đź“– Chapter 945 - Give You One Last Chance!
The timing was very precise. It was the exact moment when the teleportation started, when everyone was most agitated. Moreover, each of the seven people who took action were extremely powerful. Although they weren’t as strong as the bell girl and the others, the gap actually wasn’t very big.
Clearly, they had been holding back all the way here. In fact, among these seven people were some who had purchased a spot on the boat from Wang Baole; but from the looks of it now, they could clearly have crossed the black paper sea by their own power.
After holding back until now, their sudden attacks were indeed astonishing and unexpected. However… they weren’t the only smart people here. Everyone who could take ownership of an Illusion Crystal was naturally extraordinary. Although the attackers had chosen the weakest-looking ones among the crystal owners, the weaker a person was, the more vigilant they would be.
Thus, the targeted cultivators reacted immediately. The power of their cultivation bases burst forth in an instant.
Of course, the same was true for Wang Baole.
The one who targeted him seemed to expect that he would be at his weakest state after breaking all the seals. Moreover, there was the mental distraction of the imminent teleportation and even the cooperation of the bell girl. Everything seemed to line up perfectly, and it could be said that anyone else, even that scholarly young man, might be forced to fail the trial at this point.
But for Wang Baole… this wasn’t the case!
His show of weakness was completely fake, and the teleportation force didn’t distract him at all, since everything so far was all according to his calculations. As for the bell girl, although she wasn’t weak, Wang Baole had always been on guard. And above all… he was confident!
He was confident that even if everyone else failed, he alone would pass. The paperman wouldn’t allow him to fail this trial.
Thus, killing intent flashed in Wang Baole’s eyes as his assailant neared.
“I haven’t killed anyone since coming here, but do you really think I’m easy to bully?” Wang Baole roared. The Nightmare Eye appeared behind him, not facing the incoming assailant, but suddenly opening and casting its gaze on the bell girl!
A restraining force immediately erupted from the huge black eye. Although the bell girl had been prepared, her body still couldn’t help but freeze for a moment. At the same time, the Emperor Armor appeared on Wang Baole and he rushed out, slamming into the unknown assailant like a mountain crashing down!
This person, a young man, had extremely plain and ordinary features, to the point that it would be impossible to pick him out from a crowd. In particular, his expression seemed dull. Clearly, not many things could cause this person’s expression to change, but at that moment… it changed!
Wang Baole’s charge was like that of a rampaging giant beast. He was extremely fast, even setting off sonic booms as he shot straight toward the young man with terrifying momentum. As the young man’s mind rumbled and his expression warped into a mask of horror, Wang Baole directly slammed into him!
All of this takes some time to describe, but in fact it occurred in the blink of an eye. A miserable scream immediately erupted from the young man. Coughing up blood, his complexion turned pale and he wanted to retreat. But it was too late; Wang Baole had already decided to make an example out of him. Wang Baole’s body exploded into black mist, which caught up with the young man in an instant and converged back into Wang Baole. Raising his right hand, the Misty Cloud Finger appeared and jabbed right between his assailant’s brows.
With a bang, the young man’s body trembled wildly. His eyes widened, but the light inside instantly dimmed, still hanging on to an expression of disbelief. Finally, when Wang Baole retracted his hand, the young man’s head exploded, and his body instantly turned into ashes…
Out of the ashes flew a tiny ball of light shaped like a bell. This wasn’t his divine soul, but more like some sort of parasite in his body. And once it appeared, it immediately flew toward the bell girl!
“Huh?” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and grabbed the bell of light. With a squeeze, it collapsed.
"Xie Dalu!!" After the light collapsed, the bell girl let out a gloomy roar from behind Wang Baole.
“Hm? He was one of yours?” Wang Baole turned his head and looked coldly at the bell girl. Killing intent flashed in her eyes, and she was about to speak, but at that moment, the light of the Illusion Crystal in her hand completely burst out and enveloped her figure.
It wasn’t just the bell girl; all the other crystal-holders were the same. Dazzling light spread out of the Illusion Crystals in their hands and immediately enveloped their bodies. Although the bell girl’s slave had failed in his attempt to take out Wang Baole, three of the other six surprise attackers succeeded in robbing their targets.
