Chapter 1865: Chapter 1857: Reaching the Mountaintop

Huang Xiaolong took a deep breath and arrived at the Giant Peak Mountain Foot.

The instant Huang Xiaolong stepped onto the first stair, a fierce surge of Space Power and Chaos Principle Power roared down from the mountain summit, and immediately, the gravity of the stair manifested, making Huang Xiaolong’s whole body sink.

High in the sky, countless Chaos Divine Thunder bolts rumbled down.

Then, streaks of mysterious light patterns emerged from the void, making Huang Xiaolong’s Divine Soul tremble.

Immediately after, Poison Fog and a Fire Sea howled over, and Ice and Snow poured down like a torrential storm. This was no ordinary Fire Sea; this Fire Sea could refine bones and burn souls, while the Ice and Snow could seep into and penetrate the Divine Soul.

After the Ice and Snow came tens of thousands of Sword Qi, a ferocious Sword Qi that could grind an ordinary Early Stage Emperor to death, blasting over from all directions, sealing off every blind spot around Huang Xiaolong, giving him absolutely no chance to retreat.

After the Sword Qi, space trembled, and countless giant demons formed and charged to kill Huang Xiaolong.

Every single giant demon possessed the strength of a Great Emperor First Stage Early Stage.

If it were an ordinary Early Stage Emperor, just seeing the scene before them would have scared them pale, but Huang Xiaolong’s expression remained calm. The Three Supreme Divine Forms were activated at the same time, and endless Supreme Divine Power surged out like raging waves.

The Demon God Supreme Divine Status unleashed an astonishing Devouring Power.

In an instant, the Space Power and Chaos Principle Power pouring down from the peak were completely devoured by Huang Xiaolong, and the countless Chaos Divine Thunder of the Thunder Punishment in the high sky, as well as the Poison Fog and Fire Sea surging in from all sides, and the crashing Ice and Snow, were all blocked by Huang Xiaolong.

Those terrifying Sword Qi, enough to shred an ordinary Great Emperor First Rank, slammed one after another onto Huang Xiaolong’s body, as though striking an eternal, unchanging Chaos Giant Wall, ringing out with endless crisp "zheng" sounds.

Huang Xiaolong didn’t even have a layer of skin broken.

With the toughness of Huang Xiaolong’s Primordial Dragon Divine Body, plus the Black Dragon Divine Armor, these Sword Qi couldn’t break his defense at all.

As for the countless giant demons rushing to attack, Huang Xiaolong didn’t dodge either. The Devouring Power of the Demon God Supreme Divine Status expanded, forming a huge vortex, and all the giant demons were sucked into the massive vortex, crushed, turned into the purest Magic Power, and devoured by Huang Xiaolong.

These giant demons did not have flesh and blood bodies; they were only condensed from the pure Magic Power of the Demon Tower, so Huang Xiaolong was not worried that devouring them would affect his bloodline.

After devouring all these giant demons, Huang Xiaolong stretched both hands upward, grabbed the second stair, leaped, and arrived on the second stair.

This stair was extremely smooth; a slight carelessness would cause one to slip and fall.

So Huang Xiaolong did not dare to be careless.

Huang Xiaolong climbed upward slowly at the speed of one stair per minute.

An hour later, when Huang Xiaolong reached the sixtieth stair, he had no choice but to stop to recover his consumed Divine Power.

Before this, during his climb of the previous eight levels and the Demon Light tempering of those eight levels, he had already broken through to Heavenly Monarch Eighth Stage Late Stage, but even so, climbing this Ninth Level still put considerable pressure on him; the Divine Power consumption was greater than the sum of the previous eight levels.

After resting for four hours, Huang Xiaolong finally stood up again and continued climbing.

The Ninth Level stairway had a total of nine thousand steps, and the further back one went, the harder it became. This was no longer just a test of talent and strength, but even more so a test of personal will.

Under countless layers of resistance and attacks, the slightest carelessness would send one tumbling back down to the Foot of the giant peak to climb again, and one might even be heavily injured or fall to death.

