Chapter 1966: Fourth On the Imperial Ranking List?
The Buddha's halo illuminated everything. It was dazzling as it purified the demon strength. When the Buddhist energies reached Lin Feng, a new destructive strength manifested, like millions of blades were attacking Lin Feng.
However, Lin Feng remained calm. Demon intent rose to the skies, the sky was growing was darker and darker, pressing in on the golden light. The Nine Netherworlds song kept resonating in the air. People could actually see the soundwaves! Some threads of dark energies appeared on Dou Zhan Seng's golden body.
Dou Zhan Seng's eyes were dazzling. He looked at Lin Feng and said, "An evil demon can surprisingly resist against a Buddha!"
"Isn't it like a Heruka?" Lin Feng replied to Dou Zhan Seng slowly.
Dou Zhan Seng looked stunned. Heruka?
"The cultivation world is about strength. Buddhist and demon energies are just two different types of strength," Lin Feng said calmly.
Dou Zhan Seng was surprised. He had mixed feelings, but he tried not to think about those things, he had to remain perseverant. His Buddha's halo became even more dazzling.
"Buddhism is about life. Diabolism is about life too. The line between Buddhism and Satanism is just a thin one. You can create your strength using both types of strength," said Lin Feng. He continued singing the Nine Netherworlds song. The minds of the audience were rapidly getting muddled by the song.
"Whether you are a Buddhist or a Satanist, in the end, when you die, you'll become a skeleton and you'll turn to powder. I am a demon cultivator, but I am perseverant and determined, even Buddhists can't influence me," said Lin Feng. His voice resonated in Dou Zhan Seng's head. For Lin Feng, it didn't matter whether he was a Buddhist or a Demon cultivator, in the end, his purpose was the same, they were just different paths to the same place.
"The goal of Buddhist warriors is to fight!" said Dou Zhan Seng. His golden lights condensed and a Buddha emerged from his body, slowly moving towards Lin Feng, exuding enormous strength.
Buddhist ways of obtaining Nirvana are really complex, thought Lin Feng. He sensed the Buddha's halo, and death wheels appeared in those Buddhist lights. The demon song kept oppressing it and the atmosphere was still becoming darker.
"People are alive, even Buddhism is about reincarnation. People can't escape from death," whispered Lin Feng. An endless number of demons appeared in the sky, and started fighting against all those Buddhist light beams. His demons looked like demon kings!
"You…" Dou Zhan Seng looked at the demons in the sky, and finally, he couldn't keep calm anymore. Lin Feng's understanding of strength was just too astonishing. The demon kings kept getting bigger and bigger, and the Source of the Nine Netherworlds kept flowing out and destroying the demon lights.
"You're a demon cultivator, I'll show you what a demon god should look like!" said Dou Zhan Seng slowly. Suddenly, he closed his eyes and started whispering things under his breath. Lin Feng saw a demon god move towards him. The demon king was holding a steel fork which contained explosive demon energies. Bodhisatvas could also be like demon kings!
"Eh?" The crowd was stunned. Surprisingly, Dou Zhan Seng who was a Buddhist warrior, could also release Yaksa Kings like Guili. And that Yaksa King looked like the real thing, an ancient demon god!
"Everything is about your perceptions and motives. Buddhists are similar to diabolists," whispered Lin Feng. The Yaksa King released demon Qi in awful waves. Lin Feng just closed his eyes, remaining perseverant and determined. The Yaksa King appeared in front of him while Lin Feng remained motionless. Thunder rumbled out, and the Yaksa King disappeared.
Dou Zhan Seng was dumbfounded.
"How do you know?" asked Dou Zhan Seng to Lin Feng.
"I've been to Hell. I've read many books. Among those books, I read a book about Buddhist and demon cultivation. There were many skills which contained demon spells for Buddhist cultivators. There was a mysterious Ghost spell in it too. I've always thought that there was no difference between demon and Buddhist cultivation. If you want to read that book, I can show it to you," said Lin Feng to Dou Zhan Seng.
"You would?" Dou Zhan Seng frowned.
"Why wouldn't I?" Lin Feng smiled. Dazzling lights twinkled in his third eye and some memories moved towards Dou Zhan Seng's third eye.
The book slowly appeared in Dou Zhan Seng's memories. Then, he whispered, "I feel ashamed, I was protecting myself."
As Lin Feng had started transmitting the book to Dou Zhan Seng, Dou Zhan Seng had protected himself, suspecting Lin Feng harbored bad intentions.
"People are like that, I'm not offended," replied Lin Feng with a calm smile.
"Initially, it was a great battle, I wouldn't have thought such a thing would happen," laughed Dou Zhan Seng. Everybody was astonished as they watched the two of them.
"We came here to ask for our Path. Cultivation is about competing, but we compete to find our Path. Who cares about the Imperial Ranking List?" said Lin Feng. He suddenly sounded like an enlightened person.
Dou Zhan Seng stood up and sighed. "I feel inferior," he said, and then he simply left. His Buddhist lights disappeared, and only demon intent remained.
"Lin Feng, when you have time, come to the Canaan Buddhist Clan!" Dou Zhan Seng called back loudly.
The audience was stunned at this strange ending. Was the event finally over?
The crowd looked at Lin Feng, who was still seated cross-legged. They were speechless. Lin Feng had defeated Guili, and now he had made Dou Zhan Seng feel ashamed of being inferior to the extent that he had left.
