# Chapter 3046: Grandmother Wuyue
(The previous chapter made a mistake about Moon God's age. She's not that old. She hasn't passed through five Eon Calamities, but four. Bian Zhuang, don't hit this fish. You're just a simp, what right do you have to hit me... ah...)
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The six Divine Swords formed a sword formation. Driven by Zhang Ruochen's dense divine qi, the divine artifact's power erupted far stronger than before.
"Shua shua!"
Countless threads of spiritual power connected the sky-full of human-shaped lanterns, forming a Zhou Heaven Grand Formation to resist the power erupting from the divine swords.
Xiao Hei's cat ears twitched, his face changing color. "This is a ghost formation, extremely profound. The spiritual power of the person who set up this formation is terrifyingly strong!"
"This is the work of Shidi from the Darkness Temple. His spiritual power should be at the eightieth rank. How could it not be terrifying? With this ghost formation, there's no way we can escape." Zhang Ruochen sneered coldly.
Blood Butcher's face was even uglier than Xiao Hei's. "Eightieth rank... If I had known, I'd rather be locked up in the Divine Prison."
A powerhouse with eightieth rank spiritual power—let alone Xiao Hei and Blood Butcher, even Zhang Ruochen was extremely wary.
Zhang Ruochen pretended to be completely unconcerned, raising his voice: "Wuyue, since you're here, why send out just this minion? Be careful it doesn't end up like Zhao Wuyan."
From the distant void, the big-headed cloth doll appeared, its laughter sinister: "You Blood Absolute Family are all full of arrogant seeds! A minion? Even if Xue Jue were here, he wouldn't dare to underestimate me so lightly."
Zhang Ruochen laughed loudly: "Do you think my maternal grandfather is still at the Taibai Realm? The elder has already stepped into Tai Xu. He could beat you with one hand tied behind his back."
Although an eightieth rank spiritual power possessed combat strength not inferior to a Tai Xu Realm Great God, it still depended on what kind of Tai Xu.
The big-headed cloth doll let out a furious snort and directly attacked Zhang Ruochen's divine soul with spiritual power.
An existence at this level only needed to stand still, without using any divine arts, to cause ordinary gods to have mental confusion and their divine souls to split apart.
Why was Blood Butcher so terrified?
Because the gap in spiritual power was too great. Even if separated by millions or tens of millions of miles, the big-headed cloth doll could severely injure him with a single thought. Someone like Feng Xuan, a Upper God Great Perfection, would be completely powerless before the big-headed cloth doll.
Just as the big-headed cloth doll's spiritual power reached within a thousand zhang of Zhang Ruochen, wisps of seven-colored light mist appeared, dissolving its spiritual power into nothingness.
Zhang Ruochen said: "So this is the so-called eightieth rank spiritual power? Just this level? It seems you were badly injured by Xuanyuan Lian!"
"Daylight Rainbow Candle!"
The big-headed cloth doll's gaze fixed on the half-section of seven-colored incense candle before Zhang Ruochen, its laughter rising again: "Junior, don't be insolent. How long can the Daylight Rainbow Candle protect you?"
Xiao Hei and Blood Butcher immediately moved closer to Zhang Ruochen.
"This level of battle, this emperor won't participate. How about putting this emperor into the scroll first?" Xiao Hei knew his limits well, looking at Zhang Ruochen anxiously.
"Senior Brother, me too." Blood Butcher said.
Zhang Ruochen's mind turned, pointing at the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot: "Go over there. It's safe there."
"Isn't it just a sacred chariot? How safe can it be?"
Xiao Hei muttered softly, but still chose to trust Zhang Ruochen. Together with Blood Butcher, who also harbored doubts, they walked to the side of the White Feather Peacock Sacred Chariot.
The two naturally wouldn't just wait to die. Each activated over a dozen protective measures.
Although these measures were no different from paper before an eightieth rank spiritual power powerhouse, at least it gave them some psychological comfort.
Yu Ling Shen watched Zhang Ruochen's arrangements, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.
