CHAPTER 354: CHAPTER 51: CHILD OF DESTINY

"Very good..."

Meanwhile.

Upon seeing his heir unconscious deep underground, the City Lord of Martial Emperor City felt the malice coming from the Ancient Country and Demon Court.

Like the Second Ancient Emperor, he thought, how could this be an Ancient Beast Taming Sect Cultivator, or a Demon Court Saint Child? It was clearly the Heir of Celestial Demon, and the Martial Emperor wanted to curse.

"Bring the Stone Man Gu here."

Lin Jing easily crushed the Martial Emperor’s heir, ranked sixth on the Golden Rankings, instantly seizing the fortune of Emperor Renzong of the Wan Dynasty, replacing him on the forefront of the rankings.

It is said that reaching the top ten of the Golden Rankings is akin to being a destiny child of a world, with countless opportunities falling before them.

Prince Gu, being the first on the Golden Rankings, recently acquired the Immortal Technique from ancient ruins.

It’s similar to a Demon Beast awakening the treasure beast Divine Techniques.

And this might just be one of many opportunities Prince Gu has gained recently.

Now, with Lin Jing ascending to sixth on the Golden Rankings, it is inevitable that someone would be pushed out of the top ten.

Before Lin Jing headed to the Western Desert, there were eight Divinity Transformations and two Nascent Souls in the top ten.

Now, one Nascent Soul has ascended to Divinity Transformation, making nine Divinity Transformations and one Nascent Soul in the top ten.

That Nascent Soul is Xu Qingyao, known as the strongest Nascent Soul for her cultivation in the Beast Taming Dao; she was originally ninth, but was replaced by the tenth position after a breakthrough.

Now, with Lin Jing’s strong intervention, Xu Qingyao was inevitably pushed to eleventh place...

Xu Qingyao fell out of the top ten; the world thought it was another prodigy who succeeded in Divinity Transformation, but when they saw the name, they were stunned.

Inside the Ancient Country.

Prince Gu, Ancient Clan Princess, Spirit Daoist Sect Daoist...

In the East Sea, Sea God Palace Crown Prince, Water Moon Immortal Island’s Senior Sister...

Mist Forest, Dragon Emperor’s disciples...

Cloud Sea Mountain Range, Witch God Hall Saint Child...

Snowy Plains, Totem Saint Child...

One by one, the destiny prodigies in the top ten of the Golden Rankings fell silent as they looked at the newly appeared name.

"Mid-Stage Golden Core..."

"Why would a Mid-Stage Golden Core be on the rankings..."

"Martial Emperor’s heir, Emperor Renzong... was defeated by the Demon Court Saint Child??"

At the moment, Lin Jing didn’t have time to mourn for Senior Sister; he believed that once she broke through Divinity Transformation, she would surely return to the top ten. Now, Lin Jing had more important matters at hand, which was to retrieve his Stone Man Gu.

He materialized his Divine Sense into a large hand, directly pulling the Martial Emperor’s heir from deep underground and pinning him to the sky, then began to extract the Stone Man Gu from his body!

"Ah——————"

The anguished cries rang out, and the unconscious Emperor Renzong could not avoid the pain and began to wail in suffering. Seeing this, the other three Martial Emperor’s heirs in the void period were filled with fury.

"Stop!!!" They shouted angrily in unison, trying to stop Lin Jing’s actions, but Lin Jing didn’t relent. The Thunder Dragon Ancestor roared, appearing not far from Lin Jing, glaring at the three Martial Emperor’s heirs.

"Admit loss, are you sore losers?"

"Rest assured, His Highness the Saint Son will not harm his life, only take the Gu."

The Stone Man Gu within Emperor Renzong was also at Divinity Transformation Stage, but it had always been in a sealed state. Emperor Renzong obtained the Stone Man Gu too recently to effectively utilize its power.

At that moment, Lin Jing violently tore open the seal, and the Stone Man Gu immediately awoke. This black worm intended to cause chaos and escape to freedom but sensed an intensely powerful Divine Sense locking onto its entire body. This Divine Sense directly made it tremble as if encountering the Gu God.

"Oh dear, what is happening?" The Stone Man Gu shuddered internally.

"Behave." Subsequently, Lin Jing used the Immortal Technique to control the Stone Man Gu in his own hand, while the other three Martial Emperor’s heirs watched Lin Jing extracting the Stone Man Gu from Emperor Renzong. But, as the Thunder Dragon Ancestor stated, this wager was indeed initially agreed upon by Emperor Renzong and Lin Jing.

There were many strong witnesses!

Indeed, Martial Emperor City could renege, but currently, despite the rumored injuries and disappearance of the Demon Court’s Demon Emperor, the Martial Emperor too was injured and missing, and even the Artifact Spirit of Martial Emperor City was nowhere to be found.

If they reneged, it would inevitably escalate into a direct conflict with the Demon Court...

"Ridiculous, this agreement is fundamentally improper."

However, the Stone Man Gu was too important to Martial Emperor City. One of the Martial Emperor’s heirs grew cold in his eyes; this Stone Man Gu was a gift he gave to Emperor Renzong, and through utilizing the Stone Man Gu, he crafted a Stone Giant Army. If Martial Emperor City lost the Stone Man Gu, years of accumulating foundation would be destroyed, and the Stone Giant Army would slowly lose control. He couldn’t allow the Stone Man Gu to easily fall into outsiders’ hands.

He just intended to disregard the Thunder Dragon Ancestor’s obstruction and reclaim the Stone Man Gu, but at that moment, he heard a familiar voice by his ear.

"Give it to him."

This command, logically, he would not regard seriously. However, this familiar, weak voice caused the Martial Emperor’s heir to shrink his pupils.

It was precisely the Martial Emperor, who had been missing for a long time!

"Master..." He was startled internally, sensing his master’s weak aura.

"I’m fine, just need to recuperate for a while. Give the Stone Man Gu to him. Since it’s your junior’s release, let him reclaim it himself."

"Yes..." The Martial Emperor’s first apprentice dispelled the thought of reclaiming the Stone Man Gu, realizing that his master wanted to utilize this Demon Court Saint Child to train the junior apprentice, giving him motivation.

Today’s battle would undoubtedly spread across the continent; a mark of endless shame would linger on junior apprentice Emperor Renzong. This shame might drive him to strive forward, advancing further...

"Let’s go." Having concluded the duel, Lin Jing did not intend to stay in Martial Emperor City. He glanced at Feng Ning and Gao Sheng below, then returned to stand atop the Thunder Dragon Ancestor, planning to attend to serious matters.

Which was to search for the Artifact Ghost.

Earlier, with a sweep of Celestial Demon’s Divine Sense, he detected many hidden enemies, not only from Sea God Palace and Mist Forest but also many from Gu God Sect...

But now was not the time for battle.

The current combat power around him was insufficient to slay these enemies.

Although Ling Yue Sword Immortal Feng Ning possessed the power to slay enemies of the void, that was entrusted by her master for opposing the Artifact Ghost and Nether Hall.

Lin Jing couldn’t bring himself to request the Sword Immortal to help kill the enemies.

Moreover, the current batch of enemies was not the strongest within their factions, even if all were slain, it wouldn’t solve anything, only temporarily escalate conflicts.

Of course, if these individuals couldn’t discern the situation and came to interfere with their search for the Artifact Ghost, then he couldn’t care about letting them go... Fairy Ling Yue borrowing the power of the Heaven-Sundering Sword Ancestor to kill the enemies would be entirely justified, as the matter of the Artifact Ghost was of utmost importance, and all obstructers should be exterminated!