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Chapter 385 Is Xia Fa's Ancestor Gilgamesh Still Alive? Seven Overlord-Level Secret Contracts S

Chapter 385 Is Xia Fa's Ancestor Gilgamesh Still Alive? Seven Overlord-Level Secret Contracts Shock the Ancestor

Fighting with their respective contracted spirits?

After understanding the method for competing for the Prometheus family's secret treasure, Xia Fa was taken aback and asked curiously, "Why are the rules like this?"

Without hesitation, the Star Spirit Banshee replied, "Originally, it was because that Celestial Venerable himself enjoyed battles between spirits. This was also the way He rose to power. So, when he set this rule, he didn't think much about it. He thought that if only one person entered, it wouldn't be triggered, and he wouldn't be able to obtain your family's secret treasure. If two people entered, it would trigger a battle between spirits, and He could then come to stop it."

After a slight pause, she sighed, "Who could have imagined that your Prometheus family's secret treasure would be affected by the battle between the Outer Gods and opened ahead of schedule? He couldn't get there in time, so it turned into this way where all the contenders had to fight it out together."

Xia Fa understood, feeling somewhat amused and exasperated, and then asked, "Can possessed spirits participate in the competition?"

Unexpectedly, the Celestial Banshee didn't answer directly, but instead asked with slight surprise, "You have a spirit possessing you from a divine position?"

Possessed spirits are an extremely special kind of existence among the spirits of the Celestial Spirit Realm; even the Celestial Spirit Banshee, who is an Outer God, has rarely seen them.

Of course, she had seen quite a few weaker possessing spirits, but the truly powerful ones were very rare.

Xia Fa coughed twice: "Well, I managed to form a contract with one by luck."

Since he was going to participate anyway, and all he had was the Ironblood Conqueror "Paul," a Protoss, Xia Fa simply stopped trying to hide it.

Moreover, given the extremely mysterious and complex background of the Iron-Blooded Conqueror "Paul," apart from the physical "frenzied tomb raider" who roams various extraordinary ancient tombs year-round, others might not necessarily be able to recognize him.

Or, to be precise, it's almost impossible to recognize.

Three Celestial Venerables, active during the early days of the Natural Sovereigns and the Supreme Laws, attempted to merge and challenge the Old Ones, the Fallen Evil, in order to combat them. Unfortunately, they failed and each merged with a Celestial Spirit, becoming extremely rare and mysterious Celestial Spirits.

This kind of experience is something that a normal person could never understand from the current state of the Iron-Blooded Conqueror "Paul," even if they racked their brains.

[Star Spirit Banshee] thought for a moment and then carefully instructed, "You can have a spirit companion participate in the competition, but you cannot participate yourself. You can only control your spirit companion. Also, considering that your spirit companions are relatively strong among their peers, but have relatively little spiritual power, if you cannot win the battle quickly, the probability of losing will be very high."

She paused, then added, "Besides, given how rare and precious are spirits possessed by beings of divine rank and above, if this one were to be killed by another celestial spirit, you would suffer a great loss."

Perhaps it's because Shafa is a descendant of the Prometheus family, coupled with his divine power, that he is a [Star Spirit Banshee].

I'm much more patient now.

Xia Fa smiled slightly: "It's good that I can participate. I want to give it a try. After all, this is our family's secret treasure. I can't just watch it fall into the hands of others."

[Star Spirit Banshee] sighed softly: "Alright, then I won't try to persuade you anymore. I can only make the promise I just made to you. If I become the final winner this time, all the secret treasures except for the Soul Origin Crystal can be given to your Prometheus family."

As she spoke, her eyes shifted slightly, carrying a hint of teasing: "Of course, if you win the championship, it will be even more convenient. I won't have any objections just because the Soul Origin Crystal goes to you. The rules set by that Celestial Venerable are very fair. This supreme sacred object belongs to whoever is the strongest."

Seeing that this [Star Spirit Banshee] was rather straightforward and frank, Xia Fa smiled and said, "Alright, then see you on the field. If I obtain that Soul Origin Crystal, given that you still have some old feelings for our family, I promise I can help you with something in the future, as long as it doesn't exceed my capabilities or moral bottom line."

[Star Spirit Banshee] covered her mouth and chuckled: "Little one, if we're really talking about helping, it'll only be you asking me for help. You're just a mere subordinate god, what can you do to me? I'm the one who should be helping you. Alright, stop teasing your sister, let's set off now."

She seemed genuinely amused by Xia Fa. Her usually aloof demeanor softened with a captivating charm, adding a touch of allure to the valley.

Xia Fa smiled helplessly to himself, and without arguing with her, nodded slightly.

"it is good."

After all, he couldn't very well tell her that he only had a few days left before becoming an Outer God, and that he was already capable of fighting against a peak Outer God.

