157: Chapter 156 The King Descends, The Void Throne!
Chapter 156: The King Descends, the void throne!
"The Taixu Divine Tower... how did it get out?!"
At the foot of Sacred Martial Mountain, countless terrified, shocked, and even dazed gazes stared fixedly at the towering phantom in the sky.
That supreme Divine Tower, which was supposed to be hidden deep within the core of the Taixu Secret Realm and only visible after passing through numerous levels, had actually manifested in the physical world without any concealment!
Not only that, but a faint purple-gold divine glow flowed over the surface of the tower, as if it had been endowed with some brand-new life and will.
"No! That's not a simple manifestation!"
Among the five deans, Dean Zhuang Chen, who had the deepest cultivation, widened his old eyes until they were round, his voice trembling.
"The aura of the Divine Tower... has changed!"
"It... it seems to have been completely refined by someone?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the other four deans nearby, as well as the instructors and Guardians from various forces, all gasped in shock.
Refining the Taixu Divine Tower?!
How was that possible?!
One must know that this Divine Tower was a clan-guarding treasure created by the joint efforts of the various Saints of the Human Race, who extracted the core Origin of the ancient Secret Realm!
The profundity of the Laws and the vastness of the energy contained within it meant that even if a true Martial Saint were to arrive in person and try to forcibly refine and take it away, it would be as difficult as reaching the heavens!
Furthermore, the Taixu Secret Realm had just experienced a crisis of collapse!
Just who had such great ability to not only remain unscathed in that world-destroying spatial turbulence but also conveniently 'pack up' and take this Divine Tower away?!
Everyone's gazes climbed upward along the phantom of the Divine Tower in unison.
Finally, they fixed upon the figure standing with hands behind his back, dressed in clothes as white as snow, at the very Peak of the tower.
Ning Yuan!
It was him!
It was actually really him!
"This... how is this possible?!"
In the crowd, the prodigies who had just been teleported out and were still in a state of shock felt as if they had been struck by lightning.
Especially those unlucky ones who had tried to surround and attack Ning Yuan in the Secret Realm, or who had been conveniently knocked out by him—each one of them turned pale and their legs trembled.
"He didn't die? He actually didn't die inside?!"
"Not only is he not dead... the aura on him... my god! What kind of aura is that?!"
A Prodigy whose strength had reached the Peak of the Meteor Rank felt the pressure radiating from the white-clad figure in the sky; his knees went weak, and he fell to the ground with a 'thud'.
It was a form of absolute suppression originating from the depths of the Soul and the level of life itself!
It was as if an ant were looking up at a divine dragon soaring through the Nine Heavens!
"King... King Realm?!"
"He has been crowned King?!"
In the crowd, someone shouted those words with a distorted voice full of despair and disbelief.
Boom!
Those words were like a depth charge, instantly setting off stormy waves in the crowd!
King Realm!
An eighteen-year-old King Realm?!
How was this possible?!
Just a few months ago, he was still a 'waste' who hadn't even reached Perfection in the Qi and Blood Realm!
This cultivation speed—even riding a rocket wouldn't be this fast, right?!
This was simply taking the cultivation common sense of the Ten Thousand Races of the Starry Sky and ruthlessly rubbing it into the ground!
"No... this is no ordinary King Realm..."
Ling Wanhe, who had been hiding at the back of the crowd and silently watching all of this, had a brilliant light flashing in her beautiful starry eyes.
As the Saintess of the Star Spirit Clan, her perception of auras far exceeded that of ordinary people.
She could clearly feel that the kingly pressure emanating from Ning Yuan was even more terrifying and pure than the veteran Martial Kings she had seen, or even some experts who had just entered the Emperor Realm!
That was... the aura of a God-Level Core!
"He actually... really condensed the legendary God-Level Core?"
Ling Wanhe's heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
This kind of supreme Foundation, which only existed in the records of ancient texts—someone could actually achieve it?!
And this person was her nominal 'boss'?
Thinking of this, a smile of pride and admiration, which she didn't even notice herself, curled at the corners of her mouth.
Standing beside her, Jiang Mingyue's mood was complex to the extreme.
"Freak... he's a total freak!"
She gritted her teeth and cursed secretly in her heart.
She had originally thought that by being reborn and relying on her past life's experience and this life's Silver Moon Sacred Body, she could at least become invincible among her generation.
