204: Chapter 203 The Five Divine Trees, [Spirit Realm]

Chapter 203: Five Great Divine Trees, [Lingjing]

Outside the arena, the gazes of the audience had been completely captivated by Sun Po's combat footage. Of course, many people's eyes were also firmly fixed on Sun Po's soaring score data.

"When it comes to Master Sun's entertainment value, I am willing to call it the strongest in the world."

"It's more than just entertainment value. A summoned entity comparable to a golden card effect, coupled with an extremely overpowered orange card in his hand, and a golden card that acts like a map-hack—this strength is simply beating the other contestants to a pulp!"

"It's not just that simple. In the beginning, that big monkey didn't know to attack the rift entrance. It was farming monsters for points just like the other contestants, only its train of thought was a bit different from theirs. So I suspect that big monkey obtained key information during that brief moment when it closed its eyes and listened again halfway through."

"Regardless, Master Sun should have victory in the bag for this first stage. This monster is boundlessly huge; it has been ascending for so long and yet its full form cannot be seen. Just by standing up and shaking its body, it completely wiped out almost all the monsters in the secret realm."

"Indeed, it's a pity that those armored warrior cards of Master Sun were buried along with them. Fortunately, Overlord Xiang Yu's horse can fly, otherwise it probably would have been buried in the ground fissure. If the cards disappeared and couldn't be summoned for a short time, Master Sun would still be in some danger."

"What danger? Can't you see that Master Sun's strength has completely reached a dimension that surpasses the other contestants?"

"Which of the other contestants doesn't carefully plan out their spiritual energy usage? Even Qin Wudao has only used one [Black Dragon] so far. Just think about Master Sun—how long has Master Sun been maintaining the normal state of one orange and one golden card?"

"This monster is truly terrifying. Those huge trees that even big wild boars couldn't knock down turn out to be merely a single hair on this monster's body. I can't even begin to imagine what such a monster looks like."

"Master Sun's fluctuations are truly massive, completely roller-coaster-style combat. However, the shockwave of this monster rising shook the remaining monsters to death, and all the monsters' points were still counted towards Sun Po. Isn't this way too much like cheating?"

"Furthermore, with this monster being terrifying to this extent, what kind of cards are needed to defeat it? I somewhat understand why the competition rules require contestants to survive in it for seven days. Such a monster is probably not something Card Makers at this stage can deal with at all, right?"

"Yet this secret realm only allows Card Makers below the intermediate stage to enter. It's too terrifying."

"Goodness me, this thing—just how huge of a wild boar is this!!"

Meanwhile, in Xianyang City, the Qin Family.

The man in white known as Senior Brother Li wore a solemn expression as he asked the handsome and unrestrained man in purple beside him: "Junior Brother Han, do you know what this thing is?"

The man known as Junior Brother Han narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "This kind of thing is not a common monster in the Yanhuang Ancient Country. The power of laws emanating from its body seems to be an undying law, but its form appears to be a monster that would appear over in the Northern Ice Bear Kingdom."

The man surnamed Li continued to ask: "Junior Brother Han, can you tell to what extent the undying law on this monster reaches? Are there any flaws?"

Junior Brother Han nodded and said: "From my observation, the level of this undying law is quite high, but its flaws are also very great. Even so, it's probably not something these contestants can handle. Without the power of laws, it is almost impossible to eliminate this monster."

Senior Brother Li nodded and said: "I didn't expect that such a thing would actually be present in the secret realm prepared by the authorities this time. The known contestants possessing power on the law level are the Young Patriarch's Eternal Law and the Li Family's Li Erfeng's Inevitable-Hit Law. Only laws can counter laws. If the subsequent monsters are all of this level, I'm afraid it will still come down to a confrontation between laws in the end. Do you think that if the Young Patriarch encounters this monster, he can execute it under his sword?"

Junior Brother Han leaned back lazily, looking at the wild boar in the footage whose size was unknown, and muttered: "The Young Patriarch's Eternal Law is the highest-level undying law I have ever seen, but the Young Patriarch is young after all, and I'm afraid it's difficult to sustain it for long. I'm afraid—"

Northern Ice Bear Kingdom, [Chernobyl] Laboratory.

The old dwarf with a bulbous red nose was still holding a flat small silver flask and taking gulp after gulp.

There was still some sleepy drowsiness in his eyes, and he didn't even raise his eyelids slightly, seeming completely unsurprised by the appearance of this giant creature.

He clicked his tongue and said: "Four of the branches of the five great divine trees are already gathered; the rise of Yanhuang has become inevitable. We can only see how much the fellows of the Northern Ice Bear Kingdom can obtain in the new world."

