Published at 16th of December 2024 4:16 pm

Chapter 4274: Understanding the Situation

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Editor: Henyee Translations

Ling Han smiled, “I am indeed an outsider. Everyone, do you have any good suggestions for me?”

He didn’t have the slightest understanding of the City of Death, so he naturally couldn’t rashly barge in recklessly.

A few Dao Stones were gifted out, and instantly, these guards were all smiles, becoming incredibly attentive.

In truth, though Ling Han’s cultivation level was far higher than theirs, they were also people with powerful backers. If Ling Han dared to commit violence, it would be equivalent to embarrassing the Lord backing them. Then, no matter what Core Formation Tier or True Self Tier you were, you would only be blasted into smithereens.

—No matter how powerful his background was in the outside world, it was completely useless here. Even an Imperial Son had to behave himself.

Ling Han didn’t use his cultivation level to suppress them. Instead, he called them brothers, and even took out something as good as Dao Stones, which naturally made them enthusiastic.

Right now, the City of Death was divided into five major forces, and they were all at the Venerate Tier.

These five Venerates were the Ice Silkworm Venerate, the Nine Palace Venerate, the Blood Crow Venerate, the Crimson Moon Venerate, and the Brahman Sea Bodhisattva. The five Venerates led the almost ninety percent of the City of Death’s population, and the remaining portion was divided among the other forces.

The guards at the entrance belonged to the force under Crimson Moon Venerate. Even though they didn’t have much power, if anyone really dared to touch them, that would be equivalent to provoking Crimson Moon Venerate, and there would naturally be great elites who would move to suppress them.

In this place, aside from Dao Stones, there was also an even more valuable cultivation type divine material. It looked no different from a stone, and was covered with blood-colored patterns. If one used it for cultivation, it could increase one’s cultivation level extremely quickly, comparable to natural treasures.

This kind of cultivation DIvine Material was called the Source Dao Stone, because its effects were about the same as the Dao Stone, but a few hundred times better.

The Source Dao Stone was controlled by the five Venerate Tier elites. If one wanted to obtain it, their first priority was naturally to join the forces of the five Venerate Tier elites. After reaching a certain level or having performed a great merit, they would be rewarded.

The second was trading, using a large number of Dao Stones to buy it, or other treasures, such as Great Herbs, precious ingredients, and so on.

Finally, it was also the method that the majority would adopt, and that was to fight on the tournament stage.

After obtaining a certain number of victories, they would be rewarded with the Source Dao Stone, and if they won consecutively, they would also receive additional rewards.

B-but, this tournament stage battle was incredibly cruel, and would cause severe injury at the slightest provocation. After the tournament, losing an arm or a leg was a common occurrence, and there was no small number of people who were carried out every day.

However, this was the fastest way to obtain Source Dao Stones. Moreover, one didn’t need to walk on eggshells around others. As long as one had enough abilities, they could obtain it. Thus, this was also the most commonly used method.

After Ling Han thanked these guards, he entered the City of Death.

First, he had to find a place to settle down.

Previously, the guards had also told him about a very important matter, and that was though there was no difference of day and night in the City of Death, because they were all descendants of outsiders, they were used to the concept of day and night.

At midnight, a terrifying cold wind would blow through the entire city, easily freezing people to death.

Thus, at this time, aside from the Sect Master and Venerate Tier-level great elites, the others could only stay at home obediently. Going out would only be seeking death.

The strange thing was that as long as the structures were built from the stones of the City of Death, no matter how simple and crude they were, they would be able to resist the cold wind.

This kind of stone material had long since been distributed. It was completely impossible for him to get some stones himself to build a simple house.

Thus, he could only find an inn first.

Staying in an inn was paid for in Dao Stones. Of course, you could also use Source Dao Stones, but there shouldn’t be anyone that would be so stupid.

Ling Han followed the information provided by the guards, and soon found an inn.

“The Spiritual Rain Inn.” He glanced at the plaque on the inn’s door, then strode in.

This inn was very big, and had a continuous stretch of rooms. Furthermore, there were also many people living here. People came and went, appearing to be very lively.

Ling Han’s arrival didn’t attract anyone’s attention. In the outside world, he was the renowned freak, and only the Golden Generation, Ding Shu, and a few other people could match his natural talent.

But in this place, no one recognized him.

He was an extremely ordinary person.

Ling Han asked for a guest room. The accommodations here were astonishingly expensive. Staying for a night actually cost a hundred Dao Stones; it was really no different from robbing money.

But there was nothing that could be done. The cold winds could kill, and unless you were Sect Master-level, you could only obediently allow yourself to be slaughtered.

—What, just stay and then run without paying?

Do you know who this inn belongs to?

Crimson Moon Venerate!

To dare to stay and leave without paying at the inn belonging to a Venerate Tier, he was really tired of living.

Ling Han paid for a month of accommodations in advance. What he lacked the least now was the Dao Stones. Although he had used up all the Universe Coins in his Galaxy Network’s account, he still had a lot on him.

After resolving the problem, Ling Han began to find out about the specific situation of the tournament stage battles.

This kind of battle was conducted at a set location. In the Dark Battlefield of the city, participating in the battle did not require any fee, and it was the same for watching the battles. However, whether it was battle or watching the battles, they would all be facing extremely great danger.

That was because there were no restrictions here. If the shockwaves from the attacks blasted out, it was possible that the spectators would be severely injured, or even killed.

And there was no referee in battle. If one wanted to win, the opponent would either have to admit defeat, or one would have to beat his opponent to death.

It was said that this Dark Battlefield was jointly controlled by the five Venerate Tier elites, so no one dared to cause trouble.

This caused Ling Han to feel curious. If there were no benefits to be gained, why would the five Venerate Tier elites do something so superfluous?

Was it just to add a little entertainment for everyone after their meals?

In reality, Ling Han was more interested in finding out where the Source Dao Stones had been mined from. If he knew where it was, he would directly dig it up.

This matter naturally had to be considered at length. However, it was true that one could obtain the Source Dao Stones by fighting on the tournament stage.

Ling Han took a look. Every time he won three battles, he would be able to obtain a Source Dao Stone, which was about the size of a segment of his pinky. It was pitifully little, and if he won ten battles in a row, he would be able to win a fist-sized Source Dao Stone. These two methods could be compounded.

There were two types of tournament stage battles. One was a battle of equal minor level, and the other was a battle of equal cultivation levels. If one could defeat an opponent whose cultivation level was higher than his, he would be able to obtain additional marks, which would increase the size of the Source Dao Stone that he had won.

Additionally, one was allowed to admit defeat in the tournament, but after the number of times he had admitted defeat had accumulated to three times, he would be punished to not be able to fight on the Dark Battlefield again for half a year.

Thus, as long as there was a chance of turning the tables, the participants would also try their best. This undoubtedly increased the risk, causing even more people to be injured or even die.

After Ling Han found out about all this, he took a good rest. On the second day, he rushed to the Dark Battlefield to register.

He chose to battle at the same cultivation level, not minding that his opponent’s cultivation level was higher than his.

In a short while, he received news that he could enter the arena for a battle.

He entered, and saw that this Dark Battlefield was very big, and could accommodate at least ten groups of people battling at the same time. Furthermore, there was not only a one-on-one battle here, there was also a one-on-many battle, and many against many. It was divided into different battle areas.

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