Below the calamity cloud, Zhang Ruochen and the Death Knight were both wearing the Ten Saints' Blood Armor, and they fought fiercely with all their strength, causing the air to vibrate and the ground to shake.
The level of cultivation of the Death Knight far surpassed that of Zhang Ruochen. After nine blows, he would send Zhang Ruochen flying.
Just when the Death Knight rushed forward and prepared to kill Zhang Ruochen, the seventy-seventh calamity thunder landed and struck him and Zhang Ruochen at the same time.
The power of the thunder was so fierce that even the Death Knight was beaten to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen breathed a sigh of relief, rushed out from under the charred soil, held Shen Yuan's ancient sword in hand, activated Qianwen's destructive power, and slashed with all his strength.
"Boom."
The Death Knight stretched out an iron fist and made a fist seal to resist the attack of Shen Yuan's ancient sword.
Immediately afterwards, the two started fighting again.
The tribulation thunders in the sky fell one after another, the seventy-eighth, the seventy-ninth, the eightieth...
Every time a calamity thunder falls, Zhang Ruochen and the Death Knight will be knocked to the ground.
The injuries on both of them were getting worse and worse, they were both vomiting blood, and the swords they swung and the punches they punched became slower and slower.
Before arriving at the Ancient City of Taiyin, the Death Knight was seriously injured. After being bombarded by lightning, his internal injuries more than doubled.
Originally, with his strength, it was easy to kill a Xuanhuang realm saint. Now, even facing an upper realm saint, it is difficult to fight against him.
Seeing that the 81st calamity thunder was about to fall, the Death Knight did not hesitate, retracted his spear, and escaped as quickly as possible.
Zhang Ruochen did not pursue him.
Because he was injured more seriously than the Death Knight and had to hold on, otherwise he would have collapsed long ago.
"Boom."
The black tribulation clouds were rotating rapidly, and then, the 81st tribulation thunder fell down, much like a spear from heaven and earth, hitting Zhang Ruochen's head.
The ground beneath Zhang Ruochen's feet collapsed in an instant, forming a black bottomless pit.
The power of thunder and lightning struck the ground, creating a high temperature. All the rocks in the surrounding area melted, forming a piece of red magma, with electric streaks like snakes flowing on the surface of the magma.
The calamity of life and death is over!?
The calamity clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the stars and the bright moon were revealed, emitting wisps of soft light.
The power of heaven and earth has completely disappeared.
All the human monks in Taiyin Ancient City breathed a long sigh of relief.
"I finally regained my composure. I wonder if Zhang Ruochen has survived the third quasi-holy tribulation?"
"It's hard to say. I didn't see that even the Death Knight escaped at the last moment and didn't dare to bear the thunder. How could Zhang Ruochen be still alive when he was so seriously injured?"
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Saint Qingfeng turned into a ray of holy light, fell to the side of the dark bottomless pit, released his spiritual power, and explored downwards.
No breath of life was found.
"Zhang Ruochen failed to survive the calamity of life and death and has died under the thunder of calamity." Saint Qingfeng concluded like this.
When the news spread, all the monks in Taiyin Ancient City were in mourning.
Some of the young monks who regarded Zhang Ruochen as their idol found it difficult to accept this result and felt quite sad, thinking that Zhang Ruochen should not have ended like this.
"Zhang Ruochen is extremely talented and can fight against high-level saints. How could he not be able to survive the calamity of life and death?"
"The stronger the talent, the stronger the calamity of life and death it will cause. It is normal for him to die under the thunder of calamity."
"In history, there are not a few outstanding people who died in the calamity of life and death." Many monks were sighing.
Later, some of the monks used the messenger light talisman to spread the news about what happened tonight.
Whether it is the news that "Zhang Ruochen is Gu Linfeng" or the news that "Zhang Ruochen has fallen", it will definitely cause a sensation in the Kunlun world.
The Death Knight and the Yashe Saint did not flee away, and were also paying attention to Zhang Ruochen's life and death.
The spiritual power of Saint Yashe shrouded the sky over the ancient city of Taiyin, and Zhang Ruochen's aura was not found. Then, he withdrew his spiritual power, a smile appeared on his old face, and said: "Zhang Ruochen should have died, and we have completed our mission."
"Zhang Ruochen is dead?" the Death Knight asked.
"Even Saint Qingfeng of Liangyi Sect has confirmed this matter, so there should be nothing wrong with it." Saint Yashe said.
The Death Knight shook his head and said: "No, no, even if Zhang Ruochen is beaten to ashes by the thunder, his Shen Yuan Sword and the Blood Armor of the Ten Saints will not disappear."
The smile on Saint Yashe's face solidified, and then he nodded: "It makes sense."
"Zhang Ruochen is definitely not dead. It should be the Qingfeng Saint from the Liangyi Sect who is deliberately helping him hide the truth. He wants to take this opportunity to escape from the eyes of the major forces and hide in the dark," the Death Knight said.
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"Now, I will communicate with the Immortal Temple, and I should be able to deduce the truth about Zhang Ruochen's life and death."
Saint Yashe took out the bronze disc, injected it with spiritual power, and used the bronze disc as a medium to communicate with the Temple of the Immortal.
Not long after, Saint Yashe received a response from the Immortal Temple, "Zhang Ruochen is not dead and has reached the Eastern Region."
"It should be that just now, Zhang Ruochen passed through the space wormhole in Taiyin Ancient City and went to the Eastern Region. Let's go to the Eastern Region to kill him," the Death Knight said.
"Wait a minute."
Saint Yashe continued: "Another news came from the Immortal Temple. They sent three more Death Knights directly to the Eastern Region to kill Zhang Ruochen to prevent him from growing up and becoming the enemy of the Immortal Vampire Tribe."
