491: Chapter 149 Dark Heaven_1 491: Chapter 149 Dark Heaven_1 Qinghuo Qiming looked at the one-ard man and explained, “We have selected the Star Warrior through the star-pointing ritual, and this visitor from the Celestial Sky will serve as the chess master, representing our Celebrating Fire Division in the life-and-death chess ga.
The Clan Leader asked to bring him here to the den to select warriors.”
Upon hearing this, the one-ard man snorted out of his nostrils, “That’s sowhat useful at least.”
He stepped aside to make room.
Jiang Wang and Qinghuo Qiming entered, and only then did the one-ard man close the tal door again.
“The doors here are to be kept closed as much as possible to avoid letting Star Beasts escape,” Qinghuo Qiming explained to Jiang Wang.
“What happens if they escape?” Jiang Wang asked.
“Once a Star Beast is exposed under the Celestial Sky, in contact with the light of the Heavenly Pivot…
it would be a disaster.”
Qinghuo Qiming did not delve into the specifics of the disaster, but from the expression of apprehension on his face, one could roughly imagine the extent of that catastrophe.
This place resembled a vast underground cavern.
At first glance from outside the door, it seed as if innurable torches were held high in the long night.
Only by entering did one see, beneath those flas, people were present.
More precisely, above the head of each sitting or standing warrior, a fla was suspended.
“This is the manifestation of their totem origins, in which they recuperate,” Qinghuo Qiming briefly explained, adding, “Only in extrely difficult tis will our warriors draw upon their totem origins.
The combat just now…
must have been fierce.”
The toughness of the recent battle was apparent to Jiang Wang, even without Qinghuo Qiming’s explanation.
The sitting or lying warriors were almost all injured.
And so warriors lay on the ground, fast asleep.
They were presumably following so sort of rotation system.
There were roughly a thousand warriors of the Celebrating Fire Division in the entire den, all with Transcendent combat capabilities.
This number was greater than Jiang Wang had imagined, and it made him reassess the strength of the Floating Land anew.
As Qinghuo Qiming led Jiang Wang through the crowd, nobody paid them any attention.
This Celebrating Fire Division’s Wu Zhu seed not to be well liked.
The warriors guarding the fort outside also lacked respect for him.
Qinghuo Qiming appeared not to care, or perhaps, he was not in the mood to care.
Jiang Wang noticed that he was shivering.
It was trembling brought on by fear.
He must have experienced sothing; otherwise, given his status and strength, he would not have been so fearful of the den.
There was likely a significant reason Qinghuo Gaozhi specifically had Qinghuo Qiming guide Jiang Wang to the Endless Earth Den, and it was probably to cure him of his fear.
In an environnt like Floating Land, a Wu Zhu who cannot enter the den would indeed struggle to be convincing.
The one-ard warrior was silent the whole way, only leading them to a man with a full, bristly beard.
“The Clan Leader sent for this visit, to pick soone for the life-and-death chess ga,” he said succinctly.
“Pick soone?
What’s there to pick?” The bearded man was angry and unreserved, “Does he know how short we are on people here?
Sending people to waste ti on life-and-death chess from here, if the den is left unguarded, is he wanting the Celebrating Fire Division to just vanish?”
The one-ard warrior only turned back and glanced at Qinghuo Qiming, letting him explain.
“I presided over the star-pointing ritual and welcod a visitor from the Celestial Sky,” Qinghuo Qiming stepped forward and said.
Only then did the bearded man size up Jiang Wang, his deanor softening slightly, “That still shouldn’t warrant coming to the Endless Earth Den.
Just pick so random people from the clan.
Having about ten or so people for life-and-death chess will ease the following century quite a bit,”
In front of this man, Qinghuo Qiming seed to lack confidence, hesitatingly saying, “This ti we need to protect five spots out of three.”
“Did the Clan Leader say so himself?” the bearded man asked.
“The Clan Leader has personally sparred with him.”
The bearded man suddenly fell silent.
He turned back and quietly looked behind him.
The vast den was irregularly shaped and undulating, and it was not until they reached this point behind the bearded man that Jiang Wang saw a giant pit not far away.
Below the pit was darkness as deep as ink, like a dense night that couldn’t be dissolved.
Jiang Wang walked forward a few steps, straining his eyes, but couldn’t see the end of the dark abyss.
“Is this ‘Dark Heaven’?”
Apart from the darkness, it seed there was nothing else.
