Chapter 537

"A new Heavenly King is born... How fortunate I am to be able to witness this scene."

"Quick, I want all the information on that practitioner!"

"Damn it... only the footage of the seventh floor of the Tower of Heart is circulated; I really want to see the battle on the eighth floor... will an Emperor-level heart-beast appear?"

At this moment, on the white marble plaza, countless practitioners had bloodshot eyes, carrying a trace of madness.

What does a Heavenly King represent?

In this world, it means the rise of a powerful feudal lord!

If one makes friends with them, it means at least decades of massive benefits.

And once they become enemies, death and the destruction of one's clan are possible!

It is no wonder that these nobles and practitioners, who are usually high and mighty, have cast aside their usual decorum and become like madmen.

Fang Xing did not care about the hustle and bustle outside the tower.

Letting Er Ha open the Destruction Domain and provide support, his three heart-beasts successfully took down the opponents.

"If they couldn't do it, I would have wasted so much time cultivating them and feeding them so many heavenly treasures..."

Some heavenly treasures can increase cultivation just by being swallowed.

Not to mention, Fang Xing had also localized the alchemy techniques of the Cultivation World, which could maximize the effects of the heavenly treasures.

Plus, Er Ha kept advancing, entering and exiting dangerous places as if walking on flat ground, finding quite a few treasures.

If it weren't for the limitations of the Monarch quality, Fang Xing might have been able to cultivate several Emperor-level heart-beasts.

Rumble!

The battle platform rose again, arriving at the eighth floor.

"A newly promoted Heavenly King... truly rare."

On the opposite stone platform stood an old man.

His eyes were gentle, his hair was gray, and he was not wearing a mask.

"The guardian of the eighth floor?"

Fang Xing was somewhat suspicious: "You can actually not wear a uniform?"

"Hehe... as the Pope of the Church of Heart, even a retired former Pope has a few privileges."

The old man stated his identity without caring: "Congratulations, young man. As a newly promoted Heavenly King, you can obtain a large piece of fiefdom, and you can also choose a gift in the Tower of Heart... and if you defeat me, you will obtain unimaginable benefits..."

"It is actually the former Pope, Your Holiness."

Fang Xing bowed slightly: "Let's begin!"

"Battle... begin!"

The old Pope spoke slowly.

Subsequently...

Fang Xing felt himself fall into a piece of darkness.

"Hmm? Illusion?"

"Impossible! Not to mention the protection of my life-bound heart-beast, just my will alone, how could I fall for it?"

Fang Xing was taken aback.

His will was that of a powerful Law Lord, and he also walked the path of a warrior, cultivating his martial will all the way; how could he fall for an illusion?

"My life-bound heart-beast is 'Darkness'..."

The old Pope's voice came slowly from the darkness: "Afterward, I subdued the heart-beasts 'Anger', 'Surprise', 'Fear', and 'Death', four mental-type heart-beasts..."

"The five colors make one blind, the five sounds make one deaf, galloping and hunting make one's heart go mad..."

"This is my heart-beast combination technique—Cage of Five Intents! It has defeated thirteen Heavenly Kings before... If you can walk out, then I have lost."

"If you cannot walk out, you might die!"

Listening to the old Pope's calm voice, a surge of anger welled up in Fang Xing's heart.

"No, this is not my anger... but rather my 'Anger' intent being triggered."

Fang Xing forcibly collected his spirit.

"This old Pope, his life-bound heart-beast might be of Emperor quality, and as for those four 'Intent Beasts', they are probably only Monarch-level... although the fusion technique they form is powerful, it shouldn't be enough to trap me! The only explanation is the Power of Heart..."

The soul has three layers; the will is only the middle layer, and the most fundamental is the True Spirit!

Fang Xing had previously used will attacks to ignore defenses and kill many enemies.

This time, it was his turn to encounter a higher-level 'True Spirit attack', and similarly, no defense was useful, and he immediately fell into a disadvantage.

'However, this cannot even be called a True Spirit attack, it is just a layer of True Spirit-level illusion influence... otherwise, if my true self brought out the attribute panel to counterattack, this old Pope would have turned to ash...'

'Even so, it is very terrifying.'

Tower of Heart, eighth floor.

On the battle platform, Fang Xing's expression was bewildered.

Er Ha stood up anxiously, circling around him.

And in the outside world, a layer of darkness, like a canopy, descended.

This layer of darkness first enveloped the Purgatory Man-Eating Willow; this nine-thousand-year-old Man-Eating Willow had no power to resist and was directly swallowed by the darkness.

Subsequently, it was the Titan Demon Ant and the Pterosaur God of Wind.

Although the Pterosaur God of Wind could fly in the air, it was still caught up and submerged by the darkness...

Subsequently, the darkness swept toward Fang Xing!

But in the next instant, the darkness stopped abruptly.

Within the darkness, the Pterosaur God of Wind perished silently.

Subsequently... a shadow emerged and directly merged into the darkness.

Emperor quality——Ghost Shadow!

——Ghost Possession!

This was not even intentional by Fang Xing, but rather the Ghost Shadow's instinctive struggle in the face of death when it was being eroded by the darkness!

But just like that, it easily seized control of the Dark heart-beast.

"How is this possible?"

The former Pope's eyes were filled with horror.

There was only a precedent for life-bound heart-beasts being beaten to death, never one being controlled.

But now... he felt that his own life-bound heart-beast had been snatched away!

"Emperor quality... Ghost Shadow?"

He exhaled a long breath and died instantly.

The life-bound heart-beast is transformed from the heart-image, and practitioners in this world only cultivate the Power of Heart; although their lifespan and physical fitness are boosted, it is not by much.

