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The million-zhang tall Palace of Inquiry stood as a colossal presence between heaven and earth.

Countless dense rays of light, resembling countless swimming snakes, roamed and encircled the majestic palace's outer walls.

These "swimming snakes" were divided into nine colors, representing nine different Heavenly Dao Laws: the golden Heavenly Dao of Metal, the red Heavenly Dao of Fire, the purple Heavenly Dao of Thunder…

These "swimming snakes" seemed very tiny; but in reality… it was because… the Palace of Inquiry was simply too magnificent and enormous!

Compared to the million-zhang tall palace, anything would appear insignificant! In fact, each "swimming snake" was tens, hundreds, or even thousands of zhang long; the smallest "swimming snake" was comparable to a train!

The power of the thick, long rays of light, condensed from the Heavenly Dao, was unimaginable! Even the weakest of them was probably more powerful than the tens of thousands of attack Dao talismans that Xu Ming threw out!

At this moment, more than a thousand figures gathered at the massive gate, appearing particularly small.

These thousand-plus people were the geniuses preparing to go to the "Divine Kingdom," as well as mighty figures like Zhan Wuwei.

"Hmph!" A dissatisfied voice rang out from the crowd, "That Xu Ming really has a big air about him, actually making us thousand-plus people stand here like fools waiting for him alone!"

The speaker was He Xing, a genius from the Evil Nether Holy Land.

His senior brother, Yan Hao, also coldly snorted: "Exactly, this Xu Ming is too arrogant!—It's one thing for us to wait for him; but doesn't he know that the great figures of the Palace of Inquiry are also waiting for him?"

The Evil Nether Holy Land and the Purple Moon Holy Land had always been very close. These two deliberately amplified their voices to speak ill of Xu Ming, simply to provoke Zhan Wuwei and the other mighty figures to feel dissatisfied with Xu Ming.

Zhan Wuwei and the other mighty figures showed no emotion on their faces.

However, the Inspector Yi Tianxing, who was present, was somewhat displeased: "Hasn't the departure time not arrived yet? Why are you two more impatient than us?—We can all wait, can't you wait?"

He Xing and Yan Hao were reprimanded by Yi Tianxing and dared not speak again.

At this moment, Zhan Wuwei's gaze suddenly shot into the distance: "He's here!"

Sure enough, before long, Xu Ming flew over rapidly.

"Brother Xu Ming is here!" Chi Xue revealed a look of surprise. She was the only one from Floating Snow City who had emerged victorious from the Dao Destiny Battle.

"Xu Ming," Yi Tianxing called out from afar, "Why are you only arriving now? Were you delayed by something?"

Xu Ming casually replied: "Yeah… I was ambushed by Xing Li on the way!"

"Xing Li dared to ambush you!?" Yi Tianxing glared angrily, "Did he forget my warning to him?—Fortunately, you escaped, otherwise, our human race would have lost a genius!"

Lin Chen spoke up with a sneer: "Oh ho, you're good at escaping! Next time you go out, remember to ask an expert from your sect to come with you, just like me; that way, it will be safer and won't delay the journey…"

Saying that, Lin Chen suddenly let out a strange cry: "Oh dear, I almost forgot, your Barbaric Sect doesn't have any experts at all! You kid, you're the number one expert, right?"

Lin Chen's words were actually mocking the Barbaric Sect for not having any experts and being just a third-rate small force.

Yi Tianxing frowned slightly upon hearing this, but he couldn't reprimand him like he had just done. After all, Lin Chen was a "ten-thousand-year-class" genius, and his status was not inferior to his.

"Eh—isn't this Lin Chen?" Xu Ming acted as if he had just seen Lin Chen, deliberately drawing out his voice and saying with a strange smile, "Didn't you lose in the Dao Destiny Battle? Why are you here too?—Eh? Could it be that you're here to see us off? That's too kind of you!"

Of course, Xu Ming knew that Lin Chen must have bought a spot to go to the "Divine Kingdom." However, Xu Ming pretended not to know and deliberately said this with a strange smile.

