Chapter 111: Against the Heavens, the Eternal Tower; Stepping onto the Ladder of Super-Artifacts

"Senior Han, if you wish to kill Samigina."

"It is difficult, but if you want to repel him, or weaken his strength until other powerhouses can provide support, I do have a way."

Ye Ling's Transmission of Sound rang out in Han Zhige's mind, causing Han Zhige to be inwardly startled, and he transmitted back: "How?"

If others had said this, Han Zhige would have been quite skeptical.

But with Ye Ling's words, Han Zhige would not be, because he was very certain of where Ye Ling's capabilities lay; perhaps his cultivation was relatively low, but his opportunities and series of abilities were things that even he, or even a series of Ninth-Rank Powerhouses in the Holy Alliance, could not possess.

Such a Ye Ling, how could he not be trusted?

"However, this matter is extremely dangerous; my ability is unlikely to succeed, but it can only be accomplished if left to you, though there will be a certain amount of danger."

"Have you considered it clearly?"

Hearing these words, Han Zhige fell silent. After a long while, a trace of flame appeared in his eyes, and he transmitted: "As long as there is hope, if I do not act and instead choose to preserve myself, even everyone else will die here."

"If sacrificing myself alone can restrict an existence like Samigina, it would not be a bad thing."

A trace of determination appeared on Han Zhige's face, his Spiritual Power released continuously, and he looked toward Ye Ling's position and shouted: "How do I do it?"

"Use this pagoda, do not resist his power; its attributes and power completely crush Samigina," Ye Ling replied.

Then, a strange radiance slowly emerged upon the Eternal Melody on his chest, and that special pagoda also slowly appeared at this moment, flying continuously toward Han Zhige in front of him. The moment it landed in his hands, Han Zhige felt the majestic Spiritual Power and origin within it; just a preliminary perception alone made Han Zhige shocked by the terror of this Eternal Tower.

It was even higher than his own special Sub-Artifact.

At this moment, Han Zhige could not help but marvel immensely in his heart; what kind of terrifying equipment was this? It was likely a powerful piece of equipment at the Artifact level, right?

This... this kind of terrifying equipment... that this child Ye Ling could actually possess it is truly inconceivable.

"It seems he did not bluff me; this equipment might truly have the possibility of suppressing this Samigina," Han Zhige thought to himself, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart. The Spirit Wings behind him slowly emerged, and he called over a female Mithril Knight nearby, asking her to come here to maintain this piece of equipment.

This woman was Han Zhige's wife.

Everyone only heard the two of them discussing something there, and then they saw Han Zhige's wife shouting something there, her eyes turning red as a result.

After a long while, she was seen crying as she accepted her fate, but she quickly stood up with determination, urged all her Spiritual Power, and cooperatively took a medicinal pill, taking on the heavy responsibility of this defensive array and the Sub-Artifact's defense.

But Han Zhige walked away... of course, he was not deserting, but instead instantly charged toward Samigina's position. That Eighth-Rank aura appeared extremely insignificant before the Fourth Pillar Demon God Samigina, with no possibility of resistance, as small as an ant.

But it also made Samigina take notice.

"Oh? A Gold Knight?"

"What are you planning to do?"

Samigina laughed aloud, his Spiritual Power scattering continuously, and that gray aura erupted incessantly, as if it wanted to completely devour everything.

"Kill you!" Han Zhige roared.

"Kill me?" Samigina acted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world and laughed loudly: "If Long Xingyu had said this, it would be one thing, but a mere Eighth-Rank Gold Knight, isn't that too laughable?"

The voice had just fallen.

The sky behind Samigina turned completely gray in almost an instant, and a huge, ferocious demon head flashed out within this grayness.

The massive gray air current swallowed Han Zhige almost instantly. The monstrous Death Aura was like countless vengeful spirits wailing.

This scene of terrifying aura made Han Zhige feel somewhat chilled, but he still desperately channeled all his Spiritual Power into the Eternal Tower. The warmth within it kept scalding him; that was pain from the depths of his heart.

Everyone was looking at everything in the sky with excited eyes at this moment.

They seemed to know what Han Zhige wanted to do.

Even Long Lingxi and Li Xin were the same.

They also knew part of the truth.

Only Ye Ling looked into it with a slight movement of his eyes.

"If the Moshenhuang Fengxiu were here in person, that would be one thing."

"But a mere Fourth Pillar Necromancer Demon God Samigina, really wants to try and contend with the Necromancer God Electrolux?"

"It is indeed wishful thinking!"

