"N-no... impossible... We can't possibly win."
After standing stunned for several breaths, Yuzhu gazed at the figures towering into the clouds and felt the waves of powerful auras surging toward her. At last, she could not help murmuring in a trembling voice.
Beside her, Gu Qingcheng looked much calmer, but her thoughts at that moment were no different from Yuzhu's.
For the Ghost Horde blocking their way numbered not ten or twenty, but hundreds, thousands.
"Nearly a thousand Evil Ghosts at the same realm as Snow Woman. Never mind the few of us-even in the outside world, the combined strength of an entire realm might not be enough to drive them away."
Gu Qingcheng felt somewhat hopeless.
"Young master, let's go around. We have no chance of winning if we fight these Evil Ghosts head-on."
Holding the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella, Yuzhu turned to look at Xu Taiping beside her.
At that moment, Xu Taiping was returning the Thunder Soul Blade to its sheath, sealing the remaining Thunderflame along with it.
Hearing Yuzhu's warning, he raised his head, looked at the distant Ghost Horde, and said with a bitter smile:
"Unless we stop climbing the tower, there's no way around them."
At those words, the light in Yuzhu's eyes immediately dimmed, and she said mournfully:
"How could this happen... Young master, you finally brought us to the Ninth Layer, and we finally saw a glimmer of hope of ending the chaos in Mysterious Wasteland Heaven... How could this happen..."
They were different from Xu Taiping and his companions.
Every son and daughter of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven who entered the Mysterious Wasteland Tower carried the hope of reaching its summit and asking Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland to save Mysterious Wasteland Heaven.
Yuzhu was no exception.
"Congratulations, all of you, on successfully slaying the