The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 964 - 962: Ninth-Order Martial Intent Great Perfection!

Chapter 964: Chapter 962: Ninth-Order Martial Intent Great Perfection!

A fish was eaten by Lin Bai.

Lin Bai’s Martial Intent soared from the early stage of sixth order directly to the Great Perfection of the ninth order!

This filled Lin Bai with ecstatic joy.

"No wonder so many people are literally breaking their heads to get into the Heavenly Palace. Such fortune, such an opportunity is impossible to come by in the outside world, even with decades of cultivation," Lin Bai said excitedly.

To put it without exaggeration, the value of this fish at least spared Lin Bai a decade of arduous cultivation!

"Thank you, Senior, for your generous gift. I will engrave today’s teachings from Senior in my heart and never forget them for as long as I live," Lin Bai said as he earnestly clasped his fists and bowed.

"I am merely a guide. How much insight you have and the power of this fish are all your own achievements, earned by yourself," the Fishing Old Man said with a smile.

Lin Bai slightly smiled.

At that time, the Fishing Old Man had said, "This fish was roasted for you."

It was said to be a fish roasted by the Fishing Old Man.

But in reality, it was a fish roasted by the insights Lin Bai gained in this place.

As Lin Bai gained insights, the fish gradually cooked a bit more, until it was fully cooked at the moment Lin Bai’s comprehension became thorough.

"Lin Bai, have you ever heard of the Red Immortal Sect?" the Fishing Old Man curiously asked.

Lin Bai replied with a wry smile, "Senior might not know this, but the place where I come from is just one corner of the Barbaric Ancient Continent, and I have not yet had the chance to come in contact with the glorious martial art sects."

"As for the Red Immortal Sect that Senior mentioned, I have never heard of it!"

"You haven’t heard of it? Don’t you stay on the Miracle Ridge?" the Fishing Old Man asked.

"I am indeed on the Miracle Ridge!" Lin Bai nodded in reply.

The Fishing Old Man smiled and said, "It seems you do not yet have the qualifications to come in contact with the Red Immortal Sect."

"Well, Lin Bai, it has been many years since I last saw such an outstanding warrior like you, so I will grant you yet another fortuitous opportunity!"

As the Fishing Old Man chuckled lightly, he raised his hand and pointed; a rune condensed on Lin Bai’s forehead.

"Senior, what is this?" Lin Bai asked, puzzled.

The Fishing Old Man chuckled and said, "Don’t ask. One day, you will know."

"The fish is now finished. I will send you out," said the Fishing Old Man with a light chuckle.

Lin Bai slightly numbedly nodded his head.

With a wave of the Fishing Old Man’s hand, the gateway through which Lin Bai had entered this realm appeared once more.

"Thank you, Senior." Before leaving, Lin Bai bowed once more toward the Fishing Old Man and then walked towards the gateway.

Watching Lin Bai’s receding figure, the Fishing Old Man said with a faint smile, "Lin Bai, if in the future you possess enough strength, remember to protect the Miracle Ridge well and prevent the calamity of the Red Immortal Sect from happening again."

"The Red Immortal Sect? Calamity?"

As Lin Bai stepped one foot through the gateway, he heard the Fishing Old Man’s words and became puzzled, turning his head to look back at the Fishing Old Man.

But when Lin Bai looked back, the sea behind him, that island, had vanished without a trace.

As if the Fishing Old Man had never been there at all.

Lin Bai shook his head slightly and stepped through the gateway.

"Coming to the Ascension Palace was truly the right decision."

"With the Great Perfection of the ninth-order Martial Intent, I can now begin to comprehend the Realm of Comprehension."

"The Red Immortal Sect? What exactly is that?"

"According to what that Senior said, the Red Immortal Sect should also be on the Miracle Ridge!"

"But he said I’m not yet qualified, why not?"

"Could it be that the Red Immortal Sect is on the Five Peaks?"

"What was the catastrophe that happened to the Red Immortal Sect back then?"

Lin Bai paused slightly, filled with a bit of confusion, and slowly walked out of the Heavenly Palace.

