Chapter 3108: Interception by Three Major Powers
Above the sky of the Blood Heaven Tribe’s Wing World, one imposing and awe-inspiring god after another gathered, each with blood wings blotting out the sky and a profound aura, watching the blood-colored divine ship disappear into a wormhole.
Blood Radiance Divine Lord remained worried, saying, “Although Zhang Ruochen’s current cultivation is strong, the gap between him and a Grand Void realm Great God is still enormous. Moreover, Ghost Lord and Mutuo are more than ten times stronger than ordinary Grand Void realm Great Gods.”
“Since Ruochen dares to go, he naturally has no fear of Ghost Lord and Mutuo. I am not worried about that,” Blood Absolute War God said, though his brow remained furrowed. “The truly uncertain factor lies in the Destiny Temple.”
“Still, he is being too conspicuous. Isn’t he forcing the gods of the Destiny Temple to make a move?” an ancient god with white hair said.
“Perhaps he is forcing the Destiny Temple’s gods to act. The more Destiny Temple gods he draws out, the more advantageous it will be for him,” Blood Absolute War God said with a thoughtful expression. “These past days, all those in the tribe who were ready to jump out have done so, haven’t they? Once we have results from Ruochen’s side, we can close the net.”
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Haobai Star was a seventh-grade life-bearing main star, roughly the size of a smaller sun.
The three major powers—the Eternal Life Hall, the Hidden Bone Sea, and the Earth Fiend Ghost City—had gathered more than twenty gods on the planet, covering its surface with dense, gloomy clouds.
This was because Haobai Star was a transit point from the Blood Heaven Tribe’s Wing World to the Fate Divine Domain.
Ghost Lord, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Grand Void realm, was the strongest present. Standing on the ground, he formed a ten-thousand-zhang-tall vortex of chaotic ghost qi, radiating an overwhelmingly powerful aura.
Huang had invited a Grand Void realm Great God from the Hidden Bone Sea named Li Yuan Heavenly God, a powerful being who had survived multiple Eon Calamities. He promised that if Li Yuan Heavenly God helped him reclaim his divine source, he would gift all his territories.
Li Yuan Heavenly God had long coveted the treasures on Zhang Ruochen’s person, and with the implicit approval of a Boundless realm elder from the Bone Clan who had once received favors from Fengdu Dadi, he was naturally happy to go along with the favor.
Although Huang had lost his divine source, his reputation remained, and no one dared to slight him.
After leaving the Hundred Clans Royal City, Snow Wood Hall Master of the Eternal Life Hall had returned to the Hell Realm and gone to the Corpse God Hall, listing Zhang Ruochen’s crimes. The Corpse God Hall was naturally unwilling to lose a Great God, so they dispatched a Grand Void realm ancient god.
After all, the Middle Three Clans were backed by Fengdu Dadi. Why should they fear the Heavenly Mother’s Divine Envoy?
It was Zhang Ruochen who had first shown disrespect to Fengdu Dadi.
A formation divine master with spiritual power at the eightieth rank, dressed in a red wedding robe and wearing a phoenix crown, floated in the void and said, “He’s here, coming this way!”
Huang and Snow Wood Hall Master both showed joy. Their divine source could finally be recovered.
With such a formation from the three major powers, they naturally would not give Zhang Ruochen any chance to escape.
After its first wormhole jump, the blood-colored divine ship crossed endless starry space and arrived in the void roughly ten million miles from Haobai Star. To make the next wormhole jump, it needed to travel billions of miles to the main star Xingjia.
Zhang Ruochen stood upright at the ship’s bow, already sensing the powerful auras erupting from Haobai Star. He turned his gaze to other directions, and Truth light appeared in his eyes.
Huang and Snow Wood Hall Master were the first to fly out of Haobai Star’s atmosphere, intercepting the blood-colored divine ship.
Snow Wood Hall Master condensed a sea of corpse qi beneath his feet and said coldly, “Zhang Ruochen, hand over the divine sources of this Hall Master and Huang, and you might have a path to survival today.”