The three cultivators who had been robbed of their Illusion Crystals looked miserable, but there was nothing they could do. They were forced to watch as their Illusion Crystals enveloped the bodies of their robbers in blinding light.
Everyone else’s Illusion Crystal was shining, and so too was Wang Baole’s. Rays of light radiated from his chest, and his Illusion Crystal even flew out by itself. The seal on it was instantly wiped away as dazzling light enveloped Wang Baole’s body.
This scene made Wang Baole blink. He felt like he had forgotten something…
A moment later, Wang Baole realized what he had overlooked… He also noticed that all the Chosen shrouded in the light of their Illusion Crystals were looking at him with strange expressions.
“I… I…” Wang Baole suddenly felt full of grief and indignation. He realized that although he had unlocked the seals on everyone else’s Illusion Crystals, he had forgotten to unseal his own…
It really wasn’t his fault. In the beginning, that Brother Expert had distracted him with his hardheadedness, and later on, the bell girl and her slave had wasted his time with their assault.
In the end, he totally forgot to unseal his own Illusion Crystal. After all, he already knew that it would be fine even if the crystal wasn’t unsealed, so he subconsciously didn’t pay it much attention.
Wang Baole wanted to cover things up, but time had already run out. As teleportation force converged on the dazzling light from the Illusion Crystals, the thirty crystal holders began to blur.
Seeing this, Wang Baole could only sigh and comfort himself internally.
“It’s fine, it’ll be okay. I already said that it might be possible to teleport without breaking the seal…”
As he comforted himself, heaven and earth seemed to turn upside down, and the figures of the thirty crystal-holders completely disappeared. Carried by a mighty teleportation force, they vanished from the Illusion Planet.
A moment later, when the teleportation ended, what appeared in their vision was a heaven and earth completely different from the Illusion Planet!
They could see a majestic, winding river. Within the river wasn’t water, but… extremely thick lava. The heat radiating off of it distorted the entire world, and beyond that winding river was… a set of ten mountain-like peaks!
The reason why they were called “mountain-like” and not “mountains” was because although they were made out of stone, their shape wasn’t similar to a mountain at all. Indeed, each of them was shaped like… an enormous furnace!
At the peak of each furnace mountain, there was the illusory silhouette of a drumstick floating in the air. These illusory silhouettes were extremely faint, to the point that even the outline could just barely be seen, but it was obvious that… they were slowly growing clearer. It seemed that it wouldn’t take long before they truly materialized into physical form!
“Planet Guiding Drumstick!” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and muttered internally.
He wasn’t the only one to recognize the silhouettes. Everyone else also had a strong light flicker in their eyes. Obviously, although the trials had been a little different this time, the final goal was still the same as the records of their clans and sects. They were all here to obtain a Planet Guiding Drumstick!
At that moment, the majestic voice that appeared before each trial reverberated through heaven and earth once again.
“This is what you’ve been waiting for, the last trial. Out of the thirty people here, ten will be selected to obtain a drumstick. These ten people… After recovering, they will beat the Heavenspan Drum on the day my Starfall Empire offers sacrifices to the heavens. Beating the drum will attract countless Planets, allowing you to obtain this Starfall Realm’s great opportunity!
“Begin!”
The voice was like heavenly thunder. Even after it finished speaking, its echoes rumbled throughout heaven and earth, causing the whole world to tremble and making everyone’s breathing hasten. The reason they had come so far and fought so fiercely all this time was… to obtain a Special Planet and use it to break through to the Planet Realm!
Now, success was just around the corner. As long as they could snatch a drumstick, they would be granted a chance for this great opportunity. Whether they could attract a Special Planet or not depended on their own potential!
Of course, every clan or sect had methods to allow their Chosen to temporarily increase their ability to attract Planets at the critical moment!
But just as everyone was about to scatter and charge toward the ten mountains in the distance, the bell girl suddenly turned her head. Shooting Wang Baole a cold look, her lips moved slightly and she spoke to him via divine will.
“I’ll give you one last chance. Become my war slave, and I’ll guarantee you a lifetime of glory!”