Chapter 1699 – Venturing Deeper Into the Fourth Level
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These two brothers didn't recognize Lin Ming at the start. With a martial artist's senses, it would normally be impossible for them to make such a foolish mistake if they looked carefully. But at this time, Lin Ming's entire body was covered with scales and he was half a foot higher. His hair was thick and wild, like a savage born from the jungle.
Moreover, the scales around his body were dyed red with blood and his clothes had been torn to unrecognizable bits. It was impossible for one to see a trial challenger here; rather, all one could think of was an Asura demon from hell.
Before, these two brothers were already scared silly by the giant diamond ape, and as they saw this death star appear before them, all they could think was 'it's over, it's over, it's all over, we're all dead here'.
It was only when they realized this monster was Lin Ming that they relaxed a little. Even so, the shock in their hearts didn't dim in the least. If they weren't wrong, then the one that had been in that dreadful fight in the forest was Lin Ming!
Lin Ming looked at these two speechless ancient martial family geniuses. His voice was low as he asked, "Where… are stronger monsters?"
The two youths were stunned, not immediately answering. They had just been sent scurrying about by monsters and now Lin Ming was asking them where to find stronger ones?
What was he planning on doing?
Lin Ming frowned a little. Now that he entered the fourth level, he not only sought treasures here but also to temper and gain experience!
In the star-like immortal palace, Lin Ming had absorbed the drop of Asura blood. But because the strength contained within the Asura blood was excessively huge, he had been forced to divert it into the nine Dao Palaces. This meant that the astral essence, spirit essence, and true essence within Lin Ming's body were affected and their equilibrium was in disorder. Even the Heretical God Force, grandmist energy, black hole energy and Asura Heavenly Dao Laws within him had been affected, all of them becoming slightly restless.
With so many chaotic energies swirling within him, Lin Ming needed to straighten them out and have them fuse with his body. And, the best method to do so was to fight! Fight without end!
Thus, in the fourth level, while the other geniuses here were diligently searching for treasures and avoiding all the various monsters and dangers, Lin Ming was different.
To him, this fourth level was a training zone. He searched for monsters on his own initiative and fought them. Not only was he adjusting the strengths within his body but he was also honing the combat skills and fighting spirit from the Asura blood.
Lin Ming had spent far too long in the star-like immortal palace. He hadn't been in the fourth level for long, and when he first appeared, all that was around him was an endless forest. There was a considerable number of monsters in this forest but after a massacre that lasted for a full day and night, Lin Ming felt that although there was a high quantity of monsters here, their quality and strength were lacking. This wasn't enough to satisfy him.
In particular, after he stimulated the strength of the Asura blood, these monsters weren't even able to withstand three of his moves.
Thus, when he discovered these two trial challengers he dropped in front of them to ask where there were stronger monsters.
At this time, there was a loud rumbling sound on the distant horizon. Soon, an over 60 foot tall giant diamond ape hurtled towards the three young men!
This ape was like a madly rushing ox, its speed reaching unbelievable velocities. At first it was on the horizon, but in just the blink of an eye it was within a thousand feet of the group!
In that moment, the two martial family youths both paled!
"G-g-g-giant diamond ape! It's found us!"
"Shit! This is bad, we must scatter!"
The two youths shouted. But before they could even respond, beside them, the devil-like Lin Ming that was thick with the smell of blood suddenly moved. A brilliant fighting spirit ignited in his eyes and his figure flashed, leaving the two youths behind in a cloud of dust. Like a meteor rising into the sky, he shot straight towards that giant diamond ape!
The two youths were left dumbfounded. They even forgot about escaping.
In their experience, this giant diamond ape had a simply unimaginable strength. Yet, Lin Ming was hurtling towards it!
They didn't doubt that Lin Ming was some sort of freakish genius that could instantly kill them, but facing this giant diamond ape that didn't seem to possess any weakness at all, could Lin Ming really do anything?
Bang!
A massive impact force burst out from the collision of ape and man!
A blinding divine light burst out like a sharp sword, piercing into the heavens!
The giant diamond ape released a pained roar. Its chest had been punched by Lin Ming, leaving behind a deep hollow!
One of its ribs had been forcefully smashed apart by Lin Ming's fist!
