"Get ready!"
Once Mu Shen finished speaking, an Ascendant State expert flew over with an hourglass the size of a hill. He hovered it in the air and started counting.
"Let's go in!"
The Ascendant State experts from different star zones gave instructions to the contestants next to them.
They had all heard about the trial. Apart from survival, they had to find enough Divine Cores to advance to the top hundred, or they would be eliminated.
"Senior, should we join hands?"
A young man in the crowd asked You Long.
He was as strong as Dragon Emperor and the others in the group. He had seen the Golden Star Zone's qualifiers, so the first thing that came to his mind was to form an alliance.
That way, they would be able to survive and hunt Divine Cores more efficiently. He had already tasted the benefits of forming an alliance.
The others' eyes glittered as they looked at Su Ping and Diaz.
Both of them would be great allies if they were to form an alliance.
Diaz sneered when he heard the young man's words. He despised alliances the most. Ever since he was a child, he had been deeply engraved in his mind that beasts traveled alone while ants flocked together. He disdained to associate himself with ants.
You Long shook his head and said, "Forming an alliance will depend on fate. You'll be separated once you enter the place. The Ruins of Gods is a huge place; you might not run into each other after five days. Also, your enemy isn't the other contestants, but the weird thing inside …"
Weird thing?
Everybody was shocked and felt their blood freeze. What could it be that even a Heavenly Lord would call it weird?
"Let's go in. Try your best to hunt for Divine Cores or survive," said You Long.
Everybody was uneasy after hearing that, but they could only grit their teeth and face the challenge with everything that had happened.
"Junior brothers, there are corpses of the gods walking around the ruins. Their Divine Cores are inside their bodies. Be careful when you hunt them. Remember to attack the marks on their foreheads. Only by destroying the marks can you destroy them," You Long said to Diaz and Su Ping telepathically.
Both of them were stunned for a moment, then they nodded in agreement.
"Let's compete again this time!"
Diaz turned around and looked at Su Ping with fighting will in his eyes.
He didn't fight Su Ping head-on when he climbed the Heavenly Path Mountain, so he didn't think he was any weaker than Su Ping. After all, he had a top Divine Constitution; he couldn't imagine how bad he could be.
Su Ping wasn't convinced after hearing that. He asked with a smile, "Ten times the difference?"
"In your dreams!"
Diaz was infuriated by Su Ping's provocation. Su Ping had pretended to be weak earlier, giving Su Ping a chance to slap him in the face.
He wouldn't do that now.
"Hmph, let's see who gets the most kills." Dias coldly snorted.
Su Ping smiled, but he didn't give him a reply.
You Long looked at this pair of "quarrelsome lovers" and smiled. He didn't stop them. It was a good thing to have a competitive heart. They would help each other achieve their goals and compete to become gods.
Soon, the contestants from different Star Zones entered the vortex one after another.
.........
Su Ping and Diaz entered the vortex at the same time.
Su Ping's vision changed, and he sensed an intense aura of divine power. It wasn't until a moment later that Su Ping finally saw the scene in front of him. He was in a wasteland.
The ground was scorched black and cracked open with scars. There were also huge pits that looked like the paw prints of some kind of giant beast that had walked through.
Su Ping looked around and saw a dilapidated village in the distance. He immediately flew over.
"Divine power is floating in the air here. It's truly a Divine Land."
"Unfortunately, the divine power is thin, and some decaying aura of death is mixed in. This place must've been hit by a war. What was it with?"
Su Ping flew to the sky and observed along the way. He didn't see any creatures nearby.
Soon, he saw the dilapidated village. The buildings had been destroyed, and only a few broken houses were left.
My senses have been suppressed, and the gravity here is different from the outside world. It feels familiar. Su Ping checked his body and looked ahead. He vaguely saw the outline of a city in front of the village.
Fortunately, his vision wasn't affected, and he could see very far away.
When he channeled the divine power of the Gold Crow to his eyes, his vision was greatly improved. He was able to capture the tiny dust ten kilometers away and the vague outlines dozens of kilometers away.
"Huh?"
All of a sudden, Su Ping sensed an omen of danger. Alarmed, he looked in a certain direction.
