Chapter 19: Breaking Out of the Tower! (Second Update)

  "What's going on?" The surrounding halls collapsed, the momentum of the mountain cracking and splitting, causing everyone to lose control and stumble. Those with shallow powers were even more so, being knocked to the ground by the residual fluctuations in the air.

  "There is a problem with the White Tower." Everyone was somewhat perplexed, their minds a complete muddle.

  "How is this possible?" Gu Lian's old eyes widened, staring at the scene in front of him, his whole body stunned.

  The ancestral taboo set by the old ancestor is about to be broken, and judging from the current situation, if there is another shock like just now, such an energy explosion will inevitably collapse the White Tower!

  "Boom!"

  Just as Gu Xi thought of this, the largest loud noise arrived immediately after.

  "Boom!"

  A deafening crash, like a thunderbolt flashing across the sky, shattering the air!

  "Rumble, rumble!"

  The white tower shook, unable to bear the weight, the indestructible wall cracked inch by inch, jade stones and tiles crashed down and shattered, and collapsed with a loud noise.

  "The White Tower has fallen, the White Tower has fallen!" Many of the elderly, including the saints' disciples, were in a state of panic and fled everywhere due to the collapse of the giant stone. "It's over, it's over, what on earth happened?"

  The White Tower is to the Sacred Palace what a ridgepole is to a roof. If it were to collapse, the entire palace built on the Sacred Lake would be imperiled. How could this not cause panic among the disciples of the Zong Sheng Hall?

  "Whoosh——"

  Hahaha

  A soft whistle, accompanied by a string of cold and clear laughter, shook the ears of the crowd. A huge crimson flame burst through the top of the tower, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, and shot out of the tower, staining the night sky with its bloody red color. The crimson hue, overlapping with the silver moon, looked eerie and extraordinary.

  "What a thing!"

  "It's on fire!"

  A burst of flame emerged from within the White Tower...

  The white tower in front of me shattered, the surrounding halls collapsed, and the disciples of the holy temple stumbled and fell into a mess. However, many people were still being blown away by the remaining energy, their necks cracking as they crashed into each other. The crisp laughter of shattering jade echoed through the air, making everyone feel like they were immersed in cold water, and their hearts couldn't help but surge with wave after wave of terror.

  Gǔ Xī gazed at the collapsed White Tower, his eyes blazing with fury, his entire demeanor icy and menacing. He charged towards the strange firelight in the night sky, his voice hoarse with rage as he bellowed, "Who dares to cause trouble in my sacred hall?!"

  Mu Shi Qing's anger was burning, his hair almost turned white with rage, "How dare you, a reckless and arrogant thief, to desecrate my sacred White Pagoda!"

  "It's been so long, Elder Gu Xi and Mu Tong don't even recognize me anymore. It's truly heartbreaking." A clear, cold voice suddenly echoed in the night sky.

  In ancient times, all was quiet and still, this sound, why is it so familiar?

  A faintly smiling, icy tone echoed in the night sky, and then that fiery red sphere suddenly expanded rapidly, bursting open with a loud noise. Amidst the flashing sparks, a pair of enormous wings unfolded, revealing at their center the tall, slender figure of the black-robed youth, with his refined and handsome face.

  "Jun Ling!" Gu Xi's forehead jumped up and down, his eyes opening and closing in disbelief, only to confirm that the person in front of him was indeed who he thought it was. "It's actually you!"

  "It seems that the old man of Gu Xi's memory is not bad either" Ling Wu Shuang laughed brightly, his feet lightly treading on the void, the fire wings behind him gently trembling, in the dark and mysterious night sky, he rose and fell slightly.

  Mu Shi Qing's foot slipped and he almost fell to the ground.

  "Jun Ling..." Xingyun stood firmly in a corner, gazing at the figure in the night sky. Her heart finally let out a sigh of relief as her amber eyes sparkled with surprise and joy.

