Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 376: Divine Pillar

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After a long while, Qinchuan gave a glance at the Taiyuan Royal Family and Li Gong of the Tianyuan Nation, along with their entourage.

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Qinchuan spoke slowly, "Since many martial artists who went to the Heavenly Demon Forest have already come out, although the time for the competition isn’t up yet, we can start tallying the demon cores’ points."

Once he had finished speaking, the Red Luan understood Qinchuan’s intention. She opened her massive mouth, and a large number of demon cores came spilling out, piling up into a small mountain in front of Qinchuan.

Martial Artists like Li Shu had long been aware of the astonishing number of demon cores on Qinchuan, so they were not surprised to see this now.

But Li Gong and those from the Taiyuan Royal Family were taken aback when they suddenly saw it.

How on earth was Qinchuan able to obtain so many demon cores?

"Did this fellow overturn the lair in the center of the Heavenly Demon Forest?"

Although Li Shu, Fanyao, and the others knew the truth, they kept their mouths shut tightly. Naturally, they wouldn’t admit that those demon cores in Qinchuan’s possession were collected by them because they were desperate to save their lives, hence they offered them up to Qinchuan.

This was not something to be proud of.

Qinchuan alone presented a pile of demon beast cores that resembled a small mountain, while none from the Tianyuan Ancient Nation or the Taiyuan Ancient Country could present a single one.

Now,

Even a fool among the onlooking crowd could see something fishy was going on.

Fu Lin couldn’t help but ask bluntly at that moment, "Did this brat rob you all of your demon cores?"

However, people like Fanyao and Jiang Can were all shaking their heads, denying it.

Fanyao even saluted and said, "Reporting to the Eldest Prince, there is no such thing. It is our own fault for not being able to hunt enough demon beasts. Please punish us as the Eldest Prince deems fit."

Li Shu also shook his head in denial alongside, "We do not know where Young Master Qin got his demon cores from, but they are absolutely not related to us!"

It was a joke; how could they voluntarily reveal such a thing? It was fine to tell others that Qinchuan had faced the demon beasts alone to save everyone, but it was absolutely forbidden to spread the word that everyone’s cores were extorted by Qinchuan.

If outsiders knew about it, wouldn’t they be ridiculed for a lifetime?

Although Li Gong, Fu Lin, and others were suspicious, since the ones involved, like Li Shu, were not acknowledging it, they were at a loss.

They could only watch as Qinchuan soared singularly to the top of the leaderboard with more than thirteen thousand points while the rest from Taiyuan and Tianyuan had zero points.

"But what should we do now?"

Li Gong looked at the big pile of demon cores in front of Qinchuan and was having a hard time as the rest couldn’t produce even one.

The rules of the competition were to obtain points through demon cores to determine the top three, but apart from Qinchuan, it turned out that no one else had obtained demon cores from the Heavenly Demon Forest.

As a result, the second and third places naturally couldn’t be determined either.

At this time, Fu Lin suddenly stepped forward and said, "King of Xi Ping need not worry. Although most martial artists have returned, aren’t there still some who have not? Since they encountered a divine-level monster and couldn’t collect demon cores, presumably the remaining few will definitely be able to hunt enough demon beasts to bring back the cores.

Since the competition was agreed to last three days, why not wait another two days?"

The one Fu Lin referred to as not yet returned was none other than the Eldest Prince of Taiyuan’s lineage, Fu Xi.

Fu Xi and Li Shu were princes from the two great royal families, personally participating in the competition. Li Gong paid close attention, and upon hearing what Fu Lin said, he nodded in agreement, "In that case, let’s wait for another two days."

Qinchuan secretly smiled to himself, thinking, "I’m afraid you won’t be able to wait for Fu Xi to come out."

However, he didn’t say anything else. Since everyone was willing to wait, Qinchuan wasn’t in a hurry either.

