Zhang Ruochen's hands were behind his back as he walked towards Nie Zongheng, saying: "No need to ask who I am, I just want to know if you will take me to the Earth Fire City."

  "Get lost"

  Nie Zhenghan suddenly let out a loud roar, unleashing the power of his blood vessels from within his body. His body was enveloped in a crimson mist, and beneath his feet appeared a three-meter diameter blood array. Behind him, a gigantic tiger-like shadow and an axe-shaped battle soldier's illusory image seemed to emerge.

  With both hands raised, Nie Zhenghan charged forward fiercely with his silver battle-axe, chopping down towards Zhang Ruochen.

  Zhang Ruochen lightly shook his head, and with a slight movement of his body, he vanished from the spot. The next moment, he was already standing in front of Nie Zhenghan, pointing out one finger that struck Nie Zhenghan's brow.

  Nie Zheng Han's head rang with a dull thud, his Qi Sea shattered, and the surging True Qi burst out of his Dantian, instantly bursting his meridians and blood vessels.

  "Hmm"

  Nie Zheng's eyes went dull, his legs softened and he knelt to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood, before collapsing limply.

  Zhang Ruochen disliked killing people, but for the evil martial artists of Hei Hu Tang, he would absolutely show no mercy.

  How many ordinary people died in Hei Hu Tang is unknown, but killing one can save more people.

  "A sixth-grade True Martial Treasure-rank battle axe, worth over 400,000 silver coins." Zhang Ruochen put away the silver giant axe and then chased after those other Black Tiger Hall evil martial artists.

  "Whoosh"

  A battle-axe swung, and a silver light flashed by.

  A fine line of blood appeared on the neck of a wicked martial artist, and then he fell to the ground.

  Zhang Ruochen's control of the war axe was extremely exquisite, as if he were controlling a sword. Every time he killed an evil Dao warrior, he would only leave a very fine blood mark on the opponent's neck. It didn't look like other axe wielders at all, who either split people in half or chopped them into two segments.

  Zhang Ruochen had already cultivated the Wind Dragon Shadow to its peak, and his speed was incredibly fast. Those evil martial artists in the Yellow Extreme and Mysterious Extreme realms couldn't escape from under his eyelids.

  However, Zhang Ruochen did not kill them all off, but only killed Nie Zhenghan and those nine Xuanji boundary evil Dao warriors. As for those Huangji boundary evil Dao warriors, Zhang Ruochen let them escape and did not chase after them.

  The Martial City Academy only gave merit points to martial artists above the Yellow Extreme Boundary when issuing tasks. This is also because high-level evil martial artists pose a greater threat, while low-level martial artists are just a disorganized mob.

  Just kill the strong ones above the Yellow Extreme Boundary in the black market, and the remaining low-level evil Dao warriors will naturally be eradicated by the official forces of Yunwu Prefecture.

  The official powers and Wu Shi Xue Gong have always been cooperative.

  Zhang Ruochen seized a large number of cultivation resources from the nine Xuanji Boundary evil dao warriors and Nie Zhenghan, including dan medicine, true martial treasure, ling crystals, silver coins, and array base jade stones.

  Zhang Ruochen placed the ten Array Base Jade Stones together, nodded slightly and said: "Although those other Huang Ji Boundary warriors escaped with the other Array Base Jade Stones, the value of these ten Array Base Jade Stones alone is equivalent to eight hundred thousand silver coins."

  Nie Zheng and nine extreme boundary martial artists' array base jade stones have the best quality, can form a combined strike array.

  The quality of the array base jade stones mastered by those other Huang Ji realm warriors is much worse, and even if they are added up, they are not as valuable as these ten array base jade stones.

  So adding up the wealth, it's roughly worth about 1.5 million silver coins, with the Silver Great Axe and the Ten-Block Array Base Jade Stone occupying the absolute majority.

