Chapter 309: Seeing the Heaven-Swallowing Carp Again

Chapter 309: Seeing the Heaven-Swallowing Carp Again

As Qin Xuan lifted his foot and stepped through that bizarre and surreal portal.

At this moment, those top talents of the King Realm who were still struggling in despair—Young Master Long Xiao, Young Master Mo Yu, Feng Yao, and the three Dao Children of the Top Three Sects—finally escaped from the darkness.

Everyone arrived on a platform that was suspended in mid-air.

"The first trial of the Seven-Colored Linglong Tower is actually Red Dust Heart Refining; it feels so real, as if one has truly experienced it, causing people to sink into it." Young Master Long Xiao looked as if he had been fished out of deep water.

He was drenched from head to toe; where was there any trace of a Dragon Clan descendant's pride left?

He looked just like a drowned rat.

Young Master Mo Yu laughed wildly, "It's fake, everything is fake! Mo Li deserves to die! Mo Li deserves to die!!!"

"Hahaha!"

"The first thing I'll do after getting out is kill Mo Li. I, this Young Lord, will swallow him alive!"

Feng Yao exhaled a breath of clear Qi, using the Nirvana Fire to repair the trauma to her Dao Heart.

She looked around, wanting to locate Qin Xuan.

In the end, however, she could not find any trace of Qin Xuan among the few remaining candidates.

"Young Master Qin shouldn't have been eliminated. Could it be that he is a step ahead?"

"That's impossible, though. Young Master Qin's strength should be around the top ten of the king ranking; he shouldn't be that much stronger than the three Dao Children of the Top Three Sects."

"Even the three Dao Children are here, so where could he have gone?"

Dao Child Leng Shang, Daoist Gu Jiuyou, and Daoist Xu Baijin did not speak.

However, the cold sweat soaking their backs revealed that the three of them had not had an easy time either.

Being prodigies listed on the king ranking, the three Dao Children were the first to recover. They bowed and cupped their hands towards the void, "We ask for the Linglong Heavenly God's guidance!"

Boom—

As the words fell, clusters of vibrant red flames descended from the high sky, enveloping all the remaining candidates and burning them mercilessly.

"Hiss, what a terrifying high temperature! Even my Dragon Clan's Three Thousand Dragon Flame cannot contend with it; even the Candle Dragon Rage Flame cannot compare! What kind of flame is this!?"

Young Master Long Xiao winced in pain, his teeth bared. He shook his body and transformed into a hundred-mile-long Yinglong.

Under the terrifying high-temperature burning, his body began to curl up.

The dragon scales on his skin began to crack, and dragon blood seeped out, only to be instantly scorched into white mist by the high heat.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Young Master Mo Yu kept pounding the ground with his fists, trying to use this to escape the burning of the flames.

His outer shell had already collapsed.

The defense that the Heavenly Demon Clan was most proud of was easily shattered in front of this flame, as if it were a mere toy.

Even the Dao Children of the Top Three Sects sat cross-legged on the ground, one after another, using their respective sects' unique secret techniques to resist.

The golden lotus beneath Daoist Gu Jiuyou's feet had already been stained with the vibrant red flames. She gritted her teeth in distress, "This is Karma Fire! Even a True God would not dare to use Karma Fire to refine their Physical Body! Red Dust Heart Refining, Karma Fire Body Refining—this Linglong Heavenly God's trial is far too unreasonable!"

Dao Child Leng Shang spat out a large mouthful of blood, his white hair fluttering behind his head. "The Rank of this Karma Fire is not high. The Linglong Heavenly God does not intend to harm us; she is merely selecting the successor she favors!"

"However, even Karma Fire of a low Rank is not something we can contend with for long!"

One must know that Karma Fire is an existence capable of engulfing even a Heavenly God.

Making them, who were in the King Realm, face a tribulation that one would only encounter after attaining the Dao and becoming a God was simply too difficult.

Daoist Xu Baijin's fat was rapidly being refined, and his face became as resolute as if carved by a knife. His simple and honest appearance vanished, replaced by indignation. "Karma Fire Body Refining should be able to temper the Physical Body; why does the Karma Fire in this Seven-Colored Linglong Tower only burn and bring pain to the trial-takers!"

The Dao Children of the Top Three Sects were only discussing among themselves, without any regard for Young Master Long Xiao, Feng Yao, and the others.

The king ranking was a chain of contempt.

