Martial Universe: Starting with Lin Langtian, who crippled Lin Dong's father.

Chapter 183 Aokiji's Legacy [4,000 words]

"Hehe, he is right. As long as you pass the Azure Dragon Trial, you are indeed qualified to receive the inheritance of my Azure Dragon Palace."

Qingzhi smiled at Xiao Diao's bluntness, his gaze lingering on Lin Langtian's body.

In that instant, Lin Langtian seemed to realize that his body was completely exposed to his scan.

"laugh!"

Lin Langtian obviously wouldn't stop this kind of scanning that wasn't on the same level.

However, just as it was scanning, the mysterious stone talisman, the Devouring Ancestral Talisman, and even the Heavenly Profound Spirit Seal within its body all began to tremble, and a wave of energy spread out like lightning.

"Buzz!"

The air in front of me seemed to explode suddenly.

Aokiji, who was sitting cross-legged on the Azure Dragon, trembled slightly, and a look of surprise finally appeared in his calm eyes.

"Hey, don't let this kid's ordinary appearance fool you. He's not someone you can just casually spy on in your current state. It would be more likely if you were the real deal."

The little mink smiled.

Lin Langtian pinched the back of the little sable's neck and glared at it with a warning look.

Not to mention that he wants to befriend Aokiji and might need his help in the future, Aokiji's strength alone is enough to make him lower his guard.

The little ferret, with an unhappy expression, stretched out its paw and slapped away Lin Langtian's hand. The feeling of being grabbed by the back of the neck was extremely unpleasant.

"Hehe, I was indeed a bit mistaken. I didn't expect that such a treasure was hidden in his body." The surprise in Aokiji's eyes dissipated after a while, and he chuckled.

"Alright, enough talk, let's retrieve the inheritance!"

The little ferret waved its paws, urging them on.

Aokiji smiled elegantly and then nodded.

"Since you've made it this far, you can indeed possess the Azure Dragon Palace's inheritance. However, I can offer you two choices."

"Oh?" Lin Langtian raised his eyes calmly.

"If an ordinary person were here, they would indeed have no other choice, but you seem to be different..."

Aokiji smiled meaningfully, then waved his sleeve, and two streaks of azure light shot out from his sleeve and floated in the sky.

"These are the two most powerful martial arts in the Azure Dragon Palace, enough to reach the level of superior spiritual martial arts. If one masters them, it should be no problem to challenge opponents of higher levels."

"Two superior spiritual martial arts techniques?"

Lin Langtian was shocked. As expected of a master of the Reincarnation Realm, this move was a trump card.

If this were outside, even those super dynasties would probably be tempted to fight over it.

"What is the other option?"

Lin Langtian's eyes flickered, and he asked again.

"This is the legacy of the Azure Dragon Palace."

Aokiji smiled slightly, stared at Lin Langtian, and said, "The other option is the inheritance of my Aokiji."

Lin Langtian nodded secretly.

Sure enough, Lin Dong also received this option in the original novel.

It seems that ordinary people don't get such an opportunity.

If it weren't for the Ancestral Stone and the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, he probably wouldn't have obtained them.

This kind of self-inherited tradition is naturally far superior to the tradition of the Azure Dragon Palace.

Only those with truly great fortune can be favored by Aokiji.

Xiao Diao was taken aback. Wasn't Qingzhi a member of the Azure Dragon Palace?

"The affairs of ancient times are beyond your comprehension. Which one do you desire now?"

Aokiji waved his hand, not offering any further explanation, and instead stared at Lin Langtian.

Lin Langtian remained calm and pondered for a long time before slowly speaking.

"the latter."

The latter is naturally his legacy, Qingzhi's legacy. As a master of the Reincarnation Realm, his legacy is naturally stronger.

Of course, that's not the whole reason.

Only by obtaining Qingzhi's inheritance can one establish contact with him. Qingzhi is a protective person, at least in the original work, as can be seen from the fact that Lin Dong and his two companions were almost driven to desperation by the three giants of Yuanmen and were saved by Qingzhi when they were on the verge of death.

Prior to this, Lin Dong and Qi had only met a few times.

At best, it was merely a choice of his legacy.

Receiving Aokiji's inheritance means that although the two do not have a direct master-disciple relationship, there is an invisible thread connecting them.

That's the ideal point.

Perhaps when Lin Langtian really encounters a life-or-death crisis, he will actually be able to get his help.

Of course.

