"Die!"
A wisp of green light flickered across Chen Wan's neck, and her head rolled to the ground. Her eyes held resentment and regret. She had originally had a chance to survive and leave, but a moment of greed, wanting Lin Feng to share the danger with her, resulted in both of them dying in this Heaven Ascension Secret Realm, their bodies and heads separated!
After killing the two consecutively and picking up the green lotus from the ground, the other heavenly prodigies who had already escaped had passed Lin Feng. At this moment, the beast tide also surged in, appearing before Lin Feng.
In the Ascend Immortal Realm, the constant killing of heavenly prodigies was normal, so no one cared about the two who had died by Lin Feng's hand. The only thing that caught their attention was Lin Feng, who stood alone before the beast tide. Many heavenly prodigies, who had been desperately fleeing, looked on with confusion. "He… he isn't planning to face the beast tide alone, is he?" "Don't be ridiculous. Didn't you know before? Even the Daozi Tóng Mò, who was in the Divine Bridge Realm, died. What makes you think he can?" "Impossible. This kind of beast tide, even the top heavenly prodigies from my Central Continent, Prince Xiāo Gān, the Linglong Saintess, and the celestial maiden from the Xuanqing Sect, might not be able to resist it!"
Voices rose and fell. After all, countless heavenly prodigies had entered the Ascend Immortal Realm, and very few had seen Lin Feng before. Hardly anyone understood Lin Feng's true capabilities.
No one paid attention to what was behind them anymore. They fled with all their might, their feet practically flying. Of course, some occasionally glanced back at the surging beast tide, their eyes falling on the solitary figure in white, standing tall like a lone peak against the sky… Chapter 39: If they are enemies, they must be killed!
Dong! Dong! Dong! The heavy thudding echoed, and the ground trembled and shook. Dust flew up as countless exotic beasts and divine birds rushed towards Lin Feng. Leading the charge was a giant tiger, completely black, with green eyes that gleamed with a predatory cold light amidst the dust. Close behind were sleek, lightning-fast Moon Howling Heavenly Wolves, their bodies silver-white and agile.
Rooar! Rooar! Rooar! Their roars split metal and stone. Not just one or two, but a vast, overwhelming tide of them!
A beast tide! Individually, they might not be much, but with such a terrifying number, even the strongest heavenly prodigies who entered the Ascend Immortal Realm this time would struggle to face such a multitude of exotic beasts and divine birds. It was like a destructive torrent, stirring the air as it charged, emitting roars and growls that made one's scalp tingle.On the grayish-white ground, pebbles vibrated wildly, leaping about as they were crushed, imbued with the ferocity and madness to smash all obstacles in their path. Like a mountain collapsing, the beast tide surged towards Lin Feng…
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His white robes fluttered in the wind. Upon his handsome face, his eyes were like the surface of a calm lake, observing the sky full of exotic beasts without the slightest ripple.
At this moment, a majestic spiritual light erupted from Lin Feng's body, shining brightly and shooting straight into the sky. Accompanied by boundless purple lightning power, it surged forth from the green light. He struck out with a palm.
Above, green light coiled, and purple lightning power snaked like serpents, ultimately converging into a palm print that descended, obscuring the sun and moon. This strike seemed to darken the very heavens.
The Xuanqing Emperor Scripture is an Upper Realm Emperor Law. Even though Lin Feng was now in the late Divine Bridge Realm, its power was still unimaginable!
Boom! Boom! Boom! The heavens and earth shook. The palm print pressed down, causing the ground to collapse and sink several Zhang (units of length).
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! This was the sound of countless exotic beasts and divine birds being crushed. Dust flew everywhere, and in the blink of an eye, the beast tide vanished, and blood gushed forth like a spring.
As the dust settled, all that remained in the massive palm print's crater were shattered beast carcasses, their blood staining the grayish-white ground.
One strike! It made the sky-high beast tide vanish into thin air.
The countless heavenly prodigies who had been fleeing into the distance were stunned, frozen in place.
"This…"
Gulp! A heavenly prodigy swallowed hard, his heart pounding, his mind reeling, his expression dazed.
"Hiss… How is this possible???"
Someone gasped, regaining their senses, still finding it hard to believe.
"No, impossible! Is this something a human can do!!!"
Voices erupted, and the fleeing crowd exploded.
Was this a joke? Was it really that unbelievable? If it were even someone like Feng Wuhen, Xuě Yāoráo, or the Linglong Saintess, the top prodigies of the Central Continent, they could accept it. But Lin Feng's appearance was so unfamiliar.
"That… that green lotus… are we still going to fight for it?"
Someone in the crowd suddenly blurted out this thoughtless question.
