Chapter 824: Zhang Huizhi

Watching the array phenomena rushing toward him, Zhang Xing's entire expression changed drastically.

Yet, his call for help at this moment was completely useless.

This was only because, previously, in order to thoroughly block Shen Yiwei, Jiang Yuan, and the others from disrupting his plans, Wu Yuan and the remaining twenty Creation Realm experts of the five clans had fought them to the death.

Now, Shen Yiwei and Jiang Yuan were in an even more severely wounded state.

The only one who could help him was Wu Yuan, but Wu Yuan was currently suppressed by the Inverse Nine Swords, standing rooted to the earth, unable to move.

Furthermore, the distance between the two sides was simply too far.

And at this moment, what awaited Zhang Xing was...

Boom!

The phenomena erupting from the sky-filling array disks poured down like a wild tide.

Zhang Xing was bathed in blood, and while the Sky-Splitting Sun-Shooting Bow burst forth with blinding golden light, it still could not withstand that overwhelming power of suppression.

"Who exactly are you!"

Zhang Xing's physical body shattered as he roared out.

Even if he were an extremely powerful Creation Realm expert, one whose strength even surpassed the human race's understanding of martial arts, second only to that monster Chen Yan.

But this bastard who had suddenly appeared was using money—using countless amounts of money—to smash him.

This was truly too humiliating.

Zhang Xing's eyes turned scarlet as he looked at the calm and composed Zhang Huizhi; his arm muscles knotted, and gusts of wild wind swirled between his feet.

Staring fixedly at Li Zhiyi, Zhang Xing's physical body suddenly began to swell, his white robes bursting apart from his bulging muscles, revealing a physique like that of a demon or monster.

Although his upper body had countless bloodstains, his momentum had reached its absolute peak at this moment.

"Hoo..."

Zhang Xing took a long, deep breath.

The next instant.

Boom!

Hundreds of Sun-Day level array disks flew over once more, their runes flowing and transforming into long, pitch-black spikes; each one shimmered with a cold, icy light, with chains of binding power coiled around their tips.

Looking at these array disks, which were like mountains and seas, Zhang Xing's eyes instantly turned fierce.

The next moment.

He stretched his body, and terrifying blood energy surged forth from his flesh like waves.

"God!"

Zhang Xing let out a fierce, low roar.

The next instant.

Boom!

His physical body instantly turned illusory, transforming into a stream of light that charged into the terrifying, icy web of chains.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The roar of brute force colliding rang out instantly, and one could only see a brilliant blood-red light breaking through layer after layer of blockade, erupting with terrifying shockwaves and sonic booms.

"Swift!"

As Zhang Xing spat out the next word.

Boom!

The blood-red light instantly smashed through layers of cold-light chains, charging toward Zhang Huizhi like a wild beast.

Having forcibly broken through a web of chains composed of hundreds of Sun-Day level control array disks, Zhang Xing's physical body was already shattered and broken.

Even his head had been pierced through, leaving a bloody hole.

But everyone could see that Zhang Xing had gone mad.

He disregarded everything, determined to use this strike to completely annihilate this man who had suddenly appeared.

Boom!

The blood-red light surged past, and a thunderous sonic boom exploded suddenly; the sound waves overturned the wind and clouds for a hundred miles like a wild tide, and even the air was torn into twisted ripples.

Endless blood energy and force erupted at this moment, as if reaching the ultimate sublimation, revealing Zhang Xing's strongest offensive strike.

This terrifying power caused the Eighth-Rank and Creation Realm experts in the surrounding world to show expressions of shock.

Chen Youqing furrowed his brows; how had Zhang Xing cultivated?

This had already surpassed the Lu Xunyang of the past.

Jiang Yuan, covered in blood, also watched with a grave expression:

"Damn it, what kind of monster is this!"

Zhang Xing, however, could not care about the discussions of those outside; by unleashing this strike, he had already revealed some of his trump cards.

But the appearance of this evil-looking youth had shattered all of Zhang Xing's plans.

What made him even more furious was that this person, like Li Zhiyi, possessed an aura that made him feel disgusted for some unknown reason.

"Go..."

Zhang Xing raised his fist, the blood energy and force within his body driven frantically, and a terrifying fist shadow condensed in the void.

Under this strike, the heavens changed color and the earth shook.

It was fast to the extreme.

A sinister light appeared in Zhang Xing's eyes, until he met the gaze of this evil-looking youth.

In that split second, a flash of astonishment appeared in Zhang Xing's heart.

Because he saw the youth reveal a playful smile at him.

Zhang Xing's eyes widened; within his line of sight, the youth before him had suddenly vanished.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Xing even lost his perception of the other party.

Zhang Xing's body came to a halt, and he scanned his surroundings desperately.

At this moment.

Chen Youqing's expression shifted instantly, and he hurriedly looked toward one direction.

"A Thousand Miles in an Instant!"

Chen Youqing exclaimed in shock.

Yet he saw that Zhang Huizhi had already appeared a thousand miles away, a smile lingering on the corners of his mouth.

"World Instant!"

Chen Qi stood up; the fifth divine technique under heaven, 【World Instant】!

No one had expected Zhang Huizhi to possess such a skill.

Zhang Xing's eyes were filled with astonishment; he re-locked his perception onto Zhang Huizhi, but his expression changed drastically in an instant.

Boom!

The earth suddenly emitted a dull roar, and a faint, ghostly blue light emerged from the cracked patterns.

An array disc with a diameter of one hundred meters began to operate; the moment the array disc activated, Zhang Xing felt the surrounding space suddenly grow heavy and dense.

A terrifying gravitational force struck instantly, and Zhang Xing's body was forcibly dragged toward the surface of the disc.

