Chapter 1242 - 1242: Attending the Duel Despite Severe Injuries

The Black Sand Sea is the place with the most concentrated Ghastly Qi in the Stone Gate Realm.

Compared to Tianqian Valley, the Ghastly Qi here is even more intense, and it covers an area nearly a hundred times larger than Tianqian Valley.

What is more terrifying is that there is a Fourth-Level Ghost Specter here!

Not to mention the Ten Kings Command of the Ten Kings, even the Hidden King's Order of the Four Hidden Kings cannot control the Fourth-Level Ghost Specter.

Fortunately, the Fourth-Level Ghost Specter only appears intermittently within the Black Sand Sea.

As long as you don't enter the depths of the Black Sand Sea, there is no danger.

"This ghostly place—it's said that a tyrant once fell here, so everyone be careful!"

The onlookers had already arrived ahead of time.

The speaker was a Great General belonging to the Ten Kings.

The thousands around him were all originally Great Generals and King's Guard under the command of the Ten Kings.

Each of them had the cultivation level of the Second Thunder Tribulation.

The Ten Kings had been completely defeated by Lin Wudi, with eight of them killed.

These people had become homeless with no place to return to.

This time, the Hidden King challenged Lin Wudi, and they all came to join in the excitement.

They all wanted to see Lin Wudi killed with their own eyes.

"Do you think the Three Hidden Kings can win? Lin Wudi once killed the Eastern King with a single strike!"

Someone sneered and said.

Lin Wudi's killing of the Eastern King caused a sensation in the Stone Gate Realm, no less than Lin Wudi's annihilation of the Eight Kings.

Especially after the Eastern King displayed his unparalleled strength.

Many people were amazed by Lin Wudi and considered him a Heavenly Being.

"What do you know? Among the Four Hidden Kings, only the Eastern King was a lone wolf, the weakest without any assistance! The other Hidden Kings are far more formidable than him!"

"Indeed, Brother Liao is quite right. I've heard that the other three Hidden Kings, Southern King cultivates the method of incense, combining the Power of Faith with the Tribulation Thunder Thought, having the effect of burning Divine Sense, and can even resist the Fourth Tribulation Thunder!"

"Not only that, the Western King practices the Emperor's Way! By integrating the national fortune into the Tribulation Thunder Thought, with the power of the whole nation, he can also battle the Fourth Thunder Tribulation, extremely formidable!"

"It seems this is a battle of dragons and tigers!"

People were discussing the Western King and Southern King, but no one mentioned the Northern King.

Because among the Four Kings, the Northern King is the most mysterious.

Even the Ten Kings know little about the Northern King.

It is only known that the Northern King is the first Hidden King in the Stone Gate Realm.

The other three Hidden Kings were only able to break their fate and leave the Light Tower to become Hidden Kings because of his guidance.

"I wonder when Lin Wudi will arrive..."

"I heard a month ago, Lin Wudi had already left the Invincible Palace on his way here and should have arrived long ago."

"Lin Wudi, Invincible Palace, this King Lin is really arrogant!"

"Haha, in a year and a half, causing such upheaval in the Forbidden Sand Sea, he deserves the name of invincible!"

"Hua Bo, which side are you on?"

With more people came disputes, and even among the Ten Kings' subordinates, not everyone bore ill will towards Lin Wudi.

Just as some started bickering over differing stands, suddenly someone shouted, "Silence, Lin Wudi is here!"

A sudden beam of blade light appeared between heaven and earth.

The black blade light was very conspicuous in the sky.

After a year of spreading, now everyone in the Stone Gate Realm knows that the Ghost Tribulation Black Knife is Lin Wudi's unique Tribulation Thought Treasure!

"Is this Lin Wudi? Is that heaven's favor upon him?"

"To accomplish this much in less than fifty years since ascension, Lin Wudi's talent is indeed extraordinary!"

"Is he injured? Look at his complexion; it seems somewhat abnormal!"

"Indeed, his aura also seems somewhat unstable!"