Zhang Ruochen’s voice was deep but resounded across the starry sky, “Back in the Hundred Clans Royal City, you both agreed to this Realm Venerable’s terms—kill a Great God of the Earth Fiend Ghost City before I would let you leave. Can a Great God’s promise be broken?”
Snow Wood Hall Master’s face darkened, and he laughed, “Zhang Ruochen, that agreement back then was merely a feigned tactic, a way to preserve our lives. Did you actually take it seriously?”
“If a god has no faith, how can the cultivators of the world respect him? How can he be the master of a hall?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Huang raised his voice, “Enough nonsense. Are you handing over the divine source or not?”
Zhang Ruochen looked at the furry cat head beside him and said, “Would the Ice King’s son be willing to teach these two great gods a lesson?”
He added in a low voice, “They’ve lost their divine sources, but their Great God bodies are still extremely valuable.”
Blood Butcher knew very well the value of a Great God’s body, and even more so, the immense wealth accumulated by a Great God who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years. Excited, he said, “I, the Great Slaughter War God Emperor, disciple of Feng Tian, shall learn from the divine abilities of you two Great Gods. Please enlighten me.”
Blood Butcher flew out.
A moment later, Blood Butcher flew back.
Li Yuan Heavenly God of the Hidden Bone Sea stepped out from space. Every bone in his body was as large as a mountain, his form like an elephant, and beneath his feet was a corner of a black divine realm world. Just that one corner spanned hundreds of thousands of miles.
His aura caused the surrounding stars to tremble incessantly.
The so-called “Grand Void” meant vast and empty.
It signified that within a certain range, one could stand as an equal with heaven and earth.
Although Li Yuan Heavenly God was only at the initial stage of the Grand Void realm, his combat power far surpassed that of Huang and Snow Wood Hall Master, who were at the Supreme Bright realm. A single aura from him sent Blood Butcher fleeing back in terror.
Li Yuan Heavenly God declared, “Zhang Ruochen, you killed my clan’s Taiding Bone God, forcibly seized Huang’s divine source, and wantonly trampled on the dignity of the Bone Clan. By rights, I could kill you right now. But since you are the Heavenly Mother’s divine envoy, the Bone Clan must give the Heavenly Mother some face.”
“Come, follow me to the Bone God Hall to atone for your crimes.”
Zhang Ruochen showed no fear of the Grand Void Great God’s might and said calmly, “Taiding Bone God invaded my Qingling Great World, turning billions of living beings in my territory into white bones. Killing him was his own fault.”
“As for Huang, he allied with several Great Gods to try to kill me. In the Hundred Clans Royal City, this Realm Venerable did not kill him, which was already giving the Bone Clan enough face.”
“If Li Yuan Heavenly God is reasonable, please do not block this Realm Venerable’s path. I am escorting Princess Bore to the Fate Divine Domain. Are you all here to kill her as well?”
“Boom!”
The Corpse Clan’s Grand Void Great God Xu Liao stepped into the void, shaking millions of miles of space with a single footfall, and roared, “Why waste words? This brat dares to kill the gods of my Corpse Clan. Today, I will take his life.”
Xu Liao condensed divine fire and unleashed a blazing sun a thousand miles in diameter, hot enough to melt all things. It rolled forward, intending to crush the blood-colored divine ship into pieces.
Blood Butcher and Xiao Hei were both shocked. After all their efforts to build momentum over the past two days, how could a god still dare to act so openly?
This was a strike from a Grand Void realm Great God! Who among them could block it?
Were they going to be killed too?
The gods who had chased after them, hoping to pick up scraps, were even more horrified. They hadn’t expected Xu Liao to unleash a perfected Supreme-level divine ability right from the start. On the divine ship were the Ice King’s son, Feng Tian’s disciple, and Nutian Shenzun’s disciple… What if…
There was no “what if.”
In their stunned gazes, Zhang Ruochen activated eighteen Space Divine Formations, evolving them into eighteen formation worlds linked together. The incoming thousand-mile blazing sun struck the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations, sending the blood-colored divine ship flying ten thousand miles away.
