# Chapter 627: Heartless Black Hole, Heavenly Demon Shadow
Zhang Ruochen's face showed neither panic nor surprise. He said calmly, "In the end, you still recognized me. It seems your eyesight is not bad. Recognizing me is good too—it lets you know who killed you."
When Zhang Ruochen had fought Di Yi earlier, he had not concealed the hatred in his eyes. Di Yi could recognize him through his gaze, which was not surprising at all.
Now, even his voice changed as he spoke, reverting to his original tone.
Di Yi snorted coldly. Within his body, from his boiling blood, wisps of black sacred qi surged toward the wound on his throat.
"Swoosh!"
The black sacred qi continuously flowed around Di Yi's neck. Immediately, his sunken throat bulged rapidly, recovering completely as if it had never been injured.
Generally speaking, only those who had cultivated to the fourth transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm and opened sacred meridians within their bodies could condense thin sacred qi.
There was only one exception—sacred bodies.
When a sacred body reached minor completion, the bloodline, bones, and five viscera would all nurture sacred qi. Different sacred bodies would nurture different types of sacred qi.
"How formidable is the Heartless Sacred Body? After suffering such a severe injury, it recovered completely in an instant. Could it truly be an undying body?" Zhang Ruochen said.
"So what if it's an undying body? Compared to you, I am still far inferior. Everyone in the world thinks you are dead—who could have imagined you are still alive?" Di Yi laughed.
At this moment, only Zhang Ruochen and Di Yi were present, standing atop the empty mountain peak. The other heretical cultivators had not yet caught up, so Zhang Ruochen naturally was not afraid of exposing his identity.
Zhang Ruochen curled his lips, also revealing a smile: "I don't really believe you have an undying body. Let me test—is your defense stronger, or is my attack more powerful?"
"Shua!"
Zhang Ruochen moved his finger, activating the power of his Sword Heart. The Abyssal Ancient Sword immediately flew out from his Space Ring, transforming into a jet-black sword light that reached Di Yi in an instant.
Although the golden sacred sword was also a sacred artifact, it was far inferior to the Abyssal Ancient Sword.
The Abyssal Ancient Sword had refined a large number of True Martial Treasures and sacred artifacts. In terms of sharpness and sword power, it had already reached a higher level.
Moreover, with Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation at the third transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm, he could activate more inscription patterns within the sword, unleashing even greater power.
The golden sacred sword could not break through the defense of the sacred leather soft armor, but the Abyssal Ancient Sword might be able to.
Di Yi clearly knew the power of the Abyssal Ancient Sword and did not dare to use the sacred leather soft armor to clash with it head-on.
Di Yi used his movement technique to retreat rapidly while spreading his arms. From the position of his heart, wisps of black sacred qi surged out, condensing in front of him into a massive black hole three zhang in diameter.
"Heartless Black Hole."
The power of the black hole was quite strange, devouring all the true qi and spiritual qi around it. Even the light shining on it was absorbed.
Every sacred body, upon reaching minor completion, could cultivate a Dharma Form.
The Azure Garment Star Envoy's Dharma Form was "Azure Heaven Sacred Cloud," and Mu Lingxi's Dharma Form was "Mysterious Heaven Ice Phoenix."
The stronger the sacred body, the more powerful the Dharma Form cultivated. As long as the Dharma Form was unleashed, the sacred body could completely suppress cultivators of the same realm.
For example, the Azure Garment Star Envoy, using the "Azure Heaven Sacred Cloud" Dharma Form with his cultivation at the seventh transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm, could even suppress a strong cultivator at the ninth transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm, beating them until they had no strength to fight back.
The Dharma Form Di Yi had cultivated was the "Heartless Black Hole." Once the Dharma Form was unfolded, it could devour everything in the world, even the Dharma Forms of other sacred bodies.
The three-zhang-diameter black hole hovered in front of Di Yi, emitting a cold aura, pulling everything around it toward itself.
The flying Abyssal Ancient Sword was also affected by that pulling force, as if it would break free from Zhang Ruochen's control and fly into the Heartless Black Hole.
"Di Yi's Dharma Form is actually so powerful."
Zhang Ruochen's expression did not change, but he began to mobilize the power of space. He drew his finger forward, executing a "Space Rift" technique, tearing it toward the Heartless Black Hole.
No matter how strong the Heartless Black Hole was, it was still within space.
As long as it was still within space, Zhang Ruochen could mobilize the power of space to break it.
Sacred body Dharma Form? So what?
The power of space and time could break all Dharma Forms in the world.
"How can this be? Space is actually cracking..."
Di Yi clearly sensed the danger. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he fully activated the Heartless Black Hole, continuously pouring the true qi in his body into it.
He could not lose. He absolutely could not lose.
Under Di Yi's full activation, the Heartless Black Hole expanded another circle, directly reaching four zhang, and the suction force it emitted became even stronger.
The Heartless Black Hole formed a strange power that actually caused space to distort.
The six-meter-long Space Rift collided with the Dharma Form of the Heartless Black Hole, immediately producing ripples of energy. The power displayed by the Space Rift was quite formidable, still pressing forward, tearing the Dharma Form of the Heartless Black Hole into two halves with a swoosh.
"Boom!"
