169: Chapter 169 Chu Xiao, you're going to die!

Hiss~!

For a moment, gasps of cold air rose and fell!

Most of the people present, no matter how high their cultivation or how respected their status,

now had faces filled with terror!

Too terrifying!

This was just the entrance!

Just a wisp of leaked mist

could instantly kill a Peak Soul Transformation Prodigy!

What terrifying murderous intent was hidden beneath this Abyss of Buried Immortals?!

For a moment, the entire entrance fell into silence.

Many among them subconsciously took two steps back!

It seemed as if being a few steps further away would make their situation safer.

But despite this, there were still those who were bold and unafraid of death.

An Elder from the Tiantong Holy Land had a fiery temper.

Looking at the dead black mist before him, a flicker of impatience crossed his eyes.

"Damn it! Who are you trying to scare?"

"A bunch of cowards!"

"Mere Death Qi dares to block the path of my Tiantong Holy Land?"

His name was Elder Sun Lie, a Late Stage Void Realm Grand Cultivator, highly respected in the Tiantong Holy Land, and known for his domineering nature.

He watched the people from the Taiyi Imperial Dynasty and Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land cower, and his disdain grew.

What Hidden Dragon Ranking Prodigies? They were all flowers in a greenhouse!

"Watch as this old man uses True Solar Flame to burn this defiled place clean!"

Elder Sun Lie roared, and the Spiritual Qi within him erupted!

A dazzling golden sun slowly rose behind him.

The terrifying high temperature instantly distorted the air.

"Go!"

He pointed a finger, and the golden sun transformed into a fiery stream capable of incinerating the heavens and boiling the seas.

It roared as it charged towards the black mist at the abyss entrance!

This display secretly shocked many Cultivators.

As expected of an Elder from the Tiantong Holy Land, the power of this True Solar Flame was enough to easily burn a Cultivator of the same rank to death!

However, just as the golden fire stream was about to touch the black mist,

something unexpected happened.

In that pitch-black Void Realm, a grey line flashed across without warning.

That light had no aura...

No pressure, like an illusion.

But wherever it passed,

that invincible golden sun, along with the fire stream that could incinerate the heavens and boil the seas, instantly vanished.

As if it had never appeared.

Immediately after, that grey light line landed on Elder Elder Sun Lie.

The pride and arrogance on Elder Sun Lie's face instantly froze.

His body, from head to toe, began to disintegrate inch by inch.

And behind him, the dozens of Disciples also wearing Tiantong Holy Land attire suffered the same fate.

One breath.

In just one breath of time,

a top-tier Grand Cultivator of the Late Stage Void Realm, along with dozens of elite Disciples behind him,

just vanished into thin air.

Immortal Burying Divine Light!

Instantly, everyone understood what that grey light line was!

It was one of the most terrifying killing moves in the ancient killing Formation!

It could even be said to be unsolvable!!

Because that light represented the power of Law!

Hiss~!

Now, the entire place was dead silent!

Everyone was stunned, staring blankly at where Elder Elder Sun Lie had stood.

And there was now... nothing.

In an instant, everyone felt their scalps tingle, and their entire bodies turned cold!

Another one died?!

And this time, it was a renowned Late Stage Void Realm Grand Cultivator!

His entire Sect's team was wiped out!

Was this Abyss of Buried Immortals really a place of Opportunity?

This damn place...

It was a peerless death zone that devoured people whole, leaving no bones behind, right?

"Retreat! Quickly retreat!"

Someone shouted, instantly igniting panic throughout the crowd.

Cultivators from some small and medium-sized forces had their Dao Hearts collapse on the spot, turning around and fleeing without looking back.

Their speed was so fast, they vanished in an instant!

Clearly, they no longer dared to harbor any covetous desires.

They just wanted to leave this cursed place as soon as possible!

While the teams from the top forces did not flee, everyone's expressions were extremely grim.

On the nine golden warships of the Taiyi Imperial Dynasty,

Ying Wudao stood with his hands behind his back, his brows tightly furrowed.

The Imperial Dragon Qi around him violently churned.

