Chapter 2934: Ready to Stand Against the Entire World
"Heavenly Venerable Bright Moon Platform, Thousand Star Huan Tian Formation."
The letter sent by Moon God contained only these ten words.
The letter burned in Zhang Ruochen's hand, turning to ash.
"What does Moon God mean by this?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Ji Fanxin wore a veil, revealing only a pair of sparkling, starlike eyes. Her entire body was bathed in a rain of light, giving her an ethereal and elusive quality. She gently shook her head, indicating she did not know.
"At such a critical moment, Moon God sending you to deliver this letter must be related to Xinghuantian. Perhaps only the gods of the Goddess Twelve Pavilions can understand the content of the letter," Zhang Ruochen said.
Chi Xingtian had already transformed into the appearance of Xue Jue War God, clad in Blood God Armor, with blood fiend qi radiating from his entire body. He did indeed possess some of the aura of the Undying Blood Clan's generation's war god.
He said, "What's all this dawdling for? Let's go. The time we have left is running out."
"Is this transformation technique of yours reliable or not?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Chi Xingtian snorted, "Hmph! This lord has cultivated the 'Eight-Nine Profound Art.' As long as I avoid life-and-death battles, who below the Infinite Realm can see through my identity?"
"Fine. Next, listen to my orders," Zhang Ruochen said.
Chi Xingtian felt a strange sensation in his heart. He, a dignified and unparalleled great god, why should he listen to the orders of a junior? But thinking that he could not forcibly seize Zhang Ruochen's Heavenly Demon Stone Inscriptions, he could only endure it.
A holy realm army from Sword God Realm had already descended to the ground, dispersing under the leadership of various divine generals.
One of these five-man saint armies charged into the Rainbow Rain Mountain Range, heading straight for the location of Zhang Ruochen and the others.
The leading divine general, with white hair and wielding a three-zhang giant sword, roared, "Spread out! One hundred saints form a group, one group attacks one nation. If you find traces of the Inverse God Clan, immediately send a message to this god."
"Reporting to the divine general, there are cultivators ahead," a Great Saint said.
"Shua shua!"
Dense rows of sacred swords turned into a bright rain of blades, attacking Zhang Ruochen and the others.
"Fanxin, leave the rest to you!"
Zhang Ruochen knew that Mandala Flower God had also arrived at Xinghuantian, so having Ji Fanxin take Chi Yao, Mu Lingxi, and the others away was the safest option.
Their identities were special; they all belonged to the Heavenly Court, and they absolutely could not get involved in this battle.
Zhang Ruochen released his spiritual power, and instantly, the thousands of flying sacred swords all stopped in midair.
"Break!"
...
"Bang! Bang!"
Thousands of sacred swords all shattered, turning into blade fragments that fell from the sky.
Seeing this, not only the holy realm cultivators of Sword God Realm but even the divine general was shocked. He focused his gaze, crossing hundreds of miles, and locked onto Zhang Ruochen's face.
"Ah!"
The divine general screamed in agony. His two eyeballs ignited, and in an instant, his eyes became a bloody, mangled mess.
"Can a true god be spied upon by you?" Zhang Ruochen said coldly.
The divine general roared to the sky, "Zhang Ruochen! Zhang Ruochen is here..."
Before he could finish his words, the divine general's divine body exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist and shattered bones.
With Zhang Ruochen's current spiritual power intensity, he didn't even need to move a finger; a single thought could kill him.
But this divine general's roar traveled far and was heard by many Heavenly Court gods. One after another, gazes crossed space and looked toward Zhang Ruochen.
"Ah Ji!"
Shouting this name, Zhang Ruochen raised his hands, lifting the Nine Yin Escape Formations covering the Rain Chen Temple, and strode forward toward Divine Maiden Garment City.
Nine space divine formations, one linked to another, covering a thousand miles.
