boom!
The stone gate slammed shut behind him.
The light was completely swallowed up.
Endless darkness and cold instantly enveloped Su Yu.
The air was thick and sticky; each breath felt like swallowing a mouthful of mud mixed with the smell of decay and rust.
Invisible resentment and Sha Qi transformed into sharp blades, frantically drilling into his body.
Within his sea of consciousness, countless shrill screams and vicious curses converged into a torrent, attempting to tear his soul apart.
Any martial artist in the Mystic Realm would lose their composure and go mad within a breath.
Su Yu stood still, his body motionless.
Deep within the sea of consciousness, the Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Platform operated on its own, casting down countless purple gold rays to isolate all spiritual erosion.
These Sha Qi are not poison.
It's a tonic.
The concentration of Sha Qi here was even purer than he had anticipated.
He didn't linger on the first floor, but went straight to the stairs leading to the upper floor.
"Hehehe... Another delicate-skinned brat has arrived. Come here, let me taste what your bones are like!"
"Newbie? Hand over your flesh and blood, your very soul, and I might let you die a quick death!"
In the dark cage, countless scarlet single eyes lit up, sweeping over with malicious thoughts.
Su Yu kept walking.
He merely released a barely perceptible wisp of divine pressure, spreading it along the steps.
Buzz!
The entire floor fell into an instant, deathly silence.
Those clamoring demons and evil spirits felt as if their souls had been struck by a giant hammer, and they huddled in the corner of the cage, trembling, no longer daring to make a sound.
Second floor, third floor.
same.
Su Yu ascended the mountain as if it were empty.
Finally, he stepped onto the stairs leading to the fourth floor.
The moment I stepped in, a completely different kind of pressure hit me.
The Sha Qi in the lower three layers is like a raging flood, while the Sha Qi here is like a dormant volcano.
Beneath the calm surface lies a terrifying energy capable of scorching the heavens and boiling the seas.
This place is filled with the Mystic Realm demons and human Mystic Realm experts whose hands are stained with the blood of innocent people.
They didn't shout.
Pairs of eyes hidden in the darkness, filled with scrutiny, amusement, and undisguised greed, fell upon Su Yu.
Such a young captain of the Demon Suppression Guard.
Vigorous blood and energy, full of spirit and vitality.
In their eyes, this was a plump lamb that had walked into the slaughterhouse on its own.
"Little one, are you lost?"
An old, hoarse thought resounded directly in Su Yu's sea of consciousness.
This idea carried a strange, seductive power, attempting to pry open his defenses.
" The Sha Qi here is too strong; it's not suitable for a young person like you. Why don't you come to me? I have a method to calm your mind and spirit, which can help you resist the corrosive influence of this Sha Qi."
In the corner, a gaunt old man sitting cross-legged slowly opened his eyes.
He was none other than the Old Man Ghost, a wicked cultivator at the Mystic Realm Ninth Level had been imprisoned here for nearly a hundred years.
His " Soul-Searching and Spirit-Seizing Great Art " is extremely insidious and has harmed countless martial artists.
He could see Su Yu's youth and his powerful aura, which made him the perfect vessel for Su Yu's rebirth through possession.
If he can lure this kid's soul over, devour it, and then take over this young body, he will have a chance to break free of his shackles and escape this damned Prison Suppression Pagoda!
The other demons and evil cultivators in the other cages watched all of this with expressions of amusement.
They knew all too well the Old Man Ghost's methods.
This arrogant brat is about to become a walking corpse.
However, Su Yu simply stopped and glanced in the direction of the gaunt old man.
His gaze didn't linger, as if it weren't a living thing, but an inanimate object.
The next moment.
In his sea of consciousness, the towering Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Platform suddenly trembled!
The Purple-Gold Prison-Suppressing Scripture Minute Subtlety Realm, with its ultimate killing move— the Prison-Suppressing Soul Chain!
A nearly transparent purple-gold chain shot out from Su Yu's sea of consciousness without warning, ignoring the cage and the spatial distance, and directly pierced through the Old Man Ghost's brow!
"Ah--!"
The Old Man Ghost's alluring thoughts instantly transformed into a horrified scream.
His very soul was held captive by an irresistible, supreme power that carried the rules of judgment and suppression!
That was not an attack.
It's an arrest! It's imprisonment!
