Chapter 1554: Rejection
Space force and wind power burst forth, enveloping Lin Feng's body. At the same time, silver-white wings appeared behind him, their silver light filling the sky and spilling across heaven and earth.
"Whoosh!" Lin Feng took a step forward, silver light scattering as his body vanished from its original position. His speed was so incredible that in just a brief instant, the entire void was filled with afterimages of Lin Feng soaring through the air.
Fast, too fast. The fusion of Space Essence and Wind Essence purely for speed, combined with the enhanced Silver Wing Battle Soul and a mysterious footwork technique, pushed Lin Feng's speed to an absolute limit.
"Shing!" A beam of light slashed down from the sky. This sword strike pursued pure speed—the man was fast, the sword even faster, blooming with its brilliance in an instant.
The Vine King behind Ye Sheng trembled violently, and a thick, massive vine shot out. With a thunderous boom, the vine was reduced to powder beneath the sword. Ye Sheng stood motionless, the Vine King still wrapped around his body, now infused with the power of Wind Essence. He hadn't expected Lin Feng's absolute speed to be significantly faster than his own. His Wind Essence had reached the ninth level, but Lin Feng's speed was a superposition of three different powers.
Beyond his terrifying movement speed, Lin Feng's swordsmanship was also incredibly fast. A flash of cold light, and the killing strike of the sword had already arrived.
Another sword slashed out, still pursuing absolute speed. Wind-Thunder Slash, Instant Desolation, Silent Void Kill, Death Wind Killing Sword—all were extremely fast sword techniques. Vines exploded wildly. Faced with such speed, Ye Sheng found the battle difficult. His Soul-Stealing and Corrosion powers couldn't land on Lin Feng to destroy him.
The void was filled with silver light and sword radiance, quickly weaving into what seemed like a net of swords.
Ye Sheng's body finally stopped staying in place. Transforming into a hurricane, he began to retreat. He couldn't afford to be trapped within the sword net.
"Shing!" A Sword of Death seemed to split heaven and earth, forcing Ye Sheng's body to retreat sharply until he reached the corridor area, where the other three were also present.
Lin Feng's speed instantly caught up. Without any hesitation, he struck out with another sword. This time, Ye Sheng didn't retreat again. Terrifying vines all lashed out furiously, while his Soul-Stealing Eye stared fixedly at Lin Feng's eyes.
"Come in!" Ye Sheng shouted coldly. A fearsome soul force seemed to condense within his pupils. Lin Feng's body, which had been about to use Shift and Change, suddenly froze. He felt as if his eyes were being drawn into a bottomless vortex of desire.
"Kill!" The Vine King on Ye Sheng's body swept out countless killing spears, thrusting toward Lin Feng. It wasn't just Lin Feng who could use speed to deliver a fatal blow. If Ye Sheng found an opportunity to ensnare his opponent's soul with desire, he could instantly obliterate them, leaving no chance to evade.
Lin Feng was pulled into the vortex of desire. In an instant, a surging Demonic Dao Will violently bombarded the vortex pupils. Even more, the Nine Nether Spring appeared in Lin Feng's eyes, playing the Nine Nether Demon Melody.
"Boom!" The soul vortex exploded. The killing spears were already upon him, but Lin Feng stomped his foot. His terrifying speed allowed his body to vanish from the attack range in an instant. Freed from the control of desire, Lin Feng's speed was too fearsome. Ye Sheng ultimately failed to kill Lin Feng in that moment. Worse, the terrifying demonic intent and the Nine Nether Eye backlashed against him, causing his soul to tremble violently and even blood to seep from his pupils.
Ye Sheng's Soul-Stealing Eye was an extremely domineering and overbearing technique. For those of similar cultivation level, once caught in the vortex of desire, defeat was almost certain. That was why on the battle platform, he had only lost when facing Wen Aofeng, winning all his other battles. But just now, he felt a will even more domineering than his own, as if he had seen a spring of the Nine Nether.
"Careful!" A shout reached Ye Sheng's ears. Ye Sheng himself had already sensed the overwhelming killing sword intent descending from above. The Vine King wrapped around his body, as if he were being swallowed whole by it. The sword struck him, sending his body flying and carving a deep gash into the Vine King, threatening to shatter it. But this sword strike was ultimately endured by the Vine King, though Ye Sheng's body was blasted onto the corridor, even landing behind the other three Medicine King Immortal Palace experts.
Lin Feng stood in the void, his sharp gaze like sword light, staring ahead. Then, he stepped forward. Each step carried the power of eight hundred times the momentum, crashing into the three other Medicine King Immortal Palace disciples. At the same time, Heaven-Breaking Sword light surged from Lin Feng's hands, continuously tearing through the void. The sword roar rolled, carrying the aura of death.
"Boom!" The three Medicine King Immortal Palace experts suddenly released a terrifying aura, ready to fight. The handsome young man in the middle was particularly powerful, but the other two were slightly weaker, ranked even behind Zhou Tianruo. If all four had been at the top, they wouldn't have lost the first seat to Wen Tian Fortress.
"All of you, retreat!" At that moment, from the Medicine King Immortal Palace direction, the white-bearded old man suddenly spoke, causing the crowd's hearts to tremble.
Retreat? The Martial Emperor expert of Medicine King Immortal Palace was telling his disciples on the battle platform to pull back. The white-bearded old man could clearly sense how sharp the sword light Lin Feng had condensed was. If it were combined with the power of eight hundred times the momentum, Zhou Tianruo would be utterly crushed, and two of the three Medicine King Immortal Palace experts might be cut down.
"Go!" The handsome young man in the middle blasted out a terrifying palm force, and then the three of them retreated explosively, moving with extreme speed.