Qingzhi's intervention to protect Lin Dong is most likely a way to support young powerhouses and prepare for the future resurgence of the Otherworldly Demons.

And now I probably have similar thoughts about myself.

"Hehe, clever little fellow..."

Aokiji smiled and then stretched.

"Fine, but if you don't meet my requirements when we meet in the future, I'll take everything back."

Lin Langtian was about to nod when he suddenly came to his senses.

He himself doesn't "know" that he is already dead.

So he put on a horrified expression.

"See you again someday? You're not dead?"

Seeing the shocked looks on Lin Langtian and Xiao Diao's faces, Qingzhi also revealed a strange smile, and said softly, "Who told you I'm dead?"

Above the vast sea of ​​lightning.

Dark clouds surged, and bolts of lightning poured down from them, accompanied by deafening roars that echoed across the sky to the horizon.

Meanwhile, somewhere above the sea of ​​thunder, the atmosphere suddenly froze.

Two pairs of shocked eyes stared in disbelief at the phantom sitting cross-legged on the azure dragon, their minds momentarily blank.

Qingzhi didn't say anything more, but simply looked down at Lin Langtian and Xiao Diao with a gentle smile.

Under his gaze, the little ferret finally came to its senses, its lips twitching as it muttered, "How is this possible..."

If it didn't believe that Qingzhi was already dead, how could it have been so arrogant just now?

"It's certainly impossible for an ordinary person to have survived until now, but for a super strong person who has transcended the realm of life and death, it might be a different story..."

"As far as I know, in ancient times, the world suffered a calamity, and most of the top experts perished at that time..." Little Marten pondered.

"A calamity?" Lin Langtian nodded slowly.

The Otherworldly Demons are always an insurmountable obstacle.

"Heh, it seems the Heavenly Demon Sable clan's inherited memories aren't incomplete; they even know about that ancient calamity..."

Aokiji smiled at this moment, but when he mentioned the word "calamity," Lin Langtian noticed that even this mysterious figure's eyes narrowed, clearly indicating that the calamity was too unforgettable for him.

"Back then, I was lucky to escape with my life. Of course, my strength at that time was not particularly outstanding in that world. It was only later that I achieved something. Otherwise... I'm afraid I would not have been able to escape the calamity."

Aokiji smiled faintly, pulling himself out of those ancient memories, and then fixed his gaze on Lin Langtian, saying.

"You want to inherit my legacy, your ambition is quite large, but I hope that you also have the strength to match your ambition."

Lin Langtian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said nothing more, but slowly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Qingzhi.

Seeing this, Aokiji raised an eyebrow, and his slender hand slid out from under his green robe, a shimmering green light swirling and gathering at his fingertips.

"laugh!"

Aokiji pointed his fingertip, and a surge of azure light immediately erupted, condensing directly into a miniature azure dragon in mid-air.

Above the Azure Dragon, scales shimmered.

Even Lin Langtian sensed a dangerous fluctuation from that imposing aura.

"The legacy I'm about to give you is contained within this; whether you receive it depends on your own abilities."

Aokiji stood up from above the illusory azure dragon, and with a flick of his sleeve, the miniature azure dragon roared to the sky. Under its roar, the dark clouds in the sky surged wildly, and bolts of lightning crashed down one after another.

"boom!"

Amidst the sweeping lightning, the dragon scales on the miniature azure dragon's body shone even brighter. In the next instant, with a flick of its tail, it directly blasted away the bolts of lightning.

The thunder exploded, but the azure dragon had already transformed into a streak of azure light, carrying a near-destructive shockwave, and rushed towards Lin Langtian below with lightning speed.

Before the azure light even reached the sea surface, the sea of ​​lightning where Lin Langtian stood had already been pressed into a huge depression nearly a hundred feet wide.

The azure light reflected in Lin Langtian's eyes, and his face became extremely solemn.

He could sense the terrifying energy contained within that blue light. If he were hit, even if he were incredibly resilient, he would probably die on the spot.

However, retreating is clearly not an option at this point.

To gain the inheritance, one must first obtain Aokiji's recognition, and this attack is clearly his test.

If he can't accept it, then he might as well obediently take the Azure Dragon Palace's inheritance. Given Qingzhi's arrogance, he probably wouldn't be willing to hand over his inheritance to an ordinary person...

Lin Langtian mobilized almost all of his surging Yuan energy, spiritual energy, and devouring power at this moment, and then frantically poured them into the Qiankun Ancient Array above his dantian.

