The Invincible Dragon Emperor

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

For the next 10 days, they ran into more ground-level wild beasts. Every time, Bu Qianye would stop the Beast of the Void and sent two prefecture warriors to fight.

There was nothing new to observe from the fights. They did the same thing as they did the last time, killing wild beasts with two warriors. One of them would distract the wild beast in the front while the other one struck from the sides.

Wild beasts were not intelligent. The prefecture warrior in the front had alarming speed and the one on the sides had tremendous strength. A team of such two warriors would have perfect cooperation. They could successfully kill the wild beasts easily.

Half a month passed soon. The Beast of the Void stopped at a huge mountain. Bu Qianye shouted, “All out. This is the last chance for you to choose. If you want to explore the Divinity on your own, you can leave later. When you step into the Mountain of Vicissitudes, you will have to serve for a year.”

A door opened slowly. People inside stepped out one by one. When Lu Li walked out, he realized that he was in midair. Some special energy covered him and dragged him down rapidly.

He tried to gain balance at once, resisting that special energy. Still, he fell down quickly. He stabilized himself just so that he would not fall face down first.

“Wow…”

He heard people chanting around him. Lu Li looked back at once and saw something that shocked him.

In the distance was a huge mountain that reached into the clouds. This alone was not strange. What was startling was that there was purple lightning outside the mountain, reaching to the sky and falling to the ground.

The lightning did not disappear. It was always there like several huge chains of lightning that connected the sky and the earth, enveloping the mountain.

“Chains of Lightning!”

One immortal that had some knowledge of the Divinity explained, “This formation was probably set by a powerful warrior to protect the Mountain of Vicissitudes against unauthorized access.”

“Hiss, the Mountain of Vicissitudes must have stored up top-level treasures. Why else would they build such strong formations?”

“The lightning is horrifying. This must be hundreds or tens of hundreds of times stronger than that in our world. If that lightning struck us, it would rip us into pieces, right?”

“Ha, ha, not even a mighty warrior can break into the Chains of Lightning, not to mention you. After all, the formation was built by powerful warriors in the Vicissitude House.”

People were discussing heatedly. Many people were filled with excitement and curiosity. After all, this was where they were going to stay for a year, and this was the first place they were staying since they arrived at the Divinity.

Lu Li kept silent, and he never talked with others. He stood there quietly. He even put on a black robe to cover his white hair and half of his face. After all, white hair stood out too much.

“Whoosh~”

The Beast of the Void opened its mouth. Bu Qianye flew out with other blue-armored prefecture warriors. Standing in front of others, Bu Qianye said coldly, “Since nobody is leading, then follow me inside.”

He led the team and dashed toward the mountain in the distance quietly. The others followed him. The closer they were to the mountain, the more suffocated they were. Many people were grasping for their breaths.

“Swish~”

As they got closer to the purple lightning that was as thick as a human head, Lu Li grew nervous. He felt his hair was standing on roots. A sense of fatal danger in his soul told him to stay away from the lightning.

When they were about three hundred feet away from the lighting, they felt that their knees were becoming weak. Every 30 feet, there would be a bolt of lightning. Theoretically speaking, they could walk in through the spaces between the lightning bolts, but nobody dared to put that into practice because they knew such actions would cost their lives for sure.

“Wheel of Destruction!” Bu Qianye stopped. He took out a wheel and threw it to the sky. The wheel enlarged quickly until it grew to a size with a diameter of two miles.

“Go~”

The wheel flew toward the lightning, blocking a dozen bolts of lightning. A dozen bolts of purple lightning landed on the wheel. Silently, the bolts of lightning were absorbed by the wheel.

“Let’s get inside!”

Bu Qianye waved his hand. He took the lead and dashed forward. The others followed him, holding their breaths. Seeing that Bu Qianye went past the Chains of Lightning, the others caught up with him.

Lu Li stayed in the middle of the team. As he rushed through the Chains of Lightning, he felt a glare and then everything changed. He was inside a huge valley.

“There must be a Teleportation Formation inside the Chains of Lightning or else we could not have arrived here so soon.”

Lu Li thought to himself. He looked around. This valley should be at the center of the mountain range. In the distance, the Chains of Lightning were still falling from the sky. That was at least three thousand miles away. If it were not teleportation, how could they arrive in the valley so soon?

The valley was vast with high mountains and loft hills reaching to the sky on the sides. On the hills were huge caves. Those must be dug out by warriors.

There were some castles in the valley as well. Teams of blue-armored warriors were walking around. Immortals were coming and going out of the castle. The arrival of Lu Li and the others did not raise any attention. The people here only took a look and went off.

“Whoosh~”

A team of blue-armored warriors came over. The one in the front was manly and acted in a dignified manner. Though he also had a blue armor, there was an extra mark in the shape of a sword on his chest armor.

Bu Qianye and the warriors’ expressions became solemn. When this team arrived, Bu Qianye and the other warriors bowed. “Nice to meet you, Commander Ye. We are here to pick up the new and deliver them for service.”

“Sure. Thank you, Escort Bu.” Commander Ye nodded and waved his hand. “Off you go and have a rest.”

The blue-armored warrior showed Bu Qianye and the other warriors to the castle. While looking at Lu Li and the others with a cold glare, Commander Ye said, “I am Ye Guangyao, the commander here. You must memorize everything I am going to say. Don’t blame me if you died for not listening.”

The group paid close attention. One had to be humble when one was trapped in an inferior situation. Offending the prefecture warriors would mean that they would have sacrificed their lives for nothing.

Taking a pause, Commander Ye pointed to the caves in the distance. “Before you have the right to leave the Mountain of Vicissitudes, you can only walk in the Valley of Vicissitudes and the mines. If you dare explore other regions without permission, die! Second, do not resort to violence inside the Valley of Vicissitudes. You must report it if there is any case of violence. Anyone who resorts to violence without permission, die! Third, you must hand in all the Spring Gold you dig out. Anyone who dares to collect privately, die! Four, you must hand in 10 pieces of Spring Gold every month. If you cannot finish the job, you will add one year to your service. Anyone that has a different opinion, die!”

Commander Ye said “die” four times in a row, which scared the others. The last point frustrated them.

Each month, they must hand in 10 pieces of Spring Gold. They would have to serve for one additional year every time they could not accomplish the target. Would they have to stay here forever if they could not finish the job?

“I suppose that the Spring Gold is hard to get.”

Lu Li looked at the warriors hurrying about listlessly and somewhat numb. There was no life in their eyes and no drive in them. They must have served here for years and probably could never finish the job.

“Is the one-year term a trap?”

Lu Li had an ill-feeling. They were told to serve a year. But without a clever way, they might have to serve here for decades, hundreds of years or even tens of thousands of years…