Qiu Chika Appears

As Qiu Chika, Pue, and the other indigenous powerhouses began to act, Luo Feng, Cangjin King, and Zizhong King, the three great powerhouses, were driven into a frenzy.

“Escape, escape, escape!” Luo Feng’s wings vibrated like a phantom, constantly flying and turning through the winding corridor.

“This Cangjin King is too strong!”

“A Pinnacle King, this is a Pinnacle King! His strength far exceeds a King-level peak. Even if Yechen King self-destructed, he couldn’t harm him.” Luo Feng’s heart was filled with anxiety. “Even my combined Insectoid King army can’t do anything to him. If I were to clash with him head-on, he could easily kill my Earthling true body by burning just a bit of his immortal divine power. Once my Earthling true body falls, it would be troublesome. The corridor space in this sacrificial tower is simply too small; my Golden Horned Beast clone can’t even come out to fight!”

The Golden Horned Beast clone’s strength was much greater than the Earthling true body’s, but unfortunately, the space inside the sacrificial tower was too small for it.

“Human, stop running, give up,” Cangjin King roared via telepathy, relentlessly pursuing him from behind.

“Boom!”

“Boom!”

From his eyes, thick bolts of lightning occasionally burst forth. In the corridor, the lightning’s speed naturally far surpassed Luo Feng’s. The moment the lightning struck Luo Feng, it transformed into countless electric snakes, forming an electric net. It was as if he was bound by countless ropes, greatly affecting Luo Feng’s speed. After struggling desperately to break free, Cangjin King’s second wave of obstruction arrived.

Bolt after bolt of lightning...

Leaving Luo Feng in agony!

“If it weren’t for this corridor environment, I would have long since widened the distance between us. If the distance is great enough, that lightning wouldn’t be able to touch me,” Luo Feng thought, his wings vibrating as he desperately fled.

“He can really run,” Cangjin King also chased desperately from behind.

He continuously hampered Luo Feng, yet could only manage to keep from being shaken off. This also made Cangjin King feel quite disheartened.

...The two of them, one chasing, one fleeing, while Zizhong King, behind Cangjin King, was also in pursuit.

“Cangjin King is truly ruthless and vicious. He used Yechen King to kill Bingren,” Zizhong King’s eyes flickered with cold light. “Bingren, Cangjin King, and I are all from the Mechanical Race faction. Those within the same faction absolutely dare not kill each other. Once we do, especially if it’s broadcast to the virtual universe... we would face a collective hunt from the Mechanical Race faction, with no escape.”

“So...”

“Cangjin King wants to monopolize the treasure, but he doesn’t dare to act personally.”

“Now that Bingren has fallen, it’s essentially him using another’s hand to kill,” Zizhong King secretly fumed. “Hmph, no matter what, he only managed to use another’s hand to kill; he still didn’t dare to directly attack a comrade from the same faction. And I’m not Bingren... even if Huci King and others self-destruct, I wouldn’t necessarily fall.”

“Cangjin King, you want to monopolize the treasure? Hmph...” Idea after idea flashed through Zizhong King’s mind.

Comrades from the same faction didn’t necessarily mean they had good feelings for each other; it was only due to military regulations that they dared not kill each other. Violating military regulations... not only would the super powerhouses of the Mechanical Race act, but even the super entities within Cangjin King’s own race would move to kill him.

...Luo Feng, Cangjin King, and Zizhong King fled along the corridor, each with their own intentions.

“The exit to the core area is just ahead,” Luo Feng exerted all his strength to escape.

Swish!

With a flash of phantom, Luo Feng arrived before the exit of the core area. The six passages were still open, but to Luo Feng’s astonishment... at the exit of the passages, floated a powerful alien immortal deity, clad in purple armor and possessing six arms. He was emitting waves of divine power, completely blocking the passage exit.

“An indigenous powerhouse from the Yanji Continent?” Luo Feng was greatly startled by his appearance, but at this moment, he couldn’t afford to be surprised.

