Chapter 3280: Complete Victory
"Retreat. With a ghost-type strange beast and Xiu Chen here, today it's impossible to suppress Zhang Ruochen, let alone achieve victory. Even winning is as hard as reaching the sky." The Ghost Lord sent a telepathic message to all Hell Realm deities.
"No, even if we leave, we must rescue Se Realm King and the gods of Fengdu Ghost City. Otherwise, after today's battle, Hell Realm will lose all face, morale will plummet, and how can we still attack Hundred Clans Royal City?" Yang Shuo said.
"Hurry up and leave, or we'll pay an even greater price."
The Ghost Lord deeply understood the power of Xiu Chen Heavenly God. Now with the Sundial as a divine body, his combat strength was bound to far surpass before. More importantly, Xiu Chen Heavenly God was urgently trying to restore his divine soul, a ruthless figure truly daring to unleash mass slaughter.
Furthermore, the appearance of the ghost-type strange beast made the Ghost Lord think of legends about the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable, greatly increasing his wariness of Zhang Ruochen.
"Boom!"
Yang Shuo's scream rang out as his body was pierced by a ghost banner, large amounts of divine flame scattering outward.
The Ghost Lord's scalp tightened. Without further hesitation, he activated the Divine Spirit Step, rushed into the temple, and fled with it.
The other Hell Realm deities also scattered, escaping in different directions.
In the Void World, Xiu Chen Heavenly God used a secret technique to find the hidden arrow-path great god, sneering disdainfully: "Just a mere early-stage Grand Void, and you think you can hide from this god's perception?"
That arrow-path great god burst out from the darkness, transforming into a blue beam of light, flying away like an arrow at a speed rivaling a peak Grand Void great god.
"Bang!"
At the same time, he managed to shoot an arrow.
The Sundial directly collided with this Heavenly Dao arrow, shattering the arrow body into chaotic rules.
"Swoosh!"
Xiu Chen Heavenly God invoked time power, manifesting a time divine river between his fingers like a ribbon, flying out hundreds of thousands of miles to entangle the fleeing arrow-path great god.
In terms of divine ability application, below the Infinite realm, if Xiu Chen Heavenly God claimed second, who would dare claim first?
Most importantly, Xiu Chen Heavenly God's current divine soul strength had reached one percent of the Infinite realm, far surpassing before.
Affected by time power, that arrow-path great god seemed to be fleeing at high speed, but moved as slowly as a snail, quickly caught by Xiu Chen Heavenly God.
A fierce divine battle erupted within the time divine river, but soon ended.
On the other side, things were less smooth. Severely injured Yang Shuo activated an escape secret technique, burning divine blood to flee. Cang Jue failed to catch him.
The Bone Clan Grand Void great god Fu Chuan, knowing he couldn't threaten Zhang Ruochen with the Emperor, followed the Ghost Lord in retreat.
"Fu Chuan, where do you think you're going?"
Chi Xuan Ghost Lord had been preparing for some time. Manifesting a divine ability, he pointed a finger through the void, and a dark light wave struck Fu Chuan's bone claw.
"Boom!"
The bone claw snapped.
The Emperor, trapped in the claw, broke free, immediately manifesting a giant divine body and punching at Fu Chuan's head.
"How dare you!"
Fu Chuan spat out a mouthful of death divine breath, sending the Emperor flying. Knowing he couldn't linger, he fled extremely fast, disappearing into the starry sky before Xiu Chen Heavenly God and Cang Jue returned.
Chi Xuan Ghost Lord condensed a ghost cloud, catching the Emperor, and asked: "You've suffered. Are your injuries serious? This lord has been waiting for the right moment to act, and I've finally lived up to the Realm Lord's trust."
The Emperor suppressed Fu Chuan's mountain-sized bone claw, shook off Chi Xuan Ghost Lord, and flew straight toward Black Sea Realm.
Chi Xuan Ghost Lord arrived before Zhang Ruochen first, his face full of smiles and excitement, saying: "Complete victory, Realm Lord, complete victory! Se Realm King is suppressed, the Ghost Lord, Fu Chuan, and Yang Shuo are all severely wounded, and seventeen deities are suppressed. Such achievements are enough to shake the world. From now on, who won't flee at the mere mention of the Realm Lord's name?"
"Actually, the greatest achievement is recruiting the Darkness Temple Grand Void great god Chi Xuan Ghost Lord." The Emperor landed, offering Fu Chuan's bone claw to Zhang Ruochen.
Chi Xuan Ghost Lord was displeased, saying: "What do you mean 'recruiting'? This lord has always been one of us! Emperor, I saved you—you don't have to be grateful, but you shouldn't badmouth me before the Realm Lord. With such a narrow mind, how can you follow the Realm Lord in doing great things?"
Chi Xuan Ghost Lord had already thought it through clearly. Given the current situation, following Zhang Ruochen was the wisest choice.
Of course, he would publicly claim to be following Wu Yue.
This way, he could temporarily protect himself. If Zhang Ruochen were to fall in the future, he could return to Darkness Temple with Wu Yue as his backing.
No matter how the situation developed, he could remain in an invincible position, never lacking an escape route.
