The Prodigies War

There was no ambush under the Divine Underworld Blood Well.

Lin Xun and the others all secretly heaved a sigh of relief, but they looked up only to be greeted by a dark, desolate, and silent world.

It was as bleak and cold as the underworld.

A vortex of blood-colored clouds rotated overhead.

The group was just removed from the vortex.

After surveying the surroundings, Ji Xingyao and Zhen Yunfeng each took out an old and tattered scroll and studied it together.

“The legendary Cave of Divine Underworld should be here.”

Before long, the two identified a target location and led everyone into action.

On the way, Ji Xingyao whispered to Lin Xun, “The Cave of Divine Underworld is just what we call the place. It is a taboo place that sealed a heaven-defying fortune. Back in ancient times, some experts had also come here and speculated that there is very likely to be some sort of ultimate inheritance in the Cave of Divine Underworld.”

Lin Xun nodded. He had little interest in the fortune and was only concerned about Toady’s situation.

The world was barren, quiet, and gloomy.

Everything had withered and not a blade of grass was in sight. Adding to that, the air was filled with a chilling and lifeless atmosphere.

Clang!

Suddenly, a sword-like whistle rang in the air, followed by a golden divine sword shooting upwards, cutting the darkness with its splendid brilliance.

Then, it vanished in a flash.

Two hours had passed, and although they had not encountered any danger along the way, the silent atmosphere had been suffocating, so the unexpected scene chilled Lin Xun and the others.

“In this place, could there be a peerless sword being unearthed?” Mo Tianhe’s eyes gleamed.

As they moved forward in the Blood Underworld, they had not seen anything of value and thus made no harvest so far.

They continued dozens of miles before a hill-like tomb loomed in front of them. It was completely bare and had been standing for an unknown period. An ancient stone tablet was erected in front of the tomb.

The stone tablet had been eroded by the wind and rain, but the engravings on it were still vaguely visible: The dao fire never ceases; the great dao is eternal.

Lin Xun and the others couldn’t help looking surprised. The tomb looked ordinary, but it was extraordinary—standing like a little hill and surrounded by an invisible force!

This force connected the sky above and the earth below, integrating into one with the area. Although it was invisible, it still radiated a feeling of majesty, everlastingness and boundlessness.

Standing before it, one would be awed into silence, feeling as insignificant as an ant.

“Could this be a sacred tomb?” Zhen Yunfeng’s eyes blazed.

The others also lit up with excitement. A sacred tomb had to contain something of astonishing value.

Clang!

Suddenly, a clear roar rang from the ancient tomb, followed by a beam of brilliant silver blade light rushing out of it like a white dragon. The slash of brightness across the dark environment was particularly eye-catching.

“The golden sword light earlier must have also come from this tomb!” Mo Tianhe muttered to himself, filled with anticipation.

They finally reached the Divine Underworld Blood Well after experiencing many dangers and strange encounters, but they found nothing like treasure along the way, which made them begin to wonder if they had come to the wrong place.

But no one thought that anymore!

“That wasn’t sword qi, but a vision formed by the Origin Dao Fire! Ji Xingyao’s eyes shone brightly as she looked up.

Lin Xun also noticed that the ray of silver sword qi that swept up was an illusory vision. Upon a closer look, it was like a congregation of silver flames!

Suddenly, everyone’s expression altered strangely and their hearts pounded.

Origin Dao Fire, the fire source born from the origin of the great dao, had incredible magical effects in refining and tempering Supreme King Weapons.

It was widely known that once one set foot into the king stage, one could form and raise their own life treasure, which was also known as a Supreme King Weapon

Every ancient sect and clan had different secret methods and techniques in crafting and raising a Supreme King Weapon.

But a Supreme King Weapon refined with Origin Dao Fire had completely different powers compared to ordinary Supreme King Weapons.

Its grade, quality and power would be transformed in an earthshaking way, and it would have the potential to evolve into Saint Treasure!

On the other hand, without the assistance of Origin Dao Fire, relatively speaking, the quality and power were limited, and it would never become a Saint treasure.

For example, if Lin Xun crafted a Supreme King Weapon in the presence of Origin Dao Fire, then as long as he had adequate aeth and divine materials, the Supreme King Weapon would continuously transform until it evolved into a Saint treasure!

On the flip side, this process could never have been achieved without the Origin Dao Fire.

This was the value of Origin Dao Fire!

In the outside world, Origin Dao Fire had long been divided up by the old monsters of various major forces, and only very few were left in the world, almost extinct.

After all, which old monster would give up on such a treasure and hand it over to the juniors?

Even Ji Xingyao, Mo Tianhe, Zhen Yunfeng and other supreme kings were told by the sect before coming to the Supreme Realm that if they could set foot into the supreme king stage and return safely, the sect would consider seeking some Origin Dao Fire for them!

In other words, Ji Xingyao and the others had to meet the sect’s requirements before they could obtain Origin Dao Fire!

