Chapter 388: One Layer After Another

Meng Chuan has always engaged in close-quarters combat since his youth.

Upon reaching the Blood Droplet Realm, his close-quarters combat reached a new level. However, after acquiring the Tribulation Realm secret treasure, the Bloodblade Disk, he had always relied on controlling the Bloodblade to fight, never truly utilizing the full extent of his Blood Droplet Realm abilities. Now, inside the Godfiend Tower, he had reverted to his usual close-combat methods, which is also the most common fighting style for powerful cultivators of the Starry Sky Body Refinement lineage.

Moving with the speed of light, Meng Chuan's movement technique was incredibly fast, as was the flash of his blade. The winged, scaled alien expert couldn't even dodge in time; he could only frantically swing his longsword to try and intercept. But the blade light arced, effortlessly bypassing the sword, and sliced through the alien's waist, severing it in two. Immediately, the alien expert's body disintegrated into energy and vanished.

“The first floor was quite easy,” Meng Chuan murmured as he flew towards the vortex. “The opponents on the first floor are probably only at the level of a peak Fifth-Heaven Demon Monarch.”

After reaching the Blood Droplet Realm, Meng Chuan's pure strength, speed, and other attributes had surged. His physical body now surpassed even the peak Fifth-Heaven Demon Monarchs. Coupled with his 'Cloud Mist Dragon Snake Saber' and 'Endless Saber' techniques, he could naturally reach the Creation Realm threshold. In terms of direct combat prowess, even without the Bloodblade Disk, he was now superior to King Anhai. His Blood Droplet Realm physique had elevated his capabilities immensely.

This was even stronger than the 'Blood Asura' physique of the demon race; it was essentially an enhanced version of the 'Blood Asura'.

Passing through the vortex, Meng Chuan arrived in another void. In this layer of the void, five black-armored aliens stood silently. They were about ten meters tall, with ugly faces, clad in black armor, and possessing sharp, scaled tails. As soon as Meng Chuan appeared, their eyes lit up, and they flashed forward, surrounding him.

As they lunged, the void twisted, making Meng Chuan feel as if there was nowhere to dodge.

“They can even form a formation,” Meng Chuan observed. “And they’re quite fast.” He watched the five black-armored aliens, immediately deploying his Cloud Mist Dragon Snake movement technique. In an instant, he had submerged into the deeper spatial layers, leaving only nine avatars to counterattack the five black-armored aliens.

A blade light emerged from the deeper spatial layers, striking and slicing through a black-armored alien's body. After being cut, the alien disintegrated into nothingness.

Meng Chuan continued to use his Cloud Mist Dragon Snake movement technique, successively approaching and dispatching the other black-armored aliens from the deeper spatial layers. These black-armored aliens were slightly stronger than the opponents on the first floor, but they were still easily swept aside.

After eliminating the five black-armored aliens, Meng Chuan finally reappeared from the deeper spatial layers. “The Heaven and Earth Roaming Dragon Movement Technique, created by Venerable Ye Hong, no wonder it was once called the human race’s top movement technique. It’s truly cunning; I can attack opponents, but they can’t touch me.”

Of course, this technique also had its drawbacks.

For instance, an opponent could shatter the surface void, forcing Meng Chuan to reveal his true body.

Or an opponent might also be able to submerge into the deeper void.

Furthermore, in close combat, an enemy could transmit power through Meng Chuan’s 'blade' to his true body.

Nevertheless, comparatively speaking, Meng Chuan’s movement technique was truly formidable among Marquis Godfiends.

Meng Chuan flew through the swirling vortex in the sky and entered the third spatial layer. Immediately, he saw a white-furred Tiger Demon Monarch.

“Demon race? Opponents in the Godfiend Tower can also be demons?” Meng Chuan was startled, then understood. “That’s right. The Demon World and the Human World are now connected in the River of Spacetime. Presumably, in the past, their distances weren’t far either. They must have belonged to the ‘same relatively close region’ of the River of Spacetime. The Demon World’s history is much older than ours; Ancestral Master Cang Yuan must have known about the Demon Realm long ago.”

This white-furred Tiger Demon Monarch exuded a powerful aura, its cold yellow vertical pupils fixed on Meng Chuan.

The surrounding void suddenly solidified, attempting to bind Meng Chuan.

