Chapter 2010: Slaying Two Corpses
A fearsome murderous intent appeared in Zhang Ruochen’s eyes as the power bursting out of the Ancient Abyssal Blade in his hand became more and more terrifying.
Whoosh!
Seeing that the Ancient Abyssal Blade was closing in on him fast, and he was unable to dodge the strike, Shang Ziyan did not hesitate as he split the Flame Corpse and the Frost Corpse as he allowed the Flame Corpse with the Tricolored Armor to withstand the strike.
The Tricolored Armor emitted a tricolored hoy light, forming into three slow-flowing heavenly rivers that wrapped around Shang Ziyan in the middle, forming a kind of barrier that made it impossible for anyone to get close.
Yet, this barrier could not stop the Ancient Abyssal Blade.
BAAAMMM!!!
The Ancient Abyssal Blade came in a murderous downward stroke, and bit hard into the Tricolored Armor.
In fact, Zhang Ruochen had originally wanted to lob Shang Ziyan’s head off with a strike, but he was affected by the Tricolored Armor and there was a change in his strike.
He had to admit that the Tricolored Armor was indeed a unique treasure, with endless forms of use. No wonder after Shang Ziyan had cultivated the Path of Three Corpses and could split into three, yet only one of them have the armor.
Although the sword strike of the Ancient Abyssal Blade had been changed, the devastating power it carried with it had not diminished in the slightest.
Even with the defensive power of the Tricolored Armor, a destructive force still penetrated it, and acted directly on Shang Ziyan’s Flame Corpse.
The Flame Corpse was then sent flying backwards as if he was hit by a meteorite.
DUSSHH!
As he flew out, Shang Ziyan’s Flame Corpse spat out blood with a large amount of visceral debris laden in it.
Anyone could see that a large amount of blood were flowing out under the Tricolored Armor.
If one were to take the armor off, one could two hideous wounds that crossed one another one Shang Ziyan’s chest. One was deep enough to see his bones while the other directly cut through his ribcage.
Inside the two crossed wounds, a devastating sword will was entrenched within and causing wanton destruction, preventing the wound from healing at all.
Zhang Ruochen did not press the attack on Shang Ziyan’s Falme Corpse, but instead turned towards the latter’s Cardinal Corpse and charged over.
From his use of the Zangshan Demonic Mirror to reflect the Five-colored Meritorious Divine Light to wound the Cardinal Corpse, to using the Ancient Abyssal Blade to maul the Flame Corpse all happened in an instant. And as for Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse, he was still flying in the air and had not stabilize himself.
At this moment, Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse was wounded, and his control over the Five-colored Merit Stele weakened, which also weakened its ability to suppress time and space.
Using the power of the Armor of the Fire God, Zhang Ruochen actually managed to use the Dimensional Shift successfully, and instantly appeared before Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse.
“Sh*t!”
Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse’s expression changed drastically, as he realized the peril he was in.
However, even if he had reacted in time, it was already too late to dodge.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes were cold as his strike was merciless.
Whooosh!
The Ancient Abyssal Blade slashed down like lightning, and the sword blade was covered with a devastating crimson flames with a mystical purple brilliance flowing within it.
Although Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse was engraved with Divine Marks, it was also unable to withstand the blow from the Ancient Abyssal Blade.
DUSSHH!
Following a spray of blood, a small half of Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse was cut apart, and even a small piece of his head was sliced off.
At the most critical moment, Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse moved sideways a little, and avoided the fate of being cut in half in the center.
Of course, he was not out of danger.
Without any hesitation, Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse immediately took out an object and struck at Zhang Ruochen with lightning speed.
“Die!”
BOOOMMM!!!
It was a primitive-looking and somewhat incomplete bronze oil lamp. After flying out, it suddenly exploded.
In an instant, a terrifying sea of fire formed, and completely engulfing Zhang Ruochen in it.
The sea of fire was extremely bizarre as ghastly phantoms appeared within the dark red flames, letting out shrill cries that seen chills down one’s spine.
Seeing Zhang Ruochen being enveloped by this evil sea of fire, Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse let out a cold smile, and did not care of the injuries he had suffered.
“It’s the Dolorous Soulfire, Shang Ziyan is really vicious.”
Upon seeing the dark red flames that burned high into the sky, a spectating cultivator suddenly exclaimed.
“What’s a Dolorous Soulfire?
At this moment, most of the spectating cultivators had a blank look on their face, and did not know what a Dolorous Soulfire was.
The powerhouse who recognized the Dolorous Soulfire looked a little solemn as he said. “The Dolorous Soulfire is not a naturally formed flame, but cultivated artificially. It’s rumored that in ages long past, an evil god had collected countless evil Qi and using the corpse oil of a divine corpse as a primer to cultivate an extremely insidious flame. This is the Dolorous Soulfire.”
“The Dolorous Soulfire targets not the flesh, but the soul. Once caught in it, it will be like a tapeworm and is extremely difficult to expel, and will suffer extensive pain as their soul is slowly burned into nothingness bit by bit.
“Later on, this method spread out, and some people used the corpse oil of Saints, Saint Kings or even Supreme Saints to cultivate the Dolorous Soulfire, which are just as terrifying.”
“However, today, the method of cultivating the Dolorous Soulfire has been lost. And only a scant few knows about the existence of the Dolorous Soulfire, I also happened to see scattered records about the Dolorous Soulfire in an ancient tome by chance.”
“I’ve never expected Shang Ziyan to find a Dolorous Soulfire, and it seems like its a soulfire that is cultivated from the corpse oil of a Supreme Saint. Being trapped in the sea of Dolorous Soulfire, Zhang Ruochen is in great trouble.”
