1551 The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

A terrifying power gushed out of the lightning rune, and all of a sudden, the saint souls of all the monks in the formation were frozen.

"Is that a Soul Suppressing Rune?"

Mu LIngxi, Su Qingling, and Wen Shusheng felt that their saint souls were about to be crushed, and they couldn't move a single muscle.

Obviously, that lightning rune attacked people indiscriminately, so even Tian Shu and Tian Miao were having a hard time putting up with it. They put back their ten-thousand-patterns saint weapons, mobilizing their saint Qi to resist the power from that rune.

Zhang Ruochen's saint soul was also suppressed, and his saint Qi almost stopped flowing.

"Can't believe how powerful a level-fifty-six mind power saint king is."

Zhang Ruochen's face paled, and he looked at the front and saw that black soul body holding his lightning rune and walking toward him as if he was the God of Death.

"My saint soul is different from others' as it's been divided into six parts, including four saint sources, Time Saint Look, and Space Saint Look. Even if he's actually using a Soul-Suppressing Rune, it can only suppress the saint souls in my saint sources, not those in Time Saint Look and Space Saint Look."

Zhang Ruochen tried to stay calm. He took a deep breath, mobilizing his mind power to communicate with his Time Saint Look and Space Saint Look.

That black soul body saw Zhang Ruochen completely petrified. He laughed and said, "I'll seize your soul today and inherit your identity as Time and Space Descendant."

The black soul body walked to Zhang Ruochen and looked at Zhang Ruochen's body as if he were looking at an ant. He nodded and said, "Supreme Complete Body Constitution and Time and Space Descendant. This should be one of the most top-tier bodies in the entire universe. I'm just so lucky."

"Zhang Ruochen…"

Mu Lingxi's fingers became claws. She clenched her teeth and triggered the inheritance power of the Ice and Fire Phoenix, and the phoenix wings on her back glowed with light. A tumbling power of a supreme saint gushed out.

The inheritance power of the Ice and Fire Phoenix was stored in the wings, and it merged with Mu Lingxi's body through time.

She could trigger that power if she paid a price for temporary great strength. However, Mu Lingxi's body was still very weak, so there was no way she could handle the power of a supreme saint. Even if she didn't explode, all her meridians and saint meridians would be crushed.

Seeing that Zhang Ruochen's soul was about to be seized, Mu Lingxi tried to trigger the inheritance power without thinking about her own safety.

However, before she managed to trigger the inheritance power, the light from the shining star above the formation shone upon Mu Lingxi, suppressing the inheritance power.

Whoosh!

Mu Lingxi was struck by her own inheritance power, spit out blood, and fell onto the ground.

That black soul body sneered, "Merits Godly Stamp was right above you. You can't use your saint figure runes and inheritance power, but I just discovered that you're the one who gained the inheritance of the Ice and Fire Phoenix among the fight between the Luosha race and the saints from the seven large fields. Impressive.

"There must be a special bond between you and Zhang Ruochen, and you look very beautiful. I'll conquer you after I seize Zhang Ruochen's soul."

The black soul body stopped talking and reached his dark hand toward Zhang Ruochen's forehead and his hand became sharper and sharper like an awl.

Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen's eyes gleamed fiercely again. He said, "Die!"

Time Saint Look and Space Saint Look showed up behind him, forming two invisible whirlpools and striking the black soul body.

"How can it be?"

The black soul body yelled as it realized a danger was coming. It wielded a lightning rune to ward off the Time Saint Look and Space Saint Look.

Meanwhile, it turned into wind and backed off.

Zhang Ruochen knew the power of the lightning rune, so he didn't use Time Saint Look and Space Saint Look to confront it. Instead, he took out a Tiangang Purple Fire Rune, pinched it, and wielded it forward.

Boom!

The two runes clashed with each other, making an earth-shattering sound.

Gu Songzi wasn't good at fighting, yet his mind power was incredible, so the Tiangang Purple Fire Rune he made was naturally powerful. It tore the lightning rune apart instantly.

The purple fire hit that black soul body like a heatwave.

The black soul body screamed in agony, and its voice echoed in the space. It rushed back to its original body.

