While the Continental Spirit Controller Grand Competition was underway, across the vast sea, a large ship sped rapidly toward the land of Yangzhou, cutting through the forbidden maritime zone.
“We’ve arrived! After two years, we’ve finally made it!”
Gazing at the boundless continent ahead, a burly young man with a tiger-like back and broad, imposing features grew excited. Unconsciously, a fierce aura filled his body.
The group beside him also sighed with a thousand emotions.
“Even Martial Emperors can pass through the forbidden zone, but even for a Martial Emperor, surviving a sea filled with all kinds of restrictions and dangers is extremely difficult,” said one person dressed in luxurious, formal robes, still shaken.
“Crossing the forbidden sea is truly nine deaths and one life!” remarked a young man in green clothes.
“The Buddha sea is boundless, the forbidden sea has no shore!” sighed a Buddhist cultivator, bloodstains still visible on his body.
“I wonder how Senior Brother Zhan Lan and Junior Brother Chen Long are doing…” a young man in brown clothes said with worry.
“I don’t know how Lin Xiao is now. Two years have passed. He should be participating in the Spirit Controller Grand Competition, right?” A beautiful woman in a purple skirt gazed into the distance with anticipation in her lovely eyes.
“I wonder how my cousin is doing…” another woman in pale grass-green robes also sighed, her gaze looking far away.
…
On the massive ship, only nine people remained standing. On the young, handsome or beautiful faces of these nine, there was a trace of vicissitude and maturity.
Clearly, during this journey, each of them had experienced countless hardships, countless life-and-death crises, and had grown tremendously.
These nine were none other than Ling Hu, Zi Ling, Zi An of the Zi family’s Purple Lantern bloodline, Sheng Li, Gunlong Sect genius Lu Chuyou, Buddhist genius Huyan Ziru, Qu family genius Qu Yuan, Li Luochou’s cousin Li Luo from the Li family, and Ji Shengchong from the Baichuan Sea Merchant Association.
Ever since Lin Xiao entered the cross-domain teleportation array and the crisis of the Attacking Emperor Alliance was resolved, clarifying the situation in the Southeast Domain, Ling Hu and Zi Ling had begun preparing to head to the Central Continent.
They gathered the geniuses who had attended the Southeast Domain meeting, along with the top geniuses from other non-Attacking Emperor Alliance forces in the Southeast Domain, to cross the sea together.
In fact, from various directions, dozens or even hundreds of geniuses had set out.
But the restrictions and dangers at sea were endless. Along their path, only these eight remained.
Some had fallen, some had gone missing, some were still trapped in various forbidden lands or crisis zones, some were still drifting in other corners of the sea, and some had been captured alive by sea beasts…
In short, they had fought with all their strength to preserve their lives. After two full years, they finally succeeded in crossing the sea.
Of course, after countless life-and-death trials, the strength of the group had advanced dramatically.
The more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunities. Each of them had obtained all sorts of fortunes.
This was a breakthrough they had never achieved before.
“I wonder if that guy Lin Xiao has broken through to the Martial Emperor realm?”
“Breaking through to Martial Emperor is truly too difficult. If we hadn’t gone through so many tribulations, we might not have stepped into Martial Emperor even now. But with Lin Xiao’s talent, two years is enough to have hope of reaching Martial Emperor.”
“Back then he was only at sixth-layer Martial Lord, and he was rushing around preparing for the Spirit Controller Grand Competition. He must have put all his energy into spiritual power. Breaking through to Martial Emperor is not necessarily guaranteed.”
“That guy never slacks off on vital force cultivation, does he?”
“That’s true. But even if he breaks through to Martial Emperor, it would only be the very beginning. Meanwhile, we’re all mid-stage Martial Emperors, and a few have reached high-stage Martial Emperor. If that guy sees us, what kind of expression will he make? He’ll definitely jump in shock, right?”
“He’ll definitely regret not coming by sea!”
“Let’s go find out if there’s any news about him first. I always feel that Lin Xiao won’t stay quiet for long.”…
The group discussed animatedly as they steered the ship swiftly toward the continent, their faces full of anticipation.
Now that they had arrived, they could already sense the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth. They were all filled with excitement about what the true Central Continent would be like. Their current achievements had far surpassed the older generation of the Southeast Domain. In this region, they were ready to charge toward even higher realms and carve out their own era…
…
Inside the Ten Thousand Li Lake of Spirit Pool Island.
On Battle Platform No. 10 of the central battlefield island among the nine islands.
After long inner hesitation and struggle, Tang Dun finally chose to step onto the stage.
Although he was also worried that his injuries had not recovered and his chances of winning were not great, the temptation of a high ranking was simply too strong. He had no choice but to take the risk.
After stepping onto the platform, Tang Dun cupped his hands toward Lin Xiao and spoke politely, “Little brother Mu Haoran, please!”
“Hmph!” At that moment, Lin Xiao said nothing. Apart from his War God main spirit, he directly unleashed his strongest spiritual power.
If he had not intimidated Tang Dun earlier, the other party would never have been so courteous.
His current spiritual power cultivation was just a thread away from breaking through to seventh-grade primary spiritual power realm.
Even without using his main spirit to attack, it was already overwhelmingly powerful. He was probably not far from sweeping aside mid-grade seventh-level spirit controllers.
Dealing with an injured Tang Dun should still be sufficient.
“So strong?” Seeing a fierce spiritual beast spirit form charging straight at him, Tang Dun was startled and hurriedly summoned his own giant sword main spirit.
The peerless giant sword main spirit was more than thirty percent solidified, surging with terrifying spiritual power fluctuations as it blocked Lin Xiao’s spiritual beast spirit form.
“Boom!”…
A deafening roar erupted. Both spirit forms shattered apart, turning into overwhelming waves, most of which surged toward Tang Dun.
Tang Dun’s entire body was blasted straight off the battle platform. After staggering a few steps upon landing, he barely managed to stop himself. A mouthful of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
“So powerful?” Yu Ge nearby was shocked, secretly letting out a breath of relief. Fortunately, he had not gone up. Otherwise, the one flying backward now would have been him.
At the same time, he silently thought Tang Dun was lucky. If Mu Haoran had used that skeletal palm, Tang Dun would definitely have been seriously injured.
“Yu Ge, do you still wish to challenge Mu Haoran?” At that moment, the referee’s voice rang out.
“I forfeit!” Yu Ge replied directly. Since Tang Dun had been blasted away in one strike, if he went up, the result would be the same.
In this Spirit Controller Grand Competition, he could only go this far.
“Second group, Mu Haoran advances!” the referee announced immediately, then looked toward Yan Huashu and asked, “Yan Huashu, do you wish to challenge the winner of the other group, Zhao Chengmin?”
“Of course!”
Yan Huashu leaped onto the battle platform with full confidence.
The reason he did not choose to clash head-on with Mu Haoran again was precisely to challenge Zhao Chengmin.
Since Fei Mo was already dead and only he remained to challenge, defeating Zhao Chengmin would allow him to advance directly.
“Hmph, you really think I’m that easy to defeat!” Seeing the other party’s certain-victory expression, Zhao Chengmin’s face darkened. With a cold snort, he too leaped onto the battle platform.
