Chapter 2823 He’s Leaving the City

The next morning, on the bustling streets, Lin Xun walked alone toward South Heaven Gate. Many cultivators noticed his movements and wondered what he was up to. When they saw him gradually approaching the gate, the people who had been following from behind were startled.

Is Lin Xun leaving the city?!

...

Outside South Heaven Gate was a vast square plaza. Anyone entering or leaving the city would stop there before proceeding. However, at this moment, the area was deserted. Today, all the cultivators who had come to Fortune Divine City were blocked from advancing by a terrifying aura.

Naturally, it also stopped people from leaving the city. Thus, when Lin Xun appeared in the vast square plaza, he stood out like a sore thumb as he was there alone and looked especially lonely.

Boom!

Deep within the starry sky, a long-suppressed, terrifying aura surged forth. Myriad stars trembled, and the void rumbled as if the entire universe was violently trembling. Following this, terrifying intents swept toward South Heaven Gate. However, just as they approached the vast square plaza, they were blocked by the law power that enveloped the city.

Thus, Lin Xun remained unaffected, his expression calm and composed. He gazed into the depths of the starry sky, suddenly smiled, and said, "I've kept you waiting."

His gentle voice echoed through the turbulent and murderous sky, reaching the ears of the old antiques who had waited here for over six years.

"Lin Xun, do you acknowledge your guilt?"

A deep voice echoed back. From the depths of the starry sky, a black-robed man with black hair and beard appeared. Arcs of black lightning swirled around him, making him resemble a master of thunder in the darkness.

Liangqiu Xiao!

He was an old, Eternal Realm veteran from the Divine Liangqiu Clan. He immediately launched into a stern barrage of accusations. Any ordinary cultivator would have been terrified.

However, Lin Xun simply smiled, saying, "With just these words, you've already cost the lives of every member of the Divine Liangqiu Clan in the city."

Buzz!

A rain of light swirled, and a curtain of light emerged that reflected scenes after scenes. Each depicted a cultivator, but in a split second, they were silently obliterated. Instantly, the images vanished.

"Did you see clearly?" Lin Xun asked with a smile. Since he was the lord of Fortune Divine City, he could annihilate any cultivator in the city with a single thought.

In the distance, Liangqiu Xiao's expression darkened, his eyes blazing with a fierce light that shook the starry sky. He was furious. After all, the victims who had been reflected in the light curtain were all from the Divine Liangqiu Clan!

"Evil creature!"

Liangqiu Xiao's murderous intent was radiant, his body rumbling with black thunder as he launched a powerful punch.

Boom!

From the sky above Fortune Divine City, a forbidden and obscure law power suddenly descended. Like a divine whip from heaven, it fiercely shattered the punch, sending it crashing to pieces.

Liangqiu Xiao's pupils constricted, and he dodged far away, thus avoiding the impact of the law power. Lin Xun also witnessed this and naturally understood that this was the forbidden law power manifested by the Precious River Map that covered the entire city.

A hoarse, muddy voice rang out, "Lin Xun, release the divine sons and maidens from our various clans, and we will grant you a chance to live. Otherwise, you may never leave this city again in this lifetime."

In the distant cosmos, the figure of a young man in a golden robe emerged. His eyes were like a pair of golden lamps, gleaming brightly. He stood with his hands behind his back, and a thousand-foot-high divine flame burst out from behind him, threatening to incinerate the starry sky. His aura was extremely terrifying.

He looked young, but his voice was thick and aged. This man was Gaoyang Jing, a veteran of the Divine Gaoyang Clan.

"Do all of you agree with this?" Lin Xun asked.

"Indeed." Gaoyang Jing nodded.

Lin Xun sighed. "What a pity."

Gaoyang Jing frowned and asked, "Why do you say that?"

Lin Xun explained, "Last night, I slew the thirty-seven captured divine sons and maidens one by one. If you had told me this earlier, they wouldn't have died..."

He looked melancholy. However, that admission stirred Gaoyang Jing and the other veterans into a frenzy of shock and anger. They were almost unable to believe their ears.

"How dare you?! You killed them?"

"Damn you, bastard! You deserve to be hacked into pieces!"

"Damn it, damn it—"

The sky churned, the stars shook, and angry roars echoed through the depths, resembling the wrath of the gods. None of these old-timers had expected that Lin Xun would dare to kill the hostages!

The terrifying sound startled all the cultivators in Fortune Divine City. Their faces blanched, and they became increasingly confused. Lin Xun... Just what exactly was he planning to do?!

"Are you doing this so that you can live in this city forever?" After a while, Gaoyang Jing spoke, his golden robe fluttering, his aura terrifying.

"No, I will definitely leave today." Lin Xun shook his head.

Leave?!

The old monsters in the deep cosmos were stunned. Without the hostages, how could he possibly leave?

Gaoyang Jing asked, "You seem so confident. Do you have another plan?"

Lin Xun nodded. "Of course."

For a moment, Gaoyang Jing, Liangqiu Xiao, and the other old antiques frowned. They were quite puzzled. In the entire Fortune Dominion, who could help Lin Xun? Who dared to go against them, the great divine clans? Wasn’t this no different from courting death?!

Lin Xun didn’t bother saying anything else. The Spirit Refining Kettle suddenly appeared in his hand. The artifact was mottled and shone with a chaotic, obscure light.

