Fantasy: The Clan Chief Lies Down, His House Is Full of Emperors

In the blink of an eye, Xu Hao has been in this small world for more than half a year.

During this time, he encountered many geniuses from various cities, fought and competed with some cultivators, and found some opportunities. He even came to the foot of this mountain that stretched straight into the sky in the center of the small world.

Before entering, the white-faced, beardless old man said that the small world would reopen after ten people reached the summit, and these ten people would be the top ten.

From this, we can see that this mountain is no ordinary mountain, and it must be extremely difficult to climb. Only true geniuses and prodigies are qualified to go up.

Many cultivators tried it, only to find that they couldn't even reach the halfway point, let alone the summit. So they gave up and went off to seek their own opportunities.

Those who truly have the potential to climb to the top are not in a hurry to come; they are all seeking opportunities elsewhere.

After all, there are still quite a few opportunities in this small world. Since we're already here, we can't waste this chance.

This resulted in a situation where, despite having the opportunity to be among the top ten, there weren't many cultivators near the mountain.

"Let's wait and come back later."

Xu Hao glanced at the mountain peak that stretched straight into the sky, then turned and left.

After flying for a little over an hour, Xu Chu noticed a large number of cultivators gathering in a certain direction, so he concealed himself and quietly headed over.

Upon arriving near the destination, Xu Hao was somewhat surprised, as there were quite a few prodigies gathered there, more than thirty in total.

Previously, Xu Hao had only ever seen a dozen or so prodigies vying for a piece of sacred gold. This time, with more than thirty prodigies, it must be an even more precious opportunity.

At this moment, they are working together to break a powerful formation.

Xu Hao silently affixed several more talismans to his body to conceal his aura and hide his form, and watched quietly.

He had encountered similar situations in the past six months, and he would always observe from the shadows for a while before deciding whether to stay or leave.

Those thirty-odd prodigies gathered in twos and threes, with the dozen or so standing at the front being particularly powerful, all of them at the Integration Realm.

Xu Hao's current strength means that he can only win against a first-level Fusion Realm cultivator by revealing all his trump cards and fighting to the death.

Only one of them was at the first level of the Integration Realm; the others were even stronger.

However, their strength was not so great that Xu Hao had no chance to escape, which is why Xu Hao dared to observe secretly here and wait for an opportunity to act.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a loud bang came from ahead, making Xu Hao's eardrums hurt. He could even clearly feel the ground shaking, as if there had been an earthquake.

After a short while, everything returned to calm.

But suddenly, a bottomless pit appeared in front of them.

“Swish swish!!”

Several Nascent Soul cultivators who were positioned at the front jumped down without saying a word.

The others realized what was happening, gritted their teeth, and followed suit.

Soon, all thirty-odd prodigies jumped into the pit.

Xu Hao didn't rush out. He waited for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, and saw several more people arrive and jump into the pit. Only then did he slowly approach.

Xu Hao took out a puppet with the cultivation level of the Dharma Aspect Realm. The puppet was in front, and he jumped down one after the other.

I don't know what speed the other prodigies are at, but Xu Haofei is flying very slowly, exploring little by little.

He flew downwards for a long time before finally reaching the bottom.

There is a large door on one side of the bottom, which looks like it was forcibly broken open by those people in front.

Inside the gate was an extremely vast space. Once inside, there was a feeling of sudden openness. There were pavilions and palaces all around, but strangely, there was nothing else.

At this moment, battles are taking place in front of many palaces and pavilions.

It wasn't a battle between geniuses, but rather a fight between geniuses and powerful humanoid puppets.

After observing, Xu Hao determined that these puppets guarded the palace and pavilions. They would attack anyone who approached the pavilions, and the number of puppets would correspond to the number of people.

Unfortunately, divine sense could not detect the situation inside the pavilion and palace.

Xu Hao chose an empty attic and approached it, then manipulated the puppet to break down the door.

"boom!!"

The moment the door was broken open, Xu Hao's puppet was instantly killed by the puppet that rushed out from inside.

The puppet was tall and imposing, clad in black armor, wielding a long sword, and exuding a menacing aura.