Seeing the Protoss Banshee raise her delicate hand, revealing a mechanical sphere made of meshing gears and bearings in her palm, Xia Fa understood that she was about to take control of the Protoss warship.

Seeing that she was quite engrossed in her work, Xia Fa chose not to disturb her and retreated towards the door.

To his surprise, the guard with six eyes changed his arrogant and indifferent attitude and became unusually enthusiastic towards him, bowing and bending over repeatedly, escorting him all the way to the entrance of the valley.

Xia Fa was initially puzzled, but then he realized that the guard who had been stationed at the valley's exit must have overheard his conversation with the Star Spirit Banshee and learned that he was a god.

"Lord Xiafa, if you have any orders, just let me know, and I will inform my master and deliver it to you!"

The guard, all smiles, didn't care whether Xia Fa could see him or not, as he was wearing a mask. He made sure to show the proper respect and escorted Xia Fa to the valley exit.

Xia Fa smiled slightly, then turned around and took a step out. The valley rippled and transformed back into the shape of a cabin, just as he stepped out with one foot.

"This valley—should be the Outer God Realm of the [Protoss Banshee]?"

Regarding the question of whether beings of divine or higher status can create their own small worlds, Xia Fa once made a bold conjecture.

That is—the earthly divine kingdoms of the nine righteous gods, could they actually be their respective true divine realms?

So, as Gastis the Great Axe delves deeper into the mystical, perhaps one day he might even be able to transform his true divine realm into an earthly divine kingdom or something like that.

On the deck, the Prometheus family had been waiting, and as soon as they saw Shafa come out, they swarmed around him.

"Patriarch Xiafa, how did it go? What did that Outer God say when he summoned you?"

"Truly worthy of being called the Holy Spirit of Heaven's Mandate, summoned by an Outer God right from the start. I'm envious, sigh—"

"So, is there any hope for our family to retrieve the secret treasure this time?"

Xia Fa raised his right hand and pressed it down slightly, signaling everyone to quiet down. Sure enough, the deck immediately fell silent. He nodded slightly and then smiled and said, "This Outer God has explained to me in detail the rules for this competition for the family's secret treasure—rules established by a Celestial Venerable."

Heavenly Venerable?

Upon hearing this, many members of the Prometheus family were taken aback, as most of them had never heard of what the "Celestial Venerable" was. However, they quieted down even more and listened intently.

Xia Fa continued, "The rules are simple. Since our family's secret treasure is almost fully opened, there will inevitably be many contenders."

"Therefore, it became a 'battle of spirits' where each spirit fought against the others through their respective contracts."

"The ultimate winner will take the family's secret treasure."

After Xia Fa finished speaking, the members of the Prometheus family all became worried. Some frowned, some sighed, and some even shook their heads slightly.

After all, the family's secret treasure is located in the Protoss Realm, not in the real world.

Originally, if the conflict between the Outer Gods hadn't affected the location of the secret treasure and led to its exposure and opening, the family would have only needed to wait for a descendant with sufficient potential to open it.

But now, with the news that there are soul essence crystals in the secret treasure, it is feared that it will attract countless wolves and tigers, and at least those of divine rank.

In this situation, how could the Prometheus family, whose head had only signed twenty-five secret contracts, possibly compete?

Seeing his people's spirits dampened, Zeus spoke up, "Don't worry, everyone. That Outer God promised that if He were to seize the family's secret treasure, He would only take the Soul Essence Crystal; everything else would be returned to the Prometheus family!"

Hearing this, everyone cheered up considerably, finally feeling that there was still some hope.

"Alright, you can all go and rest. Even if you don't qualify to compete, at least you can keep an eye on things and prevent any potential accidents."

With a wave of his hand, Zeus, as the head of the clan, issued an order, and the clansmen scattered in all directions, each going down the spiral staircase into their cabins inside the ship.

Seeing that everyone had left, leaving only Him and Shafa, Zeus approached with a smile on his face.

"Patriarch Xiafa, there's something I don't quite understand."

Xia Fa asked, puzzled, "What is it?"

Zeus asked rather cautiously, "Since that Celestial Venerable—can set up rules similar to the Ghost Realm in our Prometheus family's secret treasury—why can't he just take the family's secret treasury out and return it to our family?"

Xia Fa's gaze sharpened: "Hiss—that makes sense."

After thinking for a moment, he said uncertainly, "Could it be related to the secret hidden in the family's secret repository? The secret that our ancestor, that extraordinary lord, swore to protect with his life?"

After he mentioned it, Zorgos seemed to realize something: "That's possible, it does seem that way—"

—

Before He could finish speaking, the entire massive Protoss warship suddenly trembled.

Immediately, the warship accelerated sharply, as if it had transformed into a streak of light or a cannonball, and shot out directly.

The phantom planets on both sides, as well as various divine realms and countless floating, long-destroyed tombs, all swept past the warship, which was accelerated to an unbelievable degree.

