The Prodigies War

With a rumble, the Four Coiling Dragon Pillars erupted in a blaze of light, imprisoning Saintess Lin Lang within.

It was an ancient treasure with a simple but effective ability. It could form illusions and trap opponents within them. 

Even a Life Death Stage King would find it difficult to break out of the illusion without spending some time!

Pu!

Meanwhile, under the manipulation of Lin Xun’s tremendous spirit power, an arrow shot through the air, pierced Yu Xiaosheng’s back, and destroyed half of his body in an explosion. 

That blow alone could easily kill other cultivators, but Yu Xiaosheng was different. He managed to survive with a torn body and continued to escape! 

Just when Lin Xun was about to fire another arrow, he lost track of him.

Wrinkling his brows, Lin Xun shifted his gaze to the Saint of the Water Ape Clan.

His gaze made the color drain from the Saint’s face. “I have a Life Soul Bone Talisman on me, you can’t kill me! Why don’t we make a deal?” he said through gritted teeth, his eyes wide with fear. 

He was terror-stricken. A group of Saints and Saintesses had joined forces, yet they still suffered an utter defeat and ended up frantically fleeing with their tails between their legs. 

He was the only one left. How would he have the courage to face Lin Xun alone? 

Before Lin Xun said a word, the Water Ape Clan Saint flipped over his hand and a storage bracelet appeared in the palm of his hand. “These are some rare elixirs and treasures that I collected in the Deva Secret Realm. I can give you them all if you let me go.” 

“It’s not enough.” Lin Xun shook his head. 

The Water Ape Clan Saint’s face darkened, but in the end, he suppressed his anger and asked, “What exactly do you want before you will let me go?”

“I heard that the Water Ape Clan has an ancient inheritance art called the Fire Tempered-Gold Body. Perhaps you can use that to exchange for your life.”

Toady had snuck over without anyone knowing and was studying the Water Ape Clan Saint with a suspicious gaze. 

The Water Ape Clan Saint flat-out refused, “No! That is the supreme inheritance of my clan. I would rather die than give it away!” 

“Then—hand over the bone rod in your hand. That should be fine then, right?” Toady’s eyes gleamed covetously. 

The Water Ape Clan Saint became livid. He was a high and mighty Saint, so when had he ever endured such humiliation before? 

Not to mention being blackmailed and robbed!

“That is our family’s ancestral weapon called the Sacred Bone Dao Rod. I also can’t hand it over to an outsider. To put it bluntly, you won’t be able to control it even if I give it to you,” the Water Ape Clan Saint refused again. 

Old Toad flew into a rage, “Damn monkey, why are you so stubborn?! Do you want us to slaughter you first and then take all the treasures on you?” 

The Saint coldly snorted. He was not afraid of the old toad. He only feared Lin Xun. 

“How about this then?” Old Toad stroked his chin, his eyes rolling over him. “Other than your inheritance art and your ancestral weapon, leave everything else with us and we will let you go.”

Lin Xun’s murderous intent was already ignited by his repeated refusal, but when he heard Toady’s suggestion, he decided to stand and watch a while longer. 

Jin Duyi was a three-legged golden toad with the remarkable ability to identify all kinds of treasures. He must have taken a fancy to some of the treasures on the Water Ape Clan Saint!

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“Fine!” After a long hesitation, the Water Ape Clan Saint agreed and handed over all the treasures on him. 

“Do we let him go?” Lin Xun scrunched his brows.

The Water Ape Clan Saint was already bolting into the distance at full speed, but he could still catch up to him if he used all his strength. 

“Yes, let him go.”

Complex emotions swirled in Toady’s eyes. “The ancestor of the Water Ape Clan is a descendant of the Six-Eared Macaque lineage from ancient times. Although the present Water Ape Clan has nothing to do with the Six-Eared Macaque lineage, it’s best not to be entangled with them.”

“Why is that?” Lin Xun asked in bewilderment. 

Toady slapped his own head and scrunched up his face. “I can’t remember, but my intuition tells me that the clan is linked with heinous karma, so it’s best to not associate with them. Otherwise, you are bound to bring trouble upon yourself regardless of whether you are their enemy or friend.”

Heinous karma?

Lin Xun fell into deep thought. 

Toady’s eyes sparkled as he counted the spoils he had gotten from the Water Ape Clan Saint like a treasure-mad man.

Meanwhile, Lin Xun’s figure flashed and entered the illusion world formed from the Four Coiling Dragon Pillars.

Within the illusion, Saintess Lin Lang circulated all her strength to manipulate the blood-colored copper bell to break out of the illusion. Unfortunately for her, she was doomed to fail. 

As soon as Lin Xun appeared, he launched an attack with all his strength, attempting to suppress her.

He didn’t have a good impression of her, and he hated her to the core!

The two had feuded over a Dao scripture when they were in the Five Elements Holy Island. Additionally, the woman almost killed him while he was fleeing for his life. 

She was also partly responsible for the injuries on Zhao Jingxuan and Toady. How would Lin Xun not harbor hatred towards her?

