Supernatural Insight Eyes
Chapter 664 - 0665 Approaching the Summit! (First Update)

Chapter 664: 0665 Approaching the Summit! (First Update)

"A storm is coming..." the crowd murmured.

Lightning suddenly struck from the sky, heading directly for the staircase.

Ji Lingchen’s heart skipped a beat. He was powering up to take the final step, but was he about to be struck by lightning?

Little did he know, this was caused by Ye Qiu activating the Twelve Heavenly Tribulations technique, which had called forth the lightning.

Seeing Ji Lingchen about to reach the summit, Ye Qiu dared not rest. He immediately activated the Twelve Heavenly Tribulations technique to resist the pressure and followed closely, stepping onto the last stair.

It was at this moment that the lightning bolt suddenly fell, shocking Ji Lingchen into jumping aside.

In the midst of the lightning, Ye Qiu paid no heed to the electrical strike above him; he rushed directly towards an ancient book beside the Emperor Level corpse. His activation of the Twelve Heavenly Tribulations technique was merely intended to disturb Ji Lingchen’s focus and create an opportunity for him to approach the Emperor Level corpse first. It seemed his goal had been achieved, as Ye Qiu charged forward at once.

"That’s mine." When Ji Lingchen saw that the lightning struck not him, but Ye Qiu, he was startled and about to laugh. However, when he saw Ye Qiu reaching directly for the ancient book containing the legacy of an Emperor Level powerhouse, rage exploded across his usually unchanging face.

This man had overtaken him and stolen his opportunity.

Uh?

Ye Qiu grasped it, but as he approached the book placed next to the Emperor Level powerhouse’s body, he immediately felt an intimidating aura emanating from the corpse.

This was, after all, an Emperor Level powerhouse, and even many years after death, it still possessed divine authority.

Ji Lingchen’s anger was uncontrollable; daring to intercept, he would not let this man go, no matter who he was.

"This is bad!" Ye Qiu frowned. There was no longer any strong pressure atop this staircase. Ji Lingchen’s move instantly gave Ye Qiu a sense of danger.

But now with the Emperor Level powerhouse’s legacy right before him, he was unable to take it. What was he supposed to do?

Boom!

Ji Lingchen’s attack came fiercely, and Ye Qiu reluctantly turned to meet it.

"If I can’t have it, neither can he!" Ye Qiu no longer dwelled on the opportunity, colliding with Ji Lingchen’s attack, and a powerful wave of force instantly exploded on the staircase.

Boom, boom, boom...

Neither figure injured the other; standing on either side of the Emperor Level powerhouse’s corpse, Ji Lingchen stared at the ancient book that Ye Qiu had failed to take and immediately leaped forward.

Ye Qiu would not have it as he wished. He immediately activated his fist, firing off a fist light, which he promptly hammered down.

Damn!

Ji Lingchen was about to touch the ancient book, but Ye Qiu’s attack arrived at the same time, forcing him to evade.

"As long as I’m here, you can’t take it," Ye Qiu said indifferently.

"You’re courting death!"

Ji Lingchen was furious. Initially, he wanted to secure the ancient book before dealing with Ye Qiu, but seeing the current situation, he couldn’t approach the book without dealing with Ye Qiu first.

Ji Lingchen’s figure flashed, suddenly surging forward, his steps rapid as if a beast soaring through the air.

Ye Qiu’s heart tightened. He activated the Eagle Snake Xuan Hand. In an instant, the eagle and snake played out in the void, transforming into a massive shadowy image, intent on swallowing Ji Lingchen.

Break!

Ji Lingchen’s palm blossomed with light, like a divine knife, slicing through the shadowy image of the eagle and snake, his steps pounding, rushing up to Ye Qiu in an instant.

The two clashed, igniting an astonishing battle.

"They’ve crossed hands!"

The spectators below were fixated on the intertwined figures, not expecting the struggle for the opportunity to begin so quickly.

Mu Cannan was just two steps away from reaching the top. Watching Ye Qiu and Ji Lingchen engage over the opportunity, anger flared within him, believing he should have been the one to fight Ji Lingchen.

