Chapter 3454: One Sword Slays a God King
The Divine City was the core of this Rakshasa clan star domain.
The Great Luo Divine Palace was the heart of the Divine City.
The palace was magnificent, with vermilion halls stretching in clusters, palace walls sprawling like mountain ranges. Under the night sky, bright lanterns hung within the walls, displaying extreme prosperity. But with the fall of Emperor Luo Yan, the entire court had fallen eerily silent.
In stark contrast, the Divine Prison, located just two streets away from the Divine Palace—a place where even flies and insects once found it hard to approach—was now unusually lively.
The Divine Ship contracted its hull and descended outside the first gate of the Divine Prison.
God King Nie stepped down from the Divine Ship. His physique was massive and bullish, his skin dark, his ears large as fans. But his gaze was steady and calm, his aura like a mountain. Every strand of his hair shimmered with divine light, placing immense pressure on the cultivators present.
All those below true gods knelt.
"We pay homage to the God King!"
The gods spoke in unison.
God King Nie's gaze was indifferent as he looked at High Priestess Xin He and asked, "Is it really Yu Ying who has appeared?"
"There can be no mistake," High Priestess Xin He replied.
"It seems Luo Yan's two children are indeed members of the Quantity Organization. Let's go. Take me to see them."
To perform a soul search on Luo Sha and Luo Shengtian, a pretext was needed. God King Nie said this deliberately, making sure the Rakshasa cultivators present could hear.
"Boom!"
A loud crash came from within the Divine Prison.
The ground shook, and buildings near the prison collapsed.
Many of the underground formation inscriptions were torn apart.
"Whoosh!"
A formation light pillar, dozens of meters in diameter, shot straight into the sky, illuminating hundreds of miles of the city.
"The divine formation in the prison has been triggered. What's happening?"
"Someone is breaking into the prison!"
God King Nie had only just arrived when this happened.
High Priestess Xin He's face darkened. She and the other temple priests immediately rushed into the Divine Prison.
The other Rakshasa gods and saint-level soldiers exchanged glances, finding it hard to believe that anyone would dare storm the forbidden prison grounds.
But with God King Nie's true body present, whoever came would surely die.
God King Nie sensed something. He turned and looked at the wide street, dense with formation inscriptions and flickering divine patterns.
There, a man with an imposing, heroic air walked forward, sword in hand. The formation inscriptions and divine patterns seemed to fear him, automatically parting and retreating.
He wore a silver-white divine robe.
He held a blazing, crimson divine sword.
His aura was extremely powerful.
The Rakshasa cultivators outside the prison—including High Priestess Xin He, who was about to return inside—all felt sword dao rules weaving around them.
Every rule was like a sword.
They dared not move.
To move would be to be pierced by invisible sharp swords.
"It's him. He came after all," High Priestess Xin He muttered to herself. After glancing at God King Nie, she felt a little more at ease.
As the Divine Envoy of the Heavenly Mother, Zhang Ruochen was extremely famous in the Rakshasa clan, no less than God King Nie.
Logically, with Zhang Ruochen's status, any Rakshasa cultivator who saw him should step forward to pay respects.
But the atmosphere was now very strange. The Rakshasa cultivators all looked toward God King Nie. After all, Zhang Ruochen was an outsider, and he seemed to have ill intentions.
God King Nie's lips curled into a laugh. "Truly a cause for celebration! Congratulations, Divine Envoy Ruochen, on breaking through to a new realm. From now on, we must address you as Divine Venerable Ruochen!"
When the other Rakshasa gods heard this, they were inwardly shaken, then offered their congratulations with smiles.
The Sword Bone Doppelganger stepped forward and said, "I have come to take Luo Sha away. I trust no one here will object?"
The smiles on the gods' faces gradually stiffened.
A black-robed priest with seventy-third level spiritual power said, "Luo Sha is a member of the Quantity Organization, a major criminal of the Rakshasa clan. Even if the Divine Envoy is of noble status and has reached the Infinite Realm, you have no right to take her… take her away…"
The black-robed priest felt the Sword Bone Doppelganger's gaze upon him. It was as if invisible swords were piercing his soul, making his speech stammer.
