Dragon Tribulation of All Realms

Chapter 104: God's Hostility
The light is extending.

When the teleportation technique is in effect, everything around it turns into pure light.

For a moment, Wu Chen felt that he could move freely in this vast ocean of light. However, this wonderful idea soon faded.

All teleportation marks were erased.

He had previously tried the result of teleporting without a mark, and the final result was that he appeared in the same place. It was exactly as he expected, as smooth as honey.

And now, Calca, wearing the Holy King's Golden Crown, hugged him tightly from behind. His left and right arms respectively held Quorato and Remedios in their embraces—the younger sister's body was stiffer than expected, while the older sister's was natural and flexible. It seemed some people said one thing, but meant another.

——It doesn’t matter, I stacked all three the same… ahem.

A subtle thought flashed through his mind, and the surrounding glow faded. At that moment, Wu Chen noticed a detail: the perfumes used by Calca and Custodio were indeed identical.

Wait, where does Calca find the time to wear perfume?

The surroundings stabilized.

"Expand!"

A protective barrier is released under your feet.

The darkness that blocked the view was dispelled in an instant, and what came into view was a magnificent portal located in the dark cave.

"This is..." Calca released her grip. Her gaze drifted towards the massive gate in the distance. It was a sturdy door constructed of an unknown metal. Huge stone griffins flanked the gate, and the gate itself shone with a magnificent stream of magical light.

"It's the ancestral emblem!"

The Holy King's coat of arms was engraved on the top of this ten-meter-tall portal. Beneath the coat of arms was a solemn and elegant relief of a scale.

Ancient characters were etched in the center of the scales, and a certain grand, vast aura lingered within this nameless cave.

Tears immediately welled up in Calca's eyes, her blood coursing, her heart pounding. She barely managed to keep her balance, collapsing to her knees before the magnificent gate.

"Ancestor... I'm sorry..."

This was a resonance of blood, her arrival causing the relief to glow. A groove appeared on one side of the scales. This undoubtedly required the weight to open the door.

Wu Chen supported her shoulders, which were particularly fragile at this moment.

"Kuilat, assess the current situation."

He looked at the equally stunned Custodio sisters and gave the order.

"Incredible..." Kuirat muttered. Familiar with the Holy Kingdom's geography, history, and legends, she quickly glanced around. Then, she immediately leaned down, listening to the ground, and picked up a handful of wet soil to examine it.

"This soil... is orichalcum. There are only two places in the human kingdoms that produce orichalcum: one is in the Silian Theocracy, and the other is just south of our Holy Kingdom. The soil is a little damp, and I hear the sound of water... It's a tributary of the Kaas River. We are now underground in the south!"

Ground.

Wu Chen raised his head and looked directly upward. The life detection spell was immediately activated, but it was ineffective.

Strengthen, upgrade, and try again.

A shadow of life with some movement appeared at the top of his sight.

"It's about six hundred meters from the surface." Wu Chen replied.

"That's a deep pit." Remedios grasped the drawn holy sword. "Your Majesty, what should we do now? Do you want me to open that door? I think those two stone griffins might not be just decorations."

Certainly not.

Wu Chen could sense the magic power flowing inside the stone statue.

“No!” Calca cried out, recovering. “I recognize the words… They’re secret words passed down through the royal family’s upbringing. They mean…”

Justice has a price

"Justice has a price!"

Sure enough.

Wu Chen stared at the words. Before Calca opened her mouth, he already knew the answer. It was the power of will.

His vision shifted as he observed it. He saw a vast torrent of willpower flowing through the caverns. He could control some of it, as he was the regent of this land. However, the main force behind it did not belong to him.

It is a belief in light.

The Holy Kingdom was a strange nation. Its entire power leaned towards light and holiness, yet it refused to acknowledge the light and darkness of the Silian Theocracy, instead worshipping only the four deities of earth, water, fire, and wind. This had left the core of this nation's faith, which had existed for two hundred years since its founding, without a master.

Thus, the Crown of Faith was conceived. But that was merely a natural product. It was obvious that the First Holy King, who single-handedly designed the current Holy Kingdom's operating model, had arranged these wishes.

Right here, right here are the ruins.

Since he was able to control these willpowers and design uses for them, it naturally meant that this first generation Saint King named Rolandil and Wu Chenchen had some similarities.

A child god, a false god, or some other divine creature... He failed, or he hasn't succeeded yet. And this naturally doesn't mean...

What our ancestors left behind might not be a legacy. Perhaps they preferred to take on the fight themselves.

"Does that mean I have to pay a price? Hmm... do I need to place chips on both sides of the scales?"

Kuirat examined the huge door and found an inconspicuous groove on the tray of the scales on one side of the relief.

"Your Majesty, we may need to pay a toll to open this door." She placed a bag of Holy Kingdom gold coins on the tray, which remained motionless. However, when she slipped a magic ring from her finger and carefully placed it on one side of the scale, she noticed a change in the relief.

The ring silently melted, and the balanced relief began to tilt. Yet, the top of the distance scale only moved about one-seventh of its distance.

"We may need to pay for seven enchantment items before we can open this door."

She was indeed clever. She figured out the solution so easily. However, to those with prejudice, the existence of this door mechanism might even mean weakening the visitor.

Wu Chen shook his head.

He removed the golden crown from Calca's head as she softly exclaimed, then placed it on the scale's tray. The moment the crown touched, the entire scale relief glowed with pure white light.

The golden crown was still there, but a new etching had appeared on the blank tray on the other side. A line of words appeared above the blank space, and the scales tilted one-seventh of the way in the opposite direction.

From only one-seventh of advancement, it became one-seventh beyond balance.

The text that appeared was——

[Bloodline is also a weight.]

"Bloodline is also a weight," Calca whispered, looking at him with admiration. And when he plucked the golden crown from the scales and returned it to Calca, the other side, already bearing weight, suddenly tilted in the opposite direction.

The gate roared with a mighty roar, and a beam of pure light emanated from within. The method of opening the gate that Kuirat had deduced was a test for any unexpected adventurer who arrived here, while those who carried the correct token would naturally be able to use the inner passage.

The door will open.

My companions shouted excitedly.

However, Wu Chen just lowered his eyes, ready to verify his own guess.

The inheritor doesn't care whether the target possesses the power of will, as the legacy left to future generations must always be passed on to a significant descendant. However, if it is a predator lurking in the dark, waiting for an opportunity, it may not expect its target's body to possess the power to resist.

Presumably, it would activate its mechanism, weaken the target it was targeting, and reduce the opponent's strength.

A wisp of willpower was then projected out under Wu Chen's will, silently hitting the corner of Calca's clothes, and then exploded.

She couldn't feel it, and neither could Queralt or Remedios. They knew nothing about this realm, and at best they could only feel a gust of wind brushing against the edge of their clothes.

"Boom——" The giant object rubbed against each other.

The door had already opened enough for a person to pass sideways, revealing the brilliant light inside.

But the next moment, the majestic gate that was running with a roar suddenly got stuck!
The magnificent willpower structure immediately began to operate, and the feeling of danger came from all directions at this moment.

——What a pity.

The eyeballs of the two giant stone griffin statues turned slightly.

(End of this chapter)