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Chapter 308 The Rhine Blade is finally in hand! The secret of the Old Ones?

Chapter 308 The Rhine Blade is finally in hand! The secret of the Old Ones? (Part 2)

"Summer! France!"

[Rhine Calamity] The twelve arms of the soul opened upwards together, appearing grand and flamboyant, the sound resounding throughout the entire venue, carrying an inexplicably exciting power.

In an instant, the entire room fell silent, and everyone's face displayed a different expression.

Nidhogg gave a snort with a smile, as if he had expected this outcome.

In the heart of this Mystic Emperor, it seems that he has a high opinion of Xia Fa, who is the future Mystic Emperor, even though Xia Fa is a member of the Gilgamesh family and a mortal enemy of their Star Dragon family.

Norton grinned, his sharp gaze fixed on Xiafa's direction. It seemed that even if it was just about crafting a secret treasure, he still wanted to continue competing with Xiafa.

In fact, the fact that his uncle had repeatedly poached Shafa in front of everyone had made Norton Dragon increasingly regard Shafa as a rival.

You should know that my uncle had only ever treated this way before. The younger generation of other Star Dragon families were mostly scolded by my uncle, and were either beaten or verbally abused.

Not to mention, Shafa is clearly just an outsider, a member of the Gilgamesh family.

Ruscond sighed, looking rather disappointed: "Shafa, I really didn't expect you to be such a master at crafting treasures. I put all my effort into crafting a treasure worth one million gold pounds, and I couldn't even make it into the top five. It seems that the treasures you crafted are of much higher quality than mine."

Ai Luotong remained silent. After hearing that she had not advanced, she quietly sat back down in the seat in front of the treasure forging platform, propping her cheek with her left hand and staring blankly into space, as if waiting for the end of this ancient treasure competition, or as if she were lost in thought.

As for Amphion, Solrocki, and other members of the Gilgamesh family, they congratulated Shafa, even though Amphion had been eliminated.

In fact, it seems that Amphion would rather see Shafa advance.

However, no one expected that at this moment, Xia Fa was stunned.

What's going on?

There's something fishy going on!

He had clearly only created a secret treasure worth a little over 35,000 gold pounds, and it was only by using the secret ability of [Miracle Fantasy] to imitate and create it.

But why did he advance directly?

If we were unaware of the treasure-forging capabilities of those other than Nidhogg and Norton Dragon before, Ruscondro's words just now have proven everything.

If Rusconzo, who could create a treasure worth one million gold pounds, didn't even make the top five, then the treasures created by Airoton and Amphion must be worth more than one million gold pounds.

But why were they eliminated while I advanced?

Xia Fa was utterly baffled. In particular, if the soul of [Rhine Calamity] was still stuck as it was at the beginning, then he could understand that the Great Old One had made a mistake in judgment.

But clearly, the soul of [Rhine Calamity] has already recovered to a near-complete state!

In this situation, the probability of [Rhine Calamity] making a mistake is practically nonexistent, not to mention that he just re-evaluated and compared the three of them.

"Never mind, as long as I can advance, that's all that matters. Maybe it's because the criteria for judging [Rhine Calamity] isn't based on the value of the treasure, but rather on the skill and ingenuity in crafting it."

Xia Fa pondered for a moment, and then he made this guess.

When I used the two secret abilities of [Miracle Fantasy] to imitate Nidhogg's creation, it seemed that I only imitated less than one percent of the effect.

But perhaps it is this one percent effect that contains the mindset of Nidhogg, one of the top 100 treasure masters in the entire universe.

It's like comparing a full elementary school exam paper to a blank sheet of paper with only one calculus problem. If the evaluation standard is based on who has a higher level of math skills, then the latter will definitely win.

"Xia Fa, you're amazing. You really are worthy of being my boyfriend."

Chestnut then walked over with a beaming smile, showering her with praise, and said, "Keep it up! From now on, I'll be a spectator and cheer you on!"

Although Xia Fa was somewhat baffled by his advancement, he couldn't show it in front of everyone, so he could only smile faintly and say, "Don't worry, I'll definitely make it to the finals."

His seemingly calm words revealed Xia Fa's immense confidence in his ability to forge his secret treasures. Those who already had no doubt about the results of the first round were now even more certain.

"Alright everyone, with the list of those advancing to the second round announced, it means that the second round of the treasure-crafting competition, lasting twenty-four hours, has officially begun!"

After uttering these words, which sounded like announcing the start of a match, the soul of [Rhine Calamity] vanished again with a "bang".

To be honest, by now, people are becoming less and less afraid of the remnants of this Great Old One's soul remaining in the world.

