Chapter 1927 - 992: The Final Journey (Part 4)

Morning.

A group of young people were carrying huge backpacks, over a hundred of them lined up in a long column, like lonely travelers crossing the wilderness.

In the autumn season, the trees beside the travelers were adorned with golden leaves, and the withered grass made the earth look somewhat desolate.

But the travelers were determined, showing no sign of retreat.

They crossed a mountain pass and climbed up a ridge, each of them agile, even though most of them were still ordinary people.

Finally, they sat on the ridge, gazing at the distant land, as if waiting for something.

The land was vast, the mountains majestic.

The small humans sitting on the ridge seemed exceptionally lonely.

Chen Zhuoqu looked at Uncle Li Dong: "Grandmaster, aren’t we here to complete the life-and-death checkpoint? But our mountain biking life-and-death checkpoint has already been completed."

Uncle Li Dong laughed: "Calling me grandmaster, suddenly you’ve made me seem old... I’m still in my prime."

Hu Xiaoniu: "..."

Chen Zhuoqu: "..."

Hu Jingyi: "..."

Uncle Li Dong, sitting calmly on the ridge, asked: "How many life-and-death checkpoints do you still have left to complete?"

Chen Zhuoqu responded: "Hu Jingyi and I have passed the introspective test, so we only need to complete two more life-and-death checkpoints to become demigods. Others haven’t passed the introspective test, so they need to challenge three more life-and-death checkpoints to advance to A-Class... Wing suit flying, penetrating the earth’s core, and low-altitude parachuting."

These are also the last three life-and-death checkpoints for Qing Chen.

Uncle Li Dong said: "Do you want to complete three life-and-death checkpoints all at once?"

Chen Zhuoqu earnestly replied: "Yes."

"Why?" Uncle Li Dong asked: "There’s never been a precedent in the knight history of anyone completing three life-and-death checkpoints within a week, even your master couldn’t manage it."

Chen Zhuoqu earnestly said: "Our strength surely isn’t as great as our master’s, but our courage might not be any less than his."

"You’re just like your master, racing against the clock," Uncle Li Dong smiled: "Why the rush?"

"Because we’re out of time," Chen Zhuoqu analyzed: "You know the West Continent doesn’t want to face the Hundred-Eyed Demon in the final battle, so they’ll definitely try to confront us within four days. Now the master hasn’t returned, the Drama Master has awakened seven old monsters, and six of them are still around, plus the Duke of Storm City... We don’t have enough demigods to counterbalance them, so I must become a demigod."

The girl’s tone was particularly resolute, as if she never doubted she would one day become a demigod.

"Are you always so confident?" Uncle Li Dong asked.

"If I don’t believe in myself, who will believe in me?" Chen Zhuoqu said.

Now that Li Tongyun had gone with the Parents’ Meeting, Chen Zhuoqu had become the decision maker in this troop, maintaining her best mental state every day, showing all fellow disciples an indomitable figure.

Uncle Li Dong suddenly sighed: "However, if you want to complete three life-and-death checkpoints in a short period, you might need a catalyst."

The other knights were puzzled, what kind of catalyst did they need?

Only Hu Xiaoniu, upon hearing the word ’catalyst’, had the corners of his eyes twitch slightly...

Back then when Qing Chen said he and Li Ke were missing a catalyst, Ding Dong chased them for five kilometers.

Uncle Li Dong suddenly said: "A catalyst is a code within the knight organization, but the difficulty of this challenge is higher, so the catalyst you need is also different. Patiently observe what happens next, it’s something destined to occur in fate, but I need you to remember it, carve it in your heart, and then understand what kind of person this world—a moment like this—needs."

Chen Zhuoqu looked towards the distant sky, she saw the Scepter No. slowly emerging from the mist: "Wait, is there going to be a battle here?"

Uncle Li Dong did not answer the question; he instead calmly said: "Stories always start with utmost tenderness, and end with complete devastation."

In the distance, cannon fire erupted, just like this world which was gradually collapsing.

On a higher spot, Li Ke was not carrying a backpack, but rather a light small bag, standing with Zhang Mengchan at the highest point on the ridge.

That small bag was very familiar, it seemed to be one of the taboo items Qing Chen acquired on the north slope of Mount Everest in Nepal, yet the knight reserves didn’t know its function.

When all knights gathered earlier, Li Ke hadn’t shouldered the taboo item yet, but after a visit from March at the contraindicated courts, he’d been carrying it ever since.

Li Ke looked at the distant battlefield and said to Zhang Mengchan: "Do you need me to narrate to you?"

At this time, Zhang Mengchan stood beside him with her eyes covered and said: "Though my eyes are blinded, my heart isn’t."

As she spoke, she extended her hand forward, with the wind of the earth and the sounds from afar painting a vast picture in her mind.

Li Ke said: "According to the old man’s plan, if the life-and-death challenge is successful, we’ll have to act separately next, perhaps meeting only after the final battle... or maybe not at all."

The two of them, as senior disciples, had only two life-and-death checkpoints left, slightly ahead of others.

Zhang Mengchan laughed: "We will meet... What about Mr. Yunjing?"

Saying so, both simultaneously turned back to look behind them, where Li Yunjing was sitting cross-legged at the mountain top, calmly cultivating. Above this mountain summit, the sky’s cloud gas and stars seemed to form a ribbon-like stream pouring towards his head.

Clouds were like star rings, surrounding Li Yunjing who was akin to a star, forming an independent galaxy at the mountain summit, with great momentum.

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