Chapter 2842

Sun Temple, fourth floor.

The Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise and Death Paradise gathered here. Currently, the total number of people from both sides was 489. Among them, 100 were guarding the first floor, and 50 were still dueling on the second floor. Excluding these, the number of people who actually reached the fourth floor was only 339.

Even so, they outnumbered the friendly side. On the fifth floor of the temple, there were only 105 friendly people, a three-to-one ratio.

What was even more fatal was that among these 339 enemies, many were Qiyuezhe from the Death Paradise. These Qiyuezhe from the Death Paradise had two characteristics: one was that their strength was strong enough, and the other was that they dared to fight to the death, often fighting the Reincarnation Paradise side to the end.

Nüquan walked at the front of the crowd. He was a top-tier combatant in the Seventh Tier; there was no doubt about this. This also meant he had participated in world contention battles many times, and his experience of fighting the Reincarnation Paradise side to the death was not just once or twice.

Counting this time, Nüquan had participated in six world contention battles, only missing the one when he was in the First Tier. In past world contention battles, he had encountered various Qiyuezhe from the Reincarnation Paradise and had also killed quite a few.

Nüquan, with his bulging muscles, stopped. Further ahead were the stairs leading to the fifth floor. For some reason, despite the bloody battle to come, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

In reality, it was normal for Nüquan to have this feeling. He had indeed fought many Reincarnation Paradise Qiyuezhe before and had been schemed against, encountering many old schemers, but this experience was completely different from the past.

Encountering the Black Demon from the Reincarnation Paradise during a world contention battle could be called very unlucky. Encountering the Black Demon was one thing, but if one encountered Scarecrow afterward, then one should reflect on whether they had done anything that would invite divine retribution recently.

The Black Demon was a danger that made one tremble, while Scarecrow was someone who made one feel terrified.

In an encounter, the two were not on the same level. The Black Demon could instantly devour Scarecrow until not even a residue remained, but if Scarecrow were given time to prepare, although she was still no match for the Black Demon, she was also a very troublesome enemy.

It could be said that Nüquan and the others were relatively lucky; his act of 'selling out teammates' just now was equivalent to saving the lives of Hai Yizuo and Morei.

Scarecrow made a request, and once satisfied, she could only trick enemies to death through induction. If she wasn't satisfied, meaning she couldn't find a dance partner, there would be surprises.

"Won't give you another chance to play tricks."

Nüquan walked up the stairs with big strides, Hai Yizuo and the group of Qiyuezhe followed behind, and Morei was also among them.

"Morei, if your people from the Apocalypse Paradise during the battle..."

Hai Yizuo didn't continue. Some things didn't need to be said too bluntly. They were about to fight together, and saying things too harshly wasn't a wise choice; after all, everyone wanted to save face.

"Rest assured, that won't happen."

Morei's expression became serious. After deliberating for a moment, she added: "At least before we are beaten to the point of crying, the thing you are worried about won't happen."

"I hope so."

As Hai Yizuo spoke, he arrived on the fifth floor. He looked toward the inner side of the fifth floor. On the stone walls of varying heights, enemy Qiyuezhe were standing or sitting, numbering a little over a hundred.

Hai Yizuo recalled the few battles that had occurred in the last few days, plus the 50 Reincarnation Paradise Qiyuezhe in the duel zone on the second floor. The current number of enemies was within his expectations.

Confirming this, Hai Yizuo felt relieved. According to his observations, this temple had a total of seven floors. The situation on the first five floors was clear. As for the sixth floor, it was highly likely to be a non-mechanism area without defensive value. Otherwise, the Reincarnation Paradise Qiyuezhe should have been guarding the seventh floor.

"Nüquan, after taking this floor, we will have won."

"Mm."

Nüquan also thought of the general situation of the Sun Temple. The sixth and seventh floors were not worth worrying about. One of them was a non-mechanism area, and the other was where the world coordinates were set up.

To be safe, the group from the Death Paradise selected a Qiyuezhe proficient in stealth while on the fourth floor, letting him take advantage of the chaotic battle to reach the sixth floor to scout the situation.

If there was no abnormality on the sixth floor, they would head straight for the seventh floor to see if anyone was guarding it, preferably being able to seize the World Core and interrupt the generation of the enemy's world coordinates.

On the fifth floor of the temple, many Qiyuezhe were located at the front and back sides of the fifth floor. Unexpectedly, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

Under this terrain, the Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise and Death Paradise didn't need to worry about the Reincarnation Paradise Qiyuezhe using high-power explosives to perish with them.

Before the battle, the friendly Qiyuezhe had already signed a contract and, under the host of Brother Shengtian, handed over their respective high-power explosives.

Under this terrain, once a friendly Qiyuezhe detonated high-power explosives before dying, not to mention how many enemies they could kill, friendly forces would definitely have more people caught in the crossfire.