The Sword Bone Doppelganger said, "Do you have proof that she is a member of the Quantity Organization?"
High Priestess Xin He could withstand the Sword Bone Doppelganger's divine might. She said coldly, "Proof is simple. Just perform a soul search."
"Luo Sha is my, Zhang Ruochen's, fiancée. The marriage was arranged by Divine Venerable Fulu, and the engagement was held in the Fate Heaven Domain. Who dares to search her soul?"
The Sword Bone Doppelganger's momentum was like a heavenly sword being drawn from its sheath, forcing High Priestess Xin He to involuntarily step back.
God King Nie's smile turned mocking. "Fortunately, it's only an engagement. Divine Venerable Ruochen can stay out of this. Otherwise, the world might think you are also a member of the Quantity Organization."
The Sword Bone Doppelganger said, "Is the God King trying to force a crime on me?"
"No, absolutely not."
God King Nie shook his head repeatedly. "The Divine Venerable is the Heavenly Mother's personally appointed envoy. How could you possibly be a member of the Quantity Organization? How about the Divine Venerable personally search Luo Sha and Luo Shengtian's souls?"
"God King Nie's suggestion is excellent," High Priestess Xin He said.
The Sword Bone Doppelganger looked at her. "As far as I know, High Priestess, you are also a member of the Quantity Organization. I would like to search your soul first. Would the High Priestess be willing to cooperate?"
"You…"
High Priestess Xin He glared at him.
The Sword Bone Doppelganger said, "If you want to convict someone, you can always find a pretext. Because of a rumor, you want to search Princess Luo Sha's soul. The Great Emperor's body is not yet cold! This is… a capital offense!"
Before anyone could react, the Sword Bone Doppelganger's divine sword flashed like lightning, its light cutting through space.
"Watch out!"
God King Nie was shocked and immediately struck out with the divine artifact, the Ice Soul Seal.
Too late!
The sword light tore through High Priestess Xin He's spiritual power domain. Her red robe was a defensive treasure from the Rakshasa Divine Temple, but it only blocked the attack for an instant.
"Boom!"
The red robe shattered into pieces. Her physical body turned into a mist of blood.
Even her divine soul was slashed into fragments.
Only her spiritual power thoughts, like smoke, let out a miserable shriek as they fled in all directions.
One sword had slain a great god—and a top-tier great god with eighty-fourth level spiritual power.
All the Rakshasa cultivators were terrified. They quickly retreated.
A Tai Bai great god said, "Divine Venerable Ruochen, are you going to start a divine war in the Divine City? Are you declaring war on the entire Rakshasa clan?"
"Even the Heavenly Mother's envoy cannot do as he pleases. Everything must follow reason," another defiant Rakshasa god spoke up.
The Sword Bone Doppelganger said, "You want to talk about reason? Then let me ask you: without solid evidence, can you arbitrarily perform a soul search on a Rakshasa god?"
No one dared to speak.
Whoever spoke would surely be seized by Zhang Ruochen for a soul search.
God King Nie's face was ashen. "If the Divine Venerable continues to make unreasonable trouble and seeks to plunge the Divine City into chaos, then don't blame me for disregarding the Heavenly Mother's face."
"What qualifications do you have to say that? Does the Heavenly Mother's face need to be given by you?"
The Sword Bone Doppelganger ignored God King Nie and walked straight toward the first gate of the Divine Prison.
The drifting smoke of spiritual power thoughts emitted countless voices: "Zhang Ruochen, you are too lawless! This is the Rakshasa Divine City, not your Sword Realm!"
The smoke of spiritual power thoughts condensed into a single thread and rushed into the first prison gate first.
High Priestess Xin He wanted to use the Divine Prison's formation to suppress Zhang Ruochen.
So what if he was an Infinite?
