[Close at Hand (Mastery 1/4000)]

At this moment.

A red notification popped up on Lin Chang'sheng's panel.

At the same time, an insight and technique regarding the divine power Close at Hand surged into Lin Chang'sheng's mind.

In an instant, it merged seamlessly with his consciousness.

Right then.

Lin Chang'sheng felt as if he'd cultivated Close at Hand for nearly ten years.

"Kid, are you deaf or something?"

Seeing Lin Chang'sheng ignore him, Zhu Chuan's eyes flashed with malice. He looked at his three fellow disciples and said, "Brothers, this bastard doesn't know his place. Let's send him on his way first! No need to hold back!"

"Sure, Senior Brother Zhu!"

"Slaughter him and seize the Enlightenment Hall qualification!"

At Zhu Chuan's words, his three junior brothers advanced, completely surrounding Lin Chang'sheng where he hovered by the stone pillar.

"Look! Four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Beimu Immortal Race are trying to steal that guy's pillar! Wonder if he'll be able to hold on?"

"That'll be tough! He's strong, killed a Peak Foundation Establishment before, but four of them... that's a bit much..."

"Still, that's already crazy. He's only at the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment... What a waste."

"......"

Seeing Lin Chang'sheng surrounded by four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators, the other Foundation Establishment cultivators present were utterly shaken. Their gaze toward Lin Chang'sheng was filled with worry, schadenfreude, and all sorts of emotions.

Further away, Beimu Saintess of the Bai People and Mu Huang's Saint Heir Su Mu watched with flickering eyes, expressions tinged with anticipation.

"Noisy!"

Lin Chang'sheng slowly lifted his head and looked at Zhu Chuan. He'd just merged with the enlightenment of the Close at Hand divine power, and instantly unleashed a movement like instant teleportation, appearing right before Zhu Chuan.

He threw a punch!

With a physique equal to the Middle Stage of Golden Core, Lin Chang'sheng's punch was so fast it sounded like thunder tearing across the sky!

A sonic boom!

So fast it defied belief!

Zhu Chuan was just about to summon a spiritual artifact when he felt a shock in his abdomen. Glancing down, he discovered a gaping hole in his belly.

At that same moment.

All his magical power drained away, replaced by overwhelming weakness!

"I... no..."

Zhu Chuan's eyes widened in disbelief as he tumbled off the pillar. Just before he lost consciousness, he saw the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer cultivator he never took seriously smash two fellow Peak cultivators' heads into their chests!

The last junior brother turned and fled in terror!

"Where do you think you're going?"

Lin Chang'sheng used Close at Hand again. It felt amazing—though it drained a lot of magical power, at his current level of Sixth Layer Foundation Establishment, he could use it five times!

Lin Chang'sheng instantly appeared behind the final Peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, slamming his palm down.

Crack!

The cultivator's skull shattered, his corpse plummeting from the air. Lin Chang'sheng snatched up his storage bag on the spot!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lin Chang'sheng hurled out four fireballs, instantly turning all four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators into ash!

"Such terrifying cultivation! How can a Foundation Establishment cultivator be this strong? He must be the number one Foundation!"

"That was a divine power! He actually used a Golden Core divine power! This is..."

"If I'm not wrong, that's the Beimu Immortal Race's Golden Core divine power, Close at Hand!"

"No wonder he could kill four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators in a blink—he actually mastered a Golden Core divine power! Impressive!"

"......"

Watching Lin Chang'sheng wipe out four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators in a flash, all the onlookers were completely shaken.

"Never thought he actually comprehended a Golden Core stage divine power!"

Mu Huang's Saint Heir stared at Lin Chang'sheng in the distance, eyes filled with deep caution after seeing him slay four Peak Foundation Establishment Beimu cultivators in an instant.

"If we can comprehend Golden Core and advance, he won't be a threat."

The Beimu Saintess of the Bai People replied coolly, her exotic eyes flashing with unwillingness. As the Beimu Saintess, her talent could only be compared to the Beimu Saint Heir!

But this Southern Realm cultivator before them was just too frighteningly strong.

"So strong! He mastered a Golden Core stage divine power, fought one against four, and slew four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators?!"

Yu Lingfei stood not far off, staring at Lin Chang'sheng, shock filling her beautiful eyes.

"Senior Sister Yu, I can't believe Lin Chang'sheng is that strong! In the Spirit-Seizing Land, he went as Long Ping'an—his disguise technique is insane!" Fu Qingyu stood beside Yu Lingfei, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, eyes full of deep awe.

"Yeah—at Sixth Layer Foundation Establishment, killing four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators—if anyone deserves the title of Number One Foundation, it's Daoist Lin!"

Yu Lingfei's beautiful eyes sparkled with shock.

"After fighting alongside Daoist Long in the Spirit-Seizing Land for so long, who'd have thought he was the Lin Chang'sheng everyone in the Southern Realm and Demon Evil Sea has been searching for!"

"Killing four Peak Foundation Establishment cultivators at Sixth Layer Foundation Establishment was a breeze. Unbelievable!"

Zhuo Yijian stood not far from Yu Lingfei, his eyes wide in shock.

Even further off, Shi Hao and Zhang Aoxue were equally stunned.

Several hundred feet away from Lin Chang'sheng,

stood two breathtaking female cultivators, around eighteen or nineteen years old, one in yellow, one in white, every robe embroidered with three drifting cloud patterns.

The one in white, a bit younger, gazed at Lin Chang'sheng sitting atop the pillar, eyes full of shock and disbelief as she murmured, "Senior Sister Li, they say that's our Liuyun Immortal Sect's disciple Lin Chang'sheng, but I just don't see it!?"

"Junior Sister Xin, the Celestial Sword Sect disciples say he used a disguise technique. In the Spirit-Seizing Land, he went by Long Ping'an. But what I'm curious about is, a few years ago, we saw him outside the sect on a mountain—he was just at Qi Refining Sixth Layer then, dancing in that embarrassing way... Unless his cultivation was already Foundation Establishment back then?"

Li Muyun looked at Lin Chang'sheng atop the pillar, shock in her beautiful eyes.

She remembered how she and Junior Sister Xin Yun'Er had gone out to train and run into Lin Chang'sheng at a mountain summit, cooking something and doing a shameful dance. Back then, he was just at Qi Refining Sixth Layer, yet now he'd become Sixth Layer Foundation Establishment and was this powerful!

"Senior Sister Li, going from Qi Refining Sixth Layer to Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer in such a short time—it's impossible. He must have been hiding his cultivation!"

Xin Yun'Er murmured, deeply moved. She never imagined that the boy who once called her 'Martial Aunt' would now be someone she looked up to.

"Mm."

Li Muyun nodded slightly.

.....

"So many spirit stones! What a haul this time!"

Lin Chang'sheng sat atop the pillar, gazing at the four storage bags in his hand with satisfaction in his eyes.

He was just about to keep searching through the bags when—

Suddenly, the pillar beneath him flashed with white light and shot straight up!

At the same time, mysterious Daoist rhythms spread from the nearby Great Hall!

"The Enlightenment Hall has opened!"

"Too bad I can't go in! Sigh!"

"....."

Excited shouts rang out.

There was surprise, there was regret, there was sighing, and there was envy....

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