Lin Feng's sword slashed down fiercely but didn't kill them. By now, the three Medicine King Immortal Palace experts had retreated far away. However, Lin Feng's sword struck down heavily, cleaving through their attack and leaving a slight crack in the fearsome battle platform.
After all, this was the territory of the Nine Great Immortal Palaces and Heavenly Fortresses. Relying on Shen Yu Martial Emperor, Lin Feng was wild and unrestrained, fully unleashing himself today. But if he actually killed someone from the Nine Great Immortal Palaces and Heavenly Fortresses, Lin Feng didn't know if it would cause trouble for Shen Yu Martial Emperor, since he still wasn't clear about Shen Yu Martial Emperor's true identity.
Therefore, Lin Feng's arrogance still had its limits—he didn't kill. Of course, even if he wanted to kill his opponent, it probably wouldn't be easy. He knew that Zhou Tianruo had an Imperial Artifact for protection. Others on the battle platform might not use Imperial Artifacts even if they had them, but if their lives were threatened, they would use them without hesitation. However, most of them didn't carry Imperial Artifacts. It wasn't that the Nine Great Immortal Palaces and Heavenly Fortresses lacked them, but they feared the disciples would become dependent on them. True strength still came from one's own combat power; Imperial Artifacts were merely aids.
Watching the Medicine King Immortal Palace experts flee in disgrace, Lin Feng stood in the void, his gaze fixed on the Medicine King Immortal Palace direction. The smile in his eyes fell upon the eyes of the Medicine King Immortal Palace experts, like a sharp mockery.
What exactly did Lin Feng want from the white-bearded old man?
At this moment, even the white-bearded old man's calm gaze showed a flicker of emotion. Lin Feng, reckless and ignorant, dared to humiliate his Medicine King Immortal Palace disciples like this.
Most of the crowd watched the scene with the attitude of spectators. This Lin Feng was indeed arrogant enough, directly offending several forces among the Nine Great Immortal Palaces and Heavenly Fortresses.
But Lin Feng didn't care about their thoughts. Standing in the void, his long robe fluttering, his eyes fixed solely on the white-bearded old man, he said coldly: "One day, I will set foot on your Medicine King Immortal Palace and make you repent for what you did in the past!"
Lin Feng's voice drifted with the wind into the ears of the crowd, causing their hearts to tremble. Such an arrogant young man—one day, I will set foot on Medicine King Immortal Palace and make you repent!
Regardless of the grudge between Lin Feng and Medicine King Immortal Palace, this resilience and arrogant confidence alone was enough to move people.
Would Lin Feng truly be able to set foot on Medicine King Immortal Palace one day and make a mid-rank Martial Emperor repent?
"First, survive until that day," the white-bearded old man said calmly, his voice carrying no lack of chilling intent. He understood the intricate relationships between Qing Di Mountain and the Nine Great Immortal Palaces and Heavenly Fortresses all too well, involving too many entanglements.
Lin Feng's gaze was cold and proud. He said nothing more, slowly turning his eyes toward the Wen Tian Fortress direction—toward Qing Di Mountain, Ni Chen Martial Emperor.
"Senior, how do I, Lin Feng, compare to them?" Lin Feng's voice rolled out, calm and steady, shedding its arrogance but gaining a free and confident ease.
Among the eighteen experts, Zhou Tianruo, Qi Yuchen, Ye Sheng, and other Medicine King Immortal Palace disciples had all been defeated by Lin Feng. Lin Feng's talent and strength were beyond doubt.
Lin Feng asked Ni Chen Martial Emperor: How do I compare to them? It was as if he were asking: "I, Lin Feng—does Qing Di Mountain want me?"
Of course, that was just their interpretation. Lin Feng's true intention wasn't this. He believed Shen Yu Martial Emperor had his own plans for Lin Feng's path. Shen Yu Martial Emperor had shown him kindness; if he said he would take Lin Feng somewhere, Lin Feng would never refuse. But he asked Ni Chen Martial Emperor this for the sake of Yuan Fei and the others!
Qing Di Mountain held absolute authority in these nine main cities. Ni Chen Martial Emperor could decide the fate of Yuan Fei and the others!
Everyone looked at Ni Chen Martial Emperor, as if waiting for his answer.
Ni Chen looked at Lin Feng, still wearing that calm smile, and finally spoke: "Your talent is quite good, but youth is inevitably too arrogant."
"Crack!" As Ni Chen Martial Emperor's words fell, from the Qi Tian Fortress direction, Qi Yunsheng clenched his fists slightly, a cold smile blooming in his eyes. Just as he had expected—Qing Di Mountain was rejecting Lin Feng!
At Medicine King Immortal Palace, the white-bearded old man also smiled. Lin Feng was doomed!
Of course, they knew very well that the excuse of "youth being too arrogant" was just a pretext. Who hadn't been young? Who among the talented hadn't been arrogant? If not for what happened on the battle platform, seeing Lin Feng's talent, Qing Di Mountain would have accepted him and resolved his conflict with Qi Tian Fortress. But because of Lin Feng's displayed aggressiveness, he had offended too many people!
At this moment, many showed surprise. Rejected—Qing Di Mountain had rejected Lin Feng!
"Does this mean Lin Feng has walked himself onto a dead end?" the crowd thought. Even Yun'er's face turned pale. Without Qing Di Mountain's protection, Lin Feng was almost certainly doomed!
Lin Feng's body still stood in the void. That silhouette, seen by many, seemed somewhat desolate. A genius, just rising with force—was he about to fall?
"Heh!" At this moment, a light laugh rang out. From the Wen Tian Fortress direction, a figure in black robes slowly stood up, and a calm voice came from his lips: "Qing Di Mountain, are you blind? If they don't want him, I do!"