  Gu Xi looked around at the scene, his old face turning bright red, and he didn't have time to think much, feeling both angry and anxious, almost jumping with rage. His stern eyes locked onto Ling Wu Shuang, gritting his teeth as he spat out, "Ling Wu, do you know what you're doing? Have you eaten the heart of a bear or a leopard?"

  However, what shocked Gu Xi even more was that the seal set up by his ancestors was actually shattered by a little brat, and the White Tower was also destroyed along with it!

  "Jun Ling, look at what you've done! Do you want to die?" Mu Shi Qing stretched out his hand and pointed at the person in the night sky, becoming even more furious.

  This Jun Ling, let him enter the White Tower to cultivate, but he actually refined the entire White Tower into nothingness!

  Ling's eyebrows slightly raised, and she smiled slyly, "I certainly know what I'm doing, it's those who don't know what they're doing that are probably always you guys." After a moment's thought, "However, thanks to you guys too."

  This time, it's really thanks to the Holy Temple, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so smooth to break through. Let her think carefully about who she should thank, there are quite a few people, including the black-clothed man who ambushed her at Qing Shan's barrier and Saint Lin who invited her into the White Tower...

  "Nonsense, you little brat!" Gu Xi's words were unbridled, his hands clenched into fists in his sleeves, the veins bulging, and he was still dazed, unable to react to what had just happened.

  And Gu Lei beside him was obviously much calmer, and also realized the severity of the situation, "Senior brother, this time it's big, this Jun Ling, actually broke through to the Divine Realm!"

  The black-robed youth in front of him released a momentum that completely suppressed them.

  "The power of the Azure Sky, the mysterious energy transforms into wings!" Gu Xi finally reacted, opening his eyes to stare fixedly at the black-robed youth in the night sky, feeling the overwhelming aura emanating from him. Gu Xi's old face instantly turned ashen.

  "It's impossible!" The ancient Greek voice suddenly rose, a coarse and shrill cry, as if an old woman, "How is this possible, he actually broke through the peak of the Divine Human!"

  Jun Ling isn't a mid-tier saint, is he? How could he possibly suddenly leap to the realm of a peak god?!

  "This young man is actually a peak god, I...I'm not dreaming, am I?"

  "Is this Jun Ling? Isn't he a mid-tier saint?"

  The disciples around the temple, also in twos and threes, were shocked by this sudden situation, their eyes fixed on the black-robed youth in the night sky. There was incredulity, fervent madness, shock, jealousy, but most of all, terror!

  At this time, the square of the Holy Palace still lingered with many people from all over the world who came to attend the Holy City Congress. From the initial panic caused by the shock to the stunning scene after they regained their senses, everyone was completely stunned.

  "What's going on? Jun Ling has actually broken through to the true Divine Realm!"

  "This is also unthinkable"

  "What's wrong with him, he's still so young, this cultivation speed has already become twisted to a warped degree!"

  ……

  Everyone was whispering to each other, almost forgetting that they should hurry up and leave this place of trouble.

  "The pinnacle of divine beings, he actually broke through the true divine rank" In Xingyun's amber-colored eyes, a hint of longing and determination flashed by, but more was shock.

  He clearly remembered that when Jun Ling entered the White Tower, he was already at the quasi-god level. However, he never expected that in just a short span of one month, Jun Ling would actually break through to the peak god-man realm.

  If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would absolutely never believe it!

  Xin Yun's face flashed a hint of helplessness, and he couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. Fortunately, he had gained something from this trip to the White Pagoda, and he felt a small sense of joy, but he didn't expect that in front of Jun Ling, he was completely insignificant. It was truly unexpected, and Jun Ling had indeed not misjudged this young man.

  "I get it!" Gu Xi suddenly thought of something, a hint of madness flashing in his old eyes as he stared at Ling Wusuo, almost grinding his teeth to dust, "That sky blue water stone, you never threw it away, it must have been absorbed by you!"

  It must be like this, how could he not suspect that Jun Ling had been deceiving him from start to finish? That Tian Qing water stone was never thrown into the Sacred Lake by him, but was absorbed by Jun Ling, which is why he broke through to the Divine Realm so quickly!

