As soon as Shen Ming returned to his residence, he heard everyone discussing something heatedly.
"Esendel? Dark Supreme? The treasure hunt won't be postponed because of this incident, right?" Mo Fan touched his chin. He also just heard about the Holy Inquisition's plan to sanction Dark Supreme Essendel.
However, knowing that his shadow cloak was still made by the Dark Lord, I couldn't help but be curious about what crime the other party had committed.
"Mingzi...are you back? I thought you wouldn't come back tonight. The young man is a bit weak!"
Mo Fan looked at Shen Ming who had returned, but he didn't intend to care about the Dark Supreme.
"The labor and management are very pure, please don't use your wretched brain to speculate on me!" Shen Ming rolled his eyes at Mo Fan angrily, why is this guy so concerned about his private life? Is he really interested in me?
My good brother’s thoughts are a bit dangerous!
"Ah……"
"I won't talk to you anymore, the treasure hunt competition will start soon... Are you interested in winning a big vote?" Mo Fan looked at Shen Ming with a meaningful smile and said.
How could Shen Ming not know what Mo Fan was thinking? This guy was planning to pack up all the international prizes and take them home, making a huge profit!
"Pull him down! Isn't it better for you to go to Mu Ningxue than to me? Don't worry... I don't care about any other rewards in the Treasure Hunting Competition. Except for the praise of the divine seal for the first place, I won't compete with you.
" Shen Ming waved his hand. He now has too much money and no place to spend it, but this guy is poor and his pocket is cleaner than his face.
There is no need for Shen Ming to compete with Mo Fan for resources that he doesn't really need, and he doesn't want to waste his time working with Mo Fan to compete for other people's resources.
"What you said makes me very unhappy. Did you give those things to me?" Mo Fan curled his lips in displeasure.
He is Mo Fan, and Mo Fan doesn't care about anyone. Does he need someone else to give him alms? Even if the person giving alms is Shen Ming!
"You think I'm giving alms? No way...are you admitting that I'm better than you in disguise? This is not your Mo Fan's character!" Shen Ming almost laughed out loud, Mo Fan considered this
Do you admit it? It's over, it's over, the protagonist has been ruined by himself.
Hearing Shen Ming's words, Mo Fan couldn't help but be stunned, but he quickly reacted and said quickly: "Fart, if you have the ability, go out and fight now!"
"Okay! I'm kidding you, you don't need me to give in. It's just that I really have no interest in grabbing those things. You know, this is my character.
There is another very important thing... If the two of us work together, then other countries will stop playing. There will definitely be more eyes on the two of us than imagined." Shen Ming stopped teasing Mo Fan.
He patted the other party's shoulder and said softly.
"What do you want to do?"
Mo Fan suddenly realized something was wrong. Listening to Shen Ming's tone, he felt that this guy was going to cause trouble again. And he didn't want to attract other people's attention. What's going on?
"I might not show up in the early stages of the treasure hunt, so... you have to help me make some big noise so that all eyes will be on you."
Shen Ming looked at Mo Fan very seriously and said.
He promised Astraea to help him find the Water Country, because Shen Ming wanted to maximize the good man's pill in his hand, and with the help of Astraea, the success rate would be much higher.
However, Shen Ming underestimated Astraea's persistence in the Water Swamp Kingdom. He did not intend to postpone the matter until after the competition, but wanted to take advantage of the treasure hunt competition to find the Water Swamp Kingdom.
Of course, Shen Ming had already said this in advance. No matter what, he must come back before the treasure hunt ends.
The Divine Seal Praise is the only way for Shen Ming to improve his strength again in a short period of time. Shen Ming must grasp it! Even if he cannot find the Water Country, he must come back early!
"It won't show up? What kind of plane are you going to get?" Mo Fan became more and more curious. What was Shen Ming thinking about?
"You don't have to worry about it."
Shen Ming shook his head and had no intention of telling this matter to Mo Fan.
