"Why should I take the risk?"
Wu Xiaode said calmly.
Teddy, however, sighed and said, "You should have said so earlier. If you had, I wouldn’t have taught you just now. We can wait until you think it’s okay to teach you the Door Opening Skill."
"Teaching now is fine too, I’m not going anyway," Wu Xiaode shrugged.
Teddy fell silent for a mont.
Sensing so implication, Wu Xiaode mused, "Is it too late?"
"It’s too late," Teddy nodded.
"Well, we’ll play it safer next ti," Wu Xiaode sighed.
"Yeah, safer next ti," Teddy sighed too.
"So what about now?"
"Now we have to go."
Wu Xiaode shrugged his shoulders, turning up his Luminous Flas to the maximum.
In a flash of lightning—
A bolt of lightning appeared out of nowhere, materializing into the Thunder Light Gate, which burst open in the Void.
Gray mist enveloped the gate.
Within the gray haze, a massive tomb several tens of ters high appeared faintly visible.
Then, screams arose.
—The voice seed to be that of the green-faced man from earlier.
What’s going on!
In a flash of thought, Wu Xiaode suddenly realized sothing.
As if responding to his intention, the Book of the Dead violently fell down.
He placed his hand on the page and shouted:
"Summon—"
Almost simultaneously, the Thunder Light Gate spread instantly, engulfing him within.
...
The earth was riddled with holes.
On closer inspection, the entire world resembled a honeycomb, and the ground surface was just a mbrane wrapped around it.
A faint, continuous sound ca from deep underground.
The Void flashed.
Wu Xiaode arrived.
Wrapped in the Luminous Flas of Everday City, he instantly completed the summoning he had begun earlier.
—Shadow Followers, summon!
A figure erged from behind him, releasing an astonishing aura, and darted toward the distant great tomb.
Blood Youth!
Conversely, Wu Xiaode imdiately retreated to a nondescript corner and hunkered down there motionlessly.
—Wu Xiaode wasn’t sure why he chose that corner.
Perhaps it was because the ground there had fewer dense holes, or maybe sothing fallen on the ground attracted him. In any case—
He subconsciously chose a place to settle.
Back to Blood Youth.
"Hahaha, so this is the place, hahaha, unbelievable!"
While laughing madly as she ran, she waved her hands and attacked randomly.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Waves of magic flew from her hands, blasting everything in their path into chaos, swirling through the air.
—In the mont of being forcibly transported, Wu Xiaode had summoned her.
As long as there were enemies—
She would draw all the attention, while Wu Xiaode imdiately sought cover.
"Do you recognize this place?"
Wu Xiaode sent the ssage telepathically.
Blood Youth’s response imdiately rang in his ear:
"I don’t recognize it, just instinctively feel it’s ominous. Master, if there’s any trouble, please understand and unsummon , I don’t want to die yet."
"You are undying," Wu Xiaode said.
"That’s against destruction, but this place feels worse than destruction, Master," Blood Youth said.
Wu Xiaode felt a chill.
He quickly surveyed his surroundings.
Under his feet were heaps of bones scattered with various fragnts and objects.
—This small area lacked many holes because the piled-up items covered the ground.
"Let’s see what all these are," Teddy said.
As soon as he spoke—
Rows of ice crystal letters appeared before Wu Xiaode’s eyes:
"Core of a Blazing Hearth."
"Law condensate, treasure, enhances the world’s fire and earth laws."
"Wind Trace Crystal."
"Rootless Treasure, accelerates world evolution, commands the movent of clouds and rain."
"Dream Demon Bone."
"Rare divine bone, enhances the talents and abilities of all beings."
"Breath Soil."
"Superdinsional Weapon, an annihilator."
...
All treasures!
And they were treasures usable only by world-class life forms!
"Be careful, all these bones co from world-class life forms, countless worlds have died here!"
Teddy said vigilantly.
Sensing sothing, Wu Xiaode suddenly looked up.
He saw the green-faced man erge from the other side of the great tomb, bloodied all over, bellowing:
"Mother of All Things, you wait, soday—"
From the densely packed holes on the ground, suddenly countless spikes shot out and in an instant, pierced into the body of the man with the green face.