"Old Dark Blood’s Spirit Refining Kettle!" One of the old antiques immediately recognized it.

"So it's

that

old fellow."

The others also remembered that long ago, someone had traveled through the Great Underworld Epoch, wielding the Spirit Refining Kettle and displaying astonishing power.

A powerful expert from a divine clan once attempted to seize this artifact, but instead was refined to death by it!

Someone whispered, "The Great Underworld Epoch was originally the territory of the Divine Wu Clan, but long ago, it was occupied by a group of 'outsiders,' one of whom was the Dark Blood Underworld Emperor. So, it seems this boy has received assistance from those 'outsiders.'"

Many people immediately realized something, their eyes flashing with a cold light.

"How ridiculous! For countless years, these outsiders have only dared to exist in the Great Underworld Epoch, never daring to stir up trouble. Otherwise, they would have been annihilated by us long ago. Now, with their puny power, they still dare to interfere in this matter? They are simply courting death!"

"Perhaps, they are also desperate for the Eternity Coffin."

"Hmph, then we have a perfect opportunity today to show these outsiders who is the true master of this Fortune Dominion!"

A single Spirit Refining Kettle had allowed those old antiques to instantly deduce an incredible amount of information, demonstrating the craftiness of these old monsters, who had lived for countless years.

Lin Xun paid no attention to this. Although he was a participant in the impending battle, he was destined to be powerless to challenge any Eternal Realm being. This was true even if the opponent deployed only their Will Dharma Forms.

Killing an Immortal like him, who was only at the perfect Heavenly Longevity Realm, would still be as easy as crushing an ant for them. Ultimately, this would be a contest between those at the Eternal Realm.

Whether he could escape the Fortune Dominion or not depended on whether Chen Linkong and other mighty figures from the Ancient Wasteland Domain could overcome the current impasse.

Lin Xun wasn't worried about that. So, after summoning the Spirit Refining Kettle, he flashed and flew off into the distant starry sky.

Boom!

Just as he left the area around Fortune Divine City, a massive golden hand, covering the sky, appeared out of thin air and grasped at him fiercely.

The five fingers of that golden hand were like pillars supporting the heavens, and the lines on its palm were like the marks of the great dao. It exuded the terrifying power of the Eternal Realm, capable of shattering the mountains and rivers.

A cold voice echoed from the Spirit Refining Kettle, "I'll do it!"

Almost instantaneously, a branch drenched in silver starlight shot out at incredible speed, blocking the golden hand. The stars condensed on the branch then exploded with a resounding bang!

The cosmos roared and shook violently, an unparalleled torrent of terror swept through, and the dazzling divine light illuminated the dark sky with a brilliant aura. The naked eye could see the golden hand being pierced and exploding.

A cold snort echoed from the distant starry sky. Following this, the figure of a middle-aged man in a fiery red robe emerged, holding a jade ruler. His body was shrouded in obscure and profound dao diagrams, and his aura was astonishing.

Ying Zhan!

He was an old veteran of the Divine Ying Clan, and he had been the first to launch a golden hand in an attempt to capture Lin Xun. However, he had failed.

Lin Xun was unharmed. Before him, a ten-thousand-foot-tall sacred tree stood, its branches studded with stars, like a chaotic starry sky, its aura powerful.

"What an amazing Thousand Star Divine Tree! Today, I will refine you into a dao weapon!"

With a cold and murderous voice, Ying Zhan attacked again, striking through the air with the jade ruler in his hand.

"An ant trying to shake a tree—you overestimate your own strength." Branches burst forth from the Thousand Star Divine Tree, stretching across the starry sky like wildly dancing divine whips. They immediately engaged in a fierce battle with Ying Zhan.

A faint golden dao rune then emanated from Lin Xun's brows. This was the power emanating from Chen Linkong, rendering him impervious to such combat power. Otherwise, let alone fighting his way through this stretch of cosmos, he would be instantly shattered to death by the terrifying battle shockwaves!

A fierce roar resounded, "Here!"

A dazzling pagoda suddenly appeared in the void, rumbling and crushing the starry sky as it barreled down towards Lin Xun. Another old antique had made his move, summoning the pagoda in an attempt to capture Lin Xun.

At this critical moment, a halberd suddenly burst forth from the Spirit Refining Kettle.

Clang!!!

The shimmering pagoda was violently shattered and sent flying. The figure wielding the halberd was clad in a black battle robe, his figure towering like a mountain, like a mighty and domineering emperor. It was none other than Dark Blood Underworld Emperor.

"Boy, just keep going forward." He held the halberd in hand, his eyes cold as lightning, leading the way.

"Hmph, you think you’re enough?"

The pagoda's owner appeared. He was a thin, short old man who wielded the pagoda and charged forward with a terrifying aura that shook the starry sky, causing the void around him to collapse and explode.

Boom!

The heavens and earth turned upside down, and the cosmos was in chaos. Countless stars exploded in this supreme battle, the torrent of collapsing daos sweeping across the surroundings, leaving the space around them in a state of devastation.

Other than Fortune Divine City, everywhere else was in turmoil! Lin Xun took a deep breath, but instead of watching the battle, he continued forward, holding the Spirit Refining Kettle in his hand.