239: Chapter 239 A Glimmer of Hope

The entrance to the ninth floor was a crack in the stone so narrow that one could only pass through it sideways.

Chu Sheng pulled Yu Rumeng inside, and the golden Devilish Qi of Greed surged behind them like a tide, but it stopped abruptly outside the crack.

It was not that it could not catch up; it was that the stone crack was engraved with runes that even Greed feared.

Chu Sheng had no time to examine them closely and dragged Yu Rumeng inside.

The crack became wider, and after walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly opened up.

He froze.

The ninth floor was completely different from the eight floors below.

There were no mountains of Treasure Trove, no dense Restrictions, no deadly traps, only a simple stone room.

The stone room was not large, about a dozen zhang square; the walls were rough raw stone, without even the most basic polishing on the surface.

The ground was paved with ordinary bluestone slabs, with a few withered weeds growing in the cracks.

This stone room was like an Immortal Cave for an ascetic monk, plain to the point of being shabby.

"Is this Greed's lair?" Yu Rumeng's voice carried clear disbelief.

Chu Sheng did not speak; his gaze fell on the center of the stone room.

Suspended there were several light orbs, soft and not dazzling, like the sunlight on a winter afternoon.

Sealed within the light orbs were several bamboo scrolls; they were not Jade Slips, but real bamboo slips made of woven bamboo pieces.

The string of the bamboo scrolls had turned black, the bamboo pieces were yellowed, and the edges were somewhat damaged, looking at least thousands of years old.

Chu Sheng walked over and took a closer look, and saw a few ancient seal script characters written on the bamboo scrolls: Record of Divine Abilities.

His hand paused.

Record of Divine Abilities; above Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique is Divine Ability. Divine Ability is not a Cultivation Technique, but the materialization of the Law of heaven and earth.

Each Divine Ability corresponds to a Law of heaven and earth, and learning a Divine Ability is equivalent to mastering the key to that Law.

He had seen records of Divine Abilities in the classics of Wendao Palace, but Wendao Palace did not have a single Record of Divine Abilities.

It was not that they did not want to have one, but they simply did not have any.

Or rather, Wendao Palace might have had a Record of Divine Abilities, but it might have been hidden away.

Divine Abilities cannot be learned through Legacy alone; they require Comprehension Ability, Opportunity, and that invisible and intangible "Destiny."

And Greed, having scoured the world, had hidden several Divine Abilities in this stone room.

Chu Sheng's heart skipped a beat.

He did not rush to reach out and take them, but instead swept a glance at the depths of the stone room, where there was another trace of sealed aura.

It was not spiritual energy, nor Devilish Qi, but an aura that surpassed everything and made the Heavenly Demon Body in Chu Sheng's body instinctively tremble.

The aura of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor; at that moment, the Heavenly Demon Body in his body felt like its throat had been grabbed by something, the Devilish Qi solidified, and the operation of the Dao Palace stopped for a breath.

Greed had used a special method to seal this aura for thousands of years, and it still had not dissipated.

Chu Sheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

The walls of the stone room were densely engraved with text, carved by Greed himself; every character was deeply carved into the stone, the strokes sharp.

Chu Sheng scanned it roughly; it recorded the life story of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor.

He read quickly, marveling in his heart...

Rising from nothing, Cultivating from a Mortal to a demon, beheading the leaders of the Righteous Path, killing countless Righteous Path leaders, teasing the Saintess—daring to tease even the Saintess of the giant Sect—collecting wealth, and scouring the world for Treasure Trove.

Growing from a Mortal to a demon lord who looked down on the world, every word revealed Greed's reverence and admiration.

"This guy treats the Old Ancestor as an idol." Chu Sheng muttered.

Yu Rumeng ignored him; she was looking at the content engraved on the wall on the other side of the stone room, which was about the records of the exit of the Reverse Demon Tower.

Just as she was looking, footsteps came from outside the stone room.

It was not a hurried chase, but the footsteps of a hunter walking towards a trapped beast, unhurried.

Chu Sheng turned around, his hand pressing on the hilt of the sword.

Greed entered.

His figure was a circle smaller than it was on the eighth floor, but his aura was more solid and terrifying.

The cracks caused by the Phoenix Immortal Fire and the Zhu Xian Sword Formation had all healed, and Devilish Qi flowed around him.

He was like a snake that had just finished molting, his skin smooth and his fangs exposed.

He saw the bamboo scrolls in Chu Sheng's eyes, and also saw that trace of the sealed Heavenly Demon Ancestor aura, a complex light flashing in his golden vertical pupils.

