Chapter 3357: Not Weaker Than a God King
When gods cast spells, they move like lightning.
When a God King casts spells, they are not only so fast that the soul can barely perceive them, but they also contain the power of heaven and earth, capable of disrupting the rules of the world.
The Illuminating Heaven Mirror hung in the air, appearing silently and without a sound.
Zhang Ruochen's perception was extremely sharp; he had sensed it long ago. The moment the flowing light chains fell from the mirror's surface, he spread his arms wide, and six swords flew out simultaneously, countless brilliant sword energies condensing into a sword cage.
The sword cage wrapped around him as he flew forward, charging straight at Yu God King.
Feixue God King hovered in the air above the Illuminating Heaven Mirror. Her long hair, perhaps a thousand miles long, shimmered with flowing light and color. Her eyes were entirely white, with countless strange patterns on her eyeballs, like blood vessels.
She had activated some kind of divine eye or heavenly vision!
This allowed her to see farther in this special environment, unaffected by darkness and chaotic time-space.
"As expected of the number one below the Infinite Realm, quite skilled to be able to escape."
Feixue God King would not allow Zhang Ruochen to reach Yu God King's side, for then it would be impossible to capture him.
"Death Mind Power!"
Invisibly, a gray, hazy death force overflowed from her body, like tentacles, like vines, like mist or smoke, instantly catching up to Zhang Ruochen.
The might of a God King suppressed heaven and earth.
The aura of death rushed toward him.
All the heavenly and earthly rules in the surrounding space transformed into death rules.
Under such an attack, no living being could escape, not even gods.
The gray, hazy death force was bone-chillingly cold, yet invisible to the eye, detectable only by the soul. It attacked Zhang Ruochen's very soul.
It was everywhere, penetrating everything, impossible to block with divine swords.
Ji Fanxin stood on the surface of the Origin Divine Sea within the Shaoyin of the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram. Her ten snow-white, jade-like fingers formed seals, her black hair flying upward as her eighty-fifth-level spiritual power erupted outward.
A divine light image of a Heavenly God, clad in colored glaze starlight armor, rose before her.
"Heavenly God Art!"
Feixue God King was slightly startled inwardly and wanted to withdraw her Death Mind Power, but it was too late!
The gray, hazy death force was shattered by the Heavenly God Art.
The Heavenly God Art was a spiritual power divine art created by the Starry Sea Angler, extremely famous in ancient times. Back then, the Starry Sea Angler's spiritual power had not yet reached the ninetieth level, but with this art, he fought against various God Venerables and swept across all directions.
A white divine light of the Heavenly God broke the Death Mind Power and struck into Feixue God King's divine sea.
Her soul stung with pain, and darkness fell before her eyes.
Such a golden opportunity would never come again. How could Zhang Ruochen fail to seize it?
"Sword, out!"
Space flipped, and Zhang Ruochen turned back.
Wrapped in the six swords, he charged straight at Feixue God King.
By the time Feixue God King had neutralized the Heavenly God Art and temporarily recovered, Zhang Ruochen was already right in front of her. The dazzling sword light reflected in her eyes.
Never before had a god below the Infinite Realm dared to actively attack a God King. Those who could even contend with a God King for a moment were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, all of them figures with the potential to become a Heavenly Venerable.
"Insolent!"
Feixue God King's icy divine voice roared out, a sound wave divine ability.
A single word could slay billions of living beings.
Zhang Ruochen's eardrums burst from the sound, blood flowing from both ears, thunderclaps roaring in his mind. But his sword intent surged, and his battle intent soared to the nine heavens.
The six swords broke through the God King's rule divine patterns and four layers of protective divine light.
Too hastily, Feixue God King had no time to use other effective protective measures.
From her pupils, two blood-colored light beams surged forth, blindingly dazzling.
The six swords clashed with the four battle artifacts on her four arms. Zhang Ruochen formed a sword finger with his right hand, piercing through the two pupil beams, and the sword light stabbed into her brow.
Close combat, attacking a God King.
