Lotus Flower Ancient City, Third Level.
Han Jue arrived here after just over two days of methodical progression through the challenges.
"Only two more trials until I reach the fourth level," he murmured, his voice barely audible in the vast dimensional space. "But I still haven't encountered a treasure trial."
The first three levels weren't guaranteed to yield treasures. Some cultivators were simply unlucky, failing to encounter a single treasure trial all the way to the seventh level.
Currently, within Lotus Flower Ancient City, there were only eight Hong Alliance members at the limit King level. Han Jue had witnessed others trigger treasure trials on the first and second levels, but he hadn't paid much attention. They were all limit Kings working independently, obtaining an ordinary treasure would be simple enough for any of them.
Entering the next spatial zone, the familiar sensation of dimensional transition washed over him.
"Whoosh!"
A thick vine lashed out toward Han Jue with blinding speed, but he caught it effortlessly between two fingers!
A treasure aura emanated from the center of this space.
Han Jue's eyes lit up with interest.
A plant life form at the peak King level guarded the central area of this dimensional zone.
With such a powerful guardian, even without sensing the treasure aura directly, one could deduce what lay here simply by the guard's strength.
Generally, within the first three levels, only the extremely difficult trials and those containing great treasures would have guards at the peak King level. Ordinary trials could be easily passed even by peak Kings.
"Light Sword Qi!"
A seven-colored lightsaber manifested in Han Jue's hand, and an orange-yellow sword qi slashed out with devastating precision.
"Boom!"
In an instant, one-fifth of the plant's divine body was annihilated in a cascade of brilliant light!
The power of Han Jue's attack was comparable to an ultimate secret technique performed by a limit King burning their divine power. This was the strength achievable after advancing his Ice Peak Nine Hells Body to the fifth prison level, combined with a top-tier treasure and a peak-level Universe Overlord's ultimate secret technique!
This plant guardian was still far inferior to his Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass.
He followed up with several more sword strikes, completely annihilating the divine body of this peak King-level plant in mere moments.
The spatial zone was a lush forest teeming with exotic vegetation.
Han Jue arrived at the center of this space and quickly located a rough-looking wooden spear that resembled a gnarled tree branch.
An ordinary melee-type treasure, the Spring Thunder Wooden Spear.
This treasure was useless to Han Jue personally, but he could exchange it for treasure points later to purchase something more suitable.
After storing the treasure in his world ring, Han Jue stepped through the dimensional barrier into the next space.
He was immediately teleported to the fourth level of Lotus Flower Ancient City.
The difficulty of the trials on levels four through six of Lotus Flower Ancient City was significantly higher than that of levels one through three.
The ordinary trials on the first three levels could be easily passed by peak Kings with a bit of luck and skill.
The ordinary trials on the middle three levels posed genuine threats even to peak Kings.
Those at the limit King level faced certain risks on levels four through six, encountering trials of equivalent difficulty to their own power. Only Invincible Kings could roam freely through levels four through six without much concern.
As for the last three levels!
Those who could enter levels seven through nine were at minimum limit King level. Even Invincible Kings didn't dare claim absolute safety there, which demonstrated just how dangerous those upper levels were.
After all, top-tier domain-type and palace-type treasures could appear on those levels, treasures that some weaker Universe Venerables might not even possess.
In fact, it wasn't uncommon for complete sets of treasures comparable to ordinary high-grade treasures to appear on levels seven through nine.
Outside Lotus Flower Ancient City, at the entrance located at the bottom of the great lake.
King Thunder and a contingent of peak Kings remained here, maintaining their standoff with the alien Kings.
At this time, nearly a dozen Invincible Kings had gathered, a total of seven Invincible Kings, with only one belonging to the human faction.
There were dozens more peak Kings from all factions!
If they all entered simultaneously, most of the limit Kings currently inside would likely be killed or severely wounded. The Hong Alliance was already at a disadvantage in the Sixth Battlefield; if these peak Kings suffered heavy losses, they would be completely unable to compete with the other three major factions.
"You should enter first," King Thunder said calmly to the peak Kings of the human faction below him.
"Lord King Thunder, the entrance to Lotus Flower Ancient City won't close for nearly half a day," King Blackwater reminded him with concern.
"It's alright. I'll hold them off for half a day," King Thunder replied evenly, blue lightning crackling across his form.
"King Thunder, you're truly confident," King Snake-Neck couldn't help but mock, his massive serpentine body coiling through the water.
"Do you dare to fight me one-on-one?" King Thunder said softly, his body erupting with violent arcs of electricity, exuding pure killing intent.
King Snake-Neck immediately fell silent.
In a one-on-one confrontation, even though both were Invincible Kings, King Snake-Neck wasn't confident he could defeat King Thunder. At best, it would be a sixty-forty split, with King Thunder holding the advantage.
Moreover, King Snake-Neck possessed a fatal weakness, King Thunder's speed, even without using teleportation, was unmatched throughout the entire Sixth Battlefield.
Furthermore, King Thunder possessed a top-tier domain-type treasure capable of sealing space and preventing enemies from teleporting!
This meant that if King Thunder wanted to escape, no one could stop him. His strength was also formidable enough that fighting him to the death was impossible, leaving opponents in an awkward position where they could neither defeat him nor flee.
"Snake-Neck King, how about we join forces to kill King Thunder?" a seductive, delicate female voice suggested.
"Gu Heart King, don't try to bewitch Snake-Neck King," another voice interjected. The speaker was another Invincible King from the Demon faction, King Blazing Flame.
"Hmph, King Blazing Flame, you Demon faction has two Invincible Kings, while my Insect faction only has one. Of course I need to find someone to join forces with!" Gu Heart King snorted, turning her gaze to King Thunder. "How about this, King Thunder? Let's join forces against the Demon Alliance?"
King Thunder remained unmoved, his expression unchanging.
He simply stood quietly before the entrance to Lotus Flower Ancient City, watching the Invincible Kings argue among themselves.
"Boring," Gu Heart King sneered dismissively.
The several Invincible Kings present ignored Gu Heart King's provocations, well aware of her true nature. Her words were worthless, only a fool would believe them.
"Let's just wait patiently. Those few limit Kings are lucky to even reach the fourth level. The real treasures won't appear until the seventh level and beyond," a towering robot said. This was the Mechanical faction's Invincible King, King Liquid Silver.
"King Liquid Silver is correct. In the past, the last three levels of Lotus Flower Ancient City have seen a maximum of four top-tier treasures appear at one time, and a minimum of only one. But regardless, those are beyond the reach of limit Kings," King Blazing Flame agreed.
"Then let's wait," Gu Heart King said with a cold laugh.
Lotus Flower Ancient City, Seventh Level.
Han Jue had never expected that the first space he entered after reaching the fourth level would be a treasure trial!
A guardian at the limit King level stood before him.
The guardian's divine body wasn't particularly large and couldn't withstand Han Jue's concentrated attacks. It possessed no powerful treasures, its only advantage was formidable offensive capability. However, it was easily entangled by his Thousand-Vine Star-Eating Grass, creating the perfect opportunity for Han Jue to unleash his attacks.
Thus, quite easily, Han Jue defeated the guardian and obtained a top-tier melee treasure, the Heavenly Phoenix Divine Light Halberd.
This was a useless treasure for Han Jue, something he would exchange for treasure points later.
"So the ordinary trials on the seventh level can already pose a threat to ordinary limit King cultivators?"
Han Jue stood before the current trial, his expression growing serious as he assessed the challenge ahead.
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