It's an absolute crushing defeat from a higher level of life!
"Puff!"
In reality, the Old Man Ghost suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood, with thick blood flowing from all seven orifices.
He clutched his own throat with both hands, his body convulsing violently on the ground, enduring the extreme torture of having his soul crushed inch by inch.
On the fourth level, all the noisy thoughts vanished instantly.
All that remained was a suppressed, deep-seated tremor.
The playful and mocking expressions on the faces of all the demons and evil cultivators froze.
Instead, there was incomprehensible horror.
what happened?
The old man, Mystic Realm Ninth Level Old Man Ghost, was transformed into this state simply by being "looked at" by that brat?
That's not martial arts!
It's a direct attack on the level of the soul!
A giant wolf demon with three eyes, its vertical pupil capable of seeing into the soul, exploded into a cloud of blood mist the moment it touched Su Yu.
"Awoo!"
It let out a painful cry and frantically covered its blood-soaked eye sockets with its claws.
In its perception, it was not a human being at all.
It was an unshakeable, unbearable sight, a purple-gold divine platform whose mere existence was enough to suppress all the heavens throughout the ages!
Now, no one dared to treat Su Yu like a lamb.
He is an ancient evil dragon who, disguised in human skin, barged into the sheepfold!
Su Yu ignored the terrified "neighbors" no longer.
He walked straight to the center of the fourth floor and sat down cross-legged.
Then, she slowly closed her eyes.
"System, the fusion of cultivation techniques is complete. Now, begin the upgrade process."
[Ding! Beginning to upgrade the Mystic Realm Supreme Body Refinement Technique, " Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art "!]
[Consuming 10,000 Slaughter Points, the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art has been upgraded to the beginner level!]
[Consumed 20,000 Slaughter Points, Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art upgraded to Minor Success!]
[Consuming 40,000 Slaughter Points, the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art has been upgraded to Mastery!]
[Consuming 80,000 Slaughter Points, the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art has been upgraded to its maximum level!]
The blood and qi within Su Yu's body surged at an alarming speed. On the surface of his skin, dark golden patterns and black demonic runes intertwined and emerged, and a heavy yet violent aura began to permeate the air.
But that's not enough.
To master this technique to its Subtlety and awaken its ultimate killing move, one needs a massive amount of Slaughter Points.
He did not hesitate.
"Continue!"
[Consuming 100,000 Slaughter Points, the Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art begins its Subtlety deduction...]
boom!
Su Yu's body transformed into a vortex that devoured everything.
The dense, almost tangible, Sha Qi, resentment, and death energy of the entire fourth level of the Prison Suppression Pagoda found an outlet at this moment.
A torrent of frenzied energy formed a massive black tornado, pouring into Su Yu's body!
"No! My Sha Qi!"
"He's devouring our power! He's devouring the very essence of this tower!"
The demons and evil cultivators imprisoned in the cage let out desperate roars.
They were imprisoned here, and had long since become one with the Sha Qi of this place.
Su Yu's absorption of the Sha Qi was tantamount to devouring their flesh and blood and draining their marrow!
They frantically charged at the cage, but the bars, inscribed with Demon Suppression -suppressing runes, flashed with electricity and violently bounced them back.
They could only watch helplessly as the boy sitting cross-legged in the center transformed everything they depended on for survival into nourishment for himself.
[Ding! The " Pagoda Demonic Baleful Intent Art " has been upgraded to the Subtlety!]
[Congratulations, host! You have successfully mastered the ultimate killing move— Pagoda Demonic Manifestation!]
The instant the system notification tone ended.
Behind Su Yu, the massive energy tornado suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, a colossal, towering phantom slowly materialized.
It was a nine-story, dark gold pagoda.
The tower is ancient and heavy, yet it is engraved with countless hideous and twisted demonic patterns, which contain both the compassion of Buddha and the tyranny of demon gods.
The entire Prison Suppression Pagoda groaned in agony the moment this demonic form appeared, overwhelmed by its immense weight.
All the prisoners on the fourth level, whether demons or evil cultivators, prostrated themselves on the ground under this oppressive force, their souls completely frozen.
Right before their horrified eyes...
At the very bottom of the dark golden Pagoda Demonic Manifestation, a pair of enormous, tightly closed eyes made of lava slowly opened.