The Prodigies War
chapter-1173

Unexpectedly, the opportunity for Lin Xun to advance to the King stage hadn’t come when it was time for the Upper Ninth Realm to open…

On this day, all the Supreme Towers in the three thousand worlds shone brilliantly, releasing a sacred aura of Law Power.

Inside the towers, the Great Dao Heavenly Stairs transformed into a passageway that led to the deepest part of the complete void!

The countless cultivators in the three thousand worlds were emotional.

It had been exactly one year since the descent of the Supreme Realm to the opening of the passageway to the Upper Ninth Realm.

During this period, too many shocking events had taken place!

Some people fell.

Some became Kings.

Some rose, obtaining their desired opportunities and fortunes.

But starting today, everything was about to change!

“The top one thousand of the Supreme Towers and those who have become Kings will all head to the Upper Ninth Realm to seize even greater and more heaven-defying fortunes!”

“The others can only watch helplessly as they’ll remain in the three thousand worlds with no chance to advance.”

“The gap between them will indefinitely widen from today!”

Many people lamented.

The Upper Ninth Realm was where competitions among supreme characters occurred. It was a battlefield where thousands of heaven prides would fight for supremacy, and an arena where Kings would fight for domination.

The rest were simply not qualified to enter.

This was the gap.

Or rather, it was an unspoken elimination!

“What a pity…”

For powerful experts who boasted of being heaven prides and geniuses but were unable to reach the qualifications to enter the Upper Ninth Realm, this was undoubtedly a heavy blow.

“The Genius Gold Rankings will be revealed in the Upper Ninth Realm. Doesn’t this mean that we aren’t even qualified to compete?”

Those experts were miserable and frustrated.

As everyone knew, only when one was listed on the Genius Gold Rankings could they claim to be a true heaven pride!

“A difference of one step results in a world of disparity. This is the cruelty of the great dao!”

In the three thousand world, countless sighs of loss, despair, indignation, and helplessness echoed.

Some even wailed bitterly!

One who was not a true cultivator would not understand the helplessness of not having the chance to climb higher peaks.

Meanwhile, those who were qualified to enter the Upper Ninth Realm were all complacent and excited.

They sought the great dao just for this day!

“Let’s go.” Yun Qingbai was the first to enter the Supreme Tower in the Golden Gloom World, his expression indifferent.

“Depart!” In the Violet Truth World, Yan Zhanqiu’s eyes were as bright as lightning as the strode forth.

“The Upper Ninth Realm has opened. Are the sites where heaven-defying fortunes have been sealed for ages opened as well?” Holy Maiden Lin Xue murmured softly.

“This time, I will be the Supreme King that dominates the generation!” declared an ordinary-looking, low-key young man in the wilderness. Then, he suddenly transformed into a ferocious golden-winged roc, creating a whirling storm and swiftly disappearing.

In various regions of the three thousand worlds, outstanding experts started heading to the Upper Ninth Realm.

A similar scene was also playing out in the Burning Immortal World.

In the densely packed crowd in front of the Supreme Tower, one dazzling expert after another entered the tower in the envious and admiring gazes of the rest.

Upon closer inspection, one would see that the majority of these experts came from various major powers.

There were apex giants of the current generations and also ancient-era eccentric geniuses!

Outside of the city, those who had advanced to the King stage also launched into action.

They only needed to reach the sky above the Supreme Tower, and the Law Power of their own King dao would let them be guided into the passageway to the Upper Ninth Realm.

“Where’s Demon God Lin?”

What had everyone puzzled was the fact that only Lin Xun was missing at a time like this!

It was undoubtedly strange that the unshakable number one on the Great Dao Heavenly Staircase hadn’t even shown up on such an important day.

“Can it be that he has no plan to go to the Upper Ninth Realm?” someone joked.

“Bullshit. The mind of Demon God Lin is not something we can understand. But no matter what, he’s definitely going to the Upper Ninth Realm!”

Amidst the sounds of discussion, a thunderous roar rumbled.

“Lin Xun, my Golden Crow Lineage is waiting for you in the Upper Ninth Realm!”

The voice was cold to the bone, transmitting endless hatred.

Everyone looked up and saw a black-robed youth standing loftily in the sky, exuding King dao might. It was none other than Wu Yuanzhen of Golden Crow Clan, one of the experts who had besieged Lin Xun in front of the city gates.

The hearts of the onlookers trembled. Demon God Lin hadn’t even entered the Upper Ninth Realm yet, and he was already being targeted.

“Blood will be paid for with blood. Demon God Lin, I dare you to come to the Upper Ninth Realm!”

“You’d better wash your neck and wait!”

“There will be nowhere for you to hide in the Upper Ninth Realm!”

All over the sky, Miao Cen of the Mysterious Metropolis Sect, Shang Chong of the Sea Soul Clan, Wang Yuntong of the Moon Worshipper Sect, and a host of other King stage experts all declared icily.

They had been blocked from Burning Immortal Ancient City all this time, so it wasn’t hard to imagine how stifled they had been.

Now, with the opening of the passageway to the Upper Ninth Realm, they no longer had to hold back and therefore were blasting threats before leaving.

