Just as Zhu Zhuqing examined the mysterious statue...
Something eerie happened.
The statue suddenly seemed to move ever so slightly.
Energy began to surge through the longbow in its hand.
Zhu Zhuqing knew trouble was brewing and hurried upward. As long as she reached the palace, she would be safe from any mishaps.
Sure enough, just as she reached the six-hundredth step, a black arrow appeared on the statue's longbow.
Whoosh-
The statue loosed the arrow straight at Zhu Zhuqing.
Fast. That one word said it all.
The arrow's speed had reached the absolute limit.
So had Zhu Zhuqing's. With the power boost from the Moonshadow Divine Armor and her Tiger God Transformation, her strength now rivaled that of a speed-type Titled Douluo at around rank 93.
She streaked along an arc, crossing countless steps in succession.
Boom-
The arrow struck.
It hit a step with a deafening crash. Whatever material these steps were made of, the terrifying arrow had failed to leave so much as a mark.
The pitch-black arrow bounced away, then vanished in midair.
Zhu Zhuqing dared not pause for even a moment, for she could already see the statue gathering its next attack.
Two pitch-black arrows appeared on the longbow.
When Zhu Zhuqing reached the seven-hundredth step, the arrows came shooting down.
Zhu Zhuqing dodged the attack with several rolls.
She charged upward again.
She activated her Martial Soul's Soul Skills all at once.
Third Soul Skill: Tiger's Might. Fourth Soul Skill: Tiger with Wings. Fifth Soul Skill: Full Tiger Power.
She activated the thousand-year Abyssal Scarlet Flame Tiger Left Arm Soul Bone (Soul Skill: Lightning Speed).
Now Zhu Zhuqing was like a streak of light, shooting toward the summit of the Thousand-Layer Stairway.
The statue had already fired several volleys, but each time, Zhu Zhuqing