Appearing together with the big-headed cloth doll was also a huge human-skin lantern, its black hair flowing loose, holding a battle axe. Under its feet, yin qi condensed into a hundred-thousand-mile qi sea, with phantom images of yin cities, ghost trees, armor and weapons... flickering in and out of sight within.
Although the human-skin lantern wasn't at the Tai Xu Realm, its Great God prestige was so overwhelming it shook time and space, its qi surging to the nine heavens.
If not for Yu Ling Shen and A Mu'er being present, Zhang Ruochen would have already fled.
Zhang Ruochen manifested the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram Seal, full of imposing momentum as he confronted them: "Wuyue's needlework is quite good! This human skin of yours was already shattered by the Pure Yang Divine Sword, but you've stitched it back together so quickly!"
A Mu'er and Yu Ling Shen knew well how formidable Wuyue was, their expressions somewhat strange.
It wasn't that they had never seen arrogant people before, but someone like Zhang Ruochen, who was only at the initial Tai Yi Realm yet dared to speak so freely to Wuyue, was a first for them. If he reached the Tai Xu Realm, wouldn't he be pointing his sword at All Heavens level powerhouses?
Of course, the initial Tai Yi Realm here was what they thought his cultivation level was.
In reality, Zhang Ruochen's cultivation path was completely different from theirs.
"Hehe!"
Laughter like silver pearls falling on a jade plate echoed through the void.
Within this laughter, even the seven-colored light mist emitted by the Daylight Rainbow Candle trembled violently, as if about to be pierced through.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the half-section of Daylight Rainbow Candle, his brow slightly twitching.
A black figure walked out from the void space.
No face could be seen, only the fluttering black robe.
Seeing Wuyue's figure, Yu Ling Shen and A Mu'er's expressions both turned grave, as if facing a great enemy. They immediately released their Divine Realm Worlds and summoned their Sub-God level Supreme Sacred Artifacts, suspending them above their heads for defense.
The black figure's voice was sweet: "Ruochen, it's good that you've stepped into the Tai Yi Realm in such a short time. You should be proud, but don't get too swollen!"
"Your maternal grandfather Xue Jue, even if he has stepped into the Tai Xu Realm, when added to the Undying Blood God, meeting me would still require immediate escape. Only if his cultivation could improve a bit more, reaching the middle Tai Xu Realm, would he be worthy of facing me head-on."
"But from initial Tai Xu Realm to middle Tai Xu Realm, Xuan Yi spent sixty thousand years. Xue Jue cultivates faster, but it would still take at least forty thousand years. Forty thousand years from now, my spiritual power will probably already be at the level where a single thought determines the fate of heaven and earth. If he wants to face me again, he'll need to break through to the Infinite Realm."
"The Infinite Realm is difficult! Someone with Wu Qingzong's talent accumulated who knows how many tens of thousands of years at the peak Tai Xu Realm before successfully breaking through."
Zhang Ruochen knew Wuyue was attacking his mind—both telling him that Xue Jue War God couldn't be his backing, and also pressuring Yu Ling Shen and A Mu'er, breaking down their battle will.
After all, Yu Ling Shen and A Mu'er's combat strength still had some gap compared to Xue Jue War God.
Zhang Ruochen was truly afraid that Yu Ling Shen might be intimidated by Wuyue and retreat, so he quickly said: "Grandmother Wuyue, why do you keep mentioning my maternal grandfather's name? Could it be that you, elder, want to marry into the Blood Absolute Family and become the Great Clan Leader's wife? If you have such thoughts, just say so directly. I'll go back and tell my maternal grandfather to go to the Darkness Temple to propose marriage."
Zhang Ruochen felt a piercing gaze fly out from the black figure, actually piercing through the seven-colored light mist and landing on him.
"Boom!"
Even though the Daylight Rainbow Candle dissolved most of the spiritual power, Zhang Ruochen's divine soul still shook violently, cracks appearing. He retreated seven steps in a row.
