Chapter 410

Kevin at the foot of the mountain was a bit dumbfounded.

「Wouldn't this be too harsh? Not giving Hu Ji and them any face at all? 」

At that moment, a cold laugh came from outside the mountain; it was Hu Ji's ancestor Hu Yun, who let out a cold laugh from the side: "A pack of wild dogs daring to provoke a fierce tiger must pay the corresponding price."

"Besides, why should a fierce tiger give face to wild dogs?"

Kevin swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked at the Heaven-defiers outside Yuan Ci Divine Mountain; everyone's expression was utterly calm, with not a hint of dissatisfaction.

Kevin then lifted his gaze to the Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda on the mountainside; their expressions were utterly tranquil, and they didn't put these people's dissatisfaction in their eyes at all.

The Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda, upon arriving in the third-layer world, were already stronger than these old slickers; after two enhancements, and now having fully cleared the new path, at this moment, if these wild dogs still don't know life or death, the two of them wouldn't mind sending them on their way.

Not long after, Ling reopened Yuan Ci Divine Mountain, and the first to walk out were naturally Shen Qing, the Martial Emperor, and Shen Wenda.

Right after them came Li Lun and Kevin and the others.

Shen Qing looked toward the Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda.

"Martial Emperor, Ancestor, how does it feel to have cleared the new path? How great is the improvement?"

The Martial Emperor clenched his fist, a drunken smile appearing on his face.

"Very strong; I have never felt so refreshed and clear-headed before."

Shen Qing then looked toward Shen Wenda: "Ancestor, how about you?"

Shen Wenda waved his hand: "Just about that, a bit stronger than Old Martial."

The Martial Emperor snapped his head back, glaring at Shen Wenda with displeasure; Shen Wenda also gave a crooked smile.

"Want to give it a try?"

The two of them were like that—naturally peerless in talent for a thousand years; peers of the same age basically had no qualification to be their opponents, opponents were the older generation, and later when they reached the peak, even the older generation was no longer their match, so for a thousand years their opponents were basically only each other.

But whenever one of them broke through, the other would immediately break through as well, so over a thousand years they never managed to distinguish who was superior.

"Three of you, congratulations, congratulations."

Ming Xiao and Xu Hou and the others came over enthusiastically to greet them; regardless of whether it was Shen Qing, Shen Wenda, or the Martial Emperor, they now had the qualification to stand on equal footing with them.

Even in terms of talent, the three's talent far surpassed theirs, so they also couldn't be bothered to put on airs, and came over to greet them enthusiastically.

"From now on we'll have to rely on you all the more."

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes; it seemed these people were the strong ones among the Heaven-defiers, which made sense.

Otherwise Shen Qing would really have thought the Heaven-defiers were just a bunch of misshapen melons and cracked dates.

Even the weakest of this group present have comprehended an existence of a supreme realm; that makes it somewhat interesting.

As for the Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda, they fixed their gazes on Xu Hou and Ming Xiao.

A Heaven-defier laughed loudly: "Indeed, those who have cleared the new path have extraordinarily keen perception; how enviable."

"In our group, only two people have cleared the new path—Ming Xiao and Xu Hou; your judgment is really sharp."

Ming Xiao and Xu Hou nodded and smiled at Shen Qing and the others: "Ming Xiao/Xu Hou."

Shen Qing and the two others nodded lightly and gave their names.

Xu Hou looked somewhat suspiciously at Shen Qing and Shen Wenda: "You both have the surname Shen? Who are you?"

Ling spoke up from the side: "Fellow Daoist Shen Wenda is the ancestor of Fellow Daoist Shen Qing."

These words caused everyone to regard the three with even greater esteem.

In this third-layer world lacking much trust, such a relationship undoubtedly confers an innate advantage.

Furthermore, just now on Yuan Ci Divine Mountain, Ming Xiao and the others saw that, upon sensing Shen Qing was about to break through the Divine Realm, the Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda hesitated not at all, abandoned their cultivation, and rushed to guard Shen Qing's Dao.

Such trust is truly terrifying.

Meanwhile, Hu Yun on the other side looked somewhat dissatisfied at the still-feigning-death Hu Ji; both are descendants, why is his descendant not the same?

Those around also noticed Hu Yun's displeasure, but at this moment no one bothered to seek him out for trouble.

Ming Xiao spoke: "This isn't the place to chat; let's change locations."

"After clearing the new path, there's still more road to go, Brother Zhu, Brother Wenda, you still don't know how to proceed?" Upon hearing this, Shen Wenda and the Martial Emperor's eyes lit up.

After they cleared the new path, they indeed felt they could still improve; of course, if they were left to figure it out themselves they could find a way, but it would definitely take time; if someone were to discuss the Dao, it would surely greatly reduce the time.

Shen Wenda looked toward Shen Qing: "Shen Qing, will you come?"

Others also looked toward Shen Qing; for this person with the highest talent, they indeed very much wanted to befriend him.

Shen Qing, however, still had something to do; he still remembered the image left by the Primordial Elder and what the Primordial Elder told him—that after breaking through the Divine Realm he could go to Primordial Mountain to inherit the power of time.

Moreover, his innate six senses kept sounding alarms, always giving him the feeling that this leg of his journey was destined not to be so smooth.

Regarding this, Shen Qing also had speculation: first, that others might have discovered Primordial Mountain as well, though this possibility is very small.

Because the Ruins Flow Battlefield has existed for endless ages, yet Primordial Mountain has so far been discovered only by Xuluo.

The possibility of a second person discovering it in a short time is not high; of course, this possibility is not zero, so Shen Qing leaves it as a reserve.

The second possibility is much greater: that silver giant beast, the Mysterious Ultimate.

Ling had clearly told Shen Qing that this Mysterious Ultimate is very likely related to the Primordial Elder.

So this time, the warning from his innate six senses is almost certainly related to the Mysterious Ultimate.

Thus, going to Primordial Mountain need not be rushed; Shen Qing also needs to make a little preparation, and it just so happens that listening to their Dao discussion here will also give him some inspiration.

Shen Qing nodded: "Then let's go."

At the Heaven-defiers' base, the Martial Emperor and others were chatting freely; at first glance it seemed all harmony, but everyone deep down knew they were hiding something.

Ming Hao and Xu Hou indeed spoke some about how to walk the later road, but it was all vague, basically not anything useful; exactly how to proceed still required the Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda to figure it out themselves.

Ming Hao and the others, on the contrary, kept trying to prompt the Martial Emperor's words, wanting to understand exactly how the Martial Emperor and Shen Wenda's new path had been cleared.

Shen Qing found it boring, stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked outward.

"You all chat first."

Ming Hao and the others gave a symbolic greeting.

After Shen Qing left, he casually found a spot and attempted to fuse the deathly power he had just acquired into the Supreme Lotus, adding a bit more fuel to the already exploding Lotus.

Of course, Shen Qing no longer has to carry the people from the Defiers' stronghold; with the concealment of Heaven-Shrouding Dust, even at close range they can only see the power he disguises.

What they can see depends on what Shen Qing wants them to see.

Five kinds of supreme power appeared in Shen Qing's hand, but to outsiders only causal power seemed to be present.

Shen Qing easily fused the five supreme powers into a five-colored supreme lotus.

After all, he had already succeeded before.

Next comes the death power, which differs from the others; other powers still share some similarities, and even the vastly opposed destructive and life powers have common ground.

But death power and life power are completely opposite forces.

The difficulty of merging rises exponentially, yet because death and life powers repel each other, if they can be fused into the supreme lotus, the power will also increase exponentially.

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes, "Profound Ultimate? Or others, don't let me down."