The Prodigies War

Looks like getting rid of the Jade Book of Merits is a no-go.

Arriving at this conclusion, Lin Xun raised a thought, and the Jade Book of Merits vanished into his palm lines. Xia Zhi had put away her Jade Book of Merits as well.

“May I know your names, Fellow Daoists?” It was at this moment that the middle-aged scholar in the distance spoke up again.

The rest of the Immeasurable figures in the surroundings also looked at Lin Xun and Xia Zhi. A subtle tension rose in the atmosphere.

Lin Xun looked over and said with a meaningful smile, “You waited until we had condensed our Jade Book of Merits to ask our names. Don't you think that's a bit unseemly?”

The middle-aged scholar squinted, and then he chuckled. “Please don't take offense. It is a tacit agreement between those like us in the Mortal Transformation Zone that we're only on the same page once we have all condensed our Jade Book of Merits. This simplifies things for us.”

“You're right, everyone with this item is a new rival. Whether it's used for revenge or purely for the Dao Competition, an opponent who escapes can still be closely monitored.” Lin Xun agreed and then suddenly asked, “Can you tell me who it is that you preferred to as the one who must be killed?”

The middle-aged scholar was stunned. Before he could reply, the old man who carried a big red wine gourd suddenly said, “You are Lin Xun, aren't you?”

The question was asked casually, but everyone present including the middle-aged scholar stared intently at Lin Xun, their qi quietly operating.

Lin Xun remained silent for a while before he laughed. “Looks like it's just as I had thought; the one who must be killed is me.”

On that rainy night, Nie Ting had said that in the last few hundred years, many cultivators in the Mortal Transformation Zone had heard of Lin Xun’s name and what he had done in the Sea of Fate. Bearing that in mind, he already had a premonition upon hearing that the middle-aged scholar and the others had been waiting here for someone who must be killed.

The old man before the restaurant had confirmed his doubt by guessing his name. At this point, how could Lin Xun not understand that these old fellows had been waiting for him?

“This guy is really surnamed Lin!”

The middle-aged scholar narrowed his eyes, a hint of frost crossing his face. The proud man clad in divine armor, who resembled a war god, swiftly floated down from the clouds. The white-robed young man sitting cross-legged with the sword on his knees got up, casually holding the weapon in his hand. The woman in the rainbow-colored dress, who had been enjoying tales from the storyteller, turned and walked out of the teahouse...

Every cultivator in the surrounding area was on the move. Their aura spread like a tsunami, covering this heaven and earth, including the huge square before the palace with Lin Xun and Xia Zhi standing in it.

The miraculous part was that all this commotion did not affect the mortals at all. The restaurants and shops remained lively and noisy, and the streets and alleys were still bustling with traffic. They were in the same city but two different worlds!

Lin Xun did not flinch. With a puzzled face, he asked, “Can you tell me, what kind of enmity do we have that's worth you painstakingly waiting here all this time?”

The middle-aged scholar smiled faintly. “If you still live after this, I will tell you.”

Lin Xun looked around at the crowd and smiled as well. “I’ll hold you to it.”

Boom!

Lin Xun’s words still echoed when the man clad in divine armor made the first move. Radiant flames surged from him, illuminating the nine heavens and ten earths.

Clang!

As he waved his hand, the endless flames of law power formed a sabre and chopped out with infinite domineeringness.

“Leave them to me.” Xia Zhi jumped out ahead of Lin Xun.

She had been feeling very bored, so faced with this siege, she had zero hesitation, only a sense of anticipation. Her delicate figure leapt through the air. As she punched out, the fist qi gushed erupted like a star river, and its vast torrent was filled with nothing but the power of time.

Her overwhelming might easily blasted the sabre flying uncontrollably. The sky-blotting law power flames also dispersed. The armored man's pupils shrunk. As it was already too late to change his stance, he immediately crossed his arms before his chest to defend.

Kaboom!

The fist qi wrecked the armored man the second it hit. As if drowned in the flood of time, his dao energy was completely suppressed. He received a blow so heavy that his cultivation base collapsed by a big chunk!

Immeasurable Eternals had long ceased fearing the erosion of time. Despite this, Xia Zhi’s punch had suppressed the armored man's entire dao strength, resulting in a devastating and unparalleled impact. She also shocked the entire field with this one punch. The expressions of the middle-aged scholar and the others dropped as they rushed to the armored man's rescue.

Over a dozen mighty experts attacked together, their auras erupting like a volcano that had been storing up strength for a long time as they demonstrated their own unique Greater Boundless might.

Eternal weapons clanged loudly as they shuttled nimbly through the battlefield. Supreme divine abilities distorted the sky and sent quakes through the earth. Each one was the definition of horror. Under such a circumstance, Xia Zhi actually said, “Lin Xun, don't intervene.”