Spiritual herbs were already top-tier heavenly treasures on the Heavenly Cang Continent, while Half-Step Sacred Medicines appeared only once every few thousand years. The green lotus Lin Feng held in his hand, taken from Chen Wan, was still at the spiritual herb level, but it was already not far from being a Half-Step Sacred Medicine. Such a heavenly treasure would be enough to make the major forces of the Central Continent fight fiercely in the outside world, and it was equally rare within this Ascend Immortal Realm.
If this item were still in Chen Wan's possession, no one would hesitate to fight for it, and a chaotic battle would immediately ensue. But looking at Lin Feng, clad in white, who had just annihilated the entire beast tide with a single strike, and the green lotus in his hand, many heavenly prodigies' eyelids twitched upon hearing this question.
"Did your brain get kicked by a donkey while you were escaping? Fight for it from him???" "Are you crazy, or are we not smart enough?" "It seems there will be a dark horse in this Ascension Arena. Based on the strength displayed in that single strike, I'm certain this person is no weaker than Prince Xiāo Gān, who possesses the Dragon Soul Body!"
As these voices echoed, many heavenly prodigies turned to leave. The thought of fighting for the green lotus was unthinkable; they didn't even dare to consider it. The Dragon Soul Body was one of the top physiques on the Heavenly Cang Continent, exclusive to the royal family of the Great Gan Dynasty. The heavenly prodigies present could only imagine a few such figures. Therefore, in their eyes, although Lin Feng was unknown, he was definitely of that caliber, and he would undoubtedly shine brightly in the upcoming Ascension Arena.
The crowd dispersed, leaving only Lin Feng standing amidst the scattered remains of exotic beasts and Chen Wan's corpse.
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"Comparing me to some prince?" The previous strike had still consumed a considerable amount of energy for Lin Feng, whose strength had not yet fully recovered. While recovering his spiritual energy, he heard the surrounding chatter and chuckled helplessly.
"As expected of something that was just a hair's breadth away from becoming a Half-Step Sacred Medicine. A good item!" Looking at the green lotus emanating spiritual light in his hand, he only needed to absorb a little of its spiritual energy to fully recover the exhaustion from the previous strike. However, seeing the bloodstains on his hands, Lin Feng frowned slightly. It wasn't from killing exotic beasts, but from the blood of Chen Wan and Lü Cheng. He looked around and saw the headless woman in pink lying on the ground – it was Chen Wan. Lin Feng squatted down and used her clothes to wipe the blood from his hands.
"What a waste!" he muttered, shaking his head slightly. Even though he had been driven out of the Tàixuán Sect amidst mockery back then, to Lin Feng, it was merely humiliation, not a deep-seated enmity. If he hadn't recovered some of his strength now, Chen Wan and Lü Cheng's actions, which were intended to use his life to buy themselves time to escape, would have created a deep feud. Enemies must be killed, no matter who they are; this was Lin Feng's bottom line!
He stood up, looked in the direction of the Ascension Arena, and took a step forward, vanishing from where he stood.
Time passed. Several days had gone by since the numerous heavenly prodigies from the Five Regions entered this Heaven Ascension Secret Realm.
Battles were constant, either for the heavenly treasures of this land or duels among the young prodigies. All were headed towards the Ascension Arena. Along the way, Lin Feng saw too many corpses of young heavenly prodigies scattered across the land. They might have been the cream of the crop from the Eastern Continent, Southern Border, Western Desert, Northern Wilderness, including the major sects of the Central Continent, but here, they were merely participants in each other's battles. Like Chen Wan and Lü Cheng before them, these individuals likely died before they could even crush their Ascension Tokens to escape.
Countless youngsters had already been eliminated within just a few days of the qualifying battles. He was not far from the Ascension Arena now. This area was a lush, dense forest.
"Demon girl, where do you think you're running!" Ye Hongwu, clad in blood-red, fled rapidly through the forest. Pursuing her were two figures: Liu Xuan, his feet a blur, his sword light occasionally flashing. And besides him, the Tàixuán Holy Maiden, Ye Mi— Chapter 40: Her, I'll protect!
The towering ancient trees around them were perhaps a thousand meters high, dense and numerous. Moving through her white robes, treading on the treetops, Lin Feng seemed to sense something.
"Sounds like something is happening?" He seemed to hear something. Immediately after. Boom! Boom! Boom! Collisions of spiritual energy exploded, their waves sweeping through the surroundings, spreading towards him. The ancient trees trembled, and the ground shook. Someone was fighting.
He originally didn't want to meddle; after all, he had seen too many battles between heavenly prodigies along the way. But, in the battle not far from him, he seemed to faintly sense a familiar aura, familiar spiritual energy fluctuations. Gradually, red mist began to diffuse towards this side. Lin Feng was all too familiar with this kind of power.
