Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The cold and piercing murderous Qi approached their backs with the feeling of impending crisis. It was like sharp needles piercing the skin one by one, shuddering the nerves all over their bodies.
It was an impending crisis of death full of desperation. They would probably vanish like smoke in the next minute, disappearing from the world.
Who could stay calm in the face of death?
King Xianlan was only about 90 meters behind Zhang Ruochen. The blood Qi given out by him had condensed into dozens of skeletons, making a cracking noise.
King Xianlan now was like the Death from h.e.l.l, who had the lives of Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady in hand.
Zhang Ruochen's forehead was covered with big droplets of sweat. He lowered his legs and stepped into the rock with a crack.
He restrained himself to give a sudden turn. He operated the spatial Qi to chop behind him.
The s.p.a.ce of dozens of metes in diameter took a violent quake.
Then a more than ten-meter-long spatial crack was created and flew away to hit King Xianlan who was closely after them.
The Rules of the Heaven and the Earth were surely different in the First Gradient than that of the ground.
But the spatial rules didn't change much, so Zhang Ruochen could still display the spatial power freely.
Because of the last resort of this spatial power, Zhang Ruochen had the power to fight with saints.
Seeing the spatial crack coming at him, King Xianlan was shocked and slid away immediately.
Spatial power was one of the original powers of the world, which couldn't be defended with the Holy Qi practiced by a monk. They had to dodge it.
King Xianlan was quick enough to just be hurt by the spatial crack.
But in such a short time, Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady had rushed hundreds of meters away, almost disappearing in the horizon.
"The Rules of the Heaven and the Earth didn't suppress the spatial power of Zhang Ruochen. This is not good."
King Xianlan put on a grave face. He began to look at Zhang Ruochen with seriousness, daring not to underestimate him.
This Zhang Ruochen, who could display spatial power, was a big threat. He didn't have complete confidence to tackle Zhang Ruochen down, even if he had a high cultivation.
He kept chasing him for more than 500 kilometers.
The world was still dark and cold. But at the far end of the darkness, a strong strand of the saint beast's Qi could be perceived, which intimidated them all.
They were closer to where the Cloud Gold Beast fell asleep.
The giant Cloud Gold Beast moved slowly to stand up, like a dark red mountain. It had a scary head and a craggy body. Its antique Qi led people to suspect that it had lived for 1,000 years.
The longevity of savage beasts were several times, even ten times longer than that of human beings. Even the Immortal Vampires couldn't compare with them.
Apparently, the Cloud Gold Beast had found the four living creatures rapidly approaching. It made a roar, which generated a strong wild wind to blow the giant rocks which were dozens of kilograms in weight.
The Saint Lady stared at the Cloud Gold Beast not far away, perceiving its terrible Qi of wildness. She said, "Zhang Ruochen, the Cloud Gold Beast has reached the saint realm. It can crack mountains and rivers. We can't afford to tease it."
"I know, but we don't have other options."
Zhang Ruochen kept rus.h.i.+ng to the Cloud Gold Beast. They became closer and closer to it. 5 kilometers away, and they went on.
Zhang Ruochen's body was only the size of a rice grain to the Cloud Gold Beast's eyes, not special from an ant.
The power of the wind created by it could almost blow him and the Saint Lady away.
King Xianlan and the Second Royal Prince closely after them saw the awakening Cloud Gold Beast as well.
"Royal Uncle, the Qi given by the blood beast is truly terrible. If we went on, we would probably die with Zhang Ruochen."
The Second Royal Prince felt his heart pounding violently and his legs trembling. He dared not to approach it.
"Zhang Ruochen led us here on purpose to bluff with the power of that blood beast. The blood beast was powerful, but I'm not afraid of it." King Xianlan was determined and showed no fear.
The saintified creatures had become owners of the Heaven and the Earth. Therefore, they had determined minds and strong willpower. With a chance to fight, they would not be scared off by other creatures at the saint realm.
Apparently, the Cloud Gold Beast wasn't enough to scare off King Xianlan.
4.5 kilometers. 4 kilometers. 3.5 kilometers…
Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady had arrived at the foot of the Cloud Gold Beast. They could see the dustpan-sized scales on its belly, and its tough claws like divine iron.
One of its claws could have smashed a mountain which was one kilometer high.
Even Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady were about to panic by now. With the smallest mistake, they could have died under the feet of the Cloud Gold Beast and become bones.
Each of the five claws of the Cloud Gold Beast generated a cloud of b.l.o.o.d.y mist. With its wave, the current was disturbed, making roars.
Two claws. .h.i.t toward Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady.
The other three hit toward King Xianlan and the Second Royal Prince from behind.
The dark red claws were dozens of times larger than Zhang Ruochen's body. Before it landed on the ground, it had pressed down the ground under Zhang Ruochen's feet.