Her voice was pleasantly melodious, but the implication behind her request upset the opponents. They had never met a cultivator so arrogant despite being in the same cultivation realm as them.

To their surprise, Lin Xun really did not intervene. He stood a distance away, watching the battle in a leisurely manner like a passer-by. No one knew better than him how strong Xia Zhi was in combat. Just like during their time in the Sea of Fate, even top giants like Tian Xingzi and Chi Qianji had struggled to believe that a beautiful maiden like her would possess such heaven-defying power.

The battle was in full swing. Watching from afar, one would notice that every Greater Boundless Eternal displayed a unique and supreme aura, and the power they unleashed fully interpreted the laws they had mastered. Some looked like deities who manipulated wind and lightning, some like overbearing sword immortals.

The power of both sides constantly collided and clashed, staging scenes of endless turmoil and destruction between heaven and earth.

However, the aura belonging to Xia Zhi was especially exceptional and eye-catching. It was a combination of three energy strips that resembled three long rivers connecting the sky and the ground. One for fate, one for karma, and one for time, each of them could be called a supreme dao, and under Xia Zhi's control, they were interpreted into earth-shattering might.

Boom!

Soon, an aura dissipated into nothingness under the domination of the torrent of fate. It was the death of the man in divine armor. In the final head-on confrontation, Xia Zhi's spear had pierced him and his entire cultivation base, destroying both his shell and spirit.

At the same time, Lin Xun noticed the aura of an expert disappearing from the Jade Book of Merits.

“What a magical item.” He clicked his tongue.

His focus then shifted back to the distant battlefield. A total of sixteen mighty experts was surrounding Xia Zhi, but the situation was that she alone was suppressing them all!

The strongest among them are only those two who are on the level of Huanglong Zhenjun. The rest are still missing a little something...

Lin Xun had killed so many Greater Boundless Eternals during his five hundred years of conquest in the Sea of Fate that he had lost count. This allowed him to discern with ease the strength of those cultivators in the battlefield.

Truthfully, the other party could not pose much of a threat to either him or Xia Zhi despite their numbers. After all, there wasn't even a single character among them that could measure up to Chi Qianji and Tian Xingzi, so how could Lin Xun take them seriously?

It wasn't that the enemy wasn't strong, but that on the Immeasurable path, he and Xia Zhi had surpassed them by a long shot!

Back then, Lin Xun had traveled the various epochal worlds in the Sea of Fate on his own, slaughtering Du Feng, Weng Xinghai, and various other top-level enemies. Compared to that experience, the battle in front of him completely failed to work up any concerns.

It’s only fair, though. Being able to get into the All-Wonder Dominion doesn't necessarily mean one is very strong. Like Ji Tianqing, Ziche Chong, and Ye Wuhen, the only reason Lesser Boundless Eternals like them could get here is with the help of others.

Lin Xun deduced. And in this Mortal Transformation Zone, those like Ji Tianqing are definitely not in the minority. What's more, this is only the first zone out of the nine in the Realm of All Spirits. The very top-tier powerhouses have probably long left the Mortal Transformation Zone...

In conclusion, among the current batch in the Mortal Transformation Zone, there may be very formidable ones, but the majority are only so-so.

To clarify, formidable in Lin Xun's eyes were leading giants like Tian Xingzi, Chi Qianji, Du Feng, and Weng Xinghai. Those under that standard might be powerful to others, but not to him and Xia Zhi.

Having made his judgment, he became even more relaxed. He retrieved a pot of wine and enjoyed it as he watched the battle. The imperial capital was ever bustling with activity, the citizens going about their lives. However, this stretch of heaven and earth had long been in disarray and turbulence.

With time, three more opponents died tragically one after another. At this point, Xia Zhi was already at an absolute advantage whereas her opponents were all in a state of shock and anger. Confusion and apprehension were clear in their eyes, clearly having suffered from a huge blow to their mental state.

Noticing this, Lin Xun put away the wine pot and teleported over. He wasn't worried about Xia Zhi; he was worried that the enemies were reaching their breaking point.

Sure enough, the moment he made his move, the remaining opponents chose to withdraw—no discussions needed among themselves. Each one was faster and more decisive than the last as they fled.

However, Lin Xun had intercepted them in advance.

“I had expected exactly this.” He sneered and waved his sleeve.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A sea of qi swords shot out, pouring into the sky and cutting up the void. At once, roars, explosions, screams, and collisions... All sorts of sounds rumbled like a raging ocean. The matchless qi swords swept through every inch of space, completely messing up this side of heaven and earth.

A mere few breaths later, all the opponents except for the middle-aged scholar had been slaughtered.

Some had died to Lin Xun, some had died to Xia Zhi. The duo had coordinated to perfection and cleared the opposing party effortlessly! When the battle ended and the region returned to calm, the middle-aged scholar, as the sole survivor, was already as pale as dirt, his liver and guts splitting.

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