Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Except for He Meng, the others were nearly at full status, just resting for a bit, then could proceed to the next floor to strategize their path.

Following the map’s guidance, Yang Yu led his companions to the sphere’s location.

The seventh floor was the modern society where Yang Yu lived, and the next floor was the future world he had never seen.

People often feel curious about things beyond their knowledge, and Yang Yu was no exception.

While searching for people, Yang Yu and the others often traversed the city; even now when the light had faded and the city was empty, they could quickly reach their destination based on memory.

In the vast, cold central plaza, a gray sphere appeared there at some unknown time, emitting a faint glow.

As they approached, the smartphone in Yang Yu’s hand shattered into pieces, scattered upward, disappearing without a trace.

The ten people Yang Yu found appeared around the sphere one by one.

Seeing Yang Yu and his companions, these ten people thanked them, then their whole bodies radiated dazzling light, transforming into magic power that scattered, leaving only piles of spoils.

Ensuring the survival of ”people in reality” seemed to be part of this floor’s assessment.

After clearing the spoils, Yang Yu led his companions closer to the gray sphere.

Before officially entering the sphere, Yang Yu tossed the [Seeking Opportunity in Vulnerability] to Iyas,

”Use this, we’ll be entering the next floor soon.”

Looking at the exquisite skill scroll in her hand, Iyas was a bit bewildered: ”Is it really okay for me to use this skill?”

”You’re more suitable.

Try to pair it with [Guaranteed Hit Arrow] to ensure a 100% hit.

Anyway, you often need to finish things off, so it can also supplement some damage.

If you think it’s too cheap, then drop me some good equipment afterwards.” Yang Yu said.

”... don’t expect too much, my luck doesn’t always work.”

Iyas glanced at Yang Yu, seeing that he had no intention of taking back his words, she opened the skill scroll and learned [Seeking Opportunity in Vulnerability].

Bai Jin was beside and fed some MP recovery potions to He Meng, He Meng burped, fully restoring his status.

Once everyone was confirmed ready, Yang Yu placed his hand on the gray sphere, and led his companions to the next level via the teleportation gate.

Layers of mist, innumerable scenes from sci-fi novels surfaced in Yang Yu’s mind—whether this next era’s people flew beyond their star system, or gradually sank into virtual reality, or whether artificial intelligence had unprecedented development, robots were already integrated into all aspects of life.....

The future was full of possibilities, Yang Yu was unsure whether he could use the knowledge he possessed to overcome challenges, but he was eager to see humanity’s future.

As the mist gradually cleared, Yang Yu and his companions stepped out from the sphere, a world different from Yang Yu’s imagination unfolded before everyone.

Pieces of black stone bricks formed a pathway; on every piece of black stone brick, there were engravings of portraits from different races.

At the end of the path, a colossal golden giant dragon lay on the ground, its enormous dragon eyes surveyed everything with supreme majesty.

In an instant, everyone recalled the Goblin Emperor, gripping their weapons tightly, preparing to counter any sudden attacks.

A bright light beside Yang Yu’s group transformed into a silhouette, striding steadily and firmly along the black pathway.

With each step, the silhouette’s form became clearer, ultimately materializing into an elderly man clad in a long robe before the dragon.

The back of the elderly man’s right hand continuously emitted elegant light, forming an extraordinarily special pattern.

——the center was a circle, connected by numerous branch stems, which formed a circle on the periphery.

Yang Yu had seen this pattern several times. The name of the central circle was Luka.

Yang Yu couldn’t possibly mistake it; the elderly man in the robe also belonged to the Luka Sect.

Facing the elder, the dragon held no majesty, behaving like a small dog as it bowed to the elder.

The elder raised his hand, a massive stone tablet emerged from the ground between him and the dragon.

The elder flicked his finger, writing lines of text in the air on the stone tablet.

Yang Yu couldn’t understand the text on the tablet, but quickly associated it with the oath that the dragon had always followed and defended.

Could it be... this was reproducing the process where the dragon and an ancient human signed an oath?

This script doesn’t seem right? The dragon’s appearance should be from a rather subsequent history, how come......

Did I take the wrong teleportation gate, feeling like I’ve missed many plotlines...

Yang Yu tilted his head, the others followed suit, the dragon didn’t resemble the Goblin Emperor, meaning the dragon was a monster within the Underground Maze, so would they really battle against such a giant creature?

After the elder finished writing on the stone tablet, Yang Yu took out a camera, capturing the elder and the stone tablet.

Yang Yu had wanted to understand, with whom the dragon made an oath.

He once saw the stone tablet with Owen, but the one he saw was censored; this high-resolution original was his first time seeing it.

Anyway, needing the Nine-Life Cat Demon to decode the journal’s text, deciphering an additional oath wouldn’t be troublesome, fully decoding it might have unexpected findings.

After writing the stone tablet, the elder turned and left, heading towards Yang Yu’s group, becoming increasingly evanescent on the black pathway, finally turning into a thin smog, disappearing into the void.

The enormous dragon radiated dazzling light, its immense body shrinking, becoming no different from Yang Yu.

The golden dragon transformed into a human knight wearing golden armor, his majesty hadn’t weakened by becoming human-like, instead, it grew stronger. Approaching him evoked the urge to kneel.

The Golden Knight drew the sword at his waist, thrust it downwards, as two magic arrays appeared on both sides, summoning four knights in different colored armors.

The Black Knight had a tall frame, holding a Long Axe and a Shield, looking formidable; the Red Knight wielded a Priest’s Staff, wearing a long robe, full of compassion; the Pink Knight, holding a Long Whip, exuded severity, her curvaceous figure was the only Female Knight among them; the Bronze Knight held a Magic Book, a scholarly aura surrounding him.

No matter which knight, the armor on them was marked with a portion of the dragon, indicating their identities.

The four knights lined up beside the Golden Knight who wielded a Sword Blade, conspicuous blood bars floated above each of their heads.

These five knights were Yang Yu and his companions’ opponents, the Layer Guardians of this level!

The names indicated they were the dragon, indeed the true dragon forms.

These five Giant Dragon Knights each had a blood volume exceeding fifty thousand, average attributes over three thousand six.

This level was destined to be an unprecedentedly hard battle.