Chapter 1706: Chapter 1737: Life or Death
“Below the cliff?”
Li Xiaobai’s face was filled with surprise. He had been down there before and even dug up a pile of dog droppings left by Ergouzi.
The depths of the abyss were indeed unfathomable. He had sensed danger back then and retreated decisively, never expecting that it would be the closest he had ever been to his second senior sister.
“That’s right, the Imperial City of the human race hides many secrets. Since you possess an Ancient Battlefield, you must be aware of its extraordinary nature.”
“An Ancient Battlefield with deep core strength can accommodate the Universe.”
“The Imperial City was deliberately built above the Netherworld back in the day. Unexpectedly, even after turning into battlefield fragments, the two are still connected.”
Yang Chen looked at Li Xiaobai, and with just one glance, he could tell that the other person harbored an Ancient Battlefield inside, with a rather impressive core Rule Power.
“Senior brother, the ground beneath us is also an Ancient Battlefield. Shouldn’t we deal with the immediate crisis first?”
“I’ve observed this Ancient Battlefield for a long time; it is definitely brimming with riches.”
Li Xiaobai urged Yang Chen to take action. If fourth senior brother acted, any demons and ghosts would be easily settled in the future.
“This place seems somewhat familiar.”
“It seems to be the arena of the God of War before his death. I remember there was a Battle God Temple here.”
Yang Chen examined his surroundings. He had been trapped for so long that he didn’t even know which realm the tree trunk was in, let alone identify this place.
“The Battle God Temple was taken away by me.”
Li Xiaobai said, the battlefields are also tiered, and the level of the Lake of Resentful Spirits clearly surpasses this battlefield. It was easy to capture the Battle God Temple but facing the tree trunk, he was powerless, attributing it to fourth senior brother’s presence.
Yang Chen: “…”
“You even managed to take the hall of the God of War? What rule is at the core of your Ancient Battlefield?”
Yang Chen asked, the rank of the God of War was not low. To take in the structures within his arena would require at least the same level of power.
“Upon entering the battlefield, all cultivators lose their cultivation levels and can only win relying on their physical bodies.”
“In the secret realm outside the Ancient Battlefield, there was a corpse of a Giant Spirit God, which I have also taken away.”
Li Xiaobai confessed candidly.
“Even the Giant Spirit God can be captured?”
“Such pieces of an Ancient Battlefield exist?”
Yang Chen was dumbfounded. For the first time since his liberation, he felt shocked. This junior had been racing through the Immortal Spirit Continent and Central Origin Realm at a speed comparable to their senior brothers.’
He thought that with the roads to the two realms severed, the counterpart would be halted in the Lower Realm for life.
Unexpectedly, he not only appeared unscathed before him but also mastered unbelievable abilities.
“It’s all just luck.”
“You were able to identify this place as the arena of the God of War at a glance; you must be quite familiar with it?”
Li Xiaobai waved his hand, chuckling as he spoke.
“Naturally so, back then I broke into the God of War’s arena and spent a whole day to slay him. He was a formidable expert.”
Yang Chen nodded, a reminiscent look in his eyes. Many of the “old friends” from those days had been killed by him and his senior brothers, and the remaining old monsters—who knew if they could still live to see another day.
Li Xiaobai was speechless, slaying the God of War in his own arena and complaining about the time consumption? What kind of mindset was that?
“Once an Ancient Battlefield forms, there will always be a core.”
“The Power of Law comprehended by the God of War in his lifetime was named Courage. Though seemingly useless, it constantly strengthened his spirit, even to the point of losing fear.”
“Who knows what rule the core of this battlefield will evolve into.”
Yang Chen stood up, patting Li Xiaobai’s shoulder, and the two immediately appeared in the central area of the Ancient Battlefield.
Grasping the core means controlling the battlefield, obviating the need to scour these treasured lands, as he could achieve it all in one go.
Li Xiaobai appeared at the foot of an ancient city.
This ancient city was peculiar, with a small foundation encircling a small hill, not expanding outward but rather spiral upward in structure.
The roads were a tangled mess. A mortal inside would likely never find the way to the bottom.
“Battle City.”
“Though it appears chaotic, it is actually divided into nine levels allocated according to the cultivators’ strength. Every cultivator in the city is forced to engage in at least one battle each hour, with opponents assigned should they slack off.”
“That’s all in the past; now there are no living people here. The core should be at the mountain’s peak.”
Yang Chen somehow produced a fan, gently waving it with grace. Senior brother never parted from his fan.
“I observed a golden glow flashing inside Battle City, the same as within the Battle God Temple. One must pass tests to reach the peak, I suppose.”
Li Xiaobai remarked, looking at the winding mountain road.
The tests here were not as susceptible to loopholes as those in the Battle God Temple.
“If junior brother were alone, he would certainly need to follow those, but with me here, all the rules are void.”
“The city itself will make way.”
Yang Chen gently stomped, a huge crack extending towards the mountain’s summit, neatly splitting Battle City in two, the cut extremely smooth.
Stone steps extended from the smooth cuts on both sides, forming a path to the mountain’s peak.
Li Xiaobai was flabbergasted; was this the power of fourth senior brother? Even Qin Tian needed to send cannon fodder to explore this Ancient Battlefield, yet it was effortlessly taken by him.
This power was overwhelmingly defying nature.
Following behind Yang Chen, the palpable wave dispersed the golden glow, and though the mountain resisted, trying to evict the uninvited guests, it couldn’t move them in the slightest.
Just like that, they reached the summit, light-hearted and relaxed.
“Sometimes skipping the scenery along the way and reaching success directly is a joy as well.”
“Though it’s a pity not to experience the trials left by the God of War, we still have the task of saving the second senior sister; there’s no time to linger here.”
“That wisp of obsession is the battlefield core. By staying true to one’s heart against the obsession, control is attained.”
Li Xiaobai followed Yang Chen’s pointing finger and indeed saw a wisp of golden remnant soul wandering at the mountain’s peak. It bore some resemblance to the female ghost, yet less solid, merely a rootless duckweed floating in the air, very ethereal.
The obsession found the intruders, floating toward them.
“Senior brother, how do we deal with this obsession?”
Li Xiaobai humbly sought guidance.
“By entering the memories from the obsession’s life and facing the God of War’s challenge. Junior brother need not worry; I will seize the core in an instant.”
Yang Chen appeared calm, fanning himself, watching as the remnant soul enveloped them.
At this moment, Li Xiaobai finally witnessed the true form of the God of War.
The surroundings transformed into the Universe, with a figure sitting cross-legged before him, towering and immense. The face was too far to see clearly, only a dark silhouette, with two eyes emitting golden rays like bright lamps.
The limbs resembled heaven-connecting pillars, inscribed with scriptures.
Facing Li Xiaobai, the God of War wasted no time, rising and pointing at his forehead, as an oppressive force crashed down, and he roared, “To live, or to die!”