Xia Fa suddenly felt like he was traveling through space. Seeing that Zeus, an old man, was unsteady on his feet, he immediately reached out a hand to support him.

Zeus looked apologetic, but under such high-speed Protoss jumps, he couldn't even speak, let alone express his gratitude.

Xia Fa helped him into the cabin, then came out and stood on the deck again.

As a god, he could naturally withstand this Protoss jump. He saw that the warship was quickly away from the location of the projection of the planet Caligi, but did not leave the Protoss Wright Starfield. It shuttled among countless planetary phantoms, and soon approached a very large planetary phantom.

The phantom of that planet looked almost the same size as the phantom of the planet Caligia. Xia Fa's eyes narrowed, and he immediately recognized it.

In the Protoss realm, planetary projections are identical to planets in the real world, as they are composed of information and intelligence from real-world planets.

Therefore, Xia Fa understood that in the entire Wright Starfield, there were only two super-large life-bearing planets that were about the same size as Caligi.

These are: Ared, the planet where the [Absolute Defense] Earthly God Kingdom is located, and Panridas, the planet where the [Paradox Joker] Earthly God Kingdom is located!

Suddenly, the warship came to an abrupt stop, stopping about a hundred light-years away from the phantom of Ared.

Xia Fa looked around and saw only the giant star spirits that swam like jellyfish and the ruined tombs that were still everywhere, but he could not find any place that seemed to be the family's secret treasure.

This time, however, he was no longer the novice who had first entered the Protoss Realm when he participated in the Unknown Beings Conference. He did not show any unusual expression, but waited quietly.

Sure enough, the next moment, the Protoss warship turned around, about 150 degrees, with its bow turning almost half a circle.

The starry sky of the Star Spirits, as vibrant as an oil painting, suddenly changed. As the warship turned, many divine realms were revealed, each a small world teeming with life.

And among these small worlds, there stands a building shaped like an inverted pyramid!

"So this is the secret treasure of our Prometheus family?"

Xia Fa understood that in the Celestial Realm, one could see different scenes depending on the direction of the stars. This was because the Celestial Realm had a "spatial folding" effect, which was slightly different from the unobstructed view of the universe in the real world.

Of course, it's not complicated. You just need to change the direction of the battle slightly, take a few more steps, or turn the angle. If you know astrology, it's even simpler.

At this moment, countless people had gathered outside the inverted pyramid-shaped building, some of whom possessed extraordinary auras and were even beings of the divine and outer god status!

Xia Fa glanced around and, seeing that no Quasi-Celestial Venerables were coming to join the fun, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the Celestial Venerable? That's even more impossible.

A single Soul Origin Crystal isn't enough to warrant the personal descent of a Celestial Venerable; a dozen or so would be more dignified, and even then, it would have to be a Celestial Venerable whose core secret contract is developed with the Star Spirit Master as the main culprit.

"Without a Quasi-Celestial Venerable, my chances of winning as the Iron-Blooded Conqueror Paul are very high. The Outer God Star Spirits contracted by the Outer Gods are nothing in front of the Iron-Blooded Conqueror Paul."

As Xia Fa was thinking, he suddenly paused, his gaze abruptly focusing on a young man standing next to the inverted pyramid.

His face was filled with a mixture of surprise, shock, and disbelief, which gradually surfaced inch by inch.

The young man, clad in golden armor with a dragon's head carved in relief on his chest, looked radiant with confidence. He rode atop a giant elephant, seemingly awaiting the opening of the Prometheus family's secret treasure.

He was followed by a large group of people, who seemed to be his followers. But even without these people following him, his noble air would not be diminished in the slightest, as if he were born a young and majestic king.

Yet, His body was permeated with the powerful aura of an Outer God.

Xia Fa was very familiar with this young man.

It was none other than Gilgamesh, the ancestor of the Gilgamesh family and an Outer God!

As if by some kind of bloodline connection, just as he saw Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh seemed to sense it as well, and turned around to see him.

Then, Gilgamesh was also taken aback, and then an extremely surprised expression appeared on his face.

His figure blurred suddenly and appeared on the deck of the Protoss warship in the next moment. The warship's own dome-like ritual protective array could not block him in the slightest!

Gilgamesh immediately grabbed Shafa's shoulder, making no attempt to hide the surprise and joy on his face: "Your descendant! It's you!"

"First——Ancestor?!"

Xia Fa was also stunned and immediately asked, "Ancestor, so you're not dead?"

Gilgamesh was completely taken aback; he hadn't expected that his incredibly promising descendant's first words upon meeting him would be this. He couldn't help but laugh and scold, "What are you saying? Do you wish for your ancestor to die?"

