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n“Here’s the deal. Two of our competitors were on my planet centuries ago, in my timeline. They caused quite a stir by fighting each other and one of them ended up dead.” Forfex explained what he knew.

n“The one who survived absorbed the True Celestial body part of the one who died and then started a hunt. I fled my planet and went into exile in another area of the universe. But perhaps by bad luck or perhaps because I had been chased, that survivor of the confrontation again appeared in a fight in the place where I was.

nIn that place, 80 years ago, he killed another of our competitors and absorb the third part of True Celestial’s body. That cultivator is entering room number 10 right now.” freewebnvel.coɱ

nThe two next to Forfex looked in the direction of the blind man, who had a peaceful smile on his face.

nMinos had two body parts of a True Celestial, so he couldn’t help but take this opponent seriously. With three parts, that individual was probably the most formidable opponent of this inheritance.

n“However, he wasn’t the only one. I’ve seen him, so I can say his case is true. But I passed through another world where I heard some rumors that made me think that the sentient vegetable had done something similar. The report I heard sounded a lot like what I found out about that guy during our time in The Red Expanse.”

nSoli and Minos looked at the sentient vegetable facing room 22.

n“In his case, he only has two of the body parts of a True Celestial.” Forfex became more serious as he reached the point where he wanted to warn his temporary companions. “Anyway, my point is that some here have already had a taste of hunting competitors outside the heritage and will do so in the future.

nThe blind man and the sentient plant are dangerous not only for the inheritance phase we’re in, but also for our eventual departure.

nWhen we finished the challenge in The Red Expanse, we all had only 1 part of a True Celestial’s body. But now some of us have 2. Those individuals who hunted competitors before this inheritance phase will certainly hunt those of us who seem to be bigger prey.”

nThis was indeed critical information that Minos and Soli could not deny its value. Without Forfex to tell them this news, they might not have found out about the history of those two opponents.

n“Why do you think they can reach us? The universe is so big. And even after all these years, I haven’t even come close to my competitors’ leads.”

nMinos thought the same, but he waited for Forfex’s answer.

n“Those two are different,” Forfex shook his head. “From what I’ve heard and know, their skills are conducive to large-scale information gathering. It’s possible that they already know, somehow, how to find us. They just haven’t had the time or opportunity to do it before. But after this inheritance phase, they will certainly try something.”

n‘This made even more sense considering that, after this inheritance phase, only 10 would be left. Anyone those two took down would already be a significant breakthrough, not only for the opportunity to absorb an additional part of a True Celestial’s body, but for the chance to reduce the number of their enemies.

nIf three of the ten who come out of the inheritance victorious hunt down the rest of their opponents, that could bring the final stage of the inheritance down to a contest of just seven and maybe even fewer,’ Minos pondered the implications and how bad it would be not only for those who were hunted down but even for those who had no problem with their competitors.

n‘How paradoxical,’ he thought with a strange look. ‘It makes me want to kill those two now, but at the same time, that would be a waste of a True Celestial’s body parts. If I kill them outside of here, I’ll be able to absorb their essences, but here I won’t be able to. However, if I don’t kill them, I could have endless problems outside.’

nThere was one more problem with having one of these inheritance opponents as an enemy outside. Each part of the universe had its own passage of time. That is, while for some, more than a millennium had passed since the previous test, for others, only a few decades had passed.

nDepending on the origin of the enemy and their speed of action after the end of the inheritance, one could end up in the situation of coming face to face with an opponent hunting them who was much stronger than them!

n“You’ve really brought us a lot of information.” Soli couldn’t help but appreciate Forfex’s approach.

nHe laughed at her comment. “That’s the good thing about my experience. But before I came here, I thought I’d soon be hunted down by one of those two bastards… Sigh! It was too terrible to think that bastards like them could get to me.”

n“They still can, from what you’ve said. They’ll probably try that if you survive to the end of this challenge, Forfex.”

nForfex looked at Minos and lost his smile. “I know. That’s why I have to grow as much as possible here. And if possible, prevent them from surviving to the end. Here, they at least have parts of their powers blocked.”

n“You have a good plan. But we’ll talk about that in the future. Almost everyone has already entered their rooms. It’s our turn to do the same,” Soli said as she separated from them, heading for room number two. “We’ll talk after the challenge on the second floor.”

nMinos nodded to her and indicated to Forfex that he would enter the room ahead of him.

nForfex made his own way to room number 5, one of the few that was empty at the moment. Meanwhile, Minos came across a dazzling place, where the walls seemed to be clouds and the floor seemed to be made of glass, suspended in the air somewhere in a golden sky.

nIn front of them, three figures of different shapes appeared from the condensation of the super-concentrated energy of this place.

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