Chapter 688: Chapter 402: Don’t Worry, I’ll Take the Lead!_2

According to ancient texts, this place was thoroughly destroyed by some force, and over countless years, there was little of value left.

Naturally, they were not interested, but for countless ordinary adventurers, it was a treasure trove!

Su Qi did like to collect junk; he never turned anything down. If it weren’t for his current role as An Nan’s Daoist Guardian and his involvement in more important matters, he would have started collecting a long time ago.

After all,

once The Hustlers were exposed, it meant they could no longer roam freely as before. If they wanted to grow rapidly, roaming was not an option; they needed their own territory, authority, and various abilities to deter and combat envy and hatred.

So, they had to start investing a lot of resources to grow stronger.

“However, each solidification of the ancient battlefield projection brings us one step closer to the recovery of the old powers,”

Chenxing said softly.

Chenxing and An Nan walked side by side, their exchange as Divine Sons continuing.

Behind them,

Su Qi was walking with a group of Calabash Brothers.

“You were impressive earlier, managing to block… that hit from God’s Son,” Ah Qi said to Su Qi.

Su Qi waved his hand, “It’s just a last resort of a Daoist Guardian. I can’t use it again for a while.”

“Is that so?” Ah Qie pondered for a moment, which seemed reasonable.

Many Daoist Guardians had powerful trump cards in hand, all to protect the Divine Sons.

After all, although Divine Sons bore such a title and had infinite potential, they often needed time to grow after their revival.

That’s why, after his battle with An Nan, this Divine Son, he couldn’t help but admire An Nan’s strength, considering his own was that of Sequence 6, typically stronger than that of a newly revived Divine Son.

Of course, there were always some Divine Sons who grew very rapidly, surpassing their Protectors in strength. That Divine Son was one of them, and with the enhancement of his ability, he was very formidable.

So,

even though he was just a subordinate of Lord Chenxing, he did not underestimate An Nan after their evenly matched battle.

“Then, from now on, we shall act together.”

Ah Qi looked at Su Qi, “I hope we can work well together.”

“Of course.”

Su Qi said with a smile, “But as you can see, the time of our revival is not as early as you imagined, so we’re a bit less prepared, including many behind-the-scenes details that are unclear.”

Ah Qi had no reason to doubt him; he was someone with a cold exterior but a warm heart, and after joining forces, he was open about any information they could share.

“Ask me anything you want to know.”

Su Qi looked up at the ancient battlefield projection that had not yet dissipated. “I have only one question: what will happen once this ancient battlefield projection solidifies?”

Ah Qie was slightly startled, “I didn’t expect you to ask this.”

“We only know it will solidify; but after solidification,”

He shook his head, “we don’t know what will happen. It could be the revival of past powers, or something else…”

“Solidification should be a good thing, right?”

Lu Fan couldn’t help but mutter as he looked at the Sky Dome, “The revival of past powers might settle some of the chaos in the Present World.”

The others looked at him strangely.

“Why are you all staring at me?” Lu Fan couldn’t help but shrink his neck.

“Because what you just said is kind of dumb,” Rab coughed, “I know that… the ancient battlefield has everything – spirits of the past, Demons, strange beings, who knows what will revive.”

Lu Fan touched his head, “Sorry, I just came all the way up from the Polluted world, I’ve seen too much chaos, I just hope… things can be a bit more peaceful later on.”

“Don’t get your hopes up then,” Ah Qi shook his head,

“The chaos will only grow.”

“And I’ve heard another saying… that the revival of the ancient battlefield is man-made.”

Ah Qi pointed to a distant place, “Maybe it’s related to Demon Land.”

“The Holy Artifacts mentioned in the previous meeting, they are all part of the information pointed out behind the scenes, saying those are important. I hope we’re not on the wrong path.”

The group continued on their way, encountering more and more powerful Demons and Pollution Monsters.

But for them, these were not a big deal, easily slain with a casual strike.

Su Qi, however, was looking at the distant Sky Dome, the dark red glow perhaps more distinct than before, or maybe it was an illusion.

The question he had asked repeatedly at the meeting and now, combined with the unsolved puzzles everyone had over their heads, all the fragments of information came together.

Su Qi roughly had a judgment.

“What we can now know is that the message passed down from each person is extremely vague, as if it were unspeakable, a taboo, unable to be spread.”

This phenomenon was all too familiar to Su Qi; it seemed highly likely to be related to the Old Days.

In other words,

those Divine Sons, their sources of information were… beings buried deep in the Old Days, each one of them a big shot.

Su Qi looked at the twenty thousand Character Cards he had hoarded, among them… the purple and Golden Character Cards, which came from deep within the Old Days, with question marks all blurred and indistinct.

Just like the [Blood Demon] he had encountered in that city overrun by zombies.

“Anyway, although things seem to be getting more complicated, they are actually quite simple…”

It’s just that all beings are paving their own paths.

Su Qi withdrew his gaze and suddenly paused, squinting towards his pocket with a smile,

“Xiao Ou, why have you stopped talking?”

Xiao Ou was the affectionate name that Su Qi had given to the doll.

Ever since the doll mentioned that it seemed to have encountered him somewhere before, it had maintained its silence.

It was as if it had become invisible.

But how could Su Qi forget it? He clearly remembered the doll mentioning the sight of him.

A doll wandering in the Present World… had actually seen a Divine Son who had not been revived for a year, especially after the appearance of God’s Son.

It had become completely silent, daring not to move a muscle.

This was rather intriguing.

At the time,

Su Qi did not pierce through all of this, but now it was the right time for a pleasant conversation.

However, Xiao Ou clearly wasn’t feeling pleased; it remained unresponsive at the moment.

Su Qi said to himself, “You know what I’m going to ask. Do you really think playing dead will get you off the hook?”

The doll still didn’t respond.

A little bit of ‘no coffin, no tears’ attitude… that phrase made it feel like he was on the villain’s side.

Su Qi wasn’t in a hurry, just looking into the distance and talking to himself, “Xiao Ou, see that shattered hill over there? Does it remind you of your Fantasy Stone about to be crushed?”

The doll: “…”

Why is there a threat in his words!

And it could feel its Fantasy Stone being held by a force, as if to be crushed the next moment.

“I was wrong! Brother!” It finally caved in! “Don’t be violent!!”

“No,” Su Qi stressed, “you should call me Sect Hierarch.”

One had to say,

Xiao Ou was still so naive. When its very livelihood was in his hands, it still hoped to bluff its way through.

“Sect Hierarch, I was wrong… I was really wrong!”

It hurried to admit its mistake.

But it could feel the strength within the Fantasy Stone had not yet dissipated. It raised its head, its eyes trembling, because Su Qi was smiling at it.

“Don’t lie now, or you know what will happen…”

Such an evil smile!! Such a malevolent character!!

It was in tears yet had none to shed, knowing what it had to do, holding back for a few seconds, not daring to take a gamble.

After all, Su Qi’s spiritual power was terrifying, and lying to someone who had much greater spiritual power was unquestionably an unwise choice.

“I have absorbed some memories of people before… and I have an impression of the emblems of those Divine Sons…”

It spoke hesitantly.

“Clarify,” Su Qi kept his smiling façade.

The doll shivered and gritted its teeth, “Alright, they are some bigwigs… probably their seniors…”

It slightly raised its head, Su Qi’s expression was calm and deep, his smile still there, but it could tell that he was not satisfied.

“I can only say so much.”

The doll’s face showed a difficult and wary look, “If I continue, you will encounter unimaginable and terrible calamities!”