He saw a man standing next to a dry well in the dilapidated village.
The man was wearing ragged clothes and had his back to him. He seemed to be in a daze next to the dry well.
However, Su Ping noticed that the man's skin was purple and black, as if he had been poisoned. His skin was also wrinkled, unlike that of a normal person.
Suddenly, the man seemed to have noticed something and turned around.
The moment their eyes met, Su Ping's pupils contracted.
The man's face was festering, and his chest was also cracked. There was a terrifying laceration that tore his ribs and chest, and his organs were all shriveled.
A normal person would have definitely died from such serious injuries.
Suddenly, Su Ping remembered the walking God's corpse that Senior Brother You Long had mentioned.
Whoosh!
While Su Ping was startled, the man suddenly flashed. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Su Ping, roaring and charging at him in a barbaric and primitive manner.
Su Ping was startled. He couldn't sense the man's energy at all, so he hurriedly threw a punch.
Bang!
The golden divine fist landed solidly on the god corpse's broken chest as if it had hit a rock. The god corpse ignored it and didn't even try to dodge it.
The fist energy went through and turned the air behind him into liquid.
However, the God's corpse didn't seem to be affected by such a ferocious punch. He still charged forward and grabbed Su Ping's arm. His fingernails were purple and as sharp as blades.
Su Ping didn't dare to be scratched. The Golden Crow Divine Fire quickly appeared on his arm and burned the God's corpse. The Golden Crow's fire was known as the Eternal Divine Fire, which could burn forever.
What shocked Su Ping was that the God's corpse could still attack, as if he didn't feel pain.
Thinking of Senior Brother You Long's words, Su Ping immediately looked at the man's forehead. Under the burning Divine Fire, there was indeed something flashing.
It was a Divine Seal!
Su Ping suddenly condensed laws at the tip of his finger and stabbed forward.
The God's corpse was extremely fast, but he didn't have any skills. When Su Ping dodged, his fingertip had already pierced through the Divine Seal.
With a cracking sound, something seemed to break. The Divine Seal flickered and suddenly burst into a strong light before shattering.
The God's corpse also stopped moving. Then, it slowly collapsed and fell to the ground.
With a plop, it landed on the ground of the village. The Divine Fire on its body spread and burned the rocks on the ground into magma.
Su Ping waved his hand and absorbed the Divine Fire. Then, he looked at the charred corpse in surprise.
This body was obviously dead, but it could still move. Was this the strange thing that Senior Brother You Long mentioned?
Suddenly, Su Ping noticed a wisp of dense Divine Qi leaking out from the corpse's chest. He flipped the corpse over and used Sword Qi to cut open the chest, revealing a dazzling golden object. It was the Divine Core, which was also the body's heart.
"So, if I want to enter the top 100 in this trial, I have to fight with such a creature?"
Su Ping's eyes became serious.
Although it was easy to deal with this God's corpse, this God's corpse was too strange. It appeared silently and couldn't be detected. Moreover, it fought with all its might. Once entangled with it, it would be difficult to escape.
Su Ping picked up the Divine Core and studied it for a while. He tried to cut it open, but the Divine Core was very hard. Cutting it open forcefully would only destroy it.
Su Ping put it away and checked the corpse again. Suddenly, he had an idea. He took some of the blood, teeth, and nails out of the corpse's body. He was going to find a living creature to test if there were any toxins in these things.
After doing that, Su Ping left the village and flew forward.
Along the way, he was always vigilant of his surroundings. These God's corpses were hard to detect, so he could only rely on his naked eyes. If they noticed him and suddenly flashed over, it would be a pleasant surprise.
Before long, Su Ping suddenly saw a giant beast moving slowly outside the village.
This giant beast was more than thirty meters tall and eight or nine stories tall. Its body was full of wounds and teeth marks. Some of the broken skin had already dried up.
Suddenly, the giant beast stopped. The next moment, its body flashed and directly tore through the void and disappeared.
Su Ping was shocked and quickly guarded his surroundings.
However, after waiting for a few seconds, no giant beast appeared beside him. Suddenly, there was an explosion in the distance.
Su Ping looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large amount of dust rising. He was shocked. It seemed that the giant beast had sensed the contestants there.
