter the battlefield?" Luo countered.
After pondering, Luo Sheng Tian said, "On the Heaven Hunting Battlefield, it seems only Chi Di can be Que's opponent. Although Zhang Ruochen and Yan Wushen are cultivating quickly, they're still far from the Great Perfection of the Hundred Shackles Realm."
Luo smiled. "Nothing is absolute. After all, this is a battle between clans. No matter how strong Que and Chi Di are, they're just individuals. Against a clan's Great Saint army, they still seem too thin. With the Undying Blood Clan's Great Saints rushing back, Zhang Ruochen still has a chance to kill Chi Di. Now, it depends on who among Zhang Ruochen, Yan Wushen, and Que can seize the opportunity better."
"Relatively speaking, among the four, Zhang Ruochen, with his Emperor-grade Sacred Intent Pill and Quasi-Emperor-grade Sacred Intent Pill, is hostile to every side, putting him in the most disadvantageous position."
Luo Sheng Tian said, "So, in the end, you still favor Yan Wushen and the Yama Clan?"
Luo smiled without speaking.
Sometimes, no amount of analysis can keep up with changes in the situation.
Luo said, "Let's go. First to the Underworld Clan's home star. My Path of Fate should come in handy now."
Luo and Luo Sheng Tian were the children of the former Destiny Goddess. From a young age, they had the best teachers. With their talent and comprehension, their mastery of the Path of Fate was naturally not weak. It could be used to deduce many things, and finding the Underworld Clan's clansmen wouldn't be difficult.
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Entering the White Jade Divine Tree, Zhang Ruochen slowed his flying speed.
The Death Heart Curse, cast by Wujiang and over a hundred Underworld Clan Great Saints, was extremely terrifying. It had damaged Zhang Ruochen's spiritual power and sacred soul, and his physical body had also suffered severe injuries.
Fortunately, he had refined the White Cang Blood Soil and possessed the Divine Wood Heart, allowing him to endure.
If it had been Yan Wushen, Yan Huangtu, or others, even if they hadn't died, they would have been injured to the point of losing all combat power.
"Facing an entire clan alone is nearly impossible. Que can't do it, and Chi Di can't either. Unless my cultivation reaches the Great Perfection of the Hundred Shackles Realm and the divine power of my half-god body is fully unleashed, only then could I truly contend with a clan." Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen desperately wished for the Undying Blood Clan's Great Saints to return as soon as possible.
He didn't want to lose the Heaven Hunting Battle.
Yuan Fei Great Saint dared to pursue Chi Di because he had the entire Death Clan's Great Saints as his backing. Chi Di fled because he knew he absolutely couldn't defeat an entire clan.
While flying, Zhang Ruochen refined the curse power within his body.
After flying about five hundred li, Zhang Ruochen encountered a Death Clan Great Saint hiding behind a branch.
Just as that Death Clan Great Saint was about to send out a message light talisman to notify Yuan Fei Great Saint, Zhang Ruochen appeared behind him and struck him unconscious with a palm.
He stripped the clothes off the body and put them on himself.
After forcibly extracting part of the man's memories, Zhang Ruochen didn't hesitate. He used Purifying Divine Flame to burn him to ashes and took his sacred source.
Then, with a transformation, he took on the man's appearance.
These Death Clan Great Saints had all come to deal with the Undying Blood Clan. There was no need for mercy toward them.
If they needed to be killed, they would be killed.
The deceased Death Clan Great Saint was named "Han Jue," short and stout, with an unremarkable appearance.
Next, Zhang Ruochen encountered six more Death Clan Great Saints stationed at six different locations. After greeting each of them, he flew boldly onward.
A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Ruochen saw the corpse of an Undying Blood Clan Great Saint.
Before dying, this Undying Blood Clan Great Saint had clearly burned his sacred blood to fight desperately, leaving his body quite shriveled. But his opponent was too strong, flattening him like a meat patty stuck to the white tree trunk.
His sacred source had been dug out.
Zhang Ruochen remained silent and continued flying forward.
Along the way, he encountered over a dozen more Undying Blood Clan Great Saint corpses. Some had been refined into bones, others had been attacked by Death Clan sacred arts and turned into rotting corpses, and some had been dismembered, their bodies incomplete.
Though he hadn't witnessed the battle firsthand, Zhang Ruochen could imagine how brutal it had been.
None of the Undying Blood Clan Great Saints had voluntarily withdrawn from the battlefield. All had burned their sacred blood to fight the Death Clan pursuers, buying time. Perhaps each of them, as they died, desperately hoped Zhang Ruochen would arrive in time.
Unfortunately, there weren't that many timely occurrences in the world.
Zhang Ruochen's mind was calm, neither sad nor angry. But the fact that these Undying Blood Clan Great Saints could die generously for their clan's honor and interests, fighting to the last drop of blood, still impacted his heart.
No matter how much he disliked the Undying Blood Clan, at this moment, he felt respect for these departed souls.
"Boom."
The sound of battle reached his ears.
Strong fluctuations of death qi and blood fiend qi surged and churned among the branches.
Zhang Ruochen sped up and flew over, landing on a branch over seventy meters thick. He saw ahead nearly a hundred Death Clan Great Saints surrounding twenty-two Undying Blood Clan Great Saints.
Seven more Undying Blood Clan Great Saints had been killed by a thread-like monarch sacred artifact, strung together in a line.
Among them were two Great Perfection Hundred Shackles Realm Great Saints. One was a young woman, somewhat dark and ugly, with very small eyes, her body radiating death qi, wielding the thread-like monarch sacred artifact.
The other Great Perfection Hundred Shackles Realm Great Saint was a burly man with two horns on his head, possessing strong spiritual power. He held a blue bead, suppressing the Undying Blood Clan Great Saints who wanted to self-destruct their sacred sources.
Bore and Yuan Fei Great Saint were nowhere to be seen.
Zhang Ruochen narrowed his eyes slightly, straightened his robe, and flew over openly.
A sufficient number of Great Saints could indeed kill a strongman like Zhang Ruochen, but it depended on the situation.
If they couldn't organize a coordinated attack quickly and lacked a top-tier strongman to command and utilize each Great Saint's power effectively, they would be nothing but a scattered mob. With his control over time and space, Zhang Ruochen might not be able to annihilate them all, but breaking them apart wouldn't be difficult.
After all, with nearly a hundred Great Saints, if they all wanted to flee, Zhang Ruochen would be lucky to take down a third.
The dark, ugly young woman sensed someone approaching and glanced at Zhang Ruochen. "Han Jue, what are you doing here?"
"The situation outside has changed drastically. Wujiang lost to Zhang Ruochen and was expelled from the Heaven Hunting Battlefield." Zhang Ruochen said.
The dark, ugly woman was slightly startled. "Impossible? Wujiang had so many Underworld Clan Great Saints by his side. Even if he lost, he couldn't have been expelled from the battlefield."