Among martial arts saints, those who can cultivate their mental strength to levels above fifty are extremely rare.
There is indeed a huge gap between Zhang Ruochen's martial arts realm and Earth Yuan Dharma King's, but his mental power is much stronger than his, and he can hide it from the enemy.
Zhang Ruochen quietly entered the Zijun Palace and came to the outside of the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation.
I saw that King Earth Yuan was sitting cross-legged in the center of the formation, with his neck, arms, legs, waist and abdomen all wrapped up by a dragon-shaped chain. If he were an ordinary saint, he would probably not be able to move.
The Earth Yuan Dharma King is quite powerful. Within his body, powerful holy energy surges out, causing the entire Zijun Palace to become foggy and confused.
Faintly, you can see twelve human-shaped phantoms standing in the white mist of holy energy, standing at the twelve positions of the Earth Yuan Dharma King.
Much like the twelve patron saints.
"He is worthy of being a Dharma King-level figure. Even if he is trapped, he can still manifest twelve holy avatars." Zhang Ruochen said secretly.
Although the twelve human-shaped phantoms are just clones condensed by the holy energy and the rules of the holy way, they are still extremely powerful and far from the ordinary middle-level saints, which makes Zhang Ruochen feel quite troublesome.
Of course, all this is not difficult for him.
As long as the Earth Yuan Dharma King can be killed, the twelve Holy Qi clones will naturally disappear.
Zhang Ruochen carefully controlled the murderous aura in his body. His body was like a taut war bow, he used space to move and disappeared in place.
"Whoosh!"
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen broke into the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation and appeared above the head of the Earth Yuan Dharma King. He swiped his finger downwards and created a crack in the space.
King Earth Yuan's five senses are very sharp. Just when Zhang Ruochen used the space to move, he opened his eyes in an instant and shot out thousands of feet of light.
"Crash."
King Earth Yuan pulled the nine dragon-shaped chains and moved them sideways to the right, trying to avoid the space cracks that fell down.
King Earth Yuan's nerve reaction speed is extremely astonishing. It is impossible for monks with lower cultivation level than him to sneak attack him. Even though Zhang Ruochen had already attacked from a very close position, he still avoided the vital point.
"Pfft."
The space crack cut through the left arm of King Earth Yuan, cutting off an arm and a dragon-shaped chain.
Although he cut off an arm, he was unable to seriously injure the Earth Yuan Dharma King.
With the cultivation of King Diyuan, even if he only has one arm left, he can kill Zhang Ruochen in a snap of his fingers.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen came prepared and naturally had follow-up moves.
One blow failed to kill Earth Yuan Dharma King, so he immediately struck a second blow.
He flexed his five fingers slightly, grabbed forward, tore open five space cracks in a row, and simultaneously hit the King of Earth Yuan.
Earth Yuan Dharma King can completely block ordinary martial arts and holy weapon attacks.
However, methods like space cracks cannot be intercepted forcefully. Even he can only avoid them.
Previously, the space crack cut off one of the dragon-shaped chains on King Earth Yuan's body. Now, there are still eight of them. The space that King Earth Yuan can dodge is extremely narrow.
"Pfft."
King Earth Yuan avoided three space cracks in a row, but in the end, two space cracks struck him.
One of them slashed at his waist, tearing off a large piece of flesh and blood, and was almost severed from the waist. Some of his organs were also swallowed up by the space cracks.
The second space crack cut off the right arm of King Earth Yuan, and at the same time cut off another dragon-shaped chain.
At this moment, the Earth Yuan Dharma King was in a miserable state. Both his arms had been lost, and he looked like a human stick hanging there. A large amount of holy blood poured out of his body, dyeing a large area of the ground red.
Who could have imagined that such a high-ranking Dharma King would be injured so badly.
Seeing that King Di Yuan was not killed, Zhang Ruochen wanted to strike a third blow.
The third blow was not as coherent as the previous two, so King Earth Yuan got a chance to breathe and shouted: "Junior, are you looking for death?"
The Earth Yuan Dharma King slammed his foot on the ground, and with a loud bang, the entire Zijun Palace shook violently.
Zhang Ruochen felt as if there was a wave of water rushing toward him. He was about to use space to move to dodge, but he was a step too late. His chest felt like being hit by an iron mountain, and he flew backwards.
"Bang!"
Zhang Ruochen hit the wall of Zijun Palace, and the formation inscriptions emerged, forming a rebounding force that caused him to fly towards the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation again.
"Go to hell."
King Earth Yuan looked at the flying Zhang Ruochen and roared loudly. The sound waves he spat out condensed into the shape of thousands of troops. The soldiers, wearing iron armor and holding swords, rushed towards Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen couldn't resist the sound waves spit out by a Dharma King.
Seeing that Zhang Ruochen was about to collide with the army formed by sound waves, the next moment, his figure disappeared. He used space to move and crossed to the outside of Zijun Palace, escaping the disaster.
"Wow!"
Zhang Ruochen vomited blood from his mouth and was seriously injured. If it had been another lower realm saint, he would have died long ago.
Suddenly, twelve clones of holy energy rushed out of Zijun's palace, trying to surround and kill Zhang Ruochen.
Obviously, King Diyuan has guessed his identity and doesn't want to let him go.
"The next step is up to you!"
Without any hesitation, Zhang Ruochen took out the Diagram of the Divine Wood of Heaven and Earth, and suddenly smacked his palm forward, opening a door to space.