There was no need for Zhang Ruochen to act personally. The power of the formations swept the fifty-thousand-strong saint army away like scarecrows, each one drenched in blood.
Zhang Ruochen had no intention of slaughtering these holy realm cultivators on a large scale; it was meaningless. Without pausing at all, he drove the formations forward.
It was worth mentioning that Yu Longxian also rushed out from underground and returned to his side.
Presumably, because the old corpse ghost was suppressed by the flame pillar and the means left by Immovable Bright King Great Venerable, she had regained her freedom and returned to Zhang Ruochen's control.
An upper-level god, exuding ghostly qi, hovered in midair and shouted, "Zhang Ruochen, do you think that with Heavenly Mother as your backing, you can oppose the Heavenly Court? Have you not seen the situation today?"
"That's right, with Heavenly Mother backing me, what do I have to fear? Who dares to kill me?"
Zhang Ruochen charged straight ahead. The Nine Yin Escape Formations surrounding him rotated like a giant millstone covering a thousand miles. Before even making contact, they frightened the upper-level god from the Soul Realm into immediately retreating.
It must be known that the Nine Yin Escape Formations were not a single space divine formation but nine space divine formations stacked together.
How could an upper-level god dare to confront that?
"Too arrogant! Heavenly Mother is the sky of the Hell Realm, not the sky of the Heavenly Court. What's wrong with killing him?"
"Let alone him being Heavenly Mother's angel, even if he were her son, what's there to fear in killing him?"
"Attack together! First, cut down Zhang Ruochen, then destroy the Divine Maiden City."
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"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
One true god after another struck out, unleashing divine abilities to attack the Nine Yin Escape Formations.
The divine abilities manifested as millions of soul soldiers, towering divine mountains, thousand-mile colorful exotic flowers... and various other forms of divine power, crashing into the Nine Yin Escape Formations.
But they could not shake the divine formations.
Zhang Ruochen pointed a finger and chanted, "Star Gate."
One of the space divine formations rapidly activated, expanding outward, enveloping three true gods.
The scene above the three true gods changed, turning into a boundless starry sky. A divine gate formed from piled-up stars descended from the sky, crushing their divine bodies until they cracked.
Although they did not fall directly, their residual bodies were separated by spatial forces, unable to reform or escape the space divine formation.
"Flying Palace."
The second space divine formation enveloped two true gods, trapping them within a bizarre space divine temple. Their bodies kept falling downward, unable to stop or escape.
"Mysterious Convergence."
...
Zhang Ruochen chanted one phrase after another. In no time, he had suppressed eleven Heavenly Court true gods who had surrounded him, each severely injured, utterly powerless to resist. Only two upper-level gods managed to escape and flee.
The saint army, covering the sky and earth, surrounded them on all sides.
Among them were Great Saints and Saint Kings, divine sons and divine daughters, the proud talents of the new generation, battle-hardened veteran generals, and cultivators who had once been on the same level as Zhang Ruochen. But now, all were stunned by Zhang Ruochen's ferocious might.
Though there were a million saint soldiers, not one dared to make a move.
"This is a battlefield for gods. What difference is there between you joining in and sending yourselves to die?"
"Boom!"
Zhang Ruochen saw Bai Qinger being besieged by a large number of Heavenly Court true gods. His eyes sharpened, and without further delay, he drove the formations forward, crashing into the dense ranks of holy realm cultivators, mowing them down like grass and trees.
Leaving behind tens of thousands of bloody corpses, staining a thousand miles of land red, rivers of blood flowing.
The surviving holy realm cultivators were utterly terrified.
Someone sighed, "Back in the Merit Battlefield of Kunlun Realm, I was a Great Saint, and Zhang Ruochen was only at the Saint King realm. A thousand years have passed, and I am still at the Great Saint realm, while he has already become a god. Times have changed; the past is unbearable to recall."
