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Title:Four Nests
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Shun gazed at his surroundings. There were so many devil kings issuing invitations to him. This made him understand that his speed of clearing the test was just too fast, attracting the attention of these experts.
"Everyone I have to apologize. I'm a general of one of the islands in the Fallen God Region and I came here together with my king to participate in the birthday celebration." Shun bowed slightly and spoke as everyone sighed in pity.
Nobody knew which island was he a general of, he had such combat adaptability.
"So its like this. Anyway, take this entry token." The guard waved his hand as a black light imprinted itself into the center of Shun's brow.
"Don't wipe it away for now, that's the proof you passed." That guard explained. Shun nodded, as he willed it, the black light grew invisible, remaining hidden.
"Mark of darkness." The eyes of the experts nearby gleamed with sharpness. Entry tokens were separated by grades as well.
The one Shun received, was the token of darkness, the highest-graded entry token there was. He would have an extremely good seat during the celebration banquet.
Shun's silhouette flashed, standing to the side as he waited for Da to exit.
Right now not far from Shun, Ye Zimo turned his gaze onto Shun as an expression of curiosity appeared in his eyes. Before this, he already assumed that he was very quick, yet he didn't expect that there would be someone so quick to such an extent.
His figure glew forward, moving towards Shun as he spoke, "Hi, my name is Ye Zimo."
Shun glanced at him and smiled, "Shun."
"Brother, your comprehension abilities are extraordinary, to think that you succeeded in comprehending one of the tyrannical techniques within just a few breath of time. This Thousand Art Nest must be child's play for Brother Shun." Ye Zimo laughed. "Might I be so bold to ask something? Brother, is that technique extremely suitable for you, or is it purely that your comprehension abilities are so outstanding?"
"It's only due to luck." Shun smiled. This Ye Zimo was also very polite, hence, he wasn't cold towards him.
"Brother is too humble." Ye Zimo didn't continue asking.
"There are still other devil nests in the other three directions. The more entry token you obtain, the better and more valuable your seat would be at the celebratory banquet. Brother, do you want to go and try out the other three nests?" Ye Zimo asked.
The four nests were naturally used by the four major islands under the devil kings who were subordinates of the devil emperor for their recruitment tests. Right now, they were being used to test the talent of those who wanted to attend the banquet.
Now, the people on the Fallen God Island came from all directions. Other than some of the major powers on this island, there were many elites from all over the region as well. How could they arrange the seats?
Things surely couldn't be chaotic at the birthday celebration of the devil emperor. Hence, the seating arrangements would be determined by the nests, using the time they took to pass it.
"Oh, I see." Shun didn't know about this earlier.
"Brother came from another island, and maybe you are not familiar with this. Entry tokens can be separated to different grades. The highest grade is that of darkness, and the lousiest grade is just a dim light with no luster. For those, even if they join the celebration, their seats would be arranged at the outermost perimeter and can only watch from afar. And now since Brother has a token of darkness, your seat would be among the frontmost. If you get more tokens of darkness from the other nests, your seat would be closer to the devil emperor." Zimo explained.
The birthday celebration of the devil emperor was truly strict and majestic. Even for seats, they were arranged by virtue of one's talent and strength.
"In that case, we can try them. It's just that I still have a friend who hasn't exited yet." Shun spoke.
"Well it just so happens that I'm very free now, I'm also preparing to head to the other devil nests. I don't mind waiting for Brother." Ye Zimo smiled. Shun nodded his head lightly.
From afar, the eyes of everyone gleamed when they stared at their backs. Zimo was a ranker on the Devil Rankings and he actually took the initiative to befriend this young man. Two top geniuses standing together truly constituted a spectacular sight. It was unknown if Shun would be this quick in clearing the other devil nests or not.
And after that, Zimo discovered that Da was extremely respectful to Shun, always lagging behind him as they travelled. This was the attitude of a subordinate towards a master. Could it be that Shun was a descendant of the ruler of one of the islands?
Shun also learned of some information from Zimo. After all, the slips the princess gave him only contained information about the general situation on this island. Zimo knew much more stuff as he was a heaven chosen from a powerful clan as well as a ranker on the Devil Rankings.
After some time, Shun arrived at the second nest.
"This nest contains powerful formations set up by a devil king. The rules are the same as earlier." Ye Zimo stated to Shun and Da.
"Mhm." Shun nodded lightly. After which, the three of them moved out, heading into the nest.
