Chapter 202: Second Beast Tide, the More You Fight the Stronger

Upper-grade soul crystal?

Hearing the Naga Luo's request, Fang Xu actually let out a breath of relief.

He could easily obtain plenty of upper-grade soul crystals; after all, in this world the number of upper-grade resource points far exceeds that of extreme-grade ones.

However, even though he knew upper-grade soul crystals were easy to obtain, Gu Yuxi did not immediately agree to the Naga Luo's request; instead, he turned his gaze toward Fang Xu.

This made Fang Xu feel quite comfortable.

Gu Yuxi, a ruler from ancient times who has lived a second life, yet has no airs, as if everything is guided by his own opinion.

"How many do you want?"

Fang Xu spoke.

The three Naga Luo froze upon hearing that.

"Want…… how many?"

They originally planned that one upper-grade soul crystal would suffice.

Because one upper-grade soul crystal is enough for any of the three to reach the late Dharma Appearance Realm.

With a late Dharma Appearance Realm expert holding the fort, the Naga Luo clan's strength in this world could rank among the top, and with gradual development they would eventually become top-tier existences.

But now Fang Xu, as soon as he spoke, asked for how many.

Moreover, the three Naga Luo noticed that when Fang Xu mentioned upper-grade soul crystals, his expression was indifferent.

It seemed that upper-grade soul crystals were easy for him to obtain.

"Three…… three?" one of the Naga Luo asked tentatively.

Fang Xu nodded directly: "Fine, then three."

Saying that, he looked toward Gu Yuxi and said: "Then the extreme-grade soul crystals here belong to you."

Gu Yuxi's gray-white pupils flickered slightly, he turned and handed the golden small coffin in his hand to Fang Xu.

This was the agreement they had previously reached.

Fang Xu could exchange one extreme-grade soul crystal for the golden small coffin in his hand.

After receiving the small coffin from Gu Yuxi, Fang Xu felt somewhat excited.

Holding the golden small coffin in his hand, he immediately felt a strange energy seeping out from inside it.

In his spiritual sense, the small coffin's interior contained an ancient, desolate aura of rescue.

This aura seemed extremely pure as well.

Fang Xu wanted to open the small coffin to see what was inside.

At this moment, Gu Yuxi stopped him.

"Although I can't recall what's inside this thing, for now you'd better not open it given your strength."

Hearing Gu Yuxi's warning, Fang Xu furrowed his brows.

In the end, he still chose to follow his advice.

Not heeding the elders' words leads to immediate loss.

As the original owner of the small coffin and someone who has lived a second life since ancient times, Gu Yuxi believed it was best to heed his advice and temporarily refrain from opening the coffin.

"Can't this be stored in the Qiankun Ring?" Fang Xu tried, but found the golden small coffin could not be placed into the Qiankun Ring at all.

He couldn't keep holding it in his hand all the time, could he?

"Your aperture space is quite peculiar; you can store it inside your aperture space."

Gu Yuxi's words made Fang Xu involuntarily feel a chill.

In his view, Gu Yuxi's strength was merely at the Dharma Appearance Realm.

If it were a one-on-one duel, he might even be able to defeat him.

However, as a powerful figure from ancient times who has lived a second life, Fang Xu felt that Gu Yuxi hid too many secrets.

Since coming into contact with him, Fang Xu had hardly lifted a hand.

Yet even so, he could still perceive the peculiarity of Fang Xu's aperture space.

Seeing Fang Xu's gaze toward him gain a hint of wariness, Gu Yuxi spoke again: "Don't overthink it; I have no intention of prying into your secrets."

"It's just that I seem to have seen this kind of aperture space before, long ago."

"To be precise, I should have come into contact with some cultivation technique you practice."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's brows furrowed again.

Could Gu Yuxi have some connection to the Divine Extension?

Perhaps only that could explain why he instantly recognized that Fang Xu cultivates the Divine Extension Canon.

Having noted this in his mind, Fang Xu prepared to go out and look for an opportunity to investigate Gu Yuxi's true identity.

As he said, Fang Xu attempted to store the golden small coffin in his own aperture space.

Unlike previous life-bound artifacts, after the golden small coffin appeared in the aperture space, the thunder within the space showed no movement.

The small coffin simply lay still within the aperture space.

Fang Xu observed for a while, found nothing abnormal, and then put his mind at ease.

The matter of the extreme-grade soul crystals being settled, he next seemed able to focus on earning points.

However, for now he still needed to first settle the three upper-grade soul crystals for the Naga Luo before anything else.

Upper-grade soul crystals are easy to find.

They found three upper-grade resource points near the extreme-grade resource point occupied by the Naga Luo clan.

Fang Xu occupied them first, then let the three Naga Luo go take them themselves.