Lin Feng didn't even glance at the audience. His demon king was still behind him sensing the energies of the earth and the sky. His demon strength turned into life strength. Demon Kalpa strength also appeared in a dazzling display.
"Demon Kalpa!" Those watching were astonished. Lin Feng's demon lights were growing denser and denser.
Lin Feng looked up at the sky and smiled. He stood up slowly and took a deep breath. Once again, the DevMara Kalpa strength was coming to cleanse his body. He was going to become stronger again, and getting closer and closer to becoming a high-level emperor!
The DevMara Kalpa strength descended from the sky and bombarded him. His body was flaring with light. The crowd was amazed as they watched him receiving the DevMara Kalpa strength with his physical body. He wasn't even using cosmic energies to resist!
His physical strength was terrifying!
The waves of DevMara Kalpa strength kept bombarding his physical body, and his soul kept shaking. His soul was becoming stronger, more stable. The reason why Lin Feng could resist was because his soul was extremely strong, a very important thing when being cleansed by DevMara Kalpa strength.
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The old men in the sky were moved. Ancestor Shi Tian looked delighted. He was extremely happy, and couldn't wait for Lin Feng to become a high-level emperor.
The other old men kept staring at him and then at Lin Feng. If Lin Feng became a higher rank, he would become even more enigmatic and unfathomable. As a medium-level emperor, he could already rank fourth. He had made Guili and Dou Zhan Seng leave in shame. They understood that Lin Feng's comprehension abilities were astonishing. In a world where people were extremely conceited, everybody just wanted to be strong.
"Fourth in the Imperial Ranking List, medium-level emperor!" Ancestor Shi Tian looked like a happy kid.
"Hmph!" the old man of Ancient University grunted icily.
"Hehe, Dou Zhan Seng is quite strong. He felt ashamed of being inferior. He will definitely become a Champion someday!" proclaimed Ancestor Shi Tian, smiling at the old man from Ancient university. The old man ground his teeth and tried to punch Ancestor Shi Tian.
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But it was the Pathfinder Day of the Imperial Ranking List, and Celestial Godly University and Champion University were the real Champions of the event. The first and second cultivator of the Imperial Ranking List were from the Celestial Godly University. Ying Cheng had been first for ages and now Chu Chun Qiu was rising.
And even though Ji Chang, who was from Champion University, had been defeated by Chu Chun Qiu, Lin Feng was rising, so they were happy. Now he was the fourth cultivator in the list. In the future, Lin Feng would maybe rank first or second.
"It's finally over," sighed the crowd. The event had been incredible!
"Dao!" At that moment, all the strong cultivators released Dao. They all felt more determined than ever.
The two most astonishing cultivators of the event were definitely Lin Feng and Chu Chun Qiu. Even though Ying Cheng had fought only once, he had amazed everybody. His map of several countries and their altars to the gods of earth and grain was incredible, and had caused chaos everywhere. It was as if he could destroy the ten thousand things of creation.
And even though Ji Chang was now the third cultivator, people had no doubt about his strength, he was incredible.
In the future, Lin Feng would possibly become a new Champion.
As the crowd was sighing, Lin Feng looked at Ji Chang with his death eyes. He said evenly, "Ji Chang, come here!"
PMG Chapter 1967
Chapter 1967: Explosive Battle
"Ji Chang, come here!"
Suddenly, everybody went silent. Everybody was staring at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng wanted to continue asking for his Path? He wanted to fight against Champion Ji Chang?
Lin Feng was the one who had fought the most battles. At the beginning of the event, he was twentieth-something, and now he was already fourth. And now he still wanted to fight against Ji Chang?
"Good little boy!" Ancestor Shi Tian was stupefied and happy. That young man still wanted to continue fighting! He wanted to finish the battle they had begun a year before!
Ji Chang was surrounded by lights as he jumped forwards, and the crackling of air being destroyed rang out. He started releasing incredible amounts of Destructive strength and threw himself at Lin Feng.
Back then, Lin Feng had fought against him on the day of his Champion ceremony, a terrible humiliation. Initially, he was supposed to be the hero of that day, but because of Lin Feng, all people remembered was their battle. But he couldn't get his revenge within the university, the university didn't allow it.
However, now, Lin Feng was challenging him in front of everyone, so now Ji Chang was finally going to be able to regain face.
Cyan lights pulsed, and a hundred-meter long thread of cyan energies appeared. Some shadows appeared and more thunder rumbled out. Lin Feng could already sense the destructive energies.
Lin Feng jumped forwards unflinchingly as he started casting a deployment spell.
However, Ji Chang stretched out his hand, thunder shook as he destroyed the deployment spell which hadn't finish condensing. Lights continued flowing towards Lin Feng.
"Die!" said Lin Feng icily. He released death intent towards Ji Chang, and a Nihility Sword appeared. A cyan dragon emerged from Ji Chang's body and protected his soul. At the same time, his Destructive Dao destroyed Lin Feng's strength.
Death intent corroded Ji Chang's body and Destructive Dao intent did the same to Lin Feng's body. The energies were very intense, and sufficed to pressure both of them.
"Die!" Ji Chang jumped forwards and raised his fist. His dragons roared, and a beam of light shot towards Lin Feng.
"Earth!" Lin Feng released earth cosmic energy which protected his body. He released cursing cosmic energies to corrode Ji Chang's body, and started singing his Nine Netherworlds Demonic Song. Ji Chang's body turned black.
Lin Feng flashed forwards, empty space deployment marks appearing under his feet. He started moving invisibly fast while releasing wind strength.
