Chapter 819: Eve of the World Contention War

The 'Dusk Dynasty Palace' was built on a circular stone disk. This stone disk was like a millstone magnified thousands of times. Underneath the stone disk were connected hundreds of stone pillars. It was precisely these hundreds of stone pillars that penetrated deep into the round pit that held the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace' above.

It was unknown how the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace' was built. Not to mention the backward architectural level of this world, even in modern times, it would be impossible to build this thing. The round pit below was too deep.

At the three diagonal corners of the stone disk under the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace', there were three stone bridges five meters wide. Through any one of the stone bridges, one could walk toward the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace'.

These three stone bridges were built in an extremely treacherous manner; there were no railings on the edges, just bare stone bridges. If one were to fight on them, a moment of carelessness would result in being knocked off the bridge and falling into the malicious circular pit below.

Above the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace', some rubble slowly rotated, performing anti-gravity floating.

Su Xiao walked to a stone bridge, and Checking Zhan Long Shan appeared in his hand. He slashed a blade toward the edge of the stone bridge.

Ding.

Small pieces of rubble splashed. This stone bridge was unexpectedly sturdy. One had to know that even steel could be slashed open by Su Xiao with one blade.

Su Xiao pressed his hand on the bridge surface. He sensed a thick energy surging within the stone bridge. It wasn't that the stone bridge itself was sturdy, but that the energy inside was protecting the stone bridge. Trying to destroy the stone bridge was extremely difficult; perhaps two Apollos down, the stone bridge would at most be melted a bit, but completely destroying it was impossible.

Discovering that the stone bridge was unusually sturdy, Su Xiao walked onto the stone bridge and walked toward the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace'. This was a very majestic palace. Standing in front of the palace, anyone would feel their own insignificance.

Su Xiao remained vigilant and walked to the front of the palace. Two metal doors ten meters high blocked the way ahead. Carved on the doors was a man wearing a crown and holding a scepter.

The man was kneeling on one knee, his arms extended forward, wanting to touch a pile of flames about to go out in front of him. Inside the flames was also inserted a twisted sword. Above the man was the sun already in a total solar eclipse.

Although this was just a carving, Su Xiao seemed to feel the scene inside.

The sun had already been swallowed by the Moon Wolf, the flames were about to go out, the world would soon fall into 'darkness', fall into that endless 'darkness'. Only the king at the center of the world was still trying to obtain the last glimmer of light, using this glimmer of light to save his people, to defeat that evil dragon. Among the king's people were the human race, elf race, dwarf race, orc race, centaur race, goblin race, giant race, and troll race. The eight races possessed their own territories, and although they were not peaceful with each other, they would not invade each other.

The hot-tempered dwarves and the arrogant elves forged weapons together, argued; the giant race and the troll race tried to intermarry; the centaur race galloped on the grassland, hunted, and lived without contention; the goblin race researched strange things every day; the human race connected the trade of all races.

However, all of this changed because of an evil dragon.

Although the king defeated the evil dragon, the king was about to pass away. The human race, elves, and giants drank the blood of the evil dragon. They formed a legion; the name of this legion was the Dragon Empire Legion. The orcs, dwarves, goblins, and trolls ate the meat of the evil dragon.

A hundred years later, on the continent that had been shattered and only one-third remained, the war between the Dragon Empire and the Tribal Alliance began. They were both the king's people and were influenced by the greed of the evil dragon.

【Prompt: The Hunter has witnessed the 'rise and fall of the Dusk Dynasty' across time and space. The Hunter's spirit has resonated, Willpower permanently +2.】

The prompt from Reincarnation Paradise made the scene before Su Xiao dissipate. After he was stunned for a few seconds, the metal door before his eyes gradually decayed.

With a crash, the ten-meter-high metal door turned into a large piece of dust and dissipated. The metal doors at the other two corners of the palace also dissipated at the same time.

"It seems the mission is not without rewards."

After saying that, Su Xiao walked into the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace'. Walking into the palace, he discovered that the terrain inside the palace was extremely complex.

The entire 'Dusk Dynasty Palace' had seven floors. In the center was a spiraling stone staircase that ran through the entire palace.

Of the seven floors, the lower six floors all had numerous rooms and passages, etc. If there were no map here, Su Xiao would very likely get lost.

That's right, get lost. Although it was absurd for Su Xiao to get lost with his perception, after entering the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace', he discovered that a kind of energy permeated the palace. This energy would not erode the human body, but it was suppressing his perception. His perception circle was compressed to about four meters.

Su Xiao was somewhat familiar with this energy; it was precisely the kind of energy inside the stone bridge.

Walking up along the stone staircase, Su Xiao arrived at the seventh floor of the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace', which was the highest floor.

