Free Web NovelChapter 3104 Stirring Hearts
The battlefield of life and death! In there, a fight shall not end until one side was dead!
At this moment, the entire region was so quiet one could hear a pin drop. Everyone realized that the young man at the Creation Realm...was serious about his death wish...
Even the collected Ying Tiansheng frowned. Was there really a Creation Eternal in this world who was tired of living? Someone who was able to get to this realm should not be so stupid, right?
“Old Gu, be careful.” Ying Tiansheng had to give out this advice.
“Uh...” Gu Caozhi was stunned. Does Old Demon Ying think the puny Creation brat is dangerous? What a joke!
He was about to say something back when a strange wave of law power surged out and enveloped him. The next second, he appeared on the battlefield of life and death. At the same time, Lin Xun also appeared in it, facing off with Gu Caozhi from a distance.
Swish!
All gazes were directed towards the two duelists. As soon as they were entered into the life or death battlefield, they had to settle the fight with the death of one! During this period, no one else could intervene in any way. Whether one would live or die depended entirely on who had superior battle prowess between the two.
“Alas, this old woman has gone through many Fate Lotus Worlds and their battles throughout the epochs, but never have I witnessed a life or death duel until today. How can a Creation Eternal...resign to his depressing thoughts and deliver himself to the mouth of death?” The old white-haired woman from earlier sighed as she just couldn't figure it out.
The other old monsters were unable to make sense of it either, as seen from their varied expressions.
“Old Xing, is your Young Friend Lin Xun actually any good?” Daoist Shanfeng couldn't help but express his concern through transmission.
“Good or not, he's already on the battlefield of life or death, so just let time answer you,” replied Xing Jianxia calmly.
“Well, I'm not as open-minded as you are,” Daoist Shanfeng snapped.
Fu Nanli transmitted to the whole group, “Be prepared. We mustn't let the others take advantage of the opening to harm Young Friend Lin Xun when this duel is over.”
“Old Fu, you are that confident that our young friend can win?” Daoist Shanfeng and Xiao He were moved.
“Of course.” Fu Nanli replied without thinking.
Right at this moment, an obscure explosion rang out in the battlefield of life or death, followed by the dissipation of the law power enveloping Lin Xun and Gu Caozhi.
Both regained their freedom to move, and Gu Caozhi couldn't wait to strike at the first opportunity. “Little brat, come take your death!”
His shout thundered through the nine layers of clouds. When this rugged, dark-skinned man attacked, his mountain-like figure erupted with an ocean of blinding dao light, blazing golden like rushing molten lava.
The moment the energy belonging to the Immeasurable Realm spread, many old relics outside the battlefield felt their hearts tremble.
Gu Caozhi, an old monster who had crossed five Great Silence Unlife Calamities, originated from the Demonic Epoch. Having a violent temperament and reaping lives without mercy, he was the definition of ‘devil’ in its truest sense.
He started off the duel by sending a slap through the air at Lin Xun.
Boom!
A golden hand that looked like it was made of boiling lava swept across the sky. In that instant, it was like a hundred thousand volcanoes rising up, smashing at Lin Xun under the control of the golden hand.
At the sight of the ferocious flames and vicious might, the spectators found it hard to watch on. They could already picture Lin Xun being incinerated to ashes, for in the face of such power, even Lesser Boundless Eternals wouldn't be able to survive, let alone a Creation one!
It was also in this split second that the hearts of Daoist Shanfeng and Xiao He were tightly gripped by tension. Meanwhile, on Four Symbols Heavenly Pass, Ying Tiansheng, Demon Chu, Ning Buqu, and the others all laughed coldly.
Under all those gazes, Lin Xun actually shook his head slightly in what seemed to be disappointment.
Boom!
He also slapped out with his palm. The profound principles of Nirvana steamed and condensed into a palm seal that rose up in the sky.
KABOOM!
The two qi palms fiercely clashed. The next instant, a sky of exploding lava sparks filled everyone's vision, and rumbling explosions filled their ears without end. The crowd was dumbfounded. What they had expected did not play out. Instead, the horrendous power of Gu Caozhi's qi palm was easily dissolved by Lin Xun!
“Huh?!” The old white-haired woman who had been sighing was stunned and revealed a look of disbelief.
“How...” The other old monsters also stared blankly, eyes and jaws agape.
“He parried it! Young Friend Lin Xun's strength really can't be measured by common sense!” The previously incredibly nervous Daoist Shanfeng was excited, his eyes glowing.
Xiao He also let out a long sigh of relief. The only calm ones were Xing Jianxia and Fu Nanli. If one had witnessed the fierce battle between Lin Xun and Xinhu's group like them, one would know that the current scene...was nothing out of the ordinary.
As for the old monsters at Four Symbols Heavenly Pass, their smiles had frozen on their faces and their eyes glinted with a scary luster.
This man... What heaven-defying battle prowess!
They had all thought that Lin Xun was going to die for being an ignorant and fearless fool, but now...this perception had suffered a world-changing impact.
“If this is all you've got, then you'll die within a few moments,” commented Lin Xun blandly.
He stood there, handsome and elegant. If he had said this before the battle, he would have been laughed at and scorned. Now, however, the way people viewed him had changed subtly but surely. Many even revealed a hint of curiosity and anticipation.
If this kid is not overconfident, then he definitely has something to rely on...
Many variables had been added to the duel, and variables were what made it appealing.
