Chapter 169: Blood Kill Tower

“Lin Jing?” At the scene of the Heavenly Pride Battle, under the tireless promotion of the “Dragon Palace external recruitment and publicity personnel” commissioned by Xu Zhizhi, even the geniuses at the top of the heavenly pride ranking came to know of Lin Jing.

For this business deal, Xu Zhizhi had also spent a significant amount of money. Although he didn’t pay extra for publicity, he gave each person a ticket to the Heavenly Pride Battle, and the tickets were quite expensive.

“Interesting. I didn’t pay attention to this person before, but looking at him now, this Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect is indeed not simple.”

“Should I temporarily refine a Magic Treasure that counters Yao Beasts?” In the audience stands, a large man with orange hair grinned and spoke; he was the third-ranked Prodigy on the Human Ranking, Yan Xiangbei of the Fire Domain’s Immortal Refining Valley.

Although Lin Jing had already ascended the heavenly pride ranking before, he was currently only ranked in the twenties and hadn’t received special attention from the top-tier prodigies.

Twenty-fifth on the heavenly pride ranking, Lin Jing, a Disciple of the Desolate Domain’s Beast Taming Sect, Qi Refining Eleventh Layer. Along with his Pet Beast, he broke the Qi Training Extreme Realm, possesses a Foundation Establishment Stage Pet Beast, and easily defeated two True Disciples of Qingzhou’s Ten Thousand Beasts Sect who were at Foundation Establishment Perfection!

This was Lin Jing’s new ranking after the heavenly pride ranking was updated again. Heavenly Secrets Pavilion concealed information such as his Longevity Physique and Blood Path Spells to protect Lin Jing, but even with most of the information omitted, it still looked particularly intimidating.

“Qi Refining Eleventh Layer, making the ranking while still in the Qi Training Stage—” On a bluestone, a young man wearing black and white Daoist robes spoke slowly. Since Lin Jing hadn’t publicly performed after breaking through to the twelfth layer of Qi Training, the heavenly pride ranking still had a certain lag at this time.

“The characteristic of the Cultivation Technique practiced by the Beast Taming Sect is that the Pet Beast provides feedback on the Realm. Perhaps that’s how he reached the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer.”

“Generally, a Cultivator at the tenth layer of Qi Training has strength comparable to the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage, while the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer is comparable to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.”

“This Lin Jing is at the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer himself, plus a Foundation Establishment Pet Beast, so being ranked in the twenties is indeed impressive. I just don’t know if this Lin Jing has reached Foundation Establishment now. If he has, with the foundation of the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer, his strength after Foundation Establishment will surely be very strong. Plus, he might have contracted a second Pet Beast, so he indeed needs to be taken seriously,” said Chen Chong, the first-ranked Prodigy on the Human Ranking.

“Speaking of which, my Spell Spirit is also like a Pet Beast. I wonder if this Lin Jing can force out my Spell Spirit.”

The top ten on the heavenly pride ranking are all prodigies who can fight Golden Core as Foundation Establishment. Now, after most people analyzed Lin Jing’s data, they also regarded the so-called Dragon Palace Lin Jing as one of their strong enemies. After all, being able to make the ranking while in Qi Training meant that if he had already reached Foundation Establishment, he would definitely be a difficult opponent. However, most people didn’t expect that Lin Jing was still staying in the Qi Training Stage at this time.

Especially now that he had found a method for the Qi Training Stage Thirteenth Layer, it was even more impossible for him to temporarily reach Foundation Establishment.

The next few matches were fairly normal. Both sides’ prodigies used their own Sect or Family Spells to face their enemies normally, without messing around like Gao Sheng.

Until “Group Six, Black Wind Mountain, Cao Yi.”

“Matchup: Dan Ding Sect, Zi Ling’er.”

Black Wind Mountain was a Sect built in a dangerous borderland area. Its Disciples mainly practiced wind techniques, and their cultivation relied on special environments. The Disciples rarely went out. This Cao Yi was a Genius ranked in the nineties on the heavenly pride ranking, and he came to participate now to protect his ranking and avoid falling out of the top hundred.

