Defying the Fate of Beheading

Chapter 716 374: Collision of World Wills, Secrets of the Four Divine Chosen_2

Now, Lumi has finally mended her wounds and ascended to legendary status.But Heisen Bansha has little lifespan remaining, and the possibility of breaking through to legendary status is virtually zero.

The Emperor is almost nailed to the golden throne.

Such an ending leaves us speechless.

It's too despairing.

Louis didn't dare to think deeper.

The Ense Empire is a notorious jinx.

He suspected whether they had been tainted with something dirty, otherwise, it's hard to explain why they are so unlucky to this extent.

He sighed and turned to General Locke, saying:

"I will talk to Beatrice about the matters concerning the Golden Land; this demiplane cannot yet disappear.

Once the demiplane is destroyed, we will have to directly face the fairies polluted by the abyssal will, and possibly demons breaking through space channels onto the Star Continent."

General Locke nodded: "Upon our return, we will urge the Secluded Forest Sea and other Elf Realms to fulfill their responsibilities; having already assisted them to this extent, they have no reason to shirk the duties they ought to bear."

Locke was full of resentment when he said this.

Fortunately, in any case, they had driven the oddly reactive fairies back.

However, Louis thought of the Cosmic Serpent, and a shadow flickered across his eyes once more.

...

[Location: Lokeshi Empire·Imperial Capital]

"Another place corrupted by the abyss?"

Across the communication crystal, Beatrice frowned, a grave look flashing in her eyes.

This was not good news.

Over the past few years, the frequency of attacks on the Star Continent from the bottomless abyss had increased significantly.

Louis said with some headache:

"Sometimes I wish the Hero Squad were still alive, and that our father wouldn't be restricted; if we had enough elite forces, there would be no reason to endure such pain today."

Beatrice shook her head and said:

"You know the situation with the Hero Squad; we simply had no choice at the time."

"Yes, so now we are left constrained."

By common reasoning, there are quite a few demigods and legendary beings on the Star Continent; facing things like the Underground City Demon King, normally there should be no need to fear.

But the problem is that the Underground City is not a place you can enter and exit at will.

The essence of the Underground City is fragments of the astral realm floating in the cosmos.

Once these world fragments are captured by the Star Continent, they gradually integrate into the Star Continent's world system.

This process of mutual fusion greatly benefits the development of the world itself.

Whether it's territorial expansion, the increase in various resources, or the acceleration in cultivation speed, it's an allure no nation can resist.

Or rather, wanting to refuse is futile.

The choice made by the world's will is nearly impossible to intervene with by humans.

Yet, in the process of integrating astral world fragments, there are always some worlds where life has not disappeared.

Because the world will of broken worlds is inherently problematic, leading to the frenzied behavior of life rooted in the worlds as they drift through the astral realm.

That's why these beings are labeled "magical creatures."

For they are indeed the lives most deeply affected by demonic influences.

Yet the Star Continent can't instantly consume world fragments, and the remnant wills of those fragmented worlds will resist.

The so-called "Underground City" is the core zone where the rules of the two realms collide.

During the peak period of resistance from the broken world, even if the will of the stars can access the broken world, it cannot bypass the rule limitations.

Champions from the Star Continent who enter the Underground City will inevitably be suppressed by the will of the fragmented world.

This manifests on the level of profession, indicating that neither legends nor demigods can enter the Underground City.

Although later on, nations developed technologies to forcibly enter the Underground City bypassing the world's will, they still couldn't prevent the suppression of legends and demigods' profession levels to the peak of exemplar.

Even those below the peak of exemplar would experience varying degrees of weakness, with some profession skills becoming ineffective.

However, the inhabitants of the Underground City would not face such restrictions.

In other words, even if the occupation levels of the Underground City's inhabitants are initially lower than those from the stars, they would have a valuable period of development under the influence of the fragmented world's will.

Moreover, due to world fusion, the occupation level cap of the fragmented world would be broken.

This would undoubtedly lead to a batch of champions surpassing the original world cap being born in a short time within the Underground City.

To put it in Louis's words, that's equivalent to "Zhang Sanfeng from The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber suddenly crossing into Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan, instantly possessing the potential to shatter the void."

In this situation, the sooner the indigenous people of the Underground City are dealt with, the smaller the impact when they strike.

The later they are dealt with, the faster they grow, possibly even turning the tables.

——A classic case is the elves.

Back then, when they descended in full might upon the new continent, they indeed stunned the various nations.

However, there was an even more hellish joke.

It is said that during the strongest era of the Elf Realm, fearing the emergence of a second "elf" in Underground City, they decisively sent an elite squad of elves into it.

They planned to destroy the enemy in the bud.

Yet the funny thing occurred; that elf elite specially enhanced the skills of [Tracking Arrow].

However, upon entering the Underground City, they found the Tracking Arrow was disabled.

The outcome, naturally, was the complete annihilation of that elite squad.

Even the Elf Realm at its peak was like this, saying nothing of other nations.

The suppression of legends and demigods to exemplar class doesn't mean they are stronger than the peak of exemplars.

Though they possess higher realms, many can manipulate the rules greatly by leveraging the bonuses brought by occupation levels.

Louis recalled the Ense's financial reports back then, trying pressure a batch of top demigods to exemplar level and battle Max.

The result, unsurprisingly, was Max's consistent victories.

No sign of a loss was evident.

More importantly, the Hero Squad was different.

The Hero Squad represented a "spearhead" chosen by the world's will to break the opponent's rule constraints.

The heroes themselves would be blessed by the world, gaining stronger powers.

Members of "the summoned Hero Squad," blessed by the starlight will, are unaffected by the opponent.

Especially Max.

He could breakthrough to legendary anytime back then; but having foreseen future disasters through his power, he chose to suppress his strength.

Eventually, with the Emperor willingly stepping down, Max became the hero.

Once inside the Underground City, Max ascended to legendary status within minutes.

Since he achieved legendary status inside the Underground City, the usual restrictions on legends and demigods there were bypassed.

Moreover, being in the Saint Realm with hero blessings, Max could empower himself and his teammates.

Following all these buffs, each Hero Squad member effectively reached legendary combat power, and even at an unrestricted legendary peak level.

At the time, Little Martial Venerable Grave and Maid Leader Lumi were particularly empowered to possess demigod strength.

As for Max, having reached legendary status, there's more to say.

His power then could be termed "great terror" among demigods.

Bluntly put, it was a rule spearhead forged out of world will; the strength it could deploy within the Underground City equaled that of a whole nation.

——Considering the suppression of legends and demigods, a squad possessing legend and demigod combat abilities truly could combat nations.

Yet who would have thought, despite assembling the Hero Squad promptly, they still fell against the Demon King chosen by four gods.

Pain!

So much pain!

Failing to remove Demon King Helmer immediately allowed the situation to snowball to an irreparable state.

Upon this thought, Louis looked at the communication crystal and solemnly said:

"Beatrice, is everything alright over in Yin Soul City?"

"For now, it's temporarily alright, but whether issues will arise later is hard to say."

"With the Golden Land and Cosmic Serpent, these first and second calamities have erupted successively; other major disasters cannot be guaranteed to not follow suit, and the pressure we will face will be unprecedented."

Louis said with a heavy heart: "I have a premonition that Lokeshi will bear the brunt of the impact; otherwise, Your Majesty wouldn't have sent me here for assistance."