A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 344

Chapter 344 Zhang Ruochen Dies in Battle

“When I was just charging forward at full speed, it was lucky that your attention was always focused on how to kill me; otherwise, you might not have succeeded,” Zhang Ruochen sneered. Fortunately, Zhang was also quite skilled with arrays; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to set up such a mysterious grand array right under the Blood Soul Sect elder’s nose.

After feeling the power of the grand array, the Blood Soul Sect elder let out a cold laugh.

“So, what, you really think you can defeat me with just this grand array in front of you?”

The elder could sense that the grand array posed little threat to him. Hearing this, Zhang nodded.

“Of course not. Although the grand array only restrains you for about five seconds, that’s more than enough time for me!”

As Zhang finished speaking, countless deep blue strips shot out from the light pillars within the grand array, rushing toward the Blood Soul Sect elder.

Seeing this, the elder quickly swung his long spear, cutting through the incoming strips one after another. But there were just too many; even with his cultivation at the Immortal Emperor Pinnacle, he couldn’t block them all. Soon, one strip found a gap and wrapped tightly around the elder.

Once one had broken through, a second quickly followed, also wrapping around the Blood Soul Sect elder. Before he could react, countless strips swirled around him, binding him so tightly he couldn’t move.

Seeing this, Zhang Ruochen no longer hesitated. The Immortal Emperor Sword in his hand flew out swiftly, instantly appearing before him and transforming into a giant shadow.

“Demon-Slaying Slash!”

With a roar, Zhang Ruochen poured all his strength into this strike, even injecting ten drops of his essence blood. Essence blood is extremely precious to a cultivator, whether at the Foundation Establishment stage or even at the Immortal Emperor level.

After infusing those ten drops of essence blood, Zhang Ruochen’s face turned pale, but he knew this was not the time to hesitate or feel pain; otherwise, he would be the one to die.

It was only essence blood— as long as he survived, he could restore it in time.

As Zhang Ruochen poured essence blood into the Immortal Emperor Sword, it burst forth with a dazzling purple light. With Zhang’s command the next moment, the sword launched toward the Blood Soul Sect Elder trapped inside the array.

The Demon-Slaying Slash was an Immortal Emperor Technique Zhang Ruochen had acquired by chance. Against cultivators of the righteous path, its effect was similar to that of a normal Immortal Emperor Technique, but against cultivators of the Demonic Path, it had a remarkable effect.

Especially with the infusion of ten drops of essence blood, Zhang was confident this strike would kill the Blood Soul Sect Elder outright. It was just a shame to use so much of his precious essence blood, which would require careful nurturing to recover.

Just as Zhang Ruochen exhaled in relief, a sudden, intense pain shot through his chest. Looking down in disbelief, he saw a hand piercing straight through his body.

“What!”

Zhang Ruochen was filled with disbelief. He turned his head and saw that the Blood Soul Sect Elder, who had supposedly been killed by the Demon-Slaying Slash, had somehow appeared behind him.

Before Zhang Ruochen could react, the Blood Soul Sect Elder slapped him hard, sending him flying. Zhang had already exhausted all his strength and used ten drops of essence blood. Now, after suffering a severe blow from the Elder, he was utterly helpless.

Still, he looked at the Blood Soul Sect Elder in disbelief and said, “How is this possible? My array clearly trapped you, and that sword strike hit you.”

The Blood Soul Sect Elder sneered, “You’re not bad—you actually came up with such a trick. If I weren’t so powerful, I would’ve died by your sword just now. But even so, you managed to wound me. So, it’s time for you to go.”

He stepped forward and, with a single palm strike, sent Zhang Ruochen on his way.

The Elder admitted that if it weren’t for the means the Sect Master had left them, Zhang Ruochen’s sword would have killed him. But fortunately, the Sect Master had left behind a talisman for all of them before they set off—one containing power strong enough to withstand a full-force strike from an Immortal Emperor Pinnacle. It had been that talisman that the Elder had just activated, or else he would have been the one who died.

After extinguishing Zhang Ruochen, the Blood Soul Sect Elder waved his hand and withdrew from his Inner World.

At the very moment the Blood Soul Sect Elder appeared, the Elders of the Eternal Sect, who had been watching with cautious hope, finally fell into despair. If this was the case, did it mean heaven intended to destroy their Eternal Sect?

After appearing, the Blood Soul Sect Elder destroyed the Eternal Sect’s Sect Protection Array with just a single palm strike.

“Wipe them all out,” he said without looking back. After giving this order, he turned his gaze toward the Central Region, his expression extremely grave.

“What a terrifying aura—is it that the Five Holy Lords have all broken through to the Immortal Emperor Pinnacle? I wonder if the Sect Master can stand against them?”

In his eyes, only the Five Holy Lords could unleash such a fearsome aura. If it weren’t for the Sect Master’s orders, he would actually have liked to test his strength against one of the Five Holy Lords.

With the loss of the Sect Protection Array, the Eternal Sect’s last remaining Early Immortal Emperor Elder soon had his Immortal Emperor blood completely drained under the combined efforts of two Blood Soul Sect Envoys.

The Eternal Sect was utterly destroyed, with not a single survivor left.

Elsewhere in the Western Region, besides the Eternal Sect, over a dozen other Immortal Emperor forces were wiped out. The remaining factions barely survived thanks to the strength of the Five Great Holy Lands’ powerful individuals and aid from some Righteous Sects who had not been attacked by the Blood Soul Sect’s forces.

At this moment in the Central Region, just as the Blood Emperor arrived, Li Pangtian and the others had already begun crossing their tribulations. The incessant thunder tribulations rumbled down gloomily, but they were all blocked by the Five Holy Lords and the others.

Li Pangtian and his group had separated to face the tribulations individually, so the power of each thunder tribulation was not particularly intense. Nevertheless, crossing the tribulation still required a certain amount of time.Seeing this, the Blood Emperor’s expression grew extremely dark, but soon he thought of something and couldn’t help but show a cold sneer on his face. He intended to lie in wait here, watching to see which Holy Lord would break through first, and then he would be the one to send that Holy Lord on their way.

At this moment, Li Pangtian and the others were fully focused on crossing their tribulations, so naturally, they didn’t sense the Blood Emperor’s presence nearby.

Meanwhile, in another cave in the Central Region, Wu Yifan, who had been in seclusion for many years, had just broken through from the Initial Stage Immortal King to the Early Immortal Emperor. At the same time, his Ancient Sacred Body was only one step away from advancing to the Ancient Dao Body.

Moreover, Wu Yifan vaguely felt that something about his Ancient Dao Body seemed unusual.