Chapter 623, The Rhythm Has Changed

Translator: Silavin

 

Lu Fan took out all the key fragments, excluding the duplicates, and arranged each fragment numbered one through thirteen in sequence, preparing to synthesise them.

 

Once the key was synthesised, the God’s Tomb Secret Realm would enter the next phase. Six pillars of light would highlight the possible locations of the Divine Tempering Pool. At that time, all the Players in the God’s Tomb Secret Realm would be alerted and make their choice among the six pillars of light.

 

If one was lucky, then this person found the correct coordinates of the Divine Tempering Pool while holding a key in their possession. Or perhaps, had seized someone else’s key. Then, this person would be able to obtain the Divine Tempering Liquid and become the greatest beneficiary of the God’s Tomb Secret Realm.

 

Just as Lu Fan was about to synthesise the key, suddenly, a tremendous roaring sound came from somewhere within the God’s Tomb Secret Realm, causing the entire Secret Realm to violently shake.

 

Lu Fan instinctively looked up and saw a pillar of light shooting skyward, reaching straight to the top of the Map.

 

Subsequently, this pillar of light burst open like a firework, splitting into six parts that traced arcs across the sky before falling into six different locations on the Map.

 

After falling onto the Map, the pillars of light dimmed, but one could still clearly see where exactly each of the six pillars of light was.

 

This situation left Lu Fan momentarily stunned. He looked down at the key fragments in his hand that he had not yet had time to synthesise and smiled wryly. [So, someone beat me to it.]

 

Now, Lu Fan there could be at most two keys in the entire God’s Tomb Secret Realm.

 

Since one key had already been synthesised, and Lu Fan had also obtained a complete key along with some surplus key fragments, that means only two keys could exist.

 

The entire God’s Tomb Secret Realm contained only 36 key fragments in total. Unless someone could seize the surplus key fragments in Lu Fan’s possession, there should not be a third key.

 

But this was not important right now.

 

Now that the location of the Divine Tempering Pool had been shown, compared to collecting key fragments, quickly confirming the location of the Divine Tempering Pool was of paramount importance.

 

Once one knew where the Divine Tempering Pool was located, one could just wait there to ambush and kill the Player who possessed the key. Then, the Divine Tempering Liquid would fall into their hand.

 

Lu Fan’s eyes narrowed as he immediately formulated a plan.

 

He directly synthesised all the key fragments, and an enormous key as thick as an arm took shape, appearing in his hand.

 

However, since this was the second key to be synthesised, it did not trigger any unusual phenomena. In short, no one was aware that the second key had already been formed and was with Lu Fan.

 

Lu Fan put away the key, then spread his Bone Wings. He flew towards the pillar of light closest to himself. As he flew, he contacted Li Qingfeng and Yuan Jingang, enquiring about their position.

 

Through their coordinates, Lu Fan discovered that both of them were not far from one of the pillars of light. Therefore, Lu Fan instructed them to stop hunting Monsters and first go to guard that pillar of light, preventing others from stepping foot there.

 

Should someone be lucky enough to have a key and find the Divine Tempering Pool on their first try, that would be horrendous.

 

Li Qingfeng and Yuan Jingang dared not disobey and rushed at full speed towards the pillar of light that Lu Fan had told them to go towards.

 

With the location of the Divine Tempering Pool being revealed, the rhythm of the entire God’s Tomb Secret Realm changed instantly. All the surviving Players headed towards the nearest pillar of light, secretly praying that their luck would be good enough to find the Divine Tempering Pool.

 

Lu Fan continued his journey, encountering some Monsters along the way.

 

He did not abandon these Experience Points that came to him, so without restraining his strength in the slightest, he directly used the chain hooks to instantly kill them while collecting the Treasure Chests.

 

Throughout this entire process, Lu Fan’s advance barely paused.

 

His method of killing Monsters could be described as an art form, pleasing to watch.

 

Wherever Lu Fan passed, any Monsters present were all instantly killed. The fresh blood of the Monsters stained the chain hooks on his body red.

 

After approximately two hours, Lu Fan finally saw the distant pillar of light on a flat plain.

 

At the same time, Lu Fan also saw that the pillar of light was roughly one hundred metres thick, enveloping the coordinates. In front of the pillar of light, there was also a person sitting cross-legged, apparently waiting for something.

 

This person was also a Player participating in the God’s Tomb Secret Realm. Lu Fan only found him familiar but had no particular impression of him.

 

If he had no impression, it meant that this person’s strength was not outstanding amongst the participants, having not even reached Level 110.

 

Originally, when Lu Fan saw someone guarding this place, he was concerned that he might have arrived too late.

 

However, seeing that this person was merely waiting here without any intention of using a key to open the Divine Tempering Pool, he understood that this person had simply happened to be collecting keys nearby. Upon seeing the pillar of light here, he had immediately rushed over.

 

This person was a burly man with a full beard covering his face. With Lu Fan’s arrival, he also opened his eyes, clearly entering his combat stance.

 

His initial thoughts coincided with Lu Fan. He assumed Lu Fan was holding a key and had come to obtain the Divine Tempering Liquid. However, he soon recognised Lu Fan.

 

Upon seeing that the newcomer was Lu Fan, his expression immediately returned to one of calm indifference, evidently convinced that a Third Profession Player could not possibly have collected a key so quickly.

 

“Hurry up and get lost. This place has already been claimed by me. If you don’t want to die, leave!” He continued sitting cross-legged on the ground, his voice like thunder, attempting to intimidate Lu Fan into retreating.

 

Lu Fan had no interest in this person and chose to completely ignore him, soon arriving in front of the pillar of light.

 

Seeing that Lu Fan remained unmoved and even dared to approach, the burly man furrowed his brow and finally stood up. Subsequently, his body began to expand, directly transforming into a gigantic Three Headed Wolf covered in red fur.

 

“I told you to get lost! Did you not hear me!?” The burly man’s three heads simultaneously opened and closed their mouths, emitting an even more thunderous roar that caused the ground itself to tremble.

 

However, in the next second, his expression froze.

 

Because at this moment, Lu Fan actually took out an enormous key from his Inventory and inserted it into the pillar of light.

 

This key was not unfamiliar to the burly man. After all, it was the key to the Divine Tempering Pool!

 

The burly man was immediately dumbfounded. [Wait! How could this Third Profession Player have the key to the Divine Tempering Pool!? I had been continuously hunting Monsters and had only managed to collect two key fragments up to this point!]