Chapter 959: Another Encounter with Crisis
"Mm."
Lin Mo also nodded, feeling a bit strange. The demon beasts on the third layer were relatively weak, and the star power had suddenly increased.
"I think we should move together and check out the fourth layer now; there might be more starlight there," Wu Yingxi suggested.
"Xiao Mo, what do you think?"
Fang Tangjing looked at Lin Mo.
"I have no problem with that," Lin Mo smiled faintly.
It made sense for Fang Tangjing to ask this since the harvest from all of them combined was only equivalent to Lin Mo's alone. If they moved together, the distribution of starlight would obviously be unfair to Lin Mo.
"Alright, in that case, let's charge up together and take a look," Liang Yuan's eyes shone brightly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The figures of the five people left a trail of afterimages as they transformed into five streaks of flowing light charging upward.
Half a month later.
Fang Tangjing harvested his tenth starlight.
The siblings Wu Jinfeng and Wu Yingxi harvested fifteen starlights.
Liang Yuan harvested eight starlights.
As for Lin Mo, because of moving along with everyone, he didn't gain too many extras compared to others, collecting a total of fifteen starlights, the most among all of them.
"Now we are on the eighth floor, but it's odd. Neither the quantity nor the strength of the demon beasts and illusion beasts match the floor level of the tower," Liang Yuan said with a frown.
Not only him, the others also found it very strange. Only Fang Tangjing had the strength to possibly reach the fourth layer, yet they had already broken through to the eighth layer without encountering any formidable demon beasts, with the strongest being merely beasts of the Star Wheel Mirror level.
Lin Mo squinted slightly, his star-like eyes glistening with a glimmer. He faintly felt that someone deliberately wanted them to go up. Otherwise, they wouldn't have encountered no particularly powerful demon beasts all the way, which was against common sense.
"Shall we go up?" Wu Jinfeng looked at Fang Tangjing, then at Liang Yuan and Lin Mo.
"The starlight I hold should be enough; it can be provided to disciples in the late stage of Divine Force to attempt breaking through to the Star Wheel Realm," Liang Yuan said.
"Since we're here, let's go up and take another look."
Fang Tangjing frowned, looking up at the dark void.
"Mm." Both Wu Jinfeng and Wu Yingxi nodded simultaneously; no one would think there's too much starlight, as the Star Wheel Mirror can condense more than one star power. In theory, as long as there's enough starlight, countless star powers can be condensed.
"Alright, if that's the case, let's go up and have a look," Lin Mo nodded. He also wanted to see if someone was pulling strings behind the scenes. Otherwise, why were there so many strange things happening inside the Prison Tower? Besides, he was confident that as long as the strength of the demon beasts and illusion beasts they encountered was not at the Innate Peak, or even the Condensation Stage, his cultivation would be completely unafraid.
The cultivator system includes Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, Innate, Condensation, Golden Core stages. Currently, Lin Mo's realm is in the Innate Dragon Transformation Realm, equivalent to the Middle Innate. As long as it wasn't against an Innate Peak existence, there would be no danger. Even against an Innate Peak or early-stage Condensation,
he had confidence to safely retreat.
"Roar!"
"Huff!"
Just as the five were preparing to head to the Ninth Level of the Prison Tower, suddenly a few strange noises appeared around them.
"Not good, there are three powerful demon beasts five hundred meters away," Wu Jinfeng's face changed drastically.
"There are more behind us..." Wu Yingxi also turned pale. The strength of all five was strong, so they could naturally detect energy fluctuations in their surroundings. Fang Tangjing's face also turned grave, as there were at least fifty illusion and demon beasts at the rear, but the most alarming were the three strongest demon beasts ahead, whose emitted aura was in no way inferior to Fang Tangjing, maybe even surpassing somewhat.
"What's going on here?"
Liang Yuan's aura burst suddenly, creating a circle of invisible airwaves around.
For demon beasts with such strength, five hundred meters is just two to three seconds.
"Break through!"
Fang Tangjing's face was solemn, his fists clenched tightly, and his aura suddenly doubled. A faint red glow shone from his chest, and a hazy illusion of a Vermilion Bird appeared behind him.
Wu Jinfeng and Wu Yingxi were instantly enveloped by their war armor. They wielded the same type of weapon, special dual swords, on which some mysterious runes were engraved.
Liang Yuan's hands were covered with sharp steel spikes, reflecting cold light, and he suddenly broke through the air, rushing head-on toward the three strongest demon beasts.
"Master Wu, you two distract the beasts behind. Xiao Mo, assist us." Fang Tangjing growled low and immediately followed Liang Yuan, charging forward.
Lin Mo dared not slacken; each of these three demon beasts had the strength of the Star Wheel Mirror level, and they were faintly more powerful than Fang Tangjing.
"Xuanyuan Sword, come forth!"
Lin Mo grasped the treasure sword, and a giant splendid golden sword flower appeared behind him, seemingly with a thousand flying swords.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The sound of the flying swords tearing through the air was incessant, exploding continuously in the void. In front, those three colossal demon beasts lay on the ground, the shortest barely under thirty meters, akin to a small mountain. Its body was covered in dark green scales, layer upon layer, with strong, sturdy limbs like stone pillars, and a ten-meter-long blood-red horn on its head pointing skyward, exhaling fiery breath from its nostrils. Two of the demon beasts reached nearly forty meters in height, as large as a skyscraper, one resembling an ape-man, covered entirely in blood-red fur, its eyes larger than Lin Mo's body filled with blood streaks, exuding a rampant aura, beating its chest with fists like iron hammers, producing thudding sounds
like rumbling thunder, stirring one's blood and energy.
The last one had wings on its back, resembling a Western dragon, its body covered in blood scales layered with fiery light, exhaling two streams of flames from its nostrils.
"Star Wheel Mirror Two-star Demon Beast?"
"Star Wheel Mirror Three-star Demon Beast?"
"Star Wheel Mirror Three-star Demon Beast?"
Fang Tangjing stood as if facing a formidable enemy; even he had only fused one star power in his body, being called a Star Wheel Mirror One-star strong, but to condense the second star power was extremely challenging, a fact he knew better than anyone.
"We can't defeat these three demon beasts. Everyone, find a way to escape." Fang Tangjing shouted, then instantly thrust out his fist, a vivid Vermilion Bird soaring into the sky and rushing towards the giant ape-like demon beast.
"Weak humans..."
The giant ape surprisingly emitted a human voice, disdainfully punching towards the Vermilion Bird formed by fire, causing the space to tremble with an aura of desolation, shattering the Vermilion Bird into numerous flames instantly, with only some of its fur slightly scorched.
"Domineering Dragon Fist!" Liang Yuan arrived at this moment, his aura raised to the peak, transforming himself into a burning meteor, with a fist faintly emitting a dragon's roar, forming an ancient Oriental dragon of energy colliding with the giant ape's head, forcing it to retreat a few steps, its eye corners
torn open, blood flowing like a river.
The excitement continues tomorrow.