Epilogue: Emperor's Path Contest (Part 2)

"Where are the Fourteen Fiends of Heavenly Cloud? Why haven't they come out yet?"

"No way, were they really all taken out?"

"Is he really that strong? That was thirteen Supremes, plus so many Supreme-level Ferocious Beasts."

The crowd in the plaza broke into heated discussion. Many gazes directed at Lu Zhun had changed. The tiger-bodied, ape-headed beast appeared once more, standing protectively at Lu Zhun's side and continuously roaring at the surrounding crowd.

The onlookers immediately scattered. Though some among them had hoped to profit from the situation, faced with a Supreme-level ferocious beast watching them like a tiger eyeing its prey, at least most abandoned such thoughts.

Brilliant starlight poured down over heaven and earth. Lu Zhun stood in the plaza, leaning on the Dark Gold Coiling Dragon Staff, like a black hole devouring endless starlight. As streams of starlight fused into his body, his aura steadily stabilized.

When the final wisp of starlight entered his body, Lu Zhun's aura had become no different from when he stood outside the fortified pass. It was restrained, yet unfathomably profound. Only now, no one dared underestimate him.

His gaze swept across the surroundings, and the entire crowd abruptly fell silent. The people around him parted, opening a path.

"Let's go."

Lu Zhun did not hesitate. He turned his head and called softly to the ape-headed, tiger-bodied beast before striding away from the Star Gate trial grounds.

"To activate the Star Gate trial right after entering the fortified pass, then bury more than ten Supremes... This kid is ruthless."

"So this is the talent of the divine beast races of the Great Thousand World. Truly formidable."

"The Heaven-Reaching Ape Clan is not considered a particularly powerful force in the Great Thousand World, yet they produced such a fierce fellow."

"Could there