Chapter 0818: Lion King Cannon

Chapter 0818: Lion Monarch Cannon

After Qin Yun arrived at the martial arena, many disciples broke into cheers.

The disciples of the Immortal Weapon City had great confidence in Qin Yun's strength and cheered him on loudly.

The red-robed youth, looking at Qin Yun's smiling face, was deeply irritated.

Bao Changshou also activated the barrier. He was well aware of Qin Yun's power—without proper protection, the whole arena would get wrecked.

"Qin Yun, Long Shengkuang was killed by you, wasn't he?" The red-robed youth sneered. "Don’t think that just because you defeated Long Shengkuang, you’re the strongest in the Profound Martial Realm! Let me tell you, that loser Long Shengkuang was once my defeated opponent too!"

This surprised Qin Yun—not because he was shocked by the red-robed youth’s strength, but because he was surprised the youth had fought Long Shengkuang before.

Long Shengkuang’s strongest power came when he was possessed by the Evil God. The version the red-robed youth defeated was Long Shengkuang at his weakest!

"Long Shengkuang was always trash. Defeating him is nothing to boast about!" Qin Yun said indifferently.

"Today, you’ll be defeated too!" the red-robed youth boasted.

"You seem very confident!" Qin Yun remarked.

"That’s because you’re not strong at all! I’ve already defeated two of your Martial Kings effortlessly, and wiping the floor with you will be a breeze!" The red-robed youth sneered. "Your Heavenly Lion Subduing Dragon Cauldron will soon be mine!"

Qin Yun let out a booming laugh. "Alright, it seems you’ve never experienced true despair!"

The red-robed youth mocked loudly in return. "Today, I’ll make you experience despair, you cocky bastard!"

"The arrogant one here is you, not me!" Qin Yun chuckled and shook his head.

Once Bao Changshou finished setting up the barrier, he shouted, "Positions! I’ll count to ten, and then it begins!"

As the match was about to start, Qin Yun quickly distanced himself from the red-robed youth, standing a good hundred yards back.

Qin Yun didn’t know much about the red-robed youth and didn’t dare get too close, fearing he might be blindsided.

When Bao Changshou reached ten, the battle began!

The red-robed youth instantly blitzed forward like a red comet, closing the distance to Qin Yun in the blink of an eye. One of his arms swelled massively, morphing into a shark's gaping maw—crimson and pulsing with eerie crimson energy.

These people came from the Supernal Abyssal Sea, and due to their environment, their martial souls were often linked to sea beasts.

The red-robed youth’s martial soul appeared to be that of a shark.

"A red shark martial soul? That’s a mutant martial soul!" Qin Yun’s pulse quickened as his own arm morphed into the black head of a Sky Lion, roaring fiercely as he struck out.

KABOOM!

Their fists collided—the mighty lion head clashing with the ferocious shark maw—releasing a shockwave of dark and scarlet power!

The forms conjured by their martial force shattered instantly.

Both went skidding back thirty yards.

From that exchange, Qin Yun roughly gauged the red-robed youth’s strength.

The red-robed youth, in turn, was shook—Qin Yun was far stronger than he had anticipated.

Ying Chengyu, observing from the edge of the arena, chuckled. "Qin Yun is no match for that shark punk. That kid’s martial soul is a mutant one, and he’s got some killer Divine Techniques up his sleeve!"

The red anomalous martial spirit gradually grows stronger with cultivation, but its specific abilities remain veiled in enigma.

Qin Yun still doesn’t fully understand the power of this kind of martial spirit.

The red-clad youth stomped heavily, and behind him, monstrous waterspouts suddenly surged forth.

Such waterspouts are commonly seen only at sea.

Yet now, they were conjured by the scarlet fighter, infused with a surge of Divine Arts power—clearly, this was a Divine Art!

CRASH!

As the waterspouts spun, they scattered torrents of water in all directions.

Several violent waterspouts spun violently, closing in on Qin Yun from every side.

At the same time, the red-clad youth leapt into a churning vortex and disappeared without a trace!

The observing disciples gaped in awe—they had never witnessed such a battle style before.

The red-clad youth darted into one waterspout and emerged from another.

KER-SPLASH!

A savage crimson leviathan, twenty to thirty meters long, erupted from the whirlpool and slammed toward Qin Yun.

The pillar-like waterspouts steadily converged, unleashing howling winds and a powerful suction force.

Surrounded, Qin Yun was slowed by the wind and suction, unable to react in time before the sudden red shark sank its fangs into his arm.

"Ah!" Qin Yun cried out in pain as blood sprayed from his arm.

"You fiend!"

With a thunderous bellow, Qin Yun unleashed the Ultimate Dragon Palm.

The roaring palm force surged like a tidal wave, its momentum sky-rending as it struck the red shark.

The shark exploded into a crimson storm, scattering violently in all directions.

Though bitten, Qin Yun’s arm remained intact—its resilience defied all odds by holding firm.

"Divine Arts? I know them too!"

Qin Yun’s body trembled slightly as shimmering force waves emanated from him, spreading outward like water.

It was the power of the Earthquake Art!

The Earthquake Art erupted, sending violent shockwaves surging in every direction!

KA-BOOM!

The waterspouts closing in from all sides were simultaneously shattered by the overwhelming tremors, collapsing into cascades of water.