He also released enough World of the Living Imprints to blot out the sky, immediately destroying Ji Chang's technique. The imprints pounded down towards Ji Chang.
"Argh!" Nine cyan dragons attacked the imprints, everything exploding above them. Lin Feng and Ji Chang were surrounded by a very sharp Qi.
A Nihility Sword turned into an infinity of death swords slicing through the air. At the same time, Destructive Dao crashed onto Lin Feng's body. His blood started boiling and his soul was shaking.
Life and death lights rotated around him and shot towards Ji Chang to stab at him him. At the same time, Lin Feng moved like an arrow and released Demon Kalpa strength at Ji Chang's hand. The air shrieked at the energies tearing through it.
"You want to die!" shouted Ji Chang explosively. He released even more Destructive Dao with a crack of thunder. Lin Feng's muscles twitched. His blood was boiling!
The two fighters kept attacking one another. A terrifying strength penetrated into Lin Feng's arms. Ji Chang grunted coldly. It was a difficult battle.
Ji Chang shouted furiously. A terrifying dragon emerged from his mouth and shot towards Lin Feng, trying to devour him.
"You'll die!" Lin Feng looked at Ji Chang with his death eyes. He released death intent, a Nihility Sword, cursing strength, and Nine Netherworlds demon lights, and all those energies crashed onto Ji Chang. At the same time, more lights emerged from Lin Feng's third eye, turning into a palace. Millions of sharp swords drove towards Ji Chang serpent-quick.
Lights flared in Ji Chang's eyes and rose to the skies, and his Destructive Dao intent filled the air. Lin Feng was driven backwards. At the same time, he released World of the Living Imprints towards Ji Chang and hammered him, continuing his withdrawal. It was dangerous to fight in close combat against someone like Ji Chang!
At that moment, Lin Feng had the impression that many of his bones were broken. His arms felt paralyzed. Ji Chang was a Champion and controlled a powerful Dao intent, his attacks truly explosive.
The audience sighed when they saw that he could still fight. Lin Feng's physical strength was really incredible.
Lin Feng stretched out his hands, a river made of death energy flowed towards Ji Chang, even as he kept moving. He also released all sorts of cosmic energies to bombard Ji Chang unceasingly. At the same time, he kept releasing Nihility Swords. He didn't want to give Ji Chang a second of a breather.
Ji Chang made some hand seals and released his own ancient imprints. Dazzling cyan lights glittered, and cyan dragons kept attacking Lin Feng.
"Dao transformation!"
Lin Feng stared at the dragons, he saw demon dragons moving towards him, the earth and the sky were shaking.
The dragons roared furiously. Many illusion lights appeared. Lin Feng waved his hands and demon death dragons coalesced and winged towards the cyan dragons. Dragons collided loudly, and exploded.
Lin Feng moved forwards again, the earth and the sky shaking with the force of the exploding dragons all around.
Ji Chang felt the pressure, while the audience was stupefied at the display. They hadn't anticipated that Lin Feng could compete with Ji Chang. Lin Feng looked both aggressive and crazy.
Nine dragons rotated around Lin Feng. Lin Feng moved forwards and released even more death swords relentlessly.
Ji Chang was a Champion, how could he flinch before Lin Feng? He also started moving forwards. The ground exploded all around them. They were moving so fast that embers appeared under their feet!
Their Qi started colliding in all directions. People's hearts were pounding violently.
"Lightning!" shouted Lin Feng explosively. Lightning appeared everywhere and plunged towards Ji Chang. Ji Chang grunted icily. He looked at the sky and raised his hands. He destroyed some bolts, but Lin Feng continued releasing more lightning cosmic energies.
"Fire!" Flames appeared everywhere and converged on Ji Chang. Ji Chang frowned. Lin Feng's cosmic energies didn't pose much of a threat to him, but he couldn't ignore them either. His physical strength wasn't like Lin Feng's, Lin Feng could resist high-level emperors' physical attacks.
"Desolate!"
"Curse!"
"Death!"
Lin Feng released all sorts of cosmic energies at Ji Chang, who could only look at him icily. Cyan dragons reappeared around him and wrapped him up. However, Lin Feng just grunted and released Demon Kalpa strength to attack him. Ji Chang was losing patience, and attacked Lin Feng with cosmic energies.
The two fighters were getting closer and closer. Ji Chang took a deep breath. Lights glittered. This time, he had to really hammer Lin Feng. Lin Feng knew cosmic energies, so what? He just had to protect himself and attack him at the same time.
Ji Chang shouted explosively, and Lin Feng's soul shook. It felt like both fighters could explode anytime. Death swords appeared everywhere and drove through Ji Chang's head.
Both fighters kept attacking one another. They couldn't be careless, or they could die anytime. However, the death swords weren't that easy to destroy. This time, they even contained cursing demon strength and all sorts of cosmic energies which penetrated into Ji Chang's skull. He couldn't destroy them that easily, they seemed almost indestructible.
A ancient king appeared behind Ji Chang and charged Lin Feng. At the same time, a demon emerged from Lin Feng's third eye. The demon king was holding a lotus and a gigantic death sword containing Nine Netherworlds intent. It also attacked Ji Chang!
Boom!
Ji Chang's ancient king broke apart. People's hearts pounded at the sight!
The demon king looked fearless as it attacked Ji Chang's body!
