Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 458

Funds are burning.

But the effect is good.

The headless corpse of the Bloody General knelt on the ground.

The longsword lay beside him.

He was deader than dead.

The bronze man was enveloped in flickering, twisting lightning, looking as if he could still slay another Bloody General.

This special effect is truly powerful!

The saying “you get what you pay for” is probably a universal truth, even in the cosmos.

“Guard.”

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Shen Ye said in a low voice.

The bronze man, holding a giant blade, retreated step by step.

It guardedly stood before the tunnel leading to the Little Western Paradise.

This way.

The dilapidated True Path Exoskeleton could fully unleash its “tower defense” power and face the enemy alongside the bronze man.

Inside the Bloody War Fortress, the voice of the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King rang out again:

“Advance, Bloody Mammoth.”

A high-pitched trumpet blast shook the entire battlefield.

The blood-stained gates slowly rose.

A behemoth, taking heavy steps, slowly walked out of the fortress.

This was a giant bloody construct several tens of meters tall.

It was clad in steel armor, with a mobile fortress mounted on its back, housing dozens of blood mages holding staffs.

“Meteor Shower—”

“Volley fire!”

The blood mages waved their staffs.

One blood mage summoned one meteor.

Dozens of blood mages were enough to summon a meteor shower!

In the sky.

Meteors, carrying destructive auras, streaked down rapidly.

“Fight them.”

Shen Ye said.

He rotated his ring, continuously supplying gold.

He had just secretly tallied all the resources in his hand.

The gold left to him by Mount Penglai was actually not much.

One-thousandth of it had already been used.

—Spirit stones, immortal spirit stones, and immortal spirit jade were far more valuable!

When the spirit stones were used, the bronze man’s combat power (special effects) would have a qualitative leap!

Shen Ye fed a few more tons of gold to the bronze man.

As the funds burned, a surge of lightning once again burst from the giant blade.

The power of the special effects constantly increased, bursting forth into a towering lightning giant sword in an instant.

That’s enough!

Such power was sufficient to deal with the sky full of meteors!

The bronze man said nothing, leaped high, and swung its long blade in mid-air.

In an instant.

Countless lightning lines radiated from the long blade, like a lightning net, meeting the meteor-fire rain.

Boom, boom, boom—

Meteors flew down, instantly sliced into fragments of lightning and fire by the blade’s shadow, scattering in the wind.

Occasionally, one or two escaped—

A few gigantic thrown stones flew out from the underground abyss, colliding with them in mid-air with earth-shattering sounds.

—The “tower defense” function had activated!

“Go, take down that bronze man.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King said in a deep voice, a hint of barely perceptible anger in his tone.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

The Bloody Mammoth took steps, continuing to advance.

The bronze man stood at the only path to the Little Western Paradise, quietly waiting for the moment of battle.

At this moment.

Something neither side had expected happened.

“Catdog?”

Shen Ye exclaimed in surprise.

He saw Catdog leap out from the underground abyss, its body stretching instantly, suddenly transforming into a cat and a dog.

The cat slapped the dog, and before the dog could react, it immediately ran towards the Bloody War Fortress.

The dog was furious and chased closely behind.

Before anyone could react, they chased each other, crossed the bronze man’s defense line, and pounced in front of the Bloody Mammoth.

“Trample them.”

A blood mage on the behemoth roared.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The mammoth stomped down, hitting both Catdog at once.

“Is this your creation?”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King let out a contemptuous laugh.

The next second.

He couldn’t laugh anymore.

The Bloody Mammoth lifted its foot.

Catdog lay on the ground like two flattened pancakes, but they struggled desperately.

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Quite comical!

But—

They weren’t dead!

A pair of feet extended from the “pancakes”, whirling like wheels.

The cat and dog, maintaining their flattened appearance, squeezed under the war mammoth’s crotch and continued to run towards the mammoth’s rear—

They looked like two crabs.

—Their direction was still the Bloody War Fortress!

“…Three-headed Dragon, awaken.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King called out with some hesitation.

These two comical things didn’t really warrant the Three-headed Dragon’s specialized deployment.

But they couldn’t be crushed!

This was a bit bizarre.

Why?

What law, what truth, allowed them to crawl on the ground after being flattened?

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King had never seen such a thing.

To be safe, it was better to awaken the strongest Bloody Three-headed Dragon.

