Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1839 Chapter 486: Challenging the Limits (2)
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Upon reaching the seventh layer, the count of Ancient Demons had shrunk to 24, their strength surging anew as each one executed more advanced Immortal Techniques with heightened proficiency.
Within the eighth layer, the Ancient Demons kept diminishing, down to 12, now unleashing fearsome Immortal Techniques that fused various laws, edging close to the beginner phases of Emperor Skills.
The ninth layer left only six Ancient Demons behind, their Immortal Techniques rivaling the power of the Daoist-level Five Extremes Emperor Sword.
By the tenth layer, just three remained, yet the realms they commanded had grown far more potent, almost attaining top-tier status.
Li Hao's Path of Formless endured a faint disturbance, scarcely managing to wound him!
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"So strong!"
In the tenth layer of the Heaven Tower, Su Wanyi's visage turned frigid, confronting the three Ancient Demons' realms that had mysteriously amplified to near top-tier caliber, hardly differing from her own. She never foresaw needing to deploy half her might right here.
Indeed, amid the Breakthrough Seal King phase, beyond rousing the Ancestor Emperor Power, the realm heart she grasped was likewise a supreme top-tier one!
After all, as the Su Family's eldest daughter and the Chaos Immortal Emperor's direct apprentice, her aptitude fell just short of Su Muqing's.
Only afterward did she discover that her third sibling Su Muqing's genius stemmed from her frame being the rebirth of a legendary King from ten millennia past, carrying forward the heavenly endowment of its prior spirit, thus granting her extraordinary prowess.
Beyond that, she viewed herself as the Su Family's premier talent.
"Void Slash Realm!"
Her realm erupted forth, riddled with endless voids tearing apart, laws fracturing, immortal essence crumbling.
Formless sword gleams appeared to erupt inside her realm, swiftly demolishing the Ancient Demons' domains and carving them asunder.
"Evidently, conquering the tenth layer demands at minimum a top-tier realm comprehension to overcome them; a realm even marginally weaker, and these three Ancient Demons would slay the challenger in an instant!"
Su Wanyi pondered silently, her gaze sharpening a touch.
Before long, a grand voice resounded from the Heaven Tower ahead of her:
"Will you proceed with the challenge, Heaven Tower Eleventh Layer?"
"Continue!"
Su Wanyi showed no reluctance, retaining untapped Ancestor Emperor Power, and what she'd revealed thus far paled against her genuine utmost capability!
"That guy likely possesses a top-tier realm too; at least he cleared the tenth layer. Just unclear how many more he can conquer..."
As she got drawn into the rift overhead, that young figure drifted into her thoughts, her eyes gleaming faintly, abruptly stirring a hint of anticipation.
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"Continue!"
Meanwhile, the three Ancient Demons encircling Luo Ningshuang likewise crumbled to powder and faded away, without a trace of residue; she opted to press on, advancing to the eleventh layer!
"Curious if, upon fully deploying the Ancestor Emperor Power, how many layers one might ascend—twenty? Thirty?"
Anticipation lit up Luo Ningshuang's gaze.
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As the Heaven Tower's floors brimmed with those testing their limits, the Abyss beyond the tower stayed remarkably still.
Previously teeming with prodigies from diverse realms and lineages near the Heaven Tower, they had all entered now. Yet as moments passed, merely a handful emerged from within the Heaven Tower.
Spotting just sparse figures amid the stars, they grasped they'd departed prematurely, signaling their battle prowess lagged considerably.
"Curses, it's brutally tough—I figured I dominated my peers at the same level, yet I couldn't breach even the matching seventh layer!"
"The rest are surely tackling floors below their realm equivalents; that's the only way they'd linger so long."
"If only I'd realized sooner, I'd have begun from the initial layer and paced myself gradually."
Regret and alarm clouded many gazes. Prior to arrival, they ranked as their factions' and regional Immortal Domains' elite geniuses, with some leaping straight to the tenth layer aligned with their cultivation!
Consequently, they endured scarcely three breaths before succumbing inside.
Vanquished in haste, amid profound frustration, even braced mentally, they hadn't imagined the ordeal would prove so outrageous!
They doubted anyone at the same realm could possibly surmount the tenth layer.
This sparked some remorse for not first sampling the variances across other levels.
Atop the Heaven Tower's pinnacle, the Star Empress and Immortal Immortal Emperor hovered wordlessly, Abyss winds gently rippling their emperor garb, faces serene as timeless voids, though their eyes swirled with myriad musings, profound and distant.
"Evidently, after vanishing for myriad years, this era still harbors several standout prospects."
"Regrettably, their window of opportunity is far too narrow; else, they could all emerge as True King Seeds."
Immortal Immortal Emperor murmured gently.
The Star Empress projected the Heaven Tower's inner vistas for the counterpart's Emperor Soul to observe, displaying every contender's trial progress.
Barring those at Immortal King Realm Perfection and Ninth Level of Immortal King Realm clashing beyond the ninetieth floor, among the First to Third Levels of Immortal King Realm, numerous youths delivered impressive feats.
Alas, their cultivation bases were overly modest, and this True King contest emphasized fighting might.
"Ninety-nine layers, truly befitting an Emperor Clan—swift indeed."
The Star Empress uttered softly.
Right then, within the Heaven Tower's ninety-ninth layer, an Emperor Clan figure at Immortal King Realm Perfection warred against Ancient Demons.
Six Ancient Demons encircled, all reaching Immortal King Realm Perfection, utterly dreadful, uniting in Emperor Dao Immortal Techniques that bore traces of Emperor Dao essence.
Furthermore, the six Ancient Demons' combined assault magnified their battle power well past simple summation.
"There—the Emperor Clan's Ancestor Emperor Power!"
Abruptly, the Star Empress's eyes glinted, beholding a colossal Great Emperor Dharma Form manifesting behind the Emperor Clan form, that Dharma Form looming immensely toward the heavens, akin to a veritable Great Emperor's arrival, infused with Ancestor Emperor Power. No longer just a silhouette or echo, it resembled a faint embodiment of a Great Emperor!