Hunting down the guards of the Star Palace first won't bring any substantial benefits.
Based on yesterday's situation, as long as you can hunt within the top ten, you can obtain a Star Palace artifact.
These individuals already obtained Star Palace artifacts yesterday, and getting more can only be used for trading with other players.
However, the gods from various provinces are still fiercely competing for the first kill.
While Su Nan was hunting the Star Palace guards in the guise of Lang Thirteen, three messages appeared almost simultaneously in the world chat.
Congratulations to Player Liu Di from the Heavenly Extinction Province, becoming the fourth player to kill a Star Palace guard, and obtaining a Star Palace artifact.
Congratulations to Player Kaiser from the Northern Ice Province, becoming the fifth player to kill a Star Palace guard, and obtaining a Star Palace artifact.
Congratulations to Player Chuan Ben from the Yellow Extinction Province, becoming the sixth player to kill a Star Palace guard, and obtaining a Star Palace artifact.
Liu Di, the top player from the Heavenly Extinction Province.
Kaiser, the top player from the Northern Ice Province.
Chuan Ben, the top player from the Yellow Extinction Province.
Yesterday, these three players secured the fourth, fifth, and sixth places, and today, it was the same three players, with no change in their order.
However, none of the three players were satisfied with their rankings.
"Just a bit more! It was just a bit more!"
In the three battlefields, their faces were gloomy.
They came prepared this time, but the results remained unchanged, which was unacceptable to them.
In their eyes, they were just a step away from achieving a higher ranking.
But for Su Nan, this was no longer his concern.
Now, he needed to quickly eliminate the players from the Poluo Kingdom on the battlefield, just as he did yesterday.
As the same situation as yesterday unfolded, the power of his divine soul swept through, and the Poluo Kingdom players on the battlefield were quickly killed and disappeared.
"Lang Thirteen is really strong!"
The players from the Hua Nation exclaimed. Even though they had seen Su Nan's actions on the forum yesterday, witnessing it in person still made them gasp in amazement.
But soon, they remembered the fate of those players who got zero points in the same battlefield as Su Nan yesterday, and they anxiously shouted, "Lang Thirteen, please slow down and leave some for us!"
The players from the Hua Nation hurriedly took action, fearing that they would miss out on any points if they were too slow.
In just one or two minutes, all the Poluo Kingdom players on the battlefield disappeared, leaving only over ten thousand players from the Hua Nation.
Su Nan left the battlefield and continued to act under the identity of Zhang Yang.
Two minutes later, all the Poluo Kingdom players on Zhang Yang's battlefield were also eliminated.
Compared to Zhang Yang and Lang Thirteen, Wang Nan's hunting speed was much slower.
It took him more than ten minutes to clear the battlefield completely.
"Young Master, where did you just go?"
As Su Nan and his avatar left the battlefield, Chen Ying looked at him in surprise, her expression filled with doubt.
Even though she had witnessed her Young Master's various extraordinary abilities, she couldn't help but worry when she saw Su Nan suddenly disappear and reappear.
"I just temporarily left this world," Su Nan said lightly.
Upon hearing this, Chen Ying was even more astonished and said incredulously, "Left this world? Young Master, you can leave this world?"
Su Nan didn't explain further. The Lost Land had no visitors from outside, and even if he claimed to be an outsider, Chen Ying might not understand.
"I'm going to cultivate here for a while," Su Nan said as he took out the Array Disk of Summoning the Great Sun and prepared to begin his cultivation.
Of course, before that, he needed to do a quick divination.
He not only wanted to see if this cultivation session would be dangerous but also whether he could use his avatar to deal with the Great Xian Country's Lord.
The divination began.
This time, another 20 divination attempts were consumed!
"Did I fail again?"
"You attempted to summon the Great Sun once again, and with the help of the Essence of Fire, although your cultivation process is still fraught with danger, your life is not in jeopardy."
"After half an hour, your body reached the limit of withstanding the burning of the Great Sun, forcing you to stop cultivating and use the power of your essence to recover from the heavy injuries caused by the Great Sun."
"After five hours, your body, which was heavily injured by the Great Sun, had mostly recovered. The progress of the Golden Body of the Great Sun increased significantly. Afterward, you took Chen Ying and proceeded to the Royal City of the Great Xian Country."
"After six hours, you were intercepted by an elder from the Li family. He suspected that you had killed another elder from his family and wanted to capture you."
"Naturally, you didn't want to go with him, so you directly attacked and killed him. You knew that the Li family wouldn't let you go, so you decided to deal with the Li family once and for all."
"You controlled your avatar to change its appearance and headed towards the Li family. Your main body continued to the Royal City of the Great Xian Country. After seven hours, you arrived at the Li family. No one in the Li family was your match, and you killed them all."
