66: Chapter 66 The Power of Combined Civilizations

Nanjiang City, the designated hotel for the Prodigy Tournament, top-floor suite.

Xu Qingran sat cross-legged in front of the massive floor-to-ceiling window, surrounded by pale green wind elements, performing her daily Divine Kingdom meditation.

Her mind was as still as water as she attempted to connect her Divine Sense more closely with the Windwhisperer Elves in her Divine Kingdom.

"Beep beep."

A slight vibration from her bracelet broke the room's silence.

She knit her elegant brows slightly, feeling a bit displeased.

No one knew this private communication ID except for her grandmother and a few of her closest friends, and it never rang during her meditation time.

She gathered her thoughts and tapped it open.

The sender was Jiang Xun.

The content was a picture and a sentence.

Xu Qingran's gaze first fell on the sentence: "I found some clues that might be related to your father."

Buzz.

In an instant, Xu Qingran's head felt as if it had been stuffed with an entire beehive.

Father.

This word, buried deep in her heart for three whole years and painful to touch, was suddenly brought up so abruptly.

Her breath caught sharply, and the wind elements surrounding her instantly spiraled out of control, turning into a chaotic current that rampaged through the room, making the documents on the desk rustle loudly.

She didn't care about any of that.

With her fair hands trembling imperceptibly, she clicked on the picture.

It was an ancient hand-drawn map, tattered and worn, marked with some ancient characters she couldn't understand.

But in the central area of the map, the familiar mountain silhouettes, the winding path of the river...

She couldn't be mistaken.

That was exactly the No-man's Land where the Garrison Army led by her father, Xu Zhenbang, had sent their last signal three years ago!

Beside the map were a few lines of scribbled text with the title "Star Positioning Method."

An ancient secret technique for determining location by observing the stars.

For three years, she had used all of her Family's power and pleaded with all the uncles and elders she knew in the military, only to always receive the cold reply of "signal lost, unable to locate."

And now, what Jiang Xun gave her was another possibility.

An ancient method that completely transcended the scope of modern technology yet pointed directly at the core!

This wasn't just a clue.

This was hope!

It was a crack torn open in the darkness, a hand reaching out from the abyss of despair!

Xu Qingran covered her mouth tightly, not letting herself make a sound.

But tears uncontrollably rolled down from her eyes in large drops, splashing onto the cold floor.

She quickly wiped away her tears and forced herself to calm down.

She immediately called Jiang Xun back, but heard the System prompt: "The user you are calling is in a special signal-shielded area and cannot be reached at the moment."

The match.

She remembered; Jiang Xun had a match today.

Xu Qingran stood up abruptly, grabbed her coat, and rushed out the door.

She had to see him immediately and ask about everything in person!

By the time Xu Qingran hurriedly arrived at the main arena, Jiang Xun's match had already begun.

The atmosphere of the entire venue was more enthusiastic than any previous tournament.

"Today's battle is definitely the ultimate showdown between spear and shield!"

The commentator's voice was somewhat hoarse with excitement.

"Contestant Jiang Xun is known for his incredibly sharp plundering tactics; every one of his attacks is as precise as a textbook! And his opponent, contestant Jiangnans First Shield, is a defensive Great Master with the reputation of 'Jiangnan's First Shield'!"

On the virtual battlefield, the fight had already reached a fever pitch.

Or rather, it was a one-sided fever pitch.

Jiangnans First Shield's Divine Kingdom, "Titan Barrier," had already fully unfolded.

His believers were Stone Giants over ten meters tall; at this moment, these Stone Giants were linked hand and foot, forming a massive shield wall that stretched beyond sight.

The entire earth of the Divine Kingdom had turned into hard obsidian, and the Divine Kingdom barrier was as thick as a giant crystal, emitting a heavy, earthy yellow glow.

"Jiang Xun, give up!"

Jiangnans First Shield's voice echoed across the battlefield, filled with absolute confidence.