Like the God's corpse, this giant beast was also a zombie.
Su Ping looked at the battlefield and pondered for a while. In the end, he didn't go over.
Since this trial was mainly about survival and hunting, there was no need to deal with the other geniuses. He didn't want to attack them.
Although he could easily enter the top hundred by kicking the other geniuses out, this method was a bit cruel. Su Ping still wanted to give these geniuses some experience.
Su Ping turned around and went to the other side.
Soon, he arrived above a city.
The city was dilapidated. The solid wall outside had been broken, as if something giant had broken in.
Su Ping glanced around and saw many figures standing on the streets like wooden pillars. They were motionless and looked a bit creepy.
His heart trembled. He immediately slowed down and stealthily approached.
This city was obviously very dangerous, but it was also a good place to hunt for Divine Cores.
Su Ping flew close to the ground. When he arrived outside the city wall, he saw seven or eight figures standing there. They were wearing broken armor and most of their bodies were seriously injured. Some had half of their faces torn off, some had half of their necks broken, and some had half of their arms left and holes in their chests.
In the outside world, these people were all dead beyond compare.
Su Ping crouched in the distance and observed for a few minutes. Suddenly, he picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the other side of the city wall.
Bang.
The stone smashed into the wall and made a sound.
The figures standing there seemed to have noticed it. Their bodies shook slightly, but soon, as the sound disappeared, everything returned to normal.
It seems that I can't use sound to attract them and gather them together. Well, if I only rely on sound, it will definitely rain. If it rains, these zombies will be busy …
Thinking of that, Su Ping shook his head and felt it was funny.
If I just rush over like this, all the zombies in the city will probably rush over as soon as the battle starts. That's a bit scary.
Su Ping's eyes flashed. It wasn't difficult to deal with the zombies, but he wouldn't be able to handle a group of them.
Suddenly, he thought of the Little Skeleton.
Whoosh!
The Little Skeleton's figure was immediately summoned.
It raised its little head and looked at Su Ping in confusion.
Su Ping immediately sent a message to it and asked it to attract the zombies.
They were all corpses, and the Little Skeleton was a real "mummy". He didn't know if the zombies would notice it.
After digesting Su Ping's message, the Little Skeleton slowly understood. Its head turned and almost fell from its neck. It looked at the zombies on the city wall.
In the next moment, its body flickered and appeared thousands of meters away. Then, it continued to flicker.
Soon, ten miles away, thousands of meters away from the city wall, the Little Skeleton slowly released a trace of aura.
At this moment, the zombies on the city wall suddenly moved and looked over. In the next moment, several zombies disappeared at the same time and appeared beside the Little Skeleton, biting it.
The Little Skeleton was obviously frightened. Its bones were shaking. In the next moment, it flashed and ran toward Su Ping.
A few ghouls followed the little skeleton's movements. Every time the little skeleton flashed out, a few ghouls would follow.
When the distance between them was close enough, Su Ping, who was hiding in the deep sky, suddenly took action and unleashed his full strength. He had to finish the battle quickly, in case more zombies were attracted by the aura of the battle.
Bang!
Su Ping condensed a sword aura of laws and stabbed it at the forehead of one of the zombies.
However, the zombie seemed to have sensed it; it raised its head and looked at Su Ping with its white eyes. It then raised its hand and shattered the sword aura. Then, it unleashed a powerful aura and waved its claws.
The void was shattered; its arm shattered the tertiary space and reached Su Ping in the blink of an eye.
Su Ping was shocked. The zombie was horrifying; it was probably a Star Lord with such abundant divine power!
Su Ping felt lucky that the zombie didn't use the power of faith. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to resist its attack; he would have had to rely on the purple bracelet that his master had given him to save his life.
This thing doesn't have a mind of its own. It's brutal and doesn't have any secret techniques. It only has the power of a Star Lord. It's ten times stronger than a Star Lord who cultivates astral power!
Su Ping was eager to fight. He wondered if he could suppress such a Star Lord with his current strength.
Whoosh!
The Inferno Dragon appeared and merged with Su Ping. Then, Su Ping asked the Little Skeleton to distract the other zombies while he charged at the Star Lord.
(End of Chapter)
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