The Prodigies War

Chapter 1721: Driven Mad by Fury

Bathed in the radiant light, A’hu’s delicate figure was haloed in a glow of holiness.

Lin Xun’s pupils shrank.

He abruptly looked up and quickly locked onto the source of the light after careful inspection.

It was a pale blue, fist-sized peach hidden amongst the leaves. Along the fruit’s translucent surface, strands of rich divine light streamed up and down.

At the moment, A’hu’s eyes were shut as she stood still in place, her breathing feeble like an old monk in meditation. She was in the same state as the blue-robed man who carried an ancient sword and the other two.

Lin Xun frowned as he scanned A’hu and then the green wooden stele.

A full life is but a long dream, gone in several springs and autumns!

He was sure that if he had recited this sentence like A’hu had done, then he would have triggered the same phenomenon as well.

The point was, was this a good or bad thing?

Had they also experienced such a phenomenon before they died?

Huh?

Suddenly, Lin Xun saw a cultivator who stood not far away burst into a loud, joyous laugh.

It was the man in hemp clothes who looked like a teenager but had gray hair that was coiled in a bun. Even though he was laughing, his eyes remained tightly closed, making him look like a madman who was laughing in his dream.

Boom!

The next moment, his body was on fire. The man, however, seemed to be unaware of it as there was nothing in his expression but a big, nonchalant, happy smile of someone who had seen through everything.

“Fellow daoist!” shouted Lin Xun. He knew it was the sign of a cultivator falling prey to obsessions, which would result in the complete incineration of their cultivation.

However, the man was oblivious.

His flesh and blood then began turning into ash inch by inch!

This bizarre and horrifying scene sent chills down Lin Xun’s spine, he did not hesitate to strike out to send a warning.

However, the Flat Peach Tree emanated an invisible force and dissolved his palm strike before it could get to the gray-haired man.

In the end, under Lin Xun’s shocked stare, the man turned into a set of bones on the ground!

Just like that, he had soundlessly gone out with a smile on his face!

Lin Xun’s expression flickered dimly as he looked toward the Flat Peach Tree branches where a fiery red, freshly crystalline peach hung.

The divine ray that had bathed the gray-haired man had come from it!

“Can it be that the great danger of this place really hides on that treetop…?” Lin Xun’s expression was extremely grave.

He had never seen anything so bizarre in his life, and what worried him the most was the fact that A’hu was currently in the exact same state as the gray-haired man had been earlier.

Lin Xun asked Little Silver, who shook his head and said he had no idea about this situation.

Lin Xun proceeded to ask Toady, A’lu, Little Sky, the big black bird, and the others, all of whom also didn’t have a clue.

As one of the four great dao dominions from ancient times, the Kunlun Dominion buried countless secrets. No one in history had ever been able to figure all of them out.

Not to mention Toady and the others.

Lin Xun thought about asking the No-Nonsense Bow’s weapon spirit, who was silently recuperating within the very bow, but then he suddenly remembered a person.

A tree, to be exact.

Swish!

The next second, he summoned the spirit refinement ancestral tree, who had once cultivated and traveled worlds with the Sky Splitting Great Emperor, and the tree appeared in a green streak.

“Flat Peach Tree!” screamed the tree excitedly as soon as it emerged. “Hahaha, this must be the Kunlun Dominion. Only the Kunlun Dominion can nurture such a heavenly wonder!”

Lin Xun’s eyes lit up, This old tree obviously knew something!

Which made sense when he thought about it. This fellow was a spirit refinement ancestral tree who could be categorized as a ‘divine tree’ like the Flat Peach Tree. This meant that they were of the same kind.

Lin Xun asked, “Then, can you spot the danger here?”

The spirit refinement ancestral tree calmed down from its frenzy as it checked out the Flat Peach Tree, before looking at A’hu as well as the man and the woman nearby.

“The Sky Splitting Great Emperor once told me that the Flat Peach is also known as the Dao Fruit of Long Dreams. In order to eat it, one must go through some kind of trial in their dream, and if they aren’t strong enough to pass, then they will harm themselves during said trial.

“In the realm of dreams, some may feel like they have penetrated the mysteries of the Great Dao, but that only means that their dao heart has lost its way, which will cause them to sink into obsessions and die.

“If my speculation is correct, then the remains at the foot of this tree should belong to those who fell in the dream realm and were unable to extricate themselves, thus forfeiting their lives!”

The spirit refinement ancestral tree’s explanation caused Lin Xun’s gaze to freeze with gravity. He believed that this was highly likely to be the case.

Because just now, he had seen with his own eyes how that gray-haired man had fallen!

“Doesn’t that mean A’hu is in danger as well?” Lin Xun’s heart tightened.

“No, that depends on her luck. If she can pass the dream realm’s trial, then she will be able to seize a supreme opportunity instead,” said the spirit refinement ancestral tree.

“But this situation is still too dangerous. Is there no other way to seize that opportunity?” Lin Xun frowned.

The spirit refinement ancestral tree shook its head. “That I don’t know.”

Lin Xun was a little disappointed. He put the spirit refinement ancestral tree away.

On its way back to where it had been, the old tree yelled, “Little friend, you mustn't forget the mythical five-colored dirt! That thing is more valuable than those peaches…”

Mythical five-colored dirt!

Lin Xun instantly spread his spirit sense to observe the area from a high altitude, and soon noticed that this vast plain was quite colorful with an array of green, gold, black, red, and white.