“Get out of the way!” Luo Feng roared, about to charge out.

Whoosh!

This powerful alien immortal deity with six arms suddenly extended and enlarged his arms, blocking all six passages. When Luo Feng charged towards one passage... that particular arm was like an impregnable barrier. The enlarged, massive palm directly slapped Luo Feng backward.

“Haha, an indigenous powerhouse from the Yanji Continent? Thank you very much,” Cangjin King laughed as he appeared, transmitting his voice simultaneously.

Swoosh!

Zizhong King also appeared.

Luo Feng, Cangjin King, and Zizhong King all stood on the ground, while the indigenous powerhouse from the Yanji Continent blocked all six exit passages. Moreover, his strength was truly at the King-level peak. Luo Feng might have an advantage in speed, but trying to force his way out... his strength was indeed far inferior.

“Luo Feng, who is this?” A streak of light flew from afar; it was Huci King, who had been flying along another corridor. Huci King landed and also looked at the indigenous powerhouse in astonishment. “An indigenous powerhouse?”

Luo Feng, Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and Huci King, these four powerhouses, looked at each other, then turned to look at the indigenous powerhouse.

“You remnant of the Yanji Continent, you escaped the catastrophe back then, and you still dare to show yourself?” Cangjin King shouted. The four powerhouses present all knew that if they reported discovering a remnant of the Yanji Continent, they could. However, the military system didn’t have a strict requirement for this; perhaps chasing those remnants...

The military system never considered it the responsibility of these warriors.

Moreover, the sacrificial tower involved a treasure, and Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and others didn’t want to attract more powerhouses.

“Greetings, alien enemies.” The indigenous powerhouse floating there was plump, but his smile was chilling. “I really wish you all would die, but since you all want to escape this sacrificial tower, I have no choice but to reveal myself. First, let me introduce myself: I am Qiu Chika, a survivor of the Yanji Continent. Back then, my Yanji Continent suffered a devastating disaster. At that time, I was merely an ordinary immortal. Countless years have passed, and while the long passage of time has left me incredibly lonely, it has also granted me immense power.”

“You’ve been here all this time?”

Cangjin King, Zizhong King, Huci King, and Luo Feng were all startled.

“Yes, I’ve been monitoring your every move inside the sacrificial tower,” the indigenous Qiu Chika said with a smile, a smile that was eerily chilling. “Originally, I wanted to scheme... to make you all kill each other off, the more of you aliens who died, the better. You destroyed my race back then, so the more of you who die today, the better.”

“But I wanted the token more.”

“I didn’t expect you, fellow, to have collected the tokens of the two fallen powerhouses,” Qiu Chika pointed at Cangjin King from afar.

Cangjin King frowned slightly. This indigenous powerhouse actually knew he had collected the tokens; it seemed he truly had been monitoring the entire sacrificial tower.

“What do you want the tokens for?” Cangjin King demanded.

“You said you schemed...” Luo Feng, however, frowned. “Could it be that treasure chamber...”

Zizhong King, Huci King, and Cangjin King were all startled upon hearing this.

“Clever,” the indigenous Qiu Chika praised. “Finally, there’s a clever one among you aliens, haha. I’ve been inside the sacrificial tower for a long time, and that treasure chamber has always been open... If there were any real treasures, I would have taken them long ago. Why would I wait for you to take them? Those three treasure chests... they were just empty boxes. Anyway, you couldn’t detect that, they were merely tools to make you kill each other.”

“What!”

“Empty boxes?”

“For empty boxes, Yechen King and Bingren, two King-level powerhouses, fell?” Huci King roared. Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and Luo Feng were all astonished.

Everyone had fought fiercely for this treasure, and Cangjin King, Huci King, and Zizhong King had all been injured, losing some immortal divine bodies.

“Human,” the indigenous Qiu Chika looked at Luo Feng. “When you obtained those three treasure chests, you should have seen the text. It clearly stated that only members of my own race could open the boxes. I naturally opened them long ago, obtained some of the treasures, and left empty boxes to scheme against you.”

