The first epic creature, the Cangshan Ancient Ape!

On this day, Ye Xingyu was still fighting fiercely in the tower of heaven.

Suddenly, he received an urgent message from Bai He.

"Mr. Ye! Are you still busy?"

"Due to a large-scale invasion by Dark Star Creatures, the Xia Kingdom government has specifically invited you to assist."

"How should I reply to them?"

Ye Xingyu pondered for a moment.

At this stage, the Dark Star Creatures that had appeared were only the vanguard.

Not even a single purple gold grade leader boss had emerged.

Was the Xia Kingdom government already so eager to intervene?

They really couldn't hold back!

The truly powerful ones were still hidden behind!

Currently, they were just small fry, worthless characters.

There was no need to go to great lengths with them.

It would be better to let a group of ordinary soldiers gain some experience.

Therefore, he quickly replied to Bai He: "Ignore them for now, I'm busy with more important matters."

"For now, lead the guild members to participate in local battles. Pay attention to our own safety."

"Don't get repeatedly killed by the Dark Star Creatures."

Shortly after replying to Bai He's message, a bright red Blazing Flame Arrow swiftly shot into the boss's heart!

"Boom!"

The arrow caused a violent explosion!

The boss on the 8th floor crashed to the ground!

Ye Xingyu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

The 8th floor boss of the tower of heaven, which had stumped him for over a year in his previous life, was finally overcome today!

"Awesome!"

After this great battle, Ye Xingyu's stamina and energy were also drained by more than half.

After all, the purple-gold boss on the 8th floor of the tower of heaven had a terrifying level of 65!

That was a full 24 levels higher than Ye Xingyu!

Moreover, its grade had reached purple gold grade.

Its strength was several levels higher than the final boss in the monster siege!

If not for the 4 epic artifacts, and the noble percentage damage attached to Ye Xingyu's talent and divine edge quiver, Ye Xingyu would have been unable to pass.

But fortunately, everything was over.

Only one last challenge remained for Ye Xingyu: the 10th floor of the tower of heaven!

"Swish!"

A golden light flashed, and Ye Xingyu immediately entered the 9th floor.

The 9th floor of the tower of heaven was unusually quiet.

The surrounding light was dim, and most of the space outside his body was plunged into pitch blackness.

Only directly in front of his vision, a brilliant and dazzling light was illuminated!

A beautiful female elf, most of her body wrapped in emerald green leaves, her eyes slightly closed, held a cup of colorful sweet spring water in her hands, reverently raising it forward.

Her snow-white legs were slightly spread apart, as if offering the best blessings to her hero.

Ye Xingyu had long understood the 9th floor of the tower of heaven.

This was a special level, specifically designed to allow challengers to recover their stamina and status.

In his previous life, it was known as the 'Welfare Floor'.

The exquisitely beautiful young female elf offered blessings to brave challengers.

If one drank the elixir of life contained in the holy grail she held, they would immediately recover 50% of their maximum health and mana, and 50% of their mental and physical energy.

This could allow any exhausted challenger to immediately recover half of their status, to cope with the more arduous challenges ahead.

This was an extremely rare welfare level in the tower of heaven.

Among the first 10 floors, only the 9th floor offered such a benefit.

It was highly praised among players.

Ye Xingyu slowly approached the female elf.

Instead of opening his mouth to drink the elixir from the holy grail in her hand, he leaned forward and aimed his mouth at the beautiful elf's flawless face, at her thin, cicada-wing-like pink lips.

"Smooch~"

"Slurp~ !"

He boldly tasted for a moment.

A sweet minty and somewhat fragrant taste entered his mouth and nostrils.

Ye Xingyu took a deep breath.

The beautiful green elf's figure gradually faded from the air, eventually becoming completely invisible.

At this moment, Ye Xingyu's entire status was restored to 100%!

This was a little-known secret of the Welfare Floor.

