Chapter 415: The Ultimate Kill

When the terrifying golden net descended from above, Xu Jin unexpectedly spun around and charged straight toward it.

In the instant he turned, his strongest explosive star technique, Great Sun, slammed into the net!

BOOM!

The Great Sun exploded, but the golden net only rippled twice—its descent showed no sign of slowing.

At the same moment, Fire God Thunder and Earth God Thunder struck the golden net in succession.

The net's descent faltered twice, rippled, then continued bearing down on Xu Jin.

The next instant, the Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain Shield surged upward and held the net firmly in place.

Amid screeching grinding and explosive crashes, Xu Jin's Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain Shield shattered instantly.

The golden net continued its rapid fall.

Xu Jin retracted Lei Yi, poured all his strength into the Fish Curtain Golden Bell, and activated Root of the Earth—within an instant, he pushed the Fish Curtain Golden Bell to its absolute limit.

Almost simultaneously, the golden net descended onto the Fish Curtain Golden Bell.

The golden light of the Fish Curtain Golden Bell rippled violently, as if a hot blade cut through butter—its light continuously melted away and was replenished.

Meanwhile, the golden net's own ripples weakened rapidly.

Just before the Fish Curtain Golden Bell shattered, Lei Yi flared again, and the Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain Shield shot out once more.

The eighth-rank Ju Xuan let out a cold snort, spread his five fingers again, and instantly summoned another colossal golden net from all directions, descending once more upon Xu Jin.

But at that moment, Xu Jin's Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain Shield shattered the first golden net—next instant, his form vanished, disappearing just as the second golden net descended upon him.

A flash of starlight—Xu Jin reappeared five li behind, at the spot where he had first planted the Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake.

"Eighth-rank? That's all you've got!"

The moment he appeared, Xu Jin sneered, detonated Lei Guang, and surged in the opposite direction, putting more distance between himself and Ju Xuan.

Before leaving, he planted another Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake.

"Die!"

Ju Xuan roared, spun around, and chased after him again—but the distance between them now exceeded five li; catching up would take time.

Worse still, Xu Jin's dash headed straight for his own clan members—especially the fifth- and fourth-rank ones. He flashed past, Lei Guang struck, and seven or eight clan members were obliterated into starlight.

BOOM!

Amid thunderous explosions, Xu Jin, hunted relentlessly by the eighth-rank alien Ju Xuan, kept fleeing.

When pushed to the brink, he used a Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake.

During his escape, Xu Jin had already planted all five Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stakes.

For a time, Ju Xuan could keep catching up—but each time, Xu Jin escaped using a Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake.

And Xu Jin himself grew increasingly calm.

After directly resisting Ju Xuan's golden net, Xu Jin now had a clear assessment of the power gap between himself and elite eighth-rank experts.

He couldn't defeat him yet.

Not even an elite eighth-rank could kill him in one blow.

Even a full-power strike probably couldn't.

During his defense, it looked like Xu Jin had used everything—but he still had three layers of armor he hadn't activated.

One: Seven Star Fire Rhino Armor; two: Star Technique Flower Transfer; three: Lei Yi.

In a life-or-death moment, deploying all three armors would guarantee survival.

As long as he wasn't one-shot, Xu Jin could handle this eighth-rank with ease.

The more he fought, the more confident he became.

Conversely, the eighth-rank Ju Xuan grew angrier with every passing moment.

It felt like a mouse he could crush with a single punch—yet he couldn't land a single hit.

The angrier he grew, the more serious his expression became.

This kid was only fifth-rank third layer—and yet, under the full pursuit of an eighth-rank, he moved with effortless ease. What if he grew stronger?

Ju Xuan's bloodline was exalted beyond measure, and among the eighth-ranks of the Jin Zhu clan, he was top-tier.

Not an ordinary eighth-rank.

One of the absolute highest.

The threat this human posed if he matured was unimaginable.

Ju Xuan even believed this human didn't need to reach eighth-rank—just seventh-rank would make him a dire threat to the Jin Zhu clan.

Because their ancestral ancestor had planted the ancestral ancestral domain in this world, with the ultimate goal of fully conquering it.

Thus, Ju Xuan abandoned his initial mockery and began pursuing Xu Jin with full lethal intent.

Even if other clan members were eliminated, he didn't care—he focused solely on killing Xu Jin.

Whether or not he could ultimately slay him, he must eliminate this human.

This human was already this strong.

What if he obtained the Seven Kill True Person's inheritance?

But Xu Jin slipped through like a fish—especially with the Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake. Others barely mastered it; Xu Jin wielded it as naturally as breathing, always escaping death.

As Ju Xuan's expression darkened, he prepared to unleash his ultimate killing technique.

To eliminate every living human in this area at once.

