Eternal Thief

Ace, after hearing Moira's opinion on the 'Unknown Entity,' was astonished.

"But how can there be someone else in the Sun Realm at this moment? If I'm correct, there are still two months remaining before it would open for the participants of the Union.

"Yet, you are telling me there is someone already here, and it seemed to be here before me. Unless the SMSC is hiding information on me about another Sun and Moon Seeker, it shouldn't be possible." Ace frowned as this Outsider's appearance was clearly out of place.

"This I don't know, and like you, I'm also confused. But I'm telling you what the Lord has shown me through fate." Moira answered with uncertainty.

"I'm not blaming you, and stop calling the system 'Lord' It's annoying. Just call it system as it is not your lord." Ace said matter-of-factly in an annoyed tone.

Although he knew Moira was quite respectful toward the system since she saw it as a superior being, it still irked him whenever he heard 'Lord' from her mouth.

"I-I… as you command!" Moira agreed after some hesitation. She was still Ace's treasure and bond to him, so she was more inclined to follow him over the system as it was also under Ace's control. At least, it looks that way in Moira's view.

"Good girl." Ace was pleased with Moira following his lead, "Now, I want you to mark the location of the layer guardian zone. I don't think there is something else we need in this layer except the treasury of the layer guardian zone.

"Since the SMSC told me that there are trials in this place which gave corresponding rewards, I could cheat with this map and didn't have to waste time for searching locations or avoiding traps. Furthermore, we need to be fast as someone is already ahead of us as well as cautious!" Ace commanded with a cold look in his eyes as he gazed at the crimson fate point moving in the second layer's guardian zone.

'If this is an outsider who can avoid the restriction of this realm, then I need to be more careful. This realm is too mysterious, and it is still not clear if SMSC could watch me here or the Union Leader, as a matter of fact. But I should keep my Unseen Thief Ability active in the Layer Guardian Zone to avoid being seen. I can always make many excuses if they question this anomaly…'

With this thought in mind, Ace used his lighting steps and headed into the first-layer guardian zone, which was only three miles away in the west direction.

He wasn't worried about the lighting steps anymore since SMSC didn't question him about them the last time he used them in the Sun Seeker trial, which mean he didn't discover anything unusual about this movement skill. This was nothing but good news for him.

The compass arrow was also pointing in this direction, so Ace was now wondering if this arrow was pointing toward the Yang Orb all this time. However, since the arrow was still there, this meant it wasn't pointing at the Yang Orb at all, which was quite surprising.

Nevertheless, Ace knew he would find out soon where this arrow was leading him. Right now, he was more focused on the Sun Realm and how to complete his mission.

With the Treasure Blueprint Mode, it took Ace little effort to avoid all those wandering realm creatures and tripping or falling into some traps. However, the heat was becoming more and more strong as he was using more heavenly Qi to block it.

When he reached his destination, he was surprised when he found that it was actually a cathedral-like crimson building, and just looking at it made his eyes heat up despite the heavenly Qi protection.

Not only that, but Ace saw there was only one passage opened inside this cathedral, and there was no door. Instead, there was a crimson swirl revolving.

'This zone is built on a grade-8 formation which I'm not capable of avoiding or escaping yet. I guess there is only one way to pass it, by following the rules!'

The Sun and Moon Seeker token appeared in Ace's hand at this moment as he moved toward the swirl while the unbearable heat was getting even more intense, and he needed to use 10% of Qi to avoid being burned into Kindle.

Yet this was only the first level of the lower layer of the sun realm, and there were still eight layers left. He even started to wonder if he could even reach the third level of the middle layer, much less the final layer.

As he entered the swirl, the token in his hand suddenly became active as it emitted strange Qi undulation, and Ace was surprised when he found that all that heat had suddenly vanished.

A static voice rang at this moment, "Sun and Moon SeekerToken detected!

"You have two choices; would you like to bypass the trial of the lower layer first level? Or do you want to continue with the Unique Trial solely made for the Sun and Moon Seeker?"

Ace wasn't surprised by the bypass option as he was already told that he could directly go to the lower layer third-level trial.

"I would like to bypass this trial and enter the second level," Ace said without hesitation.

This was his biggest advantage that he could bypass the entire lower layer. Ace's true purpose was not all those treasuries hidden in those layer guardian zones, but it reached the end layer somehow and then took the independent realm space core.

Ace was pretty sure once that realm core was removed, the entire realm would be shattered, and so does all the restrictions and formations put in those buildings.

It won't be too late to collect his rewards by then and even if nothing like that happened.

Ace had already set his targets on what he wanted to take from this place, and the spirit fire on the third level was definitely going to be the first treasure he wanted because it was important for Noa.

So, staying and wasting his time on these trials, which he could directly bypass, was not an option. He would rather waste his energy on the remaining six trials.

"Very well, you have given the passage to the lower layer's second level of the Sun Realm!"