Apocalypse: Become stronger by absorbing flames at the start; my name is the Flame Emperor.

"What do you think?" Mr. Long raised an eyebrow.

"It seems you've advanced your sword-drawing technique to SSS level. No wonder you're a martial arts fanatic."

The king sighed softly: "Has there been no progress in your talent for time management?"

From Mr. Long's expression, he had already guessed the outcome.

"The Time Talent is too mysterious; how difficult it is to comprehend! Without the right opportunity, it would take an unknown amount of time to advance. Sword—"

"That's my destiny!"

A sharp glint flashed in Mr. Long's eyes.

"How do you, with your SSS-level sword-drawing technique, compare to the Magician and the Dawn?" The king turned around, his eyes fixed on Mr. Dragon.

There was a faint, inexplicable hope within it.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you."

Mr. Long slowly spoke: "I am no match for those two. In terms of combat strength, I should be about the same as Master."

He was well aware of the king's meaning, but after witnessing the performance of the two men on the secret battlefield, he gained a clearer understanding of their intentions.

Magician Lin Yu is in a class of his own in the entire world; no one can rival him.

Dawn, too, is unmatched except by magicians. Even King Arthur's strength is terrifyingly high, his understanding of spatial abilities reaching an extremely advanced level.

"Your Majesty, the world has changed after all. Some things must be let go."

Mr. Long sighed softly: "The strength of Yongzhou's group is truly terrifying. Not only magicians, but there are many other powerful individuals besides him."

As he spoke, the image of the little girl with a head full of snow-white hair reappeared in his mind.

A sense of powerlessness welled up inside me.

The power of the time-based talent is undeniable, but it's truly difficult to comprehend.

He secluded himself for a long time without making any progress, so he focused on practicing the sword-drawing technique.

But he really couldn't understand how that little girl had grasped the power of time to such a profound level.

Listening to Mr. Long's words, the king rubbed his temples.

He felt so tired.

The strongest magician and Dawn both harbored deep resentment towards him, making his plans extremely difficult to execute. It seemed unlikely he would ever achieve his goal in this lifetime.

and--

The appearance of the mysterious creature also made him realize that what Dawn had said was true.

Beset by internal and external troubles, this is a tough situation!

"My head hurts!"

The king slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again a few seconds later, a strange expression flickered in them.

"I can't be bothered with the nonsense on the forum. Wang Fengzi, on the other hand, is researching magic airships. She asked me to borrow someone to talk about it last time, and I'm really looking forward to it."

He spoke slowly, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"What?" Mr. Long was slightly taken aback.

"Horse, trampling, cherry blossoms!"

The king slowly uttered four words.

With magicians and those few people around in the Great Xia, it's probably impossible for him to achieve unification in his lifetime, so let's change our goal!

Trampling cherry blossoms with a horse is a great achievement.

If he accomplishes something that none of his predecessors could, he too can be remembered for eternity.

The thought of this made him feel excited.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Long's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "I'm very interested in this!"

……

In the land of cherry blossoms, while the powerful figures at the shrine were still gloating, believing their conspiracy would cause chaos within the Great Xia Dynasty, they were unaware that nobody cared about the matter at all.

Instead, they're planning a famous horse trampling cherry blossoms!

Their shady tactics will only hasten this event.

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In the secret battlefield.

Lin Yu carefully considered what the Fifth Jade Tree had transmitted, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Body tempering is indeed an extremely tedious process that requires a lot of time and a great deal of rare treasures.

It mentions several of the most crucial things.

Beast blood, rare treasures, body-refining techniques, and so on...

"elder brother……"

Lin Xiaoyou walked over.

"Um."

Lin Yu looked up and glanced around, discovering that the battles here had mostly ended.

I was just thinking about and digesting the information about the Fifth Jade Tree, and I got a little engrossed in it.

By this time, a large crowd had gathered around him; almost all the powerful warriors from the Great Xia Empire on the battlefield had come to surround him.

On this battlefield, being fellow people of the Great Xia, we were relatively close.

After getting to know each other, everyone left, but none of them went far. They found an old tree nearby and rested in twos and threes, quietly waiting for the time to end.

Lin Yu glanced at the sky; it was already getting late.

There were only two or three hours left in the day, so he didn't plan to go out and hunt for identity tokens anymore.

He got excited at the thought of the identity tag.

The group of Shenfa sat together, watching Lin Yu continuously pull out identity cards from his spatial ring, their eyes wide with astonishment…

Hold the grass!

Boss, that's a bandit!

How many people did they have to rob to get all this? No wonder so many mysterious creatures came knocking on their door.

"Brother, what you're doing..."

Even Lin Xiaoyou didn't know what to say.

Lin Yu ignored the others and took out all the identity cards, a total of 162, a number that made everyone's breathing quicken.

He quickly arranged the identity cards in the order of their targets and attached them one by one.

Suddenly, streaks of red light appeared one after another.

A total of 137 red secret realm cards.

"I'm rich..."

Even Lin Yu, who was used to seeing big scenes, could hardly contain his excitement at this moment.

"However, there are still 25 scattered chapters left."

Lin Yu thought for a moment, then asked the people around him, "Do you have any extra ID cards?"

"have."

"Boss, I have two more here."

"I have one here."

Around him, Rain God and the others also took out their extra identity cards.

With their strength, they can only be considered mid-level on this battlefield, and it's impossible for them to obtain too many identity cards.

After all, they already have to deal with three enemies, and each additional identity card they acquire could mean facing three more powerful enemies. Therefore, generally speaking, apart from powerhouses like Lin Yu, Shuguang, and Master Brother, no one else would take the risk.

"Only one is usable."

Lin Yu carefully examined each of the dozen or so identity cards, but only one was successfully matched.

Finally, he went to the other powerful figures of the Great Xia Dynasty, not even letting Shuguang go, and went to meet them one by one.

In the end, he received another 15 cards, and with the ones given by Divine Punishment and others, he had 17 left over. However, 11 of these 17 cards were already in the hands of others, and Lin Yu simply gave them to them, thus making a good connection.

Time passed, and night quietly fell.

The mechanical, rule-based voice resonated in everyone's minds.

Congratulations everyone, you've successfully survived the second round!

[One day later, the final battle begins. The objective is to hunt down powerful mutated monsters within the battlefield's secret realm. Note: these monsters are all mysterious beings of noble blood and immense strength...]

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu felt excited.

A powerful demon beast with noble blood?

Isn't that the treasure he needs for body tempering? Is this a gift delivered to him?

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