Chapter 1681: Who Surrenders?
Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
The nine chains were a very strong saint weapon, containing nine types of power. One was bone-piercing cold, one burned with flames, one radiated Death Qi… All the types of power intertwined to tie down Zhang Ruochen.
He held the Abyss Ancient Sword and activated all his Holy Qi to control a dozen other Ten-thousand-pattern Saint Weapons. His surroundings were impenetrable.
Thud!
A class eight formation started turning on the wall. It formed a blood-red pillar of light that hit a Ten-thousand-pattern Saint Shield. The weapon shattered and the shards scattered in the carriage.
Zhang Ruochen had to attack with four Ten-thousand-pattern Saint Weapons to block the formation’s power.
But all four weapons had cracks.
He was shocked. The Thousand Star Maiden’s formation was too terrifying. If he was hit, he’d be severely injured even if he didn’t die.
One must admit that fighting with a Formation Saint Master was a scary thing.
Poof, poof.
Whoosh!
…
In the carriage, four more class eight formations started turning. It locked onto Zhang Ruochen and would attack destructively at any moment.
Actually, the Thousand Star Maiden had already calmed down. That attack had just been to intimidate Zhang Ruochen. She didn’t really want to activate all class eight formations to kill him.
There were two main reasons why she’d lost her temper earlier.
First, she was worried that Zhang Ruochen was bought over by the Wizard God Emperor and Fairy Tianchu.
Second, Zhang Ruochen was above her on the Saints Merits Rank and took some of the glory that should’ve belonged to her. In addition, when Zhang Ruochen had commented on her, he’d actually said that she had a flaw in her mindset and couldn’t become someone powerful. Naturally, she couldn’t accept this and thought that Zhang Ruochen was too arrogant and full of himself, so she always wanted to compete with him deep down.
The knot within her could only be undone after defeating Zhang Ruochen personally.
Starry light was like fireflies in the night.
The Thousand Star Maiden’s voice rang out in the starry light, floating whimsically. “Zhang Ruochen, give up. You’re no match for me. If I activate four class eight formations, you’ll definitely be dead.”
“Really? I don’t believe that.”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Time and Space Secret Guide and held it in his hands.
“Don’t try to challenge me,” the Thousand Star Maiden said. “I have many hidden cards to use in the Starry Saint Carriage. I can defeat you with just the power of the formation.”
“If you want to force me to surrender with just these formations,” Zhang Ruochen said, “aren’t you thinking too lowly of me?”
The specks of light converged, forming the Thousand Star Maiden’s snow-white figure. Her true figure was revealed.
“Here, your spatial power is cut in half. I have godly patterns for protection and many defensive runes. Your Sword Way, Palm Way, and Fist Way are all useless against me. Are you going to use the power of time against me? Time is even more abstruse than space. With your realm, how much can you know?”
Zhang Ruochen smirked without replying.
A smile appeared on the Thousand Star Maiden’s beautiful face. She changed the subject, saying, “Okay, I know the Time and Space Descendant has an ego. How about this? I don’t need you to submit to me. You just need to surrender.”
“Why should I surrender?” Zhang Ruochen asked. “You didn’t defeat me.”
The Thousand Star Maiden’s brows furrowed. She felt like she’d already made a great compromise and gave the other a way to back down, but he didn’t take it.
“Do we have to get to the point of life or death? To be honest, I really don’t want to kill you right now.”
“We could’ve cooperated nicely,” Zhang Ruochen said. “I didn’t agree with what the Wizard God Emperor offered. It’s your desire to control and win being too strong that led to this result. I am Zhang Ruochen, Time and Space Controller. I’m not like other cultivators. I will not submit to any being, not even a god.”
“Seems like I can only get rid of your arrogance by defeating you completely.”
The Thousand Star Maiden stood in place and released her Spiritual Power. Instantly, the four class eight formations started spinning, releasing stronger and stronger energy waves.
The area inside the carriage was even more frightening than the fatal environment.
Whoosh!
Zhang Ruochen opened the Time and Space Secret Guide. Silver light shot out immediately.
The space inside the carriage was divided into a multi-dimensional space. Layers of silver space walls appeared. They were like book pages but also curtains of light.
Kaboom!
The destructive attack from the four class eight formations hit the silver light, shaking the entire Starry Saint Carriage violently.
Thankfully, the carriage was an Eight Yao Ten-thousand-pattern Saint Weapon and had the Thousand Star Maiden’s defensive runes. Otherwise, it would definitely be turned to dust.
The silver light curtain kept breaking and reforming.
There was a stalemate for ten breaths. Finally, the formation attack disappeared.
That was because the Thousand Star Maiden was swept into the multi-dimensional space.
Her spiritual connection with the four formations was cut off by the spatial walls. The formation naturally stopped turning as well.
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen had been controlling the Time and Space Secret Guide with all his might. He’d kept pouring in Holy Qi and couldn’t take a breather until now.
This woman is so powerful. She forced me to use my last trump card and even then, I almost failed.
The Thousand Star Maiden was only a third step Saint King, but fighting her was even more headache-inducing than fighting sixth step Saint Kings like Qiong Lin and Feng Jian.
Plus, Qiong Lin and Feng Jian weren’t typical sixth step Saint Kings either. They were world leaders.
The Thousand Star Maiden was even more shocked. Staring at Zhang Ruochen’s Time and Space Secret Guide, she asked, “Is that a treasure?”
Zhang Ruochen obviously wouldn’t tell her. “Admit defeat now! Actually, we can still sit down and have a chat. You should know that even though you have my secret, I also have yours. If I reveal that you have Mysteries of Truth, you’ll probably get killed even though you’re the maiden of the Thousand Star Civilization.”
“Are you threatening me?” she asked coldly.
“You threatened me first,” Zhang Ruochen corrected.
“You think a mere book can restrict me? You’re thinking too lowly of me.”
She activated the power of the origin to her fingertips.
She pointed at the silver light curtain with a slender finger and uttered with red lips, “Return to the origin.”
Boom!
The silver light curtain exploded. It transformed into microscopic specks and practically vanished.
Zhang Ruochen flipped through the pages quickly. There’d only been one layer of light before the Thousand Star Maiden. Now, there were five.
The maiden looked at the sudden new light curtains and frowned slightly. She activated the power of the origin to her fingers again.
This time, Zhang Ruochen attacked even more quickly. He drew a time print and flicked it out.
The Thousand Star maiden’s eyes narrowed. She quickly used a physical technique to dodge the time print.
“You can see it?” Zhang Ruochen asked, surprised.
“I have the Origin Divine Eyes and can see everything in the world. Even time can’t fool my eyes.” The Thousand Star Maiden’s red lips curled up, a bit proud. She continued to gather the power of the origin.
Zhang Ruochen could restrict opponents each time with his time prints because even top figures like Qiong Lin couldn’t see them. It was hard for them to sense the power of time.
This was the basis of his undefeatability! But the world produced a strange creature like the Thousand Star maiden. She had the Origin Divine Eyes and could see time. In some aspects, she could restrict Zhang Ruochen.
More accurately, the nine Ancient Ways could counter and complement each other in some ways.
Boom, boom.
The Thousand Star maiden shattered two more layers of light, but there was no joy on her face. Instead, she grew more serious.
She’d discovered with a shock that the silver light that she’d sent back to the origin had been reformed.
This had never happened before.
Zhang Ruochen finally took a deep breath and closed the Time and Space Secret Guide.
In the carriage, all the silver light and the Thousand Star Maiden disappeared together. Zhang Ruochen collected them into his silver book.
He didn’t dare to do this before because he worried that the Thousand Star Maiden’s origin power would destroy the Time and Space Secret Guide. But reality proved that with her current attainments in the Origin Way, she couldn’t turn the guide back into the origin yet.
When he opened the book again, one of the pages had a picture of a beautiful woman.
This beauty seemed to have been painted by the top artist of the world. She looked realistic and filled with spirit. Even Art Saint Chu Siyuan would be impressed if he saw this.
“Zhang Ruochen, I still have many trump cards that I haven’t used,” the beauty in the painting said. She sounded very unsatisfied. “Let me out if you dare. I can turn you into ashes with just one hit.”
Zhang Ruochen stroked the beauty’s face with a finger and smiled warmly. “Use whatever trump cards you have. If you can escape from this book, I’ll admit defeat immediately.”
He was sure that, as soon as she was released, she would immediately send a message to Blindman and Big Beard.
Their cultivations were immeasurable and Zhang Ruochen wasn’t confident in defeating them.
His finger seemed to really be touching the Thousand Star Maiden’s face. The beauty in the book trembled. Suddenly, the silver page shook and a crack appeared.
Zhang Ruochen was stunned.
What terrifying power did the Thousand Star Maiden use to crack a page in the Time and Space Secret Guide?
No.
It wasn’t a crack. It was a mark.
That mark quickly disappeared too.
Zhang Ruochen calmed down and let out a long breath. It was a false alarm. If she could even break through the secret guide that Saint Monk Xumi had made, then the Thousand Star Maiden would probably be the ruler of the entire Heaven World.
“How is this possible?” The beauty in the painting let out a shocked cry. “Not even the power undefeatable under the Supreme Saint Realm can break your book.”
She had power that was undefeatable under the Supreme Saint Realm?
Zhang Ruochen was seriously shocked. This maiden in the same realm as him gave him too many surprises.
Before, Zhang Ruochen could defeat anyone in the same realm easily.
But today, if he didn’t have the Time and Space Secret Guide, he probably would’ve taken a big blow before the Thousand Star Maiden.
“Zhang Ruochen, I surrender.” Her voice rang out.
Zhang Ruochen was surprised. How could the proud Thousand Star Maiden surrender so quickly?