The power coming out of the two runes could rival that from two great beings stronger than third-step saint kings.

Zhang Ruochen was close to it, so he was knocked away. As he fell onto the ground, he felt that his organs were all twisted, and he couldn't stop bleeding or balance himself.

"The Tiangang Purple Fire Rune made by Gu Songzi is extraordinary. It can rival a full-strength strike from a fourth-step saint king. I should've just wielded it instead of spending so much time fighting." Zhang Ruochen felt a bit upset.

Zhang Ruochen saw Gu Songzi use Tiangang Purple Fire Rune in Kunlun's Field before, but it was only enough to fight a first-step saint king.

Which was why Zhang Ruochen'd been keeping it as his last resort to stall his enemies.

Little did he know that Gu Songzi was quite able to make stronger Tiangang Purple Runes; he was just too poor to buy those top-tier materials. He could only use mid-tier materials to make Tiangang Purple Fire Rune when he was in Kunlun's Field, and those materials couldn't handle the incredible inscriptions, so Gu Songzi wasn't able to show his real abilities.

This time, Zhang Ruochen spent all the saint stones in Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land, together with some of his own saint stones to buy the best materials for him, which made Tiangang Purple Fire Runes completely different.

Even Zhang Ruochen underestimated its power, so he was severely injured as well.

Tiangang Purple Fire Rune even knocked Tian Shu and Tian Miao away. Even though they'd used their protection runes, they were still seriously wounded and lying on the ground, bleeding.

The fire coming out of the Tiangang Purple Fire Rune kept burning that black soul body and made it more and more transparent. In the end, the black soul body had to get back to its original body.

That half-human and half-soul body picked up the bone saint scepter.

Whoosh!

The skull at the top of the bone saint scepter glowed with purple light, forming a screen that warded off the purple fires.

The two powers stayed in a stalemate for fifteen minutes.

King Hun kneeled on the ground with one knee, using that bone saint scepter to support himself. His body kept shaking, and he squeezed out his words. "Why didn't you use that rune in the first place, Zhang Ruochen? Did you keep that as a trump card against me?"

Zhang Ruochen felt speechless as well, but he wouldn't say the real reason. "It cost too much to make a rune like that, and I only have one, so I wouldn't have used it unless I had no other choice."

Tian Shu and Tian Miao were both furious, but they didn't question what Zhang Ruochen said. After all, they could in no way afford to make a rune like that.

That rune cost a mountain of saint stones.

And besides, materials were only a part of the total cost; what was more was hiring a rune master to make them. Top-tier saint-king level rune masters were scarcer than supreme saints.

Everyone was seriously injured, but Zhang Ruochen still had another trump card: Carnivorous Holy Flower.

Just as he was about to summon Carnivorous Holy Flower, he realized something was wrong and looked to that palm pit.

"Haha!"

Someone laughed in that pit.

King Hun, Tian Shu, and Tian Miao were all alert, looking to where the laughter came from.

A person with messy hair walked out of the palm pit.

It was Wu Hao, who had been slapped into the ground by Zhang Ruochen.

However, Wu Hao didn't seem to be injured at all. He did look kind of awkward, with some bloodstains on his body though, yet he looked vigorous, with a smile on his face. "Impressive, Zhang Ruochen. You crushed four great beings working for Shang Ziyan, which is so beyond my expectations."

"You're still alive?" Zhang Ruochen was dazed.

Wu Hao laughed with his hands behind his back. He felt like he was the winner of the entire battle. He looked at Zhang Ruochen, King Hun, Tian Shu, and Tian Miao as if they were nothing. "How would I die? You only killed a puppet self I made. You're the ones dying."

Tian Miao said, "Wu Hao, why don't you kill Zhang Ruochen now?"

Wu Hao walked to Tian Miao, grabbed her neck and picked her up from the ground all the way to above his head. "How dare you order me to do anything. You're nothing but Shang Ziyan's puppet. He wants to use me to get rid of Zhang Ruochen, but I want to use him to get rid of Zhang Ruochen as well."

Wu Hao suddenly exerted his strength and smashed Tian Miao onto the ground, which caused her pain so severe that she was twitching.