"F-fist…"
The two youths gulped, their throats twitching. They knew that Lin Ming's weapon of choice was a spear, but when facing this giant diamond ape that hadn't been injured by their all-out attacks, Lin Ming had only needed to use a fist to wound it!
Was he planning on fighting the giant diamond ape in hand-to-hand combat?
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
The giant diamond ape was enraged!
This rage had come from being injured by a mere little human. The wound had been a provocation of its might and dignity!
The giant diamond ape grabbed at Lin Ming. But, Lin Ming's speed was as fast as a bolt of lightning. His figure flashed and he immediately vanished from the giant diamond ape's reach. In the next moment, Lin Ming's right foot landed atop the giant diamond ape's long arm.
Then, using this ape's arm as a foothold, Lin Ming shot towards the giant diamond ape's head!
Rumble rumble rumble!
Lin Ming punched out again and again, smashing at the giant diamond ape!
His fists tore through the void and cracked open the earth. Each fist contained an unimaginable strength!
The power of thunder and fire!
The power of heavenly tribulation!
Nine Stars of the Dao Palace!
Grandmist Laws!
Asura Heavenly Dao!
All of these different strengths sparked atop Lin Ming's fist! In the fierce barrage of attacks, all of these strengths began slowly fusing together!
In this close melee combat, every strike was like the strike of a forging hammer, hammering at the different strengths within Lin Ming's body, allowing him to comprehensively master and understand them!
Without using weapons, allowing the feel of every strike to vibrate through his flesh and bones, this method of tempering in allowing Lin Ming's body to directly accept the impact was far better!
For a time, energy wildly surged out. The roar of thunder filled the air as blood energy shot through the skies!
A thousand feet away, the two youths' jaws dropped open as they saw this earth-shaking battle. Their minds trembled and their bodies shook.
This was far too terrifying. This simply wasn't a strength that a human should have. Without using a weapon, Lin Ming was fighting the giant diamond ape in a hand-to-hand melee!
Rumble rumble rumble!
The speed of Lin Ming's fist strikes reached the limit. Even so, the giant diamond ape had a horrifying defensive power. Although Lin Ming's fists contained the strength of several dragons, he still couldn't fatally injure the beast.
But with fist after fist accumulating, the internal organs of the giant diamond ape, including its blood vessels, fascia, everything began to develop heavy internal injuries.
However, in such close range melee, no matter how fast or nimble Lin Ming was, he was unable to completely avoid all of the giant diamond ape's attacks.
Lin Ming punched at the giant diamond ape's eyelids, smashing in one of its eyes. The giant diamond ape suddenly roared out loud and brought a hand crashing down on Lin Ming's back!
Kacha!
With a loud explosive sound, the black scales on Lin Ming's back solidly withstood this strike!
This horrifying impact force was like being struck by a planet. Lin Ming was sent flying backwards, crashing through and snapping several dozen old trees. Finally, with a thunderous sound, he crashed into the ground, sending endless plumes of rock and dirt splashing upwards.
"This… this…"
The two ancient martial family juniors were left in a daze, unable to come up with any words. To have one's body be directly struck by the giant diamond ape, what sort of concept was that?
Perhaps even a saint World King powerhouse would be split in half by the attack!
Just as this thought flashed in their minds, before they could decide whether or not they should continue fleeing there was a stir in the wreckage. In the area where Lin Ming landed, there was a loud eruption of chaos as a blood-drenched Lin Ming leapt upwards from the cracked earth like a wild tiger!
Many of the scales on his back had broken apart, but they didn't completely shatter. Rivulets of blood began leaking out from between the scales.
These scales were far beyond any normal armor!
The scales were engraved with runes of the Asura Heavenly Dao Laws. As an impact force spread through the layers of scales, it would be rapidly reduced. Then, when the impact force reached Lin Ming's true body, it wouldn't have enough strength to truly wound his organs and meridians!
As the giant diamond ape saw this, fear finally began to fill its eyes.
It roared at Lin Ming, wanting to intimidate, but Lin Ming was unmoved. One step at a time, Lin Ming moved forwards.
The giant diamond ape retreated again and again, terrified.
Finally, it wasn't able to withstand the dreadful pressure rolling off of Lin Ming. To the shock of the two ancient martial family geniuses, the beast turned tail and fled!