Only he himself understood Ye Ling's thoughts.

Above, Electrolux's large gray hand broke through the air, instantly growing to over ten meters in diameter, and grabbed directly toward Han Zhige. That large hand was in the form of a gray air current when it first appeared, but as it was about to close, it had already become solid.

It gripped down instantly.

"Weakling!" Samigina smiled disdainfully.

But that was fine; once this guy died, his Sub-Artifact equipment wouldn't be able to block him for long, and he would be able to instantly break through the current Yulong Pass.

Although he could not directly break the city due to the Demon God Emperor's orders, he could do other things... for example, slaughtering humans on a large scale to vent his anger!

But just at this moment, the gray hand condensed from Necrotic Power did not continue to exist in place; instead, it kept turning into void, as if it were being continuously absorbed.

"How is this possible?" Samigina was surprised.

He began to urge his own Spiritual Power.

But that gray hand kept dissipating, and after a moment, it turned into nothingness. Falling in the middle was a strange, lustrous white pagoda. At this time, it gradually expanded to a height of a hundred meters, while Han Zhige sat at the very bottom of the pagoda, gasping for breath, though his body was invaded by gray-white aura, and it was unclear what his condition was.

The countless Necrotic Power around was also continuously falling into that pagoda.

This scene looked very strange to Samigina, but also very infuriating: "My Demon God's Necrotic Power?!"

"You dare to absorb my Demon God's Necrotic Power?"

"How bold!"

Samigina was furious, though a glimmer of excitement appeared in his eyes: "This radiance? Is it a Sub-Artifact? Oh no! At the very least, it is likely at the level of an Artifact."

"Good, an Artifact of soul power! If I can get my hands on this, combined with the power of the Demon Race, let alone the Star Demon God, I could even contend with the Moon Demon God!"

After the voice finished, majestic power surged from his body, his Spiritual Power gradually changed, and his Undead Domain was fully deployed, pressing continuously toward the location of the Eternal Tower.

Inside, Han Zhige looked at this scene and could not help but reveal a trace of despair.

Just after Samigina gripped down, he had even thought he was going to die, but this magical pagoda protected him, though it only barely managed to protect him... this was already enough to shock him, and he was also wondering in his heart where Ye Ling had obtained this equipment; how could he actually have such a perverted Artifact?

This was too heaven-defying, right?

But there was no other way now; everything just now had completely enraged Samigina, and now he was finished. However, just as the Undead Domain approached the Eternal Tower, a strange radiance emerged within it continuously, and after a moment, several strands of strange Spiritual Power erupted from within the Eternal Tower; that was... that was pure Light Spiritual Power.

But that was not all! Because within the Light Spiritual Power, Samigina even sensed a terrifying Soul Power; that Soul Power was extremely pure and extremely powerful, and the surging origin contained within it even made Samigina feel a heart-felt dread.

But what followed was endless greed! "Good stuff!"

"This Artifact, I must get my hands on it!"

"These mere Humans, these mere Humans? How are they worthy of using these Artifacts! They are not worthy! Only this Demon God is worthy!"

Having said that, he moved faster and faster, and he himself, along with his Fourth Demon God Pillar, flew toward the location of the Eternal Tower at the first opportunity.

But just as he was a hundred meters away from the Eternal Tower, he stopped.

Because everything had changed; the Soul Power within was no longer alluring, but terrifying—a terror that pierced the heart—and at this moment, it even made Samigina afraid to step forward.

However, just because he dared not step forward did not mean no one would come for him! A golden light ten times more powerful than before erupted from the Eternal Tower, and it could be vaguely seen.

Inside the Eternal Tower, streaks of white-gold vengeful spirits lunged out, crazily biting at Samigina's Undead Domain, while simultaneously devouring it frantically.

Almost in an instant, it had already spread to the entire range of the Undead Domain.

This scene could not help but make Samigina feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

He immediately intended to retreat.

"Oh?" Just then, a voice accompanied by pressure came from within the Eternal Tower.

The voice was extremely majestic, giving Samigina a feeling he had only ever sensed from the Demon God Emperor; once this feeling appeared, it made him afraid to even face the thought.

After all, the Moshenhuang Fengxiu was the strongest existence in the Holy Demon Continent! And now... "Little Demon Race, you dare to covet the Eternal Tower of this Necromancer Saint Electrolux?"

"Since you have come, then stay."

As the voice fell, Samigina grabbed back his wandering consciousness; this strange feeling made him feel terrified from the bottom of his heart.

"No! I cannot continue to stay here."

