While Lourain was overtaken with fear, Marth was so excited he wanted to shout. The masked man had not been bragging at all; he was that strong! Marth was so excited that he did not know what to say.After a long time, he said, "I guess I was ignorant. What you said before wasn't just empty words. I can't believe…"As he said that, his voice shuddered a bit. The Seven Deaths Array had a very low rate of success. Warriors that were stronger than Marth had failed, and even if it was possible, their circumstances dragged them back.Regardless, many warriors failed.Marth had been hoping to luck into stronger companions, but he ended up with Lourain. On top of that, Fane was from a third-grade world as well. Before they entered the Seven Deaths Array, Marth had not been that hopeful and felt like his companions were just oddities. Yet, the person he thought was bragging was, in fact, truthful. Marth was lucky enough to have someone this powerful as his teammate.With someone as strong
"Just shut your mouths," hissed Fane, his tone mature. His single command immediately ceased the argument.Lourain looked at Fane apprehensively, worried that Fane would bring up what happened before. After all, he had been rude to him before they entered the array. He did not even dare to think about what he had said before.He could say everything he did with conviction in front of regular warriors from third-grade worlds without any worry. However, the situation was different. Fane was no ordinary warrior; he stood at the top of the food chain. Not only at the peak of third-grade worlds, but the absolute one, including second-grade worlds. Fane was probably one of the five or three strongest warriors in the Whirling World. Someone as horrifyingly strong as that was someone he would not even dare to say anything in front of, let alone offend. Not only had he run his mouth, but he was harsh with his words as well. Lourain had offended Fane, and knowing this, he felt like dying.F
As Fane walked, he counted his steps. When he took the seventh step, a mature, old-sounding voice rang."Challengers, will you raise the difficulty? The difficulties are spread into the black-iron, bronze, or gold ranks. You're currently at the black-iron rank. If you increase it to the bronze rank, the strongest one will get a special treasure. If you increase it to the gold rank, the strongest warrior will get three treasures and a special badge."All three of them were stunned to hear that. They could choose their difficulty? They were at the black-iron difficulty at that moment, and there were two other difficulty levels they could choose from. They never heard about that before.Marth frowned and said, "So there are three difficulties inside the Seven Deaths Array. Why haven't we heard about this before?"Lourain coughed as he said fearfully, "How strong were those people? How strong is this…man? Those that barely passed wouldn't have been allowed to choose their difficulties.
"Please don't mind my crude mouth, but I feel like I have to say something. Our little team has some special circumstances. If you make it too difficult, the two of us would just be complete burdens. We would be completely useless."That problem could not be ignored as Marth frowned and sighed. Even though he was not willing to be called trash, he really was basically trash in this situation. He would not be able to help at all, and would only drag Fane down.If Fane ignored them, it was very possible they would end up failing. So, when he chose the difficulty, Fane would have to think about that. Fane nodded, and he furrowed his eyebrows even more tightly. If he would need to face the challenge for all three of them alone, he would easily be able to deal with a black-iron-level challenge.However, if it was too difficult, then it might not necessarily work out. He did not know how much more difficult the gold difficulty would be. That was the uncertain point. If anything unexpected
The green breeze surprised the three of them. The appearance of the breeze told them that the array had been activated. They were about to face the challenge. Lourain could even feel his heart beating rapidly.His mouth trembled slightly and he gulped. This would be the greatest challenge he ever faced. He could die if he was not careful. Even though the rules clearly stated that they would not get injured or die from the challenge, there were no guarantees.Fane had raised the challenge to the highest level. Lourain felt like not many people would have dared to pick that. He had only been able to survive the black-iron challenge because of its low difficulty. The gold challenge would be different. He might not even have his body left behind if he was not careful.Just thinking about that made Lourain feel incredibly miserable. He met someone as strong as Fane and no matter how he tried, he would still be a burden to Fane. Someone like him should have just remained where it was safe
Lourain clenched his teeth. His hands were still free at that moment, so held his sword tightly and frantically slashed downward. However, the vines felt like they were made of metal. No matter how many times he slashed at them, they did not break at all.He could not control the vines continuing to climb upward either. As time passed, the vines had already completely wrapped the lower part of his body and had even started to climb up his arms.At that moment, he did not even have the freedom to continue attacking. The vines were harder to deal with than he thought. He was completely restricted, making him lose all hope. He had still been able to deal with a bit of the black-iron difficulty. The moment it was raised to gold difficulty, he was not able to defend himself at all. After all his effort, he could still not harm the vines at all. That caused him to feel completely hopeless. Lourain gulped, unable to even speak.Marth was not in a much better state. Both of them used swor
