"This is the sky stairs?" Jade also came over at this time, her eyes fixed on the towering sky stairs with surging battle intent. She seemed to have been born to fight. There was a life sacrifice connection between her and Alex and his presence could be detected within a certain range. Alex turned around. "Why did you come over as well? Have you fully absorbed the medicinal effects of the Enlightenment Pill?" "The pill wasn't very useful for me," Jade said with a smile. "How is that possible?" "Wasn’t it an Enlightenment Pill? You're squandering it off!" Lorelei yelled unconsciously. Jade gently shook her head and said nothing. Lorelei was unaware of Jade’s unusual origins—a Titan Tribe member with origins not of this universe, and her cultivation path differed from that of others.It didn't take long, though. Yet another person had come over. It was Maya and Beatrice this time. They discovered that it was normal that the celestial unity of intent was broken wi
Alex's sea of consciousness ejected. It furiously sliced at the transparent and invisible border in front of the Sky Stairs, transforming into a ray of light. It was devastating. It was like cutting butter with a hot knife, like slicing through a cloth with sharp scissors.The barrier in front of the Sky Stairs was shattered with force. "Ah...?" "What's going on?" Lorelei and the others were startled. They hadn't seen the ax before, but the quick movement of the barrier being broken apart was so loud that they couldn't help but notice it. For a little while, Alex was frozen. He wasn't expecting the ax to run out on its own, especially after breaking the border. Furthermore, the strange little ax rushed up the Sky Stairs and vanished in the blink of an eye.Alex was now worried.He's not going to run away, right? He rushed up and quickly followed it.As a result, when he took the first step, his body appeared to sink into a quagmire. What was more terrifying was th
Alex stared at the woman in the painting, unable to believe his eyes. This was because he was very familiar with the woman's appearance in the painting, especially during this recent period. He was familiar with her various expressions and demeanor: abashed, excited, tired, lazy, and even more private state. He was familiar with every inch of the woman's skin. The woman in the painting was none other than Ynes, the former saintly maiden of Yorkshire Palace on whose body he had recently used countless vital energy pills! "Ynes had an affair with Zechariah?" "Not… very likely, isn't it?" Alex heard Ynes say she was adopted by the master since childhood, and has lived in the Yorkshire Palace as long as she could remember. How could she possibly be a thief? The woman in the painting, on the other hand, was eerily lifelike. She was almost exactly the same as Ynes. "Could the person in the painting have anything to do with Ynes?"Alex was intrigued by this current illusion
Lorelei shook her head. “No. You will be kicked out of the Heavenly Stairs after you fail. If failing from above is considered punishment, then it's a yes.”“I’ll go up and give it a try then,” Jane bluntly said.The Heavenly Stairs had a width of over twenty meters, accommodating everyone present.“Wait! It’d be best if we didn’t go up together!” reminded Lorelei.However, it was already too late. The swift Jade had rushed to the first step right away. Then, she froze on top of it.Lorelei was helpless. “Why are you so anxious?”Gilbert asked, “Is there anything particular about it?”Lorelei explained, “If you ascend the steps at the same time, you will experience the same ordeal. However, different personas will be given in the ordeal of the Heavenly Stairs, and conflicts may occur in the ordeal’s missions, affecting each other.”Gilbert asked, “That shouldn’t be too much of a problem, right?”Nebula said, “What if the condition for her advancement is to kill him?”“Huh? Su
‘Death Inn?’Alex froze for a moment. ‘Who would operate an inn with such a name? Wouldn’t customers turn around and leave the moment they saw such an ominous name?’Alex could feel how miserable he was. He clearly saw the ominous inn, yet he still wanted to enter.Just then, there was a series of rumbling behind him.‘What’s going on?’He looked back, only to see a billowing yellow cloud of sand that had appeared in the blink of an eye. Unfortunately, at the moment, he didn’t have his divine eye, primordial eye, and X-ray vision. Hence, his vision was slightly blurred as the yellow sand enveloped him.The huge commotion only quietened after reaching a hundred meters in front of the inn.Only then did Alex see it clearly.There were four people: three men and a woman, all wearing face scarves.As for their mounts, they were on four precious Nisean horses!Although Alex’s cultivation base was gone, he still remained sensible. As soon as the four people appeared, he felt a stro
The woman with the long whip looked slightly wretched as she got to her feet. The scarf fell off, revealing her true face. After taking a good look, Alex almost screamed... It was a genuinely unsightly face. There were two centipede-like wounds with a deformed mouth that was abnormally large and crooked, looking terrifying and disgusting.Rage welled up in the woman's heart. She wanted to kill someone.The person whom she wanted to kill was clearly Alex. She glared at him like a poisonous snake staring at its prey.However—“Amber, hold your horses. Just treat someone as petty as him as non-existent.”“Maximilia Calypse has a rule. Murder is not allowed within a 100-meter radius of her inn. Otherwise, she will kill you, and she is not all talk.”The woman also knew about that rule. Eventually, she could only leave the matter unresolved and turn around in anger.However, after walking for a short distance, she suddenly turned back and said, “I’m not going to kill him. I just feel
A burst of laughter rocked the inn.No one believed Alex, and they treated him like a fool instead.They looked at the fool. He was incompatible with a place like the Death Inn and was simply worlds apart from them.“Scholar, walk out of the entrance now and stay in the stable for a night. Perhaps you can still survive until tomorrow. You might really lose your life, otherwise!” said an old man with white hair and beard to Alex... He was considered the kindest among the guests in the inn.Alex looked at him. “Thank you for your kindness, but with this weak body of mine, I can’t stay in a stable. It’s more comfortable to stay in a room.”“Hahaha...”That speech invoked a burst of uncontrollable laughter once again.“Fool! What a ridiculous fool!”“In that case, let’s see how you’ll get Maximilia Calypse to provide you a free room! Are you trying to make her fancy your pretty face so you’ll become a guest of honor?”Someone yelled directly upstairs. “Maximilia! Maximilia, come q
After Alex finished speaking, Maximilia unexpectedly grabbed his hand and cackled. “Go to my room.”Without warning, she grabbed Alex and flew up to the second floor.She opened a certain door and walked in with a smile.“Uh...”“Ah...”The guests downstairs were dumbfounded for a moment.Someone booed only after Alex and Maximilia disappeared, and a flurry of discussions followed—“What happened? Does Maximilia really fancy that dumb scholar?”“I don’t think so. That fragile scholar won’t satisfy Maximilia. If she really wanted to choose a man, she would’ve chosen someone like me.”“Pooh! How shameless. Why don’t you look in the mirror? A piece of coal would be ashamed of how fair it is compared to you.”“What’s wrong with coal? Did coal offend you? Yor, you should look in the mirror. Your face looks as yellow as poop.”“F*ck off! You must be looking for a fight!”That man who shouted took out a long sword and was about to start a fight.It was then that a burst of cold l