Gates of the Myriad Realms Chapter 672
byChapter 655: Side by Side!
Beams of white light shot up into the sky.
The heavy cannons fired continuously, like Gatling guns, roaring as they tore through the dark sky.
Above the firmament.
The monster roared in anger.
But its emergence technique was broken by Good Duck Duck.
Taking advantage of this.
Good Duck Duck pulled out a long saber, flew up, and slashed four times in mid-air.
—Picking Spring Breeze!
A long crack appeared in the void, winding its way from the four giants.
Saber light!
This saber light seemed to have a life of its own, embracing the giants like a spring breeze, slicing their bodies into pieces.
“Door.”
The duck cried softly, pushed the door, and left.
In an instant.
The four giants, the White Emperor, and the heavy cannons all disappeared.
When darkness fell again, enveloping the entire inn, nothing was found.
“Door ability user… troublesome…”
From deep in the sky, that voice said.
On the other side.
In a certain magnificent city.
On the city wall.
A door opened.
Good Duck Duck landed, quickly surveying the surroundings.
—After those giants were defeated, they had been transformed into four spinning heads, used as defensive objects in its Dharma Idol.
This treatment was similar to Valhalla.
After all, it couldn’t trust them.
—Let them become emotionless defensive machines.
“Come out.”
Good Duck Duck flapped a wing, activated the entry “Mandala Chant,” and transformed the Staff of Ten Thousand Beasts back into Mountain King, wolves, wild boars, and other demonic beasts, letting them all land on the ground.
“This is—the Royal City!”
“It’s the Royal City!”
“We actually teleported here in one go.”
The demonic beasts were excited, chattering all at once.
“You wait, I’ll go get the military order!” Mountain King activated the token and cried out excitedly.
Following its spell, a beam of light emerged from the token and flew away.
The demonic beasts quietly stayed in place, waiting.
Taking advantage of this.
The duck also glanced at the void.
Its mission should have been completed by now!
Indeed, lines of faint text appeared:
“You have survived.”
“This battle has proven you worthy of entering the game.”
“Currently activating a joint mission:”
“Fire Guardian.”
“Entry-type mission.”
“Description: There is a true apocalyptic faction being by your side, burdened with a difficult mission. However, in the current situation, this being is at risk of perishing at any moment. You need to protect this faint spark.”
“Mission Reward: ‘Fire Guardian’ entry.”
“Entry effect: Your attacks possess the apocalyptic destructive flames, capable of burning anomalies and everything beyond, not suppressed by truth, not destroyed by destruction, capable of severing eternal power.”
“Apocalyptic sequence holders will enter the main history at the appropriate time.”
“Other comrades will join when necessary.”
“Also:”
“This is a mixed battlefield of anomalies, apocalypse, and order. Once dead, there is no resurrection.”
“Remember, remember!”
—It’s a protective mission!
The reward is excellent!
The duck’s heart trembled, and it immediately looked at Mountain King.
That’s not right.
Mountain King has that sequence!
But.
It’s not the one to be protected?
Then a stream of light flew from afar, landing in front of the assembled demons.
—It was a human man in cultivation robes.
“Are you the ones who came to rescue the Royal City?”
The man asked.
“Precisely!” Mountain King cupped its paws and said.
The man looked at the demons one by one.
Tigers.
Wolves.
Wild boars.
Pheasants? Ducks?
A peculiar expression appeared on the man’s face, and he threw a gray scepter to Mountain King, saying:
“This is the city’s central scepter. Now, it’s up to you.”
“We guarantee to fight with all our might—Sir, please assign us a mission.” Mountain King said heroically.
The man still had that peculiar expression on his face, shook his head, and said:
“How about this, you familiarize yourselves with the environment first, then come find me later.”
“…Yes.”
Mountain King responded.
The man turned and left, disappearing in a flash.
The demons’ gazes fell on the central scepter.
“That lord just said this is the central scepter?” The fox demon asked suspiciously.
“He seemed to have said that.” Mountain King was a bit uncertain.
—The city’s central scepter!
This concerned the defense of the entire Royal City. How could it be so easily given to a newly arrived demon beast?
“How about this, try the scepter’s function, then you’ll know the answer.” The pheasant bravely said.