A towering crimson light burst forth from the Bloody War Fortress.

A powerful aura descended.

The next second.

Shen Ye’s expression sharpened, and he looked up at the war fortress opposite him.

A moment of silence.

Suddenly.

On the city walls, three enormous dragon heads appeared.

One green, one red, one black.

The three dragon heads overlooked the battlefield outside the war fortress together.

They first noticed the bronze man, but soon retracted their gaze, falling upon the approaching enemy.

A cat and a dog.

—Are these things worthy of waking me up?

The three dragon heads were somewhat perplexed, but soon, a hint of cruelty flickered in their vertical pupils.

No matter how small the enemy, it was still an enemy.

Let them feel pain.

“Use the ultimate Shadow Flame to burn these two comical fellows to ashes.”

The White Night Spirit King’s voice came from afar.

The three dragon heads no longer hesitated. The central black dragon head took a deep breath and spat out black flames towards the outside of the city wall!

These flames were extremely fast—

Even faster than the fire meteors!

Catdog seemed oblivious, continuing to run without stopping, and were hit by the black flames in an instant.

They were burned into a charred mess.

The charred mess continued to advance!

The Three-headed Dragon was astonished.

—Damn it, how can they still run when their bodies are charred? What’s the principle behind this?

It straightened its posture, and the green and red dragon heads erupted with new breaths together.

Frost and fire intertwined, transforming into a surging dragon’s breath that completely enveloped the charred mess.

Crash—

Even the ground shattered into dust.

The charred mass had already been hit, turning into a pile of slag, accumulating on the ground.

Dead!

No…

From that pile of slag, two round eyes emerged, blinking continuously, looking around.

If this were an animation, their appearance would indeed be comical.

But this wasn’t an animation!

At least not right now!

With two “slap” sounds, the cat and dog actually returned to their original forms, climbed up from the ground, and continued to sprint towards the Bloody War Fortress.

The perplexed voice of the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King echoed from afar:

“What in the world is that thing?”

Shen Ye did not answer.

—How was he supposed to answer that?

Catdog should have been dead.

—But now that it was on a comical tangent, it simply couldn’t die!

Was the knowledge and path he brought from that world really that powerful?

Or was it that the Oracle of Fate had transformed Earth’s knowledge into a path, making these two True Path Constructs incredibly strong?

…Wait a moment.

A flash of inspiration crossed Shen Ye’s mind.

I performed the Oracle of Fate on the house, Catdog, the bronze man, and even that dilapidated armor.

—Why didn’t I perform it on myself?

Shen Ye subconsciously raised his left hand, gazing at the long lines on his palm.

Now he knew how to activate the “Oracle of Fate.”

At the same moment he gazed, the patterns on his palm began to glow.

In an instant.

It felt as if something had changed.

No.

—Performing the Oracle of Fate on True Path Constructs was nothing like this!

Countless images flashed through Shen Ye’s mind.

Innumerable pieces of information surged into his consciousness.

All of this came so swiftly and overwhelmingly that Shen Ye felt his brain was on the verge of exploding.

Perhaps a long time passed, but perhaps only an instant.

Everything became coherent.

A line of faint, glowing text appeared:

“First fate line.”

The scene became clear.

It was still this battle.

Shen Ye watched himself fighting the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King in this Devouring Ritual, following the established procedures.

They fought for three days and three nights.

He finally fought the opponent to a draw.

“This is just a battle of True Path Stage Three, which is why you had a chance to draw with me.”

“Very well, I shall retreat for now, and you prepare to face the suffering of being human.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King vanished after speaking.

The ancient Devouring Ritual ended.

He only won an eyeball, returned to the Death Star, but found that the Death Star had been destroyed.

He watched with his own eyes as the remnants of the Death Star drifted in the universe.

The image stopped at this moment.

Suddenly.

A line of faint, glowing text appeared:

“Second fate line.”

The scene rapidly rewound.

It returned to this battle of the Devouring Ritual.

He defended with all his might, performing even better, and finally defeated the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King a day later.

But when he obtained Su Rong’s head, he still found that the Death Star had been destroyed.

Even the Primordial Ruins no longer existed.

Su Rong’s head could no longer be placed in the Primordial Ruins to further grow and evolve the power of this Sixth Epoch.

Everyone died.

Everything in the multi-layered universe headed towards destruction.