At that moment, his gaze shifted towards the distance. At the edge of his vision, he saw a dazzling, golden Divine Pillar standing on the boundary of the Heavenly Demon Forest. The Divine Pillar was thousands of feet high and about ten feet thick, with its entire body shining in resplendent golden light.

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The Divine Pillar was engraved with two five-clawed Divine Dragons, which had clearly reached the Divine Dragon Level.

Coiling up from the bottom of the Divine Pillar, these two dragons extended their heads beyond the pillar, meandering back as if to gaze towards its summit, seemingly eager to burst forth from their bindings, vividly lifelike.

At that moment, a sharp gleam flashed across his eyes.

His heart stirred, "Who would have thought that a pillar left behind on a whim back then would become so useful today!"

Without a moment’s delay, he moved towards the pillar glowing with golden radiance.

The onlookers who had been observing every action of Qinchuan were already shocked to see him heading towards the Divine Pillar.

The Divine Pillar was, in fact, a Demon Suppressing Pillar, rumored to have been left behind by a mighty figure of the Human Race to suppress the magical beasts within the Heavenly Demon Forest.

It was precisely because of this dragon pillar that the many magical beasts of the Heavenly Demon Forest had been forcefully subdued for generations within its bounds.

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Therefore, many cultivators of Tianqing City had long since regarded this dragon pillar as a protective deity, safeguarding the peace of Tianqing City and the entire Human Race.

They treated it with the utmost respect and reverence, even prohibiting martial artists and cultivators from approaching it, for fear of angering the Divine Pillar.

The sight of Qinchuan approaching the Demon Suppressing Pillar caused great alarm among the cultivators who had come from Tianqing City to watch.

"That is an Ancient Divine Pillar that suppresses all sorts of demonic beasts in the Heavenly Demon Forest, do not act impudently."

"You rascal, come back at once, do not offend the majesty of the Divine Pillar!"

Li Gong also looked at Li Zhi with unsettled dismay, his expression dissatisfied as he asked, "Zhi’er, what is he doing?"

Although he was quite displeased, he did not try to stop Qinchuan since the latter had entered the Heavenly Demon Forest and collected a vast number of demon cores, thereby securing the first place in the competition and earning significant merit for the Tianyuan Royal Family.

Li Zhi shook his head, indicating that he too had no clue what Qinchuan intended to do.

Despite the scolding from the crowd, Qinchuan seemed to be deaf to their words, as though he had not heard them at all, and strode confidently towards the Divine Pillar.

Moreover, onlookers saw Qinchuan leap up, alighting upon the very summit of the Divine Pillar.

"You rascal, what are you trying to do!"

"How dare you be so disrespectful to the Divine Pillar, come down immediately!"

Since the founding of Tianqing City, the Divine Pillar had stood there, protecting the city from the invasion of magical beasts and was revered as an Ancient God by the cultivators.

Holy and inviolable.

Now, Qinchuan had not only violated the dignity of the Divine Pillar but had also climbed atop it, which unquestionably insulted the deity in people’s hearts. The cultivators wished they could tear him to shreds.

Even some cultivators moved swiftly, shooting towards the direction of the Divine Pillar, intending to drive Qinchuan down.

But as soon as those cultivators approached the dragon pillar, the golden light atop the Divine Pillar suddenly erupted violently, dazzlingly bright, overpowering those who got near and suppressing them to the ground, unable to approach within a hair’s breadth of the pillar.

"What’s going on?"

"What is this breath-taking pressure all about?"

Everyone was astonished, and some cultivators came to a realization, exclaiming, "Is the Divine Pillar actually protecting that guy?!"

"How could this be possible?"

The spectating cultivators found themselves amidst a tumultuous surge, the shock surpassing even that of Qinchuan producing a mountainous pile of Demon Cores.

How could the Divine Pillar be protecting a mere Meridian Opening Realm youth?

Qinchuan’s next move further perplexed the onlookers.