Soon.
The dark red spaceship arrived near the mountain peak, which was over ten thousand meters tall.
Whoosh!
The hatch opened, and Ender flashed out of the spaceship, standing in the air not far from King Towering Bear and King Pheasant Wing.
"King Verdant End."
Seeing that the newcomer was indeed Ender, King Towering Bear and King Pheasant Wing greeted him simultaneously.
"King Towering Bear, King Pheasant Wing."
Ender nodded in response, seeing that they seemed to have been waiting for a long time, so he asked, "Am I late?"
"Not late." King Towering Bear shook his head, "You arrived exactly at the time we agreed upon. It's the Demon race over there..."
"What's wrong with the Demon race?" Ender was a bit curious.
King Pheasant Wing laughed heartily, "The Demon race just now was urging us, clearly anxious."
"Thar Demon race!" King Towering Bear snorted, "He set the exploration for a thousand years later, and now he's the one rushing us."
"He?" Ender pondered, "Does 'he' refer to the King-level Immortal of the Demon race who holds the token?"
"Since King Verdant End has arrived, then we should go over, lest he urge us again."
After King Towering Bear finished speaking, he slowly flew into the distance using his own force field.
"Let's go, King Verdant End." King Pheasant Wing spread his wings and took off, following King Towering Bear's figure.
Seeing this, Ender put the Shadow Dragon spaceship into his world ring, then stepped onto the Shadow Shuttle and followed.
...
In a secluded mountain valley on the Scarlet Rainbow Continent.
Three Demon race members of various forms, each only a few meters tall, were currently coiled in this mountain valley.
They were...
A beautiful Celestial Wolf with fiery red, soft fur all over its body.
A Frost Tiger Beast, shaped like a single-horned white horse but with sharp beast claws for limbs, emitting waves of cold aura.
A Terrifying Gold Demon, covered in golden scales, with a wolf-like head but a single horn, and incredibly complex secret patterns on the scales of its head.
These three Demon race members all exuded solid Immortal pressure. Just by the oppressive aura enveloping the entire valley, it could be discerned that all three were Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal.
The beautiful Celestial Wolf with fiery red, soft fur was curled up on a large rock, with a hint of impatience in its eyes, "King Frost Steed, you contacted King Towering Bear of the Human faction. When exactly will they arrive?"
"Soon."
The Frost Tiger Beast, called King Frost Steed, opened its mouth, which was full of menacing sharp teeth, and replied, "King Towering Bear and his group are already on their way. Please wait a moment."
The Terrifying Gold Demon, sitting in the center of the valley and occasionally looking at the cave entrance, asked, "King Frost Steed, do you know which Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal King Towering Bear invited, besides King Pheasant Wing?"
"Hard to say."
King Frost Steed shook his head slightly, "King Towering Bear's strength is quite good; he's well-balanced in all aspects with no obvious weaknesses, but also no particular strengths."
"As for King Pheasant Wing, I'm sure you all know that his instantaneous burst speed is extremely fast, even surpassing many Limit stage King-Level, and he has also comprehended the 'Space Lockdown' profoundness. It's very, very difficult to kill him."
"As for the last person, I estimate they will invite a Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal who specializes in attack or defense. And there are too many Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal of this type in the Human faction, making it hard to pinpoint who it is."
King Frost Steed said softly, "I had a thousand years to invite two, so King Towering Bear also had a thousand years to invite powerhouse. It might even be a very famous Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal."
"Hehe, no problem." The Terrifying Gold Demon laughed, "As long as it's not a Limit stage King-Level, it's fine."
"Based on my understanding of King Towering Bear from our last adventure, he wouldn't possibly invite a Limit stage King-Level."
King Frost Steed first denied it, then added, "King Towering Bear comes from an ordinary race. If he were to invite a Limit stage King-Level, he would lose his dominant position, even if he possesses the token to open the aboriginal Holy Land."
"So, that's also why you didn't invite a Limit stage King-Level?" The Terrifying Gold Demon asked.
"King Overbearing Autumn, you're right, that's why I didn't invite a Limit stage King-Level." King Frost Steed admitted it naturally.
"Haha, King Frost Steed, you're quite frank." The Terrifying Gold Demon, called King Overbearing Autumn, grinned, "Fortunately, you are one of my Demon race's royal families and didn't invite those foreign races."
"King Overbearing Autumn, you talk too much!"
The beautiful Celestial Wolf with fiery red, soft fur, curled up on the giant rock, spoke, "The three Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal from the Human faction have arrived."
"Hmm."
King Overbearing Autumn looked up at the sky upon hearing this, only to see three streaks of light flying rapidly from afar.
...
After flying for a while with King Towering Bear and King Pheasant Wing.
