Chapter 2469: A Time Loop

  

General Pillar had the same mentor as Lord Turtle, Huang Tian, and General Pillar’s cultivation had reached the Paramount Realm.

 

As soon as he made his move, the precepts of heaven and earth changed. The sky turned into five fingers, and the earth kept sinking. The structure of space underwent strange changes. Even Zhang Ruochen, the Master of Space, found it difficult to freeze space.

 

“Compared to the Paramount Realm Supreme Saint, the gap is still too big.” Zhang Ruochen sighed.

 

Blackie, who had fainted, recovered at the critical moment. Suddenly, it roared hysterically, “You dare to sneak attack on me? Now die.”

 

It broke free from Zhang Ruochen’s hands. A dazzling divine light shot out as it opened and closed its eyes.

 

It waved its claws in the air, forming three streaks of flame light. It split open the five-fingered sky that fell from the sky.

 

Boom

 

Billions of precepts collided. The world disintegrated, the stars shifted, the gods fell… and so on. It was a shocking phenomenon.

 

General Pillar’s eyes widened as if he had been struck by lightning. He withdrew his stone hand and retreated rapidly.

 

“What a powerful hedgehog. Could it be a Primeval Divine Beast?” said General Pillar as he raised his hand. Three black lines appeared on his palm, and they were an inch deep.

 

One had to know that its stone body was the essence of divine ore. It could be refined into a divine gold material to refine a Supreme Artifact.

 

From this, one could see how terrifying Blacky’s claw was.

 

“Ignorant fool, I’m undying… Hedgehog,” said Blackie

 

“An undying hedgehog? Good, very good. Although I have never heard of a Primeval Divine Beast like you, I will definitely remember it from today onwards,” General Pillar said seriously.

 

Blacky was too lazy to explain it. It rubbed the bump on its head, turned around, and looked behind it. A pair of fiery eyes glared angrily at Lord Turtle, who was chasing after it. It roared fiercely, “I will use your blood to wash away the humiliation just now. Today, it’s a battle of life and death. Fight! Fight! Fight!”

 

The mighty battle intent turned into a battle cloud and gathered above Blacky’s head.

 

Lord Turtle was stunned. His two green bean-sized eyes rolled around as he said, “I… I… Am… a… Stone…”

 

“I don’t care who you are. Even if there is a god behind you, you will not be able to escape death. I hate trash like you who can’t win and wants to use your background to suppress others. Tremble, turtle.” said Blackie. His aura rose again.

 

Lord Turtle was a bit discouraged. He shut his mouth and thought to himself, ‘You misunderstood! I just want to say that I’m a Stone Clan Supreme saint. My main body is a space jade that has been deposited for hundreds of millions of years. I don’t have any blood. Even if you want to wash away your shame with my blood, you can’t do it!’

 

Blackie saw Lord Turtle winking at it and thought he was provoking it. He was furious. He wanted to rush up and fight, but Zhang Ruochen grabbed his tail and dragged him back.

 

“Don’t stop me. I want to destroy it.” Blackie was angry and scolded Zhang Ruochen.

 

Zhang Ruochen said, “Ignore them. Break the array and leave. Wuma Jiuxing is in the garden.”

 

“What?” asked Blackie.

 

Blackie immediately woke up and carefully observed the situation. It indeed sensed Wuma Jiuxing’s aura. He said, “This guy’s Path of Saber has reached divinity and its pinnacle. He is invincible if a Yuanhui-level genius doesn’t reach the Paramount Realm. Run, run now.”

 

Blackie ran faster than anyone else when faced with danger. He ran out of the garden like a wisp of smoke.

 

General Pillar tried to stop him, but he was sent flying with Blackie’s nine claws. He fell to the ground, his body covered in claw marks.

 

Zhang Ruochen followed closely behind Blackie. He finally felt more confident.

 

Blackie was unreliable, but he did show extraordinary strength after his cultivation recovered. The two Stone Clan Supreme Saints under Bai Qing’er obviously had the potential to become gods. However, they couldn’t last more than ten rounds in front of Blackie.

