Ye Dui’s spells were now almost impossible to count. Apart from those from insights, countless spells had been downloaded via Thunder. Sometimes while walking on the street and seeing a magus, he would habitually enter their memory world. If he saw any interesting spells, he downloaded them, useful or not. His title as “All-Capable Magus” was truly well-deserved.
Besides spells, other things like summoned heroic spirits, BGM, and various miscellaneous skills came in bundles. He had so many abilities that the power seal screen he displayed had directly burst through the sky.
Others could not see the contents of the screen, but they could still feel the overwhelming shock that came from the heart.
Most of Ye Dui’s powers had been sealed. Basic elemental spells and primary attack spells had no seal. They could be used directly with the magic guide book by consuming magic scrolls.
Among the sealed spells, intermediate spells had seals from level one to three. Advanced spells had seals from level three to five. Super spells had seals from level five to seven.
Additionally, most BGM seals were between level one and five.
Special talent skills had unique seals. Golden Sword Qi was sealed at level three. Lightning Body was also sealed at level three.
Summoning Jarvis’s Safe Guard was sealed at level five.
However, some applications inherent to the magic guide book itself, such as resource library, WeChat, browser, map, and so on, had no seal. This seemed to be because they belonged to divine power. The seals in this world had no effect on such power.
A rough estimate suggested that unlocking all of Ye Dui’s powers would require several million Heavenly Ladder points.
Among all his sealed powers, the highest seal was for summoning One-Punch Heroic Spirits. If Ye Dui wanted to summon a One-Punch Heroic Spirit, he would first summon its card. Adding magic to the card would make the heroic spirit appear. The seal level for One-Punch Heroic Spirits reached level ten.
And this level ten was red.
“It seems the highest seal level is ten. Red means… the rules of this world cannot fully seal the power of One-Punch Heroic Spirits? So I can still summon One-Punch Heroic Spirits now?”
White light flashed in Ye Dui’s hand. A One-Punch Heroic Spirit card appeared in his palm. The card showed an image of a One-Punch Heroic Spirit. Activating it with a magic scroll would summon the One-Punch Heroic Spirit. Ye Dui could feel that the power of the One-Punch Heroic Spirit was indeed not fully sealed. As long as he spent enough Heavenly Ladder points to completely unlock its power, he could continue using the One-Punch Heroic Spirit’s strength!
Very good. His strongest trump card had not been sealed.
At that moment, Ye Dui thought of another trump card. He turned to Selti, who was being held in Siles’s arms. “How is your perception of the Necromancer Realm?”
“My power has not been affected at all. Even my control over the Necromancer Realm remains completely unchanged. As long as there is enough spatial magic power to support it, I can open the door to the Necromancer Realm at any time!” Selti said in a low voice. Her tone carried some anger. Everyone else had been sealed. Why was she completely unaffected?
Was this discrimination against head-only beings?
“Er… The seals in the Divine Sin Continent seem to be judged based on the exiled person’s combat power. Selti, your combat power is basically zero right now. Your strongest skill is probably trash-talking. Maybe the rules here judged that you do not need sealing.” Ye Dui said with a smile. Selti truly had no combat ability. The power to open the Necromancer Realm was at most just a key. It connected to the spatial coordinates of the Necromancer Realm.
In that case, as long as Ye Dui, Grimm, and Guibao quickly unlocked spatial teleportation-type powers, they could use Selti to open the Necromancer Realm and summon an army of the undead!
From this perspective, although the power seals in the Divine Sin Continent were strong, Ye Dui’s most powerful abilities seemed impossible to fully seal. This immediately put Ye Dui at ease. Though being exiled to the Divine Sin Continent had greatly affected everyone, they still possessed overwhelming strength!
So next, he had obtained five thousand Heavenly Ladder points. Which aspect of power should he unlock with these points?
While Ye Dui was thinking, someone suddenly rushed out from the noisy crowd nearby, gasping for breath. He roughly pushed aside the people blocking his way.
“You all!” He shouted loudly. After drawing Ye Dui and the others’ attention…
Messi stepped forward first to the Celestial Plaza in the central city. He extended an invitation to Ye Dui to join.
With his invitation, the surrounding people suddenly fell quiet.
Kane City was not particularly strong in the lower layers. But it was a world ranked around three hundred. Since rankings fluctuated with trials and battlefields, this number changed constantly except for the top few dozen. But three hundred was already a dividing line.
There were thousands upon thousands of fragment worlds in the lower layers. Entering the top three hundred meant that world had become a hegemon-level fragment world.
The Flowing Land, Udos, Sea Bird Alley, and other fragment worlds that had just tried to compete for Ye Dui’s group absolutely had no right to compete against a hegemon world. They could only fall silent with some regret.
In everyone’s eyes, since Kane City had extended an invitation to Ye Dui’s group, as long as they were not fools, they would absolutely not refuse.
Ye Dui showed some curiosity on his face. He looked at Messi. “What exactly is the ranking?”
“The fragment worlds in the lower layers have a ranking summarised based on battle records. This ranking only lists the top one thousand. But only those in the top three hundred count as true powerhouses. Kane City has even entered the top hundred once!” Messi said with confidence. “You can view the rankings through the Heavenly Ladder. Just think ‘Heavenly Ladder ranking’ in your mind to see it.”
Grimm immediately walked to the Heavenly Ladder and tried to check the ranking. Soon a light screen appeared before him.
“How is it?” Ye Dui asked hurriedly.
Grimm shook his head at Ye Dui. “They probably are not in the top one thousand!”
