Bloodfall World

After bidding Kasidela farewell, Gulanxiu soon returned to his room in the apartment block. Looking at his home, which was no more than a hundred square meters, he smiled wryly. "Having a hundred square meters all to myself—things have really improved for me! I'm still in the fast phase of Law cultivation, so I'd better train for a while before taking on any missions!"

Thinking this, Gulanxiu shook his head and began cultivating...

Time passed, and before long, twenty years had gone by.

Over those twenty years, Gulanxiu had made considerable progress in the Laws. Even without taking shortcuts, he was now confident he could defeat the Gatekeeper and pass the Sky Bridge's Fifth Layer.

As for the Sixth Layer, Gulanxiu had tried it not long ago. After trading dozens of axe blows, he had ultimately been no match for the Gatekeeper and had fallen there!

In addition, Gulanxiu had cultivated a Soul Secret Technique called the Soul-Suppressing Demon Tower. It had been created by a Universe Venerable skilled in souls. Gulanxiu had spent a full thirty thousand points to buy the technique, then more than eighty thousand points on the materials needed to cultivate it.

But every bit of that was worth it for the Soul-Suppressing Demon Tower's powerful abilities.

The Soul-Suppressing Demon Tower had nine levels in all. With Gulanxiu's current Cosmic Level cultivation, he could only master the first three. Once mastered, the technique would form a small tower in his Sea of Consciousness.

This tower had two functions: soul defense and Soul Control. The small tower formed by the technique could guard his soul and defend against an opponent's Soul Attack. Each level he mastered also formed six Tower Pearls within his soul, and each pearl could control one soul. In theory, then, Gulanxiu could currently use Soul Control on eighteen powerful beings.

If Gulanxiu had chosen an Illusionist as his opponent this time, the Soul-Suppressing Demon Tower's abilities, combined with his powerful state of mind, should have been enough to get him through the Sixth Layer. But after leaving Chaos City, he no longer had the tenfold points reward, and he didn't want to rely on that sort of shortcut anymore.

What surprised Gulanxiu was that, over those twenty years, not a single Universe Venerable had wanted to take him as a disciple. Normally, his performance in the Illusion Sea should have attracted a Venerable's attention!

Still, Gulanxiu was fairly relaxed about the idea of taking a master. For now, Barbarian Hammer King's guidance was enough. As for the future, his talent would continue to improve, and naturally draw the attention of even more powerful beings.

"My cultivation speed has started to slow down. It's about time I went out and took on some missions. The various Cosmic Level training missions offer all kinds of opportunities. Maybe one of them can help me improve further!" Gulanxiu murmured to himself.

With that, he opened the mission list. Although he was currently with the Axe Fighting Arena, and the Luo Feng era might still be a long way off, the Cosmic Level training missions were surprisingly similar to those from Luo Feng's era!

For example, the Desperate Level Missions Hell Abyss and Demon Mountain, as well as the danger-level missions Bloodfall World and Dragon Tower Star, were already available.

Gulanxiu spent a while choosing from among the many missions, then finally settled on the one for Bloodfall Continent.

After all, this was a mission world described in detail in the original story, so Gulanxiu was more familiar with its opportunities and dangers.

Besides, the effects of the Bloodfall Crystals made him long for them.

Soon after Gulanxiu accepted the Bloodfall World mission, he received an email containing a detailed introduction to the world's language and customs.

However, he hadn't received a risk warning like the one Luo Feng had gotten in the original story.

This alone showed the difference in the styles of the Axe Fighting Arena and the Virtual Universe Company.

In the original story, the Virtual Universe Company listed the death rate for each training world so that trialists could prepare in advance. The Axe Fighting Arena, however, was different.

It only gave a simple classification of how difficult each mission was. If you wanted to know the actual death rate, you had to risk your own life and find out. Perhaps, in the Axe Fighting Arena's eyes, anyone who couldn't grow stronger in danger could never become a true powerhouse!

As far as Gulanxiu was concerned, the Axe Fighting Arena's training method was essentially raising Gu: all it wanted was the strongest one, while everyone else was merely nourishment for that one to grow!

Fortunately, Gulanxiu knew a little about Bloodfall Continent, and had used points to buy some things in advance to prepare for its trials.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. By then, Gulanxiu had reached the space directly above Bloodfall Continent, the destination of his mission.

Above it stood a gigantic palace: Sky Erosion Palace, which had suppressed Bloodfall Continent for countless years.

Looking at the majestic palace not far away, a trace of longing flashed in Gulanxiu's eyes. But he didn't dwell on it, and headed straight down.

Bloodfall Continent had eighteen layers of sky. These eighteen layers marked the limit of how high the natives of Bloodfall Continent could travel.

Gulanxiu was currently clad in golden armor formed from Heavy Metal Stym, with a blood-red great axe strapped to his back. A powerful aura radiated from him.

Thanks to Heavy Metal Stym's unique properties, Gulanxiu looked and felt like a Domain Lord at the ninth level. Of course, on Bloodfall Continent, this was called the ninth Domain Level.

Boom! Following the pull of gravity, Gulanxiu crashed down onto a vast grassland. Since he had just arrived and had no map, he picked a random direction and flew off.

Gulanxiu made no effort to conceal his powerful aura, so the Wild Beasts weaker than him scattered as he flew past.

Half a day later, as Gulanxiu was flying, he suddenly sensed a powerful energy heading in his direction. Judging by its aura, it was even stronger than Gulanxiu disguised with Heavy Metal Stym. Feeling the fierce momentum with which it approached, Gulanxiu knew it meant trouble. He picked up the Blood God Axe and prepared for battle.

A moment later, the creature flying toward Gulanxiu revealed its true form. It was a strange life-form resembling an ankylosaurus from Jurassic Park.

The creature was dozens of meters long, its entire body covered in armor. It had sharp claws and a terrifying clubbed tail; just looking at it, one could tell it was no pushover.

When the creature reached him, it didn't bother with words. It suddenly swung its tail at Gulanxiu, the whistling tail club glinting with golden light.

Gulanxiu lowered his stance and swung his axe horizontally at the creature's tail club. Space ahead of him twisted in the stillness, and the strange creature slowed slightly under the blow.

Boom! The Blood God Axe in Gulanxiu's hands met the creature's tail club in a straightforward clash of brute force!

Ripples drifted through the air. Gulanxiu was sent flying, clearly losing the contest of strength.

Of course, the strange creature didn't fare well either. The Blood God Axe was made for Immortal Experts, and had a clear advantage in sharpness and hardness.

Though the strange creature's tail club was the hardest part of its body, how could it compare to Gulanxiu's Blood God Axe?

Under Gulanxiu's attack, the tail club of the ankylosaur-like creature was chopped almost all the way through, with only a small strip of skin and flesh still holding it together.