87: Chapter 86 Chaotic Eyes Slay Ancestors!! Yang Guang Who Devoured Cthulhu!!

Li Tiance stepped forward, gripping the golden-feathered great bow transformed from [Golden Phoenix],

conjuring a ray of light out of thin air in his hand, closing his eyes to draw the bow, and then,

one could see that the light dragging a long tail trailed deep into the secret realm.

Li Tiance's eyes were piercingly bright, as if he had regained that confidence uniquely his own.

However, in his speech, his tone became even more subdued:

"Congratulations, Brother Sun, on reclaiming your beloved card, and you are about to awaken your true name."

Sun Po looked at this long strip of light and asked:

"What is this?"

Li Tiance calmly said:

"Since we are already here, wouldn't it be a pity not to explore?

Furthermore, this monster should also be something Brother Sun must slay to awaken your true name, right?"

The lenses of Sun Po's [Black Rhino Armor] flickered uncertainly, and after a moment, he asked:

"The Gaokao is not yet over, and although the advancement slots are decided, you and I still have a battle ahead.

By helping me like this, aren't you aiding the enemy?"

Li Tiance looked at Sun Po instead, his gaze sincere as he said:

"Mere Gaokao is nothing more than icing on the cake to me,

Besides, Brother Sun has never been my enemy."

Sun Po held Li Tiance in even higher regard once more; he truly possessed a broad mind.

Li Tiance continued:

"Does Brother Sun know why so little information leaks out about the national-level competition of the Gaokao every year?"

Hearing this, Sun Po became interested.

He had noticed when he first came to this world,

that video materials could still be found for the intramural trials, city-level competitions, and provincial-level competitions.

Only for the national-level competition was there completely no information to be found online,

and even Yang Xinyue back then only knew that the first place got two purple cards, guessing that it should be a ring match.

As for provincial-level competitions, there were quite a few held inside a single high school like Sun Po's province.

Although because Jinyang City belonged to the Li Family's autonomy, the official Card Association wasn't even stationed here.

Even holding this competition was hosted mainly by the Li Family with the officials as guests, co-organized,

so the audience targeted by the broadcast was a bit more singular.

Even so, many video materials about the provincial-level competition could be found online.

But when it came to the national-level competition, it was no longer open to the public.

Li Tiance continued:

"The national-level competition involves the conditions of extraterritorial secret realms, which is a state secret of various countries,

but every year people from the Five Surnames and Seven Clans participate in the judging work of the national-level competition.

Therefore, we still know some insider information.

Brother Sun would find out sooner or later anyway, so I won't hide it from you.

The national-level competition is no longer a ring match format, but a dungeon team exploration format,

accumulating points during the exploration process, and finally ranking according to the points."

Sun Po instantly perked up. This was indeed news that couldn't ordinarily be inquired about.

Suddenly, he noticed two words: "Team up?"

Li Tiance said: "Exactly, the top three of each province team up to fight on behalf of the province,

and the first place can enjoy the team leader quota and gain a 10-point team leader bonus.

The ranking of this national-level competition can even affect the strategic positioning of each province at the national conference of the Yanhuang Ancient Country.

Therefore, for us who come from the leading aristocratic families of various provinces, competing for fame in the provincial-level competition is secondary;

what is more crucial is to select good teammates and prepare for the national-level competition."

Sun Po suddenly understood in his heart,

no wonder he felt that the goodwill released by Li Tiance was a bit too obvious,

no wonder he said he wasn't his enemy.

...

At this time, the Yin Soldiers on the battlefield had been completely wiped out by Liu Jianren and the others,

In the blood-red secret realm, only sparse remnants could be seen now, and the entire secret realm unexpectedly appeared somewhat quiet at this moment.

Sun Po looked at the [Double-Pupil Warrior], and opened his panel.

Everything else had no changes, except that he lost the [Mangekyou Sharingan], and consequently lost the [Susanoo] skill.

At the same time, Sun Po noticed that the [Double-Pupil Warrior] had gained a new skill:

"[Power of Breaking Boundaries]:

A peculiar power generated by the combination of the great power of the double pupils and the mutilated body of an ancient demon god, which can break open the boundary wall of a secret realm."

However, this skill was currently gray, seemingly meaning it was in an unusable state.

Sun Po understood in his heart that the [Double-Pupil Warrior] probably used this new skill back then to help Sun Po escape alive.

But the conditions for using this skill must be extremely harsh, which was why the [Double-Pupil Warrior]'s strength plummeted,

and in the end, if it weren't for picking up that Zhong Kui Ghost-Slaying Sword,

which had a great suppression effect on monsters like [Marquis of Wufang Yang Wu] and [Marquis of Chishui Yang Xi],

I'm afraid the one swallowed would have been the [Double-Pupil Warrior].

It's just why would this Zhong Kui Ghost-Slaying Sword be here? What kind of secret realm is this place?

Moreover, with the Zhong Kui Ghost-Slaying Sword here, then where is Zhong Kui?

Where on earth is Zhong Kui?

And where did those [Mutated Deep Ones] paving the ground come from?

And why did these mutilated bodies of Xiang Yu turn into such monsters?

And still bear the names of those who plundered them in history?

The so-called mutilated body of the ancient demon god most likely referred to Xiang Yu's mutilated body, so what on earth was the ancient demon god?

Sun Po only felt that the mist before his eyes was heavy, and his understanding of this world still only stayed on the surface.

But daydreaming was useless; only by becoming strong enough and walking far enough could he understand the truth.

At this time, the [Double-Pupil Warrior] had completely swallowed Xiang Yu's left arm, right leg, and torso.

Sun Po observed the panel of the [Double-Pupil Warrior], finding that its quality had risen to [Purple 7-Star],

and its aura was obviously much stronger than before.

At this time, almost all the Yin Soldiers had also been completely wiped out by everyone.

The wings of Li Tiance's [Golden Phoenix] fanned out strands of sharp Geng-metal Qi, completely shattering the last few Yin Soldiers.

Sun Po's [Tianhe Budu] quietly undertook the work of cleaning up the battlefield.

...

After resting for a moment, Sun Po and the others followed the path left by Li Tiance's light arrow,

and walked towards the depths of the secret realm.

They saw black fog like a sea, and white bones forming forests.

They saw broken ancient bridges and collapsed passes.

Finally, when Sun Po and the others came to a sea of blood-red flowers—Sun Po recognized this kind of flower,

this flower was named Manjushage, legendary to be the flower of rebirth, blooming at the junction of yin and yang.

Sun Po and the others followed the strip of light deep into the sea of flowers, and saw [Marquis of Chishui Yang Xi] with a light arrow stuck in its body.

Watching the few approach, its huge body retreated in fright again and again, and the human face on one of its feet showed a look of terror.

At the same time, it shouted loudly towards the sky: "Yang Guang!! If I die, you won't live either!! Why don't you come out and save me!!"

The next second, the weather changed drastically.

The originally crimson sky was suddenly torn open with a pitch-black rift,

and behind the rift, turbid river water and an extremely huge eye could be vaguely seen—it was precisely the chaotic-pupiled giant eye that had appeared twice before.

The monster called Yang Guang had a piercing voice:

"That Outer God named Cthulhu has been completely digested by me,

I am about to take another step forward,

Yang Xi! Do you think you can still threaten me with your mere bloodline!?"

Having said that, in the sea of flowers,

[Yang Xi], which was dozens of meters tall, suddenly began to twist and swell all over its body,

"Bang!!"

"Boom!!"

[Yang Xi] simply burst open out of thin air, blowing into pieces of flesh all over the ground.