Because this [Rhine Calamity] looks exactly like a young man who loves to create secret treasures, and is completely harmless.

It is estimated that He was destroyed because of His status as an Old One, and the Nine Great Gods had no choice but to kill Him to prevent His existence from polluting the real world.

Now, with only his soul remaining, he stays in this old forge as if he were no longer a threat. Presumably, this is why the nine great gods left him behind.

Whether it was Nidhogg, Amphion, or Norton Dragon and other young people, they all had similar guesses in their minds.

As the second round officially began, the bald, one-eyed giant who looked like a bounty hunter, Jack Falk, "whooshed" into the pillar of light leading to the primeval ocean.

It seems He really wants to compete for the championship and win the Rhine Sword.

Nidhogg glanced indifferently at Xiu's back, his expression full of disdain, as if he were looking at a small insect.

Immediately afterwards, Nidhogg let out a long yawn, casually wiped his hand on the ground, and created a chilling ice bed, which he then lay down on.

Before long, he actually fell fast asleep.

Seeing this, Amphion narrowed his eyes slightly: "Shafa, did you see that? Nidhogg seems not to care much about you opponents, but he's actually very cautious."

Since the five who advanced were Xia Fa and others, then Anfion, Chestnut, and Ruscond were naturally eliminated and became spectators.

Their treasure-forging platform had simply vanished, and the circular light shield was gone too.

Conversely, as spectators, they can walk around the old blacksmith's shop without the Rhine Disaster interfering.

At this moment, Anfion arrived outside Xiafa's treasure-forging platform, seemingly wanting to take advantage of the ample time to get to know this future Emperor of Mysteries in his family.

Listening to Amphion's words, Xia Fa seemed to understand something: "You mean, he's conserving his energy?"

Amphion nodded: "Yes, crafting a secret treasure is actually very mentally taxing. Even Nidhogg, as the Emperor of Secrets who has signed twenty-five secret contracts, is probably still quite exhausted. After getting a good night's sleep and recovering his mental strength, his chances of entering the third round of the finals will greatly increase."

Xia Fa pondered, "I guess this is His tactic. With His strength, He has already collected enough materials to forge secret treasures in the primeval forest. For the next two days, He just needs to conserve his energy and forge secret treasures to the limit of His own abilities. This is truly—"

For some reason, Xia Fa felt immense pressure again.

Although I managed to get into the second round by sheer luck, it's still uncertain whether I'll make it to the third round.

After all, he entered the second round in fifth place, and only two people can successfully advance from the second to the third round.

Not to mention, even in the third round, they will most likely have to face Nidhogg in the final showdown.

"Never mind, let's just take it one step at a time. Now that we've made it to the second round, we can't waste this hard-won opportunity—"

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Anfion, Xia Fa did not linger and went directly to the primeval desert.

The previous attempts to forge it had almost depleted his materials, so he needed to replenish them.

At the same time, he also wanted to see what was going on in this primeval desert and primeval forest, and why there were supernatural creatures with weapons growing on their bodies.

Since Chestnut didn't advance, he couldn't accompany him to the primeval desert. Perhaps because of the comparison, Xia Fa felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

The sun was scorching, like a giant, fiery ball, baking everything in the sky.

Wait, there's more than one sun.

Having just set foot in the primeval desert, Xia Fa looked up and was surprised to find that, unlike the primeval ocean where there was only sunlight but no sun, this primeval desert actually had a full six suns!

Six suns, one large and five small, with the central sun at the center and the other five surrounding it, radiated extremely high temperatures, and waves of heat directly assaulted the area.

Even though he already possessed strength equivalent to a veteran extraordinary monarch, Xia Fa inexplicably felt thirsty while in this primeval desert.

Fortunately, now that he has signed with [Miracle Fantasy], he can meet such small needs anytime.

With a casual clench of his fist, a small portion of Xia Fa's extraordinary power vanished from his body, and a bottle of ice-cold, sugar-free cola appeared in his hand.

Sugar-free cola is an item that could never exist in this extraordinary world of steam and machinery. Therefore, it consumes slightly more extraordinary power, almost equivalent to the extraordinary power required to create a large tank of water out of thin air.

Glug glug glug—

Xia Fa drank heartily, then exhaled comfortably. A flame ignited in his hand, burning the empty Coke bottle to ashes, which then evaporated into a gaseous state.

Although he was alone in the primeval desert, it was still best to be cautious and not reveal his secret as a transmigrator.

However, the possibility of being exposed is actually not high. If someone can deduce that he is a time traveler just by looking at a bottle of sugar-free iced cola, there is only one possibility: that person is also a time traveler.

