Chapter 23: Explosive Kill, An Unexpected Turn!

The three Emperors—Holy Tiger, Heavenly Leopard, and Demon Ox—were filled with deep emotion; in this battle, they had witnessed the true foundation of the Human Race.

The Human Race... is not weak!

It is just that they are scheming and not united.

Otherwise, the Zhutian Wanjie would not have been defeated so easily!

Not to mention occupying the Boundary Sea, even breaking through the Heavenly Gap would be incomparably difficult!

Now, news has even come from the front lines that the Human Race Emperor Pass is about to fall!

Ao Yin did not even dare to look at the result, covering his eyes, and asked Ao Wushuang beside him with a trembling voice: "Father, who... won?"

But Ao Wushuang also did not dare to look, his body trembling slightly: "I do not know either!"

Ao Yin was stunned, looked up, and his expression became ecstatic!

He hurriedly pried open his father Ao Wushuang's eyes and said excitedly: "Foster father won, my foster father won!"

"Hiss... Fellow Daoist Potian really won!"

Ao Wushuang looked up and suddenly gasped, stunned by the scene before him!

He saw that although Lin Potian was kneeling on one knee, supporting himself with his sword, gasping for breath, and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, his overall state was far, far better than Wang Daoji's!

In reality, if not for the backlash of the Meteor Emperor Curse, Lin Potian would never have been in such a sorry state!

Upon sensing the crisis and unleashing his full combat power, he had suppressed Wang Daoji in an instant!

It was just that this had also triggered a backlash, causing the Qi and blood within his body to surge uncontrollably!

Looking at Wang Daoji, he was tattered all over, blood was pouring out like a fountain, and half of his body had been blown away!

The black light in his Double Pupil was completely extinguished, and even the light of his Supreme Bone was dim!

Lin Potian stood up unsteadily, walked over step by step, and muttered to himself while shaking his head: "After all, they are not things of his own; otherwise, this battle would not have been easy to win..."

Lin Potian was exceptionally shocked by the power of the Double Pupil and the Supreme Bone!

If Wang Daoji had possessed the Double Pupil and Supreme Bone naturally, this battle would likely have dragged on until the heavens went dark before a result was reached...

Wang Daoji coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, looked at the approaching Lin Potian, dragged his broken body backward, and shouted in a fierce but cowardly tone: "Do you really have to kill me today?!"

Lin Potian paused his steps, amused for a moment; if he didn't kill him today, was he supposed to kill him tomorrow?

Without a word of nonsense, he threw a punch!

"Pfft... Wah!"

Wang Daoji was struck and vomited blood repeatedly!

One after another, fist lights followed in succession, and Wang Daoji was beaten until only a single drop of blood remained!

A single drop of Emperor blood!

Wang Daoji panicked; he was truly afraid!

Lin Potian had changed; the current him was completely different from the indecisive Lin Potian of one hundred thousand years ago!

The current Lin Potian was like a heartless God of Slaughter!

"Brother Potian, give me a chance, don't kill me, don't kill me... I won't fight you for the Great Dao anymore! I swear I will go into seclusion and never come out again!"

A wisp of his soul drifted out from the Emperor blood and knelt down with a boom!

His face was covered in tears, full of remorse!

If one didn't know better, one would think Wang Daoji was the victim!

Lin Potian's expression was cold, completely unmoved!

After the Emperor Alliance's repeated schemes, he would never trust anyone again; they were all a bunch of old actors, and the oaths they made were no different from passing gas!

Furthermore, this Wang Daoji was a heinous villain to begin with; if he spared his life, not only would he bring disaster to the Zhutian Wanjie, but if he returned to the Taixuan Realm and the Wang Family before him, the consequences would be unimaginable!

After putting the Double Pupil and Supreme Bone that had fallen from Wang Daoji into his pouch, he turned his head to look at the Undying Divine Herb emitting white light in the corner of the arena, his eyebrows raised slightly!

This old scoundrel was truly wealthy!

He actually possessed Undying Divine Herbs, and two of them at that!

Without much thought, Lin Potian was now living his second life and had no worries about his lifespan, so he waved his hand and tossed the two Undying Divine Herbs on the arena down to Ao Yin and Ao Wushuang!

This was a promise; since he had agreed, he had to fulfill it.

Seeing this, Ao Yin and Ao Wushuang were so excited that their pores opened up; they tremblingly caught the Undying Divine Herbs and shouted in unison with excitement:

"Ao Yin, thank you, foster father, for the medicine! From now on, if you say go east, I will never go west!"

"Ao Wushuang, thank you, foster... Fellow Daoist, for the medicine!"

He had almost called him the wrong thing again; Ao Wushuang was truly excited!

The five people from Yiyu looked at Lin Potian above with reverence; he was invincible in strength, loyal and righteous, and kept his promises. If such a person had been born in their Yiyu, how wonderful would that be?

"No need for this; my, Lin Potian's, word is worth more than a thousand pieces of gold!" Lin Potian looked down and waved his hand, then raised his Heaven-Slaying Indestructible Sword high, about to finish off Wang Daoji once and for all!