Hearing this, many of the cultivators could not help but to show a shocked loo as they did not know the Dolorous Soulfire had such a ghastly origin.
Just as the powerhouse who recognized the Dolorous Soulfire said, for Shang Ziyan to use the Dolorous Soulfire against Zhang Ruochen, it was extremely vicious.
Standing inside the sea of Dolorous Soulfire, Zhang Ruochen did not pay much attention to it at first. After alll he was wearing the Armor of the Fire God and there was not many fires that could pose a threat to him.
But soon, Zhang Ruochen noticed that a few wisps of flames had penetrated the armor and entered his body, gunning straight for his saint soul.
Just when Zhang Ruochen was a little nervous and wanted to intercept those wisps of flames, something even more unexpected happened.
Inside his sea of Qi, the divine sun transformed by the Seven-star Divine Lingzhi’s Sunleaf spun rapidly as it unleashed an incredibly scorching and radiant Yang Qi, enveloping the invading Dolorous Soulfire.
Immediately after, the wisps of Dolorous Soulfire made a sizzling sound as black smoke popped out.
In an instant, the soulfires all disappeared, leaving on a few wisps of pure vital Qi.
“One thing counters another? Interesting.” Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly.
Since the Dolorous Soulfire could not pose a threat to him, there was no need for him to stop them as he allowed them to invade his body.
Zhang Ruochen could sense that after the Dolorous Soulfire were extinguished, the vital Qi left behind were extremely pure and high-quality, which would serve him well.
“Zhang Ruochen, writhe slowly in pain!” Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse said with a cruel smile.
Although it was a pity to use the Dolorous Soulfire cultivated from the Supreme Saint corpse oil, but as long a he could get rid of Zhang Ruochen, it was worth it.
Shang Ziyan knew how terrifying the Dolorous Soulfire was, and so he did not think that Zhang Ruochen had any means to resist it.
VOOOSH!
Extremely abruptly, Zhang Ruochen charged out of the sea of Dolorous Soulfire and appeared directly before the severely injured Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse.
The pupils of Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse shrank as a look of horror appeared in his eyes as he immediately wanted to fall back.
However, Zhang Ruochen did not give him any chance at all as the Ancient Abyssal Blade quickly slashed down.
DUSSHH!
This time, Shang Ziyan could not avoid the slash, and his entire person was cut into two.
At the same time, Zhang Ruochen stretched another hand out, opening all of the seven acupoints on his palm as a surge of blood Qi came out.
The next moment, the Seven-Orifice Netherblood Palm was unleashed as a raging power slammed heavily against both halves of Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse.
BAAMM!!
Without any suspense, the two halves of the Cardinal Corpse immediately burst apart, turning into a cloud of blood as the saint soul was completely annihilated.
At this moment, Shang Ziyan’s Cardinal Corpse perished.
The next instant, Zhang Ruochen suddenly opened his mouth, and swallowed all of the blazing Dolorous Soulfire.
As he had not healed from his wounds, and the saint Qi in his body had not fully replenished, these Dolorous Soulfire would serve as a good tonic.
“Zhang Ruochen actually killed a Shang Ziyan, and had swallowed the Dolorous Soulfire in one mouth. What’s going on?”
“They are of the same cultivation realm, how did Zhang Ruochen killed a Shang Ziyan so easily?”
“Shang Ziyan was too careless, thinking that the Dolorous Soulfire was enough to deal with Zhang Ruochen. He totally did not expect Zhang Ruochen was totally unafraid of the soulfire, and had instead shot himself in the foot.”
“To not even be afraid of the Dolorous Soulfire, what kind of monster Zhang Ruochen is?”
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For a moment, all of the spectating cultivators were stunned and could not believe what they saw.
In their view, Zhang Ruochen was just too powerful and unstoppable.
“Zhang Ruochen, how dare you…”
Both Shang Ziyan’s Flame and Frost Corpses showed a furious look and almost spat out blood.
With the Cardinal Corpse destroyed, cultivating one again was extremely difficult, and there was a possibility that he may never be able to cultivate one again. This gravity of this loss was simply beyond imagination.
Zhang Ruochen lifted the Ancient Abyssal Blade as he looked coldly at Shang Ziyan’s Flame and Frost Corpses, saying. “Why wouldn’t I dare? Since the Path of the Three Corpses gives you three lives, then I’ll just need to kill you three times.”
“I will see you dead!”
Shang Ziyan was extremely furious as his eyes instantly turned blood red.
Immediately, the two remaining Shang Ziyan both made their moves as they attacked Zhang Ruochen from two different directions.
An object appeared out of thin air in the hands of Shang Ziyan’s Flame Corpse. It was a bone charm with a strange luster about it.
Just when he was approaching Zhang Ruochen, Shang Ziyan Flame Corpse blasted out the bone charm at extreme speed.
A large amount of mysterious runes appeared on the surface of the bone charm as it absorbed the power of heaven and earth in a frenzy, instantly forming a prison constructed with runes and enveloped Zhang Ruochen within it.
Seeing that he had successfully entrapped Zhang Ruochen, a smile appeared on Shang Ziyan’s face.
Yet, the next moment, the smile on his face froze.
The reason was, Zhang Ruochen’s figure inside the cage faded away quickly before disappeared without a trace.
Clearly, the one in the change was not Zhang Ruochen’s true body, but just an afterimage.
Zhang Ruochen’s figure had appeared behind Shang Ziyan’s Frost Corpse out of thin air, and the Ancient Abyssal Blade came slashing down casually.
And just like the Cardinal Corpse, Shang Ziyan’s Frost Corpse was bisected in two, without a chance to react at all.