“…That’s true.”
Mountain King tried to input demon power into the scepter.
The scepter didn’t move.
“I can feel it, it needs a sequence to activate it. I can’t use it.” Mountain King shook its head and said.
“Don’t you have a sequence on you?” The duck asked, puzzled.
“That’s temporary—it just borrowed my body to reach this Royal City. Now I don’t know what it’s busy with again.” Mountain King said.
“Borrowed your body?” The duck didn’t understand and pressed for an answer.
“Yes, the great sequence has always been unable to approach the Royal City. Fortunately, we’ve entered. Now it should be gathering sequence holders!”
Mountain King said with a look of reverence.
The duck was stunned.
Indeed.
You’re not my mission target.
Then where is my mission target?
Suddenly.
A violent noise came from the center of the city.
The demons turned their heads to look.
They saw a massive spaceship slowly ascending into the sky, gradually accelerating, and then suddenly breaking through the void, disappearing without a trace.
—What’s going on?
Not a single demon beast could comprehend this matter.
Beep beep beep!
A faint sound emanated from the central scepter, followed by a mechanical report:
“All guardians have successfully escaped.”
“The Royal City now has no guardians.”
“Please re-register professionals, recruit personnel, and protect the Royal City.”
A moment of silence.
Silence turned to still dead.
In the dead silence.
The demons looked at each other in disbelief.
—No one left?
“Only us few demon beasts to guard the city?”
Mountain King looked around.
The entire city.
Empty.
—Those non-combat professionals had all hidden in the underground shelters.
Looking outside the city.
Boundless black clouds spread in.
Countless anomalous fluctuations made every demon beast’s perception overwhelmed.
“It’s over!”
The pheasant wailed, shrilly saying, “With just a few of us demon beasts, what the hell are we going to guard? We’re not even enough for them to use as hotpot ingredients.”
This voiced everyone’s inner thoughts.
The duck jumped, releasing its mental power, scanning the entire city.
—No other sequence holders!
How ridiculous.
“Apocalyptic sequence holders will enter the main history at the appropriate time,” but they don’t appear at this moment.
“Appropriate time…”
But the main city is about to be destroyed.
A sudden flash of inspiration struck the duck.
“Brother Tiger,” it cried out, “if you believe me, lend me the scepter for a moment!”
Mountain King hesitated slightly, then its brow suddenly relaxed, and it sighed:
“At this point, whether I believe you or not doesn’t really matter—here you go!”
The Royal City central scepter was thrown to the duck.
The duck, holding the scepter in its beak, flapped its wings vigorously and flew towards the outside of the city.
It flew faster and faster, higher and higher, and in just a few breaths, it had crossed the towering city walls and reached the wild countryside outside.
“The Royal City Scepter is here!”
The duck held the scepter high, shouting loudly towards the vast black clouds.
The next instant.
Impenetrable spells shot out from the black clouds, all aimed at Good Duck Duck.
At this very moment—
“Door.”
The duck cried softly.
Immediately, a hand firmly grabbed the duck by the neck, pulling it back forcefully!
Everything in front of it vanished.
The duck, gripped by the neck by the young Shen Ye, returned to the Land of Exile.
“Here.”
The duck directly threw the scepter to Shen Ye.
Shen Ye took the scepter, smiled, and said:
“What will the future be like?”
“All the city defenders ran away, only this scepter remains.” The duck said.
As it finished speaking, it transformed into a card and fell into Shen Ye’s hand.
Faint text appeared before Shen Ye’s eyes:
“You have saved your future self (Good Duck Duck), thereby acquiring its transformation card:”
“Heralding You.”
“Identity card.”
“Description: When you use this card, you gain all the experience explored by your ‘earlier self’, starting anew from this moment.”
“—You have replaced your desperate self.”
Shen Ye squeezed it tightly.
Everything the duck had experienced immediately flashed through his mind.
Yes!
Before entering the “true history,” Shen Ye had activated the door ability: Land of Exile!
This was out of caution.
—And a necessary means of self-preservation in battle!
So the duck went on a reconnaissance trip, and upon its return, it brought back intelligence.
Now.
It was his turn to enter as a human. “I’ll guard the house—guard this ‘save point’.”
