Chapter 1909: Two Swords Striking Together
The Abyssal Sword Spirit’s eyes were also full of tenderness and even more longing. He had been separated from Blood Dripper for far too long.
However, no matter how long they were apart, the feelings between them remained unchanged and even became stronger because of it. It was like aging wine.
He just did not expect that at the moment of absolute crisis, Blood Dripper would appear next to him as if she had been secretly watching him.
“Has the Army of the Court arrived?” Shi Qiankun stood up and asked.
From his point of view, since the sword of the Empress has appeared in the Sword Vault, then the imperial court may have already sent a large army to reinforce the Zhenyu Clan.
The woman in red glanced at Shi Qiankun and said in a cold tone, “There’s no army, and I did not come here under any orders. I only came here for Abyss.”
“This…”
Shi Qiankun was immediately discouraged, and he did not know what else to say.
“You may leave.”
The woman in red spoke again, but it was an eviction order.
Hearing that, Shi Qiankun snapped back to his senses and quickly withdrew from the cold volcano.
That lady had killed Immortal Ming with a single strike, and she was not someone he could afford to provoke.
Moreover, with this person around, he no longer needed to worry about the situation here. It was better if he focused on the situation on Zhang Ruochen’s side.
After dismissing Shi Qiankun, the woman in red smiled and said, “I’ll help you culminate your form. We’ll talk about the rest later.”
As she spoke, she pointed out her finger, and a ray of blood light was released. It then sank into the body of Abyss’ Sword Spirit.
Abyss’ Sword Spirit nodded, and immediately closed his eyes as he continued to finish the process. He had absolute trust in Blood Dripper’s Sword Spirit.
Based on Immortal Ming’s words, he already knew that the situation outside was dire, and he needed to quickly culminate his form so that he could rush to aid Zhang Ruochen.
There was not a lot of movement in the cold volcano, so the Immortal Vampires did not know of the Blood Dripper’s arrival, let alone know that Immortal Ming was dead as the fierce battle raged on.
Even with the Sword Vault’s special environment, after repeated battles, there was still some damage since many peaks had collapsed and swords shattered into fragments.
Baaaam!!!
Zhang Ruochen stumbled back again, and the giant shadow that encased him crashed against the snow-capped mountain, causing plenty of snow to fall down.
“Zhang Ruochen, as I’ve said before, even if you are in the Sword Vault, even if you can borrow the powers of the ghosts and increase your power to that of a Neverwither Supreme Saint, you are still no match for me. How long can your body last?”
Xuetu Shenzi stepped forward and looked at Zhang Ruochen with a downward gaze, like a dragon looking at an ant.
If it were not for the Sword Vault, he would not have needed to expend so much effort and would have killed Zhang Ruochen long ago.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were calm and unfazed as he faintly said, “What’s the point with all that babble? If you are really capable, walk over my dead body.”
There were certain things that must be done in life, and even if it meant sacrificing his life, he would never take a step back.
He had promised Elder Xuanji to shoulder the mission of the Dreadblade’s line, and no matter what, he would see it to the end.
If he could not even do such a thing well, how could he fight with Chi Yao?
“Obdurate cur.” Xuetu Shenzi’s eyes became cold.
He took a step forward, and unleashed the Purgatory Fire God’s Fist, and created a flame giant.
With the flame giant at the center, the Purgatory Flames spread across all directions rapidly, as if trying to turn the Sword Vault into an Infernal Purgatory realm.
He no longer wanted to waste his breath on Zhang Ruochen and wanted to use absolute power to crush the latter’s resolve.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were firm as he infused more power into the Azuresky Pagoda, which was suspended above his head to protect himself.
Only by protecting himself well could he fight Xuetu Shenzi for a protracted period.
After all, he had not cast his immortal body yet, and his flesh still had some weaknesses. He was unable to withstand the Infernal Purgatory Tower’s attacks.
Without the Azuresky Pagoda’s protection, he would have been seriously wounded now.
Thankfully, the Azuresky Pagoda’s vessel spirit had the same enemy as him, and they worked together to face the external foe, or else, it would be really troublesome.
Bao Lie fought furiously against the Nine-eye Heavenly Lord, and he was gaining the upper hand. His Eye of the Star God was stronger than the Nine-eye Heavenly Lord’s nine eyes.
“Damn it, if White Bone Mountain hadn’t been damaged, I wouldn’t be in such a backfoot.” The Nine-eye Heavenly Lord’s eyes were gloomy, and his heart raged with fury.
White Bone Mountain was his biggest trump card. With White Bone Mountain, even if he were to encounter a Neverwither Supreme Saint, he could still fight back.
However, White Bone Mountain had been broken by the Azuresky Pagoda, and it was seriously damaged. So, it could not be used until it was restored.
Otherwise, he could have suppressed Bao Lie with just a flip of his hand.
With his seething anger, the Nine-eye Heavenly Lord snapped as he launched a counterattack with all his strength. He was a scion of an Immortal Vampire god, how could he be weaker than others of the same realm?
Before the snow mountain, the battle between Zhang Ruochen and Xuetu Shenzi had entered a white-hot stage. Xuetu Shenzi was extremely powerful and had been pushing Zhang Ruochen back. Nevertheless, he was still unable to gain a significant advantage, let alone defeat Zhang Ruochen properly.
He, who was able to defeat a Supreme Saint, had his hands tied there and was unable to deal the killing blow on Zhang Ruochen.
Everything was all because of the Sword Vault and the ghosts. Compared with killing Zhang Ruochen, he wanted to turn the Sword Vault upside down and destroy the ghosts more now.
“I’ve lost my patience. Even if I need to pay a price, I will destroy you and those ghosts.” Xuetu Shenzi hissed.
