Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 736 Ancient Arena, Stone Tablet Ranking

Chapter 736 Ancient Arena, Stone Tablet Ranking (5400)

"Oh? Killing these vengeful spirits actually gives you platinum coins?"

Cao Xingqing counted the spoils, a look of surprise on his face: "And there seem to be quite a lot of them."

At this moment, Lord Oran approached and reminded him, "Lord Cao Xing, you should keep the soul crystal you just picked up safe."

"These crystals are valuable. If anyone tries to buy them from you when we get near the arena, you'd better not sell them."

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing asked in confusion, "Soul crystal? You mean this?"

As he finished speaking, a translucent light blue crystal appeared in his hand, with what appeared to be swirling mist inside.

He had just noticed that a new material had been added to the loot information, called Soul Crystal.

However, seeing that it was made of gold-quality material, Cao Xing didn't examine it closely.

Now it seems this thing has some special function.

Lord Oran nodded and said, "Yes, these crystals are one of the essential materials for opening the Ancient Arena Trials, and can also be regarded as tickets."

A look of doubt returned to Cao Xing's eyes: "Tickets?"

"Yes."

Lord Oran replied, "After we arrive at the Ancient Arena, everyone needs to hand over one Soul Crystal."

"Without it, the trial cannot be started."

"In addition, this [Soul Crystal] is also one of the essential materials used to open the doors of those buildings and other special places."

"To move around in the inner city, you need to always carry a large number of soul crystals with you."

A look of realization dawned on Cao Xing's eyes, and he continued, "Then what did you mean when you told me to keep the soul crystal safe?"

"Is someone trying to steal mine?"

Upon hearing this, Lord Oran smiled and shook his head, saying, "With Lord Cao Xing's strength, who would dare to rob you?"

"I told you to keep it safe because this kind of crystal only drops when you kill a vengeful spirit of at least the eighth rank, and the demand for it is quite high."

"However, not everyone is capable of dealing with hero-level vengeful spirits."

"Therefore, some beings who are not strong enough will choose to acquire excess soul crystals from the strong."

"If Lord Cao Xing wants to sell, it's best to wait until he has enough reserves and has extras before selling to others."

After hearing the city lord's explanation, Cao Xing nodded in understanding once again.

He looked at the translucent light blue crystal in his hand and understood its importance.

"So, with so many people here, besides Big White and Little Blue, do we need to prepare a Soul Crystal for each of them in order to challenge the Ancient Arena?"

"Yes."

Cao Xing nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.

Anyway, he was planning to kill some high-level vengeful spirits to gain experience.

This is a good opportunity to farm some soul crystals.

...

They then continued along the path of the energy torches in the mist.

After walking for a few minutes, a fork in the road appeared ahead.

There were many energy torches on both sides, making it seem like they led to two different directions.

Clearly, this is the branching point between the two routes in the inner city that the Lord of Oran mentioned.

"Lord Cao Xing, if we want to go to the Ancient Arena, we'll go to the left," Lord Oran's voice rang out from ahead.

“Okay, lead the way,” Cao Xing replied.

Soon, the group proceeded along the route on the left.

Not long after they began their journey, the group was attacked again by a wave of vengeful spirits.

This time, there were more than a dozen vengeful spirits attacking.

Led by four eighth-tier vengeful spirits, followed by seven or eight seventh-tier vengeful spirits.

Isabel acted immediately.

As a sage of holy light who restrains these evil creatures, her spells have a great suppressive effect on vengeful spirits.

After easily dealing with the vengeful spirits by throwing down a few orbs of holy light, these spirits once again contributed millions of experience points to them.

They also contributed 4 Soul Crystals.

And so they continued forward along the torches, slaying the vengeful spirits that surged forth from the mist.

A dozen minutes later, a beam of white light rose from Elisa and Brotie respectively.

They leveled up to level 71 together.

It has been less than half an hour since everyone entered the inner city, which is quite efficient.