People gradually realized that Lin Wudi didn't seem as strong as the rumors, and he even appeared to be injured.

"Could it be he was injured while breaking those Sixth-Level Guiyu?"

"I knew it, that terrifying Black Smoke Monster, how could it not harm Lin Wudi!"

"True, that monster's strength is comparable to Third and Fourth Tribulation Thunder; no matter how strong Lin Wudi is, he's only Second Thunder Tribulation."

"Now we've got quite a show! Lin Wudi is severely injured, and the Three Hidden Kings are waiting at ease!"

Many who originally favored Lin Wudi also began to change their minds because of his condition.

This Lin Wudi seemed not destined to win over the Three Hidden Kings.

Not to mention, the Three Hidden Kings themselves were already powerful.

"Whoever wins this battle will become the master of the Stone Gate Realm!"

"I still hope Lin Wudi can win, because he has the hope of leading us out of the Forbidden Sand Sea..."

"What a pity, this person is too arrogant. Despite being severely injured, he still chose to fight!"

Some began to feel sorry for Lin Wudi.

Many people, especially the Second Thunder Tribulation practitioners, pinned their hopes of leaving the Forbidden Sand Sea on Lin Wudi.

Now, Lin Wudi, severely injured, still agreeing to the battle, left many unable to understand.

Rumble!

The sky was filled with colorful clouds, and bolts of Thunderbolt exploded in the distance.

Like thunderclouds, they rolled in.

Three groups of people approached from afar, riding on the Tribulation Thunder Thought.

One group wore Divine Robes, showing piety and fervor.

At their core was a shrine, and inside the shrine was the Western King being worshipped.

The second wave of people wore armor, resembling the generals and soldiers of the secular world.

In their midst was a radiant Dragon Litter, upon which sat a majestic emperor in a Dragon Robe—it was the Southern King.

The central group wore plain linen clothes, ancient, weak-looking, as if they were fragile and feeble.

An emaciated, tiny old man, resembling an elderly human elder, walked among them, leaning on a cane.

If not for his presence alongside the Western and Southern Kings, no one would associate this old man with the head of the Hidden Kings, the Northern King.

These three were the strongest combat power in the Stone Gate Realm today, the once legendary Hidden Kings!

"As expected of the Hidden Kings, truly powerful. Just the momentum generated from their strides far exceeds the other Third Thunder Tribulations!"

"Indeed, even thousands of miles apart, the pressure we feel far surpasses that of the Ten Kings!"

With the appearance of the Three Hidden Kings, people gradually realized the strength of the Three Hidden Kings.

Especially those Great Generals and King's Guard who once followed the Ten Kings.

They had lived closely with the Ten Kings and knew the aura of the Third Thunder Tribulation practitioners very well.

But now, the aura exuded by the Three Hidden Kings clearly exceeded that of the Ten Kings.

"That's only natural! Don't forget, the Nanyuan King was once under the Southern King's command, and the Northern Gate King was once the Northern King's disciple!"

"Indeed, before becoming Hidden Kings, the Three Hidden Kings were the strongest in the Stone Gate Realm."

"Now that they have found a new path, who knows how powerful they have become."

"This time's challenge, Lin Wudi probably faces a doomed fate."

The two sides prepared for battle.

Lin Wudi, injured, his face pale.

The Three Hidden Kings, surrounded by followers, radiating intimidating momentum.

The outcome seemed obvious at a glance.

Those who initially believed Lin Wudi would surely win found their sentiments shifting.

"Lin Wudi, originally, we could have been friends! You could have become one of the Hidden Kings, what a pity..."

An aged voice slowly emerged from the side of the Three Hidden Kings.

For some reason, everyone who heard this voice felt a rising sense of regret for Lin Wudi in their hearts.

As if Lin Wudi becoming one of the Hidden Kings was a tremendous honor he had missed.

"Such a powerful Divine Sense! It can actually affect our moods!"

From a distance, Xie Yue and others turned pale, directly sensing the strength of the Hidden Kings.