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

"If we cooperate, we can naturally monopolize the Tower of Ascension! Why give this opportunity to outsiders?" Britt's tone softened a bit: "I know you don't have much power, as long as you agree to cooperate with me, or... don't stop me;

Consider it a favor I owe you.

Dickin didn't care whether the favor could be fulfilled or not; he was too lazy to waste any more words with Britt and took action directly!

A mournful voice suddenly rang out, as if mourning the passing away of something...

Britt sensed something was wrong. He raised his hand to touch his cheek, and a layer of dust fell off in a flurry.

"Dickin! You're asking for death!" He suddenly changed color, a knight's lance appeared in his hand, and he thrust it forward!

A massive gun shadow appeared in the sky, almost tangible;

In comparison, Dickinson's size was barely larger than a grain of rice...

But Dijin was not afraid at all. He simply took a step and his figure reappeared several miles away.

The mourning had not yet ceased. Although Dickin's target was Britt, the people below were inevitably affected by the aftershocks, and a sense of inexplicable sorrow rose in their hearts.

Those with weaker mental fortitude, unaware of their own condition, were already in tears, their bodies turning ashen...

But most people, seeing that Britt was being held back by Dickin, still chose to rush into the Tower of Ascension as soon as possible.

Britt's actions served as a wake-up call for them. If they didn't hurry in now, and the third Ascended appeared... and if that person also did the same thing as Britt, they would truly have no hope left!

Chu Yuan looked up and saw that there were less than ten people left outside the prison.

Among them were three members of the Golden Bear Merchant Guild, and also Xiao Li...

And judging from their attitude, they have no intention of entering the Tower of Ascension;

The members of the Golden Bear Merchant Guild could understand; after all, they were incredibly wealthy. Rather than risk entering the Tower of Ascension for a one-in-a-hundred chance, they'd rather close more deals...

Xiao Li was somewhat unfathomable to Chu Yuan;

Why would someone travel all this way just to see something exciting?

But at this moment he was too lazy to think about it, and reached out to pat the pillar of light in front of him;

Under Feng Zhao's shocked gaze, the pillar of light quietly shattered, and then the secret runes above their heads also disappeared!

In the distance, Xiao Li's lips twitched a few times, and without hesitation, he once again activated his movement technique to escape, transforming into a streak of light and disappearing into the distance...

High above, Britt also noticed this scene;

"Dickin! You've colluded with..." He suddenly realized something was wrong halfway through his sentence.

Why did Dijin collude with the Zhenwu Bureau and pretend to imprison them? Was it just to prevent them from entering the Ascension Tower and completing the ritual?

Perhaps another purpose was to lure others present into the Tower of Ascension...

But why exactly?

The ascension ceremony was real; he could feel his own power, that feeling of controlling everything!

If Dickin and the Zhenwu Bureau are in cahoots, shouldn't they help them complete the ritual and acquire this power...?

Just then, that mournful voice suddenly grew louder in his mind!

A stinging pain shot through my entire body, as if my flesh was being peeled away layer by layer...

How could it... suddenly become so powerful!?

He activated his defensive laws, only to be horrified to find that a feeling of weakness permeated his entire body...

It wasn't weakness, but rather the loss of the power he had gained through the ascension ritual!

That control over the laws of heaven and earth, the ability to manipulate energy at will... such power seemed to have never existed in him; it was all just a fleeting dream...

It wasn't that Dickin's attacks had become stronger, but rather that his own strength had weakened!

"Dickin! What have you done to me?!" he demanded in shock and anger, then turned to run away;

But then, a seven-colored field crashed down on him, making him see stars!

Before I could react, I suddenly felt a chill on my neck, and then my vision blurred as the world spun around me...

Britt's body, along with his head severed by Mo Ying, dissipated into ash amidst the mournful tone, like a rock weathered over countless years, carried away by the wind.

He glanced at Dickin one last time, and opened his mouth as if to speak;

A faint voice rang out: "You will die a horrible death..."

Dijin shook his head and looked at Chu Yuan: "You guys go."

"Why do you do this?" Feng Zhao asked, frowning.

"The Desolate Demon Realm... it's too chaotic," Dijin said quietly. "Don't overthink it, we're just cleaning up a bunch of enemies on the side..."

"You want to monopolize the Desolate Demon Realm?!" Chu Yuan asked coldly;

Dickin fell silent, remaining silent for a long while, because that was truly what he thought...

Feng Zhao was more concerned with another question: "Did you and Britt actually complete the ceremony?"

As for the ownership of the Desolate Demon Realm, he wasn't too worried. The Great Qin had so many Eight Realms, and even more Nine Realms above them... How could it be up to Di Jin to decide the ownership of the Desolate Demon Realm?

It's just wishful thinking...

Dickin sighed and said wistfully, "If it were that simple, how come it would be our turn?"

If the ritual were so easy to complete, there wouldn't be so many demonic creatures in the secret realm... and the secret realm wouldn't be called by its current name...

He merely used the authority granted by the Great Ruler to forcibly escape from the Tower of Ascension.

As for Britt, he was also chosen by him through his power... as bait!

Because the Great Sovereign's authority bestowed false power... After all, he had never truly been an eighth-realm expert, so how could he perceive the abnormality of this power?

So when Britt lost his value, Dickin simply took back his authority, instantly reducing him to his original state!

To attract everyone to the Tower of Ascension, having only one "successful person" is not enough to be convincing;

I just didn't expect Britt to do this after he came out...it actually made things more cooperative with his actions...

"So, the Tower of Ascension is just a scam? In the end, it's just a Demon Converter?" Feng Zhao was somewhat disappointed.

He genuinely wanted to go in and give it his all...

Dickin hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "No! Those who enter the Tower of Ascension to complete the ritual will truly receive incredible rewards;

And they will gain the favor of the Great Ruler... and become the Lord of the Desolate Demon Realm!

But this is almost impossible to accomplish;

No one can withstand the baptism of that vast ocean of laws, and the forced leap of life; in the end, they can only be assimilated...

He was familiar with the Tower of Ascension even before he entered the mortal world, and he visited it frequently.

That's why he was so nervous when Kunmo summoned the Tower of Ascension to appear in the world... because in his mind, the Tower of Ascension wasn't that dangerous, and anyone could complete the ritual, so naturally he didn't want to let others get there first.

It wasn't until he went inside and took a look around that Dickin realized that the Ascension Tower, which was now open, was not the same place he had been to before!

If it weren't for the protection of the Great Ruler, I might have already turned into a demon.

That's when they changed their minds at the last minute. Instead of stopping people from going in, they actually made a conscious effort to facilitate it...

"Even the Ninth Realm won't work?" Chu Yuan asked abruptly.

"..." Dickin was speechless. Wasn't this just arguing for the sake of arguing...?