Having reached the middle stage of Xuanji, Zhang Ruochen's Qi Lake capacity expanded tenfold, allowing him to store more True Qi.

  The true energy that was originally consumed in large quantities within the body quickly recovered and became even more dense, flowing rapidly through the thirty-six meridians. After a short while, it completed a major cycle.

  "Wow"

  Zhang Ruochen released his martial soul and used it to cast a spatial domain.

  In the early stages of Xuanji Boundary, the spatial domain can only shroud a space of about ten meters in diameter. When reaching the middle stage of Xuanji Boundary, the size of the spatial domain reaches thirty meters in diameter.

  At the same time, Zhang Ruochen's control over the spatial domain became more adept.

  A poisonous bee flew into the spatial domain, attacking Zhang Ruochen. With just a thought, Zhang Ruochen immediately formed a space-time distortion force, altering the bee's flight trajectory.

  With Zhang Ruochen's current control over the spatial domain, even if he stood still on the spot, ten Illusory Poisonous Bees attacking him simultaneously would be unable to harm him.

  "Wow"

  Zhang Ruochen swung his sword and cut the illusory poisonous bee in half, dropping it to the ground.

  Qing Yu stood not far away, revealing a scornful smile, saying: "Even if the boundary is broken through, it can't change the outcome."

  "Is it?" Zhang Ruochen said.

  "Blood and energy like a rainbow"

  Zhang Ruochen's body was surrounded by a faint blood halo, and under the stimulation of the blood halo, he burst out with a speed of 38 meters per second, attacking Qingyu.

  At Zhang Ruochen's current speed, he has already surpassed the vast majority of Xuanji Realm minor masters.

  "Rampage across the land"

  The true energy in Zhang Ruochen's body surged towards his arm, and his palm was completely enveloped by the true energy. Even the airflow in space followed the movement of his palm print.

  "Green Devil Hand"

  Fearless and unyielding, even if Zhang Ruochen reaches the middle stage of the Mystic Realm, encountering him would still be a dead end.

  "Boom"

  Two powerful forces collided with each other, producing a loud crash.

  A strong gust of wind burst out with two people at its center, shaking the surrounding trees ceaselessly and causing leaves to fall in sheets.

  "Hmm"

  Qingyou spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, feeling a surge of powerful energy transmitted to his arm, causing his internal organs to tremble for a moment.

  Zhang Ruochen's palm pressed against Qingyu's palm, the force growing stronger and stronger, pushing Qingyu backward relentlessly.

  "Boom"

  He fell back more than ten meters, his body crashing into the trunk of a large tree, and another mouthful of blood spurted out.

  "Your power is actually stronger than mine. You will surely die today!" Qing Yu's face twisted and contorted, letting out a loud roar: "Blood Qi Condensing Beast"

  The fresh blood in Qing Yu's body seemed to be burning, and a large piece of bloody fog appeared behind him. In the bloody fog, a two-meter-high giant wolf shadow condensed.

  The symbol of the Small Extreme Boundary is the Blood Qi Condensing Beast.

  Blood boiling, blood like a rainbow, blood surging to the sky, blood condensing into a beast.

  Martial artists in the Mystic Realm, with each advancement in realm, their internal blood and energy would surge upward by a large margin, undergoing varying degrees of wondrous transformations.

  For example, in the early stages of Xuanji Realm, warriors who burst out with blood energy can reach "blood boiling" and increase their combat power by 10%.

  In the middle of Xuanji Boundary, a warrior who bursts out with the power of blood energy can reach "Blood Energy Like Rainbow", increasing their combat strength by 30%.

  In the late stage of Xuanji Realm, warriors burst out with the power of blood energy, reaching "Blood Energy Surging to Heaven", which can increase their combat strength by 50%.

  Upon reaching the Xuanji boundary's minor extreme, a martial artist's internal blood and energy can condense into beastly silhouettes, making their strength even more ferocious. Once they burst forth with the power of their blood and energy, a martial artist's combat prowess can be doubled in a short amount of time.

