# Chapter 631: The Ninth Person
The disappearance of this sixth person did not bring much joy to Lin Feng's face. His gaze grew increasingly serious. Behind him, the seventh person, Seventh Layer of Profound Martial Realm.
And then the eighth and ninth persons, whose strengths were respectively the Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer of Profound Martial Realm!
"As expected, at the final moment, it all comes down to strength."
Lin Feng's body radiated a surging sword intent as he charged toward the seventh person. The seventh person's eyes locked onto Lin Feng, revealing a hint of shock, as if possessing life itself.
Lin Feng, at the Fifth Layer of Profound Martial Realm, actually possessed such terrifying sword intent — this was the power of Sword Dao Will.
"Crack, crack..."
From Lin Feng's body, a terrifying sword light surged forth, a tangible sword radiance, sharp to the extreme, as if it would pierce through everything.
The power of Sword Dao Will was gradually blooming.
A sword also appeared in Lin Feng's hand, a sword with whistling sword light.
"Triple Sword Dao Will, Slash!"
Lin Feng leaped into the air, slashing down from above. A ten-zhang sword light streaked across the sky, tearing through space. The figure beneath this sword light became illusory, pressed down and destabilized.
"Boom!"
The sword fell, and the seventh person vanished.
Landing on the ground, Lin Feng's body stepped forward again, arriving before the eighth person. His footsteps finally paused for a moment as he took a deep breath.
Two more remained — Eighth Layer and Ninth Layer of Profound Martial Realm. Too difficult to deal with.
"Impressive."
The eighth person praised: "At your age, if the Snow Domain Grand Competition were held a few years later, the title of Snow Domain's greatest genius would belong to you. Unfortunately, you were born a few years too late."
To be the first to rush here at the Fifth Layer of Profound Martial Realm, step onto the stone bridge, ignore the first four, and then continuously slay the fifth, sixth, and even seventh persons with a single sword strike each...
Such battle achievements were enough to make Lin Feng proud.
"Moreover, if your cultivation were a bit stronger, enough to break through me, you could obtain the eleventh-ranked jade token by arriving first. If you were even stronger and could pass the person behind me, you could obtain the first-ranked jade token. But now, this should be your limit, because you cannot get past me and the last person. So, you can only take the twenty-first-ranked jade token."
The eighth person spoke slowly, causing Lin Feng's gaze to congeal. As expected, there were ultimately strength limitations. He had arrived first, but only by passing all nine could he qualify for the first-ranked jade token. Passing eight would give him the eleventh, passing seven would give him only the twenty-first. If he were even weaker and could only pass six, even arriving early would only qualify him for the thirty-first-ranked jade token.
The trials of this Dragon Grotto were difficult, extremely difficult.
He had used his powerful talent and tenacious mindset to traverse the previous trials and arrive here, only to face the strongest checkpoint in the end — no shortcuts, only a hurdle to be overcome with strength.
"Now, give up. Don't wait until others arrive and cause trouble for yourself. Obtaining the twenty-first-ranked jade token is already quite good."
The eighth person advised, but Lin Feng's gaze kept flickering. His lips moved slightly, and he finally spoke: "As long as I cross over, it counts as passing. I don't necessarily have to kill you?"
"Correct. As long as you cross past me, that's enough. You don't necessarily have to kill me."
The eighth person nodded slightly: "As long as you cross me, you can obtain the eleventh-ranked jade token."
"Good."
Lin Feng nodded, his gaze turning solemn. His lips moved, and profound Sanskrit syllables emerged from his mouth, drifting through the void, transforming into streaks of golden light, dazzling and brilliant.
On Lin Feng's body, wisps of golden light attached themselves to him. Moments later, Lin Feng was coated in a layer of resplendent golden light, like a Buddha.
"Oh?" The eighth person frowned, not expecting Lin Feng to have such a technique. This golden body probably raised Lin Feng's strength directly to the Seventh Layer of Profound Martial Realm. Impressive.
"Thousand Buddha Seals!"
The Sanskrit sounds from Lin Feng's mouth transformed into countless golden palm prints, endless, madly bombarding toward the eighth person.
The eighth person raised his palm, and terrifying true essence energy howled, forming a transparent wall before him.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Shocking rumbling sounds echoed. The golden Buddha seals struck the transparent true essence wall, the booming continuous, as if space itself was trembling.