As if giving a warning.

"Your Highness, this place is too strange. The ancient killing Formation is integrated with the shattered space, leaving no trace. Forcing our way in is suicide!"

A Dragon Guard Commander reported, his face pale.

Ying Wudao said nothing, but the solemnity in his eyes deepened.

He prided himself on being a born emperor.

Yet, before this ancient killing Formation, which represented the mighty power of heaven and earth, he still felt insignificant.

On the other side, Xiao Fanchen of Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land

already had his hand on the Dragon Slaying Sword behind his back.

His entire body's Sword Intent was raised to its Peak, and in his eyes, countless sword lights seemed to be born and extinguished.

He tried to see through the flaws in this Void Realm.

However, all he saw was Chaos.

No life gate, no array core, dead ends everywhere!

"What a terrifying killing Formation..."

He murmured, feeling a chill down his spine.

As a Sword Cultivator, if he couldn't even find a target for his sword, what else could he do?

Even the most mysterious Yaochi Saintess, Luo Qingxian, shrouded in mist,

was silent at this moment.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with confusion.

The entrance was right before them.

The legendary Immortal Emperor Legacy was below.

But this short hundred-zhang distance had become an insurmountable chasm!

Just as all the top Prodigies in the Central Plains were helpless

and falling into despair,

in a hidden mountain hollow in the distance,

Lin Feng took it all in.

A look of disdain instantly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Boss... boss..."

Man Niu's face turned pale with fright, his teeth chattering: "That kid, and that... that old man, just vanished with a 'poof'! This place is too wicked!"

"Let's... let's go back?"

Shi Potian, standing beside him, feigned composure, but his fingers trembled slightly uncontrollably.

He was an Artifact Refining fanatic.

He believed he understood various energies and Laws.

But that Immortal Burying Divine Light just now

completely exceeded his scope of understanding.

"That's pure Law power... Any Magic Treasure, any Divine Ability, is meaningless before it!"

Thinking of this, Shi Potian said in a dry voice.

Leng Yuexin didn't speak, but her face was the most unsightly.

She was proficient in Formations and considered her Formation skills extraordinary.

However, the scene before her truly overturned all her understanding of Formations.

This was not a Formation at all; it was more like a shattered world!

Looking at his three future magnates, who were scared out of their wits,

Lin Feng sneered inwardly.

But a mysterious smile appeared on his face.

"A bunch of idiots."

He spoke lightly, his voice carrying a sense of superiority as he looked down upon all living beings.

"Boss, you..."

Man Niu and the other two looked at him, puzzled.

"I said they are idiots."

Lin Feng pointed at the frowning Prodigies in the distance, his tone contemptuous.

"The space here was shattered in ancient times."

"The so-called Restrictions have long merged with countless spatial cracks, and there is no fixed path. They want to enter using conventional Formation-breaking methods, which is nothing short of a fool's dream."

"But for me, it's no problem at all."

The next moment, Lin Feng's gaze fell on an inconspicuous grey rock at the entrance.

That stone was unremarkable, mixed in with a pile of rubble.

No one would give it a second glance.

But in Lin Feng's memory...

Beneath that rock lay the only safe path to the inner reaches of the abyss!

A secret only he knew!

"Chu Xiao, oh Chu Xiao..."

Lin Feng sneered in his heart: "In my previous life, you were always so calm and collected, as if everything was under your control. This life, it's my turn!"

"While these people are still aimlessly circling outside, I've already taken the greatest Opportunity!"

"When you arrive, all you'll see is my retreating figure!"

Thinking of this, a thrill of revenge surged within him!

"Let's go."

Lin Feng smiled faintly at his three teammates, who were already dumbfounded.

"Let them waste time here. We'll go get the real Opportunity."

With that, he no longer hid his figure, and simply walked out of the mountain hollow in a grand manner.

He walked straight towards the abyss entrance, which everyone regarded as a forbidden zone.

"Boss!"

"Master!"

Man Niu and the other two were greatly alarmed, subconsciously reaching out to pull him back.

That was a death forbidden zone!