But what was the result?
Ever since she met this guy, she had been suppressed everywhere, and her thunder had been stolen in everything!
Now, it was even better; she had just broken through to the Meteor Rank and was preparing to show off her skills in the Taixu Secret Realm, only for the Secret Realm to be collapsed by this guy—and he himself had silently... become a King?!
How was she supposed to play anymore?!
How was anyone supposed to live?!
"However..."
Jiang Mingyue looked at the incredibly arrogant figure in the sky, a light flashing in her eyes that even she was unwilling to admit.
"When this guy shows off... he really is quite handsome."
In the sky.
Ning Yuan looked down at the ant-like crowd below, taking in all the shock, fear, awe, and jealousy in their eyes.
The corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a satisfied smile.
"Can't handle this already?"
"The good show has only just begun!"
[Ding!]
[Detected that the Host has successfully attracted the hatred (crossed out) gazes of the entire field!]
[The atmosphere for showing off is ready!]
[Task Reward: 'void throne' has been issued! Please check and use it, and make a grand entrance!]
As the System notification finished.
In Ning Yuan's consciousness, a treasure radiating endless majesty and a mysterious aura suddenly appeared.
With a thought from him.
Buzz!!!
The void vibrated!
Behind him, in the previously empty sky, ten thousand rays of dazzling purple-gold divine light suddenly erupted!
The brightness was so intense that it even eclipsed the blazing sun in the sky, making it impossible to look at directly!
Immediately following.
Within that endless divine light, a massive throne made entirely of an unknown divine gold, carved with countless ancient totems such as the stars of the heavens, the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and primeval Divine Beasts, slowly emerged!
This throne was incomparably huge, radiating a terrifying imperial pressure that suppressed all ages and stood supreme!
It floated quietly in the void, as if it were the center of this world and the Dominator of the entire Universe!
void throne!
The moment this throne appeared.
Everyone on the Sacred Martial Mountain square below felt an irresistible and massive pressure!
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
...
A series of sounds of knees hitting the ground rang out.
Those students with weaker cultivation, even including some Transcendent Realm prodigies, could no longer remain standing under this terrifying pressure from the throne; their legs went soft, and they involuntarily knelt on the ground!
Even top-tier prodigies of the Flying Heaven Realm, such as Li Wushuang and Chu Xianer, were trembling all over with cold sweat pouring down, only managing to barely avoid kneeling by exerting all their strength, though their noble backs were pressed into a curve!
"This... what kind of treasure is this?!"
"What terrifying pressure! I feel like my Soul is about to be crushed!"
"Heavens! Just what kind of monster is he?!"
Terrified cries rose and fell among the crowd.
And under that gaze of thousands.
Ning Yuan slowly turned around and flicked the hem of his snow-white clothes.
Then, under the gaze of countless shocked, awed, and even somewhat fanatical eyes.
He sat down grandly upon that void throne representing supreme power!
Boom!
The moment he sat down.
A kingly pressure even more violent and overbearing than before centered on him, sweeping through the entire Great Xia Martial Academy like a hurricane!
Even the deans at the Martial God Realm were forced back several steps by this pressure, their faces turning as pale as paper!
"This... this kid's strength..."
Jiang Baihe widened his eyes, looking at the arrogant youth on the throne, his heart in turmoil.
"Did he... did he really just break through to the King Realm?!"
"This kind of pressure... even I feel a trace of palpitations!"
Ning Yuan sat upright on the void throne.
He rested his chin on one hand, leaning forward slightly, and scanned the crowd below with a posture of looking down upon all living beings.
In those deep eyes, it was as if the birth and destruction of stars were contained, revealing an unquestionable supreme dominance.
Wherever his gaze passed, everyone subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.
At this moment.
He was no longer that always-mischievous, improper 'black-faced kid'.
He was a true King!
A supreme God King who had descended upon the world to dominate everything!
"Just now..."
Ning Yuan spoke slowly. His voice wasn't loud, but with the enhancement of Origin power, it was like rolling thunder, clearly entering everyone's ears.
"I seem to have heard someone say..."
"That this Taixu Secret Realm belongs to you?"
The corner of his mouth curled into a mocking sneer.
"I'm sorry."
"From now on..."
"This Secret Realm belongs to me!"