PMG Chapter 1968
Chapter 1968: Cyan Dragon Secret Technique
Ji Chang released cyan dragons to protect his soul. They roared in a thundering rage and attacked Lin Feng's demon king. The demon king slowly cracked.
Ji Chang was extremely strong, and such people couldn't be killed that easily, unlike ordinary emperors. They had incredible spells and techniques to protect themselves. They could use their soul, their godly awareness, and their Dao intent.
Lin Feng's demon god was made of Dao strength and soul strength. It crashed onto Ji Chang's head. Its gigantic death sword was made of death Dao intent. The cyan dragon kept roaring furiously. If his cyan dragon was destroyed, his soul would be destroyed!
"Piss off!" shouted Ji Chang furiously. The cyan dragon roared furiously, baring fangs and brandishing claws.
"Break!" Lin Feng couldn't give Ji Chang any time. Ji Chang's Destructive Dao could destroy his deployment spells, so he didn't waste time casting them.
Explosions kept going off, and cosmic energies were everywhere, tearing at the air. The cyan dragon turned into nine and moved in nine directions around Lin Feng. At the same time, Ji Chang stretched his hand out and a terrifying cyan dragon moved towards Lin Feng's head.
"Die!" Lin Feng raised his hand, and death Kalpa swords cut apart everything. Cosmic energies twinkled and rotated. World of the Living Imprints kept emerging from his hands, and the earth and the sky kept shaking. Lin Feng ran forwards and shouted, "You will lose!"
His voice contained demon cursing strength and resonated in Ji Chang's head. He couldn't flinch. Lin Feng moved like the wind with an indomitable will.
Ji Chang's eyes were glowing madly, he didn't retreat, instead jumping forwards and turned into a cyan dragon. His Qi was astonishing, threatening to bring down the sky.
Lin Feng stretched his hand out and empty space lights condensed. Ji Chang's attack arrived at the same time, and thunder boomed as his destructive strength crashed down. Lin Feng's deployment marks were destroyed before the destructive energies continued moving towards Lin Feng… but the Qi wasn't as powerful as a moment before.
"Die!" At that moment, Lin Feng shouted furiously and released desolate cursing sound strength. Immortal energy pulsed out. The demon king assaulted Ji Chang's cyan dragon. Cosmic strength emerged from Lin Feng's left hand, World of the Living Imprints emerged from his right hand.
Ji Chang and Lin Feng's cosmic energies collided. However, the World of the Living Imprints appeared again, Ji Chang couldn't destroy them. He raised his fist as cyan dragons roared. The World of the Living Imprints crashed onto Ji Chang's body like endless hammers, destroying some of his cyan dragons.
Ji Chang was sent crashing into a pillar, coughing up blood. He just closed his eyes, firmed his resolve, and cyan dragons emerged and struck out again.
Lin Feng was driven backwards, as well, his arms all sore. He was staring at Ji Chang; the Champion was indeed really strong.
"You lost!" said Lin Feng, smiling proudly. The crowd shivered in disbelief.
Lost? Ji Chang had lost against Ying Cheng and Chu Chun Qiu, had he lost against Lin Feng now?
The Champion, three defeats? What a humiliation, just like Guili!
"Lin Feng knows too many things; soul attacks, skills, techniques, spells, ancient imprints, all sorts of cosmic energies, he's relentless and brave. Fighting against Lin Feng is a nightmare." the crowd chattered as they watched Lin Feng. Chu Chun Qiu and Lin Feng were truly incredible!
Chu Chun Qiu's strength had amazed everybody, but he was a high-level emperor after all, Lin Feng was just a medium-level emperor. There was a huge difference between medium-level emperors and high-level emperors. And Ji Chang was also a Champion, so he was even stronger than those people!
"The battle is not over," said Pei Dong Lai indifferently. He asked Ji Chang, "Ji Chang, do you think you lost?"
Lin Feng was startled and looked at Pei Dong Lai. Ji Chang released a terrifying strength at that moment. Lin Feng was stunned.
Lin Feng flashed forwards. Ji Chang opened his eyes and shouted furiously. A terrifying cyan dragon appeared and dashed to the skies. Ji Chang's body was surrounded by brilliant cyan lights. The cyan dragon turned into a column of light.
"Argh…" the dragon roared in a thundering rage. Lin Feng's soul shook violently. The demon king in Ji Chang's mind was propelled away and slowly disappeared. Ji Chang's Qi suddenly became much more powerful.
"The Cyan Dragon Mysterious Technique of the Ji Clan!"
The crowd frowned. Surprisingly, Ji Chang was using the mysterious technique of the Ji Clan. He initially had the strength of a high-level emperor, but with that technique, he could have the strength of a great emperor.
"According to legends, when you use the Cyan Dragon Mysterious Technique, you have to pay the price for it, you need to recover for a very long time. Ji Chang wasn't far from becoming a great emperor, but he's going insane now, he doesn't want to lose."
The crowd was astonished. His Qi stopped becoming stronger. He looked like a real king, arrogant and proud, he didn't care about his injuries anymore.
Lin Feng looked over at Pei Dong Lai. Pei Dong Lai knew that Ji Chang had a mysterious technique, which was why he had said the battle wasn't over.
"He's insane. Ji Chang didn't use his mysterious technique against Ying Cheng or Chu Chun Qiu, but he doesn't want to lose a third time, especially against Lin Feng," everyone sighed. If he fought against Ying Cheng and Chu Chun Qiu again, they wouldn't be able to win, his Qi was already the Qi of the Di Qi layer.
