One day while Zhang Ruochen was decoding the time and space formations, a large group Saints from the Shatuo Seven Fields arrived at the Great Whale River Territory.
More and more armies gathered at the foot of the Merits Records Wall.
After ten full days, Zhang Ruochen finally decoded most of the time and space runes. He was only around 100 feet away.
The Saints of the seven worlds were already getting restless at the foot of the mountain. It seemed like they would charge up to the top at any time.
The Luosha Princess snickered inwardly. She saw this as a chance to weaken the Shatuo Seven Fields. They would fight each other. In the end, the Luosha army could destroy them all.
Zhang Ruochen naturally noticed the other Saints. He discovered they were getting impatient. Once the time and space formations were completely decoded, battle would be inevitable.
However, the Luosha marquises were stationed on the south side. They could hurry over instantly.
The generals of the seven worlds are probably frustrated too, Zhang Ruochen thought. Not fighting would mean that the Merits Records Wall would be taken by another world. Fighting would mean getting attacked by the Luosha.
He stopped and sent a message to Su Qingling and Bu Ji. "You two, return immediately to the Guanghan Field camp."
Behind him, the Luosha Princess intercepted Zhang Ruochen's Spiritual Power. She was analyzing his intent when she sensed the space tremble.
Zhang Ruochen disappeared from the spot.
The next moment, Zhang Ruochen charged into the time formation that hadn't been fully decoded yet. He flashed four times and reached the Merits Records Wall.
The Luosha Princess guessed his intentions. Eyes gleaming sharply, she thought, This guy…
The Merits Records Wall was 33 feet tall and translucent. It seemed to be made out of saintly jade and contained a mysterious strength that connected to the rules of the world.
The Great Devil Ten Square Field.
The Eight Ministry Field.
The Purple Mansion Field.
The Hell Blade Field.
The Tianmu Field.
The Kunlun's Field.
The Guanghan Field.
The seven worlds were listed from top to bottom. There was a number that represented the merits each world had. The Great Devil Ten Square Field had the highest number. The Guanghan Field had the lowest.
The four Merits Records Walls of Zuling Field weren't independent. Instead, they were strongly connected.
If merits were exchanged for in the western world, the number and rank would also show on the other three walls.
Of course, the other three had already been destroyed, so only this wall could exchange merits.
Zhang Ruochen grabbed the Merits Records Wall. Letting out a roar, a burst of energy exploded from him, forming a whirlpool.
"Rise."
He lifted the Merits Records Wall slowly and placed it in his spatial ring.
He used the Spatial Move again and rushed out of the time formation. Standing at the middle of the mountain, he used the Great Spatial Move and vanished from the spot.
The Saints of the seven worlds all froze. When they recovered, Zhang Ruochen had already taken the Merits Records Wall away.
"What happened? Zhang Ruochen took the wall without decoding the time formation completely?"
"Does Zhang Ruochen want to monopolize the wall?"
"Zhang Ruochen went deep within the 99 mountains. Chase him! We must take the Merits Records Wall back."
"Kill Zhang Ruochen. I hated him long ago."
…
Even Wu Hao and Wen Shucheng of Guanghan Field were shocked. Didn't they make an agreement with the Spiritual Flame Demonic Concubine for the two worlds to work together and share the Merits Records Wall?
Why did Zhang Ruochen do this?
Did he think that the Guanghan Field alone could preserve the Merits Records Wall?
Zhang Ruochen had already escaped. Wu Hao and Wen Shucheng could only shamelessly chase after him with the Guanghan Field Saints and hope to meet up soon.
Zhang Ruochen didn't actually go too far. He was blocked by the spatial power in the 99 mountains and fell to the ground.
He'd already left the mountain where the Merits Records Wall was and had entered an ancient forest. He was surrounded by steel-like trees. Their trunks were wider than millstones.
Opening his Heavenly Eyes, he saw the spatial runes distributed throughout the forest. Some were carved on the trees while others were carved on the rocks.
This was actually an area with chaotic space.
I'll probably have to cross this forest to reach the innermost 33 mountains, Zhang Ruochen analyzed.
Suddenly, there was a spatial ripple.
Then the Luosha Princess's alluring figure appeared. She was only around 200 feet from Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen's eyes narrowed. The phoenix and Luan appeared under his feet. With explosive speed, he tore into the depths of the woods.
The Luosha Princess was taken aback. She immediately streaked forward, yelling, "Zhang Ruochen, we're allies! Why are you hiding from me? Are you afraid that I'll steal the Merits Records Wall?"
"It's not impossible," Zhang Ruochen replied.
The Luosha Princess wasn't interested in the Merits Records Wall at all, but she couldn't show that. She was both furious and annoyed.
Originally, she'd planned to use the fight for the Merits Records Wall to weaken the seven worlds. Zhang Ruochen realized this, however. He sacrificed his lifespan and took the Merits Records Wall away, disrupting her plan.