The first, the second, and soon the third.

When Fang Xu was about to occupy this resource point, the sky suddenly flashed a red light.

Soon after, a low horn sounded.

Hearing the horn, Fang Xu's nearby Naga Luo and Golden Scale Fire Line Snake suddenly became restless.

"Not good, this is the Heaven Earth Horn." Guyuxi's face changed, a rare sight.

"Fang Xu, first take out that golden coffin!"

Seeing how anxious he was, Fang Xu didn't dare be careless and directly took out the golden small coffin.

Taking the small coffin, Guyuxi directly activated the mysterious excavation, and the coffin lid slowly revealed a slit.

At the moment the slit appeared, a thick black aura surged out from the small coffin!

Immediately, these black auras spread around, gradually forming a mysterious ancient-style structure.

Pavilions, terraces, halls, and city walls.

It seemed as if the entire golden small coffin hid an ancient city within.

"Little Snake, quickly let your people in." Guyuxi shouted, leading his own subordinates, the zombies, into the giant city formed by the black mist.

Fang Xu also followed and entered.

When passing the city gate, through the black mist, Fang Xu vaguely saw three ancient characters on the city wall.

It looked like the name of this city.

Fang Xu found those three characters very familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before.

But the current situation didn't allow him to think further.

After the Heaven Earth Horn appeared, a terrifying mighty power descended from the heavens, directly enveloping the entire world.

Under the influence of this mighty power, the entire city became somewhat illusory, as if it would collapse and dissipate at any moment.

Fang Xu wondered: "What's going on?"

Guyuxi gave him a strange look and said: "You have provoked the will of heaven and earth."

"This is punishment."

Provoked the will of heaven and earth?

Fang Xu's expression was somewhat strange.

How did I provoke the so-called will of heaven and earth again?

Could it be because I helped those natives harvest soul crystals excessively by exploiting loopholes?

Alright……

In the real world, I had already offended the will of heaven and earth of the Heaven Mystic Realm; coming here, I have again provoked the will of heaven and earth.

Fang Xu couldn't help but blurt out a sentence in his heart.

I damn well am truly a trouble-maker……

"What should we do now?" Fang Xu asked, looking at Guyuxi.

Seeing his skillful resistance to the punishment of heaven and earth's will, it seemed he must have a countermeasure.

"Wait."

"Wait for the punishment of heaven and earth's will to end."

"Otherwise, whether it's the Little Snake clan or my subordinates the zombies, they will be forcibly driven by the will of heaven and earth, and at that time their target will be you."

Fang Xu's face changed slightly upon hearing that.

"What about the other ferocious beasts?"

"Under the influence of heaven and earth's will, will they also rush over to try to kill me?" While saying this, Fang Xu cautiously surveyed his surroundings.

Guyuxi said nothing.

After a long while——

"Now we can only pray that there be no beast tide at this time."

"Otherwise, ninety percent of the ferocious beasts in this world will regard you as a hunting target."

Every world has its own rules and regulations; as outsiders, Fang Xu and all the candidates must abide by the rules of this world.

Starting from when he helped the Golden Scale Fire Line Snake King and Guyuxi obtain top-grade soul crystals, he has continually challenged the bottom line of this world's will.

And this continual provocation peaked when he helped Naga Luo obtain high-grade soul crystals, finally triggering the intervention of this world's will.

If what Guyuxi said is true, the will of this heaven and earth really mobilized ninety percent of the ferocious beasts to besiege him.

It could practically be called a disaster.

After all, even counting the Golden Scale Fire Line Snake and Guyuxi's subordinates the zombies, they are insufficient to oppose ninety percent of this world's ferocious beasts.

Many ants can kill an elephant; no matter how strong one's strength, facing a sky-covering horde of ferocious beasts makes survival very difficult.

"However, you needn't worry; the will of this world is deficient."

"It probably won't last long."

Guyuxi comforted.

This is quite obvious.

If this world's will were perfect, it would have intervened when Fang Xu helped Guyuxi obtain the first top-grade soul crystal.

It is utterly impossible to have endured until now.

Outside, the mournful Heaven Earth Horn still sobbed, and sounds of rustling came from the surrounding forest.

The city formed by the black mist emanating from the golden small coffin is now becoming increasingly blurred and could dissipate at any moment.

Guyuxi stood silently beside Fang Xu, his gray-white gaze fixed on the distant sky, as if thinking of something.

After a long while, the sound of the Heaven Earth Horn disappeared.

Guyuxi closed the golden small coffin in his hand and passed it to Fang Xu.

"The beast tide is coming."

The will of this world is indeed as I expected; it's very weak.

Fang Xu wondered: 'How so?'

Gu Yuxi pointed at the faint red glow in the distant sky and said: 'While punishing you, it can't even launch a beast tide.'

