Child of Destiny

Chapter 2034: Trials of the Dark King (Part 1)

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While everyone was trying to measure the strength of this ’mysterious’ individual standing alone on a circular platform, the System had sent a notification to all of them, finally telling them about this dungeon.

*Ding*

After skimming through everything, everyone could not help but gasp hard, realizing the significance of this place.

”Dark King Tang Hyeon!? One of the great founders of the Tang Clan!?”

They could not help but exclaim in full seriousness, realizing that they could not afford to lose this competition.

Laurent, who was the leader of the group, could not help but add as well. ”Dark King Tang Hyeon is said to be the creator of the Ten Thousand Poison Method, which allows the people of the Tang Clan to become immune to all kinds of poison and venom.”

”Through this method, it is also said to create the powerful Great Poison Body, also known as the Heavenly Toxin Physique, which can rival the strongest body cultivation methods of that era.”

”The Heavenly Toxin Physique possesses a very tough and strong physical prowess, which is built through repeated refinements of countless herbs and toxins in one body. Due to the very same reason, every part of its body contains a very strong toxin that is made of countless combinations of poisons and venoms.”

He then paused for a moment to breathe deeply before saying in full excitement. ”If this dungeon is related to this old monster of the ancient past, then there is a high chance that his secret methods are also recorded here!”

In the meantime, Arthur could not help his brows from frowning deeply when he heard about this. ”The Dark King Tang Hyeon?”

”Based on his achievements and the barely intact ancient records, this person has already surpassed the level of the ’Supreme’ Martial Artist or Cultivator at his time. He has transcended that level and reached the level beyond mortal achievements.”

”In modern times, he can be considered as an equal to the Transcendent Realm Martial Artists or Exalted Mentalist of the current era.”

”However, since he is using the cultivation methods of the ancient era, then he can be considered a bit stronger than these old monsters since the training methods at that time somehow incorporate the unification of mind and body.”

”This is a bit different from the modern Martial Arts and Mentalism since these two disciplines are the divided paths of those Cultivation Practices, one focuses on Qi and Physique, while the other majors in Spirit and Mentality.”

Laurent nodded his head repeatedly when he heard about this. ”This is why the study of the ancient cultivation methods and techniques is quite interesting!”

”If we somehow get his real legacy in the real world as well, then there is a high chance that we will be able to get our hands on an intact and complete cultivation of the ancient past! This will be a great opportunity!” he added, along with a pair of eyes that were shining brightly.

”You said ’we’, Senior. Are you telling me that you are willing to share the gains with us?” asked Arthur with full suspicion.

He might not be the brightest, but he was not a complete idiot either. He knew that Laurent was plotting something, even though he could not prove it yet.

”What are you talking about, Junior? Of course, it is to let you have your share. We are going through all this together, so it is only natural to split the gains evenly!” said Laurent with a bright smile.

Unfortunately, such an expression would not work against Arthur, especially when Leonard, who grew up in streets, was with him.

Leonard squinted his eyes while staring intently at this senior before sending a private message to Arthur.

Simba: For such a huge discovery, its impact will not be too different from the one that I have gotten previously, the inheritance left behind by the Thunder Lord.

Simba: If I am not mistaken, he will most likely be trying to get ’us’ involved, or more specifically, the Springfield Family behind you as a form of protection or deterrence against the greedily yet powerful parties that may become interested in this legacy.

Realizing this, Arthur could not help but curse out loud before berating Laurent. ”You, Evil Senior! You are trying to drag my family to be your shields!? In your dreams!”

”Tsk! Tsk! Am I too obvious?” mumbled Laurent while clicking his tongue. ”It is a pity. I thought that this was a good opportunity to gain such a powerful backer!”

”I will be telling Big Sis about this!” warned Arthur, not refusing the so-called split about their gains.

Shiver!

On the other hand, Laurent and his other two companions could not help but tremble when they heard Arthur mention his big sister.

”Shiella!?”

”The President of the Hand of Midas!?”

”That crazy woman who knows nothing but profits!?”

It was clear that they had some dealings with Shiella, given the tone of familiarity that they had with her.

While suppressing the twitching of his mouth, Laurent could not help but concede defeat. ”Anything but that, Junior. Let’s try to re-negotiate this.”

Given how profit-driven Shiella was from his memory, Laurent would rather face an old monster than sit in the same room as her and negotiate.

’I will lose all the profits if that crazy woman is involved,’ he thought while trying to recall all his interactions with Shiella, along with the losses that he had suffered from her.

’Tsk! Tsk! I don’t want to do any form of losing deal with her!’ he sighed before casting his gaze ahead.

To change the topic, Riko, the Nine-Tailed Fox Himeko, stepped forward and said. ”Based on the rules set by the system, we are supposed to go through five trials where each side will send a representative for each trial.”

”It sounds a bit troublesome, don’t you think?” said Ryuto, the Aquatic Beast Victor Mare, while sighing helplessly. ”We have gone through all the trouble while traversing the entire dungeon, yet it still wants us to go through another set of suffering?”

”Its is something that a legendary figure such as the Dark King has prepared for his future successors; it is only natural to make it very challenging,” said Riko.

”Dark King Tang Hyeon’s reputation is comparable to the King of Thieves, who has his resting place discovered not so long ago.”

”Given the great tragedy that happened during that time and the huge ’gains’ that the survivors have brought out with them in that incident, the difference in difficulty should not be that different,” she added while falling into deep thought.

”Most of the time, the trials within the game are not much different from the ones in the real world, so we have to record everything here and compile all the information we have to make sure that no accidents will happen during the conquest in the real world,” said Laurent, telling everyone to make sure to always put their ’record mode’ active.

”I wonder what kind of trails they are,” mumbled Leonard while squinting his eyes and sweeping his gaze at the opposing parties.

After closely observing for a while, Leonard, along with his Bestial Instincts, seemed to have somewhat figured out the identities of a few of them.

”I feel like a few of our acquaintances are among them,” he said while smirking.

Arthur, who seemed to be doing the same thing beside him, smirked as well. ”Of course, despite all the additions of the new entries in the Transcendent List, there are no more than a hundred or so of us in it.”

”Adding that we know more than half of them, it is not a surprise to learn that a few of them are our acquaintances,” he added while looking at the few individuals with distinctive features despite being shrouded by the mysterious veil of energies.

There were supposed to be 25 Transcendent Beings in this hall due to the requirements of opening the metal gates at the end of the tunnel behind them. But since there was only a single person standing on one of the platforms, there were only 21 of them.

Among the over a hundred people within the list, Arthur was familiar with at least 60 of them, which came from different guilds and organizations within the virtual world; some of them were old rivals, while the others were his online friends.

As for the rest, whom he was not familiar with, they should be among the highly secretive organizations that joined the game due to the huge powers behind them, while the others were the lucky ones, who had stumbled upon the Transcendent Legacies due to their insane luck.

Among those we were not aware of, there were a few within their group.

Arthur was very curious about these people, especially when there was a constant inductee on the list from time to time due to the continuous flow of newly joined players in the game.

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