Chapter 2498: Too Strong to Participate

Within the Sand Flame Kingdom, the Sand Tower Gobi Desert.

The land was desolate. Because it hadn't rained for years, the ground was full of finger-wide cracks. A few withered grasses swayed in the wind. A Black Dragon flew over from above and landed in the stone forest of the Gobi Desert.

The sun above was scorching. Fortunately, there was a depression in the mountain on the inner side of the stone forest. This semi-open cave could block the sunlight and the strong wind on the Gobi Desert.

Su Xiao jumped off the dragon's back. He was basically uninjured in the battle with the Pernier sisters. Although Pernier Kamila didn't know what ability she used to transfer a mass of lethal energy into his body, under the devouring of the Green Steel Shadow energy, this lethal energy only caused him to lose a large chunk of health, which was far from lethal. Interestingly, this was the only time the Pernier sisters had injured Su Xiao.

The Black Dragon Midis roared. This guy was very smart and had already seen that now was the opportunity to regain freedom.

The Black Dragon Midis didn't know one thing: the Luo-style formation in its body, also known as the Heart-Biting Formation, was clinging to its heart. If it didn't try to strip this formation, the Luo-style formation would still stabilize the highly active energy in its body.

Once the Black Dragon Midis tried to strip the Luo-style formation from its body, as long as it succeeded, it would die in a very short time. While gaining powerful strength, it also had to pay the price.

"As you wish, you are free."

Su Xiao snapped his fingers, and the unique spiritual imprint on the Luo-style formation in the Black Dragon's body disappeared.

"Roar!"

The Black Dragon Midis spread its wings and roared at the sky. A moment later, it looked down at Su Xiao and bared its full mouth of sharp teeth. The word "unruly" was exactly what described it.

After weighing the pros and cons, the Black Dragon Midis didn't choose to court death but flew into the high sky and disappeared into the horizon in a short while.

"Let's begin."

Caesar rubbed his hands, his face showing his unique cunning smile.

At Su Xiao's signal, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang took out a ring and a pile of metal fragments; this was the "Danes Halberd."

The fragments of the Danes Halberd were very special. When two fragments touched each other, they would bounce off or adsorb together. After some splicing, a long halberd over two meters long appeared.

This halberd was full of spiral patterns, and the material looked like rock, but after touching it, one would find that it was metal—very heavy metal.

"Get ready to witness a miracle, *he—ptui! *"

Caesar spat into his palm and, after rubbing it evenly with both hands, picked up the 【Pernier Ring】 on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang decided that no matter the result, it would never use its paws to touch that ring again.

Caesar held the 【Pernier Ring】 in one hand and reached into his pants with the other, rubbing and rubbing. After rubbing for a while, he finally produced a small ball of black mud. He placed this small ball of black mud in his palm, pressed the 【Pernier Ring】 onto it, and continued rubbing with both hands—

"Caesar, what kind of method is this? It's a bit disgusting."

Baja watched Caesar with great interest. Caesar raised his eyebrows at Baja, his hands continuing to rub vigorously.

In a short while, Caesar's hands were rubbing until they smoked. Seeing this, he took out dozens of bottles and jars from his storage space and poured them onto the 【Pernier Ring】 one by one.

A strange smell drifted out. Xiang Bubu smelled this strange smell and almost said goodbye to this beautiful world, running away while howling miserably.

Su Xiao and Baja silently took out gas masks. After taking a deep breath of fresh air, they continued to observe Caesar.

Amu behind Su Xiao was always calm, but if one observed carefully, one would find that Amu was rolling its eyes. Su Xiao took out a gas mask and put it on Amu, and Amu "resurrected."

"*He—ptui! *"

Caesar spat another mouthful of thick phlegm on it. Just at this moment, a deafening roar came from within the 【Pernier Ring】. This sound was both extremely angry and somewhat desperate.

Hearing this roar, Caesar took out half a bottle of water, cleaned the ring with one-third of it, and drank a few mouthfuls, until he tilted his head and poured out the last drop of water in the bottle, only then did he put away the empty bottle with satisfaction.

Heaven knows what ghost method Caesar used. After a light cough, he put the 【Pernier Ring】 on his index finger.

*Hum—*

A fluctuation spread, and white patterns appeared on the ring, but these white patterns were slowly dissipating. Seeing this scene, Caesar hurriedly picked up the Danes Halberd on the ground.

"Yaha!"

Caesar roared in a low voice and finally pried the Danes Halberd up. That's right, it was prying up; this long halberd was too heavy.

"Did you see it? That big door."