When Lin Bai reached the White Jade Staircase, he looked down and saw that, at the end of the staircase, there were still over five hundred warriors looking up at the Heavenly Palace above.

During the time Lin Bai had been inside the Heavenly Palace, many warriors had left, but there were still some who had not departed, hoping to see what kind of opportunity Lin Bai had obtained within the Heavenly Palace!

Among this group of people, Lin Bai also saw Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, Chuyi, Bai Chen, Hua Jingcheng, Ning Yunlong, and others.

"Humph, they really dare to wait?"

"Good, today we can settle both new and old scores!"

Lin Bai walked step by step down the White Jade Staircase and soon completely descended.

"He’s out!"

"How come he appeared so soon, he only entered the Heavenly Palace a quarter of an hour ago."

"That was too fast."

Many warriors cried out in surprise when they saw Lin Bai emerging.

After Lin Bai descended, he realized that although he felt he had been in the Heavenly Palace for a long time, especially while waiting for the water droplets to converge into rivers, it seemed like years had passed.

But these people were saying it was only a quarter of an hour?

Lin Bai surmised that maybe it was because of the Magic Circle Prohibition inside the Heavenly Palace that changed the flow of time.

Thus, while Lin Bai had been in the Heavenly Palace for a very long time, outside only a quarter of an hour had passed.

After Lin Bai walked down the stairs, the White Jade Staircase gradually disappeared behind him, and the Heavenly Palace, located Outside the Nine Heavens Cloud, also gradually returned to the void, as if it had never appeared.

This opportunity to ascend the Ascension Palace thereby came to a close.

And as the Ascension Palace vanished, the Spirit Puppets on the Scorching Gobi also disappeared one by one.

The Scorching Gobi was once again restored to tranquility.

"Only out after a quarter of an hour, he really is a failure, wasting this opportunity for nothing," Wu Qing, third on the Fist Ranking, spitefully watched Lin Bai.

If it weren’t for Lin Bai’s interference, preventing him from entering the Heavenly Palace, Wu Qing was sure he could have broken through to a higher Martial Intent state.

And since Lin Bai appeared after just a quarter of an hour, Wu Qing decided Lin Bai must have gained nothing.

Swish, swish, swish, swish—

The moment Lin Bai landed, four figures immediately surrounded him.

These four people were none other than Wu Qing, third on the Fist Ranking, Zhu Kun, ninth on the Sword List, Chuyi, eighth on the Flying Dragon Ranking, and Bai Chen, fifth on the Spear Ranking.

Lin Bai watched the four men with a cold, mocking smile and remained silent.

"Lin Bai, hand over the opportunity you got inside the Heavenly Palace, or within the Sword Art Academy, I, Zhu Kun, swear I’ll make it so you can’t take a single step," Zhu Kun said with a hostile gaze.

"Hand it over, and I’ll give you a way to live," Wu Qing, third on the Fist Ranking, also said.

"Lin Bai, you better think carefully. If you don’t hand over what you obtained in the Ascension Palace today, you’ll be making enemies of us four in the future. You probably won’t be able to get by on the Miracle Ridge," Bai Chen, fifth on the Spear Ranking, said coldly.

"I’ll give you three breaths’ time to tell us in detail everything you saw and learned inside the Ascension Palace," Chuyi, eighth on the Flying Dragon Ranking said coldly. "Otherwise, you’ll know the consequences of offending the four of us."

Lin Bai looked coldly around, laughed, and said, "Zhu Kun, Chuyi, Wu Qing, Bai Chen, and you over there, Hua Jingcheng, Ning Yunlong... today, not one of you will escape!"

Lin Bai’s expression turned angry, and with a grip of his hands, two Sharp Swords immediately appeared in them.

From Lin Bai’s body erupted a Ninth-Stage Sword Intent, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth and sweeping across the vast land like a storm, turning the faces of the four men encircling Lin Bai pale with terror!

"What!"

"You’ve broken through to the Ninth Stage Sword Intent!"

"What exactly did you obtain in the Ascension Palace to break through the Ninth Stage Sword Intent!"

The four men surrounding Lin Bai, Bai Chen, Chuyi, Zhu Kun, and Wu Qing, all said in utter shock.