Chapter 1378: The Expected Heir

Meanwhile, as Lin Feng moved, outside, atop the Ancient Emperor Plaza.

That lifeless ten‑thousand‑zhang stone statue still stood motionlessly in its spot, as if eternal.

Only, in front of today's statue, Yao Ming, Huang Tian, Zhu Kun and a few others had already arrived here impatiently.

Of course, those below the Seven‑Star Dou Saint rank have no right to be here today.

Therefore this place, compared to before, appears much more desolate.

However, those whose strength is below Seven‑Star Dou Saint naturally do not want to miss the excitement.

So, even though they cannot come here, they still watch from the outer perimeter.

"Alas, I still don't know which lucky one will be chosen this time!"

After a long silence inside, Huang Tian immediately looked at the twenty‑three‑colored hair strands fluttering in the wind atop the ten‑thousand‑zhang stone statue and said in a complex tone.

While speaking, he also turned his head to glance at Zhu Kun nearby and the three people behind him.

After all, from a probabilistic standpoint, the Tai Xu Ancient Dragon Clan, having more members, clearly has the advantage.

"Hehe, little fellow, don't worry. If this time the Ancient Emperor inheritance falls to our Ancient Dragon Clan, considering that black‑hearted kid and our past joint battles, I, the emperor, certainly won't trouble you."

Seeing the former's expression, Zhu Kun instantly guessed what Huang Tian was worrying about, immediately stepped forward, patted his shoulder, and said cheerfully.

Of course, by saying so, he was also leaving an escape route for himself.

After all, the world is still unsettled; you and I are both dark horses.

No one knows which lucky one the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's inheritance will fall upon.

Thus, by saying this now, if Huang Tian were chosen later, he could avoid disaster.

"Then thank you, Senior Zhu Kun. If I am chosen, I certainly won't trouble your Ancient Dragon Clan either."

Hearing this, Huang Tian immediately forced a smile.

After all, even Zhu Kun is scared; in people's hearts, it's even more frightening.

Now that the other party has spoken up, he certainly won't let this opportunity slip, and instantly went along with the other's words.

As for Yao Ming beside him, he claimed to be a Yin‑cold nine‑abyss subterranean python.

No matter how you think, the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor's fiercely raging anomalous fire, which is extremely yang and strong, is unlikely to choose me.

Therefore, he simply relaxed without any mental pressure.

This opportunity to advance to Dou Emperor—whoever wants it, take it.

【6】 "Everyone, are you all ready?"

"Everyone, are you all ready?"

Soon after the two in front finished their dialogue, a voice with a faint smile began to echo gently across the sky.

At the same time, several figures suddenly appeared in front of the crowd, at the spot beneath the statue.

As for Zhu Kun and the others, upon hearing the voice, they immediately stuck out their heads to look.

Immediately after, Lin Feng together with Xiao Yixian, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin—the four women, five people in total—entered their view.

"Hey, kid, you finally arrived; quickly open this statue."

Seeing Lin Feng, Zhu Kun immediately rubbed his large hands and then impatiently urged.

With those words, Huang Tian, the Ancient Dragon Clan Elder Zhu Huo, and two other Seven‑Star Dou Saints of their clan instantly lit up, their gazes blazing toward Lin Feng.

After all, faced with the chance to ascend to Dou Emperor, how many can stay calm?

As for Lin Feng, he naturally understood this principle.

Thus, after seeing the expressions of those ahead, he helplessly shook his head and said, "No need to rush; I'll have someone open the Ancient Emperor inheritance now?"

As he spoke, his large hand flicked, and a black streak of light shot out from his body.

Then, under everyone's gaze, the streak of light darted aside and finally transformed into a beautiful girl in a black dress with black hair.

"Master, are you looking for me?"

Upon appearing, Xiao Ling saw others around, instantly gave up the idea of rushing forward to hug Lin Feng, and instead lifted the sides of her skirt, slightly bent and bowed, saying.

From start to finish, this girl maintained the demeanor of an elegant maiden.