The young Shen Ye appeared beside him, saying lightheartedly.
“Alright, I’ll go investigate.”
The young Shen Ye said.
He pressed a door, opened it, and stepped inside.
…
A group of wild boars ran through the valley.
Shen Ye watched from afar, but did not approach.
—If he replaced the duck, he could rendezvous with the wild boars.
But if he didn’t use the duck’s identity, then the duck would still exist on this timeline.
It would still go with the wild boars to see Mountain King, then to the border town, fight, and then go to the Royal City.
This time.
Shen Ye did not intend to change anything that happened here.
He was going to carry out his mission!
He squatted in the woods, propped up the Royal City central scepter, and waited silently for a few breaths.
The void opened.
A woman walked out and held the scepter.
“It really is you.”
Shen Ye spoke.
“The mission description already reminded you—’There is a true apocalyptic faction being by your side,’ you should have known it was me.” The woman said.
She wore a bamboo hat, with a long sword hanging at her waist, and was dressed in a short jacket and long skirt.
—Xiao Mengyu.
“Indeed, you are the successor of the Destruction Sword Art, and you have gathered the power of all the true gods of the Destruction Faction.” Shen Ye said.
Xiao Mengyu smiled at him, raising the scepter.
Buzz—
Amidst a clear hum, the scepter emitted a faint light, materializing a map in the void.
Xiao Mengyu looked at the map, and said in a deep voice:
“The front lines clearly held back the main enemy forces, allowing other positions to return to the main city in time, yet no one returned.”
“Yes.” Shen Ye nodded.
“My current mission is to find out why, and get everyone back to save the Royal City.” Xiao Mengyu said.
“I’ll protect you.” Shen Ye said.
“Let’s go!”
Xiao Mengyu naturally stepped forward, her hand grasping Shen Ye’s shoulder.
She was about to activate a sword light and fly off with Shen Ye.
“Wait!”
Shen Ye said.
“What’s wrong?”
“Flying on a sword is too conspicuous. Tell me the address you want to go to, and I’ll open a door, and we’ll go secretly.”
“Alright, we’ll go to Kunlun City, it’s in the upper left corner of the map, northwest.”
“Door!”
A door quietly appeared.
Shen Ye put his ear to the door to listen, pushed it open, and pulled Xiao Mengyu inside.
Climbing Cloud Fortress.
Shen Ye stood on the sharp peak of the watchtower, overlooking the scene below.
Clouds churned and dissipated against the towering cliffs.
The majestic mountain city was like a sharp giant blade thrusting into the sky.
Eighteen curved defensive fortresses were connected together, continuously releasing war-grade spells.
Grand spells flew out of the city towers, plunged into the clouds, collided with unknown monsters, and erupted in roars.
The shouts of people were deafening, and battle cries filled the wilderness.
From time to time, monsters climbed up from the cliff, engaged in a few rounds of attack with the professionals guarding the city towers, and were then repelled.
The battle was fierce!
Shen Ye sighed and said:
“Looking at this situation, it’s understandable why they didn’t go back to save the Royal City.”
“No.” Xiao Mengyu said.
“Why not?” Shen Ye asked.
“The most important thing right now is to guard the Royal City. If the Royal City falls, all arrangements of the apocalypse in countless timelines will be shattered.”
“—Military orders are like mountains; they should immediately return to reinforce once they receive the command!”
Xiao Mengyu said in a deep voice.
Makes sense!
Shen Ye looked around. He waved his hand and added a prefix to Xiao Mengyu:
“Tough-lived.”
So Xiao Mengyu gained the entry:
“Tough-lived Sword Cultivator.”
“Description: At the brink of death, as long as the sword is still in hand, you can continue to survive for approximately thirteen breaths of time.”
A monster climbed up from the cliff below.
Xiao Mengyu drew her sword and slashed.
Sword Art · Beauty!
A sword qi slashed through the air, cutting the monster in half.
Shen Ye threw a rock.
Another monster was hit on the head, fainted, and fell thousands of feet down the cliff.
“Should we join the fight, or gather information?”
Shen Ye asked.
“Follow me.” Xiao Mengyu said.
She shot forward like lightning, flying towards the fortress.
Shen Ye immediately followed.
