The Prodigies War

The Dao Endless Pagoda floated in the void. Its glow reflected eternal uniqueness and a momentum that overwhelmed history.

Although this treasure was put away right after, the way Huangfu Shaonong’s group looked at its owner had completely changed.

Lin Xun!

The menace who had once stirred trouble in the Kunlun Dominion and shaken the Ancient Nebula Road turned out to be a remnant of Fangchun Mountain!

Huangfu Shaonong instantly recalled the instructions of his court elders before entering the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone:

“Our operation this time is, firstly, to seize that chaos treasure, and secondly, to deal with Jin Duyi. When that time comes, the disciples of Panwu and Primordial Dao Courts will all join you in handling him!”

At the time, Huangfu Shaonong had thought that this was a joint operation where the three great courts would come together to target a member of Absolute Origin Dao Court.

Now, however, it seemed that things were not so simple.

Or rather, whether it was Heaven and Earth, Panwu, or Primordial Dao Court, they probably had long seen through Jin Duyi's true identity!

Thinking of this, Huangfu Shaonong coldly bellowed, “This time, he shall be put to death at all cost!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

His companions also realized the gravity of the situation. Their killing intent skyrocketed as they operated their power to the extreme.

Rumble~

The battle grew more and more intense.

Huangfu Shaonong’s might became especially terrifying as he simultaneously urged the violet cauldron of seventy-two flying swords time and conjured his Great Dao Field to go head-to-head with Lin Xun.

The other Heaven and Earth Dao Court disciples also utilized their trump cards, performing all kinds of taboo arts to attack Lin Xun from all directions.

The region exploded with rumbles and blazing lights. All sorts of phenomena manifested: surges of winds and lightning, hisses of gods and demons, sobs of sages, destruction of the sun and the moon…

Such a scene was enough to shock the entire world!

After all, Lin Xun and anyone in Huangfu Shaonong’s group were already at the pinnacle of the Saint-King Stage, whose mastery over their dao had long exceeded that of their peers.

Even when considering the entire Ancient Nebula Road, this kind of confrontation could probably be seen in only the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone.

However, what Huangfu Shaonong was currently struggling to believe was that his siege of so many people still failed to suppress one person, namely Lin Xun!

Second on the All Heavens Saint-King Rankings, Huangfu Shaonong was a supreme genius who was inferior to only Mi Wuya. He had long made his name and established himself as a dazzling star in the nebula. He was favored and highly regarded by countless old monsters who were positive that he could easily enter the Emperor Stage in the future, and that his path would be limitless.

Yet, what was happening was that Lin Xun alone was fighting back his whole group, and it dealt a heavy blow to Huangfu Shaonong!

He couldn’t help but wonder what the outcome would be if it had been a one-on-one fight between them.

Not only Huangfu Shaonong, but Zhuanxu Heng and the other Heaven and Earth Dao Court disciples were also having trouble accepting this. One by one, their expressions became unsightly.

If a remnant of Fangchun Mountain was this powerful, then how terrifying had Fangchun Mountain been back when it was at its peak?

“Form!” shouted Huangfu Shaonong suddenly with a solemn expression. As if on fire, he surged with a boundless light of turquoise color.

In front of him, a decree emerged!

On the decree, only one word was written: ‘Execute.’ Each stroke was imbued with a horrifying willpower that belonged to an Emperor. Just the aura emanating from it alone caused the area to explode constantly due to this world’s inability to withstand such pressure.

As the decree rose into the air, Huangfu Shaonong's eyes became bright and determined.

This decree had been written by an old antique with his own willpower, for which he had even paid a certain price. As a result, its power was beyond what anyone under the Emperor Stage could resist!

Originally, Huangfu Shaonong had considered this his killer move, a last resort that he had saved for the ultimate fight over that chaos treasure.

Now, however, he could no longer care about that!

Rumble~

The boundless Emperor-level pressure swirled around the region like a gale sweeping through the clouds. Whether it was Lin Xun's or the others’ power, all of them were suppressed in an instant.

Even the other Emperor-grade treasures buzzed and trembled as they were subjected to a terrifying constraint, unable to move an inch!

Lin Xun's pupils suddenly, and every muscle in him tensed up. A chill ran along his spine as he sensed an unprecedented danger.

“Die!” uttered Huangfu Shaonong coldly and sternly. He appeared confident and even conceited like he was the master of life and death.

Buzz!

The character ‘Execute’ flew out from the Emperor Decree. In that instant, it was as if all the energy in the region was being drained away and converged into the word. It became even more radiant and dazzling, and started giving off a frightening breath of supremacy.

Zhuanxu Heng’s group was so shocked that they subconsciously stopped attacking. The willpower of an Emperor expert was not to be blasphemed, which meant they must not intervene!

Lin Xun quietly flipped his palm, and white jade bottle appeared in it. The Dao Endless Pagoda was also stirring in him.

The decree attack was indeed extremely dangerous, causing even him to feel threatened.

