The Prodigies War

Lost his mind…

The fierce middle-aged man almost failed to suppress his laughter.

Shi Lezhi’s face flushed with anger, as if he had suffered a great humiliation.

After a thought, Lin Xun took out an antique-looking copper mirror and asked, “Do you know what this is?”

“She...she even gave you the Guiding Copper Mirror that leads to the Dark Lair?” Shi Lezhi choked out as if he was struck by lightning.

His voice was filled with jealousy and anger. “How can you still say there is nothing between you and Qing Ying?”

Guiding Copper Mirror!

A thoughtful expression crossed his face.

When he was about to leave Lin’an City, Qing Ying came to find him and said something intriguing: “Young Master, if you have the chance to see a person called Lin Xun in the future, please tell him Qing Ying of Fog Obscured Alms wishes to meet him, and when I do, I will tell him something that will only prove beneficial to him.”

At that time Lin Xun was disguised as Yu Xuan, but Qing Ying seemed to have known something.

Then, she gave him the Guiding Copper Mirror and told him that inside the copper mirror was a map that would help him find her. Once he fulfilled her request, she would reward him with something that he wouldn’t be able to refuse.

“Does that mean you also know about the Dark Lair?” Lin Xun asked.

Shi Lezhi said aloud, “That’s where the Fog Obscured Alms originated. Who in the Ancient Nebula Underworld doesn’t know it? But without the Guiding Copper Mirror, no one can find the Dark Lair.”

Lin Xun asked another question, “So, does that mean the Dark Lair is in the Ancient Nebula Underworld?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” He felt that Lin Xun was the one who had lost his mind!

Only then did Lin Xun realize that when Qing Ying gave him the Guiding Copper Mirror, she had a different intention in mind.

What did she want to tell him that would only prove beneficial to him?

The middle-aged man stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile, “Senior, now that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, can you spare Young Master Shi and the others out of respect for Fog Obscured Alms?”

Shi Lezhi and the others also turned their gazes towards Lin Xun. No matter how foolish they were, how would they not realize that they had kicked a huge iron plate this time?

Lin Xun said indifferently, “If they want to live then it’s easy. Hand over an Emperor-grade treasure and I will let them all go.”

“Emperor-grade treasure?”

The request took Shi Lezhi and the others aback. This was an exorbitant demand!

Although Shi Lezhi was of noble status and his father was Yin-Devouring Demon Emperor of Star Fiend Mountain, he only held one Emperor weapon, which he would only use in an emergency to protect his own life.

“Haha, a supreme quasi-Emperor dares to lay his hands on an Emperor weapon. How brave, but do you not fear death?”

A cold sneer rang out, and an old man in black suddenly appeared in front of a courtyard not far away.

He had crane-like hair, a youthful face, eyes like a hawk, and radiated the aura unique to the Emperor Stage.

Lin Xun raised an eyebrow. “Old man, watch what you say.”

Hiss!

Everyone gasped audibly. Since when did a quasi-Emperor dare to scold and threaten a real Emperor like that?

Did he not want to live anymore?!

The middle-aged man was so shocked that his soul almost left his body. He quickly sent a voice transmission to Lin Xun, “Senior, that’s a mighty Emperor of the dark arts from Yellow Spring Sect in the Spirit State of the Primordial Chaos World. You...you should bow your head and apologize, otherwise your life will be in danger!”

After saying this, he was soaked in cold sweat.

Emperors must not be insulted!

Moreover, that old man in black was a demonic Emperor feared by the world. Was there a quasi-Emperor in the world who dared to insult him?

The old man in black looked surprised, then his face darkened rapidly and his eyes were filled with an ominous, swirling light. “Young man, do you know how to write the word death?”

Lin Xun chuckled, “You’re already this old, but you still don’t know how to write. Why don’t... I teach you?”

Shi Lezhi and the others as well as the middle-aged man were all struck dumb, flabbergasted. They only had one though in their minds: Crazy! That guy has gone absolutely crazy!

Who in the world would be so crazy as to offend an Emperor?

“Look, that guy is so crazy and arrogant! No wonder he wants to escape to the Ancient Nebula Underworld. He must have caused a lot of trouble in his world.”

“He dared to disrespect an Emperor. Even if he reaches the underworld, I don’t think he will survive for long!”

“Young man, hurry up and get down on your knees and apologize!”

Shouts erupted from the crowd, some mocking and some full of disdain.

There were many courtyards on the upper deck of the ship, and the commotion had long alarmed the guests in those courtyards.

When they saw Lin Xun disrespect an Emperor, their jaws dropped in disbelief.

The clamor was made by those people.

The old man in black said with a stormy face, “Fine, then I would like to ask you how to write the word death!”

He swung a palm forward.

Boom!

Amidst roaring thunder, rolling dark light condensed into a giant black palm, radiating pulses of terrifying Emperor Dao law power that tore apart the surrounding space in a violent explosion.

Anyone who witnessed the power of the blow was chilled to the bone, breathing nervously.

The power of the Emperor Stage was vividly displayed in that palm strike. Even a mere glance at it from afar was enough to fill people with despair.

It’s over!

The middle-aged man felt his blood run cold. If this senior dies, how am I going to explain things to Miss Qing Ying?