"After eight hours, you arrived at the Royal City of the Great Xian Country. Since you had changed your appearance in advance, no one noticed you. You went to the Wang family as Chen Dao Hai and were received by the head of the Wang family. After some discussion, you reached an agreement with the Wang family and then went to the other four major families, preparing to invite them to explore the Ancient God's Tomb together."
"After eleven hours, you visited all five major families, but the process was not smooth. The Zhang and Wu families did not intend to open the Ancient God's Tomb. A century of comfort had dulled their edges, and they were not willing to take risks."
"You had no choice but to temporarily give up and prepare to find another way."
"After twelve hours, a team of guards from the Great Xian Country stopped you and demanded that you hand over the Ancient God's Key that once belonged to the Great Xian Country."
"You were unwilling to hand over the Ancient God's Key, but you had no choice but to take action. The guards were no match for you and were easily killed. Your actions angered the Lord of the Great Xian Country, and he attacked you."
"This time, it wasn't because of the Li family that you attracted the Lord of the Great Xian Country. Regardless of whether the Li family was present or not, the Lord of the Great Xian Country would still come after you for the Ancient God's Key in your possession."
"The Lord of the Great Xian Country is not your match, but he immediately controlled a Paper Puppet Spirit to attack you."
"You and the Princess of the Heavenly Wolf Tribe worked together to deal with the Paper Puppet Spirit. At the same time, according to your plan, you used your avatar to distract the Lord of the Great Xian Country's peak-level King-class Paper Puppet Spirit, creating an opportunity for you to take action."
"Your plan was successful. The King-class peak
-level Paper Puppet Spirit by the side of the Lord of the Great Xian Country was distracted by your avatar, and your main body also used the Heavenly Shift technique to appear next to the Lord of the Great Xian Country and struck him with a powerful blow."
"As your attack was about to kill the Lord of the Great Xian Country, a strange power erupted from him, successfully blocking your attack. At the same time, the Lord of the Great Xian Country was instantly teleported away, denying you the opportunity for a second attack."
"You reacted quickly and realized that your plan had failed. You wanted to leave with the Princess of the Heavenly Wolf Tribe, but the Lord of the Great Xian Country, who had narrowly escaped death, had no intention of letting you go."
"As soon as you left the Royal City, three King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirits blocked your path."
"The Lord of the Great Xian Country had an item that could withstand my attack?"
"Three King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirits! The Great Xian Country is indeed an existence established by the Great Xian Dynasty. Their heritage is extraordinary!"
Su Nan's heart sank, and the worst thing he didn't want to happen had occurred.
The plan failed to kill the Lord of the Great Xian Country, and not only that, but the Great Xian Country also had more than one King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirit!
Even one King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirit was not something he could handle, let alone three. He didn't need to look at the next divination; Su Nan already knew the outcome.
"It's impossible to kill the Lord of the Great Xian Country head-on. It seems I'll have to use another method."
If he wanted to kill the Lord of the Great Xian Country without direct contact, he had ways to do it.
And not just one way.
After obtaining the Art of Heavenly Tribulation from the Third Level of the Wheel of Fate, he could achieve this.
But Fate was a precious resource that could come in handy at critical moments, and unless absolutely necessary, Su Nan didn't want to waste it. He always defaulted to not using Fate during his divinations.
But now, the presence of the Lord of the Great Xian Country had seriously affected his actions. If he could spend one or two hundred points of Fate to deal with the Lord of the Great Xian Country, it would be worth it.
"Besides Fate, I might be able to use that thing..."
With a flick of his hand, a broken silver mirror shard appeared in his hand.
Chapter 279: The Terrifying Tai Temple
The front of the mirror shard emitted a gentle light, while on its back, an indistinct figure of a gender-neutral person was carved.
This figure had only half a body, but its six wings were exceptionally clear.
It was the fragment of the celestial artifact Su Nan obtained in the Divine Ruins, capable of shattering and reuniting others' fates - the Life and Death Silver Mirror!
Ever since Su Nan used the Death Silver Mirror to shatter the Water Demon King's fate, the black aura within the mirror had disappeared.
However, at this moment, the black aura inside the silver mirror had reappeared.
Calculating the time, it had been seven days since the last use!
Being able to use it every seven days wasn't too bad.
"To use this thing, I have to endure three days of misfortune. If it can help me deal with the Great Xian Country's Lord successfully, three days of misfortune isn't a big deal."
Su Nan's eyes flickered with determination.
In this world, despite the low cultivation levels of the martial artists, he should have been able to dominate with his strength and the help of the Grand Princess.
However, due to the presence of the Great Xian Country's Lord, he was constantly restricted.