Wang Daoji's soul trembled, he lost all ability to think, was scared out of his wits, and blurted out: "I won't fight anymore, I surrender!"

Clang!

Lin Potian didn't care about the surrender; he had to kill him!

But...

A mysterious, unknown force completely enveloped Wang Daoji, preventing Lin Potian from moving an inch!

Wang Daoji was instantly overjoyed; he hadn't expected that he could actually surrender!

The cold voice of the artifact spirit rang out: "Due to Wang Daoji's active surrender, he has lost his qualification to reside on the third floor of the Tongtian Tower and will be expelled from the Tongtian Tower immediately! And the winner of this Peak Arena is... Lin Potian!"

Lin Potian was stunned; was this protecting Wang Daoji, or what was the meaning of this?

After the artifact spirit finished speaking, it was about to teleport Wang Daoji out of the tower!

Lin Potian realized what was happening, unleashed his full power, and actually managed to temporarily block the teleportation!

Blood flowed continuously from the corner of his mouth as he ignored the backlash of the Meteor Emperor Curse, clenched his fists, and roared toward the sky: "What are you doing? Isn't it supposed to be that only one person can leave alive? By what right are you interfering!"

The artifact spirit's voice drifted out, faint and ethereal: "Except for voluntary surrender, these are the rules of the Peak Arena!"

Lin Potian's expression stiffened; he froze for a second, then roared in anger: "Why didn't you say so earlier!!"

The artifact spirit's voice remained faint: "Did you ask? You didn't ask."

Lin Potian was utterly speechless inside; he clenched his fists, his teeth grinding with a clacking sound, and said word by word: "This person is evil incarnate; by protecting him today, you are aiding a tyrant! Once he gets out, the common people will suffer!"

The artifact spirit's voice was still indifferent: "That has nothing to do with me. These are the rules set by my master, and I only need to follow them."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Potian was like a deflated ball, suddenly losing all his strength and means.

Helplessly, he clenched his fists, then loosened them...

Why on earth did that senior set such a rule? Could it be that they never imagined someone would surrender?

But anyone else could surrender, except for this Wang Daoji!

If Wang Daoji were allowed to escape today, in his current state, he would surely go on a rampage, absorbing Life Essence, slaughtering living beings, and bringing disaster to the world!

The few people below were stunned. They were already shocked that the Tongtian Tower had an artifact spirit, but they never expected it to intervene in the duel, speaking only of rules and appearing so high and mighty.

Ao Yin had a fiery temper; hands on hips, they spoke angrily without a second thought: "I say, you artifact spirit, it's like you have some serious illness, right? The common people of the world have absolutely nothing to do with you, is that it? How can you be so inflexible? I really don't know which nerve your master had misaligned to refine you into..."

"Yin'er, hold your tongue!"

Before Ao Wushuang could cover Ao Yin's mouth, a loud 'Bang!' was heard!

A beam of white light descended from the sky and landed on Ao Yin!

"Ah..."

After a scream, Ao Yin's true form was beaten out; they lay on the ground motionless, with only a single breath remaining!

"Yin'er!"

Ao Wushuang's eyes were bloodshot; he hurriedly fed Ao Yin the Immortal Divine Herb that had not yet been consumed, only then barely stabilizing Ao Yin's vitality. As for whether they could live a second life, it was already an unknown...

It was clearly a sure thing!

The artifact spirit's voice rang out, incomparably cold: "A mongrel loach that doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, daring to insult my master? This is just a warning; if there is a next time... die!"

Ao Wushuang heard it in his ears and felt the pain in his heart, yet he dared to be angry but dared not speak.

Creak... creak!

Seeing this scene, the fury in Lin Potian's heart surged to the heavens, no longer able to be suppressed. His entire aura erupted, and pointing at the void, he roared out:

"Artifact spirit, I want to challenge you! If you lose, you will hand Wang Daoji over to me and heal Ao Yin's injuries!"

"If I lose, then I will die!"

Swish, swish, swish!

Everyone looked up at Lin Potian, utterly bewildered; they simply could not understand why Lin Potian would be so impulsive!

Challenge the Tongtian Tower artifact spirit?

Was he crazy?

Even the weakened Wang Daoji revealed a sneer at the corner of his mouth, feeling this was the funniest joke he had ever heard in his life!

Below, Ao Wushuang was moved beyond measure and shouted out: "Fellow Daoist, I thank you on behalf of Ao Yin, but please don't do this; do not be reckless!"

Lin Potian waved his hand, not listening at all, and gazed toward the void, his eyes surging with fighting spirit!

He understood very well what he was doing, but he could not let this Wang Daoji leave today no matter what!

Otherwise, Wang Daoji would definitely be a ticking time bomb, and it was unclear when he would explode!

"You, want to challenge me?"

The cold voice came again, even mixed with a trace of astonishment.

As the words fell, a phantom, imposing man appeared, with his back to the crowd!