Chapter 171: One of the Four Overlords? That's It?
Lin Dong watched Tian Zhen's ferocious punch with a serious expression.
He knew that if he faced that strike himself, even a moment of carelessness could lead to defeat!
"Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Finger—One Finger to Imprison the World!"
As the one targeted, Lin Fan remained utterly calm. With a soft murmur, he raised a single finger and pointed lightly toward Tian Zhen.
BOOM!
The ceiling of the pill chamber exploded with a deafening roar!
Above the sky, the clouds were pierced as a pitch-black giant finger, thousands of meters long, ripped through the air like a massive black meteor. It radiated a strange, desolate aura as it shot straight toward Tian Zhen!
At the same time, terrifying yuan power storms erupted across the area!
Countless streams of energy surged and gathered, all condensing onto that ancient, black finger.
Crack crack crack!
Even before the finger landed, the ground beneath Tian Zhen's feet began to rupture, with deep fissures spiderwebbing in every direction.
And the space around Tian Zhen himself began to freeze—as if trapped inside an invisible cage of yuan power. He couldn't move!
BOOM!
The ancient black finger collided violently with Tian Zhen's army of ten thousand wolf shadows!
RUMBLE!
The entire pill chamber trembled under the terrifying impact and immediately collapsed from the force!
The onlookers around the chamber paled and scrambled to retreat.
The sheer pressure from Lin Fan's attack made them feel like death itself was looming nearby.
Had it been them, they wouldn't have stood a chance.
But could Savage Wolf Tian Zhen survive this?
Everyone looked toward Tian Zhen's last position.
The wolf shadows he had summoned were already obliterated.
And the massive black finger continued its descent, striking directly at Tian Zhen's head!
BOOM!
In an instant, the once-mighty Savage Wolf was utterly obliterated—his body exploding into a rain of flesh and blood.
Once Tian Zhen was gone, the giant black finger also dissipated.
Hiss—!
Everyone around inhaled sharply in utter shock, their hearts pounding.
"Lin Fan… actually blew up Tian Zhen with a single finger?"
"That's one of the four overlords of the Northwest Region! And he's just... dead?"
"Wait, was the 'Savage Wolf' nickname supposed to mean 'explosive wolf'?!"
"How terrifying is Lin Fan now? Is there anyone left in the Northwest who can match him?"
"He's the undisputed number one in the Northwest!"
…
Everyone present was shaken to the core.
Most had expected Tian Zhen to win or at least injure Lin Fan.
No one thought Lin Fan would remain completely unscathed… while Tian Zhen ended up dead and scattered to pieces.
Now, no one dared to even think about claiming the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill.
After all, if they weren't even as strong as Tian Zhen, trying to fight for it would be suicide.
Even Lin Dong was left speechless.
In his eyes, Tian Zhen had been a formidable powerhouse. If he had to fight him, he'd need to go all-out—and even then, victory wasn't guaranteed, let alone killing him.
But Lin Fan had done it in one move.
The gap was staggering.
"One of the four overlords? That's it? Maybe he was a fake,"
Lin Fan muttered as he casually summoned Tian Zhen's spatial pouch into his hand.
The crowd looked at each other in stunned silence.
Tian Zhen was undeniably strong, wasn't he?
"Since Brother Lin Fan has claimed this place, we'll take our leave!"
After a long silence, someone outside the chamber cupped their hands and quickly retreated.
None of them dared to linger. Staying any longer felt like it might shatter their will.
With the spectators gone, word of Lin Fan killing Tian Zhen with a single move quickly spread throughout the floating island housing the Four Profound Sect ruins.
Everyone was shaken.
Lin Fan didn't bother with the fleeing onlookers. He turned and looked at the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill once more.
With Xiao Diao's analysis, they had figured out how to break the Life and Death Seal protecting it.
Lin Dong reached out, his hand easily passing through the barrier, and grasped the black-and-white pill that seemed to swirl like yin and yang.
"Let's go. Time to claim the Four Profound Sect inheritance."
Lin Fan smiled once Lin Dong had safely stored the pill.
"Mm." Lin Dong placed the pill into his spatial pouch and nodded.
The trio left the pill chamber and shot off toward the island's deepest region.
"Xiao Diao, we have the pill now. When do you want to use it?"
Lin Dong asked as they traveled.
"After we're done here. Rebuilding my body isn't something to rush,"
Xiao Diao replied, barely suppressing his excitement.
"Alright." Lin Dong smiled, understanding.
"Thanks, both of you," Xiao Diao added after a moment.
He sat on Lin Dong's shoulder and looked at the two seriously.
"It was nothing," Lin Fan said with a light laugh.
"And besides, isn't it my duty as your big brother?"
Lin Dong and Xiao Yan both laughed at that.
Surprisingly, Xiao Diao didn't argue this time.
The three of them flew across the sky toward the island's core.
They could already see other figures heading in the same direction—clearly, many had sensed the inheritance's activation.
"That space up ahead…"
As they neared, Lin Dong's expression changed slightly, his gaze locking onto a zone of extremely distorted space ahead.
Beyond that distorted region, they could vaguely make out several massive ancient plazas—an overwhelming presence radiated from within, even through the warped space.
"We're almost there," Lin Fan said calmly, eyes narrowing.
Lin Dong nodded and kept pace beside him.
As they reached the edge of the twisted space, they found many figures already gathered there.
Some of them were quite familiar.
"Lin Fan is here!"
A commotion stirred as their arrival was noticed.
Clearly, Lin Fan's defeat of Tian Zhen had already spread far and wide.
Lin Fan ignored the noise and casually swept his gaze over the crowd.
To the north, he spotted Liu Bai and his group. The "Spear Demon" and his companions now regarded Lin Fan with a noticeably more serious expression.
Not far from them stood two more figures:
One was a massive man, almost as large as Xiao Yan, with a giant black axe slung over his back. A savage, ferocious aura radiated from him.
Beside him stood a gaunt man in beast robes, his appearance plain—but his eyes gleamed with deadly cunning.
These two were none other than the last of the Northwest Region's Four Overlords:
Mountainbreaker Axe Jiang Shan and Beast Fist Mu Shou.
Lin Fan also spotted Yan Sen, whom he had met briefly before.
While Lin Fan scanned the crowd, many others were also studying him—most with clear traces of fear in their eyes.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
After a tense silence, someone took the lead—
One after another, people surged into the twisted space.
"Let's go too," Lin Fan said to Lin Dong and Xiao Yan.
Without hesitation, Lin Fan rushed into the distortion.
Lin Dong and Xiao Yan followed immediately.
Soon, they emerged within an ancient plaza.
The space was empty, but at its center stood four towering bronze gates, each one emanating ancient and mysterious energy.
Everyone's gaze turned toward those gates—
Without a doubt, they were the keys to the legacies of the Four Profound Sects!
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