Chapter 1227 - 975: Trap

Thanks to the presence of the Shadow Silver spaceship, the hunting process went exceptionally smoothly, sometimes earning up to a dozen Divine Statuses in a single day.

The red planet ahead was displayed on the Giant’s tablet as well; it was an iron-rich planet, so under illumination, the entire planet appeared as red as if ablaze with fire. There was no life here, the air was very thin and unbreathable, and the gravity was significant. The Giant’s tablet did not have detailed information about this planet because even the Giants could not possibly survey every planet in the Plane in detail.

It was neither necessary nor meaningful.

The Shadow Silver spaceship landed, transforming into gleaming silver light. Of course, this silver light was just an Avatar, possessing only simple consciousness, acting entirely on Long Yi’s orders.

Long Yi cast magic to protect himself, with enough air in his private space to sustain him for a very long time. Walking on the surface of this planet, Long Yi could feel the immense gravity pulling at him. Although he could adjust the gravity affecting him with his Giant War Boots, he chose not to do so, as this level of gravity did not tire him out.

His heavy footsteps fell on the ground, the red dust barely rising before settling back down. The ground here was not solid, but loose, like rust. Not far away, atop a mountain peak, Long Yi saw the source of the Divine Status fluctuations. But there was a problem: the Tetrahedron was placed on an altar, and underneath, a group of humanoid lives were battling a figure, desperately protecting the altar. However, it was clear these humanoids were no match for that figure.

"Stay here on standby, charging," Long Yi ordered the silver Avatar. The Avatar immediately stood still, a low buzzing sound emanating from within its body, the Cosmic Stone inside charging the accelerator.

Long Yi himself dashed towards the scene and up close, saw that the figure was a bald old man wielding a soft whip in each hand, one imbued with Mana, the other with Fighting Aura. A group of short, sturdy humanoid lives were fighting the old man; they appeared to be made of steel, their bodies covered in rust. Some were lashed in half by the old man’s whips, and the severed sections showed no blood, only white metallic fractures. These beings struggled to find their severed limbs, quickly reattaching them seamlessly!

No wonder, Long Yi had sensed from a distance that the bald old man was no weakling, so why was he unable to advance smoothly.

At this moment, the bald old man also saw Long Yi. On this harsh planet, to be able to sprint from such a distance, Long Yi was clearly not an ordinary being.

Wait, Divine Status?

The bald old man immediately sensed Long Yi’s Divine Status! And it was only a single fold!

This was where Long Yi was cunning; his Divine Status had already reached over eighty folds, but he only revealed a single fold. It was evidently some kind of bait, a trap for those God Chasers.

Long Yi was pondering which side to assist when suddenly he saw the bald old man’s Divine Power erupt, his Divine Status’s oppressive might fully unleashed, "Mortal! Come to my aid quickly!"

"..." Long Yi felt somewhat speechless, there really were such fools.

The Divine Status of the bald old man was not low, with a full twenty folds, but unfortunately, he was confronting Long Yi who had over eighty folds of Divine Status!

Just as Long Yi was about to unfold all his Divine Status to scare his opponent and seize his Divine Status, he decisively took into consideration another matter.

What was the deal with these metallic beings? The bald old man was not weak, with twenty folds of Divine Status, yet he was still being hard-pressed by these metal people; what did that imply?

There was a problem!

"Yes... Master..." Long Yi murmured to himself and took a few slow steps forward, but suddenly his vision flickered.

"No! This won’t do!" Long Yi shouted, turning around and running away.

Since he hadn’t attacked from the outset, the metal beings didn’t chase after Long Yi but continued their relentless assault on the old man.

This time it was the bald old man who was surprised. He had always believed that the command of Divine Status was absolute, and he had never seen anyone manage to break free before.

Could it be the battle interference affected my Divine Status suppression?

The old man didn’t know, and the battle at hand didn’t allow him to figure it out because the closer he got to the Tetrahedron, the stronger these metal people became – in strength, durability, and regenerative ability, all far exceeding what he had encountered before!

How could this be! The bald old man could no longer care about that, and charged desperately towards the Tetrahedron. As long as he touched it, these metallic beings would disappear!

But what happened next was entirely different from what he had anticipated.

The strength of the metal beings was limited. Despite their vast numbers, they were not a match for the old man with Divine Power, but as he neared the Tetrahedron, the metallic beings grew more frantic!

He touched it!

The moment the old man’s fingertip touched the Tetrahedron, it suddenly erupted with more than two hundred folds of Divine Status! The old man, with only twenty folds, was no match for the two hundred folds. In an instant, his twenty folds of Divine Status were forcibly devoured, and the old man, stripped of his Divine Status, was shattered by the terrifying force released from the Tetrahedron!

