#2385 - I like to be the first to come forward
Here was a large pond, filled with lotus flowers, the surface of the verdant lotus leaves flowing with a hazy, ink-like light.
Near the pond was a flat area, the ground paved with bluestone, very smooth, the surface of the bluestone carved with patterns.
Above and on both sides of this flat area were many tables, totaling over a hundred.
There were fifty-some tables placed on each side, and a dozen or so tables arranged in a row above.
Each table was occupied by a young prodigy from the dark world.
Judging from the position and seating arrangement of the tables, the dozen or so people sitting above were clearly of higher status.
Their strength was also the strongest among this group of dark prodigies, and the dark power within them was even purer.
Needless to say, those dozen or so people must all be from the royal family of the dark world, outstanding prodigy disciples within the royal family.
Some of those on both sides might also be from the royal family of the dark world, but their strength was relatively weaker, and their talent was not as good.
The moment Jun Wu Xie and Queen Rhine arrived here, over a hundred gazes all focused on them.
Each gaze was as sharp as a knife, carrying a cold killing intent, like invisible blades attacking.
Neither Jun Wu Xie nor Queen Rhine would feel uncomfortable because of these gazes.
Their strength was many times stronger than any of the dark prodigies present.
There were no empty seats in the arena.
On the dozen or so tables directly above, a female prodigy from the dark world was playing the zither.
The music was melodious and very pleasant to listen to, the notes lingering, but secretly hiding a killing intent.
The dark world's prodigies withdrew their gazes from Jun Wu Xie and Queen Rhine, picked up the drinks on the table, took a sip, and slightly raised the corners of their mouths.
"Everyone, I wonder if you recognize these two?
They seem very unfamiliar to me."
A dark prodigy put down his glass and looked at Jun Wu Xie and Queen Rhine again, "Anyone participating in the gathering should report their identity and origin.
I wonder which sect or family the two of you are from.
After all, a prodigy gathering is not something that any riffraff can participate in.
If you are not of the same class, forcing your way in will only lead you to fall into the abyss, never to recover."
"Riffraff, are you talking about yourself?"
Before Jun Wu Xie could speak, Queen Rhine opened her mouth.
She only felt a surge of anger rushing to her head!
A mere dark world prodigy dared to call Lord Jun riffraff!
Little did he know that in front of Lord Jun, he was like an ant!
She couldn't tolerate such a person being disrespectful to Lord Jun!
"Since it is a gathering of prodigies, it is about comparing each other's talent and strength, not sects or families.
With your weak strength, you are not worthy to know which sect or family we come from!"
Queen Rhine's words were quite strong, her cold eyes carrying contempt and disdain, stimulating the dark prodigy's eyes to burst with cold light, a fierce aura rising, dark energy like a reversed river, erupting from him, soaring into the high sky.
"Well said."
Jun Wu Xie looked at Queen Rhine with a smile, very appreciative.
"Courting death!
You two wild cultivators who don't know where you came from, dare to come here and act wildly!
If it weren't for seeing that you have some talent and can be loyal to the great darkness, you would have been two corpses long ago!
Unexpectedly, you don't know how to restrain yourselves, and dare to be arrogant in front of us!
Wild cultivators like you, without the backing of a sect or family, don't know how to keep a low profile, your ending is destined to fall into the abyss!"
That dark prodigy stood up, with one hand behind his back, approaching Jun Wu Xie and Queen Rhine step by step.
The dark power on his body was like a vast ocean surging, shrouding the sky, the terrifying and suffocating dark power, carrying a cold killing and violence, swept in like a mountain torrent.
The other dark prodigies all watched this scene calmly, some with sneers on their faces, looking like they were watching a good show.
Some people also had indifferent expressions, unable to see any emotions, their black eyes like deep pools.
The dark power swept in, the ink-colored torrent tearing the void, like a black python roaring, opening its bloody mouth, wanting to devour people.
"Overestimating yourself!"
A cold voice came from Jun Wu Xie's mouth.
He stretched out his palm and fingers, and the dark power turned into a huge palm covering forward, incorporating all the ink-colored torrent that swept in into his palm, and obliterating it on the spot.
At the same time, his palm and fingers continued to move forward, covering the area where the dark prodigy was, and then pressed down in the air.
The dark prodigy was shocked and angry, and hurriedly used dark divine powers to resist, and tried to rush out of the palm's coverage area.
But he found that the dark power falling from the palm, like a waterfall rushing down, sealed off all directions.
He couldn't escape at all.
The dark divine powers couldn't hold on either, constantly collapsing under the impact of the waterfall-like energy.
With a bang.
The dark prodigy was knocked to his knees on the ground, his knees hitting the bluestone ground, bursting out a brilliant defensive rune.
While cracks spread across the bluestone, the dark prodigy's knees shattered, dark blood splattering, causing him to let out a painful groan.
A look of surprise flashed in the eyes of the other dark prodigies present.
Did they misjudge?
Unexpectedly, the newcomer was so powerful, one move suppressed their early Yuanshen realm prodigy to the ground.
"Kneel, you are not worthy to sit."
Jun Wu Xie took Queen Rhine and sat down in the original position of that prodigy.
Looking at the glass on the table, he casually threw it away and took out two glasses from his storage ring.