Cao Yi rode the wind, descending to the arena amidst swirling black winds. When he heard that his opponent was an Alchemist who had never even entered the heavenly pride ranking, he understood that this battle should not be difficult.

However, when he saw Zi Ling’er landing on the arena holding a Dan Rabbit, Cao Yi fell into deep thought.

“You’re not also from that Dragon Palace, are you?” he asked. While in the audience stands, he had heard the words “Dragon Palace” so much that his ears were almost calloused.

Are those spectators crazy? What’s there to discuss about a crappy student organization? Have they never seen the world?

“The Dragon Palace you mentioned—I did indeed join.” Zi Ling’er looked at her opponent calmly and said, “You don’t need to be afraid; this young lady will show mercy.”

“Huh?” Cao Yi was stunned. He looked at the Dan Rabbit in Zi Ling’er’s arms and said, “That dragon-horse of his was a King-blood Yao Beast, which was somewhat respectable. Do you think I don’t recognize a Dan Rabbit?”

Although the Dan Rabbit has strong drug resistance, its strength is…

Zi Ling’er remained silent and pulled out a handful of Medicinal Pills, stuffing them into the weak Dan Rabbit’s mouth. The next moment, the Dan Rabbit, which had been maintaining a weak posture with a Mimicry Pill, suddenly transformed into a Dragon-Blood Muscular Giant Rabbit. Its long ears turned into dragon horns, a hint of red light flashed in its eyes, and it stood taller than the 1.7-meter Zi Ling’er.

“You win; I’ve really never seen a Dan Rabbit like this.” At this moment, Cao Yi felt a strong threat. He quickly spread his hands, and black diagrams appeared on both sides. Fierce winds blew out from the diagrams, like two giant black wind dragons, devouring everything.

Unfortunately, after eating a bunch of power-enhancing pills, although the Dan Rabbit’s Bloodline hadn’t reached the King level, its strength was not at all inferior to Gao Sheng’s dragon-horse from before. The most terrifying thing was that due to the Dan Rabbit’s special Physique, these Medicinal Pills…

…had almost no side effects for it.

“Roar!!!” The Dan Rabbit roared, its figure vanishing in a flash. After tearing apart the two giant dragons formed by the black wind with its claws, it kicked toward Cao Yi, whose pupils shrank. The opponent defended with a black wind wall, but the wind wall was directly kicked through, leaving a large hole. Even Cao Yi’s own stomach caved in, and he was kicked directly out of the arena.

“Roar!!!” The Dan Rabbit stood upright and beat its chest. Under its monstrous strength, it broke its own bone with a “crack” while beating its chest, but its expression didn’t change as it took out a Bone-Setting Pill and swallowed it, as if it would feel uncomfortable all over if a battle didn’t produce some pain.

“What on earth is that? What kind of monster is this!” Such a scene shocked many Cultivators who practiced the Dao of Alchemy.

Isn’t the Dan Ding Sect famous in the Ancient Kingdom for its combat style of using fire control techniques combined with Extraordinary Fire to face enemies?

How did it turn into giving drugs to a Test Spirit Beast and letting the Test Spirit Beast finish off the enemy!

A weak Test Spirit Beast like a Dan Rabbit could actually become so strong?

First there was that Gao Sheng, and then there was this Zi Ling’er. The audience discovered that the geniuses who joined Lin Jing’s Dragon Palace seemed to have abnormal combat styles!

This Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect seemed to have led the prodigies of other Sects astray onto the Dao of Beast Taming!

But the audience didn’t deny that whether it was Gao Sheng or Zi Ling’er, the strength of their dragon-blood Pet Beasts was very strong. The masters only provided a little assistance, and they could insta-kill well-known geniuses. It was strong to an unreasonable degree.

For a moment, the minds of many Cultivators wavered, thinking about how cool it would be if they also had such a powerful Pet Beast.

Next, the audience also saw a Sword Cultivator from the Heaven Sword Gate not going to fight himself, but taking out a mantis that could perform sword techniques from the huge sword case he was carrying!!!