However, before he could make his move, a hand appeared out of nowhere. Covering the sky, it then grabbed the word ‘Execute.’

KABOOM!

A violent explosion shook the entire area.

That gigantic hand was blinding as it was made of countless interwoven lightning bolts, and it literally showed what it meant to blot out the sky with one hand!

Huangfu Shaonong's expression froze on his face as he gawked in utter shock.

Zhuanxu Heng and the others were also dumbstruck.

Never in their wildest dreams could they imagine that this would happen. The mighty Emperor Decree hadn’t even been able to show its power before it was snatched away!

Their blood ran cold when they saw that the massive hand was clearly coming from the depths of the swamp!

And even before this, that bizarre mountain there had long since awakened from its slumber, gushing out an endless storm of thunder and lightning.

They looked over and saw that the location had been covered in the storm. Bright and dense arcs of electricity were like divine chains as they danced vivaciously between heaven and earth.

Vaguely, a magnificent figure emerged from it like the god of thunder walking out from destruction!

In that second, Lin Xun gasped as his expression changed.

Having been overly immersed in the fight with Huangfu Shaonong’s group, he had almost forgotten about the peril hidden in the depths of the swampland.

Before Lin Xun could consider this carefully, the sky-blotting hand of lightning came crashing down!

“Run!” Huangfu Shaonong's soul almost flew off. Without hesitation, he led the crowd and fled toward the horizon like crazy.

He even triggered an escape talisman. It was one of his very valuable life-preservation means, but he couldn’t care less about that now.

His entourage vanished in the blink of an eye.

Lin Xun had started escaping even faster than Huangfu Shaonong’s group, but the instant he had done it, something imprisoned him and rendered him completely immobile.

In his ears, a hoarse and low voice rang out, “You fired an arrow at me and still want to run?”

The next second, Lin Xun's vision flashed as he was taken away.

When his eyes regained clarity, he found himself deep in the swampland and enveloped in nothing but a raging lightning storm. Like rushing torrents, like giant pythons roaming around, the eye-piercing bolts flickered and emitted an aura that suffocated Lin Xun.

He had a strong premonition that being struck by just one of them would take his little life on the spot!

However, the strange thing was that even though he was in the midst of the storm, those lightning bolts seemed to have eyes as they all meandered to avoid him. Not even a hair on his head had been harmed.

Right at this moment, Lin Xun saw a cage made of interwoven, colorful bolts of lightning law power.

Green, blue, black, white, yellow… Every lightning force was magnificent and dazzling. Even the cage built on them gave a dream-like feeling, as if it was not something this world could have and hold!

Inside the cage was an imprisoned figure sitting cross-legged. His breaths were so faint that he seemed to be on the verge of death, but at the same time, he emanated a god-like majesty and supreme feeling of being immeasurable!

His long, gray hair grew unkempt like the leaves of a grasstree, and his skin was full of scars left by lightning strikes.

Although his face was unclear, his gaze was as sharp as a sword, blazing with terrifying and boundless dao power.

The moment those eyes landed on Lin Xun, he stiffened feeling like an ant being stared down by a god!

Lin Xun was horrified inside. To think that the uncanny mountain deep in a swampland has actually transformed into an endless lightning storm of Law Power that suppresses a deity-like figure here!

This is simply inconceivable!

Who is he?

Why is he imprisoned here?

“When has a disciple of Fangchun Mountain ever been so weak?” the hoarse and low voice rang again with undisguised disappointment and indescribable resentment. “You nearly fell at the hands of a group of punks from Heaven and Earth Dao Court. You are a disgrace to Fangchun Mountain!”

Lin Xun was stunned. “You can discern my identity, Senior?”

“Nonsense! If it wasn't for the fact that you are a disciple of Fangchun Mountain, that arrow you shot would have been enough reason for me to take your life!”

In the beautiful cage of lightning law power, the scar-ridden figure raised his head. His long gray hair flowed behind him like drifting watercresses.

When he opened his mouth again, his voice had mellowed down considerably, “No need to be nervous. On account of my relationship with Fangchun Mountain, I can’t bother harming a little guy like you.”

His relationship with Fangchun Mountain?!

Lin Xun's tense heart relaxed a little. It made sense when he thought about it carefully.

A mere strand of lightning law power here could have killed him at any moment, but since it had never happened, it at least proved that the caged man had no intention of hurting him for the time being.

Lin Xun couldn't help but ask, “May I know your name?”

This time, it was the caged man who was stunned. “Did Jun Huan not tell you about me before you came to the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone?”

Jun Huan!

Lin Xun had found out that the stunningly beautiful guy who liked to dress himself in pink, rose-patterned clothes was actually his senior sister.

The map of Mount Heedless, which had been carved into his memory in preparation for the trip here, had actually originated from her.

However, both Jun Huan and Li Xuanwei had never mentioned to Lin Xun about an ‘old friend’ who was imprisoned by lightning law power in the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone!