“Rumble…”
The distant, boundless sea suddenly rose up, and countless amounts of sea water began to flow towards the little island. The sea water suddenly began to rise, covering and surrounding the entire island, and then…
Countless amounts of sea water came crashing down from the skies above.
“What in the world?!” Desri, Linley, Bebe, and the others couldn’t understand it at all.
“Not good. Tulily, attack together.” The three Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lions simultaneously transformed into three blurs.
Tulily transformed into a blur as well, and the man and the three magical beasts, all four of them experts in the Way of Destruction, simultaneously launched their most powerful attacks towards the Thorium Devil. The Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lions had a set of black battle-armor on their bodies, and the sharp claws of the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion emanated auras of destruction from their claws, with the auras alone creating rips in the air.
Tulily’s scimitar remained in its sheath, not yet coming out.
“Hrmph.” The Thorium Devil sneered coldly, then suddenly increased in size a hundredfold, becoming a thorium giant that was hundreds of meters tall.
The three Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lions increased in size as well, tearing down at the Thorium Devil with claws the size of a house. The powerful destructive energy tore at the body of the Thorium Devil, causing several massive holes to appear on its gigantic form.
A bloody scimitar flash, over a hundred meters long, directly chopped the thorium giant into two halves.
“A pity. It’s useless.” The Thorium Devil’s body instantly reformed.
“That’s not right. How could the thorium making up his body not be reduced at all?” The three Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lions were greatly shocked. Destruction-type attacks were capable of badly injuring the essence of a Thorium Devil. With a few consecutive strikes, it was capable of causing a Thorium Devil to perish.
But…
The combination attack by the three brothers and Tulily hadn’t resulted in the Thorium Devil weakening at all.
“Haha, in the past, I might have feared you. However, I now have a Pearl of Life.” The Thorium Devil, Louis, raised his head to the skies, laughing loudly. And then, he opened his mouth, swallowing the vast amount of seawater hanging in the air above them directly into his stomach.
The Thorium Devil itself was only the size of a normal human. His transformation into a giant that was hundreds of meters high was actually just a layer of thorium with a hollow inside.
The vast amount of seawater swallowed by the Thorium Devil actually began to fuse with it, becoming one with it.
“Beat it!” The Thorium Devil waved his arm.
His arm actually transformed into a bladed edge, attacking so quickly that not even the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion was able to dodge, and the Ni-Lion was sent flying. The layer of black armor on the body of the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion was now shining, but it had successfully blocked this attack. Despite that, the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion still had a hint of blood at the corner of his mouth.
“Not good,” another Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion called out. “Quick, run.”
Thorium Devils had extremely powerful bonding abilities. It could bond with water, with earth, with metals, all of which would produce different results. In the middle of this boundless ocean world, the Thorium Devil was extremely powerful in his current state.
But as everyone was fleeing, a single person charged towards the Thorium Devil instead.
It was Fain.
Fain transformed into a bolt of lightning, charging towards the Thorium Devil. How could the Thorium Devil, which like the Queen Mother had a Pearl of Life, care about the pesky little fellow?
“Fain.” The frantically fleeing group suddenly came to a halt, turning their heads to stare.
A shocking sight appeared before them. When Fain’s sword struck out, the entire world seemed to be filled with a boundless thundering noise, and hundreds of thousands of enormous dragons formed from lightning bolts suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Those countless thunderbolt dragons bellowed with anger, wrapping themselves around that Thorium Devil.
“Fuck off!” The Thorium Devil was livid.
“Bang!” The hundreds of thunderbolt dragons suddenly exploded at the same time.
“Crackle crackle.” Countless bolts of lightning flew directly into the body of the Thorium Devil, and the thorium which made up the Thorium Devil’s body, under the penetrating attack of the lightning, quickly began to deplete.
The Thorium Devil’s body began to shudder, while at the same time, he emitted an agonized screech. In but the blink of an eye, his entire body disintegrated, with only a nearly-translucent ball falling down from the air.