Ender, whose consciousness was constantly in the Virtual Universe, observing the results from the detector, discovered the whereabouts of three King-level Immortal from the Demon race Camp.
"King Frost Steed, King Overbearing Autumn, and King Mistflare!"
Due to replacing his detector with one worth hundreds of billions of Mixed unit, Ender easily detected the identities of the three Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal.
When they arrived above the valley and saw the three Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal in the valley below, King Pheasant Wing transmitted, "A bit troublesome, didn't expect King Mistflare to be here too."
King Mistflare is a very famous Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal in the First Battlefield. Whether it's attack, defense, or flying speed, she is a top-tier existence among Pinnacle Stage King-Level, and is publicly recognized as a strong individual very close to Limit stage King.
"King Frost Steed lost three allies in his last exploration, so it's natural for him to invite a powerful Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal this time. King Mistflare being invited is normal, and it just so happens that we also invited King Verdant End."
King Towering Bear's transmission carried a hint of a smile, "This is quite interesting. King Verdant End's famous battle was directly resisting King Mistflare's attack while she burned her Immortal Energy."
The transmission ended, and King Towering Bear said, "Let's go down."
Whoosh!
Upon hearing this, Ender and King Pheasant Wing followed, arriving together in the valley below.
As soon as he landed, Ender saw the beautiful Celestial Wolf with fiery red, soft fur, curled up on the giant rock, stand up, its beast eyes fixed on him.
Looking at the beautiful Celestial Wolf rising from the giant rock, Ender said softly, "King Mistflare."
"King Verdant End, I didn't expect to meet you here." King Mistflare's voice was cold, "I heard you comprehended the 'Space Teleportation' profoundness, barely counting as a true Pinnacle Stage King-Level.
"With your Low Stage King-level Immortal attack power, instead of perfecting your secret techniques in the Human Territory, you actually have time to run here."
"Heh, since even King Mistflare has come, why can't I?" Ender sneered, "Everyone is here for Treasure Trove, there's no difference." He had no good expression for King Mistflare, who had once injured him and even threatened to trample him.
King Towering Bear saw that the two, who already had a conflict, were starting to mock each other, and feared they would fight before even entering the aboriginal Holy Land.
So, he quickly said, "King Mistflare, this is not the time for reminiscing. Don't forget the purpose of both our sides being here. It's time to enter the aboriginal Holy Land of Scarlet Rainbow Continent."
King Mistflare heard this, and her wolf head lifted slightly, "King Frost Steed."
"Let's go, King Towering Bear, we'll go open the aboriginal Holy Land of Scarlet Rainbow Continent."
King Frost Steed stepped forward with his beast claws, walking towards the mountain valley cave, leaving footprints frozen by frost on the ground.
King Towering Bear nodded slightly upon hearing this, dragging his heavy body also towards the mountain valley cave. The entrance to the aboriginal Holy Land was located inside the cave.
After the two Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal, who held the tokens, entered the cave, Ender and the other Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal stood in opposition. Although their eyes were filled with hostility, no substantial conflict arose due to the Treasure Trove in the Holy Land.
"King Pheasant Wing, I heard you had a good harvest in this aboriginal Holy Land last time?" King Overbearing Autumn asked with ill intent.
"It was alright." King Pheasant Wing replied perfunctorily, "Just a bit more than King Frost Steed's harvest."
"It seems..."
Just as King Overbearing Autumn was about to speak, he felt a slight tremor in the mountain valley.
Rumble!
The mountain valley vibrated slightly, causing the vegetation, trees, and rocks to shake.
At the same time, a crack appeared on the nearby mountain, over a hundred meters high and thirty meters wide, with white faint light emanating from its edges, and spatial fluctuations became evident.
Although the crack appeared on the mountain, it did not tear the mountain apart, but rather gave the impression of appearing out of thin air.
This crack was like a spatial passage.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
King Towering Bear and King Frost Steed, who held the tokens and entered the cave to open the aboriginal Holy Land, transformed into two streaks of light and shot out from within the cave.
"Hurry in! Without the token continuously opening it, the gate will only last for 3 seconds." King Towering Bear transformed into a black streak of light and flew straight towards the crack.
Upon hearing this, Ender also flew towards the crack. The others were equally fast, all entering the crack within 3 seconds.
Buzz!
Soon after entering the crack, the crack, which had a faint white light at its edges, closed, completely isolating them from the outside world.
Upon entering the crack, Ender looked around and found himself in a passage, with a long passage ahead.
On the walls of the passage, which was over a kilometer wide, there were numerous aboriginal texts and murals of the Scarlet Rainbow Continent, seemingly recording something.
"This is..."