If you didn't drink the elixir from the holy grail, but instead shared a long, sweet kiss with the female elf, you could recover 100% of your status, not just 50%.

Ye Xingyu's whole body invigorated!

Both his mental and physical energy instantly returned to their peak state, filling him with vitality!

"Next, it's the most crucial 10th floor!"

"Swish!"

A sharp glint flashed, and Ye Xingyu, full of spirit, entered the 10th floor!

"Rustle..."

"Rustle..."

What appeared before him was a towering ancient tree.

Its enormous canopy and leaves partially blotted out the sky.

Branches and vines, dozens of zhang long, spread out like an umbrella, immediately catching the eye.

Beneath the giant tree, a giant ape sat cross-legged with its back to Ye Xingyu.

The giant ape's entire lower body rested on the ground, and just its upper body was more than twice Ye Xingyu's height!

Its entire body was covered in snow-white fur, thick and dense, presenting an exquisite streamlined shape, shimmering in the sunlight.

To the right of the giant ape's body stood a stone pillar 5 meters thick.

The stone pillar was covered in intricate carvings, occasionally emitting a bright white light.

Upon sensing Ye Xingyu's arrival, the giant ape's shoulders twitched slightly, but quickly returned to their original state, continuing to sit cross-legged and rest with its back to Ye Xingyu.

"Cangshan Ancient Ape!"

Level 70!

epic grade boss!

Health: 10,360,000 / 10,360,000!

Defense: ????

Skills: ?????

Description: ?????

"Hiss! Over 10 million health!"

The Detection Spell returned very little information.

Even though Ye Xingyu had anticipated the difficulty of the 10th floor of the tower of heaven, facing it in person still made his scalp tingle.

"A Level 70 epic grade boss!"

He encountered it so soon!?

A sense of unreality involuntarily arose in Ye Xingyu's heart.

The Cangshan Ancient Ape was so powerful that it didn't even bother to acknowledge Ye Xingyu, judging solely by the strength and magnitude of his aura.

"Hoo..."

After the initial self-doubt, Ye Xingyu quickly regained his composure.

"Damn it! I reached the 10th floor by my own strength, it's not like I can't do it! What am I hesitating for?"

"Kill this pretentious Cangshan Ancient Ape!!"

Ye Xingyu instantly found his rhythm, his fighting spirit soaring.

"Whoosh!"

"Blazing Flame Arrow!"

Ye Xingyu's right finger retracted and released, and a red-hot arrow tentatively shot towards the Cangshan Ancient Ape's back, hitting it precisely one second later!

"Clang!"

After hitting the Cangshan Ancient Ape's back, the arrow fell off as if it had struck a steel plate.

The Cangshan Ancient Ape's back didn't even have a single mark.

"-19588!"

A golden halo suddenly appeared on the Cangshan Ancient Ape's back, resisting all the burning continuous damage and bleeding effects attached to the Blazing Flame Arrow!

It only took the direct damage from the attack itself.

Ye Xingyu's eyes narrowed slightly, and based on his own experience, he quickly judged:

"This golden halo is... epic protection!"

"It can resist all negative statuses and control abilities below epic grade!"

When a monster's quality reaches epic grade, their physical body and abilities undergo earth-shattering changes compared to before.

Their physical body is protected by epic radiance 24 hours a day, making them immune to all negative effects and controls below epic grade.

Previous common tactics were ineffective against monsters of this level.

Unless the talent or the quality of the equipped gear also reached epic grade or above, only then could it break through the epic protection and take effect normally.

Ye Xingyu immediately understood that the grade of his talent and divine edge quiver did not reach epic grade.

Therefore, his talent's passive and the divine edge quiver's bleeding effect were both ineffective against the Cangshan Ancient Ape.

In this battle, he would lose the advantage of percentage damage!

This was much, much, much more difficult than the challenges he encountered on the first 8 floors of the tower of heaven!

"This is going to be a tough battle!"

Ye Xingyu felt it deeply.