A puppet at the Integration Realm?

Xu Hao instinctively stepped back, but the black-armored puppet, upon seeing him, lunged forward without hesitation, looking as if it wouldn't rest until it killed him.

Xu Hao's figure flashed, not only dodging the black-armored puppet's attack, but also arriving at the entrance of the pavilion.

However, as soon as Xu Hao entered the attic, before he could even see what was inside, he was caught in the chaos.

"call!!"

Xu Hao sensed a murderous aura approaching and quickly retreated.

There were even black-armored puppets inside! They just didn't chase after them this time.

"clang!!"

As soon as Xu Hao stepped out, the black-armored puppet outside the door was already in front of him. Xu Hao had no choice but to raise his sword to defend himself.

The power of the Fusion Realm puppet was particularly terrifying. Xu Hao's arm, which was gripping the longsword, went slightly numb. He took a few steps back before he could release the force.

"If you won't let me in, I'll blow you up!"

Xu Hao took out a black bead and threw it into the attic. He then quickly retreated while holding up half of a shield. Although the shield was only half a shield, it was a damaged holy weapon, so its defensive power was astonishing.

"boom!!"

A series of huge explosions rang out, and the entire attic was blown beyond recognition, only then could one see what was going on inside.

It wasn't that the pavilion's defenses were insufficient, but rather that the black bead Xu Hao used was crafted from the inner core of a sacred sea beast from the Starry Sea, making it extremely powerful.

The fact that this pavilion didn't level the surrounding area for miles around is a testament to its impressive defensive capabilities.

This is why Xu Hao took out his damaged holy weapon shield to defend himself after throwing the black bead.

"what?"

After seeing the situation inside the attic, Xu Hao was slightly taken aback and felt an urge to curse.

Because there was nothing in the pavilion except rows of black-armored puppets, all of whom were at the Integration Realm. If Xu Hao insisted on staying inside, he would most likely be hacked to death by them.

What does this mean? It's obviously a scam!

You think there will be many treasures in the attic, so you go to great lengths and use all your trump cards to finally defeat the black-armored puppet blocking your way. But when you go inside, you find not only no treasures, but also a whole bunch of damn guards.

Who could stand this?!

The loud explosion also drew the attention of others, who all saw what was happening inside the attic.

Their faces immediately darkened.

"Damn it! We've been tricked!!"

"I thought there were some rare and precious treasures inside, but it turned out to be a trap!"

"Damn it! Which bastard orchestrated all of this?!"

The prodigies were originally trying their best to kill the black-armored puppets and wanted to enter the pavilion to find out what was going on, but after seeing this scene, they all stayed far away from the pavilion.

Just a moment ago I longed to go in, now I feel just as disgusted and repulsed.

Some people were unwilling to give up and successively destroyed some pavilions. Unsurprisingly, they found no treasures inside, only black-armored puppets exuding a murderous aura.

In an instant, their hearts sank.

"After putting in so much effort, it all came to nothing!"

"Let's go, staying here is just a waste of time!!"

"No, we only saw the attic; we don't know what's inside those palaces at the very front."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gazes intently to the palace directly in front of them.

There are five magnificent palaces in total, the one in the middle is the tallest and largest, and the two on the left and the two on the right are smaller.

Then someone said something.

"What if there are even stronger black-armored puppets inside?"

"this...."

Someone raised their foot, then immediately put it back down.

They were already struggling to handle three or five Nascent Soul Realm puppets. If even stronger puppets, such as Saint Realm puppets, came, they would not only lose their treasures, but they would also be trapped here forever.

At this moment, a refined and elegant young master in blue stepped forward. He took out a spirit beast pouch and released a tiger-shaped demon beast that was nearly ten feet long. This tiger-shaped demon beast was also at the Integration Realm.

"Roar!!"

After the tiger-shaped monster emerged, it let out a low roar and ran straight toward the palace in the center.

"boom!!"

The tiger-shaped demon beast slammed its enormous claws onto the main hall's door, but the door was not only not opened, but not even a slight scratch was left, demonstrating its astonishing defensive capabilities.