Buddha Emperor Sanskrit characters appeared all over his body, emitting ten thousand zhang of golden light, only then blocking that spiritual power.
"How can she be this strong?" Zhang Ruochen thought to himself in alarm, somewhat believing the words Wuyue had just spoken.
With his current cultivation, encountering someone at this level, even if he used all his trump cards, there would be no chance of survival. It was simply a gap between heaven and earth.
Fortunately, from beginning to end, Zhang Ruochen had never thought of escaping. Instead, he had chosen to persuade Yu Ling Shen to fight Wuyue together.
Otherwise, at this moment, Zhang Ruochen would already be dead without a complete corpse.
The big-headed cloth doll laughed: "Now you should understand that the Daylight Rainbow Candle can't protect you either, right?"
Zhang Ruochen stabilized his divine soul, forcing calm, showing no fear: "Grandmother Wuyue seems to be quite seriously injured. You talked so big just now, but this single attack has completely exposed you. You can't even hurt me, a Great God at the initial Tai Yi Realm."
Yu Ling Shen and A Mu'er, who had been extremely wary of Wuyue, both had a flash of light in their eyes upon hearing this.
Wuyue frankly admitted it: "Yes, Feng Yunba does have some skill. His reputation is well-deserved. But even if he fought to the death, he only made your grandmother suffer a slight injury. It's nothing. Killing all of you here is not difficult."
"Since that's the case, Grandmother, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and make your move!" Zhang Ruochen said.
"No rush. When the Daylight Rainbow Candle burns out, killing you all will be much easier, won't it? I don't want another one fighting to the death—that would be a real headache."
Wuyue's gaze suddenly fixed on Yu Ling Shen: "Yu Ling, you've also lived for hundreds of thousands of years as an ancient god. Why are you willing to be used by the Kunlun Realm? This is a disaster that could destroy your entire clan!"
Yu Ling Shen glanced at A Mu'er, lost in thought.
After all, she knew that the Demon Wolf Clan originated from the Kunlun Realm.
Wuyue continued: "Your Yecha Clan was used by the Kunlun Realm, doing things that wronged the Darkness Temple. But we once had some friendship, and the Darkness Temple's losses weren't great..."
"How about this? You atone for your crimes now. Capture Zhang Ruochen, then join Shidi in suppressing A Mu'er. I'll make the decision—not only will past matters be forgiven, but I'll also give you Zhang Ruochen's flesh and blood to refine into pills for cultivation. He has refined the Buddha Emperor Relic, like a human-shaped divine medicine. It will surely help you survive your fourth Eon Calamity."
Zhang Ruochen's face changed. He hadn't expected Wuyue to strike so viciously. He immediately said: "Eating my flesh and blood? Are you not putting Heavenly Mother and Nine Heavens in your eyes? Grandmother, you're truly sinister! Miss Han, would you dare cooperate with someone so sinister?"
Yu Ling Shen had indeed wavered just now.
After all, Wuyue's reputation was too great. Being her enemy was truly unwise.
But Zhang Ruochen's backing was too solid!
If Yu Ling Shen made a move against Zhang Ruochen, Wuyue could use this to threaten her at any time in the future. Moreover, Wuyue wanted to use her to deal with Zhang Ruochen and A Mu'er—this must mean she was seriously injured and lacked confidence.
A Mu'er said: "The Demon Wolf Clan was indeed once under the command of Lord Dragon Lord. Not long ago, Lord Dragon Lord personally went to Seven Peaks Continuous Mountain. But the Demon Wolf Clan is now a member of the Hundred Clans Royal City. They have a hundred thousand years of friendship with the Yecha Clan, allies who live and die together. How could your words split them apart?"
A Mu'er's words were both to stabilize Yu Ling Shen's heart and to intimidate Yu Ling Shen and Wuyue.
Lord Dragon Lord had gone to Seven Peaks Continuous Mountain not long ago.
Then, was it possible that Lord Dragon Lord had already come to the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain?