The Prodigies War
chapter-1401

As time passed, more and more counterattacks had been launched fiercely all over the Ziyao Empire!

“Kill!”

Generals and soldiers could be seen everywhere, besieging the monster-beasts and killing them until blood formed rivers and the sun and moon lost their luster.

Since the empire had been turbulent due to internal and external troubles for years on end, the pent-up anger in everyone’s heart had been accumulating.

As the monster-beasts ate up the empire’s territory, whenever they captured a city, it would be destroyed to the last blade of grass and become a mass grave of piled-up corpses. The aggrieved cries of the people would echo through the sky, and the gruesome sight could enrage even gods.

But now, the situation had been reversed!

Lin Xun alone was like a whole invincible army as he relentlessly hunted down the monster-beast Kings and destroyed their forces.

It was not an exaggeration to say that he was the leader of this revolutionary change!

Under this unstoppable momentum, the demon-beast forces were repeatedly forced into retreating and now close to crumbling.

It was rumored that they would cowl in fear at the mere mention of Lin Xun’s name!

……

“It feels good! I’ve never felt so good!”

“With Young Master Lin protecting us, who can compete with our empire?”

Nowadays, anywhere in the Ziyao Empire, from common people to noblemen, everyone would show their heartfelt reverence and admiration whenever Lin Xun was mentioned.

This sudden turn in the situation had also shocked the nine tribes of the Brute Warriors. Those who were invading the borderlands of the empire couldn’t help but tremble upon learning about it.

Lin Xun!

He was a one-man army, an unstoppable legend that never rested.

Just recently, dozens of monster-beast Kings died at his hands alone. As for the number of monster-beasts that he had killed in general…

It was completely impossible to count!

How could the Brute Warriors not be afraid when such a ruthless existence was guarding the Ziyao Empire?

“If the empire solves their internal troubles, then I’m afraid that our future won’t be pleasant…”

The top experts of the Brute Warriors had realized that the direction of the situation had started to steer with Lin Xun going strong on the offensive.

This greatly worried them.

Right now, those monster-beast forces still had Lin Xun’s attention.

But once the beasts were annihilated, his gaze would inevitably shift to them!

In a large camp of the Brute Warriors at the westernmost point of the Ziyao Empire.

A group of high-ranking Brute Warriors had gathered. Their faces were somber and tinged with worry.

“The imperial armies are currently in full swing and can’t be stopped. It’s difficult to breach their defense and get into the empire by just launching attacks. If we don’t do something new, then their blade will be pointed at us once they get rid of the monster-beasts! What should we do?” asked an old man in a low voice.

“That damned Lin Xun! Since he appeared, the empire’s situation has completely changed. How did that bastard return from the Ancient Wasteland Domain?” said a person indignantly through gritted teeth.

They had long since investigated Lin Xun and found that he had only returned from the Ancient Wasteland Domain a few months ago.

“All the Saint experts in the empire have left during the past dozen years. This is supposed to be the best opportunity for us to attack the empire on a large scale… But Lin Xun just had to appear!”

“He’s intolerable!”

The Brute Warrior experts all clamored to vent their resentment.

It had caught them completely off guard that a single person was able to turn the table for a whole empire.

“Enough! Now is not the time to whine,” said the old man sitting at the top position coldly. He looked fragile, and his hair was thinning. His skin was fully tattooed with bizarre lightning totems.

This was a Shaman King of the Lightning Tribe who had lived for a very long time, and he held an extremely high status among the Brute Warriors.

Instantly, the camp became dead silent.

“It is imperative to resolve the predicament before us, and in order to achieve this, we must start by handling Lin Xun.” The Lightning Shaman King’s hoarse and old voice resounded through the field. “I know those remaining monster-beast Kings have also realized that they are bound to lose soon, unless Lin Xun dies.”

Hearing this, the spirits of the high-ranking Brute Warriors were lifted.

“What should we do?” asked someone.

After a moment of silence, the Lightning Shaman King said, “Perhaps, we can get in touch with those monster-beast Kings, then send out our King experts to set up a plan with them to kill Lin Xun!” A cold light flashed in his murky eyes. “As long as that person is removed, the Ziyao Empire will be like a tiger who has lost its sharpest fangs!”

On this day, the nine tribes of the Brute Warriors all sent out their forces to launch a secret operation.

……

Crosswater Province.

Before a huge winding river, Lin Xun stopped walking and frowned, seemingly pondering something.

A long time later, he couldn’t help but shake his head, realizing that the monster-beast King that had been occupying this river had already escaped before he arrived.

“It’s getting harder and harder to get them…” sighed Lin Xun.

In the past couple months, he had been traveling the empire and beheading monster-beasts nonstop. So far, he had destroyed dozens of their forces.

But as his feats spread, the other monster-beast Kings also realized that the situation wasn’t good for them and had quickly fled, leaving only their empty lairs.

Lin Xun was a little helpless. Since the enemies weren’t stupid, of course they wouldn’t wait for him to come to their door and kill them.

