# Chapter 1387: Stepping Stone
"What a crazy guy!" The Sovereign Lord fighting against Lin Feng could deeply feel the rising aura and surging battle power emanating from Lin Feng. He had to interrupt Lin Feng; otherwise, if he continued like this and broke through the barrier, he might actually be defeated.
"I don't want to hurt you. Get down on your own!" The Sovereign Lord's voice boomed, crashing into Lin Feng's eardrums, trying to affect his blazing battle will.
Lin Feng's pitch-black pupils revealed an eerie sneer. "You're afraid!"
"Ridiculous. Would I be afraid? Since that's the case, I'll grant your wish!" The Sovereign Lord roared in anger, his surging battle intent going wild as he punched out. In an instant, a layer of dazzling golden light blasted toward Lin Feng, indestructible and unbreakable, with burning battle will.
"Your heart has already wavered. It wavers because of me. Kill!" The words that came from Lin Feng's mouth seemed to possess a magical power, piercing into the other's mind. His pupils turned pitch black, and from his dark eyes bloomed strands of terrifying demonic will—his own demonic will. Demonic Kings stood with hands behind their backs, bearing the heavens on their shoulders, unrivaled and alone, stabbing into the opponent's eyes.
At the same time, Lin Feng's Demonic Slaughter Fist blasted toward the indestructible, dazzling golden palm force. At this moment, he infused the Indestructible Essence into the Demonic Slaughter Fist, along with the overwhelming momentum and violent power, as if an entire space was crushing toward the opponent. Wherever Lin Feng's palm passed, flowing clouds roared, the void trembled, terrifying and dreadful.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Three consecutive "kill" words, along with the Demonic King's will, pierced into the opponent's mind. The cracking sound of explosions was terrifying to the extreme. This time, the Sovereign Lord's body flew out, his arm hanging limply, his face pale, and even his pupils seemed tinged with blood.
"Indestructible!" The Sovereign Lord shook his arm, blood energy rolling, trying to recover the injury on his arm. But the Indestructible Essence, carrying the power of the Demonic Slaughter Fist, seemed to stay in his arm, refusing to leave. Even after the attack ended, it continued to wreak havoc, destroying his arm, causing cracks to appear on an arm that could easily blast apart a mountain range.
"Kill!" A killing sound pierced through his eardrums, entered his mind, and shook his heartstrings. Lin Feng descended again with overwhelming demonic might, like a true demon lord.
"Kill!" The Sovereign Lord also roared wildly, swinging his left arm forward, trembling continuously in the void. Instantly, a golden circular pattern appeared—an indestructible golden disk radiating terrifying battle and killing power, tearing through the void and imprinting itself on Lin Feng's incoming palm.
"Crack, crack!" Golden light exploded. The bones in both their arms seemed to crack, but Lin Feng's other arm raised again, blasting out toward the Sovereign Lord's head.
"Madman!" The Sovereign Lord's face turned pale. This was a battle madman, crazier than him. He retreated wildly, the overwhelming Indestructible Demonic Fist piercing through the void.
"Whoosh!" He dodged sharply. The vast demonic fist, carrying Indestructible power, brushed past his face, tearing a bloody gash across it. Then the rolling hundred-zhang demonic energy blasted into a distant mountain range. Rumbling, terrifying sounds echoed out. When the demonic energy settled, the crowd was horrified to find that the entire mountain peak had been pierced through, leaving a clear hole—one could see through from one side to the other, a tunnel bored straight through the mountain.
"Boom!" The mountain shook violently, then tilted slightly, trembling unsteadily. On that mountain peak were people from Qifeng Mountain, gazing into the distance at the demonic shadow, their hearts trembling.
"Sister, this person is really strong. At the peak of Second Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm, he can fight a Sovereign Lord!" On Qifeng Mountain, Feng Ling'er's red clothes fluttered as she spoke to Feng Xuan beside her.
"Indeed, very strong. Among the low-rank Sovereigns in this Assembly of Emperors, he should be the strongest. Even among mid-rank Sovereigns, only a few can match him. After this, it will probably take a Sovereign Lord to fight him." Feng Xuan nodded in agreement. This demonic youth reminded her of someone—Lin Feng, the youth who was exiled by the Invincible Sovereign Lord of the Qi family. Was he really dead?
"Exile, rift!" Feng Xuan sighed inwardly. In that rift, survival was impossible. At that time, Lin Feng was only at the Ninth Layer of Heavenly Martial Realm. How could he possibly survive in the rift?
At this moment, the battle between Lin Feng and the Sovereign Lord had ended. The Sovereign Lord was blasted off the battle platform, strands of battle intent swirling around him, rising up as if he wanted to continue fighting. His eyes were fixed on the demonic youth on the platform. He had been defeated by someone at the peak of Second Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm. Although this battle couldn't definitively determine who was stronger, at least he had lost—blown off the platform and injured. This was something he had never imagined before.
Of course, he didn't think it was because he was weak. It was just that this demonic youth was truly powerful, with surging battle intent and domineering demonic energy. Even at the Second Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm, he already had the bearing of a demonic overlord, unrivaled and alone.
On the battle platform, Lin Feng tilted his head slightly, his eyes half-closed. Vast demonic energy surged into the clouds, as if piercing through the heavens, extremely violent.