However, against Fane, those vines were absolutely nothing. They had been easily cut up by a single slash, forcing them to rapidly retreat. That was the distance between Fane and him!He had wondered how wide the gulf between him and those who were truly strong was. This was the first time he had clearly felt the difference. Lourain's breathing got erratic. At that moment, he was already completely free to move around. Other than the liquid on his face, he did not feel anything wrong with him.However, his heart went through a tremendous change. At that moment, he hated himself for being so weak. Just as he was thinking about it, Fane sent another slash over. However, he was not the target this time, but Marth. With another squelch, Lourain looked over to see the vines being cut through like butter. After regaining his freedom, Marth slumped on the ground.Earlier, Marth had spent all of his strength trying to deal with those vines to no avail. After regaining his freedom, Marth w
Marth took a deep breath and said, "It looks like we're just trash. Are those vines actually sentient? They know how to deal with the most difficult ones first. After that, both of us won't be able to run away. The vines are completely ignoring us. They're all only attacking Fane!" When he said that, he paused for a moment. He widened his eyes as if he just remembered something."I think I heard of Fane's name before. I just don't really remember it. If he hid his looks, could he be using a fake name too? If he didn't fake his name, I’d definitely heard of him before. However, I've never had a good memory. I really can't remember where I heard that name before."At that moment, Marth was stressing himself out. Fane's name was so important to him at that moment. He really wanted to know who Fane was. He wanted to know who that incredibly strong warrior who appeared was! Why was he so strong, and why had he not stepped into Violet City yet?Various thoughts surfaced in Marth's head.
There was a heavy rumbling as the door slowly opened. A boundless sense of energy seemed to come from it.A few of them looked inside. Other than the green light, they could see nothing. The light completely obscured their sight. If they wanted to look inside, they would have to step in themselves.On the way there, Fane had already talked to Lourain about it. Lourain wanted to see what the legendary Valley of Enlightenment was like. That was why Fane asked for two spots.The three of them exchanged looks with each other, and they did not hesitate to step forward together, entering the door.The power of distorting space suddenly pulled the three of them in. The space around them started to spin rapidly. They did not know how much time passed, but it felt like a whole century before the space slowed down in front of them. Then, the sense of weightlessness disappeared as their feet landed on solid ground.The three of them had not been sent to different locations and arrived at the
Zayne scoffed, "Alright then, how do you want to work together?"He wanted to see what Fane was trying to do.Fane did not waste any time, "Both of us have all three keys, and we can open the door. Ten people can enter the door anyway. I just need two of those spots.Zayne looked at Fane meaningfully, "You sure know quite a bit."Fane even knew that only ten people would be allowed through. He seemed to have done his homework.Zayne took out his purple key from his storage ring. At that moment, all three keys were there. As long as all the keys were placed together, the gateway to the Valley of Enlightenment would open."If you only need two spots, then I don't mind working with you," Zayne looked at Fane meaningfully, but he quickly added, "However, make sure you don't cause any trouble during the important moments."Fane smiled before he said, "I've always been someone who keeps to my word. I'm more worried that you'll cause me trouble instead. There are many geniuses in the V
The two of them knew what that meant. Their eyes met, and worry was evident in their eyes."Is it Fane again?" Zayne said with a frown. At that moment, the first name that popped up in his head was Fane.Only Fane would truly be a big problem for them. Seymour's expression turned sour. He suddenly felt like Fane seemed to be his Achilles heel. Fane could pop out at any time and put him in a difficult spot."That's right! It's me!" At that moment, a voice was heard from afar. The two of them looked in the direction of the voice and saw five figures appearing in the air.This time, Fane did not have a disguise on. He was facing everyone with his real face."It really is you!" Zayne's face completely soured at that moment. Even if they were meeting for the first time, he was already incredibly sensitive to Fane's name.Nothing good ever happened when Fane was mentioned and Fane had actually appeared in front of him."How dare you!" Seymour shouted angrily!He walked forward to sta