Fain, hovering in mid-air, suddenly collapsed as well, powerless.
“Fain.” Linley and the others immediately flew forward to catch Fain, while Desri immediately snatched the Pearl of Life. Desri then immediately flew towards Fain’s side. “Fain, are you alright? Quick, take this Pearl of Life into your body.”
Fain’s face was extremely pale, but he still managed to squeeze out a laugh. “Desri, do you remember in the past how you told me how powerful your forbidden-level spells were? This technique of mine, ‘Lightning Dragons Descend’, is even more powerful than the forbidden-level lightning-style spell ‘Kiloton Thunderclap’ right?”
“It’s powerful. Very powerful,” Desri nodded repeatedly.
Soon, the color of Fain’s face began to improve. He laughed as he insulted, “That Thorium Devil truly was an idiot. My lightning-style was his nemesis to begin with, and he actually chose to fuse with water? Water only heightens the power of lightning. Didn’t he know that? He was asking to die.”
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Abyssal Blade Demon
“Haha…” In the air above the island, the experts all began to laugh loudly.
Desri laughed and mocked, “Fain, that Thorium Devil possessed a Pearl of Life. He thought you would only be able to injure him at most. Of course he didn’t mind you… but even though you are ‘just’ a Saint-level warrior, the power of your ultimate attack actually exceeded forbidden-level spells.”
“Thus, that poor fellow died, just like that.” Tulily began to laugh as well.
The experts were all extremely happy to have killed that Thorium Devil. That meant they could easily enter the tenth floor, which definitely wouldn’t be too dangerous. After dealing with the creatures of the tenth floor, they would be able to quietly prepare to enter the eleventh floor.
Once they succeeded… the divine spark would be theirs!
“With this Pearl of Life, our chances for success on the eleventh floor will have increased.” Fain looked at the Pearl of Life in his hands, delighted. He immediately bound it with blood, and the Pearl of Life absorbed that drop of blood like a sponge, then directly merged with Fain’s body.
Feeling the swirling life energy in his body, Fain felt extremely confident.
“Does everyone want to rest? Or shall we head directly to the tenth floor.” Desri glanced at everyone else.
“No need to rest. The only one injured in our battle with the Thorium Devil was Fain.” Tulily laughed.
Everyone looked at Fain, who laughed and said, “Just then, the injury I sustained was fairly heavy, but I’m already in good shape now. Let’s go. It is just the tenth floor. It won’t be too dangerous.”
In truth, right now, Fain wasn’t in perfect condition.
Although the ‘Pearl of Life’ had already returned his body to peak condition, after executing the ‘Lightning Dragons Descend’ technique, a great deal of spiritual energy had been consumed, which this Pearl of Life could not replenish.
However, Fain didn’t mind. They were only going to the tenth floor, after all.
Before entering the tenth floor, everyone carefully searched the area to see if any other divine artifacts were present. But the result of their search was that… success on the ninth floor’s only reward was this Pearl
of Life. To Saint-level combatants, the importance of a Pearl of Life was indeed greater than an ordinary divine artifact’s.
The tenth floor of the Necropolis of the Gods. Eleven experts appeared in the middle of the air of the tenth floor.
“The environment’s not bad.” Linley laughed as he glanced at the surrounding area.
“After dealing with the creatures of the tenth floor, we can have a good rest and make some preparations. Whether or not we’ll be able to get a divine spark will depend on how we perform on the eleventh floor.” Desri chortled.
The group of experts all scanned their surroundings.
This was a beautiful grassland, covered with a boundless sea of green grass, with occasionally a few wild flowers growing in clusters. The clear, fresh air was also quite comfortable to everyone.
“Where are the creatures of the tenth floor?” Rosarie was searching intently.
“Don’t bother searching,” a Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion said. “Let’s go search for the exit to the eleventh floor. Perhaps the creature will be there. Let’s find the exit, then dispose of the creature. Everyone will be able to have a good rest then and prepare for the final battle. Success or failure… it all rides on this.”