Even an Infinite must bow before a peerless divine formation.
But as soon as High Priestess Xin He entered the first gate and recondensed her form, she saw Queen Daixue standing atop the gate, surrounded by rings of formations.
"High Priestess, although this is not the Sword Realm, it has long ceased to be your territory!"
Queen Daixue pointed her crystal staff. Circular divine formations, like white gears of heaven and earth, pressed down on High Priestess Xin He.
Every formation inscription was like a mountain, crushing High Priestess Xin He's body until it exploded again.
Outside the first gate, God King Nie unfolded his God King World, manifesting an icy world millions of miles wide.
The Ice Soul Seal hung in the sky like a white sun.
Zhang Ruochen was astonishing, but he had only just broken through. God King Nie, on the other hand, was a mid-stage Qiankun Infinite. Naturally, he had full confidence to contend with him.
In fact, he believed he had every advantage, like a lion hunting a rabbit.
Zhang Ruochen did not want a battle at the Infinite level to cause too much destruction to the Divine City. So, he directly mobilized the sword dao rules of heaven and earth and executed Sword Eighteen.
The sword was drawn, and billions of miles of star seas boiled.
But the power was concentrated into a single line. With a tearing sound, the God King World, millions of miles wide, was split in two.
God King Nie was sent flying. His body was cleaved from his brow to his navel, and brilliant blood sprayed everywhere.
All the God King's momentum was broken by a single sword.
His divine body split into two halves and crashed heavily to the ground.
The sound of the fall was like a heavy hammer striking the hearts of all the Rakshasa gods present. They all knelt on one knee.
The world fell silent!
With such battle prowess, even a God King was defeated with one sword. Who would not revere? Who would not fear?
…
Far away, the Mofa God King, seated in the Mofa Divine Hall, had been watching the situation outside the Divine Prison. Now, his expression froze, and his heart was extremely shaken.
Although God King Nie had been somewhat careless, being split in two with a single sword was too subversive of common understanding (dian fu ren zhi).
Was that the power of a Qiankun Infinite?
Was that Zhang Ruochen?
…
In the Guizhuang, the Rakshasa gods were in an uproar.
"Impossible, impossible. Was that just a doppelganger of God King Nie?"
"Zhang Ruochen is too domineering. First he slays Xin He, then he cuts down God King Nie."
"It's obvious. He's going to force his way into the prison to rescue people. Just as the legends say—young, hot-blooded, and impulsive."
Yue Gujun's brow was deeply furrowed. "Such formidable sword dao! With this one sword, even I, a Divine Kingdom Emperor, am inferior."
"How old is he? With such combat power, there aren't many in the entire Hell Realm who can defeat him anymore," Xuehai Crown Prince said with a bitter expression, feeling it was tragic to be born in the same era as Zhang Ruochen.
Divine Venerable Shizhi smiled and clapped his hands. "Zhang Ruochen is storming the Divine Prison. An outsider wants to challenge the entire order of the Rakshasa clan. This gives us even more reason to act."
…
In the night, a shadowy figure silently passed through layers of formations and arrived at the peak of a divine mountain in the city.
From here, one could overlook the boundless sea of lights, only a hundred miles from the Great Luo Divine Palace and the Divine Prison.
The shadowy figure gradually solidified, its face blurry. Only the character "凨" (feng) on the hem of its robe fluttered in the wind.
The shadow said, "Still too young. Acts without considering the consequences."
A burly, domineering figure sat on a boulder at the mountain's peak, gazing toward the Divine Prison. "At his age, that kind of sharpness is exactly right. By our age, we think about too many things when we act, and it's harder to keep our thoughts clear."
The shadow said, "Will this affect our plan?"
"Yu Ying has already shown himself. Tian Yin is probably in the city too. Many things are surfacing. Zhang Ruochen's arrival is just right. He can help me cast the net first. I just wonder if the big fish has taken the bait?" The domineering figure's eyes gradually turned cold.
But in the night, his sigh could still be heard.