Chapter 267: Battle in the Star Palace

Upon hearing the Great Princess's words, Su Nan was somewhat surprised.

As the owner of the Water and Mountain Gourd, he couldn't enter the gourd, so he naturally didn't know the situation inside it.

He could only sense the Heavenly and Earthly Qi within it through his spiritual sense, but the profound aspects of the Heavenly and Earthly Spirit Machine were beyond his current realm.

The Great Princess nodded and said, "Yes, but it's not much, even less than the Heavenly and Earthly Spirit Machine in the Eastern Chen Province right now, but it's still stronger than here."

"If you can find a way to continue the growth of that little world, the Heavenly and Earthly Spirit Machine inside it might gradually increase."

Su Nan nodded. If there was a possibility, he also hoped that the Water and Mountain Gourd could continue to grow.

Since the Great Princess wanted to enter the gourd, Su Nan naturally didn't stop her and brought her into the gourd.

Listening to their conversation and seeing this scene once again, Chen Ying suddenly realized and was both enlightened and amazed.

She finally understood where the Great Princess had come from, but at the same time, she was astonished by Su Nan's abilities.

A little world! Her master actually carried a little world with him!

Chen Ying's eyes were filled with incredulity.

Who exactly was her master? She couldn't help but speculate about Su Nan's identity again. Was he really just a spiritual-level cultivator?

After a while, Chen Ying came back to her senses and asked, "Sir, where are we going now?"

Su Nan pondered for a moment and replied, "Let's not rush to leave. You two can wait here for now."

The opening time of the Twelve Star Palace was approaching, and he wanted to enter it first to assess the situation before making any decisions.

The Twelve Star Palace, as the main event of this public beta test, was eagerly anticipated by everyone.

Su Nan was also waiting.

For him, whether or not he could obtain the so-called "artifact" was secondary. The most important thing was the point shop!

The Contribution Shop had been a significant help to him last time.

Ancient Yao bloodlines, techniques, abilities, ancient scriptures – these were things that ordinary people could hardly come into contact with, and he had exchanged all of them.

If the point shop had similar items this time, he could use this opportunity to quickly improve his strength again.

Moreover, this time, they were hunting players instead of Yao creatures.

Compared to hunting Yao creatures, hunting players was much simpler and easier.

Regardless of the strength or number of players.

"I wonder if I can still use Future Sight in the Twelve Star Palace?"

Su Nan looked at his most potent ability but didn't have high hopes for it.

After all, the Twelve Star Palace was a game-made entity, and normally, Future Sight couldn't predict anything related to the game.

Death predictions could skip the intermediate steps and directly predict the outcome.

But if the predicted result was also related to the game, then it definitely couldn't be foreseen.

Time passed.

Finally, in the real world, it was eight o'clock in the evening.

"The Twelve Star Palace has opened. Would you like to enter immediately?"

Su Nan's heart moved, and he used the Thousand Faces and Myriad Changes to transform into the appearance of an ordinary player.

"Enter."

As he confirmed, the scenery in front of him changed rapidly, and he appeared in a vast starry sea.

At this moment, he felt like a god overlooking all living beings, as every star was within his sight.

He could see that among the many stars, twelve of them were the largest. These twelve stars were arranged in a unique formation, and each of them was surrounded by thousands of smaller stars.

Su Nan's gaze involuntarily fell on the nearest star to him.

It was a small star wedged between two larger stars, and there were hundreds of similarly sized stars orbiting around it like meteors, circling between the two large stars.

His vision continued to descend, and he eventually arrived inside the star.

He saw a massive battlefield on this star, with one side composed of beings with horns on their heads that somewhat resembled Yao creatures, wearing armor and wielding long swords and large knives.

On the other side were beings covered in scales, resembling fish Yao creatures.

His vision continued to descend, and he finally landed on the battlefield, becoming a member of the side that resembled the horned beings.

A message about the game's introduction appeared.

"In the ancient star realm, there were once twelve enormous forces, all under a common name: the Twelve Star Palaces. Over the long years, the Twelve Star Palaces were ruled by the Star Palace God-King."

"However, at some unknown point, the Star Palace God-King quietly disappeared, and the Twelve Star Palaces fell into a state of disarray."

