Lin Feng took a deep breath and felt refreshed in body and mind. He did not linger on the outskirts, instead racing straight into the depths of the Secret Realm. On his last visit, it had taken him three days to reach the God Emperor Hall, since he had needed to avoid all kinds of Ferocious Beasts and explore the terrain along the way.
This time, he was several times stronger than before, and he had cultivated Azure Cloud Step to perfection, greatly increasing his speed. He unleashed his movement technique to its fullest, his figure streaking through the mountains and rivers like a bolt of azure lightning.
In just half a day, he caught sight of the towering God Emperor Hall.
Built of white jade, the hall rose a thousand zhang high and occupied a hundred li of land, radiating a faint golden glow beneath the sunlight. Broken statues and shattered stone pillars lay scattered across the square before it, remnants of the great battle on his previous visit.
The Black Flame Tiger King's corpse had long since been devoured by other Ferocious Beasts, leaving only a few white bones scattered in the grass.
A new tiger king had yet to emerge, and Lin Feng passed smoothly through the Black Flame Tigers' territory and entered the God Emperor Hall.
Inside the hall, everything remained as it had been. The humanoid statue still sat on the raised platform, its features indistinct as it radiated a pressure that made his heart tremble. Ten zhang tall, it had been carved entirely from white jade, every fold of its robes rendered lifelike. The Jade Slip it had held in both hands was gone—the first six levels of the God Emperor Scripture that he had taken on his last visit.
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