"It's running… running away!"
"The giant diamond ape, an ancient vicious beast, was actually forced to run away by Lin Ming's fist…"
The two youths were inexplicably shocked.
But at this moment, Lin Ming stepped forwards and chased after the beast!
Although the giant diamond ape wasn't the smartest of beasts, it possessed an amazingly fast movement speed.
However, when compared to Lin Ming, it was simply far too slow!
In just several breaths of time, the beast had been overtaken by Lin Ming.
On the distant horizon, another brutal fight began!
Lin Ming still didn't use a weapon. The giant diamond ape howled out mournfully again and again!
Lin Ming's fists struck solid flesh again and again!
Finally, too many internal injuries had accumulated. The giant diamond ape vomited out a mouthful of blood that was awash with bits and pieces of organs.
After countless punches by Lin Ming, the giant diamond ape that was as large as an iron tower was struck dead, all of its organs having been burst apart. It keeled over to the ground.
Lin Ming stood on the corpse of the giant diamond ape and pulled out the monster crystal from within its body, placing it into his spatial ring. Then, he slowly walked away.
As the two ancient martial family youths saw the entirely bloodstained Lin Ming walking over to them, they felt all of their courage shatter. It was hard for them to withstand the terrifying pressure released by Lin Ming!
This was because the infernal energy swirling around Lin Ming's body was too heavy. In addition to the power of the Grandmist Laws, Asura Heavenly Dao, and Heretical God Force that lingered around him, these invisible energies created an intangible force field with him at the center. If a normal martial artist were to stand in the range of this force field, they would find it difficult to withstand!
Even these outstanding trial challengers from ancient martial families weren't an exception!
"Where… are stronger monsters?"
This was the third time Lin Ming had asked this question.
The two youths felt their arms trembling. They had already confirmed that this freak Lin Ming had come to the fourth level to fight!
His main purpose here was not to seek treasures, but t to fight! He was no different from a madman!
"Deep… deeper in… the deeper you venture into the fourth level, the stronger the monsters will be. In the fourth level, the deeper it is, the more lucky chances there are, but the dangers will also be correspondingly greater… in the fourth level… besides the Divine Void Crown Prince and Bigflame's squads… there are not many other squads… that are willing to go so deep…"
The older of the two martial artists haltingly said as he pointed towards a direction. That direction he pointed in led deeper into the fourth level.
Chapter 1700 – Plot
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At the third level of the final trial, when a martial artist received their reward they would be teleported alone to the fourth level. But, those that received the same level of rewards took around the same amount of time to do so, thus they entered the fourth level at nearly the same time. Even if they were transmitted to random locations, they could still quickly find one or two of their companions to form temporary squads.
However, for Lin Ming, because he had spent too much time on the blue stone road, he arrived much later than everyone else. By this time, many people had already been fighting for several days.
"Deeper into the fourth level… I understand…"
Lin Ming nodded at the two youths and turned around, slowly heading deeper into the fourth level.
Strong winds howled and the scent of blood filled the world. As he sped forwards, his back was as straight as a spear, standing proudly upon this desolate wasteland, filled with a heroic and daring momentum!
The nine suns in the skies slowly fell down beyond the horizon, signaling the approach of night.
Lin Ming was like a death god wandering the night. Whether it was the forests, wilderness, or glaciers, he advanced in a straight line. No matter what monsters, evil races or demonic beings came at him, he didn't use his spear but fought them with his hands!
Like this, Lin Ming crossed past the middle of the fourth level and continued towards the back.
This was a black and red swamp. In the night, the swamp emitted a misty black fog which contained the rotting aura of peerless powerhouses and desolate ancient vicious beasts that had perished here. If a lower level martial artist were to breathe in the gas here, all the flesh of their body would melt away!
Within this terrifying black fog, a massive number of cruel and vile spirits and ghosts would be born. To a trial challenger, this was a danger zone amongst danger zones!
If a common squad were to arrive here, they would have turned tail and fled.
But Lin Ming actually walked directly into this land!
Chi chi chi!
Behind Lin Ming, the phantom of an Asura appeared. This Asura held a massive wheel in his hands, and spinning above this wheel were countless phantoms of suffering demons. This was the Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel!
The Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel rose up into the air, revolving and forming a giant vortex. A tremendous amount of the black fog was sucked into the Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel and refined into pure energy!
Wu wu wu ~
The ear-piercing howls of malevolent spirits rose up through the world. Because Lin Ming was recklessly swallowing up the black fog in this swamp, he had aroused the evil spirits here. Ghostly purple flames flickered as spectral beings appeared in front of Lin Ming.
A giant python corpse brought its giant head up from the rancid swamp mud. Its gaping maw emitted black gas that could melt away divine iron…
Seeing this, Lin Ming simply smiled.
These ghosts and spirits deep in the fourth level didn't leave him disappointed. Whether it was in numbers or strength, they far surpassed the evil beings that lived in the periphery of the fourth level.
With an explosive roar, Lin Ming opened the Heretical God Force. Power erupted from his body and the phantom of the Heretical God Tree appeared behind him. The power of thunder and fire heavenly tribulation came pouring out, sparkling!
Whether it was thunder or fire, they were the nemesis of ghosts. Lin Ming wrapped himself in thunder and flames and hurtled towards these spectral spirits!
Rumble rumble rumble!
A terrifying explosion of air surged out. Flames ascended, arcs of thunder twisted about. Each and every ghost was pierced through by Lin Ming's thunder and fire, turned to ash and sent scattering into the wind!
A terrifying strength exploded in the air. The corpse python howled as its decayed body was rapidly swallowed up by the power of Heavenly Dao Judgment's thunder and fire!
Woosh –
With a light sound, a piece of information thrust into Lin Ming's mind.
A thought appeared in Lin Ming's consciousness – fourth level, completion, max!
He had completed the fourth level to the maximum possible?
Lin Ming's thoughts stirred. As he slaughtered his way through the fourth level he hadn't been paying attention to the growth of his completion rate.
When Lin Ming first passed the Asura level Gate of Laws, his completion rate had reached 45%. As for the third level, there were only rewards there; Lin Ming's completion rate hadn't increased.
And now, in the fourth level, Lin Ming's completion rate rose by 15%, reaching all the way to 60%!
This number was already the maximum allowed. No matter how many more monsters he killed this number wouldn't increase.
However, Lin Ming didn't bother with this. The reason he came to the fourth floor was to slaughter as many enemies as possible to temper himself, not for completion percentage!
Kill!
Kill everything!
Kill! Kill! Kill!
Lin Ming wildly laughed and broke into the crowds of monsters and ghosts, his fists sweeping out. Thunder and fire howled around him as he killed ten ghosts in a single step!
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As Lin Ming was crazily fighting and tempering himself, deep in the fourth level, beneath the icy cold skies, the Divine Void Crown Prince and Duke Fullmoon had come to a pause.
They didn't approach the black rock in front of them nor did they dare approach the Black Dragon Spear. But, to leave just like this wasn't something they were willing to do.
"Your Highness, there are only a dozen or so more days until… the channel to the fifth level opens. We must find a solution as soon as possible or give up on the dragon spear."
Duke Fullmoon explained. In truth he had already given birth to the thought of retreating. Even if he helped in obtaining the Black Dragon Spear, the advantages he would obtain would be limited.
It was better to give up on this futile quest and save his own life.
The Divine Void Crown Prince's complexion darkened. The fourth level was shaped like a massive rectangle. The trial challengers started on one end and the further they went towards the other end, the deeper into the fourth level they would go and the greater the risks would be. Generally speaking, the passage from the fourth level to the fifth level would always appear around the middle of this rectangle.
In other words, as long as one arrived at the middle of the fourth level they would be able to enter the fifth level.
Once the channel to the fifth level opened, it would also take time to turn around and arrive at the middle.
Moreover, they had to kill a sufficient number of monsters in order to obtain the max completion percentage here. Up until now they had only slain 60% of the required monsters. They weren't as fierce as Lin Ming who was wildly killing his way through this level. Rather, they had to be selective in choosing their enemies and avoid the terrifying fellows that lurked here.
As the Divine Void Crown Prince was lost in a dilemma, he heard a whistling sound come from the distance.
He looked up, his guard raised, to see a brilliant flame approaching from the far off horizon.
This flame blotted out the skies. In the center of these flames, a fat youth in bright yellow imperial robes was sitting on a firebird, flying over towards them.
