Federation Number One, One of the Five Greatest Devilish Talents Under Heaven, Leng Qianliu!

All 159 of them had been corrupted by the Corrupting Divine Kingdom. Among them were nineteen of the Federation's twenty-two university students who had mastered a complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritance.

The three who had escaped corruption were all on the Ninth Floor.

They were Zhuang Ze, ranked fourteenth in the Federation and a student in Star River University's Dao Soldier Department; Tang Jingcheng, ranked eleventh in the Federation and a student in Star River University's Communications Department;

and Leng Qianliu, ranked number one in the Federation and hailed as the strongest university student—a fourth-year student in Star River University's Daoism Department.

"Taking the Ninth Floor is the final—and most difficult—step in unifying the High Tower."

Su Yuan spoke calmly:

"Any deadweight who hasn't mastered a complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritance can stay behind. The rest, come with me to the Ninth Floor. I'll fight this battle myself."

With that, Su Yuan led the way, taking the other three members of his squad up the spiral staircase toward the Ninth Floor.

Behind them, Guo Zhengyi and the other eighteen fourth-years who had mastered a complete Spirit Transmutation Inheritance hurried after them.

The Black Mud surged alongside them, flooding toward the Ninth Floor like a tide.

It had devoured the first eight floors of the High Tower, occupying an area equivalent to eight Taihua Cities—no smaller than a small nation—and had undergone a qualitative transformation.

It was easy to imagine that the moment this greedy Black Mud touched the Ninth Floor, the place would begin to fall at a terrifying speed.

Before long, Su Yuan stood before the entrance to the Ninth Floor.

After gaining ownership of the High Tower, Su Yuan had lost no time in using Demonic Cultivation Technique · Finger Artifact to raise its favorability toward him.

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