"We haven't played against each other for a long time, right? When I finish my work, let's take advantage of this treasure hunt to have a good fight! Who will win the first place in the Praise of the Divine Seal? It will be up to each of us then!"
Shen Ming patted Mo Fan's shoulder again and said solemnly.
"Oh?" Mo Fan suddenly became excited after hearing this. He didn't expect that Shen Ming would take the initiative to invite a fight, which had never happened before.
"You said it yourself... My current strength is no better than before. You may not be able to win me!" Mo Fan's tone gradually became excited, and he also looked forward to a hearty battle.
Among the younger generation, there is no one other than Shen Ming who can equal Mo Fan in playing drums. Mo Fan needs someone to make him ignite, and there is no other person who can do it.
"I have already said what I said, do you think I will regret it? Besides... I also want to know how strong you are now, and I am not very sure that I can defeat you." Shen Ming shook his head with a smile.
What he said is true. Mo Fan's strength is now much stronger than before. If we really let go of the fight, it is really unknown who will win and who will lose without revealing the final trump card of both sides.
"If this was said by anyone else, I would definitely give him a big mouth, but if it were you who said it, I'm really looking forward to it!" Mo Fan punched Shen Ming on the shoulder and said with a smile.
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On the opening day of the treasure hunting competition, the whole world received a big news. The international dark master Essendel was found guilty, and the Holy Inquisition Tribunal will carry out the arrest and killing without retrial! Mo Fan just arrived at the gathering place,
Hearing everyone discussing this matter, the level of sensation is shocking to the world! Essendel, this is a mage who is still ranked above Panglai, the Lord of Darkness, unparalleled.
"Holy Inquisition Tribunal?" Shen Ming couldn't help but touch his nose. He didn't have the slightest favorable impression of this place that claimed to be just but was actually dirty.
"This is the power that can truly influence the world structure. Even if you are the pinnacle of this world, you must be restricted and judged by this power." Zu Jiming sighed with emotion, filled with envy and yearning.
"A land of dregs!"
Shen Ming snorted coldly. Although he did not explicitly refute Zu Jiming, everyone could tell that Shen Ming was unhappy with the Holy Inquisition Court.
Mo Fan touched his nose, leaned into Shen Ming's ear and whispered: "Why are you speaking so harshly? If others hear this...are you not afraid of being regarded as a heretic?"
"They are just seeking truth from facts, a bunch of people who are just looking for fame. In a while, you will have the same opinion as me!" Shen Ming shook his head and said in a calm tone.
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"The space magic array, it seems that we are going to be teleported directly to the treasure hunting place!" Ai Jiangtu said.
"With such a large spatial magic array, we have to be sent somewhere. Isn't it the edge of a certain world?" Zhao Manyan stared.
This space magic array is indeed exaggeratedly large, and God knows where it will lead.
"Where's Akiko?"
Just when the silver magic pattern on the ground was about to light up, Mo Fan suddenly discovered that Shen Ming, who had been standing next to him, was missing.
Before Mo Fan could find Shen Ming, the surrounding space began to distort. With the silver light pillar rising into the sky, 16 teams instantly disappeared in the circular altar square.
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"Is this a closed space? Are the beings who can create such a large independent space really just powerful people at the level of forbidden spells?"
On a dangerous mountain peak, Shen Ming and Asharuya stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the endless primitive jungle and the strange birds and beasts that flew by in the sky from time to time. They couldn't help but sigh.
The space in front of him has completely formed its own ecosystem. Different from the space Shen Ming discovered in the Skarner Giant Painting, this space is a space full of life.
"The space used by the World Academy Competition as the venue for the Treasure Hunting Competition is more ancient than you can imagine. Even space mages at the Forbidden Spell level cannot complete the construction of such a huge space independently. This belongs to the ancient strong ones.
Wisdom and power!" Astraea squatted down and explained while arranging the Space Stone.
Since Shen Ming strongly requested to come back before the treasure hunt competition, they could only follow the large army into the space first.