The image stopped at this instant.

Then—

It rewound again.

A line of faint, glowing text appeared:

“Third fate line.”

This was the third time!

In this Devouring Ritual, he sensed the dangerous situation of the Death Star, unhesitatingly abandoned Su Rong’s eyeball, conceded defeat on the spot, and then rushed back to save the Death Star.

Because he possessed the Three Arts and had True Path constructs at hand—

The Death Star withstood this wave of sneak attacks.

—The Primordial Ruins and everyone survived!

The scene froze with him standing amidst the dilapidated city ruins, his expression bewildered.

Su Rong’s sigh echoed in his ears:

“The opponent has obtained my complete corpse, so my free will is about to vanish into thin air.”

As soon as the words fell.

Everything about her dissipated.

The image stopped.

An instant.

The three glowing lines on his hand disappeared simultaneously.

All images also vanished completely.

Shen Ye suddenly snapped back to his senses, panting heavily.

Rows of faint, glowing text appeared before his eyes:

“You have used the Oracle of Fate on yourself.”

“You have observed the outcomes of yourself in three fates. When you adopt the corresponding strategy, you will embark on the corresponding path of fate.”

“This is the true meaning of the Oracle of Fate.”

—Three predetermined paths of fate!

Which one to choose?

Logically, to ensure the survival of the people on the Death Star, only the last one could be chosen.

But—

What the hell was there to choose!

Shen Ye took a deep breath, an overwhelming killing intent erupting from his body.

He had only secured this Devouring Ritual through physical fusion.

But the opponent’s True Path was “Disorder”!

It wouldn’t fight him in a methodical way.

It commanded its subordinates to sneak attack the Death Star!

…He had been careless.

Fortunately, at this moment, nothing had happened yet.

Shen Ye clenched his fists.

Whether it was the destruction of the planet or Su Rong’s complete dissipation, it would cause a fatal blow to the multi-layered universe.

—Why should I choose among those three fates?

Fortunately—

In those fate-filled scenes, various battle scenarios appeared; even how to draw or win against the Shadow of the White Night Spirit King was explicitly shown.

Three consecutive battles were enough for Shen Ye to know the opponent’s combat intelligence!

Since that was the case—

Shen Ye’s gaze was deep, and he made a decision with hardly any hesitation.

Full defense and counter-offensive would both take considerable time.

And the opponent would soon summon forces to attack the Death Star.

—Then he would take the initiative to attack!

End this Devouring Ritual in the shortest possible time!

Having made his decision.

Shen Ye immediately flew towards the Bloody War Fortress.

At this time, Catdog had just arrived at the gate of the Bloody War Fortress, and the bronze man was still halfway, resisting the War Mammoth.

Shen Ye landed in front of the bronze man and quickly transmitted a message:

“The Bloody Mammoth’s weakness is its abdomen. As long as you hit its abdomen, it will stop in place, unable to attack or defend.”

—This was intelligence gradually discovered during battles in the three fate lines!

Upon hearing this, the bronze man slowly turned its head and looked towards the mammoth’s abdomen.

Shen Ye wiped his ring and barked:

“Unlimited funding! Hit it hard!”

Before the words had even faded.

Terrifying power fluctuations had already erupted from the bronze man.

Shen Ye, however, no longer looked back.

He flew above the war fortress, looking down.

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King asked strangely:

“You and I cannot personally engage in combat, nor can we harm the True Path Constructs in this battle. You should know this.”

“Why are you here?”

Shen Ye did not answer, merely stretched out a hand, pressed it into the void, and exclaimed in a low voice:

“Gate!”

Gate—

The Gate ability unfolded, instantly linking to “Real Estate.”

“Real Estate” was that house—

Little Western Paradise!

In an instant.

A scene unprecedented in the Devouring Ritual unfolded!

A house crashed down, tightly filling the entire internal space of the Bloody War Fortress!

Little Western Paradise!

Shen Ye brought it directly!

—From the perspective of Shen Ye’s world, this was a direct confrontation between bases!

He saw seven or eight turrets mounted on the Little Western Paradise, all aiming at the Three-headed Dragon on the city wall, unleashing roaring and flaming muzzles with full power!

—The tower defense ability displayed by the dilapidated True Path Armor!