Ji Chang flickered and suddenly disappeared. A king emerged from his body and attacked Lin Feng's soul. He wanted to get his revenge for all the attacks Lin Feng had just carried out.
"Collapse!" he roared out. Lin Feng suddenly had the sensation his body was going to explode and his bones were going to be crushed. If he hadn't had an incredible physical strength, he would have died.
Lin Feng was frozen. Ji Chang had the strength of a great emperor at this moment.
When Ji Chang saw that Lin Feng resisted his attack, he looked even more furious, the ancient king moved towards Lin Feng's third eye.
"Die!" Death Qi exploded out, and Ji Chang grunted icily. There was another explosion, and Lin Feng was hurled away.
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Ancestor Shi Tian frowned and the old man next to him chortled, "Haha, which of the two students of Champion University do you prefer?"
"Shut up," said Ancestor Shi Tian, continuing to watch. Ji Chang was a real bastard, and truly sly, what a little person…
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Many people from the Yin Clan and the Pei Clan finally had cause to smile. Finally, Lin Feng was going to shut up, he would stop being arrogant. Finally, Ji Chang was truly furious!
Lin Feng looked at him icily and said, "You surprisingly used a mysterious technique during such an event! You better not blame me!"
Ji Chang jumped forwards and a terrifying strength surrounded Lin Feng. At the same time, the ancient king forced Lin Feng's demon away and attacked him. Death strength appeared in Lin Feng's eyes.
PMG Chapter 1969
Chapter 1969: Ridiculous
The battle in Lin Feng's mind was insane. Ji Chang's ancient king was fighting against his ancient demon and Lin Feng was using his godly awareness palace to protect his soul.
"The Sky Palace, what's the date tonight?" asked a mysterious voice. The godly awareness palace flared up and blocked the ancient king. The demon king jumped, raising his left hand, he wanted to kill Ji Chang's ancient king, flying towards it and raised his gigantic death sword.
The ancient king roared furiously and raised his hands. Their fists collided and they both dispersed at the same time.
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Outside, Ji Chang and Lin Feng were both bleeding and their faces had turned deathly pale. The ancient king and the demon king had made them use up lots of soul strength, they were both getting tired.
Ji Chang roared with rage, cyan dragon lights dashed to the skies. Lin Feng released a terrifying amount of life Qi.
Ji Chang ran forwards, everything cracking and breaking down around him. Lin Feng's bones felt like they were going to explode.
Lin Feng took a deep breath, smiling crazily.
"Hmph! He's going to die," said Pei Dong Qing, smiling icily. Lin Feng wanted his younger brother to steal Pei Dong Qing's woman, he was going to die now!
"Lin Feng!" Meng Qing and many other people were astonished. Many people were shouting now. Lin Feng had to admit his defeat, it was better than dying!
"Ji Chang, you're a high-level emperor and you dare use your mysterious and ancient technique against me? Do you deserve being called a Champion? Do you deserve the Champion Crown?" said Lin Feng in a demonic voice. He was trying to destroy Ji Chang's willpower. A tree appeared indistinctly behind him.
"Heavenly Grace Godly Tree!" Many people were astonished when they recognized the Godly Wood. Cosmic strength was rotating around it.
"He's a medium-level emperor and he's already been to Godly Wood Valley and a tree has acknowledged him?" Those watching were astonished. Lin Feng was truly an incredible genius!
Very quickly, a white lotus appeared indistinctly. And then a beautiful Blue Uptala Lotus appeared under Lin Feng's feet.
"You're using the Godly Wood and a Blue Uptala Lotus, that's not your own strength," said Pei Dong Lai icily.
"Shut the hell up!" shouted Lin Feng back explosively. He looked at Pei Dong Lai coldly and said, "On the Pathfinder Day of the Imperial Ranking List, the Great Imperial Palace's people are in charge. However, you've constantly been trying to disadvantage me. Do you think I'm stupid? Ji Chang's mysterious technique is not his own strength, it's a cyan dragon's strength. You're ridiculous! If the managers of the event are like you, then it would be the same without you, or even better."
The crowd sighed with empathy. Indeed, Ji Chang's mysterious technique wasn't his own power, and without it, he would have definitely lost. He was borrowing the strength of an ancient cyan dragon. Lin Feng's tree and lotus were similar, he could borrow strength from them.
Pei Dong Lai pulled a long face. He was a disciple of the Great Imperial Palace and they were in charge of the event. And now someone dared insult them?
"Even if you use an external source of strength, it won't change anything!" said Ji Chang icily. He raised his arms, which looked like illusionary dragons.
Lin Feng ignored him. He slowly raised his hand and suddenly condensed all sorts of cosmic energies, wind, fire, lightning, cursing… The air was completely distorted around him.
An endless amount of cosmic energies condensed in Lin Feng's hands. Light beams streaked across the sky. The energies turned into a black lotus, looking more and more real…
"That's…"
The crowd was astounded. What kind of Dao intent was that? The Heavenly Grace Godly Wood allowed Lin Feng to use all sorts of cosmic energies. And this Dao intent allowed him to condense all sorts of cosmic energies. When the crowd looked at Lin Feng's black lotus, they all shuddered.
Ji Chang stopped in astonishment. That black lotus was dangerous…
He remained silent for a few seconds, but then he raised his great imperial Qi once more.
Ji Chang is getting ready to fight, thought the crowd. They sensed that Ji Chang was getting ready, he was condensing his energies and the air became even thicker.