And behind this fat youth was a young warrior covered in silver armor that radiated a dazzling light, as if his armor had been encrusted with stars.
This warrior hurtled through the sky, the air rippling around him. Visible ripples followed him in the air, clearly demonstrating his formidable strength.
"Bigflame?" The Divine Void Crown Prince's eyes filled with disgust. At this time this tubby fellow had actually come here. Really, enemies crossed paths far too often!
However, this was also well within reason. Out of all the squads in the fourth level, there was only an extremely small number of trial challengers that had the courage to venture this far. Bigflame's group was one such squad.
Thus, bumping into him here wasn't a coincidence at all.
Suddenly, a ruthless hostility flashed through the Divine Void Crown Prince's mind. He extracted his weapon, killing intent surging out from him as he faced Bigflame!
He said to Duke Fullmoon with a sound transmission, "Fullmoon, follow me and put on a good play!"
Duke Fullmoon immediately understood what was happening and extracted his weapon. The two people turned towards Bigflame, one left one right, as if they were guarding the Black Dragon Spear behind them. As they faced the disciples of Heaven Union Divine Kingdom's Divine Sovereign as well as that amazingly strong silver armored warrior, it seemed as if they were ready to fight at any moment!
"What? You want to fight?"
Seeing Duke Fullmoon and the Divine Void Crown Prince be so vigilant, Bigflame happily smiled. "There's no need to be so tense, we're just a little bit disharmonious, right? There's no nee
to fight as soon as we see each other! You should know that our two sides have similar strength. If we fight, it won't be good for anyone!"
Bigflame sneered. But at this time he caught sight of the massive black rock behind Duke Fullmoon and the Divine Void Crown Prince.
As well as the Black Dragon at the top of the rock!
"Dragon!?" Bigflame was shocked. However, he immediately shook his head. "No, that's not right! That's a dragon spear! Hahaha! That is a treasure surpassing the level of an Empyrean spirit treasure! We've really struck a big lucky chance this time!"
Seeing this dragon spear, Bigflame's eyes shone with a greedy light!
As Bigflame flanked the Divine Void Crown Prince and Duke Fullmoon who had raised their weapons, he said, "No wonder they're being so vigilant. So it's because there is a treasure here."
"Bigflame, this Black Dragon Spear is already mine! You had best get out of my way!" The Divine Void Crown Prince icily said as he stared at Bigflame.
Bigflame didn't even bother looking at the Divine Void Crown Prince; his burning gaze was locked onto the Black Dragon Spear, his emotions bubbling over with excitement.
When he entered the fourth level his group had searched for lucky chances everywhere. But up until now, they had only picked up some medicinal herbs that weren't too precious as well as several remnant pieces of ancient cultivation methods. These harvests weren't enough to satisfy Bigflame.
It wasn't until he ventured deep into the fourth level that he was attracted by a vast and terrifying aura. Thus, he arrived here only to discover that the Divine Void Third Crown Prince and Duke Fullmoon had already arrived a step early.
"You two should be the ones getting out of my way! That treasures is mine and mine alone!" Bigflame's chubby face stretched as he smiled. Then, he took out a blood red saber from his spatial ring and slashed it out. A great saber light filled the air, covering Duke Fullmoon and the Third Crown Prince.
At the same time, Bigflame launched a movement technique. His round body was unexpectedly fast, as speedy as a bolt of lightning. As Duke Fullmoon and the Third Crown Prince were covered in his saber light, he swooped down to grab the Black Dragon Spear!
His speed was incredibly fast. Just as he was about to step onto the black rock, a vague restless nervousness appeared in his heart – strange, something was wrong here… this treasure… could it really be obtained so easily?
Could the Divine Void Crown Prince have deliberately allowed him to take it!?
At this time, Bigflame suddenly caught sight of something from the corners of his eyes. There, at the wasteland below him, was the withered corpse of someone. This person's face was already mutilated to the point of being indescribable, but what was abundantly clear was that this withered skin bag of bones was new.
This person had just died here!
Bigflame immediately felt that the situation was dire!
As the most favored direct disciple of Heaven Union Divine Kingdom's Divine Sovereign, Bigflame was no fool. He forcefully stopped himself in midair and hastily drew backwards!