 

When Blackie and General Pillar fought, the precepts of heaven and earth were like two oceans colliding. Compared to them, the more than 10 billion Precepts that Zhang Ruochen had cultivated were like a small pond that would be swallowed instantly.

 

After seeing the difference between him and the Paramount Realm Supreme Saint, Zhang Ruochen’s motivation increased significantly. He swore to himself that he would hide if he escaped this time. He would never come out unless he cultivated to the Great Perfection stage of the Hundred-Shackle Realm.

 

Only when he cultivated to the Great Perfection stage of the Hundred-Shackle Realm and unleashed his Demigod-level physique could he withstand more world power. Then, he would have the possibility to fight with the Paramount Realm Supreme Saint.

 

Of course, a Demigod-level physique was potent and could suppress a Paramount Realm Supreme Saint. Unfortunately, with his cultivation of the Hundred-Shackle Realm, he could not use it ideally.

 

It’s the realm!

 

Only when he reached the realm could he control even more powerful power.

 

CRASH!

 

The earth-shattering sound rang out in the garden.

 

Zhang Ruochen’s expression changed. He looked in the direction of Lord Turtle.

 

Lord Turtle’s spatial attainments were profound. When Blackie and General Pillar were fighting, he broke the wall of the spatial Microworld and shattered the Multi-Dimensional Scroll.

 

Instantly, half of the spatial Microworlds in the garden collapsed.

 

All the Supreme Saints, including Bai Qing’er, escaped.

 

They had been trapped by a Hundred-Shackle Realm Supreme Saint. They were already filled with anger. Killing intent flashed in their eyes as they chased after Zhang Ruochen and Blackie.

 

“Zhang Ruochen, where do you think you’re going? Take this, A Kill of Thousands!”

 

Lord Ironclad rushed out from the group of influential figures and threw out the bone spear in his hand.

 

The inscriptions on the bone spear shone, and a shadow of a broken world appeared. It flew with the bone spear and behind Zhang Ruochen at an unparalleled speed.

 

This was an attack from Lord Ironclad, who was at the pinnacle of the Banshi Isshou Realm. He didn’t seal his cultivation.

 

If he was hit, even a Supreme Saint who had just entered the Banshi Isshou Realm would be turned into ashes, let alone Zhang Ruochen.

 

The more dangerous it was, the calmer Zhang Ruochen became. His thoughts became empty. He didn’t turn back, but the trajectory of the bone spear was clearly displayed in his mind.

 

With the Meritorious Armor of Flowing Light that was ten thousand times the speed of sound, Zhang Ruochen was even faster than the bone spear.

 

Whoosh

 

He took a step forward and rushed into the garden. He entered the array outside the garden.

 

As soon as he stepped into it, the array unfolded like a scroll, trapping him in a desert plane.

 

There was no light in the desert plane. It was pitch black.

 

The bone spear and the broken world flew into the desert array world and chased after him relentlessly.

 

Zhang Ruochen had no way to escape. He turned around abruptly and used the Zangshan Demonic Mirror to protect himself. Then he shot out the Violet Gourd and the Myriad Curse Bead.

 

The three Supreme Artifacts released Supreme Power at the same time. Like three suns rising, the dazzling light pierced through the array of a desert plane and out of Ji Feng Manor, illuminating the entire Enchanton.

 

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

 

The power of the bone spear was unrivaled. It knocked the Violet Gourd and the Myriad Curse Bead away. It pierced through the demon mountains formed by the Zangshan Demonic Mirror and collided with the mirror.

 

Zhang Ruochen and the Zangshan Demonic Mirror were thrown out together.

 

He used all his Power of Dimension to resolve the residual force of the bone spear. He was not seriously injured.

 

“You can withstand my full-strength attack,” said Lord Ironclad.

