CHAPTER 985: CHAPTER 983: SKIP THE CHATTER, GO STRAIGHT TO THE FINAL LEVEL

In the central region of the treasure hunting space, within the vast endless sea, countless fierce beasts reside. In this area, even the weakest of these beasts possess combat power equivalent to that of a Level Six Elementary human life form.

This is the first time such powerful treasure hunters have appeared in this space. Despite having life levels of only Level Five or even Level Four, they can actually chase and hammer groups of Level Six beasts.

Initially, handling one or two was already their limit, but over time, their life levels increased, and their strength grew, allowing individuals to take on large groups of beasts.

Soon, the meager gains from the Level Five beasts no longer attracted them, especially since the aftermath of battles with Level Six life-form beasts could obliterate vast numbers.

In the first Cosmic Year, other treasure hunters could occasionally spot lone beasts or small groups, but by the second Cosmic Year, even these small gatherings seemed to disappear.

Everyone thought that the beasts had migrated, so they tried venturing farther away, yet conditions remained unchanged.

It wasn’t until a treasure hunter saw a young man wearing a Ritian Sect cloak chasing hundreds of beasts that they realized it wasn’t migration. The Ritian Sect members were committing a race extermination!

Forced into a corner, they had to bid farewell to safer areas and head toward places teeming with larger beast groups, or else this trip would have been just tourism for them.

Of course, the Super God Academy students, who no longer had beasts to slaughter, have advanced toward more perilous regions, with this sea area being one of their destinations.

This is a city now under the control of the Ritian Sect. It’s not very large, accommodating only tens of thousands at most, and, other than the Ritian Sect, few could pass through the treacherous seas to reach here. The city holds just over thirty thousand people, with over ninety percent being students from the Super God Academy.

The tower Liu Yunyi told Zhang Menglong about is located in this city. However, it isn’t built upwards but downwards.

"Damn it, why is the eighth level so difficult? I have to take out a Level Six High-Grade life form? I barely fought to a draw giving it my all!" A young man cursed under his breath as he walked out of the tower.

This tower allows entry only once per Cosmic Day. In case of failure, one gets teleported out yet not ejected from the treasure hunting space. Of course, each level’s rewards can only be obtained once, leading many to use this place as a training ground.

"I’ve challenged it over thirty times, stuck at this level every time!"

"What did you get at the seventh level?"

"Hehe, good stuff, but I’m not telling!"

"Oh man, I’m so bad. I just got past the seventh level today, not sure if I can conquer the eighth before it’s over.

Listening to the Ritian Sect students’ conversations, treasure hunters from other civilizations felt as if their dignity was being mercilessly trampled on.

What’s this about ’I’m so trash, can’t pass the seventh level’? The seventh level requires defeating a Level Six Intermediate life form, capable of even besting a typical human Level Six High-Grade life form!

Some had been here almost a full Cosmic Year and hadn’t even cleared the fifth level, with only a few exceptional ones barely reaching the sixth.

They even felt that staying in this place wore down their self-esteem too much, and being with these monsters made them question their own futures.

"What is that?" Someone pointed toward the sea.

"Looks like someone’s coming. Is he insane? Even flying over the sea could lead to attacks from sea beasts, and he’s coming directly across the water—looking for death?"

"No, that’s not a person! Have you ever seen someone over a thousand meters tall?"

A few kilometers away, a massive black creature was swaying as it approached them.

"Splash!" A gigantic beast, hundreds of meters long, leaped out of the sea.

"It’s an Atali Octopus! That’s an Level Eight beast!"

"These creatures are extinct in the cosmic civilizations. It’s said one tentacle alone equals a human Level Eight life form, and a mature Atali Octopus has at least hundreds of tentacles!"

"Splash!" The black creature lifted a short forelimb, grabbing the gigantic Atali Octopus, then opened its enormous maw, crushing its skull equivalent to an Eight-Level Martial Weapon.

"Crunch, crunch," even thousands of meters away, they could hear the sound of the skull shattering.

Any entity capable of consuming Level Eight life forms as food has to be among the top predators of Level Eight life forms!

The Phantom Star Beast flung an octopus limb onto its shoulder, and the Rolling Ball Beast on Zhang Menglong’s shoulder spat a Strange Fire onto it, feasting on the already fragrant limb.

"Quick! Retreat!"

"Where are the Ritian Sect people? Quickly, activate the defense system! A powerful being is approaching!"

"What’s the panic, what’s the panic?" Liu Yunyi came out of his room while brushing his teeth, toothpaste foam still at the corner of his mouth. "Let people sleep, or I’ll kick you out if you keep making noise!

"Mr. Liu...look over there..." a trembling treasure hunter pointed to the distance. Despite the harmless facade of this young man, they knew well; in this city, Liu Yunyi was the boss.

They once witnessed him single-handedly and with one sword took out a Level Six High-Grade life form! The entire ordeal lasted less than ten minutes!

"Oh, the Dean is here!"

"The Dean?" The treasure hunter looked again, the beast had reached the city front, exerting pressure so immense that nearby fierce beasts did not dare to approach. On the giant beast’s shoulder stood a young man and a pink sphere.

The youth leapt down from the beast’s shoulder, "Xiao Hei, go back!"

"Roar!" The Phantom Star Beast obediently called out to Zhang Menglong before returning to the void.

"Xiao Hei? He calls that thing Xiao Hei?"

"Small? What part of it is small? Are we blind or is it? I just saw it bite a Level Eight life form beast to death with one snap!"

"Dean, long time no see!" Liu Yunyi greeted Zhang Menglong warmly.

"Yo, impressive, at the peak of Level Five life forms, you’re almost catching up to me."

"Please, don’t mock me. I know my limits well, come, I’ll take you to see the tower."

"It’s really big!" Zhang Menglong’s pupils dilated a bit upon seeing such a structure for the first time.

The giant tower is built beneath the sea, stretching tens of thousands of meters deep, even deeper than Earth’s Mariana Trench. Mysteriously, the sea creatures below dared not touch the seemingly fragile giant tower, as if it were forbidden ground.

"Dean, you can surely break through to the final level coming here."

"Let me take a look first," Zhang Menglong stepped directly into the light circle leading to the nine-story giant tower.

A flash of light, and he’d appeared inside the tower, a boundless white space with nothing but a floating purple light orb.

"Oh brave treasure hunter, I am the Guardian of this treasure hunting space’s Heritage Tower. This tower has nine levels, as long as you pass each level..."

"Alright, alright, stop blabbering as if I haven’t read science-fiction novels," Zhang Menglong had no patience to listen to the so-called Guardian’s lengthy speech, "take me straight to the final level, I’m in a hurry!"