In the blink of an eye, Bigflame had returned to his original position. He hadn't alarmed the Black Dragon Spear but his forehead was dripping with a cold sweat. Just now he had taken a trip to the gate of death!
Bigflame sneered, his eyes filling with murderous intent as he looked towards the Divine Void Crown Prince. "Hehe, what a clever plan you had!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince shrugged, "It seems you aren't as dumb as I thought. You were actually able to see through my plans… what a pity!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince didn't care about Bigflame. He just didn't think that Bigflame would find a clue in the crucial moment and escape this calamity.
Bigflame savagely grinned, "What use is there in harming me? You probably couldn't take the dragon spear yourself. On the contrary…"
As Bigflame spoke to here he sensed something and turned around On the far off horizon, there was another swift and fierce aura rapidly approaching!
"How interesting, it seems someone else has arrived!"
Chapter 1701 – Trap
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A horrifying sonic boom rolled through the air. This person was coming at an astonishing speed. At first he was far off in the horizon, but in a mere instant he had arrived within several tens of thousands of feet from the group.
As the Divine Void Crown Prince and Bigflame saw this person, they were both left stunned.
This person was bathed in blood and had killing intent brimming from his head to his toes. Even so, they were able to immediately recognize that this person was Lin Ming!
"Lin Ming! So it was him!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince's complexion was grim and gloomy. He wouldn't bear any contempt towards Lin Ming because of his cultivation. Just because Lin Ming had perfectly passed the Asura level Gate of Laws, this alone caused the Divine Void Crown Prince to feel a deep sense of fear towards him!
"This little beast!"
Duke Fullmoon clenched his jaws. He hated Lin Ming to the extreme.
The Divine Void Crown Prince's thoughts stirred and he immediately recovered Juku's withered corpse from above the black rock.
Bigflame saw this happen from the corner of his eyes. He coldly sneered, "What, you think you can trick Lin Ming just by hiding that corpse? You think he would fall for something like that?"
A strange light flashed in the Divine Void Crown Prince's eyes and he savagely smiled. "This Lin Ming has a great destiny upon his body and entered that planet-sized immortal palace. It's hard to imagine just what rewards he obtained within. Aren't you interested in finding out? If we can draw support from this spear to bring him down, then everything he has will be ours! At that time, even if we can't obtain the Black Dragon Spear, just the treasures on Lin Ming's body will be a great harvest!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince's words caused a greedy light to shine in Bigflame's eyes.
Indeed, the rewards within the planet-sized immortal palace were a mystery. Just what was inside that immortal palace? They couldn't imagine just what the scene inside was even in their dreams.
In the legends, no one had been able to enter that immortal palace for billions of years. But, Lin Ming was able to enter. Just thinking this sent Bigflame reeling in jealousy!
It was definitely a top treasure left behind by the Asura Road Master!
If the reward from the planet-sized immortal palace was some cultivation method jade slip, magic tool, spirit treasure, or something like that, then they could take it for themselves after killing Lin Ming!
If it was a pill then Lin Ming might not have been able to eat it up due to the limits of his cultivation. If so, they could wrest away that also!
Even if it were something like comprehensions or martial intents that they couldn't obtain from Lin Ming's corpse, that didn't matter.
This was because once Lin Ming died, they would be able to obtain all other treasures on his body. With Lin Ming's young age and yet possessing such an abnormal degree of strength, it was highly likely there were many secrets on his body!
Thinking of this, everyone felt their hearts burn with covetousness.
They looked at each other and immediately formed a united front.
As for Duke Fullmoon, he only wished he could loudly applaud the Divine Void Crown Prince's suggestion. Although he didn't have much confidence facing Lin Ming alone, this black spear's evil nature was simply far too outlandish. Duke Fullmoon didn't believe that Lin Ming had the ability to tame this demonic spear. At that time, Lin Ming might end up meeting the same fate as Juku. His flesh and blood would be swallowed up and he would end up as a pile of skin and bones!
Imagining Lin Ming's tragic and horrible death, Duke Fullmoon felt overjoyed!
As for Bigflame and the silver-armored warrior behind him, they were incomparably envious towards this Lin Ming who they had considered nothing but an ant beneath their feet earlier. If they could kill him they would all be happy!