"My 'Titan's Defense' is an absolute defense! To this day, no one has been able to break it! Your fancy tricks are useless against me!"

In the audience, Li Ang and the others were also cold-sneering.

"Although this Jiangnans First Shield's brain is made of stone, this turtle shell of his is indeed hard."

A scion of a prominent Family said.

"Exactly, let him wear Jiang Xun down. Once Jiang Xun has exhausted his trump cards and is half-dead from exhaustion, the semi-finals will be our slaughterhouse!"

Li Ang stared gloomily at the composed figure in the arena, his eyes full of malice.

However, Jiang Xun's reaction exceeded everyone's expectations.

He didn't launch a heavy assault.

He didn't even send out his powerful Undead Knights or Orc Warriors.

He just unhurriedly sent out his Human Race believers.

However, these believers looked a bit different.

They possessed neither the wildness of Orcs nor the deathly silence of the undead, but their steps were steady, their actions unified, and every person's gaze was as calm as a scalpel.

"What is he doing? Sending the Human Race to ram into a stone wall?"

"Isn't this just sending them to their deaths?"

Amidst everyone's confusion, the first batch of Human Race believers arrived in front of that massive stone wall.

They didn't swing weapons; instead, they reached out and gently pressed their palms against the surface of the stone wall.

In the next second, something eerie happened.

A faint ripple of water, visible to the naked eye, spread out from their palms like ink soaking into rice paper.

The incredibly hard obsidian wall surface, under the coverage of the water ripples, actually began to become... soft, at an extremely slow speed.

"This is... the 'Water Element Erosion' of the Water-Marsh Civilization!"

Old Baitou stood up abruptly in the VIP seats.

"He actually bestowed the core ability of an A-grade civilization onto ordinary Human Race believers!"

And that wasn't all.

The moment the wall softened, a second batch of Human Race believers stepped forward, also extending their palms.

This time, what emerged from their palms were wisps of black Death Qi.

The Death Qi followed the softened parts and bored into the interior of the stone wall, heading straight for the Stone Giants' energy cores like the most terrifying virus.

Grayish-white cracks began to appear on the surface of the stone wall.

"The 'Death Qi Erosion' of the Undead Wasteland! He... he fused two abilities with completely different attributes together?!"

The commentator's voice had completely distorted.

This violated the iron rule of God Wars!

Water and the undead should have been two conflicting energies!

But in Jiang Xun's hands, they were like the most tacit partners, completing an inconceivable coordination!

The confidence on Jiangnans First Shield's face finally began to crack.

He could feel that the Stone Giants forming his defensive core were wailing from within; their vitality was being rapidly stripped away!

"No! Impossible!"

He frantically pushed his Divine Power, attempting to repair the stone wall.

But just then, the third batch of Human Race believers arrived.

They looked no different from the first two batches, but when they swung the war hammers in their hands, the muscles in their arms instantly bulged, filled with explosive power!

The "Berserk Power" of the Orc Civilization!

"Boom!!"

The war hammers accurately smashed into the nodes that were covered in cracks and eroded by Death Qi.

A massive explosion echoed.

That Titan Barrier, which claimed "absolute defense," collapsed like a shattered eggshell!

The entire venue fell silent.

The sneer on Li Ang's face froze.

The beverage cup in Lu Tao's hand was squeezed out of shape.

Everyone looked at Jiang Xun as if they were looking at a monster.

How was this a God War?

This was a fucking dimensional strike of civilizations!

Jiang Xun broke through the Divine Kingdom core without shedding a drop of blood, plundered the "Titan Barrier Civilization," and easily won the match.

He walked off the arena, not even glancing at the despondent Jiangnans First Shield.

Just as he entered the player tunnel, his bracelet vibrated violently.

It was an emergency communication request from Xu Qingran.

Jiang Xun picked up.

What came from the bracelet was Xu Qingran's voice, suppressed with intense emotion but still incredibly firm.

"I'm at your hotel room door. We must talk. Now!"