The seventh floor was very empty. At the deepest position, there was a throne built of gold. A skeleton was sitting on the throne, wearing a crown and holding a scepter.

Su Xiao walked forward and examined the skeleton on the throne. He discovered that the energy spreading inside the palace was emitted by the scepter in the skeleton's hand.

Su Xiao grabbed the scepter.

Ka ka ka...

The skeleton turned its head, its pitch-black eye sockets staring at Su Xiao. Su Xiao hurriedly let go of the scepter.

Just at that moment, Su Xiao sensed a surge of malice coming from below the palace. That malice could no longer be described as horrifying.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang walked forward with curiosity. Just as it wanted to touch the skeleton, Su Xiao gave its butt a kick, and at the same time, his mouth opened and closed, silently saying: "Don't touch."

It was very clear that this skeleton was the king of the 'Dusk Dynasty', that king who defeated the evil dragon. He was suppressing something below the palace.

Su Xiao had already arrived at the 'Dusk Dynasty Palace', but Reincarnation Paradise did not give any follow-up prompts.

Just when Su Xiao was puzzled, the 【World Source】 in his bosom suddenly floated up, floating toward the skeleton.

"The contract has arrived."

The skeleton suddenly spoke, its voice sounding like it came from the nine netherworlds.

Su Xiao's body tensed, Checking Zhan Long Shan was held horizontally in front of him, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang tucked its tail and ran to the side, immediately turning into a 'husky' sculpture. This man and dog cooperated with unusual tacit understanding.

The palace was quiet. The 【World Core】 floated to the top of the skeleton's head and was finally embedded in the skeleton's forehead.

Dong!

A shockwave spread. This shockwave swept over Su Xiao, and his vision blurred. This was an extremely barbaric space force.

A moment later, Su Xiao shook his head and stood up. There was nothing abnormal around. The skeleton was still sitting on the throne, with the World Core embedded in its forehead. The Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang sculpture fell straight to the ground, very much in character.

"You dork, no danger."

Su Xiao inserted the scabbard of Checking Zhan Long Shan into his waist, and Checking Zhan Long Shan returned to the scabbard.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang ran up happily, hiding behind Su Xiao, baring its teeth at the skeleton. Its expression was: "This bone scared Xiang Bubu, Master, chop him, Xiang Bubu will help you."

Of course, Su Xiao would not chop the skeleton. This thing was very difficult to mess with; those who act rashly will die!

Opening the war channel, Su Xiao requested two permissions from Reincarnation Paradise: one was to modify the name in the war channel, and the other was the permission to send pictures. Reincarnation Paradise granted the request.

Su Xiao sent the edited map and detailed information about the ancient ruins to the war channel. Once this information came out, the Qiyuezhe were dumbfounded. Many people began to ask questions, such as 'Can the war channel also send pictures?', 'Did this guy buy a membership?' and similar words.

After Su Xiao sent the last sentence, the messages in the war channel were instantly refreshed.

Traveler (Solo): "The above is the detailed information of the final war location."

'Traveler (Solo)' was of course Su Xiao. Just as he sent the information, the prompt from Reincarnation Paradise appeared.

【Reincarnation Paradise Announcement: All Qiyuezhe must arrive at the Oterlank ancient ruins within 24 hours. The World Contention War will officially begin in 26 hours!】

【Announcement: If any Qiyuezhe has not arrived at the Oterlank ancient ruins within 24 hours, they will be subject to forced execution punishment.】

【Announcement: Duration of the World Contention War: 10 natural days.】

【Announcement: All Qiyuezhe must successfully guard the 'World Core' to form a 'large-scale space fixed-point coordinate'. Once the large-scale space fixed-point coordinate is formed, the World Contention War will be won. Formation time of the large-scale space fixed-point coordinate: 10 natural days. During this period, be sure to block the Qiyuezhe of Apocalypse Paradise from snatching the World Core.】

【Announcement: If the World Contention War fails, all Qiyuezhe will be subject to forced execution punishment!】

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the roof of the palace, looking down. It would soon be lively here. In 26 hours, the entire 'Oterlank' ancient ruins would become a battlefield.

The war between Qiyuezhe was different from the war between natives. The abilities of Qiyuezhe were diverse: elemental-surrounded mages, main tanks in heavy armor, Nen ability users, Ghoul bloodlines, Devil Fruit ability users, etc. There were only abilities one couldn't think of, not abilities that wouldn't appear. Over a thousand Qiyuezhe fighting in a melee; what an astonishing scene that would be.

Su Xiao pressed his hand on the hilt of his blade. He now had two goals: kill the enemy and survive. ===== CHAPTER 820 =====