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King’s reaction was swift. The moment the Little Western Paradise landed in the Bloody War Fortress, he roared in fury:

“You’re insane!”

“Damn lunatic—all out—tear down that house for me!”

As the Little Western Paradise descended, it crushed many enemy forces with the power of the True Path Stage Three, and then immediately opened its turrets.

Boom—

In the continuous cannon fire, the Three-headed Dragon was blasted off the city wall.

It was firmly suppressed in a corner, roaring repeatedly, yet unable to escape the bombardment.

Suppression!

—From those fate scenes, it was evident that the most powerful entity in the entire Bloody War Fortress was this Three-headed Dragon.

As long as it was suppressed and the Bloody Mammoth was dealt with—

There was hope of winning!

At this point, the entire battlefield was in chaos.

All the turrets were fully suppressing the Three-headed Dragon, so they couldn’t deal with the Bloody Knights.

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The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King gave the order, and the Bloody Knights, led by a general, immediately began attacking the Little Western Paradise.

Shen Ye had also long prepared for this battle.

“Catdog, go!”

Catdog jumped up, following behind the Bloody Knights, a few nails clutched in its mouth, a hammer in its hand.

As soon as a part was dismantled, it immediately nailed it back up with a wooden board.

The Bloody Knights dismantled in front, and it built behind.

Dismantling and building.

The Little Western Paradise astonishingly remained in its original state!

“Kill it!”

The Bloody General roared.

He turned around, leading the Bloody Knights charging forward, swinging their long spears to stab at Catdog.

Catdog, startled, jumped and ran.

The knights chased behind, it ran in front, and the two sides quickly circled the house once.

“Speed up, chase it!” the Bloody General shouted.

They circled again.

And again.

Round and round.

Catdog suddenly jumped out, stood by the roadside, holding a bottle of iced cola, and leisurely drank it.

The Bloody Knights, however, were still chasing around the house in circles!

—Comical Secret Technique: Classic Circle Method!

You can see this scene in many animated cartoons!

Taking advantage of this moment—

The bronze man, with its infinite funds, arrived.

A head was impaled on the giant blade in its hand.

The head of a mammoth!

The bronze man threw the head, smashing it against the city wall and dislodging many bricks and stones.

Its aura was now completely different, and with the continuous burning of funds, it continued to climb higher!

The bronze man glanced at the Bloody General and knights, who were running around the house, and then at the three-headed dragon, pinned down by the tower defense turrets and being bombarded. It hesitated for a moment.

Shen Ye silently calculated the time.

According to the three fate lines in his memory, in about a quarter of an hour, the enemy would attack the Death Star!

“Don’t worry about anything, dismantle their fortress with all your might.”

Shen Ye quickly commanded:

“We’re in a hurry—”

“In this battle, whoever dismantles the enemy’s structure first wins!”

The bronze man took the order, immediately raised its giant blade, and furiously struck the city wall of the Bloody War Fortress.

It began dismantling the fortress!

Those Bloody Generals and Knights also stopped their pursuit.

The voice of the White Night Spirit King’s Shadow followed:

“Don’t mind that damned cat and dog—”

“Tear down his house, tear down that house for me!”

The Bloody General waved his hand, and the knights immediately launched an attack on the Little Western Paradise.

Both sides were racing against time!

“Three-headed Dragon, accept the sacrifice of blood and souls, transform into your complete form for me!”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King roared.

Upon hearing this, Shen Ye immediately recalled the scene in the previous fate images where the Three-headed Dragon transformed into its complete form.

“Catdog! Don’t let its black dragon head finish casting the spell!”

He immediately commanded.

At the same time, he reappeared inside the Little Western Paradise, placing his hand on the wall of the room.

“Underground City.”

Shen Ye silently recited in his mind.

This was the triple True Path advancement route he had chosen for the Little Western Paradise, temporarily raised to True Path Stage Three!

Everything plunged into chaos.

The bronze man wreaked havoc on the city wall, followed closely by several Bloody Generals.

A group of knights were busy dismantling the Little Western Paradise.

The Three-headed Dragon, enduring the turret’s bombardment, struggled to rise, its black head loudly chanting a spell.

Meanwhile, Catdog jointly leaped onto the dragon’s body, climbed along its neck to the black dragon’s head, and both squatted inside its mouth.

The black dragon howled, “Xili Jinda Suomiya—”

“Woof woof woof!”

