"No... no, I surrender, I’ll hand over my Space Ring!" Gedok’s only remaining subordinate, terrified, screamed as he tossed out his Space Ring and quickly fled!
Wang Xu kept his promise and did not kill him, letting him leave.
"Sir, this is your ring." The Princess tried to calm her own shock, took off the Space Ring from her hand, and presented it to Wang Xu with both hands.
An unmistakable warrior capable of rivaling the geniuses of the Ten Extremes Great Country!
"Alright, you may leave." Wang Xu saw that the Space Ring bore no marks and had already been wiped, so he waved his hand and said.
The Princess bowed deeply and hurried to Sha Ya’s side. Seeing Sha Ya covered in blood, her eyes turned red, and tears streamed down.
"Princess..." Sha Ya’s eyes were filled with deep affection, something Wang Xu had long known.
In fact, Wang Xu had been watching quietly from the side for a while.
He passed by here and saw Cosmic Martial Artists fighting each other, intending to leave no survivors and take their Map Fragments.
But Wang Xu happened to see the National Son break the Golden Paper and leave, while the minister silently collected the Map Fragments.
This act moved Wang Xu slightly.
Looking at Sha Ya again, there was unshakable determination in his gaze towards the woman.
Thus, the scene that followed occurred.
In the cruel Cosmos, deceit and betrayal, ruthless abandonment are countless, and the bloody reality left Wang Xu astonished at Sha Ya’s actions, striking the softest part of his heart.
"He is much like I was back in the day." Wang Xu reminisced the past, lost in thought. Meanwhile, observing the unspoken affection between Sha Ya and the Princess, Wang Xu felt deeply touched.
Immediately, Wang Xu decided to intervene.
"Sha Ya, let’s go." The Princess said softly.
Sha Ya’s body was gradually recovering. After the Princess gave him some potions, a trace of color returned to his face.
He nodded, managed to stand up, and then solemnly bowed towards Wang Xu.
"Thank you, sir." Sha Ya’s voice was weak but full of sincerity.
Subsequently, the Princess and Sha Ya prepared to leave.
"Wait." Wang Xu suddenly spoke, "Take this, and you can go."
With a wave of his hand, two Map Fragments flew out as Wang Xu turned and stepped away, his figure quickly receding into the distance.
Sha Ya and the Princess took the two Map Fragments and froze.
Both their Space Rings had already been given to Wang Xu. Without the Map Fragments, they could only choose to find other Cosmic Martial Artists and seize their Map Fragments once their bodies recovered, in order to leave the Thousandfold Divine Country.
But that was undoubtedly extremely difficult.
Sha Ya and the Princess were only two people, not very strong, and injured. Surviving in the Thousandfold Divine Country itself would be challenging, let alone seizing other Cosmic Martial Artists’ Map Fragments. They might get killed before even acquiring the Map Fragments.
Now, with Wang Xu giving them the Map Fragments, they could leave safely, without risking their lives again.
"Sir..." Sha Ya and the Princess, eyes filled with emotion, etched Wang Xu’s appearance deeply into their hearts.
"The first one to complete the assembly is born!"
While flying through the air, Wang Xu suddenly heard a booming voice descend from the sky, making his body stiffen.
"Someone has completed the assembly!" An unusual look flashed in Wang Xu’s eyes.
Too fast, it’s been just ten years, and they’ve already gathered ten thousand Map Fragments. One must know that these ten thousand Map Fragments correspond to ten thousand lives, and how many Cosmic Martial Artists must have been slaughtered to gather a complete map?
"What! Only ten years, and already ten thousand fragments are assembled, terrifying!"
"Ten years, for the first one, the next will probably be faster!"
"A terrifying massacre is about to begin, let’s get out of here quickly!"
Within the Thousandfold Divine Country, all surviving Cosmic Martial Artists heard this booming voice, and while frightened, they also realized the implications of this news.
The countdown for the Qualification Battle has begun.
Once someone successfully assembled the first complete map, everyone else only has a hundred years left.
Within this hundred years, anyone with a complete map can immediately qualify for the Qualification Battle by following its guidance to the endpoint.
A hundred years is too short for Cosmic Martial Artists with life spans stretching tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of years.
Time is of the essence. To gain qualification, the strong will show no mercy in eliminating any weaker existence.
They must assemble a complete map within a hundred years!
From this moment, everyone in the Thousandfold Divine Country is in danger.
"In this Qualification Battle, the location indicated by the map is no longer the endpoint but the Ancient Inheritance."
The booming voice came again, "If you don’t want the Ancient Inheritance, or if you’ve already obtained it, you can crush the map, I’ll send you away to participate in the real Qualification Battle."
"Whether you gain the elder’s approval and the true Ancient Inheritance, it depends on luck."
As the words fell, the words spoken by the booming voice lingered in the minds of all the Cosmic Martial Artists, unforgettable.
