The Prodigies War
chapter-1000

"The second punch."

Lin Xun's expression was frighteningly calm, without a single ripple from start to end.

He stepped forward and threw another punch.

This punch was plain, natural, and didn’t contain any hint of fanciness.

It was impossible to trace like an antelope hanging from a branch with its horns, or a heavenly horse soaring across the sky, while also filled with the feeling of returning to the basics.

In the eyes of the others, the power of the punch was even less than the previous one. It was simply too ordinary and simple.

However, it made Li Zhannan’s expression change drastically because it was a punch that had begun to attain the state of ‘true enlightenment’ while perfectly concealing it. It seemed to have refined away everything else and reached the purest and most basic truth!

A piercing pain was felt from every inch of his skin as if it was on the verge of breaking apart while his mind and body were engulfed by an indescribable power.

There was no way to avoid it!

If he showed even the slightest hint of retreating or the tiniest opening, he would be doomed to certain death!

"Break!" yelled Li Zhannan as his hair rose into the air. Golden light shone brightly from him like a sun releasing its glorious rays as he pushed his power to its peak.

"Void Cycling Six Powers!"

Six divine lights emerged in front of him, representing the six powers: Heaven, Earth, East, West, South, and North.

The will of the one sole ruler descended with an aura of endless tyranny, bestowing Li Zhannan with power over the six directions.

It was his killing move!

No fewer than ten half-step King experts had lost their lives to him due to this technique!

Rumble!

The two forces collided. The entire area seemed to collapse as streams of destruction chaotically flowed, and a giant cloud of dust and smoke swept outwards.

The Heaven Axis Holy Land disciples had foreseen the potential danger in advance and withdrawn far away.

Although Ling Hongjin did not retreat, she had no choice but to circulate her power to neutralize the terrifying aftershocks sweeping toward her.

On the battlefield, Li Zhannan was sent flying backward while bleeding from all seven orifices. He was thrown several hundred feet away and almost every inch of his skin was covered in bleeding cracks.

His hair was a scattered mess, and his body was drenched in blood. He miserably crashed into the ground, creating a cloud of dust.

The entire valley had been cleanly destroyed. The surrounding mountains had vanished from existence and the ground was littered with many craters.

Lin Xun stood in the air, his ethereal figure seemingly untouched. The scenes of devastation in the backdrop made him appear all the more extraordinary.

Everyone’s expressions changed in quick succession, so shocked that they nearly forgot to breathe.

Li Zhannan was a core disciple of Heaven Axis Holy Land and was one of the top experts even among the entire younger generation of the East Victory World.

In the hearts of countless Heaven Axis Holy Land disciples, the core disciples were akin to the mighty sun in the sky. Their brilliance illuminated the entire world, leading through excellence and invincible battle prowess!

But now, Li Zhannan was blasted away twice in succession and suffered serious injuries...

It was a result that no one had expected and was so shocking and sudden that it left the Heaven Axis Holy Land disciples frozen in place.

Ling Hongjin was also greatly shaken. Like Li Zhannan, she had also attained the supreme path and believed that only a small handful of people in the four great worlds of the Ancient Wasteland Domain would be able to vie with them when the battle for the great age arrived.

She originally thought that Lin Xun also belonged to this small group, and this did not show any contempt toward him.

However, the overwhelming battle power he displayed had completely destroyed her common sense!

He wasn’t a heaven pride that had attained the supreme path, but a heaven-defying monster!

"The third punch."

Lin Xun attacked again. He was still as calm as ever as he flew through the air like an untouchable transcendent.

Unexpectedly, the punch made everything still as if time was frozen. Even sound could no longer be heard.

It was eerie and silent. The only thing that moved in the world was Lin Xun’s soundless fist.

The most beautiful sound was silence, and the greatest image was the ungraspable!

The Heaven Axis Holy Land disciples became relaxed instead. None of them could feel any hint of threat or power fluctuation.

Only Ling Hongjin's expression changed as she cried out, "Careful!"

Meanwhile, Li Zhannan seemed to have lost his soul. It was the first time he felt the threat of death in his life. Years of honing his intuition told him that this punch was a force he could not withstand!

Swish!

He immediately fled without hesitation.

There was no delay at all, and he moved incredibly fast.

However, the punch was faster. It arrived in the blink of an eye.

Bang!

A bloody bowl-sized hole appeared on Li Zhannan's back and blood sprayed from it.

At the same time, he stiffened as if he had been struck by lightning. He was frozen in the air as if pinned there by an invisible force. It was a bizarre sight.

"What kind of fist art is that?" Li Zhannan turned his head and managed to ask with some difficulty. Blood frothed from his mouth, but he seemed completely unaware of it as he stared at Lin Xun in the distance with wide eyes.

It was a gaze filled with shock, confusion, and disbelief.

Boom!

Before he could get a reply, his imposing body burst into pieces. In that split-second moment, the sensation of the heavens shaking was felt.

Blood poured from the sky, dyeing the night scarlet.

He was a core disciple of Heaven Axis Holy Land and a heaven pride who had attained the supreme path. However, he died even before the battle for the great age could arrive!

From start to end, Lin Xun had only used three punches. It was exactly as he had said earlier!