He stretched out a hand, as a burst of blood Qi gushed out, continuously infusing the Infernal Purgatory Tower.
With the infusion of blood Qi, the Infernal Purgatory Tower shook violently as countless runes appeared. They crisscrossed across a large area of space as if they wanted to confine the entire Sword Vault and even force out the Precepts of Sword.
The Infernal Purgatory Tower flew up high and floated in the air like a scorching sun as it painted the entire Sword Vault into the color of purgatory, and made the atmosphere extremely repressive.
“This power…”
Shi Qiankun stood on a mountain peak and his body trembled involuntarily.
Everyone also looked at the Infernal Purgatory Tower, their eyes became excited grim.
Anyone could feel that the Infernal Purgatory Tower was different from before as if a seal had been broken.
Zhang Ruochen was right the Infernal Purgatory Tower as a terrifying power suppressed, making him almost immobile.
Even the Saint Shadow that encased him was trembling, with faint signs of disintegration.
“Die!”
Zhang Ruochen did not sit still and struck first.
Before Xuetu Shenzi had roused the Infernal Purgatory Tower to its limit, he still had a fighting chance. If he were to wait, the situation would spiral out of control.
His sword force blasted out like it wanted to cut down a star.
Boom!!
The Infernal Purgatory Tower stood still and withstood the blow.
“Again.”
Zhang Ruochen did not give up and struck again.
After several sword strikes, the sword force was even more condensed than the last one. The essence of the True Thunder-Fire Sword was being fully unleashed by him.
However, no matter how he attacked, he could not shake the Infernal Purgatory Tower, nor even break the purgatory barrier formed by the tower.
The entire Sword Vault was already enveloped beneath the purgatory barrier.
Even a fool could tell what Xuetu Shenzi was up to. He clearly planned to destroy the Sword Vault whole, and not sparing anyone at all.
When the Infernal Purgatory Tower’s power had reached its climax, everything would be annihilated. Even a Neverwither Supreme Saint might not be able to survive that.
“Xuetu, that bloody lunatic… He did not hesitate to deplete his own energy to rouse the Infernal Purgatory Tower. If he had done that during his fight with Sword Saint Chunyi, the Sword Saint would have been dead.” In a hidden corner, Luo Yi’s gaze was grim and mixed with a hint of irritation.
While he was hiding in a secret area, should the Infernal Purgatory Tower’s power was fully unleashed, this secret spot may not be able to withstand the impact.
In this case, he really had to seriously think about what countermeasures he could take.
Whooosh!
Suddenly, two lights, one red and one black cut through the air like two meteors. They were extremely dazzling.
“What is that?”
Such a movement immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
Even Xuetu Shenzi noticed it, and could not help but to cast his gaze at the two rays of light.
The next moment, the two lights appeared beside Zhang Ruochen, turning into two simple long swords.
One of them was as red as blood as it seethed with murderous intent, and was the most eye-catching.
“That is… Empress Chi Yao’s Blood Dripper. Why has it appeared here?”
Luo Yi’s eyes widened, and could not believe what he saw.
“The rumors had it that Zhang Ruochen and Empress Chi Yao had a very deep relationship, and that does not seem to be false.”
Luo Yi frowned slightly and fell into deep thought, no one knew what he was thinking.
Not only Luo Yi, but everyone else was also shocked as their eyes were completely drawn to the sight of the Blood Dripper.
Xia Wenxin, the Nine-eye Heavenly King temporarily stopping fighting and pulled a distance away from Bao Lie and the rest.
Somehow, the Blood Dripper’s appearance gave rise to an ominous feeling in their hearts.
“Isn’t it said that Zhang Ruochen and Empress Chi Yao share a deep hatred of each other? Why would her sword, the Blood Dripper, appear in the Sword Vault?” The Nine-eye Heavenly Lord wore a look of confusion.
A grim look appeared on Xia Wenxin’s face as he said, “The thoughts of an existence such as Empress Chi Yao is not something you or I can fathom. The only thing we are can be sure of is that Empress Chi Yao has been paying close attention to the Sword Vault.”
Any of Empress Chi Yao’s involvement would cause a shadow of doubt to materialize in anyone’s heart. She was, after all, a terrifying goddess that could kill a god, especially when Empress Chi Yao had only cultivated for a little over eight hundred years.
If she were given a longer period of time, she might even be able to compare to the ancient gods like Yueshen.
Looking at both the Blood Dripper and Ancient Abyssal Blade before him, Zhang Ruochen was slightly startled as the scenes of him training sword techniques together with Chi Yao in the past appeared in his mind.
During the Ancient Abyssal Blade’s most critical moment of culminating its form, the Blood Dripper Sword actually rushed over to guard it, and that caused emotions to well up within Zhang Ruochen.
Chi Yao was so ruthless yet Blood Dripper was so affectionate to Abyss. How ironic.
Shaking his head, Zhang Ruochen came back to his senses. With a wave of his sleeve, both the Ancient Abyssal Blade and Blood Dripper flew up at the same time. Like a couple, they formed the Yin-Yang Taiji Seal.
He never thought that there would be an opportunity for both the Ancient Abyssal Blade and the Blood Dripper to simultaneously use the strongest two-person formation of the Liangyi Sect, the Yin-Yang Liangyi Sword Formation.
Xuetu Shenzi stared at the Yin-Yang Taiji Seal and sneered disdainfully as he said, “No matter how good a sword is, it still depends on the wielder. In the empress’ hand, it can slay a god, but in yours, what good can it do? These two swords made out of the Iron of Creation will be mine from today onwards.
“Being able to obtain the empress’ weapon is much more exciting than wiping out the Sword Vault.”
Zhang Ruochen turned into a sword god as the aura on his person rose steadily. His eyes were cold as he said, “I’m afraid you won’t have the chance to savor that.”