'That's enough to prove its power is weak.'

Fang Xu glanced skeptically at the sky.

So far, he still couldn't comprehend what kind of existence the will of heaven and earth is.

'Then let's head back quickly.'

The matter at hand has been resolved.

The beast tide is also about to start; they must rush back now to help the four resource points resist the beast tide.

Although theoretically the four resource points can handle the beast tide's attacks, just to be safe, we should still be cautious.

Together with Gu Yuxi, they led the crowd back, and the three Naga Luo also followed them to the resource point.

The second wave of the beast tide began to launch.

On the plaza of the Central Divine Temple, countless disciples of the Dark Divine Temple stared at the massive stone tablet with strange expressions.

Just moments ago, they clearly saw Fang Xu's name undergo a series of changes.

First, four yellow lights lit up after his name, then a purple light lit up.

Amidst everyone's shock, that purple light then disappeared.

Soon after, a fifth yellow light lit up, then vanished, then lit up again, then vanished.

Afterward, the stone tablet suddenly burst forth with a violent aura!

On the name of Fang Xu at the very top of the tablet, golden flames suddenly ignited.

From the surrounding forest came angry beast roars.

Until now, it still hasn't returned to calm.

Everyone noticed the red glow on the horizon and couldn't help but start discussing.

Many of them were schadenfreude.

'The scoring time hasn't arrived yet, but the beast tide is about to begin!'

'That brat's clever schemes won't work this time; he might even suffer a catastrophic disaster!'

'That series of changes just now was very likely the will of this world being angered by that brat's lawless behavior.'

'Now there's a good show to watch—occupying four upper-grade resource points at once was already outrageous, and now he's angered the will of heaven and earth; that brat will probably be torn apart by the enraged beast tide.'

'You can't say that—what if he's actually lucky and manages to survive this beast tide?'

'Survive? If he can make it through this beast tide, I'll cut off my head and give it to you.'

'Haha, what use is your head to me? I'd rather have a few pieces of spirit crystal marrow.'

……

The Divine Temple disciples began to discuss openly.

On the distant high platform, the Seven Elders of the Divine Temple, Qi Shaoyu, also showed a hint of worry on her face.

As an Elder of the Divine Temple, she understands the general rules of the Three Gods World.

The recent sound of the Heaven-Earth Horn and various omens indeed indicate that the will of this world is enraged.

After the enragement, the beast tide was launched because the will of this world, due to the fall of the Three Gods, became somewhat deficient, its power greatly diminished, unable to launch a beast tide while imposing punishment.

But after the Heaven-Earth Horn sounds, all the ferocious beasts in this world receive encouragement, their strength greatly increasing.

Launching the beast tide now means not only Fang Xu will suffer, but other candidates will also become very dangerous.

'This brat really knows how to stir up trouble...'

Qi Shaoyu muttered to herself.

However, her face showed no blame.

As the President of the Ascendant Immortal Society, Fang Xu is a disciple of the society, so she naturally favors him a bit.

Fang Xu's side, bringing Gu Yuxi back to the resource point, the beast tide was already approaching.

After the encouragement of the Heaven-Earth Horn, the ferocious beasts charging from all directions each seemed to have taken stimulants, fearless of death and extraordinarily fierce.

Fortunately, they had made thorough preparations.

A large number of beast zombies blocked the perimeter of the resource point, with the Goldscale Firethread Snake hidden among the beast zombies.

After that came the soldiers of the Ghost Face Army.

The coordination among the three sides was extremely seamless.

Inside one of the resource points, Fang Xu, seeing the vast number of ferocious beasts around, handed the golden small coffin over to Gu Yuxi again.

Gu Yuxi looked at him doubtfully.

Fang Xu scratched his head and laughed: 'This thing is still easier for you to use.'

'It's a shame to let so many ferocious beasts die.'

Gu Yuxi nodded, took the small coffin, and began to activate it with a secret method.

Strands of cold yin energy seeped out from the small coffin; wherever it passed, the dead ferocious beasts immediately twitched and stood up.

As more and more ferocious beasts turned into zombies, this strengthened beast tide was no longer a concern for Fang Xu and his group.

After two hours, the beast tide gradually disappeared.

At this moment, the number of ferocious beast zombies transformed from the golden small coffin by Gu Yuxi had already reached 300,000.

Such a terrifying number, even without any attack means, simply stubbornly surrounded the resource points, and other ferocious beasts could not break in.

As soon as the beast tide ended, the scoring time had arrived.

In an instant, the four high-grade resource points occupied by Fang Xu directly gained twelve points.

On the Central Divine Temple square, all the Divine Temple disciples were no longer calm after seeing the points jumping after Fang Xu's name. (End of chapter)