The power of Lei Zhu, although unable to kill Huoyun Lang, made Huoyun Lang's speed slightly slower.

  At this moment, Zhang Ruochen took out a battle map.

  Under the impetus of the true energy, the patterns on the war map lit up, and ten purple horned beasts rushed out at the same time. The fire cloud wolf pounced over.

  Each of the Violet Horned Beasts' combat strength is comparable to that of a warrior at the Earth Extreme Boundary's Great Perfection stage.

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Ruochen immediately withdrew and retreated, rushing into the formation and escaping back to Yueji City.

  Zhang Ruochen had just rushed into the formation when a loud rumbling sound erupted behind him, causing the entire protective city formation to violently shake.

  Just now, Huoyun Lang slaughtered those ten Zi Jiao beasts and caught up with Zhang Wuji. One claw struck towards Zhang Wuji, just missing his back by a hair's breadth. Fortunately, the protective formation of the city wall blocked its claws; otherwise, Zhang Wuji would have definitely been seriously injured.

  "What a formidable Fire Cloud Wolf and ten Violet Horned Beasts, yet they only managed to block its path for the time of two breaths."

  Zhang Ruochen got up from the ground with exhaustion, looked at the battle map in his hand and found that the light on the map had dimmed a bit.

  The power of the war chart decreases by one each time it is used.

  If Zhang Ruochen were to activate the Violet Horned Beast Diagram again, he could only release ten Early-Stage Earth Extreme Realm Violet Horned Beasts. The third activation would likely only release ten Initial-Stage Earth Extreme Realm Violet Horned Beasts.

  After taking a healing pill, Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed to the altar in the center of the city, took out all the fierce beasts from the two storage wristbands and one storage ring, and placed them on the altar.

  Twenty-seven bodies of fierce beasts piled up into a small hill of bloody corpses.

  Then Zhang Ruochen went into the city and collected all the barbarian birds that had been knocked down by the formation.

  One hundred and seventy-eight bodies of barbarian birds were also placed on the altar by Zhang Ruochen.

  "There are still a few wild beasts and birds, we need to go hunt some more."

  Zhang Ruochen sat under the altar and began to nurse his wounds. After about half an hour, his injuries had recovered by 50%.

  Stop nursing the wound, Zhang Ruochen carried the Xuan Yuan ancient sword and charged out of the city's defensive formation once again to continue hunting the ferocious beasts.

  Unlike before, Zhang Ruochen did not intentionally go head-to-head with those fourth-order savage beasts, but instead could avoid those fourth-order savage beasts and only hunt down lower-level savage beasts.

  Boom

  Zhang Ruochen threw out a Thunder Pearl, releasing an electric light that killed more than ten first-order savage beasts. The corpses were charred and fell to the ground in a large area.

  Zhang Ruochen immediately rushed over and stored the beast's corpse in his storage ring.

  Just as the fourth-order savage beast "Lion-headed Bull King" rushed over, Zhang Ruochen had already escaped back to Yuejic City one step ahead.

  Put the barbaric beast on the altar, Zhang Ruochen slipped out of the city from another direction and continued to hunt down the barbaric beasts.

  "What is Zhang Ruochen planning, does he think his speed of hunting the ferocious beasts can catch up with my speed of summoning them?" Ling Xiansu stared at him with some confusion, unable to understand Zhang Ruochen's actions.

  Ling Xian Su absolutely could not have imagined that Zhang Ruochen was planning to hunt and kill the barbaric beast, preparing to initiate a sacrificial ritual in Yueji City.

  Every time Zhang Ruochen rushed out of the city, Ling Xiansu immediately ordered the four-stage barbarian beast to kill him.

  However, Zhang Ruochen was quite cunning, each time hiding near the city wall, only shooting out thunderballs or war charts, and hunting down batch after batch of barbarian beasts to collect storage wristbands.

  By dusk, 477 bodies of ferocious beasts had piled up on the altar, forming a crimson mountain of corpses.

  "The blood of the barbaric beast, combined with the blood of tens of thousands of human warriors in Yuanjie City, should be able to open the gate of man and god, completing the ritual sacrifice." Zhang Ruochen said excitedly.

  In Kunlun Realm, generally speaking, only on the Winter Solstice is the best time for worship and sacrifice.

  It is said that on the winter solstice, the divine realm and the Kunlun realm are closest, so the gate of human and god is easiest to open.

  Even if it's just a small village ritual, it can open the door between humans and gods.

  However, once past the Winter Solstice, it is difficult to open the gate of man and god. Only by using a hundred times more blood energy can one open the gate of man and god and complete the sacrificial ritual.

  Outside the city, the attacks of those barbaric beasts became even more fierce. In some places, the city walls had already been shattered, and the light of the protective array was growing weaker and weaker.

  A hundred miles away from the city of Ji, there is a small hill.

  On the mountain top, two figures stood.

  The one who stood out among them was a young man in his early twenties, with sharp eyebrows and piercing eyes, a straight nose bridge, and a gaze that shone like a torch, giving off an air of handsome majesty.

  This man is Zhang Tianguai, the number one heavenly proud son of Tianmo Ridge's thirty-six counties.

  In the Yun Tai Zong Fu, among the disciples of the mansion, the third-ranked person, Lu Qiankun, stared in the direction of Yue Ji City with some anxiety and said: "Big Brother Master, the protective array of Yue Ji City is about to break, can we make our move now?"