Besides the attacks from vengeful spirits, they could also vaguely see some buildings with their doors wide open on both sides of the road.

It looked deep and dark inside, as if it contained some kind of treasure, attracting people to explore it.

Cao Xing asked, "City Lord, have most of the buildings along these safe paths been explored?"

Lord Oran nodded: "Yes, the first route has been developed for many years, and the treasures inside these buildings have been looted."

"To get on this route, we can only go to the end of the path, then step into the dangerous fog and try to find a safe route."

"No one has ever set foot on these routes, and the buildings we encountered have naturally not been looted."

"If we're lucky, we might even discover an important area like the Temple of Souls."

"We could even develop a new branch route!"

At this point, excitement appeared in the city lord's eyes: "Developing a branch is of great significance. It means that our exploration of the ruins has entered a new stage."

"Of course... this kind of thing is also dangerous."

"As mentioned before, in this misty city, every new step taken represents many sacrifices."

Qinong also said, "Yes, even if Lord Cao Xing is powerful, I do not recommend that you try to open up new routes."

Cao Xing nodded slightly.

He didn't waste any more time there, but led the group forward along the torches in the mist.

"Tap tap... tap tap..."

The heavy footsteps were particularly clear in the thick fog.

Due to the sound-blocking properties of the fog, they could only hear their own footsteps and heartbeats.

In addition, the occasional mournful wails of vengeful spirits and other unknown sounds made people feel uneasy.

After an hour's trek, they had penetrated about six or seven kilometers into the inner city.

During this period, they encountered a total of eleven waves of vengeful spirits, gaining a total of over 50 million experience points and a large amount of materials.

In addition, these vengeful spirits contributed 52 soul crystals.

These crystals are not only enough for all of them to enter the arena, but there are even dozens more left over.

Cao Xing said happily, "The inner city will be open for seven days. At this rate, we can easily obtain several thousand soul crystals in seven days."

"When the time comes, any unused portions can be resold to other mercenaries at a high price."

Of course, for Cao Xing now, this small gain is nothing.

It's just that I enjoy the thrill of making money.

The group continued along the winding route, encountering vengeful spirits at every fork in the road.

Everyone realized the terrible price people had paid to open up this route.

Finally, after about half an hour, the view in front of me gradually opened up.

They seemed to have finally reached the end of this road.

From the original misty path, we arrived directly at a wide-open square.

A magnificent ancient building stands in the center of the square.

The building's exterior looks like an enlarged, inverted bowl placed face down on the ground.

The building is at least one kilometer in diameter, with a dark golden metallic luster and many alchemical and magical runes engraved on its surface.

Next to this building, dozens of campfire campsites are scattered in a well-organized manner.

Many adventurers and mercenaries gather here to rest or conduct simple transactions.

When Cao Xing and his group arrived, they all stopped what they were doing and watched the imposing group of outsiders with wariness.

However, everyone was looking at the magnificent building in front of them, their eyes filled with awe.

He paid no attention to the gazes of the adventurers and mercenaries.

"We've arrived. This is the arena."

The Lord of Oran City's voice rang out, interrupting everyone's thoughts.

Cao Xing looked around and said with a puzzled look, "This building is a bit strange. I felt a familiar fluctuation on it."

"It seems to involve space?"

Yesterday, when he activated the [Anchor of the World] and opened the large teleportation array, he also felt this fluctuation.

So it felt somewhat familiar.

Qinong explained, "Lord Cao Xing is right. The interior of this arena possesses the power of spatial folding."

"It is divided into individual spaces, which can even allow hundreds of us to take on challenges at the same time without interfering with each other."

After Qinong finished speaking, a look of surprise appeared in everyone's eyes.

After all, in any world, space and time are the two most powerful forces.

Anyone who can master any power can have a disruptive impact.

Even the legendary war bow that Cao Xing obtained some time ago only possessed a trace of the power of time, but it was still able to exert a heaven-defying effect like [Time Reversal].

Everyone marveled once again at the former power of the Asura civilization.

