Chapter 121: Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone, Devour!

“Just who exactly is cultivating in the space above? I haven’t heard of any Inner Sect disciples entering the Sanctuary Tower recently…”

Liu Ruyan’s eyes were filled with doubt, but she quickly made a decision.

I’ll go down and check first to see which floor Lu Jin is actually on!’

With that thought, she walked directly toward the lower levels.

The arrays and various traps within the five floors below could no longer affect her in the slightest. She moved through them effortlessly, as if walking on level ground.

However, when she descended from the fifth floor all the way to the first and found not a single soul, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Could he have already left?

She still refused to believe that the person on the seventh floor who had provoked the roar of the Great Demon was Lu Jin.

But as she stood inside the tower and scanned the area outside, she saw the disciple who had led him here still waiting. She understood immediately: Lu Jin had not left.

In that case…

Has he really gone up to the seventh floor? How is that possible?

Her expression shifted again, clearly unwilling to accept such a reality.

The secret key her Shifu, Elder Chi Yu, had given her was only meant to activate the arrays on the fifth floor to enhance her combat power, intended for her to execute Lu Jin within that space.

If Lu Jin had already reached the seventh floor, then this secret key was completely useless.

Liu Ruyan looked incredulous, yet she had no choice but to accept the facts.

“Does he already possess the strength to reach the seventh floor? Fox Master, what kind of secrets is he hiding?”

Liu Ruyan couldn’t help but ask. The voice of the Fox Master then emanated from her own mouth, sounding somewhat similar to her own, as if the two of them had achieved a degree of fusion.

“This Seat does not know!”

However, the Fox Master’s voice carried an unprecedented tone, even tinged with a hint of suppressed rage.

“Time and time again, I have been suppressed and severely injured by him! Liu Ruyan, this time, This Seat will absolutely not allow him to escape again!”

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan’s gaze changed once more.

She hadn’t expected the Fox Master to suddenly fly into such a rage.

Of course, she was well aware of the Fox Master’s plan. The spirit wanted to escape her existence as a spiritual body as soon as possible. She wanted to find more powerful spiritual materials to craft the physical body she had long desired, so that she could return to this world openly after her reconstruction.

Yet every plan had been shattered repeatedly by Lu Jin. Even though she had done her best to nurture Liu Ruyan, unreservedly teaching her all sorts of techniques from the monster and demon races, they still hadn’t been able to kill him.

“Fox Master! I will do it! This time, I definitely won’t let him escape! With the Illusion Array of Monsters and Demons you taught me, combined with the power of the arrays here on the fifth floor of the Sanctuary Tower, I will surely be able to kill him!”

“I hope you can.”

The Fox Master’s voice sounded as if she were gnashing her teeth, and Liu Ruyan’s mood became increasingly urgent.

She took out the secret key Elder Chi Yu had given her and began to mobilize the array power of the fifth floor, starting to construct a super array that could amplify her lethality.

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Meanwhile, after entering the seventh floor and provoking the roar of the Vajra Bone Beast, Lu Jin did not immediately attack.

This was because he felt the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone within his body produce a slight fluctuation the moment he encountered the beast.

Wait, do you want this?

Lu Jin was puzzled, unsure why the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone was fluctuating. As he gradually drew closer to the Vajra Bone Beast, the fluctuation intensified slightly, as if the bone harbored a sense of greed toward this Great Demon.

Fine, since you have the urge, I’ll satisfy you.

The Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone was incredibly domineering; it could instantly shatter even his current powerful Spiritual Force. He had to treat it with care.

He had to carefully serve his own bone, which left Lu Jin feeling somewhat helpless.

However, his heart was also filled with anticipation.

The more powerful it was, the more he looked forward to it.

The Vajra Bone Beast was clearly a creature of extreme masculine ferocity just from its name. It was only natural for the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone to covet it.

Perhaps this Great Demon’s body contained the nourishment that the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone required.

Thus, Lu Jin prepared to strike.

Kacha! Kacha!

He walked forward step by step. The bones beneath his feet made crisp, snapping sounds. They were human bones.

Densely packed human remains almost covered the entire floor.

“The Blood Moon Ancestor kills people for their blood, and the victims were likely eaten by you. Evil thing, there is no longer any need for you to exist.”

Lu Jin narrowed his eyes. Without another word, he charged directly toward the Great Demon’s crimson beastly eyes.

A Vajra Bone Beast at the 3rd Transformation of the Purple Mansion Realm was something Lu Jin could handle with ease.

However, before he understood the reason behind the fluctuation from the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone, he didn’t intend to simply kill the beast.

When he rushed to within a zhang of the creature, the Vajra Bone Beast slammed its four hooves into the ground, kicking off with explosive force. Its massive body shot forward like a bolt of lightning.

The entire tower shook once again.

But then, it suddenly vanished.

Black light erupted from the Heaven Burial Coffin, instantly enveloping the Great Demon. That massive body disappeared from the spot immediately.

Ever since the Heaven Burial Coffin had devoured that bronze cauldron, its devouring power had risen significantly. Previously, Lu Jin naturally wouldn’t have used the Heaven Burial Coffin to devour a Great Demon of this level, but now it seemed he could directly swallow even one at the 3rd Transformation of the Purple Mansion Realm.

“Roar! Roar!”

After the Great Demon entered the Heaven Burial Coffin, its roars echoed out once more as it struggled frantically. However, the sound quickly dwindled to the buzz of a mosquito before vanishing entirely.

Buzz…

As a humming sound resonated, Lu Jin clearly felt a powerful feedback force rush out from the Heaven Burial Coffin and enter his body.

Only this time, that power did not enter the Golden Core in his Dantian. Instead, it surged upward all the way to his back, drilling into the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone.

As expected… it was devoured by this divine bone!

Lu Jin was startled. He immediately followed it with his Spiritual Force, keenly investigating the changes that might be occurring within the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone.

Bang!

However, when his Spiritual Force attempted to probe it, it was once again shattered by a terrifying force within the bone, just like the last time.

Intense pain swept over him, leaving his forehead drenched in sweat once more.

He hunched his body over, the agony making it impossible to stand straight.

After a long while, he finally raised his head and took a deep breath.

The pain faded, leaving him with lingering fear, yet an indescribable sense of gratification welled up within him.

It seems that although the Emperor Tyrant Glazed Bone has been activated, I still need a period of exploration before I can control or utilize its power…

Lu Jin curled his lip, feeling a bit helpless.

Now that the Great Demon on the seventh floor had been dealt with by the Heaven Burial Coffin, Lu Jin raised his eyes to look at the space above.

“The seventh floor had a Great Demon at the 3rd Transformation of the Purple Mansion Realm. Above the eighth floor, there should be even more powerful existences. I wonder what they will be?”

He narrowed his eyes. Since he was already here, he might as well make the most of it. He had to go up and see.

With that, he continued walking toward the upper levels.

Meanwhile, outside the Sanctuary Tower, the group of people watching were shocked once again.

They discovered that the eighth floor, which had been silent for so long, was suddenly erupting with surges of profound light.

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Footnotes:

TN1: Vajra (金刚): Signifies indestructibility and hardness; the beast is literally a ”Diamond-Bone Beast.”