Chapter 1669: Mountaintop Palace

The backstage of the players in the Infinite Arena.

This is probably the most peaceful backstage of the players in the Rising Star Tournament so far. Nearly a hundred players, in the huge space, are sitting or standing, leaning against the wall with their eyes down, or floating in the air in silence.

Even the most thorny guys dare not make any moves at this time. Because the captains of the four law enforcement teams, each in four directions, although they did not release pressure, their sinister eyes swept over everyone, making people feel cold on their backs.

"If anyone makes trouble at this time, no matter how legitimate your reasons are, I will directly cancel your qualification to win the award." The speaker is one of the four law enforcement team captains, a hunchback wizard leaning on a magic wand, his skin has drooped to embrace gravity, but the eyes hidden behind the old skin are still gloomy.

They came to participate in the Rising Star Tournament for the qualification to enter the Endless Corridor. If the qualification is cancelled, it will definitely be something they will regret for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, under this threat, no one dares to make trouble lightly.

Although there are signs of peace in the backstage of the players, it is not quiet. The captain of the law enforcement team only asked them not to cause trouble, and did not prohibit them from communicating, so the players also took advantage of this rare opportunity to interact with each other.

For example, in the southeast corner, two people were communicating silently.

"You seem to have been restless these days. If you have anything on your mind, why not say it out?" Sailum held the Black Code and squatted in the corner, looking at Nausicaa who was surrounded by smoke on the other side.

Nausicaa hesitated, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she shook her head: "I'm fine, but you, I thought you would always indulge in your own emotions, but I didn't expect you to still pay attention to others, so you are not sad now?"

Sarum's eyes were slightly dim, and his hand holding Heidian tightened a little: "Since Heidian told Angel that he would come back, then I... believe him."

Nausicaa held the pipe horizontally and exhaled a puff of rose-scented smoke: "He will come back, and he will become stronger and will become your strongest arm."

"I hope so." Sarum paused: "Compared to my affairs, I am more curious about you now. Don't change the subject, I don't believe that you are fine."

"...Is it because of Reynolds?"

After a moment of silence, Nausicaa admitted: "It is indeed related to him. He... invited me to do something, and I am thinking about whether to do it."

"Is it dangerous?"

"Everything has risks, it's just a question of whether you can afford it." Nausicaa's eyes were a little hazy, and she didn't know if it was because of the smoke or because of her confusion.

"Then can you afford it? Or, if you pay the price, what can you get?" asked Sailum.

"I don't know, because it is a restricted area full of unknowns, which may be extremely risky or riskless. Reynolds escaped from that place. His goal is to destroy it, and my goal is something inside." After Nausicaa finished speaking, she looked at Sailum and suddenly laughed.

She found that she was not as brave as Sailum now.

Nausicaa lifted her hair. Sailum dared to merge the blue blood for the chance of almost dying. And she was even hesitating about the choice between these two.

Thinking of this, Nausicaa was still a little hesitant in her heart, but now she had some bias.

Sailum didn't know what Nausicaa was sighing about, so he followed her words and asked: "What is it?"

Nausicaa hesitated for a moment, and still said: "What I want is the one in that laboratory..."

Nausicaa was interrupted halfway through her words because there was a sudden commotion not far away. They looked over and found that there was a huge door in the middle of the contestant's backstage.

This door was slowly opening at this time.

As the gap in the door appeared, dazzling white light shone from inside.

When everyone was wondering what the meaning of this door was, a low and elegant female voice came into everyone's ears: "The contestants are starting to enter."

At the same time, the hunchbacked old wizard also said: "Don't stand there, it's time to go in. The last ceremony is the road of glory behind this door."

Road of glory? When Nausicaa was still thinking about what this meant, the door was completely opened.

In the crowd, Nausicaa and Selum were pushed into the door one after another. The previous conversation was also forced to stop.

When Nausicaa walked out of the crowd, she had time to observe the surrounding situation.

The clear blue sky, no clouds can be seen. Without the cover of clouds, the sun shines directly down, making the land golden and shining.

The place where they are now is a somewhat deserted square. Although cracks have begun to appear on the ground, it is still very flat and has some artificial patterns.

Each contestant is observing the surrounding situation, and finally everyone's eyes are focused on the front of the square.

A road full of tall stone pillars.

This road leads directly to the top of a mountain not far away. There are many stone pillars more than ten meters high along the way, extending all the way to the top of the mountain.

On the top of the mountain is a huge palace. The palace seems to be made of metal and it reflects light from a distance.

At the main gate of the palace, there is a shadowy figure, and it is unknown who it is.

"Is this the road of glory?" When Nausicaa whispered to herself, a gust of wind suddenly blew over.

The sun shines directly on the skin, making it slightly hot. The sudden wind brings a strange coolness.

Nausicaa looked towards the windy place, and saw a light screen appeared in the center of the square in the sky. The movement of the light screen brought a cool breeze, as if reminding everyone to pay attention to this side.

When everyone looked over, a line of words appeared on the light screen.

Welcome to the Road of Glory.

This line of words shows where they are, but there is no other information.

No one knows what to do next. Are they just looking at each other here? Or do they have to climb this road of glory and reach the top of the mountain?

When everyone was confused, the characters on the light screen slowly changed.

"No. 100 in the Rising Star Competition, Shadow of the Sky."

With the appearance of this line of words, the center of the light screen was like a water surface, with ripples, and a card shining with a faint light floated out of the light screen.

In the cool breeze, the card fluttered down, spun a few times in the air, and finally fell into the hands of a young man in blue clothes in the corner.

Someone nearby knew this young man and whispered: "I have fought with him. He is the shadow of the sky."

This card was obviously blown into the hands of the shadow of the sky on purpose. Could it be that this is the reward for the shadow of the sky?

Someone who is familiar with the shadow of the sky wants to ask. However, the shadow of the sky did not answer. He held the card and pondered for a moment, as if receiving some information.

After a while, the shadow of the sky suddenly moved.

Came to the edge of the square.

Before, the square was sealed by a strange force. Although he could see the situation outside, he could not go out.

However, the shadow of the sky broke this confinement. He was not restricted by the barrier of the square and walked out of the square easily.

And it seemed that he had a goal.

He ran towards the road leading to the top of the mountain without hesitation.