The Dharma Form shattered, and Di Yi also suffered severe damage, flying backward like a kite with a broken string.
Zhang Ruochen was somewhat surprised in his heart because when the Space Rift had slashed out just now, it had deviated slightly to the left by a trace.
That is to say, the Dharma Form of the Heartless Black Hole could distort spatial power?
If Di Yi's cultivation exceeded Zhang Ruochen's by a large margin, reaching above the seventh transformation of the Fish-Dragon Realm, perhaps he could use the Heartless Black Hole to defeat the Space Rift first.
Of course, that was just a hypothesis, after all, Zhang Ruochen's current mastery of spatial power was only at the initial stage.
Di Yi's heart was even more shocked. How powerful was the Heartless Black Hole? It could even devour the Dharma Forms of other sacred bodies, making it practically an invincible Dharma Form. How could it be so easily broken by Zhang Ruochen?
"Shua!"
Zhang Ruochen did not give Di Yi much time to think. He immediately gathered spatial power again, executing a Spatial Displacement, appearing beside Di Yi.
His arm quickly raised, swinging the Abyssal Ancient Sword to slash at Di Yi's neck.
Di Yi had no time to defend, but a black shadow on the ground quickly slashed out a blade shadow, striking at Zhang Ruochen's abdomen.
Everyone has a shadow, but a normal person's shadow can only move with the body.
When the body moves, the shadow moves.
When the body is still, the shadow is still.
The scene before them was quite strange. Di Yi's body did not move, but the shadow on the ground slashed out a blade strike.
Even more astonishing was that, although it was just a shadow, it contained powerful demonic qi. The shadow blade it slashed out also carried terrifying power, as if it would rip Zhang Ruochen open from belly to chest.
Zhang Ruochen let out a soft exclamation and immediately redirected his sword edge, slashing toward the shadow on the ground to block the shadow blade.
The shadow blade slashed out by the shadow on the ground seemed extremely fierce, yet it was formless and intangible.
When Zhang Ruochen's sword swung over, it merely passed through the shadow blade, creating only ripples like water patterns, failing to stop the shadow blade at all.
Without any hesitation, Zhang Ruochen leaped up with both feet, rushing upward.
"Swoosh!"
The shadow blade slashed horizontally, bringing a strong blade wind that passed beneath Zhang Ruochen's feet.
Zhang Ruochen hovered three zhang above the ground, looking down, staring at the black shadow beside Di Yi.
"The Heavenly Demon Shadow is so powerful. When I attack it, it is completely formless and intangible. When it attacks me, it is both tangible and substantial, and the power it unleashes is no weaker than Di Yi's original body." Zhang Ruochen's face finally showed a solemn expression.
If Zhang Ruochen, wearing the Meteor Invisibility Cloak, could become a first-class assassin,
then Di Yi's Heavenly Demon Shadow was like an assassin doppelganger, capable of killing people silently. The so-called number one assassin of the Blood Cloud Sect, "Hunter," was a complete joke compared to the Heavenly Demon Shadow.
Who could defend against a shadow?
Di Yi said, "Zhang Ruochen, my Heavenly Demon Shadow is not bad, is it?"
The black shadow on the ground, although connected to Di Yi's feet, was completely different from Di Yi's current form.
The black shadow still held a shadow blade, appearing exceptionally fierce, emitting a strong demonic qi, as if it could stand up from the ground at any moment.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, "It is indeed somewhat interesting. However, if sword attacks cannot harm the Heavenly Demon Shadow, what about spiritual power attacks?"
Zhang Ruochen raised the purple thunder bead with his left hand, mobilizing the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, condensing dozens of powerful lightning bolts. The lightning rapidly shuttled through the air, producing ear-splitting explosive sounds.
"I didn't expect his spiritual power to be so formidable as well."
Di Yi's expression finally changed somewhat. He knew in his heart that Zhang Ruochen's cultivation had already surpassed his by a considerable margin. Continuing to fight would not benefit him at all.
"Zhang Ruochen, do you really think you have won? To tell you the truth, the moment your identity was exposed, you had already lost! Not only will you die, but the Red Desire Star Envoy will also accompany you to the grave."
Zhang Ruochen naturally understood Di Yi's meaning. He said, "As long as I kill you, my identity will not be exposed."
"Is that so? Are you so confident you can kill me?"
Di Yi took out a golden sacred edict from his sleeve, holding it in his hand, and sneered mockingly at Zhang Ruochen.
"Swoosh!"
Vast true qi surged from Di Yi's palms, pouring into the sacred edict, activating the sacred power within it.
Golden light enveloped Di Yi's body, shooting up into the sky, flying rapidly toward the heavens.
Zhang Ruochen watched Di Yi's fleeing figure, merely smiling faintly. Then he also took out a sacred edict, activating the sacred power within it, transforming into a golden light to chase after Di Yi.
Both Di Yi and Zhang Ruochen erupted with speed comparable to saints, like two meteors flying across the sky. Before long, they arrived at a place ten thousand li away, one after the other.
"Bang!"
Di Yi's feet landed on the ground, creating a half-meter-deep pit.
Before he could even catch his breath, a black sword light flew down from the sky, emitting a piercing sword cry. The entire space trembled from the sword qi.