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Chapter 548: Let Xi Xi Know Father is Always Here, the Siege of the Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell Begins (Part 2)
Chapter 548: Let Xi Xi Know Father is Always Here, the Siege of the Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell Begins (Part 2)
Yun He pursed his lips, looking at Li Che with a flicker of indecision in his eyes.
Li Che understood what Yun He was thinking.
"Do you want me to represent Cloud Soaring Village in the Divine Gambling Battle?"
Li Che asked.
Yun He’s face immediately lit up with a broad grin.
"Cloud Soaring Village has performed exceptionally well in this Divine Gambling Battle. Yun Huang and Yun Lei have both shown great promise. If I were to participate, it would only drag them down..."
"So, if Mr. Mo Che were to join, it would be the best possible outcome."
Yun He trusted Li Che’s strength and cultivation, which he believed far surpassed his own.
"Are there any cultivation limits for the Divine Gambling Battle?" Li Che smiled.
He wasn’t opposed to participating, after all. Xi Xi represented Earth Village, and he, Li Che, could also represent Cloud Soaring Village.
Moreover, by participating, Li Che could personally experience the challenges Xi Xi faced, so he wasn’t averse to it.
"Yes, there are. The Divine Realm limit for the Divine Gambling Battle is set at the Dao Fusion Realm and below..."
"In other words, Path-Cutting Realm deities are not allowed to participate."
Yun He said immediately.
Li Che laughed, "Then why do you assume I’m not a Path-Cutting Realm deity?"
Yun He froze, realizing his mistake. Why couldn’t Mr. Mo Che be a Path-Cutting Realm deity?
Li Che, seeing Yun He’s stunned expression, chuckled, "I was just joking. My cultivation level is within the rules."
Yun He couldn’t help but caution, "Mr. Mo Che, you mustn’t conceal your cultivation level to participate... The cultivation checks for the Divine Gambling Battle are personally overseen by the Will of Immortality."
"If the Will of Immortality detects any issues, our Cloud Soaring Village will be disqualified and face heavy resource penalties!"
"Cloud Soaring Village can’t afford that."
Li Che nodded, "I understand the situation. Rest assured, I won’t exceed the limits."
In terms of his own cultivation, Li Che was indeed just a newly ascended deity, having recently ignited his Godfire.
He was well within the rules and wouldn’t attract the attention of the Will of Immortality.
"Clang—!!"
A bell rang out, the sound waves rippling outward in concentric circles, spreading throughout the entire Divine Storage City.
This was the signal to gather.
All the ancient village cultivators residing in the inns left their lodgings and headed toward the Ten Thousand Buddha Tower Square in the Divine Storage City.
On the vast square, towering Buddha towers rose from the ground. Each tower was adorned with intricate carvings of lifelike Buddha statues, as if the true Buddhas were seated within, overseeing all.
The carvings were of the highest quality, crafted by divine hands. The main tower’s statue, in particular, seemed to come to life, with lively eyes and a gathering of life force.
This statue was a masterpiece crafted by a great divine sculptor!
It was a level of skill and mastery that even the current Li Che had yet to achieve!
These Ten Thousand Buddha Towers, with their hidden divine carvings, stood tall, their presence weaving an intricate array of energy. Clearly, the Ten Thousand Buddha Tower was a formidable divine array.
One thousand three hundred ancient village teams gathered in the square.
The lifelike statue in the main tower opened its eyes, came to life, and began to recite the rules that everyone already knew.
After the rules were recited, a chorus of Buddhist chants echoed throughout the square.
Then, each ancient village team was enveloped in a beam of light.
Yun He had exchanged resources for a Divine Storage Token and handed it to Li Che. This token was exchanged for one hundred One-Leaf Dao Essence Crystals and three hundred Four Sovereigns Divine Crystals.
These resources were earned by Yun Huang and Yun Lei during the selection process of the Divine Gambling Battle.
Now, with Li Che's decision to participate, Yun He did not hesitate for a moment and went all in.
He bet the future and hope of Cloud Peak Village on this Divine Gambling Battle.
The Divine Storage Tokens Yun He exchanged were comparable to those obtained by the upper-tier ancient villages of the Four Sovereigns.
"Mr. Mo Che, I entrust this to you."
Yun He said solemnly.
Then, he was expelled from the Buddha Tower area by an invisible force.
The space trembled, and under the chanting of ten thousand Buddhas, a distorted spatial force erupted.
The [Temporal Golden Wheel] Dao Fruit in Li Che's chest trembled slightly, absorbing and refining this spatial energy to enhance itself.
However, this spatial force only flashed briefly.
Then, the teleportation ended, and 1,300 ancient village teams were all teleported to the grotto of the Divine Storage Heaven.
