Chapter 395 Surrender or Death (1/2)

Chapter 395 Surrender or Death

Theparticipants were teleported away, numerous portals appeared within the various illusions Each one led to the location where the final test would take place, which instead of being only projected in the fore formation, was in fact a real place

When this portals appeared, Daniel threw a sers with the flick of his thu with the old

”What is this place?” Asked the Silver Alche himself into a suspended booth created out of spatial essence In it, were numerous chairs, and a table full of refreshments From the number of seats placed in the booth, it was clear that it had been prepared for the leader of the Egregious Mercantile Ethics, and his large following

Attached to all sides of this small place were other booths, inside which other cultivators could be seen looking as confused as they were Warlords, Bandits, Elite roups, rich merchants, military representatives, and even solitary cultivators Every kind of individual was present, and their interest lay in the sa To see their children and disciples make their own name in the universe

Ever since they had arrived, Daniel had i next to his students, and was sharing his attention between him, and a few other cultivators His appearance had also caused for nu abilities to focus on him

Underneath all of these booths was a e, around which the numerous participants had already been teleported into orderly rows

It did not take long for Daniel to recognize his friends, ere unable to see the the other participants Their attention was immediately attracted by a few of these participants So, these cultivators were noticing each other

Of all of these participants, the only oblivious ones were the roup, ere unaware that, just like how their leaders did, the followers of Iewah's children could not help but recognize, and notice one another

A men and women dressed in dark coats identical to those worn by the Teacher's students, five noble looking young individuals that appeared to be looking down on everybody else, a dozen of huin their ive them a hint on ould be tested in the last test of the One Above All The other tests had removed the weakest minded, and less powerful individuals, and now that only a bunch of the original eight million participants, it was time to find who the one above all else was

Just as the participants and observers started to wonder for how long they would need to wait, an old e withoutspace

With a long white beard, and a staff encrusted with perfect essence spheres, nized hiovernend who had explored more space than most people would ever see in their whole lives

”First of all, I would like to thank you all for taking part with this event Meovernment, future promises of the many factions, beloved sons, students, and disciples” Said the olda faint, yet respectful bow directed not at the observers, but participants

”Now that you have come this far, it is time for you to knohy this event was created” he then added with a grave tone, after straightening his back ”For rown, and expanded towards each direction like a drop of life into a vast, and quiet sea Along the e have found as many enemies as we found new friends, but that never stopped us”

”We now live as a beacon within the darkness A darkness inside which alk unaware of our surroundings, or next encounter I should know, as I have spent the last seventy thousand years pushi+ng that line to make a little contribution to the community I serve Unfortunately, we have stumbled upon an enemy that cannot be turned into a friend An ene darkness of space”

”Ladies and gentleroup whose power rivals ours A group against which we cannot conduct a ithout catastrophic results” He said to the shock of rown froh conquest and partnershi+p with the groups they encountered in the space they explored, they had becoainst which no other faction could co at the moment it was found

Technically, just because they were the only power around, that did not roup of similar size, and even if there was another one, they would have to live far away in order to not have spotted After all, thanks to the help of the explorers, the universal government had already er than its own size

All of these circuovernroup siovernment existed Hence the surprise they felt when the old explorer revealed what the true objective of the One Above All truly was

”I know, I know” He said, interrupting theof both participants and observers ”We have encountered this new civilization only due to extremely odd events A wormhole A massive portal hidden by a black hole, which connects the borders of our territory to theirs”