At the centre of the formation, a small pile of the freshest remaining corpses was stacked. Right now, they were melting at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into pure black corpse qi that the formation absorbed.
The corpse qi on the entire floor had become so dense it was almost solid, suffocating anyone who breathed it.
“What is going on? Where are the corpses?”
Alarm bells rang in Chen Ping’s heart.
“This is bad!”
Red Cloud Demon Lord’s voice was urgent. “It seems that when you barged in last time, you startled some existence inside the tower. It has sped up the absorption of corpse qi. It is probably trying to restore its power, or… it is preparing something!”
At that moment, black light flared brightly from the central formation. A ferocious figure fully condensed from thick corpse qi, standing ten metres tall, slowly rose to its feet!
It had no facial features, only two scarlet spots of light serving as eyes, radiating boundless violence and the aura of deathly silence!
“Intruder… die!”
The corpse king sent out a hoarse, twisted spiritual fluctuation. It swung enormous claws formed from corpse qi and lunged towards Chen Ping, bringing a foul wind with it!
Wherever it passed, even the air was corroded!
“A mere corpse fiend dares to block my path!”
Although startled, Chen Ping did not panic. His Dragon-Slaying Sword burst forth with brilliant golden light. The golden dragon qi possessed a natural restraining effect on yin and evil beings of this kind!
“Golden Dragon Breaks Evil!”
A roaring golden dragon-shaped sword qi shot out and instantly pierced through the corpse king’s chest!
The dense corpse qi melted away rapidly, like ice and snow under the sun.
Yet the corpse king only paused for a moment. More corpse qi immediately surged from the surrounding formation to replenish it, and the hole in its chest healed in an instant!
Roaring, it charged again, this time faster and stronger!
“As long as this formation is not destroyed, it is practically unkillable!”
Chen Ping’s brows knitted tightly. He tried attacking the formation on the ground, but it was exceptionally sturdy and connected to the entire tower structure, impossible to break in a short time.
“I can’t get tied down in a fight!”
Making a snap decision, Chen Ping flickered aside, dodged the corpse king’s lunge, and charged straight towards the staircase leading to the second floor.
The corpse king roared and gave chase, only to be blocked by an invisible force at the staircase entrance. It could only howl in fury on the spot.
Stepping onto the second floor, the scene before Chen Ping changed once more.
The hundreds of naked human corpses and demon beast carcasses were still standing, but now every one of their eyes was open, gleaming with eerie light!
The entire second floor was filled with thick, inseparable pink mist. The air was saturated with a sweet fragrance that could stir lust and confuse the mind.
The moment Chen Ping stepped in, those “corpses” actually began to move. They assumed all manner of extremely seductive and indecent poses, letting out lewd sounds.
The pink mist forced its way into every opening, trying to invade Chen Ping’s seven orifices and erode his divine sense.
“Such despicable tactics again!”
Chen Ping gave a cold snort and guarded the clarity of his spiritual platform.
His powerful divine soul and unwavering will made it difficult for these seductive powers to truly affect him.
Yet the illusions before his eyes did not vanish; instead, they became even more vivid.
He even saw Lin Keting, Bai Qian, Gu Ling’er, and even Cen Biqing approaching him in extremely alluring postures…
“Mere illusions dare to disrupt my Dao heart!”
A fierce glint flashed in Chen Ping’s eyes. He no longer held back.
Taking a deep breath, the vast sword intent within his body erupted with a thunderous boom!
Hum—!
Taking him as the centre, an invisible domain of sword intent spread outwards!
Within the domain, sword qi crisscrossed freely. All illusions were slashed to nothingness!
Those writhing “corpses”, the pink mist, the tempting phantoms, under the impact of this supremely rigid, supremely yang, utterly pure sword intent, burst and vanished like bubbles under sunlight!
In an instant, the entire second floor returned to clarity. Only the truly lifeless corpses remained, standing stiffly in place, all abnormalities gone.
“So sword intent also has the effect of breaking through illusions!” Chen Ping felt joy in his heart and gained a deeper understanding of this new power.
Without further delay, he quickly climbed to the third floor.
