Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

"What's going on...? There's someone inside!?"

The scene erupted into chaos once again. The crowd had forgotten all about condemning Chu Yuan and his companion, their eyes glued to the disc high in the sky.

The two figures remained motionless, as if they were already dead...

Chu Yuan knew that Kunmo and Dijin were inside;

Have they already completed the ceremony, or are they still in the process?

He sent out his divine sense to try and find out what was going on;

But as soon as he got close to the disc, a burning sensation acted on his consciousness... Chu Yuan was not surprised. How could something of this level not have a mechanism to prevent mental probing?

"It moved! It's alive!" someone exclaimed.

But then they saw two figures inside the disc, one of which stretched out its body as if a baby had just woken up;

The other one seemed to have encountered something terrible, becoming hunched and withered...

The disc flashed again, and the next moment, it spat out two figures.

"Sizzle!" A furious, murderous screech rang out, and it moved in an instant, attacking the nearest person...

"It really has become a Desolate Demon..." Chu Yuan thought solemnly, looking at the huge monster that still retained some of the characteristics of the Nightmare Insect Clan;

It's missing its left arm, and its right leg has a gruesome wound... Who else could it be but Kunmo?

Then the other person can only be Dickin?

Chu Yuan looked up again and saw Di Jin, who seemed to still be in a daze high in the sky.

He exuded an inexplicable aura, as if he were otherworldly, noble and awe-inspiring... In comparison, Britt of the Supreme Temple was simply a clumsy imitator.

Many people present recognized Dickin, and someone immediately asked, "Dickin! What happened in the Tower of Ascension?"

What's going on with this wild demon?

Startled awake by the shout, Dickin regained his senses, the light in his eyes fading.

He seemed deeply weary, a weariness that was evident in his voice.

"It's just a ceremony." Dickin glanced at Chu Yuan and Feng Zhao casually. "But it's very dangerous inside. I advise you not to go in."

"It was dangerous, but you made it through."

"You mean you're better than all of us here?" someone sneered.

That's human nature; unless the gap is particularly large, no one thinks they are inferior to others.

If Dickin could get out of this situation, why couldn't they?

Even those who already knew about the Tower of Ascension were wondering if the information they had previously received was inaccurate.

In reality, the Tower of Ascension is not as dangerous as described in the intelligence reports... Otherwise, why was Dickin able to successfully emerge and clearly undergo some kind of transformation?

Some are still hesitating, but others have already taken action;

Several figures flew towards the gate at the bottom of the tower, scrambling to get there, as if being a step too late would mean losing all the benefits to someone else...

Dickin did not stop them, but he also did not leave.

Silently observing all of this, like a witness.

The desolate demon that Kunmo had transformed into was still rampaging through the crowd... The desolate demon seemed weak, and both Chu Yuan and Guiyi could easily deal with them, but for ordinary seventh-realm martial artists;

Thick-skinned and impervious to pain, its fatal weaknesses are hard to find...

These three points alone are enough to make things difficult!

Otherwise, the Wild Demon Core wouldn't have become a strategic resource. One reason is its scarcity, and the other is its difficulty in hunting it!

Chu Yuan was also hesitant, wondering whether he should enter the Tower of Ascension.

He was indeed confident that he was much stronger than the previous Dickin, but some things are not so simple... Dickin clearly had some kind of shady connection with the Desolate Demon Realm.

In addition to the 'Great Ruler' he mentioned earlier...

Did he pass through the Tower of Ascension on his own merits, or did he use connections and receive special treatment from some being?

Just then, the desolate demon that Kunmo had transformed into attacked Chu Yuan;

Several martial artists exchanged glances in the distance, their expressions revealing a hint of schadenfreude.

It was they who cleverly lured the demon over... But the next moment, a sharp pain shot through his head, and as he saw stars, he felt a sharp weapon piercing through his body several times!

Chu Yuan didn't tolerate them at all, even though he didn't take this Desolate Demon seriously either;

One move, a crystal-clear void; one finger, annihilation!

Immediately, the headless body of the desolate demon stood still, trembling slightly.

Chu Yuan gave him no chance to recover, his divine sense surging into his body without restraint, finding the location of the original core, and reaching out to dig it out...

"Chu Yuan, shall we proceed?" Feng Zhao asked, his face full of struggle and hesitation;

"Do you want to go?"

"......think!"

"Dijin's success is most likely shady... Aren't you afraid of dying?" Chu Yuan asked;

Dying in battle would be one thing, but to die in the Tower of Ascension... that would be too frustrating for a powerful person!

Being transformed into a Wild Demon is essentially the same as dying...

Feng Zhao shook his head: "I'm more afraid that my martial arts will not improve and I will stop progressing!"

I've been stuck at this level for fifty years... You're still young, you don't understand this feeling!

Even if you complete the ritual, it may not necessarily improve you much;

"Didn't you say that completing the ceremony would advance you to the eighth realm? Look at Di Jin, does he look like he's advanced to the eighth realm?" Chu Yuan patiently persuaded.

"But..." Feng Zhao knew that Chu Yuan's words made sense, but he was still hesitant;

However, Dickin quickly made the choice for him.

He tapped his fingers a few times in the air, and secret patterns appeared, instantly enveloping Chu Yuan and the other person.

Immediately, the secret runes lit up, and beams of white light descended, trapping them inside like a cage!

Feng Zhao's expression changed, and he questioned in a deep voice, "Di Jin! What do you mean?!"

Chu Yuan was even more decisive, already slashing at the pillar of light with his sword!

But with a crisp collision, the beam of light only trembled slightly before remaining motionless again...

Dijin calmly stated, "The Zhenwu Bureau is not allowed to enter the Ascension Tower."

"Why!?"

"For no reason... haven't you gotten enough from the Western continent?"

Chu Yuan looked at him coldly: "If you won't let us eat, then nobody should eat!"

Do you believe that the Desolate Demon Realm will be razed to the ground by the Zhenwu Bureau tomorrow?!

Dickin's expression remained unchanged: "I'll wait."

"Hahaha, well done! Dickin!" Unlike the others who were in a hurry to enter the Tower of Ascension, Britt strolled over, his gaze somewhat fervent: "You've advanced to the eighth realm!?"

Only this possibility could explain how Dijin could so easily trap the once arrogant Chu Yuan!

The Eight Realms are called the Imperial Realms;

The six realms can be divided into territories and people can be enfeoffed as kings, who will be awe-inspiring in their respective regions, hence the name "king".

Eighth-realm warriors, as if they held the mandate of heaven in their mouths, possessed incredible power in every gesture, just like emperors!

If he were a tyrant, he could easily slaughter a nation, or even the entire planet Earth...