The Prodigies War

Chapter 1632: Great Emperor Pass!

As the old wooden boat shuttled through space, Elder Yin remained as quiet as always.

But Lin Xun knew that Elder Yin was definitely not inferior to Mister Miaoxuan, and perhaps might even be more amazing!

This was because he was always able to turn calamities into blessings whenever they encountered dangers along the way, including the residual auras of Emperor cultivators, which could take the life of any Saint.

Could an ordinary person do that?

One day, while Lin Xun was studying and practicing the Great Dao Furnace Art, he noticed that the wooden boat passed through a cemetery-like starry sky area.

The tombs were suspended in the starry sky like meteors, producing an eerie and unfathomable aura. It was as though each one housed ancient gods and demons!

A blood mosquito was resting on one of the tombs. It was at least hundreds of feet long, and its body was as striking red as blood and gave off a sinister coldness.

Its eyes were like a pair of blood-colored lanterns, and it had sixteen wings extended out of its back. Each pair was imprinted with complex, peculiar underworld symbols.

Even a mere glance at it from afar would send a gush of ferocious and blood-curdling aura assaulting the face, as though they exchanged eye contact with a peerless evil god of the world!

It was lying down on one of the tombs with the tip of its straw-like mouth pierced into the tomb. Its sixteen pairs of wings were vibrating as if it was drawing up some sort of power. It was a bizarre sight.

Underworld Son?

Lin Xun’s pupils shrank. He almost couldn’t believe his eyes.

Years ago, in the Upper Nine Realms of the Supreme Realm, Underworld Son, an ancient-era eccentric freak, who had been dormant in the forbidden area of the Underworld River, suddenly awakened and stirred up storms across the world, showing off his superior power and influence.

Lin Xun had exchanged blows with him more than once so he knew very well that his true identity was the eight-winged blood mosquito, an unparalleled evil born in the Underworld River.

Such vicious creatures were raised by nature and possessed unbelievably frightening talents.

Additionally, its life force was incredibly powerful to the point of being almost immortal. Even though Lin Xun had dueled against and killed him several times, Underworld Son still managed to come back to life with the Underworld Emperor Spirit Refining Kettle.

The last time that Lin Xun killed Underworld Son, he was very sure that he had completely pulverized his spirit into nothing. However, Underworld Son’s shreds of flesh and blood were saved by the Underworld Emperor Spirit Refining Kettle again.

At that time, Lin Xun doubted whether he could be resurrected.

Could the tremendous and ferocious blood mosquito before him really be Underworld Son?

By the time Lin Xun wanted to take a closer look, the wooden boat had already passed the Starry Sky Cemetery. He could no longer see the blood mosquito.

Even so, he couldn’t calm his emotions.

Back then, Underworld Son had eight pairs of wings and was a longevity tribulation stage king, while the blood mosquito he saw earlier had sixteen pairs of wings...

If that was Underworld Son, why would he appear here?

“That’s a sixteen-winged underworld blood mosquito. Only an imperial son figure of the underworld would possess such bloodline talent. As far as I know, back in the primeval era, the real body of the Dark Blood Underworld Emperor who also went to the Ancient Nebula Road was also a vicious sixteen-winged underworld blood mosquito.” Elder Yin spoke again from the bow of the wooden boat.

He seemed to sense Lin Xun’s fluctuating emotions.

“Elder, do you know what the blood mosquito was doing just now?” A thought struck Lin Xun.

Elder Yin’s voice showed a rare hint of disgust. “Draw up the remaining blood of the heroic spirits from ancient times for its cultivation and to quicken its transformation. Blood-sucking mosquitoes are hated by everyone.”

Lin Xun couldn’t help but feel nauseous. Corpses from countless years ago were buried in the Starry Sky Cemetery.

The fact that the underworld blood mosquito used the remains of heroic spirits from the past to improve its cultivation naturally made anyone feel revolted.

After the time it took to burn an incense stick.

The old wooden boat abruptly stopped in the nothingness, and Elder Yin’s voice sounded, “We have arrived at the Great Emperor Pass.”

Lin Xun raised his head.

In the far distance, a black line stretched up and across the sky and the earth like it was infinite. It was so huge that no one could see how high or far it extended.

But if one looked carefully, one would know that it was a great wall that winded up and down the world. It was frighteningly magnificent and towering, reaching as far as the sky!

Just looking at it from afar would make one feel tiny and insignificant because the city was too vast. Stars were rotating around it as if it had been standing since eternity.

Grand!

Magnificent!

Towering!

Even stars were rotating around the city. How tremendous must it be?

“This city is built by a group of Emperors from stars collected outside the territory. It stretches across the sky and the earth like an everlasting barrier to defend against enemies.” Elder Yin’s hoarse voice quivered with emotions. “The number one heavenly barrier of Ancient Wasteland Domain that blocks all Emperors is not just empty words!”

Lin Xun’s heart churned in his chest. Since ancient times, the city had been standing like a heavenly barrier, blocking all enemies from invading!

Then, did that mean beyond the city wall were the other eight domains?

“You can go.” Elder Yin said aloud. “When you want to return, just ask Mister Shen to give you a ride.”

Lin Xun snapped out of the state of amazement and bowed respectfully. “Thank you, Elder, for taking care of me all the way.”

