Divine Emperor Demon Emperor

Chapter 389: Chapter 389: Arriving at Jincheng

As one of the prestigious Ten Core Disciples of Taiqing Academy, the youth was being chased and thrashed by Lin Yun. This wasn’t just physical harm; it was a devastating blow to the young man’s spirit.

Watching the situation suddenly reverse, the Supreme Elder of Flawless Palace, who had been hiding in the void, burst out laughing. ”Hahaha! How could I have forgotten? This kid cultivated the Flawless Flesh Body! Good! Beat the living daylights out of him for me! Hahaha, this is great.”

For how long had it been? This generation of Flawless Palace disciples was finally showing some backbone. In the past, whenever they met disciples from other sects, it was always the Flawless Palace disciples who got beaten up. Today, the tables had finally turned.

Hunted down and beaten by Lin Yun, the youth was seething with rage. ’I can’t beat him, and I can’t outrun him.’ To top it off, he still didn’t even know Lin Yun’s name.

As he fled, the youth’s face had long been beaten to a pulp. With the help of a Three-Stars Qi Essence Pill, he recovered a sliver of Elemental Power—just enough to activate a Teleportation Sub-array Map.

With enough Elemental Power to activate the Array, the youth didn’t hesitate for a second. He retrieved the Teleportation Sub-array Map from his Space Ring and immediately activated the Array on it.

In an instant, a Teleportation Array Map materialized where he stood, enveloping his body.

Having activated the Teleportation Array, the youth knew Lin Yun could no longer kill him. But he would never forget the shame of this day.

Every genius was incredibly proud, let alone one of the Ten Core Disciples like him. In the Eastern Heart Domain, they were among the absolute cream of the crop, second only to the Five Great Demon Fiends.

And yet, despite all that, he had been mercilessly thrashed by Lin Yun today, beaten like a father punishing his son.

”You just wait! I’ll kill you! Taiqing Academy will kill you!” he threatened Lin Yun coldly. Then, the Teleportation Array flashed with a bright light, and the youth’s figure vanished.

Watching the youth disappear, Lin Yun wasn’t too disappointed. ’It would be strange if one of the Ten Core Disciples didn’t have a few life-saving items on him.’

”Next time we meet, we’ll see who kills who,” Lin Yun said faintly. He then swallowed a Spiritual Essence Pill; he had less than a tenth of his Elemental Power left.

He wasn’t worried about Little Ape and the Firebird. Lin Yun was confident in their strength. The people from Taiqing Academy posed no threat to them.

Sitting down on the spot, Lin Yun began to recover his Elemental Power. Meanwhile, at Taiqing Academy, the youth who had been beaten by Lin Yun had escaped with his life thanks to the Teleportation Sub-array Map.

Seeing the youth return with his face swollen like a pig’s head, the Taiqing Academy Main Seat Elder guarding the Teleportation Array asked curiously, ”What happened?”

After mumbling a vague reply, the youth hurried off to find his master. He felt he had to report what happened with Lin Yun, whose combat power was simply too heaven-defying.

Even their own lead disciple at Taiqing Academy probably only had that much combat power at Lin Yun’s level of cultivation. If they let Lin Yun continue to grow, wasn’t Flawless Palace about to produce a real Demon Fiend?

”Damn it! That cursed brat! I’ll remember what happened today. The day will come when I’ll make you wish for death but find no release!” the youth cursed under his breath as he walked.

Lin Yun had no idea that the youth was going to report the news to the higher-ups of Taiqing Academy. And even if he had known, he wouldn’t have cared.

After recovering some of his Elemental Power, Lin Yun flew into the sky. By now, Little Ape and the Firebird had finished their battles. Faced with the duo, the group from Taiqing Academy had been completely wiped out.

Seeing Lin Yun, Little Ape handed him the three people’s Space Rings. He scanned them with his Soul Thought. ’These Disciples from Taiqing Academy weren’t too shabby. Each of them had around ten thousand Middle Grade Primordial Stones.’

Satisfied, he put away the three Space Rings. As for the Cyan Cloud Crane’s corpse, Little Ape had the Firebird carry it.

”Let’s go.” Not wanting to linger, Lin Yun mounted the Firebird, and the group quickly left the area.

After leaving Fire City, Lin Yun’s group encountered no more attacks. After all, with the Firebird present, most forces wouldn’t dare to even think of messing with them.

For a whole week, Lin Yun was on the move, recovering from his injuries as he traveled. After a week, and with the help of some Healing Elixirs, his injuries were mostly healed.

’It seems I can’t underestimate the Core Disciples of the Six Great Forces. Even if I can defeat them, killing them isn’t so simple.’ With his wounds healed, Lin Yun thought back to his battle with the youth.

Lin Yun’s current strength was enough to fight one of the Ten Core Disciples. However, this battle had made him realize one thing: it was very difficult to kill these Core Disciples.

After all, at their level, they were all treasures to their respective forces. They were bound to have numerous Life-Saving Treasures on them. With these Magical Treasures, taking their lives became incredibly difficult.

Take the youth from Taiqing Academy, for example. Lin Yun guessed that the Teleportation Sub-array Map wasn’t his only Life-Saving Treasure. It was probably just that the others were too precious, so the youth hadn’t used them. Only when Lin Yun had forced him into a corner did he finally use the Teleportation Sub-array Map.

”To kill them, I’d probably need to do it in a single, decisive blow. But that’s hard to pull off when our strengths are so close,” Lin Yun sighed and murmured to himself.

He didn’t feel too discouraged, though. After all, how long had he been in the Eastern Heart Domain? When he first arrived, he was only at the Qi Sea Realm. In just a few short months, Lin Yun could already clash with the Core Disciples of the major powers.

The greatest contributor to this was naturally the Divine Ape Demon Core. Without it, Lin Yun would probably have just broken through to the Primordial Ocean Realm by now. Forget about Core Disciples, he probably couldn’t even have beaten a Direct Disciple.

”You’ve really got it good. Your cultivation is so fast, and it looks so easy,” Lin Yun said with a laugh, looking at Little Ape, who was busy stuffing his face with meat.

Hearing Lin Yun, Little Ape mumbled something unintelligibly with his mouth full of food. The Firebird, which had been flying silently, glanced at Little Ape, unable to comprehend how the creature could eat so much.

The massive Cyan Cloud Crane had been completely devoured by Little Ape in just a week. And that was with Little Ape eating Primordial Spirit Pills every day; the Cyan Cloud Crane was merely a snack.

’I’ve never seen such a glutton,’ it grumbled in annoyance.

They traveled peacefully. After another week, Lin Yun and his group finally arrived at Jincheng. Looking from afar, although Jincheng’s name contained ”gold,” it didn’t glitter and gleam as one might imagine.

Viewed from the sky, the entire city looked more like a giant Eight Trigrams Array, with one side black and the other white. The colors of the houses were perfectly uniform and meticulous.

”Worthy of a city affiliated with the Wuji Sect,” Lin Yun said with a faint smile.