Sizzling—
He didn’t even finish his sentence before his body was completely drained, leaving only a skin-wrapped skeleton that collapsed to the ground.
Wu Xiaode watched this scene from a distance, feeling a chill rising in his heart.
This World Master was treated like a drink, his body emptied of everything, leaving only skin and bones.
At the sa ti.
The voice of Blood Youth, full of panic, erged in Wu Xiaode’s ear:
"Quick! Master, I beg you to let go! Whatever you ask of in the future, I am willing, but this ti, please let leave here!"
—Even she, who was immortal, was frightened?
Wu Xiaode looked toward the distant Blood Youth.
From beneath the ground, dense tendrils had extended and were entwining her body, already trapping her hands and feet.
A long tendril with a spike on its end erged and aid at her forehead.
—She was done for!
Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the Book of the Dead and silently recited:
"Shadow Followers, cancel summoning."
In an instant.
Blood Youth disappeared from this world.
The tendrils lost their target, suddenly relaxed, seemingly confused, and swirled about in place for a while, unwilling to retract into the ground.
What sort of ghostly thing was this?
Wu Xiaode placed his hand on the Desert Sword, readying himself for defense.
—He too felt the terror of this place!
"Teddy, do you know what this is?" he asked.
"My database supposedly contains everything... but I have no idea," Teddy said bewildered.
Suddenly.
Lines of ice crystal characters suddenly appeared in front of Wu Xiaode:
"You completed the task ’Follow’!"
"You have indeed reached the ’???? Tomb’ and witnessed the world being killed."
"Current card task completed."
"As an uninvited guest who could enter this place, you are the first in history."
"Your actions made the second card realize sothing:"
"If one wishes to take a gamble, there is no better choice than you, and the bet must be placed imdiately."
"—True cards choose their owners in the threads of fate, not the other way around."
"Congratulations!"
"You have obtained the second of the Laws’ graveyard deck:"
"Heir of the World Tree."
"Special Card, the Fountain of Blessing for All Beings, the Curse King of All Growth, the second of the Laws’ graveyard deck."
"Description: Overlay this card on one of your skills to instantly enhance the skill by one level for an hour."
"—Any skill can be enhanced this way, without exception."
"After using it three tis consecutively, it requires seven days to cool down before it can be used again."
"Also:"
"You can consult this card at any ti to receive ssages about the third of the Laws’ graveyard deck."
Wu Xiaode looked at the Book of the Dead.
Next to "Eternal Night Star," a new card had appeared.
On the card was a burning giant tree, with tender green leaves blowing away in the wind of the Void around the tree.
The "Eternal Night Star" was the first, and it was almost cooled down.
This "Heir of the World Tree" was the second.
—He finally got it!
Now that he had obtained it, what was he waiting for—
Use it!
Wu Xiaode drew this card from the Book of the Dead and declared:
"Activate ’Heir of the World Tree,’ overlay ’Everday City’!"
All was quiet around.
The persistent unease and threat lingering in Wu Xiaode’s mind vanished.
Not only did he not feel any threats—
At this mont, he even felt an extraordinary sense of safety.
He had originally crouched over a pile of treasures, hand on sword, ready to attack or defend at any mont.
However, at this mont, he stood up without any reservations, safely observing his surroundings.
"This is truly marvelous... and it makes my journey back and forth, through all the hardships, and even reaching this deadly place, worthwhile," Wu Xiaode whispered softly.
Lines of ice crystal characters were now appearing on the Book of the Dead:
"Your skill ’Everday City’ has been forcibly elevated by one level, effective for the next hour."
"Current skill na:"
"Fantasy Land."
"On the basis of the preceding skill’s attributes, added power as follows:"
"You no longer create fragnts of parallel worlds, but have created a dreamscape."
"All enemy attacks on the dreamscape are completely ineffective."
"Of course, you in the dreamscape cannot attack anything in the real world either."
"Unless invited by you, no one can access the dreamscape where you exist."
Wu Xiaode walked slowly on the land riddled with holes.
All the places he passed through remained silent, as if he were in another world.
An inaccessible world.
Wu Xiaode walked a distance forward, around to the front of the grand tomb.
There he saw the Mother of All Things kneeling.
Densely packed tubes extended from underground, attaching to her body and undulating as if injecting sothing into her.
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