In the central region of the desert on the fifth layer of the Chaos Tower, a figure raced wildly onward, kicking up clouds of sand.
More than twenty massive exotic beasts chased after that figure.
If anyone had witnessed this scene, they would have been terrified, because every one of those enormous beasts was a Peak Emperor who had mastered more than 2,000 Dao Principles.
Yet the person being chased showed not the slightest trace of fear. Instead, he grinned broadly, his intermittent laughter echoing through the desert and drifting into the distance.
The one being pursued was naturally Gu Ding. He had set up a layer of the Mirror Great Dao behind him. Every time the beasts attacked the mirror, their attacks were dispersed and reflected back, becoming area attacks that bombarded the beasts in return. Naturally, the attacked beasts refused to give up the chase and continued launching attacks at Gu Ding, only to be struck by reflected attacks again and again. Since single-target attacks were dispersed into area attacks, the reflected attacks did little actual damage to the beasts each time, but they still caused pain. The chase thus fell into a vicious cycle, leaving them unable to escape Gu Ding's taunts.
Of course, Gu Ding had not gathered so many beasts just to fool around. There was only one year of training time in the Chaos Tower, and every second was incomparably precious. He had gathered these beasts solely for the slaughter to come.
Once he felt he had attracted enough beasts, Gu Ding swiftly formed summoning seals with both hands and summoned the Ancestral Dragon, the other two ancient beasts, and the Heaven-Slaying Ferocious Beast.
The four beasts instantly completed a slaughter before Gu Ding recalled them.
Streams of grayish-black currents surged wildly into Gu