After sliding for a period of time, the Fire God Squad's group successfully landed in the central area.
"It's actually this easy to get here." Zhao Tiequan shook his head and sighed. "Back then, I died right here."
Ouyang Yi looked a bit excited. "Jiang Kai, have you guys always been taking such unusual routes before?"
Jiang Kai smiled slightly. "I've always felt that combining multiple professions can often accomplish things others can't."
At this moment, Hu Yan looked behind him and said faintly, "Captain Kai, we've come over, but how do we… get out?"
Hu Yan's sentence instantly made the other four also freeze.
"Uh… things for later will be dealt with later. First let's take a look at this Prisoner Ghost Land."
Because the Prisoner Ghost Land was surrounded by the Devouring Swamp and the Bewitching Mist Zone, the Fire God Squad's group did not encounter any signs of wild beasts on the way.
After carefully searching all around, they found nothing strange, so they could only head toward the Lone Mountain.
This mountain was not very tall, around three to four hundred meters high.
There were still no wild beasts on the way. Although the mountain path was rugged, for this group of people, it was no difficulty.
After about an hour, the group was about to reach the summit.
"Why is there nothing at all? Isn't this supposed to be a land of great danger?" Jiang Kai asked in puzzlement.
While speaking, the Fire God Squad had already reached the summit.
As soon as they reached the top, Jiang Kai immediately shut his mouth.
Earlier they had been complaining about not finding anything along the way, but now they were shocked by the scene before them.
On the mountaintop there was an open area, about one hundred square meters in size. In the center was a circular area paved with grayish bricks, like a disk.
Around the edge of the large disk were seven smaller disks evenly distributed. The brick patterns were different from the large disk, so they were obvious at a glance. No one knew what they were for.
Ouyang Yi walked over to inspect carefully but found no other mechanisms or hidden paths.
"Strange, what is this for?" As he spoke, he walked to one of the small disks and stood on the turntable.
The moment Ouyang Yi stepped onto the disk, the ears of the entire group rang with the system prompt sound!
[You have discovered the God of War's equipment.]
[Please pass the God of War's seven trials: speed, attack, defense, evasion, special attack, healing, and slaughter.]
[Each test has three tiers. Passing one tier earns 1 point of the God of War's recognition.]
[When recognition reaches 5 points, you may be invited to enter the God of War's ruins.]
Jiang Kai and the others looked at each other, each showing an expression of disbelief.
They had just arrived and already discovered the God of War's ruins!
"Damn, Old Hu, you're amazing!" Zhao Tiequan said excitedly. "So the feng shui master's role is actually this big. I never would've thought of it!"
Hu Yan smiled. "This time we were just lucky, and happened to be able to enter this Lone Mountain. Otherwise, even if we found it, it would be useless if we couldn't get in."
While they were all extremely excited, the system's voice sounded again.
[Detected that island country player Nagayama Jūrō once used the War Privileges on Huaxia.]
[Privilege One, Eye of War. While Huaxia players undergo the God of War's trials, the island country will receive the current area's image, displayed on the island country's Tianlong Ranking. At the same time, this effect also has a side effect: Huaxia's Tianlong Ranking will also receive the current image.]
[Privilege Two, Corpses Everywhere, Grass and Trees as Soldiers. The current area will spawn millions of monsters to attack the challengers. Killing the monsters grants no extra rewards.]
[Privilege Three, Drawing Water with a Bamboo Basket. If the God of War recognition points obtained are less than the island country's record, no rewards will be given. As the first player in the world to discover the God of War's ruins, you receive 10 initial recognition points.]
[Privilege Four, Ultimate Defense. If Huaxia players' recognition points surpass the island country's record, Nagayama Jūrō will be teleported here via a portal, with all attributes increased sevenfold, to duel the Huaxia challengers. Huaxia players may choose a certain number of recognition points as a wager. If victorious, the island country loses the corresponding recognition points; if defeated, they lose their own wagered points and cannot continue the challenge.]
At this moment, in the largest main cities of both Huaxia and the island country, the Tianlong Double Rankings instantly displayed the images of Jiang Kai and the others.
In addition, the system prompts also appeared as subtitles at the bottom of the screen.
Many people who had been watching Huaxia experts challenge the Endless Abyss suddenly noticed the strange scene on the Tianlong Double Rankings.
The rankings were temporarily hidden, and the light dots that formed the names converged into an image.
In the image, the group of people stood atop a mountain, in front of them a stone-paved disk.
"What's going on? Where did the rankings go? I was going to see if we could get the 36th person onto the Dragon Ranking today, and now the rankings are suddenly gone?"
The scene instantly became noisy. The military had to immediately maintain order on-site and notify the leaders about the strange event on the Tianlong Double Rankings.
However, once they saw the subtitle text, they finally understood.
"Damn, one of ours found the God of War's ruins? That's awesome!"
"Wait, what's with the island country? That Nagayama Jūrō used all his privileges on Huaxia? Seriously, just how much do you hate us?"
"These privileges are disgusting—Grass and Trees as Soldiers, Drawing Water with a Bamboo Basket, Ultimate Defense… how the hell are you supposed to challenge like this?!"
"All attributes ×7? Even if that Nagayama guy is fourth tier, wouldn't that make all his stats in the tens of thousands?"
"Go to the island country's official site!"
By now, the island country's official site was already bustling.
"Hahaha, I've always wondered what privileges Nagayama got—turns out it's these. I can only say, well used!"
"The Huaxia players must be furious. They finally found the God of War's ruins, only to end up with nothing thanks to Drawing Water with a Bamboo Basket. Feels great!"
"Last time in the Global Domination we had to hold back so much anger, now we can finally mess them up. The national war is coming soon—first target Huaxia!"
In addition, the island country had a video device jointly developed by Shimodake Technology and Genesis. At this moment, someone directly broadcasted the Tianlong Double Rankings' footage on the website.
The screen showed the Huaxia players, each with a worse expression than the next.
"Click-click-click, look at those ugly faces. I already know what they're thinking right now—they must be cursing!"
A large number of Huaxia players flooded into the island country's forums.
"You little island country people are really something, only ever targeting Huaxia. Are you afraid of us down to your bones?"
"A speck of land with such ambition. Let me tell you, even without our national soul's blessing, ours is still stronger than yours!"
"Let's see in the national war!"
The two sides had already started a full-on flame war.
In the midst of the quarrel, one island country netizen's words made everyone quiet down a little.
"Instead of arguing, shouldn't you be more concerned about what results these people can achieve? Even if they don't challenge, they'll probably die there anyway!"
That's true—after all this arguing, the group still hadn't even started the challenge…
...…
Jiang Kai's group finished listening to the system's explanation, each one frowning.
If the recognition points were less than the island country's 10, they'd get nothing; if higher than 10, Nagayama himself would come to stop them—with all attributes ×7!
If they lost, their recognition points would be deducted, then "Drawing Water with a Bamboo Basket" would wipe them to zero!
"This is just too disgusting!" Zhao Tiequan said angrily. "It's obviously meant to stop us Huaxia from enjoying the God of War's buffs!"
At this moment, they noticed that the poisonous mist from the west was moving toward this area.
At the same time, on the other side in the Devouring Swamp, large numbers of bone remains appeared…
Grass and Trees as Soldiers had taken effect!
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