The next instant, a sudden twist occurred.

Xu Jin, pushed to his limit by Ju Xuan's pursuit, activated another Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake to escape.

At the exact moment he reappeared, Zhang Lin of the Tian Yang Star Hall, who had just slain others, arrived precisely where Xu Jin's stake materialized.

As Xu Jin materialized, Zhang Lin flicked his wrist—vast, deep blue starlight engulfed him from all sides.

Instantly, freezing starforce flooded down like a tidal wave.

Xu Jin barely reacted—he detonated Great Sun repeatedly and held firm with the Heavenly Gang Thunder Chain Shield, barely avoiding being frozen solid.

But this delay allowed the even more terrifying Ju Xuan to arrive.

Because Zhang Lin had blocked Xu Jin for one breath, the eighth-rank Ju Xuan arrived instantly, clapped his hands together, and from all directions—above, below, everywhere—countless golden lights shot toward Xu Jin.

This strike was Ju Xuan's full-power, rage-fueled attack—and he had seized the initiative.

While Xu Jin was fully occupied resisting Zhang Lin's freezing starforce, countless golden lights slammed into him.

As for Zhang Lin, after blocking Xu Jin's attack, he saw Ju Xuan arrive and immediately retreated again, seeking other elite targets.

In these mere dozen breaths, over two hundred combatants in this Seven Kill Arena had been eliminated—sixty-plus gone already, and the number kept plummeting!

The next instant, countless golden lights pierced Xu Jin like a sieve.

The moment he was pierced, Xu Jin felt a strange starlight instantly envelop him—no pain came, only a starlight prompt appeared before his eyes.

【Leave or continue? Choose within one breath—or be automatically expelled.】

This was one of the three death-replacement rewards granted after mastering the Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake in the second trial.

Xu Jin gasped heavily, and without hesitation, chose to continue.

The next instant, Xu Jin's form reappeared within the arena.

Zhang Lin was already fighting Ju Xuan.

This seventh-rank Zhang Lin was holding his own against Ju Xuan.

But Zhang Lin was fighting while retreating.

He could barely withstand a single eighth-rank—but with another seventh-rank Jin Zhu alien joining the assault, he couldn't hold on.

Seeing Xu Jin reappear, Zhang Lin's eyes lit up—he detonated starlight and instantly retreated toward Xu Jin.

The eighth-rank Ju Xuan also spotted Xu Jin's return at the same moment!

Without hesitation, he turned and charged after Xu Jin again. In Ju Xuan's perception, this fifth-rank third-layer human posed a far greater threat than the seventh-rank beside him—he absolutely could not let him grow.

Moreover, Xu Jin had already used one death-replacement.

How many left?

At most two!

Perhaps this was the chance to truly eliminate this threat.

The instant Xu Jin landed, he began setting up his next escape route—he still didn't want to reveal too much in this space.

For instance, his true killing techniques—Nine Heaven Thunder Rhythm, Earth Heart Earth Rhythm, or Heaven-Earth Fire Rhythm—he hadn't used even a single thread.

When testing his power gap against Ju Xuan earlier, he hadn't used a single thread.

He wouldn't use them now either.

Using them now would be pure waste.

Because a being like Ju Xuan must have at least mastered the Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake to the second level—meaning he had two death-replacements.

Using his techniques now would be wasted—they wouldn't kill him.

His current goal: survive until the moment the trial ends.

Entering again, Xu Jin had learned from past mistakes—each time he activated the Seven Kill Escape Dragon Stake, he deliberately noted the positions of the two seventh-ranks, especially Zhang Lin of the Tian Yang Star Hall.

To avoid being ambushed again!

Though he still had two death-replacements, this was only the third trial.

As for Zhang Lin, while battling the other seventh-rank alien, he resumed slaughtering other combatants.

Soon, only thirty-two combatants remained in this arena.

Zhang Lin suddenly stopped attacking.

He began to duel the seventh-rank Jin Zhu alien.

He couldn't kill this seventh-rank alien, but he didn't want the slaughter ground to end too soon—and he also kept the other Yangyang Star Temple elites in check.

His sole purpose: wait for Xu Jin to be slain again by Ju Xuan!

Xu Jin had already used one of his substitution chances; he had at most two left, perhaps only one.

If he's slain again, as soon as this elite from the Chen Guo Dao Academy dares to approach, Zhang Lin will strike decisively and eliminate the threat forever!

Zhang Lin's intent was crystal clear to Xu Jin.

But chased to the brink by Ju Xuan, Xu Jin absolutely refused to waste another substitution chance unless absolutely necessary.

The next instant, Xu Jin was pursued to his limit once more and activated the Seven Kill Dragon Stake again.