Lin Feng and Ji Chang's energies started colliding. They both looked like ancient kings. After a long time, they finally started advancing forwards.
The crowd was shaking.
The two fighters drew closer and closer to one another. A gigantic cyan dragon flew towards Lin Feng's black lotus. The black lotus grew to a gigantic size.
The eruption of light blinded the crowd as waves of energies rumbled out. They couldn't see Lin Feng and Ji Chang anymore, they had disappeared in the energies. Wild discharges ripped out in every direction.
"Get down!" shouted Pei Dong Lai. Everyone jumped off the Celestial Imperial Pillars as a destructive force swept over them. Their hearts were pounding at the close call.
"Those guys went too far." Ji Chang and Lin Feng were both from Champion University and they were risking their lives!
Death Qi pulsed and surged on the stage. Everything had dispersed. The crowd saw Ji Chang and Lin Feng again. They were seated cross-legged and had changed their clothes already, but their hair was still messy, and they were still bleeding. Ji Chang put a pellet in his mouth, Lin Feng released life Qi. The godly wood tree appeared indistinctly.
"They're both badly injured," observed the crowd in astonishment. They were both severely injured.
How to rank them on the Imperial Ranking List?
Many people looked at Pei Dong Lai. The members of the Great Imperial Palace were in charge of the Imperial Ranking List.
"Lin Feng had the advantage, then Ji Chang used his mysterious technique. Now they're both badly injured. Lin Feng should rank third," said Hou Qing Lin calmly. Some people nodded.
"Ji Chang used his mysterious technique, but Lin Feng used his ancient tree and lotus. It helped him a lot. Ji Chang won," retorted some people from the Ji Clan.
"Indeed," said Pei Dong Lai nodded agreement. He looked at Lin Feng and said, "Lin Feng, you borrowed too much strength. You're fourth. Are you okay with that?"
Lin Feng released more life Qi, opening his eyes and looking at Pei Dong Lai, "If I say I'm not okay with that, will you rank me third?"
"I won't," replied Pei Dong Lai indifferently.
"Then why do you need to talk shit?" Lin Feng said serenely. Pei Dong Lai's face stiffened.
Pei Dong Lai groaned icily. "You're lucky I'm telling you. Besides, the event is over, so now Yin Rui is going to announce Yin Yue's wedding. Last time, you asked if your younger brother could get married to her. Well, so sorry about that!"
The members of the Yin Clan looked furious, especially Yin Rui. He was the one who was supposed to announce Yin Yue's wedding and Pei Dong Lai had spoken up first. Now they couldn't say anything anymore.
However, Lin Feng just looked unmoved. He looked at Pei Dong Lai and smiled mockingly.
"The members of the Great Imperial Palace are in charge of managing this event, it's been many years. You have power in the Holy City, that's just symbolic. However, if you mess around with the Imperial Ranking List, people won't care about it anymore," said Lin Feng in a disdainful way. "I don't care whether I'm third or fourth on your stupid list. I know how strong I am. You can remove my name from your list if you want. We'll see if people will still care about it. You need such a list to have power, the people on it don't need to be on it. If you want, you can even put my name at the bottom of the list. I don't give a shit!" said Lin Feng, pointing at Pei Dong Lai.
He was making fun of Pei Dong Lai. Would Pei Dong Lai put Lin Feng's name at the bottom of the list? They just controlled the list, so it was useless!
PMG Chapter 1970
Chapter 1970: End of the Pathfinder Day
Pei Dong Lai looked at Lin Feng icily. The Imperial Ranking List gave them power in the Holy City. Lin Feng was right. It was a symbol.
Of course, he couldn't put Lin Feng's name at the bottom of the list. They needed a list, but cultivators didn't need one.
"It's impossible to say who won this battle. However, Lin Feng is a medium-level emperor. And he was fair in his battle against Ji Chang. He's third for now. They can fight again another day and we'll determine the winner then," said Ren Tian Xing at that moment.
Lin Feng's name appeared in the third position.
The crowd looked at the Imperial Ranking List and everyone took a deep breath. Surprisingly, Lin Feng had risen up to the third position. Nobody had anticipated that. Now, he was as dazzling as Chu Chun Qiu!
Pei Dong Lai looked at the list and remained silent. Lin Feng looked at Yin Rui, noticing that Yin Rui looked angry. If he had a choice, he would have killed Lin Feng without hesitation.
Lin Feng looked at Yin Yue. Poor girl. Lin Feng turned around and looked at Pei Dong Qing icily. He wanted to kill him. Pei Dong Qing looked furious. Would Lin Feng dare kill him?
"You're third in the Imperial Ranking List. The event is over." said Pei Dong Lai calmly. Everybody was sad, they didn't want the event to finish. Finally, it was over.
Lin Feng smiled indifferently, "Back then, you reached the top of the list when you had the strength of the top of the Huang Qi layer."
Lin Feng slowly stood up. He looked at Pei Dong Lai, the members of the Yin Clan, and the crowd. He flitted over next to Meng Qing and said, "Let's go back to university."
Wu Shang looked at Lin Feng and Yin Yue, but in the end he followed Lin Feng. They went back to the university.
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The top ten of the Imperial Ranking List was now Ying Cheng, Chu Chun Qiu, Lin Feng, Ji Chang, Dou Zhan Seng, Guili, Shi Yun Feng, Xue Shen Feng, Yin Gu Tian, and Wang Zhong.
There had been huge changes!
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Yin Rui slowly rose up into the air and said to Yin Gu Tian, "Gu Tian, go back to the clan and practice cultivation."
