Chapter 365 – Open! (1/2)
On the 3rd day, the first glimmer of dawn had just descended to the world when numerous figures had flashed out from within Ancient Domain City. Before long, more and more figures did the same.
In the end, countless figures had flashed out from within the city, and all of them were flas.h.i.+ng towards a single direction!
Today was the day that the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da would be opened!
At an area over 3,000km away to the southeast of Ancient Domain City was numerous large mountains that formed a circle while a sunken valley resided at the center of them. It was a practically perfect circle, and it was over 10m wide.
Countless profounders stood at the peak of the mountains. At this moment, all of them were excited because they’d been in the Ancient Battlefield for many months and had waited throughout these months. Now, the time for the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da to be opened had finally come, so how could they not be excited?
As he stood amongst the crowd and gazed at the valley, Yang Ye was excited as well because he was one step closer towards waking Xiao Yuxi up. However, he also had a heavy feeling as well. Because he knew how brutal it would be once the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da was opened! The Hidden Dragon Rankings that would be carried out within the paG.o.da was incomparable to the Ascension Rankings. Because the Ascension Rankings consisted of battles that stopped upon victory, but the Hidden Dragon Rankings wasn’t the same. It consisted of battles that only ended with the death of one party!
The Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da was divided into 5 levels, and one’s speed of cultivation on every single level was different.
On the 1st level, cultivating for a single day was equivalent to 10 days of cultivating in the outside world.
On the 2nd level, cultivating for a single day was equivalent to 20 days of cultivating in the outside world.
On the 3rd level, cultivating for a single day was equivalent to 1 month of cultivating in the outside world.
On the 4th level, cultivating for a single day was equivalent to 3 months of cultivating in the outside world.
As for the 5th level, Yang Ye didn’t know its effects because only the geniuses who had ascended to the level knew the answer!
Under such circ.u.mstances, countless people naturally desired to ascend to the highest level because the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da would only be kept open for 10 days!
Thus there was a problem. The Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da had an extremely brutal rule, and it was that besides the 1st level, every other level could only accommodate 100 people. Moreover, the fewer the people on a level was, the denser the Karmic Luck there would be, and everyone would get a larger share!
So, the weak would naturally be eliminated, whereas, elimination represented death. Because it was impossible to leave the paG.o.da until the Hidden Dragon Rankings was completed! As for why it was impossible to leave, the information Yang Ye gathered didn’t have the answer to that question!
In any case, one could only leave the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da once the Hidden Dragon Rankings had come to an end. Of course, if one didn’t possess sufficient strength, then it was best to stay obediently on the 1st level, even if compet.i.tion still existed on the 1st level. What were they competing for? It was naturally for Karmic Luck! However, the intensity of this compet.i.tion was insignificant when compared to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th level!
In short, for the sake of being able to improve their strengths at a quicker rate, the countless profounders here would fight desperately in order to charge up the paG.o.da. This process was called ‘ascending the rankings’. The process of ascension was extremely brutal because from the 2nd level, every time an extra person arrived on the level, it represented the death of another….
The Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da was a paradise of cultivation for profounders because their strengths would improve at an extremely swift pace. Moreover, they would even be able to obtain Karmic Luck and enjoy the providence of the heavens and the earth. However, at the same time, it was also h.e.l.l for profounders because one could lose one’s life at any time while residing within the paG.o.da!
Actually, the most exciting part of the Hidden Dragon Rankings was the compet.i.tion on the 4th level! There was a combat arena on the 4th level, and it was called the Hidden Dragon Arena. The 10 strongest geniuses would be decided on the arena, and they would be listed on the rankings while their names would spread throughout the continent. Moreover, they would even have the opportunity to receive Karmic Luck that descended solely onto them!
This was the only opportunity one had to obtain a portion of Karmic Luck that belonged solely to one, and it was only then that one could divide the Karmic Luck to one’s clan, loved ones, or anyone else.
So, the most exciting part of the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da was the compet.i.tion to ascend the rankings. Because it was a collision between true geniuses, and it was a true and fierce battle between monstrous geniuses.
Ascending the rankings was done by stepping on the corpses of other monstrous geniuses!
A fiery red sun gradually ascended on the horizon while golden rays of sunlight descended and added a thin layer of gold onto the profounders here.
An Nanjing who held Skysplit in her hand appeared before everyone. At the same time, a white haired old man appeared as well.
The white haired old man glanced at An Nanjing and nodded lightly to her before he swept his gaze towards the profounders in the surroundings. He said, “Does anyone intend to withdraw? It’s your last chance. Once you enter the paG.o.da, then you can only leave once everything comes to an end!”
“No!”
The thousands of profounders in the surroundings replied in unison. Withdraw? What a joke! How difficult had it been for them to arrive at the southern territory and the Ancient Battlefield here? How could they possibly live up to the expectations of their clansmen, sects, or themselves if they were to withdraw now? Most people were selfish, but they had determination as well. If they were to withdraw now, then would they be any different from cowards?
The white haired old man nodded, and then he gazed at An Nanjing. The latter understood the white haired old man’s intentions, and she made a tossing motion with her right hand. The Skysplit Spear shot into the white haired old man’s hand.
A wisp of a complicated expression flashed in the old man’s eyes as he gazed at Skysplit that he held in his hand. After all, the spear in his hand was Skysplit! The Dark Treasure of all the Martial G.o.ds of the past!
The white haired old man shook his head before his figure flashed up into the air, and then he suddenly utilized Skysplit to strike the valley below him!
The old man shouted. “Split!”
The s.p.a.ce at the tip of the spear trembled violently before a strand of white ripples swept towards the surroundings. After that, the ground of the valley below them had started to split slowly beneath their shocked gazes, and then an enormous black dot started to gradually emerge from underground….
The black dot grew larger and larger. In next to no time, everyone saw the shape of it clearly. It was the top of a paG.o.da, and the countless profounders in the surroundings seethed with excitement upon witnessing this scene. Because it was the Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da!
In next to no time, the entire paG.o.da appeared within everyone’s fields of vision.
The Hidden Dragon PaG.o.da was 3km tall and over 2km wide. The entire paG.o.da was dark, dignified, simple, and ancient. That was what Yang Ye felt about the paG.o.da.