The Ancient Secret Techniques inscribed on the walls were gradually being comprehended by others, and less and less of their contents remained.
Everyone was greatly startled. One after another, they looked around, trying to see who had comprehended those Ancient Secret Techniques.
Chen Mo also opened his eyes at that moment and, like the others, looked around in surprise.
Yet after everyone swept their gazes around, they found no suspicious person.
They knew that even if someone had comprehended something, they would not expose it so casually.
Wouldn't that make them the target of everyone present?
Dugu Xiong frowned. As the words on the wall vanished, the Ancient Secret Technique he had comprehended was merely an incomplete fragment.
Yet even from that fragment alone, Dugu Xiong could sense boundless profundity.
If he had obtained the complete version, perhaps even splitting open heaven and earth would not have been beyond him.
How could Dugu Xiong accept that willingly?
His gaze swept over everyone one by one before finally settling on Chen Mo.
Ever since this boy had entered the Emperor Sky Tower, he had kept an extremely low profile and had shown nothing in front of the others.
This made Dugu Xiong suspicious. Of everyone who had entered the Emperor Sky Tower, perhaps Chen Mo was the one who had gained the most.
But he had no evidence, and the people of the Demon Realm were protecting Chen Mo as well.
After making a move against him, Dugu Xiong had no way to subdue him.
Still, from that moment onward, he kept a close watch on Chen Mo.
Before long, all the words on the wall disappeared.
At the same time, a staircase leading to the fifth floor appeared.
"Alas."
Some people sighed.
They had comprehended nothing from the words on