novelraw Chapter 571 - 264: The Killing Grounds Are Ready, Prey Enter the Arena!
Chapter 571 - 264: The Killing Grounds Are Ready, Prey Enter the Arena!
Ecstasy, greed, urgency, madness, bewilderment...
These emotions swept through the crowd like a tidal wave.
But as Fang Qingyu was about to scan all these people over...
No title of Martial Saint was found.
Until the moment when the golden light was about to fade.
Fang Qingyu’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
He locked onto a few figures at the edge of the surging crowd, appearing equally excited as they ran forward.
They were dressed in ordinary mercenary cold-weather gear, unremarkable amidst the crowd.
Their faces bore just the right amount of excitement and urgency.
However, deep within Fang Qingyu’s Melted Gold vertical pupils, the special title above their heads, illuminated briefly by the golden light, was clearly reflected...
[Yunhua Envoy]
Not just one.
But as many as seven.
They seemed to be running along with the crowd, but their steps were steady, their aura restrained, maintaining a subtle formation that shielded a small area at the rear in the center.
The Jiang Family’s Tier Two Divine Chosen!
The Jiang Family is the descendant clan of Yao Ji, the Flame Emperor’s daughter.
Their Tier Two Divine Chosen titles... are uniformly called Yunhua Envoys.
Fang Qingyu felt a sense of relief in his heart.
Since the other people of the Jiang Family had all arrived.
Then Jiang Taixuan must be nearby.
Otherwise, these Yunhua Envoys alone wouldn’t be enough to suppress these hundreds of Grandmasters blinded by "greed."
Once the truth of the relic is exposed.
If the situation spirals out of control, it would be impossible for the Jiang Family to silence everyone.
Moreover, for the Jiang Family to spare no expense and deploy their core Divine Chosen...
It would only be for one person.
"Be cautious."
Fang Qingyu’s voice passed through a micro-earpiece, clearly reaching Wei Banmeng and the other four, as well as Shikong and Liu Hanyan observing from afar, as calm as ever.
"The Jiang Family’s people are here. Seven Divine Chosen, on the crowd’s periphery, shielding the central area."
"Received!"
"Understood!"
Shikong and Liu Hanyan’s calm voices responded almost simultaneously.
"Proceed according to the original plan."
Fang Qingyu spoke concisely.
The golden light slowly dissipated, and the blizzard reclaimed the sky.
But the crowd’s fervor had been utterly ignited, like a flood breaching the dam, rushing madly toward the glacier crevasse’s deep and seemingly devouring entrance.
The five of Fang Qingyu exchanged glances, nodding.
Along with the surging crowd, they quickly moved towards the glacier crevasse.
Shikong’s team and Liu Hanyan’s team also blended into the crowd, following at a steady pace.
The entrance to the glacier crevasse was larger than imagined.
Like the gaping maw of a giant beast, its interior deep and dark, exuding an icy, bone-chilling air.
The ground at the entrance was covered in a thick layer of ice, trampled into disarray by those who had entered first.
Entering the crevasse was a sloping, wide, and deep tunnel.
The tunnel walls appeared peculiar, seemingly formed by high temperatures and rapid cooling, smooth as mirrored dark glassy rock.
The walls were crisscrossed with deep grooves resembling massive claw marks, exuding a wild and ferocious aura.
At critical points on the tunnel’s top and sides.
Gems emitting soft white light were embedded, providing basic illumination.
The tunnel naturally curved downward, its end unseen.
The air was filled with a mixture of sulfur, metal rust, and an indescribable ancient dust.
More unsettling was.
A faint but real energy fluctuation, like the breath of a slumbering giant, vaguely emanated from the tunnel’s depths.
"Heavens... is this... real or fake?"
Chu Kuanglan, while briskly walking down with the crowd, couldn’t help but whisper in awe, his gaze sweeping over the glassy rock walls, smooth as mirrors, etched with ancient claw marks.
"These walls... these marks... this energy fluctuation... what kind of deity did Deep Blue Heavy Industries hire to fabricate this? This is unbelievably real!"
Wei Banmeng’s cold eyes also flashed with gravity and admiration: "Indeed... it’s just like the real thing. The melting and cooling patterns on these walls can’t be faked in the short term."
Fang Qingyu remained silent.
His steps continued, his perception, like an invisible web, already reaching deep into the tunnel.
He could clearly "hear" the voices ahead, the footsteps, even the excited exclamations as people touched the rock walls.
This "relic" set up by Deep Blue Heavy Industries, from entrance to atmosphere, was nothing short of perfect.
Even those unaware would be completely convinced upon entry.
The crowd quickly descended along the tunnel.
After about ten minutes, the path opened up.
A massive natural ice cave appeared before everyone.
The cave’s dome was towering, with numerous giant ice blades hanging down like an inverted forest of swords.
In the center of the ice cave, a towering pyramid-shaped altar, made entirely of some dark gold metal, stood impressively.
The altar’s surface was covered in ancient runes that emitted a faint golden light.
The immense, weighty aura, as if capable of suppressing everything, emanated from this altar.
Around the altar’s base, fragments of large, fractured, neither metal nor stone, strange statues were scattered.
The fragments retained traces of powerful energy fluctuations.
Seemingly narrating the tragic battles that once erupted here.
"The altar! It’s the altar!"
"The Martial Saint Inheritance must be on top!"
"Those statue fragments... Absolutely treasures! Containing immense energy!"
"Charge! First come, first served!"
The crowd went completely berserk!
Like wolves catching the scent of blood, they howled, shoved, and dashed desperately toward the enormous altar!