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Its head thumped against the ground a few times. In the midst of this intense dizziness, it looked up, bewildered, at the grinning dragon. The dragon roared twice, then shouted:
"It's neither formed nor meaningful; go back and practice some more!"
Chapter 451 Records of Radiance
As Zote struggled to rise up, Latis, too lazy to waste words, took the Dream Nail in his mouth and sliced open Zote's illusory dream.
Ding!
A vast, white divine kingdom unfolded instantly. In that boundless world, Latis transformed back into human form, nodded to his teammates who were running behind him, stretched his arms and legs, and prepared for battle.
According to his perception, the dream power on Zote is now terrifyingly strong. The best course of action is to stall for a while and wait for the dream power to dissipate before engaging in a real battle.
However, Latis didn't want to keep fighting this jumping-around guy. He knew that even though the entry point had changed, Zote would still dream of becoming the champion. To avoid turning into a red-hot character due to plot-induced death, Latis simply started the final battle.
"Come on, you jerk."
Latis muttered something, glancing at Zote, who was enveloped in light not far away. Just as he was about to make the first move, his brow furrowed, and he stopped, watching Zote raise his hand, and said:
"What? Are you going to do another pre-match trash talk?"
"No, am I that kind of person? You young man, you're so rude." Zote glanced at Latis with disdain, frowned, looked down at the light surrounding him, crossed his arms, and shook his head, saying:
"You want to take these powers away, don't you? Is this your mission?"
"Uh... I guess so."
Latis scratched his head and asked:
"Any questions?"
Zuo Te patted the wooden splinter at his waist, but didn't pull it out. He just snorted coldly and said arrogantly:
“Take it all you want. The great mission of Zote is complete. This power never belonged to me. I don’t need it.”
"So brave?"
Latis glanced at Zot with suspicion, exchanged a moment with his teammates, thought for a moment, hung the Dream Nail back on his waist, stepped forward and asked:
"Aren't you worried that after losing these powers, you'll turn back into that weak monster that can be manipulated by others? You know, the outside world isn't peaceful at all."
"These forces are powerful, but I have not lost myself in them."
Zote chuckled and shook his head, saying:
"Besides, I was originally capable of overcoming all obstacles. The feeling of being full of power is certainly good, but relying entirely on my own body and weapons is nothing more than a little bit of hardship."
"Damn, how can you be so pretentious..." Latis couldn't help but mutter, taking a deep breath, drawing his sword from his waist, pondering for a moment, and asking, "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Zuo Te raised an eyebrow, immediately revealing a look of disdain, and said:
"I've only lost these powers that weren't originally mine, I'm not dead, so what are you talking about for no reason?"
“Oh…” Latis stroked his chin with some regret. “Alright, let’s talk about anything else outside.”
"good."
Zuo Te waved his hand dismissively, glanced around at the vast white space, muttered something, and whispered:
"The scenery that others see is nothing more than this."
As soon as the words were spoken, the dazzling Dream Nail drew a graceful arc, slicing through its illusory form in the dream.
A powerful suction force suddenly surged forth. Looking at the light rapidly emanating from his body and feeling his body quickly weakening, Zuo Te couldn't help but sneer:
“The great Zote will see even brighter scenery in the future.”
……
"Hmm, uh, ah..."
A groan, accompanied by a superb, bubbly sound, echoed from the center of the arena. Latis led his teammates to Zot, who was writhing like an earthworm, and said with a mixture of curiosity and amusement:
"I thought the entire arena would turn into crystals of light after the dream ended, but it turns out nothing happened. It seems you absorbed all that power by yourself."
"Heh, don't you even know who I am..." Zote casually got up from the ground, crossed his arms, glanced at the still-sleepy audience, took a couple of steps with his legs shaking, and said:
"Let's go see what's up in the Colosseum, and I'll tell you about my background while we're at it."
"What other mysterious background do you have?"
Latis raised an eyebrow, glanced at the crack on Zot's head that had been stretched open by the power of light, put his hands in his pockets, and followed after him, saying:
"No, why do I feel like you're talking in such a pretentious way now? Your word choice has clearly improved compared to before."
"Tsk, ignorant humans, do you call this kind of restrained confidence 'showing off'?" Zote sighed and said calmly, "If inner strength is a mistake, then let me continue to make mistakes."
"Almost got it."
Latis couldn't help but clench his fist and mutter:
"Your biggest mistake in life was having a mouth."
……
According to the legends of the Church of Light, the Divine Art of Containers was developed by ancient Illuminati believers to contain the power of supreme radiance, and the Container Fragments are auxiliary tools to help humans withstand that high power.
This was information that Latis had previously learned from Jennifer and Holnet. Although it sounded somewhat vague, it was still quite reasonable. In human history, it should be a very positive event for gods to bestow powerful tools upon their followers.
However, according to Zote, containers are born to contain the power of the gods. No, it should be said that containers appeared in this world precisely because the gods have a lot of power to contain.
Originally, Zot was unaware of these things, but during the battle in the Colosseum, it gradually absorbed the power that had been used, and its mind became clearer and clearer. Until now, it had figured out many things that it couldn't understand before. Even though its power had been taken away by Latis, its mind had been preserved.
According to Zote, there are actually many container creatures in this world, and it is just one of them. These creatures were originally created to contain the excess power of the gods, but in its generation, they have become used to retrieve the power scattered by the gods. This is one of the reasons why it must go to the arena to win the championship.
Of course, there were smarter or more powerful container creatures before it, but container creatures are not monsters after all. They do not have innate magic, skills, or bloodline power, so most container creatures fell halfway, or were discovered by the arena and suppressed, forcing them to leave the place.
In short, Zote was the only container creature to win the championship.
