Above the Bifu Continent.
A blue, sword-shaped Metal Lifeform sped through towering mountains at incredible speed.
Among these Metal Lifeform were Luo Ao, Echidna Lubbock, and their group.
Although he unexpectedly encountered Lubbock and his companion along the way, Luo Ao still planned to head to their original destination first.
"Ahead lies the Azure Sky Chain Cliff." The wonders of the Azure Sky Chain Cliff are known only to the Sovereign and a few native Deity Level powerhouses; most of the powerhouses in the Infernal Realm, including many Asura, are unaware of its inner workings.
This Azure Sky Chain Cliff was never mentioned in any geography books of the Infernal Realm. If it weren't for the introduction by the chief god Kuman of Sovereign Muja, Luo Ao would never have known that such a special place existed in the Infernal Realm.
"Is that the Azure Sky Chain Cliff?" The four stood amidst the Metal Lifeform, gazing at this unique natural landscape from afar, marveling at the wonders of the Creator.
This Azure Sky Chain Cliff, on the surface, does indeed look like an ordinary cliff, but its shape is peculiar, resembling a staircase rising from the ground and extending into the sky. These staircases have a continuous spiraling upward trend, and the end is not visible at all. Its upper part is completely surrounded by clouds, making it impossible to see clearly.
One can't help but wonder if these spiraling staircases truly lead to the end of the sky.
" Luo Ao, is this Azure Sky Chain Cliff really the end of the sky?" After the Metal Lifeform approached the middle section of the Azure Sky Chain Cliff, it found that it could no longer fly upwards, so it stopped directly on the steps in the middle of the cliff.
"This Azure Sky Chain Cliff is indeed connected to the top level of the Hell Plane. Above that, there is Spatial Turbulence." The Hell Plane, although indeed vast and boundless, is not without end.
This Azure Sky Chain Cliff is a passage leading to the top level of the Hell Plane.
"We can't fly any further up; we'll have to walk ourselves." Hearing Luo Ao's words, Lubbock and his companion were somewhat bewildered, but they still followed behind the two without a word, floating low along the spiral staircase.
"It's really strange. We couldn't fly upwards at all before, but there's no such restriction when we go up this ladder." Echidna was also surprised to find this strange phenomenon for the first time.
"In the Infernal Realm, apart from the Sovereign and those at the Paragon, even the most powerful Asura experts cannot easily reach the edge of heaven and earth. As you ascend, once you reach a certain height, the will of heaven and earth will exert pressure, preventing you from going any further." Luo Ao only gradually learned these things after becoming Sovereign.
Although it may seem unremarkable, it is a little-known secret of heaven and earth.
"I see. In that case, this Azure Sky Chain Cliff is indeed a very special existence. By following the spiral staircase on this cliff, one can actually break free from the limitations of heaven and earth and reach the ends of the heavens."
Hearing Luo Ao and Ao's conversation, Lubbock and his companion were also shocked and bewildered. They had never thought about questions like 'how high is the sky, how thick is the earth' before. But today, at least they knew the answer to the question 'how high is the sky'.
"My lord, what are we doing here at Azure Sky Chain Cliff?" Perhaps because the constant travel was too tedious, Lubbock, who was following behind the two, couldn't hold back any longer and boldly asked the question.
"We came here, naturally, to collect treasures," Luo Ao replied with a smile.
"Treasure?"
Lubbock was taken aback at first, then realized that it was indeed normal for such a special place to contain treasures.
As if knowing what he was thinking, Luo Ao explained in detail, "This Azure Sky Chain Cliff is one of the ends connecting to the Hell Plane. Various strange energies naturally converge here, and occasionally some strange treasures are born. Among them, the two most famous are the Elemental Heart and the ' Ethereal Jade Crystal '."
The Elemental Heart sometimes lies hidden in the unknowable depths of the earth or the abyss of the sea, and is occasionally found in other places in the outside world.
However, this ' Ethereal Jade Crystal ' can only be obtained at the top of the Azure Sky Chain Cliff.
Upon hearing about the two treasures, the Elemental Heart and the Ethereal Jade Crystal, Lubbock, though unsure of their exact value, knew they must be rare treasures.
