"Long Fu has won! At the beginning of the duel, how many people could have predicted this outcome?"
"It’s terrifying, the Barbarian’s taming is too fierce!"
"What? The news just came in, Lord Long Meng is about to lose! Shichijiro is about to win."
"Impossible?"
"This must be fake news!!"
The cheering crowd gradually became noisy.
"What’s happening?" The Dragon-man youth retracted his arm, noticing the bizarre reactions of the audience, realizing something significant had happened.
"Could it be, over at Long Meng’s side..."
Rumble!
As the Dragon-man youth stepped off the field, the earth began to tremble.
Several seconds later, the trembling intensified to the extent of an earthquake!
"What’s going on?"
"The ground is shaking, the Royal Capital is vibrating!"
"Run away!!"
The crowd fell into chaos, rushing madly towards the gate of the dueling field. Then, at the entrance, the crowd became packed, and a stampede soon occurred.
...
Another dueling field.
Shichijiro looked down at the fallen Long Meng: "I almost got killed by you again. Despite having almost no fighting energy reserves, you’ve managed to achieve this step, it’s really impressive!"
"Hehehe, to reward your effort, I’ll give you death as a gift."
Shichijiro formed his hands into a blade and fiercely struck towards Long Meng’s head.
"No!" The audience shouted anxiously.
Many couldn’t bear to watch and closed their eyes.
Just as Long Meng was about to be beheaded, suddenly the mountain shook, the ground cracked with large seams, and the entire dueling field began to collapse. Numerous ice sculpture guards descended from the sky.
Shichijiro was startled, stepped back slightly, then realized. He was about to continue killing Long Meng when he discovered Long Meng had mysteriously disappeared!
The thirteenth prince transmitted through the alchemy device: "Shichijiro, don’t worry about Long Meng. The critical moment has arrived, the actual situation might be the worst case scenario divined by the Empire. You followed me here precisely for this layer of insurance. Now, you need to carry out your mission!"
...
The ground is cracking.
The thunderous sound of cracking ice chills people’s hearts and spreads fear.
Countless icy breaths spewed up from the ground cracks, causing the temperature of the Ice Sculpture Royal Capital to plummet rapidly.
Then, various aquatic frost beasts continually emerged from the ground cracks, beginning to massively destroy all surrounding facilities, wreaking havoc in the Ice Sculpture Royal Capital.
Residents of the Royal Capital fled frantically, and the entire Royal Capital fell into great chaos. Occasionally, tall buildings slowly toppled due to the earthquake and ground fissures, resulting in large areas of casualties.
Defense measures of the Ice Sculpture Royal Capital were activated, and the statues on the streets began to move. Numerous ice sculpture guards fought everywhere, eliminating the rampant aquatic beasts.
In the chaos, the Dragon-man youth led Zi Di and Cang Xu swiftly towards the temporary base within the Royal Capital.
"These aquatic beasts probably all originated from the Ten-thousand-year-old Ice Lake."
"That’s right, the Ice Sculpture Royal Capital was built above the ice lake. What exactly is going on?"
"Let’s meet up with the other members of the Mercenary Group first!"
...
At the bottom of the Ten-thousand-year-old Ice Lake.
Below the third layer of thousand-year-old ice.
The Undead Master cautiously hid his presence, carefully observing the grand Light Array around him.
An extremely large three-dimensional magic array encompassed the entire Ten-thousand-year-old Ice Lake, known as the Ten-thousand-year-old Dragon Formation.
The previous moment, the Ten-thousand-year-old Dragon Formation suddenly activated, bringing drastic impacts to the surroundings.
"The previous activation only exerted 38% of its power, why did it suddenly force activate to over 80%?"
"Did something happen? Forcing the Royal Family to accelerate its activation?"
The Undead Master speculated secretly.
He was extremely skilled in arrays, capable of easily repairing the Blood Sacrifice Array near the Ocean Nest. He knew that: such large-scale magic arrays, after construction, must be activated in parts, constantly tested, step-by-step verifying the correctness of the array.
Until finally, fully activating the array.
Sudden activation to over 80% like now is extremely risky.
If a part of the array is incorrectly built, the internal consumption could be considered mild; if internal conflicts are too great, causing a self-explosion and then triggering a chain collapse, it would create an avalanche scenario, which even legendary-level experts can’t stop.
It can be said, the Royal Family suddenly force activating the array is very daring!
The intense earthquake of the Ice Sculpture Royal Capital, the ice surface breaking, aquatic beasts spewing out, is the dire consequence of forcefully activating the array.
Unknown where the issue arose, overall the array’s power leaked, impacting the surface.
...
"Long Meng, wake up!"
Long Meng slowly opened his eyes under forceful urging.
Seeing the man in front of him, he quickly knelt halfway on the ground, respectfully saluting: "Your Majesty."
The one who timely transmitted Long Meng, saving his life, was the Ice Sculpture King.
The Ice Sculpture King nodded slightly: "The divinity is complete, I need you to pray, then enter the Duel Godhood, to provide spatial coordinates."
Long Meng nodded, changed to kneeling on both knees, bowed his head, and began to pray.
Shortly after, he depleted the divine power within him, vanished from his original place, and appeared at the summit of Anqiu.