Roar!

Provoked, Mu Cannan suddenly took two steps up, his body soared, a powerful pressure suddenly pushing down, pinning his body firmly at the nine hundred and ninety-eighth step, while half of his body was already at the top.

"Mu Cannan might reach the pinnacle. Are we about to see a three-way battle?"

"I thought it would be Ji Lingchen, Mu Cannan, and Shi Qingbing performing a fierce rivalry. I never imagined this masked man would join Ji Lingchen at the summit. It won’t be long before we see Mu Cannan join the fray."

Everyone was looking forward to seeing who would clinch the Great Emperor level opportunity.

"Though he’s fortunate to have climbed the final step with our clan’s pride, Ji Lingchen, when it comes to strength, our pride is unquestionably the strongest," said a Ji clan junior, having wiped the dirt off himself, no longer looking disheveled.

Everyone was eager to see how Ye Qiu would fare against Ji Lingchen and whether he truly had the strength to match against the three top talents.

"True, climbing the steps might have some tricks; it doesn’t necessarily mean that one’s strength is truly formidable. This guy must have been taking shortcuts to get this far. As for strength, he’s probably not that strong," remarked another clan’s junior, refusing to acknowledge that Ye Qiu’s strength could rival that of the top three talents.

Upon reflection, many found this to be quite reasonable, considering that the top three talents had achieved their reputation through countless battles and were undisputed strong contenders of the ancient land, while Ye Qiu seemed like a genius that appeared out of nowhere. Though he had reached the last step, no one really knew how strong he truly was.

Even Mo Ye, Zhan Xiao, Li Ren, and even Xiang Da didn’t have high hopes for Ye Qiu.

Now that it had come to this point, securing the Great Emperor level opportunity depended on pure strength. Any shortcuts would prove superficial; only true might could possibly seize the final opportunity.

"It’s a shame our clan prodigy was just a few steps away; otherwise, it would be hard to say whose hands this opportunity would end up in," lamented a clansman of Shi Qingbing, regretting that their pride had not reached the final step and wishing they could climb up to compete with Ji Lingchen, Ye Qiu, and the others.

Shi Qingbing hadn’t given up. If someone as unknown as Ye Qiu could make it this far, how could he just accept defeat? He didn’t want the glory and title of the three prodigies to shatter.

Shi Qingbing prepared to move forward again; he too wanted to touch that Great Emperor level opportunity.

As Ye Qiu and Ji Lingchen continued to fight, their confrontation grew more intense, with countless waves of energy wildly surging through the air. Ji Lingchen shone like a god, his body glowing, and his mighty aura rolling mightily. From a distance, he looked like a miniature sun.

"That’s the Ji clan’s Fierce Sun Battle Technique!" someone recognized Ji Lingchen’s current combat state as the Ji clan’s secret technique, the Fierce Sun Battle Technique. This technique could harness the power of the sun to become an endless barrage of attacks. A slight misstep would reduce one to dust, not even leaving bone fragments behind.

Ji Lingchen was truly infuriated, unleashing his anger with his battle technique, signaling a deadly intent.

"The masked man keeps losing ground; he seems unbeatable!" the crowd noticed. With the Fierce Sun Battle Technique deployed, Ye Qiu was all but overwhelmed, continually retreating, not daring to withstand it head-on.

"Our Ji clan’s prodigy is unbeatable!"

This scene excited the Ji clan’s juniors below, for it meant that Ye Qiu was going to lose and the Great Emperor level opportunity would fall into their hands.

"I told you, you would eventually be beaten down the steps by our prodigy. It seems that moment is about to arrive!" Ji Chuan’s gaze was icy as he stared at Ye Qiu, his hands clenched into fists, crackling with tension, eager for Ji Lingchen to avenge the humiliation Ye Qiu had brought upon him.

Just then, Mu Cannan finally reached the top of the staircase; he had climbed up, but at this moment, no one was laughing at him.

Boom!

Mu Cannan’s aura suddenly erupted, no longer subjugated by the pressure, and his significantly lighter body burst forth with his formidable strength.

"This opportunity belongs to the Mu clan!"