20demayo Chapter 104: First to the Rescue
Chapter 104: First to the Rescue
A boundary within a boundary, the metal plaza at the base of the black giant tower.
A smile appeared on the enormous silver face of the intelligent life form, Mist.
"Hehe, young people, since you have so many Boundary Ore, I strongly recommend that you exchange them for the number one ranked Inheritance Crystal Ball!"
His voice was incredibly seductive.
"That contains the secret techniques left behind by the great Lord Kabu. As long as you can collect all three codes, you can obtain the great Lord Kabu's legacy!"
Hong stood before the mountain-like pile of boundary ore, a cold laugh escaping his lips.
He knew all too well that the crystal ball that the Ninth Prince and Hargrave painstakingly gathered the password to open in the original story contained no inheritance at all, only a mocking recording left by the Lord of the Kabu Realm, which was purely the Lord of the Kabu Realm's perverse sense of humor.
He was too lazy to argue with an intelligent life form. He raised the black spear in his hand and tapped the tip of the spear several times on the huge golden list in mid-air.
"I have no interest in any secret techniques or inheritances; I want everything on this list."
"Kabu Realm Lord's deposit account information at Galaxy Bank, Life Fruit, Bloodline Evolution Agent, the complete set of 'Thunder Nine Heavens' secret techniques, a fifth-tier Force weapon, a D6-level railgun..."
Hong took a deep breath and went through all the most valuable items on the list, except for that damned inheritance crystal ball. There were still some boundary ores left that he had other uses for.
In mid-air, the virtual projection of the fog flickered, and the smile on that huge silver face froze completely.
He had originally planned to exploit the information gap and use that worthless inheritance crystal ball to swindle all the boundary minerals these kids had painstakingly collected. But he couldn't understand why they were so dismissive of the most precious "inheritance."
The underlying processes of the fog even showed signs of chaos.
But he is, after all, a world lord-level intelligent life form, and rules are rules.
With a flash of light, several heavy alloy treasure chests appeared out of thin air on the ground in the center of the square, landing steadily in front of Hong with a muffled thud.
Luo Feng immediately probed the box with his mental energy.
After confirming that everything was correct, he nodded to Hong.
Once the resources were in hand, Hong didn't waste a moment.
With a wave of his arm, he swept everything into his spatial ring.
"This place is not safe to stay for long."
Hong raised his head, his sharp gaze fixed on the azure sky of the realm within a realm. Although it was still peaceful at the moment, he knew that it wouldn't be long before the pack of jackals gathered outside out of greed tore through the spatial barrier and poured in madly.
"Let's leave the square first, find a secluded corner, and then distribute the spoils and renegotiate our next plan."
The five-member team didn't linger and flew rapidly into the depths of the vast ancient forest.
The genetic energy within Hong's body was rapidly circulating, and the field of light silently spread outward, firmly enveloping the five members of the team.
Under the refraction and distortion of this light field, the five figures blended almost completely with the dappled shadows of the surrounding trees. Even if someone passed by them dozens of meters away, they would not notice anything unusual.
After traveling thousands of kilometers at high speed, the team temporarily stopped inside a hidden, huge hollow in an ancient tree.
Luo Feng immediately extended his mental energy to cover a range of several thousand meters around him. After confirming that it was absolutely safe, Hong and he exchanged a glance and simultaneously activated the Moyun Vine.
The resilient vines silently burrowed into the soft soil, digging deep into the earth.
……
Just as Hong's team disappeared into the depths of the earth, high above the Realm Within a Realm, the spatial barrier finally shattered under the continuous bombardment of countless violent energies, emitting a piercing cracking sound.
"Boom—"
With a deafening roar, the spatial barrier shattered, transforming into a shower of colorful light that scattered across the sky.
In an instant, the massive army of the Hengxing star, which had been accumulating in the Wind and Thunder Canyon for a long time, surged into this originally peaceful and tranquil ancient world like a flood bursting its banks.
Three Axe Mountain, Hundred Tiger Tower, Black Cloud Society, Imperial Martial Corps... the flags of various forces fluttered in the air, and countless powerful primal energy fluctuations intertwined.
Meanwhile, in a distant virtual universe network, atop luxurious floating islands of Heilongshan Island.
The news of the appearance of the Realm Within a Realm has already reached the ears of the Realm Lords, Domain Lords, and Universe-level powerhouses of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire through various clandestine channels.
"Damn it! What right do the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance have to block the entrance?! The legacy of Lord Kabu belongs to our Black Dragon Mountain Empire!"
A burly, powerful cosmic-level expert roared angrily at the guards of the Thunder World.
Their eyes were bloodshot, and they couldn't wait to descend upon the Thunder World and seize its endless treasures.
However, they were forcibly blocked from entering the Thunder World by a special envoy sent by the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance.
"The trainee mercenary assessment is open to all players at the Hengxing level only"—this is the ironclad rule of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, which has stood for billions of years. Under the overwhelming force of this behemoth, no one dares to openly challenge it.
Left with no other choice, the major powers of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire could only send a large number of Hengxing-level ninth-tier beings to the Realm Within a Realm.
Inside a massive palace belonging to the Black Dragon Mountain royal family, the Ninth Prince Brolin, clad in an incomparably magnificent purple-gold battle robe, gazed coldly and resolutely at the 22 elite warriors of the Royal Martial Legion arrayed in formation on the plaza below.
"The legacy of the Lord of Kabu can only belong to this prince."
Brolin waved his long, slender fingers lightly in the air.
"Pass on my order: all members of the Imperial Martial Corps, once they enter the Realm Within a Realm, must obtain the inheritance at all costs."
Even Nuolanshan personally escorted the family's elite ninth-level Hengxing members into the Realm within a Realm.
……
Within this realm, the first martial artists to surge in immediately locked their gaze on the colossal black tower at the edge of the world.
Driven by greed, this massive army transformed into countless streaks of light, charging headlong toward the central square.
As the army descended upon the plaza, the intelligent life mist once again materialized into that enormous silver figure.
Faced with this group of desperate people who had gone mad with rage, he once again invoked the ironclad rule of exchanging world ore.
However, when Wu unfolded the huge holographic exchange list in front of everyone, the leaders of the various forces, whose eyes had been fanatical, instantly turned fierce.
At the top of that long list, behind the most precious core treasures such as the Star River Bank deposit account of Lord Kabu, three Life Fruits, and the highest-level Bloodline Evolution Agent, were three dazzling blood-red characters: [Exchanged].
"What...what's going on? Who! Who beat us to it?!"
A ninth-level commander of the Imperial Martial Corps, staring at the empty treasure chest, roared in anger.
The enormous, illusory figure in the fog also let out a chilling laugh.
"Hehe, just before you broke through the barrier, five little guys sneaked in and exchanged for a batch of treasures ahead of time."
"By the way, they both have black hair and yellow skin. One is bald and wears silver-white armor. The other is a ninth-level Star-level mentalist."
The leaders of the various factions immediately issued orders to prepare to have their subordinates mine the boundary minerals while simultaneously sealing off the entire boundary within a boundary and searching for the mysterious five-person team.
However, when they began to organize manpower to excavate the nearby land, they were horrified to find that within this thousand-mile radius, not to mention world minerals, even the larger cosmic crystals had been completely looted.
The massive reduction in benefits caused this already fragile alliance, composed of various forces, to collapse instantly.
"Those bastards must have mined all the ore in this area! Kill them all, and go rob some further away!"
"Let's do it!"
In their struggle for the ore, the various factions broke off all pretense of civility, and infighting erupted on the spot.
Blood instantly stained this peaceful, ancient land.