 

Lord Ironclad chased into the desert plane of the array. His eyes were filled with surprise. Then his eyes turned cold, and his killing intent grew stronger.

 

He was only in the Hundred-Shackle Realm, but he was already challenging to deal with. When Zhang Ruochen broke through to the Thousand-Koan Realm, wouldn’t he lose to him?

 

Lord Ironclad grabbed the end of the bone spear. Dense precepts surged out of his body and turned into a sea of precepts. They merged with the bone spear and crackled towards Zhang Ruochen.

 

Zhang Ruochen had already used all his strength to block Lord Ironclad’s first attack. How could he stop the second attack?

 

However, Zhang Ruochen didn’t accept his Destiny. His body shrank instantly and turned into a speck of light.

 

“You can’t dodge it. You’ve been locked onto by my sea of precepts. You can’t dodge it by shrinking your body,” Lord Ironclad sneered.

 

A shining bracelet flew out of the speck of light.

 

The bracelet spun rapidly. It grew bigger and bigger until its diameter was 30 feet. It swept Lord Ironclad and the sea of precepts he’d released into the inside of the bracelet.

 

Lord Ironclad’s bone spear lost its direction and hit the ground, sinking into the desert.

 

The light spots flashed, and Zhang Ruochen reappeared. He looked at Lord Ironclad trapped in the bracelet with surprise.

 

Lord Ironclad repeated the same action. He raised his bone spear and struck the ground.

 

It was very strange.

 

The Supreme Saint powerhouses that caught up from behind were all stunned by this scene. They froze on the spot and did not move forward immediately.

 

Bai Qing’er recognized the bracelet that trapped Lord Ironclad and said, “Yu Qiu’s Universum Bracelet has actually fallen into your hands.”

 

“It’s actually the Universum Bracelet. Legend has it that Yu Qiu, who had just stepped into the Paramount Realm, used this bracelet to fight Lord Wuma to a draw,” said the mysterious powerhouse in white.

 

Bai Qing’er nodded. She said, “This is a Destiny Treasure and a Time Treasure. Any cultivator trapped in it will fall into a time loop. It’s a pity that Zhang Ruochen’s attainments in Destiny are not high enough. Otherwise, he could have used the Universum Bracelet’s Power of Destiny to make Lord Ironclad kill himself.

 

“I’ll take this treasure.”

 

The mysterious man in white was very tempted. He grabbed out through the air. A large hand condensed from death Qi held onto the Universum Bracelet.

 

The Universum Bracelet was powerful, but they were only weapons after all.

 

Under the pressure of the hand of death qi, the bracelet spun slower and slower. Finally, they stopped altogether.

 

Seeing that the Universum Bracelet was about to be taken away, Guye Jing barged into the array desert plane. She flew out from the clouds and smashed the hand of death qi condensed by the mysterious man in white with one finger. She reached out and grabbed the Universum Bracelet.

 

The moment the Universum Bracelet fell into her hand, the brilliance of Destiny emitted increased dramatically as if it had turned into a divine wheel.

 

Guye Jing landed not far from Zhang Ruochen as her jade feet sank into the yellow sand. She ignored Bai Qing’er and the others and looked at the sky fearfully. She said, “Use the Power of Time to help me.”

 

He did not need to guess that Wuma Jiuxing must have come after her!

 

“Okay!” Zhang Ruochen said.

 

Zhang Ruochen knew that the situation was critical, but he was decisive. The Shenwu Mark of Time and Dimension between his eyebrows appeared and rotated rapidly to form a Dimensional Gate. The power of the world gushed out endlessly.

 

In an instant, the aura that burst out from Zhang Ruochen reached the Middle-stage of Banshi Isshou Realm and later to Late-stage.

 

However, blood-red cracks appeared between his eyebrows. His head seemed to be on the verge of breaking into pieces. Apparently, he had reached the limit of what he could bear.

 

The Precepts of Time in his body flew out and fused with the energy of Qiankun Realm, pouring into the Universum Bracelet.

