Strategy

In ancient times, the natives of the Yan Ji Continent suddenly faced a cataclysmic disaster. Back then, the Yan Ji Continent natives were just an ordinary race in the cosmos, with fewer than ten Universe Masters among them. Before the powerful beings who carved out battlefields for the four peak races, they trembled like ants.

Those few Universe Masters knew they would be the primary targets, and the possibility of escape was extremely low.

So, they quickly distributed their accumulated treasures and themselves to their clansmen. At that time, they were divided into 100 inheritance squads, with another 9,900 squads serving as decoys… The ten thousand sacrificial towers also varied in specifications. The 9,900 decoy squads were specifically designed to mislead the four peak races' pursuit, acting as cannon fodder… With some special sacrificial patterns, these sacrificial towers also possessed abilities like concealing aura, masking detection, and spatial lockdown.

However, the materials used to construct these sacrificial towers were far inferior.

In fact…

There were many differences between the 100 inheritance squads and the 9,900 decoy squads.

For instance, regarding the leaders, each true inheritance squad had six King-level Undying powerhouses leading them. But the 9,900 ordinary squads were led by six Marquis-level Undyings!

Their treasures were also different.

The 9,900 ordinary squads had very few treasures.

The inheritance squads… truly possessed a vast amount of treasures, genuinely meant for the continuation of their race.

And clearly—

The six leaders of the sacrificial tower that Luo Feng and his companions detected and entered were all King-level Undyings, making it one of the 100 inheritance sacrificial towers from back then!

…

On the peak of the mountain, fierce winds howled.

The twelve King-level Undyings of this lineage, who had survived to this day and multiplied over countless years, looked at each other, their eyes burning with fervor and madness.

“Let’s go to the sacrificial tower,” the golden-robed powerhouse said.

“Mm.” The other eleven King-level Undyings nodded.

These twelve King-level Undyings swiftly moved along the water curtain, passing through it…

…

Inside the core control room of the sacrificial tower.

The twelve King-level Undying powerhouses, led by the golden-robed powerhouse, were all gathered in the control room. The intelligent robot also appeared right behind them.

“Master, look.” The intelligent robot pointed at the three-dimensional virtual projection. “The sacrificial tower monitors all areas. They are currently moving along the circular corridor.”

“Six of them.”

The golden-robed powerhouse stared intently. The six figures projected virtually were very clear: Yechen King, the Golden-eyed Winged Human; ‘Ice Blade’ of the Qichang race; the towering Cangjin King; and Luo Feng, clad in silver armor with silver wings… each was clearly displayed on the virtual projection.

“Humans and some weaker alien races,” the golden-robed powerhouse said in a low voice.

“Completely virtualize these six targets and simulate their auras,” ordered the rather plump King-level Undying standing nearby.

Immediately, six figures, identical in height and with simulated auras, floated in the control room.

Under the sacrificial tower’s aura simulation, at least 10% of the auras of Luo Feng and the other five powerhouses were simulated. The plumpest among the surviving Yan Ji Continent natives squinted his eyes, then softly said, “These six… should all be at the peak King-level. Perhaps with special treasures, their combat power could be even stronger.”

“What?”

“Third Brother!”

“Elder!”

The other powerhouses all looked at him. This ‘Third Brother’ was the one who, with his vigilance back then, had led a group of Undyings to teleport their God Kingdom to his own. Coupled with some clansmen already within the God Kingdom… this was how this lineage of Yan Ji Continent natives managed to survive. This ‘Third Brother’ was also the strongest among them, yet he rarely managed affairs. The overall manager of this lineage was instead the golden-robed powerhouse.

“Third Brother, are you sure?” The golden-robed powerhouse looked at him.

“Indeed, I, Qiu Chika, would not be mistaken,” the plump Qiu Chika revealed a faint smile. “And these six… are divided into two factions. Although they act together, they are hostile to each other. We still have a chance.”

“Ah.”

“Hostile factions?”

The golden-robed powerhouse and the other Undyings immediately observed carefully, quickly finding clues that strongly indicated the six powerhouses were indeed divided into two factions.

“This is our opportunity,” Qiu Chika said in a low voice. “However, in this battle, the weaker ones will be useless.”

“Elder!”

“Third Brother!”

This immediately caused some of the early King-level clansmen to cry out.

“Pue is a peak King-level, Latimo and Menbu are high King-level. The three of them and I, a total of four, will stay here. As for you, Big Brother, and the other eight, all return to your God Kingdoms,” Qiu Chika decided directly. “You are not very useful, and this battle is very perilous. We don’t possess many powerful secret techniques like these alien races; we’ve lost our inheritance, and many powerful secret techniques are gone… The eight of you must continue to lead our lineage.”

“For the sake of the race, go back,” Qiu Chika’s gaze swept over them.

The eight early King-level Undyings were all unwilling.

“Yes.”

“Yes, Elder.”

“For the race.”

One by one, they could only obey the orders of Elder Qiu Chika.

“Elder, Divine Master, you must all return.”

“You must come back alive.”

The eight early King-level Undyings were all worried.

“Don’t worry, we still need to send back the true inheritance secret techniques of our race,” Qiu Chika waved his hand. “Go.”

The eight King-level Undyings departed one by one along the water curtain.

