With their plan settled, Jiang Feng led his companions to the second floor of the Eternal Tower, where the training focused on aerial combat.
They had been here countless times. Almost everyone had learned their aerial combat skills here.
Only the final two trials remained uncleared, and their guardians were two of the Twelve Holy Guards.
Now it was time to subdue Holy Guard No. 10 and Holy Guard No. 9.
Jiang Feng remembered that, apart from improving a challenger's aerial combat skills, the second floor of the Eternal Tower offered no rewards like the spiritual power orbs on the first floor. Those would appear again on later floors.
Thus, Jiang Feng had no intention of wasting time. He wanted to take his companions straight to the third floor.
Drifting clouds and mist filled the second floor. Jiang Feng and the others flew forward through the endless haze until they spotted an enormous golden statue in the distance.
Upon reaching it, Jiang Feng said, "Wait here. I'll handle this."
The golden wings behind Jiang Feng gave a slight beat, and he shot forward. At the same time, the Holy Sword Heaven's Mandate appeared in his hand.
Before he had flown twenty meters, a streak of blue-green light descended from above and entered a skeletal skull rising from the ground.
Strangely, this skeleton was not particularly large, even a little smaller than Holy Guard No. 11, yet he had six wings on his back.
Suddenly, soul fire flared in his eyes. Brilliant blue-green light erupted from his entire body, while dense wind element swirled around him.
The skeleton's weapons were equally unusual: two short swords shaped like snakes. They were blue-green as well, with forked tongues at their tips shaped like pointed spikes. One glance was enough to tell that they