As for why the Colosseum possesses fragments of the divine kingdom from the Radiance, that's another matter entirely.
crunch--
The heavy door swung open, and Zote leaped through the fallen monster guards, glancing around before his gaze settled on the shattered display stand in the center of the room. He nodded slightly and said:
"This is the right place."
"Where is this place?" Latis stepped over the monster guards on the ground, stood in the room, sensed the remaining power around him, stroked his chin, and asked, "Is this the place where the so-called fragments of the divine kingdom are stored?"
"Yes, I can sense that the fragments of the divine kingdom have been stored here for a long time, to the point that this entire wall has begun to crystallize."
Zote raised the wooden splinter and tapped it against the wall, then said:
"Hey you, go inside and see if there are any relevant records or anything. I'm too lazy to search everywhere, so I don't get covered in dust."
"...Byd, you're not allowed to say another word."
Latis, unable to bear it any longer, cast a "silence spell" on Zote, then walked into the room, looked around, picked up an old book from under the broken display stand, dusted off the cover, and opened the first page.
"The Fools' Kingdom, Chapter One: The Pact Between Radiance and the Fools' Colosseum"
"A contract?" Latis raised an eyebrow. He really hadn't expected Radiance to sign some kind of contract with the Fools' Arena, and it seemed that they had even handed over a very core part of their power. Otherwise, the Fools' Arena wouldn't have become so powerful later on.
He waved to his companions, placed the book on the table beside him, and together they began to read the record of the events.
……
When Radiance first emerged from the void, it was merely a nascent god who possessed power but did not know how to use it. Although it held the title of a god, it was just an ordinary race, like many other gods who fell to demons.
It came from the deepest place, experiencing several hardships along the way, before finally arriving at the Colosseum of Fools.
At that time, the Fools' Arena was just a small-scale arena, mainly a place for monsters from the deep underground to exchange combat skills. Radiance also had some exchanges with the monsters and eventually became the first undisputed champion of the Fools' Arena.
In that era, a champion who could overwhelm all monsters not only brought more monsters to the area, but also a period of peace. Compared to the possibility of dying silently in a battle in the wild, the monsters preferred to compete for a chance to make a name for themselves in the Fools' Arena.
When the first manager of Fool's Arena saw that Radiance was single-mindedly pursuing power, he made an agreement with it: Radiance would hand over a portion of the authority of its divine kingdom to Fool's Arena for operation, and in return, Fool's Arena would give Radiance a large amount of faith.
Since faith could rapidly enhance the power of the gods, Radiance agreed after a brief consideration.
Afterwards, Radiance did indeed gain the faith of the audience through the battles he hosted at the Fool's Arena. Feeling that he was gradually becoming stronger, Radiance left the place with peace of mind and continued his journey to the shallow underground.
However, Radiance was unaware that with the increasingly prosperous battle mechanics of the Fools' Arena, the audience's faith had long since shifted from the first champion, Radiance, to the title of champion and even the brutal fighting itself. The arena's faith had also long since shifted from the peace and glory brought by Radiance to a mixture of desires and the pleasure of domination.
The fragments of the divine kingdom may not be perceived as powerful by the gods, but for ordinary monsters, they are simply a dream-making machine. They don't care whether they live in reality or in a dream; as long as the pleasure they bring is strong enough, they can stay in the dream forever.
Of course, in addition to this function, the Colosseum's higher-ups also discovered that the Divine Kingdom, besides responding to the monsters' faith, could also actively stimulate their faith. As long as the power dismantled from the Divine Kingdom was distributed to different monsters in a targeted manner, the monsters would become a continuous source of power for the Colosseum. This ignited the flames of the Colosseum's higher-ups' ambition to rule.
In short, things continued irreversibly. Although the container creatures created by the Radiance tried to regain their power, they all failed quickly until Zot arrived and succeeded in a ridiculous way.
However, Latis also deserves credit for this. If Latis had not taught Zot some combat skills during this period, allowing Zot to start to face itself, perhaps it would not have been able to find its own path in the struggle between power growth and its own mission: that is, outside of its mission, it could still believe in its own power.
Returning to the events recorded in the ancient texts, Latis discovered that after the Radiance returned to the underground, it had visited the Colosseum of Fools, but for some reason, it did not choose to reclaim the power that belonged to it.
Radiance could not possibly be no match for the monsters in the arena, so its decision not to reclaim its power might be due to other considerations, though it is not yet certain.
Latis closed the book, let out a long breath, and sighed:
"This long period of chaos has finally come to an end. After their power was taken away, the demons will enter a long period of weakness, especially those demons who frantically used the power of the divine kingdom. They may all perish."
“It’s just tit for tat,” Zote said casually, a wooden skewer dangling from his mouth. He waved his hand as he watched Latis put the book away.
"Now that things have come to an end here, I will continue on my path. Farewell, human."
"You're moving pretty fast." Latis scratched his head and couldn't help but ask, "Zote, where's your next destination?"
"It doesn't matter, the great Zote will shine wherever he goes."
Zote touched the crack on his head and said:
"Actually, putting aside the mission that is inherent in my heart as a vessel, I myself have always aimed to be a champion. Now that I have achieved this goal, maybe I will become a wandering abyss knight, fighting for justice along the way... Oh, I heard that there are some different landscapes in the Far East. I might go there to take a look."
“The Far East…” Latis pondered for a moment. The Far East in the underground world, viewed from the surface, seemed to be the direction of Yanium.
He glanced at Zote as it gradually disappeared into the distance, and for some reason, he had a feeling that he would see it again in the future.
Latis looked around the room again to make sure he hadn't missed anything, and then left the room.
He intended to leave the arena, but a sudden sense of inspiration made him instinctively look up at the higher floors.
There, he seemed to sense a trace of the magic net.
Chapter 452 The Spirituality of the Magic Network
"It's weird..."