Divine Emperor Demon Emperor

Chapter 282: Chapter 282: Smashing a Path

The Crown Prince and the four others who had passed the Stone Man Array had all successfully cleared the first round, qualifying them for the second round of the Green Talent List.

At the exit of the Stone Man Array, an expert from Celestial Eagle Valley was recording each person’s results. When he saw the Crown Prince and the four others pass through at the same time, the expert nodded slightly. The time they took was excellent, worthy of praise.

The challengers who followed were by no means weak, and someone from each group managed to pass. This continued until only the final two, Lin Yun and Huang Tao, remained.

So far, out of two hundred geniuses, only twenty-eight had passed the first round. If Lin Yun and Huang Tao also managed to pass, the total would be exactly thirty.

Just think about it: out of two hundred people, one hundred and seventy were eliminated. The elimination rate was staggering.

With only the two of them left, Lin Yun and Huang Tao exchanged a smile and walked into the Stone Man Array.

As soon as he entered the Stone Man Array, the Stone Men lining the passage instantly activated and attacked him. The strength of these Stone Men was equivalent to that of a Martial Artist at the Ninth Layer of Qi Sea Realm, but their true advantage lay in their overwhelming numbers.

Furthermore, the narrow passage offered very little space to dodge. The challengers before him had all passed the Stone Man Array by fending off attacks while looking for an opportunity to break through.

But Lin Yun’s approach was different. Deep down, he didn’t see the Stone Man Array as just another stage of the competition; he saw it as a training ground.

Without drawing his Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear, Lin Yun unleashed the Black Steel Tyrant Fist. His fists glowed with a purple-gold light as he dove headfirst into battle the moment he entered the array.

In a direct clash, Lin Yun’s fist slammed brutally against the Stone Man’s. To everyone’s astonishment, the Stone Man, renowned for its incredible hardness, was actually shattered by a single blow from Lin Yun’s bare hand.

The Stone Man felt no pain and knew no fear. Its every action, including its attack patterns, was predetermined by the Array.

Even with one arm blown off by Lin Yun’s punch, the Stone Man didn’t hesitate for a moment. Its other fist was already closing in. Seeing this, Lin Yun again chose to meet force with force, punching out to meet the incoming attack.

Two punches, two shattered fists. Lin Yun seized the opportunity, driving a third punch into the Stone Man’s head. With its head destroyed, the Stone Man lost its Energy and collapsed into a pile of rubble.

Lin Yun chose to fight his way through the Stone Man Array like this entirely because he wanted to hone his Black Steel Tyrant Fist. Although he had already mastered the Fist Technique, its grade was too low, and he was gradually beginning to feel its limitations.

But his intuition told him that he had yet to grasp the true True Intent of the Black Steel Tyrant Fist. Qin Shitian had once said that the entire Fist Technique was built around a single concept: dominance.

Only by fully embodying this concept of dominance could he unleash the true power of the Black Steel Tyrant Fist. While Lin Yun’s execution of the Fist Technique was nearly flawless, it still lacked that critical touch of tyrannical might.

A single punch should be like a king’s wrath, leaving fields of corpses and rivers of blood in its wake.

Lin Yun pressed forward with a relentless offense, never once considering dodging. Behind him, more than a hundred Stone Men lay reduced to rubble.

Due to his method, Lin Yun’s progress wasn’t particularly fast. By the time he was only halfway through the Stone Man Array, Huang Tao had already reached the exit.

After successfully clearing the Stone Man Array, Huang Tao went over to the Celestial Eagle Valley expert who was recording the results. He was a little surprised to find that Lin Yun hadn’t come out yet.

’Lin Yun can’t be this weak, can he?’ Huang Tao had even deliberately slowed his pace inside the array. By his estimation, Lin Yun should have emerged long before now.

Puzzled, Huang Tao glanced at the Celestial Eagle Valley expert, only to find the Elder—an expert at the Ninth Layer of the Primordial Ocean Realm—staring at the Stone Man Array where Lin Yun was, his face a mask of utter shock.

”Elder, what is it...?” Huang Tao asked, confused by the man’s astonishment.

”See for yourself,” the Elder replied curtly, his eyes never leaving the array.

Hearing this, Huang Tao turned to look at the section of the array where Lin Yun was. At first, he was stunned, but then a wry, helpless smile appeared on his face.

’This guy is unbelievable,’ he thought. No one had ever tried to pass the Stone Man Array this way. Every other young Martial Artist focused on getting through as quickly as possible, but Lin Yun had chosen the simplest, most brutal method imaginable.

”What a freak,” Huang Tao said with a laugh.

Lin Yun was now two-thirds of the way through, leaving a trail of countless rubble piles in his wake. By forcefully smashing his way through the Stone Men, he had also sustained some injuries.

But he had not suffered these injuries in vain. With each punch, with each moment of comprehension, his Black Steel Tyrant Fist was slowly transforming. Or rather than a transformation, it was more accurate to say he was gradually grasping the True Intent of Dominance.

Now, every punch he threw was like the wrath of a king. Before the fist even landed, a terrifying pressure would emanate, so intense it could suffocate a person.

A weaker Martial Artist facing this punch would probably be crushed by the sheer pressure alone, long before the blow ever connected.

”Black Steel Tyrant Fist!” Lin Yun roared, throwing a punch. A terrifying pressure surged forward like a tidal wave, following the path of his fist.

’So this is Dominance? To be the sole sovereign of heaven and earth.’ The True Intent of Dominance grew clearer in his mind, and Lin Yun’s heart pounded with excitement.

As the punch landed, the three Stone Men in front of him instantly crumbled into three piles of rubble.

’Just the last hundred meters,’ he thought. Seeing the exit so close, Lin Yun tightened his fists and launched a final, furious assault.

Watching Lin Yun, Huang Tao’s initial shock had turned to resigned helplessness. ’Is it impossible to understand these Demon Fiends using common sense?’

’Lin Jianhong is the same way. As one of the Five Great Demon Fiends of the Eastern Domain and the number one Disciple of Celestial Eagle Valley, he also constantly does the unexpected.’

’Are Demon Fiends and geniuses truly a different breed of people?’ Huang Tao wondered with a sense of resignation.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of Huang Tao and the Celestial Eagle Valley Elder, Lin Yun emerged from the Stone Man Array. He was a sorry sight: his clothes were covered in dust, stained with blood in places, and a trickle of blood even ran from the corner of his mouth.

But no one was laughing at him. Both Huang Tao and the Elder were stunned for a moment. Then, Huang Tao hurried over to Lin Yun and said with a laugh, ”You’re one of a kind. No one has ever passed the Stone Man Array like that before.”

Being called ”one of a kind” for the first time, Lin Yun just smiled and replied simply, ”I just wanted to test something out.”

The first round came to a successful conclusion. Out of two hundred geniuses from the Southeast Domain, only thirty had passed the first round of the Green Talent List. Among them, eighteen were in the Primordial Ocean Realm, and twelve were in the Qi Sea Realm. It was worth noting that only one person was at the Eighth Layer of Qi Sea Realm: Lin Yun.

He was also the person with the lowest Cultivation to enter the second round of the Green Talent List competition.

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