CHAPTER 288: CHAPTER 63: REMNANTS OF A METEOR

Some Professionals who considered their strength sufficient and qualified to claim a share of this feast, or intended to fish in troubled waters, had already set off overnight, rushing to Magna Province by various means.

Of course, thanks to the advantages brought by the prophecy, those who arrived first, or rather had already been waiting at the site of the Meteor’s fall, were people from powers like the Gloria Royal Family, Continent Magic Council, and the Church Court.

However, being on the territory of the Gloria Empire, the people from other powers all symbolically concealed their identities.

As the rulers of Magna Province, the background of the Enock family could not compare with these truly top forces on the Continent, but after all, with the advantage of being on their own turf, they also managed to arrive at the scene before the starlight of the Meteor fell to the ground.

The moment the great Meteor struck the earth, two Ninth Rank Limit powerhouses from the Enock family went all out to redirect most of the Destructive Power generated by the Meteor’s fall into the sky, in order to minimize the damage caused by the impact’s shockwave.

However, after the light of the Meteor dissipated, the thing that appeared within the enormous impact crater with a diameter of nearly a hundred kilometers was beyond the expectations of almost everyone present.

The star was not, as most people had guessed, a piece of special precious Alchemy material/alien species/Source of Disaster, but a vastly grand and dilapidated city!

Gigantic ancient platinum towers stood at one corner of the city, with half of them being torn apart by some force. Buildings made of stone were full of cracks and erosion marks, but one could still vaguely discern their once graceful and splendid past.

Although it had just experienced an unimaginably huge impact, most of its architectural structures were eerily intact, as if some force had always been protecting it.

However, after carefully examining the city, the look in the eyes of the many Professionals present suddenly took on an unclear meaning.

On the other hand, the Mages from the Continent Magic Council had become extremely solemn.

It wasn’t because the ruins of the city were twisted and horrific, but because of a unique sense of familiarity.

The architectural style of this ruins city was too similar to that of the Magic Council’s Floating City, almost as if it was created by the same designer!

And considering its entrance method of falling from the night sky, it was not difficult for everyone to make a shocking and bold guess.

This could very well be the remnants of a Floating City!

If it really is as everyone had guessed, then the matter becomes interesting.

Now, the Yar Continent is not like the ancient Magic Empire at its peak, with a full nine Floating Cities hanging high in the sky.

Aside from the one intact Sky City in the hands of the Continent Magic Council, the other eight had already disappeared into the rolls of history with the Destruction Day.

The power of the Sky City has also been confirmed in one disastrous war.

At first, when the Magic Council just started repairing the Floating City, the Messia Empire and the Gloria Empire believed, as the highest creation of the Ancient Magic Empire, a Floating City would be an unstable factor if left uncontested and both hoped to recuperate it.

The Magic Council flatly refused the requests of the two Empires, which led them to directly dispatch their troops to attack.

Saint Messia I sent an elite Judgement Army led by several Ninth Rank Limit Holy Position holders marching towards the Floating City’s direction, which was in the Yiter Federation’s western Mourning Song Forest Sea.

Gloria II sent out elite High Rank forces like the Sky Knight Order and the Royal Mage Group, led by three Ninth Rank powerhouses, advancing sluggishly towards the Floating City.

But secretly, the Empire sent out another special squad, including two Ninth Rank Limit Mages, with the intention of directly acquiring control over the Floating City and relocating it within the Empire’s territory.

Before the great battle was about to erupt, a number of lone Ninth Rank practitioners headed near the Floating City, trying to see if there was a chance to benefit amidst the upcoming chaos of war.

Radiant History 452nd year, Frost Fall Month, the 26th day.

The Judgement Army reached the Floating City, and the two sides engaged in a destructive war.

History records it as the Battle of the Silver Sand Sea.

The battle lasted a full day and night, the sky above the battlefield became incredibly pure, devoid of even the slightest trace of clouds.

Within hundreds of kilometers, the ground turned into a vast expanse of fine, silver-white sand, as the brilliance of magic and divine arts lit up the entire sky.

Ninth Rank wanderers who were waiting nearby had long since retreated to avoid being affected by the aftermath.

The results of the battle caught everyone off guard: the Judgement Army returned defeated, losing twenty percent of their forces, with one Ninth Rank Holy Position perishing in the conflict.

Several Ninth Rank witnesses to the battle publicly announced that they would no longer covet the Floating City.

During this war, the stealth Ninth Rank team sent by the Empire never showed their faces.

But at a certain moment, the slow-moving Empire troops suddenly changed their formation and, with a speed entirely different from their arrival, quickly marched back to the Empire, without passing any comment on the outcome of the war.

The Yiter Free Federation then declared that after friendly consultations with the high-level executives of the Magic Council, the two sides successfully resolved their previous misunderstandings and reached a deep strategic cooperation relationship.

The Federation acknowledged that the Silver Sand Sea, spanning hundreds of kilometers around the Floating City, fell entirely under the territorial sovereignty of the Magic Council.

After the Battle of the Silver Sand Sea, all forces on the continent developed a strong yearning for the terrifying might of the Floating City, even igniting a brief craze for searching the ruins of the Floating City.

After all, the Ancient Magic Empire had a total of nine Sky Cities; even with the Magic Council finding one, there were still eight more with unknown whereabouts!

The Three Great Empires also secretly offered a hefty bounty, no matter who you are, or what your previous identity was.

As long as you could bring any information related to the whereabouts of the Floating City that could be verified, you would directly acquire a title and land equivalent to Ninth Rank, as well as guaranteed cultivation resources to accumulate strength up to Ninth Rank!

However, for the next few hundred years, everyone on the continent came up empty-handed, and several indistinguishable true and false leads were ultimately proven false, and the craze gradually subsided.

But now, the sight of this ruined city has rekindled the ambitions of the major powers.

A new unclaimed ruin of a Sky City!

If it could be rebuilt and returned to the skies, it would indeed have the potential to alter the current continental landscape.

In fact, with the current level of magical development on the continent, more than ninety percent of the magical framework of the Sky City could already be perfectly restored.

The reason why the major powers are still so eager to find the ruins is that no one has been able to restore the most crucial core of the Sky City.

The synonym for miracles, an infinite source of magic power—the Eternal Core

And the fall of this relic, able to cause a tremor in the Continent Destiny Net, suggests a high probability that the Eternal Core inside the relic is well-preserved!

At this moment, as sensed by everyone present, the power of destiny that enveloped the city during its fall was gradually dissipating, leaving only a faint residual warmth in the air, a result of the Meteor’s friction.

After cautiously exchanging glances from a distance, the crowd no longer delayed and transformed into streaks of light, rushing into the city.

Although they were from rival camps, no one took action for the moment. With so many Ninth Rank powerhouses present, a rash move could easily trigger a chain reaction and result in being besieged by others.

Besides, this expanse of city ruins was just a small part of the two halves of the Meteor; it was not yet certain whether the Eternal Core was there.

It would not be too late to take action when the Core was truly discovered.