Arriving at the stronghold of the Poisonous Spider Merchant Guild, Zhang Ruo Chen gazed out towards that small courtyard in front and could already clearly sense the aura of Hua Ming Gong.

  "It's here"

  Zhang Ruochen walked up to the front gate of the courtyard and stood ten zhang away, raising one arm and turning his five fingers.

  A surge of true energy burst forth from his palm, like an invisible column of air striking the surface of the large gate.

  Bang!

  The gate of the stronghold was shattered in mid-air, turning into splinters of wood.

  More than a dozen evil Taoist warriors who were originally hiding behind the gate were all blown away by the powerful true energy, falling to the ground in disarray.

  Each of the evil Taoist warriors had a blood hole beaten out on their body by the wooden chips, some people's heads were pierced through, some people's abdominal cavity was broken open, among them half of the people died on the spot, and the other half also suffered extremely severe injuries.

  Zhang Ruochen walked into the stronghold, without even giving those evil Dao warriors a glance, and headed straight for the inner courtyard.

  After a moment, Zhang Ruochen saw Hua Ming Gong who was treating his injuries.

  Hua Ming Gong sat on the ground with his hands clasped together, forming a true energy shield with a diameter of ten zhang around his body.

  A true energy, like a light fog, enveloped his body.

  When Zhang Ruochen walked into the stronghold, Hua Ming Gong had already stopped treating his wounds and opened his eyes. In a cold tone, he said: "Zhang Ruochen, you've caught up with me again. I thought I didn't leave any traces behind. Can you tell me how you found me?"

  Zhang Ruochen naturally couldn't tell him the secret of his martial soul, and instead said calmly: "Hua Ming Gong, you don't need to drag out the time. Today, I won't give you another chance to escape."

  Hua Ming stood up and let out a loud roar: "Since that's the case, then let's fight! Either you die or I perish!"

  Next to him was placed a huge stone mill, weighing several thousand catties.

  One-handed stone mill, Hua Ming Gong's arm rotated twice and threw the stone mill out, smashing it towards Zhang Ruochen.

  At the same time, Hua Ming Gong turned around and escaped, he didn't intend to fight Zhang Ruochen to the death at all.

  Boom

  Zhang Ruochen crushed the stone mill with one palm and chased after Hua Ming Gong.

  "Still want to run away with me?"

  Zhang Ruochen released the spatial domain, covering an area of 500 meters in diameter, and exerted the power of "Spatial Solidification".

  Hua Ming Gong, who had already escaped to a hundred meters away, suddenly felt that the space around him was completely frozen, his body as if trapped in ice, and it was extremely difficult to move even a little bit.

  Hua Ming Gong only felt his body's endurance increasing, and could only forcefully unleash the power of his blood vessels, fiercely colliding with the void.

  "Slap"

  Space was like being torn apart, Huaming Gong regained his freedom once again.

  But just as he was sealed away for a moment, Zhang Ruochen had already caught up and struck out with his palm.

  "The dragon and elephant return to the field."

  Hua Ming Gong's eyes turned crimson red, his whole body surging with blood energy. He stood on a crimson-colored blood array and suddenly turned around, throwing out a punch.

  "Shaking heaven and earth."

  Fists and palms collided, emitting a powerful surge of true energy.

  Hua Ming Gong's throat was sweet, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his feet retreating without stopping.

  Zhang Ruochen fell to the ground, then rushed forward again. His blood and energy surged through his meridians, making a gurgling sound as they converged in his arm, and he struck out with another palm.

  "The elephant rushed forward."

  A massive, semi-transparent palm print formed in front of Zhang Ruochen's hand, emitting a deafening roar.

  The palm print had yet to land on Huaming Gong's body, but that overwhelming momentum seemed to be enough to blow him away.

  Hua Ming Gong's eyes bulged out like angry Vajra, and he simultaneously threw out both fists, once again engaging in a fierce battle with Zhang Ruochen.

  "Boom"

  Hua Ming Gong was sent flying horizontally and fell ten zhang away, his arms aching to the point of splitting, his bones feeling as if they had been broken.

  "Damn it, if I still had my Black Gold Gauntlets, how could I have lost to you?"

  Hua Ming Gong's fist technique can only exert its strongest power with the help of the Black Gold Gloves. Unfortunately, his Black Gold Gloves were already shattered by the Submerged Ancient Sword.

  "Kid, you're forcing me to use forbidden techniques."

  Hua Ming Gong sprang up and took out eight silver needles, each half a foot long, and inserted them into the eight main meridians of his body.

  At the same time, he took out a bright red dan medicine and quickly swallowed it into his mouth.

  In an instant, Huaming Gong was like his injuries had healed, and the flow of true energy in his body accelerated by a factor of two.

  The skin on his body had completely turned a dark charcoal color, and his pair of crimson eyes were extremely cold, staring at Zhang Ruochen like a venomous snake.

  "Silver needles pierce the meridians, fire boils the blood."

  Zhang Ruochen slightly furrowed his brow and said, "You're using this forbidden technique, stimulating the meridians, burning blood, I'm afraid your lifespan will be reduced by twenty years."

  "What's the difference if we don't use this forbidden technique, isn't it certain death?" said Hua Ming.

  "That's also true."

  Zhang Ruochen nodded and took out the Xuan Yuan ancient sword. He no longer underestimated Hua Ming Gong, his face turned serious as he prepared for a fierce battle.

  He had already recovered to his peak state with just the silver needle acupuncture, and after taking the fire pill, which burned the blood in his body, he became even more powerful than his peak state.

  It can be said that Huaming Gong is now in a truly Tianji Realm warrior state.