Ji Fanxin knew how dangerous Zhang Ruochen's situation was at this moment and unleashed her spiritual power attacks with all her might, battling Feixue God King on the levels of spiritual power and soul.
"A God King's body is immortal through the ages. How could a mere god below the Infinite Realm break it?"
"Chi!"
The God King's body was broken!
The sword light on Zhang Ruochen's fingertip pierced the skin of her brow and sank inward.
A drop of crimson blood fell from her brow.
It penetrated about half an inch before being stopped by bone.
From the bone, death divine lightning erupted, crashing onto Zhang Ruochen like a mountain-toppling, sea-overturning force. Zhang Ruochen spat blood and flew backward hundreds of miles.
The six swords were knocked away.
Feixue God King was thoroughly enraged, transforming into a death divine light and attacking with her true body.
"Boom!"
Ji Fanxin's true body appeared beside Zhang Ruochen, condensing a shadow of the Divine Illumination Lotus, and clashed with Feixue God King.
Both Ji Fanxin and Zhang Ruochen were sent flying.
There was no other way. Although Feixue God King was only at the initial Qiankun Infinite stage, she had reached the Infinite Realm tens of thousands of years ago.
A newly ascended God King or God Venerable might have a perfect ten-out-of-ten Infinite body and soul, but after tens of thousands of years of cultivation, Feixue God King had clearly far surpassed ten-out-of-ten Infinite.
Ji Fanxin had only just reached the eighty-fifth level of spiritual power, and the divine art she had mastered, the "Heavenly God Art," was only at a beginner level. Her application of spiritual power and divine arts was still very immature.
She had managed to injure Feixue God King's soul with the Heavenly God Art only because of its surprise effect.
Zhang Ruochen had managed to break Feixue God King's God King body not only due to surprise but also because of his absolutely powerful strength!
Over the past thousand years, Zhang Ruochen had absorbed all the Heavenly Venerable divine energy from the Heavenly Battle Method Divine Hall of Mutuo War God. The quality of his divine energy had once again improved, reaching a level comparable to a Great God at the Soul-Stopping Realm.
His body and soul had also made small advances.
"Be careful!"
Zhang Ruochen stabilized his form and rushed forward urgently. The Bodhi Tree manifested before him, golden light illuminating the darkness, Buddhist chants echoing through the void. It took root on Shaoyang Divine Mountain and clashed with the divine ability Feixue God King had unleashed.
Ji Fanxin once again used the Heavenly God Art.
Even with the combined strength of the two of them, they were still no match for Feixue God King and were forced back.
"Darkness Esoterica! Time Esoterica!"
"Qiankun Wuji!"
Zhang Ruochen frantically mobilized the rules of heaven and earth, transforming into the Lord of Darkness and the Lord of Time. Not only that, but the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram manifested, and all kinds of power converged toward him, forming a small world of his own.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
...
Feixue God King's attack speed was extremely fast. In an instant, she unleashed several divine abilities, giving Zhang Ruochen and Ji Fanxin no chance to catch their breath.
The longer she fought, the more shocked she became.
That Ji Fanxin could block her attacks did not surprise her at all, after all, they were on the same level. But how could Zhang Ruochen, a Great God with divine energy quality at the Soul-Stopping level, be strong enough to rival Ji Fanxin?
Did he already possess the strength to face and challenge a slightly weaker God King head-on?
This brat must die.
Blood continuously flowed from Zhang Ruochen's mouth. His five viscera and six organs were shattered into mud. Even with a seventy-percent Infinite body, he could not withstand the attacks of a God King.
In this level of combat, his opponent gave him no time to recover his body.
"Illuminating Heaven Mirror!"
Feixue God King's body became several times brighter, like a blazing sun at high noon, causing even the stable space here to emit strange sounds, with cracks appearing and disappearing.
The Illuminating Heaven Mirror flew out, unleashing the might of a divine artifact.
Compared to a true divine artifact, this mirror seemed slightly inferior. Perhaps the artifact spirit had a problem, or the artifact itself was damaged.
But even so, this power nearly froze time and space.