The only thing to celebrate was that the situation of the empire had cleared up, and a bright future awaited it.

Swish!

Lin Xun took out the jade slip and carefully read it.

It recorded the distribution of the monster-beasts across the Ziyao Empire, as well as some information and clues on the monster-beast Kings.

By now, the majority of their forces marked on the jade slip had been destroyed, and most of the monster-beast Kings had also died.

However, Lin Xun keenly noticed that the remaining ones were the strongest and most ruthless of them.

For example, there was the White Wasp King and the Flame Vine King, who were among the top ten monster-beast Kings.

Another instance was the most mysterious and low-profile Black Robe King.

This meant even though the monster-beasts were to be losing ground and greatly injured, they still remained a huge threat until their most powerful Kings were gotten rid of!

Lin Xun also noticed an interesting detail about the Black Robe King.

Unlike the other monster-beast Kings, the Black Robe King had always been a loner with no subordinates under his command, and he hadn’t even committed any murders in the past ten years!

However, it was without a doubt that he was very powerful, rumored to be at the ninth longevity stage. He might even have touched the threshold of the Saint stage.

“Now that they’ve been suppressed to this point, the remaining monster-beast Kings will definitely not endure this humiliation, so they have no choice but to turn to the Black Robe King for help.”

On the bank of the great river, Lin Xun had set up a bonfire and threw a giant, fat crab into the boiling pot, waiting for it to cook as he analyzed the situation.

He knew very well that all the monster-beast Kings in the empire, like the Golden Armor King, had to follow the orders of a Monster-Beast Ancestor who was trapped in an unknown place.

Since this was the case, even the low-profile and patient Black Robe King would have to obey and deal with him if that was the order from the Monster-Beast Ancestor.

Lin Xun took out the map of the Ziyao Empire. His eyes then roamed around an area in the south called the Great Wind Thunder Wetlands.

It was a region covered in hurricanes and lightning all year round. Even the huge lake was filled with terrifying wind and lightning qi.

When the world had started changing ten years ago, a strange mountain had appeared in the Great Wind Thunder Wetlands. It was pitch-black and had not an inch of grass growing. People had named it the Black Wind Mountain.

The Black Robe King was currently occupying it.

In recent years, many cultivators in the empire had traveled to the Great Wind Thunder Wetlands in an attempt to unveil the true face of the Black Robe King.

But without exception, they had all failed.

To everyone’s surprise, those cultivators had all returned safe and sound. In fact, there had been people who met with danger there but were quietly rescued and sent out of the Great Wind Thunder Wetlands.

Of course, no one recognized this to be the Black Robe King’s act of kindness.

However, Lin Xun found this behavior very interesting.

He was the strongest and most mysterious monster-beast King, but he had never killed people, and would even rescue cultivators who got trapped in the Great Wind Thunder Wetlands.

This was undoubtedly unusual.

This was also why the empire had rarely sent its elite forces to deal with him despite being well aware of his existence.

“Will those monster-beast Kings…seek his help?” Lin Xun was uncertain.

With a splash, Lin Xun fished out the cooked giant red crab from the pot. He broke off its pincers and legs and lifted the carapace, revealing the milky-white and tender crab fat. A tantalizing and fresh aroma immediately filled the air.

“Tastes great.” Lin Xun savored the crab fat and sipped wine in-between bites. In just a few moments, he cleanly finished the whole crab and sighed, “Finally, a rare break…”

He had been on a killing spree in the last several months and hadn’t relaxed like this until today.

However, he also knew that he could never rest easy until he eliminated the beast scourge.

On the same day, Lin Xun headed toward the southern province of the empire.

He wanted to see if his guess was correct.

……

Great Wind Thunder Wetlands.

The White Wasp King’s clothes fluttered as he stood above the huge lake and gazed into the distance.

His appearance was that of an extremely handsome boy, and he looked bright and dandy in his refined robe. Ordinary people would never be able to tell that this was a great monster-beast King at the eighth longevity stage!

“Flame Vine King, do you think Lin Xun would dare to come here alone if he could guess that we’re here?” asked the White Wasp King all of the sudden.

“Sixteen of us are gathering here, and we have the Black Robe King in attendance. Would he dare?” As the Flame Vine King poked her head out from under the water, her fiery red hair floated and spread on the surface. She was a charming woman with snowy skin and an alluringly curvy body.

“He would,” said the White Wasp King flatly. He then continued after a short silence, “All of the monster-beast Kings who underestimated him were all killed without exception. There is nothing that such a rampant and ruthless character wouldn’t dare to do.”

A trace of hostility surfaced on the Flame Vine King’s expression. “Are you saying that he might come here?”

The White Wasp King nodded. “As long as Lin Xun isn’t stupid, he can guess that we’ve inevitably turned to the Black Robe King for help. He will not be able to let go of this opportunity to wipe out all of us at once, so he will definitely come!”