The Strongest Mythical Emperor
Chapter 158: Unique Genius

Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Unique Genius

Boom—

The invisible shockwave sent dirt and fallen leaves flying, forming visible projectiles. Qin Jun and his companions panicked and quickly turned around. At that moment, Li Yuanba leaped into the air and hammered down behind them. With an earth-shattering noise, the power of the Golden Peng God Hammer was extraordinary. The force of a single strike disrupted the shockwave, catapulting the incoming trees and soil back where they came.

Such power against the heavens was terrifying indeed!

Qin Jun and the two others halted their steps, turning back with lingering fear to look at the forest that had been felled by the shockwave.

"How could it explode so suddenly?"

Qin Yun asked in horror, the explosion that had occurred so abruptly made him extremely anxious.

Zhu Yanqing also frowned delicately, while the Roaring Sky Dog appeared thoughtful, glancing at Qin Jun, causing him a great deal of embarrassment as he cursed inwardly, "Damn, how did I fail to control my emotions?"

The cultivators who had not yet fled were also dumbfounded, especially those flying above the forest, staring at the mushroom cloud rising up. Their mouths agape in shock.

Poor Zhang Lun, he hadn’t even shown his face before he was blasted to smithereens.

"Cough cough, let’s continue forward."

Qin Jun gave an embarrassed cough, and only then did Qin Yun and Zhu Yanqing remember that he seemed to have thrown something over just now.

"Your Highness, what was that iron ball you threw just now? Its power was so formidable." Li Yuanba asked with some excitement, unlike Qin Yun and Zhu Yanqing, his eyesight was extremely sharp, naturally catching Qin Jun’s action.

"It’s something called Sky Shattering Thunder, very lethal. Anyone within a hundred meters in the Ascending Mortal Realm would be blasted into pieces," Qin Jun inwardly cursed Li Yuanba for being thoughtless but still explained, leaving Qin Yun and Zhu Yanqing to gasp in astonishment.

Qin Yun was even more excited, "This is a genuine weapon of slaughter! Brother, can you give me one?"

"Get lost! You think it’s a spirit stone? This can kill Ascending Mortal experts; I don’t have many of these," Qin Jun replied with a roll of his eyes, leaving Qin Yun scratching his head in embarrassment.

After thinking about it carefully, Qin Yun realized that was true; how could Qin Jun have many of such terrifying things?

Yet he was still puzzled, where on earth did Qin Jun get so many of these powerful items?

The fact that his Purple Gold Emperor Armor and Silver Dragon Soul Spear were enough to make others envious, and now with Sky Shattering Thunder too, who could stop him in the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition?

"Is Qianyue Kingdom really the only power behind you?" Zhu Yanqing’s cold face revealed a trace of suspicion. To this, Qin Jun responded with nothing but laughter.

It’s not me being mysterious; it’s you insisting on seeing me as mysterious!

This kind of misunderstanding was fine by Qin Jun; he wouldn’t clarify it. Concealed arrogance was the most lethal.

The group continued on their way through the forest that had been obliterated by the Sky Shattering Thunder, with smoke billowing everywhere. Looking ahead, within hundreds of meters the trees were toppled and askew, and flames were even consuming the broken timber. Although the most intense damage range of the Sky Shattering Thunder was within a hundred meters, that didn’t mean its devastation was limited to that distance.

About two hundred meters further, Qin Jun and others encountered numerous corpse fragments, a truly nauseating sight. Most were the bodies of cultivators killed by Zhang Lun, now blown to pieces by the Sky Shattering Thunder.

As for Zhang Lun, heaven knows which body was his.

"Ah, I was hoping to see what a descendant of the Barbarian Ape looked like," Qin Jun sighed, wearing an expression of regret, causing Qin Yun and Zhu Yanqing to twitch at the corners of their mouths.

Looking back, it really was a tragedy; a genius with the bloodline of the Barbarian Ape had been blown to pieces in confusion, it was simply bad luck to encounter Qin Jun, a harbinger of doom.

"Why did it explode all of a sudden?"

"Zhang Lun just died like that?"

"Indeed... his aura has vanished..."

"My God, what on earth happened?"

"This is so bizarre..."

The cultivators in the sky were discussing animatedly, while also casting a shadow over their hearts—they definitely did not want to die in some strange explosion.

"Wait, why am I still not getting any experience points?"

Qin Jun suddenly thought of something and urgently asked himself. Previously over the lake, he used the World-Ending Gatling to kill many cultivators, and now after killing Zhang Lun, why had the system not prompted him with any experience points?

"The current setting is a competition scenario, similar to a dungeon, where experience points will not be prompted at all times but rather given out in total at the end of the match," the system replied.

This reason left Qin Jun puzzled, and he continued to ask, "So will the experience points decrease or increase?"

"Naturally, they will increase because the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition is an event of tremendous renown. If it were a mere sect’s internal contest, such an experience point reward system wouldn’t be triggered."

The system’s answer made Qin Jun unbearably excited.

This is pushing me to go on a killing spree!

In the city trials, every competitor viewed one another as enemies, no need to draw hatred.

As for guilt?

The rules of the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition never restricted killing. Plus, competitors could crush their wooden plaques to escape. If they were presumptuous, that was their own death wish!

Each Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition resulted in the death of at least one-third of the cultivators, a truly immense number.

"I will count to ten, and if you don’t flee, don’t blame me for being impolite!"

Qin Jun looked up at the cultivators in the sky and shouted loudly, causing Qin Yun and Zhu Yanqing to facepalm.

Big brother, can you not be so arrogant?

With your stimulation, who would flee?

Li Yuanba, on the other hand, was fired up, brandishing his Golden Peng God Hammer ready for battle.

The cultivators’ expressions all darkened in an instant, their eyes filled with rage—it was too humiliating!

"Everyone run! This guy has a divine-grade magical artifact capable of mass killing!"

One cultivator’s expression drastically changed as he yelled alarmingly before flying away.

Hearing this, the other cultivators became uneasy, looking at Qin Jun’s irritating smirk, they knew this man was definitely confident. They gritted their teeth and began to flee in succession.

In less than five seconds, all the cultivators had flown away.

"Ah, how lonely it is to be invincible..."

Qin Jun sighed. His words were enough to give Zhu Yanqing the urge to hit him.

"It’s getting dark; we should find a place to rest," the Roaring Sky Dog suggested to Qin Jun through telepathy.

Only then did Qin Jun notice that the sky was as beautiful as a fiery cloud, dusk was approaching. He hadn’t expected that even the world within the magical artifact would have a cycle of day and night.

Qin Jun nodded and then continued to lead the way.

Elsewhere, outside the magical artifact world, Fei Yushu couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile, "It seems the city trial will be thoroughly messed up by this kid."

Thinking this, he turned to Xu Guiku, who was standing by his side, and asked, "Why hasn’t that genius, Zhang Lun, with Barbarian Ape bloodline, been reported?"

Normally, talents with unique bloodlines would be reported to the Divine Sword Hall, and then the information would be shared with other sects and royal families. Even if they failed in the Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition, they would be recruited.

Because the advantage of unique bloodlines was enormous!

If they awakened their bloodline power, it would be difficult for ordinary cultivators to contend!

"Zhang Lun’s identity is not ordinary; he is a disciple of an elder from the Demonic Suppression Sect." Xu Guiku responded helplessly. He too would have liked to recruit such a talent, but unfortunately, the person has already pledged allegiance to another.