Chapter 570, Reaching the Summit

Translator: Silavin

 

Three days later, Lu Fan had already passed through the thick cloud layers and arrived at the shoulder of Heavenly Divine Peak.

 

The distance to the summit was less than two hours’ journey away.

 

Heavenly Divine Peak was indeed towering into the clouds, even more difficult to climb than Lu Fan had imagined.

 

Moreover, after passing through the layers of clouds, he discovered that the height of Heavenly Divine Peak exposed below the clouds was actually only about one-third of its total height.

 

Therefore, the time it took him to reach the summit took one day longer than he had anticipated.

 

Furthermore, the higher he climbed, the more terrifying the Monster he encountered became.

 

In the end, even Level 115 Monsters had appeared.

 

However, even with such powerful Monsters appearing, Lu Fan never relied on any external help. He depended solely on using Bloodline Sharing Awakening to fight his way up.

 

Along this journey, Lu Fan had seen too many Monsters with names suffixed with the word ‘Believer’.

 

According to what the Devouring Dragon King told him through their spiritual connection, this was normal. It seemed that the Divine Being of Heavenly Divine Peak had gathered an enormous number of Believers here, who fanatically worshipped it.

 

Even though it was no longer at Heavenly Divine Peak, these Believers and their descendants still guarded this place like puppets, proclaiming the divine might of this Divine Being.

 

The Believers on Heavenly Divine Peak came in various types. Lu Fan had so far seen more than twenty different types.

 

Moreover, the higher up the mountain one went, the stronger the strength and higher the intelligence these Monsters had.

 

Finally, Lu Fan even encountered a type of Monster called Giant Titan Believer, whose appearance and intelligence were almost indistinguishable from that of Humans.

 

Among them, many were hardly different from Players, capable of releasing Third Profession and even Fourth Profession Skills. They also had coordination between different Professions, making them far more difficult to deal with than other Monsters.

 

However, these Giant Titan Believers ultimately could not stop Lu Fan and were all slain by him.

 

The only puzzling thing was that Lu Fan had climbed Heavenly Divine Peak for more than three full days and nights yet had not encountered a single Boss above the Diamond Grade.

 

Regarding this point, the Devouring Dragon King also provided Lu Fan with an explanation.

 

Most likely, this was also the work of Heavenly Divine Peak’s Divine Being, who prevented the birth of its Believer Bosses with excessively powerful strength.

 

After all, once the Believers gained power, they often developed intelligence. Those with intelligence were far more difficult to control.

 

The Divine Being did not need its believers to be particularly powerful, only that they be loyal. Therefore, the appearance of such powerful Bosses among its Believers was not a good thing for the Divine Being. Thus, the Divine Being had very likely used its ability to influence the Map Mechanics to cut off the possibility of such powerful Bosses appearing among its Believers.

 

Such an explanation made Lu Fan even more disgusted with this Divine Being.

 

Because from his understanding of this Divine Being, Lu Fan could only sense vanity, selfishness, and stupidity.

 

If such a being appeared among the Human Race and wielded great power, Lu Fan would certainly find a way to eliminate it. Otherwise, it would be a disaster for all of Humanity.

 

[If such Divine Beings are all dead, it is only then that the world can progress. How stupid is it to make the world under them remain stagnant, just out of fear?]

 

But then again, not encountering such powerful Bosses along this journey, was both a good and a bad thing for Lu Fan. Good being Lu Fan did not encounter any insurmountable obstacles along the way. Bad being Lu Fan could not collect more powerful Fallen Corpse Puppet.

 

Along this journey, Lu Fan repeatedly honed his Bloodline Sharing Awakening Skill, already using this Skill with consummate mastery. This was also beneficial for Lu Fan, to help consolidate his newfound strength.

 

At this point, the summit of the Heavenly Divine Peak was already before Lu Fan.

 

At the same time, the ground beneath Lu Fan’s feet no longer had any plants, stones, or buildings. What remained was merely golden sand that flickered with strange light.

 

This golden sand glittered with golden light, revealing holiness, covering the entire summit.

 

Looking around, it was as if the summit of Heavenly Divine Peak was truly some unreachable zone, inhabited by a remarkable being.

 

Such flashy appearances were undoubtedly made by the Divine Being to ‘show off’. It was flashy but impractical, only able to make the Believers below look up in awe and not dare to go up out of worry they might disturb the Divine Being’s quiet cultivation.

 

To Lu Fan, this was completely a joke.

 

[I need to continue going up. She said the Blade Armour Dragon King and the Dragon Egg are both at the summit. Now that there are no Believers blocking my  path, it’s convenient for me to reach the summit…] Lu Fan silently thought to himself and continued climbing.

 

The remaining distance of just over ten kilometres was nothing to Lu Fan.

 

Soon, Lu Fan indeed reached the summit, encountering no Monster attacks during the process, nor any traps or Map Mechanics blocking or attacking him.

 

After reaching the summit, the scenery at the peak came into full view.

 

Although Lu Fan was mentally prepared, when he reached the summit and saw everything before his eyes, he was still shocked beyond measure. He was momentarily stunned in place.

 

Why? Because the summit was so high up. It towered above the whole Divine Fall Wilderness. So, after reaching the summit, nothing else could be seen except for the profound sky and cloud layers below, extending beyond the limits of his vision. The scenery was magnificent beyond words.

 

As for the summit itself, the area was extremely vast, almost the size of dozens of football fields. It was more than enough to support a war between nations.

 

The summit was entirely covered with that type of golden sand that emitted shimmering golden light. At the same time, one could see an ancient palace that glittered with golden light, now collapsed and damaged.

 

Although this ancient palace had been destroyed, judging by its size that occupied half the area, one knew at first glance that what originally stood here must have been extremely grand!

 

Needless to say, this ancient palace must have been the dwelling place of the Divine Being in the past.

 

Now, this palace had been shattered beyond recognition, obviously corroded and collapsed due to the erosion of time.

 

A ruined palace would not actually shock Lu Fan that much.

 

What truly stunned Lu Fan was that in the palace, there was currently an extremely special existence!

 

This existence made it difficult for Lu Fan to discern what exactly it was.

 

It was enormously large, like a mass of pitch-black chains piled together, tightly coiled.

 

Within the chains, sharp blades flashing with cold light could be seen protruding everywhere. One could tell at a glance that these blades were not only sharp but also resilient.

 

From the small mountain formed by chains, more than ten additional chains extended out, inserted into the ground of Heavenly Divine Peak, making it look like a mountain of blades formed by black chains and blade edges!

 

This thing far exceeded Lu Fan’s understanding. He truly could not tell what exactly this thing was.