"To vie for the position of Star Palace God-King and take control of the Twelve Star Palaces, the lords of the Twelve Star Palaces launched wars against each other. As a member of the Aries Star Palace, you have been summoned by the lord of the Aries Star Palace to participate in the war against the Pisces Star Palace."

"This summoning will last for one hour. In this time, do your best to kill players from the opposing star palace. After one hour, the side with more remaining players will emerge victorious."

"The victorious side will receive a substantial point reward based on the ratio of individual player kills. Additionally, they will advance to a higher-level battlefield in the next opening of the Star Palace. The losing side will have a certain number of points deducted based on the number of remaining players."

"Aries Star Palace!"

Su Nan immediately noticed that he had transformed into a warrior wearing armor, holding a pair of battle axes, and belonging to the Aries Star Palace.

Around him, a large number of Aries warriors appeared, all of them players who had arrived one after another!

On the other side, in the distant battlefield, a large number of players covered in scales, representing the Pisces Star Palace, also appeared!

The number of players on both sides was quite substantial, each numbering in the tens of thousands.

"So, this is the Twelve Star Palace? Our Eastern Chen Province corresponds to the Aries Star Palace. Which province's players correspond to the Pisces Star Palace on the opposite side?"

"Who cares which province's players they are. As long as they're not from our Eastern Chen Province, we can kill them. This is the kind of massive group battle I like!"

Many players around Su Nan were excited after a brief moment of surprise.

Seeing players from other provinces on the opposite side, they were eager to challenge them.

"The world chat is finally open. Now we can boast to foreign players."

"Taurus Star Palace corresponds to the South Chuan Province's players, Gemini Star Palace corresponds to the Hongjue Province's players, Cancer Star Palace is..."

"Sri Lanka! The Pisces Star Palace on the opposite side corresponds to the players from the Xuanjue Province of the Eight Provinces. Xuanjue Province is composed of players from Sri Lanka!"

In the world chat, countless bullet comments flashed by, making it dizzying to read.

Before long, everyone had learned which provinces and countries corresponded to the current Twelve Star Palaces.

"This is interesting. We're up against Sri Lanka first. This

 country has always wanted to test their skills against us. Today, I'll show them the might of our Aries Star Palace!"

"Too bad we didn't get matched up against Japan. I really want to try hunting players who are living the high life in Japan."

"I heard that Sri Lanka also has quite a few elite players, and some of them have already fused with the fourth bloodline and reached the pinnacle of the Spiritual Level."

"The pinnacle of the Spiritual Level? So what? They can only compete with Qian Yuzhou and the others. Compared to Wang Nan and Zhang Yang, they are miles behind."

Learning that the opposing side was Sri Lanka, the players around Su Nan became even more excited.

Meanwhile, the players from Sri Lanka on the opposite side were equally thrilled.

One tall man among them laughed heartily, "China? Hahaha, that's great! I've been wanting to compete with Chinese players for a long time, and today, I've actually encountered them. I, Ethan, will make sure they know how powerful Sri Lanka is!"

"I heard that China has three players who have already reached the Profound Level. They better pray that I don't encounter them, or else I'll show them that realm doesn't mean everything!"

Although there was no significant enmity between the two sides, both wanted to teach the other a lesson.

Upon hearing Ethan's words, some of the Chinese players became a bit unsettled.

"Ethan? Isn't he the fifth-ranked player in Sri Lanka, the one who has reached the pinnacle of the Spiritual Level?"

"It should be him. He may not have much skill, but he talks a big game. Even a late-stage Spiritual Level player dares to taunt Wang Nan and the others. He really doesn't know the meaning of life."

The players were not intimidated by Ethan's words; instead, they looked at him coldly, feeling unimpressed.

However, some were also worried, saying, "Although he's at the late stage of the Spiritual Level, it's said that he's incredibly lucky. He fused with an ancient Yao bloodline during the Mortal Level, gaining bloodline talent. There might not be anyone among us who can match him!"

Even if he kills all the players, he can only earn so many points.

"Ten thousand, the points for this game are ten thousand."

Looking at the personal information panel, Su Nan knew the maximum number of points he could earn this time.

Below the personal information panel, a secondary panel appeared.