  How hateful! It's really hateful!

  Ling Wushuang was slightly taken aback, although she didn't know why Gu Xi was here at this time. She thought about how he had been diving in the lake for so many days to retrieve things, but since he wanted to be tormented himself, she was happy to oblige.

  So, Ling Wushuang smiled and shrugged his shoulders, nodding: "I didn't think you'd still remember, Old Man Gu Xi really has a good memory, but my memory isn't as good as yours"

  Ling Wushuang raised an eyebrow, her face full of innocent expressions, and continued with a smile: "Later I remembered that thing, I didn't throw it away at all, but somehow I forgot to tell you."

  This old guy has been working hard lately. I heard he's been jumping into and out of the Sacred Lake every day, tirelessly.

  "You, you!" Gu Xi's old face turned thoroughly liver-colored with rage, his whole body trembling like a sieve, recalling the miserable state he was in when he was fished out of the Sacred Lake, his throat sweetening, almost spitting out blood.

  Gu Xi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, unable to hold back, and let out a loud roar, "You stinky brat, I'm going to kill you today!"

  Damn it! Damn it!

  This little brat actually dared to cheat him!

  Gu Lian's face was deathly pale, his expression constantly changing. He took a few deep breaths before regaining composure and sternly shouted: "Jun Ling, you know that destroying the White Tower is a crime punishable by extinction of one's clan?"

  After finishing, Gu Lian's eyes were also crimson, the thing that destroyed the White Tower was a crime punishable by death. The stinky brat who dared to shake the White Tower, how dare he? He actually really dared!

  Ling Wushuang smiled and said, "I'm saying, haven't you guys figured out the situation yet?"

  This group of people's ability to comfort themselves is really good, even at this time, they are still daydreaming.

  Ku Xie and others were not unaware of the severity of the situation, but rather, in their subconscious mind, they had an idea that had been deeply ingrained for hundreds or thousands of years. They simply couldn't imagine that someone would dare to openly oppose the Holy Temple, let alone on their own turf.

  "Jun Ling, you have a big nerve!" Mu Shi Qing's face was already twisted in anger.

  "You're not awake yet, then I'll let you wake up properly" Ling Wu's eyes suddenly turned cold, and with a swift motion of her slender fingers, a icy-blue long staff appeared in her hand.

  "Jun Ling, what are you trying to do!" A series of stimuli drove Gu Xi crazy.

  Around the black-robed youth, sparks of fireflies flickered, icy mist swirled, and in the ink-washed night sky, a breathtaking color palette was woven and splattered, so beautiful that it intoxicated people, but the overwhelming momentum that came with it made people suffocate!

  "What's going on? Wake up! " Ling Wushuang shouted, the fire wings behind her shaking as she swung the icy long staff in her hand, striking down at the broken walls and rubble in front of her with a vertical chop!

  "Boom!"

  Under the gaze of Gu Xi and others, a large hole was opened at the top, and the White Tower, which had already collapsed into a skeleton, was completely scrapped, turning into a pile of broken bricks and tiles. The shattered jade stones flew horizontally, affecting the surrounding Shengtang disciples, smashing many White Tower guards, who wailed in grief.

  Rumbling sound

  Ling Wushuang swung his arm and swept out, with arc after arc of icy blue energy sweeping across the holy palace, as if entering a deserted territory. Wherever he passed, there was a loud rumbling sound of collapse.

  "Hurry up and leave this place" On the square, some onlookers finally realized that this was a dangerous place, and the person in the night sky was even more of a danger.

  "Hurry up and leave, don't you want to die?" The crowd came back to their senses and rushed out of the Holy Palace.

  "Boom——"

  Another one crushed and collapsed under the icy blue light wave.

  Ling Wushuang turned his hand over and held the Ice Devouring Divine Staff in front of his chest, a smile all over his face, looking like nothing was wrong with him. "How's that? Are you clear-headed now?"

