Ancient Battlefield, Northern Region.
The northwestern area is mostly barren, but the northeastern area is completely different. Here, peaks stand tall and mountain lakes are intertwined. If it weren't for the battles that erupt from time to time, it would have a sense of tranquility.
On top of a verdant peak, Lin Xuan, dressed in white with silver hair fluttering, took a sip from a wine pot in his hand before stepping towards the large ancient ruins below.
In front of the ancient ruins, four teams were confronting each other. The energy fluctuations on these teams were all extraordinary. Not only were they all experts above the Creation Realm Peak, but the leaders of the four teams were Nirvana Realm experts who had undergone a Nirvana Tribulation.
"Hmph, Tian Sen Dynasty, Tian Luo Dynasty, Ri Yue Dynasty, what, do you want to join forces to snatch the Tian Yuan Dynasty's things?"
The leader of the largest team, from a high-level dynasty, slightly raised his head, with a hint of arrogance, and said in a slightly threatening tone.
Tian Yuan Dynasty! As soon as these four words came out, it was obvious that a trace of fear flashed in the eyes of the experts from the other three high-level dynasties, especially when their eyes fell on the black and white sun symbol on the chest of the Tian Yuan Dynasty's clothes, that trace of fear became even stronger.
After pondering for a while, the youth in the cyan robe at the front of the Tian Sen Dynasty, after all, was somewhat afraid of the power behind the Tian Yuan Dynasty. With a wave of his hand, he directly led the team away.
After the Tian Sen Dynasty's team left, the remaining experts from the Tian Luo Dynasty and the Ri Yue Dynasty looked at each other. Not only did they not choose to leave, but they even had a tendency to join forces.
Seeing this, the young man who had spoken earlier, with his nostrils turned to the sky, his face sank even more, and his gloomy eyes turned on the two One Yuan Nirvana Realm experts, coldly threatening.
"Do you really want to snatch the Tian Yuan Dynasty's treasure? Hmph, let me tell you, this treasure is a gift I plan to offer to Little Yuan Lord. If you dare to snatch it, you can try!"
Little Yuan Lord Qin Tian!
The number one genius of the Da Yuan Dynasty, it is rumored that he is also the most powerful competitor for the championship of this Hundred Dynasty War. His strength was already at the Nirvana Realm before entering the Ancient Battlefield, and he had even undergone several Nirvana Tribulations.
After hearing this title, the faces of the people from the remaining two dynasties changed instantly, with a look of unwillingness, but they also knew that Qin Tian was not someone they could provoke.
But just as the teams from the two major dynasties were about to retreat, they saw a white-clothed, silver-haired youth approaching unhurriedly.
The youth was extremely strange, with no Origin Power fluctuations on his body, but with each step he took, he moved a long distance forward. What surprised them even more was that their perception had all disappeared into him.
"Who are you? This place now belongs to the Tian Yuan Dynasty, get out of here!"
Seeing Lin Xuan rushing straight towards the ruins, the young man who had spoken earlier, his face sank instantly, and he immediately roared, regardless of Lin Xuan's origin.
Anyway, no matter what Lin Xuan's origin was, it was impossible for it to be stronger than the origin of the person behind him, that was enough!
The Da Yuan Dynasty, the number one dynasty in the Eastern Xuan Region, has won the championship of the Hundred Dynasty Competition for several consecutive sessions, and is also the direct descendant of the Yuan Gate, the number one force in the Eastern Xuan Region. Who else does he need to be afraid of?
However, what the arrogant young man did not expect was that Lin Xuan did not pay attention to him at all, but walked directly to the huge mottled stone statue left behind by the ruins.
This inheritance item of an ancient Demonic Sect is an ancient mottled stone statue, three zhang tall. The ancient stone statue looks like a huge divine bird, but unlike normal birds, the huge divine bird only has one foot, supporting it to stand on the ground.
Standing in front of the ancient stone statue, a desolate and ancient aura rushed towards him, and as Lin Xuan approached, waves of scorching aura continued to attack, and even strands of tiny flames surrounded Lin Xuan, as if to trap Lin Xuan there.
Those seemingly tiny flames contained extremely terrifying energy. Once they appeared, they shocked the experts from the surrounding Tian Yuan Dynasty and the other two dynasties, causing them to retreat one after another.