[Name: Wang Nan]

[Current Faction: Aries Star Palace]

[Current Level: Star Palace Warrior]

[Current Battlefield: Aries Palace Battlefield 407]

[Current Point Pool: 10,000 points]

[Current Personal Total Points: 0 points]

[Current Available Points: 0 points]

[Hint: Killing enemy star officials can raise your level, and as your level increases, you can receive additional point rewards.]

[Killing a player from an enemy Star Palace allows you to choose to exit the Twelve Star Palace activity today. Dying in the Twelve Star Palace does not count as a daily death.]

"So, this is like a team battle qualifying match?"

Su Nan understood the rules of this activity. Without a doubt, it was a large-scale team battle, and the winning side could continuously advance to higher-level battlefields.

Right now, he and everyone else were in the lowest-level battlefield.

At the end of today's activity, half of the players would be promoted to higher-level battlefields, allowing them to earn more points.

"It seems that if I want to earn more points, I'll have to go to the higher-level battlefield."

The two sides on the battlefield were tense, but no one made the first move.

At this moment, two colossal figures, both about three to four meters tall and wearing armor, appeared in front of the players on both sides.

In front of the Aries Star Palace, there was a figure wearing black armor, with horns on its head and a massive longsword in its hand.

On the opposite side, in front of the players from the Pisces Star Palace, there was a figure covered in scales, wielding a longsword.

Before anyone could react, the two figures turned around and addressed the players on both sides:

"I am Hals, the guardian of the Aries Star Palace. You are all my subjects of the Aries Star Palace, and you must help me eliminate all the invading enemies!"

"I am Aegde, the guardian of the Pisces Star Palace. I have come here on the orders of the lord of the Pisces Star Palace to subdue the Aries Star Palace. You are all my subjects of the Pisces Star Palace, and you should be willing to die for our lord."

Star Palace Guardians?

Upon hearing this, all the players stared at the Star Palace Guardians from the opposing Star Palace.

According to the game, there was a chance to obtain artifacts when killing Star Palace Guardians, and killing them could also increase one's level.

"Spirit Level! These Star Palace Guardians are only at the Spirit Level! We have a chance to hunt them!"

Feeling the aura from the two Guardians, the players became ecstatic, their eyes shining.

"All of you, subjects of the Aries (Pisces) Star Palace, obey the orders of your guardian and eliminate them!"

With the simultaneous shouts of the two Star Palace Guardians, both sides, which had already been restless, erupted into action.

They brandished their weapons and followed the Star Palace Guardians, charging towards each other.

Su Nan didn't immediately join the battle but continued to look at the other information about this activity.

The point shop appeared before his eyes.

Similar to the previous Contribution Shop, this time's point shop was also divided into different levels, and different points were required to unlock different Contribution Shops.

However, compared to last time, this time's point shop had five levels, and the required points for each level were higher.

A thousand points to unlock the second-level shop.

Ten thousand points to unlock the third-level shop.

Fifty thousand points to unlock the fourth-level shop.

One hundred thousand points to unlock the fifth-level shop.

"There's an additional level this time. Last time, the shop had Spiritual Level ancient Yao bloodlines. This time, it should have Profound Level ancient Yao bloodlines, right?"

Su Nan was not surprised but rather delighted. The higher the level of the shop, the more challenging it was to unlock, but it also meant better items.

The first-level point shop mostly had items for ordinary players. Su Nan took a cursory look and closed the shop. Then he looked at the Future Sight on the panel, preparing to try using it.

Currently, the Star Palace Guardians were only at the Spirit Level, and he didn't need Future Sight to deal with them.

However, as the battlefield level increased, he would undoubtedly encounter more powerful Star Palace Kings, Star Palace War Gods, or even the Lords of the Star Palace! When that happened, Future Sight would come in handy.

But to his disappointment:

"In your current special environment, you cannot use your innate talent Future Sight. Please leave this place before using it."

"As expected, I can't use it."

Su Nan wasn't surprised; he had already guessed that this situation might occur before entering the Star Palace.

Fortunately, he had other means besides Future Sight.

He flipped his hand, and the Water and Mountain Gourd appeared.

"If I can get the Great Princess into here, even if I can't use Future Sight, it won't matter."

Su Nan's eyes revealed anticipation as he attempted to open the Water and Mountain Gourd.

However, his face darkened when he realized that the Water and Mountain Gourd couldn't be opened!

"They really left no loopholes!"

Su Nan sighed inwardly and turned his attention back to the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)