  So, even if a martial artist in the later stages of Xuanji has exceptional talent, it's still very difficult for them to defeat a martial artist who has reached the Small Extreme position in the Xuanji realm.

  It is said that when one reaches the Xuanji boundary of Dacheng, "blood energy transforms into divine energy", and bursts out with the power of blood energy, a warrior's combat strength can be doubled in a short period of time.

  At this moment, Qingyou's power increased by a fold, and all the blood vessels in his body were highlighted. With one palm strike, Zhang Ruochen was shocked to fly seven zhang away.

  "Whoosh"

  Qing You didn't give Zhang Ruochen a chance to catch his breath, and once again took out the sharp sickle. His speed was faster than before, and in an instant, he rushed to Zhang Ruochen's face.

  The pattern on the sickle was activated, emitting a piercing bloody light, carrying a sharp knife aura, swinging towards Zhang Ruochen's neck.

  "Space-time distortion"

  Space twisted again, and the sickle swept past Zhang Ruochen's head.

  This time, Qingyou finally sensed that something was off, his face changed, and he said: "How is it possible? You used some kind of movement technique, not that you escaped the Soul Reaper's attack, but rather space itself became distorted."

  "Finally found out by you, what a pity, it's all over."

  Zhang Ruochen counterattacked with a single sword strike, the sword tip piercing Qingyu's throat and stabbing through his body.

  Qing Yu's eyes widened in shock and unwillingness, his entire body violently trembling as fresh blood continuously gushed out of his mouth.

  With a thud, he fell to the ground.

  Qing Jia, the most outstanding genius in a hundred years, fell just like that.

  If it weren't for Zhang Ruochen, Qing Yu would have reached the Tianji boundary with his innate talent in twenty years and become a legendary figure in the world of martial arts.

  Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen broke through to the middle of the Xuanji boundary, otherwise, it would be hard to say who would live or die.

  Killing Qing Yu, Zhang Ruo Chen finally let out a long sigh of relief, a wave of weakness came over him, his vision went black for a moment, and he almost fainted.

  "It's still too badly hurt, and besides, it lost too much blood."

  Zhang Ruochen half-knelt on the ground, using his palms to support himself, struggling to keep himself awake.

  Taking a holy Nirvana Dan, Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged on the ground, circulating the true energy in his body and refining the Dan energy of the Holy Nirvana Dan.

  In an instant, Zhang Ruochen's injuries recovered by 20%, but he was still very weak.

  If it were at this time, encountering other warriors or fierce beasts would be quite dangerous.

  Suddenly, from above his head, a whistling sound cut through the air.

  A huge black shadow swooped down from mid-air and landed right in front of Zhang Ruochen.

  Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a gigantic black cat as big as a lion, with a pair of black wings growing on its back.

  Meow

  Xiao Hei let out a meow, his body gradually shrinking to the size of a normal cat. In a human voice, he said, "I'm exhausted! That guy's cultivation is not ordinary at all. He's actually a Beastmaster and summoned a large group of Corpse Crows. If it weren't for that, I would have definitely taken him down."

  Zhang Ruochen saw that it was Xiao Hei and also let out a slight sigh of relief, saying: "Prince Huo Xing has escaped"

  "Right"

  Xiao Hei Dao said: "Fighting him once, I almost exhausted the little true energy left in my body. Young man, give me a Ling Crystal, I need to recover my true energy."

  Zhang Ruochen took out a Ling crystal and tossed it to Xiao Hei, curiously saying: "How did your cultivation increase so much?"

  It is worth noting that when Zhang Ruochen was at the extreme pole of Huang Ji, Xiao Hei's combat power was only at the extreme pole of Huang Ji, and slightly weaker than Zhang Ruochen.

  However, the combat power that Xiao Hei just displayed can actually contend with a martial artist of the Profound Extreme Realm's Small Perfection Stage, and even forced Huo Xing Wangzi to flee.

  Xiao Hei Dao said: "I've already told you, my power is all sealed in the Qian Kun Divine Wood Map. Only you can unlock the seal. The stronger your cultivation, the more seals you open, and naturally, my power will also become stronger."

  "What if I were to completely unseal your seal?"

  Xiao Hei raised his massive head and said, "That's when I, the Emperor, will return to power and slaughter the heavens and earth. You only need to follow me and be my slave, and I, the Emperor, guarantee that you'll be able to walk horizontally in the Kunlun Realm."

  Then, Xiao Hei sighed again and said: "Unfortunately, Xu Mi and the old monk had already made plans. With your cultivation, it's impossible to completely unseal the seal. Never mind, I'll go to the inner space of the Time Crystal to recover my true energy first. Young man, give me a Spirit Crystal."

  Zhang Ruochen said: "The inner space of the Time and Space Crystal contains a large amount of Lingzhu, you can take it yourself. How long will it take for you to recover your true energy?"

  "With the help of Ling Jing, it will take only half a day to recover," said Xiao Hei Dao.

  Zhang Ruochen put Xiao Hei into the inner space of the Time and Space Crystal, then stood up and went to clean up the battlefield. He also figured out that Xiao Hei was impossible to escape from the seal of the Qiankun Divine Wood Map.

  Moreover, it absolutely does not dare to be unfavorable to Zhang Ruochen. Once Zhang Ruochen dies, it will be sealed again in the Dry Kun God Wood Map.

  Qīng Yōu died, and seven other warriors from the four cardinal directions also died. Only Huò Xīng Wángzǐ escaped.

  Zhang Ruochen found eighteen beast eyes on Qing You's body, equivalent to hunting and killing nine second-rate lower-tier savage beasts.

  Qing You's body also had a two-star noble card, thirty-eight spirit crystals, and three hundred silver coins.

  Zhang Ruochen didn't have much hope for that one two-star noble card. If they couldn't find a direct descendant of Qingyu's bloodline, even if the noble card had a large amount of silver coins stored on it, they wouldn't be able to withdraw them.

  Zhang Ruochen picked up the Soul Reaper Scythe in Qing You's hand, poured his true energy into it, and found that there were actually twenty-three inscriptions on the scythe. It was a fifth-grade True Martial Treasure, which could be sold for at least 100,000 silver coins.

  The scythe of life is a good thing, worth a city, once sold, it's a fortune.

  Then, Zhang Ruochen went on to collect the beast eyes, weapons, spirit crystals and silver coins from the other seven young warriors, storing them all in the inner space of the Time-Space Crystal.

  It's not the time to count treasures now. Prince Huo Xing may return at any moment, and with Zhang Ruochen's current severe injuries, he is definitely no match for him.

  Must leave here immediately and find a safe place to slowly sort out this harvest.

  Zhang Ruochen suddenly thought of Zi Qian, so he immediately entered the dense forest where he had fought with Qing You before, searching for any signs of Zi Qian.

  "Hmm"

  Before long, Zhang Ruochen heard a woman's urgent gasps in his ear, as if she was also making seductive moans.

  Zhang Ruochen parted the dense grass and saw Zi Yan lying on the ground, her jade hands clasped to her chest, her whole body trembling. When she saw Zhang Ruochen, a faint blush appeared on her lovely face, and she trembled as she said: "I... I've been poisoned... save me..."

  Not like begging for help, that tempting voice, more like a gentle whisper

  Her condition was not quite right, her eyes were dazed, her eyelashes trembled slightly, her red lips opened slightly, and a layer of pink misted over her snow-white skin, emitting beads of fragrant sweat.

  "What poison is in the poisoning"

  Zhang Ruochen saw a dark green palm print on Zi Yan's right shoulder, which was exactly the wound left by Qing Yu's Qingmo hand.

  The Poison of Qingmo's Hand

  "No, it seems it's not just the poison of Qingmo Hand"

  Zhang Ruochen found a blood stain on Ziyan's lower abdomen, which was caused by the venomous stinger of the Illusory Wasp.

  There are three scars on Zǐ Qiàn's body, located at the neck, lower abdomen and the root of her left thigh.

  Her slender legs were trembling slightly, tangled together, rubbing hard, even her skirt seemed to be torn apart, it was unclear whether it was due to pain or some other reason.