Only the four strongest powerhouses of this lineage and the intelligent robot remained in the control room. In the past, the Yan Ji Continent natives lived in tribes. The general manager of a tribe was the ‘Divine Master,’ while the strongest individual was the ‘Elder.’ The Elder was responsible for guiding the tribe, and the Divine Master for managing it.

The four powerhouses:

Elder Qiu Chika, Divine Master Pue, Latimo, and Menbu—two peak King-level Undyings and two high King-level Undyings.

“The enemies will soon reach the core area entrance,” Qiu Chika pointed at the virtual projection. “And everyone knows that the treasures within the core area are divided into two treasure rooms and one inheritance room.”

“The two treasure rooms contain various expensive materials, weapons, and mysterious treasures.”

“The inheritance room, however, holds countless secret techniques accumulated by our race over ages, all perfectly suited to our clansmen’s life structures. A massive amount of secret techniques are in the inheritance room. With these secret techniques, we can bestow different techniques based on the descendants’ varying talents, cultivating powerhouses generation after generation,” Qiu Chika said in a low voice. “All twelve King-level Undyings of our lineage… are survivors from the era of disaster. Not a single King-level Undying was born and cultivated later. The main reason is the lack of many secret techniques, making it impossible to properly cultivate descendants, as the secret techniques we know… are merely one ten-thousandth of our race’s total secret techniques.”

“Our primary objective!”

“To seize the inheritance room and send its secret techniques back to the God Kingdom,” Qiu Chika then pointed to the other two chambers on the virtual projection. “These two are treasure rooms. One can be opened by any of our clansmen; we already obtained the treasures from that room. The other treasure room… requires a clansman with a token to open it.”

“Of the two treasure rooms, one has few treasures, and the other has many.”

“As far as I know, the second treasure room contains dozens of times more treasures than the first!” Qiu Chika said in a low voice. “Our second objective is this unopened treasure room.”

“Mm.”

The other three clansmen nodded.

The three treasure chambers had varying difficulties to open. The easiest to open, and the one with the fewest treasures, they had already obtained. Only the last two treasure chambers remained. One held treasures, and the other held secret techniques.

“Although treasures are precious, secret techniques are more important to our race.”

“Therefore, we must first do our utmost to seize the inheritance room,” Qiu Chika declared. “Don’t let the treasures confuse your minds. Those treasures are useful to you, but they are of little use for cultivating future generations of our race. Everything… is for the race!”

“Understood, Elder,” Menbu and Latimo nodded.

“Understood, Third Brother,” the golden-robed powerhouse Pue also nodded.

“Good,” Qiu Chika nodded. “We still have a great chance of getting both the ‘treasure room’ and the ‘inheritance room,’ because to open them, they must be our own clansmen.”

Pue, Menbu, and Latimo all nodded.

“Of course, we cannot confront them head-on. Once we reveal ourselves, they will join forces against us,” Qiu Chika pointed to the first treasure room, the one they had already opened. “This first treasure room… is where I plan for them to fight among themselves.”

“Elder, but we’ve emptied the first treasure room,” Menbu asked, puzzled.

“If it’s empty, we’ll just put some treasures back in it,” Qiu Chika scoffed. “The ‘treasure chests’ we obtained from the treasure room back then are still with me. These treasure chests are just boxes, at most made of expensive materials. We’ll throw those three treasure chests in there, but they’ll be empty inside. They’ll find the treasure chests… but their divine power won’t be able to detect anything… coupled with some last words from our ancestors…”

“Right, right.”

“It would be strange if they didn’t fight among themselves.”

“They’ll surely think we’re long dead, and with no other life in the sacrificial tower, they won’t be on guard.”

Qiu Chika nodded, saying, “It’s not that we’re clever, but that they won’t imagine there are still living Yan Ji clansmen here. Remember… their ignorance of our existence is our greatest advantage. Do not expose ourselves until the very last moment. I’ll go arrange the first treasure room now.”

Qiu Chika swiftly left the control room to set up the strategy.

He returned a moment later.

Inside the control room, the four powerhouses silently watched everything unfold.

“Six tokens.”

“They indeed all have tokens. The core area passage has opened.”

“We must find a way to obtain a token; only then can we open the inheritance room and the second treasure room.”

…

Crack, crack, crack~~~

The six passages all trembled and began to rotate simultaneously, slowly turning until they gradually aligned with a clear, unobstructed passage, then stopped.

The passage before them was completely clear.

“Core area.” Luo Feng carefully tucked his wings, moving through the passage, then leaped out onto the ground.

It was a spacious hall.

Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and Yechen King were already standing there.

“Yang.”

“Yang.”

Huci King also landed. Huci King and Luo Feng exchanged glances and both walked to Yechen King’s side. Meanwhile, Ice Blade, Cangjin King, and Zizhong King stood together.

“Be careful. We’ve entered the core area now. Before, we needed six powerhouses and six tokens to jointly open the passage, but now it’s unnecessary… battle could break out at any moment,” Yechen King transmitted. “Yang, especially you, your Undying Body is the weakest. That Cangjin King is extremely powerful and might target you first.”

“Understood,” Luo Feng nodded.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the distance, Cangjin King, Ice Blade, and Zizhong King instantly transformed into three streaks of light, splitting into two paths. Cangjin King swiftly flew along one corridor, while Ice Blade and Zizhong King also rapidly flew along another corridor, clearly already moving at top speed to search for treasures.