Human Clan Defender

Chapter 1047 - 121-122: Half-Step Divine King (Two-in-One)

Ascension Tower Ninety-Eighth Level!

Eight God Realm Tenth Layer Tower Guardians.

During this time.

After fighting to the ninety-seventh level and exhausting all efforts to eliminate the Tower Guardians, he had exited once to recover his own energy and injuries, before entering again to break through the ninety-eighth level.

Now.

With all the Tower Guardians deceased, the ninety-eighth level of the Ascension Tower was considered to be completely cleared.

The vast Ascension Tower had only the final level left.

The damaged flesh was gradually recovering; due to the excessive consumption of vitality, the speed of recovery for external injuries had decreased to its limit.

As for the inside, it was even more severely wounded.

However.

Shen Changqing did not immediately retreat but waited for the reward of the ninety-eighth level to appear and to witness the situation of the ninety-ninth level.

With his current strength, fighting the ninety-ninth level was clearly impossible.

But this did not prevent him from understanding the situation of the ninety-ninth level.

According to the pattern.

The ninety-ninth level is most likely guarded by nine God Realm Tenth Layer Tower Guardians.

At this moment.

The void trembled.

The reward for the ninety-eighth level appeared before him.

A gray stone.

"Stone?"

Shen Changqing looked at the stone before him, somewhat confused.

At this moment, a corresponding message came from the Ascension Tower.

"Challenge successful!"

"Reward: Rule Divine Stone!"

"Enter the ninety-ninth level in a quarter hour, challengers please prepare!"

Rule Divine Stone!

This name was extremely unfamiliar to him.

However.

Anything involving the word "rule" was naturally not ordinary.

Shen Changqing tried to touch it with Divine Sense, but upon contact with the Rule Divine Stone, his Divine Soul seemed to suffer a heavy blow, making him feel dizzy, and his Divine Sense was repelled.

"Can’t use it?"

His expression showed surprise.

The Rule Divine Stone was evidently a powerful treasure.

Aside from everything else.

Just the act of repelling his Divine Sense and shaking his Sea of Consciousness already explained a lot.

But the problem was.

He had no idea what the Rule Divine Stone was for.

If it could not be used, then even the most powerful treasure would be somewhat useless.

Unless.

It was exchanged for Divine Crystals.

After pondering for a moment.

Shen Changqing could not figure it out, so he simply did not waste any more time. He would naturally find a way to understand the use of the Rule Divine Stone after leaving the Heavenly Domain.

Reaching out to grasp the stone.

He intended to store it in the storage ring.

But——

The Rule Divine Stone emitted a strong repulsive force, not allowing itself to be stored in the storage ring.

Then.

Before Shen Changqing could respond.

The Rule Divine Stone transformed into a stream of light and directly entered his body.

The original position of the Dantian.

The Rule Divine Stone quietly stayed there.

The gray stone emitted an indescribable mysterious aura; when vitality surged, there seemed to be slight changes.

But this change was too weak for Shen Changqing to ascertain much at the moment.

Then.

He tried to extract the Rule Divine Stone.

The Dantian trembled slightly, and the stone appeared in his palm.

It can be extracted!

Shen Changqing breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Since it could be extracted, there was temporarily no issue.

The storage ring could not contain it.

It preferred to stay in the Dantian, so he would let it stay there until he could properly discern the function of the Rule Divine Stone after leaving the Heavenly Domain.

But there was one thing he was sure of.

As the reward from the ninety-eighth level of the Ascension Tower, it was definitely more precious than the Purifying Stone.

Moreover.

The Rule Divine Stone most likely posed no harm.

After all, the Ascension Tower was a place for the Zhongshan Clan cultivators to train, and the treasures provided would surely not hinder cultivation.

The only problem.

Was that he did not understand the Rule Divine Stone, temporarily unable to exploit this supreme treasure’s function.

After a moment.

The void shifted once more.

Shen Changqing’s body remained motionless, silently watching ahead, waiting for the new Tower Guardian to appear.

A breath.

Two breaths.

After three breaths.

Suddenly, waves stirred in the calm void, intensifying over time, making the vast void tremble violently, as if a terrifying presence was about to emerge.

Suddenly.

The trembling void calmed down.

In the next breath.

The space shattered like a mirror.

A Tower Guardian walked out from the broken void, whose appearance was entirely different from other Tower Guardians imitating challengers; at the moment of emergence, a vast and abyssal aura explosively radiated.

The vast void suddenly boiled.

Looking at the Tower Guardian before him, Shen Changqing’s expression was unprecedentedly solemn.

"Half-Step Divine King!"

——

Exiting from the Ascension Tower.

A new message emerged from the tower.

Zhongshan Kongzhou’s name had been completely removed from the Ascension Tower’s list.

Aside from this Candle Sect Direct Transmission, the cultivators ranked after him had all disappeared as well.

Names consumed.

Either dead in the Ascension Tower or successfully cleared it, entering the Divine Forge Platform.

Shen Changqing didn’t need to think much; he could understand that the latter was the most likely possibility.

"Capable of slaying a Half-Step Divine King Tower Guardian with the power of the God Realm Tenth Layer, such individuals are truly formidable!"

His expression was solemn.

Half-Step Divine King.

Was not something the God Realm Tenth Layer could compare to.

Though he hadn’t truly fought with a strong Half-Step Divine King level opponent, just from the moment the Tower Guardian appeared, the vast and abyssal presence could completely crush a God Realm Tenth Layer cultivator.