“I have lost count of how many epochs I've traveled and how many Creation Eternals I've killed. There was no lack of some heaven-defying freaks among them, but none have been able to survive under my palm!” Gu Caozhi's gaze was intimidating as he suddenly moved forward in long strides.
The power Lin Xun had displayed got him serious. He no longer dared to look down on him as he didn't want to end up getting capsized in a puddle, even if such a thing had almost no possibility of happening.
But what if, just what if?
As an old relic who had reigned over many epochs, Gu Caozhi might appear tyrannical with a short fuse, but in reality, he was far more cautious and calm than he let on. Since the first strike told him that things weren't what he had expected, he decided to go all out and make the win as quick as possible.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
As Gu Caozhi charged forward, each step was like a wild thunderclap, and the terrifying energy of principle power spread out from his magnificent frame. From afar, it was like a flame was tearing through the river of ages, effusing infinite light.
“Cut!”
A burning crimson sword chopped out, setting off a dazzling haze of fire that drowned the sky. Anyone could tell that Gu Caozhi had poured his full strength into it. This kind of might could easily kill an ordinary Lesser Boundless Eternal!
At this moment, a hint of battle spirit was finally ignited in Lin Xun's eyes.
“Rise!”
He called upon the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, and his qi roared into motion around him. Instead of retreating, he rushed forward to meet the opponent's attack.
Clang!
The crimson sword slashed down and hit the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, rattling the latter into a violent buzzing. Following that, a terrifying torrent of fire erupted from the sword, feral and overbearing with a shocking destructive aura.
RUMBLE!
The rampaging fire shook Lin Xun back. Before he could stabilize himself, Gu Caozhi once again charged over.
His aura was overbearing and violent, and his burning dao sword chopped out thousands of times in a flash. In the overlapping afterimages of the sword, divine flames swept everywhere like a flood that had gone unchecked, filling the battlefield of life and death with a petrifying aura of destruction.
The faces of everyone present changed. Gu Caozhi's might was too strong. He could burn the heavens with a raise of his hand, so the power was only much more horrid when he attacked at full might. The crowd put themselves in Lin Xun's shoes and concluded that they would have to fight back this attack with everything they had.
Daoist Shanfeng and Xiao He were nervous again.
“Hehe, this brat is finally getting it.” Someone at Four Symbols Heavenly Pass chuckled softly.
“You think this is funny?” Ying Tiansheng was indifferent, but a cold gleam flashed in his eyes. “A Creation Eternal has forced Gu Caozhi to use his full strength. Do any of you know of such a heaven-defying Creation Eternal in all epochal civilizations?”
Everyone fell silent, their hearts tumbling. Yes, who of them had seen one before? The answer was none!
The one who had just chuckled in delight froze, slightly mortified.
“Besides, Gu Caozhi is going at maximum capacity, but take a look, has he been able to finish that young man?” Ying Tiansheng stared fixedly at the battlefield of life or death.
The others looked over, and they could tell it was just as he had said. Despite being in a perilous situation, being constantly repelled and looking like he would be destroyed at any moment, Lin Xun had somehow narrowly defused every fatal move coming at him!
This caused their expressions to become suspicious and uncertain as well. How could this be the kind of battle power a Creation Eternal could possess?
“I wouldn't be surprised if a Lesser Boundless Eternal could put up a fight with a Greater Boundless Eternal, but when it's a Creation Eternal doing it, don't you find it...scary?”
Ying Tiansheng's voice was low, the burning light in his eyes was horrifying. “We...underestimated him. Not because we are inexperienced, but because a ‘monster’ like him has been impossible to be found in all epochal civilizations. That's why we dismissed his presence and allowed it to catch us completely off guard.”
At this point, how could these old monsters not understand that the young man they had taken for an idiot was in fact a heaven-defying monster like no other in the universe?
“Fortunately, no matter how heaven-defying he is, Gu Caozhi currently has him dominated. Unless he has a trump card he hasn't used, he will lose, without a doubt.” Ying Tiansheng actually said this with a hint of pity. “For a character of such caliber to fall here, it is truly regretful. He...should have a much brighter future...”
Someone laughed. “If we let him live, we will have to sleep with one eye open, because he will very likely enter the Immeasurable Realm during the next epoch. If he is allowed to do that and return to the Sea of Fate afterward, I'm afraid no one can be his opponent.”
The crowd also laughed, but that laughter was laced with frost. In this Sea of Fate, there was never a chance for a Creation Eternal to break into the Immeasurable Realm anyway. Moreover, he was already bound to die in this duel, so what need was there to discuss his future?
At the same time, the clashes in the battlefield of life or death grew increasingly intense. Dao light splashed and exploded incessantly, reflecting all sorts of destructive phenomena. The spectators in the vicinity of Four Symbols Heavenly Pass had also noticed the anomaly, and their expressions shifted again and again.
“This man...has actually been holding up under Gu Caozhi’s all-out attacks until now?”
“Although he was being suppressed to an extent, his combat strength...is without equal in all epochs, as far as I know...”
These spectators, too, were shaken by the power Lin Xun displayed, and all kinds of ideas surfaced in their minds.
The old white-haired woman was already furious beyond measure, pointing at Xing Jianxia and cursing loudly, “Xing Jianxia, you just let a unique, unparalleled Creation Eternal—one so young at that—walk straight into his demise! You're simply muddle-headed!!!”