  Of course, the use of forbidden techniques also has a time limit. At most an hour later, if Hua Ming Gong still can't kill Zhang Ruochen, the power of Silver Needle Stabbing Meridian and Fire Dan Burning Blood will disappear. By then, he will become very weak and can only be at the mercy of Zhang Ruochen.

  Zhang Ruochen felt that Hua Ming Gong was intentionally dragging out the time, so he didn't want to waste his own time and decided to end it quickly, lest things take a turn for the worse if delayed.

  "Zhang Ruochen, let you witness, my true power."

  Hua Ming burst out laughing and exploded into a speed of 280 meters per second, almost reaching Zhang Ruochen's face at the same time his voice sounded.

  "Earth-shattering"

  One punch is thrown, with a powerful fist wind.

  The opponent's speed was too fast, Zhang Ruochen couldn't even dodge in time, and could only block with his sword horizontally.

  "Boom"

  A massive force surged from the sword body and poured into Zhang Ruochen's arms, sending him flying out.

  Before Zhang Ruochen even landed on the ground, Hua Ming Gong immediately threw out his second punch, third punch, not giving Zhang Ruochen any chance to counterattack, and in a row, he threw out forty-nine punches, only then did one set of fist techniques finish.

  Rumble

  Zhang Ruochen didn't know how far he had retreated, knocking down all the houses on the entire street. Building after building was completely flattened to the ground. His hair, body and face were covered in a layer of mud and dust, with some messy hair and dirty faces.

  Zhang Ruochen had a spatial domain protection on his body and was also wearing the Ice Fire Qilin armor, so he didn't get hurt, but looked a bit disheveled.

  After forty-nine punches, Huaming Gong paused for a moment to catch his breath.

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Ruochen soared into the air, mobilizing all his true energy and slashing down with one sword.

  "Call"

  Hua Ming Gong looked up and saw a dazzling sword light descending from the sky, like a river formed by a stream of swords.

  He stretched out his arms, and a large amount of true energy condensed in his hands, merging into the middle to execute an empty-handed White Blade Receiving technique, which actually caught Zhang Ruochen's full-force slash.

  Boom

  The ground beneath Hua's feet suddenly shook violently, then split into four or five parts, stirring up a muddy wave that surged in all directions.

  The smoke and dust have dispersed.

  The ground with a diameter of ten meters sank more than one meter, forming a huge depression.

  "You're nothing but a mere child, I can catch your 9th-grade True Martial Treasure with my bare hands. If I had a 9th-grade True Martial Treasure too, it would only take one move to kill you."

  Hua Ming Gong burst out laughing, still holding the war sword with both hands, and with a sudden thrust of his legs, his body shot up straight, flying upside down to Zhang Ruochen's head, and then kicked downwards fiercely.

  Zhang Ruochen lightly shook his head. His hand, which had originally been gripping the hilt of his sword, suddenly relaxed and fell to the ground, with his arm slashing towards the empty air.

  "Space Rift"

  Hua Ming Gong's face changed color, instinctively feeling a dangerous aura approaching, but didn't know where the danger was coming from.

  "Hehe"

  Suddenly, the void in front of Hua Ming Gong's body trembled slightly, and a number of fine cracks appeared. Those cracks converged together to form a three-foot-long fissure.

  A crack in the midst, a piece of chaos.

  A powerful devouring force was transmitted from that crack, and even with the cultivation of Huaming Gong's Tianji boundary, it was impossible to resist.

  A spatial fissure, like a void giant mouth, instantly swallowed Huaming Gong's skull.

  "Boom"

  A headless corpse fell from mid-air, with bright red blood gushing out of its neck and emitting a nauseating bloody smell.

  Zhang Ruochen's arm stretched out, and the Xuanming Ancient Sword that was originally being held in Hua Ming Gong's hands trembled slightly before flying into Zhang Ruochen's hand.

  "The power of the spatial rift is indeed formidable, even a warrior at the Tianji boundary can't withstand it. I wonder how strong the power will be when the space collapse is successfully cultivated and bursts out."

  Zhang Ruochen looked at the corpse on the ground, squatted down and took off the space ring from Huaming Gong's finger.

  Inside the space ring, it was actually filled with treasures. In addition to elixirs and true martial artifacts, there were also a large number of spirit crystals and a small amount of silver coins.

  Those elixirs and True Martial Treasures were secondary, their grades weren't high. The best elixir was only a third-grade elixir, the best True Martial Treasure was only a sixth-grade True Martial Treasure. For a warrior at the Sky Extreme Realm, they seemed too shabby.

  However, the number of Lingjing shocked Zhang Ruochen greatly, as they piled up into a small mountain, with over 9,200 pieces. Adding to that some of the high-quality medium and top-grade Lingjing, the value of these Lingjing absolutely exceeded 10 million silver coins, which could be considered a huge fortune.

  Why did Hua Ming Gong bring such a large number of Ling crystals with him?

  It's common knowledge that warriors usually convert their spirit crystals into silver coins and deposit them in the Martial City Bank.

  Even black market martial artists usually have a legitimate identity, allowing them to store their wealth in the Wulin Bank and not having to carry it with them.

  The black market also established piaohao, but due to the complex and severe internal forces within the black market, the established piaohao cannot be compared with those in Wucheng, and instead often go bankrupt.

  So, even black market martial artists mostly prefer to keep their wealth in Wulin Bank.

  Although it's a bit adventurous, you don't have to worry about the Wu City Bank going bankrupt, and withdrawing money is also very convenient. Every city must have a branch of Wu City Bank.

  Of course, once the identity is checked by the Wu City Money House, the wealth deposited in the Wu City Money House will be frozen.