  "The wealth possessed by the Xuanji Boundary warriors of Hei Hu Tang is indeed not comparable to that of the outer palace students of Wujicheng Academy." Zhang Ruochen showed some interest, and put all the cultivation resources into his spatial ring.

  The outer palace students of Wucheng Academy, even if they are just freshmen, have wealth worth tens of thousands of silver coins. If they are old students who have been in the academy for a year, their wealth is basically over 100,000 silver coins.

  But the warriors of Hei Hu Tang, although they also have a cultivation base of Xuan Ji, apart from Zhen's array foundation and Yu Shi, the wealth on their bodies adds up to just over 10,000 silver coins, which is fundamentally incomparable with the students of Wu Shi Academy.

  Even if it's Nie Zhenghan, he is a strong man in the extreme realm, and the most valuable thing on his body is only that one six-stage true martial treasure-level silver giant axe. That was also what he had accumulated for decades before buying the war soldier.

  A student of Wu Shi Xue Gong, if he doesn't have a family property worth one million silver coins, would be too embarrassed to go out.

  The students of Wu Shi Xue Gong are ten times richer than the martial artists outside.

  "Nine Xuanji Boundary evil path warriors, one Diyi Boundary evil path warrior, should be able to exchange for 800 points of merit value, right?" Zhang Ruochen smiled slightly.

  Zhang Ruochen did not leave but waited at the original place.

  Let those yellow boundary evil dao warriors go, and Zhang Ruochen wasn't trying to borrow their power to lure other strong Black Tiger Hall members over.

  If it wasn't necessary, Zhang Ruochen didn't want to brazenly charge into the Fire City.

  Other students of Wushu Academy may not know about the Earthfire City, but Zhang Ruochen was quite familiar with it.

  Dì Huǒ Chéng is a huge black market, responsible for all matters of the black market in the southeastern part of Yún Wǔ Jùn Guó. It has many skilled individuals and can be considered the third largest branch of the black market in Yún Wǔ Jùn Guó.

  In the Earth Fire City, there must be a protective city formation set up.

  If he were to be attacked by the defensive formation of the city, even with Zhang Ruochen's current cultivation level, it was unlikely that he would be able to retreat unscathed.

  Of course, if Zhang Ruochen really went to the Fire City, he naturally had other ways. For example, first destroy the protective array of the Fire City, as long as there is no threat from the protective array, with Zhang Ruochen's cultivation, he can come and go freely in the Fire City. Unless it was a strong opponent at the Earth level, otherwise, no one could stop his pace.

  "Boom"

  Lin Xuanxian sealed the meridians in her body, forcibly broke through, circulated her true energy, and shook off the iron chains that bound her. She jumped down from the back of the golden-striped giant tiger.

  She didn't leave immediately, curiously staring at the boy wearing a metal mask standing in the distance, still quite shocked in her heart.

  "He actually single-handedly defeated dozens of evil martial artists, and even their combined strike formation couldn't harm him. His age should be several years older than mine"

  At the same age of over ten years old, the other party has already reached the extreme realm and can sweep away a group of evil Dao masters. However, she doesn't even have the power to fight back in the hands of those evil Dao warriors.

  How can the gap be so big?

  Lin Xianxian was shocked by the young man's powerful cultivation and unparalleled elegance, her heart filled with curiosity. She carefully walked towards him, elegantly bowing and saying: "I am Lin Xianxian, an outer sect disciple of the Cloud Platform Sect, also here to deal with the evil Black Market and Moon Worship Cult. I stand on the same front line as the Martial City Academy. May I ask your esteemed name?"

  Zhang Ruochen had no good feelings towards Lin Shuang, and hadn't even thought of saving her. Still with his back to her, he wondered in his heart, "The Wushang Academy is actually collaborating with the Yuntai Sect?"

  In the territory of Tianmo Ridge's thirty-six counties, the YunTai Sect Manor is considered a top-notch power, just like a local snake, can rival with Wushi Academy, Heishi, and Baitue Magic Sect.