 

Whoosh

 

In an instant, countless light spots of Marks of Time surged out of the Universum Bracelet. They turned into a rain of light that covered the graceful body of Guye Jing. They spread in all directions and surrounded the entire desert plane.

 

The desert plane became dreamy and beautiful.

 

BOOM!

 

Wuma Jiuxing stepped through the clouds of the array formation and appeared in the sky, walking toward him step by step.

 

The sky in which he was standing now had a fantastic scene that looked like a crimson sunset. He was tall and handsome, with long, fiery-red hair draped over his head. His entire body was emitting a masculine charm that could make all the women in the world fall in love with him.

 

He was powerful, handsome, masculine, and domineering, but he also had a unique charm that couldn’t be hidden. Shang Yue, Shang Xia, and the other female cultivators couldn’t take their eyes off him immediately. It was like how male cultivators couldn’t help but be attracted to the fairy in the Portrait of the Nine Beauties.

 

Wuma Jiuxing had always been mysterious, and it was also the first time Shang Yue and Shang Xia had seen him in person.

 

Wuma Jiuxing’s eyes full of vitality, landed on Guye Jing. He said, “In this world, only the number one powerhouse of the Fane of Destiny, Zhuo Yunong, survived one strike from me. Today, there is one more. The descendent of The Rāhu Mountains didn’t disappoint me.”

 

Guye Jing raised her stubborn chin and said, “Since you could not kill me with one strike, it can be seen that your saber is not as powerful as the legends say.”

 

“If I had not suffered some injuries during the battle with Zhuo Yunong, I would not have needed to use a second strike to kill you,” said Wuma Jiuxing.

 

Wuma Jiuxing’s gaze was sharp as if nothing could shake his will. He spread out his right hand, and immediately, dense Precepts of Saber condensed in his palm, forming a golden saber.

 

The saber hadn’t been cut out yet.

 

The cultivators present felt as if their Saint Souls had been cut out. Their eyes became blind, and their heads were aching.

 

Swoosh

 

The golden saber flew out and cut down.

 

Guye Jing seized the opportunity and threw out the Universum Bracelet. It dragged a long tail of flowing light and crashed toward the golden saber that had fallen from the sky.

 

“Let’s go!” said Guye Jing.

 

Guye Jing grabbed Zhang Ruochen’s wrist and flew toward the edge of the array desert plane.

 

“The bracelet…”

 

“Are you going to die, or do you want a bracelet? It’s not too late to take it back after you’ve reached the Paramount Realm,” said Guye Jing as her face was pale. Her body was dripping with the Supreme Saint’s blood. Every time she breathed, her aura would weaken.

 

Guye Jing was already very impressive to survive a strike from Wuma Jiuxing. She could be ranked among the top powerhouses below divinity.

 

Zhang Ruochen knew that survival was the most important thing at the moment. He sighed and activated the Meritorious Armor of Flowing Light. He grabbed Guye Jing’s weak wrist and flew out.

 

Blackie had already broken more than half of the array in the desert plane. He said, “Give me some more time. I’ll break the array soon.”

 

“It’s too late. You all have to stay here today,” said Bai Qing’er.

 

Bai Qing’er’s voice rang out.

 

The grains of yellow sand on the ground flew up naturally. They spun like whirlpools and condensed into a graceful white figure. It appeared in front of Zhang Ruochen and Guye Jing.

 

Bai Qing’er stood still. She only glanced at the sky. Then a white river of stars fell. It was thousands of miles long. It slashed toward Zhang Ruochen and Guye Jing.

 

It wasn’t an actual river of stars.

 

However, when the river of stars fell, the vast array of the desert plane was stretched again.

 

Before Zhang Ruochen’s eyes, the white river of stars was no different from an actual river of stars. It was formed by tens of thousands of stars. Each star had a diameter of thousands of miles, and the outlines of mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas appeared on it.

 

Even though it was a fake river of stars, it still made people feel despair and shock. It was as if the entire universe could be controlled by her.