194: Chapter 194 The Final Frenzy! Plan B Activated! The Battleground Begins!

Instructor Su Qing held the nine-turn soul resuscitation herb, her fingertips cold while her heart was in turmoil. She looked at Lin Qi's eyes, which were calm yet seemed to burn with fire, and for a moment, she was speechless.

As for Lin Qi, he was no longer looking at her.

He raised the bronze key in his hand.

The ancient Dragon Tomb Key emitted a faint green light in his hand, looking like an ancient relic that had slept for ages and was now being awakened.

Lin Qi did not hesitate at all. The golden liquefied True Qi within his body surged into the key like a river breaking through a dam.

Buzz—!

A low hum emanated from the key.

In the next second, the coiled dragon pattern carved onto the key seemed to come to life!

A pair of dragon eyes suddenly lit up, shooting out two blinding beams of golden light!

“Roar—!”

A high-pitched, desolate, and supremely majestic dragon roar erupted from the key, echoing throughout the Cloud Top Palace!

This dragon roar was not just a sound; it was more like an impact that acted directly on the Soul level!

Everyone present, whether the spectators on-site or the powerful experts far away across the Federation, felt a shudder from the depths of their Bloodline the moment they heard this roar!

“My god! What is that sound!”

“A Dragon! It's a Dragon roaring!”

Zhang Wei was so scared he fell back onto his buttocks, his face pale as he pointed at the key in Lin Qi's hand, unable to speak clearly.

Old Mo was trembling with excitement, staring fixedly at the key with an irrepressible fervor in his aged eyes.

“It's not an illusion! This is a token containing true Dragon Might! What is it about to open!”

Before his voice could fade, an even more shocking scene occurred.

In the Void Realm before Lin Qi, the two golden beams from the dragon eyes converged, and space began to violently distort and fold.

A light gate several meters high emerged out of thin air!

The other side of the gate was not any imaginable scene, but a deep, viscous darkness that seemed to swallow all light.

A wild wind from the primordial era, carrying the scent of decay and destruction, rushed out from the other side of the gate!

This aura was overbearing to the extreme!

The weaker spectators on the scene immediately felt their legs go soft from the pressure of this aura, and they knelt on the ground.

Even Instructor Su Qing, a former Third-Turn expert, looked incredibly solemn.

She could feel that the world behind that gate was filled with terrifying crises sufficient to make even her heart palpitate.

It was a terrifying, ancient, and primitive power that completely transcended the existing data Laws.

However, facing this aura that made everyone else turn pale, Lin Qi's face showed no hint of fear.

He even narrowed his eyes comfortably.

This was because the Prototype Golden Body within him actually emitted an excited hum the moment it contacted this aura.

Every inch of his muscle and bone, every drop of his blood, was longing and cheering.

Lin Qi knew he had bet correctly.

Inside the Dragon Tomb, there must be a heaven-defying Opportunity that could allow his Golden Body Proto—bah, his Prototype Golden Body to completely transform into the true Indestructible Golden Body!

Meanwhile.

In Kyoto, within a heavily guarded secret underground base.

Li family head Li Qingcang was staring at the massive light screen before him with bloodshot eyes.

The screen clearly broadcasted everything happening at the Cloud Top Palace.

He saw the magnificent light gate and the figure of the youth about to step into it.

Shame, anger, and resentment—all these emotions fermented in his chest, eventually turning into the most insane malice.

680 billion!

The Li family's reputation!

His son's future!

Everything had been ruined today by that Blank Slate, that monster!

He was not reconciled!

He would never be reconciled to letting it go like this!

“Since you want to go in and search for treasures so badly, then stay inside forever!”

A smile so hideous it was distorted appeared on Li Qingcang's face.

He suddenly raised his hand and slammed down on a bright red button on the command console.

A piercing alarm sounded throughout the base.

He picked up the communicator and issued the final command in a cold, emotionless voice.

“Initiate Plan B.”

Plan B!

This was the Li family's final and most reckless act of revenge.

A final means of mutual destruction!

As his command was given, rows of hibernation pods in the depths of the base were opened.

Figures with numb expressions and bodies radiating Death Qi walked out.

They were the Dead-sworn Soldiers the Li family had spent countless resources to cultivate.

On the other side of the Federation, countless outlaws hiding in dark corners simultaneously received an encrypted mission from the Tianji Pavilion.

The mission content was only one sentence: Enter the Dragon Tomb and kill Lin Qi at all costs!

These people did not seek Opportunity or survival.

Their only goal in entering the Dragon Tomb was to use their lives to overwhelm that newly crowned champion!

The Dragon Tomb's environment was unknown, and its Laws were unclear.

Li Qingcang was gambling!

He was gambling that Lin Qi's unreasonable Martial Dao would be infinitely weakened in that isolated Sub-space!

A final hunt targeting the new champion was about to begin its bloody curtain-raiser in the unknown and mysterious Dragon Tomb.

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Cloud Top Palace.

Lin Qi was unaware of the Li family's insane plot.

However, his Martial Saint-level combat intuition had already allowed him to perceive countless faint traces of malice converging from all directions.

He slowly turned his head and glanced at the prosperous city looming in the sea of clouds behind him, his gaze devoid of any lingering attachment.

To him, this world was originally a brand-new journey.

Just a moment before Lin Qi prepared to step into the light gate.

“Wait a moment!”

Several figures rushed over at high speed from different directions.

They were Li Pojun, Han Qianchi, Xiao Kuangyun, and all the other top Prodigies he had personally defeated in this competition!

Li Pojun's face was as pale as paper, and he was being supported by others. His gaze toward Lin Qi was filled with resentment and fear.

The gazes of Han Qianchi, Xiao Kuangyun, and the others were much more complex.

There was unwillingness, shock, and even more so, the desire for challenge as Martial Artists.

In their hands, they also held the reward for being competition winners: a small Bronze Rune.

That was the “Pass” to the Dragon Tomb.

Clearly, this Opportunity was not for Lin Qi alone.

However, Lin Qi didn't even give them a second glance.

His gaze bypassed them, landing on the figures hidden in the crowd, disguised as ordinary spectators, each radiating an aura of deathly stillness.

The Li family's Dead-sworn Soldiers had arrived.

The hired assassins had also arrived.

An inescapable net had been quietly spread.

Sensing this blatant killing intent, Lin Qi suddenly smiled.

It was a cold smile with a hint of bloodthirsty pleasure.

“Good, it saves me the trouble of looking for you one by one.”

He spoke toward the empty space in a voice that all the powerful experts could hear, sneering.

“Come on in. The Dragon Tomb will be your best graveyard.”

His voice fell.

Under the shocked gazes of everyone, Lin Qi lingered no longer and stepped into that deep, dark light gate.