The Prodigies War

Those words rumbled like a blast of thunder!

Wang Tu stiffened from head to toe for a second before he suddenly leapt up. From his small figure, a huge fire python emerged, covered in scales with a horn on its head. Its body that snaked like a mountain range emitted a terrifying sky-burning aura.

Derived and condensed from the power of his Great Dao Field, this python embodied his entire cultivation.

As it took to the air with a screech, an endless rain of fire poured down and melted the nearby mountains and rocks into tumbling soup.

“Hmph, a mantis trying to stop a chariot.”

The moment Jintian Xuanyue emerged, she drew a stroke in the air with her white, slender finger. A piercingly golden sword chopped out.

The fire python’s gigantic head was instantly slashed off!

Kaboom!

The rain of fire dispersed in chaos.

Color was drained from Wang Tu’s face. At the Dao Debate Contest of Cloud State, Jintian Xuanyue had advanced through the rounds by virtue of getting the lucky draws over and over again. Ultimately, she had ended up ranking seventh.

This was why Wang Tu originally hadn’t thought that such a woman would possess much power, but now it seemed that he had been wrong.

He had made a big mistake in his judgment!

“Miss Xuanyue, you drew a line between us! Why are you coming after me?!” shouted Wang Tu.

“Ask that question after you’ve seen Brother Jin,” Jintian Xuanyue said and had already started attacking again.

“Damn it! Why are you all targeting only me?” Wang Tu’s face was livid and twisted. As if he had gone crazy, he chose to fight Jintian Xuanyue.

After just a few moments, he was beaten and suppressed. Blood sprayed from his mouth and nose, and he lay paralyzed on the ground.

If Jintian Xuanyue hadn’t held back, he would probably have been eliminated from the competition.

“Miss Xuanyue, please spare me this once. I promise I’ll never…” wailed Wang Tu, begging for mercy.

However, Jintian Xuanyue did not wait for him to finish as she picked him up by his collar and teleported away.

……

When they saw Jintian Xuanyue carrying Wang Tu like a carcass from a great distance, Lu Dubu’s group was first stunned and then felt a wave of satisfaction.

This kind of treacherous bastard must be severely punished!

Plop!

Wang Tu was thrown and rolled on the ground in front of Lin Xun. His face was black and blue, and he was in a messy state.

However, he couldn’t care less about that and frantically begged, “Brother Jin, please, Brother Jin, since we’re all from Cloud State, please forgive me just this once!”

“Forgive you? Impossible!” Su Muhan gritted his teeth with a grim look. “It’s understandable that you would want to avoid and turn Brother Jin away, but you should never ever have betrayed him! I already told you that such despicable and shameless practice would definitely damage your reputation!”

“I… I…” Wang Tu’s face shifted between green and white as he completely panicked.

“We don’t have time to waste, so I’ll give you a choice: either you do it yourself, or I will help you. And worry not because you can’t die in the Mythical Huang Secret Realm. You’ll be nothing more than eliminated,” said Lin Xun coldly.

Just as Su Muhan had said, it was understandable that Wang Tu spurned him. The only thing that was absolutely unforgivable was his betrayal!

Wang Tu shrieked, “Brother Jin, you’re forcing me to my death!”

Lin Xun ignored him. “I’ll count to three. One… Two…”

At this moment, Wang Tu’s eyes were bloodshot as he looked at Lu Dubu’s group, hoping that they would plead for him, but all he saw were faces of unconcealable disgust and contempt.

“Three.”

Wang Tu suddenly roared loudly, his expression hideous, “Jin Duyi, you are a bully! You are just too much! I…”

He was just about to drop some harsh curses to vent his anger and resentment when he saw Lin Xun pressing his palm in the air.

Boom!

The sky-blotting palm force rammed Wang Tu down inch by inch. His muscles burst, his tendons and bones shattered, and he bled all over. He let out a mournful, painful scream.

He looked so miserable that Lu Dubu’s group shivered. Is this the price of selling out Jin Duyi?

In the end, Wang Tu was eliminated without ever finishing his curses.

“Let’s get out of here.” Lin Xun acted as if he had just done something trivial as he swept his eyes around the field before leading the crowd away.

“You were right, Yue Ruhuo, Jin Duyi is indeed a powerful enough menace to be reckoned with.”

Lin Xun’s group had just left when a man bathed in radiance but had demonic designs emerging with every step appeared in the middle of the field.

He wore a black robe and had snow-white hair as he surged with light while treading on darkness.

It was none other than Zhi Bai.

Accompanying him was Yue Ruhuo, whose aura was as sharp as a divine sword. He murmured, “Between him and Mi Wuya, who do you think is stronger?”

Zhi Bai thought for a moment and said, “Mi Wuya has been incredibly low-key. Since entering the Mythical Huang Secret Realm, he has almost never shown his face. If this were in the past, I would have been able to figure out something from his actions, but now, even I can’t see through him anymore.

“On the contrary, Jin Duyi has exceeded everyone’s expectations, and he’s obviously also seeking to transcend his supreme path. If what he displayed just now is his peak power, then I still have some confidence to compete with him.”

After a pause, he continued, “But if that isn’t his limit, then it’s…hard to say.”

Yue Ruhuo’s eyes narrowed slightly as he nodded. “No matter what, to ensure that we can enter the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone, it’s unwise to make a move against someone like him in this Mythical Huang Secret Realm.”

