Chapter 1847: The Stage Is Set

Zhang Ruochen’s heart sank when he saw seven Divine Planets and Mr. Godcliff flying toward him.

At first, he thought of fighting a quick battle by tackling the crisis in the Eastern Region palace to prevent Jueyan Hu and others from controlling the Great Orbital Array, then only would he go to help Murong Yefeng and Jiang Yunchong kill Mr. Godcliff.

However, Mr. Godcliff’s combat strength was beyond Zhang Ruochen’s expectation. Murong Yefeng and Jiang Yunchong had failed to hold him back.

There was a fleeting sense of delight in King Daxi’s eyes.

“It was Mr. Godcliff who restored the ancient inscription of Eastern Region Holy City with a group of array masters. Don’t blame me for not giving my best if he defeats the ancient inscription,” said King Daxi.

“Stop dreaming of Mr. Godcliff will come to your rescue. It is still unknown if he could reach the Tower of Flames.”

Zhang Ruochen looked down at the city below, from where shot out a sacred saber. The brilliant light of the saber left behind a trail of afterimage as it slashing toward Mr. Godcliff sideways.

That saber belonged to Butcher.

It emanated the power of the Supreme Saint as if it was going to slash heaven and earth in half.

“There are elites of the Precept Domain in the Kunlun Realm?”

Mr. Godcliff’s face sank when he saw the incoming saber. He summoned a Divine Planet to clash head-on with the saber.

At the same time, Dumbo performed a giant palm. At one-thousand-foot-long and woven with precepts, the palm turned into a palm-shaped mountain, crushing down on Mr. Godcliff.

“They are not from the Kunlun Realm. It is them. Tianchu Civilization is sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong. They are asking for trouble.”

Mr. Godcliff could not remain calm. Anger boiled within him. He struck out a Divine Planet to crush the palm-shaped mountain, then flung another two at the Tower of Flames and the Fairy of Chutian and others.

Layers of protective light shields appeared on the Tower of Flames’ surface with dense inscriptions flowing on it.

Boom!

The energy released from the Divine Planets was equal to what an asteroid impacted the earth. The light shield was just as good as it was not there.

“Mr. Godcliff is terrific!”

Zhang Ruochen summoned the Azuresky Pagoda with all his might.

Not that he was afraid that the Divine Planet would destroy the Tower of Flames. He was worried that the impact would affect the normal operation of the Tower of Flames. Even if it just stopped for a second, the consequences could be disastrous.

The Azuresky Pagoda spun slowly. It grew as large as a mountain, then collided with the incoming Divine Planet.

The energy released from the collision destroyed all the buildings on the ground.

Zhang Ruochen grabbed the Azuresky Pagoda as it flew back to him. But he lost control of his body and crashed into the wall of the tower.

King Daxi had been quietly observing Zhang Ruochen. Seeing that he was only suffering from a minor injury, she looked disappointed.

Zhang Ruochen had intercepted the Divine Planet and bought him some precious time.

Murong Yefeng and Jiang Yunchong caught up with and intercepted Mr. Godcliff.

“Six Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: Resplendent Radiance!”

Jiang Yunchong was going all out, releasing his Sainthood Source outside his body so it hovered above his head.

At that moment, the Saint Qi and Precepts of the Sainthood Sources rushed toward the six holy cities and coalesced with the six bodies of the Supreme Saints, successfully suppressed six out of the seven Divine Planets.

Obviously, that was strenuous for Jiang Yunchong. He looked paler and paler, and he was not going to hold up for very long.

“Nine Phoenixes Out of Void!”

Murong Yefeng was also stressing himself to the max. He summoned his strength and his arms burst open with two loud booms. All that was left of his arms were bones.

The blood from his arms turned into two clouds of blood mist and rushed into the Nine-Phoenix Cauldron.

Heaven and earth dimmed instantly as clouds gathered. The Nine-Phoenix Cauldron was suspended in the air, releasing depressive Supreme-Power shock waves that could suffocate the Saint Kings.

Mr. Godcliff’s expression changed, and he quickly yanked out thirteen talismans.

The talismans were valuable. Each one could stop an attack of the Supreme Saint. He would not have used it if not for his life was in threat.

His use of all thirteen talismans at the same time showed how frightened Mr. Godcliff was as if a Supreme Saint was pursuing him.

Nine phoenixes flew out of the Nine-Phoenix Cauldron, circled around it for a while before attacking Mr. Godcliff.

His first talisman shattered, turning into a 1,000-foot-long, 70-foot-thick shield to clash with the Nine-Phoenix Cauldron.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

After three collisions, the shield exploded into pieces.

Mr. Godcliff immediately shattered a second talisman, turning it into another shield.

“Kill Zhang Ruochen. Destroy the ancient inscription!” Mr. Godcliff roared.

Si Han, Jueyan Hu, and other Saint cultivators sensed the seriousness of the situation. They realized they would only have a chance of victory only if they killed Zhang Ruochen and got rid of the ancient inscription.

Si Han, who was standing in the center of the chain sphere, lunged toward the Tower of Flames.

Zhang Ruochen shot out a Whitesun Arrow. But before the arrow could get near to Si Han, a chain struck it away.

Jueyan Hu held the fragment of a supreme artifact to attack the Tower of Flames from another direction.