Otherwise, people in this world would just think that this sugar-free cola is a specialty drink from a certain region.

Feeling refreshed after drinking the cola, Xia Fa leaped up and, braving the waves of heat from the six suns, soared to an extremely high altitude.

In just a short while, he was soaked in sweat, and the sticky feeling between his shirt and skin was very uncomfortable.

But Xiafa didn't care about anything else. First, he condensed a large water sphere, went inside, and then poked his head out of the water sphere, looking out at the entire primeval desert.

This primeval desert seems even larger than the primeval ocean, truly boundless.

This time, however, Xia Fa saw nothing. The entire desert was flat and level, with only occasional small dunes undulating, but there were no huge, strange, human-shaped pits.

Xia Fa narrowed his eyes, preparing to land on the sand. He was already sweating profusely from the heat of the six suns high in the sky, and then his sweat would evaporate.

But just then, his eyes lit up and he noticed something was wrong.

Flying to such a high altitude, one can see many small sand dunes in this primeval desert when looking out into the distance.

These small sand dunes actually vaguely resemble an irregular circle, or rather, they form a circle with countless small hills piled up on it.

It seems that beneath this primeval desert lies some terrifying behemoth, whose body parts protrude from the desert, forming the shape of this small sand dune.

"Could it be—"

With a sudden thought, Xia Fa shot downwards like an arrow, crashing through the sand and plunging deep into the underground of the primeval desert.

Beneath the primeval desert lies sand, not the hard earth's crust.

However, because it was sand, the resistance was not strong, and Xia Fa continued to rush downwards. The gaps behind him were filled with hot sand, but it did not affect him much, except that he felt like he was buried in hot sand.

Xia Fa suspected that there might be a dried-up corpse of an Outer God buried in this primeval desert.

If we could find it ourselves and get some bones or dried flesh from the Outer God's corpse, we would make a fortune; it would have extremely high research value.

Even if we can't study it, we can still eat it. We can even eat secret contracts and physical flesh. What's a little flesh and blood of an Outer God?

Thinking this, he pushed the sand away even harder, rapidly plunging deeper into the ground.

Suddenly, the soft resistance from the sand disappeared, and there was nothing in front of me, as if I had emerged from the sand.

Xia Fa suddenly stopped in his tracks, then his expression froze.

It is estimated that he descended to a depth of tens of thousands of meters, which means that the sand in this primeval desert is tens of thousands of meters thick.

However, after breaking through this distance, what appeared before my eyes was a huge underground cave that seemed to have no end!

The underground cave was covered with purple, spotted mushrooms that emitted a dreamy glow, illuminating the deep, dark place.

In the very center of the cave, there was a monster that was ten thousand meters long.

The monster resembled a tangled mass of seaweed, a large, dark blob, but its body was not made up of seaweed, but of countless arms covered with all sorts of organs, including eyes, ears, heart, spleen, stomach, lungs, and kidneys.

These arms seemed to have been forcibly straightened and lengthened by some unknown force, all plunging upwards into the desert. This is probably the origin of those small, protruding hills.

Countless creatures, or rather, supernatural creatures, crawled and burrowed into the monster's body and the organs in its arms.

There was a scorpion with three stingers, each with a small knife protruding from it. The knife even had a blood groove, from which green venom dripped.

There was a small lizard whose entire body looked like it was cast in metal, with a crossbow on its back, ready to fire needle-like bolts at any moment.

There were also eight spiders with legs like spears, moving with lightning speed and extreme agility, capturing the dark gold-shaped beetles crawling out of the monster's body.

Besides these insect-like supernatural creatures, Xia Fa also saw giant creatures resembling cactus trees, but instead of thorns, they were covered with countless swords, spears, and halberds, as well as a skunk as big as a truck with a tail shaped like a meteor hammer—and so on and so forth, giant supernatural creatures.

"Judging from this, this monster has probably been completely devoured, and its rank is indeed at the level of an Outer God."

Xia Fa's gaze swept over the colossal seaweed-like creature, which stretched for tens of thousands of meters, and he sighed inwardly.

Of course, this trip wasn't a complete waste. Capturing these supernatural creatures directly around this monster is much easier than finding a needle in a haystack in the desert.

He was about to rush forward and capture everything in sight when suddenly, a thought struck him.

A picture slowly emerged in my mind, gradually becoming clearer.

That was when he first explored the power of the Calamity-Slaying Blade through divination in Rum City.

At the time, he thought this calamity-slaying sword was a sealed artifact, and he didn't even know its real name. However, through the strange electric current at the spine, he still managed to acquire the sword's first ability—recording and reproducing.

