"Our Supreme Profound Lineage has sheltered the Four Seasons Lineage for hundreds of years, taking some resources is completely justified. Now with a bit of strength, they are so arrogant, truly unaware of the kindness."
"The two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Four Seasons Lineage have both participated in the True Successor Trial. I've already instructed that if encountered in the trial, they must be thoroughly looked after."
Qin Zhongzheng's hateful transmission voice echoed at this moment:
"With the tenth true successor watching over, the trial won't cause fatalities, but for a Golden Core to deal with two Foundation Establishment cultivators, there are countless methods available. Even if not fatal, he can leave an indelible scar!
He's not Mu Chunqiu with extraordinary talent? Yet relying solely on himself, even if he ascends to the Divinity Transformation Realm, what then? Disciple numbers dwindling, not a single person from the Four Seasons Lineage occupies the True Successor Position.
Once his Divinity Transformation Stage ends and he breaks away from worldly affairs, the Four Seasons Lineage will continue to decline!"
The other three Nascent Souls' eyes lit up, quickly praising secretly:
"Not to disappoint, Senior Brother Qin!"
"Senior Brother Qin sees much farther than we do."
The Supreme Profound Lineage didn't notice, from afar Mu Chunqiu's gaze abruptly darkened, he was lifting his steps to walk towards the Supreme Profound Lineage.
At this moment, a transmission brilliance flashed, and a cultivator at the mid-stage of Golden Core, charred all over, appeared in the center of the Immortal Island.
"How could he be eliminated so quickly?"
All sides were in shock, even Mu Chunqiu's steps halted at this moment.
The disheveled Golden Core cultivator barely lifted his head, speaking to the True Monarch of his branch:
"This trial, there are madmen!"
Before everyone could understand the reason, another transmission light rose again.
An almost identical Golden Core female cultivator dragging a charred Dharma Body, she said in indignation:
"Someone deliberately transmitted to lure us to the mountains, then set a trap to ambush us."
At this moment, another transmission light sounded.
"Who exactly is it? Who is it!"
The three eliminated Golden Core true cultivators were full of indignation, but when asked about the specific details of combat, their faces froze.
"I only know he used a fire-based Divine Power Skill."
"That Divine Power Fire couldn't be extinguished with Water Technique, even the Yin Wind Curse couldn't extinguish a bit."
"The Vast Mountains suppressed Divine Sense, I only vaguely saw a black shadow before being burned by the fierce divine fire."
Each of the three spoke, unable to piece together any useful information, even unable to determine if the assailant was male or female.
The True Monarchs of each branch were filled with shocked uncertainty, yet the True Successor Trial is overseen by nine true successors, they have no authority to intervene, nor even the qualification to spy on the trial in the Vast Mountains.
In the crowd, Mu Chunqiu alone appeared slightly bizarre.
With his vision, he could naturally see that the three Golden Core cultivators weren't suffering from ordinary fire, but rather the burning of Merit Fire.
The Divine Power Skills in their hands were broken, but the Merit Fire itself is not good at killing, so it didn't harm the bodies' basics.
This instantly reminded him of Lu Yan once using a near Divine Technique level Profound Yellow Merit Fire during a battle against Mo Yangzi at the Mang Mountain Branch.
"Could it really be Lu Yan?"
Thinking this, Mu Chunqiu pulled back his raised foot, ready to quietly await further developments.
In the Vast Mountains, Lu Yan watched the sixth Golden Core true cultivator turn into a stream of light ascending above the sky.
He had expelled a total of six Golden Core cultivators, throughout the process Lu Yan used only Profound Yellow Merit Fire and Divine Soul advantages, not even deploying the Supreme Divine Techniques Seed.
Just as Lu Yan raised his hand to disperse the Profound Yellow Merit Fire in the sky, space behind him shattered, a sharp Magical Treasure Flying Sword enveloped with terrifying killing intent suddenly stabbed out of the void.
After sending away six mid-stage Golden Core cultivators, Lu Yan finally greeted the first late-stage Golden Core opponent, who was also a Sword Cultivator.
This Sword Cultivator's Divine Soul strength was in no way inferior to Lu Yan's, using divine techniques to secretly infiltrate and lurk beside Lu Yan for a long time, just to launch an assassination the moment Lu Yan dispersed his divine technique.
The control over aura concealment and timing was perfect, even the Flying Sword treasure and its Sword Intent among the Golden Core cultivators belonged to the top tier.
However, this Sword Cultivator did not realize one thing, that in the face of a huge disparity in strength, any tactics were meaningless.
At that moment of life-or-death crisis, Lu Yan slowly raised his right hand, reaching for the Magical Treasure Flying Sword.
Celestial Spirit Golden Light Skill!
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The golden light that seemed to be forged by Geng Metal Qi adhered to Lu Yan's palm, in an instant when his five fingers closed, he grasped the Magical Treasure Flying Sword.
A sound like metal colliding echoed in Lu Yan's hand, the Geng Metal light continuously eroded the Magical Treasure Flying Sword, the originally nurtured spirituality within the sword rapidly dimmed in Lu Yan's grip.
The next second, exerting force, he actually crushed the Magical Treasure Flying Sword with his bare hands.
The late-stage Golden Core cultivator in the void suddenly spat a mouthful of fresh blood, then transmission light took him ascending to the sky.
The wilderness once again fell into dead silence.
Simultaneously, on a mountain top tens of kilometers away, four Golden Core cultivators watched with heavy expressions the screen of Earth Fiend Profound Light Technique condensed in the void, the scene reflected depicted Lu Yan defeating the late-stage Golden Core Sword Cultivator.