Chapter 3074: The Selection’s Participants

Chapter 3074: The Selection’s Participants

Lu Yin appeared to hesitate after hearing Di Qiong's declaration. "But I’ve already failed."

"No one has ever seen Di Xia's face," Di Qiong said dismissively.

This was something that Lu Yin had actually considered. The only way he could participate in the Divine Selection was by eliminating Di Xia and taking his place. Lu Yin understood Di Qiong quite well, and thus he knew that De Qiong would never give up on the Divine Selection. Even if the man knew that it was impossible for his representatives to win, he would still push them to try.

The events had played out just as expected.

"I am willing to serve you, but the results..."

"Just do your best. Luck is also very important during the Divine Selection," Di Qiong stated in a tone that clearly revealed he no longer had any hope for his people to pass the Divine Selection.

Ye Bo might have mastered a comprehension technique, but that was not enough to change the overall situation.

Di Xia was incomparable to Ye Bo. If a comprehension technique was enough to overcome such a gap, Ye Bo would not have lost to Qiu.

At this point, Di Qiong was only hoping at least one of the Second Scourge’s representative’s had failed the initial assessment. If they had, he would lose Wu Tian.

Ye Bo soon returned with a very different appearance. He was shrouded in a black robe, impersonating Di Xia.

Di Qiong was very reluctant to have Ye Bo impersonate Di Xia, and he had only gone through with it to avoid an instant and humiliating defeat for his Third Scourge. The man cautioned Ye Bo, "Just try to endure for a few days in the Divine Selection. If things become too difficult, just escape."

Di Qiong had survived a Divine Selection himself, which was how he had obtained his current position. He was fully aware of just how brutal the next assessment was.

Di Qiong also shared with Ye Bo that the next assessment of the Divine Selection would take place at the Immemorial Citadel.

Lu Yin worked to suppress his excitement. He was finally going to see the Immemorial Citadel.

Surprisingly, his first sight of the place would not be as a human, but rather as a member of Aeternus.

The Immemorial Citadel was a mysterious place for most humans, as no one who went to that place had ever returned, with the exception of Chu Yi. Even then, he had not returned to his own universe, but rather to the Sixverse Association to mediate a disagreement and prevent a war from breaking out between the Lu family and the Great Sovereign.

The Immemorial Citadel was a place where heroes were judged not by their cultivation, but by their willingness to fight to the death.

That was the real Immemorial Citadel.

Being able to go to the Immemorial Citadel meant that Lu Yin would see many human powerhouses who had either gone missing or were presumed dead, as well as Aeternus’s Ossis Ark.

The Immemorial Citadel was where many of humanity’s peak powerhouses had gathered, while the Ossis Ark was the Aeternals’ strongest weapon, and it was used to restrain or attack the Immemorial Citadel.

Lu Yin would soon see all of this.

...

Just a few days later, Lu Yin followed Di Qiong through outer space to arrive at an unknown Scourge.

It was the Second Scourge, which Di Qiong had informed Ye Bo of before they left the Third Scourge.

They would be led to the Immemorial Citadel by the ruler of the Second Scourge, Xu Jin. He was one of the Three Pillars.

Lu Yin had not expected the ruler of a Scourge to be one of the Three Pillars. The Three Pillars and Six Skies were supposedly Aeternus’s equivalent to the Three Realms and Six Daos. Of the Three Realms and Six Daos, only the Six Daos had ruled over the Origin Universe’s Mainlands, while the Three Realms had not. Aeternus had evidently made some changes.

The Second Scourge did not look very different from the Third Scourge. The ground was the same dark color. Endless rivers of divine energy snaked through the land, Aeternus Kingdoms rose in the opposite direction of the black Mother Tree, and tall towers sprinkled the horizon. Cosmic doors hung above everything, while a massive black cloud sat beneath the black Mother Tree.

When Lu Yin and Di Qiong arrived, they saw that some others were already present.

