“Die!” Lin Xun took the initiative to launch an attack.

Qin Xuandu frowned at Lin Xun’s aggressive attack. Lightning flashed around his body as a dazzling bolt took shape in the palm of his hand. He blasted his palm forward.

Lightning Palm!

Instantly, as though a true lightning calamity had swept the world to destroy it, a destructive aura filled the area. It was the power of lightning!

The spies hiding in the shadows trembled all over, almost suffocating from the terrifying power. It was a casual attack, but it made their hair stand on end.

“Brother Xuandu is truly enraged. Even a cultivator of the same cultivation stage will have to retreat, let alone a Heaven Ascension teenager.” One of the Cyclic Derivation experts sighed, shaking his head.

Another crowed, “It seems like one strike is enough to kill the kid!”

The other Cyclic Derivation experts’ lips curled upwards in delight. Lightning Palm was a secret art of the Qin Clan with unrivaled killing power.

A surge of satisfaction rose in Qin Ziming’s heart. When he had faced Lin Xun earlier, he had almost panicked to the point of breaking down. How would he not be excited to see the youth being killed?

“Oh!”

Zhao Tailai gasped like he noticed something.

Third Old Zhu’s eyes flickered.

“This is bad! Qin Xuandu is in danger!” Zuo Baoying’s pupils rapidly shrank.

Before she finished her sentence, she realized that it was already too late to do anything to help him.

Boom!

Shattered Tragedy Spear’s pitch-black body lunged forward. It looked extremely simple and ordinary, and there didn’t seem to be anything special at all.

But the bolts of lightning exploded upon touching the tip of the spear, sputtering endless sparks in all directions.

It failed to withstand a single blow.

The Qin Clan’s ancestral art Lightning Palm crumbled like paper!

“You…”

Qin Xuandu was full of superiority and self-confidence because he believed he could easily crush a teenager at the Heaven Ascension Stage with his powers.

But now, he had completely lost his calmness!

He sprinted forward with lightning speed and launched a barrage of thousands of lightning strikes in a second. It was as though lightning bolts were pouring down, blotting the sky and enveloping the earth.

All of a sudden, deafening thunder reverberated throughout the world, quaking the area and shocking everyone. Qin Xuandu’s move was no different from a desperate attack.

The battle had only just begun, so how did it turn to that?

However, before Qin Xuandu could heave a sigh of relief, he saw the jet-black spear pierce through the countless lightning palms without any hindrance, aiming directly for him.

Boom!

Multiple lightning palms were pierced, shattered, and disintegrated into sparks where the spear passed, causing the surrounding space to explode.

Qin Xuandu’s face blanched. He had no choice but to dodge to one side. The attack caught him a little off guard.

However, regardless of how quickly he retreated, he wasn’t as fast as the spear. Its unmatched pointy tip pierced through everything like it was unstoppable.

Watching the spear near him, he furiously brought out a bronze ruler to fight it head-on.

It was an ancient treasure that he rarely mobilized. But now, Lin Xun, a Heaven Ascension teenager, forced him to bring it out. He couldn’t help but feel a little angry and embarrassed with shame.

Boom!

However, under gazes full of disbelief, the spear forcibly pierced and shattered the bronze ruler!

Qin Xuandu’s scalp numbed with horror. His most beloved ancient treasure was destroyed in such a way.

But what almost made his eyes burst with anger was that it was too late for him to block the spear speeding through the air.

With an ear-splitting bang, his chest exploded and his body was blasted across the air.

Amidst the stifling silence, everyone stood stupefied with horror.

The battle had only begun minutes ago.

In the blink of an eye…

Qin Xuandu was defeated?

So fast!

Before that, they had all predicted that Lin Xun would lose within a few moves, and they believed that he had no chance of winning.

Who would have thought that, in the blink of an eye, the outcome of the duel would be determined and the loser would be Qin Xuandu, a renowned great cultivator?

He had failed to defend against one spear strike!

Everyone was struck dumb.

The spies thought they were mistaken. The duel was over before they understood what had happened.

Qin Ziming’s eyeballs almost rolled out of their sockets, and his mouth gaped open.

Zuo Baoying and the others tensed up, flabbergasted. How could this happen?

Even Lin Zhong and the others were dumbfounded. Previously, their hearts were in their throats, and they were ready to rescue Lin Xun at any time. But Lin Xun’s remarkable spear thrust shocked them like a clap of thunder.

Only Zhao Tailai murmured, “As expected, he has embarked on the strongest supreme path since ancient times. It seems that the blessings the kid obtained in the Deva Secret Realm are more amazing than rumored…” His heart churned like the sea.

Although he could tell that Lin Xun’s move was extraordinary before it even struck, he never thought that it could defeat Qin Xuandu!

The air was still roaring turbulently, filled with smoke and dust, Qin Xuandu stood up, face livid with shock and anger.

