"What is this?"
Back in the Minecraft save, Tian Meng looked at the strange object in Xia Liang's hand—a ring of grass blocks with a purple doorway inside. Could it be a portal to another world?
"Your next workplace."
Looking at the miniature Twilight Portal in his hand, Xia Liang answered. After all, there were still plenty of diamonds underground in Twilight Forest.
Tian Meng: "..."
Why did his liver hurt so much?
"Coordinates for a new world?"
Electrolux walked over. Seeing the miniature portal in Xia Liang's hand, he sensed a spatial connection.
"Yeah, a world called Twilight Forest. There are quite a few powerful monsters there."
Xia Liang nodded. The bosses in Twilight Forest were quite strong, and since this Twilight Forest mod had been sitting within Douluo Continent's origin for so long, it might have mutated.
"Want to go in and take a look?"
Tian Meng spoke up. A new world?
He was very interested as well. Ice Empress had only recently arrived, and she too looked curiously at this new world.
"Is it dangerous?"
Huo Yuhao was standing nearby too. He remembered Xia Liang mentioning powerful monsters. Would it be too dangerous? None of them were at their peak right now. If Xia Liang was alone, would he be all right?
"No. We won't die."
Xia Liang could sense that this was still within Minecraft's domain. Beds still worked here, so they definitely could not die.
"Then let's go in and have a look. I'm curious what powerful monsters might be inside too."
Next, Xia Liang prepared some materials: glowstone dust and blaze powder, for crafting a Magic Map focus.
"Put on your gear. Also, my Keep Inventory authority doesn't work over there, so be careful yourselves."
He handed everyone a set of Netherite equipment.
"Icey, do I look handsome?"
Wearing a full set of Netherite gear for the first time, Tian Meng showed off in front of Ice Empress. She rolled her eyes at him. "Don't get yourself killed, or I'll have to pick up your gear for you."
"How could that happen? Watch me bend my bow and shoot down eagles!"
Tian Meng held Xia Liang's fully enchanted Infinity Bow. Later, he would just shoot arrows from the back. There was no way he could die.
"Hmph."
Nearby, Xia Liang had already set up the portal. The instant he placed it down, several options appeared before his eyes.
Select Difficulty: [Easy] [Normal] [Hard] [Hardship] [Evil God]
There was no Hardcore mode? Still, Hardship and Evil God did not seem bad either. Whatever—Xia Liang was not a masochist.
"Evil God? Could it be God-Level?"
After Xia Liang explained the situation to everyone, Ice Empress was startled. Evil God—it had the word "god" in it. Could it be God-Level?
"I don't know, but we can choose Evil God for this plane. Xia Liang's strength here completely surpasses God-Level, so we can test how strong the strongest monsters over there are."
Electrolux said that here, Xia Liang was practically invincible. They could completely try out just how strong the strongest monsters on Evil God difficulty were.
"Mm."
Xia Liang agreed as well.
[Selected: Evil God]
After selecting the difficulty, a Twilight Portal containing a vast, surging aura appeared before them.
"It feels so dangerous..."
Tian Meng was startled by that aura at first. Watching Xia Liang and the others continuously jump in ahead of him, he could not help but worry.
"Coward."
Ice Empress rolled her eyes at Tian Meng, then put on her equipment and jumped in.
"Wait for me, Icey!"
Seeing Ice Empress jump in, Tian Meng hurried after her.
"This world has very powerful life force. I can sense a familiar aura over there."
Twilight Forest was eternally shrouded in night. Countless white specks of light illuminated the sky, but visibility was still low.
However, such darkness was nothing to them.
Electrolux looked toward a tall tower in the distance. He sensed the aura of the undead there, one that was extremely pure.
"It really suits Elder Electrolux's attributes. That's the Lich Tower. The boss is the Lich. It has three forms and is difficult to fight."
Xia Liang looked at the distant Lich Tower. Fighting there was troublesome. It had an invincible shield, then ranged attacks, and finally high-damage melee combat. There were plenty of mechanics, making it hard to deal with.
Oink, oink.
Several black shadows charged at them from ahead. They had thought they were monsters, only to discover they were merely a few wild boars. However, the aura emanating from those boars still startled them.
"Even the wild boars have a thousand years of cultivation?"
Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were easy for them to handle. Several deep-purple Spirit Rings rose from the boars' bodies. Seeing the Spirit Rings rise directly, Xia Liang reached his answer: Twilight Forest had already been assimilated by Douluo Continent's laws.
But even ordinary wild boars were nearing ten thousand years. How strong would those bosses be?
"Elder Electrolux, help me bring down those crows."
Xia Liang raised his eyes toward several black shadows circling overhead. They let out hoarse cries from high above, flying round and round over the group.
A staff appeared in Electrolux's hand. With a gentle wave, the crows in the sky fell. Xia Liang swiftly turned them into crow feathers and Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
Setting down a crafting table, Xia Liang skillfully crafted a Magic Map.
Seeing the densely packed icons on the Magic Map, everyone felt that there seemed to be rather too many of them.
"Are all of these bosses?"
Tian Meng was startled too. So many leaders? How long would it take to defeat them all?
"It's fine. We can clear them slowly later."
Time was the one thing Xia Liang lacked the least.
In the end, Xia Liang decided to go see the Naga. It was a beginner boss, and its mechanics were easy to deal with.
"This is the Naga Courtyard?"