  Zhang Tianguai put his hands behind his back and shook his head slightly, saying: "Don't rush, wait a little longer."

  "Why?" Lu Qiankun was very puzzled.

  Zhang Tianguai's mouth slightly hooked, and he smiled: "It's not time yet."

  Lu Qiankun is a straightforward person and naturally doesn't understand Zhang Tianguis schemes.

  Saving people is a must, the key is how and when to take action.

  Han Yu is not in enough danger yet, and rescuing her at this time cannot maximize benefits.

  It is only when she is in her most dangerous and helpless moments that Zhang Tianguai suddenly appears, which makes her even more grateful and moved.

  When dealing with women, some means must be used, otherwise they will not obey obediently.

  Lu Jiankun is such an idiot, how can he understand his good intentions?

  This is an opportunity to win Han Xiang's heart, how could Zhang Tianguai let go of such a great chance.

  "Zhang Ruochen seems to be in Yuejicun as well, just right, I'll take care of him too, keeping him is always a disaster." Zhang Tianguang looked very calm, gazing at the distant Yuejicun with a confident glint in his eyes.

  He wants to continue waiting for the best time to make his move.

  The battle in Yueji City was extremely tragic. Han Xuan activated the attacking formation, and it's unknown how many barbaric beasts and birds were killed.

  Another half-hour passed, and the energy of the five attacking array methods was completely exhausted.

  The entire city of Yueji only has two defensive formations and one protective city formation left. The formations will be breached, it's just a matter of time.

  Han Yu stood on the city wall, looking at the endless beasts coming, and finally felt a little powerless. He said urgently: "Zhang Ruochen, what should we do now? The reinforcements from Wu Shi Xue Gong and Yun Tai Zong Fu have not arrived yet, and the defensive formation can only last for about an incense stick's time."

  "It's all we can do now If we can break through the boundary, maybe we'll be able to get out of here."

  Zhang Ruochen walked into the stone gate below the altar, came to the edge of the divine pool, recited a memorial text according to memory. He pressed his hands on the stone wall, and the spiritual fire energy in his body surged out from his palms, gradually spreading out and covering the entire altar.

  "The sacrificial ritual, begin"

  Rumble

  A huge altar began to rotate slowly.

  A blood-red light column rose from the center of the altar, shattering the clouds in the sky, as if rushing into the vast universe.

  The sky turned blood red.

  In the center of that crimson expanse, it was as if a great gate had been opened, and from within the chaos, a shower of glittering rain descended, sprinkling down upon Yueji City.

  Zhang Ruochen sat cross-legged on the ground and began to communicate with his soul meridians.

  A beam of light shot out from his head and condensed into a soul shadow that looked exactly like Zhang Ruochen.

  That soul shadow flew out and hovered above the Divine Pool, starting to absorb the free-roaming sacrificial energy in the air.

  Han Yu stood by, unsure what Zhang Ruochen was going to do.

  When Wu Xuan burst out of Zhang Ruochen's body, she was finally shocked, her facial expression completely stunned, as if petrified, and her lips formed an "O" shape.

  "He cultivated his martial soul"

  The martial arts legend of Tianji Realm, few people can cultivate the Martial Soul, Zhang Ruochen is only at the Earthly Realm, but has already cultivated the Martial Soul.

  Moreover, Zhang Ruochen's martial soul was extremely sacred, as if it were the illusory shadow of a divine spirit, giving Han Xuan an urge to kneel down and worship.

  The martial soul hovering above the Divine Pool looked at Han Xiao and suddenly spoke: "What are you still stunned for? Come over immediately, sit in front of me, I will transmit a portion of the sacrificial power into your body. With the help of the sacrificial power, it may be possible to alleviate the two forces within your body and resolve the crisis you encountered during cultivation."

  Han Xuan felt the oppressive power of Zhang Ruochen's Wu Soul, as if receiving a divine decree, and devoutly walked to Zhang Ruochen's side.

  She sat cross-legged in front of Zhang Ruochen, slowly raised a pair of snowy white jade arms, and connected them with Zhang Ruochen's hands.

  Boom

  As soon as Han Xuan's hands touched Zhang Ruochen's, he felt a sudden jolt of electricity.

  A torrent of sacrificial power surged into her body from her right hand, rushing through the meridians and surging towards the Sea of Qi.

  Under the impact of that sacrificial power, she felt like a small boat on the ocean, her body could be torn apart by that force at any time.

  "Don't panic, calm down and focus on the Holy Qigong, try to absorb that one strand of sacrificial power."

  Just as Han Xi was feeling anxious and uneasy, Zhang Ruochen's voice was like a sacred heavenly sound that echoed in her mind.

  Gradually, Han Xuan regained her composure, closed her eyes, and began to circulate the magic formula according to Zhang Ruochen's instructions.

  The power of sacrifice is the most sacred and inclusive power, after entering her meridians, it begins to circulate around the body, completing a large cycle, and finally returns from the left palm to Zhang Ruochen's body meridian.

  Thus, cycle after cycle, the power of sacrifice is completed in her body, one great cycle after another.

  She slowly absorbed that surge of power, her martial arts realm advancing step by step.

  In the midst of the air sea, the dark true energy and the sacred dry Kun true energy's confrontation weakened more and more, as if they were about to merge together. The two true energies formed a black-and-white dual-colored energy flow, which circulated in the meridians along with the power of sacrifice.