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Chapter 116: The Heaven-Ascending Immortal Stairway

“What? It is actually an Immortal King!”

In an instant, the cultivators inside the Inheritance Space erupted into excitement.

One had to know that this was an Immortal King, a powerful existence far beyond their reach.

If they could obtain an Immortal King’s inheritance, putting aside whether they could break through to the Immortal King Realm, Ascension at the very least would be a certainty.

“Silence.”

At this moment, True Mystery Immortal King frowned slightly. The instant his words fell, the cultivators in the arena immediately shut their mouths.

Seeing this, True Mystery Immortal King slowly spoke.

“This old man’s inheritance has only one requirement, and that is superior talent.”

“Only the prodigy with the greatest talent is qualified to become this old man’s inheritor.”

As True Mystery Immortal King’s words fell, Gu Tiansheng, who stood among the crowd, immediately revealed a trace of pride.

Among everyone present, if even his Divine-Grade Spiritual Root could not obtain Senior’s inheritance, then who else could obtain Senior’s inheritance?

However, Gu Tiansheng did not know that the instant True Mystery Immortal King saw him, he had already excluded him.

There was no other reason. It was simply because he had seen that Gu Tiansheng had an Immortal King’s protection on him. If he chose Gu Tiansheng, he would only exhaust himself for nothing.

In the next instant, True Mystery Immortal King raised his hand, and a violent tremor came from within the Inheritance Space.

Behind True Mystery Immortal King, a long stairway appeared, as though forged from a single piece of white jade.

“This object is called the Heaven-Ascending Immortal Stairway. One only needs to step onto it, and it can test the climber’s talent.”

“The higher one’s talent, the easier the climb.”

“This old man will give you only seven days. Seven days later, the person who climbs the highest will obtain this old man’s inheritance.”

“Now, begin!”

As True Mystery Immortal King’s words fell, the cultivators present rushed toward the Heaven-Ascending Immortal Stairway without the slightest hesitation.

The instant they stepped onto the Heaven-Ascending Immortal Stairway, they sensed a pressure descending upon them.

Of course, this kind of pressure had no effect on those with powerful talent. Only those with inferior talent had solemn expressions.

After Gu Tiansheng stepped onto the Heaven-Ascending Immortal Stairway, he surpassed the other climbers at an extremely terrifying speed and quickly reached the front.

“With this Holy Son’s talent, this Immortal King inheritance is probably already within reach.”

Gu Tiansheng secretly rejoiced. But in the next instant, he seemed to sense something, and his expression abruptly changed.

When he looked beside him again, he saw that two figures had already surpassed him. They were none other than Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun.

“What! There are actually people whose talent is above this Holy Son’s? These two absolutely cannot be allowed to live!”

Killing intent appeared on Gu Tiansheng’s face. He absolutely would not allow anyone to shine brighter than him. Absolutely not!

However, Lu Xiaoyao and Lu Qingyun did not take Gu Tiansheng to heart at all.

Lu Xiaoyao looked toward Lu Qingyun and asked with an eager expression, “Little Sister, do you want to compete and see whose talent is higher?”

“All right, Brother. I will not go easy on you!”

Lu Qingyun also became interested. This was not because she was competitive, but because it was an excellent opportunity to test her own talent.

Seeing his sister rush out first, Lu Xiaoyao immediately became anxious.

“You cheated! Wait for me!”

Behind them, Gu Tiansheng watched as they suddenly accelerated, and his expression became increasingly ugly. His determination to eliminate them also became even firmer.

Inside this Tiannan Secret Realm, he did not believe anyone could stop him.

Behind Gu Tiansheng was Feng Qingyu. For some reason, as she looked at those two people, a faint feeling of familiarity arose in her heart, but she did not know where that sense of familiarity came from.

She shook her head and stopped thinking about it, her expression grave.

Originally, she had thought she could rely on her talent to compete for this Immortal King opportunity. At worst, after Gu Tiansheng seized it, she could simply take it from his hands.

After all, Gu Tiansheng obeyed her completely. When the time came, she would only need to say something like, “This is for your own good. You are still young and cannot handle it. Give it to me, and you can go find another one. I only want to become stronger so I can stay by your side.” At that point, Gu Tiansheng would say nothing more.

But she had not expected that there would actually be people whose talent surpassed Gu Tiansheng’s, and two of them at that.

For a time, killing intent toward those two arose in her heart, just as it had in Gu Tiansheng’s. She wanted to seize the inheritance from their hands.

After all, this was the Tiannan Secret Realm. Death was common here. Even for prodigies, it was not as though there had never been precedents of them falling inside the Tiannan Secret Realm.

“Hiss. Senior, that is an Immortal King inheritance. Are you really not tempted?”

Outside, after Zhao Xiaoyi heard that it was an Immortal King inheritance, she could not conceal the shock in her heart.

After all, that was an Immortal King inheritance. She feared that no one in the entire Tiansheng Continent would be able to resist it.

But Lu Xunxian shook his head.

“What if the price of accepting the inheritance is losing your previous memories?”

“Losing my memories?” Zhao Xiaoyi was stunned, but very soon, she thought of something and sucked in a cold breath. “Senior, are you saying this Immortal King is planning to possess someone?”

“Naturally. Otherwise, why would he make such a grand show of attracting so many prodigies here? His goal is to choose someone with suitable talent, then possess them.”

With only a glance, Lu Xunxian saw through the other party’s purpose. He even knew that the other party had fallen recently and had therefore set up a trap inside the Tiannan Secret Realm, waiting for prey to come so he could possess them.

Hearing this, Zhao Xiaoyi felt incomparably fortunate. Fortunately, she had met Lu Xunxian. Otherwise, she probably would not have even known how she died after entering.

At the same time, however, she grew even more curious. Just how did Lu Xunxian know this? Or rather, was Lu Xunxian’s strength already far above that of an Immortal King? Otherwise, how could he possibly peer into the Inheritance Space without being discovered by that Immortal King?

While Zhao Xiaoyi’s heart was filled with curiosity, outside Xianxing Regional City, Lin Chongtian stopped and looked around, speaking in a calm tone.

“Come out. I already know you are there.” 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

As Lin Chongtian’s words fell, several rounds of applause came from the surroundings, neither light nor heavy. Immediately after, four figures walked out from the shadows. Their cultivation was shockingly all at the Immortal King Realm, though not too high. They were basically all between the Early Immortal King Realm and the Mid Immortal King Realm.

“Among Lin’s enemies, there should not be any of you. Who ordered you?”

Sensing the undisguised killing intent from these four, Lin Chongtian frowned slightly and asked.

The leader, an old man wearing a blood-red robe, summoned a long spear.

“Since you are about to die anyway, we may as well let you die knowing the truth. The Immortal Bounty Association issued a bounty, offering eight thousand measures of High-Grade Immortal Liquid for your head.”

After hearing the name of the Immortal Bounty Association, Lin Chongtian immediately guessed what had happened.

He had not expected that Heavywater Immortal Monarch and the other three would make their move so quickly.

But this was also fine. He could use the four people before him to consolidate his realm and help himself break through to the Mid Immortal King Realm!