  The power of this Ice Shard Staff was beyond her imagination, and even the spatial seal could be completely destroyed, let alone these ordinary temples that couldn't withstand a single blow.

  The White Tower that had been pierced through its core in the Nine Heavens was thoroughly scrapped, and with a single blow from Ling Wu Xiong, it turned into dust.

  "Kill him, kill him for me, take down Jun Ling!" Gu Xi looked around at the broken walls and rubble, shouting crazily at the people around him, "Jun Ling, you little brat, I will tear you to pieces today!"

  New grudges and old hatreds, plus watching the thousand-year foundation of the Holy Temple being destroyed right before his eyes, Gu Xi completely went mad, and didn't even care about Yi Qian's orders when he left.

  "Brother, let's join hands and take down this little beast!" Gu Lei's face was also not looking good.

  "You're Ling Wu Shuang!"

  A sudden cry of a girl made the surroundings quiet for one second.

  Shengnu Bai Qian slowly walked out of the crowd, her beautiful face showing a mix of emotions: shock, anger, jealousy, and unwillingness... Various emotions intertwined, finally settling in those beautiful eyes that seemed even more piercing, her voice slightly shrill: "Ling Wusuo, it's actually you!"

  Bai Qian could no longer maintain her usual gentle and elegant demeanor. At this moment, her delicate face looked somewhat distorted.

  As soon as the iconic flame wing appeared, Bai Qian immediately thought of Ling Yusuo. With this idea in mind, she felt that the black-robed boy's eyebrows and eyes were familiar. If it weren't for a different gender, he would be almost identical to Ling Yusuo. From his appearance to now, Bai Qian had been thinking about it, and was about 50-60% sure.

  And on Ling Wu's cold and proud face, the smile that made Bai Qian extremely disgusted, as well as his ambiguous gaze, further confirmed her suspicions.

  The person in front of me must be Ling Wushuang!

  "What?!" Gu Xi, who was already on the verge of madness, was completely stunned by Bai Qian's words. He turned around and stared at her with a dead gaze, "You're saying this stinky little brat is Ling Wu Shuang?!"

  Here, only Bai Qian, who had been to Donglin before, had seen Ling Wusuo, so the others, even at this time, did not suspect the identity of the black-robed youth in front of them.

  Ling Wu's eyebrows slightly raised, her gaze lowered to look at Bai Qian, the smile at the corner of her lips slowly spreading until it burst into a brilliant smile. She chuckled softly and lavished praise: "The Holy Maiden still has good eyesight, you've actually recognized this."

  It's all come to this, and she doesn't seem to have any intention of hiding it either. Or rather, from the moment she unfolded her flame wings and burst out of the White Tower, she hadn't intended to hide it - it's just that these people are too slow-witted.

  However, when Bai Qian heard this sentence, it was sarcastic and her face turned pale in an instant.

  "My god, it's actually Ling Wushuang!"

  "What? You're talking about Ling Wushuang!?"

  The people around the square, who were just about to retreat, were completely stunned and stopped in their tracks, forgetting to leave.

  It's not that the people in the temple were slow to react, but rather they were so shocked by the successive scenes of destruction that they didn't have time to think, and it wasn't until Bai Qian reminded them that they suddenly came to their senses.

  "That's right, it should be Ling Wushuang. I've heard that even before she became a Peak God, she could already deploy a pair of fiery wings. Look, aren't they just like this young man's?"

  "But two months ago, wasn't she still a Ninth-Rank Saint at the peak of her power?!"

  Everyone was thoroughly stunned, for a moment, some lost their ability to think.

  "Ryū... Musō" Xīn Yún was also stunned in place, subconsciously muttering out this familiar yet strange name. In the amber-colored eyes, a fierce light flashed, and he looked up incredulously to lock onto that figure standing in mid-air.

  Jun Ling, unexpectedly became the leader of the four major families. The Miss Ling of the Ling family, who is now known as the number one genius on the mainland, Ling Wu Xiang!