"It seems to be the power of the Huanhe Sect's techniques… Ye Hongwu!" What surprised him was that the familiar spiritual energy fluctuations weren't just from that Huanhe Sect vixen. Cold light pierced the sky, and the spiritual energy contained a chilling aura, a special physique power. Lin Feng was also somewhat familiar with this aura; after all, it was he who had used the Ice Crystal Jade Marrow to awaken the ice spirit physique for that saintess back then.
"It's over there…" Taking a step, Lin Feng vanished from his spot, heading towards the direction of the fierce battle not far away.
Boom! In the dense, lush forest, countless ancient trees toppled. The waves of battle became increasingly intense.
"Hand over that Frost Grass."
Standing in the air, spiritual light surged around her. Clad in white, her three thousand black tresses cascaded down like a waterfall, her face exquisitely beautiful. It was Ye Miaojing! Her attacks didn't cease as she coldly demanded of Ye Hongwu, who was fighting her.
"Heh heh… Heavenly treasures within the Heaven Ascension Secret Realm are for anyone to obtain. Are you, the great Saintess Ye, asking me to hand it over, so I must?" Her jade feet strode upon the branches and leaves of the ancient trees, her voice resounding. Her figure was graceful and alluring. Her blood-red dress, as thin as cicada wings, clung tightly to her voluptuous, undulating body, its curves breathtaking. Beneath the thin veil, her skin was faintly visible. Her face, capable of toppling cities and charming nations, was bewitching. Her beautiful eyes held a tender, pleading look, yet her gaze flowed like a bottomless, dark abyss, capable of drawing one's soul in.
It was Ye Hongwu, the vixen from the Huanhe Sect, whom Lin Feng had entered the Heaven Ascension Secret Realm with earlier. After entering the Heavenly Gate, they were immediately teleported, and after several days, she too was heading towards the Ascension Arena. It was unclear why she had encountered Ye Miaojing, one of the three great heavenly prodigies of the Eastern Continent, and Liu Xuan, who was now standing not far away, sword in hand, poised to strike.
"You are no match for me. If you don't want to die, then hand it over obediently!" Ye Miaojing's voice was icy cold, her demeanor extraordinary, her skin like jade and bones like ice. The Frost Grass was a spiritual herb, and combined with its unique cold spiritual power, with its help, she would be able to step into the late Divine Bridge Realm. She had discovered this item first, but while she was fighting with Liu Xuan and others, this vixen had appeared from nowhere, snatched the treasure, and fled. She had followed closely, and finally, she had intercepted the vixen here.
"Miaojing, I'll help you kill this demon girl!" Keng! The sound of sword light slicing through the air echoed. Not far away, Liu Xuan attacked with his sword. For some reason, the killing intent in his eyes was even more intense than Ye Miaojing's. It was still related to the incident in Xihai City. Although that good-for-nothing had disappeared without a trace after being teleported to the Central Continent, Liu Xuan was still a little afraid that the matter of him chasing Lin Feng back then would be revealed by this vixen to Ye Miaojing. The only way was to kill Ye Hongwu, and from then on, no one in the world would know about it. As for Lin Feng? In Liu Xuan's eyes, he was just a cripple who couldn't cultivate. Perhaps he had died from severe injuries after arriving in the Central Continent four years ago, turning into a dry skeleton by the roadside. After all, Liu Xuan was confident in the sword strike he had delivered back then. And now, the only person who knew about it was Ye Hongwu. If it weren't for this Huanhe Sect vixen back then, that cripple would have already died under his sword. Boom! Boom! Boom! The battle erupted again, and the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Ye Hongwu. After cultivating the Supreme Forgetfulness Dao, Ye Miaojing had already entered the mid-Divine Bridge Realm. In terms of pure strength, she undoubtedly surpassed Ye Hongwu and Liu Xuan, who was not far away. Coupled with the fact that this was a two-on-one battle, from a combat power perspective, Ye Hongwu, the vixen, had no chance of winning. Indeed, after fighting for a short while, under the combined assault of Ye Miaojing and Liu Xuan, Puchi! Blood spurted from Ye Hongwu's mouth. Her bewitching face turned even paler, and she was sent flying by Ye Miaojing with the power of the Supreme Forgetfulness Dao, her delicate body falling to the ground.