Oh my god, this is a trap!

If Long Yi had not seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed everything before him! The Tetrahedron actually contained such an astonishing multiplier of Divine Status! It had been only displaying a single multiple of Divine Status outwardly! In this way, any Divine Status hunter who wanted to steal the Divine Status would inevitably fall into the trap! Is this thing so clever? Was it man-made? Or was it a fluke of nature?

After merging those Divine Status, the Tetrahedron continued to radiate a singular multiple of Divine Status outwardly, enticing others.

Thank goodness I’m smart! Long Yi secretly gave himself a thumbs-up. If he hadn’t felt something was wrong and decisively turned away, perhaps his own Divine Status would have been forcefully taken away by now.

But another question arose, what are these metal people for?

Life cultivated by the Tetrahedron? That shouldn’t be right. As a trap, your primary purpose is to attract outsiders to come to you, so why create a bunch of metal people to make a mess?

Could it be that these metal people are not with the Tetrahedron?

Without any invaders, the bodies of the metal people collapsed in an instant, turning into a sky full of rust dust and disappearing.

Long Yi left his hiding place and started to walk slowly towards the altar.

And as he neared, he clearly felt a strange energy flowing beneath the ground.

Is that... the power of Iron Rock?

Long Yi was very surprised to discover the traces of Iron Rock power flowing! And along with the flow of Iron Rock power, within the red rocks, metal people stood up again one after another. At first, their entire bodies were bright steel, but rust appeared on them quickly. And as they moved, the rust kept falling off.

Long Yi immediately channeled the Iron Rock power within him, covering himself with a layer of Iron Rock armor just like the metal people. Long Yi’s Iron Rock armor began rusting the moment it formed, so he had to continuously draw iron elements from the ground to replenish it.

"Please leave this place! It’s a trap!"

When Iron Rock power flowed inside Long Yi, he finally felt energy fluctuations from the other party.

Turned out, these metal people had always been shouting loudly using Iron Rock power, but ordinary people simply could not hear them! This meant that these metal people were not enemies at all, nor were they created by that Divine Status, but rather were lives with independent consciousness. They had always been trying to stop outsiders from coveting that Divine Status!

"Yes, I’ve already seen that it’s a trap, rest assured," Long Yi responded using Iron Rock power.

"Oh! An outsider capable of wielding the power of steel!" several metal people exclaimed excitedly.

"What in the world is going on here?" Long Yi inquired.

It turned out that this kind of life had always existed on this planet, but they had never appeared above ground, and even Giants did not know of their existence. Until one day, a Tetrahedron suddenly fell from the sky. Out of curiosity, they gathered around the Tetrahedron to observe and found that as they got closer to the Tetrahedron, their strength would increase. So they treated the Tetrahedron as a divine artifact and built an altar for it. The metal people tried to open the Tetrahedron, but they failed several times, indicating that the Tetrahedron was not some kind of metal. However, the Tetrahedron never did anything to them either.

Everything changed about a few hundred years ago when a person with Divine Status appeared here. He tried to take the Divine Status within the Tetrahedron but failed. The metal people did not understand what exactly happened at that time, but after that, the Tetrahedron seemed to become somewhat stronger. It began to actively attract some Divine Status hunters here; if the hunter’s Divine Status was below its own, it would forcibly plunder the hunter’s Divine Status. And if the hunter’s Divine Status was above its own, it would conceal itself.

That’s when the metal people realized that this thing was not a treasure but a trap. The simple metal people decided to warn everyone who came here. But when people saw the metal people, their first reaction was to treat them as guardian monsters of the Tetrahedron. They fought desperately with the metal people, and when they finally encountered the Tetrahedron, it was the end of the road for them.

"This is really..." Long Yi was moved. But something even more astonishing made Long Yi frown. Divine Status should be extremely secretive by nature, so why were so many people aware of it? And why were there so many Divine Status hunters?

Something was very wrong.

Could it be the doing of the God Chasers? Thinking it over, Long Yi concluded that the God Chasers were the most likely possibility. If the God Chasers wanted to restore gods, then revealing the whereabouts of Divine Status to people they fancied, letting them fight amongst themselves until the Divine Status was complete, would that not lead to the rebirth of a god?

Of course, this was only Long Yi’s speculation, without any concrete evidence.

"So, do you plan to continue warning everyone who comes here?" Long Yi asked.

"Yes, we must not allow the trap to harm those poor outsiders," the other side said.

"Your noble qualities are commendable," Long Yi stated. (To be continued. If you like this work, please vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)