"Three more Death Knights were dispatched...Is the Temple of the Immortal doubting our ability?"
The Death Knight felt quite angry. He clenched his two fists tightly, and there was a crackling sound between his fingers.
It has to be said that this round of siege against Zhang Ruochen was indeed quite a failure. Not only did they lose three high-level saints, but they also allowed Zhang Ruochen to successfully survive the calamity of life and death and advance his cultivation further.
Both the Yashe Saint and the Death Knight can feel the anger of the Immortal Temple. If the other three Death Knights are allowed to kill Zhang Ruochen first, then they will definitely be severely punished if they return to the Immortal Temple.
"We must kill Zhang Ruochen first before the other three Death Knights." Saint Yashe said.
The Taiyin Ancient City's city defense formation has been activated. No matter how powerful the Yashe Saint and the Death Knight are, they cannot break into the city.
Therefore, they were unable to use the space wormholes in Taiyin Ancient City and had no choice but to go elsewhere and use other space wormholes to pursue the Eastern Region.
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Eastern Region, Liangyi Sect.
Zhang Ruochen survived the third quasi-holy tribulation, and was indeed seriously injured. Even now, his face is still a little pale, and his whole body looks weak and haggard.
At this moment, he and Moon Burial Sword Master, one of the three great sword masters in the Eastern Region, were sitting opposite each other, drinking a healing medicinal tea.
Although it is a medicinal tea, it has a fragrant aroma and does not have an unpleasant medicinal smell.
Saint Qingfeng was standing not far away with a holy sword on his back.
Zhang Ruochen looked at Saint Qingfeng and smiled leisurely: "Senior Qingfeng, why don't you come over and have tea together?"
Saint Qingfeng showed a look of shame on his face and said: "I am guilty of sins. I don't dare to sit on an equal footing with the leader and the sword master. I just stand here."
In the ancient city of Taiyin, the Death Knight massacred the disciples of the Liangyi Sect, but Saint Qingfeng did not stop them because of fear in his heart.
Saint Qingfeng knew that he would definitely be punished by the sect, so he kept his nerves tense and did not dare to drink tea and talk indifferently like Zhang Ruochen and Moon Burial Sword Master.
The important figure sent by the Liangyi Sect to Taiyin Ancient City is the Moon Burial Sword Master, one of the three great sword masters in the Eastern Region.
Before Zhang Ruochen passed through the tribulation of life and death, the Moon-Buried Sword Master had already rushed to Taiyin Ancient City, but never showed up. It was not until Zhang Ruochen had passed through the tribulation of life-and-death that the Moon-Buried Sword Master took him away from the ground, who was seriously injured and dying, and passed through the space wormhole.
, came to Liangyi Sect.
At the same time, the Moon Burial Sword Master instructed the Qingfeng Saint to let him know that Zhang Ruochen had died under the thunder calamity, so as to help Zhang Ruochen escape from the golden cicada and avoid being besieged by enemies from all walks of life.
Zhang Ruochen had many questions in his mind. He looked at the Moon Burial Sword Master sitting opposite, and finally asked: "Junior is very curious, since the senior has arrived at Taiyin Ancient City, why did he not take action to kill the Death Knight and Silver Robe of the Immortal Temple?
Elder?"
The Moon Burial Sword Master smiled slightly: "You have the Five Tribulations Suppression Talisman in your hand, and the Death Knight also has similar treasures. If I take action... No, to be precise, as long as I show up, the Death Knight will definitely
Use that treasure to kill me as soon as possible."
"An offensive treasure more powerful than the Five Tribulations Suppression Talisman?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
"That's right."
Zhang Ruochen was still puzzled and said: "But why didn't the Death Knight use that kind of treasure to kill me?"
Moon Burial Sword Saint said: "Because that treasure is integrated with the flesh and blood of the Death Knight. Once that treasure is activated, the Death Knight himself will die."
Zhang Ruochen understands!
It's not that the Death Knight doesn't want to use that kind of treasure, it's that the Death Knight thinks that there is no need to use that kind of treasure to deal with Zhang Ruochen.
However, using that kind of treasure to kill a sword master is a guaranteed profit.
"Isn't that kind of treasure as terrifying as the self-exploding sea of qi and the holy source?" Zhang Ruochen said.
The Moon Burial Sword Master shook his head and said: "If you want to kill an ordinary Death Knight, I can completely break his Qi Sea before he self-destructs. I can also cut off the Holy Source before he self-destructs.
His consciousness."
"However, that kind of treasure is different. Even if the Death Knight's Qi Sea is shattered and he loses consciousness, as long as he enters the state of death, destructive power will immediately burst out."
Zhang Ruochen frowned and said: "In other words, it is useless even if you kill the Death Knight, you will still die with him?"
"That's right." The Moon Burial Sword Master sighed softly.
Zhang Ruochen said: "If you meet the Death Knight, won't you definitely die?"
"Otherwise, why would he be called Death Knight?"
The Moon Burial Sword Master changed the topic and said with a smile: "Perhaps only you can kill the Death Knight and escape unscathed."
"Me?" Zhang Ruochen asked.
Moon Burial Sword Master said: "As long as you tear apart the space and drive the Death Knight into the void space, then even if the treasure on the Death Knight's body bursts out, it will not be able to do anything to you."
Zhang Ruochen laughed: "The premise is that the Death Knight thought he had the ability to kill me and didn't use that treasure at the first time. Otherwise, I will only die."
The Moon Burial Sword Master stared at Zhang Ruochen for a moment and asked, "Are you not only Gu Linfeng, the leader of the Blood God Sect, but also Lin Yue, a disciple of the Liangyi Sect?"