The Ice Sculptured King’s eyes gleamed as he murmured softly, "This very moment!"
He manipulated the Ten-thousand-year-old Dragon Formation, firmly locking onto the recently captured spatial coordinates, then activated the array with full force, initiating an assault.
The array buzzed loudly, the Royal Capital shook even more violently, causing a section of the King’s castle to collapse.
A large number of civilians suffered casualties, but the Ice Sculptured King’s face was as hard as iron, showing no remorse. He was aiming for the Duel Godhood; whatever sacrifice it took was worth it!
The tentacles of the Ten-thousand-year-old Dragon Formation swept across forcefully, breaking open the spatial barrier of the Duel God Nation, creating a bridge between it and the living world.
Without hesitation, the Ice Sculptured King quickly stepped through the spatial door.
The next moment, he appeared at the furthest edge of the Duel God Nation.
He was not a duelist but a pagan, and could not be directly transported near Anqiu.
Nonetheless, the Ice Sculptured King had anticipated this.
He determined his direction and immediately flew with all his might, rushing toward Anqiu!
...
"Found it!"
"Discovered the spatial door, captured the specific spatial coordinates."
"The Duel God Nation has finally been uncovered!!"
In the alchemy laboratory beneath the Ice Lake, the Empire spies were almost dancing with excitement.
They had been executing this secret task—some for over thirty years. After such a lengthy and arduous concealment, they were finally witnessing the dawn of task completion.
The Thirteenth Prince revealed a cold smile: "Ice Sculptured King, you couldn’t resist in the end, and did this."
"Thank you for forcibly opening the spatial door, otherwise, how could we have traced it to find the specific location of the Duel God Nation."
"Next, I’ll leave it to you." The Thirteenth Prince looked at the two individuals beside him.
The pair from the secret door sect stood quietly beside the Thirteenth Prince at this moment.
Among them, the Golden Level bishop nodded slightly and began to pray loudly.
"Great God of the Secret Door, lord of space, traveler who traverses all realms."
"The Key of Ten Thousand Realms is in Your hand, and endless paths unfold under Your guidance."
"All doors in the world, you can unlock and close with an invisible key."
"You are the guide for far travelers, You are the compassionate ferry for seekers."
"Now, Your believers plead for Your power, to guide us deep into the lion’s den, through unknown paths."
"Please reveal your supreme mystery, construct a door to lead us through walls and barriers, to reach the enemy’s fortress."
"For justice, for victory, let’s make the enemy gape, let the believers rejoice, so that the courageous heart can soar!"
The gaze of the God descended.
The bishop trembled with excitement.
God permitted it!
The bishop’s divine grace was consumed violently, and in an instant, it was exhausted.
A mysterious door appeared out of nowhere, slowly opening, revealing the scenery behind it—the Duel God Nation.
"This is an unclaimed Divine Nation, therefore its defenses are weak, what an unprecedented opportunity!" The Thirteenth Prince marveled.
The Holy Domain Level shield guard took the first step through the secret door, entering the Duel God Nation.
Following closely was Shichijiro.
After them came a large number of Empire spy members, one after another rushing in. Among them, there were more than thirty of Golden Level!
...
"The Divine Nation is exhibiting strange phenomena, spatial fluctuations are very intense and continuous!"
"What in the world is going on?"
The Honey Snow Tower was in chaos, Shuanglian and Bu Quan, master and disciple, were at the top floor control layer, trying their utmost to investigate the cause.
"Someone forcibly broke through the spatial barrier and connected the Divine Nation with the Main Plane." Shuanglian murmured.
Bu Quan exclaimed in surprise: "In that case, we can now use the King’s crowbar to pinch a bigger spatial loophole. We can leave here, Master."
Shuanglian absent-mindedly replied with a hum, about to speak when suddenly a transmission was received.
"Mage Shuanglian, I’m requisitioning you and your mage tower as the Ice Sculptured King, please quickly head to the center of the Divine Nation, to Anqiu’s mountain, for cooperative defense!"
At this moment, the Ice Sculptured King, after a period of trek, was standing at the peak of Anqiu.
"The preparations of past kings were not in vain." The Ice Sculptured King sighed with emotion, "Finally, in my reign, there are results."
"Long Meng, Mei Lin, Gudong, Bao Ligen, you preside over defenses in Anqiu."
Mei Lin and the other four duelists knelt in unison, blessing aloud, "Our Lord, great Duel God, welcome you to ascension!"
The Ice Sculptured King used the alchemy device, a flower appeared before his eyes, entering the space within Anqiu.
This was a vast, dark space.
In the center of the space was the only source of light, emitting a dazzling, variegated brilliance, radiant and eye-catching, exactly that Duel Godhood.
Different from the scene when the Dragon-man youth previously obtained Divine Revelation, the Duel Godhood now was complete and intact!
The Ice Sculptured King took a deep breath and charged excitedly toward the Godhood.
But halfway through, he faced difficulties, becoming a picture of motionlessness.
The brilliance released from the Duel Godhood shone upon the Ice Sculptured King, morphing him into a rainbow hue, vaguely resembling a human form. The brilliance carried an intangible, enormous pressure that suppressed him, hindering his approach.
The Duel Godhood despised him, rejecting him!
"Why? Why is this happening?!" The Ice Sculptured King was dumbfounded.