"These Ghost Kings were not unbeatable. At the very least, the young master's Thunderflame could hurt them. That should be what he wanted to confirm."
At this thought, Gu Qingcheng raised her Rune Brush, frowning and shaking her head as she said:
"But even so, what difference does it make? There are hundreds, even thousands of ghosts here with cultivation equal to this Dragon Ghost!"
Boom!
Just as she spoke, the Dragon Ghost that had lost one of its horns suddenly went berserk, spewing a fierce blast of Dragon Breath at Gu Qingcheng and the others.
Bang!
Just as before, Gu Qingcheng and Yuzhu were swallowed by the Dragon Breath in an instant, their bodies both bursting into clouds of bloody mist.
"Young master, why haven't you pushed the gate open?"
A short while later, before the enormous Bronze Gate leading into the ninth layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, Xu Taiping, who had already come back to his senses, heard those words once again.
"There's no hurry."
Looking at Gongshu Nanxing and the others, all completely unharmed, Xu Taiping felt an inexplicable sense of relief.
Although he trusted the power of the Five-Life Pearl, he still could not help worrying when he saw Gongshu Nanxing and the others die.
"Young master, have you discovered something amiss?"
Just then, Gu Qingcheng suddenly walked up to Xu Taiping.
Of everyone present, Gu Qingcheng had the keenest Divine Soul perception, and she immediately noticed something unusual in Xu Taiping's eyes.
"Something is indeed amiss."
Xu Taiping nodded, then, under everyone's puzzled gazes, took the Azure Dragon Token in his hand and unsealed the Divine Soul Mark Gu Qingcheng had left within it.
In an instant, scenes flashed through the minds of everyone before the Bronze Gate, beginning with Xu Taiping explaining