“That means there may be more than one Origin Dao Fire buried in this tomb?” Zhen Yunfeng gasped, fighting to keep calm.

“It must be so. Also, the fact that the Origin Dao Fire can produce such earthshaking visions means they are of amazing grades.” Ji Xingyao’s bright eyes glimmered, and her heart palpitated with excitement.

Before they reached the Cave of the Divine Underworld, they were very likely to obtain a great rare fortune! How could they keep their composure?

“The dao fire never ceases…the great dao is eternal...”

Staring at the mottled stone tablet, Lin Xun murmured, “There indeed should be fortunes related to Origin Dao Fire concealed here…”

The reason that he still hadn’t prepared a Supreme King Weapon was because he lacked Origin Dao Fire!

Now, an opportunity might be just around the corner for him.

While they were discussing, the hill-like tomb shot out a sequence of dazzling light rays into the sky, evolving into various astonishing visions.

This proved that there were more than a few Origin Dao Fire beneath the tomb!

“In that case, let’s quickly act.”

Everyone echoed Zhen Yunfeng’s words. They were all itching to move.

“Wait!” Lin Xun suddenly said aloud and stepped forward, releasing his spirit sense.

The others wrinkled their brows a little. Is there a need to be so careful? Can’t we just directly break open the tomb?

“Allow me!”

The brawny man called Zhan Luxiu interrupted impatiently and stepped forward, wielding a black battle spear. With a fierce roar, he swung it down with terrifying force.

Boom!

The crumbling and exploding space nearby showed how violent the blow was.

However, Lin Xun waved his sleeve and pulled Ji Xingyao back far away.

At that moment, a wave of prohibition energy rushed outwards from the tomb, spreading like the rapid tide.

With a boom, Zhan Luxiu was the first to bear the brunt and blasted into the air. He staggered to his feet hundreds of feet away, blood spurting from his mouth and nostrils.

Mo Tianhe and Zhen Yunfeng, who failed to retreat right away, were also impacted. They frantically tried to block it before they jerked to one side with clamorous screams.

Only Lin Xun and Ji Xingyao were unscathed.

“Did you know already?” Ji Xingyao couldn’t help but ask.

“I just sensed something was wrong, so I asked everyone to wait a moment. I never thought that Fellow Cultivator Zhan would be so impatient and cause this to happen.”

While Zhan Luxiu staggered back to the group, his expression darkened. Is he blaming me?

Just as he was about to say something, Zhen Yunfeng shot a cold glare at him. He suddenly went stiff and clamped his mouth shut.

Meanwhile, Zhen Yunfeng put on a friendly smile and asked, “Brother Jin, since you sensed something strange, do you have a way to solve it?”

The others also looked expectantly at Lin Xun.

“Everyone, please wait a moment.” As Lin Xun said aloud, his eyes darted around the ancient tomb.

After a moment, he came to stand in a certain place and exerted force to his feet.

With a bang, the earth quaked and the soil sputtered, revealing a layer of strange black stone slabs, which looked like a paved path leading into the tomb.

Once the soil around was cleared away, they noticed many symbols engraved on the black stone slabs, which were flames of different shapes and forms.

Some were like blades, swords, cauldrons, and towers.

Some took the form of birds, beasts, and monsters.

When everyone saw this, besides feeling excited, they couldn’t help but take a long look at Lin Xun, as if they didn’t expect Jin Duyi to be able to actually see through the mystery and truth of the place.

Lin Xun ignored their gazes and followed along the black stone slabs to the foot of the tomb. After studying it for a while, he stretched out a hand and pressed gently against it.

Crack! Crack!

An unbelievable scene followed. As Lin Xun pressed his hand against the tomb, the ancient rocks beneath the tomb parted to reveal a tunnel-like path leading into the depths.

“He succeeded?”

Everyone else was pleasantly surprised and stared at Lin Xun more and more strangely. They did not think that Jin Duyi would have such miraculous abilities.

In truth, Lin Xun had to give credit to the Chaofeng Eye, which was remarkable in exploring and finding pulses of the universe.

After Lin Xun ascended to the supreme king stage, the power of the Chaofeng Eye also became more and more wonderful, able to see through more illusions and gain insight into the nature of the universe.

Mo Tianhe was again eager to charge into the tunnel, but he immediately halted and glanced at Lin Xun nervously, asking humbly, “Brother Jin, is it safe now?”

A strange look flickered imperceptibly in Lin Xun’s eyes. If this guy knew that I was Lin Xun who violently beat him up, would he still be so polite to me?

“It’s safe now, but I can’t tell yet whether there are more dangers inside the tunnel.”

“Then how about we let Brother Jin lead the way? We will do our best to protect you from behind,” Zhen Yunfeng asked extremely politely.

Ji Xingyao discovered that Lin Xun had become the backbone of their group. At least, even Mo Tianhe and Zhen Yunfeng had to rely on his strength and intelligence.

A real diamond will always shine wherever they are placed.

Ji Xingyao sighed in her heart.