Elder Yin gave a slight nod before he flicked his sleeve. An invisible mighty power spread outwards from him and carried Lin Xun off the wooden boat.

By the time that Lin Xun came back to his senses, he was already standing before the Great Emperor Pass. He looked back and saw that Elder Yin had already disappeared.

He shook his head and did not think about it any more. He walked forward. The closer he got to the city, the more insignificant he felt, like an ant looking up at the sky. The difference between them was too great!

Moreover, the closer he got, the stronger the oppressive aura he felt. Even his spirit started to tremble. It was as if many Emperor-level beings were standing on the Great Emperor Pass and watching over the world.

The city was truly too grand and majestic. As he got closer, he was presented with dramatic views that resembled the dawn of heaven and the beginning of the world. Mist of chaos swirled around, and stars surrounded the magnificent city.

Lin Xun surveyed the surroundings and immediately realized that the city was shrouded in supreme prohibitions and saturated with the aura of the Emperor Stage!

This was the Great Emperor Pass that had been standing throughout all ages and acting as the frontline!

“Hey! Kid, who sent you here? Ridiculous, do you want to die?” A thunder-like roar boomed out from the towering city wall.

Boom!

The next moment, wind raged and thunder rumbled, and the air became chaotic.

Not far from Lin Xun, a man clad in armor suddenly appeared. He sported a scruffy beard and unkempt hair, and wore a resolute expression. He had a terrifying, iron-willed aura around him.

Great dao light surged around him like torrents of waterfall. Even though he was just standing there casually, his presence was enough to make Lin Xun’s breathing become labored. He felt tiny and insignificant like he was facing an imposing mountain.

The man was a quasi-Emperor who had fought for years on the battlefield!

Lin Xun knew right away and immediately bowed respectfully. “Elder, I am Lin Xun, greetings.”

The resolute middle-aged man’s eyes were as illuminating as the brightest divine swords. He swept a glance over Lin Xun. “I am Shun Ji, the gatekeeper of this city. Kid, tell me who sent you here. This is the Frontline Battlefield. Didn’t the elders of your family tell you that you are just throwing away your life to come here with your level of cultivation?”

Shun Ji’s words were very blunt.

Lin Xun gave a cupped fist salute. “I came here with the help of the Divine Apparatus Pavilion. My purpose of coming here is to talk to Mister Shen about a certain matter. Elder, please let me through.”

Shen Ji’s expression eased a lot when he heard the words ‘Divine Apparatus Pavilion.’ But then he looked surprised. “What matters could bring a junior all the way here? Are you not afraid of something unexpected happening?”

Without waiting for Lin Xun to answer him, he shook his head and said aloud, “Fine, since you arrived safely, please follow me into the city first. Mister Shen is not here right now. He is formulating strategies to defend against the enemy in another stronghold.”

As Shun Ji said that, he waved his sleeve, soared into the air with Lin Xun and then vanished from the spot.

The next moment, the two reappeared on the Great Emperor Pass.

Here, the city wall was just as unimaginably vast and boundless. Huge star debris and meteorites hovered in different areas like huge floating islands.

Shua!

The moment Lin Xun appeared, waves after waves of unparalleled terrifying spirit power swept over him. He instantly stiffened with fear, chills running down his spine.

Undoubtedly, it was from an expert stationed on the Great Emperor Pass!

“How do you feel?” Shun Ji teased, a grin spreading across his masculine face. “Everyone stationed here is at least at the Saint-King Stage.”

Lin Xun looked stupefied. “The Great Emperor Pass indeed lives up to its name.”

“Did you hear that? The little guy already knows how powerful the frontline is. You are going to frighten him if you keep this up.” Shun Ji laughed.

All of a sudden, the waves of terrifying intents that were scanning Lin Xun faded away like a tide, and he immediately felt a great weight off him.

The feeling of so many terrifying gazes locked on him was not pleasant at all.

“Let’s go, I will first take you to Mister Shen’s residence.”

Shun Ji drifted to the ground and led the way for Lin Xun. A strip of golden light illuminated the path ahead as he moved forward with incredible speed.

Along the way, Lin Xun noticed figures sitting cross-legged on the huge floating star debris, silent and still. Their eyebrow hair, beards, and hair hung down their bodies like waterfalls, and a blanket of dust had covered them. It was unknown how many years they had been meditating.

“That…”

Suddenly, Lin Xun opened his eyes wide and saw something. A fiery red bird opened its mouth and sucked in an entire star. Its clear pleasant cry rang out.

Not long after that, Lin Xun was astonished once again when he saw a dwarf-like old man proudly dragging a thousand-foot-tall body through the air.

The dwarf old man shouted as he flew across the air. “Look, everyone, look, this is today’s harvest–a quasi-emperor of the Brute Blood Giant Clan!”

Lin Xun was struck dumb. The dwarf old man slaughtered a quasi-Emperor like it was nothing.

Shun Ji snorted. “Ignore that old guy. He has been in the Great Emperor Pass for seven thousand years and has only killed fewer than thirty quasi-Emperor enemies. He is so damn weak.”

Lin Xun was speechless. Someone who could kill a quasi-Emperor was actually described as damn weak...

Suddenly, a mournful cry sounded and dense fog formed out of nowhere in the distant area, flashing endlessly with snow-white lightning.

Faintly, a slender white figure loomed within the thick fog of lightning like a ghost.