The man from the Tian Yuan Dynasty who had spoken earlier, seeing Lin Xuan foolishly approaching the inheritance stone statue and being trapped in place by the divine fire, immediately laughed out loud.
"Heh, another fool who doesn't know where he crawled out from, really thinks that the inheritance of the ancient Demonic Sect is so easy to obtain?"
While the man was speaking, he also had a special token in his hand, which was made of bronze, and was cyan in color. The style was like a crane about to spread its wings, but the crane only had one foot, which was very similar to the stone statue in front of him.
"Demonic Sect?"
Lin Xuan did not care about the flames around him that were like elves, but raised his head and stared at the eyes of the huge divine bird statue, as if it was not a stone statue, but a living being.
But in fact, it was indeed an inheritance stone statue that had long lost its life force, and even its spirituality had disappeared.
And the surrounding flames, in Lin Xuan's perception, were indeed like tiny little sprites, emanating a sense of closeness.
Gazing directly at the statue before him, a touch of emotion flickered in Lin Xuan's eyes as he shook his head slightly and sighed.
"The world is so absurd!"
In the next moment, without any visible action from Lin Xuan, the countless tiny flames that had been surrounding him, seemingly intending to trap him in place, instantly transformed into streams of light and soared into the sky, as if they had received some kind of decree.
Witnessing the flames that seemed to be driven by someone, the experts from the three great dynasties all revealed a hint of shock in their eyes, watching as the countless flames rose into the sky and then transformed into a giant, one-legged azure crane in the air!
Looking at the constantly circling, divine azure bird above his head, the arrogant man from the Tian Yuan Dynasty couldn't help but reveal a hint of greed in his eyes as he hurriedly spoke.
"Boy, hand over that secret technique to me, and I'll spare your life, quickly!"
Originally, Lin Xuan had a faint smile on his face as he looked at the one-legged azure crane above, but after hearing the arrogant man's words, his expression turned slightly cold as he softly said.
"Lin Xuan is not a bloodthirsty person, do not seek your own death!"
The recent period of cultivation had gradually added a touch of life's compassion to Lin Xuan's originally cold heart, perhaps influenced by the Ancient Four Sacred Beasts.
One must know that the Four Sacred Beasts were willing to transform their own remains into a blood moon after death, creating life, and were truly benevolent beasts.
Therefore, Lin Xuan had been speaking more often recently, but it didn't seem to have any effect.
At this moment, the arrogant man, whose mind was clouded by greed, perhaps confident in his own strength and background, coldly snorted after hearing Lin Xuan's response and angrily shouted.
"Courting death, daring not to hand it over, then..."
"Aow!"
Before the arrogant man could finish speaking, a crisp crane cry suddenly rang out, directly interrupting his words. Immediately afterward, the one-legged azure divine bird, in the horrified eyes of the Tian Yuan Dynasty's group, opened its mouth and spat out a stream of azure flames, heading straight towards their area.
Before the Tian Yuan Dynasty's group could react, the azure flame instantly engulfed them. Only a few screams were heard before the remaining two dynasties, the Tian Luo Dynasty and the Ri Yue Dynasty, saw that only a pile of ashes remained on the ground.
"Whoosh!"
After burning the Tian Yuan Dynasty's group to ashes, the azure flames all returned to the sky, into the body of the azure one-legged divine bird.
"Bi Fang! Bi Fang!"
After the azure flames were swallowed by the white beak, the azure divine bird flew in the air and cried out loudly. Then, whether it was tired of flying or for some other reason, it finally retracted its wings and landed on the hilt of the sword tightly held in Lin Xuan's left hand.
Looking at the azure divine bird standing on the hilt with one foot, Lin Xuan couldn't help but reach out and gently stroke the illusory, red-patterned wings, with a hint of sorrow in his eyes as he softly sighed.
"There is a bird, its shape is like a crane, with one foot, red patterns, azure body, and a white beak, named Bi Fang, its cry is its own call, its appearance foretells fire in the town."
This beast was a special divine bird, the divine bird Bi Fang that controlled the world's disasters, one of the divine birds under the command of the Sacred Beast Vermilion Bird in the past.
It was a pity that after the ancient divine bird Bi Fang fell, its inheritance was obtained by someone who joined the Demonic Sect, so that people forgot that Bi Fang was a divine bird in charge of the rules of heaven and earth.