“Sadasla Kexiso—”

“Meow meow meow!”

Catdog barked and meowed loudly inside its mouth.

With three different sounds coming from one mouth, the spell’s effect couldn’t be achieved.

The black dragon roared in anger, snapping its jaws wildly.

Catdog huddled together, dodging back and forth inside its mouth as if dancing.

“It’s over!”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King triumphantly announced in a loud voice.

Catdog, the Three-headed Dragon, the Bloody General, and the bronze man all looked towards the center of the battlefield.

They saw that the entire Little Western Paradise had been completely dismantled!

Only ruins remained on the ground.

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King burst into wild laughter:

“Hahaha, no matter what strange things you have, in the face of true power—damn it, what is that!”

A brand new house rose from the ground, standing once again within the Bloody War Fortress.

It was taller than the previous “Little Western Paradise,” its walls thicker, and its appearance more majestic.

The turrets on the roof had even doubled, all roaring as they aimed at the Three-headed Dragon!

The Three-headed Dragon twisted its body repeatedly from the bombardment.

It retreated to the corner again!

Everyone looked confused, even the Three-headed Dragon gazing at the brand new hut.

It had been dismantled, right?

Could houses also revive?

The plaque on the hut’s door displayed large characters:

“Little Western Paradise (Hard Mode).”

Exactly!

—What was just dismantled was the Little Western Paradise in Easy Mode!

To fully complete this dungeon (not really), they still needed to face the Little Western Paradise in Hard Mode!

This was the True Path Stage Three route Shen Ye had chosen for the Little Western Paradise!

“Give… continue dismantling.”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King commanded with a complex tone.

The Little Western Paradise not only had more turrets and increased power, but its house surface also gained several layers of heavy armor defense.

The Bloody Knights again tried to dismantle it with all their might, but their speed was much slower than last time.

“Keep dismantling, don’t stop!”

Shen Ye also roared furiously.

The bronze man and Catdog were greatly emboldened. One continually unleashed lightning blade rays on the fortress, while the other sprayed pepper into the Three-headed Dragon’s mouth.

The city walls of the Bloody War Fortress constantly crumbled.

Shen Ye checked the time.

Five minutes left!

In five minutes, the enemy would reach the Death Star!

Faster.

Even faster!

“I won—the final victory is mine!”

The Shadow of the White Night Spirit King once again shouted loudly.

In the field, the Little Western Paradise was once again dismantled completely.

At this point, although the entire Bloody War Fortress had been largely torn apart by the bronze man, it hadn’t been completely destroyed!

“You’re dreaming—bronze man, don’t stop, keep dismantling!”

Shen Ye roared at the bronze man.

The bronze man, knowing it was the last critical moment, frantically unleashed streams of lightning and even slammed its body directly into the buildings and walls.

It desperately destroyed the entire fortress!

As for Shen Ye’s Little Western Paradise—

In the center of the fortress, the damaged Little Western Paradise suddenly returned to full health, standing upright in the arena with a brand-new appearance.

The title on the plaque above its door had also changed:

“Little Western Paradise (Abyss Mode).”

The third dungeon mode! (Not really!)

This time.

The entire rooftop of the small house was packed with turrets.

Half of the cannons aimed at the Three-headed Dragon, continuously suppressing it, while the other half of the turrets cooperated with the bronze man, bombarding the buildings in the fortress with full force.

Sharp, retractable spikes hung on the outer walls of the small house.

If a Bloody Knight wasn’t careful, they would be impaled right through—

They wouldn’t be able to dismantle the house so easily!

—This was Abyss Mode, not so easy to clear!

Shen Ye subconsciously glanced at the time.

One minute left!

The enemy was about to invade the Death Star!

Suddenly—

The bronze man dropped from mid-air, crashing onto the Bloody Knights with a clang, sending them flying.

Catdog also leaped out of the Three-headed Dragon’s black mouth, scrambling back to the front of the hut.

The bronze man and Catdog stood still.

—Those bloody monsters also stopped moving.

The entire battlefield fell into a deadly silence.

Lines of faint, glowing text silently appeared in the void:

“The opponent’s True Path Stage Three construct: ‘Bloody War Fortress’ has been completely dismantled.”

“Congratulations.”

“You have won this Devouring Ritual battle.”

“You have obtained Su Rong’s head.”