Beauty Offers a Kiss?

According to the memories transmitted to Yue Yang by the Bronze Codex, the Heaven-Piercing Tower was a strange place.

The Heaven-Piercing Tower had existed since ancient times. It was said to have been built by ancient gods and stood at the center of the Dragon Soaring Continent, a ladder left by the gods for humanity to "ascend to heaven." No one knew how many meters tall it was; it soared into the clouds. A barrier laid down by the gods shrouded its surroundings, making it impossible for anyone to climb it from the outside. One had to advance through its interior, floor by floor.

Every floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower had teleportation gates. Beyond those gates lay separate miniature worlds where anyone could enter and train.

The condition was to pass the floor below, obtain a special token, and then enter the floor above.

"Bing'er is only going to the first floor. It's merely an entrance trial, and instructors from the academy will be leading the group, so there shouldn't be any danger. But I'm still worried about that stubborn girl!" The beautiful woman knew her daughter's personality well. Her daughter was solitary and quiet, disliked group activities, and was not good at socializing. She did not even have a close friend at the academy. Whether in daily life or during trials, she was easily taken advantage of. If she encountered danger, there would likely be no one to help her, and she could only fight alone.

"It'll be fine. Don't worry, Seventh Sister can take care of herself!" Once Yue Yang heard that Yue Bing was going to the first floor for an entrance trial, he hurriedly offered the beautiful woman a few reassuring words.

Trials on the first and second floors of the Heaven-Piercing Tower carried almost no risk of death. Only upon reaching the third floor did true Death Trials begin.

Of course, accidents could happen in anything.

For instance, the young man from the Wind Clan who had been betrothed to Yue Bing as a child had been instantly killed on the second floor by a wandering Golden King Beast that happened to pass by. But such accidents were extremely rare, so rare that they could practically be ignored. In the past several hundred years, aside from that one incident, there had not been another case. Even on the third floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower, Golden King Beasts merely claimed mountains as their territory and did not wander about everywhere...

Worried about her daughter, the beautiful woman was somewhat distracted today. Though she had once been skilled at needlework, she had pricked her fingers several times already.

Seeing the blood beading on her finger, Yue Yang suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Perhaps his Black Jade Necklace required a blood-binding ritual!

The Black Jade Necklace looked utterly ordinary during the day; no one could tell it was a treasure. Yue Yang had never been able to figure out what it truly did. Why could he sense its lake-and-sea-like energy in his dreams, but not during the day? Could it really require blood-binding?

Yue Yang's thoughts stirred. Once the beautiful woman and the little girl had left, he immediately removed the Black Jade Necklace from his neck, pricked his finger with a needle, and let a drop of blood fall onto it.

For quite a while, there was no response at all.

"Fine, fine, I admit it. I've read too many online game novels!" Yue Yang had assumed this thing would work like it did in online game novels: blood-bind to its owner, automatically bind itself, never wear out or drop, and even level up alongside its owner—a ridiculously overpowered divine artifact.

Who would have thought that the Black Jade Necklace would show no reaction after all that time? Yue Yang was dealt quite a blow.

Forget it. Sooner or later, he would figure it out!

Yue Yang reached out, preparing to put the Black Jade Necklace back around his neck. Suddenly, he discovered that a black speck on the necklace was rapidly expanding. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a terrifying black hole. Its endless suction swallowed Yue Yang whole, leaving him utterly unable to resist.

As a transmigrator, Yue Yang nearly thought he was finished.

He felt as though his entire body was about to be torn apart by the black hole. The instant it absorbed him, his flesh, bones, and even soul seemed to turn to dust and vanish amid excruciating pain. Just as Yue Yang thought he was about to die, a strange flame of life surged from the depths of his soul. It gave him the bizarre sensation of a phoenix rising from the ashes—of being reborn after death, his entire body reforming and returning to its original state. He soon realized that not only was he not dead, he was standing at the center of an utterly silent black hole without even the faintest trace of light...

What exactly was going on? And how was he supposed to get out?

The more Yue Yang thought about it, the more his head swelled. It seemed blood-binding was not something to try lightly. Now he had really messed up!

"Huh? You're not dead? What a strange little human boy. Wow, you're actually an Innate too? Such a young Innate?" Just as Yue Yang had no idea what to do, a beautiful yet startled female voice rang out.

Before Yue Yang could react, he found himself lifted by an irresistible force.

Then soft, warm, fragrant jade lips pressed against his mouth.

A beauty offering him a kiss?

The transmigrator's first thought was that he had hit the jackpot. Then, to his horror, he discovered that the "beauty" passionately kissing him was a terrifying vampire. She crazily drained the energy within his body... The spiritual energy he had cultivated over an entire month at the second realm was sucked completely dry in mere seconds. Had she not finally released his lips, Yue Yang had no doubt she would have drained him into a dried corpse!

"For the first time in ten thousand years, that was so satisfying! Ah, wonderful. The energy was a little scarce, but it was exceptionally pure. Not bad!" The beauty who had kissed him sighed blissfully in the darkness.

"Damn it!" Yue Yang found himself drained until his entire body was weak. Even standing made his legs feel wobbly, like he had watched ** too much.

After a wave of dizziness passed, Yue Yang discovered to his surprise that he could actually see in the darkness.

Though there was not a trace of light, he could clearly see that his body was stark naked, without a shred of clothing, like some guy running around in the nude. Before him stood a beauty over two meters tall. Her face could topple kingdoms, her skin was as smooth as congealed cream, and her sapphire-like eyes stared unblinkingly at him, filled with delight and curiosity. Her golden hair cascaded down like a waterfall, partially concealing the towering snow-white peaks of her chest. Yue Yang forcibly suppressed the urge to reach out and grope them. Looking lower, he saw a delicate navel and a slender waist that could be grasped in one hand. She was simply nature's most miraculous creation; even divine craftsmanship could not sculpt such a flawless, naturally enchanting body.

Even if looking would send him to suffer in the eighteen levels of hell after death, Yue Yang was still going to look lower...

This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A completely naked beauty stood before him. If he did not look, he might as well change his name to Liu Xiahui.

However, when the transmigrator lowered his wolfish gaze, he cried out in alarm, "My kidneys! Y-you, why are your legs a snake tail?"

The golden-haired beauty laughed upon hearing that. Her laughter shone as brilliantly as a river of stars, beautiful enough to topple kingdoms and shatter heaven and earth, leaving Yue Yang utterly entranced and oblivious to the world.

Six arms extended from behind her golden hair, swaying with extraordinary grace. One jade-white hand gently lifted Yue Yang's chin. Her sapphire-like eyes brimmed with amusement as she said, "Cute little human boy, there's nothing strange about that. I am the Serpent Demon Empress, so naturally I look different from you humans. Don't you think my snake tail is beautiful too?"