The area was dead silent as the crowd was in shock.

Did Demon God Lin predict this? Is that why he never appeared?

“Hehe, remember when I said the day I became King would be the day you lot die?” A light laugh rang out abruptly.

Everyone turned around in unison and saw that at some point, Lin Xun had already appeared on top of the palace he resided, feasting on a roasted black dog leg.

His demeanor was relaxed and cozy, treating the Kings in the sky as if they were nothing!

He’s appeared!

The area became restless. No one had expected that Demon God Lin’s domineering manner would still remain unabated at this point of time.

“Evil beast, you still want to become a Supreme King? You think that we will give you a chance to?” Wu Yuanzhen laughed, his voice piercing like the hissing of night owls.

Many people inwardly sighed. Indeed, Demon God Lin still hasn’t advanced to the King stage. After he enters the Upper Ninth Realm, who would stand by and watch him become a King?

Anyone knew that before Lin Xun could become a King, he would face the most brutal pursuit from these major powers!

“What’s the point of explaining to a dead man? Let’s go.”

The group of Kings in the sky laughed coldly. They withdrew their gazes, no longer paying attention to Lin Xun, and leaped up. In a flash, they were guided away and disappeared into the passageway to the Upper Ninth Realm.

Also at this moment, Lin Xun lazily got up. He finished the dog leg and threw away the bone before waving to the distant crowd. “Nothing to see here. I still have things to do so I won’t leave now.”

With that, he vanished.

“Still have things to do? More like he’s worried about being surrounded upon entering the Upper Ninth Realm?” muttered a disciple of a major clan.

A fellow clan member immediately reprimanded him, “Shut up! You want to cause trouble for our clan?”

Not every disciple of the major clans was qualified to enter the Upper Ninth Realm.

In other words, all the major powers would still be stationed in the city, using it as a base while they continued to seek opportunities and fortunes in the Burning Immortal World.

And they would not relax for a minute as long as Lin Xun remained in the city!

“The passage will only open for a month. I don’t believe that Demon God Lin will keep lounging around, unless he really has no intention to go to the Upper Ninth Realm!” some major clan disciples secretly sneered.

Times had changed. They were afraid of Demon God Lin in the past and could only endure, but now that everyone knew he was going to leave in the end, who would be afraid anymore?

Moreover, there were many people in the Upper Ninth Realm who couldn’t wait to kill him!

……

Almost all the qualified experts in Burning Immortal World were gone on the first day.

Seven days later.

In Burning Immortal Ancient City, it was difficult to find anyone heading to the Upper Ninth Realm.

Even those who had advanced to the King stage had left from outside the city.

The only thing everyone found unusual was that Lin Xun hadn’t shown any signs of leaving at all!

Is he really scared that after entering the Upper Ninth Realm, he will encounter unpredictable dangers?

Or is he waiting for something?

Nighttime.

A group of people snuck in through the city gates.

But after they got in, they froze. At some point, the road ahead had been blocked by a lone figure.

“Not good, it’s Demon God Lin!” someone shouted in fright.

Lin Xun laughed, “I knew you scumbags wouldn’t be able to resist entering the city. You really think that I’m in too much trouble to care about you?”

“Run!”

The group was scared witless. They immediately fled towards the gates.

But Lin Xun had already casted Baxia Imprisonment. An invisible force spread and confined them instantly.

And then, they exploded one after another. In a rain of blood, they died on the spot.

With a wave of Lin Xun’s hand, the primordial spirits and blood on the ground all vaporized. The scene looked as if nothing had ever happened.

These cultivators were the major forces’ disciples that had escaped the city during Lin Xun’s killing spree!

They had not dared to enter the city during his presence, so it had been impossible for them to enter the Supreme Tower to break through, thus cutting off any chances of entering the Upper Ninth Realm.

Among them, those who had become Kings had almost all left.

The ones who remained either had yet to become Kings or had failed to obtain the qualification to enter the Upper Ninth Realm.

They had thought that sooner or later, Demon God Lin would have to leave and would have no time to care about them, so they mustered the courage to return.

Who would have thought that they met their end as soon as they entered the city?

Lin Xun looked deeply outside the city gates, but in the end, he just turned around and left.

“That bastard is too cunning!”

Not long after Lin Xun left, several figures appeared outside the city, each of them exuding a powerful King dao might.

“What should we do? He’s neither going to the Upper Ninth Realm nor leaving the city, and he just killed our decoys. Are we going to wait like this?” said someone in a low voice laced with unwillingness and hatred.

“He already has his guard up and won’t leave this city. It’s useless for us to wait here.”

“Then, let’s leave?”

“Yeah, let’s do that.”

Meanwhile, Lin Xun was leisurely wandering the city streets.

He seemed to sense something, and as he raised his head to look at the sky, he saw figures shrouded in King dao auras leaving one by one.

“Looks like I’ll have to kill every last one of them…” His eyes were cold and dark.

Who could have imagined that there were so many King experts lying dormant outside the city in order to deal with him?

Without even having to think about it, Lin Xun knew that they belonged to the Golden Crow Lineage and the other major forces!