"Just one breath short. I'm already at the true peak of the Second Layer. I need stimulation!" Lin Feng's pitch-black eyes suddenly opened wide, as if demonic kings were charging into the sky, extremely domineering.
The Qi family referee in the void recorded Lin Feng's battle record. Lin Feng's record now showed over fifty victories, as the Sovereign Lord he had just defeated had over thirty victories, which now belonged to Lin Feng.
"Whoosh!" Lin Feng stepped forward and disappeared. Moments later, he descended on the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress battle platform. He punched out with overwhelming momentum, domineering and unparalleled. The expert on the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress platform had his body explode instantly, not even having time to scream—a shocking sight.
"Too weak!" After obtaining the battle record, Lin Feng instantly teleported away, leaving the crowd's hearts trembling. This madman actually said it was too weak. The people of Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress had ugly expressions. This demonic cultivator seemed to have grown even stronger. Was he releasing his hidden power?
On the Sikong family battle platform, when Lin Feng stepped up, one person's head was directly blasted apart and killed with one punch. On the Qi family battle platform, when Lin Feng descended, the Qi family member on the platform wanted to leave immediately, afraid that Lin Feng would punch him to death. But he was slower than Lin Feng's demonic fist. The fist pierced through the void, and just as he stepped off the platform, he was killed—dead.
"Weak, weak, weak!" Lin Feng took a deep breath, stepped back, and returned to the mountain peak where he had been cultivating. The people on the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress and Qi family platforms were too weak—killed with one blow, unable to stimulate him at all. As for the Sovereign Lord platforms, one of the other two platforms had a Ninth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm expert, and the other had an Eighth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm expert with sixty victories. For now, he didn't want to clash with them. Besides, even if he defeated that Eighth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm Sovereign Lord, he would obtain a hundred victories and wouldn't be able to continue killing.
Lin Feng directly closed his eyes, sinking into a cultivation state. His entire body was pitch black, demonic intent swirling around him like a demonic king, unmoving for a thousand years.
In the blink of an eye, two more days passed. The first round of the Assembly of Emperors was gradually drawing to a close. More and more experts had obtained a hundred victories, appearing on every battle platform. During these days, many monstrous talents had emerged. Even on the free battle platform for non-Martial Emperor forces, some monstrous figures had appeared, very dazzling.
Of course, some challengers who weren't platform masters were also very dazzling. For example, there were nine people who seemed to be from Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress, with vast and powerful dragon energy, like true dragons. The weakest of these nine was at the Fourth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm peak, and the strongest had reached the Eighth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm. Although they were quite low-key, such experts couldn't escape the eyes of the crowd, especially those Martial Emperors who had been resting with their eyes closed. They saw everything clearly, knowing who was stronger and who was weaker based on everyone's displayed combat power. Of course, many hadn't released all their power.
At this moment, battles on various platforms were gradually ending. The first round of the Assembly of Emperors was about to come to a close.
On the Qi family battle platform, the battle was still in full swing. Qi Yunfei, with a cultivation at the Third Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm, had terrifying combat power, reaching the peak of Sixth Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm. Lately, not many could defeat him. Now, he had obtained forty-two victories.
"I didn't expect Yunfei to become so strong after training in the Twelve Kingdoms. Haha, our Qi family has another monstrous talent. Even if he is defeated in this Assembly of Emperors, in the next hundred years, the Eight Wastelands will have a place for him!" A Qi family expert on Qi Tian Peak said with a light laugh. Qi Yunfei had only recently arrived to participate in the Assembly of Emperors, giving them one pleasant surprise after another.
"Yunfei is very good. He's stronger than you were back then, Tianxu. Even Tiansheng can't compare to him. If he had returned to the Eight Wastelands earlier, the Ten Great Prodigies might not have included Tiansheng." Qi Qianxing also laughed, causing Qi Tianxu's face to darken. He had a hundred victories engraved on him and had advanced to the next round, but Qi Qianxing said this about him because Qi Yunfei was from Qi Qianxing's direct bloodline.
"Boom!" On the Heavenly Dragon Divine Fortress battle platform, one person was brutally killed. Then, a demonic shadow shot up, heading straight for the Qi family battle platform.
"It's him... Yunfei!" Qi Qianxing's expression suddenly tightened. After disappearing for so long, he appeared again. Yunfei was in trouble.
Qi Yunfei saw Lin Feng descending and didn't dodge or avoid. He met him head-on, his battle intent soaring. No one at the Second Layer of Sovereign Martial Realm had been able to defeat him yet.
"Yunfei, retreat! Get off the platform!" Qi Qianxing's roar came down from the sky, startling Qi Yunfei. He didn't understand why Qi Qianxing had so little faith in him.
A booming, explosive sound rolled out. Qi Qianxing's face turned pale. No miracle happened. Qi Yunfei was blasted into dust with one punch—a young genius with limitless potential, killed on the spot by Lin Feng.
Lin Feng tilted his head slightly, looking up at Qi Qianxing in the void, his gaze filled with strong demonic intent.
He slowly raised one finger, as if to say: One hundred victories, using your Qi family genius as a stepping stone!
"Kill!" Murderous intent burned on Qi Qianxing's body. Lin Feng killed his Qi family's younger generation prodigy and dared to provoke him so arrogantly. If not for the Assembly of Emperors, he would definitely go down and kill Lin Feng right now.
The crowd's gazes also froze. This madman... too ruthless!