Minecraft: I Am The Demon King

Xu Yuan handed over the task of investigating the Divine Realm Competition to Pengpeng. Unknowingly, a whole day passed quickly.

The start time of the Divine Realm Competition was 12 o'clock. Seeing that the time was almost up, Xu Yuan opened the system and accessed Pengpeng's vision.

Pengpeng and the other players were discussing matters regarding the Divine Realm Competition. They were discussing properly when suddenly, the zombie players saw Pengpeng's eyes emit an intense white light.

The zombie players immediately understood that at this moment, they were no longer facing Pengpeng but HIM.

Black Blade saw this and immediately knelt on one knee before Pengpeng, reporting, "My King, the Divine Realm Competition is about to begin."

"We have already arranged for many people to be stationed at various locations around the world, but since the competition's entry point refreshes randomly… I'm afraid we won't be able to know its location immediately."

Lately, the Divine Realm Competition had been making waves in the game. Players were all eager to participate, after all, the ultimate reward was a divine artifact.

All the major guilds were going all out, determined to claim first place. However, the entry point of the Divine Realm Competition refreshed at random locations.

This led to many wealthy players on the forums starting to buy the coordinates for the competition's location. The prices were ridiculously high, with the lowest starting at 10,000.

In order to complete the task HIM had given them, Pengpeng and his group also spent heavily this time.

Though none of them came from wealthy backgrounds, they all contributed with sincerity.

Through crowdfunding, they raised over 30,000, and with Black Blade and Pengpeng each contributing 15,000, they gathered a total of over 60,000 to purchase the Divine Realm Competition's coordinates.

Pengpeng and his group truly put in their best effort.

Hearing Black Blade's words, Xu Yuan nodded and said nothing more.

The Divine Realm Competition was originally designed to widen the gap between players, so naturally, everyone wanted to enter and explore it.

Moreover, with a divine artifact as the final reward, it became a highly sought-after prize.

Since the entry location was random, there would likely be players spreading false location information once the competition started.

Xu Yuan, of course, wanted to see the Divine Realm Competition dungeon for himself. But that wasn't up to him—he could only wait for Pengpeng and the others' intel.

After Black Blade finished speaking and saw that HIM didn't show any displeasure, he let out a sigh of relief. Then he continued, "We recruited a group of players who are currently farming kill counts for the Death Knight… Do you need me to call him over?"

Black Blade was worried that HIM might become suspicious if he didn't see the Death Knight, so he asked.

Hearing Black Blade's words, Xu Yuan was very pleased with their actions. 'It seemed that assigning 007 to this task was indeed the right decision.'

Pengpeng and the others were truly loyal to him. He believed that before long, 007 should be able to evolve into having independent consciousness.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan shook his head and said, "No need."

Black Blade saw the situation, nodded his head, then looked at the time.

At this moment, there were still five minutes left until the entrance of the Divine Realm Competition opened.

Black Blade immediately reported. "Please wait a moment, the Divine Realm Competition is about to begin..."

After waiting for a few minutes. In the world channel, the system also started a countdown.

[Divine Realm Competition Opening Countdown]

[00:59]

[00:58]

...

[00:3]

[00:2]

[00:1]

[The entrance to the Divine Realm Competition has opened! Adventurers, hurry and find the entrance to join the competition!]

As the Divine Realm Competition opened, Black Blade immediately arranged for those players who had not been infected to take action.

"Hurry and keep watch on the forums! See if anyone is selling coordinates!"

"All the people at various coordinates, start moving! Search for the entrance location!!"

"Don't trust the coordinates posted in the world channel! Everyone find them yourselves!!"

"..."

Seeing Black Blade's group busying around, Xu Yuan also controlled several clones and began searching in various places in the game world.

At this moment, on the shoal, it could truly be said that weapons were clashing.

Null and the Dread Lord had already fought to the point of leaving afterimages. Originally, the Dread Lord's strength was inferior to Null.

But that time, Xu Yuan, in order to force out the aura of the Void inside him, had also injected a considerable amount of fear power into him.

At this moment, his strength was already on par with Null.

Null was originally unhappy about this. Later, when Xu Yuan instructed the two to "spar," Null finally had an outlet to vent. The two not only clashed physically but also did not hold back verbally.

"So what if our king granted you power? You're still just a useless pile of rotten bones!"

"Hmph, if you have the ability, beat this pile of rotten bones first, you black lump of coal!"

As they fought, the Dread Lord did not forget to lecture the Wither King, who was watching from the side.

"Kid, watch carefully, this black lump of coal should be beaten like this!"

The entire atmosphere could be said to be "harmonious and lively." Even the usually quiet Execution Dragon had lifted its head to watch the commotion.

Just as Null and the Dread Lord were getting into the fight, they suddenly stopped.

"Someone is coming!"

"Hmm? The aura of the Ender Race?!"

Although the two did not get along, they were both sincerely loyal to HIM. Sensing an intruder, they immediately united against the outside threat.

