Chapter 792: Secrets of the Old Era

He paused, his tone becoming steady: "Now, you are qualified to chat with me."

"I'll be waiting for you in the city. If you have the guts, walk in yourselves."

After saying these words, the old man's figure completely disappeared into the night sky.

"Hey! Old fellow, where is the city…" Zhou Huai was about to ask further.

The next second.

"A deafening roar shook the heavens——!"

A massive tremor akin to an earthquake came over.

The world spun before Zhou Huai's eyes.

The originally ink-like night sky suddenly resembled a torn curtain, as large swathes of darkness rapidly receded.

Scorching sunlight poured down without warning, dazzling people so much that they couldn't open their eyes.

The surrounding temperature soared sharply, and the violent yellow sand and gale howled over once again.

When Zhou Huai reopened his eyes, they were still standing on the back of Abyss Dragon Xiao Hei, and Xiao Hei was hovering mid-air.

In all directions, there were still endless golden sand dunes, the scorching sun hung high in the sky, and the air was distorted and deformed under the high temperature.

The all-pervading poisonous mist, the kilometer-tall pharaoh, and the projection of the old man from the old era that they had just experienced were all nothing more than an absurd illusion.

"Everything just now… was it an illusion?" Xiao Hei shook his huge dragon head and let out a confused low roar.

"No, it's not an illusion."

Chun on the side continued to pat sunscreen on her arms with her hand while speaking: "That is an extremely high-dimensional layered space projection. We were pulled into another layer of space by him just now, but now, he has actively removed the spatial barrier."

"It looks like the projection of the guardian goddess you summoned just now gave this old monster a solid scare." Chun turned her head, her beautiful eyes looking brightly at Zhou Huai, "Otherwise, given the arrogance of these old era monsters, they wouldn't let you off without skinning and deboning you."

Zhou Huai regulated his breath, and Victor's [Void Omniscience] spatial perception within his body activated, expanding outward.

Within the perception range, the originally monotonous and infinite desert had disappeared.

Just as it extended to a spatial node ten kilometers away, a picture clearly appeared in his mind.

At the end of the flying yellow sand across the sky, behind a huge sand dune, an ancient city constructed from huge black strip stones was quietly standing.

The architectural style of that city carried Ancient Egyptian colors, giant obelisks pierced straight into the clouds, and countless weird and powerful energy fluctuations were hovering above that city.

"Found it."

Zhou Huai smiled slightly.

"It seems we have already come out of his spatial maze. Furthermore, the city is right ahead."

"Xiao Hei, fly in that direction." Zhou Huai pointed forward.

Xiao Hei let out a low dragon roar, flapping his wings and moving forward at full speed carrying rolling heat waves.

On the back of the Dragon, Zhou Huai couldn't help turning his head to look at Chun: "What on earth is the First World you mentioned just now? Could it be that before this world and the old era, there were even more ancient eras?"

Chun sighed, toying with the wooden jar in her hand, her green eyes looking into the distance, and said: "There are no eternal eras in this world to begin with. The so-called First World is the ultimate civilization before the System carried out its first major purge. The top Professionals at that time far exceeded current max-level Professionals in strength, and the Laws they comprehended could directly affect the underlying code of the world."

"And the guardian goddess you summoned just now was a person comparable to a deity in the First World who mastered the absolute protection rule. Her power specifically restrains all pollution and toxins in the world, no doubt Ancient Egypt's old venomous thing was scared into pulling back."

Zhou Huai listened with flashing eyes: "The System's major purge… Since the powerhouses of the First World were so strong, even comparable to deities, why did they ultimately still perish?"

"Because of human nature," Chun said faintly, "When power grows strong enough to contend with the world's rules, some people are no longer satisfied with being bound by the System. They want transcendence, they want to replace the Heavenly Dao. The things Mr. Duan is doing now have already been done countless times in the era of the First World."

"And the result?" Zhou Huai pressed further.

"The result was that the Heavenly Dao sent down an irresistible destructive Lightning Tribulation, completely erasing the civilization of the entire era, leaving only some remnant souls like us to linger on their last breaths deep within endless ruins."

"As for those four deities, some died in battle opposing the Heavenly Dao, while others exhausted their Origin to protect their clansmen, such as this guardian goddess." Chun looked deeply at Zhou Huai, "I am very curious, what method on earth did you use to be able to summon her will projection, which had completely fallen in the previous era, out from deep within the rules?"

Zhou Huai smiled self-deprecatingly: "Perhaps my profession happens to have a bit of affinity with her."

He couldn't possibly say this was because he had a System hanging on him that could break conventions.

"Compared to this, I care more about that old monster ahead. You said he is the Dominator in the Ancient Egyptian Ruins, so what kind of strength did he actually have during his lifetime?"

"Anubis, the High Priest of the Underworld of Ancient Egypt—of course, this was just his former title, not a true deity, but a Divine Rank professional who inherited that totem." Chun's expression turned serious, "What he excels at most is the spatial maze and the Styx corrupted virulent poison. If you hadn't directly offered the guardian goddess's purification Domain just now, those sky-full poisonous mists alone would have been enough to strip a layer of skin off us."

"However, since he actively invited us into the city, it shows that he also needs something from us, or rather, he also wants to see how far a variable like you who can contend with Mr. Duan can actually go."

"He needs something from me?" Zhou Huai wore a look of confusion, "Isn't he a companion awakened by Mr. Duan?"

"An alliance? Stop joking." Chun sneered disdainfully, "How can there be any real trust among people of the old era? Mr. Duan awakening us is merely treating us as cannon fodder to consume the will of heaven, while incidentally using us as backup batteries for him to devour Laws. That old fox Anubis has lived for countless years, how could he fail to see through Mr. Duan's intentions?"

"His previous agreement to cooperate with Mr. Duan was just perfunctory, merely wanting to borrow Mr. Duan's power to avoid being obliterated by the Heavenly Dao. Now seeing the appearance of a powerhouse like you who can suppress his toxins and even carry the guardian goddess's power, he naturally has to re-evaluate his own stance."

Zhou Huai nodded thoughtfully.

It seemed Mr. Duan was not monolithic either. These old-era monsters awakened by him each had their own agenda. For him, this was undoubtedly exceptionally good news.

"In that case, let's go and see what this old fox actually wants to chat with us about."

Zhou Huai sneered, his gaze piercing through layers of heat waves, already able to see the towering city built of black stones ahead.

The city gates stood wide open, quietly awaiting their arrival.