"I understand," said Yin Gu Tian, nodding stiffly. The two young people of the Yin Clan couldn't join the Great Imperial Palace. The event had been tragic for Yin Gu Tian.
"Brother Pei," said Yin Rui to a strong cultivator of the Pei Clan with a smile.
The strong cultivator of the Pei Clan said, "Brother Yin Rui, I'll personally come to the Yin Clan to propose a marriage alliance."
The Pei Clan and the Yin Clan were big clans in the Holy City. They had to be polite and friendly.
"I see." Yin Rui nodded and didn't say much. Their two big clans were going to become allies. Lin Feng was extremely strong, but in the end, Yin Rui had to choose power over strength.
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The most furious clan wasn't the Pei Clan or the Yin Clan on this day, however. It was the Ji Clan.
Ji Chang, Champion. A year ago, everybody admired him, and then Lin Feng had ruined his Champion ceremony.
Now, a year had passed, and on the Pathfinder Day of the Imperial Ranking List, Ji Chang had lost three times.
He had lost against Ying Cheng, which didn't matter because Ying Cheng was extremely strong. But then he had lost against Chu Chun Qiu and Lin Feng. How humiliating!
However, the Ji Clan had no choice but to admit that Chu Chun Qiu and Lin Feng were extremely strong, especially Lin Feng. He only had the strength of a medium-level emperor, but he was already such an incredible cultivator. And now they could only wait for Ji Chang to recover from having used the mysterious technique.
I hope that Ji Chang won't give up, sighed the leader of the Ji Clan. Ji Chang could only rely on his own self now.
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The crowd started dispersing. Maybe that all those geniuses would be at the top of the Region of the Dark Night someday.
Of course, nobody could anticipate and predict the future.
Chu Chun Qiu and Lin Feng were now famous in the Holy City, like Ying Cheng and Ji Chang. Many powerful clans knew their names now, especially since they had defeated Ji Chang the Champion.
Chu Chun Qiu and Lin Feng had the potential to become Champions, if they didn't die.
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Everybody went back to their clanholds. The Yin Clan, the Pei Clan, and the Ji Clan tried to think of ways to get rid of Lin Feng. They all hated him, especially the Ji Clan.
In a palace in the Ji Clan, many people looked glum.
"Tell me what you think," the leader of the Ji Clan asked them.
"Lin Feng had that guy blind Wuyou. He caused trouble in our clan. He killed Ji Jiang, and now he beat Ji Chang. He must die!" said a strong cultivator slowly. Everybody nodded agreement.
The Ji Clan had many enemies, but usually they didn't care about them too much. Even though Lin Feng was just one person, he was very talented and the Ji Clan couldn't forget about him. The leader of the Ji Clan was also convinced that Lin Feng would pose a threat to them sooner or later.
"Even though we don't know where he's from, we know he doesn't have a powerful background. He is backed up by some clans in the Vast Celestial Ancient City, we'll have to be careful of them. But our biggest problem is Champion University."
"I have a few suggestions," spoke up a middle-aged man. Many people looked at him.
"Tell us," ordered the leader of the Ji Clan.
"Lin Feng's existence isn't a problem to us. It's even a good thing for Ji Chang. Lin Feng is talented, he will continue rising. Ji Chang will feel even more determined and motivated. He is a Champion, he is very motivated and talented," began that person slowly. The leader of the Ji Clan and the others nodded. Ji Chang was definitely very determined, Champions were always determined. He wasn't as talented as Lin Feng, but he was determined and nothing was impossible.
"Good. However, we can always oppress him when we have opportunities. Just don't kill him, that way Champion University won't be able to say anything. We'll see how Lin Feng will react," said the leader of the Ji Clan. Everybody nodded consent. If Lin Feng was constantly oppressed, he wouldn't be able to rise and Ji Chang might manage to surpass him again at some point!
PMG Chapter 1971
Chapter 1971: Preventing The Wedding From Happening
After the event, the Holy City became much less lively. The geniuses started meditating in seclusion again. Many people felt even more motivated after the event!
Many cultivators who didn't understand Dao strength had now observed people using Dao strength and felt even more determined.
It was the same after each Pathfinder Day, the geniuses wanted to become even stronger. They couldn't stop thinking about cultivation!
It had been a hundred years since people had seen such an intense Pathfinder Day. These geniuses were incredibly strong!
Lin Feng had benefited a lot from the event, his understanding of things had deepened. He understood demon strength much better than before, and he had made a huge step on the Path of Life and Death. He had also realized how important soul battles were. If a cultivator's soul wasn't powerful enough, then they couldn't protect themselves properly. Guili could kill people in the blink of an eye by attacking their souls, even cultivators of the top of the Huang Qi layer. He was extremely dangerous!
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Lin Feng was seated cross-legged. He had been meditating for seven days already and was recovering. There was a jade talisman in the air in front of him, his consciousness was inside it.
"Buddhism and Diabolism are really similar. Guili can release a Yaksa Ghost King, Dou Zhan Seng can also release a different Yaksa king. Yaksa Kings could be demons from hell or wrathful versions of Buddhist divinities," murmured Lin Feng. At that moment, Lin Feng was visualizing five Buddha images: Acalanatha, Trailokyavijaya, Kuṇḍali Vidyarāja, Yamāntaka and Vajrayaksa. Lin Feng focused on Vajrayaksa, who was surrounded by dazzling lights and holding a Vajra, in addition to five cobalt weapons. He had bells and the sound of his bells could enlighten the benighted and destroy evil strength.