The red-clad youth, hidden within the waterspouts, was exposed.

The arena was flooded with seawater.

The red-clad youth dove frantically into the flood!

Qin Yun quickly levitated into the air, spreading his arms wide. With a whoosh! A vast expanse of black flames erupted, blanketing the sky.

These were black flames unleashed through the Dark Sun and amplified by his Immortal-Demon Physique, laced with threads of immortal power.

The densely packed flames instantly generated scorching heat, pressing downward and instantly bringing the seawater below to a boil.

The red-robed youth shot out of the water like a leaping fish.

"Bastard!" The red-robed youth hadn’t expected his Divine Arts to be ineffective against Qin Yun.

Only now did he truly acknowledge Qin Yun’s power.

Seeing the red-robed youth streaking toward him like a red shark, Qin Yun immediately unleashed another Divine Art—the Art of Pain!

He rarely used this technique, partly because he wasn’t fully proficient yet, and partly because it drained too much energy.

The moment the red-robed youth lunged forward, a wisp of wind grazed him, followed by a sudden agony exploding within his body.

The abrupt agony brought him to a near halt.

Boom!

Ling Yuner manipulated the Dark Sun to unleash crushing gravitational force, crushing down on the red-robed youth. His body cracked under the pressure, emitting a muffled, bone-shaking thud.

The red-robed youth was slammed into the boiling water, still trapped under the crushing weight, which pushed the surrounding water away in an invisible force field.

By now, everyone could see the red-robed youth severely injured, lying on the ground and shrieking.

"I surrender…!" the red-robed youth shrieked.

Qin Yun allowed himself a small smile upon hearing his surrender.

Ying Chengyu and the other elders’ faces fell.

Qin Yun was quite satisfied with his strength at the peak of the Profound Martial Realm. He felt confident that defeating a Martial King with his bare hands was no longer an issue.

Bao Changshou and the others were also delighted, with the disciples of Immortal Armament City erupting in cheers.

Once the barrier was lifted, an elder swiftly rushed in, gathering up the red-robed youth and feeding him a healing pill to hasten his recovery.

"Remember our deal—the Sky-Supporting Sun Pattern and the Martial King Heartfruit!" Qin Yun declared, unafraid of them reneging unless they wanted to die.

After all, they were within Immortal Armament Palace. If Bingxing intervened, she could dispatch them to the netherworld.

Bao Changshou chuckled. "I admit the cultivation environments of the Profound Domain and Super-Profound Sea far surpass the Mortal Domain’s, but that doesn’t make you invincible!"

Though Qin Yun had defeated the red-robed youth, few in the Mortal Domain could match that feat.

Meanwhile, in the Profound Domain and Super-Profound Sea, there were surely many others with strength comparable to the red-robed youth.

This realization only deepened Bao Changshou’s yearning for the Mortal Domain, making him eager to seize a foothold there.

A red-robed elder handed Qin Yun a box and a piece of tanned beast hide.

Inside the box was the Martial King Heartfruit, while the hide bore the engraved Sky-Supporting Sun Pattern.

Ying Chengyu sneered, "Qin Yun, don’t gloat yet!"

Qin Yun grinned. "Oh, but I will! After all, someone just delivered me gifts—thank you all!"

The people from the Chaoxuan Sea could only admit their bad luck. They truly hadn’t expected Qin Yun to be so strong even without weapons.

If Qin Yun hadn’t made a breakthrough, he might have actually lost.

"Tch, if you ever come to our Chaoxuan Sea, I’ll make sure you suffer a crushing defeat!" the red-robed youth said indignantly. "You only know how to use dirty tricks—you don’t fight a straight fight!"

"A win's a win!" Qin Yun said with a grin, then walked over to Jian Linglong and left the arena with her.

Qin Yun was also very curious about the Chaoxuan Sea because legends spoke of an Immortal Gate leading to the Immortal Ruins. If he could find that gate, he wouldn’t need to become an Immortal to enter the Immortal Ruins!

Qin Yun handed the beast hide to Jian Linglong, asking her to transcribe the Sun Pattern.

After transcribing it, Jian Linglong happily returned it to him.

"Sister Linglong, I need to craft something!" Qin Yun said. "Can you help me?"

"Of course!" Jian Linglong agreed without hesitation.

……

Qin Yun went to Jian Linglong’s tower, where the two of them worked together in a secret chamber to craft something.

Qin Yun wanted to forge a weapon similar to the Mystic King Cannon.

Of course, it wouldn’t be a mystic artifact—it would be a Dao artifact (Daoqi)!

He also planned to give the Mystic King Cannon to Xiao Yuemei to play with.

Jian Linglong had a stockpile of materials for refining Dao artifacts, and she was also very experienced in crafting them.

Back in the Sword Immortal Pavilion (Jianxiange), she had often worked on forging prototypes.

Qin Yun and Jian Linglong also discussed improving the Mystic King Cannon, using Dao Runes, Star-Moon Arcane Patterns, and totems to forge a stronger barrel.

They worked around the clock, finally completing a blueprint.

Since Qin Yun’s main enemies were mostly from the Long family, they also engraved it with Sky Lion totem patterns onto the cannon, dubbing it the Sky Lion Cannon!