"Spatial movement."
All of a sudden, the bodies of Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady disappeared from underneath the Cloud Gold Beast's claws, as if they had gone through an invisible water curtain.
In the next instant, they appeared at the back of the Cloud Gold Beast. They flashed a little, then disappeared in the darkness.
"Zhang Ruochen, you can't run away from me!"
King Xianlan kept shouting. He wanted to defeat the Cloud Gold Beast to go on chasing the escaping Zhang Ruochen and the Saint Lady.
But the Cloud Gold Beast was more furious than he was. Its power had totally suppressed King Xianlan, stopping him from going away.
In a short while, Zhang Ruochen had taken the Saint Lady dozens of kilometers away.
The noise of King Xianlan fighting with the Cloud Gold Beast could still be heard constantly. The ground kept shaking. If an ordinary monk went close to them, he would surely die there.
"The living creatures at the saint realm were truly terrible. Even if his cultivation has been suppressed hundreds of times, his battle power is still formidable for Half-Saints."
Zhang Ruochen's robes had been soaked with sweat.
It was too scary. Once they had been involved in the battle, they would have found it hard to survive.
The Saint Lady was relieved as well. She pressed her lips together. "That's not necessarily true. Excellent figures on the Half-Saint Rank can fight living creatures at the saint realm. With your body and your talent, you will get your name on the list sooner or later."
There were only 100 names on the whole Half-Saint Rank, including human Half-Saints in the Kunlun's Field, Taigu Remains, heirs of divine beasts, and some of the living creatures at the state of Half-Saint who'd been born in thousands of Fields outside the Kunlun's Field.
In fact, the human Half-Saints in the Kunlun's Field had only taken up one third of names on the Half-Saint Rank. The rest were all taken by members from other clans of savage beasts.
This meant that each living creature on the list was an outstanding figure.
It's not the first time that Zhang Ruochen heard about the Half-Saint Rank. He wondered, "It is said that the Half-Saint Rank was edited by you. The Kunlun's Field is so vast. And the thousands of other uncountable Fields are all over the universe. How could you know so much information about the Half-Saint living creatures?"
The Saint Lady didn't answer him. She smiled. "The world is vast and borderless indeed. The more I know, the smaller I feel myself become. In fact the Half-Saint Rank isn't very accurate. Many unknown creatures are not on it."
Zhang Ruochen felt that she meant something else, as if she knew many secrets that ordinary people had no access to.
But since she didn't want to talk about it, Zhang Ruochen stopped asking.
The Saint Lady looked up at the determined Zhang Ruochen with her vivid eyes, and added, "Actually, it was not just for a ranking. Editing the Half-Saint Rank had deeper meanings. You'll see before long."
Zhang Ruochen took the Saint Lady on the run for more than 5000 kilometers to arrive at a steep and craggy area.
Some black cliffs were more than 30 kilometers high, being wrapped up with complicated Rules of the Heaven and the Earth, which made it hard for Half-Saints to climb on them.
Some other places shaped like gullies reached deep to the bottom. Only intimidating darkness could be seen, which seemed to devour the saint souls of the monks.
"The Rules of the Heaven and the Earth have suppressed the cultivation of monks to less than 1/200. If I don't have a strong body, the destructive power burst with the Holy Qi can't even compare with the martial practicers at the Heavenly Realm on the ground."
Zhang Ruochen took back the Holy Qi floating on his palm and said to himself, "Is this the entrance of the Second Gradient?"
Zhang Ruochen stopped at the edge of a valley. He didn't go on, in case there were more scary dangers.
The Saint Lady took in the Blood Pill to infuse her Qi of blood. Her strength recovered gradually.
She stood beside Zhang Ruochen. Her soft and slender body was like a weak willow. She opened her lips and asked, "What do you mean by the Second Gradient?"
The Saint Lady didn't know much about the world underneath the Bottomless Abyss, although she was very knowledgeable.
So Zhang Ruochen told her everything he knew, including the three gradients of the Bottomless Abyss and the secret of Blood Beast.
The Saint Lady was lost in thought after hearing this. She said, "Savage beasts can't come to the bottom of the Bottomless Abyss and change into Blood Beasts by accident. I think there must be a scary secret in the First Gradient and the Second Gradient."
Zhang Ruochen said, "I think so. But, we don't have much proof now. Banner King Wuliang once said that the savage beasts had absorbed the Qi of blood of the Blood Queen, then became the blood beasts. If he didn't lie to me, then where did the Blood Queen leave her Qi of blood?"
Zhang Ruochen found that the Saint Lady was staring at him attentively, which made him quite uncomfortable. Puzzled, he said, "What's wrong, Miss Nalan?"