"Otherwise, I will die! And death is only the beginning."

In an instant, Samigina cast aside all his dignity and began to drive everything he had, intending to flee.

Without a shred of reservation.

Twelve gray vengeful spirits shining with black-gold light shot out from behind him, each growing to a diameter of a hundred meters, rushing crazily toward the Eternal Tower.

Each one of those was at the level of at least Ninth Rank Second Level! But! It was useless.

He was the Necromancer Demon God, specializing in Necromancy based on the dark attribute. It could be said that in terms of Necromancy, he was the strongest in the entire continent.

But he was the current strongest in Necromancy, which did not mean he was the strongest in Necromancy in the history of the Holy Demon Continent.

In front of Electrolux, how could he be worthy?

He was merely fleeing in a sorry state.

At this moment, countless undead turned into pure Soul Power, falling into the Eternal Tower and being continuously absorbed by it.

Samigina's heart ached.

But there was no other way.

After a moment, more than half of his Undead Domain remained at the Eternal Tower, while that small half of the domain departed along with his Fourth Demon God Pillar, with only Samigina looking at it with a face full of sorrow and anger.

His eyes carried a touch of pain and heartache.

Three hundred years!

He had lived for three hundred years, and had been at Ninth Rank Second Level for about two hundred and fifty years; a full two hundred and fifty years of effort, and today he lost more than half of it!

"Humans! Next time, this Demon God will settle the score with you!" Samigina roared; this time he had suffered a massive loss. Although he reacted in time and did not lose too much, at the very least his strength had dropped by more than twenty percent; this time he really suffered a massive loss.

But he dared not continue to retaliate.

Because he knew that this pagoda, and the owner of this pagoda, were truly strange.

He had to hurry over to report to His Majesty the Demon God Emperor.

Although he did not want to admit it, Samigina knew very well that this time their Demon Race had suffered a massive loss, with losses even far exceeding that battle at Exorcist Pass.

Those resources were many but also not many, because they could be obtained by plundering or even killing fellow members of the Demon Race, so they would not feel any heartache over them.

But what was lost this time was everything Samigina had cultivated over these hundreds of years! Once it was gone, it was truly gone!

Yet no one cared!

Nowadays, all the Humans were full of smiles, looking toward the location of the Eternal Tower with boiling hearts, excitement revealed in their eyes!

They did not know what the situation with the Eternal Tower was.

Nor did they know what had happened; everything just now was exhilarating, but that was exhilarating and shocking for Samigina, while for others it was not, as it only happened in an instant.

And just a moment later, the Eternal Tower also disappeared.

Incidentally, the three people on the scene who knew the truth also disappeared along with it... Inside the Eternal Tower, Ye Ling carried Han Zhige into the first floor of the Eternal Tower; as the nominal owner of the Eternal Tower, bringing someone in was still simple.

Under the efforts of Ye Ling and the others, they were finally able to safely place him on the sofa to the side.

"Many thanks, Ye Ling. If not for this Artifact of yours this time... let alone surviving, I fear the entire Yulong Pass would have suffered a great blow." Han Zhige's body was wrapped in the soul energy of the undead; Samigina's attack just now had hit him like a heavy blow, and if not for this Soul Power keeping him alive, he would likely have died already.

"No need for thanks; as a member of Yulong Pass, I should naturally contribute." Ye Ling smiled, then looked to the side and asked: "Senior Electrolux?"

"How do you feel about this takeaway?"

"Compared to what you collected before, how is the Demon Race's Soul Power?"

In the Eternal Tower, Electrolux could even be said to be omnipresent; after waking up before, he did not continue his long slumber, but had remained awake. Now, hearing Ye Ling's teasing, he could not help but have black lines all over his face.

At the place of the phantom, a gray aura continuously condensed, and after a moment, it condensed into Electrolux's body, and he said: "Sigh, six thousand years."

"Is this the current strongest Necromancer on the continent? If it were in the past, let alone fighting me, he wouldn't even be qualified to be my subordinate."

However, he changed the subject: "But, it's not bad; his energy is very vast."

"Although it is very weak compared to my peak period, when combined with the Eternal Tower, it has indeed begun to extend the path forward."

"What do you mean?" Ye Ling asked in confusion.

"After the appearance of the artifact spirit, the Eternal Tower stepped from a Great Artifact to the peak of a Great Artifact, but it has always been unable to approach the level of a Super Artifact," Electrolux explained, and then said earnestly:

"And this time, if it can fully digest this consumption, it will be able to move toward the position of a Super Artifact."

(End of chapter)