Chapter 334

The changes in the Heavenly Stairway were exactly as Feng Yin had predicted.

With the fall of the Nether Ghost Clan's Ancestor, the Nether Ghost Clan plunged completely into chaos and panic.

If a new Ancestor could appear at this time, this panic should be able to subside quickly.

But unfortunately, there was none.

All races' Second Realm cultivators simultaneously launched a encirclement and suppression against the Nether Ghost Clan's Second Realm; the Moon Spirit Clan even dispatched all eight Chief Priests, and in just a few days, the Nether Ghost Clan's Second Realm suffered heavy losses while fleeing.

The fall of a Nether Ghost Gatekeeper who had reached the Second Realm caused the passage between the Nether Ghost Clan's Dream World and the Heavenly Stairway to open completely, becoming the final straw that broke the camel's back.

In less than a month's time, the Nether Ghost Clan's presence could hardly be seen anywhere in the Heavenly Stairway.

The races that killed their way into the enemy's Dream World even destroyed the Nether Ghost Clan's possibility of a comeback from the ground up.

Even if there were still deeply hidden Nether Ghost Clan experts clinging to life in the Heavenly Stairway, they could no longer influence anything.

The Nether Ghost Clan withdrew early from the struggle of the Race War.

And this slaughter became a carnival for all the races.

Including the Human Race, every clan gained a considerable harvest from the remnants left by the Nether Ghost Clan's eight thousand years of operation, feasting to their fill.

There was no time for five... oh no, the Nether Ghost Clan mourned, and a new war quickly swept across the First Level of the Heavenly Stairway.

The two sides of the war were, respectively, the Human Race and the other races of the Heavenly Stairway.

Even the Moon Spirit Clan, which had previously been close to the Human Race, this time also stood opposed to the Human Race.

Everyone clearly understood the reason for all of this.

Because rumors said that the fall of the Nether Ghost Ancestor was directly related to the Human Race's leader who had ascended to the Second Level.

Just the Second Realm could threaten the Ancestor of the Third Realm, making all races realize who the most terrifying opponent in this Race War was.

Target! Must target! A battle in which all races joined forces to target the Human Race thus broke out.

Fortunately, the previous eight months had already allowed the Human Race to digest the looted resources, and they now possessed the strength to fear no race.

This protracted battle actually lasted two months, its scale so great it was as if the Race War had already begun.

At first the Human Race could still cope calmly, but when the various races revealed their trump cards and Second Realm powerhouses descended one after another from the Second Level of the Heavenly Stairway, the situation instantly reversed.

Hum—

Qin Chuan, who had descended to the First Level, blocked in front of the Human Race's powerhouses, killing the two descending enemies who came respectively from the Half Demon Clan and the Crystal Clan's Second Realm, yet his face showed no joy at all, instead looking exceptionally grim.

The mocking voices of the two Second Realm beings before their deaths still echoed in his ears.

"Luo, we have many allies, but you and your little girlfriend, how many times can you hold out?"

"Or have we come to this point?" Feng Yin stepped into the void, walked to Qin Chuan's side, his expression slightly solemn, "They are going to fight a Descent Battle."

"Should we enter the Second Level?" Long Ji spoke in a low voice, his face stern.

For so long, the Human Race has never lacked limit-power beings of Mythic Stage First Realm qualified to enter the Second Level; if they wished, they could at any time fill the remaining six Seats, giving them eight Second Realm beings.

"No, temporarily stay in the First Level." Qin Chuan slightly shook his head.

"Even if we occupy all eight Seats in the Second Level, our numbers still can't surpass the sum of their various clans' Second Realm beings, and it wouldn't solve the problem." Feng Yin patted Long Ji's shoulder, explaining.

"Furthermore, we are nearly invincible in the First Level, but breaking through to the Second Realm will make us weak in a short time, becoming a burden."

"More importantly, the current battle is mainly concentrated in the First Level; entering the Second Level now would be a weakening of our own strength."

Hearing Feng Yin's words, Long Ji took a deep breath, suppressed his impulsive emotions, but his face remained displeased.

"It's fine." Qin Chuan calmly said, "When this battle started two months ago, I and Feng Yin had already considered this possibility."

"If they had used this method earlier, I might have been unable to do anything to them, but now…" Qin Chuan's face showed a cold expression, "They will know the outcome of the Descent."

After saying that, Qin Chuan ended the Descent and vanished on the spot.

Long Ji blinked, looked at Feng Yin, "What preparations do you have? How would I not know?"

"The fewer people who know about certain things, the better." Feng Yin patted Long Ji's shoulder, gave a slight smile, "Just watch."

"Some guys are going to be out of luck."

Watching Feng Yin's laughing figure depart, Long Ji showed a thoughtful expression.

After a Second Realm being's Descent, to descend again they need at least three Heavenly Stairway days.

