Chapter 2557 Impossible to Gauge

Zhongli Xiao's pupils shrank.

This kind of martial will made everyone frown. It was unthinkable that Lin Xun still had such a means to fight even though he was clearly suppressed by the tribulation talisman.

“Everything considered, he still hasn't succeeded in his tribulation, or he wouldn’t be using just his martial will. This is the best time to get rid of him.” Qi Lingyun's voice was icy.

“Kill!” The crowd instantly rose up in response and shot out offensively together.

Some of them wanted to kill Lin Xun and take away the treasures in his possession, but more were aiming for the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree because who wouldn’t covet the supreme treasure of an epoch? In fact, they didn’t need the whole tree. If they took advantage of this chaos to get near it and grab just a branch, it was already enough to benefit them endlessly!

As the root of Immortal dao who carried the origin power of this dao, this tree’s value could not be calculated. Any immortal character would go crazy for it.

𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Otherwise, nobles like Zhongli Xiao’s group from the Eighth Heaven Domain wouldn’t be acting so impulsively.

“Consolidate!” a person chanted obscure sutras, their eyes chilling. A powerful divine flame dao light circled around them as they launched forward in a frantic charge.

There was only one Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree. Even if they cut it bare, it still wasn't enough to share among them all, so the best way was to beat everyone else to it.

“Go!” shouted an Emperor Ancestor who urged his greatsword that was covered in dense thunder law power, and a heavy rumble suddenly exploded. This person was similarly rushing toward the tree.

However, outdoing them was a brilliant golden bolt that was fast beyond imagination. Looking closely, it was a beautiful golden sparrow that seemed to be made of divine gold.

With its wings widely spread in the air, it streaked past everyone using obviously some heaven-defying space law power. As a result, it was the first to approach the tree, upon which its two huge golden claws reached out to uproot the latter.

BOOM!

A supreme fighting spirit surged to the sky, forming a golden river that violently knocked the sparrow away. It was the power of Lin Xun’s martial will.

Not only that, but it also blocked all the attacks targeting the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree, reducing them into a rain of chaotic sparks.

The crowd of attackers were horrified!

There were hundreds of them attacking together, each a proud lord in the Emperor Stage, or else it wouldn’t have been possible for them to kill their way to the Challenge the Throne level.

In spite of that, they couldn't even get past a martial will!

“Chirp!” The golden sparrow let out a sharp whistle of what seemed to be unwillingness. Instead of retreating, it flapped its wings, shattering the surrounding void, and swooped down at the tree with its beak wide open as if it wanted to swallow the tree whole.

The beak was sharper than a heavenly blade, capable of not only cutting through the sky but also swallowing everything under the sun!

However, something unexpected and terrifying ensued. The golden bird whose wings blotted out the sky was suddenly grabbed by the martial will.

It chirped furiously but was unable to break free. The next second, the martial will crushed it!

Bang!

Golden light mixed with blood splashed high. The golden sparrow, as a supreme Emperor beast cultivator, was much more powerful than its human counterparts, but it still failed to block Lin Xun's divine might and ended up being destroyed in both form and spirit!

“Break!” rang a loud shout as deep and solid as steel.

The ever quiet Lin Feng had struck. With a simple battle blade in his hand, he took a step and slashed out with the momentum that he had accumulated for a long time.

Swish!

There was a flash of matchless black.

The martial will in front of the tree was split in two halves, which were then completely ground to bits by the black flood of blade qi.

The single blade chop displayed a hair-raising power!

The crowd was first alarmed, and then couldn't help but reveal a look of exhilaration. Now that the martial will had been chopped up, what else did Lin Xun, who was still trapped by the tribulation talisman, have to protect the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree?

“Kill him!”

“Attack!”

There was a clamor in the field as Zhongli Xiao, Chi Pojun, and the rest all raced toward the tree at the first opportunity.

Lin Feng, who had cut through Lin Xun's martial will with a single slash, was undoubtedly the fastest one. He arrived in front of the tree with barely a pause. When he was just about to act, however, he suddenly noticed something and jerked back.

Immediately following, experts like Zhongli Xiao also evaded without hesitation with drastic changes in their expressions.

Before the rest of the group could react, from some distance away, a sword qi swept out and across like a comet.

Poof poof poof...

The dozen or so cultivators at the forefront fell like crops being harvested before this sword qi. They were severed at the waist and their primordial spirits were shattered, spilling blood everywhere in the air.

Before their deaths, the defensive measures on them had put up resistance but ended up being like paper, utterly useless.

On the other hand, the people behind them who had been lucky to survive broke into a cold sweat. They felt as though they had just set one foot into the gate of hell.

That sword qi was too powerful as it was unstoppable!

Only now did they realize that it had come from Lin Xun! The talisman power covering him had since disappeared. His tall and handsome figure now emanated a powerful aura that covered the entire area!

He overcame the tribulation?

Everyone's hearts sank in uncertainty. It just seemed inconceivable that the tribulation talisman could actually be dissolved!

“Done playing?” Lin Xun's black eyes zapped like electricity as he looked around. His voice wasn’t loud, but it carried an invisible majesty that made everyone’s mind shudder.

