The Prodigies War
Chapter 2138: Origin Spirit Gourd

On the tumbling surface of the lightning pool, the Spirit Refining Kettle carried Underworld Son as it floated like a small boat.

“You missed me?” Lin Xun made an odd expression before revealing a smile. “Don’t tell me you got some treasures that you’d like to give me again?”

Underworld Son was instantly reminded of certain unbearable, tragic memories. The veins on his forehead bulged up.

He gritted his teeth. “To think your mouth is still so tough when death’s knocking at your door. You really are still as unbridled as ever.”

Boom!

His palm struck out. A powerful light swirled and coalesced into a gigantic palm print. Like a sky-blotting divine mountain, the palm crashed down on Lin Xun.

Lin Xun stood unmoving, but the radiant palm print exploded into a rain of light.

“It’s been so many years, but you keep disappointing me more and more,” laughed Lin Xun. The disdain in his eyes and sarcasm in his tone caused Underworld Son's expression to flicker dimly.

Underworld Son suddenly asked, “You're also here for this Sacred Kunwu Tree?”

Lin Xun nodded. “That’s right.”

“Unfortunately, you came a step too late. I have already refined its origin root spirits.” Underworld Son took a deep breath to suppress the rage and killing intent in his heart, then continued with a frosty face, “And also unfortunately for you because you shall die here today!”

“You refined the tree? Then I'll just take it over again. As for me dying here… Heh, if I remember correctly, you've been screaming that every single time we've met.” Lin Xun smirked, “But in the end, isn’t it you who’s got beaten black and blue every time?”

“This time you will die, I swear!” declared Underworld Son as his face darkened. Every word coming from Lin Xun would trigger past memories to surface uncontrollably in his mind. They were like a knife stabbing at his heart, painful and loathsome.

Lin Xun's smile grew brighter and brighter. He pointed at the Spirit Refining Kettle beneath Underworld Son. “Don't forget that you were repeatedly lucky to survive thanks to this treasure. Without it, do you think you’re worth…a fart?”

“Enough! I'll fulfill your death wish right this instant!” Underworld Son bristled with fury. His eyes became bloodshot as tyrannical killing intent surged around him. He was truly enraged. New hatred and old resentment in addition to all kinds of past shame rumbled like an erupting volcano in him.

Boom!

The lightning pool stirred up as Underworld Son glided over on the Spirit Refining Kettle. With a lift of his hand, a ten-foot-long silver halberd appeared, diffusing endless rolling light when he waved it.

The light was as white and piercing as snow and resembled a silver waterfall. It cascaded down from heaven and illuminated the whole sky.

Lin Xun's first thought was: All the treasures in the Treasure Delivery Boy's possession are rare stuff!

Meanwhile, he had already waved his palm with a grabbing gesture, as if grasping the sun and the moon.

Kaboom!

An earth-shattering roar filled the space. The silver halberd was blocked, buzzing and bursting with a brilliant light.

Underworld Son’s blood and qi churned. His eyes flashed with surprise.

However, there was no delay in his movements. With a rustle, a mysterious, celestial map emerged from him.

When the map rotated, it was like a galaxy was circulating within it. Countless stars flowed out in waves of starlight and turned into a whirlpool that attempted to envelope Lin Xun.

This was the Star Map of All!

A powerful devouring and crushing power that should come from a black hole caused the region to distort and crumble. It was a horrifying force capable of exterminating all things.

The Old Bronze Tree was an Emperor fiend spirit, but it was creeped out when it saw this. This is a peerless primeval relic!

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xun was subjected to an immense force of confinement and suppression. He was like a grain caught in a mill and could be ground at any moment.

However, he ran his energy and broke free of the confinement with a flick of his sleeve.

Then, he extended his arm and abruptly grabbed at the Star Map of All that was enveloping him.

This treasure was even more divine than the silver halberd just now. Its quality and appearance were also extraordinary, causing even Lin Xun to be tempted.

“You’re at death’s door, yet you’re still thinking about robbing treasures?” snorted Underworld Son in utter anger. To think that Lin Xun still treated him as a Treasure Delivery Boy at a time like this.

Simply maddening!

Divine radiance surged around him, forming a brilliant, wheel-like halo that tightly protected him.

Boom!

The sky crumbled and the earth cracked as Underworld Son urged the silver halberd and the Star Map of All to attack, all the while conjuring another treasure – a green jade gourd permeated with chaos qi.

From the gourd’s mouth, a patchwork of splendid light spilled out and expanded until it became a world-covering ocean of spirits.

At this moment, not only Lin Xun, but the Old Bronze Tree also gasped with a shocked expression. This kind of sight was just too impactful.

Thousands and thousands of spirits covered every inch of space, blotting out the sky.

There were golden sparrows, their wings rippling the void as they cried up at the sky. There were ferocious birds with scarlet eyes as big as lakes, who resembled dark clouds, casting large shadows on the ground.

There were boas who looked like dragon pythons, coiling and dancing in the air, so boundlessly large that they seemed like they would swallow the sun and moon whole.

There were mountainous blue elephants, incomparably fierce as their roars split the void.

There were terrifying golden peng birds[1] whose wings resembled clouds hanging from the sky, rocking upwards as they strived to shoot down the stars!

Vaguely, it was as though the world had been rewound to the beginning of the primeval era when all spirits had shown up to conquer the heavens.

Those figures densely packed up the space, and each one was so massive that they seemed to cover the earth and obscure the vast starry sky. On top of that, all were the strongest of creatures.

