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"Land of the Gods...?"
Other than Peros, Bing Ling, and Bixi, everyone in the tent froze on the spot...
Wu Yan exchanged glances with the girls and clearly saw the confusion and gravity in every pair of eyes. Even Reina, who had been causing a fuss on the table the whole time, had fallen silent. For a moment, the entire tent was quiet, with only faint breathing audible...
For no other reason than those two words!
Gods!
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Wu Yan looked at Peros, Bing Ling, and Bixi, who stood side by side before him. His fingers tapped rhythmically against the table, and the atmosphere inside the tent immediately grew tense and heavy...
"Land of the Gods..." Wu Yan lowered his head and fell silent for a while before speaking. "Since it is connected to the word 'gods,' this so-called Land of the Gods must not be simple, right...?"
"It is far more than merely not simple..." Peros sighed. "In the eyes of the Three Great Empires, this Land of the Gods may even be more important than Sparlier World Academy..."
"Oh?" Wu Yan raised his brow. "Could you explain in detail?"
Peros lowered his head for a moment, then raised it again.
"Have you never wondered why the Three Great Empires have remained powerful all this time?"
At those words, Wu Yan and the others frowned.
What Peros had said might have sounded somewhat disrespectful, but it was also an entirely valid point.
There were Three Great Empires in Sparlier World. Everyone knew that!
Since humanity had gained consciousness and begun cultivating, Sparlier World had experienced at least hundreds of millions of years of history!
Yet throughout such an immense