Holy Light Empire.
Capital, City of Light.
This is where the global Beast War Tournament is being held.
It is also the grandest and most prosperous city in the Holy Light Empire.
Since the world catastrophe, the land and geography have undergone tremendous changes, with countless new territories emerging, causing the entire Blue Planet to expand numerous times.
This has made the distance between countries impossible to cover with ordinary planes.
Instead, one must use several, or even dozens of, long-distance teleportation arrays to connect different places.
Ling Zhan and others experienced several transfers, first teleporting to a port city in the Giant Kingdom, then transferring to a mountain city in the Dwarf Kingdom, and then to the capitals of several Western countries.
Finally, they successfully arrived at the capital of the Holy Light Empire.
Even though they used long-distance teleportation arrays each time, it still took nearly an hour.
This shows that if you were to travel from the Dragon Kingdom to the Holy Light Empire by plane, who knows how long it would take.
When Ling Zhan and the others emerged from darkness into the light.
What met their eyes was a city shining with dazzling light—the Holy Light Capital.
The city's style resembled ancient medieval architecture, with white as the main color, decorated with light blue or pale red bricks and tiles.
Even the residents' clothes were primarily white.
Perhaps due to the city's protective formation, all light elements from the outside world gathered here.
The city was peaceful, yet bustling.
Residents smiled happily as they conversed, and even after market transactions, they clasped their hands together in prayer.
Many pious followers of the Light Church walked slowly towards the main cathedral, hands clasped in prayer.
About 80% of the transfer professionals on the streets had jobs closely related to light elements.
Ling Zhan's first impression of the city was that it was "too beautiful."
It seemed like a fantastical city of light from everyone's dreams.
As Ling Zhan and others walked out of the teleportation point, several receptionists approached them.
They wore the unique light robes of the Holy Light Empire, each with a polite and elegant smile.
"Thank the God of Light for bringing us together!"
"Welcome, esteemed guests from the Dragon Kingdom! On behalf of our ruler, I extend our most sincere greetings to your country."
The receptionists' etiquette was impeccable.
A high-ranking official from the Dragon Kingdom naturally stepped forward to converse with them.
The leading deans from the top ten academies followed, leisurely observing their surroundings.
It's worth noting that the leader of Haston Academy was none other than its principal, Liu Huanran, known as the "Star-Slaying Sword God."
He personally chose to lead the team.
Ling Zhan and other top students from prestigious schools waited behind, unable to participate in such diplomatic exchanges.
Shou Jingyuan stood indifferently in the crowd, but occasionally glanced at Ling Zhan with deeply hidden resentment, indicating he hadn't forgotten what happened during the demon-slaying mission.
Ke Long was also present, as a team competition participant.
"Everyone, please this way…"
After brief pleasantries.
The leading deans and officials went to meet important figures of the Holy Light Empire.
The students were taken to their accommodations for the tournament and given a tour of the City of Light.
A soft whistle from the receptionists summoned dozens of silver-white light drakes.
These were classified as "flying dragons" in the Western dragon species, belonging to the monster category.
They had been successfully domesticated by Western countries, known for their gentle temperament and endurance, making them excellent flying mounts.
When everyone mounted the light drakes and took to the sky, they could see the entire City of Light below.
"So that's the legendary Light Colossus!"
At this moment.
A student from Ice Soul Academy couldn't help but exclaim.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw four gigantic stone statues standing in the north, south, east, and west of the city, each radiating a vast and sacred aura.
Each statue had a different appearance and posture.
And they held different "weapons."
The Light Colossus.
According to information Ling Zhan had read about the Holy Light Empire, these were the four guardian statues left by the God of Light.
The capital's protective formation was supported by these four statues.
There's a legend in the Holy Light Empire that during an ancient divine battle, the God of Light was besieged by evil gods and ultimately used his divinity and life to seal them within these four Light Colossus statues.
The truth of this legend is unknown.
But these four Light Colossus statues are indeed genuine holy artifacts.
Moreover, there are still underground networks internationally offering bounties.
The "bounty" is to steal these four Light Colossus statues.
But so far, no one has taken on this task.
Besides the awe-inspiring Light Colossus.
Everyone saw the buildings of various professional associations.
Mage Association, Warrior Association, Assassin Association, etc.
As the country with the most outdoor experience resources, the most unknown secret realms, the largest territory, and the strongest national power.
Naturally, it has attracted numerous organizations and associations.
It seems like the main city in a game, where players gather to receive quests, rest, and stay, going out to explore and hunt monsters when they have time.
And…
The most important thing is that gaining experience and leveling up here is much safer than on the front lines of the four forbidden areas.
Also, in the southern region of the Holy Light Empire, there is the globally famous "Dungeon Secret Realm."
This secret realm is connected to the real world, and the most mysterious part is that the monsters in the dungeon secret realm.
Even if they descend to the real world and are killed, they can still respawn and revive.
This allows many adventurer transfers to explore the dungeon secret realm and gain massive experience.
Notably, no team has completely explored all the levels of this dungeon secret realm.
Currently, the highest record is held by an SSS-level adventure team, which successfully explored 732 levels.
Some speculate the dungeon secret realm has 999 levels, others say 9999, and some even think it's infinite.
But regardless, like the four forbidden areas, this place remains a grand goal for the world's top adventurers to explore throughout their lives.
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