109: Battle of the Pride of All Races

Within the universe, the Human Race and the Yisha God Race have limited interactions, primarily because their origins are too far apart, one in the east and one in the west, and their spheres of influence do not overlap.

Especially between the two races, there exists a Heavenly Abyss Black Domain that spans almost the entire universe.

The existence of the Heavenly Abyss Black Domain basically isolates communication between the eastern and western parts of the universe; apart from super-large races, ordinary races cannot cross the Heavenly Abyss Black Domain. To pass through it, one must detour to the frontier regions of the universe.

Because of this, the Human Race and the Yisha God Race, at most, engage in remote confrontations, primarily striking and restricting each other's development within their respective spheres of influence, and not even a single localized war has broken out.

If Lin Chen were to enter the Yisha God Race's enclave as a Human Race, he would not encounter danger; instead, he would be treated with courtesy.

Between super-large races, there isn't much animosity at this stage. Instead, there's more mutual appreciation and curiosity when there's no war.

Currently, in the early stages of the Hegemony Era, various super-large races are expanding, diligently cultivating their own territories. They are still quite distant from other super-large races, and it's not yet the most intense period of contention.

Therefore, when Lin Chen arrived at the Yisha God Race's enclave, on the outskirts of the Missah God Country, a team from the Yisha God Race was already waiting for him outside the border defense line, on his inevitable path.

The Yisha God Race, in the Human Race's classification, belongs to humanoid races. Their appearance doesn't differ much from the Human Race, except for the additional external organ of wings.

From Lin Chen's perspective, the Yisha God Race perfectly matches his image of the Angel race. There's almost no difference from the concept of angels he understood in his previous life; the only distinction might be that the Yisha God Race does not have the ultimate faith in God.

Therefore, the Yisha God Race is also commonly referred to as the Angel Race. This term is more frequently used by the Human Race, possibly because during the Human Race's initial rise, they encountered the Yisha God Race's legacy and localized the title of 'Angel.'

Yisha God Race from First Order to Tenth Order have two wings.

Yisha God Race at the Demigod stage have four wings.

Yisha God Race at the Ascension to God stage have six wings.

Yisha God Race at the God level have eight to fourteen wings.

Yisha God Race beyond the God level have sixteen wings or more.

The more wings an Yisha God Race possesses, the higher their life rank.

Even with Spiritual Stealth activated, Lin Chen was still discovered by a six-winged Yisha God Race. This six-winged Yisha God Race, according to Human Race strength classification, was roughly at the God Ascension Fifth Order level.

As expected of a super-large race, a God Ascension Fifth Order individual could discover Lin Chen while he was using Spiritual Stealth. For ordinary races, only those above God Ascension Seventh Order could detect Lin Chen's presence.

“Human Race Daoist friend, please stop.”

Intercepted by the six-winged Yisha God Race, Lin Chen also naturally deactivated his Spiritual Stealth.

He wasn't here to cause trouble; he just wanted to understand the true Yisha God Race, make some angel friends, and spar with angels.

When traveling abroad, he represented the face of the Human Race.

Even in the presence of a six-winged Yisha God Race, he addressed him as “Daoist friend,” and that six-winged Yisha God Race also understood this unspoken rule of interaction.

Of course, not just anyone is qualified to represent the Human Race; it's primarily because Lin Chen is young enough and shows no trace of the extraordinary curse unique to the Human Race.

A pride of a race is naturally capable of representing that race.

“Daoist friend, may I ask why you have come?”

“Daoist friend, I inadvertently wandered into the Beast Frontier and learned that your race has a territory here. Out of curiosity, I came uninvited. My apologies, my apologies.”

Lin Chen explained.

“So that’s it. I thought you were here to participate in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War.”

“Ten Thousand Races Pride War?”

“Our Missah God Country holds a Ten Thousand Races Pride War every fifty years. Races within the nearby region can send prides no older than 50 to participate. Participating prides must sign a life-and-death contract.”

“The strongest ten thousand prides in each session will receive resources rewarded by our Missah God Country, as well as a Misa Baptism to reshape their aptitude.”

The six-winged Yisha God Race Galle explained the meaning of the Ten Thousand Races Pride War to Lin Chen and handed him a brochure about it.

Lin Chen accepted it calmly and began to read it.

Since this was just a clone, he didn't need to worry about anything at all.

After reading the brochure for the Ten Thousand Races Pride War, Lin Chen instinctively identified the problem and somewhat understood the purpose of the Missah God Country holding the Ten Thousand Races Pride War.

The Missah God Country would naturally not engage in a losing business.

The Ten Thousand Races Pride War has three objectives.

First, to temper their own racial prides using the prides of other races.