"Ancient... Ancient Inheritance!"
"The place indicated on this map is actually the Land of Ancient Inheritance!"
"Haha... I finally have a chance to rise!"
All the Cosmic Martial Artists went insane, their eyes emitting a green glow, looking at the map fragments like hungry wolves eyeing a piece of delicious meat, all wanting to take a bite.
"Ancient Inheritance!" Wang Xu took a deep breath, unable to erase the astonishment in his eyes.
Although Wang Xu already possesses the inheritance of the Endless Saint Venerable, one can never have too many skills. The more inheritance one has, the greater the help in terms of will, attack methods, and combat experience; no one would mind receiving more inheritance.
Moreover, what is Ancient Inheritance? It is not passed to others, only to those it deems worthy.
This means that the inheritance is unique, one of its kind in the Cosmos.
In the Cosmos, countless Cosmic Martial Artists do not hesitate to risk their lives for those Ancient Ruins, for Ancient Inheritance.
However, here, in the qualification battle, the opportunity has appeared.
"Kill!" Wang Xu’s killing intent surged, already ready for slaughter.
Not only Wang Xu, but all the Cosmic Martial Artists in the Thousandfold Divine Country were also insane.
For the map fragments, for the Ancient Inheritance, no one would back down, no one would show mercy, not even hesitating to sacrifice companions who took the Law Oath!
This is a chance to reach the skies in one step.
Obtaining the Ancient Inheritance, they would possess powerful strength, able to step onto a bigger stage, no longer needing to endure humiliation as they do now!
Killing intent moved the heavens, blood was destined to spill over the entire land.
In the central square of the main city of Thousandfold, the iron giant door still stood.
The door was still the same door, but the lingering people below were no longer the original main city residents and Cosmic Martial Artists.
Golden robe, golden crown, under the iron giant door, every figure shimmered brightly, exuding an unsettling aura.
"Father, have you seen Wang Xu?" Princess Bing Qing, clad in fiery red, her face delicate, sweet, and adorable, tiptoed slightly, wanting to see the wriggling characters on the iron giant door, but no matter how she observed, she couldn’t clearly see those words.
On the iron giant door, there were rows of small characters as if engraved on the door, but these small characters kept changing.
Beside her was none other than the Sovereign of Tai Long Country, clad in a golden robe.
Not only the Sovereign of Tai Long Country but also Sovereign Yan Yue, Sovereign Tun He, Sovereign Huo Mo, Sovereign Moluo... and others, all gathered here. Tens of thousands of Sovereigns of the Great Cosmic Country stood here!
They were observing the words on the iron giant door.
These words represented the names of the martial artists from various countries in the Cosmos participating in the qualification battle.
And behind their names, there was a number.
This was a leaderboard.
It faithfully and timely recorded the number of map fragments each Cosmic Martial Artist possessed in the Thousandfold Divine Country.
"This door only displays the top ten thousand, Wang Xu has yet to appear," the Sovereign of Tai Long Country said calmly.
Although the iron giant door recorded the data of all the Cosmic Martial Artists, it only displayed the top ten thousand.
Only the top ten thousand have the qualification to appear on this iron giant door.
The characters on the iron giant door flowed.
Suddenly, a commotion arose in the crowd, the noise became loud.
"Father, what’s happening?" Princess Bing Qing hurriedly asked.
The Sovereign of Tai Long Country sighed and said, "The first person to piece together a complete map has appeared."
"Who is he?" Princess Bing Qing pursued the question.
"Moluo Yue," the Sovereign of Tai Long Country’s eyes fell on the iron giant door, where the first-ranked name, Moluo Yue, originally showed the number "152368", suddenly changed to "1-52369".
What terrifying data.
A full 150,000 map fragments, this means Moluo Yue’s hands have directly or indirectly been stained with the blood of 150,000 Cosmic Martial Artists.
Yet 150,000 map fragments only assembled one complete map.
"Huh? It’s appeared," the Sovereign of Tai Long Country’s eyes lit up, his gaze was so sharp, he needed only a glimpse to capture all ten thousand names in his eyes.
But in this change, a familiar name fell into his eyes.
Behind Wang Xu, the number "3620" hung conspicuously.
"Haha..." The Sovereign of Tai Long Country smiled, "It’s Wang Xu, Wang Xu is ranked 9685th."
Princess Bing Qing’s eyes instantly sparkled with unprecedented light: "Really? He’s not dead... He didn’t die in there! I knew it, his life is so tough, he wouldn’t die easily!"
The Sovereign of Tai Long Country helplessly glanced at Princess Bing Qing; even at the National Hall, he could see it, Bing Qing’s heart was entirely focused on Wang Xu. What charm Wang Xu had to fascinate her so much was beyond his understanding.
However, it seems now, the Sovereign of Tai Long Country is more satisfied with Wang Xu than ever before. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)