Chapter 350: Entering the Realm (2/2)
”At the same time, all of you should be aware that the Ascended's Realm was created by one of our ancestors, and the beasts within the realm are all gathered from outside of our world. They have no fear or subservience towards Sovereign Beasts.
”Be aware that inside the Ascended's Realm, you are all equal. The humans and the beasts that enter will all be treated equally, and it is impossible to gather the beasts under your command.
”When the Ascended's Realm opens here, it will open quite a few rifts all over the world. Some of them at specific locations, such as the Eight Great Families from the Huang Continent.
”There will be at least one rift in every continent, and I think that many have already gotten information about our opening date, so many will enter the realm together with you.
”These people will prove to be the most dangerous thing you will encounter in the entire realm. Since we are from different continents, no one cares about killing and looting.
”At the same time, you also need to be aware that this realm will be open for a full year. During this year, you will have to gather all the lucky chances you can and enhance your strength tremendously.
”You are the next generation that will lead the Demon Phoenix Continent to greater heights; we need you to enhance your strength as soon as possible.”
Everyone felt emotional after listening to the Emperor. Their chests swelled with pride when they thought about how they were the hope of the continent. They were all eager to do their best.
The only one who was looking slightly gloomy was the First Prince. Although he had already expected that he would not be the leader, he had never expected that his royal father would appoint Xue Wei, an outsider, the new leader of the entire Demon Phoenix Continent team.
Xue Wei was not feeling too proud of being the leader of this team. He understood that since he had been made the leader, he was also made into the one who was responsible for their survival. This was something he would rather not be connected to.
After he stopped speaking, everyone was excited. The geniuses did not care about who was their leader was as they knew it would not be them. However, the princes were all quite disappointed with the decision made by the Emperor. They all had a hope that they would be able to lead the group to gain significant achievements that could be used to convince others to support them in the fight for the throne.
If Xue Wei knew what they were thinking, he would gladly throw this hot potato back in their hands, but considering the kindness that the Emperor had given him, he decided to do an excellent job to protect the members of the Demon Phoenix Continent.
Time ticked by slowly as everyone was waiting. As the sun stood highest ion the sky, a tremor suddenly ran through the ground, and the air started vibrating.
A massive crack appeared in the space just in front of the many geniuses, princes, and experts who were waiting for the Ascended's Realm to emerge.
Meanwhile, all over the entire world, cracks like this one started appearing. Some places, it was in remote and desolate areas, other places it was like the palace, in the middle of a training field.
On one continent, Lan was leaning back on a chair as he looked at a group of youngsters in front of him.
”Miss Wang, are you sure you wish to do this?” he asked, his lips curved into a grin as he looked at the leader of the group.
An alluring young woman was standing there, her hair was tied on top of her head, and she was wearing a beautiful green dress.
”I will not back down! I will use this year to enhance my strength and the strength of my Murdering Heavens Sect. When we return a year from now, we will be able to kill all the Primordial Beasts and let the humans emerge victorious in this war!”
Lan smiled slightly and looked into the sky above. He took a long time before he finally asked, ”What will you do if you meet him there?”
Wang Xiaoyun's face turned rigid when hearing Lan's question, and her movements towards the crack stagnated.
”If he causes problems, then I will kill him,” she finally said with a low voice, but even she could hear how unconvincing she sounded.
”I see,” Lan said no more; he just observed as the green-clad woman entered into the crack, closely followed by nineteen other humans all below the age of fifty.
When she had vanished, Lan's usually cheerful eyes turned sad, and he looked into the sky. ”Ling'er why weren't you as strong?” he muttered to himself before he sighed deeply and vanished.
Back at the Demon Phoenix Continent, the experts and Xue Wei all went into the crack. It was similar to the time when they had entered the dimensional tunnel, and thus Xue Wei and the others were on high alert. If they encountered a space-storm, they would be done for.
Fortunately, they did not encounter any of them and moments after they reached the exit.
When they exited the tunnel, all of them instantly felt a heavy pressure on their bodies.
It was as if they had entered a gravity field, the pressure on their shoulders made it so that they even the speed of which the Qi was circling in their meridians had slowed down.
Sensing this, Xue Wei felt an urge to curse. He had not been told about this, if he knew he would have long since given up on being the leader.
He knew that if they did not adapt to this pressure fast, they would be dead in the hands of the residential beasts within days.
These beasts were used to this pressure and would be much more agile than them; they would also be much stronger than them, having lived their entire lives in such an environment.
Looking around, Xue Wei found that they had arrived in a forest. The forest was quiet, no one could hear anything, not even the sound of beasts, and his already grave expression turned ugly.
”Everyone, gather together,” he said with a low voice as he looked around. Every sense in his body was telling him that this was an immensely dangerous place they had encountered.
As Xue Wei had spoken, many instantly followed the orders, but a few of the princes refused to listen to Xue Wei. They would not acknowledge him as their leader.