504 Here comes the Climax (1/2)

”The historical story of the world from twenty thousand years ago was also what was replicated in the seventh level!”

The Infernal Queen had not only pushed the story forward by seven thousand years, she had also silently pushed the story to its second stage!

Now, it was finally the true history that began describing the seventh level's world!

Shi Xiaobai turned slightly attentive. If the story the Infernal Queen was telling him had anything worth his concern, it was undoubtedly the historical period replicated in the seventh level. If the trial-takers had not intervened, what direction would the story lead to? What would happen to King Leonis, the gatekeeper giant, Field Marshal Awesomo, the true Infernal King, Infernal Queen, and Celestial King?

The Infernal Queen seemed to realize something as she suddenly said with a chuckle, ”About twenty thousand years ago, at a particular year's Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament, the Infernal King had disguised himself as a Braveheart and participated in the tournament at Transcendence. In the end...the tiny precarious boat of peace capsized!”

The cheeky words left Shi Xiaobai slightly surprised. The Infernal King had faked his identity as a Braveheart to participate in the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament? Why was the plot so familiar!?

Shi Xiaobai immediately began to anticipate the story's development.

The Infernal Queen gave a sly smile and did not go straight to the main plotline and instead asked, ”Darling, you have stayed in the Infernal domain for a period of time. You must have heard of some hair-raising wails from every corner of the Infernal domain at dawn every day, right?”

Shi Xiaobai was also used to the Infernal Queen's 'wicked' habit of keeping and building suspense. He helplessly nodded. The wails at dawn were indeed hair-raising. Furthermore, it filled every corner of the Infernal domain as if every Infernal was screaming in pain at the same time. In the beginning, he had believed that a calamity had befallen but he later found out that it was a 'daily occurrence' in the Infernal domain.

The Infernal Queen said, ”That is the side effect left behind by that infectious disease. Every day at dawn, the Infernals would experience a burning sensation that they cannot bear. It would result in them wailing for more than half an hour. There had even been countless Infernals that had committed suicide because of this torture over millennia. In fact, the Celestials, who had similarly been infected, had a similar side effect. However, the Celestials would only feel an extreme bone-biting chill at dusk. Similarly, it was excruciatingly painful.”

The infection was indeed unprecedented. It had not only created the Infernals and Celestials, but it had also inflicted them with suffering on a daily basis. What sort of infection could result in such exaggerated effects?

Shi Xiaobai pondered in his heart but he did not raise any questions. However, he slowly opened his mouth and finally broke his silence.

”What did the Infernal King do at the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament?”

Shi Xiaobai was more concerned about that matter. And from his point of view, that was the 'main plot' of the historical story. However, the Infernal Queen had insisted on being draggy on 'sub-plots'. It had left him impatient.

”Darling sure is impatient. That's right. Darling would want to know if the Infernal King who he had 'acted as' had done the same as he did. It's only to be expected.”

The Infernal Queen chuckled and said, ”The true historical Infernal King had disguised himself as a Braveheart and not only did he clinch the championship of the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament, he had gone one step further. He had killed King Leonis at the finals!”

Shi Xiaobai was astonished. The Infernal King had killed King Leonis? No wonder the tiny boat of peace capsized!

The Infernal Queen said with a chuckle, ”Back then, the Infernal King was affected by the deep-rooted belief of every past Infernal King—the Transcendents were still the strongest race in the world. Therefore, despite him committing atrocities, he had never dared to offend the Transcendents. He believed that his battle with the Transcendents' King Leonis would result in defeat or even an abject defeat. He never expected that the toxins accumulated in the Transcendence Holy Tree had long resulted in their decline. King Leonis could only barely reach the fourth Transcendent transformation! The Infernal King was unaware of the fact that King Leonis was that weak so he had accidentally killed him!”

As the Infernal King did not know that King Leonis was too weak, he had not held back and ended up killing King Leonis?

Eh? So be it the replicated history or the true history, King Leonis was actually such an aggrieved existence!

Shi Xiaobai could not help but chuckle. Although he was listening to the same story, listening to the original historical story and a similar adapted story felt completely different.

Shi Xiaobai immediately wiped his smile away. He felt a lot better.

How should it be put? If you can't prevent it, you might as well enjoy it?

The Infernal Queen was very pleased with Shi Xiaobai's reaction. She turned even more excited as she continued narrating the story. ”The Infernal King had not only killed King Leonis from his infiltration of Transcendence. He realized the truth that the Transcendents were declining.”

”More importantly, when Transcendence ushered in a new dawn, he felt a cool refreshing feeling, relieving the burning pains that he suffered and endured every morning. The pain from the burns was greatly reduced and the time he had to endure it was cut short. The Infernal King discovered the power of the Transcendence Holy Tree's favor!”

When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he had vaguely guessed at the future development. With the weakening of Transcendence exposed and that the fact that the Transcendence Holy Tree could reduce the excruciating torment the Infernals endured on a daily basis, the Infernal King was bound to covet the Transcendence Holy Tree. Furthermore, the Infernal King was never one to stay within his confines, or why would he have disguised himself as a Braveheart?

Indeed, what the Infernal Queen described next was how the Infernal King began planning to invade Transcendence after returning to the Infernal domain. Furthermore, there were wise people among the Infernals who posited a guess—Could the infection that transformed the D'yaeans be an after-effect of them separating from the Transcendence Holy Tree?

It was very likely and it could explain the strange illness that had plagued the Infernals and Celestials.

As such, the Transcendence Holy Tree became even more important. The Infernal domain planned on invading Transcendence with full force, conquering their land and taking the Transcendence Holy Tree for itself!

”However, there were Celestial spies hidden in the ruling upper echelons of the Infernal domain. Therefore, the Celestial domain learned that the Transcendence Holy Tree could stop the chilling pain that plagued the Celestials for millennia. Immediately, the Celestial King broke the agreement of staying isolated. Similarly, he sent his troops to attack Transcendence!”

The Infernal Queen said, ”Although the Infernals and Celestials had an enmity that spanned generations, under the allure of the Transcendence Holy Tree, they decided to join forces to 'clean out' the Transcendents before discussing the splitting of Transcendence. And at that moment, King Leonis was dead.”

”Transcendence was in chaos, so how could it withstand the combined invasion of the Infernals and Celestials? But seeing as Transcendence was about to fall, the Transcendence Holy Tree suddenly bestowed its power onto six Transcendents, making them much stronger. They became the Hexstar Bravehearts.”

”Later on, the Celestial King had suddenly betrayed his alliance because of the shocking power that the Infernal King and the Infernal domain had shown. He joined forces with the Hexstar Bravehearts and killed the strongest Infernal King! However, the Infernal King had given his all to inflict a mortal wound on the Celestial King. Such a turn of events greatly weakened both the Infernals and Celestials!”

The Hexstar Bravehearts' birth and the sudden betrayal of the Celestial King resulted in Transcendence, which was certainly doomed, to survive. It also, unfortunately, resulted in the strongest Infernal King to die in combat. And this historical fact was the reason why the seventh level had designated the clearance condition for Shi Xiaobai, who had been designated as the Infernal King, to kill either the Hexstar Bravehearts or the Celestial King.