The formations spun, and space shifted.
“Boom!”
The thousand-mile blazing sun shattered, turning into countless fireballs that flew across the starry sky.
He had blocked it. Zhang Ruochen had withstood a strike from a Grand Void realm Great God.
His figure stood straight, his spine like a spear, his eyes like torches. At the center of the eighteen formation worlds, he absorbed the divine qi of heaven and earth, giving off an unusual and eerie feeling.
How could it not be eerie?
A hundred years ago, Zhang Ruochen was still just a Saint realm cultivator.
A hundred years later, he stood proudly in the starry sky, contending as an equal with a Grand Void realm Great God.
Xu Liao snorted, “I was wondering how a mere youngster like you could be a match for my clan’s Snow Wood Hall Master. So you were relying on the power of formations. This Yin Yang Eighteen Formations—was it refined for you by that Tai Shang of the Kunlun Realm?”
This was a venomous remark.
Zhang Ruochen said, “If that Tai Shang had refined the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations, you would already be dead without a complete corpse. This Realm Venerable is heading to the Fate Divine Domain and does not wish to cause trouble. Anyone who does not want to die, do not block the way.”
Zhang Ruochen had never intended to clash with these people, but he knew that no matter how much he hid, he would be discovered. So he might as well go openly to the Destiny Temple.
By bringing things into the open, fewer gods would dare to act.
“Relying on the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations will not protect you.” A pleasant voice rang out across the starry sky.
The voice carried powerful spiritual power, making even Zhang Ruochen feel dizzy. The eighteen formation worlds could not fully block this intangible spiritual force.
The ghost clan formation divine master in the red wedding robe and phoenix crown walked step by step from Haobai Star.
She was a female ghost resembling a young girl, with terrifyingly powerful spiritual power.
“It’s the Qianqian Divine Master of the Earth Fiend Ghost City!”
“Since Qianqian Divine Master has arrived, the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations will be rendered useless. Zhang Ruochen will lose his greatest reliance.”
“Ghost Lord must also be in this starry sky. Zhang Ruochen truly has no way to escape now.”
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Qianqian Divine Master looked like a pitiful bride, her face stiff. She slowly raised both hands, and a massive circular divine formation array disk appeared in the starry sky, enveloping even the million-mile-wide Haobai Star.
This entire stretch of starry sky was within her formation.
The gods who had come to scavenge were all terrified and immediately fled outside the formation.
As Qianqian Divine Master walked step by step toward the blood-colored divine ship, the range of the divine formation continuously shrank, but it always suppressed the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations.
More than twenty gods from the Eternal Life Hall, the Hidden Bone Sea, and the Earth Fiend Ghost City appeared one after another, positioning themselves at various points in the formation.
“This is bad. Her formation mastery is clearly several levels above yours,” Xiao Hei muttered.
Qianqian Divine Master slowly raised her pale left hand and pressed it through the air. Instantly, the formation inscriptions of the eighteen divine formations surrounding Zhang Ruochen began to rapidly dissolve.
The gap in spiritual power and formation mastery was fully exposed at this moment.
Unable to stop the formations from collapsing, Zhang Ruochen had no choice but to retract the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations. He let out a long roar, leaping out like a divine dragon emerging from the sea, and struck a palm strike through the air at Qianqian Divine Master.
“Seeking death!”
Xu Liao pointed a finger, and divine qi and rule divine patterns condensed into a beam of light a hundred zhang in diameter, shattering Zhang Ruochen’s palm print.
The beam’s momentum did not diminish as it continued forward.
Zhang Ruochen formed a sword seal with both hands, and a Sword Ancestor Soul Sword flew out from his body, bursting with brilliant light. It collided with the beam Xu Liao had unleashed.
The Sword Ancestor Soul Sword continuously shattered the beam, heading straight for Xu Liao.
Xu Liao’s expression shifted slightly. He gathered all his divine qi into his right arm, channeling it into a sub-divine-level Supreme Sacred Artifact fist glove, and threw a heavy punch. The space in front of him exploded into pieces.
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