Chapter 2198 - 10: The Desolate Third Epoch Arrives! (Part 2)

Chapter 2198: Chapter 10: The Desolate Third Epoch Arrives! (Part 2)

Of course, everyone didn’t show it too deliberately. After all, even without Fate Master Haoyu’s words, they had originally intended to befriend Zhao Xing.

The topic quickly shifted to contribution tasks.

"...To tell the truth, you all might not believe it, but last time when I was doing a contribution task, I was somehow bitten by a demigod from the Demon Race."

Venerable Fu Ping drank his wine, feeling a bit gloomy: "We were getting along just fine, minding our own business, but on that occasion, the guy went crazy. Insisting on a relentless fight with me."

Wan Ying asked, "Did you later find out why?"

Zhao Xing also perked up his ears to listen, feeling a bit embarrassed, as this was purely unintentional.

He didn’t expect he would later get acquainted with Venerable Fu Ping.

"No, I returned and asked Haoyu, but he couldn’t calculate anything."

"I consulted Xuan Si God, he knew but refused to tell me." Venerable Fu Ping still found that battle utterly baffling.

It’s a textbook example of getting hit with a stray bullet, utterly inexplicable.

"Contribution tasks are never simple, unexpected incidents can happen at any time." Saint Wing Venerable also lamented, "Previously, I ventured into the Dark Star Cave, entered through the entrance in Pan Niu Demon Country, but came out from Sky Demon Country."

"Spent three hundred years wandering in Dark Star Cave without obtaining a single Dark Star Source Stone."

"Even though I specifically consulted Haoyu before departing, he predicted I wouldn’t return empty-handed."

Venerable Haoyu put down his wine glass and said, "Destiny is fickle. In a place like Dark Star Cave, everything is hard to predict."

Zhao Xing asked, puzzled, "What kind of place is Dark Star Cave?"

Venerable Haoyu replied, "Dark Star Cave is a peculiar area within the Black Sky Wilderness, where there’s a chance to find the [Dark Star Source Stone]."

"Its uses aren’t clearly stated, but they collect it at a hundred thousand contribution points per piece."

Zhao Xing was stunned, was it really that valuable?

"Why don’t I have such a task?"

Saint Wing Venerable said, "Brother Zhao, you became a demigod not long ago. Dark Star Cave is quite dangerous. The higher-ups assigned us these tasks as a form of training, not to send us to our deaths. If a place is deemed too dangerous, it can’t be unlocked for you. Dark Star Cave requires a Fourteenth Rank Demigod to venture in."

Zhao Xing was enlightened, realizing contribution tasks also have tiers.

On the surface, he was still a Twelfth Rank Demigod. Even though he could use Nine Marsh Divine Transformation to harness the power comparable to the Fourteenth Tribulation, it was still difficult to sustain himself in Dark Star Cave.

After all, transformation has a duration, and seeing as Saint Wing achieved nothing in the cave despite being there for three hundred years, it was evident this place required a prolonged effort for any success.

In the following six months, Zhao Xing often gathered with Saint Wing, Wan Ying, Haoyu, and Fu Ping in Ten Thousand Stars City, gradually learning many unofficial bits of information.

One day, Zhao Xing arrived again at the outskirts of Ten Thousand Stars City to watch Venerable Wan Ying ’construct a building’.

"Spirit City is constructed with Spiritual Power, initially it was just the [Spirit Temple] constructed by three Spirit Gods for high-level communications."

"Later it expanded to include more Divine General Level, Divine Soldier Level, and even demigods are often summoned here. The temple alone couldn’t accommodate, hence they gradually expanded it into Spirit City."

Before Venerable Wan Ying, materials constantly emerged, stacked one upon another.

"The public area of Ten Thousand Stars is all constructed with God Realm Spiritual Power. As for private areas, they are expansions by the God Realm and demigods themselves, which is why the scale of Ten Thousand Stars City keeps growing."

"Of course, if a demigod dies, all the structures he built in Ten Thousand Stars City no longer exist, which can also be used to determine the demigod’s survival."

Zhao Xing nodded; among them only Venerable Wan Ying, a Spiritual Venerable, was capable of constructing near the city’s core. Other people’s houses were in the suburbs, a symbol of status and rank.

Zhao Xing’s current Spiritual Will was on par with a Twelfth Tribulation Half-God, mastering his power with ease, ranking quite exceptional among Twelfth Tribulation Demigods.

But when put into the Thirteenth Rank, he would be just average.

As for the Fourteenth Rank Demigod, he wouldn’t stand out at all.

In six months, watching Venerable Wan Ying construct in Spirit City was highly educational, and Venerable Wan Ying enjoyed teaching.

"Zhao Xing, try and see if you can leave something in this area." Venerable Wan Ying pointed to a vacant plot.

"Alright." Zhao Xing was eager to try.

The spot chosen by Venerable Wan Ying, if not for exceptionally outstanding Spiritual Will, even Fourteenth Rank Demigods would struggle to amass matter to last here.

"Where the heart points, the way manifests, condense!"

Zhao Xing pointed at the target land.

"Hiss hiss hiss~"

Grain-sized sand appeared out of thin air.

This was the specialty of Spirit City, where a strong Spiritual Will could manifest anything.

The sand gradually enlarged, with Zhao Xing feeling an overwhelming pressure, the burden growing heavier.

"Boom!"

After a breath, when the sand enlarged to a thumb’s size, it couldn’t withstand the pressure and collapsed.

"Still not possible." Zhao Xing shook his head.

Venerable Wan Ying, however, laughed: "Brother, your progress has been remarkable. Six months ago, you couldn’t even condense a single grain."

"Now, you can extend it to thumb size."

With a discerning eye, Venerable Wan Ying could see that Zhao Xing was showing matter through Heart Power, if only maintaining the sand grain size, it could last indefinitely.

"Even if tiny, as long as you can successfully condense it in this area, your Spiritual Will has stepped into the Fourteenth Rank, and you as a Twelfth Tribulation Half-God are indeed rare."

Six months ago Zhao Xing couldn’t manage it, but half a year later he achieved it, Venerable Wan Ying marveled at Zhao Xing’s comprehension.