Chapter 344: Death of Zhang Ruochen

"Just now, while I was moving at full speed, it was fortunate that your attention was entirely focused on how to kill me; otherwise, I might not have succeeded."

Zhang Ruochen sneered. Fortunately, he was well-versed in the Dao of Formations; otherwise, he would not have been able to set up such a profound Formation right under the nose of the Blood Soul Gate Elder.

The Blood Soul Gate Elder, upon sensing the power of the Formation, sneered.

"What? Do you think that relying solely on the Formation before me makes you my opponent?"

The Blood Soul Gate Elder could sense that the Formation before him posed little threat to him. Upon hearing this, Zhang Ruochen nodded.

"Of course not. Although the Formation can only restrict you for about five seconds, these five seconds are enough for me!"

As Zhang Ruochen's words fell, countless deep blue strips emerged from the beams of light within the Formation, attacking the Blood Soul Gate Elder.

Seeing this, the Blood Soul Gate Elder quickly brandished his Long Spear, severing all the incoming strips. However, the number of strips was simply too great, and even with a cultivation at the Immortal Emperor Peak, he could not block them all. Consequently, one strip quickly seized a flaw and wrapped directly around the Blood Soul Gate Elder.

With the first Breakthrough, a second one soon found an Opportunity to enter and wrap around the Blood Soul Gate Elder. Before the Blood Soul Gate Elder could react, countless strips had bound him, rendering him unable to move.

Seeing this, Zhang Ruochen did not hesitate further. The Immortal Emperor Sword in his hand flew out rapidly, appearing before him in an instant and transforming into a massive phantom.

"Demon-Slaying Slash!"

Zhang Ruochen let out a roar, pouring all his strength into this sword strike and injecting ten drops of essence blood. One must know that essence blood is an extremely important existence for a Cultivator, whether they are in the Foundation Establishment Stage or an Immortal Emperor.

After injecting the ten drops of essence blood, Zhang Ruochen's face turned extremely pale, but he knew that now was not the time for hesitation or heartache; otherwise, he would be the one to die.

It was just essence blood; as long as he was still alive, he could nourish it back in the future.

As Zhang Ruochen injected the ten drops of essence blood, the Immortal Emperor Sword erupted with an extremely dazzling purple light. The next second, following Zhang Ruochen's command, it attacked the Blood Soul Gate Elder, who was shrouded by the Formation.

The Demon-Slaying Slash was an Immortal Emperor technique Zhang Ruochen had obtained by chance. If used against a Righteous Path Cultivator, the effect was similar to a normal Immortal Emperor technique, but if used against a Demonic Path Cultivator, it would have miraculous effects.

Especially with the ten drops of essence blood injected, Zhang Ruochen was confident that this sword strike could directly kill the Blood Soul Gate Elder. It was just a pity about his essence blood; it would need careful nourishment to be restored.

Just as Zhang Ruochen breathed a sigh of relief, a sharp pain suddenly radiated from his chest the next second. With an expression of disbelief, Zhang Ruochen lowered his head to look, only to see a hand had pierced directly through his body.

"What!"

Zhang Ruochen was filled with disbelief. He turned his head and saw that the Blood Soul Gate Elder, who had supposedly been killed by the Demon-Slaying Slash, had appeared behind him, though he did not know when.

Before Zhang Ruochen could react, he was slapped away by the Blood Soul Gate Elder. Zhang Ruochen had already exhausted all his strength, combined with the ten drops of essence blood, and now having suffered a grievous injury from the Blood Soul Gate Elder, he was clearly beyond saving.

Yet, he still looked at the Blood Soul Gate Elder and said in disbelief.

"How is this possible? My Formation clearly trapped you, and that sword strike hit you too."

"You do have some ability to have come up with such a method. If not for my great strength, I would have died under your sword strike. But even so, you still managed to injure me. Therefore, be on your way."

The Blood Soul Gate Elder sneered, walked forward, and sent Zhang Ruochen on his way with a single palm strike.

He admitted that if it weren't for the means left to them by the Sect Leader, he would have died from Zhang Ruochen's sword strike just now. But, unfortunately, he still possessed the means left by the Sect Leader.

Before departing, the Sect Leader had given them all a talisman, which contained enough power to block a full-strength strike from an Immortal Emperor Peak. It was precisely because he had activated the talisman left to him by the Sect Leader that he had survived; otherwise, he would have been the one to die.

After eliminating Zhang Ruochen, the Blood Soul Gate Elder waved his hand and retreated directly from the Internal World.

The moment the Blood Soul Gate Elder appeared, the elders of the Ten Thousand Ancient Sect saw this scene, and their hearts, which had held some hope, finally sank into despair. If this was the case, could it be that Heaven intended to destroy their Ten Thousand Ancient Sect?

After appearing, the Blood Soul Gate Elder destroyed the Ten Thousand Ancient Sect's sect-protecting grand formation with just a single palm strike.

"Wipe them all out."

The Blood Soul Gate Elder did not look back. After giving the order, he turned and looked toward the direction of the Central Region, his expression extremely grave.

"What terrifying Qi. Have those Five Great Holy Lords all broken through to the Immortal Emperor Peak? I wonder if the Sect Leader is their match?"

In his eyes, only those Five Great Holy Lords could erupt with such terrifying Qi. If not for the Sect Leader's instructions, he would actually have liked to cross hands with the Five Great Holy Lords to test his own strength.

After the Ten Thousand Ancient Sect lost the protection of its sect-protecting grand formation, the only remaining Immortal Emperor Early Stage Elder was soon killed by the joint efforts of the two Blood Soul Gate Envoys, his Immortal Emperor blood spilling everywhere.

The Ten Thousand Ancient Sect was also completely annihilated, with no survivors.

Elsewhere in the Western Region, besides the Ten Thousand Ancient Sect, over a dozen other Immortal Emperor powers were wiped out. Other factions barely survived the crisis due to the help of experts from the Five Great Holy Lands and some Righteous Path Sects that had not been attacked by the Blood Soul Gate experts.

Meanwhile, in the Central Region, the moment the Blood Emperor arrived, Li Pangtian and the others had already begun Undergoing Tribulation. Grey Lightning Tribulations fell continuously, but they were all blocked by the Five Great Holy Lords and the others.

Since Li Pangtian and the others were Undergoing Tribulation separately, the power of the Lightning Tribulation was not considered great, but even so, Undergoing Tribulation still required some time.

Seeing this, the Blood Emperor's expression was extremely gloomy, but soon, he thought of something, and a sneer involuntarily appeared on his face. He would wait in ambush here, and whichever Holy Lord broke through first, he would send that Holy Lord on their way.

At this moment, Li Pangtian and the others were fully focused on Undergoing Tribulation, so naturally, they did not sense the Blood Emperor appearing around them.

On the other side, in another cave in the Central Region, the aura on Wu Yifan, who had been in seclusion for many years, broke through from the Immortal King Early Stage before seclusion to the Immortal Emperor Early Stage, and his own Ancient Sacred Body was only one step away from breaking through to the Ancient Desolate Dao Body.

Furthermore, Wu Yifan vaguely felt that his Ancient Desolate Dao Body seemed somewhat abnormal.