They were naturally referring to Stan Town.
Messi did not know what Ye Dui and Grimm were talking about. He stepped closer with fanaticism. “Join us, Kane City. With your skills and the magic constructs you brought, you will definitely receive the highest treatment in Kane City!”
His eyes greedily swept over the magic firearms in Ye Dui’s group and the Wrangler and three motorcycles. These miraculous magic constructs were simply too powerful. If he could get Ye Dui’s group to join Kane City, he must obtain one!
“Thank you for your kindness, but…” Ye Dui noticed Messi’s gaze. He could naturally see what Messi was scheming. He was about to refuse. But before he could finish, footsteps sounded. Some onlookers made unhappy grunts. Then a bearded burly man rushed out, still panting heavily. It was Kas.
He had left the tavern before Messi. On the way, he encountered obstruction from Kane City subordinates. Kas spent some time shaking them off before rushing here.
He looked at Ye Dui’s group. His rugged face carried faint emotion. His eyes even seemed a bit moist. With a thud, the backpacks he hugged to his chest fell to the ground.
“You all… why did you come here!? This is the Divine Sin Continent, the legendary hell. You… you are all too foolish!” Kas said, seeming somewhat choked.
Yet Ye Dui and the others wore faint smiles. Debbie rubbed her small nose and teased, “Oh, Kas, your big beard style is really unfamiliar. But it does have quite a manly feel. The two men in our guild cannot even grow a single beard.”
“I am still in puberty, okay?” Ye Dui rolled his eyes at Debbie.
“Miss Debbie, not every man likes a beard style. Though I am bald on top, other places are still not bald.” Grimm also said with a smile.
They laughed heartily a few times. Ye Dui walked over and hugged Kas. He said to him, “Rest assured. We will definitely take you all out!”
The surrounding crowd watched this seemingly strange scene. From Ye Dui’s words, they vaguely picked up some information. Messi’s face froze in disbelief. “Could it be… could it be that you all voluntarily exiled yourselves to the Divine Sin Continent? Just to… take Stan Town out?”
The Divine Sin Continent was the legendary hell!
Though the people here seemed to live without worries, this place was still a prison. The taverns here only sold bitter ale. The food was dry and hard. To survive here, one had to participate in cruel Heavenly Ladder battlefields and trials. For a slim hope, they fought endlessly. Everyone faced the threat of death at any moment. Even in the central city where killing was forbidden, one could still be taken by hunger or disease at any time.
Heard that the sky outside was clear and blue, with sun and breeze, mountains and seas, countless foods, and stable life. Yet someone was willing to abandon such a life and voluntarily exile themselves to the Divine Sin Continent to save people…
Even though Ye Dui’s group had performed astonishingly earlier, many around them still felt a sigh. Were these people fools?
In five thousand years, no one had ever left the Divine Sin Continent!
“You… you are truly delusional!” Messi said through gritted teeth in a mocking tone. “My grandfather was exiled here from the outside world. I saw him when I was young. He told me about the beauty of the outside world. My grandfather was also a powerful swordsman outside. But here, he was just an insignificant small figure… Leaving here? You are delusional!”
After a pause, Messi’s tone softened slightly. “The experience just now should have made you understand. Outside powers are useless here. You cannot even guarantee your own safety. I suggest you make a good choice. Joining Kane City will be your best option!”
“Sorry. We only came for Stan Town.” Ye Dui said to Messi. His tone had already turned somewhat cold. He vaguely sensed that Messi seemed to target Kas somewhat. There seemed to be some conflict.
“But Stan Town cannot provide a place for your future survival.” Messi said coldly. He pointed at the magic firearms in Ye Dui’s hand. “I know you may think you are very strong. Even with powers sealed, the magic constructs you possess are still very powerful. However, you may not know one rule.”
“What rule?” Ye Dui raised an eyebrow and asked.
“To survive here, you need to participate in trials and Heavenly Ladder battlefields to earn Heavenly Ladder points. But when entering trials or battlefields, powers will be reset to zero. Even the powers you have unlocked or the magic constructs in your hands cannot be brought in a second time. Your storage space may contain magic constructs brought from the outside world. But once those magic constructs appear in this world, they will be automatically marked by the rules here!”
“There is such a rule?” Ye Dui was somewhat surprised. He turned to look at Kas.
Kas nodded, confirming Messi’s words.
However, Ye Dui remained very calm.
To say something you may not believe, he had several thousand modified firearms stored in his storage space. Moreover, exchanging magic constructs from the resource library was not sealed. Such things were very cheap in points. He could have as many as he wanted!
“Furthermore!” Messi stepped closer to Ye Dui and continued coldly. “The people you killed last in the trial were from Windless City. That tall young man was called Mad Beast Bien. He was the son of Windless City’s mayor. You have thoroughly offended Windless City. Windless City is a fragment world ranked in the top hundred. They will definitely launch a brutal pursuit against you. At this time, as long as you join Kane City, we have the ability to protect you. But Stan Town… they cannot protect you. Instead, because of you, they will be completely destroyed by Windless City.”
After saying this, Messi acted as if he had played his strongest card at the negotiation table. He continued confidently to Ye Dui. “Now, I ask you again. Are you willing to join Kane City?”
“I think I spoke too euphemistically earlier, so you misunderstood that there was still room for discussion…”
Ye Dui smiled at the somewhat worried Kas. He patted Kas’s shoulder. Then he looked coldly at Messi. Word by word, he said, “We only came for Stan Town. No one can stop us. And you… do you want to be our enemy?”
