The Prodigies War
chapter-1390

Boom!

The tens-of-thousands-foot-tall Yin Soul Mountain rocked violently. The divine restriction barrier had been destroyed, and a horrifying straight crack had been left on the mountain surface.

Lin Xun wrinkled his brows.

Given his present strength, he could excavate mountains and boil the sea down with a snap of his fingers, but to his surprise, his power was not enough to completely obliterate Yin Soul Mountain.

What puzzled him the most was that, despite all the disturbances and killings he had caused after entering the mountainous area, the so-called Golden Armor King had never shown his face once.

It was very unusual.

Yin Soul Mountain was filled with sharp screams and cries. Panic stricken monster-beasts ran around frantically.

The mountain protection divine barrier that they depended on had been split open by Lin Xun. This was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. Now, they were completely scared witless.

Shua!

Without any wavering, Lin Xun flew into the sky and headed towards Yin Soul Mountain.

Magnificent light flowed around him, shining as bright as a galaxy sweeping across the sky. Wherever he passed, the air turned turbulent and rocks exploded to pieces.

All monster-beasts that came into contact with Lin Xun’s spirit sense along the way, regardless of their strength, were killed on the spot, exploding into smithereens.

In just a few breaths, Yin Soul Mountain was soaked in thick blood and filled with sharp screams of terror.

Some ferocious birds beat their wings and tried to fly away, but it was of no avail, as they exploded in mid-air.

Some monster-beast cultivators knelt down and begged for mercy, but they still met with disaster!

Over the years, countless innocent citizens of the empire had been slaughtered and tortured by the monster-beasts, and numerous cities had been wiped out by them.

Those wicked monster-beasts never showed any mercy!

Lin Xun was not a bloodthirsty person, but he had an unshakable determination to kill and would not have any mercy.

Within minutes…

All over Yin Soul Mountain, all monster-beasts were slain.

The nauseating smell of blood and corpses saturated the air around the huge mountain!

“He still won’t show up...Could the Golden Armor King have sensed something wrong and fled already?”

Lin Xun frowned. His spirit sense had already enveloped the entire Yin Soul Mountain and he had been checking it all along, but he had never once detected the aura of Golden Armor King.

“It doesn’t matter if you’ve ran away or not, first I’m going to destroy your lair!”

Lin Xun suddenly leaped into the air, and with a resounding clang, the Broken Blade flashed brightly once again, like a ray of light across the universe, and slashed down with forcefulness.

Boom!

The tens-of-thousand-foot-tall Yin Soul Mountain was cleanly split into two halves before tilting and collapsing to the ground with a rumble that stung all ears. The ground quaked like crazy as a burst of dust and smoke billowed into the air.

Lin Xun stood tall, his clothes fluttering. He thought quietly. He had fought across nine thousand miles and had been killing since he left Falling Star City. Countless monster-beasts had been slayed and the world was soaked with blood.

From the beginning to the end, it had only taken him a quarter of an hour.

The monster-beasts army’s stronghold in the Southwest Province of the empire had been completely destroyed!

His only regret was that he never got to meet Golden Armor King.

Clang!

Lin Xun withdrew the Broken Blade and was about to leave when he suddenly sensed something. His eyes darted to the ground in the distance like lightning.

Yin Soul Mountain had been devastated, the earth was still shaking, and the air was thick with smoke and dust.

But Lin Xun noticed an altar appearing at the bottom of Yin Soul Mountain!

The altar was very inconspicuous. Standing at around seven feet tall, it was constructed entirely out of old black stones and had no special features other than that.

But through his spirit sense, Lin Xun detected a strange force surrounding the altar that was able to block spirit sense power.

“No wonder I couldn’t sense it just now. It turns out to be a forbidden force that blocks out spirit sense power….”

A divine light surged in Lin Xun’s eyes.

He floated down to the altar, and after a brief examination, he was sure of one thing: The forbidden array power that enveloped Yin Soul Mountain came from the altar. It was also precisely because of this strange power that made the barrier array appear much more powerful.

“Huh? It actually involves the profound secret of space...” Lin Xun narrowed his eyes and his expression changed.

He sensed a supreme spatial power coming from the altar.

“A teleportation array? If so, where will it teleport to?” Lin Xun looked surprised.

Only Saints could set up teleportation arrays.

As far as Lin Xun knew, in the vast empire, such teleportation arrays only existed in a few places, such as the imperial palace and Qinglu Academy.

It was unbelievable that a teleportation array was found in the lair of Golden Armor King at the bottom of Yin Soul Mountain.

After all, Golden Armor King was no Saint and couldn’t possibly be capable of setting up a teleportation array!

“The great changes in the world have caused many strange changes in the empire’s territory over the past ten years. For example, these monster-beasts appearing out of nowhere...”

“Now, an ancient teleportation array appeared. Could it be that Golden Armor King and other monster-beasts are being teleported here from another side of the world through that teleportation array?”

Thinking of this, Lin Xun couldn’t help looking bewildered.

“Let’s see what sort of secrets it is hiding.”

After contemplating for a while, Lin Xun gritted his teeth and stepped onto the ancient altar. With a wave of his sleeves, a gush of dao light poured down.