Picking up the drink on the table, filling both glasses, he picked it up and tasted it.
"Come, you also try it, although it's not very good, but it's barely acceptable."
Jun Wu Xie said to Queen Rhine.
The drink contained a strong dark essence, obviously specially prepared to entertain these dark prodigies present.
Queen Rhine's heart trembled.
Lord Jun actually wanted her to drink the dark creatures' drink.
She could feel the rich dark essence contained within.
Would it be a problem if she drank it?
Looking at Lord Jun's calm expression, she chose to trust him, and immediately picked up the glass and gently touched it with his.
A mouthful of dark drink entered her throat, flowing into her abdomen, immediately generating a large amount of dark essence, flowing along the meridians to her limbs.
But she found that her body did not feel any discomfort, but rather a warm and comfortable feeling.
Only because the mysterious power transmitted into her body from the arm she was holding Lord Jun with, eliminated the discomfort caused by the dark essence.
At this moment, the eyes of the dark prodigies present were all focused on them.
Watching them sit down as if they were familiar with the place, as if they regarded this place as their own living room, made the eyes of the dark prodigies even colder.
And the original owner of the seat was still kneeling on the ground at this time.
That dark hand had already turned into a dark magic diagram, continuously dropping energy, suppressing him so that he couldn't move, his face full of humiliation and anger, staring at Jun Wu Xie and Rhine with extremely fierce eyes.
"Everyone continue, drink what you should drink, play and sing what you should play and sing, discuss what you should discuss.
Why are you all looking at us?
Could it be that someone still wants to be a bird sticking its head out?
It's okay, just come, I don't have other hobbies, I just like to beat the birds that stick their heads out."
"Who exactly are you, daring to be so arrogant, daring to provoke so many of us!"
A dark prodigy restrained the impulse of killing intent in his heart, and said coldly, "Do you know that there are many royal family prodigies present, in our entire dark world, they are existences with noble identities!"
"Who we are, we have already said just now.
With your identities and strengths, you are not worthy to know.
Compared to sects and forces, you are too weak."
Jun Wu Xie's words were not random.
Which sect or family in the dark world can compare with him, who owns several imperial dynasties that rule a world, plus the Shengu Alliance?
Hearing this, the faces of the dark prodigies present changed instantly, their eyes filled with suspicion.
Could it be that these two are royal family prodigies?
But didn't the royal family prodigies cross the boundary to Shengu?
At least, the news they knew was that no royal family prodigies had arrived.
The dark commanders who attacked this world said that the royal family prodigies would cross the boundary here after several months.
"Putting on airs, do you think we will believe you?"
The dark female prodigy playing the zither directly above said coldly.
Although she was very beautiful, her killing intent was too strong.
The moment she spoke, a cold air permeated.
"Then let me see if you really come from a royal family!"
That dark female prodigy flicked her finger on the zither string.
Zheng——
The sound of the zither exploded, the power of sound killing swept out, turning into female phantoms holding swords, dancing sword techniques, pouring out monstrous sword intent, killing Jun Wu Xie and Rhine.
"Presumptuous!"
Jun Wu Xie put down his glass and gave a deep shout.
Ink-colored energy rushed out of his mouth, turning into sound waves sweeping out, destroying everything, shattering all the sound killing power that had evolved into sword-wielding women killing.
The sound waves continued to sweep forward, impacting the dark female prodigy playing the zither.
The dark female prodigy's face showed shock, the dark light in her ink-colored eyes was dazzling, and her hands quickly plucked the zither strings.
The sound of the zither was resounding, the killing soaring to the sky, countless ink-colored notes jumping, evolving a piece of killing visions to meet it, colliding with Jun Wu Xie's sound waves.
However, her sound killing divine powers, at the moment of colliding with Jun Wu Xie's sound waves, collapsed one after another.
The sound waves suddenly impacted in front of her.
The dark prodigies on both sides of her saw this and took action one after another, using divine powers to help her defend and resist.
Boom!
The defensive divine powers jointly used by the three prodigies were all shattered and collapsed by the impact of the sound waves.
The dark female prodigy drew back and retreated, but it was already too late.
The zither in front of her exploded into pieces on the spot. Her rapidly retreating body was struck by the sound waves, sending her flying. She spat out a mouthful of blood as she crashed into a stone pillar behind her.
The defensive runes on the stone pillar shattered from the impact, and cracks spread across its surface.
Almost simultaneously,
Jun Wuxie reached out, his hand grasping in the void. A dark, ink-colored dragon claw instantly appeared before the dark female prodigy.
Accompanied by a dragon's roar,
he seized the dark female prodigy and threw her heavily onto the table in front of him.
This scene shocked all the dark prodigies present, filling them with fear and apprehension.
Even the lurking dark experts in the Nine Heavens Saint Immortal Realm were astonished!
To possess such methods and such formidable combat power, who else could it be but a top-tier prodigy from the royal family?
However, there had been no news of any royal prodigies crossing realms to arrive.
Furthermore, these two were unfamiliar faces, unseen among the prodigies of the various royal families.
Could they be prodigies secretly nurtured by a royal family, who, without the family's permission, had secretly run to the God Antiquity Domain?