"Miaojing, let me kill this demon girl and get the Frost Grass for you!" He volunteered, his white robes fluttering. With handsome features and star-like eyes, he held his sword with his back to Ye Miaojing. Liu Xuan strode step by step towards the fallen, bleeding Ye Hongwu, a cold smile appearing on his handsome face, his eyes ferocious. Although the three of them were among the Eastern Continent's three great heavenly prodigies, the Azure Sky Sword Sect and the Xuanqing Sect were the leaders of the orthodox path in the Eastern Continent. The Huanhe Sect belonged to the demonic path, so if he killed this vixen, his prestige upon returning to the Eastern Continent would increase considerably. Most importantly, killing her would preserve his reputation as a righteous gentleman. After all, having led a group of Azure Sky Sect disciples to hunt down a Lin Feng who couldn't cultivate out of jealousy back then would not sound good if it got out, and it would shatter the image he had cultivated with the Tàixuán Saintess over the years.
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Puchi! Lying on the ground, blood still flowing from her mouth, Ye Hongwu despaired. It seemed she was going to die here today. She had already given up, but at that moment, she saw a white-robed figure rapidly approaching not far away. The despair on her face instantly turned into a smile.
"Hmph, at death's door, and you can still smile?" Liu Xuan was puzzled. Just as he was about to draw his sword, a voice suddenly sounded from behind him and Ye Miaojing.
"Her, I'll protect!" As soon as the voice fell, the newcomer had already appeared before Ye Hongwu. Clad in white that seemed to glow like snow, with an ethereal temperament that seemed close to a celestial being, his gaze carried an air of disdain for everything in the world. The magnificent spiritual power radiating from his body was imposing and straight, like a pillar supporting the sky. To Ye Hongwu at this moment, the figure standing before her was like the most solid barrier in the world. Lying on the ground, looking up at Lin Feng's back, an inexplicable warmth surged in her heart, and a ripple appeared in her eyes.
"Lin Feng???" "How, how is this possible… it's you!!!" Liu Xuan was stunned. Lin Feng's aura had changed too much. Being the closest, he was the first to speak. Looking at the man standing before and blocking Ye Hongwu, how could he possibly connect him with the cripple he had chased and who had fled back then… Chapter 41: Ye Miaojing's Shock and Confusion!
Ancient trees toppled, the ground was in ruins, within the forest.
"Lin, Lin Feng…"
If anyone was most shocked at this moment, it had to be Ye Miaojing. Looking at the man in white, his face was very familiar, but the change in his aura made him seem very strange. Having spent ten years together, how could she not recognize him? But the arrogance, self-confidence, powerful aura, and spirited demeanor Lin Feng exuded now – was this still the person who was looked down upon by everyone in her sect back then?
Yes, she knew. She was well aware of what had happened to him in the Tàixuán Sect back then, but even as the Saintess, she couldn't change the attitude of everyone in the sect. She had never understood what had happened to him in just these four years. And the majestic spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from him. After all, since cultivating the Supreme Forgetfulness Dao, her cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds over these past few years. In the entire Eastern Continent, even Liu Xuan and Ye Hongwu, who were once considered among the three great heavenly prodigies, couldn't compare to her. However, inexplicably, Ye Miaojing had a persistent illusion at this moment: purely in terms of spiritual energy fluctuations, the Lin Feng before her seemed to far surpass her!
How was this possible? Back then, she had given him quite a few spirit stones, but the result was that Lin Feng had always been unable to condense spiritual energy within his body. Too many doubts. At this moment, Ye Miaojing had too many questions she wanted to ask Lin Feng. But the man hadn't even glanced at her since he appeared. Even the concern in his eyes for that vixen seemed greater than for her. At this moment, a sense of loss instantly welled up in Ye Miaojing's heart!
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"Are you alright?" Lin Feng turned to look at Ye Hongwu behind him and asked, his tone filled with concern. Back then, when he left the Central Continent, only this vixen had saved him; otherwise, he, Lin Feng, wouldn't be here today.
"You looked quite handsome just now!" Her skin was faintly visible beneath her blood-red dress, her curves breathtaking, her breathing unsteady, her delicate body slumped on the ground. As expected of a vixen, even in such a state, the first thing she said in response to Lin Feng's concern was this, lacking any decorum. A smile appeared on her pale, pretty face as she looked at Lin Feng, blood flowing from the corners of her red lips.
"Uh…" He shook his head slightly. Seeing that Ye Hongwu could still speak, she should be fine. At this moment, Lin Feng finally looked at the two people before him: Liu Xuan and Ye Miaojing. His gaze did not linger on the Tàixuán Saintess for too long but instead focused on Liu Xuan.
"The debt from back then, shouldn't we settle it now?" His eyes were deep, and killing intent surged within them. Before his spiritual energy was unleashed, his white robes moved as if by an unseen breeze, and the surrounding trees began to tremble in unison.