“A demon divine ability?” Feeling the restraint, Meng Chuan instantly moved, submerging into the deeper spatial layers. He then closed in on the Tiger Demon Monarch, striking directly from the void with his saber. The Tiger Demon Monarch frowned slightly and quickly swung a claw to block. However, the saber light executed an unpredictable turn, effortlessly bypassing the claw and grazing the Tiger Demon Monarch’s waist.

On the Tiger Demon Monarch’s body, layers of black wind coalesced, offering immense resistance. When Meng Chuan’s saber sliced through the black wind, it only managed to cut through the fur and a bit of flesh before stopping.

He quickly retracted his saber.

The Tiger Demon Monarch’s wounds healed in the blink of an eye.

“Dare to come out,” the Tiger Demon Monarch spoke in human tongue, glaring angrily at Meng Chuan's nine surrounding avatars. It was clear it knew his true body was hidden in the deeper spatial layers.

“The opponents created by the Godfiend Tower’s formations are just like real demon monarchs. This Tiger Demon Monarch is quite well-rounded, even among peak Fifth-Heaven Demon Monarchs. It possesses domain divine abilities, protective divine abilities, a formidable physique, astonishing regenerative power, and its claw techniques are at the peak of the Law Domain level. It might even have other offensive divine abilities, but I'm hidden in the deeper spatial layers, preventing it from fully utilizing them.” Meng Chuan understood this. “This is a very comprehensive opponent.”

Meng Chuan then rapidly closed in.

The Tiger Demon Monarch grew more solemn, subtle golden light flickering in its eyes.

Flashes of saber light assailed it from all directions. The Tiger Demon Monarch found itself surrounded, above and below, by these flashes, causing it to feel a mix of panic and anxiety.

Meng Chuan pushed his Cloud Mist Dragon Snake movement technique to its limit, while employing the ‘Endless Saber’ technique, unleashing sixteen consecutive strikes.

The eerie nature of the Cloud Mist Dragon Snake movement technique, combined with the fierce power of the Endless Saber, caused the Tiger Demon Monarch to truly panic.

Clang, clang, clang. Its domain spread outwards, black winds howling. The Tiger Demon Monarch used its claws to block with all its might. Although the Endless Saber technique had few variations, its power was significantly greater! It perfectly leveraged Meng Chuan’s Blood Droplet Realm physical strength, making every block incredibly strenuous for the Tiger Demon Monarch. Moreover, the attacks came from all directions.

With just the seventh strike, a saber cut through the Tiger Demon Monarch’s arm, sending it flying.

The eighth, ninth… and by the sixteenth strike, the Tiger Demon Monarch, now severed into more than ten pieces, disintegrated.

“I won,” Meng Chuan stated as he reappeared from the void. “If I had only known the ‘Endless Saber’ and lacked the Cloud Mist Dragon Snake movement technique, it would have taken me much longer to defeat it. In fact, I could sense that this Tiger Demon Monarch possessed unknown divine abilities that it couldn't use against me.”

Creating two saber techniques along different paths, though it dispersed his focus, truly compensated for his shortcomings and made him more versatile, allowing him to employ different methods against various enemies in combat.

“Next is the fourth floor. The opponents on the fourth floor will be even stronger, likely at the Creation Realm level. Do I want to pass through? The chances might be very low,” Meng Chuan acknowledged his own strength. “Regardless, I’ll give it my all!”

Meng Chuan once again flew through the vortex above, entering the fourth floor.

To win the war, he had to give his absolute best.

Outside the Godfiend Tower.

The Guardian God stood there alone, looking at one of the stone pillars beside the tower gate. Faint text rankings were visible on the pillar.

“He has passed the third floor,” the Guardian God murmured, looking at the Godfiend Tower’s pillar with some confusion. “Ranking thirty-fifth is already excellent. But passing the third floor should mean he possesses Creation Realm threshold strength. He’s only fifty-nine years old, so how could someone so strong not be in the top ten? Could it be that he passed the third floor due to immense power from a unique cultivation system? Or perhaps his physical body is empowered by a rare treasure?”

Skill realm and age were the most crucial factors for the Godfiend Tower's assessment, as they better indicated potential. Strength, combat wisdom, and other aspects were secondary in importance.