They had personally witnessed how a Late Stage Void Realm Grand Cultivator had died just now!

However, Lin Feng's steps did not falter in the slightest.

"Follow my footprints, don't step wrong even once."

His confident voice came through.

As if carrying a strange magic.

The three exchanged glances, seeing struggle in each other's eyes.

But in the end, their trust in Lin Feng's god-like methods

overcame their fear of death.

They gritted their teeth, their hearts pounding.

They cautiously followed behind Lin Feng, stepping on every footprint he left.

In the square, the various major forces who were vigorously discussing countermeasures

did not notice this inconspicuous small team.

Everyone's attention

was focused on how to break through that terrifying black mist of death.

And Lin Feng, with his three teammates, right under everyone's noses,

walked out a strange path.

They quickly arrived before that inconspicuous grey rock.

"Boss, what... what are you doing?"

Man Niu looked at the broken stone before him, his face full of confusion.

Lin Feng did not answer, merely saying lightly: "Ancient killing Formations emphasize the reversal of Yin and Yang, and the interdependence of life and death."

"The safer a place appears, the more it is a death trap."

"And within this death zone, precisely lies the only life gate."

These profound words left Man Niu and the other two utterly bewildered.

But they were impressed despite not understanding, and the admiration in their eyes grew even stronger.

Lin Feng reached out and tapped the rough grey rock

three times, not too lightly, not too heavily.

Dong. Dong. Dong.

Three soft taps, inconspicuous at the silent entrance.

However, the next second!

Rumble...

The entire ground began to tremble slightly!

Under the utterly shocked gazes of Man Niu and the other two,

that grey rock actually slowly sank downwards!

An incredibly massive path appeared before them!

At the same time, an ancient Spiritual Qi, completely different from the Death Qi outside,

rushed out from within.

This Spiritual Qi made the three of them tremble.

They felt every pore open up.

A life gate!

This really was a life gate!

Shi Potian and Leng Yuexin looked at Lin Feng's back.

Their eyes had turned to worship, even fanaticism!

Prophecy! Divine foresight!

In this world, what else was there that this master didn't know?

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Lin Feng turned around and looked at his three team members, who were now completely won over.

A faint smile appeared on his face.

This effect was exactly what he wanted!

He wanted to forge himself into an omnipotent god in their hearts!

"Let's go."

Lin Feng's smile became meaningful.

He took one last look at the prodigies in the distance who were still arguing incessantly.

A trace of pity flashed in his eyes.

"Let them play slowly here."

"The Immortal Emperor's Legacy, the Heart of the World... they are all waiting for us!"

As his voice fell, he stepped onto the stone steps without hesitation.

His figure instantly vanished into the darkness.

The massive space stretched straight ahead, as if it had no end.

It was pitch black all around, so dark one couldn't see their own hand in front of their face.

Only certain plants emitted a faint glow, barely illuminating the path ahead.

"Boss, it's so quiet in here, it's a bit scary."

Man Niu followed closely behind Lin Feng, speaking in a weak voice.

He was naturally born with Divine Power and was usually quite brave.

But in this deathly silent environment, he couldn't help but feel his skin crawl.

Lin Feng, walking at the very front, gave a light chuckle.

"That's because silence represents danger."

No sooner had he spoken.

A strange, blood-colored flower not far ahead quietly bloomed.

The flower was breathtakingly beautiful.

Each petal seemed to be condensed from fresh blood, emitting an alluring fragrance.

"Wow! What a beautiful flower!"

Man Niu's eyes lit up, and he instinctively reached out to pluck it.

"Don't move!"

Lin Feng's voice rang out instantly.

Man Niu's extended hand froze in mid-air.

He looked at Lin Feng in confusion: "Boss, what's wrong?"

Lin Feng glanced at the flower and then shook his head: "That is the Immortal-Eating Flower, a type of ancient demonic flower."

"If a Cultivator takes even one breath of its pollen, they will fall into an illusion and proactively offer their flesh, blood, and Divine Soul as nourishment for it."