Now, Zhang Ruochen was actually guarded against her so he could monopolize the Merits Records Wall.
The Luosha Princess wanted to use Zhang Ruochen to help her break down the last bit before the Phoenix Nest. Naturally, she wouldn't let him go. Even more, she didn't want to have conflicts with him.
"You think you can keep the Merits Records Wall by yourself?" the Luosha Princess asked. "If you work with the Great Devil Ten Square Field, I promise I'll let the Guanghan Field become second of the battle. How about that?"
If the Moon Goddess hadn't given him the order, Zhang Ruochen might really agree with the Luosha Princess. After all, it was already a feat for the Guanghan Field to take second place in the Saints Merits Battle.
However, his mission was to take first place.
"I'm sorry, Demonic Concubine," Zhang Ruochen said. "Our cooperation ends now."
The Luosha Princess furrowed her brows, growing more furious.
Since childhood, it had always been her toying with others. It was her first time getting played.
"What do you want? Make any requests, but don't leave me alone."
The pitiful way the Luosha Princess spoke would make outsiders think that she was a girl in love trying to win back a bad man.
"Demonic Concubine, please don't talk like that. If others hear, they'll think that we have a special relationship."
"Don't we?"
"Ha."
Zhang Ruochen had seen how powerful the Luosha Princess was. It was okay before, because he didn't have anything she wanted, so he could cooperate with her.
It was different now.
The Merits Records Wall was too important. He couldn't lose it. What if they continued to cooperate and she attacked secretly? Zhang Ruochen wouldn't be able to keep the wall at all.
Before, Zhang Ruochen wasn't as fast as the Luosha Princess.
Now, Zhang Ruochen had improved greatly. He was about as fast as the Luosha Princess.
The forest had a large amount of spatial runes. The spatial structure was confusing as well. It was impossible to catch up with someone. Zhang Ruochen only used an hour's time to completely lose the Luosha Princess.
The Spiritual Flame Demonic Concubine is really a difficult figure. Compared to her, the other Heirs are far off.
Suddenly, weakness spread from deep within him.
It was the side effect of losing his lifespan.
In order to take the Merits Records Wall beforehand, Zhang Ruochen had lost nearly 100 years of life in the time formation. It was a great cost.
He took out a divine medicine and melted it. Then he swallowed it.
Next, he was wrapped in saintly light. The weak feeling gradually disappeared and his strength and spirit recovered.
He took out the Merits Records Wall from the spatial ring. Zhang Ruochen studied the merits count carefully.
Great Devil Ten Square Field, 154,603,500 merits.
Eight Ministry Field: 84,735,420 merits
…
Kunlun's Field: 29,747,400 merits
Guanghan Field: 27,753,000 merits
Zhang Ruochen chuckled. "Only this many merits collected in an entire month? It must be that many Saints couldn't find the Merits Records Wall and couldn't exchange the Luosha blood and souls they have.
"The Kunlun's Field is quite powerful, though. They only have half as many Saints as the Guanghan Field, but they have more merits."
But thinking carefully, Zhang Ruochen found it quite normal.
The Kunlun's Field had many powerful figures whose abilities were like half-step Saint Kings. They could even fight with Heirs, such as Wan Zhaoyi, Chu Siyuan, Sword Saint Jiuyou…
"First, exchange the Luosha blood and souls for merits."
Without thinking further, Zhang Ruochen took out all the bottles filled with blood and souls.
Whoosh!
The Merits Records Wall sensed the Qi from the Luosha blood and souls and immediately shone with brilliant light. The light enveloped all the bottles.
The blood and souls in the bottles flew into the wall.
Guanghan Field's merit count rose sharply. It quickly surpassed 30 million, going for 40 million.
Even killing the weakest ninth marquis could be exchanged for 1,000 merits. Killing the strongest first marquis could be exchanged for 100,000 merits.
Zhang Ruochen had more than 3,000 drops of blood from Luosha marquises.
He also had more than 3,000 Luosha marquis souls.
In addition, he had the blood and souls from many earls and viscounts.
Zhang Ruochen taking the Merits Records Wall for himself caused an uproar in the Heaven World.
"Is the Priest from the Guanghan Field crazy? Does he think he can protect the Merits Records Wall by himself? Won't he be blasted to bits?"
"Even if all the Saints from the Guanghan Field are added in, they still won't be able to protect it."
"Look, the Guanghan Field's merits are shooting up. It's surpassed 50 million now. It jumped from last to fourth place and… It's still growing."
There was a Merits Records Wall in each of the seven worlds. It showed the current count and rank of the seven worlds.
Right now, there was a sea of people gathered under the wall. It wasn't just the Half-Saints. Some Supreme Saints from the seven worlds had gathered too.
They couldn't help it. The merit count of the Guanghan Field was growing too crazily.