Zhi Bai smiled and lamented, “From the Great Six Courts and the Great Ten Battle Clans, we have Mi Wuya, Huangfu Shaonong, Ling Hongzhuang, Shang Ziyan, Feng Beiling… From the other worlds in the nebula, we have Jing Tiannan, Wen Yu, and others who are heaven-defying and monstrous…

“Just the ones that I know of who can be a match for us already amount to nearly twenty people.

“Adding those geniuses who have yet to reveal themselves… It definitely won’t be boring in the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone.”

Yue Ruhuo stretched his body as he commented, “That’s how the competition for the dao is supposed to be. Only by having rivals can we experience the fun of conquering and competition. By the way, don’t forget there can be quite many people like us who are fixated on our own dao and ignore all worldly affairs.”

Zhi Bai laughed, “Heh, of course I won’t.”

Yue Ruhuo suddenly remembered something. “When we were hiding just now, Jin Duyi seemed to have detected us. That’s why he didn’t chase after Zu Feiyu... Do you think he’ll hold a grudge against us because of this?”

Zhi Bai was dumbfounded. “From what I can see, he shouldn’t be such a petty person. What’s more, isn’t it better that Zu Feiyu remains? Once he encounters Jin Duyi again in the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone, it won’t be as simple as being eliminated…”

The two talked as they left the area together.

……

Outside, on the Mythical Huang Main Peak.

After witnessing Lin Xun relying solely on his own strength to defeat Tu Qianjue, Zu Feiyu, and their group one after another in an unprecedented battle, the crowd of Emperors were unable to maintain their composure.

“He not only is exceptional in the field of runes but also boasts extraordinary battle prowess. Just where exactly is Jin Duyi from?” someone pondered.

“Have you all noticed? The techniques and arts he used in battle are similarly impossible to discern. I couldn’t see a single clue.” Many eyes flickered as their curiosity was sparked by the many mysteries surrounding Lin Xun.

“Perhaps we should ask Brother Xia about this.” Taishu Hong turned to Xia Xinglie.

Only then did the others remember that Xia Xinglie had favored and seen Lin Xun differently from them from the very start, and had even gone so far as to argue with Emperor Fire Spirit and Flaming Sky Demon Emperor.

This inevitably gave them the idea that Xia Xinglie had always known more details regarding Lin Xun.

“I won’t hide it from you all; I indeed have some knowledge about him. However, I really cannot tell you much about his origin,” Xia Xinglie decided to keep it vague after thinking quickly.

His reply sent the others into deep thoughts. A junior that even Ultimate Demon Sword Emperor Xia Xinglie knows but is unwilling to disclose his origin. Jin Duyi’s background certainly cannot be simple!

From beginning to end, no one had suspected it to be Fangchun Mountain.

The reason was that Lin Xun had been wearing the Well-Wishing Dao Robe this entire time. It masked everything about him and was capable of avoiding the probing of Emperors.

Li Xuanwei had also said that as long as he didn’t use his Emperor-grade treasures such as the Dao Immeasurable Bottle and the Dao Endless Pagoda, then even an Emperor expert wouldn’t be able to see past the disguise of the Well-Wishing Dao Robe itself.

Xia Xinglie, on the other hand, mumbled inwardly. Lin Xun ah Lin Xun, I’ve exhausted my brain to help cover up your identity. If you dare treat my daughter badly in the future, then I shall teach you a good lesson…

While the other judges chatted among themselves, the faces of Emperor Fire Spirit and Flaming Sky Demon Emperor flashed with a touch of gloom.

Their core disciples from Heaven and Earth and All-Demon Dao Courts had teamed up only to be vanquished by Lin Xun alone. Such a disastrous defeat cut holes in their hearts.

They couldn’t even get angry if they wanted to.

With their status, they would become a joke to the other Emperors here if they were to beef with a junior.

“Huh, all of you, look! Shang Ziyan, tenth on the All Heavens Saint-King Rankings, is demonstrating quite some heaven-defying battle strength. His might is no weaker than Ling Hongzhuang’s and Huangfu Shaonong’s!”

“Interesting, it seems that Shang Ziyan has also been patiently holding back all these years.”

“It’s not just Shang Ziyan, look at Feng Beiling. If I remember correctly, isn’t he sixth on the All Heavens Saint-King Rankings? But the power he’s displaying right now is beyond astonishing.”

The attention of the crowd was soon attracted by the other battles going on in the Mythical Huang Secret Realm.

The secret realm wasn’t big, but all the contestants scattered within were first-rate supreme Saint-King experts of the nebula.

Among them, there was no lack of monsters whose performance wasn’t inferior to Lin Xun’s, such as Shang Ziyan and Feng Beiling who showed strength that caught even the Emperor judges off guard.

Some had been concealing their sharp claws for many years, but once they revealed them, it would bring about nothing but amazement.

Shang Ziyan and Feng Beiling were clearly such characters.

However, they still didn’t surprise the Emperors as much as Lin Xun had.

This was because Shang Ziyan and Feng Beiling were already nebula-famous figures. No matter how heaven-defying they were now, it still couldn’t arouse a big shock.

Lin Xun was the only one who had arrived like a comet cutting through the heavens. Before this Dao Debate Assembly, very few had noticed his existence.

It was precisely for this reason that when he had revealed his edge, it had come as a bolt out of the blue for everyone.