Lu Yin first noticed a couple of familiar faces: Shao Yin and Wang Fan.

Lu Yin had expected Shao Yin to participate in the Divine Selection, but Wang Fan’s presence was a surprise.

It looked like Wang Fan had been doing well for himself in the First Scourge, if he had enough confidence in himself to join the Divine Selection.

Aside from those two men, there were two other individuals who caught Lu Yin’s attention.

One was a little girl with long, sky-blue pig tails. She was only about a meter tall, and she was wearing a blue princess dress, black leather boots, and white socks. On top of that, she was holding a teddy bear. Everything about her looked like a child.

Every last person participating in the Divine Selection looked abnormal.

"Arrow God has arrived, to no surprise. The two behind you must be two of the Five Elders," the eyeball said with an evident smile.

Arrow God's expression was cold, and her eyes flickered past everyone before she finally focused on the girl with the blue pigtails and the humanoid black cloth. "Lan Lan and Q. Aside from those two, your Second Scourge has no experts."

"Hehe, the quality of powerhouses is more valuable than their number." The eyeball spun around.

Arrow God's gaze then fell onto Lu Yin. "Di Xia?"

Di Qiong answered in a voice even colder than Arrow God’s. "When it comes to the sheer number of experts, your Fifth Scourge has the most, aside from the First Scourge. Which of your Five Elders are participating this time?"

Arrow God said nothing.

The gentleman in the white suit stepped up from behind Arrow God and offered a slow bow. "I am known as the Magician. Greetings to you, seniors."

The girl with the blue pigtails excitedly pointed at the man. "What a handsome man! Is your name really the Magician?"

The man straightened back up and gave the girl a warm smile. "Yes, I'm the Magician."

The girl looked thrilled. "Great! There’s finally a normal person! All of these others are monsters. Handsome man, I'm Lan Lan."

"Hello, Lan Lan."

"Hello, Mister."

The creepy old man stepped up to stand beside the Magician, and he spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "Da Huang greets all of you seniors."

Di Qiong stared at the old man. "Da Huang? The leader of the Five Elders?"

The old man bowed, which caused his bones to nearly pierce through his skin. "Greetings, Senior Di Qiong."

Di Qiong turned to look at Arrow God. "Sometimes I really envy you, having five sequence powerhouses under your command."

Arrow God replied coldly, "You have quite a few of your own."

The eyeball spun around. "The Fourth Scourge is the worst off of all of us. Blackless God has stayed in the First Scourge for many years, leaving the Fourth Scourge with only a single sequence powerhouse, who died. For this Divine Selection, the only representative that the Fourth Scourge had was the first to fail and die. It’s pitiful."

"What about the Sixth Scourge?" Arrow God asked.

The eyeball turned to stare at Arrow God, and Di Qiong also looked over. "Ji Luo."

Arrow God frowned. Ji Luo?

"Is he actually going to join?"

"I can’t say for sure. He didn't join the last Divine Selection."

"Things are different now. Corpse God nearly died."

As soon as those words were spoken, a figure stepped out of the void in front of everyone.

Lu Yin looked over, and his eyes flickered. So fast!

He had only just seen the person, and they were already right in front of everyone.

Lu Yin was positive that this movement had not been achieved by cutting through space or by passing through the void. This was pure speed, nothing more.

This newcomer was wearing a conical hat with a few red ribbons hanging from it. His clothes were tattered, straw sandals covered his feet, and a pure black sword hung from his waist. He looked like a down-on-his-luck swordsman, but his arrival wiped the smile from the Magician’s face, Da Huang straightened up, and Lu Yin felt a terrible sense of danger. This person was far from simple.

"Sure enough, Ji Luo is here." The eyeball spun around before slowly approaching the newcomer. "Ji Luo, I heard that Corpse God is dead. Is it true?"

This miserable-looking swordsman was Ji Luo. Di Qiong and the others had guessed that he would attend before he had even appeared.

It seemed that this person was regarded as the most likely victor.