The group of four continued up the spiral staircase, and after an unknown amount of time, they finally saw other figures.
"Yes, there's a battle ahead."
The four approached quickly, Echidna was immediately surprised, "These two are probably at least Six-Star Fiend, or even Seven-Star Fiend!"
The attacks from the two figures in the distance were terrifying, causing the already unstable energy on the Void Cliff to become even more violent, with spatial rifts appearing from time to time.
"Boom!"
After the two clashed head-on, the orange figure was instantly blasted away, crashing into the rocks of the Azure Sky Chain Cliff. However, the rocks here were of unknown material, as the orange figure's impact only caused the cliff to tremble and a few fragments to fall.
" Hilvin, you're still a bit lacking when it comes to competing with me in physical attacks." At this moment, a strong giant uttered a disdainful rebuke. The weapon of this strong giant was a black heavy hammer shaped like a forging hammer, with black flames swirling around its surface.
"You're asking for death if you try to fight me!"
Although this strong giant looked clumsy, he was incredibly fast when he actually moved. He left only a red, fiery shadow in place before his true form, wielding a black hammer brimming with killing intent, slammed it down directly on the orange figure. Where the hammer struck, cracks instantly appeared in the space.
Clearly, the power of this move by the strong giant was absolutely astonishing.
The giant's attack was incredibly fast, but the orange-clad youth he had knocked away was no pushover either.
A series of low, crackling Leiming sounds rang out, and the orange-clad youth vanished, transforming into an orange lightning snake that darted about erratically at an unprecedented speed, even faster than the strong giant. He managed to evade the strong giant's killing move.
"Trying to outrun me? I'd like to see just how fast you really are!" The powerful giant, wielding a heavy hammer, charged forward like a raging bull, continuing his pursuit of the orange-clad youth.
Because of their extremely high speed, the surrounding space was violently shaken, and the violent ripples spread outwards, instantly stirring up a cloud of flying sand and stones.
Because of the unique structure here, neither of them could actually take off, so the area they could move around was very limited. Even so, they still put on a wonderful chase and confrontation around the spiral staircase.
"Hahaha, Gaelbert, if you have the guts, keep chasing after me! Let's see who dies first!" The orange-clad youth transformed into a strange bolt of lightning, rushing upwards along the spiral staircase, with the fiery red figure close behind, constantly closing the distance.
However, after only a short chase, the fiery red figure suddenly gave up and chose to stay put, no longer pursuing the pursuer.
" Hilvin, you've got guts, kid!" The strong giant Gaelbert roared angrily, but dared not fly any further.
Filled with anger, Gaelbert returned the way he came and bumped into Luo Ao and his group of four.
"Who are you? How dare you bring God and Lowgod to this Azure Sky Chain Cliff? What do you take this place for?" Gaelbert's face was full of mockery, and he secretly ridiculed these guys for their ignorance.
It should be noted that the higher one goes on the Azure Sky Chain Cliff, the more turbulent the energy of heaven and earth becomes, and the space itself is extremely unstable. Every moment, numerous spatial rifts form, and sometimes even large-scale Spatial Turbulence occurs. Not to mention him, even Infernal Realm Asura would be doomed if he accidentally fell into a spatial rift!
The reason he didn't dare to go forward earlier wasn't because he was afraid of Hilvin, but because he was afraid of the dense spatial rifts above.
"I don't think I need to inform you who I want to bring here," Luo Ao said indifferently, his eyes cold as he looked at Gaelbert.
Although he knew that the strong giant had just been holding back his anger, they were not someone else's punching bag.
"You little brat, how dare you talk to me like that! I'd like to see just how powerful you really are!" Gaelbert had already made up his mind that even if he couldn't kill this black-haired youth, he would at least take care of the two Lowgod and the God.
"Let's see how many you can protect!" Gaelbert's cold, scarlet eyes looked at the four people. He leisurely swung the black heavy hammer in his hand. The seemingly heavy hammer was as light as a feather in his hands. Then he transformed into a fiery phantom and rushed towards the four people.
"If you want to die, then don't blame me!" Seeing this, Luo Ao was too lazy to waste any more words with this big guy. He directly wrapped his fist in scorching flames and smashed it straight down at the big guy.