Just then, Elisa suddenly pointed into the distance and exclaimed in a clear voice, "Look, there's a huge stone tablet over there!"

At Elisa's voice, everyone turned to look.

Beside that magnificent building stood an ancient stone tablet about ten meters high.

The surface of the stone tablet is as smooth as a mirror, and it seems to be engraved with dense characters.

Lord Oran laughed and said, "This is a list of the strongest individuals who have passed the trials of the ancient arena throughout history."

"However, only those who have passed the fourth round are qualified to leave their names on it."

He paused, then said, "By the way, Mr. Qinong's name is also on it." Hearing this, everyone immediately became curious.

They all moved closer.

At the same time, I could see clearly a bunch of names recorded on the stone tablet.

[First Place: Kai, Level Cleared: Round 5 (Time: 7 minutes 12 seconds)]

Second place: Hedis, Level cleared: Round 5 (time: 15 minutes 31 seconds)

[Third Place: Rosie from Chuanhai Fort, Level Cleared: Round 4 (Time: 6 minutes 05 seconds)]

[Fourth Place: Shia Vergas, Level Cleared: Round 4 (Time: 6 minutes 27 seconds)]

[Fifth Place: Cyril Phantom Mist, Level Cleared: Round 4 (Time: 8 minutes 25 seconds)]

[Sixth Place: Elton Tal-Minyatour, Level Completed: Round 4 (Time: 14 minutes 21 seconds)]

……

[23rd Place: Qinon Dutra, Level Cleared: Round 4 (Time: 28 minutes 19 seconds)]

[Ranked 24th...]

……

Upon seeing the name recorded on the stone tablet, Cao Xing's eyes narrowed.

Because many of them are his acquaintances.

The names of Queen Yulan, King Bingjing, King Huiwu, and others are all present.

It can be said that the vast majority of the top ten names are legendary powerhouses!
However, even these legends stopped in the fourth round.

Only two names made it through the fifth round.

what is this concept?

The ancient arena has been open for almost sixty years.

Over the past sixty years, countless powerful individuals have come here and posed a challenge.

This includes legendary figures such as the Ice Crystal King and the Orchid Queen.

However... only two people were able to pass the fifth round!
Fewer than ninety people made it through the fourth round.

At this moment, Assam said with a serious expression, "My lord, the difficulty of this ancient arena is probably beyond our imagination."

"Even Mr. Qinong's name is ranked outside the top twentieth."

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing's expression turned slightly serious.

This stone tablet records more than eighty names.

Apart from the two who passed the fifth round, all the others who passed the fourth round of trials were at least hero-level powerhouses.

"Interesting..." Even Cao Xing became somewhat interested, a fighting spirit appearing in his eyes!
He wanted to see what kind of challenges this ancient arena offered that could stop so many legendary powerhouses in the fourth round.

In the past sixty years, only two people have successfully passed the fifth round.

Cao Xing announced, "Everyone, get ready, we are about to begin the challenge."

He looked around at everyone and said, "I hope everyone can give it their all and try to leave our names on the stone tablet."

Upon hearing the lord's order, the core members all straightened up.

They said in unison, "We will do our utmost to live up to the lord's expectations!"

"very good."

Cao Xing nodded.

Just as he was preparing to distribute the [Soul Crystals] so that everyone could start the challenge.

A sudden commotion arose in the distance.

Suddenly someone shouted, "The Rose Goddess has arrived!"

The shout, like a pebble thrown into calm water, caused a huge uproar in the square.

The adventurers and mercenaries stationed there all looked up at the same time, their eyes fixed on the mist behind them.

There, a group of well-equipped mercenaries slowly approached.

The woman leading the group had fiery hair that danced in the wind, and her light silver armor made her look majestic and dignified. Behind her was a giant sword that was almost as tall as a person, emitting a faint red glow.

"It's Talia! The rose goddess of the battlefield!"

"My God...she's even more beautiful than the rumors say!"

"It's said that she's about to break through to the legendary realm!"