In contrast, at the Northern Ice Bear Kingdom military department, an old man wearing a military uniform with his beard curled into an exaggerated arc was sitting on a chair. His beard was fiery red, and there wasn't a single hair on his head, making him look somewhat like a burning braised egg with a rather comical appearance.

Yet not a single person among all those in front of him dared to speak or even reveal a trace of a smile.

The old man looked at Red-Bearded Eric in the footage, whose skin was flushed red and beard even redder, wielding dual axes and laughing heartily as he slaughtered, looking extremely carefree.

He then looked at the unimaginably huge wild boar monster in front of Sun Po, a trace of melancholy flashing in his eyes.

The old man stroked his shiny forehead, furrowing his brows, and said with a headache: "I have never worried about Red-Bearded Eric's combat power, but when will Red-Bearded Eric ever learn to think?"

Sakura Island Company Alliance, a dark room, a long table.

Behind the long table was a huge sun flag, and in front of the sun flag was a little boy wearing a kimono.

Clearly having the appearance of a boy, he wore thick white powder and red lips, resembling a young geisha.

On both sides of the long table, figures wearing military uniforms gazed with burning eyes at the little boy in a kimono at the head of the table.

The little boy didn't speak either, acting as if they didn't exist, and continued to apply his makeup in front of the mirror by himself.

Finally, someone below couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up: "Your Excellency Shrine Maiden, please instruct us on the location of the [Fusang Ancestral Vein]!!"

The ancestral vein of those bears in the Northern Ice Bear Kingdom has already been found ahead of time by the people of the Yanhuang Ancient Country. If it weren't for good luck this time allowing only Card Makers below the intermediate stage to enter, I'm afraid those bears from the North wouldn't even have the qualification to take a glance at the divine tree branch secret realm.

"If we don't hurry up and take action, the [Fusang Ancestral Vein] will sooner or later fall into the hands of the Yanhuang Ancient Country."

Yet the little boy waved his hand as if shooing away a fly and said: "How many more times do you idiots need me to say it?"

"The [Fusang Divine Tree] is inherently the ancestral vein of the Yanhuang Ancient Country. Even if it manifests, it will only appear within the territory of the Yanhuang Ancient Country. If you have the ability, you can go grab it."

The questioning voice said unwillingly: "Could it be that our Sakura Island Company Divine Kingdom doesn't even have its own ancestral vein?"

The little boy continued putting on his makeup and no longer wished to respond.

As the last shrine maiden of the shrine, being a boy on top of that was already depressing enough.

But he still had to seek divine messages for such a bunch of arrogant yet inferior pitiful wretches, and when the divine messages he sought were too cruel, they refused to believe them.

The ancestral vein of the Sakura Island Company Divine Kingdom was originally in the Yanhuang Ancient Country, and it wasn't even a particularly ancient one. Today, the strength of the Yanhuang Ancient Country is comparable to its dominance in the old technological era, and it is only lacking the Fusang divine tree branch to gather the materials needed for the legendary [Spirit Domain]. These idiots still don't believe it now and want to find the remaining Fusang divine tree branch of the five great divine trees to make a comeback. They are clearly grandsons yet insist on acting like ancestors, lacking the strength for a head-on clash, and can only switch back and forth between inflated ambition and cowardly personalities. Truly pathetic and laughable.

The little boy sighed inwardly: "Let it be destroyed, being this last-generation shrine maiden is simply too exhausting."

Bald Eagle Federation, inside a pure white palace, an old man with a goatee, wearing a crisp suit and a starry-stripes tie, was loudly berating someone over the phone.

On the other end of the phone was the Bald Eagle Federation's Secretary of Defense, which was...

Being able to speak in such a tone to the number one figure of the Bald Eagle Federation military, his identity went without saying.

The old man with the goatee was so angry his beard curled up, and he angrily interrogated: "Why is it that when the Yanhuang people's [Lingjing] said it made breakthrough progress, they actually built the framework of [Lingjing]?"

"Why is it that they could actually gather the branches of the four great divine trees? How on earth did the branches of the [Golden Apple Tree] end up in the hands of those damned [Heavenly Generals]?"

"What do you mean the expenses of the [Nobel Laboratory] weren't enough, so they sold it? You bastards!!"

"The funds I allocate to the [Nobel Laboratory] every year are second only to the [Lawrence National Laboratory]!! This is treason!!"

"What do you mean the possibility of realizing [Lingjing] is greater? Then why is the possibility of realizing our [Astral Realm] smaller?"

"For a full fifteen years, the [Astral Realm] is still on the blueprints, and the [Lawrence National Laboratory] takes the highest budget in the country. What have they done?!"

"Once [Lingjing] is realized, the rules of the game will be set by the Yanhuang people. By then, the free Bald Eagle will never be able to fly out of the cage woven by the Yanhuang people!!"