When Shin and the others saw that, they were speechless. That person who had looked down on them was completely bound and on the ground at that moment. He looked pathetic.Fane quickly walked toward Warren, reaching out to pull off the mask to reveal his face.Fane controlled his energy, reducing the destructive power in Warren's soul. After the pain diminished, Warren slowly woke up.He looked up and saw the one person he never wanted to see in his life. He lost his voice as he said, "Fane?! It's you!" He almost bit his tongue as he spoke.Fane smiled and nodded slightly, "Yes. It’s me.""No wonder, so it's you! Where's Presti then?" Warren looked up and said.Fane raised an eyebrow and shot an incredulous look at Warren. Warren immediately understood what happened, and his whole face turned pale, "He's dead!"Fane nodded. There was nothing much to hide. Warren gulped, suddenly feeling like his thoughts from earlier were an absolute joke at that moment. He had even been think
After seeing that, there was a surprised look on Warren's face. However, he quickly pushed back that surprise. Even if that man was skilled, he would just be an above-average warrior. Above-average warriors were like paper to him!"Brat, it looks like you have some skill. However, that means nothing in front of me. I'll show you right now what a warrior at the peak is!"Right after he said that, he circulated his true energy around his feet. Red energy started to frantically blow away the dust on the ground. He lunged into the air incredibly fast.Fane raised an eyebrow before he started to form seals with his hands. Countless seals danced around in the air, and a chain appeared.That chain looked like a black dragon as it danced in the air.Warren scoffed in disdain. It was just a petty trick from an above-average warrior in his eyes. That chain would shatter in just one blow.He did not even bother thinking about it as he raised the sword in his hand. A silver ray of light quic
He leaped forward and landed in front of those four. Fane had already noticed Warren a while ago, but Fane relaxed when he saw Warren was alone. If it was just one person, then there was nothing to worry about!"Presti really is a piece of trash. He couldn't even get you!" Warren said with a sneer.Shin clutched his chest and turned to look at Cavill next to him. Cavill nodded slightly and did not say anything. The two of them shut their mouths at the same time as they looked in Fane's direction.Warren immediately felt something was wrong. He turned to look at Fane and saw that Fane was still completely calm as if nothing had happened."Brat, it looks like you're no ordinary person!" Warren said with a sneer.Fane turned to look at him before saying calmly, "Are you here to kill us?"Warren laughed out loud, and his eyes were full of mockery, "What do you think I'm doing here? Do I look like I'm here to chat?"Fane laughed. He could not believe another one turned up so soon aft
When Warren heard that, he felt incredibly exasperated. He mumbled, "It's just Shin, how could there be any trouble? Even if he has some fellow disciples with him, Presti is more than enough. They're all trash anyway."Zayne frowned, and he unleashed an incredibly strong aura that forced Warren to take a step back, "Shut up! Do you think we can afford to be careless right now? We're at the cusp of accomplishing everything right now. We have to be extremely careful. What kind of attitude is this?"Warren immediately shut up and did not dare to say anything. Zayne coldly looked at Warren, and deeply felt like Warren was not someone who could accomplish much. If it was not for the fact that he was useful, Zayne would not even bother bringing Warren through the door with him.Seymour turned to look into the distance. Gray mist filled up the skies, and no one could see the end of the horizon.There was nothing in the skies, and Seymour suddenly started to feel some worry. He was not clo
In front of an ancient stone door, two men were standing there, while another was sitting down and resting.The men who were standing had very stiff expressions on their faces. The two of them looked at each other with animosity in their eyes. It was obvious they were not friendly with each other. The man who was sitting down had his eyes shut and completely ignored the other two."Seymour! You're just the same as Desmond. You can't even get something so simple done. Desmond lost his life. I think you're about to follow suit!" Warren sneered as he mocked.Seymour's expression was dark, and he shot right back, "Warren, stop with those disgusting words of yours! Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do. You're just trying to push me down and take all the credit for yourself!"Stop joking around! You aren't smart enough to steal my credit! Even though Desmond is already dead, he still did the best he could. He was just tricked by Fane. If it was you, you wouldn't even have
Fane frowned. After he reached out to grab Presti's neck, Presti's life ended with a crack.Shin's eyes widened as he looked at Fane with fear. His savior could very well kill him!Cavill started to panic as well. He looked at Fane with alarm. Even though he was thankful that Fane saved the two of them just now, he had no way to tell what Fane would do after this. Fane slowly walked in front of them, and he did not show much emotion on his face.Cavill said in a dry voice, "Fane, you…?"Fane shook his head, "Don't panic. I won't kill you. Let's work together. It's not like only one person will be able to enter after the door opens."Shin looked at Fane with an incredibly inquisitive look. He thought about it before he said, "I… I don't want to work together. I'll give you the key as thanks for saving me. That Valley of Enlightenment doesn't sound like a good place at all. If I enter, I don't even know if I'll be able to survive."As he spoke, Shin had a bitter look on his face.