Upon entering, Shun felt like he just entered a whole new world. There was only him here in a hall, with powerful experts on both sides with swords and spears launching attacks at him.
"A seal formation?" Shun closed his eyes as he sent his divine sense to probe the formation.
"Formations are interlinked with seals. They don't really have many differences." Shun thought. A powerful energy gushed forth from him, all boring down at a random position, ignoring everything else.
An instant later, the all crumbled into dust. The hall disappeared as a pathway appeared. Shun then followed the pathway and directly exited.
"Formation expert." The guard outside glanced at Shun as an astonished expression appeared on his face.
"Congratulations, are you willing to join my group?" That guard issued an invitation.
"Sorry, I'm representing my current group." Shun rejected. That person nodded and passed on a token of darkness to him.
Shun's silhouette flashed as he waited at the side again, attracting the attention of the experts nearby again.
"Who is he? He passed so quickly?"
"Mhm, he must be from a major clan specializing in seals and formations. This is why he can pass the test so fast. I wonder if he has broken the record for being the fastest individual to pass the test."
After that, more sects and clans that specialized in formations issued invites, yet they were all rejected by Shun.
Zimo and Da came out at the same time. After they exited, they saw Shun quietly waiting for them.
"Did you wait for long?" Zimo asked, but his state of heart wasn't calm. If Shun's quick speed of passing is said to be a coincidence in the Thousand Arts Nest, what about this Thousand Formations Nest?
"Still okay." Shun smiled.
"Let us head to the next nest then." Ye Zimo spoke. After which, they continued on their way and arrived at the third nest. This nest was the Thousand Puppets Nest and there were many powerful puppets within. Shun barged in and once again, was the first to exit.
Zimo was an extraordinary character, a ranker on the Devil Rankings. He had naturally no problems to pass this. But when he saw Shun standing calmly outside waiting for him again, he couldn't help but to feel his heart shuddering at how easy it was for Shun.
"Brother, what sort of demon are you exactly?" Zimo was speechless, he didn't know what he should say. He felt an intense sense of defeat, and even when he was facing the top few rankers on the Devil Rankings, he had never felt so defeated before.
"Zimo, is this man your friend?" A young man walked over, speaking to Zimo.
"Mhm." Zimo glanced at this man as he nodded. This young man was also a ranker on the Devil Rankings, and was an extremely strong individual.
"It seems like your friend has some techniques to deal with the devil puppets. What a fast speed." That person laughed, "Most probably, right now he is with you, attempting all the four nest tests, right? I wonder how is his performance?"
"Still okay." Zimo casually spoke. "Brother, let's go."
"Mhm." Shun nodded as they headed toward as the last nest. That young man glanced at Shun and Zimo's back as a cold smile flickered in his eyes.
"This last nest is known as the Thousand Battles Nest, and if one wants to pass it, it depends on one's combat prowess." Arriving at the last nest, Zimo stated to Shun.
"Mhm." Shun nodded.
"Brother be careful." Zimo reminded. After which, Shun headed into the devil nest and Zimo didn't follow him in. He chose to wait outside. He wanted to see how long Shun would take.
"This nest is able to ascertain the level of the trial taker and manifest a supremely powerful character at the trial-taker's level. Many people have no way to pass this, it won't be easy." Zimo mused. However at the next instant, a silhouette walked out from the exit of the nest. When Zimo glanced over, he completely froze.
"This…"
Zimo's heart pounded. The four nests: Thousand Arts, Thousand Formations, Thousand Puppets, Thousand Battles. Shun came out of them all so easily?
Were there really tests in the nests?
The experts in the surroundings all sighed in admiration. Just like before, Shun rejected the invitations and he obtained another entry token of darkness.
All four entry tokens, were all tokens of darkness.
A smile appeared on Shun's face, when he walked back, a thought surfaced in his heart, "If this is the case, my seat should be very close to the emperor. Hopefully, he would pay attention to me."
"Zi-chan, when are you planning to enter?" Shun smiled at Ye Zimo cheerfully.
"Zi-chan?..." Zimo thought.
"I'm going in now, Brother wait for me." Zimo recovered from his daze. He cast a deep glance at Shun before walking into the nest.
This man was simply too crazy. He must form a tight friendship with him and maybe, through Shun, he might be able to cause the emperor to take note of him as well.
Zimo was an expert on the Devil Rankings. He knew how difficult it would be to gain the attention of the emperor. But for Shun, he had a pretty high chance!