Ling Kezi suddenly revealed a bitter smile. “It's over. If that’s how the competition to enter the Gate of Ruination will play out, then I'm afraid there’s no hope for me.”

Saying this, he glanced at Lin Xun.

Everyone looked odd upon hearing this, except Lin Xun who knew why he would say so. Once the battle erupted, not to mention if Ling Kezi could be a match for the others, he already wouldn't dare to fight Lin Xun.

“You chicken,” uttered Lin Xun.

Ling Kezi hung his head in shame. As the only one who could see how terrifying Lin Xun truly was, how could he not chicken out?

Lin Xun turned to Tang Su. “So to speak, there's a possibility that dao platform will appear again?”

“Correct.” Tang Su nodded, then made a strange expression. “But now that you’re here, things will be different.”

Lin Xun raised a brow. “What do you mean?”

Tang Su laughed, “Do you really not get it, or are you pretending to? You really don’t know how many people are eyeing that piece of fortune in your hands?”

She looked at the others and continued, “Before you arrived, quite a few of them declared they wanted to deal with you. After all, no one knows what exactly the chaos treasure is and what it can do, whereas that fortune of yours is no longer a secret and right within reach.”

As her voice resounded, many started to look awkward.

Even Lin Xun hadn’t expected that Tang Su would be so blunt as to point this out right in front of everyone.

He chuckled, “Is that so? It seems that the fate of Kong Zhao, Huangfu Shaonong, and their groups still aren’t enough to curb some people’s egos.”

The atmosphere immediately became tense upon this remark.

Some eyes flickered.

Some were eager to try.

Lin Xun folded his arms, his black eyes profound as he calmly said, “Since we have nothing else to do at the moment, anyone is free to come at me as long as they aren’t scared of death.”

With a single sentence, he challenged the entire field!

His attitude appeared overbearing and direct, causing many to be secretly shocked.

“How dare a remnant of Fangchun Mountain make a ruckus here? Do you really think that no one can handle you?” echoed a cold snort, but the voice was so erratic that it was impossible to determine the source.

Lin Xun's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He indifferently said, “How about you stop hiding and come out to say it to my face?”

That voice didn’t respond.

Obviously, the person who had spoken was also aware of Lin Xun's power. He only dared to move his lips a little bit and had no courage to actually face him.

“Looks like you do know your place.” Lin Xun did not conceal his derision.

“Such arrogance. Aren't you worried your attitude will invite a siege from everyone when competition for entrance to the Gate of Ruination breaks out?” said a man coldly. He had long, ethereally blue hair and was clad in golden clothes.

He was Tao Tianhun, the strongest supreme Saint-King of Taowu Battle Clan who possessed extraordinary and ferocious battle prowess. The fact that he was able to enter the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone and travel to the Gate of Ruination was enough testimony to his power.

In fact, there wasn't a single average character among the thirty-odd people present.

“Kong Zhao’s group of twelve besieged me, only to end up exterminated. Huangfu Shaonong's group of seventeen besieged me and ended up with heavy casualties. What makes you think that I, Lin Xun, am scared of fighting against a group?” declared Lin Xun as he glanced at the other party.

Tang Su had long made the situation clear, which also let Lin Xun know that even if he didn't want to cause trouble, there would still be people who’d cause him trouble.

Since that was the case, he might as well do it himself.

If he could weed out the blind idiots first, then he would have less resistance to face when the dao platform appeared.

Tao Tianhun was stumped by Lin Xun’s answer. It took him a long time to put on a sneer, “Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad. Oh, Lin Xun…even if you can leave the Ancient Immortal Forbidden Zone alive, the old monsters outside…will not let you off! ”

Tao Tianhun was not wrong in this.

Lin Xun's identity had been seen through. Once those Emperor bigwigs in the outside world knew about it, how could they possibly sit idly?

However, Lin Xun simply ignored this matter. His gaze remained indifferent as he said, “If you want to fight, then come. If you don't have the guts to, then shut up. Otherwise, you utter one more word, and I will kill you.”

His voice was flat, but it blew through the area like a chilling wind, causing many expressions to change.

This Lin Xun…is brazen enough!

Being threatened like that, Tao Tianhun's face shifted between blue and white, and his chest heaved with anger. He looked like he wanted to attack but he ultimately still held back, and indeed, he didn’t say one more word.

“Coward,” spat Lin Xun.

It was just one word, but it was brimming with contempt.

“Lin Xun, do you really think I'm scared of you?” Tao Tianhun was infuriated. His ghostly blue hair flew wildly as boiling murderous intent surged out from him.

Swish!

Lin Xun teleported, appeared in front of Tao Tianhun, and pointed a finger.

The action was lightly executed, but the resulting finger force was condensed to the extreme, blasting out as a ray of sharpness that dimmed the sky and the earth.

No one had expected that Lin Xun would jump straight to attacking!

With a roar, Tao Tianhun punched out. Laced with the bright, eye-catching power of his Great Dao Field, his fist had the weight of a mountain and a world-destroying might.

Bang!

The next second, however, the fist force was easily poked through by the finger force like a leather ball, producing a thunderous explosion and a splash of sparks.