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As this time, Lin Ming also discovered the Divine Void Crown Prince, Bigflame, and the others. In particular, that Duke Fullmoon. This fellow was simply a ghost that wouldn't stop haunting him; Lin Ming had already developed thoughts of killing him.
"Mm? That is…"
Lin Ming's thoughts stirred. His gaze locked onto the black rock behind the Divine Void Crown Prince. On this giant black rock there was a dragon spear, its demonic energy so pure and dense that it caused Lin Ming's pupils to shrink!
"The is the dragon spear that the Black Asura held!"
Lin Ming certainly recalled that within the Gate of Laws and on the blue stone road, the Black Asura had held a dragon spear, one exactly like this dragon spear in front of him!
Lin Ming couldn't confirm whether or not this dragon spear had once been one of the Asura Road Master's weapons. But no matter what he thought about it, out of all the weapons Lin Ming had ever seen in his life, this Black Dragon Spear was the highest ranked one!
For a time, Lin Ming's thoughts blazed for this spear. He earnestly desired this spear!
But Lin Ming didn't immediately do anything. He had also been watching the actions of Duke Fullmoon, the Divine Void Crown Prince, and the others from the corner of his eye.
These people had clearly already discovered the Black Dragon Spear and yet they were wandering around the periphery, just over 10,000 feet away, seemingly without any intentions of taking the spear away. This left Lin Ming with deep suspicions as to what was happening.
He focused his mind, revolving the Asura Heavenly Dao Laws in his heart and overlapping them with what he saw in front of him. To his shock, he discovered that in the gray demonic energy swirling around the Black Dragon Spear, there was a massive number of dead spirits contained within!
These dead spirits possessed a strong vengeful atmosphere and infernal energy. It was clear that they had once been peerless geniuses before their deaths, but after they had been struck down by the Black Dragon Spear, their souls were imprisoned within the demonic energy, forever unable to leave!
This sort of situation was similar to the… Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel!
A light lit up Lin Ming's mind. The Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel could imprison the souls of powerhouses and absorb their will and energy.
And the scene in front of him was simply like the Black Dragon Spear had condensed its own Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel. After swallowing up the blood essence, souls, and force fields left behind by these peerless masters, it had condensed these energies together, creating a near tangible essence that became a powerful attack method of the Black Dragon Spear!
Like how Lin Ming could use the Myriad Demon Karmic Wheel to slay his enemies, the Black Dragon Spear could use this demonic energy it condensed to kill its enemies!
"Could this demonic spear have a mind of its own and have managed to cultivate the Asura Heavenly Dao?"
Realizing this, Lin Ming's thoughts turned cold!
A top grade spirit treasure had its own artifact spirit, and it wasn't strange for an artifact spirit to have its own consciousness. But for this artifact spirit to be able cultivate on its own, that was a bit astonishing. For some reason, Lin Ming felt that the demonic energy around this spear was too heavy; it was far too evil!
This caused Lin Ming to raise his guard. He didn't take another step forwards.
"This brat isn't coming over."
Duke Fullmoon frowned. He didn't think it would be easy to fool Lin Ming but he never imagined that Lin Ming would be cautious to such a degree. With the treasure right in front of him he actually stood several tens of thousands of feet away.
If so, then wanting to borrow the strength of the Black Dragon Spear to kill him would be difficult.
"Haha, why if it isn't Sir Lin!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince suddenly heartily laughed. From tens of thousands of feet away, he cupped his fists together and slightly bowed at Lin Ming.
Lin Ming looked at the Divine Void Crown Prince and sneered, saying, "Do we know each other very well?"
Lin Ming's words weren't polite. In life or death situations within these danger zones, even fellow disciples from the same sect would be plotting against each other, ready to stab each other in the back if necessary. Here, Lin Ming wasn't even on friendly terms with these people and it was likely everyone here wished they could place each other in a deathtrap and seize treasures from the corpses.
In this situation, Lin Ming was disinclined to listen to the long-winded prattling and lies of this Divine Void Crown Prince.
However, the Divine Void Crown Prince seemed to care little about Lin Ming's mocking tone. He smiled and said, "Sir Lin, you seem to have some misunderstanding? People aren't friends at the start, but don't they slowly get to know each other? I have a great deal of admiration towards Sir Lin's talent!"