Everyone was in a daze, still dumbfounded by the shocking scene. They felt as if their minds were about to spiral into despair.

Just moments earlier, they had thought Lin Xun's claim to defeat Li Zhannan in three punches to be absurd and absolute nonsense.

Who could have expected that Li Zhannan would not only be defeated but also killed three punches later?!

"You..." Ling Hongjin was also in shock as her heart filled with alarm and anger. However, when she looked at Lin Xun in the distance, who was still as calm as he was since the beginning, she suddenly realized that she didn’t know what to say.

Shock? Anger? Disbelief?

All of these feelings were present.

However, there wasn’t a word that could accurately describe the complicated state of mind she was in.

Li Zhannan's combat power was on a similar level to her and only a handful of individuals were capable of matching them in the Ancient Blue Province. Moreover, this small group also came from Heaven Axis Holy Land.

An existence capable of killing them, however, had been basically nonexistent!

A supreme heaven pride was akin to a divine dragon of the heavens. They might be defeated by their peers, but killing them was a thousand times more difficult.

Despite this, Li Zhannan was killed with three punches!

In the end, all of her emotions turned into an unspeakable fear as a chill filled her entire body.

Although she was surrounded by radiant flames, she couldn't feel any trace of warmth when she faced Lin Xun.

Cold!

It felt as if she was in an ice cave!

Her teeth couldn't help but chatter as goosebumps rose on her fair skin, and her beautiful face turned deathly white.

What kind of terrifying opponent was this?

Was he actually a demon god?

How else could he be so powerful?

"It’s your turn." Lin Xun looked over. His black eyes were cold and devoid of emotion.

He had been relentlessly hunted and pursued for several days, and had long since accumulated a belly full of anger which finally erupted today.

Li Zhannan was only the beginning.

Lin Xun would begin his counterattack to make Heaven Axis Holy Land understand that even though he was alone and without backing, he wasn’t an easy target to bully!

"Run!"

Ling Hongjin turned around and fled without hesitation.

Even the leader of the core disciples, Chu Beihai, might not be able to subdue such an opponent, let alone the likes of herself.

To make things worse, there wasn’t a single person among the forces sent to pursue Lin Xun who could keep him in check!

This made Ling Hongjin realize the situation was taking a horrific turn for the worst. She immediately thought of escaping and reporting this new information about Lin Xun to the sect so that they could dispatch stronger forces to deal with him.

However, Ling Hongjin saw something flash before her eyes and found that Lin Xun was now blocking her way.

Ling Hongjin paled as she fiercely said, "Are you intent on going this far? I should inform you that every core disciple is invaluable to an ancient orthodoxy. The moment you kill one, they will do everything in their power to destroy you!"

Lin Xun did not hesitate to attack as he replied, "Even if I spare you guys, you guys will still come after me again sooner or later. Since that's the case, do you think something like that will threaten me?"

Who cared whether they were core disciples? Since they tried to take his life, he would make them pay the consequences!

It was no surprise that Ling Hongjin was soon suppressed by Lin Xun and knocked unconscious, causing her to fall limply to the ground.

Next, Lin Xun turned his sights to the rest of the Heaven Axis Holy Land disciples who were still frozen in fear.

"Run!"

"He’s a demon!"

They seemed to have gone crazy as they fled in a panic. Their fighting spirit had long since collapsed, and they no longer had the courage to even face Lin Xun.

With Li Zhannan dead and Ling Hongjin subdued, what were they supposed to fight Demon God Lin with?

Since Lin Xun had made the decision to strike back, he naturally wouldn’t tolerate anyone escaping and leaking information.

Hence, he immediately activated the Hornless Ice Dragon Step and gave chase while controlling the Broken Blade.

Plop! Plop! Plop!

In the night, blood flowers bloomed one after another like firecrackers. It was a beautiful but chilling sight.

Lin Xun wasn’t a murderous butcher. However, he had been truly angered by Heaven Axis Holy Land’s pursuit. He didn’t recall having much of a grudge with them, but they refused to relent like a spirit that refused to pass on. Who would still be able to remain calm in such circumstances?

In the end, only two or three Heaven Axis Holy Land Land disciples managed to escape.

However, Lin Xun didn’t plan on chasing them down because he had already sent out Little Silver. If everything went without a hiccup, the remaining disciples would die even more horribly than their companions.

"The advanced Cyclic Derivation stage is powerful indeed...although it is only an increase of a single lesser cultivation realm, it has multiplied my combat power several fold. In the future, there will be nothing to fear even if I encounter supreme path experts of the same cultivation stage!"

Lin Xun recalled the scenes of the earlier battle as strong confidence rose in his heart. It was a mindset of invincibility and the will of a truly strong expert that could only be honed through countless battles!

That’s right, Lin Xun’s cultivation had advanced.

The three days he spent meditating and cultivating in the valley allowed his cultivation, which had been suppressed to the extreme, to smoothly enter the advanced Cyclic Derivation stage.

Cultivation was the foundation of combat power. Although it was a single step up, it made his combat power undergo a transformational change.

It was also the main factor that allowed him to overwhelm and kill Li Zhannan earlier!