  The power of the Yun Tai Sect's manor, surpasses that of each and every state. To a certain extent, even the position of the state kings in each state will be influenced by the Yun Tai Sect's manor.

  For example, the royal family of Yunwu County has a very deep relationship with the Yuntai Sect. Almost every generation of county kings are disciples of the Yuntai Sect.

  Lin Xuanxiang thought Zhang Ruochen was asking her, so she said: "The Cloud Platform Sect is in the 36 counties of Tianmo Ridge, originally a righteous sect with official power and has always had a cooperative relationship with the Wushi Academy."

  "The Yun Tai Sect has branches in thirty-six counties and also has many business dealings, often suffering attacks from the Black Market and the Bai Yue Demon Sect. Since the Wu Shi Academy is dealing with the Black Market and the Bai Yue Demon Sect, the Yun Tai Sect naturally must also contribute its share of strength."

  Zhang Ruochen remained silent, looking very aloof, with an expression that seemed to reject Lin Xuanxuan from a thousand miles away, without any intention of continuing the conversation.

  But Lin Xiangshan didn't notice the coldness of the young man in front of her, and continued to size him up, feeling more and more familiar. However, she never thought that he was actually Zhang Ruochen.

  She asked again: "May I ask your honorable surname and great name?"

  Zhang Ruochen said: "I am not your benefactor, you don't need to know my name. I advise you to leave early, if you don't leave now, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave"

  Lin Xuanxiang was quite clever, and her eyes lit up as she said: "Sir, you deliberately let those Huang Ji border warriors go, wanting to lure other powerful experts from the Black Tiger Hall to Lingyue Town."

  Before, Lin Xiang saw him, he was always a cold and proud figure, didn't think much of him, and was even too lazy to say more than one sentence to him.

  But today, Zhang Ruochen was clearly very cold, yet she refused to leave, appearing extremely enthusiastic, with a hint of admiration in her eyes.

  Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and said, "Since you know that the masters of Hei Hu Tang will arrive soon, why are you still staying here?"

  Lin Xuanxuan seemed to be shaken, but in the end did not leave. With a bright smile and white teeth, he said: "With Lord En's powerful strength, even if the master of Hei Hu Tang, Tie Bao Bei, came personally, it is not certain that he would not be Lord En's opponent."

  "Of course, it's better for Lord En to be more careful, Tie Tuo Bei's cultivation has reached the extreme realm of the great extreme position, and his strength is more than ten times that of Nie Zheng and Han Qiang. In Yunwu County, he is absolutely a notorious number one villain."

  Zhang Ruochen felt somewhat impatient and said, "The master of the Black Tiger Hall, Tie Bao Bei, should be in Huo Yue City. He will arrive soon."

  Lin Xian smiled and said: "Although Lin Xian's cultivation is not high, I am also willing to help Master Yan with one arm, after all, having one more person will add a bit of strength."

  Zhang Ruochen originally meant to remind her that it was time for her to leave, but he hadn't expected her to say something like this, leaving him at a loss for how to refuse.

  Women are really a strange creature. The man who is good to her, she doesn't care about at all. But the man who is indifferent to her, she will stick to him with all her might.

  Zhang Ruochen was too lazy to bother with her, and took out the Xuan Yuan ancient sword, holding it in his hand, carefully stroking it, muttering to himself: "Xuan Yuan, today will be our first battle after 800 years of reunion."

  The ancient sword seemed to have a spiritual connection, and it slightly trembled, emitting a piercing sword hum.

  "Is a rusty broken sword better looking than me?" Lin Xian stood far away, pursing her lips and gazing at the young man wearing a metal mask with some resentment.

  She felt that the young man was like a piece of wood without any interest, but the more so, she felt that he was mysterious and revered in her heart, wanting to know how strong he really was.

  "If only he could take a glance at me, it would be great. Perhaps he would discover that there is a beauty standing beside him who is even more stunning than his sword."

  Lin Xiang tightly stared at the back of that young man, hoping he would turn around and take a glance at her, even if only for a moment.