Chapter 1157

If the three demon clans disregarded everything and launched an all-out attack on the Dragon Nation,

given the current situation,

no foreign country would come to help!

They would only watch as the Dragon Nation, which had the hope of becoming the global hegemon, was swallowed by the demons!

The Dragon Nation must be strong on its own!

An Eighth-Advancement practitioner was the only hope right now!

If they could survive this perilous situation,

the Dragon Nation would enter a brand-new era!

The loot boost that surpassed the entire world would make the Dragon Nation the undisputed hegemon of Blue Star!

Plus the 【Abyss Illustrated Handbook】 and the 【Tower of Breaking Limits】 before them,

even defeating the three demon clans was not impossible!

Ultimately,

all hope rested on whether Lady Hua could break her shackles

and become the only Eighth-Advancement practitioner in the history of practitioners!

Time flowed slowly.

The practitioners waiting under the tower did not leave for a single moment.

One day, two days.

Capital City,

Jingyu Martial Academy,

Seventh floor of the dungeon hall.

A new dungeon was added: the Demon-Catching Tower.

Li Yao was on the 108th floor.

Li Yao looked at the monster in front of him and let out a long breath of stale air.

"Five days, finally reached the highest floor."

"To be honest, this building reward is indeed okay, but it's too troublesome."

"Can't it just let me appear on the corresponding floor based on strength?"

These hundred-plus floors—

if it were just monster floors, that would be fine, but I'm afraid of those 'puzzle-solving' floors!

The puzzle-solving was the lowest-intelligence kind: taking detours, killing monsters in order, killing monsters of the same color.

Simple is simple, but it's time-consuming!

Li Yao sighed; he had finally reached the top.

"After taking the reward, I'm never coming to this Demon-Catching Tower again!"

In front of him was a monster similar to a Yaksha.

Brown body, fish tail, four arms, barbed sharp horns on its head, and hideous teeth exposed to the air.

Li Yao used his 【Staff · Crystal Ball】.

Level 85 Named-tier monster.

Just as he used his skill,

the Yaksha's eyes erupted with golden light,

and it suddenly lunged toward Li Yao.

"Fortunately, the final floor is the simplest 'BOSS Battle Room'."

A flash of red light flickered.

Kha'Zix appeared in front of Li Yao a step faster.

A claw strike, clean to the extreme, aimed straight at the vital point.

"Puchi!"

【- (Weakness Attack/Critical Hit/Fatal Blow!)】

【Leap-frog kill of Named-tier creature Fear Yaksha · Cassius, EXP +4%】

A flash of golden light flickered.

His level broke through to seventy!

Li Yao's expression was calm.

Kha'Zix possessed 【Heart of the Grandmaster ①】.

When Li Yao obtained Grandmaster-level swordsmanship, it also obtained Grandmaster-level Scythe Claws.

As long as the monster's Agility attribute wasn't too high,

it could almost always land hits on vital points, with every strike burning like fire!

【Congratulations, you have cleared the 108th floor of the Demon-Catching Tower. Reward: choose one of three: EXP, Equipment, or Item.】

"The final floor is actually still a choice of three rewards?"

"Is this Demon-Catching Tower too stingy?"

Li Yao complained and then silently thought: "Item."

Thinking that this was originally a Sakura Kingdom building,

and it was only established in Jingyu Martial Academy because of Kujou Mise,

Li Yao didn't feel it was stingy.

It was a freebie anyway.

It might be a bit cheap for him,

but for ordinary practitioners, the gains were still quite considerable.

On the lower floors, he had chosen EXP, but upon reaching the higher floors, he chose items.

Mainly because they were all Lord-tier monsters.

Named-tier monsters had only appeared in the last ten floors.

He didn't look down on the dropped equipment either!

Items were different; they contained all sorts of strange and bizarre things.

For example, on the previous floors, he had even obtained several S1 Spirit Stones!

Even if he contracted more chess pieces later, he wouldn't be short of Spirit Stones for learning skills for the first time!

It was just that S2 was a bit troublesome.

He had let Xiao Hei search for so long, and there was still no clue.

While pondering, a treasure chest appeared in his hand.

Li Yao opened it.

A small, unremarkable pale yellow gourd appeared in his hand.

【Demon-Catcher's Determination (Item)】

【Quality: SSS-grade; Bound; Unique】

【Effect: When a monster's HP drops to near-death, it can be used on it to absorb it into the body. After refining for 15 natural days, it can be converted into a Summoned Beast-type skill book. The success rate involves various situations and requires the practitioner to explore on their own. Cooldown: 30 natural days.】

【Introduction: Obtained by the first practitioner to clear the Demon-Catching Tower who chooses the item reward; unique item.】