If his identity as an outsider was discovered, he would be targeted.
Even displaying strength far beyond his cultivation level would draw attention.
Even if he did nothing, he would still be targeted due to the Ancient God's Key, which made him very unhappy.
"The Great Xian Country's Lord must have a life-saving treasure, but such things shouldn't be usable indefinitely. It might be a one-time-use item, just like my substitute straw doll."
"I wonder if that thing can withstand the power of the silver mirror? To be safe, I should first deplete the treasures on the Great Xian Country's Lord."
With his plan quickly formed in his mind, he looked at the divination panel and decided to divine once more.
This time, he intended to use his fortune to attempt dealing with the Great Xian Country's Lord. If it consumed too much fortune, he would switch to the Life and Death Silver Mirror.
"23 chances, I hope it's enough."
Previously, he had already used Death Divination once. Adding this one, a total of 40 divination attempts had been used. In between, he had also used six chances to search for the entrance to the Demonic Court. Now, he had only 23 chances left.
If he could successfully deal with the Great Xian Country's Lord, theoretically, he shouldn't die easily.
However, 23 divination chances weren't necessarily enough.
However, what puzzled Su Nan was that this time, it also consumed 20 divination chances!
"Another 20 chances? This shouldn't be the case!"
Su Nan was perplexed. He couldn't believe that the Great Xian Country's Lord could survive both his fortune and the Life and Death Silver Mirror.
Unless the Great Xian Country's Lord died, those Paper Puppet Spirits would still chase after him.
The divination began.
The earlier parts were uneventful, similar to the previous divination.
It was only when he engaged in battle with the Great Xian Country's Lord that things changed.
"Your plan succeeded; the King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirits around the Great Xian Country's Lord were distracted by your avatar's transformation, and your main body used the Heavenly Shift technique to appear next to the Great Xian Country's Lord and struck him with a powerful blow."
"Just as your strike was about to kill the Great Xian Country's Lord, a strange power erupted from him, successfully blocking your attack. At the same time, the Great Xian Country's Lord was instantly teleported away, denying you the opportunity for a second attack."
"Quick to react, you immediately located the causal thread between you and the Great Xian Country's Lord and used the Art of Heavenly Tribulation on him."
"Unfortunately, you were disappointed; it consumed a total of 300 fortune points, but the Great Xian Country's Lord, through some method, temporarily resisted the effects of the Heavenly Tribulation and did not die. Instead, he appeared with two more King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirits to kill you."
"Realizing the situation, you made a quick decision and stopped using fortune, opting for the Life and Death Silver Mirror."
"This time, the Great Xian Country's Lord couldn't resist your attack, his fate shattered, and he died on the spot. You successfully killed the Great Xian Country's Lord."
"Success!"
Su Nan's eyes showed a hint of joy, and he couldn't help but exhale in relief.
As long as he dealt with the Great Xian Country's Lord, things would become much easier.
"With the death of the Great Xian Country's Lord, the three King-class peak-level Paper Puppet Spirits lost control and stood there dumbfounded. However, what surprised you was that, after a brief pause, as if receiving orders, those Paper Puppet Spirits all returned to the Great Xian Country's Royal Palace."
Curiosity arose in Su Nan's heart, and he immediately followed those Paper Puppet Spirits to understand why they returned.
After returning to the Royal Palace, the Paper Puppet Spirits continued towards the back of the palace, leading you to a quaint building. You discovered that this place was the ancestral temple, where the past monarchs of the Great Xian Country were enshrined.
You felt cautious and realized that this ancestral temple might have issues. Instead, you decided to control your avatar to enter the temple. However, the moment your avatar entered the temple, it was struck down by an invisible force, returning to your body as if nothing had happened.
Realizing that something was amiss, you attempted to escape, but it was already too late.
You died.
"The ancestral temple!"
"What's going on? What's in that ancestral temple?"
Su Nan was puzzled, and the current situation completely caught him off guard.
He thought he would be killed by the Paper Puppet Spirits, but he didn't expect to be mysteriously killed by the power within the Great Xian Country's ancestral temple.
"The ancestral temple is a place for offering sacrifices to the gods. How could such a place have the power to kill me instantly?"
Su Nan furrowed his brow in contemplation.
With his current strength, even if it were a King-level mid-stage or King-level late-stage martial artist, they wouldn't be able to kill him instantly.
To kill both his avatar and his main body instantly would be impossible for a King-class peak-level figure. He couldn't understand why such a powerful force existed within the ancestral temple.
"Could it be..."
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility, his expression changing.
"The God-Sacrificing Demons!"
"Perhaps there is a powerful God-Sacrificing Demon within that ancestral temple!"
(End of this chapter)