Chen Tiannan's impassioned and inflammatory words, like ice cubes thrown into boiling oil, did indeed cause a considerable commotion and whispers in the hall.
This caused many powerful figures to look at Lin Ming with even greater apprehension and suspicion.
Monopolizing resources, eliminating competitors... these words always easily touch people's most sensitive nerves.
However, Lin Ming's reaction was merely a cold, disdainful smile playing on his lips.
"A dying man's struggle is nothing but empty talk." He couldn't be bothered to engage in pointless arguments with a dying man.
Faced with absolute power, any attempt at manipulation or provocation is futile. Now, all Lin Ming needs to do is crush this clown who keeps causing him trouble with overwhelming force!
Seeing that Lin Ming Chen Tiannan 'Killing Intent intensified, and his last shred of hope was completely shattered.
Immediately, it let out a strange cry, and without hesitation, its figure transformed into a gray shadow. Instead of retreating, it charged towards the Ancient Human Puppet that had just finished its killing spree and was covered in blood!
He wanted to exploit the Puppet's indiscriminate attack capabilities to create chaos and seek a glimmer of hope.
"Trying to use Puppet to shield yourself from disaster? Wishful thinking!"
Lin Ming's eyes sharpened, and with a thought, the dark golden Puppet One that had been relentlessly pursuing him suddenly increased its speed by another three points. Like a dark golden cannonball, it arrived first, instantly overtaking Chen Tiannan and intercepting him between him and the Killing Puppet!
"Roar!"
The Puppet One let out a low, inhuman roar, and its stone fist, carrying the power to shatter mountains and split rocks, slammed straight at the Killing Puppet that had just turned around!
"Boom!!!"
The two Puppet, both at the Dou Venerate level, clashed violently like two moving mountains!
Amidst a deafening roar, a violent energy Shockwave exploded in a ring, tearing off a layer of the hard stone slabs from the ground!
The Killing Puppet was staggered backward by the powerful attack from Puppet One. Its gray eyes blazed with even more Killing Intent, and it immediately locked onto Puppet One as its target.
Just as the two Puppet collided violently, causing energy chaos and momentarily pausing Chen Tiannan's movements—
"Have you finished spouting your nonsense?"
A voice as cold as the winds of the Nine Nether hell rang out from very close to him!
Chen Tiannan turned his head in shock, only to see that Lin Ming had somehow gotten closer to him, less than three feet away, like a ghost!
Lin Ming's deep eyes held no emotion whatsoever, only a pure, soul-chilling Killing Intent!
"No...!"
Chen Tiannan's pupils shrank drastically, his soul nearly leaving his body, and his Dou Qi surged wildly within him as he prepared to use a life-saving escape technique.
However, it was too late!
Lin Ming was no longer going to give him any more chances.
Immediately, with his fingers pointing like a sword, a wisp of flame, condensed to its extreme and displaying a deep, dark purple color, quietly leaped from Lin Ming's fingertips, causing the surrounding space to distort slightly from the terrifying heat.
"Purple Extreme, Annihilation Finger".
As the unremarkable voice fell, Lin Ming's finger, wreathed in flames of destruction, seemed to pierce through the void, ignoring all the Dou Qi defenses that Chen Tiannan had hastily gathered, and lightly touched his vital point at the back of his heart.
"Puff--!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a soft, muffled thud, like the sound of leather being struck.
Chen Tiannan's forward momentum suddenly froze, and the fear and despair on his face instantly solidified.
He looked down in disbelief at his chest—where a charred hole, about the thickness of a finger, had appeared out of nowhere, with dark purple flames burning stubbornly and rapidly at its edges like a malignant sore.
An indescribable destructive energy exploded within his body like a plague, instantly burning away his internal organs and extinguishing all his life force!
"I... am not reconciled..."
Chen Tiannan opened his mouth, wanting to utter a final curse, but could only utter a few indistinct syllables, and the light in his eyes quickly dimmed.
Finally, his body went limp, filled with endless regret and resentment, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, lifeless.
The spreading Dark Purple Flame then surged, instantly turning his corpse into ashes that drifted away in the wind.
Chen Tiannan, the sect Sect Master of the Profound Nether Sect who dominated the region Two-Star Peak Dou Venerate Chen Tiannan, has fallen!
In response, Lin Ming simply withdrew his finger expressionlessly, the Dark Purple Flame dancing at his fingertips quietly fading away, as if he had merely brushed away a speck of dust and done something insignificant.
His gaze swept calmly over the spot where Chen Tiannan had turned to ashes, his heart unmoved, devoid of any pity.
After so many years of experience and battles, walking on the edge of life and death, he is no longer the naive young man who was just starting out and still believed in the so-called "harmony is the most important thing".
In this dog-eat-dog world where strength reigns supreme, being merciful to your enemies is being cruel to yourself.
He would show no mercy to an enemy who repeatedly provoked him, harbored ulterior motives, and even wanted to kill him!
Cut the weeds, make sure to eradicate them completely!
With a wave of his hand, Lin Ming drew the Storage Ring belonging to Chen Tiannan into his hand, and then put Lin Ming away without even looking at it.
At this moment, as Lin Ming swiftly killed Chen Tiannan, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Xiong Zhan, and the others who had been on guard and providing support quickly gathered around Lin Ming again.
"Brother Lin Ming, are you alright?" Qing Lin asked immediately with concern.
Lin Ming shook his head slightly, but his gaze was fixed on a spot not far away, where his Puppet One was locked in a fierce battle with the Killing Puppet, their fists clashing and producing a muffled, thunderous roar.