In other words, if the practitioner dies, the life-bound heart-beast does not necessarily perish.

But if the life-bound heart-beast is snatched away, the practitioner will definitely die!

The next instant, the darkness dissipated. Fang Xing came back to his senses, looking at the darkness before him, and remained silent: "Fang Leng... seems to really be the protagonist."

The fusion skill on the eighth floor of the Tower of Heart was somewhat troublesome even for him to face, and he had been prepared to use his trump card and let Er Ha unseal its power.

Yet he did not expect that when the Dark heart-beast encountered the Ghost Shadow heart-beast, although the quality was the same, it seemed to be countered, and it was directly 'possessed and usurped'.

One can imagine that if Fang Leng had come to this eighth floor and his life-bound heart-beast had been attacked, the Ghost Shadow would inevitably have counterattacked by instinct, snatched the Dark heart-beast, and won easily!

"So... is my younger brother really the protagonist of the world?"

"Then what about that gray wolf that could kill him? The King of Villains?"

After making a snide remark, Fang Xing looked at the battlefield and found that although this battle was very quick, the results were tragic.

The Purgatory Man-Eating Willow, Titan Demon Ant, and Pterosaur God of Wind were all eroded by the darkness and died...

And after the Ghost Shadow snatched the darkness, it also killed the old Pope's four Monarch-level intent beasts.

"Who knew this former Pope would strike to kill as soon as he made a move..."

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"Is it normal for a practitioner to die during a battle?"

Fang Xing sighed.

And at this time, the battle stone platform rose slowly, seemingly crossing a layer of invisible space, about to arrive at the ninth floor of the Tower of Heart.

On the plaza.

"Look!"

Many practitioners and representatives of various forces were guarding the tower entrance, waiting for the new Heavenly King to appear.

No one thought Fang Xing could pass the eighth floor; after all, all previous Heavenly Kings had failed.

The originally arrogant Heavenly Kings became much more humble after coming out; many had their strongest heart-beasts killed in battle, their life-bound heart-beasts regressed to heart-images, and there were even examples of Heavenly Kings who died directly.

But at this moment, a practitioner suddenly looked up, staring at the Tower of Heart.

The Tower of Heart was currently changing its radiance continuously, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet... like a rainbow.

"This... this is a strange phenomenon."

"Could it be... he passed the eighth floor?"

Nangong Qiushui watched this scene, her heart feeling both shocked and desperate.

The shock was naturally because the ninth floor of the Tower of Heart, which no one had ever challenged, had finally welcomed a challenger.

The despair was that it seemed she would never be able to catch up to Fang Xing's footsteps in this lifetime.

"So... the seventh floor was far from his limit?"

"That ninth floor, which no one has ever challenged... could it actually be cleared?"

Headquarters of the Sanctuary of Heart.

The massive statue of the Radiant Ying-Dragon roared.

The Scripture Cardinal ran all the way to the current Pope.

He saw a 'Heavenly Secret Crow' perched on the Pope's shoulder, a large amount of feathers falling off, revealing red goosebumps, appearing very comical.

"This is..."

Several Cardinals who arrived were all very shocked.

"I just used the Heavenly Secret Crow to glimpse a corner of fate... that newly promoted Heavenly King has already passed the eighth floor of the Tower of Heart..."

The Pope said in a calm voice.

"Actually passed the eighth floor?"

Other Cardinals were all shocked: "Could it be that another 'Great Emperor' is about to be born?"

Ordinary practitioners, or even the heritage of great nobles, no matter how long-standing, were not as long-standing as the Sanctuary of Heart.

Therefore, their belief that no practitioner had ever passed the eighth floor of the Tower of Heart was incorrect.

Once, a long, long time ago, there had been a record of clearing the eighth floor of the Tower of Heart.

It is just a pity that this time has passed so long that everyone has forgotten it.

Of course, this also had to do with the Church of Heart deliberately hiding the relevant records.

Because, although that practitioner Great Emperor failed to pass the ninth floor, he had briefly unified the entire world with his powerful heart-beasts and established a glorious imperial dynasty!

Unfortunately... after the other party died of old age, the dynasty immediately fell apart.

"However... no one can pass the ninth floor; this is something that has never happened since the Tower of Heart was built."

A Cardinal looked at the Holy Light Plaza.

"Yes... legendary heart-beasts have always only existed in legends."

"No one has ever truly seen one, and no practitioner has been able to subdue one..."

Other Cardinals spoke one after another.

"Fate is called fate precisely because it is impermanent."

Seeing this scene, the old Pope was quite emotional, and a premonition surfaced in his heart.

Tower of Heart, ninth floor.

The surroundings were a sky, with only the stone platform where Fang Xing stood floating.

"At this moment, three of my heart-beasts are dead, leaving only Er Ha, Ghost Shadow, and Darkness..."

"Who will my opponent be?"

Fang Xing was enveloped in a layer of darkness, with Er Ha lying at his feet, his eyes filled with a trace of expectation.

In just this short time, he had already become familiar with the Dark heart-beast, confirming that it was of Emperor quality and had fifty thousand years of cultivation.

The Ghost Shadow was actually useless now; after all, the three chances for Ghost Possession had been used up, and now it only had the function of controlling the Dark heart-beast.

"So, is it two against one on the ninth floor?"

Fang Xing looked ahead but did not see a battle platform or a practitioner.

Roar! Roar!

Suddenly, accompanied by a dragon's roar, a radiance descended and transformed into a heart-beast!

It had the body of an Eastern divine dragon and the flesh wings of a Western giant dragon, its form majestic, carrying a radiance of 'divinity'!

"Legendary heart-beast with over one hundred thousand years of cultivation——Radiant Ying-Dragon!"

(End of chapter)