Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

That kid.

His exploration of the Great Tomb had been going smoothly until he encountered me and got thoroughly messed up by me.

First, he was held in place by me and couldn't move, then followed me in escape, and ended up triggering all this strange stuff by eating recklessly.

Even so, he didn't betray me.

Look at this.

From beginning to end, it's been me courting death.

...How embarrassing.

Mo Ga Ru shook his head unconsciously, pushing aside his thoughts, and looked towards the strong individuals before him.

"How do you want to play? A bunch of bastards," he sneered, radiating a thick intent to kill.

Shop Assistant said:

"Here we have some of the mightiest, with the highest among them at the Law Domain Seventh Layer, capable of destroying greatly."

"— We will choose a dozen or so Professionals and transport you to a place specifically designed for combat, and then bring you back after the fight," he continued.

Mo Ga Ru trembled all over.

What?

A dozen?

Why fight so many battles?

He looked around and began to understand—

These people all knew each other.

They didn't trust him.

...

Shen Ye slowly walked away along the gravel path, passing through the Sand Peak, until he reached a sheltered spot from the wind. Then he sat down and began to rest.

"There are still over two hours left, what do you plan to do?" the Female Art Spirit asked.

At first, Shen Ye didn't speak.

He seemed to realize something, grabbing a handful of sand with his hand.

Something's off...

The individual grains of sand were too big, almost as large as his pinky finger.

This wasn't sand, these were clearly pebbles!

Upon closer examination, these pebbles seemed to have shells.

He tried to break one forcefully.

The pebble didn't budge.

When split with a knife, blood came out, revealing a bisected insect with Sharpness-filled tendrils all over its body.

This insect let out a cry only in its dying breath.

When it cried out,

the whole desert seemed to respond in kind.

Countless fragmented and weak intentions converged and swept over Shen Ye.

Danger!

Extreme danger!

Shen Ye's heart raced, ready to fight at any moment.

Yet, the king species inside him seemed to sense something, letting out a cry as well.

The increasingly restless desert abruptly calmed down.

The agitated "pebbles," which were altering their forms, once again settled into silence.

They seemed to recognize Shen Ye as one of their own.

A sense of indescribable fear surged in Shen Ye's heart. For a moment, he stood still, and as the cold wind blew, he felt a chill of sweat forming on his back.

These "little pebbles" looked oddly familiar to anything he had seen in a past life.

— Yang Qianye Jumping Elephant larvae!

They resembled the larvae of the Yang Qianye Jumping Elephant, yet they were slightly larger.

Densely packed, countless insects were in slumber.

These insects accumulated here, forming the boundless expanse of the Great Desert!

Shen Ye could hardly suppress the alarm in his heart.

— What Tribulation of Wild Sands? This was an endless insect Tribulation!

"Does this world have places that are not deserts?" Shen Ye asked.

"No—there are too many of them, and they're about to consume everything in this world," the Female Art Spirit answered.

This was the moment of truth.

But what could he do?

The Professionals just now were no vegetarians.

The fact that even they hadn't killed these insects was telling enough.

No...

He needed to think about an escape plan.

"Let's experiment," Shen Ye murmured softly.

— He remembered Tie Nan mentioning that gate power was the authority of the next Era, the strongest of all.

Now was the time to test the miracle—

Shen Ye pressed his hand against the sandy ground, silently chanting in his mind:

"Gate."

Indeed, a gate appeared on the ground.

He reached out and opened the gate.

On the other side was indeed the secret passage of the Human Territory in the Nightmare World.

As long as he jumped through, he would escape this disaster.

Tie Nan was right.

Time-space barriers that even Mo Ga Ru couldn't break were silently opened by the gate.

Worthy of being the authority of the next Era!

"Is it really okay for me to just walk away like this?" Shen Ye questioned.

"The 'Three Disasters' have shackled time-space, but your ability to break these shackles proves your strength. Leaving should be no issue," the Female Art Spirit explained.

"...What about the Tribulation?" Shen Ye asked.

"If you approach the Great Tomb again, the Tribulation will be triggered once more," the Female Art Spirit answered.

— That would be pointless.

Better to get through the Three Disasters all at once.

To avoid any future trouble.

With a clearer understanding in his heart, Shen Ye began to contemplate his current situation.

The first Disaster, Mo Ga Ru took care of.

For the second Disaster, the gate was usable, meaning he didn't have to worry too much.

Even though this place was a sea of insects.

With a bit of time left, he might as well—

He turned around and walked back, eventually arriving at the entrance of the inn.

He knocked on the door.

The door opened.

"Kid, in the entire desert spanning tens of thousands of miles, this inn is the only one, and your return is the wise choice," the innkeeper said proudly.

"I've come to a decision, I want to practice my Sword Techniques," Shen Ye said truthfully.
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"Then come in, who will be the next to give this kid a lesson?" the innkeeper asked.

A skinny, sleazy man stepped forward.

Shen Ye didn't even spare him a glance, merely throwing a "Guaranteed Hit" character at his head.

"You want to fight me? Are you sick?" Shen Ye said.

The sleazy man was taken aback, then became furious:

"You're asking for it!"

The "Guaranteed Hit" character over his head exploded, turning into a burst of light, clinging to his body.

"'Guaranteed Hit' has begun enlightening all beings."

"Target enters 'Tribulation' state!"

"Unforeseen accidents will continuously happen, and hitting him will guarantee hitting a weak spot, and valuable items will scatter."

Shen Ye nodded slightly.

— Since he was here, why not make some money, and practice the newly learned Sword Techniques?

A moment of time is worth an ounce of gold, for an ounce of gold you cannot buy a moment of time.

The Golden Shuttle and Silver Shuttle, as day and night pass through them.