"It's alright. Qing Lin, Zi Yan, please Protector me for a little longer," Lin Ming said.
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately understood without question. They tacitly dispersed again, firmly protecting Lin Ming in the center and vigilantly watching their surroundings.
They knew that Lin Ming had... taken a fancy to that new Ancient Human Puppet again!
Seeing this, Lin Ming immediately had a thought and gave the Puppet One a death order through the soul connection—at all costs, keep the Killing Puppet that was fighting him in a fierce battle and restrict its range of movement!
Then, he took a deep breath, and the vast and boundless power of his Heavenly Soul erupted from between his eyebrows like a bursting dam, transforming into an invisible and intangible force, yet carrying a powerful will to penetrate and conquer, which flashed towards the core control area of Killing Puppet's body!
Since the Light Scroll can no longer be openly stolen due to concerns, then we must find something else to take back! This Ancient Human Puppet with considerable strength is the perfect target!
Chen Tiannan's death, though attracting some attention and sighs within this hall filled with captivating treasures and constant battles, was ultimately just a minor interlude and did not last long.
Everyone's attention was quickly drawn back to the increasingly intense battle for the scrolls, which was nearing its end.
At this moment, some of the ten streaks of light that were originally flying in the air have already found their clear abode.
On Tang Zhen's side, relying on his formidable strength as a Five-Star Dou Venerate, as well as his profound understanding and control of Fire Attribute Cultivation Method, after a not too difficult struggle, he finally overpowered the others. With a wave of his hand, his powerful Fire Attribute Dou Qi formed a binding force field, firmly grasping the Scarlet Red Light Scroll that was as blazing as magma and as agile as flames!
As soon as Tang Zhen got his hands on the scroll, he immediately felt a scorching and pure energy wave travel up his arm, and he vaguely felt that it shared a common origin with the Cultivation Method of his Blazing Flame Valley.
This brought a genuine smile of satisfaction to Tang Zhen's face, and he unhesitatingly put it into his storage Storage Ring.
With this gain, whatever it may be, the trip has been worthwhile!
In the direction of the Starfall Pavilion, with the presence of Venerable Feng, a Four-Star Dou Venerate, and the continuous stream of powerful techniques employed by Xiao Yan, they successfully repelled several waves of formidable competitors.
Xiao Yan, relying on his ghostly Three Thousand Lightning Movement Technique and powerful Flame Splitting Wave Ruler Dou Technique, broke through the encirclement at the critical moment and snatched Scarlet Red Light Scroll radiating a sharp and scorching aura!
Although he hadn't had time to examine it yet, just holding it in his hand, he could feel the extraordinary fluctuations it contained. A hint of undisguised joy flashed across Xiao Yan's eyes as he quickly put it away.
Besides, the Dark Light Scroll Yin Cold Dou Qi had been the most fiercely contested, attracting the full strength of several powerful members of the Nether Python Clan and causing their chilling battle aura to sweep across the entire area, ultimately fell into the hands of the powerful Nether Python Clan after a fierce melee.
Holding the scroll that exuded a chilling aura, the elder of the Nether Python Clan who led the group couldn't help but gleam with satisfaction and joy in his gloomy eyes.
Of the remaining five streams, after a fierce battle, two finally found their owners.
A piece of land was temporarily seized by several mid-sized forces with considerable strength. Although how to distribute it internally is still a problem, they have finally obtained it.
The other path was forcibly seized by a lone wolf with concealed aura and strength reaching the level of Four-Star Dou Venerate, and no one dared to provoke him easily after that.
At this point, seven of the ten Light Scroll have been assigned to specific owners (two to Lin Ming, one to Tang Zhen, one to Xiao Yan, one to the Nether Python Clan, one to the Medium-sized Force Alliance, and one to the Lone Dou Venerate).
Now, the battle for the remaining three Light Scroll has entered its final and most intense stage!
One of the scrolls, radiating a heavy, earthy-yellow light, was about to be seized by a formidable Alliance hastily formed from several Monster Beast Clan.
It is worth noting that apart from Lin Ming obtaining two scrolls and "drawing the prize" on the spot to confirm that they were Earth Tier treasures, everyone else immediately and without hesitation put the scrolls into their storage Storage Ring and kept them tightly covered. No one followed Lin Ming's example and "drawn the prize" on the spot!
Everyone tacitly kept the suspense and possibility of "whether it is Heaven Tier" firmly hidden, thus reducing the risk of being targeted.
Inside the main hall, the atmosphere, which had been boiling and scorching due to the frenzied struggle, did not cool down with the decrease in the number of scrolls. Instead, it became even more intense and extreme, like a volcano that was about to erupt at any moment!
There are only ten scrolls in total, and seven of them have already been claimed. Oh no, in just a few breaths, the eighth one has also been clearly taken by the Alliance of several Monster Beast Clan!
Eight scrolls are now owned. And those powerful individuals and forces who participated in the competition but failed are now almost all staring intently at the last two remaining scrolls with bloodshot eyes!
This has resulted in the fighting forces surrounding these two orbs of light reaching an unprecedented size!
A dense crowd of people thronged around the scroll, and at a glance, it appeared that at least several hundred bloodthirsty warriors had gathered around each scroll!
The Dou Qi aura shone wildly, accompanied by roars, howls, and screams of agony.
The scene was like two hellish landscapes frantically devouring each other, with blood and flesh flying everywhere!
Everyone went completely mad for this last chance!