The experts all nodded, and then began carefully searching this great grassland.
This grassland actually wasn’t completely flat, and actually had some rolling hills. Those depressions might be hiding a powerful creature, or perhaps the exit. If they didn’t fly close while inspecting, they wouldn’t be able to find it.
“Look,” Bebe cried out in surprise and joy. “There’s a stone pillar up front, and it seems there is an exit beneath the pillar.”
The experts immediately flew over.
The stone pillar was roughly three meters in diameter and twenty meters tall. It seemed very ancient and plain. No one could guess how long it had been there for. It was carved with many mystic runes. Beneath the pillar, there was an entrance to a tunnel, and from the outside, one could see a set of stairs that glowed with a dark aura.
“Right here.” The experts felt their hearts calm down.
Having found this tunnel, if they continued through it, they would arrive at the eleventh floor.
“Swish…”
Suddenly, a brilliant light flashed across the grasslands, flying out at high speed. This flash of light charged towards the nearest person, Fain. The eleven experts had never relaxed their vigilance, and upon seeing that flash, everyone knew what it was: The creature on the tenth floor had finally arrived.
“Hrmph.” When this flash of light reached a few meters from Fain, Fain immediately flew backwards like a bolt of lightning.
Fain’s speed was the fastest amongst these eleven experts, with only Desri and Bebe a match for him.
However…
“Clang.” Weapons intersected.
Fain was knocked flying backwards, doing a somersault in mid-air as he landed on the ground. His face was slightly pale, and there was a hint of blood at the corner of his mouth. Only, the ‘Pearl of Life’ in his body activated, almost instantly restoring his body to peak condition.
“What is that?” Linley and the other experts were next to Fain.
The eleven experts all stared at the creature that had suddenly appeared.
This creature’s entire body seemed to reflect its surroundings. Its body was entirely formed from metal, but this metal… seemed to be like steel that had been reforged a hundred times over. Like a sharp blade, it reflected its surroundings like a mirror, except it was slightly more blurry than a mirror.
It was human in shape, two meters tall, completely made out of metal.
On its forehead, there was a single horn that looked like a sharp knife. His shoulders also had sharp knives atop it, and his arms and legs were all sharp blades, and both the front and back sides of his arms had sharpened edges. Without question, a kick of this creature’s legs or a swipe of its arms would be like a broadsword striking down. Even its hands and its fingers were sharp, edged blades.
On its back, there was one blade after another running down its spine as well.
“Its entire body is made of blades. Leg, hand, arm, the top of his head… even his back has a blade.” Bebe sighed in amazement.
“Absolutely a war machine,” Tulily said as well.
Fain said in a low voice, “Everyone, be careful. This blade-covered monstrosity is extremely fast, a match for me. When that blade of his chopped down against me, the power of the blow was definitely enough to badly injure us. Linley, most likely even your defense would find it hard to take that blow.”
Everyone understood.
Fain was extremely powerful, but he was still knocked flying by that blade, with a hint of blood appearing in his mouth.
“Although the tenth floor is simple, that’s still only in comparison to the sixth through ninth floors.” Linley understood. “Although this monster is powerful, compared to the Queen Mother, the Flame Tyrant, the Beholder King, and the Thorium Devil, it is much weaker.”
Although it seemed like the Thorium Devil had been killed easily, if it weren’t for the fact that Fain had been the perfect counter to it, the Thorium Devil, capable of fusing with the earth, with fire, with water, or with the wind and gain different powers, definitely wasn’t something the likes of Linley were able to destroy.
This monster in front of them seemed fairly powerful, but in truth, any one of the eleven experts could dispose of it in an all-out attack.
“Grrr…” The bladed monstrosity in front of them growled softly, staring death at Linley’s group, but perhaps he could sense that the power of these eleven experts combined was far beyond what he could overcome. Thus, he didn’t dare to attack rashly.
“This is an Abyssal Blade Demon,” one of the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lions said.
“Abyssal Blade Demon?” Linley and the others all looked at the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion in confusion.
The Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion nodded. “In the countless planes, the Four Higher Planes and the Seven Divine Realms are the most powerful eleven planes. Aside from these eleven dimensions, there are some other unique planes as well, which aren’t weaker than them in power. For example… the Abyss!”
“The Abyssal Plane is reputed to be the most chaotic, anarchic plane in all of the universe, and the plane with the most warfare and slaughter.” The Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion sighed.
Linley was secretly surprised as he heard this.nThe most chaotic, with the most slaughter? He could completely imagine how terrifying this ‘Abyss’ was.
“Abyssal Blade Demons are one of the creatures that the Abyss has given birth to,” the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion said. “In the Abyss, Abyssal Blade Demons are the lowest level of life form, much like ants in the Yulan continent. They are extremely weak and powerless.”
Linley and these other experts all maintained their silence. This Abyssal Blade Demon was no weaker than them, but in the legendary Abyss it was the weakest type of creature?
“Generally speaking, only Deities dare to travel to the Abyss from other planes. Saint-level Abyssal Blade Demons naturally are the weakest creatures there,” the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion said. “Abyssal Blade Demons are born primarily for slaughter.”
Linley’s group secretly nodded. They all saw how the body of this Abyssal Blade Demon in front of them was constructed. Wasn’t it indeed created for slaughter? Every single part of its body could transform into a murderous weapon.
“Abyssal Blade Demons are as fast as lightning and possess incomparably powerful attacks. Their bodies, being made from special metals, have quite impressive defense as well. Naturally… if we fight at full strength, we can still kill this Abyssal Blade Demon,” the Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion said.
The Six-Eyed Golden Ni-Lion spoke in quite a casual manner, clearly not worried about this Abyssal Blade Demon in front of them at all.
The Abyssal Blade Demon looked cautiously at the group of experts in front of it, and then… Swish. The Abyssal
Blade Demon actually fled. But just as the Abyssal Blade Demon fled, Bebe moved. A flashing light was speeding across the grasslands, with Bebe behind in hot pursuit. The two actually had comparable speed, but then the Abyssal Blade Demon suddenly charged underground. “Shkreeeeeeeeee!” Bebe excitedly dug into the ground as well.
“It shouldn’t be hard for Bebe to dispose of this Abyssal Blade Demon, given his power.” Linley was still quite confident in Bebe’s abilities. The Shadowshape Doppelganger Technique alone would guarantee his survival, and in addition, Bebe had definitely received some tutelage while at Beirut’s side.
“The Abyss…” Tulily said in a soft voice. “If in my lifetime, I were to have the chance to experience the Abyss, I would die happy.”
Desri and the others looked at Tulily, chuckling. “No rush. If we are to leave immediately, we’d still only be able to go to the Four Higher Planes for now,” Desri said. “In addition, I expect that the passage from one plane to another is most likely extremely difficult. The battles in the Higher Planes would already be enough to satisfy you.”
Tulily nodded slightly. Desri, Tulily, Linley, and all the others understood as well. In their ordinary, material plane, as Saints they were indeed the most powerful creatures in existence. But upon arriving in the Higher Planes, Saints would be the lowest rung in the ladder, and after them would be the Demigods… who most likely were nothing more than average. Thus, they held back and were in no rush to go to the Higher Planes.
“Boom!” A massive earthquake erupted underground, causing the ground to split open, creating a massive crevice. The experts all stared down through the massive crevice.
Linley laughed. “The Abyssal Blade Demon died.”
Bebe flew out from within that crevice, dragging with him a metallic corpse that had been ripped in half. It was the Abyssal Blade Demon.
“This Abyssal Blade Demon’s attack truly is powerful.” Bebe sighed in amazement. “Most likely if I had been hit by him, even I would have been injured.”
The experts were all secretly amazed. Bebe was a Godeater Rat. Although he was still in his growth period, his defense was already extremely, astonishingly high. If even Bebe said such a thing… then one could imagine how powerful the Abyssal Blade Demon’s attack truly was.
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