“Fight now? Fine, I’d like to see how you’ll break into the top twenty!” Emperor Xingwu’s face broke into a smile.
“Emperor Xingwu, since you’re so certain I can’t reach the top twenty, why not make a bet?” Lin Yun said with a grin.
Emperor Xingwu was momentarily stunned.
His earlier provocation was merely to stir the pot, as the bet to reach the top twenty was between Lin Yun and Empress Kunlan. Now, being pulled into a bet himself was a different matter.
For a moment, Emperor Xingwu hesitated.
Though he believed Lin Yun lacked the ability to break into the top twenty of the Heavenly God List, he had lost too many times betting against Lin Yun, never winning once. He had sworn never to bet on Lin Yun’s fights again.
The master of Xiaoyao Tower leaned back in his chair, “Xingwu, you’ve lost plenty of resources betting on Lin Yun’s fights before. This is a great chance to win it all back, no?”
“Master, mind your own business. This has nothing to do with you!” Xingwu shot an irritated glance at the Xiaoyao Tower master.
Clearly, Emperor Xingwu had grown cautious, genuinely unwilling to take the bet.
Lin Yun kept his smile, “Emperor Xingwu, my bet with Empress Kunlan is about reaching the top twenty. Since you’re not up for it, how about we make a different bet?”
“Oh? What’s your proposal?” Emperor Xingwu crossed his arms.
“Let’s bet on whether I can reach the top fifteen, but the stakes will need to be higher,” Lin Yun’s smile grew even wider.
“What? Top fifteen!?”
The moment Lin Yun spoke, the crowd erupted, gasps and exclamations filling the air.
Top fifteen? What a joke!
The Heavenly God List’s fifteenth rank was a major threshold.
Those ranked fifteenth and above were all ruler realm powerhouses!
Ranks sixteen to twenty, though exceptional among Third Order Mahayana Realm eternals, were still within the Mahayana realm.
Challenging the top fifteen meant challenging ruler realm experts!
These top fifteen powerhouses weren’t just ruler realm; they had been honed over tens of thousands of years.
The gap between Mahayana realm and ruler realm was vast.
How long had Lin Yun been an eternal? Yet he dared to challenge ruler realm experts?
Lin Yun aiming to defeat a ruler realm expert? In the Heavenly God Palace, that was pure fantasy!
The gap between Mahayana realm and ruler realm was already immense, and to defeat even a First Order ruler realm expert, one would need strength far surpassing theirs.
“What’s this guy thinking!”
The sect master of Taigu Gate, the owner of Taixu Tavern, Emperor Tianqian, and other big shots could no longer stay calm.
“Mo Qing, what’s your partner Lin Yun up to, daring to talk about breaking into the top fifteen?” The master of Shadow Hall looked at Mo Qing.
They all thought this guy must be insane!
No sane person would say something so outrageous.
“This…” Mo Qing was also stunned. Lin Yun’s goal of reaching the top fifteen shocked even her.
After a moment’s thought, Mo Qing said, “Perhaps… he has some confidence.”
Rationally, it sounded impossible!
But since meeting Lin Yun and teaming up with him for their first mission, Mo Qing had witnessed him create miracles. At Heavenly Sword Sect, he repeatedly turned the impossible into possible, defying everyone’s expectations.
Based on this, no matter what goal Lin Yun set, she believed he had some basis for it.
At Empress Kunlan’s location.
“Top fifteen? What’s this guy playing at!” Empress Kunlan’s gaze at Lin Yun was filled with shock and utter disbelief.
She couldn’t fathom how he had the confidence to say such grandiose things in front of so many eternals!
What gave him the right to challenge ruler realm experts?
Lin Yun raising the goal to the top twenty had already seemed absurd to her. Now, claiming the top fifteen was sheer madness!
“This guy dares to say anything. Top fifteen? Utterly ridiculous!” An eternal beside Empress Kunlan sneered.
…
At Fire Cloud Emperor’s location.
“Lin Yun wants to challenge the top fifteen? He… he…”
Dongguo Ying, Dongguo Wuji, and other eternals of the Xingwu Empire were completely dumbfounded, unable to comprehend or imagine it.
Even Fire Cloud Emperor, previously calm and composed, now showed a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
Lin Yun aiming for the top fifteen? Even Fire Cloud Emperor was somewhat shocked.
Lin Yun’s daughter and close friends were equally astonished. To them, the top fifteen of the Heavenly God List was an unimaginable concept!
In the front row of the audience.
“If Lin Yun aims for the top fifteen, this will be worth watching,” Deputy Palace Master Yao stroked his beard.
Yao knew that if Lin Yun challenged the top fifteen, it would test whether he truly had the strength to slay a Seventh Order realm heavenly demon.
At Emperor Xingwu’s location.
After hearing Lin Yun’s words, Emperor Xingwu paused, then burst into laughter, as if he’d heard the greatest joke.
“You dare claim you’ll reach the top fifteen? Haha, interesting, Lin Yun. You really don’t know your limits. The top fifteen are ruler realm experts. Where do you get the nerve to say such things? Aren’t you afraid of being laughed at by the eternals of the Heavenly God Palace?” Emperor Xingwu laughed.
If Lin Yun’s goal of reaching the top twenty had made Xingwu cautious, his claim of reaching the top fifteen convinced Xingwu he was absolutely bluffing!
Because it was simply impossible!
“Anyone can brag. Since he’s made such a bold claim, let’s see how he follows through!”
“Yeah, let’s see how he handles this!”
…
The eternals in the crowd voiced their skepticism.
On the stage.
“Emperor Xingwu, do I look like I’m joking? All Your Majesty needs to say is whether you dare to take this bet,” Lin Yun said with a smile.
“Haha, why wouldn’t I dare? Name your stakes!” Emperor Xingwu laughed.
“One thousand holy spirit weapons, how about that?” Lin Yun smiled.
“One thousand holy spirit weapons?” Emperor Xingwu was taken aback.
Holy spirit weapons were typically used by tribulation realm cultivators. Even Mahayana realm cultivators rarely possessed them due to their rarity and value.
To suddenly produce so many holy spirit weapons was no small matter for Emperor Xingwu. His empire’s treasury held only slightly over a thousand such weapons.
