Chapter 1924: The Altar of Evil
In the past, Xianji Mountain only had a single main peak, and the blue palace was built upon that peak.
Now, however, Xianji Mountain had five peaks about the same height, and the Saint Qi of heaven and earth were abundant. The divinity on its grounds had clearly been awakened.
“The Divine Sky-connecting Tree trunk should not have been taken away that easily.” Zhang Ruochen thought to himself.
Immediately, he used his spiritual power and entered the Qiankun realm as he said. “Senior Tree, can you perceive where the tree trunk is at?”
The Divine Sky-connecting Tree’s branches gently shook as it released a strange energy out of the Qiankun Realm.
This energy was so subtle than even a Supreme Saint may not be able to detect it.
A moment a later, that power returned to the Qiankun Realm and the Divine Sky-connecting Tree spoke. “The tree trunk is underground and there is a power that is isolating it, so much so that I can only vaguely perceive it.”
“Underground?”
A surprised look appeared on Zhang Ruochen’s face.
However, he was relieved that the trunk had not been taken away by the Deathkin.
Legend has it that there is a treasure being bred inside the Divine Sky-connecting Tree trunk, which may involve the mystery of godhood, thus it must no be allowed to fall into the hands of the Deathkin.
Using the Dimensional Shift, Zhang Ruochen quietly dove underground.
The underground of Xianji Mountain was vast, empty space. Inside it was filled with an incomparably potent evil Qi of death, and was very suffocating.
Guided by the Divine Sky-connecting Tree, Zhang Ruochen very quickly locked onto the tree trunk’s location.
An altar entered Zhang Ruochen’s sight. It was massive with its diameter spanning more than three hundred feet. The altar was engraved with countless of arcane runes, unleashing a mysterious power as it absorb the Qi of the land.
There was a five hundred-foot-tall Shadow of Death that could be clearly seen at the center of the altar. It held a death scythe, with a shiny bracelet on its wrist. All twelve beads were as solid as it could be.
As more and more Qi of the land was absorbed, the Shadow of Death became more and more solid, and there was still signs of it growing.
In contrast, the Shadow of Death the Blackflame General had conjured was too weak, and was less than a percent of its strength.
“This altar is really unusual. What is draws is not Qi of the land, but the power of Kunlun Realm’s recovery.” Zhang Ruochen’s eyes narrowed slightly.
He had entered more than one awakened land, and he was very familiar with this power and was confident that his perception was not faulty.
It was not a small matter that the Deathkin had laid out an altar to absorb the recovery power of the Northern Region.
Even if it was only a part that was absorbed, the impact would be enormous.
Above the altar sat three figures in a three-person formation. They were made out of two men and one woman, all dressed in white robes as their aura was completely fused with the altar.
They were the White Robed Priests of the Fane of Death, holding a lofty status and was powerful. Even a Deathkin General needed to be respectful when one sees them.
Whoosh!
A white-robed priest with a vertical eye on his forehead suddenly opened his eyes, and looked at the direction of Zhang Ruochen’s hiding place.
“Someone dared to break in. Death Knights, take care of the intruder.” The white robe priest with vertical eye on his forehead said coldly.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
…
Following several rips of air, six Death Knights in armor of death rushed out.
The Death Knights were carefully cultivated by the Fane of Death, like the Angels Encarmine of the Fane of Bloody War. Each of them was extremely powerful, comparable to a prince of the Precept Dominion realm.
The Death Knights of the Fane of Immortality were imitations of the Death Knights of the Fane of Death, and the two had a distinct difference.
The six Death Knights all held death scythes, like a death god walking upon mortal realms, harvesting the souls of all living beings.
Seeing the six Death Knights rushing foward, a strange glint flashed in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes. “They discovered me.”
He thought that he had concealed himself well enough, and had retracted all of his aura so the possibilityo f him being exposed was low. So, he never thought that he would be discovered in an instant, and that surprised him.
If that was the case, all he could do was fight then.
A surge of saint Qi and blood Qi rushed out from the seven orifice points of his palm, forming a massive shadow of Lord Ming.
“The Seven-Orifices Netherblood Palm.”
Zhang Ruochen growled, and blasted out a palm strike with all his might.
The palm of the Lord Ming’s phantom stretched out as a boundless blood Qi surged, forming a vast sea of blood to drown out everything.
The six Death Knights struck at the same time, waving their death scythes as they combined their strength, and slashed out a black scythe beam.
“All life shall die.”
Obviously, they have sensed the terror of Zhang Ruochen, and had to choose ot fight together.
The black scythe beam was extremely sharp, seemingly able to cut through everything.
Whooosh!!
The sea of blood was cut apart by the beam, and was quickly annihilated.
By the time the sea of blood had completely disappeared, the scythe beam too dissipated as its power was exhausted.
Whoosh!
The Ancient Abyssal Blade appeared in his hand and shook slightly as countless of Marks of Time appeared.
As his combat experienced increased, Zhang Ruochen’s understanding of the Moonlight Song technique was undoubtedly getting deeper and deeper, and the power unleashed naturally became stronger as well.
VOOOSH!
A sword shadow flashed past, and the heads of all six Death Knights were seperated from their bodies.
BAAAMMM!!
BAAAMMM!!
…
Zhang Ruochen struck like lightning, and destroyed the heads of all six of the Death Knights, completely killing them.
Even if the Deathkin was a special race, once their heads destroyed and their saint soul annihilated, they will still die.
Seeing this, the white-robed priest with vertical eye on his forehead was furious. “Hmm? You dare to kill the Death Knights? Death awaits you!”