He had obtained the Wisdom King from Juzi. It was a precious treasure. Lin Feng was convinced that that Wisdom King was very mysterious and excellent for protecting his soul. It was also useful to study some extremely powerful Buddhist techniques.
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Some days passed and inside Lin Feng's spirit world, Lin Feng cleansed his DevMara body again. His physical strength kept increasing. He needed to be cleansed by DevMara Kalpa strength a few more times and improve his DevMara body, and he would attain the physical strength of a high-level emperor.
Of course, Lin Feng's priority was to understand Dao strength. Lin Feng wanted to understand a second type of Dao strength, but it was too difficult.
He opened his eyes, and another Lin Feng was next to him, one of his clones.
The two cultivators became one again. His eyes twinkled coldly. Some time had passed since the Pathfinder Day of the Imperial Ranking List and the Pei Clan had already proposed a marriage alliance to the Pei Clan. The next day, they were going to discuss the wedding.
Actually, if it had only been about Yin Yue and Pei Dong Qing, the clans wouldn't have been open about it, as those two people weren't very strong. nor were they important. It was still an incredible thing because two very powerful and ancient clans were going to become allies.
Everybody understood that in the Holy City.
Lin Feng turned around. Lin Wu Shang was in the distance by the waterfall. Xiao Ya was there too. Lin Wu Shang had also heard about the wedding.
"Wu Shang!" shouted Lin Feng to his brother. Lin Wu Shang turned around and looked at Lin Feng who was coming towards him. Lin Feng said, "Tomorrow, we'll go to the Pei Clan to 'congratulate' them."
"Bro!" Lin Wu Shang looked stupefied. Congratulate them?!
Lin Feng laughed and slapped his brother's shoulder. "You've found a girl who loves you, I'll help you. But you have to remember something, in the future, you'll have to rely on yourself. The only way to be respected by people is to be strong enough."
"Alright!" nodded Lin Wu Shang, his eyes bloodshot. He understood that so well now.
Lin Feng sighed. He remembered when his brother was a baby. Lin Feng could help his brother sometimes, but it would be best if he could rely on himself. Some things weren't easy in the cultivation world…
The Pei Clan in the Holy City was an Ancient Clan. It had existed for a very long time and they had many strong cultivators. Their headquarters were in a mountain range.
The mountain range was boundless. People felt tiny when standing at the foot of the mountains. From the various peaks, the scenery was spectacular, with many palaces and courtyards. The Pei Clan was in the center of the mountain range. There were also many small worlds opening up there, it was impossible to see them all.
Many people were going up the mountain. There was an illusionary gate high up in the mountains with gigantic words at the top: Pei Clan. There were pillars on both sides of the way leading to the gate and mist floating up in the air. When Lin Feng arrived at that legendary palace, he picked the southern gate.
When Lin Wu Shang and Lin Feng arrived, a guard of the Pei Clan recognized Lin Feng. He had been at the Pathfinder event, so he had Lin Feng him there.
"Lin Feng!" the guard frowned when he saw Lin Feng and Lin Wu Shang and said, "What are you doing here?"
"We came to congratulate the Pei Clan. Aren't we welcome?" Lin Feng asked calmly. The guard's eyes glittered. He stared at Lin Feng and Lin Wu Shang, the first thing he thought when he saw them was that they had come to cause trouble. However, Lin Feng and Lin Wu Shang were alone, what could they do?
"I see. Please," said the strong cultivator indifferently. Even if they knew that Lin Feng wasn't sincere, they were a big ancient clan, they had nothing to fear.
Lin Feng walked through the gate and entered the Pei Clan. There were many spectacular palaces, all of them beautiful and gigantic, enough to accommodate many dozens of people. Many people had already come to offer congratulations. There were many people from famous families such as the Ji Clan, the Yu Wen Clan, and of course the Yin Clan.
"Lin Feng!" At that moment, many people noticed Lin Feng. They were stupefied. Since the Pathfinder Day, everybody had been talking about Lin Feng and Chu Chun Qiu in the Holy City.
Everybody knew there were tensions between Lin Feng and the Pei and the Yin Clans. What was Lin Feng doing there? The banquet's purpose was to talk and plan the wedding!
"Lin Feng!" Pei Dong Qing noticed Lin Feng and Lin Wu Shang and said mockingly, "You brought your little brother here to enjoy fine liquors?"
"I didn't come to get drunk. I came here to bring presents," said Lin Feng smiling. He looked at an elder of the Pei Clan and said, "My brother likes Yin Yue and Yin Yue likes him, I'll pay the full price to cancel the wedding."
The crowd looked at Lin Feng strangely. Was he insane? He was talented and had a high position in Champion University, but he couldn't cancel the marriage alliance between the Pei Clan and the Yin Clan!
"Unfortunately, even if you pay the full price, it won't work," said the elder of the Pei Clan calmly. Lin Feng wanted to cancel the wedding? Was that even possible?
Lin Feng ignored him and smiled, "I am talented thanks to some Ancient Holy Scriptures. You all know that."
When the crowd heard Lin Feng, many people suddenly stared at him.
"You said that even if I pay the full price, it won't change anything, well, what about the Celestial Evolution Holy Scriptures?" asked Lin Feng, smiling at the elder indifferently. The elder's heart started pounding. Lin Feng was willing to give them the Celestial Evolution Holy Scriptures?