"Wow——"
A group of black ghost energy surged out from the door of space, and then rushed towards Zijun's palace.
The ghost energy rushed over, and the twelve holy energy clones instantly collapsed and turned into wisps of holy energy.
The ghost energy rushed into Zijun's palace, turned into a slender phantom, and decisively attacked the Dharma King Diyuan.
"Boom."
In Zijun's palace, a battle broke out.
If it weren't for the powerful defensive formation in Zijun Palace, it would have been torn apart long ago.
"Even if the Earth Yuan Dharma King has entered the Heaven-reaching Realm like the Sea Ming Dharma King, he has lost his arms and is imprisoned by dragon-shaped chains. He cannot be the opponent of the Blood Moon Ghost King and should be killed soon.
"Zhang Ruochen said secretly.
The so-called "Tongtian Realm" is actually a realm of saints.
Saints are divided into eight realms: lower realm, middle realm, upper realm, black and yellow realm, earth-to-earth realm, heaven-reaching realm, true realm, and ultimate realm.
The first three realms of saints, the lower realm, the middle realm, and the upper realm, are all basic realms, and they are also realms that most saints can achieve through hard work.
The next three realms, Xuanhuang Realm, Thorough Earth Realm, and Tongtian Realm, echo each other with the four realms of Heaven, Earth, Xuanhuang Realm in the early stage of martial arts. Only by understanding the connection between the two can we break through and return to our original nature.
As for the last two realms, the true realm and the ultimate realm, there are very few saints who can reach them. The former is called the "true saint" and the latter is called the "most holy".
True Saints and Holy Saints, like Saint Kings, are figures who travel between heaven and earth. Even saints find it difficult to see them if the dragon has no tail.
Saints who have entered the Heaven-reaching Realm are already quite terrifying beings. Even if they blow out a breath, they can re-enter the realm of Saints.
Zhang Ruochen was able to survive just now. In addition to his physical strength, there was also some luck in it.
"Not good, the power of the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation is weakening, and someone is shutting down the formation."
After his spiritual power became holy, Zhang Ruochen's perception was so sensitive that he naturally noticed the changes in the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation.
"who?"
Zhang Ruochen rushed into a formation tower next to Zijun Palace and saw a monk in black with a golden ghost mask on his face, who had closed the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation.
"Boom."
Zijun Palace was torn into pieces and collapsed.
A blazing scorching sun flew up from the ruins, rushed high into the sky, and fled toward the horizon.
In the territory of the Blood God Cult, a scorching sun hangs in the sky, turning night into day.
In fact, it was not the real scorching sun, but half of the body of Dharma King Earth Yuan.
The body of King Earth Yuan from the chest down was completely shattered. Even if there was still a small half of the body left, it was in tatters and looked like it would collapse at any time.
"Where to escape?"
The Blood Moon Ghost King is dressed in a long snow-white dress, with black hair like a waterfall, and cold eyes like lightning. He turns into a blood-red moon and chases towards the scorching sun in front of him.
A rather strange scene appeared in the sky at the same time every day, and it was tracking, and a terrifying battle broke out.
Zhang Ruochen still has great confidence in the Blood Moon Ghost King. Even if it is for nothing else but the holy soul of the Earth Yuan Dharma King, the Blood Moon Ghost King will definitely try his best to capture him.
Zhang Ruochen's eyes were locked on the black-clothed monk, and he formed palm seals with his hands and punched them out at the same time.
Since the other party has taken action to close the Nine Dragons Locking Heaven Formation, they must be the companions of the Earth Yuan Dharma King and must be eliminated.
The monk in black took out a one-foot-long jade staff from his sleeve and pointed it at Zhang Ruochen. Suddenly, an ice crystal beast condensed and rushed towards Zhang Ruochen.
"He is actually a spiritual saint."
Zhang Ruochen saw that the black-clothed monk was using a profound spiritual attack method, which was beyond the scope of ordinary spells. He was definitely a spiritual saint.
No wonder Zhang Ruochen didn't find him hiding in the dark before. It turned out that his mental strength was not inferior to Zhang Ruochen's.
Of course, this person's mental power is not too strong. He should not have reached level 51 yet, but he is just slightly stronger than Zhang Ruochen.
"Bang."
Zhang Ruochen smashed the ice crystal beast into pieces, took out the ancient Shen Yuan sword, and strode forward.
"The descendant of time and space, Zhang Ruochen."
Previously, the monk in black saw Zhang Ruochen using the Divine Wood Diagram of the Universe to summon a ghost king, so he recognized his identity.
The monk in black turned around and ran away, rushing towards the top of the formation tower.
"Now that you recognize it's me, where do you want to escape?"
Zhang Ruochen swung his sword and slashed, and a thick sword energy surged out, cutting the thirteen-story bronze tower into two pieces and collapsing.
The monk in black jumped out from a window of the formation tower and fell into the abyss. Without falling to the ground, he used his mental power to condense a holy cloud and flew into the distance.
Zhang Ruochen suffered extremely serious injuries. He had just taken a step forward when his internal organs felt extremely painful, as if an organ had been torn.
"We must not let him escape."
Zhang Ruochen also used his mental power, and there was an earth-shattering thunder in his body. His body turned into a bolt of lightning, and he chased forward. The speed of the explosion was even faster than that of the monk in black.
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(The updates have been too slow in the past two days, and I feel guilty! I got up at three o'clock in the morning to write, and finally wrote two chapters. I went to sleep first, and then got up to type.)