"You can't block the Illuminating Heaven Mirror. Fall back!"
Ji Fanxin forcibly stepped through the frozen time and space, her gaze firm. She moved forward a few steps, releasing the light of the Origin Divine from her body, and once again used the Heavenly God Art.
"If you only know this crude version of the Heavenly God Art, you will surely become a ghost beneath my mirror," Feixue God King said.
Ji Fanxin's heart stirred, and she looked to the left.
She saw Zhang Ruochen standing beside her.
"Fairy, if you had listened to me earlier and accepted my goodwill, using my divine artifact and divine formation, why would we be fighting so passively?"
Zhang Ruochen waved his arm, and the Heavenly Venerable scroll unfurled before him.
"When I went, I roamed the Northern Marsh!"
A vast, heavenly sound echoed through the darkness.
"Hao Tian!"
Hearing Hao Tian's voice, Feixue God King was so shocked her scalp went numb, and her soul was unsettled.
From the scroll, ten thousand divine lights flew out simultaneously. Each character was like a handprint, landing on the Illuminating Heaven Mirror, sending this divine artifact flying.
Feixue God King released her God King world, "Ten Thousand Bone Cities," but it was instantly pierced through.
Her four sub-divine-level Supreme Sacred Artifacts and four arms were all shattered.
The Supreme Sacred Artifacts melted into lumps of iron, and her four arms turned into blood mist.
"Boom!"
Feixue God King's body split into four or five pieces, attaching itself to the Illuminating Heaven Mirror and fleeing into the chaotic space zone.
Yu God King, who had rushed over to assist, saw this scene and fell into silence.
Zhang Ruochen was naturally shocked as well. He had not expected that a mere scroll left by the Heavenly Venerable could be so powerful, actually shattering a God King into pieces.
A significant amount of Feixue God King's divine substance had been worn away.
It seemed that Xuanyuan Lian was somewhat reliable, with the potential to be a "Scatter Wealth Heavenly Maiden." This gift was truly generous. It could be called priceless!
Zhang Ruochen quickly rolled up the Heavenly Venerable scroll again.
This was just a scroll. Each time it was used, its power would fade significantly.
The next time it was used, its power would definitely not be as strong.
Just like the Battle Method Divine Hall, whether left by a Great Unbound Infinite or a Heavenly Venerable, the power would gradually fade, and its might would not match its original state.
Ji Fanxin pursued, stopping at the edge of the chaotic space zone, watching Feixue God King disappear into the layers of space.
Zhang Ruochen calmed down from his initial joy, looked at the scroll in his hand, and felt it was hot to the touch. Would Hao Tian use this to sense the location of the Sword God Temple and come all the way here?
Hao Tian had not yet returned from the Northern Marsh Great Wall, so perhaps there was no need to worry for now.
But what about after he returned?
Could this be a trap dug by Xuanyuan Lian? Had she long guessed that the Sword Realm had already emerged?
Zhang Ruochen thought back to when he entered the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, and Void Heaven had bestowed a sword upon him. He also thought of Feng Tian helping him refine the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations, leaving power within them.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt these Heavenly Venerable-level figures were not straightforward, each one a master of deep scheming.
Fortunately, the sword from Void Heaven had been used early on. Fortunately, the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations refined by Feng Tian had also been destroyed!
But he still had the Darkness Esoterica bestowed by Feng Tian on him...
Zhang Ruochen felt that before going to the Sword Realm, it was necessary to thoroughly inspect all the powers and vessels on his body. Now, without Nine Heavens, Tai Shang, and the Starry Sea Angler to cover the celestial mechanisms, if he was not cautious, he might step into a big trap.
...
A wooden sword drew ten thousand bolts of lightning.
The sword soul hovered in the air, slashing and destroying countless ghost shadows.
Guo God King was chased all the way by Taiping Patriarch, unable to create distance, and had to return to Yulan Ghost City.
He had to borrow the power of the ghost city to break the deadlock.
But Yu God King, Zhang Ruochen, and Ji Fanxin were already waiting outside Yulan Ghost City!