Having said that, the old man slowly calmed down. After a moment of silence, he said in a chilling voice: "Forget it, those researchers always despise politicians like me, shouting nonsense about cards having no borders. Where is the head of the Jin Family from last time? Help me meet with him; I believe not all Yanhuang people want [Lingjing] to be completed."

With that, he hung up the phone. Looking at Black Dragon Knight Nefarian who was still entangling with the serpent-like monsters, and then looking at Sun Po's footage, the old man slumped back in his chair.

A moment later, a loud roar echoed from the office: "FUCK!!"

Meanwhile, on the boundless golden grassland.

A huge thatched house stood tall on the grassland, and even a massive African elephant appeared tiny in front of this thatched house.

The roof of the thatched house was covered with the lion head of a huge lion. The lion's eyes opened and closed, yawning—it was clearly a living creature, yet distinctly only its head stood atop the thatched house roof.

Inside the thatched house, dark-skinned figures sat surrounding the smoke in the center, and within the smoke was the scene of the competition.

Some of these figures were scrawny men smeared with body paint, some were scrawny old women wearing feather crowns, and others were robust men wearing animal skins, each looking bizarre and varied.

The old woman from the riverside earlier was also among them, and she appeared to occupy the main seat.

The old woman looked at the increasing number of monsters around Black Pharaoh in the footage, closed her eyes, and said: "There are bewitching monsters in the secret realm, which are powers comparable to laws, but that Yanhuang person has seen through this bewitchment. I do not know what power he used, but he has already taken too much of a lead."

The robust man wearing various animal skins below roared: "Witch Azeling, may I ask if Black Pharaoh can achieve final victory?"

The old woman opened her eyes and said: "From the moment we handed over the location of the [Gael Mother Tree]'s branch to the Yanhuang person, it was already impossible for Black Pharaoh to achieve final victory, but the Lion Tribe Alliance can stride toward a broader tomorrow."

In the secret realm, Sun Po watched his score rise at a crazy speed, and the regret in his heart over the complete loss of the [Tianhe Naval Forces] dissipated a little.

A neighing sound came over, and [Overlord Xiang Yu], riding [Snow-Treading Wuzhui] with its four hooves glowing with blue light, arrived before Sun Po.

Seeing [Overlord Xiang Yu], [Wuzhiqi] took the lead to ask: "How is it, big dummy? Did you have fun being a butcher? If it wasn't fun enough, there is still the biggest one here for you to kill."

[Overlord Xiang Yu] directly ignored [Wuzhiqi], dismounted, stood atop the water clouds, cupped his fists toward Sun Po, and said: "My Lord, this general has gained a bountiful harvest. This freak doesn't look quite like the others; this general must go all out in order to slay it, but this general earnestly requests a battle!"

Sun Po, however, looked at this unimaginably colossal giant pig, feeling shocked in his heart while also having no idea about its true strength.

Even though [Overlord Xiang Yu] possessed power within him that could shake an entire continent, it hadn't been fully developed after all, whereas the thing below was literally a true continent!!

The entire [Fenglei Mountain Range] was the body of this [Sæhrímnir]. Sun Po felt that perhaps [Overlord Xiang Yu] could have a chance to kill this [Sæhrímnir] by risking severe injury to his vitality, but doing so wouldn't be worth it.

Against a fellow like this, even [Wuzhiqi] probably lacked the certainty to deal with it. Sun Po found it difficult to judge this guy's strength through the aura emanating from its body, but he could be certain that its strength was definitely above [Wuzhiqi]'s.

Sun Po said: "General Xiang, the background of this thing is unknown. It is better to wait for [Wuzhiqi] to probe it a little before making further plans."

[Wuzhiqi] continued: "General Xiang, now is not the time to stress individual valor. What's important is victory in this match. Master has blessed me with such a powerful magical talisman, so I must return the greatest battle results to Master in return."

[Overlord Xiang Yu] did not say much more either, and replied: "This general obeys."

Afterwards, he and [Snow-Treading Wuzhui] turned into a stream of orange light and drilled back into Sun Po's body.

Sun Po asked: "[Wuzhiqi], the strength of this [Sæhrímnir] is terrifying. I see its aura seems even more vigorous than yours. Can such a monster really be defeated?"

[Wuzhiqi] replied: "Master, relying solely on me, I naturally cannot defeat such a monster. But if we add Li Tiance's Inevitable-Hit Arrow, it might be possible to defeat it."

Sun Po asked: "Li Tiance had contact with me when he first entered the secret realm, but afterwards, information from his telepathic arrow could no longer be received. How can we find Li Tiance?"

[Wuzhiqi] did not speak, but instead began to condense cyan [Ren Water Divine Power] in his hands, readying himself for action.