Could the earth here really contain mythical five-colored dirt?

Just as Lin Xun pondered this, he noticed a sudden struggling expression on A’hu’s face. It was as if she was fighting back some kind of extremely terrifying force in order to wake up.

But no matter how hard she tried, it was futile.

On the contrary, in this silent confrontation, her qi began to grow chaotic and show signs of blazing up.

Not good!

Lin Xun’s pupils constricted.

Earlier, the gray-haired man had fallen prey to obsessions under this exact same state and met his demise!

“A’hu, you must hold on. I’m coming to save you!” shouted Lin Xun as he operated the power of Pulao Roar, his voice rumbling like thunder.

His heart was filled with anxiety, but he was at his wits’ end as to how to help her!

This feeling of powerlessness and anxiety prevented him from keeping composure, and an indescribable and inexplicable rage surged within him.

Swish!

In the end, Lin Xun shifted his angry stare to the Flat Peach Tree.

He absolutely could not tolerate A’hu to die just like this because he had owed her too many debts over the past few years!

“Damn tree, watch me destroy you!”

Lin Xun gritted his teeth and launched into the air. His eyes were like lightning as they locked onto a peach hanging on it.

The fruit was pale blue like jade as its divine ray enveloped A’hu. It could be considered the main culprit!

In order to save A’hu, Lin Xun no longer cared about anything else and would resort to any means possible!

His eyes were frosty, and his aura circulated like a tsunami. He fiercely punched out with all his might.

Boom!

The area trembled as the terrifying fist force containing Lin Xun’s fury whistled out. It was condensed to the extreme, and also powerful to the extreme.

Heavenshaking Punch!

This punch, which was enough to easily kill a supreme Big Saint, only shook the Flat Peach Tree slightly before being resolved by the latter’s churning auspicious light.

This tree was simply too extraordinary, resembling a spine that held up the heavens. Its crown was like an umbrella that covered the sun and flowed with billions of sacred lights.

A’hu’s pretty face gradually turned pale and displayed nothing but discomfort. She quivered as though she was enduring great pain in her struggle.

Her aura was getting more and more disorganized.

“A’hu, you must hold on!”

Lin Xun took a deep breath and pushed all of his power to the extreme, turning him into a complete burning furnace.

His black hair danced wildly, and the suffocation, anxiety, worry, and anger that filled his chest were all vented in his move.

Boom!

He let out a long roar, and his punch was like a dragon that came out in waves of energy one after another, causing the void around to explode into chaos.

Clatter~

The tree branches swayed, dispensing a magnificent rain of dao light and dissolving all of his attacks before they could even come close.

It was like an untouchable deity!

Lin Xun’s current strength had allowed him to kill Yan Chunjun, Lu Ang, and other top-notch supreme Big Saints, but it seemed so powerless at this moment.

He was like an ant trying to shake a tree!

“Shatter!”

Lin Xun didn’t give up, however. His eyes were blood-shot, and he looked like an ancient demonic god that had gone berserk. An enormous abyss appeared around him, causing the region to change color.

Heavenshaking Punch, Tribulation Dragon Nine Transformations, Taixuan Sword Scripture, Great Diffusion Void Breaker Finger, Heavenly Yuan Slash…

He unleashed all the techniques in his arsenal at full power!

During the recent years, he had rarely been so furious, so crazy, and so reckless as he was at this moment.

He couldn’t forget that when he had been fleeing for his life at the Spirit Burial Sea, it was A’hu who had helped him escape and given him the Grand Universe Ark.

He couldn’t forget how she had taught him about the Flying Immortal Tablet and brought him to the Kunlun Dominion, during which they had fought against their enemies side by side and cut through all the obstacles together!

He knew that without her guidance and help, it would have been impossible for him to arrive at this place so smoothly.

He owed A’hu too much!

Without realizing, he had long regarded her as a bosom friend and comrade in life and death!

Right now, A’hu was in a distressing situation that put her life at risk. How could Lin Xun tolerate it?

“Die!”

Lin Xun’s howl echoed in the void as he seemed to have gone insane. Even though he was like an ant trying to shake a tree, a moth trying to catch a flame, he did not stop and did not retreat.

Rumble!

The void stirred and roared ceaselessly.

By the end, Lin Xun summoned the Broken Blade, the Abi Sword, the Yuantu Sword, the Dao Endless Pagoda, the Dao Immeasurable Bottle, the No-Nonsense Bow, and all the other treasures he had.

But…

it was ultimately futile!

The power released by that Flat Peach Tree was like a supreme law that transformed into an unshakeable barrier. It did not budge no matter how hard Lin Xun impacted it.

“Die!”

But Lin Xun seemed to be oblivious to this as fighting intent, hatred, and fury stacked on his heart. Like an erupting volcano, he struck again and again.

Stubborn as a stone, ruthless as a storm!

A man was fighting against a legendary divine tree alone.

He seemed so small, yet he was so reckless.

No one knew how long had passed when Lin Xun’s consciousness began to blur. The extreme release of power had sent his physical strength to the brink of exhaustion. An unprecedented fatigue hit him like a tidal wave and caused him to feel numb all over.

But he was still fighting.

“Die!”

“Die!”

“Die!”

The relentless screams of Lin Xun, who had been driven mad by fury, echoed throughout the region, stirring up heaven and earth.