Tian Meng stood before a vast, ruined stone wall and tilted his head up to inspect the half-collapsed circular structure before him. Dark green vines crawled across the walls, while cracks ran from the base all the way to the top, as though something had once forced them apart from within.
The courtyard's interior was deep and empty. Broken stone slabs paved the ground, and waist-high weeds grew through the cracks.
An indescribable aura spread from the depths of the courtyard, pressing down on Tian Meng's spiritual body and making his entire soul tremble involuntarily. It felt as though some colossal being lay hidden in the darkness, silently watching him.
He was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Even if he had reached that level through eating, drinking, and having fun, he was still a genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast! And he was a spiritual-type one at that.
Yet this place could actually make his soul tremble? That meant...
"A monster beyond all standards..."
Electrolux sighed. "It looks like this isn't something ordinary people like us can handle."
As expected, the monster Xia Liang called the Naga had to be God-Level. If Electrolux's true body were still around, perhaps he could assist in the fight. But now he was merely a remnant soul and could not help much.
"It's fine. It's still under control."
Xia Liang flew toward the Naga Courtyard. The moment he approached, an enormous explosion erupted within the courtyard.
"With that explosion, even my true body probably couldn't withstand it, could it?"
Ice Empress looked at the explosion inside the courtyard. With that kind of power, even if her four-hundred-thousand-year true body were here, she would be severely injured. Was this the power of a Million-Year Soul Beast?
"No, there's a power beyond all standards. It should be support from divine power."
Electrolux sensed a special force within the explosion. That power was on an entirely different level from mortal strength.
"Divine power? Then will Brother Xia Liang be in danger?"
Huo Yuhao was somewhat worried. If it was God-Level, would Xia Liang be in danger?
"Don't worry. In this world, he's far stronger than the gods you imagine."
Electrolux was completely at ease. Here, Xia Liang was not a projection, but a genuine ruler of the world.
After the explosion ended, an incomparably enormous green serpent appeared in the sky, its crimson eyes fixed directly on Xia Liang.
Boom—
Its huge body was anything but slow as it charged toward Xia Liang at astonishing speed.
"Still as dumb as ever."
After an intense battle, when the Naga vanished, a Spirit Ring with ten golden patterns appeared before everyone. The already damaged Naga Courtyard became even more ruined.
"That was way too incredible..."
Huo Yuhao had just seen dozens of flaming meteors around Xia Liang. He felt that the power contained in every single meteor could directly destroy Shrek Academy.
"The rewards haven't changed."
He opened the reward chest.
[Naga Scales ×12, Naga Trophy ×1]
Tian Meng, Huo Yuhao, and Ice Empress went to study the Million-Year Soul Ring.
As for the scales of this million-year-level Naga...
"Elder Electrolux, take them and study them."
Xia Liang directly handed them to Electrolux for research. After all, the items crafted from Naga Scales were not yet stronger than what Xia Liang currently wore.
However, this Naga Trophy...
Following his instincts, Xia Liang crushed it directly. A force entered his body.
This was... Twilight Forest's authority?
There was very little of it, perhaps only one ten-millionth.
"So, killing this world's bosses allows you to obtain a trace of Twilight Forest's authority? But according to the amount you described, even if you kill every boss in this world, it still won't be enough."
Electrolux spoke. Based on the number shown on the map, the marked bosses were nowhere near enough for Xia Liang to kill.
"Yeah. I can set up multiple portals. And because this was originally within Douluo Continent, I can even set them up on Douluo Continent. But if I do that, there won't be any resurrection chances."
Xia Liang said that because the Twilight Forest mod had been placed within Douluo Continent's origin for so long, it was now nearly assimilated by Douluo Continent. Thus, Xia Liang could set up portals on Douluo Continent. But it did not seem very useful. It was not as though he could let Huo Yuhao enter to train—dying there meant truly dying.
"We'll study it slowly later."
Then Electrolux walked forward and joined the group of three studying the Million-Year Soul Ring.
"What have you figured out?"
"This Million-Year Soul Ring is much stronger than Tian Meng's."
Ice Empress answered without the slightest politeness. Tian Meng had no way to refute her, though Huo Yuhao still spoke up for him.
"Brother Sky Dream isn't a combat type either. It's normal for him to be a little weaker."
"Wuwuwu, little Yuhao, I didn't dote on you for nothing."
Hearing Huo Yuhao defend him, Tian Meng was immediately touched. He really had not doted on him for nothing!!!
"I'll put this away first. We'll talk about it after we return to Douluo Continent."
Electrolux said that this adventure had merely been a test. Now that the test was over, there was naturally no need to remain here any longer.
"Put it away?"
Huo Yuhao looked at Electrolux in confusion. Normally, a Spirit Ring could only be absorbed on the spot, or one had to wait for it to dissipate.
"I'm an expert in the study of souls."
Electrolux smiled. Then, a special device appeared in his hand, covered in hundreds of inscribed runes.
Using a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as the main body, combined with Minecraft Netherite's power and several soul-conducting metals, it could collect Spirit Rings. A Million-Year Soul Ring was indeed rather large, but with Xia Liang's help, it would be no problem to preserve this Spirit Ring on Douluo Continent for several years of research.
"All right, let's go."
After seeing that everyone had collected their things, Xia Liang spoke. Suddenly, he had an idea. If mods could appear in the world of Douluo Continent, could other mods appear in other places as well? For example...
Dragon Valley?
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