As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and moved forward slightly.
BOOM!!
Countless death beams shot out and transformed into a stallion as it charged at Zhang Ruochen.
Seeing this, Zhang Ruochen also stretched out a finger, and struck forward.
“Dimensional Rift.”
The dimension instantly tore open, forming a rift several meters long.
The stallion formed by the death beams were swallowed by the rift, and none of the attack hit Zhang Ruochen.
“So you’re a cultivator of space. No wonder you can sneak in without a trace. But no matter, since you’ve arrived, don’t even think about leaving again.” The only priestess said coldly.
She slowly put out a hand, as a majestic power of death surged, forming a giant black hand hundreds of meters wide as it grabbed at Zhang Ruochen.
The giant black hand contains extremely terrifying power and almost suppressed the entire underground space.
“Amazing, none of the these three are beneath me in strength.”
Zhang Ruochen did not choose to fight, but instead held the Secret Tome of Time and Space and broke through the giant hand’s suppression of the space as he performed the Dimensional Shift.
The giant black hand grabbed at his position, but only caught an afterimage. Zhang Ruochen’s real body had already left the underground cavern.
Without any stops, Zhang Ruochen used the Great Dimensional Shift and appeared nine hundred miles away.
After using more than ten consecutive Great Dimensional Shifts, Zhang Ruochen escaped Xianji Mountain and appeared outside the Northern Region Basecamp.
His retreat was extremely abrupt in order not to arouse the suspicion of the Deathkin, and to not expose the Divine Sky-connecting Tree trunk.
After a short investigation, Zhang Ruochen had determined that the Divine Sky-connecting Tree trunk was beneath that evil altar, and should have not been discovered by the Deathkins for the time being.
“I have to tell Senior Brother Zhen Yuan about that altar.” Zhang Ruochen’s expression was somewhat serious.
Immediately, he entered the camp and went straight to look for Zhen Yuan.
At the same time, in the underground space beneath Xianji Mountain, the face of the white-robed priestess was bitter. She had personally intervened and Zhang Ruochen still escaped.
“This person’s path of dimension is so strong that he could break the dimensional lock here, who is he?” The white-robed priestess frowned.
The white-robed priest with a vertical eye on his forehead said with fury in his eyes. “For him to kill six Death Knights with a single slash, damn him.”
The final green-haired white-robed elder said with a deep voice. “What I’m worried about is, had that person discovered the secrets of this place? Yuanmo Shenzi had bade us to stand guard here, and if anything happens, our fates will not be kind.”
Hearing that, solemn expressions appeared on the faces of both the white-robed priest with a vertical eye and the white-robed priestess as they fell into silence.
All of them shuddered when they recalled how terrifying Yuanmo Shenzi was.
Unlike other Shenzis, Yuanmo Shenzi was a child of one of the gods of the Fane of Death. His position was extremely venerated and his strength unparalleled. No one dared to cross him.
“I’m not too worried about Yuanmo Shenzi’s side, but we should deal carefully with the one from the Fane of Destiny.” The white-robed priestess said.
Just as her voice trailed off, the ripples appeared in the underground space as three dim brilliance descended, revealing three figures.
Leading the trio was a graceful woman with a tall figure. Her legs were long and slender as she wore a veil on her face, only her two bright, onyx-like eyes were revealed.
There was a temperament beyond words that exuded frm her body, making people could not resist but to worship her.
Behind the graceful woman stood a man and a woman, both were young-looking but the aura exuding from their bodies were extremely powerful, not in the least beneath the three white-robed priests, but instead even exceed them a little.
Seeing the graceful woman, the expressions of the three white-robed priests all changed drastically.
The white-robed priestess trembled a little, this was what she was afraid of.
The graceful woman had an indifferent look, as her eyes locked onto the white-robed priestess, saying. “How are you planning to deal with me?”
The white-robed priestess trembled even more visibly, saying. “Please forgive me. I did not have any intention of offending you. It shall never happen again in the future.”
The graceful woman slowly stretched out her hand, and pointed a finger at the white-robed priestess.
Suddenly, a Light of Destiny flew out from her finger, and entered the white-robed priestess’ body.
“Ah, my lady, please forgive me!” The white-robed priestess let out a painful scream as she fell onto the ground and struggled violently.
The Light of Destiny directly acted on the soul, and that sort of pain was beyond words and was unbearable to anyone.
The white-robed priests with vertical eye and the green-haired priest stood aside silently, not daring to say a word.
This was one of the three candidates who had the most hope to become the Lady of the Fane of Destiny, and she was also the object of Yuanmo Shenzi’s affections, and was someone they could not afford to offend.
Seeing the white-robed priestess was about to totally collapse, the graceful woman retracted the Light of Destiny, and said lightly. “If there’s another time, do not expect mercy.”
The white-robed priestess took a sigh of relief as she stood up and said. “Thank you, my lady, I will never dare to repeat this.”
“Who can tell me what had happened here?” the graceful woman asked.
The green-haired white-robed priest hurriedly replied. “My lady, a mysterious cultivator of space broke in just now and killed six Death Knights before escaping.”
Hearing that, the graceful woman waved her hand and an orb of Light of Destiny flew out and transformed into a mirror, revealing the images of Zhang Ruochen being in the underground space.
“Why is it him?”
A strange look flashed in the graceful woman’s eyes, saying. “It’s the Scion of Time and Space, Zhang Ruochen. The two of you, take him back. Remember, I want him alive.”
“Yes, my lady.”
The man and woman standing behind the graceful lady responded.
Immediately, the two left only afterimages as they rushed out of the underground space at extreme speed.