Chu Sheng's thoughts raced.

He could only barely injure Greed with the four swords of zhuxian, but he could not kill him.

The Yun Shen Realm was still not enough in front of the Heavenly Demon Body demon lord, just like a dagger that cuts iron like mud... no matter how sharp the dagger is, it depends on who is holding it.

That trace of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's aura was the only variable; it was the existence Greed respected the most, and also Chu Sheng's only trump card.

Greed was also stunned, waiting for his next move.

He barely thought and did something that made Greed stunned.

He did not swallow that aura, but violently led it towards the direction of the Gluttony Devilish Qi.

Two forces of the same origin but mutually exclusive converged outside the stone room.

The instinct of Gluttony was to devour everything, and the aura of the Heavenly Demon Ancestor was the most delicious food for it, but was the Old Ancestor's aura so easy to devour?

The two forces collided outside the stone room, and the Gluttony Devilish Qi pounced on that piece of meat bone like a starving wild dog, but when it bit down, it discovered that it was not a bone, but red-hot iron.

The pitch-black and dark gold colors intertwined, tore, and exploded outside the stone room, and the entire Reverse Demon Tower was trembling.

Greed watched this scene, the expression on his face changing from stunned to Wrath, from Wrath to despair.

He had intended for Chu Sheng to swallow that trace of aura, and then be blown up, but he did not follow the routine!

That trace of Devilish Qi, even he could not refine it!

But if given to Gluttony, Gluttony could not swallow it... it would continue to swallow... and if it still could not swallow it... it would continue to increase its Devilish power...

He roared a sentence: "It's over... it's all over!"

Chu Sheng did not listen to him finish shouting.

He fished the several rolls of Record of Divine Abilities out of the light orbs and stuffed them into his Storage Pouch, grabbed Yu Rumeng's wrist, and rushed towards the wall engraved with exit information in the depths of the stone room.

A line of text was engraved on the stone wall: To break out of the tower, one must destroy the heart of greed.

But the heart of greed was on the eighth floor; going back was just sending himself to death.

However, there was another line of small text under the stone wall: Or leave through the teleportation array on the ninth floor, single-use teleportation, invalid after use.

Chu Sheng did not have time to find where the teleportation array was, because Greed had already come to his senses.

The golden Devilish Qi surged in from outside the stone room, and the Obsession of Greed pounced on Chu Sheng like a beast driven into a desperate situation.

Chu Sheng had no time to think more, and took Feng Wa's Physical Body out of the ring...

That phoenix true body had already been rescued from the chains by him, and although the feathers were dim, a faint heat could still be felt.

He pushed her into Yu Rumeng's arms and said a sentence: "Take her and go, find the teleportation array."

Yu Rumeng looked at him, said nothing more, and ran towards the depths of the stone room holding Feng Wa's Physical Body.

Chu Sheng turned around, and the four swords of zhuxian came out together.

The sword formation unfolded in the air, and the dark golden Sword Qi collided with Greed's golden Devilish Qi, the entire ninth floor was vibrating, and the stones on the wall fell rustlingly.

But Greed did not chase Yu Rumeng; his gaze was fixed on Chu Sheng, fixed on the lust aura on Chu Sheng's body that he hated to the bone.

It was just a transaction.

Chu Sheng's sword did not stop, but in his heart, he was calculating how to escape.

The collision between the Gluttony Devilish Qi and the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's aura outside the stone room was becoming more and more intense, and the entire Reverse Demon Tower was groaning from the base to the top.

A trace of panic appeared on Greed's face... He did not care about this tower, but he cared about the things in the tower.

His Treasure Trove, his Divine Ability, his Obsession of Greed, all were in this tower.

If the tower collapsed, he would have nothing left.

Chu Sheng noticed the fleeting panic on Greed's face.

He suddenly laughed, laughing very annoyingly: "Senior, I'm afraid your things will not be preserved."

Greed's pupils shrank suddenly.

Chu Sheng seized this Opportunity to slash a sword at Greed's face, not to injure him, but to force him back.

Greed retreated half a step instinctively, and that distance allowed Chu Sheng to pull away.

He turned and rushed in the direction where Yu Rumeng disappeared, and the roar of Greed behind him shook the whole tower.

The passage in the depths of the stone room was very narrow and could only accommodate one person.

Chu Sheng ran in the front, and Greed's golden Devilish Qi surged behind him like a tide.

He heard Yu Rumeng's voice: "Found it!"

A white light lit up at the end of the passage.

Teleportation array.