After hearing Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang's words, Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi finally understood that he had still underestimated the Immortal and Demon Kingdom.
But at the same time, he was somewhat fortunate that their purpose in coming was not to become enemies of the Immortal and Demon Kingdom.
Otherwise, they might have been forced to stay here today.
Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang closed her eyes, and an inexplicable divine aura emanated from her body.
After a long while, she slowly opened her beautiful eyes and said in a cold tone, "The capital of the Immortal and Demon Kingdom has no less than fifty deities, the most powerful of whom is in seclusion, seemingly attempting to break through to the mid or late stage of High-grade Divine King!"
"This is the deity who poses the greatest threat to this Emperor. My intuition tells me that if I were to fight her at the same level, I would surely be defeated, even killed!"
Upon hearing this, Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi couldn't help but tremble slightly. The graceful figure of Xian'er, who was no less beautiful than Her Majesty the Empress, suddenly appeared in his mind.
"That should be the great steward of the Immortal and Demon Kingdom, and also the personal guard of the Immortal and Demon Kingdom's King. She should be a High-grade Divine King!"
"Her strength is so immense that she can warp space-time within a thousand-kilometer radius! And she possesses a weapon that is at least a top-tier Divine King artifact! It might even be a Divine Lord artifact!"
Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi's words and expression were filled with envy.
Having just stepped into the realm of Low-grade Divine King, his own Life Bound Divine Artifact was merely a High-grade Divine Tier artifact.
To even acquire a suitable Divine King artifact, he had to come to trade with the Immortal and Demon Kingdom, let alone a Divine Lord artifact!
"Divine Lord artifact?"
Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang was slightly surprised by this.
A territorial power that had only arrived on the Source Continent for a month actually possessed a Divine Lord artifact.
This made her find it incredibly unbelievable.
She thought hard but could not determine the origin of the Divine Lord artifact in the deity's possession.
Could it be a reward from the game developers mentioned by the lords?
She was not unfamiliar with territorial powers.
The native empires in the central region were all secretly investigating everything about these territorial powers.
Although there were certain formidable restrictions preventing the native empires from attacking territorial powers, they could still conduct secret investigations.
Through some investigations, Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang learned that many lords referred to themselves as players, and they called the entire Source Continent a game world.
In the eyes of the lords, native beings were monsters that could grant experience. By defeating native beings, they gained experience points and dropped various items.
Initially, when Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang heard this news, she was quite angry.
Because, even they, the Source Continent deities, were considered targets by these lords, referred to as "bosses."
Unfortunately, behind the territorial powers stood a terrifying game developer.
And this game developer was the world rule of their Source Continent!
Under the constraints of the world rule, they, the native empires, naturally did not dare to attack territorial powers without authorization. They could only suppress their indignation unless the rule restrictions were lifted.
To this day, Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang still could not understand.
Why did the world rule of the Source Continent not protect its native beings, but instead protected these foreign powers like the lords?
However, whether she understood it or not, they had to obey the will of the world law.
Otherwise, even they, the rulers of the native empires, could not withstand the wrath of the world rule and would be forcibly annihilated.
Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang suspected that the Immortal and Demon Kingdom had received the favor of the world rule.
The Divine Lord artifact in the possession of that most powerful deity was also a gift from the world rule.
As she thought of this, a flash of inspiration struck Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang's mind.
If these territorial powers were summoned by the world rule of the Source Continent, and they were protected and greatly assisted, then there must be a purpose.
And the ultimate goal of the world rule was clearly not for the territorial powers to deal with the native powers.
After all, the world rule itself was capable of annihilating all native powers, rendering these foreign territorial powers unnecessary.
Therefore, only one possibility could explain this.
That is, this world rule foresaw an unprecedented crisis and summoned the territorial powers with the intention of having them save the world!
So, what could this so-called crisis be?
As she thought of this, the words "outer realm evil gods" involuntarily appeared in Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang's mind.
The only beings that could threaten the world rule of the Source Continent, from their current perspective, were those outer realm evil gods.
The so-called race of outer realm evil gods loved to destroy and devour various great worlds.
This allowed them to gain extremely powerful strength.
Therefore, this was likely the reason.
Because, if the outer realm evil gods attacked again, it would undoubtedly be on a massive scale, possibly even a full invasion.
The world rule believed that the native powers could not withstand the invasion of the outer realm evil gods, so it summoned the territorial powers.
Thinking this, Feng Xue Shen Wang took a deep breath.
If this were true, then the next invasion would be far more tragic than the Ancient God War.
With the slightest carelessness, the Source Continent would fall into a cataclysm.
Countless races and beings would be bloodily slaughtered by the outer realm evil gods.
Beside Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang, Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi's gaze was fixed on the distant capital of the Immortal and Demon Kingdom.
He did not notice the worry in Her Majesty the Queen's expression.
Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi inquired, "Your Majesty, shall we enter the capital of the Immortal and Demon Kingdom to meet with His Majesty the King and conduct our transaction now?"
His objective was to trade for the Divine King artifact, the Golden Cudgel.
Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang's reason for accompanying him was to meet with His Majesty the King for an in-depth discussion.
As for how the discussion would proceed and what it would be about, he did not know and did not care.
He only wanted to obtain the Golden Cudgel.
"Not yet!"
Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang shook her head, causing Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi to feel a bit confused.
Had Her Majesty the Queen changed her mind?
She said, "That divine artifact is at a crucial juncture of advancing her realm. It would not be good for us to barge in now!"
"Let's go after she finishes her advancement!"
Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi said with some concern, "Your Majesty, after she advances to the mid or late stage of High-grade Divine King, her strength will be even more terrifying. If His Majesty the King were to harbor ill intentions towards you, we..."
"It's fine!"
Feng Xue Shen Wang Ling Han Shuang waved her hand and said, "Even if such a thing were to happen, I am confident I can escort you out safely! To keep me here, a single Divine Lord artifact won't suffice!"
Hearing this, Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi was relieved.
He had great trust in his Queen.
Since Her Majesty the Queen said she could get them out safely, she surely could.
Qiang Shen Li Tian Yi sighed, "I just don't know how long her advancement will take?"
He was quite anxious. He had already brought sixty billion soul crystals and was eager to obtain the Golden Cudgel.
[Apologies for the late update today, dear readers. Nan Feng is quite busy during the day and can only write after 9 PM. My apologies! The normal pace will gradually resume soon!]