It was completely unlike her previously wild and crazy demeanor.

But Lin Feng, familiar with this fellow, and the women, couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths.

This girl still cares about face.

But soon, Lin Feng shook his head, then pointed at the statue ahead and said, "Xiao Ling, open it."

"Lin Feng, I, the emperor, see that this girl is only at the entry level of the Nine‑Star Dou Saint; can she open this Ancient Emperor stone statue that even I cannot handle?"

After assessing Xiao Ling's strength, Zhu Kun immediately wore a doubtful expression and said.

With those words, the three members of the Ancient Dragon Clan and Huang Tian also nodded slightly, indicating agreement.

After all, even Zhu Kun, a Nine‑Star Peak Dou Saint, cannot handle this statue; now the former sends such a little girl—can it work?

When that was said, Xiao Ling instantly became somewhat displeased.

These old fools, Xiao Ling herself comes out to do the work for you.

Now, to make matters worse, the other side still doubts her strength!

If it weren't for her master's sake, Xiao Ling exclaimed that she would have turned and left immediately.

Hearing this, Lin Feng smiled lightly and explained, "No problem; Xiao Ling possesses a secret method to open this statue, so it can be opened without force."

As he spoke, a trace of confidence appeared in his tone.

After all, in the original work, Xiao Yan's fire spirit could open the statue, and now Xiao Ling certainly has no problem.

"There is even such a thing!"

Learning that this little girl before them also possessed a secret method to open the Ancient Emperor inheritance, Zhu Kun and Huang Tian were startled, then all turned to look at the smug‑looking girl.

However, they recalled the pill‑controlling technique demonstrated earlier with Wu Nie Tun Yan.

Moreover, this fire spirit seems to have merged Pure Lotus Demonic Fire and Wu Nie Tun Yan, the two anomalous flames originally trapped inside Gu Di Dong Fu.

In everyone's mind, they instantly felt they could understand.

Lin Feng, unwilling to waste time, after finishing his explanation, promptly looked at Xiao Ling and said, "Girl, start."

"Alright, master."

Upon hearing that, Xiao Ling hurriedly nodded, ignoring the old Bi Dens she despised.

The next moment, under everyone's gaze, Xiao Ling's figure flashed and in an instant she arrived beneath the statue.

Staring at the statue before her that seemed to stretch endlessly upward, Xiao Ling's petite body slowly rose into the air.

Finally, under the watch of Lin Feng, Zhu Kun and others behind him, as well as a distant crowd of onlookers, she rose to the statue's heart region and stopped.

As Xiao Ling slowly ascended, intense black flames suddenly spread rapidly from within her.

When it steadied, the thick blaze had already enveloped Xiao Ling's body.

As for the girl, after reaching the statue's heart, the flames suddenly gathered in the sky before her.

During this continual merging, the black flames quickly turned into a ball of darkness as black as ink.

Only, the temperature on this light sphere was terrifyingly high, continuously emitting faint flames.

Yet, at the moment the sphere formed, Xiao Ling extended a jade finger and pointed at the statue ahead.

"Whoosh!"

The next moment, the sphere before her shot out a fierce flame beam, which then slammed into the heart of the Tuoshe Gu Di statue.

"Hum!"

At the instant the beam struck, the towering ten‑thousand‑foot gray statue's surface rippled with strange concentric waves, undulating without warning, spreading like water ripples.

With the emergence of these ripples, in an instant it seemed as if some switch had been flipped.

The increasingly violent waves continued to spread across the statue.

At the same time, Zhu Kun, Huang Tian and others, seeing that no matter how they attacked, the statue remained completely unmoving.

That such a transformation could occur from Xiao Ling's casual finger made their faces instantly light up with ecstatic joy.

After all, this meant their hope of unlocking Tuoshe Gu Di's inheritance was fairly high.

But as the statue's reaction intensified, the excited gazes of those around quietly turned tense.