"If you dared to touch it, within three breaths, you would turn into a dried corpse."

Boom!

At these words, Man Niu's face turned pale with fright.

He jerked his hand back, cold sweat breaking out all over his body.

Beside him, Shi Potian and Leng Yuexin were also deeply shaken.

The way they looked at that beautiful flower.

Instantly filled with terror.

They hadn't sensed the slightest hint of danger from that flower at all!

If not for their master's warning, they would likely have...

Lin Feng seemed to see through their thoughts. He casually picked up a pebble from the ground and flicked it with his finger.

Whoosh!

The pebble cut through the air and landed on a petal of the Immortal-Eating Flower.

*Sizzle~*

A soft sound.

The hard stone turned into a puddle of black water the moment it touched the petal.

Not even a wisp of smoke rose from it.

Hiss~!

The three of them sucked in a breath of cold air simultaneously, feeling their scalps tingle and their backs go cold!

Too terrifying!

If this touched a person, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The three of them looked at Lin Feng's back, the reverence in their eyes.

It had already climbed to the extreme.

Lin Feng, however, didn't care at all and continued walking forward.

"Keep close. Once you get separated, no one can save you!"

Soon, they arrived at another open space.

The space was empty all around and looked perfectly safe.

But Lin Feng stopped his footsteps once again.

He pointed at a patch of smooth ground ahead and spoke indifferently.

"An ancient gravity formation has been laid here."

"Take one wrong step, and ten thousand times gravity will descend upon you. Even a Void Returning stage expert would be instantly crushed into a puddle of meat."

Hearing Lin Feng's description, the faces of Man Niu and the others turned pale once more.

They carefully bypassed that area, not even daring to breathe loudly.

They walked through the empty space.

But the road ahead became increasingly cold and gloomy.

A chill invaded from all directions.

As if it wanted to freeze even one's Divine Soul.

"Master, here..."

Leng Yuexin, who was proficient in Formations, knitted her beautiful brows.

She sensed a faint, indistinct spatial fluctuation.

But she was unable to lock onto its position.

"They are invisible spatial rifts."

Lin Feng's footsteps didn't pause in the slightest as he walked.

He gave directions as if taking a stroll in a courtyard.

"Three steps to the left, there is one there."

"To the front right, there is an even larger one that can silently slice an Immortal Artifact in half."

As he spoke, he led the three of them, walking slowly!

Each time, they brushed past that invisible death.

Shi Potian looked at Lin Feng's back.

A massive wave of shock had already risen in his heart.

As an Artifact Refiner, he knew very well the terror of spatial rifts.

Those were the things most dreaded when refining storage Magic Treasures.

But this master before him...

Could actually see these invisible killing intents clearly with the naked eye!

He was simply a god!

A true god!

On the subsequent journey, all sorts of inconceivable traps emerged one after another.

Silent specters that specialized in devouring Divine Souls.

Illusion arrays that could trigger Heart Demons and make people kill each other.

Ancient Sword Qi hidden beneath the ground, ready to trigger at a touch...

But under Lin Feng's leadership, they perfectly avoided every single one without any danger.

Lin Feng would occasionally have them stop.

Waiting for the killing intent to pass by.

He would occasionally point at a seemingly ordinary wall and describe the horror hidden behind it.

Every prediction was accurate to a hair-raising degree!

Gradually, Shi Potian and the other two had turned from their initial shock to numbness.

In their hearts...

Lin Feng's image was already equated with an omnipotent deity.

As long as they followed their master, there was no place they couldn't go!

As long as they followed their master, there was no Opportunity they couldn't obtain!

Just then, Lin Feng stopped his footsteps again.

He looked at a skeleton sitting against the wall at the corner ahead, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

That skeleton had been dead for an unknown number of years, and all traces of aura had long since vanished from its body.

But in Lin Feng's eyes, he saw something different.

He walked straight over, and under the puzzled gazes of the three team members, from the skeleton's withered finger.

He gently removed a Storage Ring.

*Crack.*

The moment the ring left the hand, the skeleton instantly turned into a pile of ashes and scattered with the wind.