In this ruin, Talia is far more famous than Cao Xing.

Her arrival caused a sensation.

Many mercenaries and adventurers instinctively straightened their backs, gazing at the powerful female mercenary with awe and admiration.

Greetings rose and fell in waves.

"Good day, Ms. Talia..."

"Miss Talia, please accept our group's invitation..."

"Goddess of the Rose, our leader hopes to cooperate with your mercenary group..."

……

However, the red-haired female swordsman ignored all these attempts to curry favor.

Her sharp gaze pierced through the crowd and landed on the stone tablet to the side.

Seemingly having discovered something, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Talia led several mercenaries straight ahead, her leather boots making a crisp sound on the stone pavement.

Cao Xing and the others also noticed Talia's approach.

Elisa exclaimed softly, "Wow...it's that pretty red-haired lady..."

"It seems like she's coming to find us."

While she was speaking, Talia had already stood in front of Cao Xing.

She placed one hand on her chest, bowed slightly, and solemnly gave a mercenary salute: "Greetings, Lord Cao Xing."

Talia’s deep voice carried a rare respect.

This scene caused the mercenaries and adventurers behind them to widen their eyes, and the crowd immediately erupted in an uproar!

"What did I just see?!"

"That beautiful Rose Goddess, a being to whom even legendary powerhouses bow, actually bowed to a young man?"

"My God! Who is that young man?"

They were immediately filled with confusion and shock.

Cao Xing looked at Talia's imposing stance, chuckled, and said, "We meet again."

Talia's lips curled up slightly, revealing a rare, gentle smile.

However, when she met Cao Xing's gaze, this female warrior, who was known for her cold demeanor, subconsciously turned her head away.

The tips of his ears, hidden beneath his red hair, were slightly red.

Cao Xing ignored the little gesture and asked, "Are you here to challenge the arena too?"

Talia nodded solemnly, her fingers unconsciously clenching: "Yes, but I'll be undergoing the trial alone; the other members are with me."

"This time I'm going to try to break through to the fifth level."

Upon hearing this, Cao Xing said in surprise, "The fifth level? That's very difficult. Even legendary experts can't get past it."

Talia pursed her lips and nodded, saying, "It is indeed very high. I tried my best, but I only managed to get to the fourth floor."

"I didn't have high expectations this time either."

"But at least... I need to see the enemy on the fifth floor."

"If it doesn't work the first time, I'll try again next year, and then a third time..."

As she said this, an unprecedented determination appeared in her eyes: "One day, I will successfully pass the trial, and even reach that completely new realm!"

Talia's strength was similar to Kion's; both were able to pass the fourth round, but were instantly killed in the fifth round.

Cao Xing looked at the female team leader and chuckled, "Then I wish you good luck."

Faced with his gentle smile, Talia always felt a little flustered, and her gaze would involuntarily dart away.

She opened her mouth several times as if to speak, her red lips slightly parted.

But in the end, he simply took a deep breath and said, "I also wish Lord Cao Xing good luck."

After a pause, a bright smile returned to Talia's face: "With your strength, you should have more than enough to pass the fourth round. Perhaps we'll even see your name at the front of the stone tablet."

Cao Xing shook his head: "It is said that the trials in the ancient arena are very difficult, and I am not sure if I can make it to any round."

He looked at Talia: "But no matter what, let's work together."

“Okay!” Talia nodded solemnly.

For the first time, she mustered the courage to look up and look directly into Cao Xing's eyes.

The moment their eyes met, a subtle atmosphere seemed to fill the air.

However, at that moment, a vast and boundless aura suddenly descended!

The voice could be heard even before the person arrived.

"Talia, so you were here!"

Sensing this aura, the mercenaries and adventurers on the field all showed expressions of surprise.

Someone whispered, "That voice... it sounds like Kai Lan..."

"It's him... the heir to the Northern Wind Kingdom, a legendary powerhouse!"

Upon hearing the words "legendary expert," a look of awe appeared in everyone's eyes!