Chapter 146

If he clears the third story challenge, then he will be the second person to break through 350 floors.

The distance to first place won't be far!

"Leaving my name in the annals of history — this trip to the world won't have been in vain!"

A surge of bold, heroic feeling welled up from within.

Gazing at the goddess statue, he said with a grin: "For the sake of being first in the world, no one who comes today will be allowed to harm you in the slightest!"

The speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart.

Only to see the goddess statue actually open its eyes, staring straight at Luo Chenyu... 0

"Brave warrior, I hope you keep your oath!"

Luo Chenyu: "???"

Alive?

But when he rubbed his eyes, he saw the goddess statue was exactly as before — eyes tightly shut, not a trace of life about it.

The Great Thousand World holds every wonder under heaven!

He knew that what he had seen and heard was absolutely not an illusion.

This statue...

Was no simple thing!

"When Luo says something, he does it!"

The countdown ended.

A flock of fierce beasts soared through the sky, circling above the mountain valley's gorge mouth.

Luo Chenyu's gaze hardened, and he nearly cracked.

Flying fierce beasts again!!

The Sky-Splitting Beasts paid no heed to Luo Chenyu, forming up and diving!

Their target was not the statue, but Luo Chenyu, who stood guard before it.

When they had dived to within a little over thirty meters of the ground, the Sky-Splitting Beast flock collectively hovered, beating their steel-like wings as energy blades condensed one after another.

The sky-blanketing blades ultimately condensed into a single battle-saber, its edge fully exposed.

With the speed of a thunderbolt that gives no time to cover one's ears, it slashed toward Luo Chenyu.

A true forty-meter greatsaber!

Luo Chenyu's brows furrowed — this saber strike, he could not dodge!

The goddess statue was right behind him; if he dodged, judging by the might of this strike, it would absolutely split the goddess statue clean in two.

Since that's the case!

Black Dragon Battle Body!

Defensive Stance!

Two skills activated in succession, he leapt up violently, 【Heavenly Bear Battle Shield (LV. 4)】 meeting the overwhelmingly powerful saber strike head-on!

Boom!!!

The terrifying might kicked up endless raging winds!

Luo Chenyu was horrified to discover that he now had only a little over 40% HP left — the second 【Steel Shield】 had been cleaved through, and the first 【Steel Shield】's stacked shield value had been shaved by over three million durability by that single strike!

And the growable shield had been hacked into scrap...

"Fierce!!"

As he marveled, he saw all 100 Sky-Splitting Beasts blasted away by the shield's explosion, their HP nearly depleted.

Chance!!

Without the slightest hesitation from Luo Chenyu, a new 【Steel Shield】 appeared — and was immediately detonated!

In an instant!

The Sky-Splitting Beasts sent flying backward were all blasted to death!!

"Whoosh!!!"

The Sky-Splitting Beast King's heart-rending wail rang out.

Never in its wildest dreams had it imagined that a mere human could withstand the combined-formation array taught by the Demon Lord, and in the blink of an eye slaughter every last one of its sons.

An uncle may endure, but an aunt cannot!

The next moment.

It dove once, viciously attacking the goddess statue!

But just as it neared the goddess statue, a figure suddenly appeared beside it.

Boom!!!

Before the Sky-Splitting Beast King could react, it lost consciousness and plummeted from the sky.

As the saying goes, a phoenix on the ground is no better than a chicken.

At this moment, the Sky-Splitting Beast King found itself in exactly that plight.

"A mere beast, and you dare touch the statue?"

Luo Chenyu frantically battered the Sky-Splitting Beast King's skull with his wolf-fang club, the clash of metal on bone echoing throughout the entire valley.

Two seconds later, the stun wore off.

The Sky-Splitting Beast King had just tried to take flight again, seeking a chance to strike once more.

But... it found it could not move at all.

And that human suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura, the wolf-fang club in his hands becoming a blur of afterimages, raining blows down on it without pause.

Pain!

Endless pain!

The Sky-Splitting Beast King forced himself to endure the agony, a flash of resolve flashing through his eyes.

His steel-like wings beat furiously.

In an instant.

The feathers on its body began to detach, wrapped in balls of energy, all flying toward the goddess statue!

"Don't even think about it, Spatial Lockdown!!"

Accompanied by Made Luo Chenyu's furious roar, a spatial barrier appeared in an instant, blocking all the feathers!

Looking at the "featherless chicken" before him, he was beside himself with rage.

"You look dignified and proper, but behind the scenes you're a sneaky bastard—die, die, die!"

Under the 【Mad Slaughter】 skill, although he hadn't lost his reason, some of the violent factors in his heart had been activated.

Once he entered combat mode.

Fierce and reckless was his byname!

Featherless chicken bro…

No, that's not right!

The Sky-Splitting Beast King had lost its proud wings, its defense greatly reduced, and simply couldn't withstand Made Luo Chenyu's frenzied output.

Finally, just as 【Spatial Lockdown】 was about to fade, it let out a miserable shriek and perished!

"Ding, you have completed the 150th Layer objective of 【Ninefold Abyss】. Since the goddess statue did not receive a single point of damage, your reward has been greatly enhanced!"

"Ding, settlement successful. You have obtained Ninefold Abyss Points +1.5 million, Dragon Demon Abyss Map Fragment +1, Heaven-Defying Origin Fruit +1!"

"Ding, you are about to be teleported to the Exchange Space. Please prepare yourself!"

Made Luo Chenyu took a deep breath, but his gaze turned toward the goddess statue.

As he gazed… he saw the goddess statue open its eyes and smile!

He smiled too, and even after being teleported away, his laughter did not stop!

He…

Succeeded!

The third storyline!

Broken through!!

The second professional to break through the 150th Layer of 【Ninefold Abyss】 has appeared!

However…

The outside world had no time to pay attention to this thrilling moment.

Countless demonic filth and fierce beasts attacked the watching crowd.