Zhang Ruochen naturally saw through his thoughts but didn't expose them, saying: "Emperor, you've worked hard this time. Take Fu Chuan's claw and fuse it into your own arm as a reward. Also, Chi Xuan Ghost Lord did save you, so treat him with more respect. From now on, we're all on the same side."
"The Realm Lord truly has a Heavenly Venerable-level breadth of mind, no wonder you've won the heart of Hall Master Wu Yue." Chi Xuan Ghost Lord praised.
Cang Jue and Xiu Chen Heavenly God returned one after another.
"Elder Yang and Yang Shuo still managed to escape. I failed to keep them here. Please punish me, Young Lord." Cang Jue proactively confessed his fault.
Cang Jue's strength was actually formidable, but he had handed over half his divine soul to Zhang Ruochen.
For a ghost-type strange beast, giving up half the divine soul was equivalent to cutting away half of one's cultivation.
Zhang Ruochen took the porcelain bowl and Divine King Talisman offered by Cang Jue, waving his hand with a smile: "You are not guilty today; on the contrary, you have rendered great merit."
The porcelain bowl flew out from Zhang Ruochen's palm, overturning in the void.
Se Realm King and sixteen ghost clan deities fell from the bowl to the ground, suppressed by the divine light emitted by the bowl, unable to escape.
Zhang Ruochen looked at them, saying: "Did Soul Seven not tell you about my strength?"
All the ghost clan deities glared coldly at Zhang Ruochen, their pride undiminished.
"Fengdu Dadi is the current Heavenly Venerable. Zhang Ruochen, do you dare kill us?" a Taiyi realm ghost clan great god said.
"If you kill seventeen deities of Fengdu Ghost City, when the Heavenly Venerable returns, it will be the day Hundred Clans Royal City and Xinghuantian are destroyed. Zhang Ruochen, you wouldn't do something so foolish, would you?" Se Realm King said.
Zhang Ruochen smiled, saying: "The Heavenly Venerable—of course, I can't afford to offend him. But if you, Se Realm King, wanted to die together with me by self-destructing your divine source, thereby killing the gods of Fengdu Ghost City... that wouldn't be my fault, would it?"
Se Realm King and the ghost clan deities all changed color drastically, never expecting Zhang Ruochen to be so sinister. His methods were too dirty.
"Since you chose to capture rather than kill, you must want to negotiate and force Fengdu Ghost City to withdraw its troops. This king can agree to that!" Se Realm King sat cross-legged, not attempting to break the divine light, but planning to use negotiation to escape.
After all, in the current situation of the Hundred Clans Royal City star region, Hell Realm still held an absolute advantage.
Zhang Ruochen waved his hand, saying: "Does the Realm King not realize he is now a prisoner? A prisoner has no right to negotiate with this Realm Lord? It's not that simple!"
"Cang Jue, seal their cultivation. Anyone who dares resist, kill without mercy."
A ghost clan great god, furious and unwilling to suffer humiliation, activated his divine qi.
Se Realm King stopped him, shaking his head.
At this moment, confronting Zhang Ruochen was extremely unwise.
"Boom!"
Xiu Chen Heavenly God shot out a cluster of time imprint light points. Within the light, an arrow-path great god in dark robes fell, his skin blue, belonging to the Tiannan clan.
"This man is named Xu Zhen, born in Tiannan, often cultivating in the Death God Temple, with great background in both Tiannan and the Death God Temple." Chi Xuan Ghost Lord said.
"Kill him!" Zhang Ruochen said flatly.
Everyone present, including Chi Xuan Ghost Lord, Se Realm King, and Chi Hun Monarch, was stunned as if struck by lightning.
This was a Grand Void great god with extraordinary background, and he was to be killed just like that?
This would forge a death feud!
Zhang Ruochen looked at Xiu Chen Heavenly God, saying: "Don't you dare? If you don't, then hand him over to Cang Jue. It will help Cang Jue break through the Soul Stop realm."
"Ridiculous. A mere Grand Void great god—this god has long wanted to refine and kill him. But..." Xiu Chen Heavenly God sent a low voice transmission: "Directly refining and killing him would take too long. It's better for you to use the Earth Cauldron to refine him into a divine pill and give it to this god to consume. That way, the improvement will be faster."
Zhang Ruochen transmitted back: "Fine. But from now on, you must call me Young Lord, not address me by name. Also, when I refine the pill for you, you should at least brew me a pot of tea, right? Or you could dance for me."
Too excessive, wolfish ambition—he truly wanted to fix her gender.
She, Xiu Chen, was a jade spirit born from heaven and earth, a generation's war god of the Shura clan. How could she use her appearance to please a junior?
Xiu Chen Heavenly God gritted her teeth, restraining herself, and said: "Fine, this god will go brew tea for the Young Lord."
All for the sake of cultivation!
Endure, continue to endure.
"She actually agreed. Hmm, it seems borrowing her power to condense the Great Yin is possible. Maybe in the future, condensing the Great Sun and achieving the Four Symbols Great Perfection, she can also help." Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
Zhang Ruochen's desire to completely transform Xiu Chen into a woman, turning her into the ultimate yin, naturally had selfish cultivation motives.
After all, she was once an existence close to the Indestructible Infinite realm. In terms of time-path mastery, in the current universe, no more than three could surpass her.
(Chapter End)