180: Unknown enemy

"Hals?"

Chen Du silently repeated the name, revealing a hint of confusion.

When he handed in the leather back then, he had already explained the entire sequence of events in detail.

Could there be something about Hals that he had missed?

Pang Tian Ce nodded and said in a deep voice:

"Originally, you wouldn't be qualified to know this information, but because you were the last person to see Hals, I want to ask one more time."

"Did anything happen to him that day, like some sort of mutation?"

"Mutation?"

Chen Du frowned slightly upon hearing this. To be honest, considering that half-dead body and the fact that he was on his last breath...

And the fact that he couldn't use any abilities, that state alone had almost taken him out.

In that regard, Chen Du felt that he had mutated!

However, this was clearly not what Pang Tian Ce was looking for.

Chen Du naturally dared not be negligent regarding Pang Tian Ce's words.

Although he didn't know why the other party was asking this, he still carefully replayed the events of that day in his mind.

However, no matter how Chen Du thought about it from any angle, there didn't seem to be any such mutation.

He then recounted the events of that day in extreme detail, not even leaving out the sensation of his feet touching the ground.

Pang Tian Ce did not interrupt throughout, and after listening, he also frowned slightly:

"It seems that something did indeed happen after he died."

Hearing this, Chen Du instinctively thought of a word and blurted it out: "Reanimated corpse?"

Pang Tian Ce was silent for a few seconds after hearing this, then shook his head, not answering Chen Du's question directly:

"Hals was one of the seven adjudicators of the Second Palace of the Sand Dune Civilization."

"This morning, I received news."

"In the Second Palace, the remaining six adjudicators are all dead!"

"And the one who killed them was none other than Hals!"

"But he himself died too, or rather, he had already died, only to die once more."

"Now the seven adjudicators are effectively wiped out."

"Hals must have been dead at the time; although he didn't die immediately after being cut in half by You Zhong, he couldn't have lived much longer."

"I believe that when he fought you, he must have exhausted his very last breath; otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to get the leather from his Storage Ring."

Chen Du had no objection to this; Hals was definitely dead at that time.

"This news is highly credible, but it also presents a grave problem."

"It means that a civilization from outside the Land of Abandoned Armor has intervened!"

"Just like the Itera Civilization!"

"Because here in the Land of Abandoned Armor, no civilization possesses the ability of reanimation or post-mortem manipulation."

"Furthermore, there is a very critical point: even in his Peak state, Hals could not have killed the other six adjudicators."

"The seven adjudicators are not Advanced Aerial Warriors; there is a gap in strength between them, but it is not large."

"No single adjudicator could kill the other six."

"There is definitely some information here that we don't know about."

After saying this, he turned to look at Chen Du, his brows revealing a hint of gravity:

"After hearing your description today, I can roughly confirm that it really was the work of an external civilization!"

After saying this, Pang Tian Ce looked up at the sky and sighed deeply:

"The resources of the Land of Abandoned Armor were long gone. For a Small Civilization to develop, they can only pick up the scraps of resources from Great Civilizations."

"Just like cockroaches eating the trash we throw away every day."

"In such a situation, why would anyone still reach their hands here?"

Chen Du remained silent upon hearing this. Theoretically, he wasn't even qualified to know about this matter, let alone offer advice.

However, to be honest, this kind of thing can no longer be solved by offering advice.

What is needed is solid, hard strength!

Without sufficiently powerful strength, one can only worry all day long, fearing this one attacking today and that one attacking tomorrow.

Fearing that one's own civilization might perish by accident.

A new enemy?

Chen Du murmured in his heart.

The death of the seven adjudicators of the Sand Dune Civilization was a good thing for him.

According to Hals' previous remarks, they clearly had not spread his information to other alien civilizations.

That is to say, those who knew about his early Awakening of the Mystic Treasure...

It was very likely only these seven adjudicators, or perhaps even just Hals alone!

After all, in their eyes, he was a supreme treasure comparable to the Sky Soaring Warrior level!

But it didn't matter now; the seven adjudicators, including Hals who killed them, were all dead.

This was undoubtedly a great relief for Chen Du.

Although fighting and killing when out and about is the norm with alien races, being specifically targeted for assassination is a different matter.

Personally speaking, the death of the seven adjudicators of the Sand Dune Civilization was naturally a good thing for Chen Du.

But for the civilization as a whole, this was very bad news.

Although it hadn't been confirmed, if a new civilization really did attack, regardless of victory or defeat, it would set off a storm of blood.

"Alright, let's not talk about this unconfirmed, pessimistic talk."

"Even if it is some new civilization, they might just be passing through."

"After all, our Land of Abandoned Armor has no resources; logically speaking, it's impossible for anyone to come here specifically to attack."

"Even if a war really breaks out, the sky of the High Martial Civilization will be held up by us tall ones!"

After Pang Tian Ce finished speaking, his expression relaxed, becoming less stern:

"Alright, let's not talk about this unconfirmed, pessimistic talk."

"The Three-School Joint Martial Arts Competition is in just over ten days, you must do your best!"

"I am clear about your strength; if you are lucky, you might be able to take second place."

"Second place?"

Chen Du immediately sensed the hidden information in this sentence.

In other words, there exists a number one person whom all freshmen are absolutely unable to defeat!

It is precisely because of his appearance that there is no suspense whatsoever about who will take first place.

Could it be...

In Chen Du's mind, the name that Pang Tian Ce had mentioned to him before surfaced.

That one and only S-rank.

Gao Zhongwang!

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