Chapter 1045: Four Great Nations

So this is why Du bian yi tiao chai was a bit devastated after receiving A San's message.

By the time they cross the Demon Realm, they'd be completely out of luck, and they were still moving as a large force.

If they started gathering and crossing the Demon Realm as soon as they got the message, the timing would be about right.

But now that things have come to this, Gongben Yitian Chai, though his hatred for those A San Server guys makes his teeth itch, has no other choice.

But right at this moment.

"Chairman Du, it's not good—so many Huaxia players are hunting us."

At that moment, a message came through.

Du bian yi tiao chai opened the message to reply and ask what's going on, but noticed that the member's avatar suddenly dimmed.

Du bian yi tiao chai froze, his complexion turning slightly sour; clearly that teammate had been sent back.

"Everyone, pay attention: Huaxia players are encircling us."

Immediately, Du bian yi tiao chai notified the remaining members of the situation.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The lucky one who killed a Little Days assassin player successfully claimed a 10,000 Gold Coin bounty from Yanhuang.

Immediately, the remaining players all got pumped up.

Moreover, some Solo Players who hadn't been hopeful didn't show up; after all, the town is huge, there are only a few Little Days players, and the number of Solo Players arriving was already massive—a classic case of too many monks, too little meat.

So some Solo Players didn't come.

But now that they see someone actually got the 10,000 Gold Coin bounty, many who hadn't come couldn't help but feel tempted.

Thus, wave after wave of Solo Players poured into the town.

…

Of course, for Su Sheng, these matters now have little relevance to him.

After Su Sheng returned to Yanhuang Town, he went to the warehouse and stored all the items harvested from this Dungeon.

There's nothing he can do; almost all the items obtained this time are unusable—though they're all good stuff, they're basically useless at the current stage.

However, after thinking it over.

Su Sheng took out the Flame Essence Crystal again.

Carrying the item, Su Sheng headed toward the town center.

After all, he didn't know what it was for; it's at least a Four-colored Artifact, so he decided to ask YiSiLanDiEr if he knew anything.

Anyway, Su Sheng got the feeling this thing wasn't simple.

He soon arrived beneath the Elf Sacred Tree; Su Sheng looked up at the magnificent tree and couldn't help feeling a surge of emotion.

This thing has grown from a white sapling to now; it's truly not easy.

"Explorer, something?"

At that moment, a figure floated down from the Elf Sacred Tree, grabbing a vine.

It was YiSiLanDiEr, though he retained the form of an old scholar—appearing as a frail elderly man yet deftly swinging on a vine, a striking contrast.

"Indeed, there's something; come and see,"

Then, Su Sheng didn't hesitate and handed over the Flame Essence Crystal.

Hm?

YiSiLanDiEr stared at the item Su Sheng passed, his eyes narrowing.

He then carefully took it in his hand and examined it closely.

"Where did you get this thing?" YiSiLanDiEr asked gravely.

Su Sheng didn't hide anything; he explained he obtained it in a ruin called Zhu Que Huangcheng.

"Looks like you've got good luck," YiSiLanDiEr said, returning the item to Su Sheng with a slight smile.

"What does this thing do?" Su Sheng examined the Flame Essence Crystal carefully.

It appears to be a semi-transparent crystal, faintly reddish.

The reddish hue comes from a tiny flame at the crystal's core.

Within the flame, a vague illusion of a flying bird can be seen.

"This is a good thing, but before that, do you know the history of human forces?"

YiSiLanDiEr said with a smile.

Su Sheng shook his head slightly: "Not really clear."

The official background released so far is only a rough outline: the Demon Tribe Invasion, and aside from the human kingdom, other civilizations have almost been wiped out.

Besides that, when he previously collected books for YiSiLanDiEr, he had seen some vague records.

"Now the human forces consist of only one kingdom, but that wasn't always the case,"

YiSiLanDiEr's gaze deepened as he spoke slowly.

"You've probably heard of the Four Sacred Beasts legend, right?"

YiSiLanDiEr continued to ask.

"Azure Dragon, Zhu Que, Xuan Wu, Bai Hu?" Su Sheng asked, slightly puzzled.

YiSiLanDiEr nodded: "Do you know the origin of these Four Sacred Beasts?"

Su Sheng shook his head; he hadn't paid much attention to mythic stories in reality, let alone in the game.

YiSiLanDiEr smiled: "These are humanity's four great guardian beasts, the very foundation when humans first set foot on this continent."

"In the past, this continent's human forces were divided into five great kingdoms,"

YiSiLanDiEr glanced at Su Sheng, saw his silence, and continued: "Now your human kingdom is called the Qilin Kingdom."

It's just that after all human forces were unified now, it's called the Empire.

Before that, besides the Kirin Kingdom, there were four kingdoms, namely the Azure Dragon Kingdom, the Vermilion Bird Kingdom, the White Tiger Kingdom, and the Black Tortoise Kingdom.

Hearing this, Su Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

He roughly guessed that the dungeon he had just cleared was probably the former Vermilion Bird Kingdom's Imperial City… or rather the ruins of the royal city.

Afterwards, Su Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

According to that, the other three main cities should also have such ruins, right?

And YiSiLanDiEr continued to speak leisurely.

The four divine beasts, or rather the five divine beasts—Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Kirin—were all born from the world's response to your humans' faith.

They are also your humans' guardian divine beasts.

Originally, the human race itself was relatively weak, and it was thanks to the existence of guardian divine beasts; otherwise, your human civilization would have been wiped out by other civilizations long ago.

Many years ago, after other civilizations were successively wiped out by the Demon Race, the final war between the Human Clan and the Demon Race began.

At that time, the whole continent, aside from the Human Clan, all other civilizations' advancements had already been overturned by the Demon Race; even if there were other struggling races, like me, they were all bereft dogs, the Demon Race carrying its tremendous demonic might, the Demon Race surged forth in a mighty wave.

At that time, the remaining people of those other civilizations were all helping humans defend against the Demon Race.

After all, if human civilization were wiped out by the Demon Race, then the whole continent would be wiped out as well.

But the Demon Race was too powerful, and everyone felt desperate.

But thanks to your humans' guardian divine beasts, the five divine beasts joined forces; among them, the Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, White Tiger, and Azure Dragon directly sacrificed their own origins, setting up a tremendous formation.

Successfully defeated the Demon Race in the continent, suppressed it, and simultaneously sealed the demon realm passage.