Ning Xiaochuan arrived at the twelfth level of the Heaven Reaching Bridge and encountered the twelfth white-robed gatekeeper.
The white-robed man stood in the middle of the bridge with his hands behind his back, rich Martial Dao Profound Qi circulating within him. He was merely a soul shadow, yet his physical body was extraordinarily solid, no different from that of a real person.
"Defeat me, and you succeed. Let me kill you, and you fail. Begin!" said the white-robed man.
Naturally, Ning Xiaochuan understood the rules of the Heaven Reaching Bridge. Without another word, he charged forward and unleashed dozens of sword qi.
For the previous eleven stages, Ning Xiaochuan had charged through using only a single strand of sword qi, with no one able to stop him. Only at the eleventh stage had he met brief resistance, yet after merely exchanging a dozen moves, he had slain the gatekeeper of the eleventh stage with utter ease.
But upon encountering the white-robed man of the twelfth stage, Ning Xiaochuan clearly felt the resistance.
The twelfth-stage white-robed man was at least four times stronger than the white-robed man of the eleventh stage.
Roar!
The white-robed man's body was enveloped in white light and continuously swelled until it stood more than ten meters tall, transforming into a two-headed giant lizard.
From the giant lizard's left head, eight ice swords spewed forth. They arranged themselves in a circle like a formation, trapping Ning Xiaochuan within the ice swords.
Ning Xiaochuan shot upward against the attack and leaped into the air, but the giant lizard's tail swept toward him like a thick steel divine chain, carrying a frigid aura.
There was no way to evade it. Ning Xiaochuan struck the giant lizard's tail with his palm, dense currents of electricity bursting from his palm.