Along the way, professionals kept coming forward to question them, but Xiao Mengyu waved them away with the Royal City central scepter.
“One of us!”
“It’s someone from the Royal City!”
“No—it’s the Royal City’s scepter, the newcomer must be a guardian of the Royal City!”
The reports changed three times in a row.
Xiao Mengyu had already arrived at the central high platform of the fortress, holding the scepter, and said to the several human leaders who had rushed over:
“Listen up, all forces!”
“Immediately return to reinforce the Royal City, no delays allowed!”
As soon as she finished speaking.
The scepter in her hand erupted with surging white light, shooting straight into the sky.
Waves of energy emanated from the scepter.
Shen Ye suddenly felt his strength increase slightly, and two lines of small text jumped out of the void:
“You gained the ‘All Attributes Boost’ effect.”
“—From the power of that sequence.”
Looking around.
All the professionals in the city were bathed in the energy waves emanating from the scepter.
Many even cheered.
Shen Ye then looked at the three human leaders opposite.
They exchanged glances, their expressions varied.
“When did this happen?”
The elderly leader asked in a deep voice.
—They don’t know?
Shen Ye’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately activated the Ouroboros Eye, sweeping his gaze across the opposite side.
The factions they belonged to immediately appeared above their heads.
“Old Order Faction.”
“Old Order Faction.”
“Anomaly Faction.”
—So the power of entries lies in this.
It can save you a lot of trouble, directly penetrate layers of conspiracy and redundancy, and allow you to discern the truth behind everything.
“Why haven’t you given the order yet?”
Xiao Mengyu asked.
A burly, bearded man to the left of the old man stepped forward and shouted:
“This scepter has always been in the main city, why is it in your hands? There must be something fishy about this!”
Xiao Mengyu’s eyes narrowed, and a murderous aura emanated from her.
“At this moment, do you dare to question a military order?”
She said faintly.
The burly man with the beard was about to say something more.
The old man and the woman next to him also tried to step forward and explain.
In an instant.
Xiao Mengyu moved.
She drew her long sword and pointed it at the burly man. Her sword movement seemed extremely slow, yet it was faster than everyone’s reactions.
“Strange.”
Shen Ye thought silently.
Indeed strange.
Xiao Mengyu’s strength hadn’t increased much, but as soon as she drew her sword, it gave people an irresistible feeling.
Even Shen Ye felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.
—It could only be said that the sword art inheritance she received was too powerful!
And her own temperament was perfectly suited for this sword art!
“Empower.”
Shen Ye thought silently.
The entry “Hymnal Songstress” was activated, raising Xiao Mengyu’s swordsmanship by one rank.
Boom—
A giant sword qi erupted from the long sword, with an unparalleled, forceful momentum, almost crushing all obstacles.
“You’re asking for death!”
The burly man yelled in panic and anger, swinging his halberd with all his might.
Shen Ye’s eyes flickered.
This guy’s strength is quite good.
He has C-level power.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Xiao Mengyu; I wonder if she can handle it.
Might as well—
Anomalous Skill: “Inverted Sun Shadow” activated!
Shen Ye swapped the “state” of one of the burly man’s hands with a rock by the roadside.
The next instant.
Sword and halberd clashed.
Clang!
Both sides exchanged a blow.
Xiao Mengyu’s arm was stained crimson, she spat out a mouthful of blood, and retreated backwards.
But the burly man’s chest was pierced by the sword qi, he tumbled away, and died.
The sword.
Pointed at the old man and the woman.
“Are you two also going to disobey military orders?”
Xiao Mengyu asked.
Shen Ye secretly breathed a sigh of relief, unable to stop wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.
This situation.
It really had to be her.
He couldn’t activate the scepter, which meant he couldn’t represent the main city, and thus had no authority to give orders.
All he could do was ensure her survival!
The old man glanced at the corpse, a look of surprise on his face, and said:
“Forgive my poor judgment, may I ask what that sword technique was?”
“Iron Sword Blocking River.”
Xiao Mengyu said indifferently.
The old man and the woman were both moved.
The old man stepped forward, bowed deeply, and said respectfully:
“Long have we heard of your name, how dare we disobey? Men, convey the order to the entire army, return to reinforce the Royal City!”
(End of this chapter)
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