At this moment, the Wither King and the Execution Dragon on the shoal also noticed the abnormality.

Everyone's gaze focused on the northern side of the shoal.

Before long, Eddie appeared in the distance. Behind him followed three people.

A woman dressed in a black robe, with long, thick purple hair, a pair of purple eyes, and a giant obsidian sword on her back.

An Enderman wearing a crown and holding a strangely shaped staff.

And an Enderman with the same blinding white glowing eyes as HIM, radiating intense white light.

Null glanced at Xu Yuan. At this moment, Xu Yuan was obtaining vision through Peng Peng and was clearly not paying attention to the situation here.

Seeing this, Null did not disturb Xu Yuan for now.

Although the three people behind Eddie did not seem to have good intentions, Null could sense that their strength was below Xu Yuan's.

Among the three, only the woman's strength was slightly higher. Her strength should be around the same as Null and the Dread Lord. Null and the Dread Lord could still handle them.

Thinking of this, Null glanced at the Dread Lord beside him. The Dread Lord also understood Null's meaning.

The two stepped forward together to face the Ender Queen.

Null looked at Eddie. Seeing the expression on his face, he immediately knew he must have been brought here against his will.

Just as Null was about to pull Eddie over, he found the Ender Queen blocking his way.

"Is this how you treat guests?"

Hearing the Ender Queen's words, Null was just about to flare up.

Just as the atmosphere between the two sides was getting tense, the Dread Lord suddenly sensed an aura from the Void.

He looked at the Ender Queen and immediately felt something was wrong. After thinking for a moment, he then spoke, "Ender Queen, long time no see."

"When did your noble Ender Race start associating with the Void?"

Hearing the Dread Lord's words, the Ender Queen looked slightly puzzled. Then, upon seeing the blue-glowing Ender Eye in her backpack, she gradually understood. Most likely, the consciousness that had possessed Eddie came from the Void.

Judging from the Dread Lord's tone, it seemed he recognized that consciousness. But the Void's consciousness was clearly an enemy of HIM. While the Dread Lord was clearly on HIM's side.

'The situation instantly became quite intriguing.'

As the Ender Queen was thinking, a voice suddenly sounded in her mind.

'That one beside the Dread Lord—is that HIM?...'

'His strength seems to be about equal to yours. If a fight breaks out, I and the Dancer can hold off the Dread Lord, and you should be able to defeat him.'

The Dragon Prophet's memories had also been erased. He only knew that HIM possessed a pair of glowing white eyes.

Since HIM was currently facing away from them, the Dragon Prophet mistook Null for HIM.

Hearing the Dragon Prophet's words, the Ender Queen shook her head. Although Null's figure and glowing eyes matched the vague image in her memory perfectly, she was certain he was not HIM.

Mainly because the aura radiating from Null did not feel like HIM.

"He is not HIM..."

The Ender Queen spoke while scanning the shoal. When she saw the figure with its back turned to her, she could no longer look away.

"The one with his back to us—that is HIM..."

Although HIM was currently facing away from the Ender Queen and her group. She could sense the overwhelming pressure emanating from him.

Even with just his back visible, it created an intense oppressive feeling. Moreover, the Ender Queen could tell that HIM's strength far surpassed her own.

Hearing the Ender Queen's words, the Dragon Prophet also turned his gaze toward HIM. Upon feeling HIM's powerful aura, he immediately lost confidence in their mission.

'So strong!!'

Previously, when the Dragon Prophet had mistaken Null for HIM, he thought retrieving the Ender Dragon wouldn't be too difficult.

Even if HIM refused to exchange hostages, their combined strength could match him.

But now, it seemed like this negotiation was doomed to fail.

HIM's strength was far above the strongest among them—the Ender Queen. Hostage exchange only works when both sides have similar strength and do not wish to fight.

But with such an enormous power gap, the hostage was meaningless.

With HIM's strength, reclaiming the Ender person would be effortless—why would he need a hostage exchange?

Thinking this, the Dragon Prophet's heart tightened, and he quickly warned the Ender Queen.

'I'm afraid exchanging hostages won't work...'

The Ender Queen had already realized this the moment she saw HIM. But since they were already here, and the Ender Dragon was indeed with HIM.

Even though most of the aura on the Ender Dragon no longer belonged to it, a small trace remained. Since she came for the Ender Dragon, there was no backing out now.

Otherwise, how could she maintain her dignity as the Observer of the End? Given the situation, the only one to blame was the Void's consciousness inside Eddie.

It had assured her that HIM was not in his peak state. She had believed she stood a chance. But the difference was far greater than expected.

Sighing, the Ender Queen replied to the Dragon Prophet. "No choice... we'll have to try negotiating first..."

The Ender Queen had no desire to fight HIM, knowing full well she couldn't win. Now, she could only hope HIM would agree to the hostage exchange.

Hearing this, the Dragon Prophet also nodded.

They were in the weaker position—negotiation was their only option.

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