Buzz!

The ancient altar seemed to be coming alive, waking up from silence and producing a strange wave of energy.

The next second, Lin Xun vanished from the spot.

……

An underground space.

It was dark, gloomy and suffocating.

In the center lay a huge pool of blood.

Gurgle—

The blood pool churned and bubbled as thick blood surged up. Faintly, shrill, bitter, sorrowful, and angry roars sounded from the pool, inducing chills in anyone that heard them.

A golden-robed man knelt on the ground, wearing a devoted and solemn expression. “Lord Monster-Beast Ancestor, this is the third batch of offerings. It consists of the blood of one hundred thousand young boys and the souls of one hundred thousand young girls. Additionally, there are eighty pure yang souls and thirty pure yin souls...”

Opposite the golden-robed man, a huge whirlpool was suspended in midair. It looked deep and unfathomable, and it was unknown where it led to.

As the man reached the end of the sentence, he took a deep breath and said aloud, “Lord Monster-Beast Ancestor, if you are satisfied with the offerings, I just hope you will reward me with an Eternal Life-Defying Pill!”

Rumble!

Then, he waved his sleeve, and thick blood splashed up from the pool of blood like a spring and rushed into the whirlpool in midair.

Suddenly, the whirlpool started to rotate, producing ripples of strange and terrifying spatial power that turned the atmosphere oppressive and suffocating.

Once the pool of blood was emptied to the last drop, the rotating whirlpool glowed with an eerie light like a ferocious mouth of a beast that had been fed.

“Hmph! The offering gets worse and worse every time, yet you still dare to ask for an Eternal Life-Defying Pill? What wishful thinking!” An ice-cold majestic voice rang from the depths of the whirlpool.

The golden robed man trembled all over, and then cried out. “Lord, it won’t be long before I will face the eighth longevity tribulation. Without that pill, there is no way I can overcome the Fate Tribulation. Lord, please have mercy on me, please fulfill my request. From now on, I vow to dedicate all my time to collect more offerings for you!”

After a brief silence, the cold, majestic voice rang again. “In this world, Saints no longer exist. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I can give you an Eternal Life-Defying Pill, but next time, I must see ten times the offerings!”

Ten times?

The golden-robed man silently calculated in his mind, feeling his head throbbing, but in the end he still gritted his teeth and promised, “Please rest assured, Lord Monster-Beast Ancestor!”

Swoosh!

A bright streak of light shot out from the blood-colored whirlpool, flashed in the air, and suddenly transformed into a pill that was around the size of a baby’s fist.

The pill was extremely unusual. The body was entirely crystal clear, and it emitted wisps of law power. Adding to that, the faint voice of a saint chanting sutras echoed in the air.

The golden-robed man’s eyes blazed fanatically.

Eternal Life-Defying Pill!

It was a rare priceless treasure imbued with the power to defy fate.

“Thank you, Lord Monster-Beast Ancestor!” The golden-robed man kowtowed.

He then drew a deep breath, stood up, and reached for the Eternal Life-Defying Pill floating in the air!

Shua!

A slender hand stretched out and snatched the Eternal Life-Defying Pill.

At the same time, Lin Xun appeared in the air.

After he stepped onto the ancient altar, he was teleported to this space and saw the golden-robed man, the pool of blood, and the blood-colored whirlpool.

Without any hesitation, Lin Xun activated Suanni Qi to conceal his aura and silently covered all traces of him.

Huh?

The golden-robed man’s expression dramatically changed, as if he could not believe what happened. “Who are you? How dare you steal what’s mine?! You have a death wish!”

With a boom, his aura turned wild and violent around him, and his golden body erupted with terrifying fiendish qi.

“Die!”

A fist flew out and golden light swept the area like a tide. The surrounding space was instantly shattered.

Lin Xun flicked his sleeve and a beam of azure dao light effortlessly dispelled the power of the punch.

The golden robed man narrowed his eyes, realizing the unfavorable situation. Forcibly suppressing his anger, he said with an overcasted face, “Friend, you suddenly came to my territory and stole my item. Isn’t that despicable?”

“Are you Golden Armor King?” asked Lin Xun while he played around with the Eternal Life-Defying Pill in his hand.

“That’s right.” Golden Armor King nodded, a menacing look twisting his features. “Since you know who I am, you must also know about the consequences of angering me. I advise you to quickly hand back the pill in your hand, otherwise...”

“Kneel,” Lin Xun interrupted before he finished.

At the same time, the aura around him spread outwards. The supreme power of the perfect seventh longevity tribulation stage transformed him into a god-like being with infinite power.

Golden Armor King struggled to breathe as if a sacred mountain was pressing down on his chest. Regardless of how hard he resisted, he could not bear the force of such terrifying power.

He began to bend under the pressure.

“Ah—!”

He roared in agony, his eyes were about to burst, and his veins popped on his forehead. He fought back with all his strength.

But in the end, following some crackling and snapping sounds, his knee bones shattered and he fell to his knees with a thud. The earth shook violently.

Lin Xun put his hands behind him and glanced down at Golden Armor king with an ice-cold gaze. “An evil beast like you has no right to stand and speak to me, do you understand?”