328: Small

For the first challenge, his target was the last place, which was the 10,000th spot. His opponent was an Underground Alien Race member. Chen Du didn't look at his name, only referred to him as the Dog-Head Alien.

After winning, he chose the information reward and learned that this was the Land of Finality created by the god of ending, confirming that the Ending Civilization did not occupy this place previously.

This so-called Ending Civilization should just be an ordinary Underground Civilization, similar to the Shushu Civilization. Most likely, they discovered this dry well and occupied it, but later, for unknown reasons, they were wiped out.

For the second challenge, because he didn't know the span of combat power among these tombstones, he didn't dare to cross too much, so he challenged the 9,000th spot. It was an Underground Alien Race member who looked very much like a High Martial Civilization member.

Chen Du didn't know what kind of alien he was and didn't name him, so he just called him Tan San, according to the tombstone's name.

For this reward, Chen Du still chose the information reward and learned that the Greedy Ghost's name was Lu Li, a so-called Natural Lifeform, and a prisoner of the Land of Finality.

After five consecutive victories, Chen Du also learned that Lu Li was once a challenger, and, if nothing unexpected happened, should also have been a Martial Warrior Level challenger.

Lu Li gave Chen Du an inexplicably powerful feeling, and he didn't know which tombstone he had challenged back then, eventually failing.

From the aura on his body, Chen Du could sense that he was related to Energy Lifeforms, but he didn't understand what the relationship was.

Speaking of Energy Lifeforms, Chen Du couldn't help but recall Cao Daba, who may or may not have truly perished. Chen Du had already returned that drop of water to its original place to cultivate for some time.

He had been quite busy during this period, constantly on the move. Once this was over and he returned to Wu La's room, Chen Du planned to go and check on the Six-Eyed Giant.

To be honest, if Chen Du were given another chance to ask now, he would really want to see what the actual strength of the Martial Artist Level Challenge Zone's number one ranked tombstone was.

This number one tombstone in the Martial Artist Level Challenge Zone, more or less, should be the strongest Martial Artist on Blue Star, right?

Would his number of Mystic Treasures be the legendary Ten Secret Treasures?

As for Martial Skills, it's hard to say; they might be exaggerated beyond Chen Du's imagination. Unfortunately, there's no chance to find out.

Could it be the three former Overlord-level Civilizations?

This was the only answer Chen Du could guess and consider reasonable, but unfortunately, no one could confirm it for him.

The tombstones only had names and Life Strength Ranks, which was also why Chen Du hadn't gone to the very end to look before.

Chen Du was still 4.7 Ranks away from Rank 19.8, and he didn't know how much more he could improve within these 4.7 Ranks.

Although there were over 2,000 people stronger than him in terms of Mystic Treasures and Martial Skills, Chen Du knew these were accumulated challengers, and many of these people should have died.

But this was only the ranking of the Land of Finality, and many people didn't know about this place; they might not necessarily be weak.

It could only be said that Chen Du, here, once again recognized his own insignificance.

For the third challenge, his opponent was the 5,000th-ranked You Ansi Ji of the Myriad Flowers Civilization, an alien from a Great Civilization on the Surface.

Chen Du chose the reward of a 10% increase in Life Strength talent. There was nothing more to say about this; it was the most suitable reward for him among the three options.

For the fourth challenge, his opponent was the 3,000th-ranked Big Eye Alien, Valkis. This position was roughly the limit Chen Du could currently reach.

This battle was also the longest battle Chen Du had fought.

The reward he received was a Locking Spear, which was currently in Chen Du's left-hand Storage Ring.

Chen Du always kept more valuable items separately in Storage Rings on both sides, just in case.

The fifth battle was the one he just had with Durags. His ranking didn't improve much, only moving up two spots.

The battle was not as intense as the fourth one, as his Martial Skill level was 1% higher, which constantly tilted the scales of victory towards Chen Du.

However, the generosity of the reward had nothing to do with the intensity of the battle. The reward for this challenge was also the most generous, an epic-level reward.

Chen Du was now already looking forward to how strong the enhanced Mels Reflection would be!

If he weren't afraid of attracting unnecessary attention from the Underground Alien Race, Chen Du would have tried this ability long ago.

After reviewing all this information in his mind, Chen Du happened to step out of the Land of Finality, standing outside the Door of Ending.

The moment his feet touched the ground, the light source in the torch once again turned yellow, which was the color of its longest burning state.

Chen Du turned around and looked behind the door again. After he came out, the moonlight inside extinguished as if a light had been turned off, and from outside the door, only darkness was visible.

After Lu Li closed the door, it wasn't as Xiao Ran had said, requiring another 30 gold beans to leave.

Instead, he directly brought Chen Du back to the bottom of the dry well. Now it seemed Xiao Ran had previously needed to pay for the journey again because she returned the way she came to find a sacrifice.

And after his five consecutive victories, he could leave for free.

Even if Chen Du hadn't killed Xiao Ran and Commander Qi, they were destined to die today. Xiao Ran was destined to be a sacrifice, and Commander Qi couldn't even defeat the last-ranked person.

Chen Du, at the bottom of the dry well, checked the time. It was now November 20th, 14:47.

This journey mainly took a day on the road; it hadn't even been three hours at the bottom of the dry well.

"Lu Li."

Chen Du suddenly spoke.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually responded this time.

"You know me?"

Chen Du shook his head:

"I learned your identity from the reward information in the Land of Finality."

"I want to ask, which civilization are you from?"

Lu Li's face was still obscured by his long hair, but Chen Du knew that the other party smiled when he heard him say his name.

"Haha! Civilization..."

The neither-male-nor-female voice combined with this eerie tone left Chen Du temporarily unsure what the other party wanted to express.

Just as he was anticipating what would come next, Lu Li suddenly clutched his head, painfully knelt on the ground, and kept muttering, "god of ending, I was wrong."

Finally, just like his usual appearances, he transformed into a wisp of Cold Wind and vanished.

"Is this a divine punishment...?"

Chen Du, standing still, muttered to himself a few seconds later.

After exiting the well, Chen Du once again transformed into Wu La and returned to the Shushu Civilization.

After transforming, as long as he didn't fight with others, he wouldn't reveal his true form, but his movement speed could be consistent with his own. When he went, Xiao Ran led the way, and she, at Rank 8, took 1 day.

Chen Du walked back by himself and only took one hour to return to the core area of the Shushu Civilization.

The core area was larger than the residential area, which was larger than the slum area. It was a place where only those who became Martial Artists could live, and it was also the most suitable temperature zone in the Shushu Civilization.

Wu La was not strong and had few friends or family, so almost no one greeted him in the core area. He didn't attract any unusual attention along the way.

After entering the house, Chen Du, after confirming that no one was paying attention to him near the house, eagerly took out the Strengthening Stone.