This massive pit was the true location of the ‘Endless Earth Den’.
And the bearded warrior, as the leader of all warriors of the Endless Earth Den, stood at the very forefront.
Jiang Wang wanted to take a closer look, but the bearded warrior stopped him with his hand, “Don’t co any closer, you are too important to risk.”
Jiang Wang heeded the advice and did not move, but he asked, “Is it dangerous just standing by the side as well?”
“No one can say for sure when the Star Beasts might surge up.” The bearded warrior paused before adding, “If the Clan Leader acknowledges your strength, then it’s worth for our warriors to risk their lives for you.
Go choose your n, anyone you like.”
“I can’t make real choices this way,” Jiang Wang said.
“I need to see them in battle.”
The bearded warrior’s expression grew serious, “This is not a performance, nor a ga.
Once the fight starts, we will not be able to protect you.”
“I don’t need protection, I am a warrior too,” Jiang Wang said.
“If we are to fight side by side in the ga of life and death, why not start here?”
The one-ard warrior laughed hoarsely, “You’ve got the spirit of a warrior, just a bit on the lean side.”
His words had an implied aning.
Qinghuo Qiming said, “No, you can’t take this risk.
We finally have hope of achieving a good ranking in the ga of life and death.
Our Celebrating Fire Division cannot take this risk!”
The one-ard warrior looked at him without the slightest hint of politeness, “Is it he cannot afford to take the risk, or you?”
“You!” Qinghuo Qiming’s face turned red with rage as he glared furiously, a mix of fear and sha infusing his anger.
The one-ard warrior showed no sign of backing down.
“That will do, Wu Zhu,” Jiang Wang patted Qinghuo Qiming’s shoulder, not wishing to see him too embarrassed, “I have decided that I must experience a battle here before choosing who will go to the life and death ga with .
Go back and give your Clan Leader my ssage.”
“Indeed,” the one-ard warrior sneered, “Go back, back to the embrace of your Clan Leader.”
“I am not leaving!” Qinghuo Qiming suddenly shouted, grinding his teeth, “Qinghuo Yuanceng, don’t think I really don’t dare!
What is ‘Dark Heaven’ anyway?”
He couldn’t deny his fear of Dark Heaven, but he also couldn’t bear such direct humiliation.
As a Wu Zhu who had long been overlooked, he could let that pass.
But how could he bear such disdain spewed directly in his face?
“That’s enough,” the bearded warrior spoke up at this point, “Qinghuo Qiming, you can go back.
A Wu Zhu should indeed be in the Fire Shrine, not in the den.”
“Uncle Heng, I am not a coward!” Qinghuo Qiming said with reddened eyes, “Don’t you think I am a coward?”
The bearded warrior did not speak.
“I won’t leave,” Qinghuo Qiming said emphatically.
The bearded warrior seed not to be a very patient man, and upon hearing this, only said, “Then, suit yourself.”
The one-ard warrior nad Qinghuo Yuanceng was very obedient to orders; when the bearded warrior told him to stop, he stopped provoking Qinghuo Qiming and instead said to Jiang Wang, “Brother, we don’t know when the next wave of Star Beasts will co, where will you wait?
We all have regulated battle sequences, and positions must be clear.”
Jiang Wang looked at Qinghuo Qiming and said, “I’ll stay with him.”
After all, they were relatively familiar with each other, and the fire totem on his back was lit by Qinghuo Qiming.
He felt closer to Qinghuo Qiming in his heart.
It was just that Qinghuo Qiming’s position in the den was sowhat hard to understand.
Actually, Jiang Wang wanted to stay right by the edge of the den to make contact with the Star Beasts as soon as possible.
But considering Qinghuo Qiming, he deliberately walked a little farther back.
Within the area demarcated by Qinghuo Yuanceng, he casually found a spot to sit, laying his sword across his knees.
Qinghuo Qiming just sat silently next to him.
“Tell ,” Jiang Wang deliberately struck up a conversation, “Why don’t you cover up the den?
Cast a large iron plate and place it directly over the hole.”
Qinghuo Qiming hadn’t cald down yet, but he responded, “Anything that blocks this hole will disintegrate, including people.
So don’t fall in, if you fall, you’re gone.”
“I see,” Jiang Wang nodded, “I’ll be careful.”
But it seed that the conversation had opened the floodgates for Qinghuo Qiming.
He looked towards the direction of the hole.
“Do you know?
Actually, since I was very young, I’ve always wanted to co here.”
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