No one wanted to be caught in the crossfire, and everyone understood this truth. As for where the explosives of these hundred-plus friendly Qiyuezhe went, they had all been concentrated.

"Everyone, let's begin."

Baron Revenge stood on a low wall, his hands stretched out to both sides, and beside him, one figure after another lunged out.

All the friendly Qiyuezhe present knew that this battle had to be fought, even if the price was heavy. They wouldn't flee without a fight, even if the retreat was right behind them.

The Sun Temple was an advantageous terrain for the winning side of the contention node. When the enemy attacked the Sun Temple, they had a retreat. As the defending side, the friendly Qiyuezhe of course also had a retreat, but they wouldn't use it easily. Once they retreated, the World Core would change hands.

"Kill them all."

Nüquan's body size surged by a large margin. With him and Hai Yizuo as the leaders, the group of Qiyuezhe rushed forward. Further behind were Morei, Garcia, and other top-tier Seventh Tier combatants from the Apocalypse Paradise.

Thud!

Energy ripples spread, the sound low but deafening. The fifth floor became a melee zone.

A Reincarnation Paradise mage wearing robes and holding a staff was standing on a stone wall about two meters high. The staff in his hand gathered a flame ball that was pitch black inside and gray-white outside.

As this mage raised his staff, the flame ball at the top of the staff didn't fly out, but instead sprayed fan-shaped flames forward.

With a whoosh, the fan-shaped black flames sprayed out. In at most 2 seconds, several enemy Qiyuezhe fell to the ground wailing. Some corpses even had potion bottles in their hands that had been burned until only half remained.

This mage was very gloomy. The collar of his clothes was high, blocking the tip of his nose. Those cold and calm eyes showed that he had long since looked past life and death.

The black flames continued to surge forward. This mage was suppressing dozens of enemy Qiyuezhe. He didn't care about his mana value sliding down like flowing water, but instead wanted to know how many enemies had died.

The sound of flesh being burned came from the black flames, and the smell of scorching spread. Just at this moment, a figure nearly three meters tall rushed over, hard-topping the black flames.

The black flames were broken through. The mage standing on the stone wall raised his hand, and a gravity field pressed down around him.

With a bang, Nüquan, who was rushing over, stopped. The pressure from top to bottom made the bones all over his body creak.

"Ye'er, so you came here too."

Nüquan looked at the mage standing on the stone wall. He had fought the other party three times in the Tree Arena; they were old rivals.

"Nüquan."

Mage Ye'er's gaze still had no emotional fluctuations. Black patterns spread from his neck and climbed onto his face in an instant.

If one were to count the participants on the Magic Spirit Star, the result would be hard to believe. The participants were as follows:

Black Demon, Nüquan, Mage Ye'er, Hai Yizuo, Holy Word, Scarecrow, Pyrotechnician, plus the Apostle of the Moon hidden in the dark, and the priest whose whereabouts were unknown. This lineup of the four parties in the Seventh Tier was no longer gods fighting, but a group of gods in a chaotic battle.

Temple sixth floor, inner side, a figure gradually appeared. His body was first translucent, then gradually turned into a solid. His name was Shadow, a Qiyuezhe from the Apocalypse Paradise, responsible for coming to the sixth and seventh floors to scout the situation.

Shadow's heart was beating faster than usual at this time. For someone proficient in stealth, this was a major taboo, but he couldn't calm his emotions. Just a moment ago, he had just passed through the 'Destruction Zone'.

That's right, the sixth floor was named the Destruction Zone by Shadow. A large number of explosives were set up here, and various fuses and trigger devices, like intertwined tree roots, occupied the entire sixth floor. In Shadow's view, this layout could be called unsolvable. Once these explosives were activated, everything would be destroyed.

Shadow let out a long sigh of relief. Regardless, he had successfully arrived at the sixth floor. The stairs leading to the seventh floor were right before his eyes.

A light wall emitting gray mist was blocking Shadow's path. After pondering for a few seconds, he raised his hand to touch the light wall in front of him. Just as he was about to touch the light wall...

Slap.

A hand grabbed Shadow's arm. He felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. As someone proficient in stealth, he hadn't sensed anyone beside him.

"Child, you are a lost lamb. God is merciful and will forgive your sins."

"Y-you are, from the Sanctuary... Ah!!"

Shadow's scream hadn't even spread before it was swallowed. He felt as if a black hole had appeared in the center of his body, constantly sucking his body in, and finally swallowing his entire person into the darkness.

Shadow would never have imagined that the person who killed him was actually brought into the sixth floor of the temple by himself.

A mass of blood in mid-air was sucked into a black dot in a vortex shape and finally disappeared completely. This Qiyuezhe named Shadow seemed as if he had never existed.

PS (Four chapters today, three more in a while. Writing a bit slowly, update is late, sorry. The subsequent three chapters will come soon.)