"This is the unparalleled prodigy from a thousand years ago? In just a thousand years, he has become a powerhouse among the gods, a hegemon of the universe," a young divine daughter said with a trembling voice, her beautiful eyes filled with indescribable emotions.
"Oh no, look..."
"Get out of Divine Maiden City immediately. This war is not something we can get involved in."
"Heavens, is Zhang Ruochen leading a divine army from Hell to fight here? What does he intend to do? Stand alone against the entire Heavenly Court army?"
The Heavenly Court's holy realm army fled in panic, no longer daring to attack Divine Maiden City, scattering toward the ten thousand nations of Xinghuantian.
"Bai Qinger is my wife, Zhang Ruochen's. Who dares to touch her?"
Zhang Ruochen let out a furious roar, activating the Nine Yin Escape Formations. A spatial rift connecting heaven and earth appeared, slashing toward a middle-level god who was besieging Bai Qinger.
That middle-level god was shocked, "Even here, he can tear open space? How powerful must this spatial rift's destructive force be?"
He quickly dodged, avoiding Zhang Ruochen's edge.
"Where do you think you're going? Collapse for me!" Zhang Ruochen said.
The moment the middle-level god landed, the ground beneath him suddenly sank. His body fell, buried deep in the abyss.
"Rise!"
Within the coverage of the Nine Yin Escape Formations, a thousand miles of earth flipped over, like a ten-thousand-meter-high wave of mud and stone, surging straight toward the gods besieging Bai Qinger.
The gods all dodged, none daring to clash head-on with him.
Bai Qinger was already injured, standing within a sea of origin light, watching Zhang Ruochen walking ahead of the mud and stone wave. Her heart was moved to the point of almost crying, but she said coldly, "Why are you here? Who told you to come?"
"For you, even if a million stand against me, I will still go," Zhang Ruochen said.
An upper-level god from Thousand Stamen Realm said, "Zhang Ruochen, do you know she is from the Inverse God Clan? Are you going to stand against the entire world?"
"So what if I stand against them? Today, I am ready to stand against the entire world. Come with me."
Zhang Ruochen grabbed Bai Qinger's hand and directly led her away, declaring, "Today, whoever dares to stop me, I will kill!"
Standing atop Divine Maiden Garment City, Yu Yao witnessed all of this. She was both gratified and worried, thinking to herself, "Today, even if I have to risk my life, I will help you escape."
Trapped within the First Divine Maiden City, Xue Tu felt a bit uncomfortable. "Senior brother, senior brother, do you have to be this cool? When will I, Xue Tu, get to show off like this in front of a thousand troops? When will the Hell Realm's army arrive? They're not going to bail on us, are they?"
Also trapped in the First Divine Maiden City were Luo Sheng Tian and Shang Xia.
"Zhang Ruochen, do you think you can leave just like that? Isn't that a bit too naive?"
A god with surging blood qi manifested a thousand-zhang-tall divine body, appearing in the direction Zhang Ruochen and Bai Qinger intended to retreat. His divine power was overwhelming; he was a peak upper-level god.
"Three-Armor Blood Ancestor!"
Zhang Ruochen had never met Three-Armor Blood Ancestor, but the qi on this god was of the same origin as Four-Armor Blood Ancestor. And since Zhang Ruochen had seen Two-Armor Blood Ancestor, he could naturally recognize his identity at a glance.
Zhang Ruochen looked up at the Blood War Divine Temple suspended in the void, sealing the gap in the realm-protecting grand formation, and said, "The Blood War Divine Temple hasn't sent out its entire force today, has it? If so, be careful—the inheritance of your divine temple might be severed here today."
"Arrogant words!"
Three-Armor Blood Ancestor snorted coldly and was about to strike.
"Boom, rumble!"
The earth shook.
Behind them, gray death qi spread overwhelmingly, and waves of terrifying divine might emanated from within the death qi, as if a divine army from the Hell Realm had arrived.
The Heavenly Court gods were all shaken, as if facing a great enemy.