The Prodigies War

Bi Dongliu’s voice was full of fury, indignation and misery.

He could swear to the heavens that, from the beginning of the battle, he never underestimated Lin Xun, and during the battle, he had always fought with all his strength. 

He was confident that that was more than enough to deal with Lin Xun who was already badly wounded.

Who would have thought that he would be injured time and time again instead?

This drove him crazy.

The audience was also speechless. Demon God Lin is so abnormal! Who would believe that he could continue to fight in that terrible state?

“You’re also a supreme cultivator, can’t you tell how wounded I am?” Lin Xun sighed, looking wronged. 

Bi Dongliu’s expression changed.

Obviously, he saw that Lin Xun’s qi and blood were tumbling disorderly within him, his face was deathly pale, and his body was riddled with scars. 

Moreover, he coughed up blood from time to time. All of that made it hard to believe that he was not injured in some ways. 

“Also, this is a duel where victory and defeat depend on one’s strength. What you care about…makes you seem too incompetent!”

Lin Xun’s words sent Bi Dongliu jumping up in fury. “Fine, let’s see how long you can fight until!”

Boom!

He launched another attack. The dazzling golden lightning flowing around his wings shot across the sky with incredible speed and destructive power. 

However, before long, he was wounded once again. But before he could erupt with anger, Lin Xun rushed forward and slapped him to the ground.

Thud!

Amid the quaking ground, Bi Dongliu screamed in agony. His wings had been snapped off and blood was gushing from him. 

With a clang, the incomparably sharp Broken Blade touched Bi Dongliu’s neck.

His face distorted with anger, bewilderment and bitterness. He couldn’t believe that the terribly wounded Demon God Lin could defeat him. This was a huge blow to him. 

“Admit defeat now and I will spare you. Otherwise, you will suffer the same fate as Li Qingping,” said Lin Xun.

Bi Dongliu’s expression dramatically changed and then he subconsciously cried out, “I admit defeat!”

As soon as those words came out of his mouth, he flushed with shame and resentment. He wanted to bury his head in a hole. Not only did he lose but he had also admitted defeat in public. This was a huge blow to the prideful him. 

Lin Xun put away the Broken Blade and breathed a sigh of relief, “Three battles and three victories…I finally won’t need to fight anymore in this round...”

Bi Dongliu couldn’t help asking, “Are you actually injured?”

Lin Xun looked taken aback, “Is that important?”

Yes, is it important?

I have already lost. There is no point in asking that question. 

Bi Dongliu gave a melancholic smile before he staggered down from the battlefield, his back looking particularly pitiful and lonely as he walked away.

“Given your strength, you can easily take down any opponents head-on, why do you have to trick people like that?” Zhao Jingxuan’s voice rang in Lin Xun’s ear.

While returning to the mountain peak, he said, “Trick people? How did I? I am indeed injured, but it’s just not as serious as they think. They are the ones who want to challenge me. I didn’t do it on purpose. How can this be considered tricking people?”

Zhao Jingxuan wrinkled her brows. He did it, but he refused to admit it. That guy’s face is much thicker than before. 

Meanwhile, everyone outside the battlefield donned serious and bewildered expressions. Demon God Lin is too strong; he astonishingly won three battles in a row. 

The most terrifying thing was that he achieved that in a badly wounded state. He managed to defeat Li Qingping and Bi Dongliu one after another. 

“He is definitely pretending!” someone said through gritted teeth. 

“It’s also possible that his injury is not as serious as it appears. We’ve all been deceived by him.”

Some senior figures analyzed. 

“No matter what the situation is, he has won three matches and passed the second round, so he can compete for the top five positions on the ranking!”

Some people sighed. In the first five battles, Demon God Lin Demon was chosen three times to fight, and he won every single one of them. The speed at which he progressed had to be the best among everyone. 

……

Not long afterwards, the sixth match began.

Xiao Cangtian appeared on the stage, and his opponent was Zhan Feng from the Nine Wonders Sword Pavilion. 

After three hundred moves, Zhan Feng conceded defeat.

In the seventh match, Jin Muyun’s opponent threw in the towel. 

In the eighth match, Yu Lingkong’s opponent gave up. 

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In the ninth match…

One after another, duels unfolded and ended.

Every single battle was extremely intense. The Little Giants who had set foot onto the Supreme Path were all abnormally strong. They all put on a fight as fierce as the competition between the sun and moon and as exciting as a battle between a dragon against a tiger. 

The audience was dazzled by the sheer power and spectacle of every battle and frequently erupted with exclamations and uproars. 

Some people were wild with joy, and some were disappointed. 

However, all of that had nothing to do with Lin Xun.

He had already completed three duels without a single defeat, and so he was already qualified for the third round of duels.

Right now, he was quietly meditating and resting. 

Gou Yanzhen’s self-destruction had indeed wounded him. If he hadn’t timely activated the power of the Star Annihilation Heaven Devourer to defuse the explosion, he might have suffered real significant damage. 

Even so, he was still affected; his skin was cracked almost everywhere and he was covered with striking scars. 

Of course, those were just external injuries. 

While he meditated, he silently watched the duels taking place on the battlefield, his black eyes calm and emotionless. 

