Chapter 750: Bernama Fortress

While flying, the two gazed at the massive fortress standing in the distance.

It was a semi-circular fortress. The first things to catch the eye were three tall city walls separated by several hundred meters; each was seventy to eighty meters high, with a staggering width, and countless strategic weapons were placed upon them—even a sub-ancestral black dragon could easily lie flat on top of them.

This is the world of Spirit Beasts; as long as there are enough Earth Element Spirit Beasts, defensive works can be constructed rapidly. Every fortress is actually built this way: large, sturdy, and almost cost-free.

As the second-largest fortress of the Kailing Empire, Bernama Fortress is vast in area, far exceeding Li City Fortress where Li Zhangsheng had stayed before, occupying a territory of over a hundred miles in radius.

The buildings of Bernama Fortress are primarily castles known for their majesty and sturdiness, and the architectural style is uniformly rugged and practical.

Above these Ten Thousand Blade High Mountains, there exist faint, astonishing energy fluctuations; clearly, powerful Forbidden Arrays are present.

In addition to the protection of Forbidden Arrays, there are also a large number of sturdy and durable fortresses on the high mountains.

Like these specially modified high mountains, the mountain bodies are as smooth as a Mirror; such mountain bodies naturally cannot stump High-tier demons or flying Low-tier demons, but most Low-tier demons and some Intermediate demons cannot fly, and with their abilities, it is difficult for them to climb up.

Using the Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing Secret Technique, Li Zhangsheng discovered that Bernama Fortress, in conjunction with those modified mountains, had surrounded a large area.

In this region, Li Zhangsheng saw a large expanse of black curtain, as well as many demons baring fangs and brandishing claws.

That black curtain is composed of Demonic Qi and carries an evil Abyss Will; furthermore, the deeper one goes into the black curtain, the darker its color becomes, and the stronger the suppression of the Abyss Will; the deepest part is naturally where the Abyss Gate is located.

Demons are known throughout the world for being cruel and cunning, and the higher the rank of the demon, the more this is often the case.

Generally speaking, High-tier demons are only forced onto the battlefield during major wars; usually, without sufficient benefits, they mainly focus on driving Low and Intermediate demons.

What demons crave most when invading a world is the souls of living beings; the Ten Thousand Blade High Mountains are not only hard to chew on, but the number of living beings on them is also small, so they naturally do not care much for them.

As for destroying the Ten Thousand Blade High Mountains, as long as there is enough time, the demons could naturally accomplish it with their numbers, but Bernama Fortress also has corresponding preparations, sufficient to ensure the demons return empty-handed.

Moreover, as long as the main body of the high mountains is not destroyed, a large number of Earth Element Demon Pets can be gathered to quickly restore the high mountains.

The Earth Element skill Turn Mud into Stone is exceptionally practical in military terms and can be called a divine skill.

During the previous period, Li Zhangsheng and Ning Bizhen had also carefully learned about the knowledge regarding Bernama Fortress.

As a fortress suppressing the Abyss Gate, Bernama Fortress naturally has strict rules; for example, except when a major war occurs, flying is prohibited during normal times.

Of course, the flight ban here refers to ordinary people; high-level fortress personnel or departments specifically for delivering information are not included in this category.

The remaining rules will not be listed one by one; in short, it is even stricter than a military camp.

Not long after, the two landed at a city gate of Bernama Fortress.

To enter the strictly regulated Bernama Fortress, one must strictly accept inspection.

Guarding the city gate were not only soldiers but also several Monster Tamers, and the leader was even a Sixth-Rank Expert.

Using a Sixth-Rank Expert to guard the gate is not just ordinarily extravagant; only because the Kailing Empire is a place of outstanding people and abundant resources would such a situation occur.

Of course, it might also be related to the upcoming competition for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm seats.

Without any surprises, the two underwent a strict inspection.

After confirming that the two were Langya Kingdom contestants who had come to participate for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm seats, this Sixth-Rank Expert personally brought the two to the registration office on the side.

There was no help for it; both were Pseudo-Kings, and the Sixth-Rank Expert did not want to make mistakes in the details, so as to avoid offending them.

The staff member at the registration office was a Fifth-tier Beastmaster. Upon discovering they were two Pseudo-Kings, he hurriedly said in a respectful tone: "Please, two lords, show your tokens for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm election, so this small one can register them!"

In this world, strength is what speaks in the end.

Li Zhangsheng originally had two tokens for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm seats, one of which was obtained from Liu Xuguang, but this token was too hot to handle and could only be used in this session, so in the end, he dissolved it into a lump of metal.

The two took out their tokens, and the staff member first used a special tool to check the tokens; after confirming their authenticity, he began to register the two's information.

Soon, the registration was completed. While returning the tokens to the two, the staff member also handed over two Gold Medals and a thin book respectively.

The book recorded the latest rules of Bernama Fortress, which the two had to remember; otherwise, if they accidentally made a mistake, it would be troublesome.

The medal was slightly smaller than an infant's fist, with a pattern of crossed swords on it, and a serial number was attached to the intersection area.

Li Zhangsheng's number was 88, and Ning Bizhen's was 89; clearly, including them, 89 people had already completed registration.

This was not all the candidates; there were still some people who had not yet arrived, and occasionally there were Heavenly Prides like Liu Xuguang who had met with misfortune.

Judging from the number of people in recent sessions, there would be about two hundred people competing for the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm seats.

According to the differences in national strength and territory, the number of participants from each country varies greatly.

Taking familiar countries as examples, the Kailing Empire alone had a full 20 spots, the medium-sized Langya Kingdom had only four spots, and the Dai Kingdom, as a lower-tier country, was even more miserable, having only one spot.

However, although there were many people, it was a typical case of many monks and little gruel; there were only ten Heavenly Dao Secret Realm spots in the Southern Region in total, and almost 95% of the candidates would be eliminated.

However, this test had one benefit: besides ensuring fairness and justice, even a Fifth-tier Beastmaster, as long as their luck was good enough, would have the same opportunity to win a Heavenly Dao Secret Realm seat; there had been many such lucky ones in history.

It was also because of this that very few people would choose to give up; after all, as long as one entered the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, one could obtain great benefits.

After the registration, the Sixth-Rank Expert did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly ordered a trusted aide to take the two to the area specially prepared for Li Zhangsheng and the others.

Not long after, the two arrived at a magnificent and rugged castle, which was also the accommodation arranged specifically for the contestants.

The castle was large, covering an area of at least several hundred thousand square meters, with three floors, laid out like a maze, with as many as hundreds of rooms.

According to their serial numbers, the two quickly found their rooms.

Because the numbers were close, the two rooms were adjacent, and the room numbers were the same as the numbers on the medals.

The room was large, and there is no need to go into details here.

Knock, knock~

Just as Li Zhangsheng was preparing to check the rules of Bernama Fortress, there was a knock on his door.

Li Zhangsheng originally thought it was Ning Bizhen, but when he opened the door, he saw that the one knocking was a stranger.

(End of chapter)