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Chapter 2153: Chapter 541: Immortal Artisan’s Sixth Shedding, Heaven and Earth Three Rune Blade Battles Nirvana, Two Saint Divine Weapons Come for the Father [Monthly Ticket Requested]

The Ninth Layer!

As the light of the Eighth Floor of the Haotian Tower dimmed and the radiance of the Ninth Layer flared bright, all the Deities surrounding the Haotian Tower fell silent.

Lingxiao King stood with hands behind his back, ancient talismans seeming to rotate within his twin pupils. He fixed his gaze on the Ninth Layer of the Haotian Tower that had just lit up, a faint trace of astonishment rising in his Heart.

Too fast... far too fast!

On every floor of the Haotian Tower there exist monsters wrought with Ghost Axe Divine Skill; each one exquisitely carved, with terrifying Combat Power, a brutal test of one’s Physical Body Combat Power.

Even for Nirvana Gods, purely on the level of the Physical Body it is extremely difficult to Kill one’s way into the Ninth Layer.

”How did he do it?”

The God Emperor’s reincarnation, Lingxiao King, drew in a deep breath. If it were him, relying on the Physical Body alone, wanting to Kill his way to the Ninth Layer at such speed would be extremely hard.

Moreover, do not forget that this powerhouse named Ksitigarbha has already refined the Nine Dragons Ten Thousand Tribulations Qi and holds a Second Saint Divine Weapon in his hand.

Thus the opponents the Haotian Tower matches against him—in terms of difficulty and Combat Power—will all be elevated to the highest tier!

Fu Shaosi, Ji Shaohao, and Shi Shaokya were filled with awe. In their Hearts they had long inclined to the belief that Senior Ksitigarbha was an incomparably powerful Nirvana King; he might even be a Half-step Immortal!

”You say his name is Ksitigarbha?”

Lingxiao King was clad in Armor that clanged softly, as if boundless torrents of qi were interweaving and hanging beneath that Armor. Divinity surged continuously across his face, and even under the suppression of the Mysterious Temple’s will, he could still vent Divinity outward.

”Yes, Ksitigarbha!”

”There’s a chance he’s an as-yet-unrevealed king of the Black Sumeru Buddhist Sect!”

Ji Shaohao cupped his fists as he spoke.

Shi Shaokya pressed his palms together, intending to clarify that Senior Ksitigarbha was merely suspected to be a powerhouse from Black Sumeru.

But on second thought, there was no need to explain.

After all, from the Buddhist Sect revelations Ksitigarbha had spoken earlier, and that overwhelming Buddha Nature, he was very likely an ancient Nirvana King of Black Sumeru, now revived in this era, seeking to partake in the crucial turmoil of this Ninth Divine Tide.

To gamble for a chance at becoming Immortal.

”Ksitigarbha... Black Sumeru... Why is there not the slightest trace in this King’s memories? That shouldn’t be. For a Nirvana King of such power, this King should not be completely blank. Strange.”

Lingxiao King frowned. Although he was the God Emperor’s reincarnation from the Dark Heavenly Court, he possessed an independent will; after cultivating Nirvana, he in truth no longer counted as a mere reincarnation body, but an independent entity.

Lingxiao King had long been severed from his original body; he himself was wholly independent, and his goal was to become Immortal.

”Forget it. This person might truly have a chance to succeed...”

”Haotian Tower and Nine Dragons Ten Thousand Tribulations Qi... are these two Second Saint Divine Weapons really going to be carried out of here?”

Lingxiao King’s gaze suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance.

...

...

At this very moment.

Inside the Haotian Tower.

After Li Che completed the breakthrough from the Eighth Floor to the Ninth Layer of the Haotian Tower, he couldn’t help but pant heavily.

On the Eighth Floor of the Haotian Tower there were actually thirty-six extremely powerful Divine Sculptures. Those Divine Sculptures resembled Mechanical Beasts: though they were carvings, once endowed with unique Divinity they revived, their Combat Power utterly formidable.

Moreover, precisely because these Divine Sculptures had become stronger, the powers that shrouded and concealed them were likewise stronger; the Divine Sculpture Spirit Core Acupoints were hidden even more deeply, and the mortise-and-tenon core buried within was even harder to locate.

Even with the assistance of the Star Plucking Pupil, Li Che had still exerted himself to the utmost.

His Holy Body was driven almost to its limit, and with the Six Desires Void Sword Technique he pushed his spatial movement technique to the extreme.

”Swallow-tail Yin Yang Mortise, snake-shaped curved mortise, hook heart and corner joint... I’ve picked up quite a lot of good things!”

”This Haotian Tower hides a certain Divine Sculpting Technique!”

No wonder, in the Human World, Divine Sculpture Skill is inherited; by shaping intent, it can capture Divinity, substitute for Divinity...

On the Ninth Layer, beneath that Ksitigarbha Mask upon Li Che’s face which displayed compassion, his eyes were brilliantly luminous, his whole being slightly excited.

Within his chest, the Dao Fruit of [Immortal Artisan] was bouncing at a speed reaching an unprecedented degree!

[Dao Fruit: Immortal Artisan (Level 7, 98%)]

Countering each move as it came, seeking out the mortise-and-tenon cores of the Divine Carving, Li Che, with extremely high efficiency, broke through one situation after another all the way to the Ninth Layer.

The only pity was that, back on the earlier floors when the difficulty was relatively low, Li Che could still, while dismantling attacks, learn some Divine Carving techniques.

As the floor count climbed and the difficulty increased, Li Che was no longer able, in the midst of combating Divine Carving, to study its skills; he had to focus solely on breaking the formations of Divine Carving, so the maturation of his Dao Fruit slowed considerably.

On the Eighth Floor, the thirty-six Divine Eagle Skywork Beasts had already pushed Li Che to his limit, leaving him somewhat scorched and frazzled, with no time at all to also attend to improving his Dao Fruit.

As for the Ninth Layer, Li Che couldn’t even guarantee in his Heart that he could break the situation.

A powerful propulsive force burst forth, and Li Che’s figure was thrust into the Ninth Layer. His gaze swept across, and he saw that this Ninth Layer was incomparably vast, the supporting pillars piercing straight into the top.

When he lifted his head, he could even see the ceiling etched full of starry patterns, and ancient Runes carved upon it, radiating a Mystical aura.

But none of this was the main point.

Li Che’s gaze fell upon the many figures before him.

With one sweep of his eyes he tallied their number: in total, seventy-two Divine Carvings, vast Divinity spreading and interweaving, like statues of one Deity after another standing within the hall, suffused with majesty and grandeur.

The pressure woven together by these seventy-two Divine Carvings was so immense that Li Che felt almost unable to breathe.