Dragon Tamer-Chapter 744 - 748: The Game of Gods
Chapter 744: Chapter 748: The Game of Gods
Within the Dragon Gate, endless possibilities existed.
In the outside world, it was completely impossible to offend certain deities, but within the Dragon Gate, there was a great chance to bring them down, particularly for Zhu Minglang, who had been quite lucky along the way. There were always some who considered themselves clever, only to gift Zhu Minglang with divine ascendancy.
Even within Peak Falling City, there weren’t many whose cultivation base could compare to Zhu Minglang’s now.
“It’s just a small attempt; after all, he hasn’t sensed my intentions or knows who I am,” Zhu Minglang said.
“Our situation is very favorable right now. If we can leave the Dragon Gate with the stance of a high cultivation base god and focus on cultivating for a while, we could really challenge Hua Chou of the Seven Stars God!” Mr. Jinli said.
Zhu Minglang nodded his head.
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Zhu Minglang now understood why the Dragon Gate conveyed a powerful idea that could fulfill the innermost desires of everyone who entered.
Forget about the lesser gods like the God of Slaughtering Sparrow and Wolf; even the most dazzling star in the Tianshu God Domain, that deity, could be pulled down and trampled!
No wonder people within the Dragon Gate did everything possible to climb upwards!
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Continuing on the road, Zhu Minglang this time didn’t blindly head towards the direction of the taller mountains.
He earnestly observed the distribution of rock layers and ancient trees, taking the previous plum forest as a reference. Whenever he reached a certain height, Zhu Minglang would head back down the mountain.
After repeated attempts, which took about ten days, he had completely figured out this “test of the heavens”!
After passing through a valley full of purple-spiked flowers, Zhu Minglang climbed up a completely isolated mountain peak.
The view from this mountain peak was expansive, but it was a solitary one and not at all on the way to Zhi Tian Divine Peak, with hardly anyone around…
However, when Zhu Minglang made his way up this isolated mountain, he saw a familiar figure.
Her figure was lithe, her demeanor elegant and noble, but the way her jade swords fanned out like feathers behind her added a sharp and aloof quality to her appearance.
“It seems I’ve come to the right place.” This time it was Linghu Ling who spoke first, her slightly alluring eyes watching Zhu Minglang.
“Since we’ve thought of the same thing, why not join forces? Whoever can act in such a way is surely no ordinary person,” Zhu Minglang said.
Linghu Ling nodded her head and didn’t refuse.
Together they ascended the solitary mountain, and soon the mountain range surrounding that Heavenly Peak fell into their sight…
The mountains were undulating, the terrain uneven, and the ancient trees blocked out the sky, making the mountain range beneath the Heavenly Peak appear even more mysterious and eerie.
From the high point of this solitary mountain, one could see that the land wasn’t entirely stationary.
The high ground was sinking bit by bit, while the low ground was slowly rising; the entire mountain range under Zhi Tian Divine Peak seemed like a gigantic tangram!
If a person stood on this tangram and walked towards a higher area, then, after passing the middle, the tangram would tilt downwards, turning what was originally a low area into a high one…
Similarly, countless people were trapped at the foot of the mountain, unable to climb any higher for the same reason.
People stared at the elevated terrains, believing they were climbing upwards, but the moment they were careless, the so-called high ground slowly “tilted” behind them. With the dense, complex, and strange forest, they unwittingly used the high ground as a reference for direction and ended up walking in circles without realizing it.
“So even if we keep our eyes on the higher ground, we’ll just be walking back and forth on the mountain range without actually ascending,” Linghu Ling said with an enlightened smile as she looked at the slowly moving mountains.
Although these insights were her own, they were indeed inspired by Zhu Minglang.
From the beginning, her thinking was wrong.
It was not a trial set by the heavens.
“It’s not actually hard to notice, after walking through a few times there are patterns to follow. It’s just that some people have exploited most Divine Chosen’s reverence for the heavens, thinking it might be some profound test, and thus get trapped in it without finding their way out,” Zhu Minglang said, his gaze fixated on the highest point of this solitary peak.
Above, where Linghu Ling continued to ascend, there stood a statue resembling a wooden stake at the very top of the mountain. It stood erect, facing the mountain range that had trapped countless people, its odd brown eyes scrutinizing those who were being led in circles!
And beside this wooden statue, sat a man.
He was bare-chested, his torso densely covered in Divine Patterns drawn with Dragon Blood. Some resembled the rings of old trees, others pairs of pupils, while some looked like the contours of mountains and rivers…
“Don’t you find it interesting?” the man with Divine Patterns on his chest didn’t turn around but muttered to himself, “I remember when I was very young, one of my favorite things to do was to draw mazes on the ground with a twig and then let the ants I caught into them to see which clever little fellows could find their way out.”
“Playing god,” Linghu Ling said disdainfully.
“You two are the clever little fellows who made it here, which means you’ve realized this is just a game I’ve arranged for everyone,” the Divine Patterned man finally turned around, revealing a disturbing, grotesque grin.
His gaze was odd.
He didn’t look at people as if they were ordinary humans, but rather as interesting and amusing toys.
“Your cultivation base has already far surpassed these people, why bother troubling others here?” Zhu Minglang asked.
“Yes, I don’t understand it myself. I have already become a god, yet I still enjoy these childish games. But if I don’t pass the time this way, what should I do? Pursue the shadow of the Heavenly God? Throughout these long years, I have never seen it appear. Eventually, I realized that the Heavenly God likes to toy with the beings of this world just like me, like granting them life and then imposing death, like giving them the instinct to survive but also the desire to kill… The Heavenly God is playing an interesting game, and it seems to be in line with my own hobby,” he mused.
“So, I had an epiphany,” he continued.
“If I cannot find the figure of the Heavenly God, then I am the Heavenly God.”
“During the Dragon Gate’s Divine Enthronement ceremony, isn’t the final decision to select a few True Gods?”
“I’m just following the will of the Heavenly God to present a challenge for everyone.”
“Look, the maze I’ve drawn in this mountain range has filtered out you two clever ants, hasn’t it?”
“Although I cannot bestow upon you a Divine Light that grants you the destiny of a True God in a moment, you are now able to continue climbing upwards without worrying about those dull people causing you any trouble on the way,” he said.
The Divine Patterned man was fervent in his gaze, as though he truly had received a divine mandate, acting as an examiner beneath Zhi Tian Divine Peak to select those destined by heaven!