“There was indeed such text,” Luo Feng and Zizhong King both frowned slightly.

“Zizhong King, did you see that text?” Cangjin King transmitted his voice. Zizhong King also transmitted his voice: “Yes, there was indeed such content. And when we discovered that chamber, the treasure chamber door was open, and this indigenous powerhouse knows our every move like the back of his hand, clearly monitoring us all along. If he could monitor us, he must have known about the open treasure chamber long ago, and if there were treasures, he would have taken them already.”

“Mm,” Cangjin King also agreed with this point.

“If you don’t believe me, you can give me a treasure chest, and I’ll open it for you to see,” the indigenous Qiu Chika sneered.

“Luo Feng, bring out your treasure chest,” Cangjin King looked at Luo Feng.

“Bring it out,” Zizhong King said.

Luo Feng frowned slightly, but still flipped his hand and took out one of the treasure chests. This chest was covered with complex sacrificial secret patterns, and no amount of brute force could open it. Luo Feng casually tossed it over.

After the indigenous Qiu Chika received it, he ran his hand along the edge of the treasure chest, and with a click, easily opened the lid.

Cangjin King, Zizhong King, Luo Feng, and Huci King all stared intently.

The box was empty; there was nothing inside.

“An empty treasure chest,” Cangjin King’s eyes were filled with rage as he roared, “Bastard.” He had even burned some of his immortal divine body, only to now realize that the treasure chest he had fought for was empty. Although the material of the box itself was valuable, in Cangjin King’s eyes, it was utterly insignificant.

What he wanted was...

The treasure of some of the indigenous tribes of the Yanji Continent who fled back then!

“Haha...” the indigenous Qiu Chika laughed. “If this human hadn’t escaped so quickly, almost getting out of the core area, I wouldn’t have revealed myself. The more you kill each other, the better.”

“If you hadn’t revealed yourself, we wouldn’t have known you were here. Why did you reveal yourself?” Cangjin King said in a low voice.

Luo Feng, Zizhong King, and Huci King also stared at the indigenous powerhouse.

The indigenous Qiu Chika glanced at Cangjin King and the other three powerhouses with a hint of disgust. “You aliens, if it weren’t for the true treasure in the sacrificial tower, I wouldn’t bother with you.”

“True treasure?” Luo Feng was secretly startled.

Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and the others were also stunned.

“Haha... you wouldn’t think that a treasure chamber that even a King-level peak powerhouse’s self-destruction could damage would hide a truly great treasure, would you?” the indigenous Qiu Chika sneered. “You wouldn’t think... that I, having obtained the treasure, would still waste time here with you, risking my life, would you?”

“That’s right,” Luo Feng, Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and Huci King all realized.

How could the treasure of a racial inheritance be protected by such a fragile chamber?

“Treasures are divided into overt and covert,” the indigenous Qiu Chika said coldly. “The overt one is the chamber you saw; there were indeed treasures in the treasure chests, but they were very ordinary. The covert one... that’s where the true treasure of the race is hidden.”

“The overt treasure could only be opened by members of my own race.”

“But the true great treasure, the covert one, not only requires a member of my own race but also requires carrying a token to open it. Possessing a token... is a symbol of status. Members without a token are not qualified to open it,” the indigenous Qiu Chika said. “When my race fled back then, the universe lords within my race were also worried about ordinary members being soul-controlled, so only those carrying tokens could open the great treasure. And those carrying tokens... were all King-level existences! Soul-controlling a King-level... is a very difficult thing.”

Luo Feng, Cangjin King, Zizhong King, and Huci King all nodded secretly upon hearing this.

They had to admit.

What this indigenous powerhouse said was very reasonable, and everything made sense.

“If you leave, I will never be able to obtain the true treasure. Without a token, I can’t open it, but without me, you aliens can’t open it even if you have tokens,” the indigenous Qiu Chika looked at Luo Feng and the others. “My request is very simple: I want half of that great treasure!”