A shrill shrike rang from inside the illusion. Saintess Lin Lang’s face was skewed with shock, anger, but also indescribable fear. 

She even attempted to negotiate with Lin Xun several times.

But Lin Xun never uttered a single word from the beginning to the end. He administered several fierce attacks in a row and showed not a shred of mercy.

In the end, Saintess Lin Lang was killed on the spot, and her head was severed off.

Lin Xun was only frustrated that her Life Soul Bone Talisman had been activated, and a wisp of her spirit managed to teleport away and escape the Four Coiling Dragon Pillars. 

However, to Lin Xun’s surprise, the blood-colored bronze bell couldn’t be suppressed or seized as though it contained spiritual intelligence. It simply vanished in the air. 

That was the power of an ancestral treasure. It was so mysterious and unfathomable that there was nothing that Lin Xun could do.

Fortunately, Saintess Lin Lang’s body was destroyed, and the other treasures on her couldn’t be teleported away with her wisp of spirit. 

Very quickly, Lin Xun found a storage ring. The inside was glowing brightly with heaps of various elixirs and rune materials like little hills. Every item could be called a rare treasure and had immeasurable value. 

Even Lin Xun couldn’t help but marvel. As expected, the Saint-level figures of every clan have a wealth of treasure. 

Soon, he was drawn to an incomplete Dao scripture. It had a golden sheen and was imbued with a Saint aura. 

It was another part of the Saint Dao scripture!

That was no doubt his greatest gain from the harvest. When I have the opportunity I will snatch the other part of the Dao scripture from the Little Young Master of the Five Elements Holy Island. When I do, I can unravel the true mystery hidden in the Dao scripture!

When Lin Xun put away the Four Coiling Dragon Pillars and walked out of the illusion, he saw Toady crouching on the ground, grinning from ear to ear. 

Jin Duyi had a great harvest from the treasures left by the Water Ape Clan Saint. 

“You have been injured so badly, yet you are still in the mood to count treasures,” Lin Xun couldn’t help but remark.  

However, Toady said righteously, “Cultivators can have their heads severed off, blood taken, but not their treasures!”

As he was speaking, he grimaced and yelled out loud. His injuries had flared up, and the pain was a little unbearable.

Lin Xun rolled his eyes. He is completely fine when he is searching for treasures, but now he is howling with pain. I can’t believe that he is so greedy that he forgot about his injuries...

His treasure-greedy nature impressed Lin Xun a little.

In the end, Lin Xun tossed Toady into the Nameless Pagoda to recuperate while he left the area with a flash.

The entire experience was too thrilling. If he hadn’t eventually grasped the Dao Slashing Art, which helped him recover, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Although he defeated Yu Xiaosheng, Lin Lang and the others in the end, Zhao Jingxuan and Old Toad sustained fatal injuries and might not completely heal in a short time.

As his experiences during the past few days flickered across his mind, he couldn’t help but feel indescribable grudges.

He had just survived the lightning tribulation and then he was hunted by experts from various clans and almost lost his life several times. Now that he had restored his strength, it was time to settle the score!

……

At that moment, there was ceaseless clamor in the nearby areas. Masters and experts from all major clans had gathered one after another to kill Lin Xun and seize his treasures.

In the past half a month, everyone in the Deva Secret Realm and the area outside Return Dominion were stirred up. All attention was focused on the operation to capture and kill Lin Xun.   

“The human boy is a monster! He has been chased and attacked for half a month, but he still managed to escape and survived.”

“He won’t last much longer. If there is no accident, he will die within a few days. Did you not see how many Saints and Saintesses have been dispatched?”

Lin Xun had survived six stages of lightning tribulations, and he slaughtered many top cultivators along the way. The mention of him sent a shiver down many people’s spines, so no one wanted him to be alive. 

The rise of such a monster was a disaster. No one could stop him from marching into the supreme path!

“Let’s go, our success or failure depends on these few days. Let’s all kill him together!”

The killing intent of cultivators of various clans had all been ignited. They had been tracing Lin Xun down for several days and were about to near the swamp.

“I almost killed him last time. We must not let him escape again this time! He has slaughtered members of our Sea Spirit Clan, and he must pay for it with blood!” a youth in a feathered robe said coldly. He was the Saint of the Sea Spirit Clan. 

“Haha, we joined forces last time, but he still managed to escape in the end. I have to say that the human youth is an extraordinary character.” A man in silver battle armor laughed coldly. He was the Saint from the Silver Light Clan. 

They quickened their pace as they conversed. 

Everyone was aware that the human boy had exhausted his strength and was on the verge of death, so it was the best time to kill him. 

In the distance, many more cultivators were racing towards the swamp. In their eyes, Lin Xun was a lamb waiting to be slaughtered and was nothing to be feared. Their only worry was who would first snatch away the treasures on Lin Xun. 

Therefore, everyone acted swiftly. 

However, no one knew that Lin Xun was very different from before...