Several hours later.
Finally, someone else reached the summit of Buzhou Mountain. It turned out to be a female demon. Lin Xuan sensed her the moment she stepped onto the summit, but he ignored her and continued to study the Chaos Stele.
Lin Xuan realized that if he killed every prodigy who came up, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble. The forces behind these prodigies would not let him go. He could handle one or two, but he couldn't handle more than that.
After all, such a prodigy is incomparable to the millions of geniuses he had killed in that ancient city.
There are hundreds of billions of geniuses like that on this battlefield, and those like this demon woman, as well as the spirit race prodigies he killed before, are extremely rare. Losing just one of them would be enough to make the forces behind them bleed.
"Huh... Sheng Tianyi isn't here. It seems my guess was right; he really is dead..."
Just then, the demon woman also saw Lin Xuan. Then, her gaze swept across the summit of Buzhou Mountain, and she didn't see anyone else except Lin Xuan. Her pupils shrank to a single point.
She knew that the Spirit Clan's prodigy, Sheng Tianyi, had also reached the summit, but was now nowhere to be found. Recalling the screams she had heard earlier, how could she not know that Sheng Tianyi had indeed perished?
In an instant, the demon woman's gaze toward Lin Xuan became serious.
So much so that she didn't immediately walk towards the Chaos Stele. Instead, she pondered for a moment before cautiously approaching it, her eyes filled with wariness as she looked at Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan was fully aware of this scene, and seeing the demon woman's cautious demeanor, he was both amused and exasperated. "Damn it, am I that scary? Why are you being so careful?"
Lin Xuan inwardly complained, but he didn't make any move, remaining engrossed in comprehending the Chaos Stele.
The demon woman gradually approached the Chaos Stele. Seeing that Lin Xuan hadn't made any move, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then she quickened her pace and arrived at the Chaos Stele in a few steps. She reached out with her right hand and imprinted it on the Chaos Stele.
Buzz...
Suddenly, the Chaos Stele shone brightly, and a name appeared on it.
[Hua Nongying, the Holy Maiden of the Hundred Flowers Valley of the Demon Clan.]
Unlike Lin Xuan, this demon woman did not unleash the same illusory phenomenon that had previously illuminated the entire battlefield world after leaving her name on the Chaos Stele, because that was a privilege reserved exclusively for the first place winner.
She, the second-place winner, didn't receive the same treatment. Instead, the Chaos Stele emitted a radiant light, like the sun rising into the sky, illuminating the entire Buzhou Mountain. Although this phenomenon was much smaller, it still attracted the attention of everyone on Buzhou Mountain.
Knowing that someone else had reached the summit of Buzhou Mountain, many people became anxious.
After shining for several dozen breaths, the light from the Chaos Stele dissipated, and then a divine radiance enveloped the demon woman, Hua Nongying. Lin Xuan knew that this was a reward from the Chaos Stele, but he wondered what the difference was between the reward for second place and his reward for first place. Was it also entry into the Sea of Origin of the Universe?
Lin Xuan was unaware of this. The top ten million in the All-Heavens Peak Battle could have their names inscribed on the Chaos Stele and receive a reward—a great opportunity. However, the rewards varied; some received a cultivation technique, while others received a rare treasure.
Only the recipient knows the specifics.
"Whatever it is, it's none of my business!"
Lin Xuan muttered something to himself, then decided to ignore it and focus on comprehending the Chaos Stele. The summit of Mount Buzhou returned to tranquility once more.
However, the ascent of Hua Nongying, a prodigy of the demon race, immediately spurred many people on, especially the prodigies who were originally on the same level as Sheng Tianyi and Hua Nongying, who were naturally even more anxious.
Before entering this battle of the highest heavens, they had always been on par with Hua Nongying and Sheng Tian. Now that Hua Nongying has already left her name on the Chaos Stele, while they are still climbing the mountain, how could they not be anxious?
“Hua Nongying went up, but Sheng Tianyi should have gone up before Hua Nongying, but he didn’t leave his name on the Chaos Stele. Something must have happened to him.”
"Why bother with all that? All I need to do is take third place."
"Third place is definitely mine. Nobody can compete with me. Bloodthirsty Demon Body, unleash your full power!"
"Gengjin Battle Body, sweep aside all obstacles! Third place is definitely mine! Gods will be killed, Buddhas will be killed!"
"My will is as sharp as a blade, no weaker than anyone else's. Mere pressure and danger cannot stop me."
...
At this moment, a group of unparalleled geniuses were all spurred on, and each of them unleashed their strongest power without holding back, rushing madly towards the summit of Buzhou Mountain.
It has to be said that the power of role models is strong. Competition always leads to better results. As Hua Nongying left her name on the Chaos Stele and won second place, it immediately stimulated everyone.
An hour later, the third person appeared; he was a prodigy from the demon race.
Then, in less than fifteen minutes, the fourth and fifth place finishers followed.
Then came the sixth, seventh, eighth... and so on.
In an instant, the Chaos Stele atop Mount Buzhou lit up continuously, its radiance shining brightly and illuminating the entire mountain.
More and more people climbed to the top of Buzhou Mountain, and soon the number of names exceeded one hundred.
Then there were one thousand, then three thousand.
After the three thousandth person, those who continued to leave their names on the Chaos Stele no longer exhibited any unusual phenomena. The stele simply displayed the person's name and origin, no longer radiating divine light, and the rewards from the feedback continued to diminish.
Lin Xuan was completely unaware of all this, because at this moment, he was deeply immersed in comprehending the Chaos Stele, as if he were obsessed and unable to stop.
No one bothered him, because no one was a fool. When the prodigies reached the summit and found that Sheng Tianyi was not there, everyone immediately understood that Sheng Tianyi was dead, and that he had died at the hands of Lin Xuan.
At that moment, they immediately realized that Lin Xuan's ability to win first place was not just a matter of luck, nor was it a coincidence that he obtained millions of identity tokens; rather, it was because he truly possessed the strength to do so! Otherwise, he would not have been able to kill Sheng Tianyi.
Because they understood this, the subsequent geniuses all tacitly chose to avoid Lin Xuan after reaching the top. Even as more and more people came up, there was still no one within ten feet of Lin Xuan.
This was out of fear of him, but also out of respect for the strong. A powerful person who could kill Sheng Tianyi deserved their awe.
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