Even Lin Feng and Xiao Yixian and the other women instinctively clasped each other's hands, their eyes fixed on Xiao Ling and the Tuoshe Gu Di statue ahead.

After all, this moment concerned which house would inherit the Dou Emperor's legacy.

Everyone present was inevitably nervous.

"Buzz!"

While those ahead waited tensely, the trembling frequency of the towering statue in front grew increasingly frequent.

After a few breaths, everyone heard a click as a stone mechanism began to operate.

Immediately, under everyone's gaze, the stone at the chest of the Tuoshe Gu Di statue…

…suddenly slowly split open, forming a circular hole dozens of zhang wide!

"Whoosh"

As the hole opened, a gentle radiance immediately spread out from within.

These lights, like living gauze, suddenly began to writhe.

Then they fell directly, covering the bodies of everyone in the plaza.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

However, as the gentle light fell upon them, the three members of the Ancient Dragon Clan, Huang Tian, Yao Ming, and the women all turned suddenly pale.

Immediately after, their legs uncontrollably dropped into a kneeling posture.

In this manner, it seemed as if that thin gentle light possessed incomparable weight, crushing the Eight-Star Dou Saint and several Seven-Star Dou Saints.

Following Zhu Huo, Huang Tian and others, Zhu Kun's body also began to give way, slowly bending downward.

However, as a peerless strongman on the continent, he naturally refused to kneel disgracefully before others.

Thus, he immediately struggled violently.

"Creak... creak..."

However, under this crushing, his bones throughout his body emitted creaking sounds at that moment.

At the same time, under the pressure, his face grew increasingly flushed.

"Bang!"

But his perseverance did not last long; after a few breaths, the exhausted Zhu Kun's legs suddenly went limp, and with a bang his legs fell onto the stone slab on the ground.

For a moment, among the many on the plaza, only Lin Feng escaped death under this pressure.

The terrifying pressure that overwhelmed those ahead had no effect at all on Lin Feng.

It was as if everything ahead never existed.

However, the few kneeling nearby, even before him, could see that this pressure truly existed.

"Damned Tuoshe Gu Di, you are too much!"

Seeing his treatment, Zhu Kun's face flushed instantly, and he gritted his teeth, saying.

While speaking, he also made a few tentative struggles.

But immediately he realized his body was as if pressed down by an invisible mountain, unable to move at all.

Seeing this, Zhu Kun, whose struggle was in vain, could only give a wry smile and then, resignedly, relaxed.

In any case, being suppressed by a Dou Emperor strongman wasn't that shameful.

After all, previously, even Saint of the Pure Lotus Demon and Yellow Spring Demon Saint could not encounter a Dou Emperor strongman.

At the same time as Zhu Kun's appointment, the four women of Xiao Yixian, seeing that across the plaza only their own man could fight here, their uniquely beautiful faces instantly burst with intense ecstatic joy!

Because given the current situation, unless something unexpected happens.

The To She Ancient Emperor has indeed chosen their husband as the inheritor!

And at this moment, the faint layer of light on their bodies immediately began to gradually depart, soaring toward the sky.

It paused in the air above the plaza for a few breaths; finally, the light curtain swiftly merged into a single beam that darted out, directly enveloping the only one still standing below, Lin Feng!

At the same time, Zhu Kun and the others, along with Xiao Yixian and the other three women, felt that as the light receded from their bodies, control of their bodies was once again reclaimed by themselves.

Noticing this situation, everyone hurriedly stood up.

And upon seeing what happened to Lin Feng, their expressions instantly changed.

Finally, Zhu Kun and the members of the three great beast races wore immediately complex expressions.

"Alas, this kid is truly lucky—by chance he cultivated the same technique as the To She Ancient Emperor, and in the end, he was indeed chosen as the inheritor."

The members of the three great beast races were shocked by this scene, yet found it completely normal.

After all, looking at everyone present, only Lin Feng is the most suitable to become the inheritor.

Whether it's the cultivated technique, the fusion of multiple exotic flames, or his Dou Qi strength, he is the closest among those present to the To She Ancient Emperor!

