Necropolis Immortal

nineteenth challenger, Lu Yun was almost sprawled out on the ground.
Fresh blood flowed freely from his body, but no one dared step forward.
Even those in the top one hundred of both rankings hesitated.

“The prince of Inception Palace, is it? I’ll challenge you!” called out a clear voice before a figure of faint gold appeared in the arena.

“Jin Gushen!” Various expressions flickered rapidly through the metal elemental divine sect when they saw the newest challenger.

Though Jin Gushen came from the metal elemental sacred land, he was a stunning genius in his own right and half a step into the sovereign realm before he’d experienced even one chaos tribulation.
He was ranked dual first with Chi Wuxia among the Elemental Rankings, but the two had never sparred with each other, so they didn’t know who was stronger.

His cultivation level was suppressed to sixth level mortal realm the second he entered the arena, but even so, he was a sovereign within this cultivation realm!

“No, wait!” Some in his divine sect reacted unpleasantly when they saw him on stage.
“Jin Gushen is friends with the Inception prince, someone saw them walking together in the Tomb of Heaven and Earth!”

“That traitor!” The metal elemental sect leader wanted to slap Jin Gushen dead, but he knew that if he really attacked the disciple, he might not be able to rival the genius.

Within the chaos, apart from the eternal overlords of the sacred clan, only the old monsters painstakingly repressing their cultivation and Qiu Luoyu could safely handle Jin Gushen.
While the sect leaders of the nine divine sects were fierce, they weren’t his match.

The sect leaders were also listed on the two rankings.
True, they were named near the top, but there was still a marked difference between them and true geniuses like Huo Shentong, Chi Wuxia, and Jin Gushen.

……

“Greetings to senior brother Jin.” Lu Yun heaved a slight sigh of relief to see Jin Gushen facing him.
He really was having trouble continuing after so many battles.

“No worries, recover first.
I’ll fight you fair and square.” Jin Gushen grinned broadly and sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes.

Seeing that Jin Gushen was even giving Lu Yun time to recover, those of the nine divine sects wanted to run up and skin both of them alive.

But Leize had set the rules of the arena—no one else could take to the stage after a challenger already set foot in it.
In order to ensure Lu Yun’s safety at a time like this, the monarchs of the six sacred palaces materialized and stood behind him.

It would be one thing if Lu Yun was defeated in a fair fight, even if it came at a war of attrition.
However, they wouldn’t sit by and watch others attack him on the basis of superior cultivation.

Lu Yun stood up gracefully after roughly three hundred breaths.

“Junior brother Lu, do your worst.
I won’t be holding back,” sighed Jin Gushen.
“After all, I am a member of the sacred lands.”

“I know.” Lu Yun inclined his head.
“I’ve long wanted to trade blows with senior brother Jin.”

Whoosh!

Inky-green sword light gathered at his fingertips with a casual twitch and took the form of a sword.
The Dragonquake Scripture and Myriad Inception Fist were beginning to meld into his sword dao.

Suddenly, Lu Yun moved.
A piercing dragon cry howled from his body and a stroke of Dragonrise came down on Jin Gushen’s chest.
He didn’t hold anything back.
If Jin Gushen couldn’t block this move, he would die!