Lin Ming didn't speak, allowing the Divine Void Crown Prince to say what he wanted.
"Sir Lin, let me be honest with you. I truly desire to be friends with you. Honest people don't need to speak in riddles. We are all intelligent people here. As you know, I am a Crown Prince of the Divine Void Divine Kingdom, but what you may not know is that there are seven people with the title of Crown Prince in the Divine Void Divine Kingdom! Moreover, in the future, this number may even increase! Between the current seven Crown Princes, the competition is already extremely brutal. Although I have some advantages, they aren't too obvious. I very much hope to make friends with some heroes, and if I could win the support of Brother Lin then my future road will surely be far smoother!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince spoke at a moderate pace. His words seemed fair and reasonable and even the way he referred to Lin Ming had changed, becoming 'Brother Lin'.
"And?"
Lin Ming said without any expression. It was impossible to tell whether he believed these words or not.
"Haha! Brother Lin is frank and to the point! I like it! I certainly wouldn't ask Brother Lin to help without offering anything in return. The Divine Void Divine Kingdom has rich resources and I am positive that Brother Lin will find something that interests you. Moreover, even now there is a lucky chance right before us. Brother Lin, aren't you interested in the Black Dragon Spear behind me?"
The Divine Void Crown Prince spoke with a happy smile on his face. Without even thinking about it, it was obvious that a spear master like Lin Ming would be tempted by this Black Dragon Spear.
Lin Ming remained silent.
At this time, Bigflame laughed, "Third Crown Prince, your plan is quite meticulous. Are you planning on obtaining someone's favor with something that even you cannot obtain? If you could have taken that spear then why would you have needed to wait until now!"
The Divine Void Crown Prince still had a smile on his face. "It's true, I cannot take this spear. But, if I had Brother Lin's help in addition to Brother Bigflame's help, then there is a possibility of success!"
"Oh? Then what's your plan?" Bigflame asked.
The Divine Void Crown Prince thought for a moment and then said, "The danger of this spear lies in the demonic energy that covers the spear body. It can turn into a Black Dragon that can swallow the blood and essence energy of a martial artist! But, there is only a single Black Dragon. As long as this Black Dragon can be distracted then one can naturally obtain the spear!
"Now, if our three sides cooperate, we can have two sides block the Black Dragon while the third takes the spear. I know that Brother Lin doesn't believe me, so how about I and Brother Bigflame distract the Black Dragon while Brother Lin takes the spear?"
As the Divine Void Crown Prince spoke, Bigflame's heart skipped a beat. He wanted to object but held himself back.
He didn't know what the Divine Void Crown Prince was planning but he knew that the Divine Void Crown Prince was targeting Lin Ming. If so, then he would certainly join forces with the Crown Prince. However, his only fear was that the Divine Void Crown Prince would also find some way to harm him.
He couldn't help but be vigilant about this.
"Oh?" Lin Ming faintly smiled. The Divine Void Crown Prince's plan was highly advantageous to him. "What is the specific plan for implementing all of this?"
The Divine Void Crown Prince said, "Simple! First we will lure out the Black Dragon! However, this Black Dragon phantom is far too strong. No matter who tries to lure it out they will be in tremendous danger. Thus, the safest method is to use a puppet. Brother Lin comes from the Divine Runic Masters Guild and there are surely many refining masters there, so Brother Lin should have some high-grade puppets, right?"
"I do." Lin Ming nodded.
"Then there's no problem! With these high grade puppets and Brother Lin's famed divine runic symbols, we should be able to keep off the Black Dragon's first attack. Then, we can help stand in front of Brother Lin and lay down a grand array formation to intercept the Black Dragon!"
As the Divine Void Crown Prince spoke he flew towards the Black Dragon Spear and floated on the edge of the black rock. Indeed, the area where he stood would be in front of Lin Ming and also within the path that the Black Dragon would have to take.
However, Bigflame felt weak at heart. For a time, he didn't dare to follow. No matter how he saw it, the position that the Divine Void Crown Prince chose was extremely dangerous!
The Divine Void Crown Prince turned to look at Bigflame, a little smug smile on his face. He said, "Brother Bigflame, do you not dare to come over? A lucky chance is placed right in front of you so why are you timidly dawdling over there?"