Due to his injury, though, his combat strength was only slightly better than a Nine-Step Saint King of the Greater Precept World. Defeating the ancient inscription was not an easy task for him.

A thin streak of light suddenly rose from the ground into the air, penetrating the bodies of five Saint cultivators.

The light vibrated for a second, and the five Saint cultivators cried out, their bodies burst into chunks the size of a palm before plunging to the ground.

That streak of light was actually a sword.

“Rain Sword! How dare you intervene, Luoji! Aren’t you afraid of getting yourself into great trouble?” Jueyan Hu recognized that sword that looked like a streak of light. He knew who was the owner of the sword.

“Why should I? It is not like I am intervening in the Heavenly Realm’s business for the first time.”

The Fairy of Chutian held the Rain Sword in her hand and charged at Jueyan Hu at once. Her sword qi engulfed Jueyan Hu like a net, keeping him busy so he would not have time to attack the Tower of Flames.

Zhang Ruochen glanced at the Fairy of Chutian, his lips curling up in a smile.

He could not help but admit that this Fairy of Chutian was full of stamina, and she was gutsy enough to make the Heavenly Realm her enemy. Besides, she had a strong sense of amity. It was probably because she wanted to return the favor that she intervened.

But it was not clear if she had a crush on Zhang Ruochen.

He knew very well that with his current cultivation base; he was no match for Si Han. So he took out and opened up the Secret Tome of Time and Space.

Multiple dimensions appeared and engulfed the Tower of Flames.

“Dimensional Rift!”

“Dimensional Collapse!”

“Dimensional Vortex!”

…

Using the Secret Tome of Time and Space, Zhang Ruochen struck out his Dimensional techniques to attack Si Han.

He wanted to buy some time, even though he knew he could not stop Si Han.

As soon as Murong Yefeng and Jiang Yunchong killed Mr. Godcliff, he would have victory in his hands. Right now, both sides were pulling out all the stops to see who could last longer.

Bang, bang!

Si Han’s combat strength was way above that of the ordinary Precept Domain-level Saint Kings. He dodged the dense dimensional attacks and came to the edge of the multi-dimensions.

“Defeat it!”

Thirty-six chains flew out of the chain sphere. They tangled and formed into a single long steel chain, breaking through the multi-dimensions to attack Zhang Ruochen.

“Not good!”

Zhang Ruochen immediately performed a Dimensional Shift, moving to the side to dodge the chain attack.

But he was still one step too late.

The shock waves from the chain hit him, leaving behind a wound in his abdomen. His Armor of Word had sunk into his skin because of the blow.

The Armor of Word’s defense was still a little too weak and ineffective during the battle with the Precept Domain-level fighter.

Luckily, there is the Divine Mark’s protection to neutralize nine-tenths of Si Han’s attack. Otherwise, my body would have been cut in half.

Zhang Ruochen quickly got back to his feet and ready to counterattack. But he saw that the thirty-six chains had caught King Daxi’s body and rescued her from the Tower of Flames.

King Daxi and Zhang Ruochen’s eyes met as they were getting farther and farther apart.

Right now, Zhang Ruochen could have commanded the flaming bugs in King Daxi’s body to burn her to ashes. But at this moment, a thousand thoughts flashed across his mind; he did not activate the flaming bug’s attack at last.

The escape of King Daxi might be a blessing in disguise.

First, it was not easy to get rid of the flaming bugs inside her body. This was one way Zhang Ruochen controlled her.

Second, King Daxi had used the ancient inscription to kill many cultivators from the Heavenly Realm. He had all this recorded. This was another way that Zhang Ruochen could use to control her.

Besides, he had also taken away those treasures from King Daxi.

Some items were very important to her.

She would definitely want to get it back, and she would have no choice but to compromise.

She thought she could just escape that way?

Escape was only a temporary relief. When Zhang Ruochen’s cultivation base improved again, when he could crush her with his actual strength, she would learn what hopelessness meant.

But right now, Zhang Ruochen would be her nightmare.

She would be afraid of her own shadow as long as Zhang Ruochen was still alive.

Without King Daxi, the flames started to die out.

The ancient inscription covering the entire Eastern Region Holy City started to fade away.

Si Han revealed his true face. He was handsome, with sharp facial features and a pair of frosty eyes. “Your Highness, how would you like Zhang Ruochen to die?”

Before King Daxi said anything, a loud boom was heard in the distance.

Under the intense attack of Murong Yefeng, the Nine-Phoenix Cauldron had destroyed Mr. Godcliff’s thirteen talismans. He was badly wounded and the seven Divine Planets plunged to the earth.

The battle took an about-turn.

Murong Yefeng was covered in blood. He carried the burning Nine-Phoenix Cauldron and lunged toward the Tower of Flames. “Over my dead body if you want to hurt His Highness the Prince! I will anyone who tries to do that!” he roared.

Murong Yefeng’s cultivation base was far higher than that of Si Han. With a supreme artifact in hand, he could easily kill anyone he wanted.

Nothing much could be done now with the defeat of Mr. Godcliff. No way Si Han was going to continue the fight.

His priority now was to keep himself alive and flee Eastern Region Holy City, not killing Zhang Ruochen.