Not far away, the white-robed youth who was the leader of the Tian Luo Dynasty, after hearing the murmurs in Lin Xuan's mouth, recalled the name Lin Xuan had just said in his mind. In the next moment, his pupils instantly widened, and he couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"You are the Sword Saint?"
"Sword Saint? My name is Lin Xuan, not some Sword Saint!"
Lin Xuan responded softly after hearing the man's words. Then, he raised his hand, and the azure one-legged crane statue that had fallen into the ashes was grabbed by Lin Xuan.
After holding the token in his hand, a special energy fluctuation emerged from Lin Xuan's hand. Immediately afterward, the others saw that the azure divine bird that Lin Xuan called Bi Fang had turned into a stream of light and poured into the azure crane statue.
After absorbing that cyan divine bird, the exquisite and delicate statue in Lin Xuan's hand seemed to gain a bit more spirituality, even making one suspect that the small divine bird would flap its wings and fly away in the next moment.
At this moment, the experts from the Tian Luo Dynasty and the Ri Yue Dynasty finally recovered from their shock, their expressions suddenly changing as they cupped their fists and bowed respectfully to Lin Xuan with some trepidation.
"Greetings, Sword Saint!"
Sword Saint, this title, appeared in the Northern Region at some unknown time, but during this period, this name has been extremely resounding, because no one has ever seen him draw his Sword, yet the number of Nirvana Realm experts who have died at his hands has reached dozens.
Those were Nirvana Realm experts, which one of them wasn't a favored child of heaven? Even in super dynasties, they were top geniuses, but there were already dozens of them who had died at the hands of this Sword Saint.
Not only Nirvana Realm experts, but all dynasties that were enemies with him were basically like the Tian Yuan Dynasty in front of them, completely annihilated. Even if the geniuses of an entire dynasty joined forces, they could not withstand a single move from him.
In the eyes of many people, the Sword Saint was much stronger than that Qin Tian, who was known as the Little Yuan Lord. There was even a saying: "Better to meet Yuan Lord than to encounter the God of Slaughter!"
Sword Saint was a respectful title, but in private, more people preferred to call the Sword Saint the God of Slaughter, because this person in front of them was truly ruthless. Killing any number of people could not cause his emotions to fluctuate.
"Sword Saint, we had no intention of offending the Sword Saint's majesty. If there was anything inappropriate just now, we are willing to plead guilty, and we hope that the Sword Saint will show mercy!"
Lin Xuan couldn't help but turn his head to look at those people when he heard this, but he didn't say anything. He just fastened the Qinghe statue, which had gained a lot of charm, to his belt.
On his belt, many raised marks could be vaguely seen. Those were all special inheritance imprints of ancient divine beasts.
After leaving that unknown city, Lin Xuan began to deliberately search for the inheritance of those ancient divine beasts, in order to glean some insight into the past of this ancient world.
After putting away another statue, Lin Xuan took out a wine pot, took a shallow sip, and then walked towards the distance. With each step, he disappeared from the sight of the Tian Luo Dynasty and the Ri Yue Dynasty.
Seeing Lin Xuan's iconic figure in white clothes and silver hair disappear, the two teams of people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, a feeling of surviving a catastrophe rising from the bottom of their hearts.
"Boom!"
The sudden movement startled the two teams of people instantly. They took out their Spiritual Treasures and looked towards the source of the movement. Then, they realized that the movement was caused by the collapse of the huge stone statue.
After realizing it was a false alarm, the people from the two major dynasties no longer hesitated and directly led their teams in the opposite direction from where Lin Xuan left.
Not long after the people from the two major dynasties left, several streams of light rushed to this place. Looking at the collapsed and shattered stone statue on the ground, the Robe-Clad Old Man's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice.
"It seems that this is already the sixth Ancient Battlefield ruin that has completely disappeared!"
"That's right, it's the sixth Ancient Battlefield ruin that we have witnessed disappearing. As for whether there are more, we don't know!"
The beautiful woman in the willow dress's eyes flickered slightly, with strange lights flashing in her eyes. She glanced at the other people around her, suppressing some thoughts quietly.
"In this way, could it be that he is really about to decipher the inheritance of the Ancient Battlefield ruins?"
A strong man said in a simple and honest voice, but the gleam of light flashing in his eyes showed that he was not as dull as he appeared.