At that time, this ability did not enter his mind directly as information and intelligence, but first presented a scene that seemed to come from ancient times.

In that scene, a long, slender, black figure with twelve arms was confronting—the monster in front of him!

As his memories resurfaced, Xia Fa remembered even more clearly how the slender, black figure with twelve arms, wielding a massive, ten-thousand-meter-long saber, cleaved the monster in two with a clean and decisive leaping slash.

However, the monster reassembled and attacked the twelve-armed figure. But immediately another identical twelve-armed figure appeared and delivered a leaping slash to the monster.

That is the "record and reproduction" ability of the Calamity Slashing Blade, which can be activated at the cost of a drop of blood.

"Wait a minute, something's not right. After that monster was killed by the second leaping strike, didn't it just turn to ashes and vanish?"

Xia Fa suddenly remembered this and felt genuinely puzzled.

"Hmm, even a Sovereign can fully recover its physical body with only a drop of blood left. This monster has reached the level of an Outer God, after all. Let alone annihilation, even if its soul is shattered, it probably has a chance to be resurrected and return—"

Xia Fa slowly nodded, having figured it out.

As for how this monster was eventually captured and brought to the underground cave in this primeval desert, that remains unknown.

Based on a simple deduction, the long, slender, black figure with twelve arms is undoubtedly the [Rhine Calamity], but it should be the [Rhine Calamity] before it became a Great Old One, as it only had one sword.

At that time, it is estimated that they only defeated the monster, but did not kill it completely. Then, after becoming an Old One, they found the monster again and killed it completely. They then placed it underground in this primeval desert to provide nourishment for countless supernatural creatures.

Although this monster was at the level of an Outer God, after its fall, it was common for its corpse to be devoured by animals over time.

Of course, these animals themselves had to go through countless rounds of evolution and elimination before they could finally resist the influence of the corpse of an Outer God and continue to feed.

This kind of evolution is actually not complicated to understand. The initial evolution basically came from those who had been tainted by the blood or flesh of the corresponding Outer God's corpse, so they were naturally not afraid of the influence of the Outer God's corpse. With each generation of evolution, they became what they are now, able to feed on the corpses of these monsters.

"Since that's the case—"

Xia Fa narrowed his eyes slightly, and after thinking for a while, he decided to take advantage of the ample time to explore the inside of the monster's corpse!

Since we're already here, we can't let this trip go to waste. Besides catching enough supernatural creatures to craft the secret treasure, we can go on an adventure and maybe we'll find some unexpected surprises.

Thinking this, Xia Fa did not act rashly. First, he mobilized the strange currents at his spine, hundreds of them, covering his cerebral cortex. Then, he grasped the Calamity Horse-Slaying Blade in the shape of a shark-tooth folding knife before flying towards the monster's almost hollowed-out corpse.

More than 30,000 years have passed, and the monster was already dead, its corpse devoured by supernatural creatures. It was actually difficult for it to cause any uncontrollable impact on the superhumans, but Xia Fa still chose to be cautious.

As soon as he got close, he smelled a strong stench of decay, mixed with the pungent smell of dried blood.

"Hiss—!"

A shrill scream rang out. It was a spider-like monster with a human upper body, wielding a rusty spear, and a lower body that looked like it had grown onto a giant spider. As Xia Fa approached, it seemed to sense the threat, so it attacked with a strange scream.

"There's even an angelic figure among them!"

Xia Fa's expression shifted slightly, and he casually waved his hand.

Several silvery-white flashes of light burst forth from his palm, instantly slicing the spider-like monster, who had just leaped into the air, into several pieces.

Xia Fa grabbed again with his five fingers, and the spear in the spider monster's hand flew over and landed in his hand. The rest of the spider monster's body fell downwards, as if falling into an endless dark abyss.

Now comparable to a veteran transcendent monarch, if he were to use [Silver Slash] against an angelic being, a single strike would destroy their life force and soul, eliminating the need for a follow-up strike, [Pillar of Mind Storm].

After the spider-like monster was killed, the scent of its blood caused the surrounding supernatural creatures to act on their biological instincts of seeking advantage and avoiding harm, and they all moved away from Xiafa.

Xiafa flew unimpeded all the way into the belly of the giant, seaweed-like monster.

This is also His most core part.

Carrying the strong stench of decay, Xia Fa had just flown in when he saw a place emitting a faint light.

Surrounding the light were interwoven, crisscrossing bones, like a spider web, protecting the light, making it appear eerie and extraordinary.

"That is—"

Xia Fa's heart stirred, and he flew towards the source of the light.

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