Chapter 1038: Chapter 1038

Countless streams of blood immediately flew out of his shattered body.

"All of you, die!" The Black Dragon Saint, with a low roar, wielded the Black Dragon Long Spear, executing the Black Dragon Spear Technique. The oppressive aura of an early-stage Great Power of the Cycle Palace Realm erupted from his hand, launching a frenzied assault on the group of Round Table Knights.

"Ah..." Terrible screams instantly emerged from their mouths.

Under the combined onslaught of Zhang Xiaohao and the Black Dragon Saint, this group of individuals didn’t even manage to create a ripple before being slain on the spot.

All the Round Table Knights in the confinement space had been dealt with.

In a flash of gold light, Zhang Xiaohao reverted from his dragon form to his human body.

"Big brother, they’re surprisingly fragile!" The Black Dragon Saint remarked, curling his lips.

"Hehe." Zhang Xiaohao chuckled lightly.

With the Black Dragon Saint, he vaulted onto the high platform.

"It really is Purification Heavenly Water!" Zhang Xiaohao said, his eyes gleaming with sharp light.

"Big brother, what is Purification Heavenly Water exactly? Can it be eaten?" The Black Dragon Saint asked curiously.

"Yes! You can eat it. I’ll give you a drop once we return," Zhang Xiaohao replied.

He signaled for the Black Dragon Saint to take two steps back, a gleam of cold light flashing in his eyes, and Zhang Xiaohao let out a low roar, "Break for me!"

As his words fell, an enormous physical strength erupted from his arm, fiercely striking the crystal barrier.

A series of dense sparks shot out from the crystal barrier. The rıghtful source is 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⁂𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖⁂𝕟𝕖𝕥

The crystal barrier trembled, yet lay there unscathed.

"Hmm? What’s going on? With my current physical strength, I can’t even shatter a small barrier with a full force strike?" Zhang Xiaohao wondered suspiciously in his heart.

Grabbing with his right hand, he pulled the Fish Intestine Sword out from the Shennong Ring.

"I must see just how hard you are!" Zhang Xiaohao sneered.

His arm muscles bulged as he unleashed violent power once again, wielding the Fish Intestine Sword to slash at the crystal barrier.

With a ripping sound!

The originally indestructible barrier was directly cut in half.

Putting away the Fish Intestine Sword, Zhang Xiaohao said, "No matter how solid you are, in front of the Fish Intestine Sword, you’re nothing more than paper!"

With excitement, Zhang Xiaohao rushed forward and picked up the crystal bottle containing the Purification Heavenly Water.

He opened the bottle cap and carefully observed the twelve shimmering drops inside.

The Purification Heavenly Water was ice-blue, and as soon as the bottle was opened, an icy blue aura surged into the sky.

Under this icy blue aura, one’s spirit seemed to lighten considerably.

"It’s indeed Purification Heavenly Water!" Zhang Xiaohao thought solemnly in his heart.

He capped the bottle and carefully stored it away.

"Big brother, are we going back?" The Black Dragon Saint asked.

"No! Now that we’re here, how could we just leave? If we don’t properly entertain these old friends, wouldn’t it be rude?" Zhang Xiaohao replied.

"Big brother, then who do we kill now?" The Black Dragon Saint asked again.

"Hehe! You’ll find out soon enough," Zhang Xiaohao said with a mysterious smile.

After speaking, he led the Black Dragon Saint towards a secret passage.

In the information Bai Xiaosheng had given Zhang Xiaohao, all the secret passage locations within the Red Orchid Church were clearly recorded.

Even the most hidden passages were documented in this highly confidential information.

Following the secret passage locations, Zhang Xiaohao, along with the Black Dragon Saint, moved rapidly within the Red Orchid Church.

Time passed, and within just an hour.

Every place within the Red Orchid Church that stored treasures had been ransacked by Zhang Xiaohao and the Black Dragon Saint, with enough slain Round Table Knights and Red Priests under their hands to fill a small river.

In one of the secret passages.

Seated cross-legged on the ground, Zhang Xiaohao and the Black Dragon Saint adjusted their mental states.

Zhang Xiaohao opened his eyes, and two bright lights flashed past.

"There’s only one path left, according to the records, and within this final path lies the mysterious Bloodline Beasts. Once these Bloodline Beasts are destroyed, the Red Orchid Church’s plans will be thwarted!" Zhang Xiaohao thought to himself.

"Big brother, are we going back?" The Black Dragon Saint asked.

"There’s one more place left to deal with; once we’ve taken care of that, we’ll head back," Zhang Xiaohao said.

"Alright, I’ll do as you say, big brother!" The Black Dragon Saint replied.

"Has all the consumed True Qi been replenished?" Zhang Xiaohao asked.

"Everything’s replenished," the Black Dragon Saint replied, nodding.

"In that case, let’s proceed and wipe out the last hidden realm!" Zhang Xiaohao said with murderous intent.

Getting up from the ground, he headed towards the final secret passage with the Black Dragon Saint.

In a grand, luxurious hall.

A fair-skinned man in red church vestments sat confidently in the main seat; this was none other than the Red Robe Great Sect Master of the Red Orchid Church.

Kneeling before him were over a dozen Red Priests, each with their heads bowed low, not daring to raise them, their bodies visibly trembling.

"You all are truly something! So many of you guarding treasures like the Purification Heavenly Water, and yet they got stolen quietly! Truly impressive!" the Red Robe Great Sect Master said squinting.

Upon hearing his words, the dozen or so kneeling Red Priests didn’t dare to breathe loudly, fearing inadvertently triggering the thunderous wrath of the Red Robe Great Sect Master.

Seeing their silence, the Red Robe Great Sect Master grew furious, slamming his right palm on the table, reducing it to ruins.

"Speak! Where is the thief who killed our people?" the Red Robe Great Sect Master roared.

With rage-filled eyes, he glared at the kneeling Red Priests.

It seemed they felt the fury emanating from the Red Robe Great Sect Master. The lead Red Priest cautiously spoke.

"Great Sect Master! In my humble opinion, there must be an accomplice within our ranks helping them! Otherwise, they couldn’t have used the secret passages to steal the treasures!"

"Nonsense! Do you take the Sect Master’s intelligence for a deficit? To be able to steal the Purification Heavenly Water and other treasures in such a short time while using secret passages is impossible without a traitor on the inside! The Sect Master wants to know what we should do now?" the Red Robe Great Sect Master said coldly.

"Great Sect Master! Since they came for the treasures, I boldly speculate that they won’t ignore the Bloodline Beasts we painstakingly obtained, stored in the last secret realm! Although there are many secret passages in the church, we don’t know which one they came through, but we can lay a Heaven and Earth Net in the secret realm housing the Bloodline Beasts and wait for their arrival!"