Duanmu Lian looked at the object resembling a medal that Zhou Qingruo had taken out, a look of confusion spreading across her cheeks, "Qingruo, what is this??"
She could feel the spiritual power fluctuations emanating from it, but with the naked eye, it was hard to discern its purpose…
Zhou Qingruo's Beautiful Eyes glanced at her and shook her head, saying, "I'm not sure what this is either. I came across it by chance while traveling through the Cultivation World! As for its use, it can sense people who have come into contact with it!"
Upon hearing this explanation, a look of sudden realization dawned on Duanmu Lian's face…
"So that's it, you want to use this little thing to find Xu Sheng?"
Zhou Qingruo nodded, "Mm!"
With that, she did not offer more explanation, but instead channeled spiritual power into the medal in her hand, afterward gripping it tightly, as if to crush it…
Following a crisp "Bang!" sound, the medal-like treasure instantly shattered, releasing a burst of dazzling, blinding light that enveloped everything around…
The spiritual power inside instantly condensed into a swarm of shining Spirit Butterflies; they fluttered their pale blue wings, seemingly impatient to leave…
Zhou Qingruo called out sharply, "Go!"
After these words, like heeding a command, the swarm of Spirit Butterflies began to accelerate their wing flapping, slowly moving in a certain direction…
After doing all this, she turned her gaze back to Duanmu Lian and spoke, "Let's go! If we follow behind these Spirit Butterflies, there's a good chance we'll locate where Xu Sheng is!"
Surprise flitted through Duanmu Lian's Beautiful Eyes…
She somewhat hadn't expected that such an ordinary medal could release such a beautiful swarm of Spirit Butterflies!
Subsequently, the two of them followed behind the swarm of Spirit Butterflies, slowly closing in on Xu Sheng's location…
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Meanwhile, Xu Sheng, who was trapped in the middle, looked with a troubled expression at the two sharp Light Swords getting closer and closer from both front and back, the angles extremely tricky…
If he wasn't careful, he would surely be sliced in half…
Xu Sheng gritted his teeth and chose to leap up, jumping into mid-air…
Without doubt, the two incoming attacks missed their mark, but failing to stop in time, they cut straight into each other…
A tearing "pfft!" sound ensued, with both men holding Light Swords striking down the other's strength.
The two men, who should have been in a Soul State and immune to injury, were abruptly cleaved in half…
In the blink of an eye, they turned into glistening particles and dissipated...
Seeing this scene, Xu Sheng couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air…
It turned out that the Light Sword could not only cause massive physical damage but could even forcibly erase a soul…
He secretly counted himself lucky for not having been struck earlier; otherwise, the situation could have been troublesome!
After taking a deep breath, Xu Sheng immediately decided to sit down cross-legged and closed his dark eyes to recover his spiritual power...
The constant dodging before had already consumed a hefty amount of spiritual power within his body…
After meditating for half an hour, Xu Sheng slowly opened his eyes again...
The spiritual power inside him was once again full...
Not only that, but his Cultivation Level was also about to make a breakthrough to the Saint Realm!
After standing up, he looked towards the next set of stairs, a sense of wariness arising inexplicably within him...
He then took a step forward...
No sooner had he set foot on the staircase than a tremendous pressure erupted from within, continuously bombarding Xu Sheng…
His eyes narrowed quietly, he thought to himself, "Such strong pressure!"
He even felt as if a small mountain were pressing on his body, making even shifting his position somewhat burdensome...
However, after lingering on this step for more than a dozen seconds, he still braced himself against this powerful pressure and broke through three more levels!
Thereafter, Xu Sheng reached the one hundred and forty-ninth floor...
At this moment, every muscle on his body was trembling incessantly, forcibly resisting the almost brutal pressure that seemed intent on mercilessly crushing his bones...
After clenching his teeth, he summoned all his strength and took a hard step onto the one hundred and fiftieth floor...
But the moment he touched it, Xu Sheng's complexion drastically changed...
A pressure even more terrifying than before struck him squarely in the chest, and he was forcibly ejected from the one hundred and fiftieth step! He staggered a few times before barely managing to steady himself...
With a "puh!" he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his complexion turning a shade paler...
After wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he mumbled to himself in astonishment, "Is it really that powerful?"
This was only the one hundred and fiftieth floor, and the pressure it exerted was already too much for him to withstand!
Not to mention that there were still over fifty more floors to the very top – wouldn't the mere burst of pressure from those be enough to annihilate him!
With that thought, Xu Sheng did not hesitate any longer, his dark eyes turning to the many treasures within his Storage Cosmos Bag...
Now, he had only one choice!
That was to gamble on these densely packed treasures!!
Xu Sheng pursed his thin lips, infused some of his spiritual power into the Storage Cosmos Bag, and then fiercely tossed it into the air...
In an instant, hundreds of treasures emanating spirit force fluctuations scattered in a spectacular display!
As Xu Sheng's cold shout fell, "Absolve!"
All the treasures in the sky were unleashed...
A series of intense glares burst forth in quick succession, with the majestic spiritual power converging around Xu Sheng's body, forming terrifyingly powerful Shields of various kinds...
Not only that, but his speed, recovery ability, mental state, and other aspects all received an immensely powerful boost...
Naturally, the pressure brought about by these steps had been greatly diminished by the effects of these treasures and was now almost negligible!!
Taking advantage of this momentum, Xu Sheng did not hesitate to use a Body Movement Martial Technique and began frantically breaking through the increasingly terrifying steps at the fastest speed...
Of course, the treasures on his body were being shattered by the pressure one after another, as if playing a symphony...
The one hundred and fiftieth floor...
The one hundred and fifty-sixth floor...
The one hundred and sixty-fourth floor...
The one hundred and seventy-third floor...
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Finally, with the sound of the last treasure breaking, Xu Sheng, covered in crimson blood, finally stepped over the two hundredth floor! He had reached the top of the staircase!
Looking at the door emitting a white glow that was just within reach, a faint smile finally appeared on Xu Sheng's lips as he weakly said, "Finally... have I reached it?"
It was as if that sentence used up his last bit of strength...
With a "thump," Xu Sheng, grievously injured and his consciousness fading, collapsed powerlessly onto the ground and fell into unconsciousness...
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