Chapter 546: Chapter 546: Battle for the Wood Dragon Pearl!

No one could withstand the Demon King; at least, not on Dragon Island. Even the True Dragon Sect would be powerless to stop it. To the onlookers, Lin Xuan was surely doomed.

"Let’s go, quickly!" someone urged. "If that Demon King charges out, we’re all dead!"

"Right, let’s run!"

At that, the crowd scattered in a panic. They decided to leave the Ancient Relic immediately. It was simply too terrifying, too dangerous.

Huo Yuner left. Mo Feng left. The True Dragon Sect left. Soon, everyone was gone.

"Let’s go," Wu Chen said. "There’s no point in staying. Lin Xuan is dead; there’s no way he’s coming out of there alive."

After speaking, he turned and left. Chasing Wind followed suit.

Only Ru Meng remained.

Finally, Ru Meng, too, left. The ice from within the palace was already spreading outward, and a layer of frost was creeping across the surrounding ground. If she didn’t leave, she would be frozen into an ice sculpture.

Everyone was gone. The entire palace transformed into a giant ice sculpture, and everything within it was sealed in ice.

But within this vast sculpture, a single figure moved freely, completely unaffected. It was Lin Xuan.

The entire Human Immortal Realm had become a world of ice and snow. Lin Xuan walked through the frozen landscape, bypassing several Great Demons and crossing through the forest until he arrived at the lake. The lake itself was now a sheet of solid ice.

Lin Xuan walked across the surface, easily reaching the center. The Dragon Lotus there was also frozen solid, with the Dragon Pearl encased deep within the ice. The Snake King’s power was truly terrifying.

Lin Xuan said to the Snake King, "Melt the ice in the center. I want to retrieve the Wood Dragon Pearl."

Hearing this, the Snake King flicked its tail, and the ice at the lake’s core rapidly melted, revealing the Wood Dragon Pearl. As soon as it was free, the pearl shot toward the sky, transforming into a bolt of green lightning as it tried to escape.

"Where do you think you’re going?" Lin Xuan snorted coldly.

He raised his hand and unleashed a palm strike. The Cyan Dragon Heaven-Cracking Palm covered the sky, grasping for the Wood Dragon Pearl. The two collided with a thunderous boom. The Wood Dragon Pearl was knocked back but remained completely unscathed, without a single crack on its surface.

Truly worthy of being a Dragon Pearl, Lin Xuan marveled. His Palm Technique was so terrifying it could shatter an Azure Heaven Battle Body with a single strike, yet this Wood Dragon Pearl was completely unaffected. It truly is a mystical artifact.

The Wood Dragon Pearl wobbled and then darted away again. It was incredibly fast, vanishing from the lake in a flash and reappearing in the forest, just moments from escaping the palace entirely.

However, the Snake King in the sky let out a cold snort and spat out several shards of ice. They instantly formed a cage, blocking the Wood Dragon Pearl’s path. The pearl slammed into the icy barrier, creating a deafening roar, but the surface of the ice didn’t even crack.

The Wood Dragon Pearl spun in the air, seemingly anxious.

Lin Xuan turned and shook his head. "You can’t escape. Just submit obediently."

"Hmph! What are you so arrogant about? It wasn’t you who stopped me; it was the Snake King. Why should I submit to you?" a furious female voice retorted from within the pearl.

Lin Xuan smiled upon hearing it. So, it had an Artifact Spirit. He walked toward the Wood Dragon Pearl and said, "Even without the Snake King’s help, I could still make you submit."

"Stop boasting!" the Wood Dragon Pearl glowed brightly, and a figure rushed out from within. It was a young woman in a green dress with a pair of Dragon Horns on her head. Her figure shimmered with a verdant light, though she was somewhat ethereal and not a solid entity. She was the Artifact Spirit of the Wood Dragon Pearl.

Mu Long snorted coldly. "If you want me to submit, you’ll have to defeat me yourself. Otherwise, even if you capture the Dragon Pearl, you’ll never make me submit, and you’ll never be able to access its power!"

"Defeating you is all it takes for you to submit? Fine," Lin Xuan nodded. "Make your move."

"Kid, you’re far too arrogant! Do you really think defeating me will be easy? You’re just a mere one-star Grandmaster. Never mind you, even a seven-star Grandmaster would find defeating me to be a monumental task. My strength is among the absolute top tier of seven-star Grandmasters," Mu Long stated coldly. She didn’t take Lin Xuan seriously at all. In her eyes, he had only made it this far because he had a King by his side to freeze the area.

Lin Xuan laughed heartily. "Is being top-tier at seven stars that impressive? I’m invincible among seven-stars!"

"Keep dreaming," Mu Long rolled her eyes, completely unconvinced. Battle across seven realms? What a joke. ’Seven-star invincible’? Who does he think he is, a young Dragon God? This guy is such a braggart.

Mu Long prepared to teach this reckless fool a lesson.

WHOOSH.

A vine materialized in her hand, and she whipped it fiercely at Lin Xuan. It slashed through the air like a lash, causing the void to rumble as if it were being torn apart. A blow like that could shatter even a seven-star Grandmaster, let alone a measly one-star. Daring to covet the Wood Dragon Pearl? He’ll be obliterated into ashes.

Lin Xuan stood his ground with no intention of dodging. He simply waved a hand, plucked a leaf from a nearby tree, and flicked it forward like a flying arrow.

When Mu Long saw this, she froze for a second. Why isn’t he dodging? Is he scared stiff? Hmph, with such meager abilities, he dares to covet the Dragon Pearl. How laughable. When she saw him retaliate with a mere leaf, she almost laughed out loud. Has this guy lost his mind? I can use a vine because I have the power of the Dragon Pearl. In my hands, even an ordinary branch can become a Divine Weapon. What gives this kid the right? He doesn’t have the power of a Dragon Pearl; he’s just a one-star Grandmaster. And he wants to fight back with a leaf? This is too ridiculous. He wouldn’t be my match even with a powerful Spiritual Artifact, and he thinks he can beat me with a leaf? How laughable!

Mu Long decided he was a lost cause. She had never seen anyone so arrogant.

In the next instant, the leaf and the vine collided. With a sharp crack, the vine was sliced in two.

"What? How is that possible?" Mu Long cried out, her eyes wide with disbelief. Heavens! What did she just witness? He had severed her attack with a single leaf! How unbelievable! How did this kid do that? Impossible. It’s absolutely impossible! This can’t be his own doing. Did the Snake King in the sky help him?

Mu Long tilted her head up and stared at the Snake King.

The Snake King let out a yawn. "Don’t look at me. I didn’t do anything. The Young Master’s strength is beyond your imagination. I’d advise you to just submit obediently. Even if you go all out, you’re no match for him."

If even the Snake King had submitted, what chance did she have?

"How dare you underestimate me!" Mu Long stamped her foot in fury. "We’ll see just how formidable you really are!"

She attacked again. This time, hundreds of vines whipped toward Lin Xuan, each one infused with the power of the Dragon Pearl. The vines seemed to transform into snarling Serpents, baring fangs and claws as they lunged at him.

Let’s see you block this!