How miraculous the green gourd was, for a burst of haze coming out from its mouth could turn into thousands of spirits.

A great treasure! An absolutely divine treasure!

The same thought coincidentally popped up in the minds of Lin Xun and the Old Bronze Tree. Unless one was a fool, how could they not see how amazing that gourd was?

Rumble!

Heaven and earth shook as all the spirits charged toward Lin Xun in unison like gods went out traveling in a big group.

“Lin Xun, what do you have to fight me now?!” A chilling, cruel gleam flashed across Underworld Son’s eyes.

This was the Origin Spirit Gourd that contained pure primordial chaos qi. One breath of it could transform into countless spirits. In the primeval era, this treasure was ranked sixty-third among all Emperor weapons in all heavens. In the hands of an Emperor Ancestor, this gourd could break apart a whole galaxy and crush a big plane!

It could be said that Underworld Son had infinite confidence in this treasure.

The region was in turmoil. Lin Xun's figure was quickly submerged among the monstrous spirits who came at him with boundless ferocious might.

The Old Bronze Tree's guts cracked as a feeling of desolate and sorrow filled its heart. Are all the young people nowadays this fierce?

Lin Xun, with heaven-defying strength, could cross the insurmountable rift to kill Emperors.

This Underworld Son fellow, who hadn’t yet become an Emperor, was already powerful enough to make Emperors feel despair with his heaven-defying Emperor-grade treasures…

This was simply infuriating!

“Old fogey, since you’re together with Lin Xun, you’re definitely nothing good! Die!” Underworld Son suddenly turned toward the Old Bronze Tree with a seething murderous aura. He waved his sleeve as he spoke, and a magnificent group of flying swords whistled out.

There were thirty-six of them, all four inches long and two fingers wide, translucent and crystalline, with surfaces branded with Emperor dao runes. It was clearly a set of Emperor-grade flying swords!

The Old Bronze Tree quivered in shock, then immediately fled in strides while cursing inwardly. It’s ‘love me, love my dog’ for other people, and it’s the other way around for this brat!

But…that set of flying swords is really extraordinary…

To have this kind of thought in such a perilous moment, the Old Bronze Tree was ashamed, but it was hard to stop the envy and jealousy that were seeping out.

It couldn't be helped. Who made those treasures too tempting?

Old Bronze Tree swore that if any other Emperor expert was here, they would definitely share the same thought, and they would definitely be eager to eat Underworld Son in small bites to see just how many treasures could be scavenged from him.

Pew pew pew!

The flying swords shuttled into an offensive formation with undulating Emperor might. It took them only a split second to trim off numerous branches from the Old Bronze Tree’s dense umbrella. The latter wailed in pain, frightened out of its wits.

It was an Emperor fiend spirit! But it was utterly defenseless under the attacks of these Emperor-grade swords.

“Don't run, old fogey!” sneered Underworld Son.

Watching the Old Bronze Tree scurrying around, a wave of satisfaction filled his heart as he finally had the chance to vent the long accumulated resentment in him. Only one word could describe this feeling: Refreshing!

Just as the Old Bronze Tree was close to being unable to hold on, Lin Xun's voice suddenly echoed, “These treasures are not half bad.”

It was like a diner praising the chef's skill from the bottom of his heart, full of enthusiasm. It was also like a treasure connoisseur praising the treasures he saw without mincing words.

However, the implication in it made Underworld Son's heart thump.

No, wait!

Before he could react, a pagoda appeared across the field of conquering spirits. With a momentum that could suppress the eons, the pagoda shot toward the Origin Spirit Gourd in the void.

Dao Endless Pagoda!

At the same time, a golden rope whipped out like a bolt of lightning, wrapping itself around the Star Map of All.

Treasure Bind Golden Rope!

That wasn't all. Lin Xun also rushed out, smashing the spirit shadows in his wake to pieces as he grabbed toward the silver halberd in Underworld Son’s hand.

The series of events played out smoothly in one go, simultaneously aiming at all the three treasures that Underworld Son had summoned!

It even caught Underworld Son off guard. He roared, “Bastard Lin, your greed is f*cking insatiable!”

Insatiable?

This was an ingenious way to word it.

It was as if he was scolding Lin Xun: Wanting to rob one treasure is already bad enough, but you want all three at once? Aren't you afraid of eating too much and exploding to death?

Boom! Boom!

Bursts of explosions stirred the lightning forbidden zone. Terrifying treasure lights bloomed, staging a scene of cataclysm.

The Star Map of All was the first to fall from the void. Entangled by the Treasure Bind Golden Rope, it was like a prey being wrapped by a huge python.

Immediately following, a deafening noise echoed as Lin Xun yanked the silver halberd out of Underworld Son’s hands.

Underworld Son was shaken to the point that his blood tumbled all over. He coughed out a mouthful of blood, but he couldn't care less. Using all his might, he commanded the Origin Spirit Gourd to resist the Dao Endless Pagoda.

This treasure was too precious. It was something he had only managed to collect a while ago after going to great lengths. The loss would be beyond compare if it got taken away!

“Get away! Break free!” he shrieked, his eyes bloodshot. His aura spread like a tsunami as he mobilized every bit of strength in him.

However, Underworld Son gradually fell into despair. The supreme treasure gourd was being tightly dominated. No matter how much he struggled, it was all to no avail…

At this moment, his heart was bleeding. It’s not supposed to be like this!