On the other hand, Shi Lezhi and the others were overjoyed. They never imagined that a powerful Emperor would suddenly emerge from nowhere and even help them eliminate a formidable enemy!

The spectators couldn’t help but tremble with fear. That’s the fate for those who insult an Emperor! As they say, Emperors must not be insulted!

Everything happened in a flash. Lin Xun stood motionless in the same spot, but a streak of sword qi flashed out from between his hair.

Shua!

As the sword qi slashed through the air, a blinding ray of light erupted, threatening to tear the sky apart. The light was so intense that many people were left squinting, their eyes stinging from the brightness.

Right after that, an earth-shattering explosion erupted, sending the entire ship swaying violently. Some meteorites floating nearby all ruptured into tiny fragments and drifted away.

Before the explosion had subsided and the smoke had dispersed, a roar of shock and anger rang out, “How is that possible?!”

The voice came from the old man in black.

It was also at this moment that many people started to regain their vision, only to see that the old man in black, whom they viewed as an untouchable god, standing motionlessly with his face twisted in shock and fury.

A sword wound had split open his chest and blood was gushing out uncontrollably.

Someone wounded an Emperor with just one sword strike.

The entire area fell utterly silent.

The middle-aged man, Shi Lezhi, and everyone else stared in stunned silence, their eyes blank and unfocused.

Who could have imagined that the quasi-Emperor who spoke so arrogantly, the young man who disrespected an Emperor, actually possessed the ability to do that?

Unbelievable!

At this moment, Sword Spirit Yezi stood on Lin Xun’s shoulder and said nonchalantly, “He is just an old geezer at the second level of the Emperor Stage. Should we keep him alive to use as a live target or kill him directly?”

“Kill him.” Lin Xun sighed helplessly.

The present him was not strong enough to use an expert at the second level of the Emperor Stage as a live target.

The spectators noticed the existence of Yezi, and felt another wave of dizziness. It spoke in such a nonchalantly tone. What does it think the Emperor Stage is? Prey it can take and devour as it wished?

A fish on a cutting board?

However, when the old man in black noticed the Sword Spirit Yezi, the fire of his rage faded, leaving behind an icy cold that seeped into his bones.

He sensed a deadly aura.

Shua!

Without hesitation, he teleported across the void to flee.

Even if he had to travel through the perilous Dark Night Star Field, even if there was a high chance of him losing his life if he got lost in it, he could not care at that moment.

As a mighty Emperor, he had been through countless dangers and deadly situations to reach his current level of cultivation.

He was certain that if he did not run, his life would be in danger!

“Old man, you haven’t even learned how to write the word death, why are you running away? Come here, I’ll teach you.”

Yezi laughed, turned into a streak of light, and went after him.

In a flash, Yezi and the old man in black disappeared into the vast starry sky.

It was not until this moment that the spectators who were paralyzed by shock came to realize that the Emperor from Yellow Spring Sect had bolted without a fight!

The fierce middle-aged man fell into a trance-like state, the shock of the scene too much for him to process, leaving him struggling to calm his emotions.

The minds of Shi Lezhi and others were also in disarray.

Even an Emperor was scared away. Who would believe this?

The spectating cultivators were like eggplants wilting in the frost. They all clamped their mouths shut, expressions changing rapidly, as if trying to mask their shock and unease.

Moments ago, they were laughing and mocking Lin Xun for being too arrogant and ignorant, and overestimating his own abilities. However, what had just happened had hit them like a slap in the face, leaving their cheeks burning with an uncomfortable heat.

The next moment, a sharp scream pierced the stillness of the starry sky, fading away as quickly as it had erupted.

Then, Yezi returned as a stream of light. With a raise of his hand, he tossed a storage belt bag into Lin Xun’s hand.

“That old geezer looks impressive, but he turns out to be rather poor. He only owns two lower-tier mythic-grade Emperor weapons.” Yezi sounded disappointed.

Only then did people realize that the storage belt bag was originally around the old man’s waist, but now it had become a trophy!

It was obvious that the scream earlier was from the mighty Emperor of Yellow Spring Sect. He had lost his life before he could reach the Ancient Nebula Underworld.

His death was a perfect example of how ‘misfortune comes from the mouth’...

The silence in the area was so thick it felt suffocating. An Emperor had been killed as effortlessly as taking something out of a bag. In their eyes, Lin Xun and Yezi had become deadly dangers.

Lin Xun put away the storage belt bag and shifted his gaze to Shi Lezhi who was still kneeling on the ground.

Before he said a word, Shi Lezhi, pale with terror, took out a crystal clear crimson-red jade ax.

It was his only Emperor-grade weapon.

“Fellow Daoist, please, please spare us.” He begged for mercy.

Lin Xun examined the crimson jade ax and was surprised to find that it was actually an upper-tier mythic-grade Emperor weapon, with a total of sixty-six Emperor dao runes.

It was an extremely precious treasure. Just one step away from being able to give birth to a spirit weapon!

After storing away the Supreme Martial Crimson Axe, Lin Xun paid no attention to Shi Lezhi and the others who were trembling on the ground, and swept his gaze around, saying indifferently, “Earlier, many people have been disrespectful to me, should they also pay a price for it?”