His body floating, Lin Feng's figure drifted toward the eighth person, the Sanskrit sounds from his mouth unceasing, as if they would never end.
Lin Feng's body grew closer and closer to the eighth person. The eighth person revealed an amused expression. His foot stomped, and a terrifying force erupted from his body as he stepped forward. "Go!" The eighth person pushed out his palm force, and the terrifying transparent wall rumbled as it crashed toward Lin Feng, a powerful oppressive force descending upon him.
"Wrath!"
Lin Feng shouted loudly. The Buddha's wrath — both palms struck out simultaneously. The golden great palms slammed into the transparent wall, and Lin Feng's body trembled violently.
On this bridge, it was extremely narrow. Only by relying on powerful strength to suppress could one break through their obstruction. Their attacks could only be endured head-on — that was the difficulty of this stone bridge.
Facing the power of an Eighth Layer Profound Martial Realm expert's attack, he could only endure.
"Crack!"
The golden body slightly fractured. Lin Feng's pupils were cold. The Sanskrit sounds from his mouth grew faster and faster. His golden body actually continued to expand, his entire person radiating a layer of great Buddha golden light, Buddha radiance shining ten thousand feet.
"Move aside!"
Lin Feng roared angrily. The rolling golden Sanskrit sounds were extremely terrifying. At the same time, his body, transformed into a great golden Buddha, had terrifying Buddha-demon power circulating all over its surface.
The golden Buddha body turned into a streak of light, shooting forward.
"You won't get through."
The eighth person shouted coldly, another palm force surging forth. Vast true essence erupted, but at this moment, Lin Feng's body suddenly accelerated, charging toward the eighth person, allowing the palm force to land on his body. Lin Feng's golden great hand directly grabbed hold of the eighth person, gripping him tightly.
"Crack!"
The golden body withstood the eighth person's attack head-on, and the golden body imprint directly shattered. But Lin Feng's eyes opened wide, his mouth opening as he directly spat out a terrifying sword qi, causing the eighth person's pupils to congeal. Howling true essence rushed to the top of his head, and the sword qi pierced into the true essence, producing crackling sounds.
"Burn!"
Lin Feng's mouth opened again. This time, he spat out flames, directly engulfing the opponent's true essence, heading toward his head.
The eighth person's body tilted slightly, and the flames howled past the top of his head.
"Now!"
Lin Feng's hand suddenly released, his body like the wind, drifting over the opponent's head before landing on the dragon bridge.
The eighth person slowly turned around, looking at Lin Feng, and smiled: "Congratulations. Now, you can take the eleventh-ranked jade token."
"Not enough."
Lin Feng's gaze was tenacious. Ranked eleventh would still be chosen for battle by those in the top ten. Now, Blood Fiend and Yu Mo both wanted to kill him. At least one of them would obtain a top-ten jade token, and if even one did, it would be unfavorable for him.
Therefore, he had to obtain a top-ten jade token. Right now, he could only get eleventh, so he had to try the ninth person as well.
The eighth person's expression stiffened, then he smiled at Lin Feng and said: "Good luck."
Lin Feng's gaze slowly turned toward the ninth person. Passing him would allow him to obtain the first-ranked jade token. As long as he obtained the first-ranked jade token, Lin Feng would have absolute confidence in securing a top-nine seat in the Snow Domain Grand Competition.
He would choose his opponents. The entire final round of the decisive battle would be completely in his hands. Of course, the prerequisite was passing this ninth person. The ninth person's strength was the Ninth Layer of Profound Martial Realm!
It was as if the ninth person felt Lin Feng's burning gaze. His eyes slowly opened, a sharp gleam flashing, directly shaking Lin Feng's heart.
The Ninth Layer of Profound Martial Realm — in the Snow Moon Kingdom, this was already considered the peak. Even across the entire Snow Domain, it counted as being strong. Above the Ninth Layer of Profound Martial Realm was only the Heavenly Martial Realm.
"I'll go all out." Lin Feng's expression turned ruthless. Now, he could only go all out. A Ninth Layer Profound Martial Realm expert — on the stage of the Snow Domain Grand Competition, he would have to face them too. Now, let's first see how strong the Ninth Layer of Profound Martial Realm really was!