The Bitter Sea Grotto!
Rushing waves rolled and clashed, producing endless booming sounds.
As far as the eye could see, a vast expanse of dark black seawater, heavy like molten iron, seemed to emit a bitter taste.
At this moment, Li Che realized he was standing on an island.
The island was large, and there were figures standing on it, a total of 1,300, each a Divine Realm cultivator.
The weakest among them were Supreme Tribulation, coming from ancient villages of the same rank as Cloud Peak Village.
Of course, these villages were somewhat stronger than Cloud Peak Village. In the entire Thousand Village Divine Gambling Battle, there was only one representative from a middle-tier ancient village like Cloud Peak Village.
The strongest were the God Realm cultivators, their auras terrifying.
Most of them came from the Three Pure Ones and the Four Sovereigns' ancient villages.
Li Che summoned his physical strength and changed his gaze, scanning over a figure draped in animal skin.
This figure...
Was a God Realm cultivator from Earth Village, a massive and imposing figure, clearly a body refinement practitioner, but one who had fused divine energy into his body, walking the path of a martial god.
Based on the intelligence from Earth Village, Li Che knew this person was one of the two God Realm cultivators leading the Earth Village team, Tuoba Long.
This person was extremely fierce, and because of his identity as an Earth Village cultivator, coupled with Yulian's Daughter, Tuoba Long quickly became a target for all sides.
"Looking at what? Got the guts to come over directly?!"
Tuoba Long's thick hair danced wildly behind him, his defiant gaze sweeping over the other cultivators.
Even Li Che was included in this.
Li Che smiled, but his eyebrows soon furrowed.
A mountain's shadow appeared on the boundless dark sea opposite the island, the sea surface reflecting Buddha Light, the mountain rising from the ground.
"Spirit Mountain!"
"Spirit Mountain Grotto, I've heard the headquarters of Hei Xumi is located here?"
"Wrong, Hei Xumi's headquarters is in the Unmanifest Heaven. This Spirit Mountain Grotto is merely the projection of Spirit Mountain."
...
Many Divine Realm cultivators around them exchanged information.
"The rules state that the prodigies need to cross the Bitter Sea and reach the seventh island to hand over the Divine Storage Tokens to us. We just need to hold the tokens and reach the ninth island, where Spirit Mountain is located, to complete the Thousand Village Divine Gambling Battle."
"To obtain a tenfold increase in resources!"
A God Realm cultivator's breathing quickened.
Undoubtedly, this was a feast for the strong.
Holding the Divine Storage Tokens and stepping on Spirit Mountain, bathed in Buddha Light, the tokens would expand tenfold.
No matter how many tokens one held, stepping on Spirit Mountain would trigger the expansion!
So...
There was a huge temptation here!
Hum—
The sound of Buddha chants was vast and mighty.
Then, as if a pair of intricately patterned cicada eyes opened in the sky above Spirit Mountain.
Infinite Buddha Light swept over, containing the power of Immortality.
It swept over the bodies of every Divine Realm cultivator, revealing their cultivation levels completely, leaving no room for concealment.
Li Che's cultivation was also revealed, his Godfire burning brightly on the Divine Platform, indicating he was a Godfire God.
Godfire God...
Many of the strong who had been paying attention to Li Che scoffed and turned away.
"Heh, the interesting part is still the situation with the prodigies..."
"Will Yulian's Daughter be able to cross the Bitter Sea?"
"I heard that the bets on Yulian's Daughter's failures have already reached the tenth failure, truly impressive."
"Hahaha... This Divine Gambling Battle was prepared for Yulian's Daughter!"
"The Thousand Village Divine Gambling Battle is also called 'Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell,' have you all forgotten?"
The surrounding voices were noisy, one after another Radiant Light bursting from the island, the eyes of the strong all scanning over to observe the prodigies' battles.
Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, his black robe embroidered with golden lotus fluttering, his brows slightly furrowed.
"Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell... So that's it."
Li Che seemed to have vaguely heard of this grand event in the mortal world.
He never expected to participate in it this way upon arriving in the Heavenly Realms.
"Encircling Yulian's Daughter..."
"Estimating that my daughter will lose ten matches? Bets on the tenth failure have already appeared?"
"Ha... They really look down on Xi Xi."
Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze gradually deepening.
He had Yun Huang and Yun Lei use their Divine Engineer mechanisms to protect Xi Xi, and he had also given Xi Xi some additional items...
These things are enough to break all the rules.
Xi Xi was determined to shock everyone at this "Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell" competition!
Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell?
No, it will be the Hell Lotus sweeping through the Bitter Sea!
...
...
First Island of the Bitter Sea.
