Chapter 2040: Chapter 2040 The Weird Man
Seeing everyone looking at him in confusion, Elder Kurong explained, "Have you noticed him show any interest in other treasures or resources along the way? He can even discover the palace buried underground. There’s no way he would miss so many conspicuous resources.
Moreover, he always goes to particularly dangerous places. Would he go without corresponding benefits? So, there’s only one explanation: he thinks regular things are not worth his attention."
Everyone found Elder Kurong’s analysis reasonable.
Originally, there were elders who wanted to lure Yeluoliu Cloud into becoming their disciple with treasures or resources. Now, they were considering whether their bait was tempting enough.
"Is he going to that tower? Didn’t you tell him it’s dangerous?" Yao Dong asked Mao Hongyin.
Red-faced, Mao Hongyin stood up to apologize, "I was a bit excited and forgot to mention it."
As it turns out, disciples of Xuantian Sect had entered the tower before. They all knew that the tower had a formation inside.
The tower had a total of ten floors. The disciples of the Xuantian sect had cleared out the first nine floors, but anyone who went to the tenth floor died.
As for what was on the tenth floor, they did not know. Martial practitioners exceeding the seventh tier could not enter the testing secret realm.
So normally, before disciples entered, Mao Hongyin would warn them that the tenth floor of the tower was very dangerous.
But it was just a reminder, if the disciples wanted to explore, they would not stop them.
"Nevermind, it’s just a reminder! He looks for danger!" Yao Dong did not delve deep into the matter.
He also felt that Ye Liuyun always went to the most dangerous places. By leaving the tower last, he probably knew that it was the most dangerous.
By the time Yeluoliu Cloud arrived at the tower, he only had two days left. He believed that two days were enough for him to explore a place.
He was not in a hurry to enter the tower, but walked around it to have a good look first.
Around the tower, there were no signs of any vicious beasts or dangerous plants. Clearly, this tower must be a perilous place.
His golden eyes could also see what’s happening inside the tower. The array formations from the first to the ninth floor had been broken through, clearly indicating someone had been there before. What was inside was likely emptied by those people.
However, there was no array formation on the tenth floor, only a middle-aged man without any realm reading a book. There were quite a few bookshelves around, all filled with various cultivation methods.
"Is this a library?" Ye Liuyun thought to himself, feeling somewhat disappointed.
"Why does that man choose to stay here all the time? There’s no danger in other parts of this tower, could the danger be that man himself?" Ye Liuyun felt very curious.
Right away, he had his avatar put on the invisible cloak to take a closer look. Being so close now, the avatar could see very clearly.
After a single glance, the avatar jumped in shock.
Ye Liuyun didn’t have to hear the avatar’s report, he could already sense what it saw.
The reason it was referred to as ’it’, was because the man was not a human at all, but a book.
"A book can also transform into a demon! How many years must it have gone through!" Ye Liuyun felt incredibly shocked. If the book could take a human form, then this book must be unusual in nature.
Moreover, the soul power of the book can only be described as terrifying, with an enormous volume. The combination of the soul power from Ye Liuyun and his avatars is not even half of it.
Facing such a strong soul power, Ye Liuyun was worried whether the God-commanding Sign could handle it.
At that moment, the man also felt that he was being probed. He put down the book in his hand. Although he did not have a golden eyes that could see through like Ye Liuyun did, he sent out his divine sense and sensed Ye Liuyun’s presence.
"At last, someone interesting has arrived!" The man turned towards Ye Liuyun’s direction with a smile and waved at him.
"Oh no, I’ve been spotted!"
Ye Liuyun also regretted his carelessness. Furthermore, he estimated that with such strong Divine Soul Power, the man might discover the existence of his split alter ego.
Every martial artist with a stronger divine soul than him could sense the probing of his own divine sense. Elder Kuyong was one such example.
Moreover, the divine soul of this book monster was so powerful. Ye Liuyun guessed that its divine soul power had already surpassed the Divine Mirror.
Facing someone with such a strong divine soul power, he knew that even if he wanted to run now, it was already too late. Besides, seeing the expression on the man’s face, he could not detect any ill intentions towards him.
"Since I can’t run away now, I might as well face it directly! The more dangerous the place, the bigger the opportunity!"
With this thought, he no longer hesitated, tightly clutching the token that would transport him out of the secret realm in his hand. He also stored his clone in the spatial world, preparing to transport it to the Black Tower, ready to run away at any moment. He then bravely entered the tower.
The elders observing him from outside were all sweating for him.
From Ye Liuyun’s attitude towards the tower, they could tell that he was also very cautious about it.
Now that Ye Liuyun had gone in, everyone was worried whether he would be able to come back out.
"Will a miracle occur?"
"Given his previous performance, it might just!"
"If he can’t get out, that would be such a shame!"
The array on the previous nine steps had all been cracked, and Ye Liuyun managed to ascend smoothly.
Before reaching the tenth step, Ye Liuyun took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to proceed.
From the moment he arrived outside the tower until he climbed the previous nine steps, he did not feel any danger whatsoever.
But with each step he takes, his soul quakes with terror. It’s as if his spirit is on the edge of an abyss, filling him with dread.
He suspects that it’s due to the immense power of the Book Demon’s soul. Even if the Book Demon does not deliberately exert its spiritual pressure, Ye Liuyun can feel it.
"Step back, and death will come! Ascend the ninth step, and great fortune awaits!"
Suddenly, the man upstairs spoke to Ye Liuyun. His tone was mild, but Ye Liuyun knew that he was facing a matter of life and death.
Instead of rushing to take the second step, he stood on this level, adapting to the pressure from the soul. Only after a full hour at this level did he take another step up.
But the soul pressure on this level was even greater. Ye Liuyun’s body started to tremble minutely as a result.
This was the most powerful spiritual pressure Ye Liuyun had ever felt since he started practicing cultivation. The Myriad God Command in his Sea of Consciousness began to radiate a faint light, helping Ye Liuyun resist the spiritual pressure.
Ye Liuyun stood on the second level for another hour.
This hour was not wasted for Ye Liuyun. This intense use of his soul power was much more effective than his regular practice of soul power.
His soul, under such high pressure, has consolidated a lot.
If it weren’t for the danger of stepping back, he would have liked to let his avatar and everyone in the Space realm out for a trial.
Each time Ye Liuyun took a step upwards, he would wait until his divine soul power adapted and the light of the Universal God Token disappeared before he started to take the next step.