Tao Tianhun's expression sank drastically. In the moment of crisis, a golden chest plate suddenly emerged before him. On the shiny surface of the plate, a lifelike

taowu

appeared and emanated the terrifying aura of Emperor dao.

Lin Xun's finger force was acute and domineering, but like a clay ox sinking into the sea, it was dissolved completely by the mirror upon contact.

Taking this opportunity, Tao Tianhun chopped with his hand.

A divine sword whose blade was wrapped in ancient cloud patterns appeared and diffused a brilliant light that shook heaven.

Lin Xun flipped his palm, summoning the Dao Lifeless Seal that instantly smashed down.

With a clang, the surrounding void burst. In an endless wave of dazzling light, the divine sword wrapped in cloud patterns emitted an ear-piercing wail and flew out of Tao Tianhun's grasp.

A horrified Tao Tianhun once again used his chest plate to block the attack, but this time it failed. The seal bashed the chest plate to the point that the latter buzzed and quivered in a rain of sparks.

The backlash caused Tao Tianhun to bleed from his seven orifices. Whimpering in pain, he staggered back uncontrollably.

In the end, even he couldn’t escape the onslaught of the Dao Lifeless Seal. Its oppressive aura smashed him to smithereens, producing a rain of blood.

Within a finger snap, Tao Tianhun, the strongest supreme Saint-King of Taowu Battle Clan, was sent to death!

The devastatingly bloody scene caused the crowd to pale and gasp nonstop.

Ruthless!

Too ruthless!

All it had taken was one wrong word for Lin Xun to identify an opponent and kill him, and in a sharp and efficient way at that. This was something that no one could have predicted.

Ling Kezi opened his mouth wide only to close it tightly, trembling as he recited in his heart,

Benevolent Buddha, O Benevolent Buddha…

Tang Su and Hua Xingli had witnessed Lin Xun's dashing style in the Kunlun Dominion, but that was after all many years ago.

This was still the first time they had seen Lin Xun strike since achieving the Supreme Saint-King Stage. His elegance and might…had only become greater since!

Yan Yurou paled in fear, but more than that, she regretted having provoked such an opponent in the first place.

“Don't be afraid, I'm here,” Ling Hongzhuang patted her shoulder soothingly.

In fact, Ling Hongzhuang herself also felt a little unsettled. While it had looked like Lin Xun had won thanks to the Emperor-grade treasure, it had been his confident and unstoppable aura that put a pressure on her.

She had only ever felt this kind of pressure from one person before.

At the thought of this, her gaze drifted toward Mi Wuya who was standing not far away. The latter looked calm and serene, barring the abnormally bright light in his lake-clear eyes.

As if…he had finally found an opponent that ignited his desire to compete!

The supreme freaks from the other words in the nebula like Jing Tiannan and Wen Yu were also gazing at Lin Xun with different expressions.

However, the same thought surfaced in their mind:

This is a great enemy!

In the silence, Lin Xun calmly put away the Dao Lifeless Seal and began collecting the spoils of war in front of everyone.

An Emperor-grade chest plate called Taowu True Mirror, and a sword whose blade was wrapped in ancient cloud patterns, which was also an Emperor-grade treasure called Slaughtering Cloud.

In addition to this, there was also a storage bracelet that was filled with all sorts of divine materials and precious herbs.

This could be considered an amazing harvest, but Lin Xun was already too used to it after having killed Kong Zhao’s and Huangfu Shaonong’s groups. From them, he had obtained numerous trophies including a few Emperor treasures!

The people around revealed odd looks, feeling dizzy after seeing how adept Lin Xun was at killing and seizing treasures.

This guy had obviously done this sort of thing many times before!

“Taking down one is the same as having one less competitor, what do you all think?” said Lin Xun flatly as he swept his gaze over the crowd.

No one responded. This was a clear fact to everyone, but they just couldn’t simply say it out loud.

Lin Xun smiled, “While there's still time, which other fellow daoist would like to try taking my fortune?”

The crowd looked at each other. Some didn’t dare to meet Lin Xun's gaze.

Seeing this, Ling Kezi inwardly sighed and couldn't help but recall the visions he had seen when he had first met Lin Xun.

He was traveling alone like the god of killing, leaving a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in his wake.

Behind him, the world crumbled, the stars fell forever, and everything was barren.

Only his figure…became the only thing eternal in the destruction!

“I, Zhi Bai, would like to take this opportunity to learn from Brother Lin's superior skills.”

All of a sudden, a clear voice rang out. Accompanying it was Zhi Bai who emerged in the distance.

A holy aura of light surged around him, but underneath his feet were demonic diagrams.

Bathed in light, but treading in the darkness!

Many people's eyes lit up as their spirits were lifted.

Lin Xun's forceful and overbearing attitude had upset and annoyed quite a few people. Now that a supreme menace had finally stepped out to suppress his arrogance, they naturally looked forward to seeing it.

They would even cheer out loud for Zhi Bai if they could.

Walking behind Zhi Bai was Yue Ruhuo, who was wearing a helpless smile.

Was it really a good idea to go and confront Lin Xun at a time like this?

Obviously not, but it was too late for him to stop it.

Lin Xun also directed his gaze toward Zhi Bai who was approaching, his eyes unperturbed as they had always been. Without any nonsense, he lightly uttered one word, “Sure.”