X-Dragon Era

The Kashi Family, also known as the Golden Family, primarily operates gold mines. Among the Ten Great Vaults, they continue to store massive amounts of gold accumulated over thousands of years by the Kashi Family, which has already reached about forty percent of all the gold owned by the Kashi Family. Such a tremendous loss is unprecedented.

After ten consecutive days of plundering battles, the time had finally come for Xin Yun and others to participate in the World Academy Challenge. Moreover, the Kashi Family had already received news of the vault heist. Logically, there would be about ten days before the Kashi Family could dispatch manpower to other vaults for defense, providing a perfect opportunity to plunder those smaller and medium-sized vaults. However, unless Xin Yun and others were willing to give up the World Competition, they could not personally participate in the plundering.

Luckily, the remaining vaults were scattered and contained smaller reserves. Therefore, Xin Yun entrusted the task to the Five Mice, who were responsible for moving the gold. As for matters outside, those were handed over to Luo Fu to manage.

After obtaining forty percent of the gold, the Sky-opening Axe began to repair its fourth layer. However, it needed some time to refine the newly acquired gold, reflecting it against the Innate to combine with the other four metals and repair the Sky-opening Axe to its fourth layer.

Within Shouyang Mountain Cave Heaven, Golden Skeletons were tirelessly mining for copper ore. This Golden Plunder not only yielded a large amount of gold but also collected a significant number of living souls and flesh, successfully creating 999 Golden Skeletons. At this moment, those 999 Golden Skeletons were swinging their golden picks and continuously mining Spiritual Copper, which would be enhanced by the Chaos Cauldron reflecting the Innate to bolster the power of the Heaven and Earth Seal.

Of course, the gains from this endeavor were not limited to just 999 Golden Skeletons. In the past ten days, in addition to eliminating a hundred Diamond-stage experts, tens of thousands of Amethyst-stage experts had also been wiped out. Therefore, once the Sky-opening Axe was unlocked to the fourth layer, the All-Heaven Netherworld Banner would be able to summon Crystal Skeletons, and their number would increase from 999 to 9999! As a result, the speed of forging the Heaven and Earth Seal would instantly increase tenfold!

With the help of these Crystal Skeletons, the power of the Heaven and Earth Seal would enhance every minute, every second. As long as Xin Yun had enough time, the power of the Heaven and Earth Seal would become unparalleled.

Leaving aside how Luo Fu led the Stellar War Generals in battle with the enemy, and how the Five Mice transported the gold, on the other side... having regrouped with Po Kong, Chu Rui, and Zixia, the Fantasy Dream Team arrived at Dou City, the designated city for the World Academy Challenge, on the last day before the competition began!

The existence of Dou City was specially built by the world's three major families for various competitions. The entire city was constructed atop a colossal mountain, the upper half of which was sheared off, and the city of Dou City was built on the flat surface.

Dou City hosts many competitions, such as the weekly Gold Competition, the monthly Crystal Competition, the annual Amethyst Competition, and the once every ten years Diamond Competition. Battles are the city's main theme.

Earth People all know that where there are competitions, gambling is indispensable. As a result, the gambling industry in Dou City is very developed; its status in this world is quite on par with that of the gambling city of Las Vegas on Earth.

It's worth mentioning that the so-called Gold, Crystal, Amethyst, and Diamond Competitions are named according to levels of realm, corresponding respectively to the Gold, Crystal, Amethyst, and Diamond stages. Only those with the corresponding strengths can participate in the respective level of competition. For example, Xin Yun and the others could only compete in the Crystal level competition.

However, naturally, Xin Yun and the others would not come to participate in such competitions. These kinds of competitions are considered routine, and even if one wins, they would only receive some money and a bit of vanity, which is not what Xin Yun and his companions are looking for. The vanity titles acquired here are only useful in Dou City, while Xin Yun and his companions set their sights on the world.

Aside from these regular competitions, the most significant event in Dou City is the World Academy Challenge held every thirty years. In fact, this Dou City was built specifically for this competition. Other competitions merely serve to sustain the daily expenditures of the city. Of course, the profits generated by this gambling city each year are astonishing. However, that was not the original purpose of constructing the city.

Dou City is built on a giant peak rising tens of thousands of meters above sea level. The space above the city is the venue for competitions. When there is a contest, one simply needs to look up to see the battles unfolding. With the enhancement of Water Series imaging abilities, everyone in the city can clearly see the battles.

To facilitate the watching of competitions, Dou City has no towering buildings. All structures are built within the mountain, and the mountaintop is arranged with rows of comfortable seats and corresponding facilities. Looking around, there's nothing higher than one meter, and looking upwards, one sees a hemispherical sky with no obstructions.

If one wishes to find hotels or taverns, they should consult the map in hand, seek out specific landmarks, and then use the underground passageways to enter the space beneath their feet, where all the business premises of Dou City are located. The top of the entire mountain has been hollowed out, comprising nine levels in total, with inhabitants of Dou City residing in different areas according to their status.

As for the peak, it is a vast circular space that seems boundless at a glance. As for how many people it can accommodate, Xin Yun cannot judge, but according to Po Kong, the highest recorded number was 38.6 million people watching a competition simultaneously.

Once the competition starts, three thousand Diamond-stage experts dispatched by the three major families will join forces to create a Diamond Barrier enveloping the mountaintop. As far as known, no one has the ability to break such a barrier.

Upon arrival in Dou City and with the accreditation provided by the academy, Xin Yun and the others successfully checked into the accommodations designated for competition participants. When Xin Yun and others arrived, the other more than three thousand students from various academies had already gathered. In fact, for such an important competition, no one dared to arrive only one day in advance like Xin Yun and company. In this dangerous world, it is quite normal to be delayed a few days by unexpected events, but the competition would not wait for anyone. If one hasn't arrived when it starts, it is considered a forfeiture!

When Xin Yun and his companions received their numbers and entered their rooms for the final adjustments before the great competition, there were less than ten hours left before the official start. The thirty-year World Academy Competition was about to commence, and the future Nine Great Experts would make their appearances one by one! (To be continued, for more information, please visit www.qidian.com, more chapters are available, support the author, support genuine reading!)