Xia Fa then realized his slip of the tongue, coughed twice to cover his embarrassment, and said, "No, I'm just too happy, so Ancestor, you—"

As they were talking, Xia Fa suddenly recalled a scene from his family's secret realm on Gilgamesh.

At that time, the remnant soul of this ancestor was clearly talking to him, but then suddenly said something like "I can't hold on any longer," and then vanished with a bang.

At that time, he was puzzled. Logically speaking, his ancestor was left with only this last wisp of soul in the world. When he was about to dissipate, he should have been very sad, or at least showed a trace of attachment to the beautiful world. But he seemed to care about nothing at all.

Now, Xia Fa finally understood: it was because their ancestors were still alive!

Gilgamesh laughed and said, "I've never died. It's just that more than ten thousand years ago, I failed in my attempt to reach the peak of the Outer God realm. I didn't tell anyone; I just secretly sealed myself away to slowly eliminate the uncontrolled pollution. Before sealing myself away, I left behind that family secret realm on our Gilgamesh planet and put a wisp of my remnant soul inside. But recently—"

As He finished speaking, He suddenly looked around, then casually waved his hand, and the surroundings immediately became filled with starlight, enveloping Him and Xiafa.

"Recently, I was suddenly unsealed by someone I don't know. Not only that, that person also helped me successfully store the third kind of eternal certificate. Coincidentally, I heard that Prometheus's family treasure has been opened here, so I thought I'd come and join the fun. Then I prepared to go to the Protoss Natural Starfield to participate in the war."

When Gilgamesh spoke of this, his tone was quite cautious, as if he dared not let anyone hear of "that person's" existence.

Or perhaps he was afraid that mentioning "that person's" existence would be noticed by "that person" and cause terrible changes.

Xia Fa asked in surprise, "Wh-when did this happen?"

Gilgamesh laughed and said, "Just yesterday afternoon, isn't that amazing? I thought it would take me tens of thousands of years to completely eliminate the runaway pollution."

Having just finished speaking, He sighed deeply: "However, we won't have to wait tens of thousands of years. I only learned this time that some kind of Cleanser is waging a full-scale war against us extraordinary beings. Not only that, but a year later, ———

He couldn't continue speaking, and a deep worry appeared between his brows.

Yesterday afternoon? Wasn't that shortly after I became a god?

Xia Fa was utterly astonished. He had only recently become a god, and someone had already gone to help his ancestor—something seemed amiss.

After thinking for a moment, he comforted his ancestor, saying, "It's alright, ancestor, there's still at least a year left. Maybe something will turn around in this year."

Gilgamesh wasn't the type to wallow in self-pity; quite the opposite, he was very cheerful and optimistic. Hearing this, he couldn't help but smile: "Yes, anyway, I was spared from death. And, you know what, thanks to that person's help, I'm already at the peak of the Outer God realm! Hahaha, from now on in this Celestial Spirit Realm, your ancestor will protect you! Many of my old friends are still alive; I'll take you to meet them then."

Xia Fa was slightly surprised. Peak Outer God?

However, upon closer reflection, it makes sense. More than 10,000 years ago, our ancestors were already attempting to reach the peak of Outer Godhood. Now, with the help of a mysterious being, it would be strange if they didn't achieve the peak of Outer Godhood.

Just then, Gilgamesh seemed to notice something, and looked Xiafa up and down: "Descendant, you've actually become a follower god? This...this...it hasn't been that long! Wait, you've signed the seventh Overlord-level secret contract?"

Xia Fa was now surprised: "Ancestor, how did you figure that out?"

Gilgamesh laughed, "You've forgotten, I possess the Secret of Eternity. It's one of the strongest dozens of proofs of eternity. My remnant soul still had a bit of the authority of the Secret of Eternity, and it could tell that you had signed four overlord-level secret contracts. Haha, but this is also because we are connected by blood."

【The Secret of Eternity】————

Xia Fa suddenly remembered that in the family's secret realm, his ancestor had indeed used this to see that he had signed four overlord-level secret contracts.

After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Ancestor, since you possess the [Secret of Eternity], couldn't you use it to find out who that mysterious person was, and why would they help you?"

Gilgamesh shook his head: "There's nothing I can do. His rank is far higher than mine. He's at least a Celestial Venerable. I can't possibly explore the mysteries of someone whose rank is so much higher than mine. If that person were a Quasi-Celestial Venerable, I could barely give it a try."

Changing the subject, Xiu teased, "But you, do you never sign ordinary or high-level secret contracts? What, do you look down on secret contracts below the overlord level?"

He had only spoken halfway when Gilgamesh seemed to sense something and turned his head to look.

The inverted pyramid-shaped building was slowly opening from the middle.

Without a word, Gilgamesh grabbed Shafa's wrist and pulled him toward flying away.

"Let's not talk about that now, descendants, let's go inside first! Otherwise, when the Prometheus family comes, we won't have the nerve to come and steal it, hahaha."