Even if they were placed in the To She Ancient Emperor's position, no matter how you look at it, Lin Feng is still the most suitable inheritor.

As for Zhu Kun, when he saw this scene, his expression was somewhat complicated.

Back then, he coveted the chance to become a Dou Emperor, which not only ruined his family, caused massive losses among the strong of his clan, but also trapped him for several thousand years.

In the end, he gained nothing.

But Lin Feng easily obtained the To She Ancient Emperor's inheritance.

That truly makes one both angry and sigh.

However, unlike those before them, Xiao Yixian, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin—the four women—

Upon seeing their man chosen by the To She Ancient Emperor as the inheritor, the excitement and ecstatic joy instantly showed unmistakably on each of their pretty faces.

Facing such good news, even the two best at emotional control among the four women, Xiao Yixian and Cai Lin, were completely undone at this moment.

Like a little girl who just got a prize, they were extremely excited!

And among everyone, when it comes to emotional control,

the one who did it best was undoubtedly Yao Ming.

After all, being a Yin‑cold type beast, he never thought he would be chosen by the To She Ancient Emperor.

So after seeing this, a hint of disappointment flashed in his heart, but soon he revived.

Immediately, with a calm expression, he brushed the dust off his trousers and continued to watch the scene indifferently.

And Lin Feng, gazing at the light pillar that enveloped him, also wore a face full of surprise.

Although he knows that his chance of being chosen by the To She Ancient Emperor is the greatest.

But such an extremely precious thing, as long as it isn't finalized, he cannot be at ease for a moment.

Now that he finally obtained the result he wanted, he can also somewhat lay his worries aside.

However, at the instant the light pillar enveloped him, faintly he felt that.

His Dou Qi inside began to ripple with a wave tinged with excitement at this moment.

That feeling was as if a long‑separated close relative had reunited here.

"Exotic flame Dou Qi, it seems correct."

Noticing the change within his body, Lin Feng not only remained unflustered but his eyes flashed as he whispered delightedly.

The Dou Qi in his body is a special one forged from the Burning Decision and numerous exotic flames he swallowed and refined, tempered through countless trials.

And the only one capable of triggering this reaction is the To She Ancient Emperor, who also cultivated the Burning Technique.

"Lin Feng, it seems the Ancient Emperor's inheritance ultimately chose you, who share the same lineage."

Looking at Lin Feng enveloped by the light pillar, Huang Tian, who had long coveted the Ancient Emperor's inheritance, couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

In front of the chance to become a Dou Emperor, even he, a leader of one of the ancient races on the Dou Qi continent, could not remain so‑called calm.

After all, at their level, what they tirelessly pursue is to become a Dou Emperor, then awaken the bloodline of their race and revive their fallen clan.

But he also understands that some things cannot be forced.

The Ancient Emperor's inheritance selects its inheritor on its own, which is already the fairest competition for him.

Yet now, he still failed.

Thus, there is nothing more to say.

Moreover, Lin Feng is his Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's brother‑in‑law.

If he can become a Dou Emperor strongman, that would already be a relatively good outcome for Huang Tian.

Later, if he can advance to Nine‑Star Dou Saint, relying on the Feng Qinger line.

Seeking Lin Feng to open a passage and draw a strand of source Qi to the lower world is not an impossible task.

And Zhu Kun, after a long period of disappointment, immediately let out a heavy sigh of helplessness.

He then, helplessly, said: "Alas, the word 'opportunity' truly leaves one speechless. Lin Feng, since the Ancient Emperor's inheritance has chosen you, go and accept it quickly. As long as you can reach the Dou Emperor level before the Soul Heaven Emperor's promotion, we won't have to worry about him any longer."

"Also, don't forget I'm your father‑in‑law; don't forget our shared prosperity and fleeting forgetfulness!"

When he said that, Zhu Kun's tone was heart‑wrenching.

After all, he wanted to progress so much!

(End of chapter)