Mystery Descends: My Exchanges Are Not Equal

"From now on, whoever among you 12 reaches Level 10, immediately head to Cang Mountain for mining."

After giving this directive, Wang Teng closed the permission channel.

His intent in making this adjustment was to fully utilize manpower and strengthen the collection of iron ore.

Currently, iron ore resources are extremely scarce, significantly affecting the progress of upgrading to a Level 2 Home.

At the same time, sending those who have reached Level 10 for mining avoids competition for resources needed to reach Level 10.

This way, the world progression will be faster.

After making these adjustments, Wang Teng continued to climb Mount Tai.

He also needed to speed up the completion of his bounty task.

A quarter of an hour later, he reached the area of Celestial Candle Peak.

According to the bounty information, the Sealing Altar is located within Celestial Candle Peak.

Wang Teng looked up at the towering peak, still unable to see the end.

Then, a mountain breeze swept by, gently brushing against Wang Teng's face.

In an instant, he smelled a faint scent of blood.

This immediately put Wang Teng on alert.

He took a deep breath and walked forward cautiously.

The further he went, the more desolate the mountain became.

A short moment later, all he saw was barren ground.

The land was red everywhere, presenting a scene of desolation.

The faint scent of blood emanated from this soil.

Could this soil have turned red from being soaked in blood?

A thought suddenly flashed in Wang Teng's mind.

However, his attention was soon drawn to something ahead.

Next to the steps ahead stood a yellowish-brown statue.

The statue depicted a finely detailed human holding a bow and arrow.

However, below was the body of a horse.

"Huh?! Strange! Why is there such a bizarre statue on this mountain?"

Wang Teng curiously walked closer.

But as he took a few steps, an unexpected change occurred ahead.

"Crack~!" "Crack~!" "Crack~!"

The surface of the statue began to crack on its own, revealing countless fine cracks.

"Boom~!" "Boom~!" "Boom~!"

Soon after, the outer shell of the statue shattered, and a humanoid creature with a horse's body opened its eyes.

Damn~!

The statue has come alive!

Wang Teng was surprised, his eyes filled with black ripples...

[Character: Celestial Candle Peak Guard.]

[Level: Manifested Saint-level.]

[Martial Arts (Skills): ???]

[Talent: ???]

[Comprehensive Combat Power: 3580.]

[Drop Rate: 20%]

[State: Forbidden Land Guardian, Fearless in the Face of Death.]

[Origin: Hails from a Small Thousand World, died in the previous War of Ten Thousand Realms, body modified to become a Forbidden Land Guard in this world.]

[Hint: This character is permanently trapped in the forbidden land, filled with resentment, extremely evil.]

Huh?!

A Manifested Saint-level Celestial Candle Peak Guard!

Looking at this information, what was the previous War of Ten Thousand Realms about?

Could it be that all the worlds of the Fertile Continent will join a War of Ten Thousand Realms in the future?

While Wang Teng was lost in thought, the Celestial Candle Peak Guard had locked onto him coldly.

Ha ha~!

A mere human from one of the weakest worlds, daring to intrude into the Sealing Forbidden Land.

Truly seeking death!

The Celestial Candle Peak Guard viciously pulled back his longbow, and a cyan energy light arrow formed at his fingertips.

Wang Teng's eyes lit up.

This bow is really impressive, able to automatically gather energy light arrows without needing ordinary arrows.

At that moment, the Celestial Candle Peak Guard fully drew the bowstring and released it lightly.

"Whoosh~!"

The cyan light arrow shot out swiftly, as fast as lightning.

Its speed was clearly several times more than that of ordinary arrows.

The Celestial Candle Peak Guard's lips curved, his eyes full of confidence.

His light arrow is composed of Wood Element, with additional Wind Element Power, not only extremely fast but also incredibly powerful.

This ordinary human is doomed!

Coming from the same Small Thousand World, he didn't consider Wang Teng a threat, simply because Wang Teng was a human with minimal bloodline power.

In a split second, the light arrow arrived.

Wang Teng flicked his middle finger.

"Whoosh~!"

A strand of powerful qi shot out from his fingertip, meeting the light arrow.

"Swish~!"

In just a moment, the powerful qi shattered the light arrow, continuing on to pierce the Celestial Candle Peak Guard's forehead.

"Puff~!"

Blood splattered~!

A finger-sized hole appeared in the Celestial Candle Peak Guard's forehead, with blood slowly flowing from it.

A trace of surprise surfaced in his pupils, then gradually expanded, and his entire body fell backward.

Even in death, he couldn't believe that Wang Teng had defeated him with a flick of a finger.

This human, is he really from a Small Thousand World?

This was his last thought before dying.

"Boom~!"

The Celestial Candle Peak Guard's body fell heavily to the ground.

[Successfully killed Celestial Candle Peak Guard (Manifested Saint-level)! Gained +4000 Experience Points!]

[Successfully killed Celestial Candle Peak Guard (Manifested Saint-level)! Gained +150 Guardian Value!]

Ha ha!

So satisfying!

Killing the Celestial Candle Peak Guard even grants Guardian Value!

Not bad! Not bad!

Wang Teng was very pleased.

Guardian Value is extremely precious.

It can only be obtained by killing some otherworldly entities.

Like the Demonized Duan Yu, and the Celestial Candle Peak Guard before him.

This Manifested Saint-level Celestial Candle Peak Guard gave 150 Guardian Value, also not bad.

With this calculation, his World Guardian progress now moved to Level 1 (610/1000), not yet halfway to leveling up.

Thinking of this, Wang Teng happily stepped forward to claim his loot.