"Boom!"
Luo Ao threw this punch, countless divine powers instantly converged into one place, containing Extreme Point power.
"Bang!" "Pfft!"
Two different sounds rang out in succession. The first sound was the sound of the black heavy hammer Divine Artifact being smashed to pieces, while the second sound was the sound of the strong giant being smashed to pieces.
"Boom!"
The terrifying force of that punch continued to propel forward, causing the mountainside Azure Sky Chain Cliff to tremble as if it were about to collapse.
The mighty giant Gaelbert exploded in mid-air, his head shattering into fragments. Strangely, however, not a single piece of his Divine Spark fell.
"Spare me!" At that moment, a terrified Soul Transmission suddenly emanated from the fragments.
"The core?" Luo Ao scanned the area with his divine sense and instantly discovered a transparent stone the size of a fist.
He had just discovered that this powerful giant did not seem to be of an ordinary race; it turned out to be a being similar to the Volcano Giant and the Earth Sovereign.
This metallic-stone life form will have a most important core.
The soul resides within it, and upon becoming a god, the Divine Spark also merges into it. Only by destroying the core can it be killed.
Luo Ao Ao's attack was purely physical, which allowed him to escape unscathed.
"Die!" Luo Ao stretched out his right hand, and a black, illusory flame condensed between his index fingers, rushing straight towards the transparent stone!
"No!" Before he could recover, Gaelbert could only let out a terrified roar, and then his soul, hidden in his core, vanished instantly.
His bad temper, which led him to take his anger out on others, eventually cost him dearly—his life.
"So powerful!" This scene was also witnessed by the orange-clad youth Hilvin, atop the Spiral Staircase, who was utterly shocked. In fact, he hadn't gone too far; after all, even a powerful Asura would perish if he didn't rush upwards any further.
"Let's go." Seeing the group of four young men in black continue forward, Hilvin found himself in a dilemma, unsure of what to do.
To get up to the Azure Sky Chain Cliff, you can only climb up these heavenly ladders; to get down, you can only descend the steps to the mountainside, where you can then fly normally.
If one has already crossed the mountainside and then departs from these celestial ladders to fly elsewhere, an unknown and terrifying event will befall them. It is said that even powerful Asura warriors would perish instantly if they dared to do so, so Hilvin naturally dared not attempt it.
"What should we do?" Hilvin immediately became anxious.
This Gaelbert was also a powerful Seven-Star Fiend, whose material strength was even comparable to some weaker Asura, but he was easily killed without any power to resist this black-haired youth.
"Forget it, life is more important. I don't need this Ethereal Jade Crystal!" Hilvin's heart was bleeding, but in the end, he obediently stood on the road and faced the group of four head-on.
Although the corridor of the Azure Sky Chain Cliff is relatively wide, it is actually only a few hundred meters wide and offers an unobstructed view. Unless he continues to recklessly rush upwards, he will inevitably run into these people sooner or later.
As the group of four young men in black approached him, Hilvin had already decided to give up the Ethereal Jade Crystal in his hand.
However, although the four people remained where they were, they did not walk towards him.
How could he know that Luo Ao's purpose in coming to the Azure Sky Chain Cliff was not merely to collect treasures, but to observe what the top of this Infernal Realm place was really like?
Moreover, as the Sovereign, he disdained to steal something from a god.
Although Ethereal Jade Crystal are precious, they are not truly impossible to trade.
"Up there, spatial rifts will start to appear. You all stay here, I'll go up and take a look." After saying that, Luo Ao immediately created Fire Divine Clone, which transformed into an arc of firelight and continued forward around the spiral staircase.
"What! He actually dares to fly up there!" Hilvin changed instantly upon seeing the black-haired youth's actions.
Further ahead, although things seem calm for now, a large-scale Spatial Turbulence could suddenly erupt at any time, and even Asura- level expert would die if caught in it!
This black-haired youth is incredibly bold!
"Or is he the Paragon expert?" Hilvin had only vaguely heard rumors of Paragon safely reaching the end of Azure Sky Chain Cliff, but he had stayed here for many years and had never encountered Paragon coming here.