Lin Feng didn't even look at the ring.

He casually tossed it to Man Niu behind him.

"Catch."

"Ah? Boss, is this for me?"

Man Niu scrambled to catch the ring, a look of being overwhelmed by the favor on his face.

"This person was an ancient Body Cultivator expert when they were alive."

Lin Feng said indifferently: "Inside the ring are his lifelong cultivation insights and a trump card Body Refining Divine Ability, the 'Indestructible Golden Body'."

"Combined with the 'Barbarian God Tyrant Body Art' I gave you, it's enough to double your physical strength again in a short period of time."

Boom!

Upon hearing this, Man Niu felt a surge of hot blood rush to his head!

Indestructible Golden Body!

An ancient expert's trump card Divine Ability!

This... such an Opportunity, his master actually just gave it to him?

Unprecedented excitement and gratitude welled up in his heart.

"Thud!"

Man Niu completely couldn't contain his excitement.

His knees went weak, and he instantly knelt before Lin Feng, saying excitedly: "Boss! I... I don't know what to say!"

"From now on, my life is yours! Whatever you tell me to do, I'll do! Even if it's death, I won't even blink!"

Shi Potian and Leng Yuexin watched this scene, their eyes full of envy.

But even more so, they were filled with admiration for Lin Feng!

To be able to casually bestow such an ancient Opportunity on a subordinate!

What kind of breadth of mind and charisma was this!

Following such a master, why worry about not achieving great things?!

The fanatical looks of worship from his team members.

Gave Lin Feng's heart an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.

He was extremely proud in his heart.

This is the life I, Lin Feng, should have!

This is the treatment a Son of Heavens Destiny should have!

He couldn't help but think of that man who had made him hate for a lifetime.

Chu Xiao!

A cold smile appeared on Lin Feng's lips again.

"Chu Xiao, oh Chu Xiao..."

"No matter how high your talent or how strong your strength, so what?"

"In the face of this Abyss of Buried Immortals, which fuses the power of heaven and earth with ancient Restrictions, aren't you still just like those fools outside, forced to stop and watch!"

"You can't even imagine that I have already left everyone far behind through this shortcut that only I know!"

"In my past life, you stepped on me, snatched my opportunities, and destroyed my Dao Heart!"

"In this life, the tables have turned!"

"The Immortal Emperor's Legacy! The Heart of the World! Everything will be mine for the taking!"

"When I get out of here, killing you will be like slaughtering a dog!"

The hatred and pleasure in his heart were frantically intertwined.

It made his whole body tremble slightly with excitement.

The protagonist of the stage has changed!

However!

Just as Lin Feng was immersed in his "prophetic" script.

And was proud to the extreme.

A sudden change occurred!

BOOM—!!!!

An earth-shattering roar came from behind them!

The entire space began to vibrate violently!

It was as if some terrifying, giant object.

Was rampaging towards them from the way they had come!

"Rumble rumble rumble—!!!"

The sound was getting closer!

And louder!

The ground was shaking frantically, making it almost impossible for them to stand steady.

"Wha... what's going on?!"

The faces of Man Niu and the others instantly turned deathly pale, and the fanatical expressions on their faces instantly turned into terror!

"Boss! Is... is this also a trap?!"

Shi Potian asked with a trembling voice.

In his view, facing this kind of trap, his boss would definitely be able to turn their misfortune into good luck and avoid the danger!

However, he discovered.

That Lin Feng, who was walking at the very front, had his body frozen.

The pride, confidence, and mockery on Lin Feng's face...

All expressions instantly solidified at this moment!

Visibly, they were all replaced by a look of disbelief!

A trap?

No! It wasn't a trap!

In his memory of this path, there was no such segment at all!

What on earth was this roaring sound?!

"Impossible..."

Lin Feng muttered to himself in a daze.

"This shortcut is a secret passage left by the ancient Celestial Court. In this life, besides me, it's impossible for a second person to know about it!"

"Where... where is this sound coming from?!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Although his brain was working at high speed!

That terrifying roar was already close at hand!