Chapter 389: Drip Tight

"Is he the opponent for the fourth level?" Meng Chuan asked, looking at the middle-aged man with two swords on his back. "This is the first human opponent I've encountered in the God-Fiend Tower."

Of course, the opponent was merely formed by a formation.

"Your physical body is quite strong, but your saber techniques are a bit rough," the middle-aged man said with a slight smile, simultaneously drawing the two swords from his back.

"You know about my battles on the first three levels?" Meng Chuan asked.

"Of course."

The middle-aged man smiled. "Every opponent you've faced in the God-Fiend Tower has been under my control, so of course I know the methods you displayed in your previous battles. As for who I am? I am the God-Fiend Tower itself. The beings you encountered before were real creatures that once existed; I merely simulated their strength from when they were alive."

"You talk a lot now. You were quite reserved on the first three levels," Meng Chuan remarked.

"Because I estimate you'll stop at the fourth level," the middle-aged man chuckled. "It's been hundreds of thousands of years, and I've finally met a human coming to challenge the God-Fiend Tower. It's been quite lonely."

"I'll stop at the fourth level?" Meng Chuan drew his saber. "Be careful."

"If you hide, I can't kill you. But you can't kill me either," the middle-aged man smiled.

"Is that so?"

Meng Chuan flashed, and nine Meng Chuans charged straight ahead.

The middle-aged man stood his ground, a sword in each hand, clearly aware that they were just avatars.

Moreover, protective sword light began to emerge around his body. Simultaneously, the void within a three-li radius started to twist. The closer Meng Chuan got in the deeper void, the greater the impact of the distorted space, forcing him to reveal himself when he was within a hundred zhang.

"A hundred zhang is enough for a saber strike," Meng Chuan said, circling the middle-aged man from all directions, continuously attacking with his saber.

Saber lights flashed. Some were as fast as lightning, others incomparably strange.

But the middle-aged man easily blocked them again and again with his swords, defending flawlessly. "Within my sword domain, your crude saber techniques are useless."

Meng Chuan revealed his true body, charging directly into the hundred-zhang range, approaching closely. The formation opponent was a human God-Fiend with extraordinary sword mastery, but a relatively weaker physical body. Meng Chuan, with his powerful "Blood Droplet" physical body, naturally had to use his strength against the enemy's weakness, engaging in close combat!

"Yes, your strong physical body is your advantage; you should fight at close range." The middle-aged man continued to wield his swords effortlessly, each strike forcing Meng Chuan back. "Unfortunately, my twin swords divide yin and yang, making my defense absolutely impenetrable."

Suddenly, a thick bolt of lightning erupted. Lightning's speed far surpasses any weapon or movement technique.

It's said that Meng Chuan's movement technique is as fast as light, but without relying on the Bloodblade Disc, his normal flight covers only tens of li in a single flash. True lightning is far, far faster than Meng Chuan; it can traverse the entire human world in the blink of an eye. Therefore, when facing true lightning, there's no escape; one is bound to be hit.

Even with his exceptional sword skills, the middle-aged man was struck by lightning. Although his sword domain weakened the lightning's power, and he had yin-yang protective sword light around his body, the lightning, with the power of a Creation Realm attack, still caused him to vomit blood, and his body was somewhat paralyzed.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Divine Power: Heavenly Wrath! And it was a five-strike Heavenly Wrath!

Each strike of Heavenly Wrath was comparable to a normal Creation Realm attack. What was fatal was that the middle-aged man's extraordinary sword skills couldn't be fully utilized; he could only endure by relying on his domain and protective sword light. After the first strike, his body began to paralyze, and his protective sword light started to dissipate. The second strike caused even greater damage, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth strikes! After the five consecutive strikes, the middle-aged man's charred body fell to the ground, his two swords long since flung away by the lightning. His charred body then disintegrated and vanished.

"Impenetrable defense? Let's see how you defend against lightning!" Meng Chuan felt a sense of emptiness in his body. To ensure he could pass the fourth level, he had unleashed all the lightning within him.

"Time to rest."

Meng Chuan sat down cross-legged, even mobilizing the power of his Grotto-Heaven Origin to quickly replenish the lightning within him, so he could challenge the fifth level in his best condition. Thus, he had to wait until his lightning was fully restored.

"Heavenly Wrath truly has an excellent effect. It was this move that saved King Anhai's life back then," Meng Chuan mused. "Its advantage lies in its extreme speed, making it impossible to dodge, and it even has a slight paralyzing effect. It works wonders against those with weaker physical bodies."

"He passed the fourth level?" Outside the God-Fiend Tower, the Guardian God was utterly astonished. "The opponent on the fourth level is usually a Creation Realm threshold-level foe, specifically designed to target the weaknesses of the God-Fiend entering the tower. It's very difficult to defeat them."

The opponents change for each God-Fiend entering the tower. They are tailored to target the weaknesses of the God-Fiend entering, making it progressively harder to advance.

"His rank has risen to twelfth," the Guardian God murmured, looking doubtfully at the stone pillar. "Fifty-nine years old, and he defeated a Creation Realm threshold-level opponent. This strength is astonishing. Does the God-Fiend Tower still believe that the Demon Slayer's potential isn't worthy of a top ten spot?"

"It's unlikely he'll pass the fifth level," the Guardian God mused. "Usually, only peak Creation Realm experts can clear the fifth level."

After resting for three hours and fully recovering with the aid of his Grotto-Heaven Origin power, Meng Chuan arrived at the fifth level.

The fifth level.

"Hmm?" Meng Chuan looked ahead.

A human elder stood there, his Grotto-Heaven Domain enveloping a hundred-li radius with immense power. This Grotto-Heaven Domain, though formed by the God-Fiend Tower's simulation, was no less potent.

"I truly didn't expect a human God-Fiend like you to possess such powerful divine abilities," the human elder said. "Each lightning strike was astonishingly potent. After five consecutive hits, even I suffered."

"I'm also here to clear the God-Fiend Tower," Meng Chuan replied. "The human world is facing a catastrophe right now, and I must rank among the top five to help the human world."

Meng Chuan hoped that saying this would make the opponent show some favoritism.

"The human race is facing a catastrophe?" the human elder asked, puzzled.

Meng Chuan explained the external situation, and the human elder listened carefully. After all, it had been alone for too long, and it also stood on the side of the human world.

"I very much want to help you, but I am the God-Fiend Tower, and I must adhere to the rules set by Patriarch Cang Yuan," the human elder said. "On this fifth level, your opponents are all true Creation Realm experts. There are nine of them in total."

As soon as he finished speaking, the power of the formation began to condense one opponent after another nearby.

Besides the human elder, there was also a demon saint from the demon race, whose winding dragon body was three or four li long. There was also a winged alien expert, glowing with golden light all over. And a tall, thin elder with dark skin and two soft tentacles on his forehead...

In total, there were nine Creation Realm level beings.

The human elder apologized, "These are the rules; there's nothing I can do. I can tell you that each of these nine powerful beings is equivalent to an ordinary Creation Realm expert. They each have their own specialties: some excel in physical combat, others in domains, others in long-range attacks... They will cooperate with each other and jointly attack you. You need to defeat all of them to pass the fifth level. Historically, only peak Creation Realm experts have typically managed to clear the fifth level."