Chapter 3636 Cooperation Between Inheritors


    "Don''t worry." Crystia inclined her head and smiled lightly, "As long as we clear the trial of a Hidden Pagoda, your prowess will be back. I''m sure many other Candidates have also found other Hidden Pagodas in this Crystal World and are working on clearing them, so if they managed to do it before us, you''d still get your prowess back."


    "So these Hidden Pagodas release the cultivation seals?" Isabe raised her brows.


    Seeing Crystia nod and gesture to the side, she walked over to the edge and saw a monumentthat indicated thatit was the case.


    "Before long, our seals should disperse one by one."


    Crystia walked to her side and overlooked the crystal mountain range.


    Some of the mountains were hers and Noctis, whilesomeothers belonged to other factions. As long as no one interfered with each other''s work, there shouldn''t be any confrontation for the most part.


    "Would it be that easy…?" N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Isabe asked.She also noticed that there were a few carcasses of sometype ofcrystal creatures lying around.Their heads seemed gorged out as though something had been taken out, and Isabe presumed that it should be their cores.


    "Come with me."


    Crystia uttered and gestured at Noctis to keep an eye on their crystal mountain, to which he nodded.


    Then she took Isabe and walked with her to thepeak of the mountainnearby.


    There was a Hidden Pagoda and a monument on the peak of a natural rock formation, standing tall like pces,biggerthanwhatshe had seen.


    [Fourth Hidden Pagoda]


    [A certain amount of energy from variousenergysources readily avable across the Crystal World is required to ess the Pagoda. However, the amount of energy required to ess the Pagoda also depends on the individual.]


    "…"


    Isabe saw that the etchings on the monument were simr to what she saw on the Seventh Hidden Pagoda.


    "Go ce your hand over there."


    Crystia pointed at the Hidden Pagoda, causing Isabe to move forward without hesitation. She went and touched the Hidden Pagoda and was able to garner its requirements.


    [Cleared the ninth step— free entry]


    [Requires thirty-two people with enough energy sources to be presentin order toactivate]


    "Thirty-two people…? How many more do we need?"


    "We need three more participants, butsince you came,we only need two more."


    Crystia pursed her lips before shaking her head, "Then again, wealsorequire a certain amount of crystal units. For people like me who only cleared the first step, we required sixteen thousand crystal units. The second step— eight thousand crystal units.Third step— five thousand and three hundred and thirty-three crystal units, and thatis how much Noctis requires.The fourth step only requires a thousand crystal units. As for the fifth step and above, it is presumed they all gain free entry. What is it for like you?"


    "Free entry…" Isabe responded in a monotonous voice.


    "Thought so…"


    Crystia giggled. If she didn''t need to follow the n,thenshe imagined that she would at least be able to make it to the seventh step, which would''ve also given her free entry.


    Isabe ced a hand on her chin and appeared contemtive.


    The Fourth Hidden Pagoda requiredthirty twopeoplein order toactivateandthe Seventh Hidden Pagoda required only four people.As the number ofthepagodaincreased, the number of peoplerequireddecreased.


    "I know where we can find the Seventh Hidden Pagoda, albeit vaguely."


    Isabe returned her gaze to Crystia, making her widen her eyes.


    The former then told thetter about everything that happened.


    It wasn''t like she didn''t doubt if these two would take advantage of her. After all, this is the best time to seal her movements and gain her Emperor-Tier Blood simply by absorbing allofher blood essence from refinement.


    Only,they didn''t have a cauldron to use, so she wasratherconfident that they would go too far unless they were willing to eat her, literally.Even then, the chances they would be savage beasts were too high from being unable to control the Emperor-Tier Blood Essence, so Isabe was of the mind that they wouldn''t harm her.


    More than anything, she knew Crystia was a woman who was honorable and hellbent on being honorable. "What!? Let''sgokill that bastard right now! Lead me to him!"


    Crystia screamed out loud, her expressionlookingincensed when she heard Altross calling Celestia a demon spawn.


    "…" Isabe felt moved but shook her head, "The Seventh Hidden Pagoda probably requires way more energy to activate despite the low number of people required. We should have ample time to track them down, and even if they do clear it, I''m not worried as their end is through these fists of mine."


    Isabe''s words were piercing as she raised her hand and clenched her fist, causing Crystia to shudder.


    Crystia felt exhrated. Perhaps it was a form of admirationthat camefrom agreeing with an Empress of her race, but she felt honored to apany a soul who was confident in their fists and looking to restore their honor.


    "Where is Founder Rocksunder?"


    "No idea." Crystia shrugged, "Probably somewhere being heroic or dying a heroic death."


    "Aha~"


    Isabeughed.


    It seems like they weren''t worried about Ancestor Rocksunder despite him having cleared the sixth step, which meant his cultivation base was sealed up to the Level Three Immortal King Stage, leaving him in the Early Stage where people where more vulnerable but still not as vulnerable as her.


    After clearing some air while venting, they went down and began mining.


    However, Isabe didn''t do anything.


    She hovered above their crystal mountain like an Empress, towering over it.


    Thiswas done to maintain aninvincibleair and not indicate weakness. Instead,sheoverlooked everyone as thoughshewas a supervisormanding ve miners to work.


    While doing so, she garnered everyone''s cultivation base.


    Out ofthethe twenty-nine people, threeinheritorswere at Level Eight Immortal King Stage, seveninheritorsat Level Seven Immortal King Stageandfourteeninheritorsat Level Six Immortal King Stageandfourinheritorsat Level Five Immortal King Stage.


    There was one inheritor whowas at Level Four Immortal King Stage, which meant this person had crossed into the fifth step and had free entry, not needing to mine for crystals.However, they still had a crystal mountain and kept on mining without sparing a look at others.


    Isabe felt some danger from this person, but it didn''t help her when she felt danger from all of them since her cultivation was sealed to the limit in the Immortal King Stage.


    She sighed and kept watch. She knew this cooperation wasnothing butan illusion until all hell broke out.


    Eventually, three more people found their way here, and tension brewed as oneof themneeded to be stopped from entering the Hidden Pagoda.


    For some reason, the majority cast a nce at her.


    "..."


    Isabe narrowed her eyes.


    She knew she would be targeted because, as someone who crossed the ninth step, she would most likely be the one to clear the trial of the Fourth Hidden Pagoda, and the other inheritors would naturally want to stop that from happening even before she entered it.