While Huang Xiaolong was climbing upward at the speed of one stair per minute, the entire Demon Tower Square was deathly silent. The countless Demon Clan experts from the Demon Realm Thirty-Six Domains were all holding their breath, staring unblinkingly at the Ninth Level of the Demon Tower.

At this moment, Demon Light flowed endlessly on the Ninth Level of the Demon Tower, which meant Huang Xiaolong had long since stepped onto the Ninth Level and was still climbing it.

"Lord Demon Venerate, if that brat really passes the Ninth Level of the Demon Tower trial, will he truly become the new Demon Ancestor of our Demon Domain?" The Demon Ape Sect Master Zhao Chengyu spoke with a parched mouth.

Stone Ape Demon Venerable remained silent, his face complicated.

At the side, Kuang Lei Demon Venerable sneered, "It’s just a rumor from the outside world. You actually believe a rumor? Even if he really passes the Ninth Level of the Demon Tower, that doesn’t mean he’s the new Demon Ancestor of our Demon Domain! To become the new Demon Ancestor of our Demon Domain, there is only one way—collect the Six Great Demon Steles. I don’t believe that brat can truly collect the Six Great Demon Steles!"

The Demon Ape Sect Master Zhao Chengyu glanced at Stone Ape Demon Venerable and hesitated, "But they all say that after passing the Ninth Level of the Demon Tower, there is a greater hope of finding the Six Great Demon Steles."

Kuang Lei Demon Venerable snorted coldly, "It’s only that the chances are higher, not a certainty. Besides, once he finishes climbing the Demon Tower and comes out, he won’t even have the chance to leave Eternal Demon City. If we all join forces, killing him will be as easy as slaughtering a dog!"

Stone Ape Demon Venerable only let out a faint sigh, a very soft sigh.

"Old Ape, don’t tell me you’re backing down? Don’t forget, nephew Wu Jingnan died in his hands! And we even sent people to kill him—if he truly becomes the new Demon Ancestor in the future, he will never spare us." Kuang Lei Demon Venerable said, "So no matter what, we cannot let him leave Eternal Demon City."

Stone Ape Demon Venerable’s gaze fell on the Ninth Level of the Demon Tower, deep and strange, and he said slowly, "Maybe."

Maybe?

Kuang Lei Demon Venerable’s brows furrowed.

Very soon, five days passed.

At this time, Huang Xiaolong had already reached over one thousand four hundred steps. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Looking down from above, the huge rocks at the Foot of the giant peak were as fine as grains of sand.

After reaching more than one thousand four hundred steps, whether it was Space Power, Chaos Principle Power, or Gravity, Poison Fog, Fire Sea, Ice and Snow, Sword Array, or the obstruction from giant demons, all of it was several times stronger than at the first stair.

At this time, Huang Xiaolong had already activated one of his Demon God Bloodlines, still maintaining the speed of one stair per minute.

Although he could continue climbing to the summit even without activating the Demon God Bloodline, his speed would be much slower.

In this way, another ten days passed, and Huang Xiaolong reached the mountainside.

Because heavy Demon Fog coiled around the giant peak on all sides, the situation at the Foot of the giant peak could no longer be seen at all. Standing at mid-mountain gave one a feeling of heaven and earth’s vastness and man’s insignificance as dust.

A sense of loneliness, a desolate stillness of time and space, a feeling of seeing the path ahead but not the future, not seeing hope, kept enveloping him.

Huang Xiaolong took deep breaths, his eyes firm, and continued to climb toward the summit.

In order to maintain his speed, he had already activated two Demon God Bloodlines by now.

Another ten days passed.

Huang Xiaolong was already close to the summit, but the closer he got to the summit, the greater the resistance became.

In the end, Huang Xiaolong had no choice but to fully activate all three Demon God Bloodlines, and even in the last ten steps, he unfolded his Sixteen Bright Wings.

When Huang Xiaolong leaped from the eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-ninth step and stepped onto the nine thousandth step, reaching the summit, in that single leap, his whole person entered another space, and a huge Demon Hall appeared in front of Huang Xiaolong.

Looking at this massive Demon Hall, Huang Xiaolong was stunned.