Boom!

Pitch-black light erupted instantly from the array disc, and Zhang Xing, no longer able to control himself, was pulled down and slammed heavily onto the array disc.

"Ahhh!!!"

Zhang Xing braced himself with his arms, the muscles on his body bulging like rolling mountain ranges, and he roared madly.

Pop, pop, pop!

As he exerted his strength, blood vessels on his arms burst one after another, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Still..."

Zhang Xing's face was flushed red, and he let out a low roar:

"Are you ever going to finish!!!"

He had not expected that there would be a Sun-Grade Grade-A control array disc waiting for him here.

Bang!

A heavy slamming sound rang out; Zhang Xing could no longer hold on, and his entire body was pressed flat against the array disc.

This scene happened too abruptly.

Between the heavens and the earth, everyone fell silent.

Chen Youqing's expression changed several times.

He had thought he was the mantis stalking the cicada, Li Zhiyi, but he had not expected Zhang Xing to be the oriole.

He had not expected that just as the oriole had secured the win, another person would suddenly appear.

This youth with the sinister appearance had clearly prepared for a long time, having even thought of how to scheme against Zhang Xing.

Chen Youqing felt resentful, and Zhang Xing was angry to the extreme.

He was one of the three human bodies of the Unmanifested Void Sacrifice and could enter the Eighth Rank at any time.

But if he entered the Eighth Rank now, he would be restricted by the battlefield rules, unable to enter the fight, and would completely lose the qualification to compete for the Blood Brand.

Moreover, if he suddenly entered the Eighth Rank, it would arouse the suspicion of the Five Clans and the Great Xia, and might even expose his identity.

He felt hatred.

He had clearly schemed against everyone, so why was there still someone scheming against him?

"Who are you!"

Zhang Xing roared in a low voice, his face pressed against the array disc; the terrifying gravity pressing down made him feel as if a world were crushing his body.

"Who are you!!!" Zhang Xing roared again.

Tap, tap, tap...

Light footsteps sounded; with his face pressed against the array disc, Zhang Xing saw a pair of long legs walking toward him from the corner of his eye.

Puchi!

Blood splattered.

Excruciating pain struck.

Zhang Huizhi's eyes were cold; he held a long, pitch-black thorn and stabbed it into Zhang Xing's neck. In an instant, a pillar of blood erupted from Zhang Xing's neck.

Click, click, click!

The black thorn embedded in Zhang Xing's neck began to change, growing small barbs that instantly pierced into every part of Zhang Xing's neck.

"Ah..."

Endless, excruciating pain struck; Zhang Xing opened his mouth, and blood flowed out.

Zhang Huizhi sneered again, a black thorn appeared in his hand once more, and he stabbed it into Zhang Xing's chest.

Click, click, click...

The black thorn, like a growing fish bone, instantly spread to every corner of Zhang Xing's body.

This was the Black King Thorn of Ji Province, the same type used by the Lord of Ji.

A Demigod-grade weapon.

Once pierced by the Black King Thorn, if Zhang Xing tried to forcibly break free, his body would be sliced into countless fragments by the small barbs of the Black King Thorn.

"Your Excellency!"

In the central region of Yixian, Shen Yiwei's expression turned ugly:

"Are you intending to make an enemy of my Great Xia?!"

A cold sneer appeared at the corners of Zhang Huizhi's mouth:

"This is the outcome of opposing me; say one more word, and I will kill him right now!"

Shen Yiwei was speechless for a moment.

At the Xiaoyang battlefront, Acting Sovereign Xia Yuan looked at Chen Qi:

"Who is he? Killing Zhang Xing means a fight to the death!"

Chen Qi frowned and sneered:

"So, the treasures within the Jizhou Treasury were seized by your Great Xia; you were certainly well-prepared that day!"

Chen Qi naturally did not believe the words Xia Yuan spoke.

What Zhang Huizhi had brought out were all array disks and treasures from Jizhou; it was not his Chen Prefecture that raided Jizhou that day.

Zhang Huizhi was definitely a person of Great Xia.

Cold light appeared in Xia Hanzhou's eyes:

"Even now, you Five Clans are unwilling to even confess the origin of one person?

What is the point of this?"

A cold chill emerged in Xia Hanzhou's heart.

This Zhang Huizhi treated Zhang Xing this way the moment he made a move.

Even if Zhang Xing joined Great Xia halfway, he was still a general of Great Xia.

Moreover, the actions Zhang Huizhi took were clearly for the sake of the Blood Brand and for Li Zhiyi.

Xia Hanzhou naturally assumed that Zhang Huizhi belonged to the Five Clans.

There were many treasures in the Jizhou Treasury, but when Chen Yan raided Jizhou that night, there was simply no time to loot the Jizhou Treasury.

The vast Jizhou and the Jizhou Treasury were all left to the Five Clans.

Furthermore, who didn't know that the Sovereign of Xia could use 【World Instant】?

Although Chen Yan had obtained two-thirds of 【World Instant】, he had no time to practice it at all.

The 【World Instant】 that Zhang Huizhi displayed was so fluid it might have already reached the Profound Entry level; this was clearly a monster talent that the Five Clans had been secretly cultivating for a long time.

Chen Qi glanced at Xia Hanzhou; he did not believe a single word of what Xia Hanzhou said.

"Great Xia, Great Xia..."

Chen Qi murmured: "Dead but not stiff, you really aren't lacking in heaven-gifted talents."

At this moment, Great Xia and the Five Clans were mutually suspicious that Zhang Huizhi was the other side's hidden trump card.

No one could have imagined that Zhang Huizhi was a rogue cultivator.

PS: One chapter, need to take care of some physical health issues.