All nine Gatekeepers were burly, broad-backed and thick-waisted, their exposed muscles looking as though they had been cast from metal. The auras they radiated were far beyond those of the first-floor Gatekeepers.
The Gatekeepers on this floor had all been endowed with formidable Body Tempering cultivation. Combined with their intricate battle formation, it left Xu Yang feeling a weight pressing on his heart. Besides their Body Tempering cultivation, these Gatekeepers should also have been endowed with powerful saber arts.
All nine Gatekeepers held long sabers formed from energy, fierce saber intent radiating from their bodies. As their nine streams of saber intent converged, the air inside the chamber twisted incessantly. "I can't get through this floor!"
Just sensing their auras, Xu Yang knew his current cultivation was nowhere near enough to clear this floor. Only after consolidating his cultivation and training for several more months would he have a chance of passing the ninth layer.
"Too bad I didn't bring a saber!"
Had he brought one, he would have loved to test the might of his Hell-Prison Heaven-Slaying Art against these nine Gatekeepers endowed with saber intent. They could no longer be considered ordinary martial artists at the perfection of Third Heavenly Origin. Judged by martial artists' standards, their talent should have reached the level of ordinary Heavenly Strategy Academy students, far surpassing ordinary martial artists at the perfection of Third Heavenly Origin.
With their battle formation added to the mix, even a genius on the Cloud Ascension Rankings would find it difficult to pass this floor.
Meanwhile, sensing Xu Yang's arrival on the ninth layer, the nine Gatekeepers moved.
The Gatekeeper in the center blazed with light and slashed his saber at Xu Yang from a distance. Drawn by the connection between their energies, the power of the other