Second, to plunder the human luck from the prides of other races to secure benefits for their own racial prides.

Third, to win over the races within the Missah God Country's sphere of influence. The more prides a race sends to participate in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War, the more regular resources the Missah God Country will bestow upon them.

For races participating in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War, sending prides to battle is actually a beneficial event for acquiring resources. The once-every-fifty-year influx of resources has become an important income for various races to sustain their own development.

As for their own racial prides dying and their human luck being plundered by the Missah God Country, it's actually not a major issue; this is an established convention.

The human luck carried by a pride is relatively small compared to the entire race; at most, if too many prides die, the race's development will be relatively slow.

Once a pride of their own race returns alive to the clan, even if ranked at the bottom, their future is limitless. After all, the living prides will share the human luck of the deceased prides; as long as they return home alive, their own human luck will increase.

The Missah God Country's Ten Thousand Races Pride War is entirely a gambler's model: the winners (the living) take all, and the losers (the dead) get nothing.

Lin Chen naturally had the idea of joining in on the fun of the Ten Thousand Races Pride War, but before participating, he needed to ask the old-timers in the group if there were any potential hidden dangers.

When Lin Chen posted his encounter in the group, the old-timers in the group were slightly silent.

How to put it? Most of the old-timers in the group didn't meet the standard of a pride. Their current strength and status were entirely accumulated over time.

So, they didn't know much about the Missah God Country's Ten Thousand Races Pride War, but they had extensive connections and many pride friends, just as Lin Chen had Lin Fan and Oriental Red Sleeve as pride friends.

After a while, an old-timer began to speak. He had a friend who had participated in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War and understood some of the actual circumstances of the Ten Thousand Races Pride War.

The Ten Thousand Races Pride War is fine; Lin Chen can participate.

The Missah God Country has held it thousands of times, and according to the Human Race intelligence organization's information, no unfair phenomena have occurred.

The only thing to note about the Ten Thousand Races Pride War is that one must not die, otherwise one's human luck will be plundered by the arena, a divine artifact. Even if one is resurrected afterward, the loss of human luck is irreversible.

Of course, this doesn't affect Lin Chen, as he is participating with a clone. The death of his clone will not result in the plundering of human luck. At most, after death, he won't be able to participate in a resurrection match; he only has one chance to participate and needs to clear it in one life.

Besides that, there's the age cutoff of fifty. Most prides are at the Demigod stage, with only a small portion able to break through to the God Ascension First Order or Second Order level.

Therefore, Lin Chen can absolutely participate in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War.

“Daoist friend, may I participate in this Ten Thousand Races Pride War? I am also not yet fifty years old.”

“Naturally. Our Missah God Country welcomes all prides who meet the conditions to participate.”

Galle had already guessed that Lin Chen would definitely participate in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War; otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned it.

Those of the Human Race who can be active in the starry sky are all favored by human luck. The potential human luck on a Human Race pride is far greater than that of hundreds of thousands or millions of prides from smaller races.

Once plundered, it can completely allow one of their own racial prides to soar, with a much broader future. The most direct manifestation is a significant increase in the probability of becoming a god and a greatly improved cultivation sequence.

Under Galle's arrangement, Lin Chen obtained a certificate to participate in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War. With this certificate, he temporarily gained permission to travel within the Missah God Country. Aside from certain restricted areas, the Missah God Country did not prohibit Lin Chen from going to other regions.

The Ten Thousand Races Pride War is held in Missah God City, located at the very center of the Missah God Country.

“Daoist friend, am I directly entering the finals?”

“Naturally. You and I are both super-large races. When a Daoist friend participates in the Ten Thousand Races Pride War, you naturally won't be like those prides from smaller races who need to advance round by round. Participating means you are a seeded player, just like our own racial prides.”

“I see.”

At this very moment, the Ten Thousand Races Pride War had already begun.

However, it was currently in the preliminary selection stage, lasting for three months.

Finally, ten million prides who stand out from the hundreds of billions of participating prides will qualify for the finals.

The ten million prides selected from the preliminary rounds will compete on the same stage with the one million prides from the Missah God Country who have already secured their spots in the finals, vying for the final ten thousand slots.

Currently, Lin Chen's most pressing task was only one: to travel from the border of the Missah God Country to Missah God City. This process alone would take two months.

It wasn't that the Missah God Country's territory was larger than the Human Race's; it was simply because Lin Chen was an outsider. When using teleportation arrays, he could only use short-distance teleportation, requiring him to transfer repeatedly to reach Missah God City.

Lin Chen was still considered fortunate; participants from other races generally departed three years in advance, spending one to two years just on the journey, with the remaining time reserved for unforeseen circumstances.