The next day soon arrived. After having Xing Meng and the others check their equipment, Su Ye entered the Challenge Space.
"Cousin, are you going to challenge the Ninth-Level Stairway now?" Mo Yu stepped forward and asked.
"Yes. How are the Protective Jade Talisman sales going?" Su Ye asked.
"There are only a hundred or so left. I already have over two billion Survival Coins here. I've never seen this much money in my life!" Mo Yu said excitedly.
Su Ye nodded. With those two billion-plus coins included, his total would exceed five billion Survival Coins, more or less as he had expected.
"Keep them with you for now. We'll deal with it after my challenge."
With that, Su Ye walked toward the Ninth-Level Stairway.
[You are about to enter the Ninth-Level Stairway challenge. Bring a Vehicle?]
"Yes."
As Su Ye confirmed his choice, the scenery before him shifted, and he found himself on a grassland.
A breeze swept past, making the waist-high grass ripple like ocean waves with a soft rustle.
"Master, a life-form with an extremely high energy level has been detected three thousand meters directly ahead!"
Fifteen's voice rang out. On the Radar screen, a glaring red dot was growing at an astonishing speed.
Seated in the Gale Ranger, Su Ye stared through the windshield at the horizon directly ahead.
Boom!
A dazzling pillar of golden light descended from the sky and slammed into the center of the grassland.
A violent shock wave swept along the ground, instantly pulverizing all the grass within a thousand-meter radius.
Amid the wildly swirling grass fragments, a tall, powerfully built figure slowly emerged.
He was a being nearly three meters tall, his entire body gleaming with a dark golden sheen.
He wore an ornate, lavish suit of Golden Battle