Suspecting it was a Treasure Trove of the Scarlet Rainbow Continent aboriginals, Ender had already learned the aboriginal script before coming, so he could freely read the texts on both side walls and understand their meaning based on the murals.
"Holy Land, used to worship the mother who nurtured the Holy Race..."
Quickly reading the texts on both sides of the passage, and based on the murals that resembled the evolution of a Secret Realm giving birth to numerous Treasure Trove, as well as countless murals of ecstatic alien figures drawn with simple lines.
Ender understood, "This is where the Scarlet Rainbow Continent aboriginals worship the Hongwu Secret Realm. They regard the Hongwu Secret Realm as the mother who nurtured them."
"King Verdant End. Those murals and texts are not worth looking at. This is just the Scarlet Rainbow Continent aboriginals' place of worship. It's suspected to contain numerous Treasure Trove born from the evolution of the Hongwu Secret Realm."
Seeing Ender examining the texts and murals on both sides, King Pheasant Wing transmitted, "So, we don't need to watch and understand so much. We just need to find the Treasure Trove evolved from the Hongwu Secret Realm."
"Hmm."
Ender nodded slightly, but his gaze still swept over the texts and murals on both sides. There were many instances of the word 'mother', with the most frequent phrase being "Respect the mother who nurtured us."
Flying slowly, the group of six Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal quickly exited the long passage and arrived at an extremely spacious hall.
Numerous passages connected in the hall, and the passage Ender and his group took was just one of dozens.
King Mistflare scanned the many passages and asked King Frost Steed, who was emitting waves of cold aura beside her, "You've been here before. How do we proceed now?"
"It's the same no matter which passage we take." King Frost Steed replied, "Last time we came here, we took different passages, but we still met at the same place in the end."
"Hmm, I understand." King Mistflare nodded slightly.
"King Verdant End." King Towering Bear transmitted, "We haven't explored all the passages here, but from the last exploration, it seems that besides the passage we entered through, all other passages lead to the same final destination: the deepest part of this aboriginal Holy Land."
Ender transmitted, "Since they're all the same, then how far did you explore last time?"
"From our analysis of the aboriginal texts, the furthest we explored last time was probably the inner sacrificial preparation area."
King Towering Bear replied, "Although it was only the inner sacrificial preparation area, we still obtained quite a lot of Treasure Trove."
"To be honest with you, last time each of us gained over a hundred billion Mixed unit! We even obtained twenty kilograms of Void crystal."
"Over a hundred billion Mixed unit? That much?!"
Ender asked via transmission, but in his heart, he knew King Towering Bear wasn't telling the truth.
The value of the Treasure Trove he and King Pheasant Wing obtained must have reached several hundred billion Mixed unit, otherwise, they wouldn't have invited them to this exploration team at the cost of giving up a share.
He estimated that the total wealth they gained here exceeded 300 billion Mixed unit.
"Although a hundred billion Mixed unit is a lot, that's ultimately just the inner sacrificial preparation area. The true Treasure Trove must be in the core altar!"
King Towering Bear drew a grand picture, "As long as we successfully enter the core altar, we will obtain unimaginable wealth. You just saw the texts and murals in the entrance passage. Those aboriginals obtained a large amount of Treasure Trove born from the evolution of the Hongwu Secret Realm over countless years."
"Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a Secret Realm evolution occurred in the Glacial River Belt, giving birth to only tens of tons of Glazed Star Gold, but too many Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal fell because of it."
"Even the recent Secret Realm evolution in the Glacial River Belt, though it didn't give birth to much Treasure Trove, still caused some Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal to fall."
Finally, King Towering Bear revealed a piece of news that concerned Ender, "King Mohun, who gained the upper hand in the Glacial River Belt Secret Realm evolution and obtained a large amount of Treasure Trove, has fallen. It is said that a Limit stage King-Level made the move."
Ender was somewhat surprised, "King Mohun has fallen? That Pinnacle Stage King-Level Soul Master just fell like that?"
However, upon careful thought, while a Pinnacle Stage King-Level Soul Master is formidable, facing a Limit stage King-Level or even a strong individual close to Invincible stage King-Level who would stop at nothing for Treasure Trove, falling is a very normal occurrence.
"Unlike Secret Realm evolution, as long as we don't reveal the exploration results, no one will know that we obtained a large amount of Treasure Trove."
King Towering Bear revealed his true intentions, "King Verdant End, with your excellent defensive means, exploring to the core altar should be very easy. Whether we can obtain a large amount of Treasure Trove depends on you."
"King Towering Bear, you said that the two Pinnacle Stage King-Level allies who fell last time died because they triggered a danger."
Ender heard this and did not answer immediately, but instead asked, "So, what kind of danger could cause two... No! Five Pinnacle Stage King-Level Immortal to fall?"