His tremendous spirit sense was spread across various directions of the battlefield like tentacles, capturing every detail of the battle and relaying it back to him. 

His state of mind was completely calm.

In his mind-sea, the soul of the primordial spirit was repeatedly replaying the details of each battle, analyzing and comparing them with his own battle knowledge. 

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy could one be undefeatable in battle.

Lin Xun was not so arrogant that he would look down on his peers. 

But in the same way, he would not belittle himself. At least until now, of all the Little Giants who have stepped onto the battlefield, only a few were able to catch his attention.

Or rather, their foundations were so deep that he couldn’t see through to the depths. 

Xiao Cangtian was one of them. He erupted with unprecedented fighting power in all three of his battles, and as if his blade was brimming with anger, he would defeat his opponent within ten moves without any hindrance every single time. 

He was known as a blade maniac. His blade intent was wild, free and unrestrained, able to break through anything that the tip of the blade pointed to. 

His dazzling performance caused an uproar in the audience and made many people believe that he was the person who had the strongest hope of winning the first spot on the Little Giants List!

Sword Demon Ye Chen was just as impressive. He had a deep mastery of swordsmanship, and his sword was as fierce and powerful as his blade. 

The swing of his sword could scare the wits out of all demons and ghosts!

Anyone who faced those two would be suppressed within moments and had to concede defeat. 

Jin Muyun was also remarkable. As a leading figure of the younger generation of the Omega Sword Sect, his swordsmanship was as fierce and overbearing as fire. He was akin to a sword king moving unhindered across the universe. 

Yu Lingkong…

Ji Xingyao… 

Everyone displayed their extraordinary brilliance like suns competing for glory. 

Lin Xun gained a deeper understanding as he listened to the discussions in the audience. 

The Supreme Path was divided into three levels: entry, intermediate and pinnacle. 

Almost all of the top eighteen Little Giants who passed into the second round hovered around the intermediate level. 

On the other hand, top figures, such as Xiao Cangtian and Ye Chen, had touched upon the pinnacle. 

Of course, this was just a difference in the Supreme Path.

In battle, when one’s cultivation bases were similar, one could only compete with one’s cultivation arts and cultivation base.

Cultivation arts were inextricably linked with battle awareness, battle means, and grand dao power.

It was impossible to divide them into distinct levels. 

Especially since there was not much difference in strength between the top Little Giants. If one wanted to stand out, it depended on the trump cards they held!

……

After three full hours, the second round finally came to an end.

Apart from Gou Yanzhen, who was eliminated first, and Li Qingping, who lost all three battles, there were also other Little Giants who lost all matches.

Only four people won all three battles, namely Lin Xun, Xiao Cangtian, Ye Chen and Jin Muyun.

Six people won two of the three battles, namely Zhao Jingxuan, Ji Xingyao, A’lu, Yu Lingkong, Gu Liangping, and Qi Chongdou.

Six people only won once, and according to the rules, they would miss out on the third round. 

The upcoming third round would be divided into two.

One was to compete for the fifth to tenth positions, which was for the six who won two out of three matches.

The other was to compete for the top four positions, and four people including Lin Xun would participate in this competition.

In other words, the six people, including Zhao Jingxuan, Yu Lingkong and Ji Xingyao, were not qualified to be ranked in the top four!

Hearing the result, Yu Lingkong almost broke down. His face became overcast, and his eyes swirled with terrifying hatred.

He looked forward to defeating Lin Xun and washing away the humiliation he suffered, but in the end, he suffered another blow.

He was not even qualified to compete with Lin Xun!

And in terms of ranking, he was lower than Lin Xun!

How could he not be bitter about the result?

“Argh!” Yu Lingkong almost crushed his teeth. 

“It is my destiny that doomed me to fall, not the battle.” Ji Xingyao sighed inwardly, feeling also a little bitter. 

Her first match was against Cang Xiaotian, and even if she tried her best, she still fell short and failed to win.

It was also that battle that made her lose the qualification to compete for the top four spots.

Zhao Jingxuan and A’lu looked as usual. It was already a good result to be ranked in the top ten.

Gu Liangping and Qi Chongdou seemed a little upset, but they could only suppress their emotions in their hearts and compose themselves.

“Damn it! It’s not fair that Demon God Lin can compete for the top four spots after he schemed and tricked us all!”

At the foot of the mountain, someone yelled out and set off many other people. The ancient sect experts who had previously feuded with Lin Xun also started to clamor. 

“That's right. If Demon God Lin hadn’t deceived Li Qingping, which made him let his guard down, how could he have won?”

“Based on strength, Demon God Lin is not qualified to be in the top four!”

Those who thundered and criticized Lin Xun were almost all from the Longevity Palace, Unsolved Mystery Sword Alms, and Spirit Treasure Holy Land. They wanted to get justice for Yu Lingkong, Ji Xingyao and the others.

Some cultivators did not echo their words, but they agreed in their hearts. 

After all, Xiao Cangtian, Ye Chen and Jin Muyun all stood out with their true strength.

However, in the last two duels, Lin Xun’s questionable method of winning provoked criticism and many believed that he was not qualified to fight for the top spot.