Then arrange the space array to transmit it out. In this way, you can leave a spatial imprint in this space. You can come back at any time as long as you want to come back.
"We have a cooperative relationship now. Can you tell me what kind of relationship is between Shuishengguo and you?
I only know that this place is ancient enough, so ancient that people today can never understand it. I lied to you when I said I saw it in ancient books, I think you should be able to guess it." Shen Ming tilted his head curiously.
He asked, since he decided to help, there was no need to hide it.
Shen Ming couldn't tell everything, but he didn't intend to tell lies anymore.
"Before I find it, I don't want to answer this question. Just like I haven't asked you yet what exactly do you want me to do for you?" Astraea did not answer, and did not even look back at Shen Ming, still minding her own business.
Arrangement of space array.
"It's so important that you can agree to any of my conditions. It seems that if it's not a place of sadness, it's a place of revenge!
But I'm still very surprised, why can a place that has never appeared in history make your emotions fluctuate so much?" Shen Ming crossed his hands on his chest and said calmly.
Astraea arranged the last space stone, stood up, and followed Shen Ming directly. The charming eyes of the past were gone, and turned into perseverance and grief!
"Do you know who you are?" Astraea looked at Shen Ming with some sarcasm, approaching step by step.
Shen Ming was slightly dazed and took a step back involuntarily, but Astraea grabbed his hand.
"check it out!"
Astraea turned her back to Shen Ming and lifted up her hair that was draped over her shoulders.
A piece of blue and transparent scales shined dazzlingly in the sunlight.
"This is……"
Shen Ming couldn't help but touch the blue scales. They were real scales! They were not pasted on or painted on, but actually grew on the flesh!
"I have been raised in the spittle star since I was born. Even though I have never done anything, I am a disaster star in their eyes.
I don't even know who I am...because the day I was born, my mother was sacrificed to the Poseidon by those ignorant people.
The reason why I can survive is not because of their pity, but because of their pitiful ignorance! The gift to Poseidon must be an 18-year-old young girl. Maybe without the appearance of that man, I would never be able to escape that fate!"
Astraea's eyes gradually became red and swollen as she spoke, which made Shen Ming feel a little at a loss for a moment.
"You know who you are, but I never know what kind of monster I am. This is my last secret, and you may be the last person to know this secret of mine.
Are you still determined to help me? Help a monster, a monster with scales on its body?" Astraea laughed at herself, looking at Shen Ming with increasingly sad eyes.
Shen Ming never imagined that Astraea would have such a side. This woman has always shown independence, is unpredictable, and is always strong.
"Should I tell you a joke? Otherwise, it will appear that I am too stupid and wasted such a good opportunity for you to throw myself into my arms?" Shen Ming did not say any words of comfort, because no matter what he said, it would be Being treated as pitiful.
Astraea looked at Shen Ming, her red lips pursed slightly. This was the first time she took the initiative to reveal her secret to another person. Even as a candidate for the Parthenon, she never dared to reveal this secret. Tell others.
"Isn't it strange? Isn't it scary? Aren't you afraid that I will bring you bad luck? Even people like my father were killed by bad luck because they adopted me. Don't you... don't want to stay away from me?" Asari Ya looked at Shen Ming's eyes that showed no disgust at all, which surprised her.
Although the world has left her scarred, Astraea has always been kind. Her revealing all this to Shen Ming actually gave the other party a chance to choose.
"What does all this have to do with you? I even think it's beautiful, isn't it special? If you believe in fate so much and believe that you brought bad luck, then you will never be like this.
You used to be confident and could be remembered at a glance. But now you make me feel very looked down upon."
No matter how strong a person is, he cannot help but reveal his true feelings when the most sensitive thing in his heart is touched. Shen Ming does not feel that Astraea's so-called secret is so embarrassing.
But perhaps it was her childhood experience that made Astraea full of fear about the world and her own secrets.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little quiet, and Shen Ming was silent for a while before speaking again:
"Let me tell you a joke! A sheep fell in love with a peach tree, and then they gave birth to a star fruit tree."