270: The oriole is behind

Several years later, a chaotic battle broke out on the 9,990th floor.

The top three Ghost Saints from the Evil Netherworld Realm, the Ghost Netherworld Realm, and the Demon Netherworld Realm were slaughtering one another.

For a time, the space within this level of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda was shattered into pieces.

These Ghost Saints in particular all possessed quasi-immortal artifacts and xuantian spiritual treasures!

They didn't intend to hold back at all, planning to crush their opponents before they could ascend to the top and seize the throne of the number one spot!

"Old Gambler, your Inverse Flame Emperor-Devouring Art isn't all that impressive!"

"Burning me feels like soaking in a hot spring. Since you're so powerless, why don't you withdraw from the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda and cede the top spot to our Evil Netherworld Realm?"

A burly man clad in animal skins, with blond hair, blue eyes, and the skeletal features of a foreign race, slashed through a sky-covering ribbon of flame with a single sword strike.

After escaping from this top-tier Divine Ability, he looked at the middle-aged man in the crimson dragon robe and spoke with a cold sneer.

"Hmph, Kang Suizi, don't get too ahead of yourself. Aren't you just relying on the power of a quasi-immortal artifact?"

"Although this Emperor does not have a quasi-immortal artifact, I do have a xuantian spiritual treasure. Let me show you the power of the Primal Sun Flame Spear!"

The middle-aged man in the crimson dragon robe snorted coldly. Seeing his mortal enemy mocking him so, he was instantly filled with rage.

He grasped at the Void Realm, and a ten-foot-long spear of gold and red appeared in the hands of this Crimson Emperor.

The Crimson Emperor brandished the spear, and a fire dragon manifested out of thin air. The fire dragon emitted a terrifying, ferocious aura, making the space sizzle and pop from the heat.

With a horizontal slash of the Crimson Emperor's spear, the fire dragon opened its bloody maw and charged toward the burly man in animal skins.

It destroyed everything in its path. Some Ghost Saints who were fighting nearby glanced over, then flickered and vanished.

When they reappeared, they had already left the battlefield of those two.

"Come at me!"

The burly man in animal skins laughed heartily. He gripped his massive broadsword tightly and then slashed down with great force.

A silver light whistled out, transforming into a silver Phoenix that collided with the fire dragon.

"Boom!"

The world shook!

The power of the Law of Space and the Law of Fire exploded. The surging energy turned into a tidal wave, enveloping a million-mile radius.

Several Ghost Saints looked on with shock and fled outward, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.

The Void Realm seemed to wrinkle, crushed and piled up layer by layer, before finally cracking with a sharp pop.

A massive hole suddenly appeared in the sky.

A terrifying suction force emanated from within the hole.

Even the Ghost Saints within the range of the hole couldn't help but be pulled backward.

Fortunately, the hole disappeared as quickly as it had arrived.

A flash of immortal light appeared within the hole, and then the ten-thousand-mile-wide rift was instantly restored.

Immediately afterward, the several Ghost Saints resumed their slaughter.

The Evil Netherworld Realm, the Ghost Netherworld Realm, and the Demon Netherworld Realm were the strongest among the dozens of Netherworld Realms.

In particular, these top three Ghost Saints had inextricable ties to the Ghost Immortal experts of the Youdu Prefecture.

With countless treasures in their hands, a victor would not be decided so quickly.

While they were locked in an inseparable struggle, other Ghost Saints from their respective Netherworld Realms guarded the entrance to the upper floor, preventing anyone else from ascending.

However, a figure quietly entered the 9,990th floor.

And he intended to proceed to the 9,991st floor.

This person had delicate features; it was none other than Su Yu disguised as Jue Chenzi.

He was using the Black Tortoise Breath-Concealing Art. This secret technique was extremely profound in the art of concealing Qi; besides masking one's presence, it could also turn the body ethereal.

Su Yu appeared silently and then moved to the side of the Ghost Saints who were currently slaughtering each other.

To enter the next floor of the pagoda, one needed the yin core of a Yin Beast from this level.

But the Yin Beasts of this level had been wiped out by them. To enter the next floor, one had to snatch them from their bodies.

"Fellow Daoist Lyu, our cultivation levels are equal. No matter how much we fight, it will be hard to determine a victor. Why don't we call a temporary truce and adjust our breathing for a bit?"

A Ghost Saint with a white beard, wearing an undershirt and looking like an old farmer, dodged a Divine Ability from his opponent. He turned ethereal, retreated a thousand miles, and reached out a hand toward the heroic man before him.

The heroic man considered it for a moment and then agreed.

But at that moment, the heroic man suddenly sensed something. His face filled with rage as he abruptly looked toward a certain spot in the Void Realm.

He saw a Gold Armored Corpse King appear out of nowhere, brandishing its sharp claws and swiping fiercely at him!

The Void Realm was torn apart under this strike.

In his fury, the heroic man threw a punch. Fist and claw collided, erupting in booming sparks.

Immediately after, the figure of the Gold Armored Corpse King was sent flying, its right hand shattered!

"Hmph, what petty thief dares to ambush me! This Venerable One is not someone you..."

After punching away the Gold Armored Corpse King, the heroic man snorted in anger. But before he could finish his sentence, he saw a great cauldron already descending upon him.

A trace of alarm and anger appeared on the heroic man's face. Although the cauldron before him was a quasi-immortal artifact...

It wasn't as if he didn't have one!

A pair of bracers appeared on his two arms!

He then pulled his arms back like a bow and threw a heavy punch toward the bronze great cauldron.

A Fierce Beast, the Yazi, manifested on the bracers and charged toward the bronze great cauldron!

A massive sound shook the heavens and earth with a loud bang.

The bronze great cauldron was actually knocked flying by this strike.

Seeing this, a smile of 'that's all it is' appeared on the heroic man's lips.

But in the next instant, he could no longer smile.

His vision split in two, one half to the left and one half to the right.

He saw a massive axe.

His entire body had been sliced in half by this axe.

However, as a top-tier Ghost Saint, it was naturally impossible for the heroic man to be killed so easily.

The two halves of his Physical Body flashed with black light and then disappeared.

But for Su Yu, it was already enough.

After slicing the heroic man's Physical Body in two, he took the opportunity to snatch the storage Spirit Treasure containing the yin cores.

Then he flew toward the entrance to the next floor.

The fight between the two seemed complex, but it had actually happened in an instant.

By the time the old farmer Ghost Saint reacted, Su Yu had already defeated the heroic man and snatched all of his yin cores.

"Thief, don't you run!"

The old farmer roared. He performed a hand seal and struck at Su Yu. A ten-thousand-foot-wide white bead appeared out of thin air and smashed toward Su Yu with great force.

But Su Yu smiled calmly and immediately placed the yin cores onto the Formation at the entrance.

A golden light flashed, the entrance opened, and Su Yu walked inside with the Gold Armored Corpse King.

Only that white bead, a quasi-immortal artifact, remained, slamming into the entrance and making the Formation hum and vibrate!

The others also reacted, and for a moment, they were beyond furious!

They hadn't expected someone to sneak into the next floor of the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda right under their noses!

Instantly, they stopped fighting each other and swarmed toward the entrance, determined to skin this person alive!