The crowd backed away, their faces flickering dimly.

Previously, Lin Xun’s martial will alone had slain a supreme Emperor Ancestor like Mu Yi, then proceeded to crush the golden sparrow. Just how terrifying would the true him be right now?

“We...have no ill will toward you. We just want the opportunity on the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree,” said the cultivator at the very front stiffly.

Lin Xun ignored this person and instead looked at his old enemies such as Qi Lingyun, Zhongli Xiao, and Chi Pojun one by one with undisguised killing intent.

He had successfully crossed the tribulation and entered the Supreme Ancestor Stage. His entire cultivation had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

He was different from ordinary Ninth Realm Ancestors. During the enlightenment in front of the Primordial Chaos Thousand Daos Tree, he already fused the Immortal dao, the Netherworld dao, and his own dao into a single cauldron, thus achieving a breakthrough of the utmost scale.

This allowed him to grasp a complete Ancestor grand dao right after the tribulation. In fact, there was more than one of such a dao at that, so he could not be called an ordinary supreme Emperor Ancestor.

Instead, he should be called a supreme All Daos Ancestor!

This was fundamentally different from the rest. Ordinary Emperor Ancestors, even if they grasped multiple daos, could ultimately consolidate only one complete Ancestor dao. This complete Ancestor dao could tolerate other dao paths, but other dao paths could not substitute for it.

Meanwhile, in Lin Xun’s case, any grand dao could be coalesced into an Ancestor dao principle, from which he could derive the most supreme power possible within this realm!

This was the gap.

Moreover, Lin Xun had certified his dao through the supreme path, which even blew the other supreme Emperor Ancestors away!

“Lin Xun, if you concede, we can spare your life!” declared a person murderously, but they were actually filled with fear inside. When being stared at by Lin Xun, they nearly froze solid.

“You successfully passed your tribulation, but you’re also in your weakest state. Are you not scared of losing your life fighting so many of us?!” shouted another loudly, trying to encourage the others to strike together.

As for those of Qi Lingyun’s caliber, they were all secretly using secret arts and tried to figure out Lin Xun’s details.

It was because he wasn’t showing a hint of weakness at the moment, as if the unprecedented tribulation just now hadn’t hurt him in the slightest.

“Then watch and see if I dare!” said Lin Xun suddenly before he vanished. In his spot was now a monstrous radiance that rushed forth. One could even call it a hurricane, seeing how berserk it was when it swept through the sky and ground.

All sorts of treasures and skills exploded with deafening noises as they were unable to stop the hurricane at all. One by one, the cultivators at the front were blown into the air, bleeding from their seven orifices.

Their guts split in fright, their faces lost color, and their scalps tingled as the power shook them to the core.

“No!” someone shouted, trying to dodge.

However, a surge of chaos qi arrived with a massive hand that oppressed the universe and crushed everything.

This person was none other than the fellow who had just clamored. At this moment, he was directly squashed in the void!

This was only the beginning.

As Lin Xun attacked, he pushed across the field like the heavenly sovereign. Every move he made released a monstrous might that covered the sky, manifesting phenomena of drifting stars and thousands of scriptures resonating.

Rumble!

Divine light splashed chaotically. The cultivators operated their Emperor-grade treasures and various arts to the extreme, demonstrating power that could destroy the sun, moon, and terrains at every turn.

However, they all burst like bubbles in front of Lin Xun. What dao, what skill, what Emperor-grade weapon, all were swept away and mangled without obstruction.

In just the blink of an eye, over a dozen experts were killed on the spot. Some were smashed by fist qi, some were slapped into a mess by palm qi, some were cut up by sword qi, and some were incinerated by blazing dao light...

Lin Xun was swift, fierce, and unstoppable!

His invincible onslaughts threw the battlefield into chaos. Horrified screams rang out without end from his trembling opponents.

No longer suppressed by the talisman, he now resembled the ruler of the world with the momentum to engulf heavens and conquer universes!

Clang!

A black-gold spear whistled out from Zhongli Xiao's hand, chiseling through the air toward Lin Xun at an incredible speed. With a trembling metallic noise, Lin Xun caught the spear with two fingers, not letting it advance an inch.

“Everyone, this person is now without a match. We must come together to kill him!” Zhongli Xiao's expression was distorted with shock and anger. He was a supreme Emperor Ancestor, yet his all-out strike had been blocked by Lin Xun's two fingers. He almost could not believe such a thing had happened.

His response was an unceremonious punch from Lin Xun.

“Pfff!” Zhongli Xiao spat out blood and flew backward. His muscles were ripped, dripping with blood.

“This can’t be!” shouted Zhongli Xiao, unable to accept it.

They were both supreme Emperor Ancestors, but Lin Xun, who had only just stepped into this realm, already possessed the power to easily crush Zhongli Xiao who had been at this level for many years. This just sounded beyond unbelievable.

At this point, Qi Lingyun, Chi Pojun, and Lin Feng also revealed grave looks, and their hearts trembled slightly. The current Lin Xun was indeed powerful to a degree never before seen.

Ungaugable, unfathomable!