Three days later:
Shi Chenli and his team of six people were standing in front of a dragon spine like mountain.
This was Crown Spine Mountain, the place of Shi Chenli's reincarnation mission.
Shi Chenli looked solemn: In front of us is Crown Spine Mountain.
"We have already allocated our roles."
"Now we need to defeat Crown Spine Ravager to open ruined hall of kings."
Everyone nodded.
Just as Feng Qingyan wanted to say something, ling Xueyao slapped him on his head's back and rolled her eyes.
"Shut up!"
"But I didn't say anything" Feng Qingyan asked aggrievedly.
"Oh sorry" ling Xueyao blinked and apologized half-heartedly.
"I.." Just as Feng Qingyan spoke a word, ling Xueyao slapped again.
"Why Now" Feng Qingyan asked Ling Xueyao with tears in his eyes.
"You spoke this time" Ling Xueyao said coldly.
Ignoring these two, Shi Chenli led everyone to climb Crown Spine Mountain.
When halfway through, Shi Chenli took out a red pill from a sea clam shaped pendant.
In previous three days, while everyone was leveling up to reach level 30, he grinded 'The Hidden Chamber'
With his bug like talent, '100% drop rate' he got a huge amount of Void Veil Shells.
Highest of which were 29 A grade shells, with 1km*1km*1km cube sized area as storage.
He gave every member of team one shell.
As for remaining 24 shells, he wanted to make a belt he read in a novel, 'Twenty-Four Moonlight Bridge'
He will name it 'Twenty-Four Deep Sea Pearls'
Well not a great name, but Shi Chenli assured himself that no protagonist is good with names.
But it was for later.
The pill Shi Chenli took out was E grade Beast Luring Pill.
He wanted to lure level 35 Crown Spine Ravager with it and the trap it with a specially made barrier.
Ater 10 minutes pill came out and its scent wafted into the air, ground shook.
Small rocks on mountainside started rolling.
Shi Tianlei gestured everyone to come closer.
As they got closer, the shaking of ground intensified, they heard many snake hisses.
Grey scaled snakes started crawling out from crevices and bushed.
Xue Lianhua reminded everyone, "These are Crown Spine Serpents."
"Be careful everyone, although these serpents are not poisonous, but they have immense strength."
"And one more thing, if these serpents are here, Crown Spine Ravager must also be nearby."
As she stopped speaking a huge head six meter wide and 8 meter long with four eyes emerged from the ground.
"Sesso... the fool returnsss to the mountainss... How delightful."
Crown Spine Ravager spoke to everyone with ridicule.
As Shi Chenli was going to take out sealing barrier, Shi Tianlei's body flickered with lightning and vanished from the spot.
The next moment they heard painful hissing from Crown Spine Ravager.
When they looked at the crown spine ravager, they saw a purple spear embedded into its head and Shi Tianlei standing on its head.
It was bashing its head left and right, but Shi Tianlei stood as if glued to the head.
"Puny... hissss ...human. You DARE to injure thisss one? THISSS ONE—will END you!"
As Crown Spined Ravager was threatning Shi Tianlei, Shi Tianlei pulled out the spear and stabbed it a couple of more times.
As Ravager died, its body turned into specks and a portal emerged from its place.
Shi Tianlei didn't get any loot or even exp.
As for other Crown Spined Serpents. They fled as soon as Ravager died.
Shi Chenli looked at the portal and then at Shi Tianlei, "Why didn't you tell us?"
"We had a plan"
Instead of Shi Tianlei, Bai Wuying replied, "Chenli, in previous two years although Brother Tianlei couldn't level up, but his skills have reached A level."
"And the strike he used previously, Thunder Spear had even reached SS level."
"Brother Tianlei can even kill a level 42 monster one on one."
Everyone was dumbstruck when they heard it.
Feng Qingyan's eyes were shining like stars.
Xue Lianhua interjected, "It's not time for these discussions, portal to Ruined Hall of kings have opened."
"We don't now for how long it will be open, so lets complete the mission."
"We can discuss everything later."
Shi Chenli also nodded and advised last time, "Don't try to be brave. If you can't complete the mission, retreat."
"Your life is what's important."
Everyone nodded.
After entering the portal Shi Chenli came to a Hall.
Obviously ruined. There were incomplete columns on both sides of the hall.
And beneath these columns were broken chairs.
At the end of the hall was a dull bronze throne.
Covered with rust.
In the whole hall only, this throne was complete.
Shi Chenli looked around and everybody else had vanished.
"So, this is Ruined Hall of Kings"
He murmured.
His soft murmuring echoed in the hall.
He took a deep breath and advanced.
As soon as his foot landed, a dull thud sounded in the hall
And then cold wind came from somewhere and his clothes started fluttering.
Shi Chenli looked around and fantoms started emerging.
They wore tattered armor on their broken bodies.
They stared at Shi Chenli but didn't attack.
A murmuring sound came tohis mind, 'Why? Why did you do this to us'
One became two, two became for and slowly his brain started to hurt with all these chaotic thoughts.
Different voices sounded in his mind, but all of them were laced with grief, lament and anger.
Shi Chenli howled with pain and deployed 'Absolute Zero' Domain.
He also used his staff to shoot Ice shards at these phantoms.
But instead of dying or dispersing they started splitting.
The more he attacked the more they split.
Shi Chenli roared in pain and his consciousness became dizzy,
'Why do you want to be an emperor'
In these chaotic thoughts a thought with out grief or anger sounded in his mind.
Shi Chenli endured the pain and looked around.
He couldn't find who was talking.
Same sentence sounded again.
'Why do you want to be an emperor'
Shi Chenli calmed his mind and replied in a calm voice.
"To become powerful"
'Why do you want to become powerful'
Shi Chenli fell silent and murmured.
"To protect"
'Why'
The voice didn't as who but why.
Shi Chenli recalled his past life on earth.
He saw his parents' bodies carried out from a ruined car.
He saw himself crying over his parents' dead bodies.
He saw his sister being bullied in orphan house.
He saw himself, looing at his reflection in a river water.
And then he saw himself jumping in same river.
Shi Chenli felt a tug in his heart.
"To not Feel lonely"
He didn't know if that voice have some magic but he told everything in his heart without any reservation.
After a while the voice sounded again.
'Why would people Follow You'
"Why would people follow me?"
Shi Chenli repeated the question as if asking himself.
After a while, he looked determined,
"To protect. To protect their loved ones"
"So, they won't feel lonely"
"Like Me"
'What if there is certain death.'
"Then they will see me die first."
Shi Chenli replied without hesitation.
Unknown to him an invisible aura spread from himself and enveloped his surroundings.
The phantoms on the periphery started saluting him in a standard military pose and disappeared in flecks of starlight.
These starlight entering Shi Chenli's body.
Same voice sounded again,
'If someone wants to harm your subjects'
Shi Chenli's voice became cold and even his aura became a little cold.
"kill"
All phantoms around him disappeared around him at this point only leaving a man in golden armor and Sword.
Standing in front of intact throne.
Looking at him with a smile.
Shi Chenli looked at him and asked, "Were you asking those questions?"
The phantom didn't answer his question but instead spoke.
"To protect and to not be lonely, you need strength."
This time voice didn't sounded in his mind but phantom spoke.
"Prove it to me."
After saying it the phantom struck his sword at Chenli's chest.