The three Dao Children in the top ten of the king ranking did not think to share any information with prodigies like Young Master Long Xiao and Feng Yao, who were below the tenth spot on this chain of contempt, even when facing such a dangerous situation.

Hearing the words of the three Dao Children, Feng Yao also deliberately pretended to be in pain. "This Karma Fire is too terrifying; even the Pure Phoenix Flame cannot contend with it. The burn injuries are such that the Nirvana Fire cannot take effect."

Amidst the Red Lotus Karma Fire, Feng Yao cried out in pain.

In reality, however, she was ecstatic.

The Dao Children of the Top Three Sects did not obtain the benefits of Karma Fire Body Refining.

Instead, she was able to subtly utilize this Karma Fire to increase the progress of her Nirvana Fire cultivation.

What kind of concept was this?

Among all the prodigies, she was the only one who could obtain benefits.

Perhaps she had already been chosen by the Linglong Heavenly God and was about to seize the Legacy!

Of course, in front of the three Dao Children of the Top Three Sects, she dared not reveal this, fearing it would invite covetousness.

She transformed into a fire phoenix, appearing even more pained, crying and howling in the Fire Lotus Karma Fire.

As the Red Lotus Karma Fire continued to burn, finally, except for the six prodigies in the top twenty of the king ranking, including Young Master Long Xiao, all the remaining talents gave up the struggle.

They had not obtained any benefits within the Seven-Colored Linglong Tower.

Instead, they had experienced the baptism of despair and the scorching of the Fire Lotus Karma Fire.

They originally had no confidence in competing with the Dao Children of the Top Three Sects; if they were to damage their Origin and delay the opening of the king ranking,

that would be losing the watermelon to pick up the sesame seeds!

They would lose out big time!

In the blink of an eye, a day and night passed.

Young Master Long Xiao was burned until all his scales were gone; Young Master Mo Yu looked like a large piece of charcoal; Feng Yao similarly pretended to be gravely injured and on the verge of death, while in reality, her Nirvana Fire had made great progress—in about ten years, she would likely be able to comprehend it to Major Achievement.

Daoist Gu Jiuyou's golden lotus was mostly destroyed.

Dao Child Leng Shang had lost all his white hair and become bald.

Daoist Xu Baijin was as thin as a skeleton.

The Fire Lotus Karma Fire continued to burn at a high temperature.

Just as everyone was suffering, after Qin Xuan stepped through the portal, he arrived in a dark green world.

Before him, as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but water.

At this moment, he was submerged in the water, able to swim freely.

"Where is this again? Glug, glug..."

As Qin Xuan spoke, bubbles emerged from his mouth.

"Brother-in-law, this is the third trial of the Seven-Colored Linglong Tower, Bitter Sea Soul-Refining!"

"Heehee, we finally see Brother-in-law again! That's great! Brother-in-law can finally spend the wedding night with Sister now."

"Brother-in-law, it's us, the Heaven-Swallowing Carp! The Heaven-Swallowing Carp you saved back then when you played the hero saving the beauty!"

"..."

Beside Qin Xuan, Heaven-Swallowing Carps that were a hundred times larger in volume swam around him like dolphins.

"It's you guys?"

Seeing the Heaven-Swallowing Carps that had appeared in the Land of Fallen Emperors, Qin Xuan was dumbfounded. "Is this the Land of Fallen Emperors?"

Are you kidding me?

He was clearing the Seven-Colored Linglong Tower inside the God Ruins, and he ended up in the Land of Fallen Emperors?

"No, this is the God Ruins, but that's not right either—this is also the Land of Fallen Emperors!"

"Aiya, it's hard to explain in a short while. Go find Sister."

"Once you find Sister, you'll know everything."

Dozens of large Heaven-Swallowing Carps bit each other's tails, winding one after another into a large circle.

Inside the large circle, ripples undulated, and a passage appeared once more.

Qin Xuan swam slowly towards the passage.

Looking at the dozens of Heaven-Swallowing Carps that formed the 'portal' of the passage, he felt it was somewhat unreal.

The moment he stepped through the passage, the dozens of Heaven-Swallowing Carps disappeared into this Bitter Sea simultaneously.

At the same time, the Dao Children of the Top Three Sects, who had just been scorched by the Fire Lotus Karma Fire for a whole day and night, were thrown into this Bitter Sea together.

There was no hissing sound of high-temperature cooling as expected, nor was there any white mist rising.

All that remained was the endless torment of the Bitter Sea directed at the soul.