"Hiss hiss hiss hiss!"

Five gray-black beams of light suddenly shot out from Lin Langtian's body and into the sky, even tearing apart the dark clouds and dispersing the lightning within them.

"This fluctuation..."

Aokiji stared with some surprise at the pillars of light that burst forth from Lin Langtian's body.

"It's the power of fusion? Yuan power... spiritual power... and another kind... the power of devouring?"

"Devouring Ancestral Symbol?"

Aokiji's surprise grew stronger, and his eyesight was quite sharp. With just one glance, he recognized which three forces Lin Langtian's fusion power was composed of.

"I never expected that even the Devouring Ancestral Symbol would fall into your hands... So Black Pupil... has also perished?"

Aokiji's eyes dimmed slightly as he murmured.

"Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Hand".

Five beams of gray-black light shot into the sky, transforming directly into five ancient, gray-black giant fingers. Then, the giant fingers merged, becoming a gray-black giant hand that seemed to have broken through the sky from ancient times.

The void behind the giant hand also exploded at this moment, and the phantom that seemed to dominate heaven and earth reappeared faintly.

The Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Hand is the strongest martial art that Lin Langtian can use, and the energy that is currently driving this martial art is also his most powerful fusion force.

In other words, this move is considered his most powerful move.

Of course, the cheat that's currently on cooldown in Jiuyou doesn't count.

"The Great Wilderness Imprisoning Heaven Hand... the martial art of the Great Wilderness Emperor... what an unexpected fellow..." Qingzhi stared at the illusory figure in the void, his gaze complex.

"break!"

Lin Langtian's eyes were filled with Yuan Power that seemed to condense into a tangible substance as it surged forth, his entire body brimming with fighting spirit.

He raised his head proudly, looking at the whistling blue light coming towards him, and then took a step forward without fear. He clenched his fist, and the huge gray-black hand in the sky also suddenly roared down.

"Boom!"

Above the sea of ​​thunder, rumbling sounds echoed, as if the entire sea was trembling under that giant hand.

The giant hand swooped down, directly colliding head-on with the azure light right before the eyes of Lin Langtian and the other two.

"Bang!"

At the moment of impact, even space itself seemed to tremble.

A towering, hundred-foot-high wave of thunderous magma swept outwards, sending Lin Langtian, who was closest to it, flying hundreds of meters away.

Fortunately, after half a month of tempering, he has gradually become accustomed to the lightning plasma here.

If it were before, he would probably have been sent away long ago, given his fragile mage status.

"Snap!"

He retreated rapidly, but Lin Langtian's gaze remained fixed on the point of impact.

Then, he heard a faint clicking sound, and a look of joy spread across his face.

Because what exploded was that magnificent blue light.

Having exhausted all his strongest methods, Lin Langtian had clearly achieved final victory.

The burst of blue light was extremely rapid, and it completely shattered in just a few breaths.

A thin streak of azure light shot out from within, eventually piercing through Lin Langtian's body from afar.

The azure light enveloped Lin Langtian's body in an instant, but he did not suffer any injuries.

In the instant he was struck by the azure rainbow, he could feel a surge of information rushing into his mind...

Lin Langtian spread his arms wide, letting the azure light rage within his body, while he closed his eyes, absorbing the vast amount of information flooding into his mind...

Information poured in frantically, but in the end, it all coalesced into five ancient, dark blue characters.

Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Technique.

The five ancient characters, vast and majestic, exude an indescribable sense of awe.

This is the legacy that Aokiji passed down.

Above the sea of ​​thunder, azure light surged.

Amidst the azure light, a figure floated in mid-air, while countless bolts of lightning continuously descended from the dark clouds.

However, within a ten-foot radius around it, there was a space free of lightning.

His appearance made it seem as if even thunder dared not approach him.

With his hands behind his back, Aokiji stared intently at the figure in the blue light, a gentle smile appearing on his face, a smile tinged with appreciation.

Even someone who has survived five Nirvana Tribulations might not be able to withstand that previous attack, but Lin Langtian was able to forcibly withstand it with the strength of a Four-Seal Heavenly Talisman Master and a Two-Yuan Nirvana Realm expert. This performance can be considered quite remarkable.

"The Devouring Ancestral Symbol... It's been so many years since I've encountered one." Aokiji sighed softly, murmuring with some emotion.

(End of this chapter)