Whose sword case doesn’t contain swords but contains a mantis that can perform sword techniques? The audience was speechless!

There was also a scholar who shook a Bald Raccoon out of his bundle. As soon as this raccoon came out, it held a brush Magic Treasure in its mouth.

Using blood as ink, it wrote poems related to the Ascension Dragon Festival in the air. Subsequently, the poems transformed into an Ink Dragon and went to kill the enemy!

The audience understood that these weirdos must also be from the Academy’s Dragon Palace.

“Not bad.” In the audience stands, Lin Jing nodded seeing that things were progressing so smoothly. Up until now, not a single Dragon Palace Cultivator had lost. They were not weak themselves, and now they also utilized the external force of Pet Beasts. As long as they didn’t encounter the top-tier Cultivators on the heavenly pride ranking, it was almost impossible for them to lose. And with Gao Sheng, the Spirit Luck Body lucky star, in the Dragon Palace, they certainly wouldn’t encounter setbacks in this first round.

But as the competition progressed, the spotlight of the Heavenly Pride Battle also began to be snatched by the true prodigies. And Lin Jing finally waited for his opponent.

“Group 42, Beast Taming Sect, Lin Jing.”

“Matchup: Blood Kill Tower, Qi Yuan.”

Finally, they had waited for the creator of the Dragon Palace, Lin Jing. Many people wanted to know, since the Pet Beasts of the ordinary members of the Dragon Palace were already so strong, how strong would the Pet Beast of the creator, Lin Jing, be?

Everyone was eager to see Lin Jing’s dragon-blood Pet Beast.

But unfortunately, Lin Jing’s dragon-blood Pet Beast was still refining pills for Demon Pine somewhere in the Profound Realm, and there were no arrangements for it to appear at all.

“Blood Kill Tower? Is it the Blood Kill Tower I know? Isn’t that a Qingzhou power? How can they participate in the Heavenly Pride Battle!”

In Group 42, although Lin Jing certainly attracted a lot of attention, some people also noticed other suspicious points.

“I’ve heard of it too. Blood Kill Tower is an assassin organization in Qingzhou… It’s said they’ve even assassinated Soul Transformation experts!”

In the audience stands, an old man said solemnly and confusedly, “Hasn’t the heavenly pride ranking always only recorded Cultivators from the Ancient Kingdom?”

As if hearing the confusion from the audience stands, Tian Huihua said, “The Blood Kill Tower is indeed a Qingzhou power, but a few years ago, the Blood Kill Tower already went through the approval of the Zong Guan Mansion to join the Ancient Kingdom and become one of the Ancient Kingdom’s cultivation Sects, and it no longer engages in assassination trades.”

“Qi Yuan is the most promising Prodigy of the Blood Kill Tower, invited by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion to participate in this Heavenly Pride Battle.”

Hearing Tian Huihua’s explanation, the audience understood, but they still found it unbelievable. After all, even in Qingzhou, the Blood Kill Tower was considered notorious. How could the Zong Guan Mansion allow such a power to enter the Ancient Kingdom?

While Tian Huihua was explaining, Qi Yuan, dressed in grey clothes with red hair, landed on the arena. He slowly raised his head and looked at Lin Jing, who had also descended.

“I’ve been hearing your name for a long time just now. I didn’t expect to encounter you; my luck is pretty good.”

“Good luck?” Lin Jing was confused.

“After joining the Ancient Kingdom, the Blood Kill Tower no longer does the business of killing people. Instead, it will take on the business of hunting Yao Beasts. Whether it’s the Yao Beasts of the Mist Forest or the Yao Beasts of the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, the Blood Kill Tower will not refuse any. They can be captured alive, or their organs can be taken. Since you are a Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, I assume you have trained your Yao Beasts very well. If I defeat you, it will prove that my Blood Kill Tower can not only kill people but also deal with Yao Beasts with ease,” Qi Yuan said calmly.

Lin Jing chuckled. “You’re also here to run an ad, huh?”