68: Wang Lu's continuation

Boom—!

"Dragon Country, Lin Yan."

"Is about to begin the path to contend for the Intermediate Strongest King."

"As the record holder for the Elementary kings road."

"Can he once again create a miracle?"

"Everyone, let's wait and see!"

The electronic voice resonated throughout the Virtual Battle Network and quickly radiated towards the Blue Star's real world.

"Lin Yan, he's here again!"

...On a giant plane flying over the ocean towards Dragon Country.

An old man with a Western face smiled faintly.

"Heh heh."

"He really did go to challenge the kings road."

Several young figures in the cabin watched the projected screen, their eyes flickering.

"Fifth-stage, sixth-tier invincible."

"I want to see if he's as formidable as Dragon Country claims."

"It must be an exaggeration on their part."

"Fifth-stage, sixth-tier invincible, what kind of concept is that?"

"Such an absurd cross-level ability has never appeared in the entire history of Blue Star."

"How old is that Lin Yan? It's completely self-deception by their Dragon Country."

Cold light flickered in the eyes of one lean young man.

"Whether it is or isn't, it doesn't matter."

"This trip to Dragon Country will surely crush their pride."

Someone said.

"I'm just afraid that Dragon Country will block that kid from appearing."

"Heh heh..."

A big beauty with green eyes chuckled softly.

"Dragon Country probably thinks we're just here to cause trouble before they enter the Spirit Pool."

She looked at the handsome profile of a man in the cabin who had not spoken a word, only gazing out the window, and licked her lips.

"They won't even know."

"Simon has already entered the sixth-stage."

"No matter how that kid runs, he won't be able to escape."

As her words fell.

Everyone looked towards the blond young man whose expression remained unfazed.

Simon Shaw.

A former entrant on the Elementary Kings Monument, currently ranked sixth on the Intermediate Kings Monument.

A truly peerless Prodigy of USA, and a senior student graduating this year.

Facing numerous gazes.

He finally turned his head slightly and said indifferently.

"Bullying a teenager three years younger than us."

"Do you find that glorious?"

The cabin suddenly fell silent.

The old man's eyes flickered, and he smiled.

"Simon."

"Although it's the golden age, this Lin Yan has clearly created a huge gap."

"Therefore, in front of him, concepts like age and peer no longer apply."

"National interests come first."

"As long as we can influence his martial dao heart, it will be a great achievement."

Simon looked at the old man and sighed inwardly.

"Teacher, I understand."

How could he not understand these things?

But thinking that so many of them, even gathering Prodigies from other countries, were targeting a teenager three years younger than him, filled him with displeasure.

As fellow Prodigies, who fears whom?

Not to mention he was also an entrant on the Intermediate Kings Monument.

He would rather Lin Yan grow to the sixth-stage and fight him fairly, than to achieve a boring victory with a single slap and then be accused of bullying..."Roar! Roar!"

"Flame King! Flame King!"

In the giant Martial Arena, shouts roared like mountains and seas.

Countless vibrant red flags, waved by a dense crowd, formed a spectacular wave.

Lin Yan looked down at the national flag printed on his chest, his eyes shimmering.

This was his second time standing on this road.

Compared to his growth after the first Elementary kings road, this kind of scene made his blood surge even more.

The young man turned, placing a finger before his lips.

"Shh!"

Boom—!

The entire Martial Arena suddenly fell silent.

Countless eager eyes quietly watched the young man give his instruction.

"Yan!"

"The 'Yan' of Yanhuang!"

"Flame King!"

Lin Yan suddenly raised both hands high.

"Roar!"

"Flame King! Flame King!"

The earth-shattering roar, like a tsunami, swept through again, as if to rip the roof off the Martial Arena.

Figures in the spectator seats of other countries looked on with jealous expressions and sour tones.

"The fight hasn't even started."

"What's there to be so proud of?"

"Exactly."

"It's as if he's already ranked first on the Kings Monument."

Amidst various discussions.

Lin Yan had already turned to look at the screen before him.

"Challenger Lin Yan, please choose your Intermediate kings road challenge mode."

"One, Traditional Mode, rules consistent with the Elementary kings road."

"Two, detected that you are an entrant on the Elementary Kings Monument, you may enable The Continuation of the kings road."

"The Continuation of the kings road: A unique path for Kings Monument entrants."

"Note: This path will rank you based on your overall performance. Please choose carefully."

The Continuation of the kings road... Lin Yan's eyes flickered.

Dragon Country spectators discussed.

"Which will Flame King choose?"

"If it were anyone else, it would definitely be Traditional Mode; that's the safest."

"But if it's Flame King, I think he'll choose two."

"The kings road?"

"I also think Prodigy Lin Yan will choose this path."

"But it's so difficult."

"No one has ever completed it."

"Or rather, no one who chose this mode has ever seen what completing it looks like."

"Actually, it's not that bad."

"This path doesn't necessarily have to be completed."

"Not to mention that Simon Shaw from USA two years ago, even though he failed when he chose this path, still ranked on the Kings Monument."

"Many people before him also did the same."

"I'm actually quite looking forward to Flame King choosing this mode."

"If even he, with his terrifying cross-level ability, can't complete it, I doubt anyone else can."

Spectators from other countries stared intently.

So Lin Yan, which will you choose?

Which one to choose?

Does that even need asking?

Lin Yan reached out and tapped the large characters for The Continuation of the kings road.

He had learned about this mode.

There were two known stages.

Stage one, twenty consecutive victories, no different from the Traditional Mode, but the difficulty was very high because the twenty challengers had to have the ability to 'beat the drum,' with no upper limit.

Simply put, this almost directly raised the challenge difficulty to the final stage of the Traditional Mode.

If victorious.

Next would be Stage Two.

No one had ever completed this stage, because the opponent in the very first battle after it began was a genuine Fifth-stage, fourth-tier Martial Artist.

That's right, a Fifth-stage, fourth-tier combat power drawn by the Virtual Network based on applicants, without cultivation suppression limits.

After that, Fifth-stage, fourth-tier invincible.

Fifth-stage, fifth-tier... Fifth-stage, fifth-tier invincible... No one knew where the end was, or if this was truly the final stage of this path.

But according to existing records, the highest achievement was by the current number one on the Kings Monument, who defeated a Fifth-stage, fifth-tier, but fell at Fifth-stage, fifth-tier invincible.

This record had been held for over a hundred years.

It was a Prodigy from European Union Country at the time, the current third Speaker of the Blue Star Council, Adolf.

So.

How far would he go?

Lin Yan watched the loading number of first-stage challengers in mid-air.