But this time, the moment he activated the Seven Kill Dragon Stake, he chose a stake position closer to the Yangyang Star Temple elites.

He vanished instantly, then reappeared.

Seeing where Xu Jin reappeared, Zhang Lin realized what was happening.

Watch out!

Zhang Lin shouted a warning.

Shhh!

Yet even as Zhang Lin shouted, a piercing shriek tore through the air.

But before the shriek sounded, two Yangyang Star Temple elites had already vanished in bursts of light.

Under fivefold Flowing Flash, Xu Jin skewered both Yangyang Star Temple elites like beads on a string.

Under fivefold Flowing Flash, his speed reached its peak—Ju Xuan, an eighth-rank, couldn't catch up in time.

Almost simultaneously, lightning rained down like a storm.

Bing Fire Divine Thunder, Linked Star Pattern!

Beneath the lightning, four fifth-rank warriors were obliterated into starlight, and two sixth-rank ones were severely wounded.

In an instant, the number of survivors in this slaughter ground dropped to twenty-six.

At that very moment, starlight suddenly shimmered in the sky.

【The top thirty in this slaughter ground have been determined. The third trial is over. The top thirty have successfully passed the third trial.】

The moment the starlight appeared, space within the slaughter ground solidified—even Ju Xuan, an eighth-rank, slowed to a crawl.

He was still in pursuit of Xu Jin.

The next instant, the forms of the four Yangyang Star Temple elites Xu Jin had slain moments earlier reappeared.

They had used their one substitution chance, thus qualifying for the third trial.

But using this substitution chance to pass did not necessarily mean fortune for them.

Most had only comprehended the first layer of the Seven Kill Dragon Stake and received only one substitution chance.

The next death will be final!

The next instant, starlight shifted, and all who passed the trial vanished from the Seven Kill Slaughter Ground and reappeared in another vast space.

This time, each person faced only one starlit passage.

No screen of light appeared.

Including Xu Jin's group, there were sixty people total in this space.

The battles in other slaughter grounds had not yet ended.

Xu Jin tried to move, but found spatial barriers surrounded him on all sides.

He then turned to look at Zhang Lin, the seventh-rank of the Yangyang Star Temple.

Zhang Lin was staring at Xu Jin, his expression slightly grim.

This Qi Tian Sheng had survived continuous pursuit by an eighth-rank Ju Xuan.

If not for that trick, he'd be dead.

But infuriatingly, the Yangyang Star Temple's intelligence files on Chen Guo's top elites contained no record of this Qi Tian Sheng.

The Sixth Elder in charge of intelligence had been negligent.

When I return, I'll submit a formal complaint.

And mark this Qi Tian Sheng as Extremely Dangerous!

Such a genius must never be allowed to grow.

He's only fifth-rank third layer—and already this powerful.

What will he become at sixth-rank? At seventh-rank?

He might become another Cheng Yuexiao of the Chen Guo Dao Academy!

No!

Cheng Yuexiao wasn't this terrifying.

As a top genius of the Yangyang Star Temple, I've studied Cheng Yuexiao's records countless times.

At fifth-rank, Cheng Yuexiao was nowhere near this strong.

If this Qi Tian Sheng grows, he'll surpass Cheng Yuexiao in terror!

If only I could contact the Star Temple now—I'd report Qi Tian Sheng immediately and label him Extremely Dangerous, with Top-Tier Talent!

"Brother Zhang, thanks for your attention—I'll repay you in kind!" Xu Jin sneered, bowing from afar toward Zhang Lin.

Having spent so long in this world, Xu Jin had long learned to speak the most polite words with the most vicious intent—and strike the deadliest blows!

If I get the chance, I'll kill Zhang Lin for sure.

"Most welcome!" Zhang Lin bowed back with a smile, utterly unafraid.

"Boy, I must congratulate you—you're now on my death list," Ju Xuan's voice echoed.

Ju Xuan's words were sincere.

Xu Jin felt too dangerous.

He must never be allowed to grow!

"Most welcome!"

But not just you—your entire Jin Zhu clan, including Ju Zhang in the ancestral cave realm, are now on my death list!

So if you can't kill me inside the Seven Kill Secret Realm, wash your necks clean and wait for death!" Xu Jin sneered.

"Hahaha!"

Ju Xuan laughed loudly to the few surviving aliens beside him, "See? In the next trials, if you get the chance, spare no cost to help me kill this brat!"

The few surviving aliens instantly grew solemn.

Suddenly, starlight flickered nearby as figures continuously descended—another slaughter ground had ended, and its qualifiers had arrived.

The next instant, seeing Dong Zhao and Liu Qingzhu's forms, Xu Jin exhaled in relief.

The Headmaster and my Master have also passed.

(End of Chapter)