If the Descent form is killed, the next Descent will take much longer, at least several months to recover.

After Qin Chuan's Descent ended, the Second Realm beings of all races continuously carried out another Descent, and the number of Descending beings exceeded three.

"In the Second Level, Lin Yue, having received the message, turned her head to look at Qin Chuan, "Do you need me to Descend to deal with this?"

"No." Qin Chuan slightly shook his head, "Even if you Descend to deal with it, they will send out a new Second Realm Descent; by then neither of us will be able to Descend, and the situation won't change."

"And if your Descent form is killed…" Qin Chuan's eyes narrowed, "For the next few months we won't be able to Descend, which will be troublesome."

"We will proceed according to the original plan."

Lin Yue nodded slightly, saying no more.

The two vanished on the spot.

In the First Level, the three Second Realm beings who had re‑Descended did not immediately launch a slaughter; they took a provocative stance before the Human Race's battle formation.

"Without Luo, you are nothing." the Half Demon Clan's Second Realm being shouted arrogantly, "Now Luo cannot Descend; you can only wait to die."

"Ants, I will make you know the rules of the Heavenly Stairway!"

"Don't stop me, I'm going to kill him!" In the Human Race's battle formation, Leonhart and Hongye desperately gripped the grit‑teeth Evelyn, exchanging a glance, their expressions rather helpless.

"The president will act." Hongye embraced Evelyn's arm, "Stay calm!"

"Hmph!" Looking at the three Second Realm beings still shouting in the sky, Evelyn's expression was wavering.

Many strong individuals among the Human Race showed angry expressions because of the other side's words.

And this is exactly what the Second Realm beings of the Descent want to see.

Having endured Luo's anger for so long, we can finally vent properly on the Human Race.

"Rest assured, today none of you will escape!" the Half Demon Clan's Second Realm being laughed loudly, "I will carry out a Bloodbath of Humans…"

His words cut off abruptly, his body suddenly split in two, as if severed at the waist by an invisible force, and then his breath instantly collapsed and dissipated.

This…

The Half Demon Clan Second Realm and the Dwarf Demon Clan's Second Realm, descending together, had their pupils sharply constrict.

Before they could react, the Dwarf Demon Clan's Second Realm let out a terrified voice, "Luo?!"

In the next instant, his body was likewise split in two.

Hearing the Dwarf Demon expert's low roar, the Dragon Clan Second Realm, without hesitation, unfurled its sky-covering dragon wings and turned to flee, but before it could go far, its figure stiffened in midair and then collapsed and dissipated. The three Mythic Stage Second Realms, how arrogant they were upon descent, now how embarrassed they are in their dissipation.

"Look, I said the President would make a move."

Hong Ye released his grip on Evelyn's hand, looking at the opponent's body erupting with brilliant golden light, his icy gaze locking onto a chaotic mass of first-realm experts from all races, he silently mourned for his opponent for a second.

"Kill!"

The reacted Long Ji let out a fierce shout, as the awakened Human Race experts all moved in unison, slaughtering the terrified enemies.

The situation on the First Level of the Heavenly Stairway instantly reversed, while the turmoil on the Second Level became even more intense.

Figures shot up into the sky, looking in bewilderment toward the direction where the Dragon Clan Second Realm had fallen.

The three Second Realm experts who had descended to the First Level had their true forms killed in an extremely short time! How is this possible?! As you know, all Second Realm experts are aware of the vulnerability of their true forms during the descent process, so each time they descend they seek hidden, safe positions to conceal themselves, even laying down layers of protective measures.

In this situation, how could Luo possibly find the three Second Realm experts hidden in different locations so easily?! Each Second Realm expert felt a chill rise in their heart; the Second Realm experts who were preparing to descend next suddenly dared not move.

After the descent, it's hard to avoid following in the footsteps of those three.

At least, before we figure out what the Human Race's Luo actually did, we must not lightly descend to the First Realm.

However, they obviously underestimated Qin Chuan's resolve.

Slaying the three Second Realm experts who had descended to the First Level was merely a beginning.

Over the past two months, Qin Chuan, who used the Gnomon Third Talent Effect once every three Heavenly Stairway days, now has a huge Heavenly Stairway Second Level Map before his eyes.

The map is covered with dense dots, each indicating the current position of every race's Second Realm experts.

Either do it or don't; if you do, see it through.

Kill off all the Second Realm experts of every race, and naturally no experts will descend anymore.

Qin Chuan's blade first pointed toward the Half Demon Clan.

The several previous attacks on the Human Race were all initiated by the Half Demon Clan; there had long been enmity between the two sides, and furthermore, after the Nether Ghost Clan fell, the Half Demon Clan became the race with the most Second Realm experts.

After all, their twelve seats are the most openly.