Lin Chen's face immediately darkened.

Losing in the Dao Destiny Battle had already hurt Lin Chen a lot; and now, Xu Ming was deliberately rubbing salt into his wound.

Lin Chen only felt a pain in his balls—why did I have nothing better to do than to ridicule Xu Ming? Isn't this just putting my face out there and asking Xu Ming to humiliate me?

And Xu Ming was very generous—since Lin Chen had put his face out there, Xu Ming would certainly not be stingy with humiliation!

"Oh—I remember!" Xu Ming continued to shout strangely, "You bought a spot, right?—You're really rich! How much did you buy it for? I heard that the spot to go to the 'Divine Kingdom' is very expensive!"

Lin Chen's face became even darker and gloomier—why did he end up having to buy a spot? Wasn't it all Xu Ming's fault?

"Eh?" Xu Ming acted as if he had discovered a new continent, "Why did only you and Qin Ke from your Purple Moon Holy Land come? What about the other geniuses? Why didn't you buy spots for them?"

Lin Chen's face was so cold that it was almost dripping water!

Why didn't they buy spots for the other geniuses?

Damn it, are spots so easy to buy?

Just two spots had already made the Purple Moon Holy Land's heart ache to death! Even for the other two "century-class" geniuses—Gu Bowen and Yan Xue—the Purple Moon Holy Land was unwilling to pay a high price to buy spots.

"Tsk tsk!" Xu Ming shook his head and sighed, "The Purple Moon Holy Land is really good to you, buying you a spot and escorting you all the way here! I don't have such a good life… I have to fight for the spot to go to the 'Divine Kingdom' myself; I have to walk the road from home to the Palace of Inquiry myself, with no one to escort me… Alas, comparing people is infuriating!"

Although Xu Ming sighed "comparing people is infuriating," everyone could hear this meaning—Lin Chen, you're just a piece of trash!

Moreover, Lin Chen couldn't refute Xu Ming's words at all—wasn't everything Xu Ming said the truth?

"Haha!" Yi Tianxing couldn't help but laugh, "You're actually proud of being escorted!"

Other mighty figures also shook their heads and laughed: "Being escorted by others is what the weak do! The path of the strong can only be walked by oneself!"

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"Sorry to disappoint you, but… you guessed wrong!" Xu Ming smiled faintly, "Xing Li no longer exists on the Boundless Continent!"

What!?

The surrounding mighty figures and geniuses were all stunned.

Xu Ming's meaning was… Xing Li, is dead?

But… wasn't Xu Ming just good at defense? His attack power seemed to be only at the six-step Dao Lord level, not even at the half-step Dao Venerable level, right?—Xing Li was a veteran half-step Dao Venerable! Even if he couldn't beat Xu Ming, he shouldn't have been unable to escape, right?

Everyone was very curious about how Xu Ming had killed Xing Li.

Of course, they couldn't imagine that the Xing Li who was killed had even used the Soul-Burning Stone to raise his strength to the true Dao Venerable level!

"Oh?" Zhan Wuwei glanced at Xu Ming with a slight surprise, thinking, "It seems that this kid has hidden some trump cards! His strength is probably much stronger than I imagined!"

Lin Chen was stunned for a long time before staring at Xu Ming hatefully: "Hmph! I admit that your strength is indeed very strong! But, you're just relying on some special means to temporarily increase your strength!—Relying on means to increase strength is just a narrow path on the road of martial arts; true geniuses disdain to do so!"

Lin Chen said arrogantly: "True geniuses will be engrossed in comprehending the Heavenly Dao!—Only by improving one's comprehension of the Heavenly Dao is the broad road on the path of martial arts!"

"And you—" Lin Chen snorted disdainfully, with an air of pointing out the country, "You have strength, but only a one-step Dao Lord's comprehension of the Heavenly Dao! This shows that your comprehension is very limited! You are destined not to go far on the path of martial arts!"