Above the Bitter Sea, there are nine Buddhist islands, each with a Myriad Buddha Tower array that can be used to teleport to the next island.
To teleport from the first island to the second, each person needs to use ten Divine Storage Tokens.
From the second to the third island, twenty tokens are required, and so on, with each teleportation requiring an additional ten tokens.
To reach the seventh island and hand over the Divine Storage Tokens to the divine realm experts in the village, allowing them to complete the final leg of the journey and advance to the ninth island, Spirit Mountain, the tokens must be used to achieve exponential growth, thus gaining immense wealth and resources!
The amount of resources the Divine Storage Tokens can expand into depends on luck.
This is a form of high-stakes gambling.
The first island is vast.
However, most ancient villages send only two or three prodigies, so the first island is home to thousands of prodigies.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The prodigies' eyes were sharp, their fighting spirit high, and they quickly gathered their respective teams.
Then they began searching the island for Yulian's Daughter!
The prodigies from the top ten ancient villages, who were rated as the most powerful, exuded an overwhelming aura, displaying their dominance without restraint.
They searched for Yulian's Daughter without any pretense.
After all, the first defeat of Yulian's Daughter had already resulted in a sixty-fold increase in the bet!
Thus, everyone wanted to claim the first kill on Yulian's Daughter!
The noise and chaos erupted instantly.
Of course, besides targeting Yulian's Daughter, the prodigy teams from various ancient villages also sought out weaker prodigies, intending to seize their Divine Storage Tokens.
Some teams, not among the top, planned to quickly gather enough tokens and teleport to the second island, aiming to be the first to deliver the tokens to the divine realm experts on the seventh island.
That way, their mission would be complete.
...
...
On the seventh island.
Li Che stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the water curtain formed by the surging waves of the Bitter Sea.
The water curtain reflected the image of the area with the most concentrated divine aura.
Not just Li Che, but all the divine realm cultivators on the seventh island were squinting, the atmosphere tense.
...
In the image.
On the first island.
In the dense forest, birds flapped their wings in fear, flying away in all directions.
A figure burst into a cloud of blood, rocketing out like a cannonball, slamming into the trunk of an ancient tree, embedding itself in the wood, blood gushing out in a torrent.
Hum—
A long spear erupted with purple flames, coiling and spewing like a venomous snake, instantly piercing the heart of the prodigy pinned to the tree.
As it was pulled out, the prodigy's heart exploded.
The prodigy instantly lost all strength, drained of life, and fell to his death, embedded in the tree trunk.
Xi Xi gripped the Purple Flame Snake Spear, her eyes cold and merciless, filled with a lethal intent.
She showed no mercy, and for those who sought to claim her first blood and the sixty-fold bet, she struck with lethal force, taking their lives.
The Divine Gambling Battle was not just about resources but also about one's life!
Thus, Xi Xi held nothing back.
Puh! Puh!—
Two gushes of blood sounded.
Two figures, their backs breaking the air currents, crashed into the ground beside Xi Xi, dragging trenches in the forest floor.
They panted heavily, their breaths coming in rapid, uneven bursts.
Xi Xi looked over and saw the other two prodigies from Earth Village.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!—
On the tree trunks surrounding the dense forest.
Powerful divine auras fluctuated, qi surging and colliding.
Spear-like figures rapidly descended, impaling the surrounding tree trunks.
The wind howled, rustling the leaves of the ancient forest.
The prodigies from various ancient villages, like bats in the night, stood on the tree trunks, their eyes gleaming, staring at Xi Xi.
"Yulian's Daughter..."
"You shouldn't have come to this Thousand Villages Divine Gambling Battle."
"Don't waste words, kill the two prodigies from Earth Village first."
"If we can force Yulian's Daughter to surrender and accept the Prison Lotus Curse, we'll gain even more wealth than the sixty-fold bet!"
...
Cold, mocking, and taunting voices came from the surrounding prodigies.
Xi Xi's eyes flared with killing intent.
These people weren't even pretending...
She hadn't expected the rules of the Thousand Villages Divine Gambling Battle to change so drastically.
It was supposed to be a tournament, but now it had turned into this...
"Bitter Sea Lotus of Hell..."
This was aimed at her!
She recalled Tobu Ye's words, and a sense of clarity dawned on her. Tobu Ye had said that even if her parents were really in the Heavenly Realms, she shouldn't easily seek them out or reunite with them.
Otherwise...
It would only bring disaster to her parents!
A surge of anger, like a volcanic eruption, welled up inside Xi Xi.
She took a deep breath.
Looking at the increasing number of prodigies on the surrounding tree trunks and the two Earth Village prodigies who were about to collapse, her eyes, filled with anger, also showed a hint of worry.
(End of Chapter)
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