The Great Demon Gods had no time to send a message before being instantly slain by Qin Chuan; by the time the leader, the Sin Punishment Demon God Aganir, noticed the loss of contact with his kin and sensed something amiss, only two Second Level Great Demon Gods remained.

Aganir, his expression drastically changing, immediately sent a message to the Half Demon Ancestor; during his transmission, another Great Demon God likewise lost contact.

The Half Demon Clan's Great Demon Gods were left with only Aganir.

"Damn it!" the Half Demon Ancestor's furious roar echoed in the Third Level for a long time, transmitted via the Communication Device to Aganir's location: "Run!"

At this moment, the Half Demon Ancestor felt only infinite frustration.

"Does he dare to descend? No."

The other races' Ancestors all think that the mysterious Third Realm expert who secretly struck is his ally, but the Half Demon Ancestor himself knows very well that he doesn't even know that damned guy.

Over the past two months, all the races' Third Realm experts joined forces to dig three meters into the Third Level, yet they failed to find that mysterious Third Realm expert.

"That bastard is still alive; as long as he descends and suffers heavy damage, the other side will surely appear to kill him!" "Ancestor." Aganir's voice carried a hint of heaviness: "He might not be able to run away."

Before him, Qin Chuan fell from the sky.

"Luo! What exactly do you want to do?" the Half Demon Ancestor, realizing something, let out an angry roar: "The Race War hasn't even started yet!"

"Half Demon Ancestor, right?" Qin Chuan didn't immediately attack; hearing the voice from the other end of the Communication Device, he suddenly smiled: "I've always heard the Half Demon Clan is bad at strategy; I didn't expect it to be a case of the beam being crooked and the rafters warped—starting with you, the Ancestor, there's no brains."

"When the Race War begins, I decide."

"I want to start the war; none of you can stop me."

"You..." the Half Demon Ancestor's voice mixed with extreme fury, "Do you really think you've already won?"

"At least, the Human Race won't lose before the Half Demon Clan?"

Qin Chuan smiled faintly, without hesitation slaying Aganir.

Raising his hand, he crushed the Communication Device, giving the Half Demon Ancestor no chance to keep talking; Qin Chuan turned and headed toward the Crystal Clan Second Realm.

After two Crystal Clan Second Realm experts fell in succession, Qin Chuan was about to kill the next one when the void swiftly twisted and a terrifying power descended with a boom.

"Not enough killing yet?"

With a resentful voice echoing through the Second Realm, a woman of exquisite features, clad in a crystal-long dress, appeared before Qin Chuan.

Her gaze toward Qin Chuan held icy, killing intent; she gripped tightly the Crystal Scepter surging with terrifying power, gathering strength enough to shake the entire Second Level.

The Crystal Clan Ancestor Camille descended.

"I thought you all wouldn't dare to descend." Qin Chuan's eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of surprise: "Aren't you afraid of being killed by that mysterious Third Realm expert?"

"Or are you saying that the Third Realm expert is truly an ally of the Crystal Clan?"

"After all, a thousand years ago, they helped you."

Hearing Qin Chuan's offhand question, Camille's face grew even darker.

"The Crystal Clan and that mysterious Third Realm expert certainly have no relation."

"Choosing to descend at this moment is because she is gambling."

"No matter which side that mysterious Third Realm expert belongs to, since they chose to frame the Crystal Clan a thousand years ago, they must have ulterior motives."

"If the other side wanted to continue deepening this framing, they would not act against the Crystal Clan now."

"Even if she loses the bet, it's fine; as long as she is slain, the Crystal Clan's strongest Second Realm expert will immediately advance to the Third Level and break through to become a new Ancestor."

"The reason for making such a bold gamble is that Camille has a surefire means to kill Qin Chuan! 'Die for me!'"

With a low growl, the Crystal Clan Ancestor took from the void a crystal block about a meter long and then pushed it toward Qin Chuan.

At the moment that crystal appeared, an extreme chill instantly rose in Qin Chuan's heart.

The crystal shattered inch by inch, revealing within a left hand that was both decayed and sacred; beneath its damaged surface lay countless splendid and mysterious golden patterns intertwining, granting it a sanctity that cannot be desecrated.

At this moment, Qin Chuan felt an unprecedented sense of danger welling up in his heart.

Watching Qin Chuan's expression change violently, the Crystal Clan Ancestor's exquisitely delicate features twisted, revealing a delighted expression.

This is a mysterious object they chanced upon after their Descent; its grade cannot be ascertained, and its origin is unknown.

Anything and any living being that touches it is instantly erased.

Within the Crystal Clan, it is called the Left Hand of the Departed.

No matter how powerful Qin Chuan is, facing such power he will surely die!

At this moment, the Moon Spirit Ancestor, who was watching this battle, had their pupils contract violently, revealing an expression of extreme shock and surprise.

"Left Hand of the Administrator?!"

(End of chapter)