Caesar's body was trembling. He was bearing a huge burden at this moment. It could be said that an ordinary Seventh Tier contractor would die on the spot at this time, but Caesar resisted it with his "Heart of Greed." This wasn't a description, but a kind of ability Caesar possessed.

"..."

"Didn't see it, only saw that you are about to pass away."

Not only did Baja see nothing, but Su Xiao also saw nothing. After Caesar picked up the Danes Halberd, nothing changed nearby.

"I can pierce the Gate of the World. After piercing that thing..."

"Risk and return are equal. Pierce it."

Su Xiao suddenly spoke. He thought of a possibility, just didn't know if Caesar dared to try.

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Caesar's eyes widened, he let out a strange cry, and hugged the Danes Halberd to start a salty fish thrust.

*Crack-bang! *

The Danes Halberd pierced into the "air," and large cracks appeared around it, as if piercing a huge mirror.

With a *Boom—*, thunder appeared in the sky, and several lightning bolts struck around Caesar, forming a circle.

Caesar's calves began to tremble, and his face turned green. Just as he was about to let go of the Danes Halberd in his hand and escape, a silver-blue lightning bolt struck from above. The Danes Halberd Caesar was hugging acted like a lightning rod, catching this bucket-thick lightning bolt.

"Save, save, save..."

Caesar was trembling. Before the "me" in "save me" could be shouted, an ice hammer flew over. It exploded before hitting him, and the impact sent him flying.

Caesar rolled out of the range of the lightning ring. He lay on the ground with his butt up, black smoke rising from his head.

Inside the lightning ring, the space ripples were in a mess, and two semi-broken metal doors appeared. Following the breach pierced by the Danes Halberd, one could see a huge diamond-shaped crystal inside the door.

Seeing this thing, Su Xiao grabbed Amu's arm, and Baja on the side swooped down, grabbed Caesar's leg, and flew away with him.

In the stone forest, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was looking up at the sky. Just at this moment, a sound of breaking wind came from in front of it.

"Awoo—"

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang hadn't understood what was going on when it was grabbed by the fur on the back of its neck by the rushing Su Xiao, its vision retreating.

Su Xiao and Baja quickly rushed several kilometers away. Su Xiao released Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Amu, watching the surging lightning in the sky, as if the end of the world was coming.

*Boom! *

A lightning pillar dozens of meters thick slammed down, the stone forest instantly evaporated, and the lightning surged around, the scene was exceptionally spectacular.

In the lightning, an egg-sized crystal floated up; the world's core had appeared.

The reason why this was an open native world was that the world's core was sealed, so one couldn't obtain World Source here.

Su Xiao's main task in entering this world was to clean up rule-breakers, followed by obtaining the "Danes Halberd." The Danes Halberd was the key to unlocking the seal of the world's core, which also meant that it might not be long before a battle for this world would break out.

The area around the world's core became an absolute forbidden zone. Lightning pillars dozens of meters thick struck from above, forming a large pit with a diameter of three kilometers on the ground.

The lightning pillars continued to strike for nearly half an hour. When everything calmed down, the world's core was nowhere to be found.

【Hint: The Hunter has unlocked the sealed state of this world's world core.】

【You have obtained World Key (??? quality item).】

【Checking...】

【Check complete. Because the average combat power of this world is too strong, it is not suitable for trials, resource acquisition, etc., so there will be no battle for this world's world core.】

【Because the world's core has been sealed for a long time, a large amount of space-time power has accumulated.】

【Due to the initial regulations, a resource battle will be launched in this world in 15–19 natural days.】

【Void Tree is notarizing...】

【Notarization complete. The participants in this resource battle are: Reincarnation Paradise, Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, Death Paradise.】

【This resource battle is limited to the area, the extreme cold zone, and any combatants cannot leave this area.】

【If this resource battle is won, the Hunter will obtain a portion of the resources obtained this time.】

【If the Hunter participates in this resource battle, the gains will be increased.】

【Warning: Apocalypse Paradise, Holy Light Paradise, and Death Paradise have prohibited the Hunter from participating in this resource battle (the Hunter can command a large number of soldier units within this world).】

【Hint: Your side has additionally obtained the right to establish a temporary space coordinate, and your side's participating contractors will obtain overall buff effects.】

【The Hunter will not participate in this resource battle, and your side's participating contractors will obtain the following buff effects.】

【1. True Strength, Agility, Intelligence, and Stamina attributes temporarily increased by 2 points.】

【2. Battlefield supplies.】

【3. Random ability temporarily increased by lv. 3.】 ===== CHAPTER 2499 =====