His robe was torn around his chest, revealing a protection plate. But as he stood up, the plate shattered and crumbled to the ground.

Only then did everyone realize that it was the chest protection plate that protected Qin Xuandu’s life. Otherwise, Lin Xun’s terrifying strike would have pierced his heart!

Everyone was chilled to the bone!

When Lin Xun announced that he wanted to face off against six Cyclic Derivation cultivators by himself, everyone either thought he was joking or that he was too arrogant.

But now, the joke wasn’t the slightest bit funny. No one could laugh at all.

Qin Xuandu had made a name for himself for many years and could be regarded as a top authority figure in the cultivation world in the absence of Life Death Stage Kings.

But a spear had sent him blasting across the air. He only managed to keep his life because of the chest protection plate.

It was too unbelievable.

A teenager at the Heaven Ascension Stage might be able to fight against someone of a higher cultivation level with a rune armament, but who would have imagined that he could utterly crush Qin Xuandu with a single blow?

Everyone’s gazes changed when they looked at Lin Xun again.

“I was too careless. I didn’t expect you to be different from ordinary geniuses, but I won’t give you another chance!” Qin Xuandu’s voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

His gaze was the most chilling and sinister it had been as shock, anger and shame tangled in his heart. His defeat had happened under the watchful eyes of everyone. Even if he killed Lin Xun today, he had lost all face already!

“You should be grateful for that protective chest plate. Without it, I don’t think you can still stand here and talk to me.” As Lin Xun stepped forward, he seemed to have teleported across the air.

With a flick of his spear, he launched another strike.

Boom!

The two faced off for the second time, but this time, Qin Xuandu didn’t dare to let his guard down at all. He seemed to be facing a formidable enemy. There wasn’t a shred of contempt or arrogance in his attack. He mobilized all his powers and brought bolts of lighting flashing around his body.

After a split second, when the two separated again, Qin Xuandu was seen staggering backwards, retreating more than ten feet across the air. His wrinkled face constantly alternated from pale to red to dark.

On the other hand, Lin Xun exuded elegance and poise. His black eyes shone brightly like lightning, and his jet-black spear beautifully contrasted his moon-white robe.

Si!

The audience was completely stirred up. Qin Xuandu might have been careless the first time and allowed Lin Xun to win, but it couldn’t be a lucky fluke for Lin Xun the second time.

Did that mean that Lin Xun possessed powers to overturn the sky even when facing a powerful cultivator such as Qin Xuandu?

The spies trembled all over, realizing that all their guesses were wrong, outrageously wrong!

They could imagine the sensation the outcome of the duel would cause when it spread throughout the Forbidden City!

“Attack together!”

Zuo Baoying’s eyes flashed with a chilling fierceness. She knew she could no longer treat Lin Xun as a junior.

He was a terrifying teenage cultivator with strength that could make any Cyclic Derivation cultivators turn ashen-faced.

She was only glad that they had dispatched six Cyclic Derivation cultivators. Otherwise, they likely couldn’t do anything to Lin Xun today.

“Kill!”

The proud and conceited Cyclic Derivation cultivators left the sidelines and attacked together from all directions. They couldn’t care less about their reputation and face anymore.

Rumble!

All of a sudden, the wind and clouds rioted and divine lights engulfed the area. Rare treasures illuminated the universe with their dazzling lights, and terrifying secret arts bloomed with slashes of brightness in the sky.

The movements alerted even the cultivators in the nearby areas of the Forbidden City. Some anxiously released their spirit-sensing powers to investigate.

After all, the duel between a group of Cyclic Derivation experts and the demon god-like youngster had caused too much commotion.

In the past, rarely did such a high-level duel take place in broad daylight in the Forbidden City!

“Despicable!”

Lin Zhong and the others cursed. “It's six against one! They are well-known Cyclic Derivation experts, but they are shamelessly ganging up on Lin Xun!”

“Haha, only then can we see the kid’s true potential!” Zhao Tailai laughed.

He seemed very satisfied with the match. His gleaming eyes had been fixed intently on Lin Xun from the very beginning, as though he wanted to see through all the youth’s secrets.

Prince Yunyong couldn’t help but wake up from his meditative state. Complex emotions swirled in his eyes as he watched the fierce battle in the air.

“That kid...has turned out to be such a heaven-defying character! Fortunately, I made the right decision and didn’t challenge him, otherwise...” He shot a glance at Zhao Tailai.

“Otherwise, even if he didn’t intervene, I wouldn’t be able to do anything to the kid. Instead, I would be humiliated…” With that thought, a bitter feeling quickly replaced the resentment and anger in his heart.

He was very clear about Qin Xuandu’s cultivation base. He knew that he would at most fight to a draw with him even if he had fought with all his strength.

That meant he was inferior to Lin Xun in terms of strength!

It had to be very difficult for a noble prince who was respected by everyone in the Forbidden City to admit that he was inferior. But the reality was cruel and he had no choice but to accept it.